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Tuesday 10 February 2015

Current affairs Que. 7,8,9,10 Feb 2015

1) Which state government on 7 February 2015 officially declared Valentine’s Day as Matru-Pitru Divas (Parents’ Day)?
(A) Chhattisgarh
(B) Haryana
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Jharkhand

2) JD(U) has recently sacked Jitan Ram Manjhi from the party. He is presently the Chief Minister of which state?
(A) Himachal Pradesh
(B) Mizoram
(C) Odisha
(D) Bihar

3) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 7 Feb 2015 unveiled “Transformation", a memorial in commemoration of those Indian government officers and personnel who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty while serving abroad. It is situated at?
(A) Ahemedabad
(B) Allahabad
(C) New Delhi
(D) Varanasi

4) Atmaram Bhende who passed away on 7 February 2015 was a famous?
(A) Music Director
(B) Historian
(C) Film Maker
(D) Theatre Artiste

5) Hindustan Aeronautical Limited (HAL) on 7 February 2015 successfully tested the second prototype of naval variant of Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)-Tejas at?
(A) Odisha
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Kochi
(D) Vishakapatanam 

6) ICC cleared bowling action of which Pakistan off-spinner on 7 February 2015?
(A) Saeed Ajmal
(B) Mohammed Hafeez
(C) Nasir Jamshed
(D) Wahab Riaz

7) An oil painting of two Tahitian girls by prominent French artist Paul Gauguin was recently sold for nearly 300 million dollars, making it the most expensive work of art ever sold. Gauguin painted this one which year?
(A) 1892
(B) 1921
(C) 1857
(D) 1806

8) India's senior-most pacer Ishant Sharma was on 7 February 2015 ruled out of the Cricket World Cup owing to a knee injury. Who will replace him in the squad?
(A) Ashok Dinda
(B) Praveen Kumar
(C) Mohit Sharma
(D) Zaheer Khan

9) Government has recently decided to infuse Rs 6,990 crore in nine public sector banks. Which bank will lead the pack with a capitalization of Rs 2,970 crore?
(A) Bank of Baroda
(B) Punjab National Bank
(C) Canara Bank
(D) State Bank of India

10) ICGS Amogh was commissioned by the Indian Coast Guard at Paradip Port on 7 February 2015. Paradip Port is located in which state?
(A) Gujarat
(B) Odisha
(C) Goa
(D) Andhra Pradesh
11) First meeting of the newly formed NITI Aayog was held on 6 February 2015. In the meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took views of _____ to boost growth?
(A) Chief Ministers
(B) Bureaucrats
(C) Economists
(D) Governors 

12) Zoe Konstantopoulou was selected as the youngest President of which country's Parliament on 6 February 2015?
(A) Greece
(B) Canada
(C) Italy
(D) France

13) Microblogging site Twitter Inc has recently reached a deal with which search engine to make its tweets more searchable online, according to reports?
(A) Yahoo
(B) Bing
(C) Ask
(D) Google

14) Which mobile manufacturer has recently appointed Shubhajit Sen as its chief marketing officer (CMO)?
(A) Samsung
(B) Micromax
(C) Motorola
(D) Lava

15) The 10th edition of India-Mongolia Joint Military Training Exercise concluded on 6 February 2015. This exercise was held at?
(A) Gwalior
(B) Kochi
(C) Dehradun
(D) Pune

16) Which state registered a record voter turnout in the assembly polls held on 7 February 2015?
(A) Haryana
(B) Jammu & Kashmir
(C) Delhi
(D) Goa

17) Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad was on 7 February 2015 re-elected as a Rajya Sabha member from which state?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Rajasthan
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Jammu and Kashmir

18) Richard von Weizsaecker who passed away on 31 January 2015 was the former President of?
(A) Germany
(B) Egypt
(C) Canada
(D) Belgium

19) Which space agency has recently launched Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite to observe soil moisture?
(A) European Union
(B) ISRO
(C) NASA
(D) China National Space Administration

20) World Wetlands Day was observed on 2 February 2015. What was the theme for the day this year?
(A) Wetlands for our future
(B) Wetlands and Water Management
(C) Wetlands and Agriculture
(D) Wetland Tourism- A Great Experience
21) Bhalchandra Nemade who has been selected for the 50th Jnanpith Award for 2014, on 6 February 2015, is a famous writer in which language?
(A) Marathi
(B) Oriya
(C) Malayalam
(D) Urdu

22) BCCI on 5 February 2015 has cleared which Indian left-arm spinner to play in first-class games with immediate effect, after his bowling action is found to be permissible?
(A) Ravindra Jadeja
(B) Axar Patel
(C) Pragyan Ojha
(D) Ravichandran Ashwin

23) Who was on 5 February 2015 named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2014, who pioneered the development of affordable life-saving vaccines?
(A) Uday Kotak
(B) Arundhati Bhattacharya
(C) K. Radhakrishnan
(D) Cyrus S. Poonawalla

24) Which Bank on 5 February 2015 raised Rs 9,880 crore in the largest share sale in the secondary market by a private entity to overseas and domestic investors?
(A) ICICI Bank
(B) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(C) HDFC
(D) SBI

