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    Set 1

    1) Who among the following was appointed as the new chairman of Sangeet

    Natak Akademi on 29 January 2015? 

    (A) Shekhar Sen (B) N Gopalaswami

     

    (C) Leela Samson 

    (D) S Jayasankar 

    2) Which country was confirmed as the host for the 2016 Twenty20 World Cup

    recently? 

    (A) Bangladesh 

    (B) West Indies 

    (C) Australia 

    (D) India 

    3) On 28 January 2015, nation paid tributes to which national martyr of freedom

    movement on his 150th birth anniversary? 

    (A) Mangal Panday 

    (B) Lala Lajpat Rai 

    (C) Subhash Chandra Bose 

    (D) Bhagath Singh

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    www.currentaffairs4examz.com4) Shirani Bhandaranayake, who was reinstated by the new government led by

    President Maithiripala Sirisena on 28 January 2015, was the first woman Chief

     Justice of which country? 

    (A) Bangladesh 

    (B) Pakistan (C) Srilanka 

    (D) Nepal 

    5) Who has assumed charge as the new Chairman and Managing Director of

    National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) recently? 

    (A) Rehman Khan 

    (B) Hanumanthu Purushotham 

    (C) DP Sinha 

    (D) Rohit Upadhyaya 

    6) Nation on 29 January 2015 paid rich tributes to ______, who was martyred in

    an encounter with militants a day after he got his gallantry award on Republic

    Day? 

    (A) Col. MN Rai 

    (B) Major Mukund Varadarajan 

    (C) Major Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh 

    (D) None of these 

    7) Which Messenger service has recently rolled out free voice-calling, a month

    after its first acquisition of a free calling app - Zip Phone? 

    (A) Whatsapp 

    (B) We Chat 

    (C) Hike 

    (D) Viber 

    8) Kalyan Singh took additional charge as Himachal Governor on 28 January2015. He was originally the Governor of which state?

     

    (A) Goa 

    (B) West Bengal 

    (C) Punjab 

    (D) Rajasthan 

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    9) Which company reported quarterly profits of $18 billion on 27 January 2015

    which is the largest profit in global corporate history? 

    (A) Microsoft 

    (B) Facebook 

    (C) Apple 

    (D) Google 

    10) Veteran actor Mala Aravindan who passed away on 28 January 2015 is from

    which industry? 

    (A) Malayalam 

    (B) Telugu 

    (C) Tamil 

    (D) Kannada

    Set 2

    1) Who was appointed as the new foreign secretary of India on 28 January 2015? 

    (A) H S Brahma 

    (B) Sujatha Singh 

    (C) S Jaishankar 

    (D) DP Sinha

    2) R K Laxman, the country's best-known cartoonist, passed away on 26 January

    2015. He is best known for creation of which among the following

    iconic character? 

    (A) Common Man 

    (B) Amul girl 

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    www.currentaffairs4examz.com(C) Chacha Chaudhari

     

    (D) Suppandi 

    3) Alexis Tsipras was recently sworn in as prime minister of which country? 

    (A) Brazil 

    (B) Malaysia 

    (C) Egypt 

    (D) Greece 

    4) Who won the men's singles of Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold badminton

    tournament on 25 January 2015? 

    (A) HS Pranoy 

    (B) Kidambi Srikanth 

    (C) Parupalli Kashyap 

    (D) Lee Chong Wei 

    5) Who recently won the Allan Border Medal for the Australian player of the

    year? 

    (A) Mitchell Johnson 

    (B) Steve Smith 

    (C) Brad Haddin 

    (D) James Faulkner 

    6) Which International Airport has recently emerged as the busiest international

    airport in the world? 

    (A) Dubai International Airport 

    (B) United Kingdom London Heathrow Airport 

    (C) Hong Kong International Airport 

    (D) Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport 

    7) Name the winter snow storm recently hit the northeastern states of the USA? (A) Athena

     

    (B) Juno 

    (C) Brutus 

    (D) Nemo 

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    www.currentaffairs4examz.com8) Tomas Berdych of Czech Republic recently defeated which top seeded player

    in the quarterfinals of Australian Open 2015? 

    (A) Rafael Nadal 

    (B) Roger Federer 

    (C) Andy Murray (D) Novak Djokovic 

    9) Which cricket player recently pulled out of West Indies World Cup squad

    saying he needed more time to work on his bowling action? 

    (A) Darren Sammy 

    (B) Sulaiman Benn 

    (C) Jerome Taylor 

    (D) Sunil Narine 

    10) After deciding to split into three, which company recently became the first

    Indian listed company to solely focus on life insurance? 

    (A) Max India 

    (B) Reliance 

    (C) Bajaj 

    (D) Aviva 

    Set 31) India on 26 January 2015 celebrated its 66th Republic Day. Who among the

    following was the Chief Guest at this year's Republic Day Parade? 

    (A) Yingluck Shinawatra, Thailand 

    (B) King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuk, Bhutan 

    (C) Shinzo Abe, Japan 

    (D) Barack Obama, United States 

    2) Paulina Vega who was crowned Miss Universe recently is from which

    country? 

    (A) Venezuela 

    (B) South Africa 

    (C) Colombia 

    (D) Ukraine 

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    www.currentaffairs4examz.com3) Major Mukund Varadarajan and Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh, the two army

    personnel who laid down their lives combating militants in Kashmir Valley,

    were on 26 January 2015 awarded Ashok Chakra posthumously. Ashok Chakra

    is awarded as a? 

    (A) Wartime Gallantry Award (B) Peacetime Gallantry Award 

    (C) Wartime distinguished service medal 

    (C) None of these 

    4) Government on 26 January 2015 appointed whom as special director with

    Intelligence Bureau? 

    (A) Durga Prasad 

    (B) DP Sinha 

    (C) R.K. Upadhyay 

    (D) Syed Asif Ibrahim 

    5) Who among the following is not a Padma Vibhushan awardee this year? 

    (A) Sanjay Leela Bhansali 

    (B) L. K. Advani 

    (C) Amitabh Bachchan 

    (D) Prakash Singh Badal 

    6) Saina Nehwal recently defeated Carolina Marin of which country to retain the

    Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament? 

    (A) Malaysia 

    (B) Singapore 

    (C) Serbia 

    (D) Spain 

    7) World Leprosy Day 2015 was recently observed on? 

    (A) 25 January (B) 27 January

     

    (C) 26 January 

    (D) 24 January 

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    www.currentaffairs4examz.com8) US and India recently signed pact for developing 03 smart cities inIndia.

    Which city is not included in this list? 

