Current Affair Questions Part-I

By | August 5, 2015
CURRENT AFFAIRS
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1) History was made on 14 July 2015 as the NASA spacecraft ‘New Horizons’ hurtles past which planet?
Ans- Pluto

2) World’s largest religious congregation Sinhastha Kumbh Mela has recently begun at Trimbakeshwar, Nashik district of which state?
Ans-Maharashtra

3) India and which country on 15 July 2015 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in New Delhi, for cooperation in the field of election management and administration?
Ans-Georgia

4) Union Ministry of Urban Development on 15 July 2015 launched the National Heritage Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) for ___ cities in the country?
Ans-12

5) Artist Sayed Haider Raza was recently conferred with Commandeur de la Lgion dHonneur (the Legion of Honour), the highest Civilian Award of which country?
Ans-France

6) BCCI has recently decided to scrap which among the following T20 league with immediate effect?
Ans-Champions League T 20

7) India recently won the three-match One Day International (ODI) Series against Zimbabwe 3-0. Who captained India during this series?
Ans-Ajinkya Rahane

8) Which country has recently established the world’s largest cancer registry system?
Ans-China

9) Who was recently appointed as chairman of Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA)?
Ans- Rakesh Sahani

10) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently set up a committee to work out a five-year action plan for financial inclusion. The 14-member panel will be headed by?
Ans-Deepak Mohanty