DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 11 APRIL 2015
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INTENATIONAL
1. INDIA
ELECTED IN 4 U.N. BODIES:
A. India
was elected to 4 important United Nations (UN) agencies.
B. India
was elected at the coordination and
Management Meeting (CMM) of UNECOSOC
(the United Nations Economic and Social Council) held at the UN
Headquarters in New York, USA.
C. India was elected in the following 4
bodies:
·
UNICEF – United
Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
·
WFP – World
Food Program
·
CCPCJ – Commission
on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
·
Governing
Council of UN –Habitat
2. SEOUL WON WWF’S EARTH HOUR CITY CHALLENGE:
A. South Korea’s Capital city Seoul has won
WWF’s Earth hour city challenge to become the Global Earth Hour capital 2015.
B. Seoul
won the earth hour city challenge (EHCC)
of world Wildlife Fund (WFF) among 163 cities from 16 countries.
About South
Korea -
·
Capital – Seoul
·
Currency – Won
·
President – Park Geun Hye
·
Prime Minister – Lee Wan Koo
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1.
Which city won WWF’s Earth Hour city Challenge?
a. Paris
b. Seoul
c. New Delhi
d. Tokyo
2.
What is the full form of WWF?
a. World Wide Fund
b. World Wildlife Fund
c. World wide federation
d. World Wild Foundation
3. SOCIAL PROGRESS INDEX 2015
RELEASED:
A. Social Pogress Index 2015 was released by US
based non profit organization Social progress imperative.
B. Social Progress Index ranks 133 countries
from highest to lowest which covers 94 % of the world’s population.
C. India with
a score of 53.06 is ranked 101st and is placed in low social
progress group.
D. Norway
topped the list followed by Sweden and Switzerland.
E. Afghanistan,
Chad and Central African Republic are at the bottom of the list.
Note: In 2014, India was ranked 102 with
the score of 50.24.
NATIONAL NEWS
4. DHANUSH MISSILE SUCCESSFULLY TEST
FIRED:
A. India has
successfully test fired Dhanush Ballistic missile.
B. Dhanush is
a surface- to –surface Nuclear capable missile with 350 km range.
C. The
missile was fired from an offshore patrolling vessel (OPV) Indian Navy
by the strategic force command (SFC).
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
3.
What is the range of Dhanush Missile?
a. 300 km
b. 400 km
c. 450 km
d. 350 km
5. THANE NAMED AS NATIONAL EARTH HOME
CAPITAL:
A. Mumbai’s Thane
is named as National Earth Home capital 2015 by WWF.
B. Thane won
among the 3 finalists i.e Thane, Rajkot and Pune.
C. Coimbatore
was elected as the National Earth hour Capital in 2014.
Note: A total of 13 Indian cities
participated in 2015 Earth challenge.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
4.
Which among the following cities was not included in the
finalists of national earth hour capital 2015?
a. Rajkot
b. Thane
c. Coimbatore
d. Pune
6. 1000
RS MINIMUM MONTHLY PENSION SCHEME SUSPENDED:
A. The
retirement fund body, EPFO has suspended the 1000 Rs. Minimum monthly
pension scheme from april 2015.
B. End of
this scheme will affect about 32 lakh pensioners.
C. The
decision was taken by EPFO as no communication or direction by the Union
Government was provided to continue the scheme beyond 31st March
2015.
