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Monday, July 27, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 26-27 JULY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 26, 27 JULY 2015
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1.  AJAY MATHUR BECOMES DIRECTOR GENERAL OF TERI:
i.   Ajay Mathur is appointed a the Director General of TERI.
ii.  Ajay Mathur has succeeded R K Pachauri who was removed from the top most position over sexual harassment charges.
TERI- The Energy and Resources Institute.

2.  DEENDAYAL UPADHYAYA GRAM JYOTI YOJANA:
i.   PM Narendra Modi launched Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana in Patna.
ii.  The Scheme has an outlay of 76000 crore rupees out of which Union Government will provide 63000 crore rupees.

3.  ASIA’S FABULOUS 50 LIST 2015:
i.  Forbes Asia’s Fabulous 50 list of the year 2015 is released.
ii.  The list is dominated by 25 Chinese firms followed by India’s 10.
iii.  The most valuable company on the list is Tencent Where as the biggest is Lenovo.

4. PETER HIGGS RECEIVED ROYAL SOCIETY’S GOPLEY MEDAL:
i. Nobel Prize Winner Professor Peter Higgs won the Royal Society’s Copley Medal.
ii.  Royal Society’s Copley Medal is the World’s oldest Scientific Prize.

iii. With the Medal, Higgs joined the ranks of Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 24-25 JULY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 24, 25 JULY 2015
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1.  NATIONAL BROADCASTING DAY:
i.   National Broadcasting Day was observed on 23rd July 2015 across the country.
ii.  On this day, the Indian Broadcasting Company stated radio broadcasting from Bombay station.
iii. To mark the day, All India Radio (AIR) organized a symposium on the subject Creation of New India and Broadcasting medium in New Delhi.

2.  WORLD BOOK CAPITAL 2017:
i.   CONAKRY is named as World Book Capital for 2017 by UNESCO.
ii.  CONARKY is the capital city of the Republic of Guinea.
iii.  This is the 17th World Book Capital.
Note: World Book Capital for 2015- Incheon
World Book Capital for 2016 – Wroclaw

3.  FORTUNE 500 LIST RELEASED:
i.  61st Edition of Fortune 500 list 2015 is released
ii.  Fortune 500 list 2015 includes 7 Indian Companies in the list:
iii.  Retail giant Walmart topped the list.
Note: Indian Companies included in the list are: Indian oil, Reliance Industries, Tata Motors, State Bank of India, Bharat Petroleum, Hindustan Petroleum and ONGC.

4. INDIA RANKED 12TH IN TERMS OF POWER GENERATION FROM NUCLEAR SOURCE;
i. India is placed at 12th position in terms of power generation from nuclear source.
ii.  India’s total power generation from nuclear reactor is 5308 MW.

iii.  USA topped the list followed by France and Japan.
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Thursday, July 23, 2015

FREE WEEKLY GK QUIZ QUESTIONS - 22 JULY 2015

WEEKLY GK QUIZ 22- JULY
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1). Who has been awarded top police award in New-Zealand to help a bleeding child?
A) Sim Bhullar                             B) S.K. Rai
C) Harman Singh                         D) Adam Smith
2).  Who has been appointed as the Director of Chief Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) and Programme Director of LCA?
A) P. Takkar                                 B) C D Balaji
C) Arvind Suresh                         D) Pankaj Singh
3). Who has been selected for the World Food Prize for the year 2015?
A) M S Swaminathan                   B) Monty Jones
C) Fazle Hasan Abed                   D) Sanjay Rajaram
4). India’s economic growth has been estimated at ______ for FY 2014-15 by the Central Statistics Office (CSO)?
A) 5.5%                                        B) 5.0%
C) 7.3%                                         D) 6.5%
5). Which country has won the FIFA Women’s Football World cup title of the 2014-15 season?
A) Australia                                  B) Japan
C) USA                                          D) Germany
6). Who has won the South Asian Basketball Championship (SABA) title of the Bangalore?
A) Bangladesh                             B) Pakistan
C) Sri Lanka                                 D) India
7). Who has been appointed as the first president of the Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)?
A) Jin Liqun                                  B) Rahul Agarwal
C) Xi Jinping                                 D) V.P.Seth
8). Who is the author of the book ‘India Central Asia Relations: The Economic Dimension?
A) Arunima Sen                           B) Pooja Chaudary
C) Amiya Chandra                       D) Sneha Mathur
9). Which Bank has signed an agreement with Mudra Bank under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)?
A) UBI                                           B) PNB
C) IDBI                                          D) SBI
10). Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Bandhan Bank?    
A) Ashok Lahiri                           B) Pratyush Sinha
C) R.K. Singh                                D) Arvind Mayaram
11). Which country won women’s FIFA World Cup 2015?
A) USA                                          B) UK
C) Japan                                        D) Canada
12). Which operation is launched to secure Amar Nath Yatra?
A) Operation Maitri                     B) Operation Shiva
C) Operation Talash                    D) Operation Secure
13). Which state launched ePMS Portal (Electronic Project Management System)?
A) Punjab                                     B) Haryana
C) Manipur                                   D) M.P
14). Which company started Speed Pay?
A) BSNL                                        B) Airtel
C) Vodafone                                 D) Reliane
15). Which state made Guinness World Record in Washing hands?
A) Madhya Pradesh                    B) Mizoram
C) Telengana                               D) Bihar
16). What is the name of Indian Women’s Cricket Team Captain?
A) Mithali Raj                               B) Neha Sharma
C) Pryinka                                                D) Reva
17). Which city in India get Wifi Cover?
       A) Nasik                                       B) Patiala
C) Jaipur                                       D) Bikaner
18). Who is elected as the Head of New Development Bank?
A) Ashok Kumar                          B) K V Kamath
C) Sumit                                        D) M S Swaminathan
19). Which state starts weather based crop insurance scheme?
A) Assam                                      B) Punjab
C) Maharashtra                           D) UP
20). When is National Statistics Day observed?
A) 26th June                                  B) 27th June
C) 21st June                                  D) 26th July