    (A) Ajmer 

    (B) Visakhapatnam 

    (C) Varanasi (D) Allahabad 

    9) Edgar Lungu was recently sworn in as the new president of which country? 

    (A) Zambia 

    (B) Kenya 

    (C) Zimbabwe 

    (D) Turkey 

    10) Barack Obama during his recent 03 day Indian visit, became the ____ sitting

    U.S. president to visit India twice? 

    (A) Fourth 

    (B) First 

    (C) Third 

    (D) Second

    Set 4

    1) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 24 January 2015 has lifted ban on carryingIndian bank   Rs 1,000 and 500 denominations to and from which

    countries?

    (A) Nepal and Bhutan 

    (B) Pakistan and Bangladesh 

    (C) China and Srilanka 

    (D) Myanmar and Thailand 

    2) National Girl Child Day was observed on? 

    (A) January 26 

    (B) January 25 

    (C) January 24 

    (D) January 23

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    3) Who is now the world’s oldest living monarch following the death of King

    Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, at age 90 recently? 

    (A) Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, King of Bhutan 

    (B) Elizabeth II, Britain’s Queen 

    (C) Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said, King of Oman 

    (D) Sonja, Queen of Norway 

    4) Who has recently won the inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for

    Poetry? 

    (A) Amita Kanekar 

    (B) Jhumpa Lahiri 

    (C) Priya Davidar (D) Arundhathi Subramaniam 

    5) Who will inaugurate the 35th National Games, to be hosted by Kerala from

     January 31 to February 14, as announced recently? 

    (A) Pranab Mukherjee 

    (B) Arun Jaitley 

    (C) Venkaiah Naidu 

    (D) Narendra Modi 

    6) Hockey India League 2015 started on 22 January 2015 at Kalinga Stadium in

     _____ with inaugural match between Kalinga Lancers and Ranchi Rays? 

    (A) New Delhi 

    (B) Bhubaneswar 

    (C) Pune 

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    7) TRAI recently issued draft rules for full mobile number portability. Full

    mobile number portability is set to start from which date? 

    (A) May 3, 2015 

    (B) August 15, 2015 

    (C) April 1, 2015 

    (D) March 8, 2015 

    8) Who recently won his seventh senior National snooker title beating Varun

    Madan by six frames to three? 

    (A) Subhash Agarwal 

    (B) Pankaj Advani 

    (C) Geet Sethi 

    (D) Aditya Mehta 

    9) National Voters’ Day (NVD) was observed on 25th January 2015. What was

    the theme for the day this year? 

    (A) Ethical Voting 

    (B) Inclusion 

    (C) Greater Participation for a Stronger Democracy 

    (D) Easy Registration, Easy Correction 

    10) Which Wing Commander on 25 January 2015 became the first woman officer

    to lead the ceremonial Guard of Honour at Rashtrapathi Bhavan? 

    (A) Pooja Thakur 

    (B) Sandhya Chauhan 

    (C) Divya Ajith 

    (D) Sneha Shekhawat

    Set 51) Name the Special deposit scheme for girl children launched by Prime Minister

    Narendra Modi on 22 January 2015? 

    (A) Sukanya Samriddhi Account 

    (B) Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Account 

    (C) Ujjwala Account 

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    www.currentaffairs4examz.com(D) Rajya Mahila Samman Account

     

    2) Which session of Parliament is set to begin on February 23, 2015? 

    (A) Winter Session 

    (B) Budget Session 

    (C) Monsoon Session 

    (D) Summer Session 

    3) Who among the following joined as full time member of NITI Aayog on 21

     January 2015? 

    (A) Bibek Debroy 

    (B) Arvind Panagariya 

    (C) Sindhushree Khullar 

    (D) Aravind Subramanian 

    4) Which Union Ministry on 21 January 2015 launched the National Heritage

    Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) that seeks to preserve and

    rejuvenate the rich cultural heritage of the country? 

    (A) Union Ministry of Tourism 

    (B) Union Ministry of Culture 

    (C) Union Ministry of Home Affairs 

    (D) Union Ministry of Urban Development 

    5) South Korean steel major Posco and state-run SAIL recently decided to jointly

    set up a 3-million-tonne integrated plant in which state, with an estimated

    investment of about Rs 18,000 crore? 

    (A) Gujarat 

    (B) Bihar 

    (C) Jharkhand 

    (D) Andhra Pradesh 

    6) __th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival began on 21 January 2015? 

    (A) 6th 

    (B) 8th 

    (C) 12th 

    (D) 7th 

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    7) Which company topped global vehicle sales in 2014 as per report released

    recently? 

    (A) Toyota Motor 

    (B) General Motors 

    (C) Volkswagen 

    (D) Maruti Suzuki 

    8) Who among the following is the chairman of the committee that has submitted

    its report on restructuring of Food Corporation of India, recently? 

    (A) TSR Subramanian 

    (B) Bimal Jalan 

    (C) Ashok Kumar Mathur 

    (D) Shanta Kumar

    9) Jhumpa Lahiri's which book won 2015 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature

    on 22 January 2015? 

    (A) The Namesake 

    (B) Interpreter of Maladies 

    (C) The Lowland 

    (D) The White Tiger 

    10) PM Modi launched 'Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' campaign on 22 January 2015

    at which place? 

    (A) Idukki, Kerala 

    (B) Gandhinagar, Gujarat 

    (C) Panipat, Haryana 

    (D) Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir

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    Set 6

    1) Which bank on 19 January 2015 announced the launch of banking services

    on Twitter, the first of its kind service, in India? 

    (A) HDFC Bank (B) ICICI Bank

     

    (C) SBI 

    (D) Punjab National Bank 

    2) Reserve Bank of India, on 19 January 2015, asked banks to notify the Base Rate,

    or the minimum lending rate, at least once in every ___ months based on the cost

    of funds? 

    (A) three 

    (B) two 

    (C) four 

    (D) five

    3) Who will be BJP's Chief Minister candidate in Delhi assembley elections as

    announced by BJP president Amit Shah on 19 January 2015? 

    (A) Prashanth Bhusan 

    (B) Harsh Vardhan 

    (C) Hema Malini 

    (D) Kiran Bedi 

    4) Who among the following recently broke the record of fastest half century in

    ODI cricket held by Sanath Jayasurya(17 balls), by smashing fifty in just 16 balls? 

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    (B) Glenn Maxwell 

    (C) AB de Villiers 

    (D) Chris Gayle 

    5) Periyar Tiger Reserve which recently bagged the National Tiger Conservation

    Authority (NTCA) biennial award is in which state? 

