Current Affairs Online Quiz: 18 July 2015

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1) Which country recently won the Hockey World League Semi-Final 2015?

(A) Belgium

(B) Australia

(C) India

(D) Netherlands

2) Controversial Meiji sites in which country recently got the UNESCO world heritage status?

(A) Japan

(B) Peru

(C) Italy

(D) Egypt

3) Name the noted Indian conservation biologist who was on 6 July 2015 admitted to the prestigious Royal Society?

(A) Madhav Gadgil

(B) Kamal Bawa

(C) Rajaram Bijoy

(D) Jayanti Natarajan

4) Fiji broke the record for the biggest win in international football with a 38-0 victory on 5 July 2015 over which country?

(A) Sudan

(B) Bolivia

(C) Nigeria

(D) Micronesia

5) Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) recently granted permit to which airline company to start operations in India?

(A) Vistara

(B) Myfab

(C) Trujet

(D) Flyhigh

6) Professor Lord Kamlesh Patel has become the first British Asian to be appointed as Director of?

(A) Cricket Australia

(B) England and Wales Cricket Board

(C) South African Cricket Board

(D) None of these

7) Name the certifying firm in the country for digital signatures which recently launched eSign services?

(A) eMudhra

(B) eBeema

(C) eSuvidha

(D) None of these

8) India signed a historic uranium deal with which country on 6 July 2015 during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s state visit to that country?

(A) Germany

(B) Russia

(C) Kazakhstan

(D) Belgium

9) Union home ministry has declared which state as a "disturbed area" for a further period of one year from June 30, 2015?

(A) Sikkim

(B) Mizoram

(C) Nagaland

(D) West Bengal

10) Sriram Kalyanaraman recently became the first person from private sector to be appointed as head of a public sector financial institution. He was on 8 July 2015 appointed as the Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of?

(A) Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC)

(B) National Housing Bank (NHB)

(C) Steel Authority of India (SAI)

(D) Air India

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Daily GK Updates: 15 July 2015

Friends..Here is the Daily GK Updates for 15 July 2015 useful for all upcoming exams like SSC CGL 2015, SSC CHSL 2015, SBI PO Mains, RBI/FCI Assistant, IBPS RRB/PO 2015, OICL Assistant, Civil Service Prelims etc. Don’t forget to attempt Current Affairs Quiz 2015 daily. 

Questions for the day.

1) In which Governor General’s reign was the first train service started in 1853 ?

(A) Lord William Bentick

(B) Lord Cornwallis

(C) Lord Canning 

(D) Lord Dalhousie

2) “Din- i-Ilahi” was  founded  by?

(A) Guru Nanak Dev 

(B) Kabir 

(C) Akbar 

(D) Shah Iahan

3) Who was the Prime Minister of Britain when India got the Freedom ?

(A) Clement Atlee

(B) Winston Churchill 

(C) Neville Chamberlain

(D) None of the above

4) Which state is bound by Bangladesh on three sides ?

(A) Mizorarn  

(B) Meghalaya   

(C) Tripura  

(D) West Bengal

5) Who said the following lines about Gandhi-”The generation to come, it may be, scarcely believe that such a man as this, ever in flesh and blood, walked upon the earth”.

(A) Leo Tolstoy  

(B) Albert Einstein   

(C) Bernard Shaw   

(D) Bertrand Russell

6) Which part of the Constitution of India refers to the responsibility of the state towards International Peace and Security ?

(A)  Fundamental Rights  

(B) Directive Principles

(C) Preamble  

(D)  None of the above

7) Which river is also referred as ‘Dakshin Ganga’ ?

(A) Mahanadi 

(B) Krishna 

(C) Cauvery 

(D) Godavari

8) The Sarvodaya Movement was started by?

(A) Mahatma Gandhi 

(B) Jayprakash Narayan 

(C) Vinoba bhave 

(D) Jyotiba Phule

9) Where are Borra caves located ?

