Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Feb 12, 2015

ANSWER: A. Make in India.

Over 400 companies in Public and Private sector will display their products in the International Aerospace Exhibition during the show. The Indian made Light Combat Aircraft Tejas and Advanced Light Helicopter Dhruv will take part in the aerobatic display.

ANSWER: C. VANAJ.

The six day festival will feature participants from across the country. About 900 participants from states including Assam, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Odisha, and West Bengal would be participating. The festival is also intended to conserve and promote the distinctive cultures by providing them a national platform among other things.

ANSWER: B. North-Eastern.

The hostel will be constructed at a cost of about 40 crore rupees. It will accommodate about 250 students and will be shared by boys and girls. The announcement comes close on the heels of a similar announcement by the Minister on 9th Feb’15 to construct a hostel for students of the region in Jawaharlal Nehru University.

ANSWER: B. S K Sharma.

The Supreme Court on 11th Feb’15 upheld a Delhi High Court verdict which dismissed a petition seeking quashing of the appointment of former Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma as Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), saying it cannot meddle with the constitutional procedure. A bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu said there is no good ground, while dismissing the appeal against the High Court judgement which had held as valid the appointment of Sharma as the CAG.

ANSWER: B. M Ravindran.

He will succeed K K Gupta.

ANSWER: D. Star India Pvt. Ltd.

With this acquisition, Star India will get access to the Telugu TV market, the second largest regional market in India in terms of revenue potential.

ANSWER: D. ICICI Bank.

There will be a digital wallet, a physical prepaid card and primary savings account. Pockets allow funds transfer of funds from e-mail ID, mobile number and friend’s Facebook account and so on.

ANSWER: C. Annual Festival at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee will open the annual “Udyanotsav” of Rashtrapati Bhavan on February 13, 2015.

ANSWER: A. Himachal Pradesh.

This 19 Crore Rupee project funded by the Union government will help in connecting 114 police stations in the state besides 13 district headquarters, 26 sub-divisional police officers and three police ranges. Himachal was the first state in the country to launch this project prepared by the Union Home Ministry after Mumbai attack of 26/11.

ANSWER: D. Yemen.

The U.S. Embassy in Yemen is the third in an Arab country that has closed since the turmoil of the Arab Spring began in December 2010. The other two were in Damascus, Syria, which was closed in Feb 2012, and Tripoli, Libya, which was closed in July 2014.