Current Affairs Questions and Answers - July 05 & 06, 2015

ANSWER: D. Punjab

Punjab Government has launched a state-wide novel campaign to motivate people in general and vehicle drivers in particular to pledge their eyes and other body parts to benefit lakhs of visually impaired people of the country and other patients in dire need of transplantation of various body parts.

ANSWER: A. Chile

This was also Chile's first ever international trophy. Chile created history by winning the Copa America tournament for 2015 on 4 July 2015.

ANSWER: C. Ira Singhal

Ira Singhal belonged to Delhi while second and third places were secured by Renu Raj (Kerala) and Nidhi Gupta (Delhi).

ANSWER: D. Lewis Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton took British Grand Prix glory for the third time in a pulsating competition at Silverstone.

ANSWER: A. Arun Sharma

His body was found in his room at Uppal Hotel near the Indira Gandhi International airport. He was the dean of MS Medical College in Jabalpur, assisting the Special Task Force set up to probe the recruitment scam in the Madhya Pradesh Vyavsayik Pareeksha Mandal (Vyapam) by providing documents on fake medical entrance examinees in the state-run medical college.

ANSWER: B. R Paul Singh

GCHERA stands for Global Confederation for Higher Education Associations for Agriculture and Life Sciences. The award will be officially presented on 20 September 2015 during the GCHERA World Agricultural Prize Award Ceremony that will take place at Nanjing Agricultural University, China.

ANSWER: D. Maharashtra

Microsoft agreed to provide technology support for health care services in remote tribal areas; it will setup a pilot project at Melghat in Amravati district in this regard. Microsoft has adopted Melghat village.

ANSWER: C. Sir Fazle Hasan Abed

He was selected for the prestigious award for his contributions towards reducing hunger in Bangladesh and 10 other countries through his organisation Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC).

ANSWER: A. C D Balaji

Commodore C D Balaji (Retd) on 3rd July’15 took charge as the Director of the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) and Programme Director of the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA). He succeeded P S Subramanyam, Distinguished Scientist.

ANSWER:D. Tobacco

In a notification, RBI said Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is prohibited in the manufacturing of cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes.

ANSWER: C. India

India retained the title defeating Sri Lanka in the final held in Bengaluru. The top three teams were India (gold), Sri Lanka (silver) and Nepal (bronze).

ANSWER: A. United States

United States lifted the FIFA Women's World Cup for the third time. US defeated Japan in the finals.