General Awareness Test (August - 15) - Set 4

ANSWER: NABARD

Explanation:
NABARD is the only NIE in the country, at present, for undertaking climate change projects. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) was set up under the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2010 to help developing countries finance clean energy, other mitigation efforts and adaptation to climate change.

ANSWER: O P Rawat

Explanation:
Law Ministry said, the appointment of former Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer Mr Rawat will come into effect from the day he assumes office.

ANSWER: Mars

Explanation:
A new research study published in the journal Geology uncovered a basin that may have housed a body of water 36 million years ago, a full 200 million years after scientists believe Mars had seen its last drop of liquid water. The findings came from a study of salt deposits in an 18 square mile area near the Martian equator, about 100 miles from NASA’s Opportunity rover landing site.

ANSWER: Justice Jayant Patel

Explanation:
Justice Patel has replaced Justice V. M. Sahai who retired as acting chief justice on superannuation. Gujarat High Court has received a notification from the Supreme Court of India regarding the appointment of Justice Jayant Patel as the acting Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court on 12th Aug’15.

ANSWER: Sudhakar Shetty

Explanation:
The elections were held with Justice P K Bhasin (Retired Judge of Delhi High Court) acting as the Returning Officer in the presence of HS Bhadu, IOA Observer and R K Saxena, Government Observer.

ANSWER: PAHAL

Explanation:
Government of India launched the `PAHAL’ Scheme in 54 districts of the country on 15.11.2014 and in remaining districts of the country on 1st January, 2015. As on 13.8.2015, 13.9 crore LPG consumers have joined the PAHAL scheme. LPG consumers who join the PAHAL scheme will get the LPG cylinders at market price and receive LPG subsidy (as per their entitlement) directly into their bank accounts.

ANSWER: Saurav Ganguly

Explanation:
He replaced Sachin Tendulkar whose contract ended in last year.

ANSWER: FbStart

Explanation:
FbStart is a programme launched last year to help early-stage mobile start-ups build and grow their applications. Under this, Facebook runs two tracks called ‘Accelerate companies’ and ‘Bootstrap companies’ and for which it will provide software and tools worth 80,000 dollars and 30,000 dollars respectively to developers.

ANSWER: 10000

Explanation:
It will now allow messages of up to 10,000 characters in its mobile apps, desktop apps, and the web.

ANSWER: State Bank of India

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: 69th

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: Spain

Explanation:
Indian Men's Hockey Team on their European tour beat Spain in their third and final match at Teresa in Spain on 14th Aug’15 and won the three match series 2-1.

ANSWER: Swatantra Raj Singh

Explanation:
The award is given to Sports Coaches for their life time work in the field. This time, 3 Sports coaches were recommended, including Nihar Amin for Swimming and Harbans Singh for Athletics.

ANSWER: O P Munjal

Explanation:
Om Prakash Munjal was known as the doyen of Indian cycle industry. He along with his three brothers Brijmohan Lall Munjal, Dayanand Mujnal and Satyanand Munjal, had started a bicycle spare parts business in Amritsar in 1944.

ANSWER: P S Jayakumar

Explanation:
This is the first time the government has chosen the candidate from the private sector to head the Public Sector Banks.

ANSWER: Rakesh Sharma

Explanation:
Rakesh Sharma is chosen from private sector to head the Public Sector Bank.

ANSWER: -4.05%

Explanation:
Deflationary trends continued for the ninth month in a row in July with wholesale inflation plunging to a low of minus 4.05 percent on cheaper vegetable and fuel. The WPI number follows retail inflation (CPI) data, which had slipped to a record low of 3.78 per cent in July. The overall wholesale price index-based (WPI) inflation was minus 2.40 percent in June. It has been in the negative zone since November 2014. A year ago in July 2014, inflation was 5.41 per cent. During the month, pulses, milk, edible oil, egg, meat and fish turned dearer.

ANSWER: Indradhanush

Explanation:
Indradhanush is a seven pronged plan that includes appointments, capitalisation, de-stressing PSBs, empowerment, framework of accountability and governance reforms.

ANSWER: Bank Board Bureau

Explanation:
The government decided to set up a Bank Board Bureau, BBB through which two dozen state-run banks would be monitored for key performance indicators. The BBB will start the functioning from the 1st of April next year and the selection of its member will start in the next six months.

ANSWER: IRDAI

Explanation:
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India Member Nilesh Sathe announced that the decision will not be binding on banks who are free to take their call.

ANSWER: 25%

Explanation:
Last year, the apex bank had transferred 52,679 crore rupees of its surplus profit to the Government.

