current affairs capsule february 2015 part 1

Current Affairs Questions February 2015 – Part 1

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Question: Among the following, who has won the Padma Vibhushan Award

2015?

A) Kharg Singh Valdiya

B) L.K. Advai

C) Tarak Mahta

D) Bill Gates

Answer & Explanation: L.K. Advai has won the Padma Vibhushan Award 2015.

Question: Among the following, who has won the Padma Bhushan Award 2015?

A) Amitabh Bachchan

B) Bill Gates

C) Dilip Kumar

D) Praksh Singh Badal

Answer & Explanation: Bill Gates has won the Padma Bhushan Award 2015.

Question: Among the following, who has won the Padma Shri Award 2015?

A) Majul Bhargava

B) Harish Salve

C) Prasoon Joshi

D) Dilip Kumar

Answer & Explanation: Prasoon Joshi has won the Padma Shri Award 2015.

Question: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched Sukanya Samridhi

Yojana for _______?

A) girl childùnder 15 years of age

B) girl childùnder 10 years of age

C) girl childùnder 8 years of age

D) girl childùnder 18 years of age

Answer & Explanation: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched Sukanya

Samridhi Yojana for girl child under 10 years of age.



Question: Which district of Indian became the first district with complete

Broadband Coverage as part of the Digital India Project of the Union

Government?

A) Sipra

B) Jalaun

C) Idukki

D) Dika

Answer & Explanation: Idukki became the first district with complete Broadband

Coverage.

Question: Union Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu has inaugurated India’s

first compressed natural gas (CNG) powered train on the _______?

A) Mysore-Bangalore link

B) Rewari-Rohtak link

C) Chennai-Bangalore link

D) New Delhi-Bhopal link

Answer & Explanation: Union Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu has

inaugurated India’s first compressed natural gas (CNG) powered train on the

Rewari-Rohtak link.

Question: With which country India has signed MoU for developing Youth

Enterprises?

A) US

B) Canada

C) South Africa

D) Malta

Answer & Explanation: South Africa and India has signed MoU for developing

Youth Enterprises.



Question: What is the rank of India globally in Talent Competitiveness Index?

A) 55th

B) 78th

C) 106th

D) 86th

Answer & Explanation: India has been ranked at 78th position globally in Talent

Competitiveness Index.

Question: The 13th Foreign Ministers Meeting of the Russia-India-China

trilateral meet was held in ______?

A) New Delhi

B) Moscow

C) Beijing

D) Hyderabad

Answer & Explanation: The 13th Foreign Ministers Meeting of the Russia-India-

China trilateral meet was held in Beijing.

Question: Which country has successfully flight test of the indigenously

developed Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) with a range of 350 km?

A) China

B) Iraq

C) Pakistan

D) India

Answer & Explanation: Pakistan has successfully flight test of the indigenously

developed Air-Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) with a range of 350 km.

Question: Who was sworn in as the sixth President of Sri Lanka?

A) S. Pakshye

B) Maithripala Srisena



C) M. Thirmane

D) Kumar Surveera

Answer & Explanation: Maithripala Srisena was sworn in as the sixth President

of Sri Lanka.

Question: When “International Women’s Day” observed across the world?

A) January 25

B) March 8

C) February 28

D) April 18

Answer & Explanation: “International Women’s Day” observed on March 8

across the world.

Question: When “World Forest Day” observed across the world?

A) June 3

B) April 21

C) May 3

D) March 21

Answer & Explanation: “World Forest Day” observed on March 21 across the

world.

Question: Who was sworn-in as new President of Tunisia?

A) Asif Raja

B) Mohamed Beji Caid

C) Surdi Kadir

D) Ravi Serawan

Answer & Explanation: Mohamed Beji Caid was sworn-in as new President of

Tunisia.



Question: Who was sworn-in as the sixth President of Zambia?

A) Edgar Lungu

B) Ramer Kavi

C) Peter Morisis

D) S. Revena

Answer & Explanation: Edgar Lungu was sworn-in as the sixth President of

Zambia.

Question: Who was sworn-in as new Prime Minister of Greece?

A) Adam Smith

B) Ditti Kapila

C) Alexis Tsipras

D) Picusy siera

Answer & Explanation: Alexis Tsipras was sworn-in as new Prime Minister of

Greece.

Question: Who was sworn-in as new Prime Minister of Mali?

A) Pingura Sema

B) Jim Robert

C) Sam Raje

D) Madibo Keita

Answer & Explanation: Madibo Keita was sworn-in as new Prime Minister of

Mali.

Question: Who has been appointed as the new chairman of African Union?

