General Awareness Test (Jan -15) - Set 3

ANSWER: Taranjeet Singh

Explanation:
He served as the Sales Director (South Asia) for BBC Advertising and was responsible for revenue and business strategy of BBC World News.

ANSWER: 1,706

Explanation:
While tiger population is falling the world over, their numbers are increasing in India. Mr Javadekar said, the latest figure is 30 per cent higher than the previous estimate. India has 70 per cent of world’s tigers today and government is also ready to give them to other countries to raise their numbers around the globe.

ANSWER: 2016

Explanation:
In 2014, India's growth rate was 5.8 per cent against China's 7.4 per cent, said the World Economic Report update released by the International Monetary Fund. India's growth rate in 2013 was five per cent as against China's 7.8 per cent.

ANSWER: 2 year

Explanation:
For this year and the next year, the IMF has predicted growth of 3.5 per cent and 3.7 per cent, a reduction of 0.3 percentage points, compared with the earlier forecast published in October last year.

ANSWER: Karnataka

Explanation:
Karnataka having 406 tigers followed by Uttarakhand (340), Tamil Nadu (229), Madhya Pradesh (208), Maharashtra (190) and West Bengal (76).

ANSWER: Ayodhya-Janakpur

Explanation:
The road will connect Ayodhya with Janakpur in Nepal, to which Sita, the wife of Lord Rama in the epic 'Ramayana', belonged.

ANSWER: Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana

Explanation:
Total 11.5 crore accounts have been opened under the scheme in less than five months. The scheme was launched on 28 August 2014 with a target of 7.5 crore till 26 January 2015.

ANSWER: Mango

Explanation:
The EU had imposed a temporary ban on Indian mangoes that came into effect from 1 May 2014. The EU accounts for more than 50% of total exports of fruits and vegetables from India. The UK is the main destination, followed by the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium.

ANSWER: 83 Crore

Explanation:
India is having nearly 83 crore voters as on 5th January 2015.

ANSWER: 21st January

Explanation:
Manipur was made a Union Territory in 1956 and a full-fledged State in 1972.

ANSWER: 21st January

Explanation:
The Governor inaugurated an exhibition which displayed the development of Tripura since 1972, the year the state attained the status of a full-fledged state.

ANSWER: 21st January

Explanation:
Meghalaya was formed by carving out two districts from the state of Assam: the United Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills, and the Garo Hills on 21st January 1972. Before attaining full statehood, Meghalaya was given semi-autonomous status in 1970.

ANSWER: Jammu & Kashmir

Explanation:
The main objective of the project is to expedite the implementation of six sub-projects in the State of Jammu & Kashmir under NHDP Phase-II.

ANSWER: Fourth

Explanation:
Since 2010-11, the Central Government has been bringing out an annual Status Paper on Government Debt giving detailed analysis of the government’s debt position.

ANSWER: Bibek Debroy

Explanation:
Earlier he was a professor at Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi. He has also worked as Director of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies, Consultant to the Union Finance Ministry in various capacities and Chairman of the High Powered Committee on Railways restructuring.

ANSWER: Haryana

Explanation:
The campaign will be implemented in 100 districts of the country, including 12 of Haryana where the number of girl child is dismally low.

ANSWER: Sukanya Samriddhi Account

Explanation:
Sukanya Samriddhi Account will attract interest rate of 9.1% per annum for the current fiscal year (2014-15). This scheme prescribes opening of a deposit account with post offices in the name of a girl child by her biological parents or legal guardian.

ANSWER: Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana

Explanation:
In the initial phase, 12 heritage cities have been identified which will be rejuvenated and developed under Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY). The 12 cities are: Amritsar, Varanasi, Gaya, Puri, Ajmer, Mathura, Dwarka, Badami, Velankanni, Kanchipuram, Warangal and Amaravati.

ANSWER: Shubham Banerjee

Explanation:
He founded his own start-up company called Braigo Labs to develop low-cost machines to print Braille.

ANSWER: C V Anand

Explanation:
He was conferred with this award for the commendable election related measures taken by him in the area of ‘Expenditure Monitoring and Tackling Money Power’ during the General Elections of 2014.

ANSWER: India

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: Switzerland

Explanation:
Davos is host to the World Economic Forum (WEF), an annual meeting of global political and business elites (often referred to simply as Davos) and the home of one of Switzerland's biggest ski resorts

ANSWER: 23rd Jan’15

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: Dubai

Explanation:
The design on the façade of the building is actually a puzzle made from intricate lines of balconies on the front and rear, and there is another garden maze on the roof top.

ANSWER: Abdullah bin Abdulaziz

Explanation:
Late King Abdullah ruled Saudi Arabia as the King since 2006, but ran the affairs of the country for a decade before when his predecessor King Fahd suffered a debilitating stroke.

ANSWER: Kerala

Explanation:
A Trust headed by Sarod Maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan and family has been entrusted with setting up the Institute.

ANSWER: Uttar Pradesh

Explanation:
Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, Srikanth K. and P. Kashyap were among the 14 Indian shuttlers who have advanced to the Singles pre-quarterfinals of the Syed Modi International Badminton Championships at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

ANSWER: Spice Jet Airlines

Explanation:
Earlier, DGCA had restricted the airline to take advance bookings only up to the 31st of March following financial crisis which had led to cancellation of flights in large number and had curtailed operations in a significant manner.

ANSWER: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi

Explanation:
In Yemen, President Mansour Hadi, Prime Minister Khaled Bahah and his cabinet have resigned.

ANSWER: 22nd January 2015

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: WhatsApp

Explanation:
The new messaging service works with Google's Chrome browser and is not available to iPhone users due to Apple platform limitations.

ANSWER: Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri

Explanation:
He is a Ex-Foreign Minister of Pakistan. The book is based upon the relations between India and Pakistan and was published by Penguin Publishers in India at the end of Jan’15.

ANSWER: Farishta

Explanation:
The novelist Isapuri approached the Delhi High Court and claimed that certain portions of the film like characters, expression of ideas and sequences were stolen from his novel Farishta and used in the film.

ANSWER: Shanta Kumar Committee

Explanation:
The eight-member High Level Committee on FCI restructuring chaired by Shanta Kumar was set up in August 2014.

ANSWER: 25th January’15

Explanation:
The Election Commission of India is celebrating 5th National Voters’ Day (NVD) across the country and the theme for the 5th NVD is ‘Easy Registration, Easy Correction’.

ANSWER: 25th January’15

Explanation:
Commission came into being on this day in 1950.

ANSWER: United States

Explanation:
This Joint Declaration of intent made for a period of next five years would help in strengthening industrial, technological, research & innovation and economic cooperation between India and U.S. in the ICTE sector.

ANSWER: 24th Jan’15

Explanation:
The national flag will be flown at half mast on 24.01.2015 throughout India and there will be no official entertainment on the day.

ANSWER: 1957

Explanation:
This Award is given annually by the Government of India and Indian Council of Child Welfare. This year, 24 children selected for the awards include 4 awardees who have been rewarded posthumously for their acts of bravery.