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January 2015 Current Affairs

General knowledge quiz covering major events, appointments, and announcements from January 2015

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following countries will host the 2016 World Twenty20?

  1. Sri Lanka
  2. Australia
  3. England
  4. India
  5. West Indies
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In January 2015, who among the following was appointed as Secretary (Security) in the Union Cabinet Secretariat?

  1. Yashovardhan Azad
  2. K. M. Chandrasekhar
  3. Divya Prakash Sinha
  4. T. R. Prasad
  5. Ajit Seth
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In which of the following states has the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) announced creation of India's first fenced elephant sanctuary?

  1. Odisha
  2. Karnataka
  3. Madhya Pradesh
  4. Kerala
  5. Assam
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The Shanta Kumar Committee was set up to recommend the restructuring of

  1. Shipping Corporation of India
  2. Food Corporation of India
  3. Power Grid Corporation of India
  4. Solar Energy Corporation of India
  5. Cotton Corporation of India Ltd.
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Where was the 18th National Conference on e-Governance held?

  1. Odisha
  2. Hyderabad
  3. Karnataka
  4. Gujarat
  5. Maharashtra
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In January 2015, which of the following has been appointed chairman of the African organization?

  1. Yayi Boni
  2. Hailemariam Desalegn
  3. Robert Mugabe
  4. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
  5. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following was appointed as the head coach of India's men's hockey team in January 2015?

  1. Terry Walsh
  2. Markus Weise
  3. Paul van Ass
  4. Graham Reid
  5. Jochen Heimpel
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In January 2015, with which of the following banks did RBI sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information?

  1. Bank of Canada
  2. Central Bank of Brazil
  3. Reserve Bank of Australia
  4. Central Bank of Malaysia
  5. Central Bank of Sri Lanka
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who won the women’s singles of Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold Badminton Tournament 2015?

  1. Carolina Marín
  2. Woon Khe Wei
  3. Saina Nehwal
  4. Soong Fie Cho
  5. Vivian Hoo Kah Mun
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Commemorative postage stamps on the theme of _______ were released in January 2015.

  1. Mann Ki Baat
  2. Swachh Bharat Mission
  3. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna
  4. Make in India
  5. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Scheme
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following won the inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for Poetry?

  1. Ashok Vajpeyi
  2. Namita Gokhale
  3. Soli Sorabjee
  4. Arundhathi Subramaniam
  5. Jeet Thayil
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In January 2015, which of the following companies was picked as the best IT service provider in Europe in terms of both customer satisfaction and performance?

  1. TCS
  2. HCL Technologies
  3. Wipro
  4. Infosys
  5. Cognizant
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The 20th Law Commission of India submitted the 253rd report titled Commercial Courts Bill 2015. Who heads/headed the 20th Law Commission of India?

  1. Dr. Bijai Narain Mani
  2. A. P. Shah
  3. Gurjeet Singh
  4. Usha Mehra
  5. D. K. Jain
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the range of the canisterised version of Agni-V missile which was successfully test-fired in January 2015?

  1. 5,000 – 5,500 km
  2. 5,200 – 5,900 km
  3. 5,100 – 5,500 km
  4. 5,500 – 5,800 km
  5. 5,600 – 5,900 km
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who succeeded Antonis Samaras as Prime Minister of Greece?

  1. Lucas Papademos
  2. George A. Papandreou
  3. Konstantinos A. Karamanlis
  4. Alexis Tsipras
  5. Panagiotis Pikrammenos
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is observed internationally on January 30 or its nearest Sunday?

  1. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
  2. Australia Day
  3. Street Children's Day
  4. World Cancer Day
  5. World Leprosy Day
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In January 2015, which of the following companies made a profit of 18 billion US dollars, the largest profit ever made by a public company in the corporate history worldwide?

  1. Apple Inc.
  2. Microsoft
  3. General Electric
  4. IBM
  5. China Mobile
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following was crowned Miss Universe 2015?

  1. Paulina Vega
  2. Diana Harkusha
  3. Nia Sanchez
  4. Kaci Fennel
  5. None of these
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following was appointed as the Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police in January 2015?

  1. Subhas Goswami
  2. Krishna Chaudhary
  3. Devendra Kumar Pathak
  4. Subhash Joshi
  5. Prakash Mishra
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following was sworn in as the 44th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka?

  1. Shirani Bandaranayake
  2. G. P. S. de Silva
  3. Kanagasabapathy Sripavan
  4. Asoka Nihal de Silva
  5. Maithripala Sirisena
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following replaced Sujatha Singh as the new Foreign Secretary?

  1. Ranjan Mathai
  2. Ajit Doval
  3. S. Jaishankar
  4. Syed Akbaruddin
  5. T. V. Rajeswar
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

In January 2015, which of the following airlines offered 5 lakh seats at a fare starting from Rs. 1499?

  1. Jet Airways
  2. Air India
  3. SpiceJet
  4. IndiGo
  5. AirAsia India
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was appointed as Chairperson of the Sangeet Natak Akademi in January 2015?

  1. Helen Acharya
  2. P. K. Shukla
  3. Shekhar Sen
  4. Meena Johri
  5. Suman Kumar
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who among the following took charge as Chairman and Managing Director of National Research Development Corporation in January 2015?

  1. Shakuntala Dawar
  2. N. K. Bhandari
  3. V. K. Jain
  4. H. Purushotham
  5. Naresh Kumar
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