● The number of member countries of the WTO – 160
● The person nominated by the US President Barack Obama to be the next defence secretary – Ashton Carter
● The approx amount spent by India on diseases caused by tobacco in 2011 – 1 lakh cr
● The winner of 2014 Turner Prize – Duncan Campbell
● The typhoon which hit the Philippines recently – Hagupit
● India’s communications satellite launched on 7 Dec – GSAT- 16 – The prematurely decommissioned satellite replaced by GSAT-16 – INSAT-3E
● The two countries which have launched Newton-Bhabha Fund – India and the UK
● The issuing entity of RuPay debit cards – NPCI
● The Indian-American scientist appointed as US Science envoy – Arun Majumdar
● The present secretary of DIPP – Amitabh Kant
● The fund planned by DEITY to be set up to fund innovation in electronics and IT – `10,000 cr
● The panel on whose report the govt plans to pass a new environment law – TSR Subramanian
● The present Cabinet Secretary whose tenure was extended for 6 months recently – Ajit Seth
● The current President of ECB – Mario Draghi
● The winner of the Beighton Cup Hockey tournament – Indian Oil
● The first Indian to become an elected member of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)’s Executive Committee – Raninder Singh
● The retired SC judge and a renowned social worker who died recently – VR Krishna Iyer
● The Navy Day (which commemorates the start of Operation Trident during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971) – 4 Dec
● The capital city of Cambodia – Phnom Penh
● The present President of the FIFA – Joseph S Blatter
● The author of the book titled The Dramatic Decade: The Years of Indira Gandhi – Pranab Mukherjee
● The place where the International Maritime Conference was held recently – Galle, Sri Lanka
● India’s ranking on the global corruption index for 2014 –85th
● The RBI has allowed prepaid instruments (PPIs) to be issued with balance of up to – `1 lakh
● The govt’s target for disinvestment programme for 2014-15 – `58,000-cr
● The International Day of Persons with Disabilities – 3 Dec
● The new director of the CBI – Anil Kumar Sinha
● India’s nuclear-capable strategic ballistic missile with strike range of 4000 km – Agni-IV
● The veteran comedian who died recently – Deven Verma
● The former chief minister of Maharashtra who died recently – AR Antulay
● Atal Bihari Bajpayee’s birthday on 25 Dec is now observed as – Good Governance Day
● The new president of Uruguay –Tabare Vazquez
● The country which has launched a new National Day song in Tamil recently – Singapore
● The Indian footballers conferred with AFC Hall of Fame Award in Manila, Philippines – Baichung Bhutia
● Deodhar Trophy is associated with – Cricket – The winner of the Deodhar trophy 2014-15 – East Zone
● The former chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh who passed away recently – Jarbom Gamlin
● World AIDS Day – 1 Dec
● The Bhopal gas tragedy took place on – 2 Dec 1984
● The name of the modified DBTL scheme – Pahal
● The Taiwanese PM who resigned recently – Jiang Yi-huah
● The CEO of Tata Consultancy Services – Natarajan Chandrasekaran
● The winner of the women’s singles title of the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton trophy – PV Sindhu
● The Russian film which was adjudged the best film of the 45th IFFI – Leviathan
● The UN climate summit was held recently in – Lima, Peru
● The famous crime novelist who died recently – PD James
● The present governor of West Bengal – Keshari Nath Tripathi
● The headquarters of World Trade Organization (WTO) – Geneva
● The Australian cricketer who died of a head injury during a domestic match – Phillip Hughes
● The country with which India has inked an agreement for the Arun III Hydro project – Nepal
● The host of the next SAARC summit in 2016 – Islamabad, Pakistan
● The new target for new bank accounts under the PMJDY –100 million
Thanks to Saritha for Update
● The person nominated by the US President Barack Obama to be the next defence secretary – Ashton Carter
● The approx amount spent by India on diseases caused by tobacco in 2011 – 1 lakh cr
● The winner of 2014 Turner Prize – Duncan Campbell
● The typhoon which hit the Philippines recently – Hagupit
● India’s communications satellite launched on 7 Dec – GSAT- 16 – The prematurely decommissioned satellite replaced by GSAT-16 – INSAT-3E
● The two countries which have launched Newton-Bhabha Fund – India and the UK
● The issuing entity of RuPay debit cards – NPCI
● The Indian-American scientist appointed as US Science envoy – Arun Majumdar
● The present secretary of DIPP – Amitabh Kant
● The fund planned by DEITY to be set up to fund innovation in electronics and IT – `10,000 cr
● The panel on whose report the govt plans to pass a new environment law – TSR Subramanian
● The present Cabinet Secretary whose tenure was extended for 6 months recently – Ajit Seth
● The current President of ECB – Mario Draghi
● The winner of the Beighton Cup Hockey tournament – Indian Oil
● The first Indian to become an elected member of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)’s Executive Committee – Raninder Singh
● The retired SC judge and a renowned social worker who died recently – VR Krishna Iyer
● The Navy Day (which commemorates the start of Operation Trident during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971) – 4 Dec
● The capital city of Cambodia – Phnom Penh
● The present President of the FIFA – Joseph S Blatter
● The author of the book titled The Dramatic Decade: The Years of Indira Gandhi – Pranab Mukherjee
● The place where the International Maritime Conference was held recently – Galle, Sri Lanka
● India’s ranking on the global corruption index for 2014 –85th
● The RBI has allowed prepaid instruments (PPIs) to be issued with balance of up to – `1 lakh
● The govt’s target for disinvestment programme for 2014-15 – `58,000-cr
● The International Day of Persons with Disabilities – 3 Dec
● The new director of the CBI – Anil Kumar Sinha
● India’s nuclear-capable strategic ballistic missile with strike range of 4000 km – Agni-IV
● The veteran comedian who died recently – Deven Verma
● The former chief minister of Maharashtra who died recently – AR Antulay
● Atal Bihari Bajpayee’s birthday on 25 Dec is now observed as – Good Governance Day
● The new president of Uruguay –Tabare Vazquez
● The Indian footballers conferred with AFC Hall of Fame Award in Manila, Philippines – Baichung Bhutia
● Deodhar Trophy is associated with – Cricket – The winner of the Deodhar trophy 2014-15 – East Zone
● The former chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh who passed away recently – Jarbom Gamlin
● World AIDS Day – 1 Dec
● The Bhopal gas tragedy took place on – 2 Dec 1984
● The name of the modified DBTL scheme – Pahal
● The Taiwanese PM who resigned recently – Jiang Yi-huah
● The CEO of Tata Consultancy Services – Natarajan Chandrasekaran
● The winner of the women’s singles title of the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton trophy – PV Sindhu
● The Russian film which was adjudged the best film of the 45th IFFI – Leviathan
● The UN climate summit was held recently in – Lima, Peru
● The famous crime novelist who died recently – PD James
● The present governor of West Bengal – Keshari Nath Tripathi
● The headquarters of World Trade Organization (WTO) – Geneva
● The Australian cricketer who died of a head injury during a domestic match – Phillip Hughes
● The country with which India has inked an agreement for the Arun III Hydro project – Nepal
● The host of the next SAARC summit in 2016 – Islamabad, Pakistan
● The new target for new bank accounts under the PMJDY –100 million
Thanks to Saritha for Update
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