CB Current Affair

1. The Supreme Court allowed its panel which was headed by whom, to access the visitors’ diary of the premier investigating agency’s former chief Ranjit Sinha?

Answer. Former CBI official M.L. Sharma

2. The Bharatiya Janata Party declared that it had received how much amount in the form of donations between 2014-15?

Answer. Rs. 437 crore

3. India which country exploring the possibility of setting up a joint venture in India to improve supply of spares for the Sukhoi-30 frontline fighter aircraft?

Answer. Russia

4. Name the Yemen's President who told the United Nations that he has asked the Saudi-led coalition to begin a 7-day ceasefire on Dec. 15 to coincide with U.N.-sponsored peace talks aimed at ending months of fighting that has killed nearly 6,000 people?

Answer. Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi

5. Which country has launched a new counterterrorism unit in an air of secrecy recently?

Answer. Japan

6. Name the country which has gifted France a new puppy to replace Diesel, the seven-year-old police dog who was killed during a raid linked to the Paris terror attacks?

Answer. Russia

7. Name the Titan Managing Director who recently appointed, on the board of its new joint venture (JV) with Maison Montblanc which will carry out single brand retail trading of Montblanc’s products in India?

Answer. Bhaskar Bhat

8. IDFC Bank has inked a pact with which IT services major for its core banking solutions?

Answer. Tata Consultancy Services

9. Name the noted industrialist and Chairman of the Mahindra Group, who has joined the newly created Sustainability Committee of Formula E Championship, an initiative of FIA (Federation Internationale de I’Automobile) and the world’s first fully-electric racing series?

Answer. Anand Mahindra

10. General Motors India has appointed whom as President and Managing Director of the company with effect from January 1, 2016?

Answer. Kaher Kazem

1.Name the one of the world’s biggest Android application development companies which has floated a fund in India with an initial corpus of Rs 300 crore that would invest in startups that are working on mobile internet innovation projects in the country?
Answer. China’s Apus Group

2.Which company agreed to sell its telecom tower assets and related infrastructure to Tillman Global Holdings, LLC and TPG Asia Inc. (TPG)?
Answer. Reliance Communications (RCom)

3. Who headed the committee which submits its report to finance minister on GST recently?
Answer. Arvind Subramanian

4. Name the Governor of Yemen’s Aden province who was killed along with six bodyguards after a bomb struck his vehicle in the country’s temporary capital?
Answer. Major General Jafar Mohammed Saad, the newly appointed governor of Aden, was killed while passing through Tawahi district towards his workplace, Xinhua quoted a military official as saying.

5.Which country has expressed interest in acquiring Pakistan’s multi-role JF—17 Thunder fighter jets, which the country has manufactured in collaboration with China?
Answer. Egypt

6.Name the country Which broke a 33-year-old medal jinx after winning bronze medal in the Hockey World League 2015(HWL)?
Answer. India

7. Who is the former president of Peru’s soccer federation who recently arrested amid an ongoing US-led investigation into corruption at the sport’s world governing body FIFA?
Answer. Manuel Burga

8. Which country is likely to ratify the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), aimed at easing customs rules to expedite trade flows, during the Nairobi meeting of the global trade body from December 15 to 18?
Answer. India

9.Name the comapny which the Japan’s securities watchdog will recommend, should be fined 7.37 billion yen ($59.84 million) for accounting violations?
Answer. Toshiba Corp

10.Name the company which recently launched its movie premiere service ‘Miniplex’ on cable and online after partnering with two DTH players?
Answer. Shemaroo Entertainment