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14051. The first member of the depressed class to be nominated to the Travancore Legislative Assembly?
Answer: Ayyankali.
14054. Which Maharaja of Travancore issued the Temple entry proclamation?
Answer: Sree Chitra Tirunal Balaramavarma.
14055. Which country officially became the 123rd member of the International Criminal Court (ICC)?
Answer: Palestine.
14056. Which dam has broken the world record for annual hydroelectric power production, more than a decade after it became the world"s largest power plant?
Answer: Three Gorges dam (China).
14057. Which cricketer became the fastest player to reach 12,000 Test runs?
Answer: Kumar Sangakkara.
14058. USA has imposed new sanctions on which country in response to a cyber-attack against Sony Pictures Entertainment?
Answer: North Korea.
14059. What is the name given to the policy think-tank of Government of India that replaces Planning Commission and aims to involve the states in economic policy-making in India?
Answer: NITI Aayog. (National Institution for Transforming India Aayog).
14060. Columbia University professor and eminent economist who has been appointed as the first Vice Chairman of the newly formed NITI Aayog?
Answer: Arvind Panagariya.
14061. Who has become the first Test captain in cricket history to score three centuries in first three innings?
Answer: Virat Kohli.
14062. Who has sworn in as the new president of Sri Lanka on January 9, 2015?
Answer: Maithripala Sirisena.
14063. Who was appointed Chief Justice of Bangladesh to become the first Hindu to hold the highest judicial post in the Muslim-majority country?
Answer: Justice S. K. Sinha.
14064. Distinguished scientist who has been appointed as the Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation and Space Commission in January 2015?
Answer: A.S. Kiran Kumar.
14065. Former Planning Commission Secretary who has been appointed as the first CEO of the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog?
Answer: Sindhushree Khullar.
14066. Real Madrid forward who has won the Ballon d"Or world footballer of the year-2015?
Answer: Cristiano Ronaldo.
14068. Who has been appointed as the 19th Chief Election Commissioner of India?
Answer: Hari Shankar Brahma.
14069. What is the name of the unauthorized biography of Congress President Sonia Gandhi which is being released by Roli Books in India?
Answer: Red Saree.
14070. Which batsman has broken the World record for the fastest 50 and 100 in ODI history, after slamming a half-century in 16 balls and getting to his century in just 31 balls in the 2nd ODI against West Indies?
Answer: AB de Villiers. (South Africa).
14071. Activist who has staged a 14-year hunger strike in protest at human rights abuses in Manipur, released from the jail on January 22 as per the order of Manipur court?
Answer: Irom Sharmila.
14072. Name the two Army jawans who have been selected posthumously for the highest peacetime gallantry award Ashoka Chakra-2015?
Answer: Major Mukund Varadarajan and Naik Neeraj Kumar.
14074. Indian diplomat who has been appointed as the foreign secretary of India for a tenure of two years on 28 January, 2015?
Answer: Subrahmanyam Jaishankar.
14075. The Zimbabwean president who has been sworn in as chairman of the African Union?
Answer: Robert Mugabe.
14077. Which country won its first ever Asian Cup Football title defeating South Korea in the final?
Answer: Australia.
14078. The Indian American writer has been announced as the winner of the widely acclaimed DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2015 for her book “The Lowland”?
Answer: Jhumpa Lahiri.
14080. Which state hosted the 2015 National Games of India (35th National Games of India)?
Answer: Kerala.
14082. Eminent Marathi litterateur who has been selected for 2014 Jnanpith Award, the highest literary honour in India?
Answer: Bhalchandra Nemade.
14083. Name the spacecraft launched by NASA which recently released the first images from Pluto?
Answer: New Horizon.
14084. Iconic Bollywood movie which has been finally released in the theatres in Pakistan after 40 years when the film was first released in India?
Answer: Sholay.
14085. Name the hotel in Japan which is the first in the world, almost completely staffed by human-looking robots?
Answer: "Henn-na Hotel".
14087. Which country won the Africa cup of Nations-2015 defeating Ghana in the penalty shootout (9-8)?
Answer: Ivory Coast.
14088. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)?
Answer: M.O. Garg.
14089. Which cricketer set up a new record by scoring first century for India against Pakistan in a World Cup Match?
Answer: Virat Kohli.
14090. Which countries on signed bilateral agreements on civil nuclear cooperation, cultural cooperation and cooperation in the field of Agriculture on 16 February 2015?
Answer: India and Sri Lanka.
14091. Former Indian captain who has been awarded the honorary life membership of the prestigious Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
Answer: Sourav Ganguly.
14094. Who has been appointed as the first president of USD 100 billion BRICS bank?
Answer: K V Kamath.
14095. Who has been appointed as the Election Commissioner of India on May 7, 2015?
Answer: Achal Kumar Jyoti.
14096. Name the Indian nurse who was at the centre of attention in a court case on euthanasia after spending 42 years in a vegetative state as a result of sexual assault, passed away on May 18, 2015?
Answer: Aruna Shanbaug.
14097. Who has been appointed as acting Chairman of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)?
Answer: Justice Cyriac Joseph.
14099. Who has been appointed the new defence secretary of India with fixed two-year tenure?
Answer: G. Mohan Kumar.
14100. Which franchise won the Indian Premiere League-2015(IPL 2015) defeating Chennai Super Kings in the final held in Eden Gardens?
Answer: Mumbai Indians. (MI).
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