The Serendipity Arts Festival will be held | Current Affairs Recap | December 2016
- Hindi language fetched what rank on the 2016 World Power Language Index ?
10th
- Three companies that formed consortium recently to set up India's biggest refinery ?
IOCL, BPCL and HPCL
- The Indian senior national hockey team captain who recently took
over as the Goalkeeping Coach of India Under-21 hockey team is ?
PR Sreejesh
- The head of the MCC’s World Cricket Committee that recently made
several recommendations in order to bring about a balance between bat
and ball is ?
Mike Brearley
- The country with which Indian recently signed an agreement to train its Sukhoi Su-30MK2 fighter pilots is ?
Vietnam
- The Serendipity Arts Festival will be held from 16 December to 23 December 2016 in ?
Goa
- The parliamentary constituency that recently became India’s first to have health insurance for all is ?
Vijayawada
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to discontinue 500 and 1000
rupees notes has boosted the revenue of many civic bodies in ?
Maharashtra
- Altogether 98 trainee police officers of the 42nd Basic Course from
North Eastern Police Academy took oath during the Dikshant parade held
in ?
Shillong
- India received over 300 billion US dollar Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) milestone between ?
April 2000 and September 2016
- Theme of 2016 International Volunteer Day (IVD) ?
Global Applause – give volunteers a hand
- First-ever International Gita Mahotsav will be held in ?
Haryana
- Amount that will be provided by NITI Aayog to every district to encourage digital payment system ?
Rs 5 lakh
- Indian Railways recently announced Aadhaar-based ticketing system for /
Senior Citizen
- Noted journalist who passed away recently and was the close ally of Late Jayalalitha ?
Cho S Ramaswamy
- The winner of the 2016 Turner Prize is ?
Helen Marten
- Fisher recently made a comeback in the state of Washington, USA. The species belong to the family of ?
Weasel
- Konkan 16 that recently commenced in Mumbai, Maharashtra is an annual maritime exercise between ?
India and United Kingdom
- The Indian Navy’s offshore patrol vessel that is on a visit to Australia to strengthen bilateral ties is ?
INS Sumitra
- Former Spanish footballer who recently announced retirement is ?
Alvaro Dominguez Soto
- India’s earth observation satellite that was successfully launched on 7 December 2016 is ?
Resourcesat-2A
- Dr BR Ambedkar’s birthday, 14 April, will be observed as which day across India as ?
Water Day
- He will succeed Justice TS Thakur as Chief Justice of India ?
Justice JS Khehar
- The New French Prime Minister is ?
Bernard Cazeneuve
- Cazeneuve’s position at the French Interior ministry will be taken over by ?
Bruno Le Roux
- The Prime Minister of Uzbekistan who was recently elected as the President of Uzbekistan is ?
Shavkat Mirziyoyev
- The bank that recently launched a digital banking service known as SIMsePay is ?
Yes Bank
- The state that will be setting up a special panel to prevent child trafficking panel is /
West Bengal
- The chairman of the anti-child trafficking panel is ?
Partha Chatterjee
- The Supreme Court in the UK has begun the much-awaited hearing that will decide the fate of ?
Brexit
- Lifeline Express to have 2 more coaches for ?
Cancer treatment
- e-Commerce platform that launched the Launchpad Programme in India ?
Amazon
- District that became the first to pay wages to tea garden workers through bank accounts ?
Hailakandi district
- Indian Navy Day is celebrated every year on ?
4 December
- Theme of 2016 Heart of Asia (HoA) ministerial conference ?
Addressing challenges, achieving prosperity
- The Philippine Vice President, who resigned her Cabinet post after
citing irreconcilable differences with President Rodrigo Duterte, who
had banned her from attending Cabinet meetings, in a new political
dilemma for the leader is /
Leni Robredo
- He was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on 5 December 2016 ?
O Panneerselvam
- The state government that banned carrying of arms at wedding functions is ?
Haryana
- The IAS officer who was recently appointed as the Chief of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation is ?
BS Bhullar
- Amar Abrol was recently appointed as the Managing Director of ?
AirAsia India
- Person appointed as the Interim Chief Executive Officer of National Stock Exchange of India ?
J Ravichandran
- Person appointed as the Interim director of Central Bureau of Investigation ?
Rakesh Asthana
- Renowned Urdu poet who passed away recently and belonged to Uttar Pradesh ?
Bekal Utsahi
- Theme of International Volunteer Day 2016 ?
Global Applause-give volunteers a hand
- The winner of the 2016 Women’s Asia Cup T20 is ?
India
- The winner of the 2016 IAAF male Athlete of the Year award is ?
Usain Bolt
- The winner of the 2016 IAAF female Athlete of the Year award is ?
Almaz Ayana