January Revision : Class 5

1. Who became the German to win a Grand Slam title since her childhood idol Steffi Graf in 1999 when she upset world number one Serena Williams 6-4 3-6 6-4 to clinch the Australian Open? - Answer. Angelique Kerber

2. Who has been apointed as the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Twitter Inc, an online social networking site? - Answer. Leslie Berland

3. Which state has launched e-Suvidha Portal, an online project tracking mechanism to fast track projects? - Answer. Goa

4. India test fired which indigenously-built surface-to-air missile from complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipuri in Odisha? - Answer. Akash missile

5. Who was appointed as Lokayukta of Uttar Pradesh? - Answer. Justice Sanjay Mishra

6. Name the player who won two gold medals in the 34th Senior National Rowing Championship at Hussainsagar Lake, Hyderabad. - Answer. Punjab’s Navneet Kaur 

7. India with which country has signed a Protocol to amend the existing Double Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC) to curb instances of tax evasion? - Answer. Armenia 

8. Which counrty overtaken Thailand as the world’s largest rice exporter in the year 2015 by shipping (exporting) 10.23 million tonnes of rice? - Answer. India

9. International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust was observed on - Answer. 27 January 

10. 150th birth anniversary of great freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai, also known as Punjab Kesri is being celebrated on? - Answer.  28th January

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