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15751. Which country has slashed the visa fee it planned to charge tourists from India and other South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries to US$10 from the originally planned US$50?
Answer: Sri Lanka.
15752. Which pair won the Paris Masters doubles tennis title-2011 defeating Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut in final?
Answer: Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.
15753. Renowned cricket writer who also wrote for Indian newspapers, committed suicide at his hotel where he was covering Australia"s Test series against South Africa. Name of that cricket commentator?
Answer: Peter Roebuck.
15755. Which athletes were named the Male and Female World Athletes of the Year for 2011 by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)?
Answer: Usain Bolt (Jamaican sprinter) and Sally Pearson (Australian hurdler).
15756. Who won the Paris Masters Tennis Title-2011 defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in final?
Answer: Roger Federer.
15757. Which country was suspended from the Arab League because of its violent crackdown on protesters calling for the ouster of President Bashar Assad?
Answer: Syria.
15759. The nuclear weapons capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile of India which is test fired from Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast on November 15, 2011?
Answer: Agni-IV.
15761. Egypt midfielder who has equalled the record for the world"s most-capped footballer after playing for his country on November 14, 2011?
Answer: Ahmed Hassan.
15765. Which country will chair Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) regional bloc in 2014?
Answer: Myanmar.
15767. Who led the Indian hockey team in the men"s Champions Challenge I tournament held at Johannesburg from Nov 26 to Dec 4?
Answer: Bharat Kumar Chetri.
15768. Former Telecom Minister of India who was awarded five years imprisonment by a Delhi Court after being convicted of taking Rs. three lakhs as bribe to give a lucrative contract to a private firm in 1996?
Answer: Sukhram.
15769. Social activist who is selected for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2011 for her lifetime achievements in empowering women through grassroots entrepreneurship?
Answer: Ela Bhatt.
15770. South African-born English cricketer and worldwide symbol of the fight against sporting apartheid, who has died on November 19, 2011?
Answer: Basil D’Oliveira.
15771. Which American professional soccer team won The 2011 Major League Soccer Championship?
Answer: Los Angeles Galaxy.
15774. Which country won the Women’s Kabaddi World Cup defeating England in the final?
Answer: India.
15775. The former South African coach who has been named Head Coach for the Australian cricket team and has been contracted until after the 2015 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand?
Answer: Mickey Arthur
15776. Which train covering India"s longest rail route from Dibrugarh in Assam to Kannyakumari in Tamil Nadu?
Answer: "Vivek Express".
15778. Which countries signed two major bilateral agreements in New Delhi on 23-11-2011 for exchange of prisoners and security cooperation?
Answer: India and UAE.
15779. Human rights campaigner and former journalist who has been appointed as Pakistan’s Ambassador to U.S.A?
Answer: Sherry Rahman.
15780. Who has resigned as director of the companies which publish British newspapers ‘The Sun’ and ‘The Times’?
Answer: James Murdoch.
15781. Which cricketer is honoured with the "Polly Umrigar Award for India"s best cricketer of 2010-11" at the Board of Cricket Control for India (BCCI) Annual Awards?
Answer: Rahul Dravid.
15782. Who won the "M.A.Chidambaram Best Woman Cricketer of 2010-11" trophy of BCCI?
Answer: Jhulan Goswami.
15783. Which cricketer won the Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award-2011?
Answer: Ajit Wadekar.
15784. Who has been appointed deputy chairman and chairman-designate of Tata Group and its holding company Tata Sons?
Answer: Cyrus Pallonji Mistry.
15786. Top Maoist leader who has been killed in an encounter with security forces at Burishol village in Junglemahal area of West Bengal?
Answer: Mallojula Koteswara Rao.
15787. Veteran Indian batsman who became the second player in the history of Test cricket to complete 13,000 runs?
Answer: Rahul Dravid.
15788. Who was awarded the first National Peace Award by the Pakistani government?
Answer: Malala Yousafzai.
15789. India"s Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has been slapped in the face by a man in Delhi. Name of that attacker?
Answer: Harvinder Singh.
15790. The NRI steel tycoon who is named as the most powerful Asian 2011 in Britain according to the list published by Eastern Eye, a weekly newspaper?
Answer: Lakshmi Mittal.
15791. Brazilian film director who died due to cardiac arrest while attending an open forum in the International Film Festival held in Goa on November 27, 2011?
Answer: Oscar Maron Filho
15792. Which countries signed a revised Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) on November 27, 2011?
Answer: India and Nepal.
15793. Which state becomes the overall champion of 32nd National Junior Roving Championship held in Kerala?
Answer: Orissa.
15794. Renowned Indian sarangi player and singer who was one of the members of the Indian fusion group “Tabla Beat Science”, died of kidney failure on 27 November 2011?
Answer: Ustad Sultan Khan.
15795. Who has been chosen for the Dilip Sardesai award for the best Indian cricketer in the recently-concluded Test series against West Indies?
Answer: Ravichandran Ashwin.
15796. Who won the ‘ATPWorldTour.com Fans’ Favourite Award presented by Ricoh at Barclays ATP World Tour Finals in London?
Answer: Roger Federer.
15797. Who has won his sixth Barclays ATP World Tour Finals title after beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in three sets in the singles final?
Answer: Roger Federer.
15799. WALES football manager who has been found dead at his home at the age of 42, at his home after apparently committing suicide?
Answer: Gary Speed.
15800. Name of the British Film director, who was Oscar-nominated for his 1969 film “Women In Love”, has died at the age of 84?
Answer: Ken Russell
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