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1. Which pair won the Australian Open mixed doubles title-2014?
Leander Paes and Martina Hingis.
They defeated Daniel Nestor (Canada) and Kristina Mladenovic (France).
This is the 15th Grand Slam title of Leander Paes.
2. Who won the Australian Open Men’s title -2015?
Novak Djokovic. He defeated Andy Murray in the final.This is his eighth Grand slam title.
3. Which country won the tri-nation Carlton Mid Series (Tri nation cricket series) defeating England in the final?
Australia.
The tri-series tournament was played between Australia, India and England from 16 January 1 February 2015.
4. Which country successfully launched a backup spy satellite on February 1, 2015?
Japan.
The launch, Japan’s first of 2015, took place at Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center using a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries H-IIA carrier rocket. The spy satellite will be operated by Japan’s Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center.
5. Which state hosted the 2015 National Games of India (35th National Games of India)?
Kerala.
The 35th National Games of India, is being held from 31 January 2015 to 14 February 2015 across seven districts in Kerala, India. It is the second time that Kerala is hosting the national games after it hosted the 27th National Games in 1987. The opening ceremony of 35th National games Kerala was hosted at Green field stadium Karyavattam, Trivandrum on 31 January 2015 at 6.00 PM. Union minister of urban development Shri Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the opening ceremony of national games 2015. Former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was selected as the goodwill ambassador for the games.
There are 33 sports disciplines in 2015 Kerala Games. Yachting is newly included event. Aquatics (50 disciplines) and Athletics (44 disciplines) are the biggest and most popular events in Kerala Games 2015, Shooting (38 disciplines) is another big event.
6. Which is the mascot of the 35th National Games?
Ammu.
Ammu is the Great Indian Hornbill, the State bird of Kerala.
7. Who is sworn in as the 186th Prime Minister of Greece?
Alexis Tsipras.
He is the youngest Prime Minister in Greek history since 1865.
8. The army officer and winner of a gallantry medal during the recently-concluded Republic Day celebrations who was killed in a fierce gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwana district on February 3, 2015?
Colonel Munindra Nath Rai.
He was awarded the Yudh Seva medal for his role in a gunfight with militants in south Kashmir last year. Just a day after being named on Republic Day for the Yudh Seva Medal, Colonel ‘Munna’ Roy was leading his troops against heavily armed militants in Jammu and Kashmir killed in gun battle.
9. Who has been appointed as the new Foreign Secretary of India?
S Jaishankar.
S Jaishankar has been appointed new Foreign Secretary of the country replacing Sujatha Singh.
10. Eminent singer and theatre director who has been appointed the new chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, the country's premier institution for the performing arts?
Shekhar Sen.
11. Former Dutch national coach who has been appointed as the new coach of the Indian men's hockey team?
Paul van Ass.
Anthony Thornton of New Zealand was made the coach of the women's hockey team.
12. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)?
Krishna Chaudhary.
13. Union Home Secretary of India who was made to resign due to his admittance of talking to the CBI to favour the arrested former Minister Matang Sinh in the Saradha Scam case?
Anil Goswami.
Goswami held the post of Union Home Secretary of India in the Ministry of Home Affairs till February 2015. He succeeded Raj Kumar Singh.
14. Which player won the Player of the Series award in the 5 ODI cricket matches played between New Zealand and Pakistan held in UAE in 2015?
Kane Williamson (New Zealand).
Series Result - New Zealand won the 5-match series 3-2.
15. Eminent Marathi litterateur who has been selected for 2014 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour in India?
Bhalchandra Nemade.
Nemade is a Marathi writer from Maharashtra. Famous for his books "Hindu" & "Kosala". Also he is known for his novel "Hindu jagnyachi samrudhha adgal".
16. Name the spacecraft launched by NASA which recently released the first images from Pluto?
New Horizon.
New Horizons is an interplanetary space probe that was launched as part of NASA's New Frontiers program.
17. Iconic Bollywood movie which has been finally released in the theatres in Pakistan after 40 years when the film was first released in India?
Sholay.
The blockbuster Bollywood movie “Sholay” which was directed by Ramesh Sippy, starring lead star actors Amitabh Bachchan and Dharmendra, was released in India in 1975.
18. The Chairperson of the Motion Pictures Group of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) who has resigned following a debilitating cyber attack that revealed her private emails?
Amy Pascal.
She was the Co-Chairperson of SPE, including Sony Pictures Television from 2006.
19. Name the hotel in Japan which is the first in the world, almost completely staffed by human-looking robots?
"Henn-na Hotel".
20. Who won the Malaysian Open golf tournament-2015?
Anirban Lahiri.
21. Which country won the Africa cup of Nations-2015 defeating Ghana in the penalty shootout(9-8)?
Ivory Coast.
22. COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS OF 57TH GRAMMY AWARDS:
The 57th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 8, 2015, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Sam Smith won four awards, including Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Song of the Year for "Stay with Me" and Best Pop Vocal Album for In the Lonely Hour. Beck's album Morning Phase was named Album of the Year. Lifetime Achievement awards were given to the Bee Gees, George Harrison, Pierre Boulez, Buddy Guy, and Flaco Jimenez. In all, 83 Grammy Awards were presented, one more than in 2014.
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Record of the Year: Sam Smith, Stay With Me
Song of the Year: "Stay With Me," Sam Smith
Album of the Year: Beck, Morning Phase
Best Country Album: Miranda Lambert, Platinum
Best R&B Performance: "Drunk in Love," Beyonce feat. Jay Z
Best Rock Album: Beck, Morning Phase
Best Pop Vocal Album: Sam Smith, In the Lonely Hour
Best Pop Solo Performance: “Happy,” Pharrell Williams
Best New Artist: Sam Smith
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical: Max Martin for “Bang Bang,” “Break Free,” “Dark Horse,” “Problem,” “Shake It Off,” “Unconditionally”
Best Folk Album: Old Crow Medicine Show, Remedy
Best Americana Album: Rosanne Cash, The River and the Thread
Best American Roots Song: “A Feather’s Not a Bird,” Rosanne Cash & John Leventhal
Best American Roots Performance: “A Feather’s Not a Bird,” Rosanne Cash
Best R&B Album: Toni Braxton & Babyface, Love Marriage Divorce
Best Urban Contemparry Album: Pharrell Williams, Girl
Best R&B Song: “Drunk in Love,” Shawn Carter, Rasool Diaz, Noel Fisher, Jerome Harmon, Beyoncé Knowles, Timothy Mosely, Andre Eric Proctor & Brian Soko, songwriters (Beyoncé feat. Jay Z)
Best Traditional R&B Performance: “Jesus Children,” Robert Glasper Experiment feat. Malcolm Jamal Warner & Lalah Hathaway
Best Rap Album: Eminem, Marshall Mathers LP2
Best Rap Song: “I,” K. Duckworth & C. Smith, songwriters (Kendrick Lamar)
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "The Monster," Eminem feat. Rihanna
Best Rap Performance: “I,” Kendrick Lamar
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: "The Monster," Eminem feat. Rihanna
Best Rap Performance: “I,” Kendrick Lamar
Best Comedy Album: Weird Al Yankovich, Mandatory Fun
Best Spoken Word Album: Joan Rivers, Diary of a Mad Diva
Best Blues Album: Johnny Winter, Step Back
Best Alternative Music Album: St. Vincent, St. Vincent
Best Rock Song: "Ain’t It Fun," Hayley Williams and Taylor York
Best Metal Performance: "Last in Line," Tenacious D
Best Rock Performance: "Lazaretto,” Jack White
Best Contemporary Instrumental Album: Chris Thile and Edgar Meyer, Bass and Mandolin
Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album: Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, Cheek to Cheek
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance: “Say Something,” Great Big World & Christina Aguilera
Best Bluegrass Album: The Earls of Leicester, The Earls of Leicester
Best Country Song: "I'm Not Going to Miss You," Glen Campbell & Julian Raymond, songwriters (Glen Campbell)
Best Country Duo/Group Performance: “Gentle on My Mind,” The Band Perry
Best Country Solo Performance: “Something in the Water,” Carrie Underwood
Best Music Film: 20 Feet From Stardom, Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer & Judith Hill
Best Music video: "Happy," Pharrell Williams
Best Song Written for Visual Media: "Let It Go," Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez, songwriters (Idina Menzel)
Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media: Grand Budapest Hotel, Alexandre Desplat, composer
Best compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media: Frozen, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez, Tom MacDougall & Chris Montan, compilation producers
Best Musical Theater Album: Beautiful: the Carole King Musical, Jessie Mueller, principal soloist; Jason Howland, Steve Sidwell & Billy Jay Stein, producers (Carole King, composer & lyricist)
Best Latin Jazz Album: Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, The Offense of the Drum
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album: Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, Life in the Bubble
Best Jazz Instrumental: “Trilogy,” Chick Corea Trio
Best Jazz Vocal Album: Dianne Reeves, Beautiful Life
Best Improvised Jazz Solo:: “Fingerprints,” Chick Corea
Best Dance/Electronic Album: “Syro,” Aphex Twin
Best Dance Recording: “Rather Be,” Clean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne
Best Tropical Latin Album: Carlos Vives, Mas + Corazon Profundo
Best Regional Mexican Music Album: Vicente Fernandez, Mano a Mano
Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative: Calle 13, Multiviral
Best Latin Pop Album: Ruben Blades, Tangos
Best Roots Gospel Album: Mike Farris, Shine For All the People
Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: For King and Country, Run Wild. Live Free. Love Strong
Best Gospel Album: Erica Campbell, Help
Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song: “Messengers,” Lecrae feat. For King and Country
Best Gospel Performance/Song: “No Greater Love,” Smokie Norful & Aaron W. Lindsey, songwriters (Smokie Norful)
