January 2015: Complete Current Affairs PDF

Friends..Here is the complete Current Affairs PDF of January 2015. This will surely help you in the upcoming exams. You can download the PDF from the below link. But before that let's have a rewind at the important happenings during January 2015.

* ICICI Bank launched Digital Village Project in Akodara Village of Gujarat.

* Raghubar Das sworn-in as tenth Chief Minister of Jharkhand.

* Himmat integrated women safety mobile app launched.

* Arvind Panagariya appointed as the Vice-Chairman of National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog.

* Larry Page named as the Business person of the Year for 2014.

* Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris was attacked by three masked gunmen.

* Mithripala Sirisena sworn-in as the 7th President of Sri Lanka.

* Cristiano Ronaldo won the 2014 FIFA Ballon d’Or award.

* Alur Seelin Kiran Kumar appointed as Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

* Raghuram Rajan received the Governor of the Year Award for 2015.

* AB de Villiers hit the fastest century in One-Day International (ODI) cricket.

* Pahlaj Nihalani appointed as the Chairman of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC).

* Tejas Indigenously-built Light Combat Aircraft which was handed over to the Indian Air Force (IAF).

* Paulina Vega crowned Miss Universe 2014.

* Serena Williams & Novak Djokovic won Australian Open 2015.

* RK Laxman eminent Cartoonist died.

* Shekhar Sen appointed as the Chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi.

* S Jaishankar appointed as the Foreign Secretary of India.

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Current Affairs January 2015- Last Week (PDF Download)

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1) Who was crowned Miss Universe 2014 on 25 January 2015? - Paulina Vega, Miss Colombia

2) Who won the women’s single title of Australian Open on 31 January 2015? - Serena Williams

Note: She defeated Maria Sharapova, the world number two from Russia 6-3, 7-6(5) in Melbourne, Australia.

3) Name the eminent Cartoonist who died on 26 January 2015? - Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Laxman (RK Laxman)

Note: His Common Man, created in 1957, was the symbol of trials and tribulations of India's ordinary people.

4) Who was on 29 January 2015 appointed as the Chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA)? - Shekhar Sen

5) Who was appointed as the Foreign Secretary of India on 28 January 2015? - Dr. S Jaishankar

6) Who won the women’s singles of Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold Badminton Tournament 2015 on 25 January 2015? - Saina Nehwal

7) Alexis Tsipras on 26 January 2015 was sworn in as the Prime Minister of? – Greece

8) Who were on 26 January 2015 posthumously awarded with the highest peacetime military honour the Ashok Chakra by President Pranab Mukherjee? - Major Mukund Varadarajan and Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh

9) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 30 January 2015 constituted a High Powered Committee to re-examine and recommend appropriate set of businesses, size, conversion and licensing terms for the Urban Cooperative Banking (UCB) Sector. Who will chair the eight-member committee? - R Gandhi, the Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India.

10) Anti-Leprosy Day was observed on? - 30 January

11) Which country will host ICC Twenty20 World Cup in 2016 as announced recently? – India

12) Who took charge as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) recently? - Hanumanthu Purushotham

13) Name the Union Minister for Communications & Information Technology who on 30 January 2015 launched commemorative Postage stamps on the theme of Swachh Bharat Mission? - Ravi Shankar Prasad

14) Who won the inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for Poetry at Jaipur Literature Festival on 24 January 2015? - Poetess Arundhathi Subramaniam

15) Who was appointed as the Special Director General (DG) of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on 27 January 2015? - K Durga Prasad

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16) People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) on 29 January 2015 announced to create India's first fenced elephant sanctuary at? - Bannerghatta Biological Park in Karnataka

17) Who was appointed as coach of National Men’s Hockey team on 30 January 2015? - Paul van Ass

Note: He succeeded Terry Walsh of Australia.

18) Malaysian government on 29 January 2015 officially declared the disappearance of which flight as an accident? - MH370

Note: The Beijing-bound Boeing 777 aircraft carrying 239 passengers and crew on board disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur on 8 March 2014.

