Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Jan 25 and 26, 2015

ANSWER: C. Barack Obama

He is also the first American President to become Chief Guest at India’s Republic Day Celebrations.

ANSWER: D. Puja Thakur.

She is a Wing Commander of the Indian Air Force. It is the first time a woman officer led the Guard of Honour for a major visiting dignitary at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

ANSWER: B. Saina Nehwal.

She beat the reigning world champion Carolina Marin of Spain at Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow.

ANSWER: A. Parupalli Kashyap

P. Kashyap defeated Kidambi Srikanth in the Men’s Single title.

ANSWER: D. 104

Total 104 persons were chosen for these awards, of which 9 were awarded Padma Vibhushan, 20 were awarded Padma Bhushan and 75 were awarded Padma Shri.

ANSWER: A. Bharat Ratna.

ANSWER: C. Padam Vibhusan

Padam Vibhusan is the second highest civilian award after Bharat Ratna. Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high order and Padma Shri for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.

ANSWER: C. 17

ANSWER: C. Shri Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan.

Shri Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan (Foreigner) of France/UK (State/Domicile)given Padma Vibhusan award in the disciple of Trade and Industry.

ANSWER: A. Amitabh Bachchan and Mohd. Yusuf Khan (Dilip Kumar).

Lal Krishna Advani has been awarded with Padma Vibhushan Award in the Public Affairs discipline; Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Swami Rambhadracharya has been awarded in the Others category; Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade has been awarded with the Padma Vibhushan Award in the Social Work discipline.

ANSWER: B. 3.

Under these MOUs, the U.S. would assist India in developing three smart cities Allahabad, Ajmer and Visakhapatnam.

ANSWER: C. It would allow nuclear contracts to be signed between U.S. Firms and India.

ANSWER: A. Secure hotlines.

ANSWER: B. 66th

ANSWER: A. 26thJanuary.

ANSWER: D. Major Mukund Varadarajan and Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh.

Major Varadarajan, who was an officer in the Rajput Regiment of the Indian Army, killed three terrorists in an encounter in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir in April last while Naik Neeraj Singh leading a search operation in general area Gurdaji of Kupwara district in August came under heavy fire from terrorists.

ANSWER: C. Alexis Tsipra

ANSWER: D. Paulina Vega.
Colombia's Paulina Vega was crowned Miss Universe beating out contenders from the United States, Ukraine, Jamaica and The Netherlands at the world's top beauty pageant in Florida.

ANSWER: A. West Bengal.

The calendar will be a comprehensive guide to the farmers which give them information regarding cropping practices. The Calendars will be distributed at free of cost in each block . It will also provide for rehabilitation of farming system after natural calamities like flood and effective use of irrigation techniques reducing farmer's dependence on weather.

ANSWER: B. Nepal.

RBI issued a circular eased the restriction on export and import of bank notes of 1,000 and 500 denominations for Nepal and Bhutan that it had imposed since May, 2000. The Indian central bank, however, has put a limit of carrying such notes at Rs 25,000 per person.

ANSWER: B. Goa.

The festival presented a dichotomous mix of a classic all-round music festival that had Live and DJ performances at the same time started a new trend in the Indian festival environment.