Current Affairs Quiz: 7 August 2015

Friends..after a short break we are back with your Current Affairs Quiz. Today we are posting the Current Affairs Questions in Online Quiz format for 7 August 2015. Attempt the quiz and check your real time score. Also read descriptive Current Affairs 7 August 2015. 

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1) Airtel commercially launched 4G services in how many towns across India on 6 August 2015?

(A) 45

(B) 296

(C) 411

(D) 225

2) Union Government has recently signed a historic peace accord with NSCN(I-M) to bring normalcy in which state?

(A) Sikkim

(B) Manipur

(C) Nagaland

(D) Assam

3) PM Narendra Modi recently announced which day as ‘National Handloom Day’?

(A) August 7

(B) August 6

(C) August 5

(D) August 3

4) "Mars Trek" is a free, web-based application that provides high-quality, detailed visualisations of the Mars planet recently launched by?

(A) ISRO

(B) European Space Agency

(C) China National Space Administration

(D) NASA

5) Name Indian artistic gymnast who on 3 August 2015 clinched the women's vault bronze medal at the Asian Championships 2015?

(A) Dipa Karmakar

(B) Jwala Kumari

(C) Bhamini Pathak

(D) Deepika Iswal

6) Union Government has recently launched ‘SAMANVAY’ web portal to monitor progress and implementation of which scheme?

(A) Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

(B) Indira Awaas Yojana

(C) Atal Pension Bima Yojana

(D) Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana

7) Which state government has recently launched Thari Pension, Thare Pass project to directly transfer pension into the bank accounts of beneficiaries?

(A) Maharashtra

(B) Haryana

(C) Bihar

(D) Jharkhand

8) Who was on 3 August 2015 awarded with Bharat Bharti Literary Award for the year 2014?

(A) Kashinath Singh

(B) Gopal Das Neeraj

(C) Pratibha Ray

(D) Kalraj Mishra

9) Multi-Application Solar Telescope (MAST), Asia’s biggest telescope was recently inaugurated at the Udaipur Solar Observatory in which state?

(A) Tamil Nadu

(B) Uttar Pradesh

(C) Rajasthan

(D) Gujarat

10) Who was recently awarded the Ramanujan Prize for year 2015?

(A) Ramdorai Sujatha

(B) Manjul Bhargava

(C) Miguel Walsh

(D) Amalendu Krishna

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7 August 2015 Important Current Affairs Updates

Friends…Here are the important Current Affairs Updates for 7 August 2015 useful for preparing for upcoming competitive Exams. Also check our Current Affairs Quiz 2015.

1) PM Modi declares August 7 National Handloom Day:

--> Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 7 August 2015 announced August 7 as National Handloom Day to mark the 1905 Swadeshi movement.

--> Modi also launched the 'India Handloom' brand at a function in Chennai.

--> The PM also called for increased use of handloom products, saying a 5% increase in comsumption will increase revenues by 33% for the sector.

--> It was on August 7, 1905 that the formal proclamation of the Swadeshi Movement was made in a meeting at the Calcutta Town hall.

--> The movement involved boycotting British products and the revival of domestic products and production processes. 

2) Hiroshima marked 70 years since atomic bomb:

--> Residents in the Japanese city of Hiroshima had commemorated the 70th anniversary of the first atomic bomb being dropped by a US aircraft.

--> The bombing - and a second one on Nagasaki three days later - is credited with bringing to an end World War Two.

--> But it claimed the lives of at least 140,000 people in the city.

3) EPFO hits stock market through ETF route:

--> Retirement fund body EPFO kickstarted the process of investing in the stock market on 6 August 2015 with an initial corpus of around Rs 5,000 crore through ETFs in the current fiscal.

--> Labour minister Bandaru Dattatreya said that state provident funds will invest via SBI Nifty exchange-traded fund (ETF) and SBI Sensex ETF.

--> The Ministry had notified new investment pattern for Employees' Provident Fund Organsiation (EPFO) in April allowing the body to invest minimum of 5 per cent and up to 15 per cent of its funds in equity or equity related schemes.

