Current Affairs

February 2015

SET VI

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1) Naveen Chopra was on 9 February 2015 appointed as Chief Operating Officer

of which telecom company?

(A) Aircel
(B) Docomo
(C) Vodafone
(D) Idea


2) Rockefeller Foundation has recently announced the 100 Resilient Cities project
with a $100 million commitment to build urban resilience worldwide. Which among
the following Indian cities is not in the list?

(A) Bengaluru
(B) Chennai
(C) Thiruvananthapuram
(D) Surat


3) Which state won the gold medal at the National Games men's football, final of
which was played on 9 February 2015?

(A) Kerala
(B) Punjab
(C) Goa
(D) Mizoram


4) Which Indian golfer on 8 February 2015 won the Malaysian Open 2015?

(A) GaganjeetBhullar
(B) ChinnaswamyMuniyappa
(C) AnirbanLahiri
(D) None of these


5) Government on 9 February 2015 gave additional charge of Managing Director
and CEO of which bank to Gauri Shankar, who is the senior most executive director?

(A) Union Bank of India
(B) Punjab National Bank
(C) Bank of Baroda
(D) Indian Overseas Bank

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6) Zoe Konstantopoulou was selected as the youngest President of which

country's Parliament on 6 February 2015?

(A) Greece
(B) Canada
(C) Italy
(D) France


7) Which mobile manufacturer has recently appointed ShubhajitSen as its chief
marketing officer (CMO)?

(A) Samsung
(B) Micromax
(C) Motorola
(D) Lava


8) Which state registered a record voter turnout in the assembly polls held on 7
February 2015?

(A) Haryana
(B) Jammu & Kashmir
(C) Delhi
(D) Goa


9) Richard von Weizsaecker who passed away on 31 January 2015 was the former
President of?

(A) Germany
(B) Egypt
(C) Canada
(D) Belgium


10) World Wetlands Day was observed on 2 February 2015. What was the theme
for the day this year?

(A) Wetlands for our future
(B) Wetlands and Water Management
(C) Wetlands and Agriculture
(D) Wetland Tourism- A Great Experience

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11) BCCI on 5 February 2015 has cleared which Indian left-arm spinner to play in
first-class games with immediate effect, after his bowling action is found to be
permissible?

(A) Ravindra Jadeja
(B) Axar Patel
(C) Pragyan Ojha
(D) Ravichandran Ashwin


12) Which Bank on 5 February 2015 raised Rs 9,880 crore in the largest share sale
in the secondary market by a private entity to overseas and domestic investors?

(A) ICICI Bank
(B) Kotak Mahindra Bank
(C) HDFC
(D) SBI


13) Which city has become India's first fully WiFi-enabled metro city on 5
February 2015?

(A) Mumbai
(B) Kolkata
(C) Chennai
(D) Delhi


14) Which player was recently voted as the greatest ever player to have played in
the English Premier League (EPL)?

(A) Cristiano Ronaldo
(B) Steven Gerrard
(C) Thierry Henry
(D) Ryan Giggs


15) Bank of Maharashtra has recently launched its new mobile banking app named?

(A) MahaBank
(B) MahaMobile
(C) OnlineMaha
(D) MahaFreedom

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16) Who was on 4 February 2015 appointed as the new home secretary?

(A) Anil Goswami
(B) G.K Pillai
(C) L.C. Goyal
(D) SubhamGoswami


17) Which neighboring country of India celebrated its 67th Independence Day on
4 February 2015?

(A) Bangladesh
(B) China
(C) Nepal
(D) Sri Lanka


18) World squash champion Nicol David has recently set a new record for topping
the world rankings when she secured top spot for the 106th month. Nicol David
is from which country?

(A)Egypt
(B) China
(C) Malaysia
(D) Russia


19) Who was recently named the most admired woman in the world as per a poll
over 23 countries conducted by YouGov?

(A) Hillary Clinton
(B) Queen Elizabeth II
(C) Angelina Jolie
(D) MalalaYousafzai


20) Which handset company overtook South Korea's Samsung Electronics to become
the leading supplier in India's booming smartphone market?

(A) Motorola
(B) Apple
(C) Sony
(D) Micromax

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