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,...

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Daily GK Updates: 5 February 2015

1) Who is the author of the book "We Indians"? - Khushwant Singh 2) Who was the world's first woman President? - Marma Estela 'Isabel' Martinez Cartas de Peron of Argentina 3) World Computer Literacy Day is observed on? - December 2 4) Kalinga Award is given in which field? - Science 5) World Family Day is celebrated on? - May 15 6) First Indian state to declare Tourism as an industry? - Kerala 7) Indian National Congress was...

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Current Affairs Quiz: 4 February 2015

1) Which country on 1 February 2015 appointed Justice K Sripavan, an ethnic-Tamil, its new Chief Justice? (A) Singapore (B) Sri Lanka (C) Indonesia (D) Bangladesh 2) Which private airlines co-owner Kal Airways recently decided to sell and transfer their entire holding of 58.46 per cent in the airline to co-founder Ajay Singh? (A) Indigo (B) Vistara (C) Deccan Charters (D) SpiceJet 3) Australia recently won the cricket tri-series title...

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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 3 February 2015

1) Usha Thorat, Nachiket Mor to head RBI panels for differentiated bank licenses: --> Usha Thorat, former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will chair the External Advisory Committee (EAC) to evaluate applications received for small finance banks. --> Dr. Nachiket Mor, Director, Central Board of the Reserve Bank will chair the EAC for payment banks. --> RBI governor Raghuram Rajan said that 72 applications for Small...

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LIC AAO Exam 2015 dates postponed

Friends.. Life Insurance Corporation of India has postponed the dates of its AAO Exam from 20th February 2015 to 15th, 21st & 22nd of March 2015. The notification issued by LIC in this regard, read as follows: DUE TO THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE, IT HAS BEEN DECIDED TO CONDUCT ONLINE EXAMINATION FOR THE ABOVE RECRUITMENT ON 15TH MARCH 2015, 21ST MARCH 2015 and 22nd MARCH 2015 INSTEAD OF 20TH FEBRUARY 2015. CANDIDATES WILL BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD...

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GK Daily Updates: 4 February 2015

1) India Tourism Day is celebrated on? - January 25th 2) Where is John F. Kennedy International Airport situated? - New York City 3) Which is the highest airport in India? - Leh Airport 4) Khasi and Garo languages are spoken by the people of which state? - Meghalaya  5) The first Indian to share the Oscar award was? - Bhanu Athaiya 6) Where was the 1st ODI match played in India? - Ahmedabad 7) Which one of the following...

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Latest Current Affairs Questions: 3 February 2015

1) Who won the Australian Open women's singles title 2015? (A) Maria Sharapova (B) Madison Keys (C) Ekaterina Makarova (D) Serena Williams 2) Robert Mugabe who was appointed as the new chairman of the 54-nation African Union on 30 January 2015 is the president of which African Nation? (A) Kenya (B) South Africa (C) Zimbabwe (D) Nigeria 3) Which former DRDO chief on 30 January 2015 assumed charge as a full-time member of the NITI Aayog? (A)...

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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...

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2 February 2015 Daily Current Affairs

1) Second Phase of JNNURM to be named after Vajpayee: --> Narendra Modi government is all set to name its scheme to rejuvenate 500 cities and towns after the first BJP Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee.  --> This new avatar of JNNURM, named after first PM Jawaharlal Nehru will now be known as Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT). --> It will be a 10-year programme with total investment of about Rs...

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Daily GK Updates: 3 February 2015

1) Bor Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state? - Maharashtra 2) International Tiger Day is observed on? - 29 July 3) Which film produced by Irani is considered to be the first indigenous Indian colour film? - 'Kisan Kanya' (1937) 4) What is the chief official language of Israel? - Hebrew 5) Who were the founders of Whatsapp? - Jan Koum and Brian Acton 6) Which online encyclopedia was launched by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger...

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Clarification on Maharashtra Circle - Result of PA/SA Exam 2014

Friends.. As you know Maharashtra Postal Circle has published the result of its PA/SA Exam 2014 on 8 January 2015 in its official website (http://www.maharashtrapost.gov.in/). But to the surprise of all, the result disappeared from the website the very next day putting the candidates in utter dismay. But now the authorities have come out with clarification on the reason for withdrawing the result from the website. The note uploaded in the official...

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