General Awareness Test (Feb - 15) - Set 1

ANSWER: Novak Djokovic

Explanation:
Serbia’s Novak Djokovic won the Men's singles title defeating Andy Murray. The victory means Djokovic stays at world number one on the next ATP rankings when they are released on Monday.

ANSWER: Serena Williams

Explanation:
Serena Williams bagged the Women's Singles title for the sixth time when she defeated second seeded Russian Maria Sharapova.

ANSWER: Leander Paes & Martina Hingis

Explanation:
The seventh seeded Indo-Swiss pair of Paes and Hingis defeated the higher placed Canadian-French team of Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic.

ANSWER: Kerala

Explanation:
Kerala is hosting these national games for the 2nd time. 1st time these games were hosted by Kerala in 1987.

ANSWER: Haryana

Explanation:
The 29th edition of the fair will see 18 countries taking part in it and has central state of Chhattisgarh as the theme state. The 15-day fair is an annual event, which reflects and promotes the rich and diverse cultural and artistic heritage of India.

ANSWER: Puducherry

Explanation:
The scheme introduced by the city Sainik Welfare Office aims to empower the pensioners’ by providing an additional option to submit life certificate using the information technology at his/her convenience including the option of submitting from individual’s home through bio-reader enabled personal computer or mobile.

ANSWER: Lucknow

Explanation:
Twenty five speakers and seven deputy speakers hailing from across the country attended the meet which delved upon several issues pertaining to the smooth functioning of the houses and how to make its proceeding more productive and least disturbing besides making it paperless.

ANSWER: New Delhi

Explanation:
The Festival is organized by the National School of Drama(NSD).

ANSWER: 1st Feb’15

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

Explanation:
The Raahgiri Day celebrated on 1st Feb’15 was special because it involved participation in cultural and sports activities predominantly by Persons with Disabilities. Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment- Shri. Thawar Chandra Gehlot and Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Sh. Krishan Pal Gurjar also witnessed the activities of the differently abled persons and their presence served as a great source of encouragement and inspiration for them.

ANSWER: Peter Greste

Explanation:
Australian journalist Peter Greste has been deported from Egypt after 400 days in the jail. In June last year, Greste was sentenced to seven years on charges of defaming Egypt.

ANSWER: Yindu Shijiao

Explanation:
This Chinese version (‘Yindu Shijiao’) was launched on the occasion of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s maiden visit to China. ‘India Perspectives’ is printed in 15 languages and is circulated in as many as 170 countries.

ANSWER: Justice G.P. Mathur

Explanation:
The committee has recommended constitution of an SIT for reinvestigation the riots. The anti-Sikh riots were triggered after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by on 31 October 1984.

ANSWER: Lebanon

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: Krishna Delta Complex

Explanation:
The approval was granted by the Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife chaired by Prakash Javadekar, Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

ANSWER: Paul van Ass

Explanation:
Former Dutch national coach Paul van Ass was named the new coach of the Indian men's hockey team while New Zealand's Anthony Thornton was made the coach of the women's hockey team.

ANSWER: Gujarat

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: Bannerghatta Biological Park

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: Raad

Explanation:
On 2nd Feb’15, Pakistan conducted a successful flight test of the indigenously developed Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM), Raad. The Raad missile, with a range of 350 kilometres, will enable Pakistan to achieve strategic standoff capability on land and sea.

ANSWER: Khaleda Zia

Explanation:
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and 3 other BNP leaders have been sued in Dhaka. The BNP-led opposition boycotted the elections held last January demanding a non-partisan care-taker election-time government. An indefinite transport blockade enforced by the opposition since January sixth has left at least 40 people dead and over 700 injured.

ANSWER: Australia

Explanation:
Australia is followed by India. India will enter the 11th edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup at second spot behind leaders Australia.

ANSWER: Nicol David

Explanation:
The 31-year old Malaysian, who first headed the Women's Squash Association list in January 2006, overtook the 105th month record set in February 1993 by Susan Devoy, the four time world champion from New Zealand.

ANSWER: France

Explanation:
In Final Match, France defeated Qatar. The win means France's are now world, European and Olympic champions. It was the country's first world title since 2011.

ANSWER: Dr. Nandita Chatterjee

Explanation:
She is an IAS Officer of 1980 batch belongs to West Bengal Cadre and has served in different capacities in the state and central governments and international organisations like the UNDP and WHO.

ANSWER: 2nd Feb’15

Explanation:
The tenth MGNREGA Divas celebrations organized by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India were attended by Minister of Rural Development Shri Birender Singh. On the occasion, MGNREGA documents- Report to the People and Report on Capacity Building were also released.

ANSWER: Madhya Pradesh

Explanation:
Three States, 11 districts, 15 Postal Department officers and 9 Sarpanches were recognized and awarded for demonstrating excellence and undertaking specific initiatives to ensure effective implementation of MGNREGA.

ANSWER: Mayuresh Pawar

Explanation:
He took part in Maharashtra’s match against Chandigarh at the Agriculture College Indoor Stadium earlier on the same day.

ANSWER: Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation

Explanation:
The Narendra Modi government has plans to renew the 10-year old Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and name it after the first BJP prime minister. The renewed scheme will now be known as Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).

ANSWER: SBI Bank

Explanation:
Under this, Reliance will be the promoter of the payments bank entity while SBI will be joint venture partner with equity investment of up to 30%.

ANSWER: 2.4%

Explanation:
Slump in the production of crude oil and natural gas, pushed the growth rate of eight core sector industries to three-month low of 2.4 per cent in December last year.

ANSWER: Kanagasabapathy Sripavan

Explanation:
Judge Kanagasabapathy Sripavan, who is also the first member of the minority Tamil group to take on the top legal job in decades, was sworn in on 30th Jan’15.

ANSWER: Robert Mugabe

Explanation:
Rober Mugabe is the Zimbabwe President and replaced Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz as the Chairman of AU.

ANSWER: 1st Feb’15

Explanation:
Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian-American astronaut and first Indian woman in space was one of the seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003.

ANSWER: Leander Paes

Explanation:
He achieved this feat at the age of 41.

ANSWER: February 4, 2015

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: New Delhi

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: Madhusudan Prasad

Explanation:
He is an IAS Officer of 1981 batch belonging to Haryana cadre was Special Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce before moving over to new ministry.

ANSWER: 50 basis points

Explanation:
The RBI has decreased SLR of scheduled commercial banks by 50 bps to 21.5% to improve the liquidity in the market.

ANSWER: Unchanged

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: 1.3%

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!