Current Affairs Questions and Answers - June 27 & 28, 2015

ANSWER: B. Anshula Kant

She succeeded P K Gupta, who was promoted as Chief Executive Officer of SBI Capital.

ANSWER: A. Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan

On 25 June 2015 Union Government requested the Chief Ministers of Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan to encourage supply of free milk in the Mid Day Meal to school children. The decision was made in a review meeting in which it was found that the State Milk Federations of these states have surplus stock of skimmed milk powder. At present, two states Karnataka (under project Ksheerabhagya started in 2012-13) and Madhya Pradesh provides free milk products to school children under the Mid Day Meal scheme.

ANSWER: C. Ladakh

Hemis festival is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Padmasambhava. During this festive season, Lamas called 'chhams,' perform masked dances and sacred plays to the accompaniment of cymbals, drums and long horns. The head lama presides over the function.

ANSWER: D. Assam

The basic objective of the project is to save society from hazards and pollution created by the huge amount of increasing municipality solid waste.

ANSWER: B. Andhra Pradesh

The MoU was signed during AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu's meeting with an Australian delegation led by Steven Ciobo, Parliamentary Secretary to the Australian Trade and Investment Minister.

ANSWER: A. Authorised Dealer Category I

Earlier, AD Cat-I Banks were allowed to borrow from IFIs/MFIs for a short period in 2013 with prior permission from the RBI on a case-by-case basis. Now as per the
recent notification, the banks can borrow without any such prior approvals from the RBI.

ANSWER: C. Leander Paes

The 42-year-old Leander Paes achieved this land mark feat when he joined Marcel Granollers of Spain in a match against Treat Huey and Scott Lipsky at the Aegon Open in Nottingham, the UK.

ANSWER: A. United States

The MoU is signed to enhance cooperation in areas such as cancer research, infrastructure development, training, capacity building and better assessment and application of new diagnostic technologies.

ANSWER: A. Veselin Topalov

Topalov secured 6.5 points while Anand ended the tournament in second place with 6 points.

ANSWER: C. Cafe Coffee Day

The Cafe Coffee Day, has filed a draft prospectus with SEBI for an initial public offering to raise as much as 11.5 billion rupees ($181 million). The application process with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) could take two to three months.

ANSWER: D. China

The top 10 emitters are China followed by US, European Union, India, Russia, Japan, Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico and Iran.

ANSWER: A. United States

With this ruling, gay people can marry in all 50 states of US.

ANSWER: C. Jharkhand

Foundation stone of the campus of Institute will be laid by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi on 28th June, 2015 at Goriya Karma village in Barhi, Hazaribagh, Jharkhand.

ANSWER: A. 1st July

The Prime Minister would launch the Digital India Week on 1st July with a view to empower the people of the country through the Digital India Programme.

ANSWER: C. Thailand

Over 600 scholars from 60 countries are participating in the conference.