Current Affairs January 2015 PDF - First Week

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1) Which player on 3 January 2015 became the fastest cricketer to reach 12000 Test runs? - Kumar Sangakkara

2) Which bank on 2 January 2015 launched Digital Village Project in Akodara Village of Gujarat? - ICICI Bank

Note: This was launched in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ICICI Bank MD and CEO Chanda Kochar.

3) IRDA was renamed recently as? - Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India

Note: Change in name came in to effect after the promulgation of Insurance Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014, by the President of India on 26 December 2014.

4) Who was sworn-in as tenth Chief Minister of Jharkhand on 28 December 2014? - Raghubar Das

Note: Raghubar Das is the first non-tribal Chief Minister of Jharkhand since the state came into being on 15 November 2000.

5) BCCI on 28 December 2014 banned which left-arm spinner from bowling in competitive matches, after his bowling action was found illegal? - Pragyan Ojha

6) Who retired as the Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 31 December 2014? - K Radhakrishnan

7) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on 1 January 2015 launched integrated women safety mobile app called? – Himmat

8) Union Government on 1 January 2015 set up the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog to replace? - Planning Commission

9) Which state government on 1 January 2015 launched online Right to Information (RTI) application filing facility? – Maharashtra

10) Union Government on 2 January 2014 accepted the recommendations of the Bezbaruah committee on? -  Safety of North East people

Note: Bezbaruah committee of five members was set up under chairmanship of M P Bezbaruah in February 2014 to look into the concerns of the people of the North East living in other parts of the country.

11) Sports Ministry on 2 January 2015 cleared the National Boxing Federations new name called? - Boxing India

12) Who took charge as new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) on 2 January 2015? - R. Koteeswaran

13) Union Cabinet recently approved hike of government stake in Industrial Finance Corporation of India to? -  51 percent

14) Union Government on 29 December 2014 renamed the Department of Disability Affairs (Nishaktata Karya Vibhag) as? - Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Viklangjan Sashaktikaran Vibhag)

15) Mahendra Singh Dhoni on 30 December 2014 announced retirement from which format of International cricket? - Test Cricket

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16) Who was appointed as the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on 31 December 2014? - M Sathiyavathy

17) Tropical storm Jangmi made landfall in which country on 28 December 2014? – Philippines

18) Which Indian player on 29 December 2014 won the International Tennis Association (ITF) singles title of the World Tennis Association circuit held in Pune? - Ankita Raina

19) AirAsia flight number QZ8501 recently went missing (later confirmed as crash) with 162 people on board en route from? - Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore

20) Union Government in the recently decided to launch Operation All Out against Bodo militants in which state? – Assam

21) Who won the ATP World Tennis Championship at Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi on 4 January 2015? - Andy Murray

22) Who took over as the new chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI) on 2 January 2015? - R K Srivastava

23) Who was appointed as the Chairman of Railway Board on 31 December 2014? - A.K. Mittal

24) Who was elected as President of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for 2014-15 on 2 January 2015? - Kiran Bhai Vadodaria

25) President of India Pranab Mukherjee on 30 December 2014 appointed the Governors of Mizoram, Uttarakhand and Meghalaya. Name them?

Mizoram - Aziz Qureshi, Uttarakhand - Dr Krishan Kant Paul, Meghalaya - Keshari Nath Tripathi

26) RBI recently amended KYC norms for? - Non-Banking Financial Companies

27) Union Government recently launched Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on? - Teachers and Teaching

28) Name the noted educationist and former Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University who died on 29 December 2014? - Saiyid Hamid

29) Jaffna-Kankasanthurai rail track restored by IRCON was recently inaugurated in which country? - Sri Lanka

30) Who was sworn in as the President of Tunisia on 31 December 2014? - Beji Caid Essebsi