4) Indian-American Atul Keshap appointed as US Ambassador to Maldives and Sri Lanka:

--> Indian-American Atul Keshap has been appointed as the United States (US) Ambassador to Maldives and Sri Lanka.

--> With this appointment he became the second Indian-origin US diplomat to be posted as Ambassador to the region after Richard Rahul Verma (US Ambassador to India).

5) Egypt launched Suez Canal expansion:

--> Egypt has launched a major expansion of the Suez Canal.

--> It was inaugurated by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a lavish ceremony held at port city of Ismailiya ( located on west bank of canal).

6) Lok Sabha passed Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill, 2015:

--> Lok Sabha has passed Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Bill 2015 by a voice vote.

--> The bill seeks to amend The Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 in order to make cheque-bounce filing of cases more convenient for check payees (person who receives the cheque).

7) Zhanna Nemtsova awarded with Solidarity Prize 2015 of Poland:

--> Russian journalist and social activist Zhanna Nemtsova was awarded with Poland’s Solidarity Prize 2015.

--> She was bestowed with this award for championing (promotion and protection) democracy and human rights.

8) Airtel commercially launched India’s first 4G services across 290 cities:

--> India’s telecom giant Airtel has commercially launched the high-speed 4G services across 296 towns across India on 6 August 2015.

--> In April 2012 Bharti Airtel had first launched its 4G service in Kolkata and from then conducted trials in 51 cities.

--> For the 4G devices Airtel has join hands with mobile handset maker Samsung to develop and provide 4G-enabled handsets in affordable price.
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Daily Current Affairs Updates: 5 August 2015

Friends..Here are the Important Current Affairs Updates for 5 August 2015. We haven’t covered important happenings for the last few days & apologies for that. But don’t worry..we will cover them in the upcoming weekly pdf and daily quiz series. Hope you are finding interest in our Quiz Website.

1) Amalendu Krishna of TIFR won Ramanujan Prize:

--> The Ramanujan Prize for 2015 has been won by mathematician Amalendu Krishna of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.

--> The prize is awarded jointly by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy, the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, and the International Mathematical Union (IMU) to a person under 45 working in a developing country.

--> He has been bestowed with this award for his outstanding contributions in the area of algebraic cycles, algebraic K-theory and the theory of motives.

--> Presently, Dr. Krishna is mathematician professor at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai. 

2) Asia’s biggest telescope MAST inaugurated at Udaipur Solar Observatory in Rajasthan:

--> Multi-Application Solar Telescope (MAST), Asia’s biggest telescope was inaugurated at the Udaipur Solar Observatory in Rajasthan.

--> It was inaugurated by Professor U.R Rao, Chairman of Physical Research Laboratory.

--> The telescope was installed under the project undertaken by Union Ministry of Science and Technology and was funded by Department of Space (DoS).

3) 3rd Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2015-16 released by RBI:

--> Raghuram Rajan, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 4 August 2015 presented the 3rd Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Statement for 2015-16.

--> Policy Repo Rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) unchanged at 7.25%.

--> Reverse Repo Rate under the LAF unchanged at 6.25%.

--> Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) of scheduled banks unchanged at 4.0%.

--> Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate unchanged at 8.25%.

4) Rural Development Minister launched ‘SAMANVAY’ for Gram Panchayats:

--> Rural Development Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh on 4 August 2015 launched SAMANVAY, a compilation of all schemes of both Union and State governments for Gram Panchayats.

--> SAMANVAY was launched with an aim to help MPs in utilising relevant schemes in the planning and implementation of Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY).

5) Flying Disc (“Frisbee”) becomes official Olympic sport:

--> The sport of flying disc, commonly known as "frisbee," was officially recognized as an Olympic sport by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 2 August 2015. 

--> After meeting all the criteria to become an Olympic sport, including having 62 national federations and gender equality, the World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) was given the nod at the 128th IOC Session session in the Malaysian capital.

6) Beijing chosen to host 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics:

--> Thomas Bach, the President of International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 31 July 2015 announced that Beijing will host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. --> Chinese capital was chosen ahead of Almaty, Kazakshtan at the 128th IOC session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

--> Beijing thus became the first city to host both the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics.

--> It hosted Summer Olympics in 2008.

