Current Affairs Questions and Answers - July 03, 2015

ANSWER: D. Maharashtra

The state Minorities Affairs Minister Eknath Khadse told reporters that madrasas not teaching modern subjects would be considered as "non-schools" and children studying in them as "out of school" students.

ANSWER: C. 19

Last year, the Ministry had launched the online application system for Environmental Clearance for Category Á projects. While applications for Category Á projects come to the Ministry for approval, applications under Category ‘B’ projects do not come to the Ministry and are dealt with at the State level itself.

ANSWER: B. Bihar

In Bihar, on 2nd July’15 JD(U) kicked off "Har Ghar Dastak, (a knock on every door)," an ambitious campaign to reach three crore voters for the state elections to be held later this year. Chief Minister Nitish kumar started this campaign at Paschim Darwaja locality in Patna. Mr. Kumar knocked ten doors of the locality. He highlighted his government’s achievement before people. The party has instructed its Ministers, MPs, Legislators and office bearers to visit at least ten doors of the state. This campaign will continue for one month with an interval of ten days.

ANSWER: A. Darshan Jain

The teacher, Darshan Jain and other winners will receive a ten-thousand Dollars award each from the National Science Foundation. Obama has named 108 Mathematics and Science teachers as recipients of the Award.

ANSWER: C. 3rd July 2015

Presently, users can change their operator while retaining the same number only in the same State or telecom circle. To avail of the new facility, subscribers will have to visit a store of their telecom operator or call the customer care number concerned. The deadline earlier was May 2nd to roll out full MNP was delayed by 2 months after the Cellular Operators Association of India asked for extension from Department of Telecom as telecom operators needed to make some technical changes to their networks to implement the service.

ANSWER: A. Anisa Rasouli

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani nominated her name as the female judge of the nine-member bench Supreme Court and now, Rasouli’s nomination will require an approval from the Parliament.

ANSWER: D. The Food Standards Agency of United Kingdom

FSA in its release said that levels of lead in the product are well within European Union permissible levels and would not be a concern to consumers. United Kingdom Food Standards Agency (UK FSA) decided to test a selection of Maggi Noodles as a precaution after the product was banned in India on 5 June 2015.

ANSWER: A. Haryana

With this, Haryana became the first state in the country to launch such an innovative voluntary scheme. The state will bear an additional expenditure of 15 to 20 lakh rupees per village for implementation of this scheme. The scheme aimed at providing 24 hour uninterrupted power supply to rural domestic consumers in a phased manner with their active participation.

ANSWER: C. Chandrasekaran Ramakrishnan

With this, he will continue as Chief Financial Officer and Key Managerial Personnel for Tata Motors Limited.

ANSWER: B. 2014

The World Bank data disclosed that the size of Indian economy stood at $2.06 trillion at the end of 2014. It has almost doubled in size since the financial crisis hit the country in 2008, and has more than quadrupled from the start of this millennium.

ANSWER: A. Abhijeet Gupta

He won the Gold Medal after a quick draw with his opponent Arghyadip Das.

ANSWER: D. Manipur

Nearly 24 years after prohibition was imposed in Manipur, the state, for the first time, is planning to lift the ban on the manufacture and sale of liquor, with Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh tabling a proposal for the same in the Assembly.