(A) Odisha  

(B) Madhya Pradesh  

(C) Maharashtra  

(D) Andhra Pradesh

10) Which organ of the body is affected by Leukoderma ?

(A) Heart  

(B) Kidney  

(C) Lungs   

(D) Skin

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13 & 14th July 2015 Current Affairs Daily Updates

Friends..Here is the Important Daily Current Affairs Updates for 14 July 2015. Hope you have attempted our Daily Current Affairs Quiz 14 July 2015.

1) Isro's Gagan Satellite-Based Navigation System Launched:

--> Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju on 13 July 2015 launched the GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) system, which will offer seamless navigation to the aviation industry.

--> The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) developed the system, at a cost of Rs. 774 crore, over 15 years.

--> India is the fourth country to offer space-based satellite navigation services to the aviation sector.

--> GAGAN will provide augmentation service for the GPS over the country, the Bay of Bengal, South East Asia and Middle East and up to Africa. 

2) Flipkart offers Rs 50000 allowance to employees for adoption:

--> After relaxing maternity and paternity policies, e-commerce major Flipkart is now offering an allowance of Rs 50,000 to employees looking to adopt children.

--> The "adoption allowance", effective July 10, can be used towards legal, agency, regulatory costs or any other expenses that may arise during the adoption process, a Flipkart spokesperson told.

3) Legendary music composer MS Viswanathan passed away:

--> Famous music composer of South India Manayangath Subramanian Viswanathan passed away in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

--> The veteran musician had composed music for over a thousand films in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam and was fondly called as the King of Light Music (Mellisai Mannar in Tamil).

4) Lt Gen Man Mohan Singh Rai to be next Vice-Chief of Army:

--> Lt Gen Man Mohan Singh Rai has been appointed as the next Vice-Chief of the Indian Army.

--> Rai, at present the Eastern Army Commander, will replace Lt Gen Philip Campose, who superannuates on July 31.

--> Incidentally, Army Chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag too was the Eastern Army Commander before taking over the top post.

5) CSK, Rajasthan Royals suspended for two years from IPL:

--> Two major Indian Premier League teams Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals were suspended from the cricket league for two years.

--> Decision in this regard was taken by a Supreme Court-appointed three-member committee headed by former Chief Justice of India R M Lodha.

--> Both of the teams were banned in regards to betting activities of their key officials Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra during the 6th edition.

6) Indigenously developed Nag anti-tank missile tested helicopter:

--> India has test-fired its indigenously developed Nag anti-tank guided missile, which can hit a target upto seven km, from a helicopter at a firing range in Jaisalmer in Rajasthan.

--> Three-round trial of helicopter-launched Nag (HeliNa) missile were conducted at the Chandhan firing range.

7) Rakesh Sahni appointed chairman of NVDA:

--> Madhya Pradesh government has appointed former Chief Secretary Rakesh Sahni as the Chairman of Narmada Valley Development Authority (NVDA).

8) 27 dead in stampede at Godavari Maha Pushkaram:

--> At least 27 persons, mostly women, have died and 25 injured, including two who are critical, in a stampede on the opening day of the 12 day Godavari Maha Pushkaram at Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh.

9) NASA space probe New Horizons reached Pluto:

--> History was made on 14 July 2015 as the NASA spacecraft 'New Horizons' hurtles past the dwarf planet Pluto, some 4.8 billion kilometers from earth.

--> New Horizons, the NASA space probe to study the dwarf planet Pluto, was launched from Cape Canaveral on 19 January 2006.

10) Sinhastha Kumbh Mela begins in Trimbakeshwar, Nashik:

--> World’s largest religious congregation Sinhastha Kumbh Mela has begun at Trimbakeshwar, Nashik district of Maharashtra.
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Current Affairs Multiple Choice Quiz: 14 July 2015

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Questions for the day:

1) Which country recently won FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015?

