Current Affairs

February 2015

SET III

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1) Who was recently confirmed by the US Senate as the next American Defence
Secretary?

(A) Ashton Carter
(B) Chuck Hagel
(C) Leon Panetta
(D) Robert M. Gates


2) Which company on 13 February 2015 appointed AshishAgrawal as its new
Chief Technology Officer?

(A) Samsung
(B) Micromax Informatics
(C) Dell India
(D) Motorola Mobility


3) Sunil Chhetri was on 15 February 2015 presented with 2014 AIFF Player of the
Year award(male). Who won the award for the female player?

(A) Kamala Devi
(B) Bala Devi
(C) Dangmei Grace
(D) Roshini Devi


4) China has recently opened its largest overseas embassy in which country?

(A) India
(B) Srilanka
(C) Bhutan
(D) Pakistan


5) Who recently became the first ever Indian cricketer to score a hundred in the
ICC World Cup match against Pakistan?

(A) Rohit Sharma
(B) ViratKohli
(C) Suresh Raina
(D) None of these

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6) Arvind Kejriwal on 14 February 2015 sworn in as the ____Chief Minister of Delhi?

(A) 7th
(B) 8th
(C) 9th
(D) 10th


7) Which state will host the next 36th National Games slated for 2019?

(A) Jharkhand
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Karnataka
(D) Goa


8) Which England fast bowler on 14 February 2015 took the first hat-trick of the 2015
ICC World Cup, against Australia?

(A) Steven Finn
(B) James Anderson
(C) Stuart Broad
(D) Moeen Ali


9) Which team won the Raja Bhalendra Singh Trophy at 35th National Games, which
ended on 14 February 2015 at Kerala, for topping the overall medal tally?

(A) Kerala
(B) Services
(C) Haryana
(D) Maharashtra


10) PM Modi inaugurated the `Permanent Judicial Museum' at which high court?

(A) Calcutta High Court
(B) Orissa High Court
(C) Madras High Court
(D) Bombay High Court


11) Union government on 12 February 2015 constituted a three-member special

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investigation team (SIT) to re-open and re-investigate 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases. Who
will head the SIT?

(A) PramodAsthana
(B) RakeshKapoor
(C) Kumar Gyanesh
(D) G P Mathur


12) Name the Indian-origin scientist who has recently won the prestigious $500,000
National Science Foundation CAREER award?

(A) SanjayaRajaram
(B) Gurpreet Singh
(C) ManjulBhargava
(D) DevyaniKhobragade


13) Unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket was recently launched from Cape Canaveral
Air Force Station, Florida. This satellite will be used by the US National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to monitor?

(A) Sun
(B) Moon
(C) Ocean
(D) Mars


14) Yaduveer Gopal Raj is new heir of which Royal Family?

(A) Mysuru Royal Family
(B) Travancore Royal Family
(C) Zamorin Royal Family
(D) Jaipur Royal Family


15) World Radio Day was observed every year on?

(A) February 12
(B) February 7
(C) February 14
(D) February 13
16) O.P. Jaisha who won gold by finishing first in the womens 5,000m with a new

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Games Record time of 15:31.37, (previous 15:54.26 by KavitaRaut of Maharashtra

in Ranchi 2011) in the 35th National Games recently, represents which state?

(A) Kerala
(B) Punjab
(C) Services
(D) Haryana


17) Adani Enterprises on 9 February 2015 signed a pact with which state government
to develop the country's largest solar park in the state with 10,000 MW capacity?

(A) TamilNadu
(B) Gujarat
(C) West Bengal
(D) Rajasthan


18) Indian's Ricky Kej (Musician) and activist NeelaVaswani recently won which
International Award?

(A) BAFTA Awards
(B) Grammy Awards
(C) Oscar Awards
(D) Golden Globe Awards


19) State-of-the-art, high capacity Cold Storage Plant for silkworm egg was recently
inaugurated at?

(A) Kottayam
(B) Mussorie
(C) Mysuru
(D) Coimbatore


20) Acclaimed Journalist Vinod Mehta was on February 9, 2015 awarded the Yash
Bharti Samman 2015 by the government of?

(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Goa

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