Current Affairs Interactive Quiz: 26 January – 1 February 2015

Arundhathi Subramaniam is the correct answer because she is the author of the poetry collection "When God is a Traveller" which won the inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize at Jaipur Literature Festival in January 2015.

Major Mukund Varadarajan and Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh were posthumously awarded with the Ashok Chakra on 26 January 2015.

Shirani Bandaranayake was the Chief Justice of Sri Lanka who was impeached during the administration of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. She was later reinstated by Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on 28 January 2015.

Sean Abbott was named the Bradman young cricketer of the Year 2015 on 27 January 2015.

Shekhar Sen was appointed as the Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi on 29 January 2015.

S Jaishankar was appointed as the Foreign Secretary of India on 28 January 2015.

Steve Easterbrook was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of McDonald's Corporation on 28 January 2015.

Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar is the correct answer because the Maharashtra Government decided to buy a house in London where he lived during the 1920s and convert it into a memorial-cum-museum. Dr Ambedkar was a prominent freedom fighter and social reformer who played a crucial role in the drafting of the Indian Constitution and fought for the rights of the oppressed castes in India. His contributions to the Indian independence movement and his work towards social justice make him a significant figure in Indian history.

Jaswant Singh Rajput was not a Hockey Olympian from India who died on 28 January 2015. Udham Singh Kular, Leslie Walter Claudius, and Grihanandan Singh are the other options provided, and any one of them could be the correct answer.

Gujarat launched the Taluka Planning Atlas (TPA) on 29 January 2015 to improve decision making at the local administration level. This initiative aims to provide comprehensive and accurate data on various aspects such as land use, population, infrastructure, and natural resources at the taluka level. By making this information easily accessible, the government intends to support effective planning and decision making in areas such as urban development, agriculture, and disaster management.

Steve Smith received the Allan Border Medal on 27 January 2015. The Allan Border Medal is awarded annually to the best male Australian cricketer of the year. Smith had an outstanding year in 2014, scoring heavily in both Test and One Day International matches. He was the leading run-scorer in Test matches in 2014 and played a crucial role in Australia's success during that period. His performances earned him the prestigious Allan Border Medal, making him the deserving recipient of the award in 2015.

The explanation for the correct answer "Both I and II" is that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that neither Croatia nor Serbia committed genocide during the 1990s Balkan Wars. This means that statement I is correct. Additionally, the ICJ also acknowledged that the 1990s Balkan War was sparked by the breakup of the former Yugoslavia, which makes statement II correct as well. Therefore, both statements I and II are correct.

Kunal Jeswani was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ogilvy & Mather India on 27 January 2015.

K Durga Prasad was appointed as the Special Director General (DG) of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on 27 January 2015.

Subhash Ghising was the President of Gorkha National Liberation Front who died on 29 January 2015 in Delhi following prolonged illness.

India's foreign exchange reserves increased by 2.66 billion US dollars for the week ending 16 January 2015. The all-time high reached by the reserves is 322.135 billion US dollars.

Kanagasabapathy J Sripavan was appointed as the 44th Chief Justice of Sri Lanka on 30 January 2015.

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Zomato Media Pvt Ltd acquired Mekanist, a Turkish company, on 29 January 2015.

RailTel Corporation of India tied-up with ErosNow to provide streaming services to rail passengers. ErosNow is a popular Indian online streaming platform that offers a wide range of movies, TV shows, music videos, and other entertainment content. This partnership allows rail passengers to access ErosNow's content during their journey, enhancing their travel experience and providing them with entertainment options.

The correct answer is The Taj Mahal Gardens. According to the study "Observations on the Orientation of Some Mughal Gardens," published on 13 January 2015, the Taj Mahal Gardens show alignment with the Sun Solstices. This means that the garden is designed in a way that the sun's rays align with specific points in the garden during the solstices, which are the points in the year when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky.

The correct answer is Only I. This is because the statement I states that the report seeks to set up at least 60 commercial courts across the country, while statement II suggests shutting down all the commercial courts and setting up Fast Track courts. However, the report only mentions the establishment of commercial courts, not the closure of existing ones.

Haryana government launched e-registration of properties in all the 130 tehsil and sub-tehsils on 3 February 2015.

Kelvin David George Nagle is the correct answer because he was an Australian golfing great and winner of the British Open in 1960. He passed away on 29 January 2015.

Radha Krishna Mathur was given the additional charge of Secretary of Department of Defence Research and Development Organisation on 30 January 2015.

The Bhagabatpur Crocodile Project in Sunderbans, which was in the news in January 2015, protects Saltwater Crocodiles.

Madhusudhan Prasad was appointed as the Secretary in the Union Ministry of Urban Development on 3 February 2015.

VK Saraswat is the Chairman of the reconstituted committee on setting up of Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication manufacturing facilities in the country.

The correct answer is "Only III". This is because statement III states that the US was the largest recipient of FDI with an increase of 3 percent, which contradicts the information given in the report. The report states that FDI flows to developed countries dropped by 14 percent, which would include the US. Therefore, statement III is wrong.

The correct answer is "Only I." This is because the statement correctly states that the minimum percentage of food-grains that is to be mandatorily packaged in Jute material is 90 percent. However, statement II is incorrect as there is no mention of any minimum percentage of sugar that is to be mandatorily packaged in Jute material.