Current Affairs of January 2015:
National Current Affairs And Events
30th January, the Martyrdom Day of Mahatma Gandhi is Anti-Leprosy Day
celebrated every year as the?
In which year India will host the ICC T20 World Cup? 2016
Who became the first lady officer to lead the Inter-Service Guard of Wing Commander
Honour which was inspected by US President Barack Obama at Pooja Thakur
Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi?
Who was appointed as the Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi? Shekhar Sen
What is the name of the founder of Gorkha National Liberation SubashGhising
Front (GNLF) who died recently? (He led the GNLF to a violent
movement for carving a separate Gorkhaland out of Bengal
resulting in bloodbath in the Darjeeling Hills between 1986 and
1988.)
Name the Public Sector Company whose 10% shares was sold by Coal India Limited
the Union Government and raised more than Rs 22,500 crore?
Name the Censor Board Chief who resigned from her post over Leela Samson
clearance of Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's film
Messenger of God from Film Certification Appellate Tribunal
(FCAT)?
Name the missile with striking range of more than 5000 km which Agni-V
was successfully tested for the first time in its canister-launch
version which gives Indian Army the requisite operational flexibility
to swiftly transport and fire the ballistic missile from anywhere they
want?
What is the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious Pradhan Mantri Jan
initiative financial inclusion scheme which has made its way into DhanYojna (PMJDY)
the Guinness Book of World Records for opening the highest
number of bank accounts in the least time?
Name the legendary cartoonist, the creator of "Common Man" who R K Laxman
died recently?
The National Immunization Day for pulse polio was observed on? 18th January
Who won the National Billiards title for the 7th time? Pankaj Advani
Whom did the President of India appointed as the new Chief Hari Shankar Bramha
Election Commissioner?
67th Army Day observed on? 15th January
Current Affairs of January 2015:
National Current Affairs And Events
Who has been named as the winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award PrabhuNathDwivedi
for Sanskrit, 2014 for his collection of 16 short stories called
'Kanakalochanaha'?
Name the Indian swimmer who created world record by swimming Bhakti Sharma
1.4 miles in 52 minutes in one degree temperature at Antarctic
Ocean?
Name India's first district with high-speed rural broadband Idduki (Kerala)
network?
What is the name of Chairman of Defence Research and AvinashChander
Development Organisation (DRDO) who was sacked by the Union
Government recently?
In which state Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off Haryana (Rewari
India's first CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) based trains? (These Station)
trains are based on dual fuel system - diesel and CNG - it will
reduce greenhouse gas emission and also the consumption of
diesel)
Who won the prestigious 2015 Space Pioneer Award in the ISRO's Mars Orbiter
science and engineering category in recognition of achieving the Mission team
rare feat in its very first attempt?
Who was named as the "governor of the year" in the Central RBI Governor
Banking Awards for 2015 by a British magazine for "his deep RaghuramRajan
understanding of the root causes of economic problems of the
country combined with an impressive leadership style"?
Who was appointed as the 8th Chairman of Indian Space A S Kiran Kumar
Research Organisation (ISRO) after succeeding K
Radhakrishnan?
Assembly elections in Delhi will be held on? 7th February 2015
13th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2015 was held at? Gujarat
What is the name of director of Satish Dhawan Space Centre, M Y S Prasad
Sriharikota Range (SHAR), who has been selected for the Vikram
Sarabhai memorial award to be presented by the Indian Science
Congress Association (ISCA) for his outstanding contribution to
R&D in the field of space science?
What is the name of India's First Digital Village launched by ICICI Akodara in
Bank? Sabarkantha district of
Gujarat
Current Affairs of January 2015:
National Current Affairs And Events
National Youth Day was observed across India to mark the birth 12th January
anniversary of Swami Vivekananda on?
Who was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NITI Former Planning
Aayog? Commission Secretary
SindhushreeKhullar
In which state President rule was imposed after the Jammu & Kashmir
recommendation of the Governor?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi released Commemorative Postage Mahatma Gandhi's
Stamp to mark 100 Years of? Return from South
Africa to India
42nd World Bridge Championships will be held from 26 September Chennai
2015 to 10 October 2015 in India at?
Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases a commemorative coin to Jamsetji Nusserwanji
mark the 175th birth anniversary of? Tata
Government of which state increased maternity leave period to 180 Bihar
days from 135 days?
In an all stock amalgamation which bank decided to merge with ING Vysya Bank
Kotak Mahindra Bank, creating the fourth largest private sector
bank in the country?
Name the village of Tamil Nadu where the central government has Pottipuram
approved the setting up of Neutrino observatory?
Who was appointed as the Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog by Prime Economist Arvind
Minister Narendra Modi? Panagariya
In which financial institution Union Government will increase its Industrial Finance
stake to 51% to make it a government company? Corporation of India
(IFCI)
To reform banking sector the Union Government announced to Public Sector Banks
split the post of Chairman and Managing Director in two in?
B G Verghese who passed away recently was related to which Journalism
field?
Who took over as the new chairman of Airports Authority of India R K Srivastava
(AAI) replacing Sudheer Raheja?
Who was appointed as Director General of Civil Aviation recently? M Sathiyavathy
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What is the name of mobile phone-based application launched by Himmat
Delhi Police to ensure safety of women in Delhi?
Who retired recently as chairman of Indian Space Research KoppillilRadhakrishnan
Organisation (ISRO) after a stint of five years marked by historic
achievements for the national space agency?
Who was appointed as Chairman of Railway Board recently? A. K. Mittal
What is the name of e-governance project for which the Union Panch Deep
Government has announced Rs 1900 crore to deploy technology,
connecting all the ESIC (Employees State Insurance Corporation),
organisations and employees?
What is the theme of 102nd Indian Science Congress (ISC) held Science and
recently at University of Mumbai? Technology for Human
Development
By which name Planning Commission had been revamped and NITI (National
rechristened with a multi-tiered structure including a governing Institution for
council that comprises the chief ministers of all states and Transforming India)
lieutenant governors of union territories. Aayog
