Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Jan 22, 2015

ANSWER: A. 21st January

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

ANSWER: C. 21st January
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: A. 21st January.

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: A. Jammu & Kashmir.

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: D. Fourth.

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: C. 21st January 2015

A souvenir and a Postal cover on the 10th raising day were also released.

ANSWER: B. Bibek Debroy.

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: C. Haryana

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: B. Sukanya Samriddhi Account.

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: D. Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana.

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: B. Shubham Banerjee.

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

ANSWER: B. C V Anand

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: B. India

ANSWER: A. Switzerland.

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.