Wednesday, 4 February 2015

Current Affairs Quiz Questions: 02 & 03 February 2015

1) Novak Djokovic won his fifth Australian Open title on 1 February 2015 defeating whom?

(A) Stan Wawrinka
(B) Tomas Berdych
(C) Andy Murray
(D) Rafael Nadal

2) Nation observed the death anniversary of the Father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi, on 30 January 2015 as?

(A) Non Violence Day
(B) Martyrs' Day
(C) Anti-Leprosy Day
(D) Ant-Terrorism Day

3) Which Department was recently awarded GOLD in National Award on e-governance 2014-15?

(A) Department of Posts
(B) Department of Food Processing
(C) Department of Space
(D) Income Tax Department

4) Krishna Chaudhary was on 30 January 2015 appointed as the Director General (DG) of?

(A) Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
(B) Border Security Force (BSF)
(C) Central Vigilance Commission (CVC)
(D) Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)

5) Name the Union Minister of Communications & IT who on 30 January 2015 released a set of Commemorative Postage stamps on Swachh Bharat?

(A) Sadananda Gowda
(B) Arun Jaitley
(C) J P Nanda
(D) Ravi Shankar Prasad

6) Union Govt. recently sold its 10% stake in which company, becoming the biggest ever share sale by any private or public sector company in India?

(A) Bharat Earth Movers (BEML)
(B) Indian Oil Corporation
(C) National Insurance Company
(D) Coal India Limited (CIL)

7) Jayanthi Natarajan who quitted Congress Party on 30 January 2015 was the Union Minister of _____ in previous UPA government?

(A) Information & Broadcasting
(B) Environment and Forest
(C) Water Resources
(D) Chemical & Fertilizers

8) Anti-Leprosy Day was observed recently on?

(A) 28 January
(B) 29 January
(C) 30 January
(D) 31 January

9) Minister for Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, recently flagged off four Express trains from Bangalore remotely through which service of RailTel, a PSU of Railways?

(A) Telepresence
(B) Multi Flagger
(C) Symbolgic
(D) Train Connect

10) Reserve Bank on 30 January 2015 constituted a high-powered panel to re-examine and recommend appropriate set of businesses, size, conversion and licensing terms for the urban cooperative banking sector. Who is the chairman of the committee?

(A) V K Saraswat
(B) R Gandhi
(C) Bimal Jalan
(D) Shyamala Gopinath


11) Who won the Australian Open women's singles title 2015?

(A) Maria Sharapova
(B) Madison Keys
(C) Ekaterina Makarova
(D) Serena Williams

12) Robert Mugabe who was appointed as the new chairman of the 54-nation African Union on 30 January 2015 is the president of which African Nation?

(A) Kenya
(B) South Africa
(C) Zimbabwe
(D) Nigeria

13) Which former DRDO chief on 30 January 2015 assumed charge as a full-time member of the NITI Aayog?

(A) V K Saraswat
(B) Avinash Chander
(C) Bibek Debroy
(D) Krishna Kumar

14) Sergio Mattarella was recently elected as the new President of?

(A) Greece
(B) Italy
(C) France
(D) Canada

15) 35th National Games 2015 which started on 31 January 2015 is hosted by which state?

(A) Goa
(B) Jharkhand
(C) Kerala
(D) Haryana

16) Who among the following on 31 January 2015 took charge as chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)?

(A) R K Tyagi
(B) Jiji Thomson
(C) T Suvarna Raju
(D) None of these

17) Who among the following was the goodwill ambassador for the 35th National Games 2015?

(A) Milkha Singh
(B) P T Usha
(C) Amitabh Bachchan
(D) Sachin Tendulkar

18) India on 31 January 2015 successfully carried out the maiden canister-based trial of its most potent missile Agni-V from?
(A) Wheeler Island, Odisha
(B) Sreeharikota, Andhra Pradesh
(C) Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu
(D) Thumba, Kerala

19) 60th Filmfare Awards ceremony was held on January 31, 2015, at the Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai. Which was adjudged the Best Film?
(A) PK
(B) Queen
(C) Haider
(D) Two States

20) Carl Djerassi, 91, the chemist widely considered the father of the ______, died on 31 January 2015?

(A) Anti-Biotics
(B) Birth control pill
(C) Band Aid
(D) Injection Needle

Answers Key:

1) Ans. (C) Andy Murray
2) Ans. (B) Martyrs' Day
3) Ans. (D) Income Tax Department [Awarded for for TDS Reconciliation Analysis & Correction Enabling System (TRACES)]
4) Ans. (A) Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
5) Ans. (D) Ravi Shankar Prasad
6) Ans. (D) Coal India Limited (CIL)
7) Ans. (B) Environment and Forest
8) Ans. (C) 30 January
9) Ans. (A) Telepresence
10) Ans. (B) R Gandhi [He is the RBI deputy Governor]
11) Ans. (D) Serena Williams
12) Ans. (C) Zimbabwe
13) Ans. (A) V K Saraswat
14) Ans. (B) Italy
15) Ans. (C) Kerala
16) Ans. (C) T Suvarna Raju
17) Ans. (D) Sachin Tendulkar
18) Ans. (A) Wheeler Island, Odisha
19) Ans. (B) Queen
20) Ans. (B) Birth control pill

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