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QUESTIONS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS OF FEBRUARY 2015

1. What kind of an animal/bird is Ammu, the 8. Which day in February was chosen to be mascot of the 35 th National Games? observed as National Deworming Day by the (a) Elephant (b) Hornbill Union Ministry of Health? (c) Macaque (d) Flamingo (a) February 5 (b) February 21 (c) February 13 (d) February 10 2. Which team has won the Hero Hockey League 2015? 9. With whom did Leander Paes pair to win the (a) Dabang (b) Australian Open 2015 Mixed Doubles title? (c) (a) Cara Black (b) Elena Vesnina (d) Rays (c) Martina Hingis (d) Sania Mirza 3. Who of the following has been chosen for the 10. What is the name of the unique ‘Digital 50 th Jnanpith Award 2014? Bank’ with a mobile first interface launched by (a) Neela Vaswani (b) G Venkatsubbaiah ICICI Bank recently? (c) Balachandra Nemade(d) Vinod Mehta (a) Pockets (b) Vault (c) Purse (d) Strings 4. Chris Gayle became the first batsman to score a double century in a world cup match. 11. Which city is not among the 3 Indian cities Against which of the teams was West indies of the 100 Resilient Cities selected by Rockfeller playing in the particular match? Foundation? (a) Zimbabwe (b) Ireland (a) Bengaluru (b) Surat (c) UAE (d) South Africa (c) Mumbai (d) Chennai 5. Which of the following countries carried out 12. Exercise Surya Kiran-VIII was a joint military the military exercise named Great Prophet 9 in training exercise held by armies of India and the Hormuz Strait? ______(a) Egypt (b) Syria (a) USA (b) Bangladesh (c) Libya (d) Iran (c) Sri Lanka (d) Nepal 6. Which of the following countries has become 13. Naharlagun, the place from where the first the first in the world to legalize three-person in- express train connecting it to Delhi was flagged vitro fertilization? off is located in – (a) United Kingdom (b) (a) Mizoram (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) USA (d) France (c) Tripura (d) Nagaland 7. Ricky Kej was awarded the Best New Age 14. Which of the following days has been Album Trophy at the 57 th Grammy Awards 2015 chosen by the Central Board of Secondary for his album named – education to be observed as Mother Tongue (a) Bhakti (b) The Eye of the Hurricane Day? (c) Winds of Samsara (d) Enjoy the View (a) February 21 (b) February 2 (c) February 26 (d) February 13

15. Which of the following banks issued (a) Microsoft (b) Amazon country’s first Green Infrastructure bonds to (c) Google (d) Apple inc finance projects in renewable energy etc. ? 21. Which of the following countries was (a) ICICI Bank (b) Yes Bank recently affected with twin cyclones Marcia and (c) HDFC Bank (d) State Bank of India Lam? 16. At which of the following institutions is (a) Japan (b) Australia Malviya Chair proposed to be set up as per the (c) China (d) U.S.A. railway Budget 2015-16? 22. With the addition of Burmese language to (a) IIT, BHU (b) IIT, Delhi the list of supported languages, the number of (c) IIT, Kanpur (d) IIT, Bombay languages supported by Gmail is now 17. Who of the following won the maximum (a) 56 (b) 62 number of medals at the 35 th national Games (c) 74 (d) 82 held in Kerala recently? 23. Which country has recently imposed a ban (a) Sandeep Sejwal (b) Gagan Ullalmath on import of ivory items in order to curb (c) Sajan Prakash (d) Bhakti Sharma poaching of elephants in Africa? 18. Which film won the Best Film Award at the (a) China (b) U.S.A. Filmfare Awards 2015? (c) United Kingdom (d) Japan (a) Queen (b) Haider 24. With which telecom company has Facebook (c) 2 States (d) Highway tied up to launch internet.org in India to 19. Which film has been awarded the best provide affordable internet access? picture Award at the 87 th Academy Awards (a) Reliance Comm. (b) Airtel (Oscars) 2015? (c) TCS (d) Hathway (a) Whiplash (b) Boyhood 25. The painting When Will You Marry sold for a (c) Birdman (d) The Theory of record 300 million dollars. Who was the painter Everything of the famous artwork? 20. Which of the following companies became (a) Rembrandt (b) Paul Gauguin the first company to cross the 700 billion dollar (c) Vincent van Gogh (d) Pablo Picasso mark in market capitalization?

Answers

1. (b) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (a) 5. (d) 6. (a) 7. (c) 8. (d) 9. (c) 10. (a) 11. (c) 12. (d) 13. (b) 14. (a) 15. (b) 16. (a) 17. (c) 18. (a) 19. (c) 20. (d) 21. (b) 22. (c) 23. (a) 24. (a) 25. (b)