Current Affairs Questions and Answers - May 21, 2015

ANSWER: B. AGNIBAN

Army, Air Force and BSF will conduct joint operations to learn and practice combating future threats. The Golden Arrow Division along with participating units and integrated elements of Vajra Corps and Western Command will be put through a realistic war like scenario.

ANSWER: C. Laszlo Krasznahorkai

Hungarian writer Laszlo Krasznahorkai has won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for 2015. He was announced the winner at an award ceremony at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London on 20th May 15.

ANSWER: D. North Korea

The claim comes hours after North Korea cancelled a planned visit by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

ANSWER: D. Meghalaya

All households in the state have been successfully covered under the scheme. More than 5.53 lakh households have been covered with 1.55 lakh new bank accounts.

ANSWER: A. Manipur

Mission Indradhanush is implementing successfully in Manipur achieving 55 percent of the target by the end of second round of the first phase of the Mission covering four hill districts of the State namely - Churachandpur, Senapati, Tamenglong and Ukhrul.

ANSWER: C. Maharashtra

Earlier, a government official informed that, section 66 (1) (c) of the Factories Act, 1948 restricted women from working at a factory between 7 PM and 6 AM but now that has been done away with. The managements will have to ensure security of women working in night shift.

ANSWER: A. Delhi

To make playing easier for all, the state government has ordered opening up of several stadiums and sports complexes. Apart from this, it has also been decided that academies or clubs or individuals will have access to government schools for sports promotion.

ANSWER: C. Gold.

As per the draft guidelines released by Finance Ministry, minimum gold deposit is proposed at 30 grams and the interest earned on it would be exempt from income tax as well as capital gains tax. The draft also mentioned that a person or institution holding surplus gold can get it valued from BIS-approved hallmarking centres, open a Gold Savings Account in banks for a minimum period of one year and earn interest in either cash or gold units.

ANSWER: D. 5.

Four of the banks - JPMorgan, Citigroup, Barclays, RBS - have agreed to plead guilty to US criminal charges. The fifth, UBS, will plead guilty to rigging benchmark interest rates. Barclays was fined the most, 2.4 billion dollar, as it did not join other banks in November to settle investigations by UK, US and Swiss regulators. US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said that "almost every day" for five years from 2007, currency traders used a private electronic chat room to manipulate exchange rates. Their actions harmed countless consumers, investors and institutions around the world.

ANSWER: A. Geneva

Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare and the President of World Health Assembly inaugurated a Photo-Exhibition on Yoga- “Yoga for All, Yoga for Health” on the sidelines of 68th World Health Assembly, at Geneva.

ANSWER: D. Britain

Prices fell by 0.1 per cent in the year to April, a new record monthly low for the consumer price index created in 1996. The best comparable data suggests that this is the lowest UK inflation reading since early 1960.