Current Affairs Questions and Answers
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Q1. In which scam case the Supreme Court on 9th July’15 ordered CBI probe and issued notice to centre as well as M.P. govt?
A. Vyapam
B. Shardha Chit Fund
C. IPL
D. Coal Block Allocation
ANSWER: A. Vyapam
Q2. Who has recommended that there should be a special law to deal with the cases of assault on journalists and it should be made cognizable and non- bailable offence?
A. President of India
B. National Human Rights Commission
C. Press Council of India
D. Supreme Court
ANSWER: C. Press Council of India
Q3. Name the notable Urdu poet also known as ‘Indo Pak Shayar’ who passed away on 9th July’15?
A. Firaq Gorakhpuri
B. Bashar Nawaaz
C. Faiz Ahmad Faiz
D. Habib Tanvir
ANSWER: B. Bashar Nawaaz
Q4. Name the scheme launched on 9th July’15 by HRD Ministry to make learning of Science and Mathematics a joyful and meaningful activity for school children?
A. Rashtriya Vaigyanik Khoj
B. Vigyan Avishkar Abhiyan
C. Rashtriya Vigyan Abhiyan
D. Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan
ANSWER: D. Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan
Q5. On which day the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) launched the facility of online payment of application fees through Credit/Debit cards and electronic fund transfer from 53 Banks?
A. 7th July’15
B. 8th July’15
C. 9th July’15
D. 10th July’15
ANSWER: C. 9th July’15
Q6. Name the head of the International Monetary Fund?
A. Kofi Annan
B. Ban Ki Moon
C. Christine Lagarde
D. Mark Simon
ANSWER: C. Christine Lagarde
Q7. As per the IMF report, in which year IMF forecast a growth rate of 7.5 per cent for India and China’s 6.3 per cent?
A. 2015
B. 2016
C. 2017
D. 2018
ANSWER: B. 2016
Q8. With which country India has signed Inter Governmental Agreement to implement the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) on 9th July’15?
A. Kazakhstan
B. United States
C. Russia
D. China
ANSWER: B. United States
Q9. Name the boxer who has been stripped by the World Boxing Organization (WBO) of the Welterweight World title which he won by beating Manny Pacquiao two months ago?
A. Muhammad Ali
B. Mike Tyson
C. Sugar Ray Leonard
D. Floyd Mayweather
ANSWER: D. Floyd Mayweather
Q10. What is the position of India in the latest FIFA rankings?
A. 51
B. 68
C. 96
D. 156
ANSWER: D. 156
Q11. Who became the first Indian to win a Gold Medal at World University Games in Gwangju, South Korea on 8th July’15?
A. Inderjit Singh
B. Achal Pratap Singh
C. Amrendra Pal Singh Chauhan
D. Akshay Jain
ANSWER: A. Inderjit Singh
Q12. Who has been appointed as the Head of the Committee to study status of Sports Authority of India (SAI) training centers across the country?
A. Pullela Gopi Chand
B. Ashwini Nachappa
C. Amrinder Singh
D. Rajiv Shukla
ANSWER: B. Ashwini Nachappa
Q13. What would be the theme of 2015 Science Express announced on 8th July’15?
A. Climate Change
B. Global Warming
C. Water level
D. Rivers in India
ANSWER: A. Climate Change

All Presidents of India and their Tenure :

Dr. Rajendra Prasad === 26.01.1950 to 13.05.1962
Dr. S. Radhakrishan === 13.05.1962 to 13.05.1967
Dr. Zakhir Hussain === 13.05.1967 to 03.05.1969
V.V. Giri === 03.05.1969 to 20.07.1969
Justice M. Hidayatullah === 20.07.1969 to 24.08.1969
V.V. Giri === 24.08.1969 to 24.08.1974
F. Ali Ahmed === 24.08.1974 to 11.02.1977
B.D. Jatti === 11.02.1977 to 25.07.1977
N. Sanjiva Reddy === 25.07.1977 to 25.07.1982
Gaini Jail Singh === 25.07.1982 to 25.07.1987
R. Venkataraman === 25.07.1987 to 25.07.1992
Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma === 25.07.1992 to 25.07.1997
K.R. Narayanan === 25.07.1997 to 25.07.2002
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam === 25.07.2002 to 24.07.2007
Mrs. Pratibha Patil === 25.07.2007 to 24.07.2012
Mr. Pranab Mukherjee === 25.07.2012 to Till date

