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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Persons in News - December 2014 PDF

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* Taijul Islam - Bangladesh Cricketer, became the first bowler in history to claim a hat-trick on his debut in one-day cricket.

* Anil Kumar Sinha - Appointed the new CBI Director to succeed Ranjit Sinha.

* Deven Verma - Veteran Hindi film and television actor, he passed away.

* Niranjan Jyoti - Union Minister of state for food processing industries, made controversial communal remarks.

* S Ravi - Indian umpire, included in 25-member list for ICC World Cup.

* V R Krishna Iyer - Eminent jurist, he passed away.

* Ajit Seth -  He got six-month extension as Cabinet secretary.

* Narendra Modi - He was named 'Asian of the Year' by Singapore daily, The Straits Times. He also won TIME readers’ poll for ‘Person of the Year’.

* Mohammad Hafeez - Pakistan cricket, suspended by the ICC after his bowling action was found to be illegal.

* Ramalinga Raju - Satyam founder, he gets 6-month imprionment.

* Mukesh Ambani - He was featured amongst the most searched personalities online in 2014.

* Ebola fighters - Named Time magazine Person of the Year 2014.

* Kailash Satyarthi & Malala Yousafzai - They received the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 for their pioneering work on promoting child rights in the subcontinent.

* Sarita Devi - She received her Asian Games bronze medal which she had refused at the victory ceremony in Incheon Asian Games. She was also given a one-year ban by International Boxing Association (AIBA) for this incident.

* Ricky Ponting - Appointed head coach of Indian Premier League team Mumbai Indians.

* Richard Rahul Verma - Indian-American, he was appointed US Ambassador to India.

* Vladimir Putin - Russian President, he visited India for India-Russia annual bilateral summit.

* Virat Kohli - He became the third cricket player in Test match history to score a century on his debut as captain. Also he became second player to score twin centuries on his captaincy debut.

* Ding Junhui - Chinese Snooker Player, he became the first Asian player to take the world number one snooker ranking.

* Madan Mitra - West Bengal transport minister, he was arrested in Saradha scam.

* Arunima Sinha - First female amputee to climb Mount Everest. Her book “Born Again on the Mountain“ launched by PM Narendra Modi.

* Pawan Chamling - Sikkim Chief Minister, he completed 20 years in office as CM.

* Dineshwar Sharma - Appointed as Director of Intelligence Bureau.

* Asha Bhosle - She received Lifetime Achievement Award at Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).

* Salman Khan - Became the richest Indian celebrity in forbes list.

* Mehdi Masroor Biswas - Bengaluru-based techie, he was arrested for ISIS twitter account handling.

* Shinzo Abe - He was re-elected as Japan Prime Minister.

* Rolene Strauss - She won the Miss World 2014 beauty pageant.

* Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - She was felicitated by the Miss World Organisation at the 64th edition of the international beauty pageant for her commitment to "beauty with a purpose".

* Shriti Vadera - Indian-origin, she was appointed as chairman of Santander UK, becoming the first woman to head a major British bank.

* Jairam Ramesh - Former Union Minister, he was named member of board providing policy advice to UNEP.

* Anerood Jugnauth - He was named Mauritius Prime Minister.

* Steven Smith - He was appointed as the new Australian Test Cricket Captain.

* Viswanathan Anand - He beats Michael Adams to win London Classic.

* Lewis Hamilton - He won BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2014.

* Vivek Murthy - Indian-American physician, he was confirmed as the 19th Surgeon General of America by U.S. Senate.

* Amit Priyavadan Mehta - Indian-American, he was confirmed as a Federal judge by the US Senate.

* Jacqueline Fernandez and KS Radhakrishnan - Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez and former Supreme Court judge KS Radhakrishnan have been given PETA India’s People of the Year award.

* Serena Williams & Novak Djokovic - They were named as men's and women's World Champions for 2014 by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).

* R K Srivastava - He appointed as the new chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI).

* Eoin Morgan - He has replaced Alastair Cook as England's World Cup captain.

* Jyotsna Suri - Chairperson of Bharat Hotels Ltd, she took over as the president of the Federation of Indian Chambers of commerce & Industry (FICCI).

