General Awareness Test (May - 15) - Set 4

ANSWER: Uttarakhand

Explanation:
President Pranab Mukherjee addressed the special session of Uttrakhand Legislative Assembly.

ANSWER: Roger Federer

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: Aruna Shanbaug

Explanation:
The 66-year-old was looked after by nurses of Asia's largest public healthcare facility, the BMC-run KEM Hospital.

ANSWER: S. S. Ahluwalia

Explanation:
The 30-member Committee comprises 20 members of the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha. The Committee will submit its report on the first day of the monsoon session.

ANSWER: 53 years

Explanation:
The Nelong Valley is situated in the picturesque Gangotri National Park (GNP) in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand state at an altitude of 11,000 feet. The beautiful valley of Uttarakhand state was opened recently for tourists for the first time since the 1962 Indo-China war because of its proximity to the China border.

ANSWER: Infosys

Explanation:
A MoU in this regard was signed between Infosys and the local Chinese provincial government at the India-China Business Forum, which was addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Shanghai during his visit to China.

ANSWER: 7

Explanation:
The agreements were inked during the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to South Korea.

ANSWER: Maria Sharapova

Explanation:
Russian Maria Sharapova on 17 May 2015 won the women’s singles of Italian Open for the third time. She defeated Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro.

ANSWER: 19 years

Explanation:
The World Health Assembly (WHA) is the forum through which the World Health Organization (WHO) is governed by its 194 member states. The session was presided by the Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda.

ANSWER: 30

Explanation:
These projects will help in reducing the wastage of food and the Ministry will also provide grant of Rs 274 crore on these projects.

ANSWER: India

Explanation:
PATA travel mart is the premier travel trade show in the Asia Pacific region. It brings together international buyers and sellers and provides platform for promoting tourism destination of countries.

ANSWER: 20th May 2015

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: Fourth

Explanation:
The four ships of Project-28 built by GRSE, Kolkata have been designed indigenously by the Directorate of Naval Design, New Delhi and bear testimony to the acclaimed legacy of Naval Designers. Kavaratti will also be packed with an array of state of art weapons and sensors, including a Medium Range Gun (from M/s Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd), Torpedo Tube Launchers as well as Rocket Launchers (from M/s Larsen &Tubro), Close-In Weapon System (from M/s Gun and Shell Factory) and Chaff System (from M/s Machine Tool Prototype Factory).

ANSWER: Himachal Pradesh

Explanation:
This is for the first time that India will be hosting the Paragliding World Cup which will see participation from over 50 countries. Himachal Pradesh will host the Paragliding World Cup from 23 October to 31 October 2015 at Bir Billing in Kangra valley. The world cup will be held under the aegis of Para-gliding World Cup Association, France.

ANSWER: India Meteorological Department

Explanation:
All weather information provided by ESSO-IMD will be used by the Power System Operators across the India for better management of Indian Power System.

ANSWER: Infosys

Explanation:
RE100 is a global platform for major companies committed to 100% renewable power. The company is already working to reduce its per capita electricity consumption by 50 percent from its 2007-2008 levels and source all its electricity from renewable resources by 2018.

ANSWER: Infosys

Explanation:
For this Infosys earmarked an amount of 400 crore rupees. The company announced to achieve carbon-neutrality on commuting and travel by its nearly 1.8 lakh employees and in doing so deepens its commitment to sustainability.

ANSWER: Manipur

Explanation:
Scientists from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) discovered a new species of catfish named Glyptothorax senapatiensis in the Chindwin river drainage in Senapati district of Manipur.

ANSWER: 1st June 2015

Explanation:
This increased service tax will be inclusive of an education cess.

ANSWER: M J Joseph

Explanation:
He will succeed Jawahar Thakur. Earlier he was the as the Director General of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).

ANSWER: Huwaei

Explanation:
Various devices include Wifi dongles, Tablets and Smartphones.

ANSWER: Brad Haddin

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: Anil Kumble

Explanation:
The Cricket Committee's mandate is to discuss cricket-playing matters and make recommendations to the ICC Chief Executives Committee and the ICC Board that will meet in Barbados during the ICC's annual conference week, from June 22-26.

ANSWER: AGNIBAN

Explanation:
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: Laszlo Krasznahorkai

Explanation:
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: Meghalaya

Explanation:
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: Manipur

Explanation:
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: Maharashtra

Explanation:
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: Delhi

Explanation:
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: Gold

Explanation:
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: 5

Explanation:
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: Geneva

Explanation:
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: Britain

Explanation:
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.

ANSWER: First

Explanation:
Saina secured the numero uno spot for the first time early last month. But she slipped from the coveted position subsequently. The Olympic bronze medallist, however, climbed to the number one ranking on 21st May’15 once again ahead of the Australian Open, starting on May 26. Meanwhile, P V Sindhu lost a position to be on 12th place in the Rankings. In men's singles, K Srikanth has retained his fourth place. P Kashyap maintained his 13th place and H S Parnnoy also held on to his 15th spot.

ANSWER: 2016

Explanation:
The mid-year update of the UN World Economic Situation and Prospects, released on 21st May’15, said India's economy is projected to grow by 7.6 percent this year and 7.7 percent in 2016, overtaking China. China is projected to grow by 7 percent this year and 6.8 per cent next year. The report termed South Asia's economic outlook as largely favourable.

ANSWER: 40-60%

Explanation:
The Government is planning to increase the total number of the Jan-Aushadhi stores to 3,000, and at these stores essential medicines will be provided at 40 to 60 percent lower rates.

ANSWER: Mirage-2000

Explanation:
The operations were conducted with active support from the government of Uttar Pradesh, Yamuna Expressway Authority, toll authorities of JP Infratech and Civil Police.

ANSWER: State Bank of India

Explanation:
Customers of State Bank of India (SBI) can now use their debit cards on PayPal for buying products from overseas websites. The partnership will also allow SBI's Micro Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) customers to use PayPal's secure payment solutions.

ANSWER: ASTROSAT

Explanation:
It is significant to note that ASTROSAT is the first mission to be operated as a space observatory by ISRO. The satellite is planned to be launched during the second half of 2015 by PSLV C-34 to a 650 km near equatorial orbit around the Earth.

ANSWER: Protons collided at the record breaking energy of 13 TeV

Explanation:
Scientists at Cern in Switzerland achieved test collisions between protons - the ‘hearts’ of atoms - at 13 tera-electron volts (TeV) for the first time.