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    Current Affairs February 2015 SET IV

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    1) Balasubramaniam Venkataramani was on 13 February 2015 appointed as MD of? (A) National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange (B) Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) (C) Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) (D) Ace Derivatives and Commodity Exchange 2) What was India's rank in World Press Freedom Index 2015 released recently? (A) 180 (B) 54 (C) 105 (D) 136 3) India on 15 February 2015 defeated Pakistan in the ICC World Cup Cricket 2015, thus securing its sixth consecutive World Cup game win against Pakistan. Who was adjudged the Man of the Match? (A) Virat Kohli (B) Suresh Raina (C) Mohammed Shami (D) Shikhar Dhawan 4) Which state was felicitated for emerging as one of the best performing states in the renewable energy segment, during the Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet (RE-Invest) held in New Delhi recently? (A) Andhra Pradesh (B) Kerala (C) Chhattisgarh (D) Assam 5) Who is the director of the movie 'Dhanak' that was honoured at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival recently? (A) Nagesh Kukunoor (B) Ritesh Batra (C) Geetu Mohandas (D) Anurag Basu

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    6) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 13 February 2015 said it would soon put in circulation currency notes with the denomination of Re 1. Who will sign in the new 1 rupee note? (A) Finance secretary (B) RBI governor (C) Finance Minister (D) President of India 7) India on 14 February 2015 successfully test fired the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile from INS Kolkata. BrahMos has a range of? (A) 200 Km (B) 4500 Km (C) 290 Km (D) 300 Km 8) Video sharing site YouTube is celebrated its ___ anniversary on 14 February 2015? (A) 15th (B) 20th (C) 10th (D) 5th 9) Which Kerala-based business conglomerate has recently launched the Friends for Life project (project aimed at effective management of human-elephant conflict) in partnership with World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature-India? (A) Lulu Group (B) Muthoot Group (C) Malabar Gold (D) V-Guard Group 10) India's first national tribal festival 'Vanaj', featuring around 900 artists across the country, recently began at? (A) Portblair (B) Jaipur (C) Delhi

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    (D) Panaji 11) Cricketer Brendon McCullum was named the country's Sportsman of the Year on 11 February 2015. He belongs to which country? (A) Ireland (B) England (C) South Africa (D) New Zealand 12) Indian Navy had recently conducted Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster relief (HADR) exercise at? (A) Andaman & Nicobar Islands (B) Lakshadweep Islands (C) Bay of Bengal (D) Ladakh 13) Which tech giant announced on February 11 that it has acquired Sunrise Atelier, the New York City-based maker of the popular and well-regarded Sunrise calendar app for iOS and Android? (A) Twitter (B) Facebook (C) Instagram (D) Microsoft 14) Which company recently became the first company to reach a market value of $700 billion? (A) Samsung (B) Microsoft (C) Apple (D) Alibaba 15) Which among the following train derailed on 13 February 2015 near the border between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, in which, ten passengers died and over 100 were injured?

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    (A) Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express (B) Bangalore City-Hazur Sahib Nanded Express (C) Bangalore-Ernakulam Intercity Express (D) Alapuzha-Dhanbad Express 16) Which social networking site on 10 February 2015 announced a tie-up with Reliance Communications to launch Internet.org in India, that will allow users free access to basic mobile internet services? (A) Twitter (B) Instagram (C) Facebook (D) LinkedIn 17) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) scored a landslide victory in the Delhi Assembly elections on 10 February 2015 by winning how many seats in the 70 member assembly? (A) 69 (B) 67 (C) 65 (D) 63 18) Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has made payment process for National Highways (NHs) related works and services more transparent, with the inauguration of a web based payment monitoring system on 9 February 2015. Name the Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways who inaugurated this? (A) Ashok Ghelot (B) Suresh Prabhu (C) Venkaih Naidu (D) Nitin Gadkari 19) Tony Tan Keng Yam who recently visited India was the president of _? (A) Singapore (B) Malaysia (C) Thailand (D) Vitenam

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    20) ___th edition of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) was presented on 9 February 2015? (A) 68th (B) 57th (D) 65th (D) 51st