Current Affairs Questions and Answers - June 23, 2015

ANSWER: A. Nine

Tribal affairs secretary Arun Jha has written to the chief secretaries of Bihar, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Uttarakhand, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand to implement the act immediately. The move comes in the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi directing the Ministry to implement the Act in a campaign mode and give land rights to tribals over the next two months. The Act is aimed at ensuring that forest-dwellers, including Scheduled Tribes, get their rights over forest land and non-timber forest produce.

ANSWER: D. 22nd June’15

The pilgrims reached Nathula border post at around eight in the morning and after completion of the formalities they crossed the border to enter China sharp at nine. The pilgrims will be travelling by bus to Shigatse, some 1500 kilometres from Nathula, deep in the Tibet Autonomous Region, to reach their ultimate destination, the Kailash—Mansarovar.

ANSWER: C. HAL.

The Orbiter Craft Module is a three-tonne category bus structure made out of a central composite cylinder, shear webs and deck panels. The Orbiter with scientific payloads will orbit around the moon and the Lander will soft land on the planet at a specified site and deploy the Rover. According to Indian Space Research organisation's plans, Chandrayaan-2 will be launched by a Geo-Stationary Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-MKII) during the next two to three years.

ANSWER: D. Nepal

India has agreed to Nepal's request for allowing the movement of vehicles imported from a third country into Nepal through four border points by amending the bilateral Treaty of Transit. According to the press release, the movement of vehicles on their own power to Nepal has been allowed through Raxaul-Birgunj, Jogbani-Biratnagar, Sunauli-Bhairahawa and Nepalgunj Road-Nepalgunj border points.

ANSWER: A. Europe

A recent US study found there were at least 46,000 accounts on Twitter linked to the militant group, many of which help to recruit new IS members. The European police agency “Europol” will now work with unnamed social media companies to track the accounts. They aim to get new accounts closed down within two hours of them being set up.

ANSWER: C. Brussels

An emergency summit on the Greek debt crisis in Brussels on 22nd June’15 is to prevent Greece from defaulting on its debt with a June 30 payment deadline fast approaching. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on 21st June’15 presented new proposals to European leaders aimed at ending his country's debt crisis, on the eve of a summit that could determine whether Greece crashes out of the euro zone.

ANSWER: D. Assam

Approx. 8 to 10 lakh devotees from various states are expected to arrive in Guwahati during Ambubachi.

ANSWER: A. National Stock Exchange

The facility will enable traders, especially small investors, to invest even for a single night in liquid funds. A similar product was introduced last month by Bombay Stock Exchange, BSE. The exchange has seen daily transactions worth 400-500 crore rupees in the product so far.

ANSWER: A. 1.

The victory not only gave Bangladesh an unassailable 2-0 lead, but also ensured them a place in the 2017 Champions Trophy.

ANSWER: C. Eight.

ANSWER: D. India

India accepted the invitation extended by the Russian Government to participate as the Partner Country in the major Industrial Fair “INNOPROM 2016” to be heldat Yekaterinburg, Russia in July 2016.

ANSWER: B. Sanjay Subrahmanyan

He will preside over the 89th conference of the Music Academy this Margazhi.

ANSWER: C. Shashi Bala

She was killed in a car accident along with her son in Kahma village of Punjab.