DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-13 JANUARY
2015
1)
NATIONAL YOUTH DAY OBSERVED ON 12TH 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 152nd 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 18TH
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 18th 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 2nd 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 2nd 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)
72ND GOLDEN AWARD
Ø 72nd
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 72nd 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 1000TH WIN
Ø Roger
Federer made his 1000th
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 1000th 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