    (A) Kerala 

    (B) TamilNadu 

    (C) Karnataka 

    (D) Madhya Pradesh 

    6) Which Microblogging site on 20 January 2015 has acquired Indian startup

    ZipDial, a mobile value added services company based out of Bangalore? 

    (A) Instagram 

    (B) Tumblr 

    (C) Twitter 

    (D) Wordpress 

    7) Which scheme launched by Narendra Modi government found a place

    in Guinness Book of World Records on 20 January 2015?  

    (A) Sansad Adarsh Grama Yojana 

    (B) PM Jan Dhan Yojana 

    (C) Make in India 

    (D) Digital India 

    8) Which company recently overtook Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) to become the

    country’s most profitable private company for the quarter ended December

    2014? 

    (A) Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) 

    (B) Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) (C) State Bank of India (SBI)

     

    (D) Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) 

    9) Which state in India has the largest number of tigers as per Country Wide

    Tiger Assessment Report (CWTAR) for 2014 released recently? 

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    www.currentaffairs4examz.com(A) Gujarat

     

    (B) Karnataka 

    (C) Kerala 

    (D) Madhya Pradesh 

    10) World Toilet Summit was recently held in which Indian city? 

    (A) New Delhi 

    (B) Pune 

    (C) Bengaluru 

    (D) Hyderabad 

    Set 7

    1) South African cricketer AB de Villiers has hit the fastest century in ODI history

    on 18 January 2015 and broke whose previous record?  

    (A) Shahid Afridi 

    (B) Corey Anderson 

    (C) Sanath Jayasurya 

    (D) Chris Gayle 

    2) Which bank was ranked at highest place among Indian banks in the list of the

    Top 50 Most Valued Global Banks (in terms of market capitalization) that was

    released by Bloomberg on 17 January 2015? (A) ICICI Bank 

    (B) SBI 

    (C) Axis BAnk 

    (D) HDFC Bank 

    3) Who was on 19 January 2015 appointed chairperson of the censor board, days

    after Leela Samson resigned from the post? 

    (A) Pahlaj Nihalani 

    (B) Ashoke Pandit 

    (C) Chandra Prakash Dwivedi 

    (D) Vani Tripathi Tikoo 

    4) Name the Union Social Justice Minister who on 16 January 2015 launched a

    scheme 'Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes', under which members of

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    www.currentaffairs4examz.comthe reserved community will be offered concessional finance to start new

    business ventures? 

    (A) Jual Oram 

    (B) Prakash Javedkar 

    (C) Thaawar Chand Gehlot (D) Maneka Gandhi 

    5) R K Tyagi who was recently conferred with 'JGBS-Top Rankers' Excellence

    Award for CEO of the year is the chairman of? 

    (A) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 

    (B) Indian Oil Corporation 

    (C) Air India 

    (D) Coal India Limited 

    6) Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga

    Rejuvenation, Ms Uma Bharati on 17 January 2015 announced which year as 'Jal

    Kranti Varsh'? 

    (A) 2015-16 

    (B) 2016-17 

    (C) 2017-18 

    (D) 2018-19 

    7) Faten Hamama who died on 17 January 2015 is the Iconic actress from which

    country? 

    (A) Italy 

    (B) Egypt 

    (C) France 

    (D) South Africa 

    8) Rajni Kothari who passed away on 19 January 2015 was an eminent? 

    (A) Film Director (B) Writer

     

    (C) Political scientist 

    (D) Physicist 

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    www.currentaffairs4examz.com9) Which state government recently signed a pact with International Crop

    Research Institute for Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT) to provide assistance in

    making agriculture sustainable and profitable? 

    (A) Madhya Pradesh 

    (B) Gujarat (C) Karnataka 

    (D) Andhra Pradesh

    10) Pankaj Advani recently won the seventh Senior National Billiards

    Championship. Where was the event held? 

    (A) Bengaluru 

    (B) Kolkata 

    (C) Dehradun 

    (D) Mussoorie 

    Set 8

    1) Who was appointed as the Indian men's football team head coach on 16

     January 2015? 

    (A) Roelant Oltmans 

    (B) Wim Koevermans (C) Stephen Constantine

     

    (D) Ricky Herbert 

    2) Country's first woman IPS officer, Kiran Bedi recently joined which political

    party? 

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    www.currentaffairs4examz.com(A) Bharatiya Janata Party

     

    (B) Aam Aadmi Party 

    (C) Indian National Congress 

    (D) Trinamool Congress 

    3) Sania Mirza along with whom recently won Sydney International Tennis

    Tournament? 

    (A) Bethanie Mattek-Sands 

    (B) Abigail Spears 

    (C) Raquel Kops-Jones 

    (D) Bruno Soares 

    4) Biopic movie ‘The Theory of Everything’ which was released in India on 16

     January 2015 is based on the life of which iconic physicist? 

    (A) Albert Einstein 

    (B) C.V Raman 

    (C) Enrico Fermi 

    (D) Stephen Hawking 

    5) First indigenously-built Light Combat Aircraft Tejas was handed over to

    Indian Air Force by Defence Minister Manohar Parikkar on 18 January 2015.

    Tejas was developed by? 

    (A) Mahindra Aerospace 

    (B) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited 

    (C) Ashok Leyland 

    (D) Raj Hamsa Ultralights 

    6) National Immunization Day for the year 2015 was recently observed on? 

    (A) 17 January 

    (B) 16 January 

    (C) 18 January (D) 19 January

     

    7) 24 Children, including 8 girls were selected for National Bravery Awards 2014

    on 17 January 2015. The award was instituted in which year? 

    (A) 1947 

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    (C) 1951 

    (D) 1964 

    8) Government on 16 January 2015 approved raising buffer stock and strategicreserve limits of Food Corporation of India for both wheat and rice. Government

    had last changed the buffer norms in which year? 

    (A) 2003 

    (B) 2011 

    (D) 2009 

    (D) 2005 

    9) Who won Hindu Literary Prize 2014 for his debut collection of 13 short stories,

    Book of Common Signs on 17 January 2015? 

    (A) Ashok Srinivasan 

    (B) Jerry Pinto 

    (C) Anees Salim 

    (D) Manu Joseph 

    10) Name the Union Minister of Tribal Affairs who recently inaugurated the

    Tribal Food Festival-2015 in New Delhi? 

    (A) Anant Geete 

    (B) Nitin Gadkari 

    (C) Harsh Vardhan 

    (D) Jual Oram 

    Set 9

    1) Who among the following resigned as Chairperson of Central Board of Film

    Certification (CBFC) on 16 January 2015? 

    (A) Shaji N Karun 

    (B) Leela Samson 

    (C) Ira Bhaskar 

    (D) Isha Sharwani 

    2) Anupam Shrivastava was recently appointed as the CMD of? 