* Jason Holder - He has replaced Dwayne Bravo as West Indies' ODI captain.

* Napoleon - Former Union minister, he joined BJP.

* Sachin Tendulkar - He was named ambassador for 2015 ICC World Cup.

* Beji Caid Essebsi - He was elected as the President of Tunisia.

* Shiva Keshavan - He won a silver at the 17th Asian Luge Championships in Nagano, Japan.

* Klaus Iohannis - He has sworn in as Romania’s new president.

* K Balachander - Acclaimed filmmaker from Tamil Nadu, he passed away.

* Atal Bihari Vajpayee & Madan Mohan Malviya - Both were awarded Bhart Ratna.

* S Bhattacharya - Appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Coal India Ltd.

* Dr. K. Radhakrishnan - Former ISRO Chairman, named one of the 2014 top ten scientists chosen by the prestigious journal Nature.

* Amitabh Bachchan - He was honoured with Yash Chopra Memorial Award.

* Cristiano Ronaldo - He was voted as the number one footballer in the world.

* Mahendra Singh Dhoni - He broke the world record for most number of stumpings in international cricket. He also surprised the cricket world with his sudden announcement of immediate retirement from Test cricket.

* Pragyan Ojha - He was banned by BCCI from bowling due to illegal action.

* Sunil Chhetri - He was named All India Football Federation (AIFF) Player of the Year.

* Ankita Raina - She won maiden USD 25,000 ITF singles title.

* Raghubar Das - He has sworn-in as the new Chief Minister of Jharkhand and thus becoming the first non-tribal leader to rule the state.

* Dav Whatmore - He was appointed new Zimbabwe cricket coach.

* B G Verghese - Noted journalist, he passed away.

* Aziz Qureshi - Uttarakhand Governor, he was transferred to Mizoram.

* Saiyid Hamid - Noted educationist and former vice chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University, he passed away.

* Madhu Kaithapram - Malayalam filmmaker, he passed away.

* M Sathiyavathy - She became the first woman to be appointed as Director General director general of civil aviation (DGCA).

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Current Affairs PDF in Question Format: January 2015

Friends.. Here we bring you the much liked Current Affairs Question format of January 2015. As per the suggestions received from the Question Bank of December 2014, in this one we have highlighted the answers in the questions itself instead of giving it at the end of each set. We have tried our level best to make this PDF error free, but anyhow, if you notice any mistakes please bring it to our notice so that we will revise it. We are much excited to learn that most of the Current Affairs Questions asked in latest exams could be attended reading our previous Question Banks PDF. As said always, please comment your suggestions which take our journey forward in the right path. Thank You guys for your support & do continue the same. Thank You.

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Persons in News January 2015 - PDF Download

Friends.. Hope the articles that we are providing here are becoming asset for you as reference for various competitive exams. We are in the constant endeavour to add new resources to make this blog a one source destination for all current affairs articles. From this month onwards we are starting this new initiative titled "Persons in News". Today is January 31, the last day of the month & here comes our first article of the series "Persons in News- January 2015". The following competitive exams are upcoming: IBPS Specialist Officer, LIC-AAO, IB-ACIO, Secretariat Assistant 2015, NICL AO, NICL Assistant etc. This will be a handy reference for sure. Even though this is titled persons in news as extra bonanza you will be getting New Appointments, Obituaries, Awards etc. You can download this article as PDF from the below link. Please comment your suggestions/comments on the article which we highly value for improvements. 

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* A K Mittal - Appointed as the new chairman of Railway board.

* Steven Gerrard - Liverpool captain announced that he was leaving the club at the end of the season.

* Virat Kohli - Becomes first cricketer to cross 5 million followers on Twitter, Surpassed Dravid's record for most runs in a series in Australia.

* R Koteeswaran - Took charge as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Indian Overseas Bank.

* Vasant Gowarikar - Space veteran and eminent scientist passed away.

* Kumar Sangakkara - Becomes fastest cricketer to score 12,000 Test runs, Scored his 11th Test double century to move one behind Australia legend Don Bradman's all-time record, Broke the world record for the most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in one-day internationals.

