Current Affairs Questions and Answers - June 10, 2015

ANSWER: A. Delhi

Delhi Law Minister Jitendra Singh Tomar arrested in an alleged fake degree case was remanded in four-day police custody by a city court on 9th June’15.

ANSWER: B. 4470

The Ministry had issued notices to the NGOs for not filing annual returns. In March this year, government banned 30 NGOs from receiving foreign funds after adverse reports about their activities. These are part of 69 NGOs which have been prohibited by the government from receiving foreign funds under Foreign Contributions Regulation Act.

ANSWER: C. NASA

The aircraft fitted with the largest parachute ever constructed was launched from a military base in Hawaii on 8th June’15. It was the second test of the saucer like device called the Low Density Supersonic Decelerator. During the first test in June last year, the parachute shredded to pieces on the way down. NASA modified the design.

ANSWER: D. Non AC Restaurant

The restaurants without air conditioning facility will not charge any service tax from the customers while the ones with ACs will charge only on the 40 per cent of the total bill amount. Restaurants, eating-joints or messes, which do not have the facility of air-conditioning or central-heating in any part of the establishment, are exempt from service tax.

ANSWER: B. Myanmar.

In the first such cross-border operation, Special Forces of the army in coordination with the air force carried out a surgical strike inside Myanmar, killing nearly 20 insurgents of the groups believed to be responsible for the deadly ambush in Manipur that killed 18 soldiers.

ANSWER: D. Amitav Ghosh

“Flood of Fire” is the final part of the famous “Ibis trilogy” by Amitav Ghosh, which comprises of historical fictional writings by him. The other two previous books under “Ibis trilogy”are – “Sea of Poppies” (2008) and “River of Smoke”. This trilogy is set in the first half of the 19th century.

ANSWER: C. M.K. Sharma.

M. K. Sharma will succeed KV Kamath, who would step down from the Board to take on a bigger role as the first President of New Development Bank, established by the BRICS nations.

ANSWER: B. Muzzafarnagar, Jind and Karnal

Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu announced the decision for including the three districts in NCR after chairing a meeting on 9th June’15 of the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) in New Delhi.

ANSWER: A. EPFO

Government has allowed investing 5 per cent of EPFO corpus in stock markets.

ANSWER: B. 10th June

ANSWER: D. PNB.

The first MoU between PNB and the Indian Army was signed in 2011 and was valid for a period of three years. The MoU is tailor made to suit the requirements of serving soldiers, pensioners and families. The number of additional facilities have been incorporated in the revised MoU after due consultation between Bank & Army authorities. Speaking on the occasion Lt Gen Sharma expressed confidence that the MoU will benefit a large number of serving and retired Army personnel who are having their accounts with PNB; and also provide them an opportunity to access modern banking facilities.