    (A) BSNL 

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    www.currentaffairs4examz.com(B) Coal India Ltd

     

    (C) Air India 

    (D) Niti Ayog

    3) Which state government has recently appointed Baba Ramdev as its brandambassador? 

    (A) Gujarat 

    (B) Madhya Pradesh 

    (C) Jharkhand 

    (D) Haryana 

    4) What is the name of the world’s newest jetliner that took to the skies on 15

     January 2015? 

    (A) Airbus A350 

    (B) Airbus A525 

    (C) Boeing 747 

    (D) None of these 

    5) Which Australian cricket player has announced his retirement from all the

    formats of game, ending a 20-year long career on 15 January 2015? 

    (A) Adam Gilchrist 

    (B) Ricky Ponting (C) Brett Lee 

    (D) Shane Warne 

    6) RBI on 15 January 2015 decided to cut the benchmark interest rate (Repo Rate)

    by 0.25 per cent to ___ per cent with a view to boost growth? 

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    www.currentaffairs4examz.com(A) 8%

     

    (B) 7.75% 

    (C) 7.50% 

    (D) 7% 

    7) Which state government on 15 January 2015 lifted the 17-year-old ban on

    consumption of liquor in the state? 

    (A) Kerala 

    (B) Karnataka 

    (C) Gujarat 

    (D) Mizoram 

    8) Microsoft on 15 January 2015 suspended "mainstream support" of its which

    popular operating system, meaning neither new features nor free help will be

    given to users using this OS? 

    (A) Widows 8 

    (B) Windows 7 

    (C) Windows Vista 

    (D) Windows XP 

    9) Army Day was recently observed on? 

    (A) 11 January 

    (B) 13 January 

    (C) 15 January 

    (D) 17 January 

    10) Controversial book on Sonia Gandhi 'The Red Saree' is set to be released in

    India by Roli Books soon. The book was first published in Spanish with the title

    'El Sari Rojo' in which year? 

    (A) 2008 

    (B) 2010 (C) 2004

     

    (D) 2014 

    Set 10

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    www.currentaffairs4examz.com1) Name the Director General of Defence Research and Development

    Organisation (DRDO), who was sacked from his post on 13 January 2015 by

    Union Government? 

    (A) GS Malik 

    (B) Avinash Chander (C) N Prabhakar 

    (D) Satish Kumar 

    2) Microsoft has recently tied up with which telecom company for enabling the

    telco's 34 million data users to purchases apps and pay for them through

    monthly bills or prepaid balances? 

    (A) Idea 

    (B) Airtel 

    (C) Aircel 

    (D) Vodafone 

    3) Indian Space Research Organisation was recently conferred 'Space Pioneer

    Award' by the National Space Society (NSS) of which country over the historic

    feat on successfully sending an orbit to Martian atmosphere in its very first

    attempt? 

    (A) France 

    (B) European Union (C) China 

    (D) USA 

    4) Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has recently flagged off the first CNG

    (Compressed Natural Gas) based two trains from Rewari station in which state? 

    (A) Bihar 

    (B) Jammu and Kashmir 

    (C) Haryana 

    (D) Gujarat 

    5) Who among the following on 13 January 2015 took charge as the first vice-

    chairman of the newly-created NITI Aayog? 

    (A) V. K. Saraswat 

    (B) Bibek Debroy 

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    (D) Arvind Panagariya 

    6) Which search engine launched its flight search tool in India on 13 January

    2015, that allows users to find and compare airfares online and book ticketsdirectly? 

    (A) Yahoo 

    (B) Google 

    (C) Bing 

    (D) Ask 

    7) Who took over as Director General Air Operations at the Air Headquarters on

    13 January 2015? 

    (A) Air Marshal Anil Khosla 

    (B) Air Marshal Anoop Kumar 

    (C) Air Marshal Vikram Singh 

    (D) Air Marshal Sandeep Thyagi 

    8) Name the Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga

    Rejuvenation who inaugurated the India Water Week – 2015 recently with the

    theme “Water Management for Sustainable Development"? 

    (A) Uma Bharti 

    (B) Ram Vilas Paswan 

    (C) Maneka Gandhi 

    (D) Smrithi Zubin Irani 

    9) Amid concerns over turning yellow due to increasing pollution, the district

    administration has recently banned burning of cow dung cakes near which

    historical monument in Delhi? 

    (A) Rashtrapathi Bhavan 

    (B) Jantar Mantar (C) Red Fort

     

    (D) Taj Mahal

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    10) Samsung launched Z1, its first smartphone running on its own operating

    system named ___ in India on 14 January 2015? 

    (A) Bolt 

    (B) MeeGo 

    (C) Tizen 

    (D) Palm 

    Set 11

    1) Idukki which has become India's first district to be linked to the National

    Optic Fibre Network (NOFN), the ambitious government project to offer high-

    speed broadband connectivity in all the villages in the country, is in which state? 

    (A) Gujarat 

    (B) Kerala 

    (C) Andhra Pradesh 

    (D) Goa 

    2) British Global magazine Central Banking has recently honoured whom with

    Governor of the Year award for 2015? 

    (A) Raghuram Rajan 

    (B) Jim Yong Kim 

    (C) Janet Yellen 

    (D) Mario Draghi 

    3) Who was on 12 January 2015 appointed as the new Secretary of the

    Department of Space as also Chairman of the Indian Space Research

    Organisation? 

    (A) K Radhakrishnan 

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    www.currentaffairs4examz.com(B) S. Ramakrishnan

     

    (C) A.S. Kiran Kumar 

    (D) M.Y.S. Prasad 

    4) Cristiano Ronaldo who won FIFA Ballon d'Or award on 12 January 2015 is theplayer from which country? 

    (A) Argentina 

    (B) Brazil 

    (C) Colombia 

    (D) Portugal 

    5) Election Commission (EC) on 12 January 2015 announced the Assembly

    elections of National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi and as per the schedule the

    polling will be held on Feb 7 and counting on Feb 10. Total how many assembly

    seats are there in Delhi? 

    (A) 110 

    (B) 70 

    (C) 95 

    (D) 64 

    6) Justice S K Sinha was on 12 January 2015 appointed as the Chief Justice of

    which country thus becoming the first Hindu to hold the highest judicial post inthe Muslim-majority country? 

    (A) Indonesia 

    (B) Pakistan 

    (C) Maldives 

    (D) Bangladesh

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    www.currentaffairs4examz.com7) 72nd edition of Golden Globe Awards organized at Beverly Hills, California

    were held on 11 January 2015. Which film won the award for Best Motion Picture

    Drama? 

