Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Jan 17, 2015

ANSWER: Answer: D. New Delhi.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and and her Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida will deliberate on a range of key issues including joint production of amphibious aircraft US-2, removing hurdles to finalise a civil nuclear deal, enhancing maritime security cooperation and implementing several mega infrastructure projects.

ANSWER: Answer: C. 32 years.

The project was sanctioned 32 years ago in 1983. This will be the start of a process of induction of the fighters being built at home under a project which has already estimated to have cost the exchequer over 17,000 crore rupees.

ANSWER: A. Spring.

Makar Sakranti is the beginning of Uttarayan, which is considered to be a Punya kaal.

ANSWER: A. Stephen Constantine.

Constantine was India coach from 2002 till 2005, during which the national team won the LG Cup in Vietnam and finished runners-up in the Afro Asian Games.

ANSWER: C. Thailand

He is a Babbar Khalsa International militant, had escaped from the high-security Burail prison in Chandigarh in 2004 and was absconding before being nabbed by Thai authority.

ANSWER: B. Navbharat Times.

Of the several entries in the category only three portals — Navbharat Times, Maharashtra Times and Divya Bhaskar managed to reach the final shortlisting, from which NBT emerged as the winner.

ANSWER: A. Javier Moro.

He is a Spanish author of a dramatized biography of Sonia Gandhi, 'The Red Sari' is relieved his book has finally been published in India.

ANSWER: C. Jammu & Kashmir

J & K for the first time will be awarded since the institution of awards in 1997.

ANSWER: A. Baba Ramdev

The appointment was a part of government of Haryana’s ambitious plans to promote yoga and ayurveda in Haryana state.

ANSWER: C. Subhash Chandra Agrawal.

He holds the Guinness record of filing highest number of published letters to the editors.