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1). C
2). B
3). C
4). C
5). C
6). D
7). A
8). C
9). C
10). A
11). A
12). B
13). A
14). A
15). A
16). A
17). A
18). B
19). C
20). A
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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 23 JULY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 23 JULY 2015
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1.  INTEREST SUBVENTION SCHEME TO BANKS:
i.    Union Government extended Interest subvention scheme to banks.
ii.  The scheme is extended to ensure availability of crop loans of up to 3 lakh to farmers at 7 % per annual.
iii. Additional interest subvention of 3% per annum for those farmers who repay on time.
Note: The scheme is extended to public Sector banks, private sector commercial banks , rural regional banks, cooperative banks and NABARD.

2.  SURAKSHIT KHADYA ABHIYAN:
i. Union Government launched surakshit Khadya Abhiyan
ii.  Union Minister of consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan launched the Abhiyan.
iii. Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan , a countrywide campaign, to create mass awareness and capacity building for safe and hygienic food.

3.  INDIA AND SINGAPORE SIGNED MARITIME COOPERATION AGREEMENTS:
i.  India and Singapore have signed an agreement to enhance maritime cooperation.
ii.  The technical agreement on sharing white-shipping information between the two Navies.
iii.  The Singapore Navy and the Indian Navy conduct the Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercise (SINBEX) together annually.
About Singapore –
           Capital – Singapore
           Currency – Singapore Dollar
           Prime Minister – Lee Hsien Loong

4.  ANANTH NARAYANAN BECOMES CEO OF MYNTRA:
i.  Ananth Narayanan is appointed as Chief Executive Officer of Myntra.

ii.  He will succeed Myntra’s Co-founder Mukesh Bansal.
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Wednesday, July 22, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 22 JULY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 22 July 2015
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1.  MAURIC OBSTFELD BECOMES CHIEF ECONOMIST OF IMF:
i.   Maurice Obstfeld of USA is appointed as Chief Economist of IMF.
ii.  Maurice Onstfeld will succeed outgoing IMF Economist Oliver Blanchard
IMF – International Monetary Fund
Head Quarter – Washington DC ,USA
Member – 188 countries

2.  IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS:
Name
Appointed as
Replaced
Bhanu Pratap Sharma
Chairperson of ISSAI
Was handling additional charge until now.
Pankaj Munjal
CMD of Hero Motors
O.P.Munjal
CMD- Chairman and Managing Director
FSSAI- Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

3.  DRISHTI, INSTALLED AT IGI AIRPORT:
i. Indigenous visibility Measuring System, DRISHTI, installed at IGI Airport.
ii. The CAT III B IGI Airport, New Delhi, is now the first airport in the country to have 10 indigenous systems operating in all its three runways.
iii.  Drishti System is very cost effective and is a Mandatory System required at all airports as per International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).

4. PAMARTHY SHANKAR WON GRAND PRIX WORLD PRESS CARTOON 2014 AWARD:
i. Telugu Cartoonist Pamarth Shankar won Grand Prix World Press Cartoon 2014 Award.
ii.  Pamarth Shankar won the award for sketching Nelson Mandela.

5.  INDIAN RAILWAYS AND ODISHA GOVERNMENT SIGNED MOU:
i.  An MoU is signed between Indian Railways and Odisha Government for Dasappla-Balangir Railway line.

ii.  The agreement was signed by Ved Parkash Dudija ,Executive Director (works) Ministry of Railways and Sanjay Rastogi, commissioner-cum-secretary, Commerce and Transport Department, Odisha Government.
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 20-21 JULY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 20, 21 July 2015
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1.  INDIA, MYANMAR ISSUED JOINT STATEMENT ON BILATERAL CO-OPERATION:
i.   India and Myanmar have issued joint statement on bilateral co-operation at Joint consultative   Commission (JCC) in New Delhi.
ii.  The JCC meeting was co-chaired by the External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and the    Foreign Minister of Myanmar U Wunna Maung Lwin.
iii.   The Second JCC meeting is scheduled to be held in Myanmar in 2016.

2. PRASHANT PATHRABE BECOMES AS INTERIM DIRECTOR OF FILM AND TELEVISION INSTITUTE OF INDIA:
i.    Prashant Pathrabe appointed as Interim Director of Film and Television Institute of India.
ii.   Prashant Pathrabe succeeded incumbent Director D J Narain
iii. Prashant Pathrabe is Maharashtra-based senior Indian Information Sevice (IIS) officer of 1992 batch.

3.  NELSON MANDELA INTERNATIONAL DAY OBSERVED ON 18TH JULY:
i.   Nelson Mandela International Day was observed on 18th July 2015 across the world.
ii. The objective of the Mandela Day is to inspire individuals to take action to help change the world for the better.
iii. For the first time the day was celebrated on 18th July 2010 as per a UN General Assembly resolution of November 2009.

4.  FIRST ‘AAM AADMI CLINIC’ AT PEERAGARHI RELEIF CAMP:
i.    Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on 19th July, 2015 inaugurated the first ‘Aam Aadmi Clinic’ at Peeragarhi Relief Camp.

ii.   The Clinic is aimed at providing better medical facility to the weaker section.
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