Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Mar 05, 2015

ANSWER: B. Madhya Pradesh

The first phase of project will be inaugurated at Dongliya village in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh. The Shri Singaji Thermal Power Project will give impetus to the state government’s Atal Jyoti Abhiyan which aimed at providing 24 X 7 power supply across the state. The first phase of the Shri Singaji Thermal Power Project is of 12 hundred mega watt capacity. The Madhya Pradesh Power Generation Company has incurred 7820 crore rupees on this phase. With commissioning of two plants of this phase, the total thermal power generation capacity of the state will be 4500 mega watt.

ANSWER: C. IRNSS-1D.

The Indian Space Research Organisation has postponed the launch of India’s fourth Navigation Satellite IRNSS-1D onboard PSLV-C27. The launch was originally scheduled for 9th Mar’15 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

ANSWER: A. National Urban Renewal Mission.

ANSWER: D. 25 Basis Point.

The Reserve Bank of India on 4th Mar’15 cut repo rate by 25 basis points to 7.5 percent, signaling that it was convinced by the fiscal consolidation measures announced in the Budget. This is the second out of turn 25 basis point-cut after the one in January.

ANSWER: D. Unchanged.

ANSWER: B. Spain.

The agreement was signed between visiting Spanish Defence Minister Pedro Moremes and his Indian counterpart Manohar Parrikar. Defence Ministry officials said that this is the primary pact that a country agrees to before embarking on deeper talks on defence cooperation.

ANSWER: C. Australia.

The Foreign Minister of Australia Julie Bishop, said she has asked Indonesia to pause preparations for the executions to give officials time to consider the idea.

ANSWER: A. Muslims.

The court had stayed the Maharashtra state's decision to provide a five per cent job reservation to Muslims in government service, but it allowed quotas for them in educational institutions.

ANSWER: C. January.

The core sector industries had expanded by 3.7 per cent in January last year. During the April 2014 to January 2015 period, the core sector industries grew 4.1 per cent, as against 4 per cent growth in the same period of the previous fiscal.

ANSWER: B. BBC.

A BBC statement from London said the channel was responsible only for airing the documentary in UK and said the film had handled the issue "responsibly". "The BBC will broadcast Storyville - India's Daughter, in the UK on BBC Four.

ANSWER: C. Rani Mukherjee.

She was awarded this for creating awareness about child trafficking in capital city of India. She was also acclaimed for her performance in movies like Mardaani. Others who won this award include Anna Hazare, Pratibha Patil, Mahashweta Devi and Pandit Jasraj.