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16401. Who was elected unopposed as the President of BCCI (Board of Control of Cricket in India)?
Answer: N Srinivasan.
16403. Name the world"s biggest walking robot which was unleashed by electronics maker Zollner Elektronik AG in Zandt, Germany, in September, 2013?
Answer: Fanny.
16404. Indian-American poet who has been selected for Patrick Kavanagh Poetry Award-2013 for the collection of his debut poems?
Answer: Rafiq Kathwari.
16406. Who became the first bowler in history of cricket to claim a hat-trick on his debut in one-day cricket?
Answer: Taijul Islam. (Bangladesh).
16407. Former chief Minister of Maharashtra and veteran Congressman, passed away on December 2, 2014?
Answer: A.R.Antulay.
16408. Who won the Player of the series Award in the 5 ODI cricket matches played between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh held in Bangladesh in 2014?
Answer: Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh)
16409. Who has been appointed as the new Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on December 2, 2014?
Answer: Anil Kumar Sinha.
16410. Who scored a record 23rd hat-trick in La Liga and his 200th goal in the Spanish top flight as Real Madrid equalled the Spanish record of 18 consecutive wins in all competition?
Answer: Cristiano Ronaldo.
16412. About 16,500 people were evacuated from the German city of Dortmund while experts deactivated a 8-tonne bomb from World War II that was found during construction work. What is the name of that bomb?
Answer: The HC 4000 bomb.
16413. Veteran Hindi film and television actor who graced Bollywood for four decades with endearing roles in classic domestic comedies, passed away on December 2, 2014?
Answer: Deven Verma.
16414. Which two wheeler company has signed American golf legend Tiger Woods as its brand ambassador in a four-year deal for Rs 250 crore?
Answer: The Hero MotoCorp.
16415. Name the rocket carrying asteroid probe which was successfully launched by Japan on December 3, 2014?
Answer: Hayabusa 2.
16416. Sri Lanka batsman who became the fourth batsman to complete 13000 One-Day Internationals (ODI) runs.
Answer: Kumar Sangakkara.
16417. Legal luminary and former judge of the Supreme Court who was known for his passionate commitment to human rights, passed away on December 4, 2014?
Answer: Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer.
16418. Parliaments of which countries recently called for the recognition of Palestine State?
Answer: France and Ireland.
16419. Who has been nominated as the new U.S. defense secretary, replacing Chuck Hagel, who resigned last week?
Answer: Ashton Carter.
16420. Video of which pop song becomes the first video to be viewed more than 1 billion times on YouTube, the world"s largest video sharing site?
Answer: “Gangnam Style”.
16421. Which footballer has received the ‘World’s Top Goalscorer 2013’ award by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS)?
Answer: Cristiano Ronaldo.
16422. On November 30, 2014, the Simon Wiesenthal Center reported that a senior Nazi figure who centrally involved in the implementation of the Holocaust had died in Syria around 2010, or four years earlier. Who is that Nazi figure?
Answer: Alois Brunner.
16423. Who was named "Asian of the Year (2014)" for being development-focused leader of India by editors of Singapore"s leading daily, The Straits Times?
Answer: Narendra Modi.
16424. Name the spacecraft successfully test fired by NASA on December 5, 2014 which is designed to carry astronauts to an asteroid and eventually to Mars in the 2030s?
Answer: Orion.
16425. Retired senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) who has been expelled from the party in December 2014?
Answer: Zhou Yongkang.
16426. Which documentary film was given the top award for best feature by the International Documentary Association in December 2014?
Answer: "CitizenFour."
16427. Real Madrid and Portugal forward who has won the BBC"s 2014 Overseas Sports Personality award?
Answer: Cristiano Ronaldo.
16428. Name the floral masterpiece by Vincent van Gogh which has sold in New York for $ 8m (£ 7m)?
Answer: “Still Life, Vase with Daisies, and Poppies.”
16429. India"s communication satellite which was successfully launched by the Ariane-5 launch vehicle VA221 of Arianespace from Kourou, French Guiana on December 7, 2014?
Answer: GSAT-16.
16430. Azerbaijani investigative journalist who was arrested in December 2014 on charges of incitement to suicide, a charge widely criticized by human rights organizations as bogus?
Answer: Ismayilova.
16431. Who won the Player of the Series award in the ODI cricket series between Sri Lanka and England held in Sri Lanka in 2014?
Answer: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka).
16432. The Pakistan all-rounder who has been suspended from bowling in December 2014 after the International Cricket Council ruled his action was illegal?
Answer: Mohammad Hafeez.
16433. Name the second most intense tropical cyclone in 2014 which hit the Philippines in early December?
Answer: Typhoon Hagupit.
16434. Who has been appointed as the next chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB)?
Answer: Dineshwar Sharma .
16435. Name the nature documentary which aired on Discovery Channel on December 7, 2014 in which a man tried (and failed) to get a green anaconda to eat him?
Answer: Eaten Alive.
16436. Name the spacecraft of NASA which is nearing the end of its nine-year voyage to Pluto, with just over 100 million miles (160 million kilometers) to go before reaching there in July 20145?
Answer: New Horizons spacecraft.
16437. Name the Dutch actress and adventurer who has arrived at the South Pole after a 2,500 km journey across the ice of Antarctica in a red Massey tractor?
Answer: Manon Ossevoort.
16438. Indian-American who has been sworn in as the US Ambassador to India by Secretary of State John Kerry?
Answer: Richard Rahul Verma.
16439. Palestinian minister who died on December 10, 2014following clashes with Israeli troops during a West Bank demonstration?
Answer: Ziad Abu Ein.
16440. West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra was arrested by CBI on December 12, 2014 in connection with Saradha chit fund scam?
Answer: Madan Mitra .
16441. Which picture of Australian photographer Peter Lik has been sold for 5 million dollars setting a new world record?
Answer: “Phantom”.
16442. Bengaluru-based Software engineer who was arrested on December 13, 2014, accused of being the key voice of the global jihadi group ISIS on Twitter?
Answer: Mehdi Masroor Biswas.
16443. Prime minister of Haiti who resigned in December 2014 after violent anti-government protests over delayed elections?
Answer: Laurent Lamothe.
16444. Which tennis team won the inaugural International Premier Tennis League (ITPL)-2014 defeating Singapore Slammers in the final?
Answer: Indian Aces.
16447. Five-time chess world champion who won his maiden London Classic title (2014) after defeating British Grandmaster Michael Adams in the fifth and final round?
Answer: Viswanathan Anand.
16449. Senior IAS officer who was appointed as Joint Secretary in Prime Minister"s Office on December 10, 2014?
Answer: Anurag Jain.
16450. Name the book written by Pranab Mukherjee, President of India?
Answer: “The Dramatic Decade: The Indira Gandhi Years.”
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