Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Jan 17, 2015

Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Jan 17, 2015


Q1. The 8th India-Japan Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue is scheduled to be held on 17th Jan’15 at ________.

A. Tokyo
B. Kyoto
C. Varanasi
D. New Delhi.

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ANSWER: Answer: D. New Delhi.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and and her Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida will deliberate on a range of key issues including joint production of amphibious aircraft US-2, removing hurdles to finalise a civil nuclear deal, enhancing maritime security cooperation and implementing several mega infrastructure projects.



Q2. The first of the indigenously-built Light Combat Aircraft, LCA Tejas is finally expected to be handed over to the Indian Air Force on 17thJan’15. How many years ago the project was sanctioned?

A. 5 years.
B. 12 years.
C. 32 years.
D. 25 years.

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ANSWER: Answer: C. 32 years.

The project was sanctioned 32 years ago in 1983. This will be the start of a process of induction of the fighters being built at home under a project which has already estimated to have cost the exchequer over 17,000 crore rupees.



Q3. On ‘Makar Sakranti’ festival, the Sun begins its journey from North this marks the transition from winter to _______.

A. Spring.
B. Summer
C. Autumn
D. Rainy.

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ANSWER: A. Spring.

Makar Sakranti is the beginning of Uttarayan, which is considered to be a Punya kaal.



Q4. Who has been appointed head coach of Indian men's football team on 16th Jan’15, paving the way for his return at the helm of affairs for the second time?

A. Stephen Constantine.
B. Terry Walsh.
C. V. Baskaran
D. Narinder Batra.

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ANSWER: A. Stephen Constantine.

Constantine was India coach from 2002 till 2005, during which the national team won the LG Cup in Vietnam and finished runners-up in the Afro Asian Games.



Q5. From which country Sikh militant Jagtar Singh Tara, Former Punjab CM Beant Singh’s assassin has been deported to India on 16th Jan’15?

A. Pakistan
B. Myanmar
C. Thailand
D. Russia

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ANSWER: C. Thailand

He is a Babbar Khalsa International militant, had escaped from the high-security Burail prison in Chandigarh in 2004 and was absconding before being nabbed by Thai authority.



Q6. Who has bagged the award of being the best Indian language website in the year 2014 given by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)?

A. Divya Bhaskar
B. Navbharat Times
C. Maharashtra Times
D. Times of India.

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ANSWER: B. Navbharat Times.

Of the several entries in the category only three portals — Navbharat Times, Maharashtra Times and Divya Bhaskar managed to reach the final shortlisting, from which NBT emerged as the winner.



Q7. Who is the author of the book ‘The Red Sari’ launched in India?

A. Javier Moro
B. Arundhati Roy
C. Salman Rushdie
D. Jeffrey Archer.

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ANSWER: A. Javier Moro.

He is a Spanish author of a dramatized biography of Sonia Gandhi, 'The Red Sari' is relieved his book has finally been published in India.



Q8. Name the state on 16th January 2015 was selected for the National Award for e-Governance for the best district-level initiative in Citizen-Centric Service Delivery through ICT?

A. Karnataka
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Jammu & Kashmir
D. Maharashtra

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ANSWER: C. Jammu & Kashmir

J & K for the first time will be awarded since the institution of awards in 1997.



Q9. Who was appointed as state brand ambassador of Haryana Government on 15th Jan’15?

A. Baba Ramdev
B. Sushil Kumar
C. Milkha Singh
D. Farhan Akhtar

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ANSWER: A. Baba Ramdev

The appointment was a part of government of Haryana’s ambitious plans to promote yoga and ayurveda in Haryana state.



Q10. Name the Indian RTI activist was on 15th January 2015 conferred with the Giraffe Hero award 2015 by a US-based NGO The Giraffe Heroes Project?

A. Rinku Singh Rahi
B. Salman Reddy
C. Subhash Chandra Agrawal
D. Vishnu Medhkar

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ANSWER: C. Subhash Chandra Agrawal.

He holds the Guinness record of filing highest number of published letters to the editors.


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  • RE: Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Jan 17, 2015 -Gaurav Pal (01/17/15)
  • Thank u so much sir