(A) Japan

(B) USA

(C) Brazil

(D) Argentina

2) India on 5 July 2015 retained the South Asian Basketball Championship (SABA) title defeating which country?

(A) Pakistan

(B) Bangladesh

(C) China

(D) Sri Lanka

3) National Doctor’s Day is celebrated in India on 1 July 2015, in memory of which of the following doctor?

(A) Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy

(B) Dr. Dwarkanth Kotnis

(C) Dr. Deepak Chopra

(C) Dr. J.C.Bose

4) Reserve Bank on 3 July 2015 announced that the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in manufacturing of ____ products is prohibited?

(A) Plastic

(B) Petroleum Products

(C) Tobacoo

(D) Food

5) Who recently won 2015 Birtish Grand Prix of F1?

(A) Sebastian Vettel

(B) Nico Roserberg

(C) Kimi Raikkonen

(D) Lewis Hamilton

6) First MUDRA card under the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) scheme was launched by which bank on 4 July 2015?

(A) State Bank of India

(B) Corporation Bank

(C) Central Bank of India

(D) Union Bank of India

7) Which country on 5 July 2015 won Copa America football title 2015?

(A) Brazil

(B) Argentina

(C) Coloumbia

(D) Chile

8) Union Government on 4 July 2015 released the first ever Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) after ___ years?

(A) 80

(B) 50

(C) 25

(D) 125

9) Y K Sabharwal who passed away on 6 July 2015 was the former?

(A) CAG

(B) Chief Justice of Supreme Court

(C) Chief Election Commissioner

(D) Vice President of India

10) Union government  recently launched a mobile application “m-asset” to know assets of ____?

(A) State Government

(B) Income Tax Department

(C) Corporations

(D) Gram Panchayat

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Employment News: 11th July - 17th July 2015

Dear friends.. Here is the Employment News for the week ending 17 July 2015.

1. Haryana Power Utilities.

Name of Post –Junior Engineers (Electrical, IT & Civil)

No. of Vacancies -288

Date – 10.08.2015

2. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited.

Name of Post –Supervisor Trainees (Finance)

No. of Vacancies -50

Date – 31.07.2015 

3. Institute of Banking Personnel Selection.

Name of Post –Officer (Scale-I, II & III) & Office Assistants (Multipurpose)

No. of Vacancies –Depending on the Vacancies as per the business needs of the Regional Rural Banks.

Date – 28.07.2015

4. Exim Bank.

Name of Post –Manager & Administrative Officers.

No. of Vacancies –78

Date – 22.07.2015

5. Staff Selection Commission.

Name of Post –Junior Engineers Group-B Non Gazetted

No. of Vacancies –1,000

Date – 10.08.2015

6. National Mineral Development Corporation Limited

Name of Post –unior Officers, HEM Operator Gr-I, Mechanic-cum-operator, Quality Control Assistant, Jr. Assistant, Stenographer, etc.

No. of Vacancies – 262

Date – 25.07.2015

7. National Institute of Open Schooling, Noida

Name of Post – Director (Vocational Education), Deputy Director (Accounts), Assistant Director, Section Officer, Assistant, etc.

No. of Vacancies – 72

 Last Date - 04.08.2015

8. Utkal University, Bhubaneswar

Name of Post – Professor, Reader, Lecturer

No. of Vacancies - 77

Last Date - 20.07.2015

9. Pondicherry Society of Higher Education, Puducherry

Name of Post-Assistant Professor

No. of Vacancies - 38

Last Date –06.07.2015

10. Directorate General Border Security Force, New Delhi

Name of Post – Assistant Sub Inspector (Steno) and

Head Constabl(Ministerial).

No. of Vacancies - 136

Last Date–before 45 days from the date of publication

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Novak Djokovic won Wimbledon title 2015

* Defending champion Novak Djokovic won a third Wimbledon title and a ninth Grand Slam crown on 12 July 2015.

