Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Apr 28, 2015

ANSWER: A. Spain

Spain has proposed cooperation with India in developing smart and sustainable cities in the country and presented a draft of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard. The MoU relating to urban development was presented during the meeting of a Spanish delegation led by its Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Jose Garcia-Margallo Marfil with the Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu in Parliament House in New Delhi.

ANSWER: B. Omar-Al-Bashir.

With this win, Omar al-Bashir extends his 25-year rule. Omar faces war crimes charges and is wanted by the International Criminal Court.

ANSWER: D. India.

Rakesh Kumar in 69 kg weight class and Harpal Singh in 75kg category struck gold on the final day of the competition as Indian team logged 33 points to finish ahead of second-placed Mongolia.

ANSWER: D. Radio Iran

Radio Iran says Baghdadi died in an Israeli hospital in the occupied Golan Heights where he had been hospitalized for treatment after sustaining severe injuries during a joint attack of the Iraqi army and US-coalition airstrike. The sources added that al-Baghdadi has been declared by his Israeli physicians and surgeons as to be now clinically dead. The terrorist leader was targeted in an airstrike in Western Iraq on 18th March.

ANSWER: B. Ratan Tata

Ratan Tata becomes the first Indian to pick up a stake in China's largest smartphone maker Xiaomi. He has already made personal investments in homegrown e-commerce players like Snapdeal, Urban Ladder, Bluestone and Cardekho.com. In March this year, he also invested in mobile commerce firm Paytm.

ANSWER: D. Indian Oil Corporation

The Paradip refinery is the most sophisticated of Indian Oil's 11 plants. With the commissioning of the Paradip refinery, IOC's overall refining capacity has been increased to 1.61 million bpd, about 35 percent of the country's 4.6 million bpd capacity.

ANSWER: C. 9000

In an order, the Ministry of Home Affairs said, the registration of the NGOs that had neither filed their annual returns for three years nor given any explanation for the delay, stood cancelled with immediate effect. The Ministry has also directed the district magistrate concerned to manage the assets of these NGOs in any manner considered necessary and in public interest. The Foreign Contribution Regulation Act requires every registered NGO to submit its returns annually, irrespective of whether it received foreign funding in that year.

ANSWER: A. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani.

ANSWER: C. INS Tarangini

The Ship was flagged off by Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba, PVSM, AVSM, the flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern naval Command in a departure ceremony conducted at the Naval base, Kochi on 27 Apr 15.

ANSWER: A. Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh state Government is contemplating to form a Special Police Force for safety and security of tourists in the state. The proposal is in active consideration as part of the state New Tourism Policy.