19) Who was appointed as the Director General (DG) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on 30 January 2015? - Krishna Chaudhary

20) Who recently won the Allan Border Medal for the Australian Player of the Year? - Steve Smith

21) Who was on 25 January 2015 appointed as Secretary (Security) in the Union Cabinet Secretariat? - Divya Prakash Sinha

22) Who was on 30 January 2015 sworn in as 44th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka? - Kanagasabapathy J Sripavan

23) India on 31 January 2015 successfully test-fired indigenously developed canister-based inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) Agni-5 from? - Wheeler's Island off Odisha coast

24) Actor and comedian Mala Aravindan who died on 28 January 2015 was famous in which film industry? – Malayalam

25) Which company recorded the highest-ever profit of 18 billion US dollars in corporate history worldwide recently? - Apple Inc

26) Name the President and Founder of Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) who died on 29 January 2015? - Subhash Ghising

27) Who was on 27 January 2015 appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ogilvy & Mather India with effect from 1 March 2015? - Kunal Jeswani

28) Who on 25 January 2015 became the first lady officer to lead the Inter-Service Guard of Honour for a major visiting dignitary at the Rashtrapati Bhavan? - Wing Commander Pooja Thakur

29) Union Government on 30 January 2015 divested ___ percent of its stake in Maharatna Coal India Limited (CIL)? - 10

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1) Which cricketer on 18 January 2015 hit the fastest century in One-Day International (ODI) cricket? - AB de Villiers

Note: The 30-year-old South African captain scored the century in just 31 balls against West Indies. The previous record was held by New Zealand’s Corey Anderson who scored a century in 36 balls. He also broke 19-year old record of the fastest ODI half-century held by Sanath Jayasuriya. De Villers scored fifty off just 16 balls.

2) Which bank in India was recently named among 50 most valuable banks in 2014 with a market capitalisation of 41.58 billion US dollar? - HDFC bank

Note: It was ranked at 45th position.

3) Who was appointed as the Chairman of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) on 19 January 2015? - Pahlaj Nihalani

Note: Nihalani, known for the 1990s blockbusters Shola aur Shabnam and Aankhen will succeed Leela Samson who resigned from her office on 16 January 2015.

4) Name the small deposit scheme for girl child launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 22 January 2015 under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) campaign? - Sukanya Samridhi Yojana

5) National Girl Child Day was recently observed on? - January 24

6) Name the Indigenously-built Light Combat Aircraft which was handed over to the Indian Air Force (IAF) on 17 January 2015? – Tejas

7) National Immunization Day for the year 2015 was observed on? - 18 January

8) Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 17 January 2015 adopted which Panchyat under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna (SAGY)? - Pachim Bekeli Gaon

Note: It is located in Kamrup district of Assam.

9) The Periyar Tiger Reserve on 20 January 2015 won the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) biennial award. It is situated in which state? – Kerala

10) Which Union Ministry on 21 January 2015 launched the National Heritage Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) that seeks to preserve and rejuvenate the rich cultural heritage of the country? - Union Ministry of Urban Development

11) Which scheme announced by Modi government on 20 January 2015 made it to Guinness Book of World Records? - Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna(PMJDY)

12) Name the Telugu comedian actor who passed away on 23 January 2015? - Mailavarapu Surya

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13) Name the former Thailand Prime Minister who was impeached on 23 January 2015 by an army-backed parliament? - Yingluck Shinawatra

14) Who won the National Billiards Championship on 17 January 2015 at the Bengal Rowing Club in Kolkata? - Pankaj Advani

Note: This was his seventh Senior National Billiards Championship. Advani, the 12-time world champion has won the previous six titles in 2012, 2011, 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2005.

15) Which Indian city will host the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) in 2018, as announced recently? – Hyderabad

16) European Union (EU) on 20 January 2015 decided to lift a seven-month-long ban on the import of ____ from India? – Mangoes

17) Which Committee on 21 January 2015 submitted its report on restructuring of Food Corporation of India (FCI) to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi? - Shanta Kumar

18) Name the Saudi Arabia King who passed away on 23 January 2015? - King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz

19) Which Indian was appointed in the UN peace-building panel recently? - Saraswathi Menon

20) Name the Prime Minister of Bhutan who visited India from 10 January to 18 January 2015? - Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay

21) Which mobile messaging application on 21 January 2015 unveiled a new service for sending messages from a Web browser? – WhatsApp

22) Which state will be getting the first international institute in India that is dedicated to music as announced recently? – Kerala

23) Eicher Motors on 19 January 2015 appointed whom as President of Royal Enfield? - Rudratej Singh

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4th February 2015 Current Affairs Updates

1) LC Goyal appointed as new home secretary:

--> The government on 4 February 2015 appointed L.C. Goyal as the new home secretary in place of Anil Goswami who resigned.

--> Anil Goswami was given the marching orders after he admitted that he had called up CBI officers to dissuade them from summoning former Union minister Matang Sinh in the Saradha scam.

--> Goyal, a 1979 batch IAS officer belonging to the Kerala cadre, was secretary, rural development ministry.

2) World Cancer Day observed:

--> 4th February in every year was observed as World Cancer Day.

