Current Affairs Questions and Answers - May 03 & 04, 2015

ANSWER: A. VARUNA

The 14th edition of Indo-French naval exercise VARUNA concluded on 2nd May’15 in the presence of Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, along with Vice Admiral SPS Cheema, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command reviewing the progress of the exercise form on board French Navy’s Aircraft Carrier, Charles de Gaulle. The Indian Navy and the French Navy have been conducting naval exercises since 1983 and following the establishment of a strategic partnership, these exercises were christened as VARUN in 2001.

ANSWER: C. Australia

The new penalties include up to three years in prison and fine of 100,000 dollars. The Government has also announced foreign buyers who are forced to sell a property will be prevented from profiting from the sale.

ANSWER: B. Haryana

The services includes e-Stamping; Jeevan Pramaan; Revised State Portal; Aadhaar-enabled biometric Attendance System; Mobile app; and Aadhaar-linked registration of birth.

ANSWER: C. 3rd May

ANSWER: B. Nurusultan Nazarbayev

Kazakhstan election officials announced on the 28th of April, that the incumbent, Nursultan A. Nazarbayev of the Nur Otan Party, won his fifth successive term, securing 97.7% of the vote. The two opposing candidates, Abelgazi Kasainov and Turgun Syzdykov, got 0.7% and 1.6% of the votes respectively.

ANSWER: A. Floyd Mayweather Jr.

He is an American Boxer. The legendary bout termed as ‘Fight of the Century’, took place at iconic MGM Grand, Las Vegas and witnessed 12 rounds of intense boxing. This fight was the highest watched and most revenue generating almost 400 million dollars of all time.

ANSWER: Answer: D. Odisha

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on 1st May’15 launched free medicine scheme 'Niramaya' at Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar. The state government has made a budgetary allocation of Rs.200 crore for distribution of free medicine.

ANSWER: Answer: B. Surender Singh

Surender Singh is a 1980-batch police officer of West Bengal Cadre, is at present serving as a Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and will take over the new charge as incumbent Director General Arvind Ranjan retired on 30th Apr’15.

ANSWER: Answer: C. C N R Rao

Prof. C N R Rao is also the only Indian to be elected as a foreign member of the Japan Academy in Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.

ANSWER: D. Indira Gandhi International Airport

ANSWER: Answer: B. Microsoft

Edge is lighter and faster and will come with many new features like distraction free reading mode, built in notation tool and so on. Earlier we browser of Microsoft was Internet Explorer launched in 1995.

ANSWER: C. Maharashtra

The Circular stated "It encourages people to honk every time you pass a truck or tempo. It sends an extremely wrong message to the people".