Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Mar 03, 2015

ANSWER: A. Monetary Policy Framework.

The Agreement, which was signed on February 20 but made public on 2nd Mar’15, veers round to RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan’s view that India too should move towards inflation targeting, which is common in developed economies. Currently, the Centre and the RBI give inflation estimates, but don’t set targets.

ANSWER: At present, Mr Arun Singh is the Indian Ambassador to France. A 1979-batch IFS officer, Mr Singh will be replacing S. Jaishankar, who was appointed as Foreign Secretary on 28th Jan’15.

ANSWER: B. Anna Hazare.

Anna declared on his blog that march will lead Sevagram in Wardha to New Delhi. The march will take up to three months to cover the distance. At the end of the long march Jail Bharo Andolan will be organised at Ramlila Maidan.

ANSWER: D. Maharashtra.

Now anyone found to be selling beef or in possession of it, can be jailed for five years and fine upto 10,000 rupees. The new act will however allow slaughter of water buffaloes, which provides carabeef, generally seen as inferior quality meat.

ANSWER: C. Haryana

The objective of the programme is to bring out a totally error-free and authenticated electoral roll. The Election Commission attaches highest priority to the maintenance of electoral roll without any defects, errors and multiple entries. The programme would take into consideration the summary revision of electoral rolls with respect to January 1, 2015.

ANSWER: Answer: D. ISM Dhanbad

As per the draft prepared for 12th 5-year plan (DRAFT Twelfth Five Year (2012-17), Planning Commission, Yojana Bhawan, Government of India), there is a proposal to upgrade ISM Dhanbad to IIT.

ANSWER: Answer: B. Atal Innovation Mission.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced the Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), an innovation promotion platform in the NITI Aayog, with an initial fund of Rs 150 crore for research and development.

ANSWER: C. 25%.

ANSWER: A. Baldev Sharma.

ANSWER: B. Jagmohan Dalmiya.

Jagmohan Dalmiya made his grand comeback after 10 years in Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) after he was unanimously elected president of the BCCI. Anuarg Thakur is appointed as the BCCI Secretary. Anurag Thakur is BJP Lok Sabha MP from Himachal Pradesh.

ANSWER: B. Arvind Virmani.

Arvind Virmani, who served as the country's Chief Economic Advisor and Principal Advisor in the Planning Commission, will now mentor Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (Ficci's) public policy & economic work.

ANSWER: D. Kannan Ramesh.

Indian-origin lawyer Kannan Ramesh was on 27 February 2015 appointed as Judicial Commissioner to Singapore’s Supreme Court bench with effect from 22 May 2015. He will serve the office for two years.