Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Jan 08, 2015
Q1. Who has signed an ordinance to amend the Motor Vehicles Act, 2014 paving the way for plying of e-rickshaws on roads of the national capital region?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Shri Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India. Under the new rules, e-rickshaws will be allowed to carry four passengers and 40 kgs of luggage while e-carts would transport goods up to 310 kgs.
Q2. What is the theme of the 19th National Youth Festival to begin in Guwahati on 8th Jan’15?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 'Youth for Clean, Green and Progressive India'. A mascot performing Sattriya dance and named as Baandhav has been designed.
Q3. Name the ministry that launched a National Toll Free Helpline (1800-11-0031) to assist the alcoholic drug dependent persons on 7th Jan’15?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment. The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is the nodal Ministry for drug demand reduction and rehabilitation of victims of alcoholism and drug abuse.
Q4. Since which year the European benchmark Brent oil briefly sank under $ 50 on 7th Jan ’15 for the first time?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 2009. Brent North Sea crude for delivery in February dived to another 5.5-year low at $ 49.66 a barrel, last seen in late April 2009.
Q5. What is the unemployment rate observed in the country in 2013-14?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 4.9%. According to the latest survey report by Labour Bureau, Unemployment rate among men increased to 4.1 per cent, from 4 per cent in 2012-13. Among women, it increased to 7.7 per cent last fiscal, from 7.2 per cent in 2012-13. However, the unemployment rate among women came down to 12.4 per cent in urban areas, from 12.8 per cent in 2012-13.
Q6. Name the French Magazine that came under the terrorist attack on 7th Jan’2015 resulting in the death of paper’s editor and 11 other people?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: ‘Charlie Hebdo’. In 2011, the satirical publication was firebombed after naming the Prophet Muhammad as its "editor-in-chief". It is the deadliest terror attack in France since 1961 during the Algerian war.
Q7. What was the percentage increase in the revenue earnings of Indian Railways for the first nine months of year 2014-15?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 12.57%, during Apr-Dec’14.
Q8. As per the approval made by the government for construction of Indian Neutrino Observatory (INO) on 7th Jan’15, at which place the INO would be established?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Pottipuram, which lies 110 km from the temple city of Madurai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Originally planned to be completed by 2012, the INO has been in limbo for a number of years.
Q9. On which day the Citizenship Amendment Ordinance, 2015 promulgate by the President of India that provides the amendments to the Indian Citizen Act, 1955?
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ10. Who has been appointed as the Speaker of the Jharkhand Assembly on 7th Jan’15?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Dinesh Oraon. He belongs to BJP.
Q11. As per the announcement made by the NASA on 7th Jan’15, how many planets have been discovered outside the solar system?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: 8 Planets. Out of these 8 planets two were almost like earth. Astronomers stated that surface of these two planets is having rocky and hard.
Q12. As per the AirlineRatings.com, World’s Safest Airlines is ______.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Australian Flag Carrier Qantas.
