UPSC : IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR UPSC
Current Affairs of January 2015:
27) Who was appointed as the chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog?
National Current Affairs And Events
1) 30th January, the Martyrdom Day of Mahatma Gandhi is celebrated every year as the?
= Anti-Leprosy Day
2) In which year india will host the ICC T20 World cup?
= 2016
3) Who became the first lady officer to lead the Inter-service Guard of Honour which was inspected by US president Barack Obama at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi?
= Wing Commander Pooja Thakur
4) Who was appointed as the chairman of Sangeet Natak Akadmi?
= Shekhar Sen
5) What is the name of the founder of Gurkha
National Liberation 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)
= Subhash Ghishing
6) Name the public Sector Company whose 10% shares was sold by the Union Government and raised more than Rs 22,500 crore?
= Coal India Limited
7) Name the Censor Board Chief who resigned from her past over clearance of Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's film Messenger of God from Film Certification Appellate Tribunal ( FCAT)?
= Leela Samson
8) Name the missile with striking range of more than 5000 km which 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?
= Agni-V
9) What is the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious initiative financial inclusion scheme which has made it's way into the Guinness Book of the world Records for opening the highest number of bank accounts in the least time?
= Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna ( PMJDY)
10) Name the legendary cartoonist, the creator of "Common Man" who died recently?
= R K Laxman
11) The National Immunization Day for pulse polio was observed on?
= 18th January
12) Who won the National Billiards title for the 7th time?
= Pankaj Advani
13) Whom did the president of india appointed as the new chief Election Commissioner?
= Hari Shankar Bramha
14) 67th Army Day observed on ?
= 15th January
15) Who has been named as the winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit, 2014 for his collection of 16 short stories called 'kanakalochanaha' ?
= Prabhu Nath Dwivedi
16) Name the indian swimmer who created world Records by swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in one degree temperature at Antarctic ocean?
= Bhakti Sharma
17) Name India's first district with high-speed rural broadband network?
= Idduki (kerala)
18) In which state Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu Flagged off India's first CNG ( Compressed Natural Gas) based trains ? (These trains are based on dual fuel System - diesel and CNG - it will reduce greenhouse gas emission and also the consumption of diesel)
= Haryana ( Rewari Station )
19) Who won the prestigious 2015 Space pioneer Award in the science and engineering category in recognition of achieving the rare feat in it's very first attempt?
= ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission team
20) Who was named as the "governor of the year" in the Central Banking Awards for 2015 by a British Magazine for "his deep understanding of the root cause of economic problem of the country combined with an impressive leadership style "?
= RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan
21) Who was appointed as the 8th Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) after succeeding K Radhakrishnan?
= A.S kiran kumar
22) Assembly election in Delhi will be held on?
= 7th February 2015
23) 13th edition of Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas 2015 was held at ?
= Gujrat
24) What is the name of director of Satish Dhawan Space Center, 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 ?
= M.Y.S Prasad
25) What is the name of India's First Digital Village launched by ICICI Bank?
= Akodara in sabarkantha district of Gujarat
26) National Youth Day was observed across India to mark the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda on ?
= 12th January
= Former Planning Commission Secretary Sindhushree Khullar
28) In which state President rule was imposed after the recommendation of the Governor?
= Jammu & Kashmir
29) Prime Minister Narendra Modi released Commemorative Postage Stamp to mark 100 Years of?
= Mahatma Gandhi's Return from South Africa to India
30) 42nd World Bridge Championships will be held from 26 September 2015 to 10 October 2015 in India at?
= Chennai
31) Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a Commemorative coin to mark the 175th birth anniversary of?
= Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata
32) Government of which state increased maternity leave period to 180 days from 135 days?
= Bihar
33) In an all stock amalgamation which bank decided to merge with Kotak Mahindra Bank, creating the fourth largest private sector bank in the country?
= ING Vysya Bank
34) Name the village of Tamil Nadu where the Central government has approved the setting up of Neutrino observatory?
= Pottipuram
35) Who was appointed as the Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?
= Economist Arvind Panagariya
36) In which financial institution union Government will increase its stake to 51% to make it a government company?
= Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI)
37) To reform banking sector the Union Government announced to split the post of chairman and Managing Director in two in?
= Public Sector Banks
38) B.G Verghese who passed away recently was related to which field?
=Journalism
39) Who took over as the new chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI) replacing Sudheer Raheja?
= R.K Srivastava
40) Who was appointed as Director General of Civil Aviation recently?
= M. Sathiyavathya
41) What is the name of mobile - based application launched by Delhi Police to ensure safety of women in Delhi?
= Himmat
42) Who retired recently as chairman of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) after a stint of five years marked by historic achievements for the national space agency?
= Koppilli RadhaKrishnan
43) Who was appointed as Chairman of Railway Board recently?
= A.K Mittal
44) What is the name of e-governance project for which the Union Government has announced Rs 1900 crore to deploy technology, connecting all the ESIC (Employees State Insurance Corporation) ,organizations and employees?
= Panch Deep
45) What is the theme of 102nd Indian Science Congress (ISC) held recently at University of Mumbai?
= Science and Technology for Human Development
46) By which name Planning Commission had been revamped and rechristened with a multi-tiered structure including a governing council that comprises the chief minister of all state and lieutenant governor of union territories?
= NITI ( National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog
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