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BSC DECEMBER 2015 MATCH POINT -- PART ONE

Match Point
l The Indian short film which won the Best Short Film award at the 2015 London Film Festival (LFF) recently – An Old Dog’s Diary
l The country where the NATO allies and partner nations held joint military exercise recently – Italy
l The person named by the govt as head of the All India Council of Sports – VK Malhotra
l The cricketer roped in by MRF Ltd as the brand ambassador
recently – AB de Villiers
l Winner of the women’s singles title of the Denmark Open
2015 – Li Xuerui
l Winner of the Sultan of Johor Cup 2015 junior men’s hockey
tournament – Great Britain
l The state which approved ‘Swadhar Greh’ scheme to help
women recently – Haryana
l Miss Diva 2015 – Urvashi Rautela
l The new Lokayukta of Delhi – Reva Khetrapal
l The powerful typhoon that hit the northern Philippines
recently – Koppu
l Winner of the men’s singles title of Shanghai Masters 2015
– Novak Djokovic
l Winner of the men’s singles title of the Vietnam Open 2015
– Saketh Myneni
l The renowned Egyptian novelist and journalist who died
recently – Gamal al-Ghitani
l The new Prime Minister of Canada – Justin Trudeau
l The one-stop research funding mechanism launched by the
govt – IMPRINT
l The person awarded by the Bank of Baroda with Maharaja
Sayajirao Bhasha Samman – Prasoon Joshi
l The new venue for the 61st Commonwealth Parliamentary
Conference – New York
l The ET Business Leader of the Year 2015 awardee – Uday
Kotak
l The corpus of the new Financial Inclusion Fund (FIF) set
up by the RBI – `2,000 cr
l International Day for the Eradication of Poverty – 17 Oct
l The first woman speaker of Nepalese Parliament elected
recently – Onsari Gharti Magar
l The person selected for the annual Harvard Humanitarian
of the Year Award – Kailash Satyarthi
l The global ICC sponsor through 2023 including ICC Cricket
World Cup and World Twenty20 – Nissan
l The state which launched mobile app ‘mSehat’ recently –
Uttar Pradesh
l The five nations elected as non-permanent members of the
UN Security council recently – Uruguay, Ukraine, Japan,
Egypt and Senegal
l World Food Day – 16 Oct
l The leading bowler of Team India who bid adieu to
international cricket on 15 Oct – Zaheer Khan
l The date after which telcos will pay `1 for every call drop
subject to a cap of three call drops a day – Jan 1, 2016
l The joint training exercise conducted between India and Sri
Lanka recently – Mitra Shakti-2015
l The ‘Finance Minister of the Year, Asia’ chosen by Londonbased
publication Emerging Markets Arun Jaitley
l The first European country to sign an MoU on the
establishment of Nalanda University recently – Portugal
l The first Indian female bodybuilder to win a silver medal in
the 49th Asian championship – Shweta Rathore
l The winner of 2015 Beighton Cup hockey title – PNB
l The state which recently launched Mission Abaas to provide
affordable houses to the urban poor – Odisha
l The pair which won the women’s doubles title of 2015
China Open – Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis
l The winner of the women’s singles final of 2015 China
Open – Garbine Muguruza
l The veteran Tamil actor who died recently – Manorama
l The cricketer who became the highest run-scorer in Tests
for Pakistan recently – Younis Khan
l The present head of Palestine govt – Mahmoud Abbas
l The name of the direct benefit transfer scheme for LPG
which saved `14,672 cr in 2014-15 – PAHAL
l The PC maker which bought enterprise storage maker EMC
for $67 bn recently – Dell
l The chairman of the Empowered Committee for Innovative
Collaborations set up by the govt recently – Arvind
Panagariya
l The firm that acquired additional stake in its joint venture
with Reliance Capital Asset Management recently – Nippon
Life Insurance
l The most valuable nation brand as per the Nation Brands
report 2015 – US
India’s position in the Nation Brands report 2015 – Seventh
l The deadline set by the RBI for banks to meet the Basel III
norms – 31 Mar 2019
l Winner of the men’s singles title of the China Open 2015 –
Novak Djokovic
l International Day of Girl Child – 11 Oct
l Winner of the 2015 economics Nobel Prize for “his analysis
of consumption, poverty, and welfare” – Angus Deaton
l The winner of 2015 Russian Grand Prix F1 championship –
Lewis Hamilton
l The country where the Cotopaxi volcano erupted recently
Ecuador
l The date announced by the Prime Minister to be marked as
Constitution Day – 26 Nov
l The present MD and CEO of Bank of Baroda – PS
Jayakumar
l The firm which received a favourable verdict in the `8,500-
cr transfer pricing case from the Bombay High Court recently
Vodafone
l The country from which India plans to acquire the S-400

Triumf air defence missile systems – Russia

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