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Tuesday, July 28, 2015

DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 28 JULY 2015 (DAILY NEWS IN INDIA)

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 28 JULY 2015
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1.  RAM SEVAK SHARMA IS APPOINTED AS CHAIRMAN OF TRAI:
i.   Ram Sevak Sharma is appointed as Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) 
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2. CSL AND HCL FORMED JOINT VENTURE TO PROVIDE TECHNOLOGY SERVICES SOLUTIONS TO BANKS:
i.   Computer Science corporation and Hindustan Computer limited inked an agreement to form a joint venture company to provide technology services and solution to Banking Industry.
ii.  This agreement will advance digital Banking in india
Joint Venture: A business arrangement in which two or more parties agree to pool their resources for the purpose of accomplishing a specific task.

3.  FORMER INDIAN PRESIDENT APJ ABDUL KALAM PASSED AWAY:
i.  Former Indian President Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam Passed Away. He was collapsed during a lecture in the Indian Institute of Management , Shillong.
He is also known as Missile Man.
Kalam authored inspirational Books such as India 20-20, Wings of Fire, Ignited Minds.
He remained 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007

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4.  TERROR ATTACK IN PUNJAB’S DINANAGAR TOWN IN DISTRICT OF GURDASPUR:
i.  Militants have killed seven persons, 3 civilians and four policeman including Superintendent  of Police ‘Baljit Singh’.
ii.  All militants were killed, they attacked a passenger bus and stormed a police station in Dinanagar.

5.  UNION GOVERNMENT SANCTIONED 1000 CRORE RUPEES FOR INDO-BANGLA RAIL LINK:
i.  Union Government Sanctioned 1000 crore rupees for the laying of 15.06 km long track to connect Indian Railways with Bangladesh to north east India.
ii.  The Project will completed by 2017.

·         Indian Railway Union Minister: Suresh Prabhu.
·         PM of Bangladesh – Sheikh Hasina
·         Currency of Bangladesh – Bangladeshi taka
·         Capital of Bangladesh - Dhaka
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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

<<<< ANSWER KEY >>>>
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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