Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Feb 19, 2015

ANSWER: D. Jamat-e-Islami.

Jamaat-e-Islami leader was sentenced to death in Bangladesh. The 79-year old incumbent Vice-President of Jamaat-e-Islami was the Vice-Chairman of the infamous Peace Committee in Pabna, western Bangladesh, which collaborated with the Pakistani army to perpetrate crimes during the Liberation War. He was charged on nine counts of war crimes including genocide, murder, looting, arson, abduction, torture, and setting houses on fire in Pabna.

ANSWER: A. Lok Sabha.

Legendary producer, multi-talented film doyen and former Lok Sabha member Daggubati Ramanaidu died in Hyderabad.

ANSWER: B. H1N1 and C. Influenza.

The first case of the flu in India was found on the Hyderabad airport on 13 May 2009 when a man traveling from US to India was found H1N1 positive.

ANSWER: C. Bangladesh.

These decisions were taken at the two day India-Bangladesh Joint Working Group meeting and the Home Secretary-level talks held in New Delhi which ended on 17th Feb’15.

ANSWER: A. Bihar.

The Cabinet presided by Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi also decided to hike MLA development fund from the existing 2 crore rupees in a year to 3 crore rupees from the next financial year.

ANSWER: A. Soil Health Card Scheme.

The Soil Health Card scheme will be launched at a rally in Suratgarh town in Sriganganagar district of Rajasthan. The scheme is aimed at providing soil health cards to over 14 crore farmers in the next three years to check overuse of fertilisers in farm lands. Under the scheme, farmers will be issued a card after scientific analysis of the soil of their farms.

ANSWER: D. EPFO.

Using the help desk, holders of the inoperative accounts can trace their accounts and go in for either settlement or transfer of PF to their present accounts. The inoperative accounts are those accounts wherein the contribution has not been received for 36 months.

ANSWER: B. NPCI.

National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) is the nodal agency for all retail payment systems under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana. The physical plastic RuPay card carries a 16-digit number. Under its virtual form, there will be no need of a physical card and a transaction can be done with the help of this 16-digit number alone. Currently, only around 20 per cent of the total transactions of around 8,000 crore rupees are taking place through IMPS or immediate payment service per month.

ANSWER: D. Yes Bank.

This proposed Green Infrastructure Bond is claimed to be the first such bond in the country and the money will be used to fund renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.

ANSWER: C. China.

At midnight on 18th Feb’15, hundreds of millions of people will celebrate the end of the year of the horse and the dawn of the year of the sheep.

ANSWER: A. Indira Gandhi International Airport.

Mumbai Airport was also placed in the top five list.

ANSWER: B. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic.

She was sworn in as Croatia's first female president on 15th Feb’15 after a surprise election victory in the European Union's newest member state.