* Mashrafe Mortaza - Will lead a 15-member Bangladesh squad in the ICC World Cup 2015.

* Upendra Trivedi - One of the most renowned Gujarati actors of stage and cinema, passed away.

* Arvind Panagariya - Indian-American economist,  appointed as the first vice chairman of the Niti Aayog.

* Justice Mohammad Yaqoob Mir - Appointed as acting Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.

* Habib Essid - Nominated as the new Prime Minister of Tunisia

* Sindhushree Khullar - Appointed as CEO of the newly formed NITI Aayog.

* Keshari Nath Tripathi - Sworn in as Meghalaya Governor (Additional Charge)

* Sutirtha Bhattacharya - Took charge as Coal India Limited’s full-time Chairman and Managing Director (CMD).

* Amitabh Bachchan - Appointed brand ambassador for the medical and health department of Andhra Pradesh.

* Larry Page - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and co-founder of Google, emerged as the 'business person of the year' for 2014.

* Dinesh Oraon - Unanimously elected as the Speaker of Jharkhand Assembly.

* Atul Khare - Indian diplomat, Named head of the UN department that provides dedicated support to peacekeeping missions around the world.

* Krishna Kant Paul - Sworn in as Uttarakhand Governor.

* Maithripala Sirisena - Sworn in as the sixth president of Sri Lanka.

* Yu Min - Father of China's H-bomb, won top science award of China.

* Stan Wawrinka - Won Chennai Open Tennis Tournament.

* Thomas Kurian - New president of Oracle  company.

* M Y S Prasad - Distinguished scientist, Awarded the Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Award for 2014-15

* Cristiano Ronaldo - Won FIFA Ballon d'Or award 2014.

* A.S. Kiran Kumar - Appointed as new Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation. (Prepared by: www.currentaffairs4examz.com)

* Justice S K Sinha - Appointed Chief Justice of Bangladesh to become the first Hindu to hold the highest judicial post in the Muslim-majority country.

* Anirban Lahiri - Golf Player, Voted the 2014 Players’ Player of the Year.

* Raghuram Rajan - Named Governor of the Year in Central Banking Awards 2015.

* Ramesh Abhishek - Government extended his term as, chairman, Forward Markets Commission (FMC).

* Avinash Chander - Government removed him from the post of DRDO Chief.

* Air Marshal Anil Khosla - Took charge as Director General Air Operations.

* H.S. Brahma - Appointed new Chief Election Commissioner of India.

* Giorgio Napolitano - Resigned as President of Italy.

* Bhakti Sharma - Open water swimmer, Set a world record by swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in one degree temperature at Antarctic Ocean.

* Anupam Shrivastava - Appointed as CMD of BSNL.

* Baba Ramdev - Appointed brand ambassador of Haryana.

* Brett Lee - Australian Cricketer, retired from all formats of cricket.

* Stephen Constantine - Appointed head coach of Indian men's football team.

* Leela Samson - She resigned as Chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification.

* Kiran Bedi - She joined BJP.

* Stephen Hawking - Biopic movie on him named ‘The Theory of Everything’ released in India.

* Ashok Srinivasan - He won The Hindu Prize 2014 for "Book of Common Signs".

* Pankaj Advani - He won National Billiards title.

* AB de Villiers - He scored fastest hundred in One Day Internationals. He also scored fastest half century in ODI in the same match.

* Faten Hamama - Egyptian iconic actress, she passed away.

* Pahlaj Nihalani - Filmmaker, he was appointed chairperson of the censor board.

* Rajni Kothari - Eminent political scientist and theorist, he passed away.

* Frank Islam - He won Martin Luther award.

* Krishna Tirath - Ex-Minister in UPA, she joined BJP.

* Bibek Debroy - Joined as full time member of NITI Aayog.

* Jhumpa Lahiri - She won DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2015.

* Sunil Sood - Vodafone named him as India CEO.

* Prof Kaptan Singh Solanki - He took over the additional charge of Governor of Punjab.

* King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz - Saudi Arabia King, he passed away.

* M.S. Narayana - Telugu comedian, he passed away.

* Yingluck Shinawatra - Former PM of Thailand, Present govt. impeached her.

