1) Mahendra Singh Dhoni on 30 December 2014 announced immediate retirement from which format of the cricket?
(A) ODI
(B) Twenty-20
(C) Test
(D) All of these
Ans. (C) Test
2) Commercial power generation in Kudankulam nuclear power plant started on 30 December 2014 after getting approval from the Nuclear Power Corporation. Kudankulam nuclear power plant is situated in which state?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Karnataka
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Tamil Nadu
Ans. (D) Tamil Nadu
3) Finance ministry has recently decided not to extend excise duty cuts on automobiles beyond December 31. The interim Budget of former finance minister P Chidambaram had reduced the excise duty on small cars, scooters, motorcycles and commercial vehicles to __% from 12%?
(A) 8%
(B) 6%
(C) 9%
(D) 10%
Ans. (A) 8%
4) Uttrakhand Governor Aziz Qureshi was on 30 December 2014 shifted to which state?
(A) Kerala
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Mizoram
(D) Gujarat
Ans. (C) Mizoram
5) Union government on 31 December 2014 has blocked access to how many websites for carrying anti-India views and spreading banned terrorist outfit Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) propaganda?
(A) 15
(B) 32
(C) 45
(D) 63
Ans. (B) 32
6) Government has on 31 December 2014 decided to separate the post of Chairman and Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in public sector banks. As per the Finance Ministry, the Chairman in public sector banks other than which bank will be a part- time board member henceforth?
(A) NABARD
(B) State Bank of India
(C) United Bank of India
(D) Indian Overseas Bank
Ans. (B) State Bank of India
7) M Sathiyavathy has recently become first woman to be appointed as Director General (DG) of?
(A) Department of Posts
(B) Central Information Commission
(C) Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
(D) Pay Commission
Ans. (C) Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
8) President Pranab Mukherjee on 31 December 2014 has given his assent to NJAC Bill, 2014 that seeks to scrap the collegium system of appointing?
(A) Judges to higher judiciary
(B) Central Vigilance Commission
(C) Director of CBI
(D) Chief Information Commissioner
Ans. (A) Judges to higher judiciary
9) Amidst row and demonstrations over Aamir Khan-starrer 'PK', which state government has recently decided to exempt the movie from entertainment tax?
(A) Delhi
(B) Bihar
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Jammu and Kashmir
Ans. (C) Uttar Pradesh
10) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K. Radhakrishnan retired on 31 December 2014. Who will hold additional and interim charge as Chairman of ISRO for a month or until a regular chief is named?
(A) R.S. Sharma
(B) S. Ramakrishnan
(C) M. Chandra Dathan (D) Shailesh Nayak
Ans. (D) Shailesh Nayak
Current Affairs Quiz: 3 January 2015 11) Which Sri Lankan cricketer recently become only the fifth cricketer to make 12,000 runs in Test cricket?
(A) Kumar Sangakkara
(B) Mahela Jayawardene
(C) Tillakaratne Dilshan
(D) Angelo Mathews
Ans. (A) Kumar Sangakkara
12) Footballer Steven Gerrard on 2 January 2015 has announced his decision to leave which football club that has been his home for last many years?
(A) Manchester City
(B) Chelsea
(C) Liverpool
(D) Sunderland
Ans. (C) Liverpool
13) Union Government has recently extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 for another one year in which state and has declared the entire state as a ‘Disturbed Area’?
(A) Mizoram
(B) Assam
(C) Chattisgarh
(D) Arunchal Pradesh
Ans. (B) Assam
14) Post office savings bank accounts can now be operated through ATMs following a recent gazette notification amending which Post Office rules?
(A) Post Office Savings Bank General Rules, 1981
(B) Indian Post Office Rules, 1933
(C) Indian Post Office Act, 1898
(D) Post Office Guide Part-I
Ans. (A) Post Office Savings Bank General Rules, 1981
15) Sports Ministry on 2 January 2015 cleared the National Boxing Federations new name called?
(A) Indian Boxing Association
(B) Board of Control for Boxing in India
(C) Association for National Boxing
(D) Boxing India
Ans. (D) Boxing India
16) Dr. Vasant Ranchod Gowarikar who passed away in Pune, Maharashtra on 2 January 2015 was an eminent?
