Current Affairs Questions and Answers - July 22, 2015
Q1. Which country has called on China to halt construction of oil-and-gas exploration platforms in the East China Sea close to waters claimed by both nations?A. Japan
B. Myanmar
C. Mongolia
D. India
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A. Japan
Japan has been concerned that Chinese drills could tap reservoirs that extend into Japanese territory. Japan's Defence Ministry added the demand to its annual defence review after members of the ruling party complained that its original draft was too soft on China. China resumed exploration in the East China Sea two years ago.
A. India
B. United Kingdom
C. USA
D. China
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: B. United Kingdom
Mr. David Cameron. PM of U.K. says the extremist ideology of the group, also known as ISIL, must be countered so Britain becomes a more cohesive nation in which young Muslims feel they have a stake.
A. Good Food for All
B. Hygienic for All
C. Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan
D. Swasth Khaanpaan Abhiyaan
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: C. Surakshit Khadya Abhiyan
Food security act is first step in addressing the food requirements and this new abhiyan is the second step as it ensures the safe food to consumers.
A. Microsoft
B. Intel
C. TCS
D. Infosys
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: B. Intel
Aimed at enhancing awareness on digital technology, an online quiz was designed to create awareness on benefits and threats of internet based interactions amongst children from classes 6 to 12.
A. RAC e-ticket
B. Waitlist e-ticket
C. Refund Claim Ticket
D. Confirmed Ticket
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A. RAC e-ticket
Ministry of Railways has decided to grant automatic refund of confirmed or RAC e-tickets on cancellation of trains similar to waitlisted e-tickets. An official release said, there shall not be any requirement for cancellation or filing of TDR for refund of e-tickets in case of cancellation of trains. This has become effective from 13th of this month. However, in case of cancellation of trains, PRS counter ticket shall continue to be refunded across the reservation counter as per the existing provisions.
A. Eden Garden
B. Wankhede Stadium
C. FirozShah Kotla
D. K D Singh Babu Stadium
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: A. Eden Garden
Bengaluru, Chennai, Dharamsala, Mohali, Mumbai, Nagpur and New Delhi will be the other venues along with Kolkata, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on 21st July’15.
A. 2016
B. 2017
C. 2018
D. 2020
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: B. 2017
CCTNS will provide a number of citizen friendly services including police verification for passports, reporting a crime,linkage with UIDAI, National Population Register and transport database. A list of proclaimed offenders,sex offenders and most wanted criminals will also be published on this portal which will help law enforcing agencies as well as citizens.
A. India
B. United States
C. Israel
D. Iraq
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: C. Israel
Israeli lawmakers voted 69 to 17 to increase the punishments, approving legislation proposed after a wave of Palestinian protests last year in East Jerusalem.
A. 20th July’15
B. 1st July’15
C. 21st July’15
D. 19th July’15
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: C. 21st July’15
Chinese Finance Minister Lou Jiwei, Shanghai Mayor Yang Xiong and the bank's President K V Kamath attended the opening ceremony. Kamath will be the bank's President for the first five years.
A. Bengali
B. Marwari
C. Gurjar
D. Jaat
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: D. Jaat
A bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R F Nariman said that the issue has already been decided and there was no vested right in favour of Jat applicants. The apex court on March 17 had set aside the erstwhile UPA government's notification to include Jats in the central list of OBCs to accord quota benefits to them.