* Saraswathi Menon - Appointed member of the UN Advisory Group to review peace building architecture.

* Arundhathi Subramaniam - She won inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize.

* Barack Obama - Arrived in India, Chief Guest of India's Republic Day Celebrations 2015, First American President to visit Indian twice.

* Pooja Thakur - Wing Commander Pooja Thakur became the first woman to lead the ceremonial Guard of Honour at Rashtrapti Bhavan.

* Edgar Lungu - New President of Zambia.

* Saina Nehwal - Defeated Carolina Marin to retain Syed Modi Badminton Grand Prix title. (Prepared by: www.currentaffairs4examz.com) 

* R K Laxman - Eminent cartoonist, he passed away.

* Durga Prasad - He was appointed special DG of CRPF.

* Paulina Vega - She was crowned Miss Universe title.

* Major Mukund Varadarajan & Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh: Posthumously awarded Ashok Chakra.

* Alexis Tsipras: He was sworn in as new prime minister of Greece.

* Steve Smith - New test captain of Australia, He won Allan Border Medal 2015 & Australian player of the year.

* Reverend Libby Lane - She was consecrated as first woman bishop by Church of England.

* Sujatha Singh - Government removed her as foreign secretary.

* S Jaishankar - He was appointed as the new foreign secretary of India.

* Justice Shirani Bandaranayake - Sri Lanka’s first woman Chief Justice, new govt. reinstated her.

* Kalyan Singh - He took additional charge as Himachal Governor.

* Mala Aravindan - Veteran Malayalam actor, he passed away.

* Justice Narayanan Nadar Paul Vasanthakumar - He was appointed as new Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.

* Shekhar Sen - He was appointed as the new chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi.

* Hanumanthu Purushotham - Assumed charge as the new Chairman and Managing Director of National Research Development Corporation (NRDC).

* Col. MN Rai - He was martyred in an encounter with militants a day after he got his gallantry award on Republic Day.

* Subhash Ghisingh - Gorkha National Liberation Front founder, he passed away.

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Complete Current Affairs PDF - December 2014

Friends.. Here is the complete Current Affairs PDF of December 2014. We have covered almost all the important happenings during December 2014 in this PDF. We have already published the Current Affairs Question Bank of Dec 2014 a few days ago. Hope you all downloaded that. (In case you missed, Click Here to Download Question Bank). Do comment your suggestions/feedback for further improvement. Thank you all once gain for the support.

Some Important happening during December 2014 were:

--> Anil Kumar Sinha appointed as the new CBI Director.

--> Narendra Modi named as the Asian of the Year 2014 by The Straits Times.

--> National Good Governance Day observed.

--> Ebola fighters named as the TIME’s Person of the Year 2014.

--> Indian Blind Cricket team won the fourth edition of the Blind Cricket World Cup (BCWC) 2014.

--> Richard Rahul Verma became the first Indian-American to be appointed as US Ambassador to India.

--> Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai received Nobel Peace Prize 2014 at Oslo.

--> Section 309 removed decriminalizing attempt to suicide.

--> ICICI Bank launched India’s first credit card with a unique transparent design and a distinctive look.

--> Indian Communication Satellite GSAT-16 launched successfully from Kourou space port in French Guiana.

--> David Warner completed 1000 Test runs in 2014, becoming the first opener to achieve the feat in one calendar year.

--> International Anti-Corruption Day onserved on 9 December.

--> Asha Bhosle awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 11th Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).

--> Rolene Strauss crowned Miss World 2014.

--> Germany won Hockey’s Champions Trophy 2014 held in Bhubaneswar, India.

--> Pawan Chamling, Sikkim Chief Minister became longest serving Chief Minister of India.
--> National Consumers Right Day was observed on 24 December

--> Dineshwar Sharma appointed as Director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB).

--> HDFC Bank launched its mobile banking facility named Bank Aap Ki Muththi Mein.

--> Tehreek-e-Taliban carried out a massacre in the Army-run school in Peshawar, Pakistan.

--> India’s heaviest rocket GSLV Mark-III-X launched.

--> Book tittled "Born Again on the Mountain" by Arunima Sinha released.