--> This day is dedicated to spread awareness about one of the deadliest diseases in the world, Cancer.

--> This Day was founded by the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to support the goals of the World Cancer Declaration, written in 2008.

--> The theme for the day this year was 'Not Beyond Us'.

3) Sri Lanka celebrated its 67th Independence Day:

--> President Maithripala Sirisena promised to bridge the ethnic divide that still exists following the end of the country’s civil war five years ago.

--> He also called for a process of national reconciliation between the Sinhalese in the south and the Tamils in the north and east of the country.

4) India ranked second last in Intellectual Property Index:

--> India has improved its rank marginally on the intellectual property (IP) index released by the US Chamber of Commerce on 4 February 2015.

--> The US body has moved India to the second last place from rock bottom in its ranking order last year.

--> This year, Thailand has been ranked at the last place while US retains the top spot.

5) Infosys appointed CRISIL MD Roopa Kudva as independent board member:

--> IT major Infosys has appointed Roopa Kudva, the managing director of ratings company CRISIL as an independent board member, the company informed the stock exchange. 

6) Micromax is now India's No.1 smartphone maker, overtakes Samsung:

--> Budget smartphone maker Micromax overtook South Korea's Samsung Electronics to become the leading supplier in India's booming smartphone market for the first time in the fourth quarter, research firm Canalys said.

--> In a report issued on February 3, Canalys said Micromax, based near New Delhi, accounted for 22 per cent of smartphone sales in India in the October-December quarter, ahead of Samsung's 20 per cent.

7) Bank of Maharashtra launched MahaMobile app:

--> Bank of Maharashtra has launched its new mobile banking app - MahaMobile.

--> This app will enable the bank's customers to view all their deposit and loan accounts, do fund transfers, bill payments and raise a variety of service requests on their mobile.

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Current Affairs PDF in Question Format: January 2015

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31st January 2015 Current Affairs Updates

1) Canister-based nuclear capable Agni-V missile test fired successfully:

--> India on 31 January 2015 successfully carried out the maiden canister-based trial of its most potent missile Agni-V.

--> It has a strike range of over 5000 kms and can carry a nuclear warhead of over one tonne.

--> The missile was launched from a canister mounted on a road-mobile launcher at Wheeler's Island off Odisha coast.

2) T Suvarna Raju took charge as Chairman of HAL:

--> T Suvarna Raju on 31 January 2015 took charge as chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), replacing R K Tyagi.

--> Raju, 56, is credited with securing the first patent for HAL, in January 2002.

--> He will be 17th chairman of HAL.

3) Serena won Australian Open women's singles title 2015:

--> Serena Williams beat Maria Sharapova in straight sets in the women's singles final to win her sixth Australian Open title at Melbourne on January 31, 2015.

--> The No.1-seeded Williams recorded a 6-3, 7-6(5) over the No.2-seeded Russian for the 19th Grand Slam title of her illustrious career, separating herself from Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova for second-most Grand Slam titles in the Open Era.

--> She is now just three titles away from Steffi Graf’s record of 22 Grand Slam titles.

4) Sergio Mattarella elected as new Italian president:

--> Sergio Mattarella, a constitutional court judge from Sicily who is seen as a symbol of Italy's battle against organised crime, was elected Italy's new president on 31 January 2015.

--> He will Italy’s 12th president and succeed Giorgio Napolitano who had resigned earlier in January 2015 citing reason of poor health before his 2020 expiry term.

--> He has tenure of 7 years. 

5) 35th National Games began in Kerala:

--> 35th National Games got underway at Thiruvananthapuram, Capital of Kerala on January 31, 2015 at the brand new state-of-the-art Greenfield Stadium with more than 40,000 spectators cheering every moment.

--> The biggest cheers as always were reserved for cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar who was the goodwill ambassador for the Games and one of the chief guests at the opening ceremony of the 35th National Games.

--> Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the 35th National Games.

--> It is the second time that Kerala is hosting the national games (earlier it hosted the 27th National Games in the year 1987).

--> The mascot of the National Games 2015 is'''Ammu'' (Great Indian Hornbill, the State bird of Kerala).

