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15901. The nuclear-capable, surface-to-surface ballistic missile which is successfully test fired by India on December 12, 2012 from the Wheeler Island of Odisha?
Answer: Agni-1.
15902. Which chess player is officially the highest rated player in the history of chess?
Answer: Magnus Carlsen
15903. Electricity board of which state has lost the right to develop the Baitarani west coal block in Odisha?
Answer: Kerala.
15905. Indian sitar legend who has been awarded with double Grammy Awards including the life time achievement Grammy award?
Answer: Ravi Sankar.
15906. Foreign minister of Israel who resigned recently following his indictment of breach of trust and fraud?
Answer: Avigdor Lieberman.
15907. American swimmer who break his own world record in the 200-meter individual medley at the short-course world championships held in December-2012?
Answer: Ryan Lochte.
15913. The South African president who is re-elected as the leader for the ruling African National Congress(ANC)?
Answer: Jacob Suma
15915. Parliament on December 20, 2012 gave its nod to an amendment bill, paving the way for issuance of new bank licenses and consolidation in the sector. Name that amendment bill related to banking sector?
Answer: The Banking Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2012.
15917. Who is appointed as the Chairman of Tata Sons by the board of directors after Ratan N Tata retired on December 28, 2012?
Answer: Cyrus Mistry.
15918. Former Indian Volleyball player who captained the India national team at the 1966 Asian Games, died recently in Hyderabad after prolonged illness?
Answer: Tilakam Gopal.
15919. FIFA Executive Committee member and Asian Football Confederation (AFC). President who has resigned from all his positions in football due to corruption allegations?
Answer: Mohamed Bin Hammam.
15921. South Indian movie actor who played the lead role in the Telugu film Ullasanga Utsahanga, was killed in a road accident in Karnataka on December 19, 2012?
Answer: Yasho Sagar.
15922. Who won the Man of the Match award in the first ODI between Pakistan and India held in Chennai on December 30, 2012?
Answer: M.S. Dhoni (India).
15923. Which party won simple majority in the legislative assembly elections of Himachal Pradesh held in 2012?
Answer: Indian National Congress.
15924. Indian footballer who has been voted the AIFF (All India Football Federation) Player-of-the-Year, 2012?
Answer: Syed Rahim Nabi.
15926. Parliament of which Asian country on December 20, 2012, passed a controversial legislative bill which if signed into law, will authorize the state to intercept private communications in order to catch terrorists.
Answer: Pakistan.
15927. Name the indigenously developed nuclear capable surface-to-surface missile with a strike range of 350 km successfully test fired by India from a test range at Chandipur near Balasore?
Answer: Prithwi-II
15928. Who won the player of the series award in the 2 T20 cricket matches played between India and England held in India in December 2012?
Answer: Yuvraj Singh (India).
15929. Legendary hockey player and one of India’s greatest Olympians who passed away on 20 December 2012?
Answer: Leslie Claudius.
15930. The Ivory Coast midfielder who has been named the 2012 African Player of the Year for the second year in succession?
Answer: Yaya Toure.
15931. Indigenously developed air-to-air interceptor missile of India which is successfully test fired from a defence base in Odisha on December 24, 2012?
Answer: Astra.
15932. Name of the caecilian amphibian rediscovered by scientists from Western Ghats, India after 30years?
Answer: Ichthyophis longicephalus.
15933. Which TV channels have been imposed with a fine of Rs. 1 lakh for airing a factually incorrect report about the Haryana Government flouting laws to allot land to the Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust?
Answer: CNN-IBN and IBN-7.
15934. Name the minister in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan who is killed in a suicide attack claimed by the Pakistani Taliban on December 22, 2012?
Answer: Bashir Ahmad Bilour.
15935. Indian-American and a renowned inventor at IBM who has been nominated by the US President Barack Obama for the prestigious National Medal of Technology for Innovation for his contributions to laser eye surgery?
Answer: Rangaswamy Srinivasan.
15936. Indian- American who has been appointed as member of the President"s Global Development Council of U.SA?
Answer: Smita Singh.
15937. South Korean dance track which has become the first video to clock up more than one billion views on YouTube?
Answer: “Gangnam Style”.
15938. Prime Minister of Italy who resigned on December 2012, ending a 13-month tenure and clearing the way for elections?
Answer: Mario Monti.
15939. Cricket superstar who announced his retirement from one-day International cricket on December 23, 2012?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar.
15940. Who is assumed as charge as chief minister of Himachal Pradesh on December 25, 2012?
Answer: Virbhadra Singh.
15941. Which countries signed defence agreement worth Rs.25,0000 crore on December 24, 2012?
Answer: India and Russia.
15942. Who has become only the 11th batsman and the second Sri Lankan to score 10000 Test runs?
Answer: Kumar Sangakkara.
15943. Senior IFS officer who is appointed as Secretary (West) in Ministry of External Affairs of India?
Answer: Sudhir Vyas.
15944. Which country opened the world"s longest high-speed rail route in December, 2012?
Answer: China.
15945. The Constitution of an Arab Republic was signed into law by its President on 26 December .Which is that country?
Answer: Egypt.
15947. Oscar nominated composer who won the BAFTA award in 1974 for his score for Sidney Lumet"s Murder on the Orient Express, died on December 24, 2012?
Answer: Richard Rodney Bennett.
15948. Leading Oriya novelist and academician who won the prestigious Jnanpith Award for the year 2011?
Answer: Pratibha Ray.
15949. The biggest Hanuman statue in South India with 70 feet height was unveiled in?
Answer: Mysore.
15950. Noted painter who has been selected for Kerala government"s prestigious Raja Ravi Varma award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to art?
Answer: Yusuf Arakkal.
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