    (A) The Grand Budapest Hotel 

    (B) Leviathan (C) Boyhood 

    (D) None of these 

    8) January 12 was observed as National Youth Day in India to remember the

    birth anniversay of? 

    (A) Madam Mohan Malaviya 

    (B) Swami Vivekananda 

    (C) Aurobindo 

    (D) Gopala Krishna Gokhale 

    9) Anirban Lahiri has been voted the 2014 Players’ Player of the Year on 12

     January 2015. He is related to which sport? 

    (A) Golf 

    (B) Chess 

    (C) Shoting 

    (D) Badminton 

    10) Ramesh Abhishek was given three-month extension as Forward Markets

    Commission (FMC) chairman on 12 January 2015. Where is the headquarters of

    FMC? 

    (A) Kochi 

    (B) New Delhi 

    (C) Hyderabad 

    (D) Mumbai 

    Set 121) Who won the Chennai Open Tennis championship on 11 January 2015

    defeating Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia? 

    (A) Leander Paes 

    (B) Roberto Bautista Agut 

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    (D) David Goffin 

    2) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recently inaugurated a canal-top 10-MW

    solar power project near Sardar Sarovar project canal in which state? 

    (A) Maharashtra 

    (B) Gujarat 

    (C) Rajasthan 

    (D) Bihar 

    3) Who among the following was appointed as member(actuary) in Insurance

    Regulatory Authority of India (IRDA) recently? 

    (A) Pournima Gupte 

    (B) Sindhushree Khullar 

    (C) Jyotsna Suri 

    (D) None of these

    4) Which team won the Federation Cup football tournament 2014-15 on 12

     January 2015? 

    (A) Churchill Brothers 

    (B) East Bengal 

    (C) Salgaocar SC 

    (D) Bengaluru FC 

    5) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 11 January 2015 inaugurated the 7th edition

    of Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2015 at Gandhinagar. Vibrant Gujarat Summit (VGS)

    is a biennial global business summit, being held since which year? 

    (A) 2010 

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    (C) 2003 

    (D) 1994 

    6) People from 11 countries have recently taken part in the First "BuddhaHeritage Walk" held in which state? 

    (A) Uttar Pradesh 

    (B) Uttarakhand 

    (C) Uttar Pradesh 

    (D) Bihar 

    7) Who was recently selected for the prestigious Vikram Sarabhai Memorial

    Award for 2015 presented by the Indian Science CongressAssociation (ISCA)? 

    (A) M.Y.S. Prasad 

    (B) K. Radhakrishnan 

    (C) A.P.J Abdul Kalam 

    (D) Tessy Thomas 

    8) Which Union Minister on 11 January 2015 adopted four villages in Vadodara

    district of Gujarat (viz.Karnali, Pipaliya, Valida, Baglipura) under the Sansad

    Adarsh Gram Yojana for MPs? 

    (A) Smrithi Zubin Irani 

    (B) Venkaiah Naidu 

    (C) Arun Jaitley 

    (D) Rajnath Singh 

    9) Which country on 11 January 2015 registered record T20 chase against South

    Africa beating India’s previous record against Sri Lanka in 2009? 

    (A) Australia 

    (B) New zealand 

    (C) Srilanka (D) West Indies

     

    10) Death anniversary of which former Prime Minister of India was observed on

    11 January 2015? 

    (A) Rajiv Gandhi 

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    www.currentaffairs4examz.com(B) Lal Bahadur Shastri

     

    (C) I K Gujaral 

    (D) PV Narasimha Rao 

    Set 131) Name the new antibiotic which was created recently & is the first newclass

    of antibiotic announced in three decades, the last being in 1987? 

    (A) Teixobactin 

    (B) Trimethoprim 

    (C) Tinidazole 

    (D) Tigecycline 

    2) NASA's Kepler spacecraft has recently achieved a milestone by discovering its

    ......th alien planet? 

    (A) 100 

    (B) 500 

    (C) 1000 

    (D) 5000 

    3) World Congress on International Law was recently (Jan 2015) held at? 

    (A) Newyork 

    (B) Brisbane (C) Tokyo 

    (D) New Delhi 

    4) World Hindi Day was observed every year on? 

    (A) 10 January 

    (B) 11 September 

    (C) 25 January 

    (D) 14 August 

    5) Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has recently

    successfully tested an advanced electronic warfare (EW) suite onboard country’s

    which Light Combat Aircraft? 

    (A) Dhwani- XV 

    (B) Tejas-PV1 

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    (D) None of these

    6) Who was on 10 January 2015 appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

    of the newly-formed NITI Aayog? 

    (A) Thawar Chand Gehlot 

    (B) Smriti Zubin Irani 

    (C) Sindhushree Khullar 

    (D) Arvind Panagariya 

    7) Australia recently clinched the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2014-15 defeating

    India. Who was declared the Man of the Series? 

    (A) Virat Kohli 

    (B) Steve Smith 

    (C) Mohammed Shami 

    (D) David Warner 

    8) Railway minister Suresh Prabhu recently inaugurated a mobile application for

    women commuters named? 

    (A) Himmat 

    (B) Mobile One 

    (C) Nirbhaya 

    (D) m-Indicator 

    9) Who among the following was not included in the list of 15 prominent non-

    resident Indians (NRI’s) who received Pravasi Bharatiya Samman 2015 recently? 

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    (B) Donald Rabindernauth Ramaotar 

    (C) Ban Ki Moon 

    (D) Rajaram Sanjaya 

    10) Which Indian diplomat was appointed as Under-Secretary-General in a

    department of the United Nations (UN) recently? 

    (A) Richard Verma 

    (B) Atul Khare 

    (C) Robin Krishna 

    (D) None of these 

    Set 14

    1) Tata’s Vistara airline has started domestic flight operation in India on 9

     January 2015 after first flight took off from Delhi to Mumbai. Vistara airline is a

     joint venture of Tata Sons and? 

    (A) Singapore Airlines 

    (B) Malaysian Airlines 

    (C) Indonesian Airlines 

    (D) Air India 

    2) Who took over as the new President of Sri Lanka on 9 January 2015? (A) Mahinda Rajapaksa 

    (B) Ranil Wickramasinghe 

    (C) Sirimavo Bandaranaike 

    (D) Maithripala Sirisena 

    3) Prominent Chinese theoretical physicist Yu Min, who is famously known as

    China’s ‘Father of Hydrogen bomb’, was recently awarded State

    Preeminent Science and Technology Award for 2014. China’s first hydrogen

    bomb was developed in which year? 