* World number one Djokovic won 7-6 (7/1), 6-7 (10/12), 6-4, 6-3 the title defeating world number two Roger Federer. 

* For 33-year-old Federer, it was a bitterly disappointing end to his bid to become the oldest Wimbledon champion of the Open Era.

* The 17-time major winner has now gone three years since his last Grand Slam triumph.

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Daily Current Affairs: 12 July 2015

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1) Leander Paes, Martina Hingis won mixed doubles title at Wimbledon 2015:

--> India's Leander Paes and Switzerland's Martina Hingis defeated Alexander Peya of Austria and Timea Babos of Hungary 6-1, 6-1 to win the Wimbledon mixed doubles title at The 2015 All England Lawn Tennis Club on 12 July 2015.

--> The win gave Paes his 16th Grand Slam trophy and Hingis her second title at Wimbledon in two days, having won the women's doubles title with India's Sania Mirza on 11 July 2015.

--> It was Paes' eighth mixed doubles title and second with Hingis.

--> They won the Australian Open earlier this year. 42-year-old Paes also has eight men's doubles crowns in his Grand Slam collection.

--> Sumit Nagal won the junior boys' doubles trophy with Vietnam's Nam Hoang Ly. 

2) Djokovic beats Federer to win his third Wimbledon title:

--> Novak Djokovic beat Roger Federer for the second successive year in the Wimbledon final to capture his third title at the All England Club with a 7-6(1) 6-7(10) 6-4 6-3 win on 12 July 2015.

--> The Serbian world number one became the first man since 2007 to retain the Wimbledon men's title and in the process took his grand slam tally to nine.

3) Sunil Chhetri is highest paid player in ISL Auction 2015:

--> India national football captain Sunil Chhetri was the biggest earner at the inaugural Indian Super League (ISL) auction in Mumbai on 11 July 2015.

--> He was selected by Mumbai City FC for Rs 1.20 crore.

--> Chhetri's team-mate at Bengaluru FC, central midfielder Eugeneson Lyngdoh, was purchased by Pune FC for 1.05 crore from a base price of Rs 27 lakh.

--> A total of Rs 7.22 crore was spent on the ten players at the auction, with FC Goa and Kerala Blasters the only teams not to buy any player.

4) Indian-American Astronaut Sunita Williams Selected in NASA's First Commercial Crew:

--> Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams is among four astronauts who have been selected by NASA for commercial flights to the International Space Station (ISS) from US soil.

--> They will work closely with company-led teams to understand their designs and operations as they finalise their Boeing CST-100 and SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and operational strategies.

5) ‘Buddha In A Traffic Jam’ wins best original screenplay award at the Madrid Film Festival:

--> ‘Buddha In A Traffic Jam’ film has won the best original screenplay in a Foreign Language award at the Madrid International Film Festival.

--> The film is a political satire directed by filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri.

--> It stars Arunoday Singh and Mahi Gill in a lead role along with Anupam Kher, Pallavi Joshi and introduces Anchal Dwivedi.

6) Police verification for passports to go online:

--> Police verification for issue/renewal of passports will soon be an online affair, allowing its timeframe to be cut from the existing 20 days to less than a week.

--> The home ministry is set to allow all SP-level police officers access to databases such as National Population Register (NPR), Aadhaar and Electoral Photo I-Card via the Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) to enable online verification of identity, address and criminal record, if any, of the passport applicant.

--> Though the online check, for now, will be backed up with the usual physical verification by the local police, the ultimate aim is to fully eliminate the need for a doorstep check for all categories of passports.

7) Website of Isro's commercial arm Antrix hacked:

--> Two days after proving its commercial satellite launch capabilities, the Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) on 12 July 2015 found the website of its commercial arm, Antrix, defaced by hackers.

--> The home page of the Antrix website was replaced with parts of an article talking about 300 kids from Cape Town getting American Major League jerseys at cheap prices from China.

--> By evening, the homepage was restored.
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