DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 23 JANUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-23 JANUARY 2015

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1)         SOLANKI SWORN IN AS GOVERNOR OF PUNJAB

Ø  Haryana Governor Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki took over the additional charge of Governor of Punjab

Ø  He will be succeeding Shivraj Patil

Ø  He will be 34^th Governor of Punjab

        EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.        Who among the following took additional charge of Governor of Punjab

a.          Kaptan Singh Solanki

b.         Shivraj patil

c.          Aziz Qureshi

d.         K.K.Paul

2)         P.M. NARENDRA MODI LAUNCHES ‘BETI BACHAO BETI PADHAO’ COMPAIGN

Ø  P.M. Narendra Modi launches Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao Compaign to save and empower girl child

Ø  He launched this compaign from Panipat in Haryana

        EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.        Who launched Beti Bachao- Beti Padhao compaign:

a.          Narendra Modi

b.         Rajnath Singh

c.          Suresh Prabhu

d.         Harshwardhan Singh

3)         S.C BARS ‘N.SRINIVASAN’ FROM CONTESTING BCCI ELECTIONS

Ø  Supreme Court has barred Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N.Srinivasan from contesting any BCCI election on grounds of conflict of interest

Ø  This judgement was given by two member SC bench of Justice T S Thakur and and FM I Khalifulla

        EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.        Who has been banned from contesting BCCI election by Supreme Court:

a.          N. Srinivasan

b.         L. Srinivasan

c.          M.Srinivasan

d.         K. Srinivasan

4)         SAUDI ARABIA’S KING ‘ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ’ PASSED AWAY

Ø  Saudi Arabia’s king Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has passed away

Ø  Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud is his successor and new king of Saudi Arabia

        EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.        Who was Abdullah bin Abdulaziz

a.          King of Bhutan

b.         King of Saudi Arabia

c.          King of Nepal

d.         King of Yamen

5)         TELUGU DIRECTOR ‘M.S. NARAYANA’ PASSED AWAY

Ø  Telugu comedian and director Mylavarapu Surya Narayana has passed away

Ø  He was 63

Ø  He had acted in over 700 Telugu movies

        EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.        Who was M.S. Narayana

a.          Actor

b.         Sportsperson

c.          Writer

d.         Singer