    (A) 1939 

    (B) 1947 

    (C) 1967 

    (D) 1987 

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    www.currentaffairs4examz.com4) Governor's rule was imposed on 9 January 2015 in Jammu & Kashmir under

    which section of the Constitution of J&K? 

    (A) Section 90 

    (B) Section 92 

    (C) Section 81 (D) Section 63 

    5) Union Government has recently merged PIO card-holders with Overseas

    Citizens of India (OCI) card-holders by issuing notification on the concluding

    day of 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas. Expand PIO? 

    (A) Person in Outside Country 

    (B) People of Indian Origin 

    (C) Persons of Indian Origin 

    (D) None of these

    6) Virat Kohli has recently bettered whose record of scoring most runs in a series

    in Australia? 

    (A) Sachin Tendulkar 

    (B) VVS Laxman 

    (C) Sunil Gavaskar 

    (D) Rahul Dravid 

    7) PM Narendra Modi on 8 January 2015 inaugurated the state-of-the-art "Dandi

    Kutir", a museum on the life and works of Mahatma Gandhi at which place? 

    (A) Gandhinagar, Gujarat 

    (B) Pune, Maharashtra 

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    (D) Raipur, Chhattisgarh 

    8) 19th National Youth Festival has begun in which city on 8 January 2015? 

    (A) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 

    (B) Guwahati, Assam 

    (C) Ludhiana, Punjab 

    (D) Bhubaneswar, Odisha 

    9) Krishna Kant Paul was on 8 January 2015 sworn in as the sixth Governor of

    which state? 

    (A) West Bengal 

    (B) Mizoram 

    (C) Chattisgarh 

    (D) Uttarakhand 

    10) 2015 is marking the ........ years of Mahatma Gandhi’s homecoming from

    South Africa? 

    (A) 100 

    (B) 125 

    (C) 150 

    (D) 120 

    Set 15

    1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8 January 2015 inaugurated the 13th

    Pravasi Bharatiya Divas at Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Who among the following was

    the chief guest at the event? 

    (A) Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia 

    (B) Donald Ramotar, President of Guyana 

    (C) Epeli Nailatikau, President of Fiji 

    (D) Tony Abbott, Prime Minister of Australia 

    2) Satirical newspaper ‘Charlie Hebdo’ that came under attack by two masked

    gunmen on 7 January 2015 resulting in the death of paper’s editor and 11 other

    people is the newspaper in which country? 

    (A) Spain 

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    (C) Italy 

    (D) France

    3) Who was named as business person of the year for 2014 by Fortune magazine

    recently? (A) Jack Ma 

    (B) Mark Zuckerberg 

    (C) Larry Page 

    (D) Bill Gates 

    4) Shareholders have recently approved the merger of Kotak Mahindra Bank

    with which other bank? 

    (A) ING Vysya Bank 

    (B) Tailnadu Mercantile Bank 

    (C) South Indian Bank 

    (D) Vijaya Bank 

    5) Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi on 7 January 2015 dedicated his Nobel Peace

    prize to the nation by presenting his medallion to President Pranab Mukherjee.

    Name the NGO in which Kailash Satyarthi is associated? 

    (A) Bandhua Mukti Morcha 

    (B) Bachpan Bachao Andolan (C) Mukti Caravan 

    (D) None of these 

    6) Which among the following was the theme of the Indian Science Congress-

    2015 held recently at Mumbai? 

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    www.currentaffairs4examz.com(A) Science and Technology for Human Development

     

    (B) Innovations in Science & Technology for Inclusive Development 

    (C) Science for shaping the future of India 

    (D) Planet Earth 

    7) Dinesh Oraon was unanimously elected as the Speaker of which state

    assembly on 7 January 2015? 

    (A) Maharashtra 

    (B) Haryana 

    (C) Jammu and Kashmir 

    (D) Jharkhand 

    8) Which bank launched the country’s first ‘contactless’ debit and credit cards on

    7 January 2015, enabling customers to make electronic payments by waving the

    cards near a merchant terminal instead of dipping or swiping these? 

    (A) State Bank of India 

    (B) ICICI Bank 

    (C) HDFC Bank 

    (D) Axis Bank 

    9) 'Qantas' was named as the world’s safest airline in a report published by

    AirlineRatings.com that was released on 7 January 2015. Qantas is the nationalairline of which country? 

    (A) Indonesia 

    (B) Switzerland 

    (C) Australia 

    (D) Saudi Arabia 

    10) Which country has retained the iconic Reliance ICC Test Championship mace

    and has won a cash award of 500,000 US dollar for being at No.1 spot at the end

    of the year? (A) Sri Lanka

     

    (B) England 

    (C) Australia 

    (D) South Africa 

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    Set 16

    1) Who took charge as Coal India Limited’s full-time Chairman andManaging

    Director (CMD) on 5 January 2015? 

    (A) Praphul Patel (B) Sutirtha Bhattacharya

     

    (C) Sindhushree Khullar 

    (D) Meenakshi Sharma

    2) Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan was appointed as the brandambassador

    for health sector of which state on 6 January 2015? 

    (A) Kerala (B) Gujarat

     

    (C) Maharashtra 

    (D) Andhra Pradesh 

    3) Which state has recently become the first state in India, to completely ban the

    sale of loose cigarettes (even as single sticks) and loose tobacco? 

    (A) Himachal Pradesh 

    (B) Punjab 

    (C) West Bengal 

    (D) Rajasthan 

    4) Name the Union Minister of State for petroleum and natural gas, who on 5

     January 2015 launched a scheme to provide new LPG connections to BPL

    families? 

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    (B) Harsh Vardhan 

    (C) Dharmendra Pradhan 

    (D) Jual Oram 

    5) Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced Indian squad for

    the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 on 6 January 2015. Who will captain the squad? 

    (A) M S Dhoni 

    (B) Virat Kohli 

    (C) Ishant Sharma 

    (D) Suresh Raina 

    6) President Pranab Mukherjee has recently signed the ordinance that amend’s

    Citizenship Act, ___? 

    (A) 2013 

    (B) 1947 

    (C) 1955 

    (D) 2004 

    7) Union cabinet meeting has recently approved setting up of India-based

    Neutrino Observatory (INO) project in Bodi West Hills of which state? 

    (A) Karnataka 

    (B) Andhra Pradesh 

    (C) Tamil Nadu 

    (D) Kerala 

    8) A commemorative coin on which famous Indian industrialist was released by

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 6 January 2015? 

    (A) Dhirubhai Ambani 

    (B) Jamsetji Tata 

    (C) Aditya Vikram Birla (D) Walchand Hirachand

     

    9) Keshari Nath Tripathi was sworn in as the Governor of which state on 6

     January 2015? 

