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?
(B) Amul girl
(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
8) 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
11) 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
12) Paulina Vega who was crowned Miss Universe recently is from which country?
(A) Venezuela
(B) South Africa
(C) Colombia
(D) Ukraine
13) 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
14) 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
15) 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
16) 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
17) World Leprosy Day 2015 was recently observed on?
(A) 25 January
(B) 27 January
(C) 26 January
(D) 24 January
18) US and India recently signed pact for developing 03 smart cities in India. Which city is not included in this list?
(A) Ajmer
(B) Visakhapatnam
(C) Varanasi
(D) Allahabad
19) Edgar Lungu was recently sworn in as the new president of which country?
(A) Zambia
(B) Kenya
(C) Zimbabwe
(D) Turkey
20) 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
Answers
1) Ans. (C) S Jaishankar
2) Ans. (A) Common Man
3) Ans. (D) Greece
4) Ans. (C) Parupalli Kashyap
5) Ans. (B) Steve Smith
6) Ans. (A) Dubai International Airport
7) Ans. (B) Juno
8) Ans. (A) Rafael Nadal
9) Ans. (D) Sunil Narine
10) Ans. (A) Max India
11) Ans. (D) Barack Obama, United States
12) Ans. (C) Colombia
13) Ans. (B) Peacetime Gallantry Award
14) Ans. (B) DP Sinha
15) Ans. (A) Sanjay Leela Bhansali. (He was awarded Padma Shri).
16) Ans. (D) Spain
17) Ans. (A) 25 January
18) Ans. (C) Varanasi
19) Ans. (A) Zambia
20) Ans. (B) First
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