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Current Affairs PDF Download - January 2015 (Third Week)

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1) Who won the 2014 FIFA Ballon d’Or award for the best footballer of the year in the world on 12 January 2015? - Cristiano Ronaldo

2) Who was on 12 January 2015 appointed as Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)? - Alur Seelin Kiran Kumar

3) Who has received the Governor of the Year Award for 2015 in the Central Banking Awards announced on 12 January 2015? - Raghuram Rajan, RBI Governor

4) Who took charge as Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog on 13 January 2015? - Arvind Panagariya

5) Which district in Kerala became first District of India to have Complete Rural Broadband Coverage, as Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology on 12 January 2015 linked this district to the National Optic Fiber Network (NOFN)? – Idukki

6) Which club on 11 January 2015 lifted their maiden football Federation Cup defeating Goa's Dempo Sports Club 2-1? - Bengaluru FC

7) Name the Indian open water swimmer who on 14 January 2015 set a world record by swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in one degree temperature in the Antarctic Ocean? - Bhakti Sharma

8) Who was appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) by President Pranab Mukherjee on 15 January 2016? - Hari Shankar Bramha

Note: He succeeds V.S. Sampath who has retired from service.

9) Baba Ramdev was on 15 January 2015 appointed as state brand ambassador of? – Haryana

10) Who was appointed as the head coach of Indian men’s football team on 16 January 2015? - Stephen Constantine

11) Who won the Chennai Open Tennis title on 11 January 2015? - Stanislas Wawrinka

12) Which Pakistan cricket player recently announced his retirement from One Day International (ODI) and T20 after the Cricket World Cup 2015? - Misbah-ul-Haq

13) Who won the Brisbane International Tennis title on 11 January 2015? - Roger Federer

14) Who was on 10 January 2015 selected for the Vikram Sarabhai memorial award 2015? - MYS Prasad

Note: He is the director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota Range (SHAR).

15) 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas (PBD) 2015 concluded on 9 January 2015 in Gujarat. What was the theme of 2015 PBD? - Bharat ko jano and Bharat ko mano

16) Which mission of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) was on 12 January 2015 won the 2015 Space Pioneer Award in the Science and Engineering category? - Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)

17) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 15 January 2015 announced sixth Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement. RBI has cut its main lending rate (Repo Rate) by ___ per cent? - 0.25 (Present Repo Rate - 7.75)

18) Who was on 13 January 2015 presented with the Social Media Person of the Year Award 2015 by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)? - Amitabh Bachchan

19) Which Australian cricketer on 14 January 2015 announced his retirement from all forms of cricket after a 20-year career? - Brett Lee

20) Reserve Bank of India on 15 January 2015 issued final guidelines for banks to act as? - Insurance Brokers

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21) The Red Sari, an unauthorized biography of Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi, was released by Roli Books in India on 16 January 2015. Book was written by? - Javier Moro

22) Who was on 16 January 2015 appointed as Nepal's ambassador to India? - Deep Kumar Upadhyay

23) National Youth Day was observed across India on 12 January every year to mark the birth anniversary of? - Swami Vivekananda

24) Who was on 12 January 2015 appointed as the 21st chief justice of Bangladesh, becoming the first non-Muslim to take charge of the office of Chief Justice of Bangladesh? - Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha

25) Name the Union Minister for Railways who on 13 January 2015 inaugurated India’s first compressed natural gas (CNG)-powered train on the Rewari – Rohtak link of Northern Zone? - Suresh Prabhu

26) Which search engine on 13 January 2015 launched its Flight Search Tool in India? – Google

27) Seventh Vibrant Gujarat Summit was held from 11 January to 13 January 2015 at? - Gandhinagar, Gujarat

28) Who was appointed as CMD (Chairman and Managing Director) of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) on 14 January 2015? - Anupam Shrivastava

29) Who was named as the winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2014 for Sanskrit on 14 January 2015? - Prabhu Nath Dwivedi

30) Who has resigned as Chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification, (CBFC) on 16 January 2015? - Leela Samson

31) Who has resigned as member of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on 14 January 2015? - A P Singh

32) Who was on 16 January 2015 conferred with the JGBS-Top Rankers' Excellence Award for CEO of the year 2014? - R.K. Tyagi, HAL Chairman

33) Which state was on 16 January 2015 selected for the National Award for e-Governance for the best district-level initiative in Citizen-Centric Service Delivery through ICT? - Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)

34) Sania Mirza and her partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands of which country on 16 January 2015 won the women’s doubles title of the Sydney International Tennis Tournament? – USA

35) India on 15 January 2015 observed the ___th Army Day? – 67

36) Pope Francis on 14 January 2015 cannonised Joseph Vaz as the first saint of which country? - Sri Lanka

37) Union Government on 13 January 2015 removed whom as the Chairman of Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO)? - Avinash Chander

38) Australia on 10 January 2015 won the 4-match Border-Gavaskar Test series played against India by 2-0. Who was named Player of the series? - Steven Smith

39) Which Indian professional golfer was on 12 January 2015 voted as the 2014 Players’ Player of the year in Asian Tour? - Anirban Lahiri

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