DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 13 JANUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-13 JANUARY 2015

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1)      NATIONAL YOUTH DAY OBSERVED ON 12^TH JAN

Ø  National Youth day is observed to mark the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekanada

Ø  Vivekananda was a great social reformer, thinker and philosopher

Ø  It was 152^nd birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Whose birth Anniversary is observed as National Youth Day:

a.       M.N.Roy

b.      M.K.Gandhi

c.       Swami Vevekananda

d.      Raja Mohan Roy

2)      US WILL HOST INTERNATIONAL ANTI-TERROR SUMMIT ON 18^TH FEB, 2015

Ø  It was announced by US that it will be hosting an international summit in Washington.

Ø  It is scheduled to be held on 18^th Feb, 2015

Ø  Its aim is to prevent evident extremism that was seen in attack on Charlie Hebdo Parris Office

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who will be hosting an international Anti-Terror Summit:

a.       Canada

b.      Russia

c.       US

d.      India

3)      M.Y.S. PRASAD SELECTED FOR THE VIKRAM SARABHAI MEMORIAL AWARD 2015

Ø  Director of SatishDhawan Space CentreSriharikota Range, MYS Prasad was selected for the Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Award, 2015

Ø  This award is presented by Indian Science Congress Association

Ø  Vikram Sarabhai is known as father of space science in India and he was the first chairman of ISRO

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who will be conferred with Vikram Sarabhai Award 2015:

a.       K.Radhakrishnan

b.      MYS Prasad

c.       S.Khular

d.      Bibek Debra

4)      BANGLADESH GETS FIRST HINDU CHIEF JUSTICE

Ø  Justice Surender Kumar Sinha was appointed as Chief Justice of Bangladesh apex court by President Abdul Hamid

Ø  He will be the first Hindu to hold the highest judicial post in the Muslim Majority Country

Ø  He will be succeeding chief justice Md. MuzammadHussain

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who will be the first non-Muslim CJI of Bangladesh Apex Court

a.       S.KumarSinha

b.      Anil Sinha

c.       Dineshwar Kumar

d.      S.Radhakrshnan

5)      U.N CHIEF BAN-KI-MOON INAUGRATES 10 MW SOLAR POWER PROJECT IN GUJARAT

Ø  Ban-Ki-Moon inaugurates Gujarat’s 2^nd canal-top 10 MW solar power project

Ø  It is located on 5.5 km stretch of Vadodara branch of SardarSarowar project Canal

Ø  This project is branched of PM NarendraModi

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who inaugurated 2^nd Canal-top 10 MW solar power project in Gujarat

a.       Ban-Ki-Moon

b.      Jim Yong Kim

c.       AtulKhore

d.      Roberto Azedve

6)      POURNIMA GUPTE IS FIRST WOMEN ACTUARY OF IRDA

Ø  PournimaGupte is the first Women member to be appointed as actuary in Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India

Ø  An Actuary is a business professionals who deals with the financial impact of risk and uncertainty

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who among the following has been appointed as first women actuary if IRDA:

a.       PournimaGupte

b.      UshaSanghwan

c.       ArunimeSinhe

d.      Poonam Gupta

7)      IDUKKI DISTRICT OF KERALA BECOMES INDIA’S FIRST DISTRICT WITH RURAL BROADBAND NETWORK.

Ø  Idukki district of Kerala has become first district in India to have high speed Rural Broadband network under National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN).

Ø  NOFN is the largest rural connectivity project of its kind in the world.

Ø  Minister for communication and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad inaugurated this network.

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Which among the following district is declared as the first district in the country to linked with NOFN:

a.       Surat

b.      Indukki

c.       Ooti

d.      Dehradun

8)      72^ND GOLDEN AWARD

Ø  72^nd edition of Golden Awards was held at Beverly hill California

Ø  Best Motion Picture Film- Boyhood

Ø  Best Actor – Eddie Radnayne for ‘The theory of everything’

Ø  Best actress – Julianne Moore for ‘Still Alice’

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Where was 72^nd edition of Golden Awards organized

a.       San Francisco

b.      Washington

c.       New york

d.      California

9)      NRIs CAN VOTE THROUGH PROXY OR E-BALLOT

Ø  Union Government announced that NRI will be allowed to vote through the e-ballot system or through proxy

Ø  SC gives center of weeks  to implement election commission’s proposal on e-ballot

Ø  NRI will have to send application to returning officer in advance

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who among the following is allowed to vote through proxy or e-ballot

a.       NRIs

b.      PIOs

c.       OCIs

d.      Citizen of India

10)  SWISS TENNIS PLAYER FEDERER RECORDS 1000^TH WIN

Ø  Roger Federer made his 1000^th win after winning Brisbane international Tennis Title

Ø  He is ranked world no. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals(ATP)

Ø  He holds record of winning 17 Grand Slam single titles

Ø  In 2008 , he has won the Olympic gold medal in doubles with StanislasWawrinka

Ø  He has also won Olympic silver medal in singles at 2012 Olympic games

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who among the following tennis player records 1000^th win recently

a.       S.Wawrinke

b.      Roger Federer

c.       Novak Djokovic

d.      Andy Murray

11)  ARUN JAITLEY ADOPTS 4-GUJARAT VILLAGES AS A PART OF SAGY

Ø  Union Finance Minister ArunJaitley has adopted 4 villages in Vadodara district as part of Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana.