7) Kashinath Singh chosen for Bharat Bharti literary award 2014:

--> Hindi litterateur Kashinath Singh was on 3 August 2015 chosen for the Uttar Pradesh's highest literary award Bharat Bharti for the year 2014.

--> The award is given by UP Hindi Sansthan every year.

--> It carries a cash prize of 5 lakh rupees.

8) IDFC Bank to start operations from October 2015:

--> IDFC Bank is set to start lending operations from October 1, 2015.

--> The stage is set for this with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) granting IDFC Bank licence for undertaking banking business, said IDFC in a notification to bourses.  
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Questions asked in IDBI Assistant Manager Exam - 2 August 2015

Friends..Here are the GA questions asked in IDBI Assistant Manager Exam held on 2 August 2015 across India. Here we have collected the questions asked in both Morning and evening shift exams. We really thank all the 41 candidates who have shared the questions with us in our mail id (currentaffairs4examz@gmail.com). These questions will be a useful reference for all upcoming online exams.

1) Where is Kazi Nazrul Islam airport situated? - Kolkata

2) Keibul Lamjao National Park is situated in which state? - Manipur

3) House for all scheme launched by Union Governemnt aims to built houses for all by? -2022

4) Tarun Gogoi Chief Minister of which state? - Assam

5) Which stadium hosted the final of IPL 2015? - Eden Garden Kolkota

6) G7 2015 summit venue? - Germany

7) Snapdeal recently acquired stake in which among the following? - Freecharge

8) India's first defence industrial park is located at? - Kerala

9) Currency of Portugese republic? - Euro

10) Which is the Regulatory body of RRB? - NABARD

11) Terracotta warriors museum in which country? - China

12) Omar sharif who died recently was a famous? - Egyptian Actor
13) Capital of Tajikistan? - Dushanbe
14) Currency of Israel? - Israeli new shekel
15) Who won the Wimbledon Men's singles title? - Novak Djokovic
16) Union Commerce minister? - Nirmala Sitaraman
17) Max NEFT amount that can be transferred to Nepal? - 50000
18) Minimum paid-up equity capital for small finance banks? - 100 Crore
19) Tehri dam is situated at?- Uttarakhand
20) Capital of Lakswadeep? - Kavaratti
21) CEO of Niti Aayog? - Sindhushree Khullar
22) GIFT is related to which state? - Gujarat
23) Monetary policy regulation is done by? - RBI
24) Rs. 2 lakh accident cover is present in which scheme? - Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana

25) Kanha national park is situated in which state? - Madhya Pradesh

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Employment News: 1st August - 7th August 2015

Friends.. Here is the Employment News for the week ending 7 August 2015. Check opportunities suitable for you and apply now. 

1. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar.

Name of Post – Professor, Additional Professor Associate Professor and Assistant Professor. 

No. of Vacancies – 244

Last Date – After one month from the publication

2. Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research, Dhanbad.

Name of Posts – Senior Scientist and Scientist

No. of Vacancies - 18

Last Date – 31.08.2015

3. Office of the Directorate General Assam Rifles, Shillong.

Name of Posts – Clerk, Personal Assistant, Religious Teacher, etc.

No. of Vacancies – 8

Date- 31.08.2015

4. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Bangalore

Name of Posts – Scientist & Engineer

No. of Vacancies –14

Date – 31.08.2015

5. Gun Carriage Factory, Jabalpur

Name of Post –Electrician, Electroplater, etc

No. of Vacancies -

Date – 09.09.2015

6. Ramanujan College, New Delhi.

Name of Post –Associate Professors, Officer, Assistants, etc.

No. of Vacancies – 437

Last Date – 09.09.2015

7. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited

Name of Post – Engineers.

No. of Vacancies – 14

 Last Date - 28.08.2015

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Today's (1 August 2015) Evening Shift RBI Assistant Exam Questions

Friends.. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today (1 August 2015) started its RBI Assistant Exam 2015. In the morning we have shared the questions asked in RBI Assistant Exam Morning Shift. Now we are sharing with you the questions asked in the evening shift. There were 05 sections in this exam: Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness, English Language and Computer Knowledge. 

