Current Affairs Questions and Answers - May 17 & 18, 2015

ANSWER: A. Chimediin Saikhanbileg

Chimediin Saikhanbileg is the present Prime Minister of Mongolia. A member of the Democratic Party, Saikhanbileg was appointed prime minister following a motion of no confidence, and has since been tasked with improving Mongolia's slowing economy and foreign investment.

ANSWER: C. Economic Capacity and Infrastructure

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a line of credit of one billion US Dollars to support expansion of Mongolia's economic capacity and infrastructure. Earlier, India and Mongolia signed 13 agreements to further strengthen bilateral ties in different sectors. India will establish a Cyber Security Training Centre for Defence Ministry of Mongolia. Indian and Mongolian National Security Council‘s will hold regular consultations on traditional and non-traditional security issues, counter terrorism and intelligence cooperation.

ANSWER: D. 4%

The government has contained the fiscal deficit at 4 per cent of GDP against its own target of 4.1 per cent for the financial year 2014-15, while it was 4.4 per cent during 2013-14. An official statement said as a result of prudent policies and commitment to fiscal consolidation, the fiscal deficit at the end of 2014-15 stands over five lakh crore rupees. The revenue deficit has also been confined to 2.8 percent, beating the budget target of 2.9 per cent for the last fiscal.

ANSWER: B. South Korea

After wrapping up his successful visit to China and Mongolia, Prime Minister will be in South Korea on 18th & 19th May. During the visit, he is scheduled to hold summit level talks with the President of South Korea Ms. Park Geun-Hye. He will also be accorded a public reception by the Indian Community at the Kyung Hee University in Seoul on 18th May’15.

ANSWER: D. India and China

According to a the Gold Demands Trends report prepared by the World Gold Council, demand for Jewellery, still the most significant component of overall demand, totalled over 600 tonnes in the first quarter of 2015, three per cent lower than the last year.

ANSWER: B. Russia

Russian President Vladimir Putin played in an exhibition ice hockey game with retired NHL players and scored eight goals. Putin’s team won 18-6, with most of the 62-year-old president’s goals coming on assists from NHL stars Pavel Bure and Valeri Kamensky. The game was played in Sochi, the city that hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics.

ANSWER: A. Opah

These fishes are found in the deep waters off the US, Australia and several other countries.

ANSWER: C. 17th May.

Norway’s Constitution Day is celebrated on May 17. It commemorates the date when the nation's constitution was signed at Eidsvoll on May 17, 1814. It is usually referred to as syttende mai (May 17) or Nasjonaldagen (The National Day) in Norwegian.

ANSWER: D. Geneva

Minister of Health & Family Welfare Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda will preside over the 68th Session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) at Geneva as India assumes the Presidency of the WHA, the high decision making body of the World Health organisation (WHO), after a gap of 19 years. The Union Minister is leading a high level Indian delegation to the WHA, to be held in Geneva during 18-27 May, 2015.

ANSWER: A. Gagan Narang

Gagan Narang won the bronze medal in the 50 metre Rifle Prone Event of the ISSF World Cup at Fort Benning in the US on 15th May’15. He has earned himself a quota place for the 2016 Rio Olympics.

ANSWER: B. Chennai, Hyderabad and Aurangabad

The Sister Cities will be Chennai-Chongqing, Hyderabad-Qingdao and Aurangabad-Dunhuang. Sister Cities exchange notes and look to bring synergy in various areas including education, culture, sports, youth affairs, urban planning, waste water management, infrastructure, environment, public health and exchange of trade and commerce. During President Xi Jinping's visit to India in September 2014, an agreement was signed establishing Sister City relationship between Ahmedabad and Guangzhou. Gujarat and Guangdong had become Sister Provinces

ANSWER: D. Karnataka.

ANSWER: B. Vasant Dattatray Gurjar

The Marathi poem 'Gandhi Mala Bhetla' (I met Gandhi) was written in 1984 but Tuljapurkar had published it in the bank's magazine in 1994. The Supreme Court said Marathi poet Vasant Dattatray Gurjar, who had written a political satire on the father of nation, will face trial for using obscene words.

ANSWER: C. Luxembourg

Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel has married his gay partner, becoming the first leader in the European Union to enter into a same-sex union in a symbol of
growing social change across the continent.