(A) Film Director
(B) Writer
(C) Scientist
(D) Historian
Ans. (C) Scientist
17) Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently dedicated "Akodara Village" in which state as "ICICI Digital Village’ to the nation at an event which was organised to celebrate the ICICI Group’s 60 years of ‘partnering India’ in its progress?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Gujarat
(C) Odisha
(D) Madhya Pradesh
Ans. (B) Gujarat
18) Union Water Resources Ministry will launch an initiative called ____ to be adopted in every district of the country during the India Water Week from January 13 to 17?
(A) 'Jal He To Kal He, Jal Nahi To Kuch Nahi'
(B) 'Aap Paani Ko Bachao Or Paani apko Bachayega'
(C) ' Jal Jeevan ka Anmol Ratan'
(D) 'Hamara Jal, Hamara Jeewan'
Ans. (D) 'Hamara Jal, Hamara Jeewan'
19) Who recently (Jan 2015) became the first cricketer to cross 5 million followers on Twitter?
(A) Virat Kohli
(B) Chris Gayle
(C) Sachin Tendulkar
(D) MS Dhoni
Ans. (A) Virat Kohli
20) Suburban train service in which metropolitan city was affected on 2 January 2015 as commuters turned violent protesting a snag caused in electric supply to trains?
(A) Kolkata
(B) Delhi
(C) Mumbai
(D) Chennai
Ans. (C) Mumbai
21) What product, essential to elections in India is solely manufactured by Mysore Paints and Varnish Ltd?
(A) Electronic Voting Machine
(B) Indelible Ink
(C) Ballot Boxes
(D) Voter ID cards
Ans. (B) Indelible Ink
22) According to Standard time zone classification, the earth is divided into how many time zones?
(A) 24
(B) 96
(C) 48
(D) 12
Ans. (A) 24
23) Which is the least populated state of India?
(A) Goa
(B) Kerala
(C) Sikkim
(D) Telangana
Ans. (C) Sikkim
24) On the banks of which river is the holy city Ayodhya located?
(A) Brahmaputra
(B) Ganga
(C) Saryu
(D) YamunaAns. (C) Saryu
25) Who was the first lady Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force?
(A) Lakshmi Sehgal
(B) Puneeta Arora
(C) Nirmala Kannan
(D) Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
Ans. (D) Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
(A) ODI
(B) Twenty-20
(C) Test
(D) All of these
Ans. (C) Test
2) Commercial power generation in Kudankulam nuclear power plant started on 30 December 2014 after getting approval from the Nuclear Power Corporation. Kudankulam nuclear power plant is situated in which state?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Karnataka
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Tamil Nadu
Ans. (D) Tamil Nadu
3) Finance ministry has recently decided not to extend excise duty cuts on automobiles beyond December 31. The interim Budget of former finance minister P Chidambaram had reduced the excise duty on small cars, scooters, motorcycles and commercial vehicles to __% from 12%?
(A) 8%
(B) 6%
(C) 9%
(D) 10%
Ans. (A) 8%
4) Uttrakhand Governor Aziz Qureshi was on 30 December 2014 shifted to which state?
(A) Kerala
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Mizoram
(D) Gujarat
Ans. (C) Mizoram
5) Union government on 31 December 2014 has blocked access to how many websites for carrying anti-India views and spreading banned terrorist outfit Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) propaganda?
(A) 15
(B) 32
(C) 45
(D) 63
Ans. (B) 32
6) Government has on 31 December 2014 decided to separate the post of Chairman and Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in public sector banks. As per the Finance Ministry, the Chairman in public sector banks other than which bank will be a part- time board member henceforth?
(A) NABARD
(B) State Bank of India
(C) United Bank of India
(D) Indian Overseas Bank
Ans. (B) State Bank of India
7) M Sathiyavathy has recently become first woman to be appointed as Director General (DG) of?
(A) Department of Posts
(B) Central Information Commission
(C) Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
(D) Pay Commission
Ans. (C) Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA)
8) President Pranab Mukherjee on 31 December 2014 has given his assent to NJAC Bill, 2014 that seeks to scrap the collegium system of appointing?
(A) Judges to higher judiciary
(B) Central Vigilance Commission
(C) Director of CBI
(D) Chief Information Commissioner
Ans. (A) Judges to higher judiciary
9) Amidst row and demonstrations over Aamir Khan-starrer 'PK', which state government has recently decided to exempt the movie from entertainment tax?
