Current Affairs September & Questions and Answers:2015

• Current Affairs September 2015

   
• DJB commissioned 1st ever Hydro-power plant at Chilla
• Bandhan Financial Services started operations as Scheduled Commercial Bank
• Golfer Aditi Ashok became first Indian to win the Ladies British Amateur Golf championship
• Palmyra’s temple of Baalshamin destroyed by ISIS militants
• England won 2015 Ashes Test series 3-2
• Infosys launched three new services Aikido
• Puducherry CM N Rangasamy launched Free Laptop Scheme
• Eminent Sanskrit Scholar and Indologist NR Varhadpande passed away
• Noted academician Amitabh Mattoo appointed as Advisor to J&K CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
• Union Government Issued Norms for Selection of CEOs and MDs of Smaller PSU Banks
• Himachal Pradesh Government launched RISHTA project
• NASA spacecraft LADEE found presence of neon gas in Moon’s atmosphere
• Historian Babasaheb Purandare bestowed with Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2015
• Making India Awesome authored by Chetan Bhagat released
• Union Government launched web portal Vidya Lakshmi for Students Seeking Educational Loans
• Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
• Union Cabinet approved signing of MoU between India and Australia on education and research
• ASA and Exchange of Information with respect to Taxes between India, Seychelles approved
• Greek PM Alexis Tsipras resigned and called for snap polls

• Current Affairs Questions and Answers:
  Que-1: Mount Sinjar, which was recently making news, is located in __?
  A.    Syria
  B.    Iraq
  C.    Libya
  D.   Ghana
  Ans: B
  Que-2: What is the age limit for the athletes participating in the Youth Olympic Games?
   A. 14 to 20
   B. 15 to 22
   C. 14 to 18
   D. 16 to 25
  Ans. C
  Que-3: The “Tsongmo or Changu” lake is located in ___?
  A. Jammu and Kashmir
  B. Sikkim
  C. Himachal Pradesh
  D. Uttarkhand
  Ans. B
  Que-4: Which one of the following cities has been chosen as ad hoc capital of Andhra Pradesh?
  A. Vijayawada
  B. Visakhapatnam
  C. Tirupati
  D. Kurnool
  Ans. A
  Que-5: India has imposed Anti- dumping duty on potassium carbonate imports from which of the following countries?
  A. China and South Korea
  B. Singapore and Taiwan
  C. Taiwan and China
  D. South Korea and Taiwan
  Ans. D
  Que-6: Who among the following personalities bestowed with the 2015 Gujar Mal Modi Award recently?
  A Prof. Mustansir Barma
  B N. Valarmathi
  C Jothimani Gowthaman
  D T K Anuradha
  Ans. A
  Que-7: “International Yoga Day” celebrate on -
  A. 5th June
  B. 20th June
  C. 21st June
  D. 22nd June
  Ans: C
  Que-8: BRICS summit 2015 held at -
  A. Shanghai
  B. Ufa
  C. Rio De janeiro
  D. Moscow
  Ans: B
  Que-9: CSO has changed the base year for estimating the national income data -
  A. from 2004-05 to 2010-11
  B. from 1999-2000 to 2004-05
  C. from 2004-05 to 2011-12
  D. from 2004-05 to 2009-10
  Ans: C
  Que-10: In Union Budget, GDP growth rate for the year 2015-16 has been projected at -
  A. 8.0 – 8.5%
  B. 7.0 – 7.5%
  C. 7.5 – 8.0%
  D. 8.5 – 9.0%
  Ans: A
  Que-11: DDA launches online feedback system on__________.
  A. 1st August 2015
  B. 2nd August 2015
  C. 3rd August 2015
  D. 4th August 2015
  Ans. C
  Que-12: Who clinched the women’s vault bronze medal at the 6th Senior ART Gymnastics Asian Championships in Hiroshima on 3rd August 2015?
  A. Dipa Karmakar
  B. Dipika Sahransi
  C. Sania Nehwal
  D. Sania Mirza
  Ans. A
  Que-13: The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) ended Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s five-year ban on entering the Wankhede Stadium which was due to end on year_____.
  A. 2015
  B. 2016
  C. 2017
  D. 2018
  Ans. C
  Que-14: A person who was known as the the ‘Voice of Racing’ died recently. Name the person.
  A. Lynn
  B. Samuel Anim,
  C. Ambros Seelos
  D. Peter O’Sullevan
  Ans. D
  Que-15: Which advertising agency bags Tourism Ministry’s ‘Incredible India’ advertising campaign?
  A. McCann
  B. Adclinic
  C. ADG Design
  D. Advision
  Ans. A
  Que-16: Bharti Airtel, appointed _______as its Global Chief Financial Officer.
  A. Nilanjan Roy
  B. Srikanth Balachandaran
  C. Srini Gopalan
  D. None of the above
  Ans. A
  Que-17: HSBC announced to launch __________ in India for raising funds for investments in environmental projects.
  A. Green India
  B. Green Clean
  C. Green bond
  D. Green trees
  Ans. C