Best Contemporary Classical Composition: John Luther Adams, Adams, John Luther: Become Ocean (Ludovic Morlot & Seattle Symphony)
Best Classical Compendium: Partch, Partch: Plectra & Percussion Dances
Best Classical Solo Vocal Album Anne Sofie Von Otter, Douce France (Carl Bagge, Margareta Bengston, Mats Bergström, Per Ekdahl, Bengan Janson, Olle Linder & Antoine Tamestit)
Best Classical Instrumental Solo: Jason Vieaux, Play
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance: Hilary Hahn & Cory Smythe, In 27 Pieces - The Hilary Hahn Encores
Best Choral Performance: Craig Hella Johnson, The Sacred Spirit of Russia(Conspirare)
Best Opera Recording: Charpentier: La Descente D'Orphée Aux Enfers
Best Orchestral Performance: John Adams (City Noir)
Producer of the Year, Classical: Judith Sherman
Best Surround Sound Album: Beyonce, Beyonce
Best Remixed Recording Non-Classical: “All of Me (Tiesto’s Birthday Treatment Remix,” Tijs Michiel Verwest, remixer (John Legend)
Best Engineered Album Non-Classical: Beck, Morning Phase
Best Historical Album: Hank Williams, The Garden Spot Programs, 1950
Best Album Notes: John Coltrane, Offering: Live at Temple University
Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package: Jack White, Susan Archie & Dean Blackwood, The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Vol. One (1917-27)
Best Recording Package: Pearl Jam, Lighting Bolt
Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) : “New York Tendaberry,” Billy Childs feat. Renee Fleming & Yo-Yo Ma
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or a Capella: “Daft Punk,” Pentatonix
Best Instrumental Composition: “The Book Thief,” John Williams
Best Children's Album: I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
Best World Music Album: Angelique Kidjo, Eve
Best Reggae Album: Ziggy Marley, Fly Rasta
Best Regional Music Album: Jo-El Sonnier, The Legacy
Best New Age Album: Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman, Winds of Samsara.
23. Which party secured absolute majority in the Delhi Legislative Assembly election-2015 , winning 67 of the 70 seats?
Aam Aadmi Party
A Delhi Legislative Assembly election was held on 7 February 2015 to elect 70 members of the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Delhi. The results were announced on 10 February 2015. Aam Aadmi Party came into existence following differences between the activists Arvind Kejriwal and Anna Hazare regarding whether or not to politicise the popular India against Corruption movement that had been demanding a Jan Lokpal Bill since 2011.
24. Project director of nuclear-capable Agni-V missile programme who has been moved out from the post recently by the Defence Ministry of India?
R.K. Gupta.
25. Who has been elected as the new president of Italy?
Sergio Mattarella.
He was a Member of Parliament from 1983 to 2008, serving as Minister of Education from 1989 to 1990 and as Minister of Defence from 1999 to 2001. In 2011, he became an elected judge on the Constitutional Court. On 31 January 2015, he was elected by parliament to be the 12th President of the Italian Republic. He is the first Sicilian to have held the post.
26. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)?
M.O. Garg.
He will replace PS Ahuja. CSIR was established in 1942 and the default Chairman of CSIR is Prime Minister of India.
27. The opposition leader of Malaysia who has been sentenced to five years in jail on sodomy charges?
Anwar Ibrahim.
28. The 35th National Games: Main Points to remember:
The 2015 National Games of India, also known as the 35th National Games of India, is being held from 31 January 2015 to 14 February 2015 across seven districts in Kerala, India. It is the second time that Kerala is hosting the national games after it hosted the 27th National Games in 1987. Former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was selected as the goodwill ambassador for the games. ”Ammu”, the Great Indian Hornbill (the State bird of Kerala) is the official mascot of the 2015 National Games.
There are 33 sports disciplines in 2015 Kerala Games. Yachting is newly included event. Aquatics (50 disciplines) and Athletics (44 disciplines) are the biggest and most popular events in Kerala Games 2015, Shooting (38 disciplines) is another big event.
In the 2015 National Games of India, Services (Services Sports Control Board), the Indian Army team, emerged victorious with a tally of 91 gold, 33 silver and 35 bronze medals. Kerala came second with a total of 162 medals (54 gold, 48 silver and 60 bronze), followed by Haryana and Maharashtra with 107 (40 gold, 40 silver and 27 bronze) and 123 medals (30 gold, 43 silver and 50 bronze) respectively.
Swimmers Sajan Prakash (Kerala) and Aakansha Vora (Maharashtra) were adjudged best performers in the men’s and women’s sections.
29. Which state will host the 36th National Games to be held in 2016?
Goa.
30. Name the fighter aircraft which is handed over to BrahMos Aerospace by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on 19 February 2015 during the second day of Aero India show at Yelahanka, Bengaluru?
Su-30MKI .
31. The Iranian film director who won the Golden Bear at the Berlin film festival -2015 for his Tehran road movie “Taxi”?
Jafar Panahi.
Panahi, who is banned from