Current Affairs Questions and Answers - August 15 & 16, 2015
Q1. On 15th Aug’15 India celebrated its ____ Independence Day.A. 67th
B. 70th
C. 69th
D. 68th
View Answer / Hide AnswerQ2. On European tour, Indian’s Men Hockey team won the Hockey test series against _______.A. France
B. Spain
C. Italy
D. Finland
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: B. Spain
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.
A. Swatantra Raj Singh
B. Om Prakash Sharma
C. Jagdish Singh
D. Omprakash Bhardwaj
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A. Swatantra Raj Singh
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.
A. Ajay Mehta
B. O P Munjal
C. B D Arora
D. R S Swaminathan
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: B. O P Munjal
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.
A. P S Jayakumar
B. Jaykumar Sharma
C. Shiv Pal Sharma
D. Ajay Shankar
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A. P S Jayakumar
This is the first time the government has chosen the candidate from the private sector to head the Public Sector Banks.
A. M S Dhir
B. Rakesh Sharma
C. Rajesh Dhariwal
D. Sanjay Shah
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: B. Rakesh Sharma
Rakesh Sharma is chosen from private sector to head the Public Sector Bank.
A. -2.04%
B. -1.14%
C. -4.05%
D. -5.1%
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: C. -4.05%
Deflationary trends continued for the ninth month in a row in July with wholesale inflation plunging to a low of minus 4.05 per cent 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 per cent 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.
A. Seven Plan
B. Maulik Niti
C. BankNiti
D. Indradhanush
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: D. Indradhanush
Indradhanush is a seven pronged plan that includes appointments, capitalisation, de-stressing PSBs, empowerment, framework of accountability and governance reforms.
A. NITI Aayog
B. NIYATAM
C. Bank Board Bureau
D. Bureau of Banking Standards
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: C. Bank Board Bureau
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.
A. RBI
B. SIDBI
C. NABARD
D. IRDAI
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: D. IRDAI
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.
A. 5%
B. 19%
C. 25%
D. 33%
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: C. 25%
Last year, the apex bank had transferred 52,679 crore rupees of its surplus profit to the Government.
