Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Jan 13, 2015
Q1. Which district of Kerala is connected and commissioned with India's first Hi-speed Rural Broadband Network (National Optical Fibre Network) on 12th Jan’15?A. Idukki.
B. Ernakulum.
C. Kollam.
D. Thrissur.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A. Idukki.
Idukki district of Kerala. National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN) offers lot of people's friendly services like E-health, E-Commerce and E-Education. Under the Digital India programme, all 2.5 lakh Gram Panchayats in the country will be connected on optical fibre.
A. Sardar Bhagat Singh.
B. Swami Vivekanand.
C. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
D. Lal Bahadur Shastri.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: B. Swami Vivekanand.
Swami Vivekananda. It was the 152nd Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. He is best known for his inspiring speech which began, "Sisters and brothers of America, in which he introduced Hinduism at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Chicago in 1893.
A. Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.
B. Total Sanitation Campaign.
C. Water Literacy Mission.
D. National Water Mission.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: C. Water Literacy Mission.
“Water Literacy Mission”. Acc. to Prakash Javdekar, Public awareness is most needed for water conservation and for protection of natural resources.
A. Kumarappa National Handmade Paper Institute.
B. Central Pulp & Paper Research Institute (CPPRI).
C. National Pulp & Paper Research Institute (NPPRI).
D. Regional Paper Research Institute.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: B. Central Pulp & Paper Research Institute (CPPRI).
Central Pulp & Paper Research Institute (CPPRI). It is a national level institute under the administrative control of Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion, Ministry of Industry, and Government of India.
A. Shiv Sena.
B. RSS.
C. Shri Ram Sene.
D. Bajrang Dal.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: C. Shri Ram Sene.
Shri Ram Sene. The outfit was banned on August 20, 2014, from entering Goa till December 2014. The organisation had hit the headlines in 2009 after its members attacked boys and girls at a pub in Mangalore.
A. Gandhinagar.
B. Kutch.
C. Vadodra.
D. Sabarmati.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A. Gandhinagar.
Gandhinagar. Dandi Kutir' is located inside a 41-metre high salt-mound as a symbol of Gandhi's famous Dandi march against the salt tax provisions imposed by the British regime in March 1930.
A. Hamburger Morgen Post.
B. Hamburger Abendblatt.
C. Hamburg
D. Bild Hamburg.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A. Hamburger Morgen Post.
A. 1.3%
B. 4.2%
C. 1.1%
D. 3.8%.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: D. 3.8%.
3.8%. It happens due to improvement in manufacturing and mining sectors as well as better off take of capital goods.
A. Myke Tyson
B. Mohammad Ali
C. Andrew Lewis
D. Joe Fraizer.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: D. Joe Fraizer.
Joe Frazier. He was born in Jan’12, 1944.
A. 21000 Crore
B. 25Lakh Crore
C. 25Lakh
D. 2500 Lakh
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: B. 25Lakh Crore
Rs. 25 lakh Crore. Two day Summit has inked 21 thousand Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) and 1,225 strategic partnership agreements.
A. Manuel Neuer.
B. Nadine Kessler.
C. Lionel Messi.
D. Christiano Ronaldo.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: D. Christiano Ronaldo.
Christiano Ronaldo has won the FIFA Ballon d’Or for the best player in the world for the third time following previous wins in 2008 and 2013, while Germany midfielder Nadine Kessler has claimed her first-ever FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year award.
A. Pakistan
B. West Indies
C. Australia
D. South Africa.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: B. West Indies
West Indies completed the highest run chase in Twenty20 history as they beat South Africa by four wickets in a thrilling game in Johannesburg.
A. Ana Ivanovic.
B. Maria Sharapova.
C. Serene Williams.
D. John Isner
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: B. Maria Sharapova.
Maria Sharapova claimed her 34th career title and closed the gap on the No. 1 ranking with win over Ana Ivanovic on in the Brisbane International final.
