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15801. Name of the former Yugoslavia’s last Prime Minister, who tried to prevent the country’s bloody breakup in the 1990s, died on 28-11-2011?
Answer: Ante Markovic.
15802. Noted Assamese novelist and poet who died on November 29, 2011 after prolonged illness?
Answer: Indira Goswami.
15804. The only daughter of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin who has died in USA at the age of 85?
Answer: Svetlana Alliluyeva.
15805. Name of the nuclear capable strategic ballistic missile successfully test fired by India on December 1, 2011 from the test range at Wheeler Island off Odisha coast?
Answer: Agni-I.
15806. Who won the Player of the series award in the 3 ODI Cricket series played between Bangladesh and Pakistan held in Bangladesh in December-2011?
Answer: Umar Akmal. (Pakistan).
15807. Renowned Indian cartoonist, immortalised by his depiction of Goan life and his humorous take on the world around him, who passed away on December 11, 2011?
Answer: Mario Miranda.
15808. Which country tops in the recipients of officially recorded remittances, estimated for 2011 according to a newly updated World Bank brief on global migration and remittances?
Answer: India.
15809. European Union recently imposed sanction on an Asian country over its controversial nuclear Programme. Which is that country?
Answer: Iran.
15810. India’s nominee who has been re-elected to serve on the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) for a three year term, beginning Jan 20, 2012?
Answer: Dilip Lahiri.
15811. Who won the Player of the series award in the 2 Test Cricket series played between Bangladesh and Pakistan held in Bangladesh in December-2011?
Answer: Younus Khan. (Pakistan).
15812. The US doctor convicted of the involuntary manslaughter of pop superstar Michael Jackson, who has been sentenced to four years in county jail?
Answer: Conrad Murray.
15813. Who have been named as the official ambassadors to the 2012 London Olympic Games and Paralympics teams?
Answer: Prince William, Kate Middleton (his wife), and Prince Harry.
15814. Who won the Player of the series award in the 2 Test Cricket series played between Australia and New Zealand held in Australia in December-2011?
Answer: James Pattinson. (Australia).
15815. Who has been named as the official ambassador of 2014 World Cup Football which is to be held in Brazil?
Answer: Ronaldo. (Former Brazil striker).
15816. Which film won the Silver Peacock/Rajatha Mayooram for the Special Jury Mention in the International Film Festival of India 2011 held in Goa?
Answer: “Adaminte Makan Abu”
15817. The Columbian film directed by Alejandro Landes which has bagged the coveted Golden Peacock Award for the Best Film at the 42nd International Film Festival of India 2011?
Answer: "Porfirio".
15818. Who won the Silver Peacock Award for the Best Director at the 42nd International Film Festival of India 2011?
Answer: Asghar Farhadi.
15819. Bollywood actor-director who died of a heart attack in London at the age of 88 on 3 December 2011?
Answer: Devanand.
15820. The 1982 World Cup Captain of the Brazilian Football team who has died at the age of 57 on 4 December 2011 following an intestinal infection?
Answer: Socrates.
15822. Which country won the Champions Challenge Hockey Tournament defeating India (4-3) in the final?
Answer: Belgium.
15823. Labour minister of Brazil who has resigned on December 4, 2011 over mounting corruption allegations?
Answer: Carlos Lupi.
15824. Who won Chevron World Challenge golf tournament held in California on December 4, 2011?
Answer: Tiger Woods.
15826. The cabinet committee on economic affairs (CCEA) on 7th December 2011, approved a special package of Rs.8750 crore for a state in the eastern region of India from the Backward Area Grant Fund. Which is that state?
Answer: West Bengal.
15827. Who won the Player of the series award of 5 ODI Cricket series played between India and West Indies held in India in December-2011?
Answer: Rohit Sharma (India).
15828. 28. Noted media person and founder chairman of Asianet, who has been chosen for Swadeshabhimani-Kesari award instituted by the Kerala government?
Answer: K.Sasikumar.
15829. Who won the Man of the match award in the first test played between India and Australia held in Melbourne from December-26-30?
Answer: James Pattinson.
15830. Former Israeli president who has entered Maasiyahu Prison to begin serving his seven-year sentence for committing rape?
Answer: Moshe Katsav.
15832. India"s Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) who has been elected chairman of the panel of external auditors of the United Nations?
Answer: Vinod Rai.
15833. First BPO (Business process outsourcing) Park of Kerala is situated at?
Answer: Cherthala. (Alappuzha District)
15834. Which country won the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) title-2011 with a 4-0 win over Afghanistan in the final in New Delhi?
Answer: India.
15835. Which country won the Champions Trophy men"s field hockey tournament-2011beating Spain (1-0) in the final?
Answer: Australia.
15836. Human rights activist who is elected as the interim President of Tunisia by the Constituent Assembly on 12 December 2011?
Answer: Moncef Marzouki.
15837. Which country became the first country to formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol, the only legally binding treaty to reduce emissions causing climate change?
Answer: Canada.
15838. Which tennis players are named as the 2011 ITF World Champions?
Answer: Novak Djokovic (Serbia) and Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic)
15840. The former French president who has been found guilty of corruption and sentenced to a two year suspended prison sentence after a long-running criminal trial which concluded on 15 December 2011?
Answer: Jacques Chirac.
15841. Columbian film which won the Suvarna Chakoram (Golden Crow Pheasant) at the 16th International Film Festival of Kerala held in December,2011?
Answer: "The Colours of the Mountains"
15842. English American author, essayist, journalist and atheist intellectual, nicknamed "Hitch" who died on 15 December 2011?
Answer: Christopher Hitchens.
15843. Teenager from India who has been officially declared as the world"s smallest woman by the Limca Book of Records and Guinness Book of Records?
Answer: Jyoti Amge.
15844. Career diplomat who has been named by US President Barack Obama as the next U.S. ambassador to India?
Answer: Nancy J Powell.
15845. Name of the severe Tropical Storm formed on December 13, 2011 and swept across the central and southern Philippines killing hundreds of people?
Answer: Washi.
15846. The Czech Republic"s first president after the Velvet Revolution against communist rule who has died on 18 December 2011?
Answer: Vaclav Havel.
15847. Which club won Fifa Club World Cup -2011 defeating Brazilian side Santos 4-0 in the final held in Japan?
Answer: Barcelona.
15848. Who claimed the World Super series Badminton Men’s Finals title-2011, defeating Chen Long in final?
Answer: Lin Dan.(China)
15849. Who won the World Super series Badminton Women’s Finals title-2011, defeating Saina Nehwal of India, in final?
Answer: Wang Yihan. (China)
15850. The supreme leader of North Korea (DPRK) from 1994 to 2011, also known as the "Dear Leader", who has died on 17-11-2011?
Answer: Kim Jong-il.
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