A) Arjun Kamal

B) Robert Mugabe

C) Adis Gambe

D) Andrew Smith



Answer & Explanation: Robert Mugabe has been appointed as the new

chairman of African Union.

Question: Who has been appointed as new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)

of India?

A) H.S. Brahma

B) D.P. Pathak

C) A.K. Rao

D) Supriya Ghosh

Answer & Explanation: H.S. Brahma has been appointed as new Chief Election

Commissioner (CEC) of India.

Question: Who was appointed as the new chairman of India’s space agency,

ISRO?

A) P.R. Son

B) A.S. Kiran Kumar

C) S.P. Takkar

D) R.K. Mathur

Answer & Explanation: A.S. Kiran Kumar was appointed as the new chairman

of India’s space agency, ISRO.

Question: Who has been appointed as new Foreign Secretary of India?

A) Mamta Sharma

B) S.Jaishankar

C) Sindhushree Khullar

D) Sujatha Singh

Answer & Explanation: S.Jaishankar has been appointed as new Foreign

Secretary of India?



Question: Who was appointed as the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the

National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog?

A) P.K. Devran

B) Sindhushree Khullar

C) Surya Narain

D) Arvind Adiga

Answer & Explanation: Sindhushree Khullar was appointed as the first Chief

Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI)

Aayog.

Question: Who has been appointed as Nepal’s Ambassador to India?

A) R.J. Reddy

B) Deep Kumar Upadhyay

C) Prashant Kiran

D) D.P. Pathak

Answer & Explanation: Deep Kumar Upadhyay has been appointed as Nepal’s

Ambassador to India.

Question: Who took over as the new chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB)?

A) Devendra Sarans

B) Dineshwar Sharma

C) Prati Pal Singh

D) Asif Ibrahim

Answer & Explanation: Dineshwar Sharma took over as the new chief of

Intelligence Bureau (IB).

Question: Who has been appointed as the Director General (DG) of the Indo-

Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)?

A) Kapil Dev

B) Narendra Singh



C) Krishna Chaudhary

D) Vinay Katiyar

Answer & Explanation: Krishna Chaudhary has been appointed as the Director

General (DG) of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).

Question: Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Central Board

of Film Certification (CDFC)?

A) Mukesh Bhatt

B) Pahlaj Nihalani

C) Sushila Rai

D) S.P. Devraj

Answer & Explanation: Pahlaj Nihalani has been appointed as the new

Chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification (CDFC).

Question: What is the name of Indian, who has been appointed in peace

building panel of United Nations?

A) Saraswathi Menon

B) Mamta Sharma

C) Nathu Ram

D) Atul Khare

Answer & Explanation: Saraswathi Menon has been appointed in peace

building panel of United Nations.

Question: Who is the author of the book “Forge Your Future”?

A) Raghuram Rajan

B) APJ Abdul Kalam

C) Sachin Tendulkar

D) Narendra Modi

Answer & Explanation: APJ Abdul Kalam is the author of the book “Forge Your

Future”.



Question: Recently India has commissioned Indian Coast Guard (ICG), ICG

Amogh and ICG Ameya, They are _____?

A) launching vessels

B) patrolling vessels

C) fast patrolling vessels

D) air rocket launcher

Answer & Explanation: They are fast patrolling vessels.

Question: India has commissioned fast patrolling vessels ICG Amogh and ICG

Ameya at Mornugao Port of Vasco in Goa. They have been built by ______?

A) Kolkata Shipyard Ltd.

B) Mumbai Shipyard Ltd.

C) Cochin Shipyard Ltd.

D) Goa Shipyard Ltd.

Answer & Explanation: They have been built by Cochin Shipyard Ltd.

Question: What is Tejas?

A) Rocket launcher

B) Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)

C) Patrolling vessels

D) Latest tank

Answer & Explanation: Tejas is an indigenously built Light Combat Aircraft

(LCA).

Question: A new recently Tejas, Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) has been added in

Indian Air Force. Tejas has replaced which series?

A) Jaguar

B) MIG-21



C) Surya Kiran

D) MIG-53

Answer & Explanation: Tejas has replaced MIG-21

Question: Which bank has launched the country’s first contactless debit and

credit cards?

A) Axis

B) ICICI

C) SBI

D) HDFC

Answer & Explanation: ICICI has launched the country’s first contactless debit

and credit cards.

Question: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has signed a MoU with which bank for

cooperation in the area of central banking?

A) Citi Bank

B) European Central Bank (ECB)

C) Swiz Bank

D) Kenya Central Bank

Answer & Explanation: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and European Central

Bank (ECB) have signed a MoU for cooperation in the area of central banking.

Question: Which Indian bank has signed a loan agreement for 100 million euro

with European Investment Bank (EIB)?