    (A) Meghalaya 

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    (C) Mizoram 

    (D) Sikkim 

    10) Trade unions of which among the following sector went on a five-day strikeon 6 January 2015 in protest against disinvestment and restructuring? 

    (A) Insurance 

    (B) Railways 

    (C) Bank 

    (D) Coal 

    Set 17

    1) Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara scored his 11th Test double century recently.

    Who is the only player above him holding the record of 12 double centuries in

    Test match cricket history? 

    (A) Sachin Tendulkar 

    (B) Mahela Jayawardene 

    (C) Don Bradman 

    (D) Brian Lara 

    2) Which Asian country celebrated its 67th Independence Day on 4 January 2015? 

    (A) Japan (B) Myanmar 

    (C) Bhutan 

    (D) Nepal 

    3) Who among the following was on 5 January 2015 named vice-chairman of Niti

    Aayog, an institution that came into being on January 1 and replaced the 65-year

    old Planning Commission? 

    (A) Arvind Panagariya 

    (B) Bibek Debroy 

    (C) VK Saraswat 

    (D) Radha Mohan Singh 

    4) Upendra Trivedi who passed away on 4 January 2015 was a renowned actor of

    stage and cinema in? 

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    (B) Gujarati 

    (C) Kannada 

    (D) Marathi

    5) Sports Ministry has recommended whose name for Padma Bhushan on 05

     January 2015? 

    (A) Sushil Kumar 

    (B) Vijendar Singh 

    (C) PV Sindhu 

    (D) Saina Nehwal 

    6) Which city will host the International Hindi Conference in April 2015 with the

    theme of "Expanding World of Hindi: Possibilities and Challenges"? (A) Tel Aviv

     

    (B) Brisbane 

    (C) New Jersey 

    (D) Brussels 

    7) Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir was on 5 January 2015 appointed as the Chief

     Justice of which high court? 

    (A) Jammu & Kashmir 

    (B) Kerala 

    (C) Karnataka 

    (D) Himachal Pradesh 

    8) New age e-passports are expected to be rolled out in the country by which

    year as announced recently? 

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    (B) 2022 

    (C) 2018 

    (D) 2016 

    9) Union Cabinet on 5 January 2015 approved the largest ever telecom spectrum

    auction which will cover? 

    (A) 4G 

    (B) 2G 

    (C) 3G 

    (D) All of these 

    10) Habib Essid was nominated as the new Prime Minister of which country

    recently? 

    (A) Tunisia 

    (B) Sudan 

    (C) Kenya 

    (D) Vietnam 

    Set 18 

    1) Government has recently decided to accept the recommendations of the

    Bezbaruah Committee that was set up to look into the safety and securityofpeople from North East India. In which year Bezbaruah Committee was set up? 

    (A) November 2013 

    (B) February 2014 

    (C) July 2014 

    (D) December 2011 

    2) R Koteeswaran has recently taken charge as the Managing Director and Chief

    Executive Officer of which bank? 

    (A) Union Bank of India 

    (B) Indian Bank 

    (C) Vijaya Bank 

    (D) Indian Overseas Bank

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    3) Kumar Sangakkara on 3 January 2015 has broken whose record to become the

    fastest to reach 12,000 Test runs? 

    (A) Vivian Richards 

    (B) Rickey Ponting 

    (C) Sachin Tendulkar (D) Both B & C 

    4) Prime Minister, Narendra Modi on 3 January 2015 inaugurated the ___ edition

    of the Indian Science Congress at Mumbai? 

    (A) 102nd 

    (B) 100th 

    (C) 125th 

    (D) 112th 

    5) Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor Shyamala Gopinath was

    on 2 January 2015 appointed as the non-executive chairperson of which bank? 

    (A) Canara Bank 

    (B) ICICI Bank 

    (C) HDFC Bank 

    (D) Axis Bank 

    6) Aamir Khan's film PK has recently surpassed the collections of which film tobecome highest Bollywood grosser ever in two weeks post its release? 

    (A) Dhoom 3 

    (B) Chennai Express 

    (C) 3 Idiots 

    (D) 2 States 

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    www.currentaffairs4examz.com7) Bikaner’s camel festival, described by travel guide Lonely Planet as the third

    best fair in the world, is set to begin on 4 Jan 2015. Bikaner is in which state? 

    (A) Punjab 

    (B) Haryana 

    (C) Bihar (D) Rajasthan 

    8) A two-day banking retreat to discuss the new initiatives for banking industry

    was recently held at? 

    (A) Kochi, Kerala 

    (B) Pune, Maharashtra 

    (C) Ahemadabad, Gujarat 

    (D) Panaji, Goa 

    9) Who was elected as President of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for 2014-

    15 on 2 January 2015? 

    (A) Kiran Bhai Vadodaria 

    (B) PV Chandran 

    (C) Ravindra Kumar 

    (D) Mamen Mathew 

    10) RBI on 3 January 2015 has relaxed KYC rules for Non-Banking FinancialCompanies. As per the relaxed rules, KYC exercise will be required to be done

    for high-risk individuals and entities in at least how many years?  

    (A) 2 years 

    (B) 1 year 

    (C) 3 years 

    (D) 5 years 

    Set 19

    1) Which Sri Lankan cricketer recently become only the fifth cricketer to make

    12,000 runs in Test cricket? 

    (A) Kumar Sangakkara 

    (B) Mahela Jayawardene 

    (C) Tillakaratne Dilshan 

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    2) Footballer Steven Gerrard on 2 January 2015 has announced his decision to

    leave which football club that has been his home for last many years? 

    (A) Manchester City 

    (B) Chelsea 

    (C) Liverpool 

    (D) Sunderland 

    3) Union Government has recently extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers)

    Act, 1958 for another one year in which state and has declared the entire state as

    a ‘Disturbed Area’? 

    (A) Mizoram 

    (B) Assam 

    (C) Chattisgarh 

    (D) Arunchal Pradesh 

    4) Post office savings bank accounts can now be operated through ATMs

    following a recent gazette notification amending which Post Office rules? 

    (A) Post Office Savings Bank General Rules, 1981 

    (B) Indian Post Office Rules, 1933 

    (C) Indian Post Office Act, 1898 

    (D) Post Office Guide Part-I 

    5) Sports Ministry on 2 January 2015 cleared the National Boxing Federations

    new name called? 

    (A) Indian Boxing Association 

    (B) Board of Control for Boxing in India 

    (C) Association for National Boxing 

    (D) Boxing India 

    6) Dr. Vasant Ranchod Gowarikar who passed away in Pune, Maharashtra on 2

     January 2015 was an eminent? 