--> Shinzo Abe elected Japan Prime Minister.

--> Vinicius and Tom named mascot of Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics Games respectively.

--> Tashi Malik and Nungshi Malik became the world’s first twin and sibling to climb the highest peaks of the seven continents.

--> Amitabh Bachchan honoured with the Yash Chopra Memorial Award.

--> India won the Men and Women title of Kabaddi World Cup 2014.

--> Jyotsna Suri elected as the President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI).

--> Sachin Tendulkar appointed as the ambassador of Cricket World Cup 2015.

--> RBI extended the deadline for exchanging pre-2005 of various denominations to 30 June 2015.

--> Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpee and freedom fighter Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya (posthumously) were selected for Bharat Ratna.

--> S Bhattacharya appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Coal India Ltd (CIL).

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November 2014 Complete Current Affairs PDF

Friends.. Here is the complete Current Affairs PDF of November 2014. This will be very helpful for all upcoming exams. You can download the PDF from the below link. Comment your suggestions/views for further improvement.

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Current Affairs Question Bank: November 2014 (PDF Download)

Friends.. As you know we are daily updating the Current Affairs Quiz Questions in this blog and we are also very happy to hear from you that it helps in your competitive exam preparations. Of late, it has been a suggestion/request from many of you that it will be more useful if we could compile all daily Quiz Questions into a monthly PDF. And hence this post. Here we have compiled all the Current Affairs Questions from the month of November 2014. You can download this as PDF from the below link. This is truly going to be a handy reference for upcoming exams. Do comment your suggestions/views. Thank you and all the best :)

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October 2014: Complete Current Affairs PDF Download

Friends.. Here is the much awaited completed Current Affairs PDF for the month of October 2014. We are much happy hearing from you that our monthly current affairs pdf is helping you in facing various competitive exams with ease. Thank you once again for supporting us. Do comment your suggestions/views for further improvement. Thank you. All the Best.

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September 2014 Complete Current Affairs PDF

Friends.. Here is the complete current affairs pdf for the month of September 2014. This will be very helpful for all upcoming examinations. Do comment your suggestions/feedback for further improvement. Thank You..

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August 2014 Complete Current Affairs PDF

Friends.. Here is the monthly Current Affairs PDF of August 2014. This will be a very useful reference for upcoming Bank Exams and other competitive Exams. We have tried our best to cover all the happenings from August 2014. You can download the PDF from the below link. Do comment your suggestions for further improvement.

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Complete Current Affairs PDF: July 2014

Friends.. Here is the Complete Current Affairs PDF of July 2014. You can download PDF from the following links. Many events of National and International importance happened during July 2014. Football World Cup and Common Wealth Games 2014 were the major sports events had in July 2014. We have tried our best to include questions on all important events. If anything is missed please bear with us. This will be useful for all upcoming competitive Exams including IBPS PO/Clerk etc. Do let us know your feedback on this for further improvement. Thank you all once again for your encouragement and support. Currentaffairs4examz Team J

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Complete Current Affairs PDF- June 2014

Friends..Here is the complete Current Affairs PDF of June 2014. We have covered almost all the important happenings of June 2014 in this PDF. PDF has been made in Question/Answer Mode so that you can have an idea of how questions will be asked in exams. This a competitive exam season with SBI clerk exam already started today(19 Jul 14) and many more exams are coming. We believe that this will be very useful for you. From the feedbacks we received for the monthly current affairs of previous months, we are happy that many questions asked in SBI PO Exam and various PSC Exams held in May/June 2014 are from our material. We are providing this material free of cost and you can download the PDF from the below links. Thank you once again for your encouragement and support. Do comment your views/suggestions for further improvement.

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April 2014: Complete Current Affairs PDF

Friends..Here is the complete Current Affairs PDF File for April 2014. It's got so late..sorry for the delay friends. We have got many messages in our facebook page and a lot of e-mails from many friends who were waiting for this PDF. Thank you for your support and encouragement friends. This will be truly useful for SBI Clerk Exam and other competitive Exams forthcoming. You can download the PDF File from the following link. Happy reading and wish you great success in all exams.

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