(A) Delhi
(B) Bihar
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Jammu and Kashmir
Ans. (C) Uttar Pradesh
10) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K. Radhakrishnan retired on 31 December 2014. Who will hold additional and interim charge as Chairman of ISRO for a month or until a regular chief is named?
(A) R.S. Sharma
(B) S. Ramakrishnan
(C) M. Chandra Dathan (D) Shailesh Nayak
Ans. (D) Shailesh Nayak
Current Affairs Quiz: 3 January 2015 11) Which Sri Lankan cricketer recently become only the fifth cricketer to make 12,000 runs in Test cricket?
(A) Kumar Sangakkara
(B) Mahela Jayawardene
(C) Tillakaratne Dilshan
(D) Angelo Mathews
Ans. (A) Kumar Sangakkara
12) Footballer Steven Gerrard on 2 January 2015 has announced his decision to leave which football club that has been his home for last many years?
(A) Manchester City
(B) Chelsea
(C) Liverpool
(D) Sunderland
Ans. (C) Liverpool
13) Union Government has recently extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 for another one year in which state and has declared the entire state as a ‘Disturbed Area’?
(A) Mizoram
(B) Assam
(C) Chattisgarh
(D) Arunchal Pradesh
Ans. (B) Assam
14) Post office savings bank accounts can now be operated through ATMs following a recent gazette notification amending which Post Office rules?
(A) Post Office Savings Bank General Rules, 1981
(B) Indian Post Office Rules, 1933
(C) Indian Post Office Act, 1898
(D) Post Office Guide Part-I
Ans. (A) Post Office Savings Bank General Rules, 1981
15) Sports Ministry on 2 January 2015 cleared the National Boxing Federations new name called?
(A) Indian Boxing Association
(B) Board of Control for Boxing in India
(C) Association for National Boxing
(D) Boxing India
Ans. (D) Boxing India
16) Dr. Vasant Ranchod Gowarikar who passed away in Pune, Maharashtra on 2 January 2015 was an eminent?
(A) Film Director
(B) Writer
(C) Scientist
(D) Historian
Ans. (C) Scientist
17) Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently dedicated "Akodara Village" in which state as "ICICI Digital Village’ to the nation at an event which was organised to celebrate the ICICI Group’s 60 years of ‘partnering India’ in its progress?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Gujarat
(C) Odisha
(D) Madhya Pradesh
Ans. (B) Gujarat
18) Union Water Resources Ministry will launch an initiative called ____ to be adopted in every district of the country during the India Water Week from January 13 to 17?
(A) 'Jal He To Kal He, Jal Nahi To Kuch Nahi'
(B) 'Aap Paani Ko Bachao Or Paani apko Bachayega'
(C) ' Jal Jeevan ka Anmol Ratan'
(D) 'Hamara Jal, Hamara Jeewan'
Ans. (D) 'Hamara Jal, Hamara Jeewan'
19) Who recently (Jan 2015) became the first cricketer to cross 5 million followers on Twitter?
(A) Virat Kohli
(B) Chris Gayle
(C) Sachin Tendulkar
(D) MS Dhoni
Ans. (A) Virat Kohli
20) Suburban train service in which metropolitan city was affected on 2 January 2015 as commuters turned violent protesting a snag caused in electric supply to trains?
(A) Kolkata
(B) Delhi
(C) Mumbai
(D) Chennai
Ans. (C) Mumbai
21) What product, essential to elections in India is solely manufactured by Mysore Paints and Varnish Ltd?
(A) Electronic Voting Machine
(B) Indelible Ink
(C) Ballot Boxes
(D) Voter ID cards
Ans. (B) Indelible Ink
22) According to Standard time zone classification, the earth is divided into how many time zones?
(A) 24
(B) 96
(C) 48
(D) 12
Ans. (A) 24
23) Which is the least populated state of India?
(A) Goa
(B) Kerala
(C) Sikkim
(D) Telangana
Ans. (C) Sikkim
24) On the banks of which river is the holy city Ayodhya located?
(A) Brahmaputra
(B) Ganga
(C) Saryu
(D) YamunaAns. (C) Saryu
25) Who was the first lady Air Marshal of the Indian Air Force?
(A) Lakshmi Sehgal
(B) Puneeta Arora
(C) Nirmala Kannan
(D) Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
Ans. (D) Padmavathy Bandopadhyay
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