Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Jan 07, 2015
Q1. Which edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas- a three day event began at Gandhingar in Gujarat on 7th Jan’15?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 13th. It is the world's largest annual gathering of people of Indian origin aimed at enhancing networking and reinforcing the economic and cultural bonding. There are an estimated 25 million people of Indian origin residing outside India. India is also the single largest recipient of remittances from abroad at 70 billion dollars.
Q2. Name the person re-elected and sworn on 6th Jan’15 in United States as Speaker of the US House of Representatives, overcoming a surprisingly robust attempt to oust him by two dozen hardcore conservatives?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: John Boehner, Republican. Boehner received 216 of the 408 votes cast in the chamber, winning as expected over Democratic leader and former House speaker Nancy Pelosi, who received 164 votes.
Q3. Trade unions of which sector went on a five-day strike on 6th Jan’15 that was termed as the biggest industrial action for any sector since 1977?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Coal Industry. Nearly 5 lakh coal workers across the country joined a five-day strike on 6th Jan’15. The strike is also likely to impact the fuel supply to thermal power plants.
Q4. Name the Indian Automobile company that has announced the production of 50 Lakh vehicles as on 6th Jan’15?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Mahindra & Mahindra. The company had achieved the 40 lakh mark in 2012 and reached the 50 lakh vehicle mark in just two years.
Q5. Who has been appointed as the CEO of the NITI Aayog on 6th Jan’15?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Sindhushree Khullar, Secretary of Planning Commission. She is a 1975 batch UT cadre IAS officer, had taken over as Secretary Planning Commission in April 2012.
Q6. Which State’s High Court held that there should not be any discrimination towards surrogate mothers while extending maternity benefits?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Kerala High Court. Considering a case of an employee of the Kerala Livestock Development Board, who is having a surrogate baby, the High Court observed that the employee is entitled for maternity leave, except for extending it in the name of recovering health.
Q7. Name the player appointed as the Captain and the Vice-captain of the 15-member Cricket team for ICC World Cup to be held in Feb’2015?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: MS Dhoni (Captain) and Virat Kohli (Vive-Captain).
Q8. Name the Chairman of Larsen & Toubro awarded with the order of the Danneborg as Knight First Class by Queen Margrethe of Denmark in recognition of his role to enhance Indo-Danish ties in the fields of business, commerce and culture?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A M Naik. He is also the Honorary Consul General of Denmark in Mumbai.
Q9. Name the person named as the “Business Person of the Year for 2014” as per the popular business magazine?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Larry Page, CEO of Google.
Q10. The two-day Bengal Global Business Summit 2015 will begin in Kolkata from ____.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 7th Jan’2015. 500-strong delegations from India and aboard are expected to join the investment extravaganza. The state government is attempting to use the event platform to showcase West Bengal as an ideal investment destination.
Q11. Which states won the men’s and women’s title of 65th Senior National Basketball Championship 2014-15, that concluded on 5th Jan’15?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Uttarakhand (Men’s) and Chhattisgarh (Women’s).
