DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 4 MARCH 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 4 MARCH 2015

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1.         KEWAL.K. SHARMA BECOMES NEW CHIEF SECRETARY OF DELHI:

Ø  Kewal K Sharma is appointed as the new chief secretary of Delhi.

Ø  Kewal K Sharma is a 1983 Batch IAS officer.

Ø  Kewal K Sharma is released from his previous post, chief secretary of Goa.

NOTE:- It is the union Home Minister who appoints the chief secretary to state Government.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS:

Q.1 Who is the new chief Secretary of Delhi?

A.         J.Harinarayan

B.         A.K. Chaudhary

C.         Kewal K Sharma

D.        Prem Prashant

2.         BALDEV SHARMA APPOINTED AS NEW CHAIRMAN OF NATIONAL BOOK TRUST:

Ø  The union government of india appointed baldev Sharma as the new chairman of National Book Trust.

Ø  Baldev Sharma replaced A.Sethumadhavan.

Ø  Baldev Sharma is a former Panchajanya editor.

About NBT: NATIONAL BOOK TRUST is an Indian publishing house, founded in 1957 by the union government of india under the ministry of education. NBT publishes a monthly newsletter about recent publications.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS:

Q.2 Who is appointed as the new chairman of national book trust?

A.         Baldev Sharma

B.         Samir Jain

C.         A. Sethumadhavan

D.        Ram Kripal Singh

3.         INSURANCE BILL PRESENTED IN LOK SABHA:

Ø  Long awaited insurance bill was presented in lok sabha yesterday.

Ø  Jayant sinha, union minister of state for finance introduced the insurance laws(amendment) bill,2015.

Ø  The bill seeks to increase the foreign direct investment cap in the insurance sector to 49%.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS:

Q.3 Who is the union minister of state for finance?

A.         Jagat Prakash Nadda

B.         Anant Geete

C.         Rajiv Pratap Ruby

D.        Jayant Sinha

4.         INDIA –NEPAL SECOND BUS SERVICE STARTS:

Ø  India and Nepal are set to start a second bus service between the two nations.

Ø  This time a direct bus linking Kathmandu and Varanasi is set to operate from tomorrow.

Ø  Earlier a bus service between india and Nepal is the one linking New Delhi and Kathmandu.

5.         APPLE BECOMES NO.1 IN SMARTPHONE SALES:

Ø  Apple has surpassed Samsung to become no.1 in smartphone sales.

Ø  Samsung was at top spot since 2011 but in quarter 4 of 2014, apple beats Samsung for the top spot.

About Apple: Apple is an American multinational corporation with its headquater at Cupertino, California, U.S.A.

Chairman of Apple- Arthur d. levinson Ceo of Apple- Tim Cook

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS Free CURRENT AFFAIR:

Q.4 Which company records highest sale of smart phones in quarter4?

A. Apple

B. Samsung

C. Xiaomi

D. Micromax

6.          NATIONAL SAFETY DAY  OBSERVED ON 4^th MARCH:

Ø  4^th march is recognized as National Safety Day.

Ø  National safety council is a self governing body which was established on 4^th march 1966 to enhance the safety awareness among people.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS Free CURRENT AFFAIR:

Q.5 When is national safety day celebrated?

A.         8^th March

B.         6^th March

C.         4^th March

D.        11^th March

7.         FIVE INDIAN WOMEN IN FORBES BILLIONAIRE LIST:

Ø  5 indian women have made it to the forbes billionaires list.

Ø  Among the total of 197, 5 indian women listed in forbes billionaire list are:

A.         Savitri Jinadal -> Chairperson of Jindal steel & power ltd.

B.         Indu Jain-> Chairperson of Bennett, coleman & co. ltd.

C.         Anu Aga-> Chairperson of Thermax ltd.

D.        Kiran Mazumdar-> CMD of Biocon ltd.

E.         Vinod Gupta-> wife of Qimat Rai Gupta(founder of Havells)

Ø  Globally, CHRISTY WALTON is the world’s richest woman. CHRISTY WALTON inherited a stake in retailer walmart.