1.Tropical storm Jangmi made landfall in which country on 28 December 2014? – Philippines
2.Who was appointed as the Chairman of Railway Board on 31 December 2014? - A.K. Mittal
3.Mahendra Singh Dhoni on 30 December 2014 announced retirement from which format of International cricket? - Test Cricket
4.BCCI on 28 December 2014 banned which left-arm spinner from bowling in competitive matches, after his bowling action was found illegal? - Pragyan Ojha
5.Union Government on 2 January 2014 accepted the recommendations of the Bezbaruah committee on? - Safety of North East people
Note: Bezbaruah committee of five members was set up under chairmanship of M P Bezbaruah in February 2014 to look into the concerns of the people of the North East living in other parts of the country.
6. Union Cabinet recently approved hike of government stake in Industrial Finance Corporation of India to? - 51 percent
7. RBI recently amended KYC norms for? - Non-Banking Financial Companies
8. Which player on 3 January 2015 became the fastest cricketer to reach 12000 Test runs? - Kumar Sangakkara
9. IRDA was renamed recently as? - Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India
Note: Change in name came in to effect after the promulgation of Insurance Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2014, by the President of India on 26 December 2014.
10. Which state government on 1 January 2015 launched online Right to Information (RTI) application filing facility? – Maharashtra
11. AirAsia flight number QZ8501 recently went missing (later confirmed as crash) with 162 people on board en route from? - Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore
12. Which bank on 2 January 2015 launched Digital Village Project in Akodara Village of Gujarat? - ICICI Bank
Note: This was launched in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ICICI Bank MD and CEO Chanda Kochar.
13. Who won the ATP World Tennis Championship at Zayed Sports City in Abu Dhabi on 4 January 2015? - Andy Murray
14. Jaffna-Kankasanthurai rail track restored by IRCON was recently inaugurated in which country? - Sri Lanka
15. Who was appointed as the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on 31 December 2014? - M Sathiyavathy
16. President of India Pranab Mukherjee on 30 December 2014 appointed the Governors of Mizoram, Uttarakhand and Meghalaya. Name them?
Mizoram - Aziz Qureshi, Uttarakhand - Dr Krishan Kant Paul, Meghalaya - Keshari Nath Tripathi
17. Which Indian player on 29 December 2014 won the International Tennis Association (ITF) singles title of the World Tennis Association circuit held in Pune? - Ankita Raina
18. Who retired as the Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 31 December 2014? - K Radhakrishnan
19. Who took charge as new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) on 2 January 2015? - R. Koteeswaran
20. Union Government recently launched Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on? - Teachers and Teaching
21. Sports Ministry on 2 January 2015 cleared the National Boxing Federations new name called? - Boxing India
22.Union Government in the recently decided to launch Operation All Out against Bodo militants in which state? – Assam
23. Who took over as the new chairman of Airports Authority of India (AAI) on 2 January 2015? - R K Srivastava
24. Who was sworn in as the President of Tunisia on 31 December 2014? - Beji Caid Essebsi
25. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on 1 January 2015 launched integrated women safety mobile app called? – Himmat
26. Who was elected as President of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for 2014-15 on 2 January 2015? - Kiran Bhai Vadodaria
27. Who was sworn-in as tenth Chief Minister of Jharkhand on 28 December 2014? - Raghubar Das
Note: Raghubar Das is the first non-tribal Chief Minister of Jharkhand since the state came into being on 15 November 2000.
28. Name the noted educationist and former Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University who died on 29 December 2014? - Saiyid Hamid
29. Union Government on 29 December 2014 renamed the Department of Disability Affairs (Nishaktata Karya Vibhag) as? - Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Viklangjan Sashaktikaran Vibhag)
30. Union Government on 1 January 2015 set up the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog to replace? - Planning Commission
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