Current Affairs Questions and Answers - July 12 & 13, 2015

ANSWER: D. Kyrgyzstan

PM Narendra Modi remarked that this was his first visit to Central Asia, and a statue of Mahatma Gandhi had been unveiled in two countries, during this visit.

ANSWER: B. Goa

The first ISAES was organised way back in 1963 at Cape Town, and the last one (11th) at Edinburgh, with the Symposium traversing through Oslo, Madison, Adelaide, Cambridge, Tokyo, Siena, Wellington, Potsdam and Santa Barbara.

ANSWER: C. Haryana

In Haryana, the Gurgaon Police launched a new initiative known as ‘UDAAN’, an employment linked skill training program for under privileged youth. As many as 60 people would be trained in hospitality in the first batch of ‘UDAAN’.

ANSWER: A. NABARD

The state-run National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, NABARD has set a target of providing 30,000 crore rupees as credit to farmers for irrigation over the next three years. This funding will be in addition to the government’s recent announcement of providing 50,000 crore rupees of loans to farmers over the next five years under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana.

ANSWER: B. Serena Williams

In the final in London on 11th July’15, Serena Williams defeated 21-year old Garbine Muguruza of Spain.

ANSWER: A. Sumit Nagal

Youngster Sumit Nagal entered the history books as only sixth Indian to win a Grand Slam junior title after winning the boys doubles trophy at the Wimbledon championships with partner Nam Hoang Ly.

ANSWER: C. Leander Paes and Martina Hingis

Leander Paes clinched his 16th Grand Slam trophy, winning the mixed doubles event of the Wimbledon Championship with legendary Martina Hingis by defeating Alexander Peya and Timea Babos.

ANSWER: C. Novak Djokovic

Novak Djokovic won the third Wimbledon title by defeating Roger Federer.

ANSWER: A. ISRO

The website of Indian Space Research Organisation's commercial arm Antrix was hacked. The home page of the Antrix Corporation Limited website seems to have been hacked as per the statement made by the ISRO official.

ANSWER: A. Hyderabad to Tirupati

Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju inaugurated the first commercial flight of TruJet, promoted by a group of investors including Tollywood actor Ram Charan Teja.

ANSWER: D. 40

The apex court's order came after the MP government gave its consent to transfer investigation of all Vyapam-related cases from the Special Investigation Team and the Special Task Force to the CBI.