Current Affairs Questions and Answers - June 13 & 14, 2015

ANSWER: A. Bibek Debroy

The committee says that there is need not only to improve the internal resource generation and explore varied methods of financing but also to improve utilisation of available resources. The committee said, the panel has not recommend privatisation of Indian Railway, but only the recommend, participation in projects by the private sector.

ANSWER: C. 12th June

The theme of this year is NO to child labour – YES to quality education!

ANSWER: B. Nek Chand Saini

He was known all over the world for his unique creation in Chandigarh, the Rock Garden. As a govt. employee he started creating the garden in his spare time in 1957. He used waste and useless articles like old switches, tyres, bicycle parts, bangles, mosaic, etc. from demolition sites around the city.

ANSWER: D. Wesley Hall

Wesley Hall is the fourth cricketer this year to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame after Betty Wilson, Anil Kumble and Martin Crowe, who were inducted earlier this year during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.

ANSWER: A. Vinita Bali

She succeeded Jay Naidoo, who led GAIN in the global fight against malnutrition since its creation in 2002.

ANSWER: B. India and Bangladesh

These Border Haats have been established at Tripura state bordering Bangladesh. The concept of establishing “Border Haat” is to boost bilateral trade and enhance people to people contacts. These markets are set up at the zero line of the international border with one part on the Indian side and the other in Bangladesh.

ANSWER: D. Floyd Mayweather.

Floyd Mayweather tops the list for the second year in a row and third time in four years with 300 million US dollars. The only Indian to figure in the list is Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

ANSWER: A. 14th June.

The theme of this year's campaign is "Thank you for saving my life". It focuses on thanking blood donors who save lives every day through their blood donations and strongly encourages more people all over the world to donate blood voluntarily and regularly

ANSWER: C. AIDS

The exemption would apply to certain first-line and second-line antiretroviral drugs (ARV) used to treat adults and children, as well as to certain diagnostic kits and equipment that are used by National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) to fight the HIV/AIDS under the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP).

ANSWER: C. Chennai.

The MRC in Chennai is the fourth such MRC in India set-up by MOIA. The first Migrant Resource Centre (MRC) was established by MOIA in 2008 in Kochi, Kerala, followed by fully functional MRCs in Hyderabad (Telengana & Andhra Pradesh), Gurgaon (Haryana) and Chennai (Tamil Nadu).