Current Affairs Questions and Answers – Feb 05, 2015.
Q1. Who has been appointed as the new Home Secretary on 4th February 2015?A. Anil Goswami
B. S.P. Goel
C. Matang Singh
D. L.C. Goyal
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: D. L.C. Goyal.
He is a 1979-batch IAS officer of the Kerala cadre. Before this appointment, he was the Rural Development Secretary. He succeeded Anil Goswami.
A. Pakistan
B. Afghanistan
C. Jordan
D. France
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: C. Jordan.
The two prisoners executed by hanging early on 4th Feb’15 are Sajida al-Rishawi and Ziad al-Karbouly.
A. Sajida al-Rishawi
B. Moaz Al-Kassasbeh
C. Ziad al-Karbouly
D. Al-Rishawi
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: B. Moaz Al-Kassasbeh.
Jordan had earlier offered to swap Al-Rishawi, a failed suicide bomber, for the pilot, Lt. Moaz-al-Kaseasbeh, but wanted proof that the pilot was still alive. Al-Rishawi had been sentenced to death after her 2005 role in a triple hotel bombing in Amman that killed 60 people.
A. Pakistan
B. Liberia
C. Afghanistan
D. Myanmar
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A. Pakistan.
Bangladesh Foreign Ministry sources said the High Commission of Pakistan has notified it that the concerned official Mohammad Mazhar Khan serving as an Attache in the Mission has left Dhaka along with his family on 31st January.
A. ESPN
B. Prasar Bharti
C. Star Cricket
D. Ten Sports
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: B. Prasar Bharti.
The court passed the order on the plea of BCCI, ESPN and Star who had contended that cable TV operators were getting live feeds through DD channels free of cost, resulting in loss of revenue for them. It also refused to grant relief of striking down a 2000 notification issued by Prasar Bharati which made it mandatory for cable operators to carry DD National and DD News channels.
A. Microsoft
B. Sony
C. Micromax
D. LG
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: C. Micromax.
Micromax’s market stood at 22% while the leader till now Samsung stood at 20%.
A. Rutuja Udeshi
B. Kalyani Saxena
C. Anisha Gaonkar
D. Saloni Dalal
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: D. Saloni Dalal.
The 12-year-old, Saloni won a Bronze medal in the 200 meter breast stroke swimming event.
A. Sculptor
B. Poet
C. Politician
D. Philosopher
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A. Sculptor.
She studied art at MS University and mural design under KG Subramanyan. In 1994-95, she was invited by the Museum of Modern Art at Oxford to mount an exhibition of her sculptures that later travelled to other cities in the UK.
A. Air Marshal Jasjit Singh Kler
B. Air Marshal Harsh Mehta
C. V.K. Browne
D. None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A. Air Marshal Jasjit Singh Kler.
He was commissioned into the Helicopter stream of the IAF on 13 December 1980 and was promoted to the rank of Air Marshal and assumed the appointment of Director General (Inspection & Safety) on 02 February 15.
A. Vijay Shukla
B. Ajay Shukla
C. Lalit Sharma
D. None of these
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: B. Ajay Shukla.
He is a senior officer of 1979 batch of Indian Railway Traffic Service. He has rich and varied experience of working on several important posts in the Indian Railways, like Chief Passenger Traffic Manager and Chief Safety Officer, Northern Railway; Divisional Railway Manger, Dhanbad, East Central Railway; Chief Operations Manager, North Western Railway and South East Central Railway; Additional General Manager, East Central Railway.
