Current Affairs Questions and Answers - July 11, 2015

ANSWER: A. Agartala

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will lay the foundation stone for a project in Agartala on 12th July’15 that aims to strengthen telecom services in the North Eastern states. Under the project, an international gateway for broadband connectivity will be set up at Agartala in which connectivity will be provided through Bangladesh under an agreement between state-run BSNL and Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company limited.

ANSWER: B. India and Pakistan

The Beijing-based SCO currently has China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan as members. Along with India, the process to include Pakistan as a member was initiated on 10th July’15.

ANSWER: C. Sania Mirza

Sania Mirza created history by becoming the first female player from the country to win a women’s doubles Grand Slam trophy as she clinched the Wimbledon title with Swiss partner Martina Hingis, in London. The duos defeated Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina of Russian team in a final match.

ANSWER: D. Turkmenistan

ANSWER: C. 5

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) conducted its thirtieth flight on 10th July’15, deploying five British satellites into a Sun-Synchronous orbit. Liftoff occurred at 21:58 local time from the First Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.

ANSWER: A. 2050

ANSWER: B. 11th July

This year's theme for World Population Day is “vulnerable populations in emergencies.”

ANSWER: C. India

The 37-year-old Sangakkara wanted to quit all formats after the World Cup earlier this year but agreed to stay on to play four home tests — two against Pakistan and two against India.

ANSWER: D. Over 250

More than 250 services relating to health, education, public distribution system, Police, agriculture, trade and employment have been launched by various state governments.

ANSWER: D. May 2015

As per the data released by regulator TRAI, at the end of May 2015 the total number of telephone connections stood at 1,002.05 million, of which 975.78 million connections were wireless or mobile.

ANSWER: B. United States

As per the statement made by the Ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) the MoU signed on June 30 by US Ambassador Richard Verma and MNRE Secretary Upendra Tripathi, is part of a new initiative under the US-India 'Partnership to Advance Clean Energy (PACE)' that combines the resources of several US agencies and Indian ministries.

ANSWER: A. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

Former President of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on 9 July 2015 launched the Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan (RAA) in New Delhi. The Abhiyan aims to inculcate a spirit of inquiry, creativity and love for Science and Mathematics in school children.

ANSWER: D. Kagiso Rabada

South African bowler Kagiso Rabada achieved this feat against Bangladesh. Bangladesh spinner Taijul Islam was the first debutant to take an ODI hat-trick. He achieved the feat in 2014.

ANSWER: C. Uttarakhand

With this, Uttarakhand became first Indian state to install a system that can detect earthquakes and disseminate warnings.

ANSWER: B. Ufa

The Russian city Ufa in Bashkortostan hosted the 7th BRICS Summit.