Ø  4 – Villages- Karnali, Pipaliya, Valida, Baglipura.

Ø  SAGY- It aims to encourage MPs from both houses to develop model villages.

Ø  Under this scheme, MP will be responsible to develop one adarsh village by 2016 , two more by 2019 and five more by 2024

               EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who among the following Union Minister adopted 4 villages of Gujarat as a part of SAGY

a.       Rajnath Singh

b.      ArunJaitley

c.       Suresh Prabhu

d.      SarbnandeSonowal

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-11, 12 JANUARY 2015

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1)      WORLD HINDI DAY ON 10 JANUARY

Ø  10^th January is being observed as World Hindi Day

Ø  Objective – To promote use of Hindi language abroad

Ø  On this day in 1975, the first world Hindi conference was organized in Nagpur.

      EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     World Hindi Day is being observed on:

a.       9^th January

b.      10^th January

c.       11^th January

d.      12^th January

2)      S.KHULLAR IS APPOINTED AS CEO OF NITI AAYOD

Ø  Sindhushra Khullar is appointed as Chief Executive Officer of NITI Aayog

Ø  She will serve for one year

Ø  Government of India has replaced Planning Commission with a new institution named National Institution for Transforming India.

Ø  This institution will serve as think tank and policy formulation body.

      EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who among the following is appointed as CEO of NITI Aayog:

a.       S.Khullar

b.      Bibev Debroy

c.       V.K.Saraswat

d.      Usha Khullar

3)      FIRST CHINA- CELAC FORUM MEETING CONCLUDED IN BEIJING

Ø  The first ministerial meeting of China  and the community of Latin American and Caribbean states (CELAC) concluded in China.

Ø  The objective of this meeting is to deep political mutual trust, expanding co-operation and development between China and Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean region.

Ø  Next meeting will be held in Chile in 2018.

Ø  CELAC – is a regional bloc of Latin America and Caribbean Countries

Ø  It was establish in 2011 in Caracas, Venezuela

Ø  Total Membership – 33 countries

      EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     With Which of the following organization China concluded its Ist meeting

a.       SAARC

b.      CECAL

c.       EU

d.      APEX

4)      P.M MODI INAUGURATES 7^TH VIBRANT GUJARAT SUMMIT

Ø  P.M Narendra Modi inaugurated 7^th Vibrant Gujarat Summit in Gandhinagar

Ø  Vibrant Gujarat – It is business event

Ø  It was started by P.M Narendra Modi in 2003 as biennial event

Ø  Objective – Its objective is to provide single business leaders, investors, corporations and opinion makers.

Ø  For the first time , eight countries Canada, Japan, China, Australia, Netherlands, Singapore, South Africa and US have participated

      EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Where is 7^th Vibrant Gujarat summit being held

a.       Surat

b.      Ahmedabad

c.       Gandhinagar

d.      Surashtra

5)      UNION GOVERNMENT UNBLOCK 32 WEBSITES

Ø  Government of India has unblocked 32 websites which were blocked earlier in Nov, 2014, for carrying ant-India views and spreading banned terrorists outfit ISIs propaganda

      EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     How many websites are unblocked recently by Union Government

a.       30

b.      32

c.       35

d.      40

6)      DRDO SUCESSFULLY TESTS ADVANCE ELECTRONIC SUITE IN TEJAS-PVI AIRCRAFT

Ø  DRDO has successfully tested an advanced electronic warfare suite in light Combat Aircraft Tejas-PVI

Ø  EW Suite consists of Radar Warner and Jammer

Ø  It has capability to provide warning to the aircraft pilot in case of detection of a radar threat

      EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Who has developed Electronic Warfare Suite:

a.       ISRO

b.      DRDO

c.       DCA

d.      MOD

7)      FIRST BUDDHA HERITAGE WALK IN BIHAR

Ø  People from 11 countries have participated in first Buddha Heritage Walk in Bihar

Ø  It is organized by Bihar State Tourism Development Corporation

Ø  They walk from Bodh Gaya to Rajgir (the trail which lord Buddha had taken 2543 years ago to reach Rajgir)

      EXPECTED QUESTIONS:

1.     Where is Buddha Heritage walk started:

a.       Bihar

b.      Gujarat

c.       U.P

d.      Assam

2.     How many countries participated in 1^st Buddha Heritage Walk

a.       10

b.      12

c.       11

d.      15

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