Current Affairs Quiz
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1. World’s largest religious congregation Sinhastha Kumbh Mela has begun at Trimbakeshwar, Nashik district of………?
1) Rajasthan
2) Maharashtra
3) Uttarakhand
4) Madhya pradesh
5) None of these.
2. The veteran music composer Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan passed away he hails from which state?
1) Tamilnadu
2) Karnataka
3) Kerala
4) Andhra Pradesh
5) None of these
3. Ajay Kumar Pandey was appointed as new Managing Director and Group CEO of ………. based Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City)?
1) Vadodara
2) Surat
3) Gandhinagar
4) Ahemdabad
5) None of these
4. Union Government has launched GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) system, for aviation navigation. Which among the following is/are correct information about GAGAN?
1. It will provide augmentation service for GPS over the India, Bay of Bengal, South-east Asia and Middle East along with expansion up to Africa.
2. India is the fourth country to offer space-based satellite navigation services to the aviation sector.
3. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) developed the system, at a cost of Rs. 774 crore, over 15 years.
4. All of these
5. None of these
5. India and Tajikistan on Monday pledged to intensify cooperation against terrorism, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi noting that the two countries are located in the “proximity of the main source” of the menace, who among the following is the Prime Minister of Tajikistan?
1) Temir Sariyev
2) Shavkat Mirziyoyev
3) Kokhir Rasulzoda
4) President Emomali Rahamon
5) None of these.
6. India and Georgia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the field of……?
1) Action management and administration.
2) Nomination management and administration.
3) Selection management and administration.
4) Election management and administration.
5) None of these.
7. State-run National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has set a target of providing 30,000 crore rupees as credit to farmers for irrigational purpose. It was announced by Bank’s Chairman and Managing Director….?
1) K R Kamath
2) C.V.R. Rajendran
3) S.S. Mundra
4) Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
5) None of these
8. New butterfly species ‘Banded Tit’ found in forests of….?
1) Kerala
2) Maharashtra
3) Arunachal Pradesh
4) Uttar Pradesh
5) None of these.
9. Indian-origin Sunita Williams is among four veteran astronauts chosen by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to fly the first commercial space vehicles. Who among the following has not been chosen forthis excursion ?
1) Christopher Cassidy
2) Douglas Hurley
3) Robert Behnken
4) Eric Boe
5) None of these.
10. India has been accorded full membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) along with Pakistan at its Ufa summit held in?
1) Tajikistan
2) France
3) China
4) Russia
5) None of these

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2-1
3-3
4-4
5-3
6-4
7-4
8-3
9-1
10-4

1. For the first time in India, a system to detect earthquakes and disseminate warnings has been installed in
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) Himachal Pradesh
3) Jammu and Kashmir
4) Sikkim
5) Uttarakhand
2. Only a few Indian Prime Ministers have visited Pakistan so far. Who among the following is one among those PMs who visited Pakistan?
1) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
2) Rajiv Gandhi
3) Jawaharlal Nehru
4) All the above
5) None of these
3. Leander Paes clinched the mixed doubles title at 2015 Wimbledon after defeating Alexander Peya and Timea Babos on 12 Jul. His partner in the game was
1) Martina Navratilova
2) Monica Seles
3) Anna Kournikova
4) Sania Mirza
5) Martina Hingis
4. The indigenously-built Aakash missile has been inducted into Indian Air Force. Which of the following is NOT true about the missile?
1) The supersonic missile has a speed three times faster than that of sound.
2) The surface-to-air missile can hit eight targets at a time.
3) It has been developed jointly by the DRDO and Bharat Electronics Ltd.
4) The missile’s radar, developed by BEL, has been named ‘Rajendra Radar.’
5) None of these
5. Who among the following has been selected to be the chairman of the upcoming Kolkata-based Bandhan Bank?
1) Sisir Kumar Chakrabarti
2) B Sambamurthy
3) Chandra Shekhar Ghosh
4) Ashok Kumar Lahiri
5) Bibek Debroy
6. Novak Djokovic beats who among the following to win the men’s singles title of the Wimbledon 2015?
1) Roger Federer
2) David Ferrer
3) Stan Wawrinka
4) Andy Murray
5) Rafael Nadal
7. SN Sahai has been appointed as the new Home Secretary of
1) Delhi
2) Gujarat
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Assam
5) Bihar
8. India got full membership of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on 10 Jul. Along with India, the process to include ________ as a member was also initiated.
1) Afghanistan
2) Belarus
3) Pakistan
4) Mongolia
5) Iran
9. Gennady Padalka has broken the record for the longest time spent in space with a total of 803 days as on Jul 2015. He is a cosmonaut of
1) Germany
2) Russia
3) US
4) France
5) UK
10. After talks between PM Narendra Modi and President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, the two sides signed a total of seven pacts. Mr Gurbanguly is the present president of
1) Turkmenistan
2) Tajikistan
3) Kyrgyzstan
4) Kazakhstan
5) Uzbekistan