ANSWER: 20th August

Explanation:
Department of Telecom said in a notice on its website that last date for submission of suggestions and comments on report of committee on Net Neutrality through discussion forum under MyGov.in has been extended till 20th of August. Net neutrality implies that equal treatment be accorded to all Internet traffic and no priority be given to an entity or company based on the payment to content or service providers such as telecom companies, which is seen as discriminatory. The neutrality debate flared up in India after telecom operator Airtel launched a platform, Airtel Zero, that would allow free access of some websites on its network.

ANSWER: Piku

Explanation:
The programme was organised at the National Gallery of Victoria attended by various personalities including Australian High Commissioner to India Patrick Suckling, Indian High Commissioner Navdeep Suri, Consul General Manika Jain, Anil kapoor, Bhumi Padnekar, Simi Grewal, Sonam Kapoor,film director Shojit Sircar.

ANSWER: Bhumi Pednekar

Explanation:
She won the best actress award for acting in a ‘Dum Laga Ke Haisha’ movie.

ANSWER: Irfan Khan

Explanation:
Irfan Khan was awarded for best actor award for his performance in "Piku" film.

ANSWER: YUDH ABHYAS 2015

Explanation:
The exercise will be the 11th such event in the Yudh Abhyas series, which started in 2004 under US Army Pacific partnership program.

ANSWER: Urdu Writer

Explanation:
Salim was the first woman graduate of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). She had penned down many books including' Shorish-e-Dauran', 'Ham Saath Thhe','Parchhaiyon Ke Ujale' and ' Hardam Rawan Hai Zindagi'. She was sister of the legendary poet Israrul Haqu Mazaj and aunt of famous lyricist Javed Akhtar.

ANSWER: Ecuador

Explanation:
Ecuador President Rafael Correa has declared a state of emergency over increasing activity at the Cotopaxi volcano near the capital Quito. Cotopaxi is among the world's most dangerous volcanoes and is prone to fast-moving rock and mud flows. Cotopaxi last had a major eruption in 1877.

ANSWER: Saina Nehwal

Explanation:
She lost the women's singles summit clash to Spain's Carolina Marin in Jakarta. This was India's fifth medal at the World Championship after PV Sindhu clinched the bronze twice in 2013 and 2014 and Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa notched up a bronze in women's doubles at the 2011 edition. Legendary shuttler Prakash Padukone was the first Indian to win a bronze at the 1983 edition.

ANSWER: Abhishek Verma

Explanation:
At Wroclaw, the world number 18 was at his best in the individual final as he held on to his lead to wrap up the issue against Esmaeil Ebadi of Iran.

ANSWER: Russia

Explanation:
The International Army Games 2015 were held August 1st to 15th on 11 training ranges across three Russia’s military commands, the Western, the Southern and the Central. Fifty seven teams from 17 countries from Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, which competed at the Games.

ANSWER: Washington DC

Explanation:
The dialogue was held with an aim to increase global cyber security and promote the digital economy.

ANSWER: Thailand

Explanation:
The temple is located on a main road through Bangkok's commercial hub and is surrounded by three major shopping malls. It is among Bangkok's most popular tourist attractions.

ANSWER: 4.66%

Explanation:
Country's food grain production is estimated to have declined 4.66 per cent to 252.68 million tonnes (MT) in 2014-15 crop year due to poor monsoon and unseasonal rains in February-March. An official statement says, total foodgrain production in the country is estimated at 252.68 MT, which is lower by 12.36 MT than the last year's record foodgrain production of 265.04 MT.

ANSWER: Jawwad S Khawaja

Explanation:
Justice Khawaja, the senior-most sitting judge, will serve as chief justice for only 23 days as he is due to retire on the 9th of next month.

ANSWER: Andy Murray

Explanation:
World number two Murray won to record his first victory against the top seeded Serbian Novak Djokovic since the 2013 Wimbledon Final. It was Murray's 11th Masters title. Djokovic, who lost for just the fourth time this year, had won 12 consecutive Masters Series Finals before this.

ANSWER: 5th

Explanation:
Anirban Lahiri finished tied 5th at the US PGA championship at Whistling Straits which is the highest position by an Indian at a Golf Major. The 28-year-old Lahiri and American Brooks Koepka, shared the fifth position while Australia's Jason Day lifted the PGA Championship title. World No. 53 Lahiri won his first European Tour title at the Malaysian Open in February before adding a second later that month on home soil at the Indian Open.

ANSWER: Varanasi

Explanation:
The Varanasi-Sharjah flight, IX 183, took off from Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, Varanasi with 170 passengers.

ANSWER: Start-up India, Stand up India

Explanation:
It is associated with Promoting banks to finance start-ups and offer incentives to boost entrepreneurship and job creation. It is expected to give a new dimension to entrepreneurship and help set up a network of start-ups in the country.

ANSWER: Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Ministry

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!