Current Affairs Questions and Answers Jan 6, 2015

Current Affairs Questions and Answers Jan 6,2015


Q1. Name the person appointed as the Vice Chairman of (National Institution for Transforming India) NITI Aayog on 5th Jan’15?

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ANSWER: Shri Arvind Panagariya, Economist. He was an Economics professor at Columbia University in New York. Full Time Members will be Shri Bibek Debroy, Economist, and Dr. V.K. Saraswat, Former Secretary Defence R&D.




Q2. Name the train that has now started running from Kolkata to Dhaka with its own rake from 4th January 2015?

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ANSWER: Maitree Express. The Government has decided to run one additional trip of Kolkata-Dhaka Cantonment Maitree Express each week. On the completion of six months, this arrangement will get reversed and Bangladesh Railway rake will start running from Dhaka Cantonment from 5th July 2015 every Sunday and from Kolkata every Monday in the existing timings, in addition to the existing days of service on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.




Q3. Under which programme, Prime Minister launches scheme for LED distribution in Delhi on 5th Jan’15?

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ANSWER: Under the domestic efficient lighting programme in Delhi; and a National Programme for LED-based Home and Street Lighting. The Prime Minister launched a web-based system to enable consumers in Delhi to register requests for procuring LED bulbs under “Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme” (DELP). Consumers can register either through the programme website (www.eeslindia.org/Delhi-Launch) or by sending an SMS to a designated number.




Q4.Who has been appointed as the Chief Justice of Jammu & Kashmir High Court w.e.f 5th Jan’15?

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ANSWER: Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir, senior most Judge of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court. He succeed Justice Mahesh Mittal Kumar, Chief Justice of the Jammu & Kashmir High Court.




Q5. Name the badminton player whose name will be recommend by Sports Ministry for the Padma Bhushan Award even if it did not receive her nomination from the Badminton Association of India (BAI) within the given deadline?

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ANSWER: Saina Nehwal.




Q6. Who has been appointed as CMD of Coal India Limited w.e.f 5th Jan’15?

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ANSWER: Sutirtha Bhattacharya. He served as the Chairman and Managing Director of the Singareni Collieries Company Limited from June 1, 2012 to 2014.




Q7. Name the first transgender elected as the Mayor in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh Municipal Corporation?

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ANSWER: Madhu Kinnar. He won against Mahaveer Guruji who belongs to BJP with 4537 votes.




Q8. Name the Tata Group founder on whom PM Narendra Modi will release commemorative coins to mark his 175th birth anniversary?

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ANSWER: Jamsetji Nusserwanji. The coins in the denomination of 100 and five rupees will be released 6th Jan’15 by the Prime Minister in New Delhi. Jamsetji was born on 3rd of March, 1839 in Navsari, a small town in south Gujarat and founded Tata Group, India's largest business conglomerate.




Q9. What is the reason for cancelling Anti-Polio Campaign that has to be started from 5th Jan’15 in Pakistan?

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ANSWER: The drive was rescheduled to 19 January 2015 due to threat perceptions. Meanwhile a polio worker was attacked in the restive Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on 5 January. During the past six months, Pakistan recorded the highest number of polio cases followed by Afghanistan and Nigeria.




Q10. What major restrictions on willful defaulters were imposed by Indian capital market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) on 5th January 2015?

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ANSWER: Wilful defaulters will not be allowed to make an offer to take over a listed company in India, but will be allowed to make a counter-offer in case they are the target of a hostile takeover.

Companies in which a promoter, director or subsidiary is declared a willful defaulter will not be allowed to issue equity, debt securities, or non-convertible redeemable preference shares.




Q11. Name the person took over as the Interim Chairman of ISRO after the retirement of K Radhakrishnan, ISRO Chairman on 31st Dec’14?

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ANSWER: Shailesh Nayak. He is Secretary, Union Earth Sciences Ministry.


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  • RE: Current Affairs Questions and Answers Jan 6, 2015 -Vivek Dwivedi (03/14/15)
  • Hello Divya. First of all thanks for the feedback. Don't Confuse with the Answer because Former ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan had retired on December 31, following which Shailesh Nayak, secretary, ministry of earth sciences, was given additional charge of Isro till the appointment of a new head.
  • RE: Current Affairs Questions and Answers Jan 6, 2015 -divya (03/13/15)
  • isro chairman is kiran kumar