ANSWERS
1. 5)
2. 4)
3. 5)
4. 5)
5. 4)
6. 1)
7. 1)
8. 3)
9. 2)
10. 1)

Check out the Heads of Important Offices (World) 2015: (As on July 11, 2015)

Ban Ki-moon : Secretary-General, United Nations Organisation.
● Jan Eliasson : Deputy Secretary-General, UN.
● Dr. Jim Yong Kim : President, World Bank.
● Christine Lagarde : Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
● Ms. Irina Bokova : Director-General-UNESCO.
● Dr. Margaret Chan : Director-General, WHO.
● Jose Graziano da Silva : Director-General, Food and Agricultural Organisation.
● Guy Ryder : Director-General, International Labour Organisation.
● Anthony Lake : Executive Director, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
● Antonio Guterres : Head, UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
● Ms. Helen Clark : Administrator, United Nations Development Programme.
● Mr. Mukhisa Kituyi : Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
● Jose Angel Gurria : Secretary-General, Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
● Ronny Abraham : President, International Court of Justice.
● Takehiko Nakao : President, Asian Development Bank.
● Donald Kaberuka : President, African Development Bank.
● Thomas Bach : President, International Olympic Committee.
● Kamalesh Sharma : Secretary-General, Commonwealth.
● Robert Mugabe : Chairman, African Union Assembly.
● Ms. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma : Chairperson, African Union Commission.
● Roberto Azevedo : Director-General, WTO.
● Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein : High Commissioner, UN High Commission for Human Rights.
● Donald Tusk : President, European Union
● N. Srinivasan : Chairman, International Cricket Council.
● Jean-Claude Juncker : President, European Commission.
● Li Yong : Director-General, UNIDO.
● Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al-Zayani : Secretary-General, Gulf Co-operation Council.
● Iyad bin Amin Madani : Secretary-General, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
● Abdallah el-Badri : Secretary-General, Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).
● Luis Almagro : Secretary-General, Organisation of American States.
● Hifikepunye Pohamba : President, South-West African People’s Organisation (SWAPO).
● Mr. Yukiya Amano : Director-General, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
● Jens Stoltenberg : Secretary-General, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
● Sir Alan Haselhurst : Chairman, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
● Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin : Executive Director, UNFPA.
● Le Luong Minh : Secretary-General, ASEAN.
● Arjun Bahadur : Secretary-General, SAARC
● Lamine Diack : President, International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF).
● Dr. Ellen Stofan : Chief of NASA (USA).
● Salil Shetty : Secretary-General, Amnesty International.
● Lt.-Gen.Chikadibia Obiakor : Military Adviser to UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
● Hassan Rouhani : Secretary-General, Non-Aligned Movement.
● Asha Kanwar : President and CEO, Commonwealth of Learning.
● Mireille Ballestrazzi : President, INTERPOL.

Governors of Reserve Bank of India {RBI}

●Sir Osborne Smith–1 April 1935 – 30 June 1937
●Sir James Braid Taylor– 1 July 1937 – 17 February 1943
●Sir C. D. Deshmukh–11 August 1943 – 30 June 1949
●Sir Benegal Rama Rau–1 July 1949 – 14 January 1957
●K. G. Ambegaonkar-14 January 1957 – 28 February 1957
●H. V. R. Iyengar—1 March 1957 – 28 February 1962
●P. C. Bhattacharya–1 March 1962 – 30 June 1967
●L. K. Jha–1 July 1967 – 3 May 1970
●B. N. Adarkar–4 May 1970 – 15 June 1970
●S. Jagannathan–16 June 1970 – 19 May 1975
●N. C. Sen Gupta–19 May 1975 – 19 August 1975
●K. R. Puri–20 August 1975 – 2 May 1977
●M. Narasimham–2 May 1977 – 30 November 1977
●Dr. I. G. Patel–1 December 1977 – 15 September 1982
●Dr. Manmohan Singh–16 September 1982 – 14 January 1985
●A. Ghosh–15 January 1985 – 4 February 1985
●R. N. Malhotra–4 February 1985 – 22 December 1990
●S. Venkitaramanan–22 December 1990 – 21 December 1992
●Dr. C. Rangarajan–22 December 1992 – 21 November 1997
●Dr. Bimal Jalan–22 November 1997 – 6 September 2003
●Dr. Y. Venugopal Reddy–6 September 2003 – 5 September 2008
●Dr. Duvvuri Subbarao–5 September 2008 – 4 September 2013
●Dr. Raghuram G. Rajan–4 September— till date(As on July 4, 2015)