Current Affairs Questions and Answers - Mar 26, 2015

ANSWER: A. Dornier

The Dornier aircraft is used for surveillance and was on routing training exercise. The actual crash site is 20 nautical miles from Karwar, Karnataka. The Naval Air Station at Goa lost radar and communication touch with the aircraft at 1 pm last night.

ANSWER: B. PRAGATI

Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation, PRAGATI. The ambitious platform also aims at monitoring and reviewing important programmes and projects of the Centre and States. The platform also offers a unique combination in the direction of cooperative federalism since it brings at one stage the Secretaries of Government of India and the Chief Secretaries of the States. From now onwards, such interaction will be held once in every month on Fourth Wednesday at 3.30 PM which will be known as PRAGATI Day.

ANSWER: C. Twitter Samvad.

The service was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his meeting with Twitter Chief Executive Dick Costolo in New Delhi.

ANSWER: D. Yemen.

The rebels took full control of the capital in January, placing the President under house arrest and declaring that a five-member Presidential Council would rule the country.

ANSWER: C. Bangladesh

On behalf of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Shahriar Alam received the award at the Women in Parliaments Summit held in Adis Ababa on 24th Mar’15. Women in Parliament Awards are given based on World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Reports. Bangladesh has been placed among the top 10 countries in the world in reducing gender gap by the World Economic Forum.

ANSWER: D. Jammu & Kashmir.

The case against Andrabi has been registered at Nowhatta Police station under Section 13 of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.

ANSWER: A. Shivani.

Two-year-old girl Cherukuli Dalli Shivani from Vijaywada has achieved a stunning feat and became the youngest Indian to score 200 points over five and seven-metre distances. At a show in Vijaywada in the presence of seniors ports personalities and India Book of Records officials, she shot 36 arrows each from five metres and seven metres to score 388 points.

ANSWER: B. 1.10 Lakh Crore.

The auction concluded today after 19 days and 115 rounds of bidding. However, 11 percent airwaves stayed unsold. The process of auction was conducted for 800 MHz, 900 Mhz, 1800 MHz and 2100 MHz covering both mobile telephony and broadband, including 4G.

ANSWER: C. UBI Bank.

Union Bank of India collaborated with IRCT and NPCI and on 23rd Mar’15 launched its RuPay pre-paid debit card service for the benefit of railway passengers. Passengers would be able to book railway tickets and make online payments through this debit card launched by the IRCTC.