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52951. Whichcountry has replaced its controversial Kafala labour system with a newcontract-based labour system to ensure enhanced rights to the migrantlabourers?
Answer: Qatar
52952. Whichinternational personality has topped the 2016 World’s Most Powerful People listof Forbes?
Answer: VladimirPutin
52953. Whichstate on December 11, 2016 flagged off the first fortnightly special train forchildren?
Answer: Jammu &Kashmir
52954. Navy andother coastal security agencies will conduct a three day exercise from December15 called?
Answer: Sagar Kavach
52955. who wrotethe book ‘Many Everests: An Inspiring Journey of Transforming Dream intoReality’?
Answer: RavindraKumar
52956. Who was appointedas a member of the Donald Trump’s Strategic and Policy Forum?
Answer: Indra Nooyi
52957. What wasthe theme of the First India-China Think-Tanks Forum which was held in NewDelhi from December 9 to December 10, 2016?
Answer: Towards aCloser India-China Developmental Partnership
52959. Whichtechnological giant has tied up with union government for online River Waterand Air Quality Monitoring (WAQM) systems?
Answer: Intel
52960. China on9th December 2016 launched a new cargo service connecting Tibet to whichcountry?
Answer: Nepal
52961. GitaJayanti express train inaugurated at which station of India?
Answer: KurukshetraRailway Station
52962. TheNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will launch a roboticspacecraft to refuel, repair satellites in orbit. What is the name of thisspacecraft?
Answer: Restore-LSpacecraft
52963. Theworld’s longest rail tunnel, Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT) is built in whichcountry?
Answer: Switzerland
52964. Bookentitled “Courts of India-Past to Present” was compiled by the Supreme CourtEditorial Committee headed by whom?
Answer: JusticeBobde
52965. Who hasbeen appointed as the Industry Director of Facebook on December 12, 2016?
Answer: PulkitTrivedi
52966. TheNational Green Tribunal (NGT) on 14th December 2016 imposed an interimnationwide ban on what?
Answer: Glass coatedmanja for flying
52967. Who hasbeen chosen by the Canada’s Government, as the first women to be featured onthe new Canadian $ 10 currency note, effectivefrom 2018?
Answer: Viola
52968. TheSerendipity Arts Festival (SAF) is scheduled to be held from 16 December to 23December 2016 in
Answer: Goa
52970. Governmentof India has decided to print plastic currency notes. What type of plastic isthis?
Answer: Polymersubstrate
52971. whichcompany of India bagged the contract to convert Sardar Patel Stadium to world’sbiggest cricket stadium?
Answer: Larsen &Turbo (L&T)
52972. Wherewas the sixth edition of Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Housing andUrban Development (APMCHUD) held recently?
Answer: New Delhi
52974. The BadmintonWorld Federation (BWF) has appointed whom as the integrity ambassador?
Answer: Saina Nehwal
52975. How muchamount has been pledged by India to contribute to the UN Central EmergencyResponse Fund (CERF) for the year 2016-17?
Answer: 500000
52976. Pakistanand Russia held their first ever consultation on 14th December at which city?
Answer: Islamabad
52977. Whichspace agency successfully launched a Kounotori 6 (HTV-6) spacecraft on December9, 2016, to deliver a space junk collector technology into orbit?
Answer: JapanAerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
52979. Name thestate that on 11 December 2016 launched Narmada Seva Yatra with an aim to turnit pollution free.
Answer: MadhyaPradesh
52980. FoodSafety and Standards Authority of India has issued an advisory banning the useof which material for wrapping and packaging of food items?
Answer: Newspaper
52981. whichunion minister launched the TV channel named ‘DigiShala’ on December 9, 2016 to promote cashlesstransaction in rural areas ?
Answer: Ravi ShankarPrasad
52982. HighCourt of which state ruled that a child born out of rape is entitled tocompensation?
Answer: Delhi
52983. Name thesevere cyclonic storm that made landfall in Chennai on December 12, 2016,causing severe destruction in the city and neighboring states?
Answer: Vardah
52985. Who hasbeen sworn in as the 15th king of Malaysia on December 14, 2016?
Answer: SultanMuhammad V
52987. Name thetwo Mobile App launched by Kerala Government on the occasion of InternationalAnti-Corruption Day on December 9, 2016, to end corruption in the governmentand semi-government institutions.
Answer: Arising Keralaand Whistle Now
52989. Name theperson who was elected as the President of the 90th Akhil Bharatiya MarathiSahitya Sammelan.
Answer: AkshaykumarM Kale
52990. Whichmobile company launched a cloud enabled mobile security platform for Enterpriseof Things?
Answer: BlackBerry
52991. Wheredid the seventh edition of EKUVERIN military exercise between India andMaldives will be held from December 15 to 28 ?
Answer: Island
52992. Whichmultilateral agency halted two concurrent processes initiated by India andPakistan under the Indus Water Treaty?
Answer: World BankGroup
52993. Who hasbeen appointed as the new Chief Executive of the Indian Banks’ Association(IBA) on December 14, 2016?
Answer: V G Kannan
52994. Name thescheme launched by NITI Aayog on December 15, 2016, which entitles consumers usingdigital payment mode for transaction, to stand a chance of winning cash rewardbased on lucky draw.
Answer: Lucky GrahakYojna
52995. What isthe theme of Human Rights Day 2016 December 10?
Answer: Stand up forsomeone’s rights today
52996. Whichcommittee has been constituted by Internet and Mobile Association of India(IAMAI) to fight against the menace of online piracy?
Answer: Ajit Mohancommittee
52997. UnitedBank of India has adopted two villages, namely Patunagar and Sachindranagar ina state to implement schemes in the line of digital India program. Name thestate where these two villages are located.
Answer: Tripura
52999. The 28thState Information Ministers Conference (SIMCON)2016, chaired by which unionminister?
Answer: M. VenkaiahNaidu
53000. AntonioGuterres, who has been sworn-in as the new Secretary General of the UnitedNations, is the former Prime Minister of which country?
Answer: Portugal
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