    (A) Film Director 

    (B) Writer 

    (C) Scientist 

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    7) Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently dedicated "Akodara Village" in which

    state as "ICICI Digital Village’ to the nation at an event which was organised to

    celebrate the ICICI Group’s 60 years of ‘partnering India’ in its progress? (A) Maharashtra 

    (B) Gujarat 

    (C) Odisha 

    (D) Madhya Pradesh 

    8) Union Water Resources Ministry will launch an initiative called ____ to be

    adopted in every district of the country during the India Water Week from

     January 13 to 17? 

    (A) 'Jal He To Kal He, Jal Nahi To Kuch Nahi'  

    (B) 'Aap Paani Ko Bachao Or Paani apko Bachayega' 

    (C) ' Jal Jeevan ka Anmol Ratan' 

    (D) 'Hamara Jal, Hamara Jeewan' 

    9) Who recently (Jan 2015) became the first cricketer to cross 5 million followers

    on Twitter? 

    (A) Virat Kohli 

    (B) Chris Gayle 

    (C) Sachin Tendulkar 

    (D) MS Dhoni 

    10) Suburban train service in which metropolitan city was affected on 2 January

    2015 as commuters turned violent protesting a snag caused in electric supply to

    trains? 

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    (B) Delhi 

    (C) Mumbai 

    (D) Chennai 

    Set 20 

    1) Health ministry on 31 December 2014 released a draft of the National Health

    Policy 2015 according to which government plans to make health a fundamental

    right. Similarly government enacted Right to Education Act, to make education a

    fundamental right of every child, in which year? 

    (A) 2010 

    (B) 2005 

    (C) 2009 (D) 2004

     

    2) According to recent reports, Microsoft is set to replace its which popular

    browser with new browser in Windows 10 called "Spartan"? 

    (A) Internet Explorer 

    (B) Google Chrome 

    (C) Bing 

    (D) Yahoo

    3) Name the mobile application of Delhi Police that was launched by UnionHome Minister Rajnath Singh on 1 January 2015, that will allow women to send a

    distress call to Police Control Room and their relatives in case of any emergency? 

    (A) Nirbhay 

    (B) Himmat 

    (C) Samarth 

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    4) Which state government on 1 January 2015 launched an online facility for

    making application under the Right to Information Act? 

    (A) Kerala 

    (B) Gujarat 

    (C) Uttar Pradesh 

    (D) Maharashtra 

    5) Union government on 1 January 2015 has renamed Planning commission as? 

    (A) NITI Yojna 

    (B) NITI Sansad 

    (C) NITI Aayog 

    (D) NITI Adhikaar 

    6) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) has been recently

    renamed as? 

    (A) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) 

    (B) Indian Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IIRDA) 

    (C) Regulatory and Development Authority for Insurance in India (RDAII) 

    (D) None of these 

    7) Who among the following has been recently appointed as the new chairman of

    railways board? 

    (A) A K Mittal 

    (B) V K Gupta 

    (C) Arunendra Kumar 

    (D) Rajesh Agarwal 

    8) India's maiden mission to Mars, Mangalyaan, on 1 January 2015 successfully

    completed 100 days in the orbit of the Red planet. On which date Mangalyaanhad entered Mars orbit?

     

    (A) 1 November 2014 

    (B) 24 September 2014 

    (C) 15 August 2014 

    (D) 11 September 2014 

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    9) Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme for LPG has recently been renamed as? 

    (A) SAMPATH 

    (B) SDBTL 

    (C) PAHAL 

    (D) None of these 

    10) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 1 January 2015 has extended the deadline for

    the submission of applications to open small finance banks and payments banks

    to 2 February from 16 January. What is the minimum capital must for setting up

    niche banking entities? 

    (A) Rs. 50 crore 

    (B) Rs. 10 crore 

    (C) Rs. 500 crore 

    (D) Rs.100 crore 

    Set 21 

    1) Mahendra Singh Dhoni on 30 December 2014 announced immediate

    retirement from which format of the cricket? 

    (A) ODI 

    (B) Twenty-20 

    (C) Test (D) All of these

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    www.currentaffairs4examz.com2) Commercial power generation in Kudankulam nuclear power plantstarted on

    30 December 2014 after getting approval from the Nuclear Power Corporation.

    Kudankulam nuclear power plant is situated in which state? 

    (A) Maharashtra 

    (B) Karnataka (C) Andhra Pradesh 

    (D) Tamil Nadu 

    3) Finance ministry has recently decided not to extend excise duty cuts on

    automobiles beyond December 31. The interim Budget of former finance minister

    P Chidambaram had reduced the excise duty on small cars, scooters, motorcycles

    and commercial vehicles to __% from 12%? 

    (A) 8% 

    (B) 6% 

    (C) 9% 

    (D) 10% 

    4) Uttrakhand Governor Aziz Qureshi was on 30 December 2014 shifted to which

    state? 

    (A) Kerala 

    (B) Arunachal Pradesh 

    (C) Mizoram (D) Gujarat 

    5) Union government on 31 December 2014 has blocked access to how many

    websites for carrying anti-India views and spreading banned terrorist outfit

    Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) propaganda? 

    (A) 15 

    (B) 32 

    (C) 45 

    (D) 63 

    6) Government has on 31 December 2014 decided to separate the post of

    Chairman and Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

    in public sector banks. As per the Finance Ministry, the Chairman

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    www.currentaffairs4examz.comin public sector banks other than which bank will be a part- time board member

    henceforth? 

    (A) NABARD 

    (B) State Bank of India 

    (C) United Bank of India (D) Indian Overseas Bank 

    7) M Sathiyavathy has recently become first woman to be appointed as Director

    General (DG) of? 

    (A) Department of Posts 

    (B) Central Information Commission 

    (C) Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) 

    (D) Pay Commission 

    8) President Pranab Mukherjee on 31 December 2014 has given his assent to

    NJAC Bill, 2014 that seeks to scrap the collegium system of appointing? 

    (A) Judges to higher judiciary 

    (B) Central Vigilance Commission 

    (C) Director of CBI 

    (D) Chief Information Commissioner 

    9) Amidst row and demonstrations over Aamir Khan-starrer 'PK', which stategovernment has recently decided to exempt the movie from entertainment tax? 

    (A) Delhi 

    (B) Bihar 

    (C) Uttar Pradesh 

    (D) Jammu and Kashmir 

    10) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K. Radhakrishnan

    retired on 31 December 2014. Who will hold additional and interim charge as

    Chairman of ISRO for a month or until a regularchief is named? (A) R.S. Sharma

     

    (B) S. Ramakrishnan 

    (C) M. Chandra Dathan