1) Currency of Estonia? - Euro

2) Brad Haddin is related to which sport? - Cricket

3) What does "R" stands in SLR? - Ratio

4) Where is Asian Development Bank's (ADB) headquarters located? - Manila

5) Who won the CEAT Indian Cricketer of the Year award 2015? - Ajinkya Rahane

6) Gautam Budha Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary located in Gaya district of which state? - Bihar

7) International Maritime Organization Headquarters is in? - London

8) Y K Sabharwal who died recently in New Delhi at the age of 73 was the former? - Chief Justice of India

9) Kamakhya temple is a famous pilgrimage situated at which state? - Assam

10) Budget for Namami Gange programme? - Rs.20000cr

11) USA women's team defeated in FIFA Women's World Cup 2015? - Japan

12) World Tourism Day (WTD) is commemorated each year on? -  27 September

13) When new Service Tax Rate of 14 % came into effect? - June 1

14) Dispur, a locality of Guwahati, became the capital of? - Assam

15) The minimum age of joining Atal Pension Yojana is 18 years and maximum age is? - 40 years

16) Who is the author of the book 'Kashmir: The Vajpayee Years'? - A. S. Dulat

17) International Maritime Organization Headquarters is in? - London.
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Questions asked in RBI Assistant Exam 1 August 2015 - Morning Shift

Friends.. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today (01 August 2015) started its RBI Assistant Exam 2015. There were 05 sections in this exam: Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude, General Awareness, English Language and Computer Knowledge. Here are the GA questions shared by our friend Rajeev. 

Check Evening Shift Questions from here.

1) Capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli? - Silvassa

2) Name the Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting? - Arun Jaitley

3) Currency of Switzerland? - Swiss franc

4) Headquarters of International Monetary Fund (IMF)? - Washington, D.C

5) "The Test of My Life" is the autobiography of? - Yuvraj Singh

6) National Teachers Day is celebrated on? - September 5

7) Who is the recently appointed Deputy Governor of RBI? - S.S. Mundra

8) Who has been appointed as the presidentof the $50 billion New Development Bank being set up by BRICS? - K V Kamath

9) Which is the longest river in the world? - River Nile

10) Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the MUDRA bank with a corpus of? - Rs. 20000 crores

11) Floyd Joy Mayweather is related to which sport? - Boxing
12) Which NASA probe searched water on Moon – LCROSS
13) Which Command is used for undo – CTRL + Z
14) What is C++? - High level Language
15) In Sukanya Samridhi Yojana Age limit for Girl Child is? - 10 years
16) Which country will supply Uranium to India? - Canada
17) PROM Full Form? - Programmable Read Only Memory
18) RBI Extended the Date of Pre 2005 Notes to? - 31st December 2015
19) Carolina Marin is associated with which game? - Badminton
20) What is the Age Limit of Atal Pension Yojana? - 18 Years to 40 Years
21) Important Function of CPU? - Control Unit & ALU
22) What is URL? - Uniform Resource Locator
23) Who is Nazim Zaidi? - Chief Election Commissioner of India
24) Which among the following is the pointing Device? – Mouse

25) Which among the following is not a software? - Printer
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Current Affairs July 2015 PDF Capsule

Friends.. July 2015 is over and it’s time to check the Important Current Affairs events for the month. We are providing this free PDF Current Affairs Capsule to you covering all the important happenings of July 2015. We have also released June 2015 Complete Current Affairs Quiz PDF last month.

Current Affairs July Capsule for upcoming exams

This Current Affairs Capsule of July 2015 will be very useful reference for all upcoming competitive exams like RBI Assistant 2015, FCI Assistant, SSC CGL and CHSL 2015, OICL Assistant 2015, IBPS Clerk/PO/RRB 2015 etc.

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Current Affairs PDF July 2015 Free Download- Third Week

Friends..Here is the Important Current Affairs Updates from third week of July 2015 (19 July 2015 to 25 July 2015). This will be useful reference for all upcoming exams. You can download the free PDF from the link below. Also attempt our Current Affairs Online Quiz to brush up your knowledge.

