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16751. Which country moved to the top of the FIFA world ranking list for the first time on November 7, 2015 after overtaking Argentina and world champions Germany following their victories in last month"s European qualifiers?
Answer: Belgium.
16753. Who became the fastest Indian to reach 150 wickets mark in the Indian test cricket history?
Answer: Ravichandran Ashwin.
16754. Registration of Indian branch of a global environmental group has been cancelled by Registrar of Societies in Tamil Nadu on November 6,Which is that global environment group?
Answer: Greenpeace India.
16755. Name the 9 year old accomplished hacker, app developer, cyber security expert and, not surprisingly, CEO of a game development firm, “Prudent Games”?
Answer: Reuben Paul.
16756. Well-known Malayalam poet and lyricist who was awarded the Pushkin Medal, a state decoration of Russia, at a ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow?
Answer: O.N.V.Kurup.
16757. Who won the Player of the Series award in the three test cricket series (Trans-Tasman Trophy-2015) between Australia and New Zealand held in Australia in November-2015?
Answer: David Warner.(Australia).
16758. Ace Indian shooter who has won Gold medal in 10 metre Air Pistol event in women’s category at 13th Asian Shooting Championships held in Kuwait?
Answer: Heena Sidhu.
16759. Former Russian press minister and a long time adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin who passed away on November 5, 2015?
Answer: Mikhail Lesin.
16760. Who won the Player of the Series in the three ODI Cricket matches between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh held in Bangladesh in 2015?
Answer: Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh).
16761. Name the remote sensing satellite which was successfully launched by China on November 27, 2015?
Answer: Yaogan—29.
16762. Name the extremely rare galaxy of gigantic size which is discovered by a team of astronomers working at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics in Pune in November 2015?
Answer: "J021659-044920".
16763. Which cricketer replaced Anil Kumble as the BCCI Technical Committee chairman?
Answer: Sourav Ganguly.
16764. Chairman of International Cricket Council (ICC) who has been removed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on November 9, 2015?
Answer: N. Srinivasan
16765. Which country won the FIFA U-17 World Cup-2015 held in Chile defeating Mali in the final?
Answer: Nigeria.
16766. Former India off-spinner who retired from competitive cricket on November 10, 2015?
Answer: Ramesh Powar.
16767. Sweden"s star striker who won Sweden"s prestigious Golden Ball award at the annual Swedish football gala on November 9, 2015?
Answer: Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
16768. Top leader of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) who has been handed over to India on November 11, 2015 by Bangladesh, 18 years after his arrest in Dhaka?
Answer: Anup Chetia.
16769. Who won the Ramnath Goenka Excellence of Journalism award in the regional language category for best reporting for the years 2012-2013?
Answer: Biju Paravath.
16770. Former German chancellor who is credited with guiding West Germany through economic turbulence and Cold War tensions and turning the country into an economic powerhouse, passed away on November 10, 2015?
Answer: Helmut Schmidt.
16771. The former IAAF chief who has resigned as president of the International Athletics Foundation, the athletics world governing body in wake of Russian athletics doping scandal?
Answer: Lamine Diack.
16772. Who became the first Indian head to address the British parliament on November 12, 2015?
Answer: Narendra Modi.
16773. Which countries signed a civil nuclear agreement on November 12, 2015, reaffirming the importance of addressing climate change and promoting "secure, affordable and sustainable supplies of energy"?
Answer: India and England.
16774. The Chairman of Atlas Jewellery who has been sentenced to three years’ jail by a Dubai court for issuing two bounced cheques for 34 million dirhams?
Answer: MM Ramachandran.
16775. Which state has become the first state in India to roll out a transgender policy aimed at ending societal stigma attached to this sexual minority group?
Answer: Kerala.
16776. Which country tops the Face book’s content removal list according to the social network"s biannual Government Requests Report?
Answer: India.
16778. The 2015 G-20 summit was the tenth annual meeting of the G-20 heads of government was held at?
Answer: Antalya, Turkey.
16779. On which date, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks occurred in Paris killing more than 130 peoples?
Answer: November 13, 2015.
16780. Which country has been suspended from world athletics by the International Association of Athletics Federations after accepting an indefinite ban over the doping scandal?
Answer: Russia.
16781. Veteran Bollywood actor who appeared in several British and Indian movies, who passed away on November 15, 2015?
Answer: Saeed Jaffery.
16783. Senior diplomat and former high-profile spokesperson of the External Affairs Ministry who has been appointed as India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, succeeding Asoke Mukerji?
Answer: Syed Akbaruddin.
16784. Former chief of the country’s external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and one of the chief movers behind the successful 1971 Bangladesh war, passed away on November 17, 2015?
Answer: K. Sankaran Nair.
16785. Working president of the Hindu organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) for over 20 years, passed away on November 17, 2015?
Answer: Ashok Singhal.
16786. Which party won the General elections held in Myanmar on 8 November 2015?
Answer: National League for Democracy.
16787. Finance and Law minister of Kerala who resigned on November 10, 2015 after Kerala High Court upheld the vigilance court"s order to conduct further probe into bar bribery scandal, in which the finance minister is involved?
Answer: K.M.Mani.
16788. Pakistan’s veteran batsman who has announced his retirement from one-day international cricket on November 11, 2015?
Answer: Younis Khan.
16789. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the ICC, the highest international governing body of cricket on November 9, 2015?
Answer: Shashank Manohar.
16790. Rebel Kerala Congress (M) leader who was disqualified as member of the Kerala state Assembly by Speaker N. Shakthan under anti-defection law on a petition by the party?
Answer: P. C. George.
16792. Which team won the Cricket All Stars T20 Series (3-0) by defeating Sachin Tendulkar’s Blasters?
Answer: Shane Warne’s Warriors.
16793. Australian cricketer who retired from all forms of international cricket on 17 November 2015, after the 2nd Test match against New Zealand during 2015–16 Trans-Tasman Trophy Test series?
Answer: Mitchell Johnson.
16794. Who has been elected as Speaker of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Parliament, making her the first-ever woman Speaker of an Arab national parliament?
Answer: Dr Amal Al Qubaisi.
16795. The evil mastermind behind the deadly Nov. 13 Paris terrorist attacks who was killed by French police in a bloody siege?
Answer: Abdelhamid Abaaoud.
16796. Name the spy who was sentenced to life in prison for spying against the United States on Israel’s behalf, was released on parole on November 20, 2015, after 30 years in prison.
Answer: Jonathan Pollard.
16797. Who is sworn in as chief minister for the fifth time in a row on 20 November 2015 after the Mahagathbandhan alliance won a sweeping victory, taking 178 seats in the recently held Bihar Legislative elections?
Answer: Nitish Kumar.
16798. Indian-American politician who has been nominated as Executive Director to Asian Development Bank with ambassadorial rank by US President Barack Obama?
Answer: Swati Dandekar.
16799. The House of Representatives has easily passed a GOP-authored bill to restrict the admission of Iraqi and Syrian refugees to America by requiring extra security procedures. What is the name of that bill?
Answer: American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act of 2015, or the American SAFE Act of 2015.
16800. Who became the first Indian woman to win the Women in Football Award at the third Asian Football Awards in London on November 20, 2015?
Answer: Aditi Chauhan.
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