DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 18 FEBRUARY 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 18-FEBRUARY 2015

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NATIONAL FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS

1.      DEEPIKA MISRA MAKES IT TO “SARANG”:

Ø  Squardan Leader DeepikaMisra becomes the first and the only woman pilot to make it to the Saranghelicopter acrobatic display team of Indian Air force.

Ø  She has the responsibility as the team safety officer at “ Aero India “ tomorrow in Bengaluru.

Ø  The display of IAS Sarang helicopterteam is one of the two helicopter display teams in the world, other is ‘Blue Eagles’ of the British army.

EXPECTED QUESTIONS:-

Q.1 Who is the First woman to be a part of Sarang team?

A.      DeepikaKumari

B.      DeepikaMisra

C.      Anjali Gupta

D.     Nicole Malachowski

2.      ANTI DUMPING DUTY IMPOSED AT IMPORTS OF GRAPHITE ELECTRODES:

Ø  Indian Government has decided to impose an Anti Dumping Duty at Imports of Graphite electrodes.

Ø  Anti Dumping Duty is imposedon for a period of 5 years on the recommendation of DGAD.

Ø  Graphite electrodes are used mainly for melting of steel.

Note – DGAD- Directorate General of Anti-Dumping Duty.

A.      Shashi Kant Sharma

3.      RAJINDER PURI DIES:

Ø  Rajinderpuri dies at an age of 80.

Ø  He was an eminent Indian cartoonist, veteran columnist and political activist..

4.      10^TH EDITION OF “AERO INDIA” IS SET TO TAKE OFF TOMORROW:

Ø  The Largest Asian aerospace and Defence exhibition, ‘Aero India’ is all set for its 10^th edition in Bengaluru.

Ø  The show will be inaugurated by the honourable prime minister of India, ShriNarendramodi.

Ø  Around 328 foreign and 295 Indian companies are going to participate in the show.

Ø  USA is the leading participant with its 64 companies followed by france-58,UK-48 and Russia-41.

      Note- Aero-India 2015’ is focused on”Make in India”.

EXPECTED QUESTION:-

Q.2 Which is the leading participant country in Aero-India 2015?

A.      Russia

B.      United Kingdom

C.      USA

D.     China

      Q.3 What is the focues of Aero-India 2015?

A.    Make in India

B.     Made In India

C.     Cleanliness

D.    Manufacture in India

INTERNATIONAL FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS

1.      WHITE HOUSE TERROR SUMMIT:

Ø  India is going to participate along with 60 others countries in White house Terror Summit.

Ø  US calls for a 3-Day Summit in Washington on “countering violent extremism”.

Ø  Summit will took place in the backdrop of alarming growth of ISIS and recent terrorists attack in France and Denmark.

Ø  R N Ravi , Chairman of the powerful Joint Intelligence committee is representing India.

     EXPECTED QUESTION:-

               Q.4 Which country recently hosted terror Summit?

A.      China

B.      USA

C.      India

D.     Germany

              Q.5 Who was Indian representative at white house Terror Summit?

A.      NarendraModi

B.      ManoharParikar

C.      Dalbir Singh Suhag

D.     R N Ravi

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 17 FEBRUARY 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 17-FEBRUARY 2015

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1.      INDIA SRILANKA SIGNS CIVIL NUCLEAR AGREEMENTS.

Ø  This Agreement was signed during Sri Lankan president MaithripalaSirisenavisit to India.

Ø  The event is popular as Modi-Sirisena Summit.

Ø  India Sri Lanka also signed 3 more pacts, including cooperation in agriculture and Sri Lankan participation in the Nalanda University project..

Ø  Both countries also agreed to revitalize India – Sri Lanka Maldives maritime security cooperation.

EXPECTED QUESTIONS FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS:-

Q.1  Recently India signed civil nuclear agreement with which country ?

A.    Sri Lanka

B.     China

C.     Pakistan

D.    Japan

INTERNATIONAL

2.      CHINA LAUNCHED ITS SILK ROUTE INFRASTRUCTURE FUND

Ø  40 Billion Silk route infrastructure fund will be managed by 3 of China’s major financial institutions.

Ø  The fund is a part of China’s national strategy to revive the land-based and maritime Silk Road.

Ø  India said that it will selectively back the initiative.

Ø  The Silk Road projects involves a maze of roads and ports connecting Asia, Europe and Africa.

EXPECTED QUESTION:-

Q.1 China has recently launched _________ Billion Silk Road infrastructure fund?

A. 30 Billion

B. 50 Billion

C. 40 Billion

D. 60 Billion

SPORTS

3.      YUVRAJ SINGH BECOMES COSTLIEST PLAYER IN IPL AUCTION

Ø  Yuvraj Singh bid for Rs 16 crore to Delhi Daredevils in IPL auction.

Ø  Full form of IPL (Indian Premier League)

EXPECTED QUESTION:-

Q.3 Who became the costliest player in IPL 2015 auction?

A.      Angelo Mathew

B.      Kumar Sangakkara

C.      ViratKohli

D.     Yuvraj Singh

ECONOMY

4.      INFLATION AT 5 YEAR LOW.

Ø  Inflation for the month of January slips to 5 years low of -0.39%.

Ø  Food inflation for the same month scaled to 6 months high of 8%.

Ø  FICCI president JyotsnaSuri is now expecting a rate cut from RBI.

Ø  Inflation in India is measured on Wholesale Price Index (WPI)

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 15, 16 FEBRUARY 2015

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1.      ARVIND KEJRIWAL TAKES OATH AS CM OF DELHI.

Ø  He is 8^th 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)     8^th

b)     6^th

c)      9^th

d)     5^th

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 6^th 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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