CURRENT AFFAIRS

(ending 4th Jan) of 2015

GNXX CAQA X01A EN15

1. Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi is in news recently. He is the

1) Head of ISIS
2) Head of Taliban
3) Mastermind behind Mumbai attack
4) Head of Boko Haram
5) None
2. The President of PDP is
1) Mufti Muhammad Sayeed
2) Mehbooba Mufti
3) Omar Abdullah
4) Sheik Abdullah
5) None
3. Govt. of India decided to authorise nearly 2000 unauthorised colonies in Delhi. The cut off date is
1) July 1, 2014
2) May 1, 2014
3) June 1, 2014
4) Dec 31, 2014
5) None
4. Bollywood stars Salman Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez campaigned for elections in
1) Nigeria
2) Brazil
3) Bangladesh
4) Sri Lanka
5) None
5. Name the state, which stipulated the controversial minimum educational qualification for contesting local body elections?
1) A.P.
2) Odisha
3) Rajasthan
4) Bihar
5) None
6. Name the country, whose Parliament voted for joining the NATO alliance?
1) Belarus
2) Kazakhstan
3) Armenia
4) Ukraine
5) None
7. Ghar Wapsi programme pertains to
1) Bringing back Indians from abroad
2) Brain drain
3) Religious conversions
4) Call to Maoists to shed violence
5) None
8. Financial Stability Report is released by
1) SEBI
2) Finance Ministry
3) RBI
4) NITI Aayog
5) None
9. Russia established Eurasian Economic Union. Which of the following is not a member of EEU?
1) Belarus
2) Kazakhstan
3) Armenia
4) Kyrgyzstan
5) None
10. The worlds most sophisticated Internet censorship mechanism Great Firewall belongs to
1) Russia
2) China
3) Pakistan
4) Iraq
5) None
11. Name the country in Europe, which is going to the snap polls on January 25?
1) Italy
2) Greece
3) France
4) Germany
5) None
12. NATO closed its mission in Afghanistan after ___ years.
1) 10
2) 11
3) 12
4) 13
5) None
13. Name the country, whose army killed at least 41 Boko Haram militants of Nigeria?
1) Cameroon
2) Niger
3) Chad
4) Togo
5) None
14. Sanjiv Sarin was appointed the MD & CEO of
1) TGB
2) Tata Coffee
3) Tata Tea
4) Tata Motors
5) None
15. Guts & Glory was launched recently, which chronicles the professional lives of 27 rising players and legends. The author of the book is
1) M.S. Dhoni
2) Dilip Vengsarkar
3) Makarand Waingankar 4) Sunil Gavaskar
5) None
16. The telecom company, which announced the roll back of charging the customers for VOIP calls is
1) Idea
2) BSNL
3) Vodafone
4) Airtel
5) None
17. LIC has been asked to settle claims as promised under PMJDY within ____ days.
1) 10
2) 15
3) 30
4) 45
5) None
18. Several Hindu religious groups are protesting against the screening of the film
1) The Interview
2) PK
3) Lingaa
4) Murder
5) None
19. Govt. of India decided to infuse Rs. 60 crore to raise its stake to 51% in
1) IFCI Ltd
2) IDBI
3) IIBI
4) IIFCL
5) None
20. 8th India-South Korea joint commission meeting was held at
1) New Delhi
2) Seoul
3) London
4) Mumbai
5) None
21. A task force was set up by the centre to produce 500 million mobile hand sets by 2019. Who is the Chairman of the task force?
1) Hari Om Rai
2) Josh Foulger
3) B.D. Park
4) Pankaj Mohindroo
5) None
22. Name the country, whose economy shrunk 0.5% during November, the first drop since October 2009?
1) Japan
2) Russia
3) Germany
4) France
5) None
23. Buddy DeFranco, who passed away recently, is a
1) Historian
2) Musician
3) Actor
4) Director
5) None
24. As per Hurun India Philanthropy list 2014, the most generous Indian is
1) Anil Agarwal
2) Mukesh Ambani
3) N.R. Narayana Murthy
4) Azim Premji
5) None
25. Special CBI court discharged BJP President Amit Shah in sohrabuddin sheikh case. Sohrabuddin Sheikh belongs to
1) Rajasthan
2) Gujarat
3) Delhi
4) Odisha
5) None
26. Luise Rainer, who died recently is a/an
1) Musician
2) Actress
3) Writer
4)Historian
5) None
27. Mahendra Singh Dhonis last test was played at
1) Melbourne
2) Sydney
3) Adelaide
4) Brisbane
5) None
28. Present India Australia series is to win
1) Border Gavaskar Trophy
2) Vengsarkar Border Trophy
3) Tendulkar Border Trophy
4) Tendulkar Chapel Trophy
5) None
29. Aziz Qureshi will now be the Governor of
1) Mizoram
2) Manipur
3) Meghalaya
4) Nagaland
5) None

30. Samba Sector is in news recently. It is in

1) Assam
2) J&K
3) Nagaland
4) Mizoram
31. Hamara Jal, Hamara Jeevan will be adopted in every district of the country during India water week from
1) Jan 20-24
2) Jan 5 to 9
3) Jan 13 to 17
4) Jan 27 30
32. New Chairman of Railway Board is
1) Pradeep Kumar
2) V. K. Gupta
3) A. K. Mittal
4) Navin Tondon
33. AF(SP) A 1958 was extended in Assam by another
1) 1 year
2) 2 years
3) 3 years
4) 4 years
34. The famous camel festival was recently held at
1) Bikaner
2) Jaisalmer
3) Jaipur
4) Vadodara
35. Who is the chief of RSS?
1) Ram Madhav
2) Ashutosh Gowarikar
3) Mohan Bhagwat
4) Aruna Mazundar
36. 102nd Indian Science Congress was recently held at
1) Kolkata
2) Mumbai
3) Chennai
4) Delhi

5) None
5) None
5) None
5) None
5) None
5) None
5) None