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Monday, February 16, 2015

DAILY GK UPDATES 15, 16 FEBRUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 15, 16 FEBRUARY 2015
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1.      ARVIND KEJRIWAL TAKES OATH AS CM OF DELHI.
Ø  He is 8th CM of Delhi.
Ø  6 cabinet ministers Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain, Jitender Singh Tomar, Asim Ahmad Khan,  Gopal Rai, Sandeep Kumar also took oath along with Arvind Kejriwal.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1)    Arvind Kejriwal became …………Chief Minister of Delhi.
a)     8th
b)     6th
c)      9th
d)     5th

2.      BRAHMOS TEST FIRED SUCCESSFULLY
Ø  Brahmos, super sonic anti shipping cruise missile was test fired successfully.
Ø  Defence minister Manohar Parikar witnessed its launch from India’s recently       commissioned stealth destroyer INS Kolkata.
Ø  Range of Brahmos is 290km.
Ø  It is  jointly developed by India and Russia
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1)    WHAT IS RANGE OF BRAHMOS MISSILE.
(a)  300 km
(b)  490 km
(c)   290km
(d)  180km

3.      USAIN BOLT WILL RETIRE IN 2017
Ø  Jamaican sprinter and 6 times Olympic medal winner USAIN BOLT has decided to retire after 2017 world championship to be held in London.
Ø  USAIN BOLT holds world record for 100mtr in 9.58seconds, 200 mtr in 19.9 seconds, 4*100mtr relay race in 36.84 seconds.
Ø  EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1)  6-times Olympic medal winner Usain Bolt is from which country?
a)   Fiji
b)     USA
c)      India
d)     Jamaica

4.      INDIA BEAT PAKISTAN IN ITS WORLD CUP OPENING MATCH.
Ø  India won by 76 runs at Sydney's Merrylands RSL Club in Adelaide.
Ø  Virat kohli became the first Indian to score a century (107) against Pakistan in a world cup match
Ø  Actor Amitabh Bachchan made his debut as cricket commentator in this match.
Ø  This is 6th consecutive time that India beat Pakistan in a world cup match.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1)    Which Actor made his debut as cricket commentator in India Pak world cup match?
A.      Amitabh Bachchan
B.      Shah Rukh khan
C.      Salman khan
D.     Hrithik Roshan

5. “REINVEST 2015” HELD IN NEW DELHI
Ø  It is India’s first renewable energy global investors meet and Expo.
Ø  Prime minister Narender Modi attended the meeting.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1)    REINVEST 2015 was held in which city?
A.      Delhi
B.      Kolkata
C.      Mumbai
D.     Chennai

6.      BLACK MONEY BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS BY 2018 - SWITZERLAND
Ø  According to a Switzerland release India will have to wait till 2018 for Switzerland to provide bank account details of Indians under the automatic Information exchange framework.
Ø  Under the automatic exchange of information mechanism prepared by OECD. 40 countries including India agreed to help each other in fighting the tax invasion and frauds.
Ø  OECD – Organisation For Economic Co-Operation And Development.

7.      RBI DECIDED TO RE-ISSUE RS 1 NOTE
Ø  RBI recently decided to recirculate currency Note of Rs 1.
Ø  Currency notes are legal tenders under the Coinage Act 2011
Ø  It is important to mention here that 1 Rs currency notes are issued by Ministry of Finance, Government of India while other currency notes are issued by RBI.
Ø  RBI was established on April 1,1935 under Reserve Bank of India 1934 andwas Nationalized in the year of 1 January 1949.
Ø  One of the main function of RBI is to issue currency notes
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