25) R.K. Gupta was recently moved out by government as the director of?
(A) Agni 5 Project
(B) DRDO
(C) Home Ministry
(D) Tejas Project 

26) Which city has become India's first fully WiFi-enabled metro city on 5 February 2015?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Kolkata
(C) Chennai
(D) Delhi

27) Who was appointed as the Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) on 5 January 2015?
(A) Raghunath A. Mashelkar
(B) M. K. Bhan
(C) M.O. Garg
(D) Samir K. Brahmachari

28) Which player was recently voted as the greatest ever player to have played in the English Premier League (EPL)?
(A) Cristiano Ronaldo
(B) Steven Gerrard
(C) Thierry Henry
(D) Ryan Giggs

29) Roopa Kudva, the managing director of ratings company CRISIL was recently appointed as an independent board member of?
(A) Wipro
(B) Accenture
(C) TCS
(D) Infosys

30) Bank of Maharashtra has recently launched its new mobile banking app named?
(A) MahaBank
(B) MahaMobile
(C) OnlineMaha
(D) MahaFreedom
31) Alibaba, the world's biggest and most valuable ecommerce firm, recently entered India's e-commerce space with 25% stake in?
(A) Myntra
(B) Paytm
(C) Shopclues
(D) Flipkart

32) Who was on 4 February 2015 appointed as the new home secretary?
(A) Anil Goswami
(B) G.K Pillai
(C) L.C. Goyal
(D) Subham Goswami

33) World Cancer Day was recently observed on?
(A) February 4
(B) January 27
(C) February 3
(D) February 5

34) Which neighboring country of India celebrated its 67th Independence Day on 4 February 2015?
(A) Bangladesh
(B) China
(C) Nepal
(D) Sri Lanka


35) Name the Journalist-writer Hindol Sengupta's book on entrepreneurial ventures in India which has been shortlisted for the US' prestigious Hayek Prize this year, recently?
(A) Recasting India: How Entrepreneurship is Revolutionizing the World's Largest Democracy
(B) The Forgotten Depression: The Crash that Cured Itself
(C) The Rule of Nobody: Saving India from Dead Laws and Broken Government
(D) None of these

36) World squash champion Nicol David has recently set a new record for topping the world rankings when she secured top spot for the 106th month. Nicol David is from which country?
(A)Egypt
(B) China
(C) Malaysia
(D) Russia

37) Reliance Industries has recently teamed up with which nationalized bank to apply for a payments bank licence?
(A) Punjab National Bank
(B) Union Bank of India
(C) Indian Bank
(D) State Bank of India 

38) Who was recently named the most admired woman in the world as per a poll over 23 countries conducted by YouGov?
(A) Hillary Clinton
(B) Queen Elizabeth II
(C) Angelina Jolie
(D) Malala Yousafzai

39) India was ranked second last in the intellectual property (IP) index released by the US Chamber of Commerce on 4 February 2015. Which country was ranked No.1 in the list?
(A) Singapore
(B) USA
(C) Thailand
(D) Russia

40) Which handset company overtook South Korea's Samsung Electronics to become the leading supplier in India's booming smartphone market for the first time in the fourth quarter as per report of research firm Canalys?
(A) Motorola
(B) Apple
(C) Sony
(D) Micromax
Answers
1) Ans. (A) Chhattisgarh
2) Ans. (D) Bihar
3) Ans. (C) New Delhi
4) Ans. (D) Theatre Artiste
5) Ans. (B) Bengaluru
6) Ans. (A) Saeed Ajmal
7) Ans. (A) 1892
8) Ans. (C) Mohit Sharma
9) Ans. (D) State Bank of India
10) Ans. (B) Odisha
11) Ans. (C) Economists
12) Ans. (A) Greece
13) Ans. (D) Google
14) Ans. (B) Micromax
15) Ans. (A) Gwalior
16) Ans. (C) Delhi
17) Ans. (D) Jammu and Kashmir
18) Ans. (A) Germany
19) Ans. (C) NASA
20) Ans. (A) Wetlands for our future
21) Ans. (A) Marathi
22) Ans. (C) Pragyan Ojha
23) Ans. (D) Cyrus S. Poonawalla [He is the Chairman and Managing Director of Serum Institute Of India]
24) Ans. (C) HDFC
25) Ans. (A) Agni 5 Project
26) Ans. (B) Kolkata
27) Ans. (C) M.O. Garg
28) Ans. (A) Cristiano Ronaldo
29) Ans. (D) Infosys
30) Ans. (B) MahaMobile
31) Ans. (B) Paytm
32) Ans. (C) L.C. Goyal
33) Ans. (A) February 4
34) Ans. (D) Sri Lanka
35) Ans. (A) Recasting India: How Entrepreneurship is Revolutionizing the World's Largest Democracy
36) Ans. (C) Malaysia
37) Ans. (D) State Bank of India
38) Ans. (C) Angelina Jolie
39) Ans. (B) USA
40) Ans. (D) Micromax

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