1) Name the Earth-like exoplanet which was discovered by Kepler Mission? - Kepler 452b

2) Name the world’s first malaria vaccine which was on 24 July 2015 got approval from European Medicines Agency (EMA)? - RTS,S or Mosquirix

3) Name the capital of the Republic of Guinea, which was on 21 July 2015 named as the World Book Capital for 2017 by UNESCO? – Conakry

4) Which ground will host the final of the ICC World Twenty20 World Cup to be held in India during 2016? - Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata.

5) Who was on 20 July 2015 appointed as Chairperson of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)? - Bhanu Pratap Sharma

6) Name the two-time Grand Slam winner and former number one tennis player of France, who was on 18 July 2015 inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame? - Amelie Mauresmo

7) Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on 25 July 2015 launched which scheme from Patna? - Deendayal Upadhyay Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY)

8) Who was on 24 July 2015 chosen for the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize 2015 in the Academic Category? - Historian Ramachandra Guha

9) National Broadcasting Day was recently observed on? - 23 July 2015

10) Name the Indian-American boy who on 11 July 2015 won the Junior Title at the US Powerlifting Association National Championships 2015 that was held at the Golden Nugget Casino in Las Vegas? - Amitoj Chhabra

11) Who was on 20 July 2015 appointed as Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with effect from 8 September 2015? - Maurice Obstfeld

12) Name the Kerala Tourism's Project which on 18 July 2015 bagged the 2015 Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) award in the ‘Heritage & Culture’ category? - Muziris Heritage Project (MHP)

13) India’s 1st indigenously designed and developed High Thrust cryogenic rocket engine was recently tested from? - ISRO Propulsion Complex, Mahendragiri

14) Name the indigenously designed and developed Visibility Measuring System which was installed at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, New Delhi recently? – DRISHTI

15) Who was on 24 July 2015 appointed as the Director-General (DG) of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)? - Ajay Mathur

Note: TERI is a non-profit research institution that conducts research work in the fields of energy, environment and sustainable development.

16) Who were on 24 July 2015 awarded with the first-ever Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize by the United Nations (UN)? - Helena Ndume of Namibia and Jorge Sampaio of Portugal

17) Name the Cartoonist who gave life to the cartoon character Archie, who died on 20 July 2015? - Tom Moore

18) Name the countrywide campaign, to create mass awareness and capacity building for safe and hygienic food launched by Union government recently? - Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan

19) Name the cartoonist working with the prominent Telugu Daily newspaper Sakshi, who on 11 July 2015 won the Grand Prix World Press Cartoon 2014 Award for sketching Nelson Mandela? - Pamarthy Shankar

20) Nelson Mandela International Day was observed across the world on? - 18 July 2015

21) Name the noted Urdu fiction writer who died on 19 July 2015? - Dr Bisheshar Pradeep

22) India was recently ranked ___th in terms of power generation from nuclear source? - 12^th

23) CCEA chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 21 July 2015 approved to extend the deadline for implementation of Crime and Criminals Tracking network and Systems (CCTNS) project till? - March 2017

24) Union Government on 20 July 2015 launched National Career Counselling Portal under which ministry? - Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

25) Who was on 21 July 2015 appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Flipkart-owned fashion store Myntra? - Ananth Narayanan

26) Which Indian firm on 23 July 2015 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Augur Overseas Operation of Singapore to manufacture Aerostats and Airships in India? - Reliance Unmanned Systems

27) Which 10-year old was on 22 July 2015 won the IJGA World Stars of Junior Golf event in Las Vegas? - Shubham Jaglan

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Current Affairs PDF Capsule for RBI Assistant Exam 2015

Friends.. As you are aware Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is going to conduct its Assistant Exam on August 1,8,9 and 16. RBI Assistant Exam is having the following five sections: Reasoning, English Language, Numerical Ability, General Awareness and Computer Knowledge. Each section will be having 40 questions with 1 mark each. Exam will be for 2 hours. There is negative marking of 0.25 for each wrong answer. 

When it comes to the exam, General Awareness is the toughest topic for most of the candidates. From previous questions it is well proven that most of the questions of GA are from Current Affairs. Banking related questions are mostly from Current Affairs only. Hence we are bringing you this Current Affairs PDF Capsule for RBI Assistant Exam 2015 which will be a useful reference for your success in the exam.

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