• It is with this country India signed 6 agreements to boost bilateral cooperation - Kyrgyzstan
• Union Government announced Rs 207 crore for development of Majuli Island. The island is located in – Assam
• The debut film of Legendary Hollywood actress Zsa Zsa Gabor who passed away recently - Lovely to Look At
• This State Government announced creation of a separate Ministry for the development of Other Backward Classes - Maharashtra
• The word named by Merriam-Webster as Word of the Year 2016 is - Surreal
• The 2000-batch IAS officer of UP cadre appointed as the CEO of Noida Authority is - Deepak Agarwal
• The country that topped the Global Wind Power Installed Capacity Index that was released recently is - China
• The International Boxing Association recently granted full membership to the Boxing Federation of India. The President of the Boxing Federation of India is - Ajay Singh
• India’s first cashless bazaar recently came up in - Chhattisgarh
• Scientists have discovered a huge dead zone in- Bay of Bengal
• This court was recently banned for unauthorised functioning- Sharia Courts
• This Indian Special Forces unit may participate in the Republic day parade on 26 January for the first time in history- National Security Guard (NSG)
• State that attained 100 percent Aadhaar saturation in India recently- Himachal Pradesh
• State that launched the subsidised meal scheme ‘Annapurna Rasoi' recently- Rajasthan
• Pherzawl and Noney districts were recently inaugurated in which state- Manipur
• Famous environmentalist who passed away recently and authored the book 'Aaj Bhi Khare Hain Talab'- Anupam Mishra
• Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar was appointed as the 44th Chief Justice of India by the President Pranab Mukherjee. Justice Kehar will replace – Justice T S Thakur
• The Tamil poet whose statue was recently inaugurated on the bank of River Ganga in Haridwar is - Thiruvalluvar
• The United Nations Security Council voted to deploy UN observers to monitor evacuations in the Syrian city of - Aleppo
• A rainbow-headed snake was recently discovered by the scientists in - Greater Mekong
• The ranking of India in the Global Wind Power Installed Capacity index is - Fourth
• This country unveiled a Charter on Citizen’s Rights to guarantee a number of rights such as right to a fair trial, freedom of speech and freedom f movement – Iran
• The Central Board of Trustees of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) reduced the interest rate payable on their PF savings for 2016-17 to - 8.65%
• For the first time in nearly 150 years, India's economy surpassed the economy of this country – The United Kingdom
• The country whose Senate has passed a resolution seeking withdrawal of its biggest currency notes (Rs 5000 currency notes) is – Pakistan
• Lanura village that became the first village to go cashless of in the state is located in - Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir
• India’s first ever Indian Institute of Skills will be set up in this city – Kanpur
• It is with this country India signed 4 agreements to boost bilateral cooperation – Tajikistan
• This country became first in the world to legally approve the 3-parent technique – The United Kingdom
• These three words were added to the Oxford Dictionary – Brexit, YouTuber and Bama
• The person appointed as the Chairman of the Life Insurance Corporation of India is - V K Sharma
• The winner of the 2016 Men's Hockey Junior World Cup is - India
• The famous medical researcher and inventor of Heimlich manoeuvre who passed away recently is - Henry Heimlich
• Indian boxer Vijender Singh recently knocked out Tanzania's Francis Cheka to retain - the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title
• The winner of the 2016 Indian Super League is - Atletico de Kolkata
• This International library has undertaken a project that includes digitisation of over 4000 early printed Bengali book- British Library
• The winner of Miss World 2016 is – Miss Puerto Rico Stephanie Del Valle
• She represented India in the 66th edition of the Miss World pageant that recently concluded in the United States of America - Priyadarshini Chatterjee
• This legendary Hollywood Actress passed away recently at the age of 99 ?
Zsa Zsa Gabor
• Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Vijay Goel inaugurated the Conference on Youth Development in ?
Delhi
• State Bank MobiCash Mobile Wallet that was launched in third week of December is a product developed by ?
SBI and BSNL
• The Centre has decided to set up a single, permanent Tribunal to adjudicate all inter-state river water disputes and it will be headed by ?
a retired Supreme Court judge
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