Current affairs Que.

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

Daily update

1. Reliance teams up with State Bank of India for payments bank

i. Looking to foray into banking business, Reliance Industries has teamed up with state-run behemoth SBI to apply for a payments bank licence.

ii. RIL and SBI put in a joint application to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to set up a payment bank that can offer services such as remittances and deposits but not loans.

Daily Update

1. Agni 5, successfully test-fired

i. India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed, intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-5, which has a strike range of over 5000 kms and can carry a nuclear warhead of over one tonne, from Wheeler’s Island off Odisha 

ii. The three stage, solid propellant “missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher from the launch complex-4 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at about 8.06 hours.

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1) How many judges are there in Supreme Court of India? - 30

2) Which article empowers the President to appoint the Prime Minister of India? - Article 75

3) Who is the first woman cricketer to win the Arjuna Award? - Shanta Rangaswamy

Current affairs 31 janu. 2015

1) Who among the following was appointed as the new chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi on 29 January 2015?

(A) Shekhar Sen

(B) N Gopalaswami

(C) Leela Samson

(D) S Jayasankar