Current Affairs Questions 29 December 2014

1. Who was honoured with the second Yash Chopra Memorial Award on 23 December 2014 ? 

A. Lata Mangeshkar
B. Amitabh Bachchan
C. Amir Khan
D. Rajkumar Hirani

B. Amitabh Bachchan

Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao honoured him with the award.
Amitabh Bachchan is the sceond recipient of the award. The award was first conferred to melody queen Lata Mangeshkar in 2013.

2. Holding a ceremony in Kabul, NATO formally ended its war in Afghanistan, after _____ years of conflict.

A. 8
B. 10
C. 13
D. 21

C. 13

3. Which state government has decided to construct an eco-sensitive zone near the Barail reserve forest area in Cachar and Dima Hasao districts adjacent to the 31 km stretch needed for construction of the Silchar-Porbandar expressway, commonly known as east-west corridor ?

A. Assam
B. West Bengal
C. Arunachal Pradesh
D. Sikkim

A. Assam

4. Russia and four other ex-Soviet nations, viz., Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan on 23 December 2014 finalised the creation of _______________.

A. Greater Soviet Union (GSU)
B. Eastern Economic Union (EEU)
C. Eurasian Economic Union (EEU)
D. Natural Allies Union (NAU)

C. Eurasian Economic Union (EEU)

5. Which country recently successfully test-launched its Angara-A5 rocket ?

A. Pakistan
B. China
C. Russia
D. Israel

C. Russia

6. Nand Chaturvedi died on 26 December 2014. He was a noted ______________.

A. Social Activist
B. Hindi Film Director
C. Hindi Poet
D. English Author

C. Hindi Poet

7. Union Government observed 25 December 2014 as Good Governance Day, to celebrate _______________________.

A. birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
B. birth anniversary of Pandit Malviya.
C. formation day of JanSangh
D. None of the above

A. birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

8. Who was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Coal India Ltd (CIL) ?

A. A.K.Dubey
B. S.Narsing Rao
C. S.Bhattacharya
D. K.S.Shah

C. S.Bhattacharya

The CIL was without a full time chief from May 2014 when S Narsing Rao had resigned from the post.

9. The Sushaasan (good governance) Express was on 25 December 2014 flagged off by the Union Ministry of Mines and Steel. The train will run between ________________________.

A. Gwalior and Gonda
B. Gwalior and New Delhi
C. Kanyakumari and New Delhi
D. Ahmedabad and Gangtok

A. Gwalior and Gonda

The Sushaasan (good governance) Express was launched from Gwalior, the birth place of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

10. On 23 December 2014, Union Government set up which committee to examine constitution of SIT on 1984 anti-Sikh riots ?

A. Mathur Committee
B. Nanavati Committee
C. Parekh Committee
D. Shah Committee

A. Mathur Committee

The Committee will be headed by former Supreme Court Judge Justice (retired) G.P. Mathur. It will submit its report till April 2015.