A) EXIM

B) SBI

C) HDFC

D) ICICI

Answer & Explanation: The State Bank of India has signed a loan agreement

for 100 million euro with European Investment Bank (EIB),



Question: Which Indian bank, among world’s 50 valuable banks?

A) Axis

B) ICICI

C) SBI

D) HDFC

Answer & Explanation: HDFC bank among world’s 50 valuable banks.

Question: Who has won the Geeta Chopra Award at National Bravery Awards

2014?

A) Seema Kiran

B) Gunjan Sharma

C) Madhvi Parmar

D) Shashi Sharma

Answer & Explanation: Gunjan Sharma has won the Geeta Chopra Award at

National Bravery Awards 2014.

Question: Who has won the Bharat Award at National Bravery Awards 2014?

A) Dev Kumar

B) Priya Dashore

C) Resham Fatma

D) Bill Gates

Answer & Explanation: Resham Fatma has won the Bharat Award at National

Bravery Awards 2014.

Question: Who has won the Sanjay Chopra Award at National Bravery Awards

2014?

A) Kapil Sharma

B) Rajdeep Shukla



C) Pratap Singh

D) Devesh Kumar

Answer & Explanation: Devesh Kumar has won the Sanjay Chopra Award at

National Bravery Awards 2014.

Question: Who was selected for the prestigious Vyas Samman for the year

2014?

A) Vijay Singh

B) Kamal Kishore Goyanka

C) Shyam Prasad

D) Savita Rathore

Answer & Explanation: Kamal Kishore Goyanka was selected for the

prestigious Vyas Samman for the year 2014.

Question: Who has won the Best Actor (male) award at 60th Filmfare Awards

2014?

A) Shahrukh Khan

B) K.K. Menon

C) Shahid Kapoor

D) Irfan Khan

Answer & Explanation: Shahid Kapoor has won the Best Actor (male) award at

60th Filmfare Awards 2014.

Question: Which movie has won the Best Film award at 60th Filmfare Awards

2014?

A) 2 States

B) Queen

C) PK

D) Haider



Answer & Explanation: Queen has won the Best Film award at 60th Filmfare

Awards 2014.

Question: Who has been selected for the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award

at 60th Filmfare Awards 2014?

A) Amitabh Bachchan

B) Shatrughan Sinha

C) Shila Dutt

D) Kamini Kaushal

Answer & Explanation: Kamini Kaushal has been selected for the Filmfare

Lifetime Achievement Award at 60th Filmfare Awards 2014.

Question: Who has won the inagural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for

Poetry for her work, When God is a Traveller?

A) Jim Robert

B) Arundhathi Subramaniam

C) S.K. Shukla

D) Pyush Goyal

Answer & Explanation: Arundhathi Subramaniam has won the inagural

Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize.

Question: Who has won the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)

biennial award?

A) Periyar Tiger Reserve

B) Ranthambore Tiger Reserve

C) Sariska Tiger Reserve

D) Pench Tiger Reserve

Answer & Explanation: Periyar Tiger Reserve has won the National Tiger

Conservation Authority (NTCA) biennial award.



Question: Who was named as the winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award 2014

for Sanskrit Language?

A) Shipa Rao

B) Prabhu Nath Dwivedi

C) Indrajeet Rao

D) Kavita Devi

Answer & Explanation: Prabhu Nath Dwivedi was named as the winner of the

Sahitya Akademi Award 2014 for Sanskrit Language.

Question: Who has been selected for the Vikram Sarabhai Memorial Award

2015?

A) Rudra Singh

B) S.K. Jain

C) Devendra Goyakna

D) M.Y.S. Prasad

Answer & Explanation: M.Y.S. Prasad has been selected for the Vikram

Sarabhai Memorial Award 2015.

Question: Who has been crowned Miss Universe 2014?

A) Yuktha Mukhi

B) Paulina Vega

C) Koyal Rana

D) Nia Sanchez

Answer & Explanation: Paulina Vega has been crowned Miss Universe 2014.

Question: Who has won the prestigious DSC Prize for South Asian Literature

2015 for her book ‘The Lowland’?

A) Cyrus Mistry

B) Narendra Modi

C) Jhumpa Lahiri



D) APJ Abdul Kalam

Answer & Explanation: Jhumpa Lahiri has won the prestigious DSC Prize for

South Asian Literature 2015.

Question: Who has been conferred with the Giraffe Hero Award 2015 by a US-

based NGO, The Giraffe Heroes Project?

A) Subhash Chandra

B) Arvind Adiga

C) Manish Kumar

D) Shipa Devi

Answer & Explanation: Subhash Chandra has been conferred with the Giraffe

Hero Award 2015.

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