Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Jan 29, 2015

ANSWER: C. Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud.

ANSWER: D. Lala Lajpat Rai.

ANSWER: B. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.

He was appointed as India's ambassador to United States in September 2013. He has replaced Sujata Singh who had nearly seven more months to go.

ANSWER: D. Vodafone is not liable to pay Rs 3,200 crore in additional tax in a transfer pricing case.

The High Court had in its October 10, 2014 order handed a big relief to the UK-based mobile service provider by ruling that it is not liable to pay the income tax demand of Rs 3,200 crore.

ANSWER: C. Anna Hazare.

According to Anna Hazare, the government is not serious on the issue of corruption which is why an agitation will be launched once again on Lokpal, Land Acquisition Act and black money.

ANSWER: A. Sex determination.

The court also directed the search engines to upload on their policy page and the terms of service page its order that they would not advertise or sponsor any advertisement which violated Section 22 of Prohibition of advertisement relating to pre-natal determination of sex (PC-PNDT) Act.

ANSWER: D. Tehran’s Nuclear Program.

Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araqchi and Deputy Foreign Minister for European and American Affairs Majid Takht Ravanchi will pursue nuclear talks with the European deputy foreign ministers in Istanbul.

ANSWER: C. Kenya.

Purple Tea contains lower caffeine and high in antioxidants. It also improves vision and lowers cholesterol.

ANSWER: D. Uttar Pradesh.

The National Livelihood Mission will be implemented in the cities having a population of one lakh and above as per census of 2011. Currently, there are 82 such cities and towns which also include all the 75 district head quarters. The population living below the poverty line in these cities will be the target of the Mission. The NLM programme of the government of India will replace the Swarna Jayanti Urban Programme run by Housing and urban poverty alleviation ministry.

ANSWER: C. Jute.

It will be minimum 90 per cent of production in case of food grains and 20 per cent for sugar. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, CCEA, has approved providing financial support to the Jute Corporation of India, JCI. The subsidy will be provided subsidy to JCI on a continuous basis to off-set the losses on account of Minimum Support Price (MSP) operations.

ANSWER: B. 10%.

The decision will help the government to raise revenue of 24,000 crore rupees at the current market price. Currently, the government holds 89.65 per cent stake in CIL. As per the minimum shareholding norms for listed companies, the government needs to lower its stake in the state-run behemoth to 75 percent.

ANSWER: D. Reliance Communications.

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, the 11th edition of cricket's flagship event, gets underway on 14th February.

ANSWER: D. U.S. Dollar.

U.S. Dollar topped the chart with 44.6%, followed by the Euro and the British Pound with 28.3% and 7.92%, respectively. Whereas Chinese Yuan accounted for a record 2.17% of global payments in December 2014, up from 1.59% in October 2014.

ANSWER: C. Apple

Apple recorded quarterly profits of $18 billion on 27th Jan’15. Apple sold 74.5 million iPhones in its fiscal first quarter ended December 2014.

ANSWER: A. Lizard Squad.

Lizard Squad group claimed responsibility for hacking everyone's favourite pop star Taylor Swift’s Twitter and Instagram accounts. The group also said they were responsible for a series of hacks on Microsoft and Sony’s online gaming networks over the Christmas period.

ANSWER: C. Arundhati Subramaniam.

Arundhati Subramaniam won the inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for poetry of her work ‘When God is Traveller’ at the Jaipur Literature Festival.

ANSWER: C. Steve Smith.

ANSWER: C. Sean Abbott.

Australian’s Young Cricketer of the year is also known as Bradman Award.