CURRENT AFFAIRS SEPTEMBER 2015

Current Affairs of 1-10 September 2015 : ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' 1. NTPC‟s Director (Technical) A K Jha today took additional charge of Chairman & Managing Director of the company as an interim measure. 2. The Law Commission of India submitted its report on the Death penalty to the Union Government. The report was submitted by Chairman of Law commission Justice (retd) AP Shah. 3. The highest mountain of North America was renamed as Denali instead of its existing name Mt McKinley by US President Barack Obama. This designation will now recognize the sacred status of Denali to generations of Alaska Natives. 4. An Indian-origin driver in Australia Tejinder Pal Singh was named as Australian of the Day by Commonwealth Bank of Australia for feeding the homeless in Darwin for the past three years. 5. Senior IAS officer Raghav Chandra took charge as the Chairman of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). Chandra succeeded Road Transport and Highways Secretary Vijay Chhibber. 6. Haryana Women and Child Development Minister Kavita Jain inaugurated state‟s first One Stop Centre, known as Sakhi, at Karnal. The center will play a role in helping the women in distress. This is the second such centre in the country after Chhattisgarh. 7. Islamic State (IS) militant group has destroyed part of historical Temple of Bel in the ancient site of Palmyra in Syria. 8. Union Government has released 2,000 crore rupees to Employees‟ Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995 as its contribution for the year 2015-16. This contribution is in addition to the 250 crore rupees contributed by the government as grant-in-aid in the EPS in order to provide minimum pension of 1,000 rupees to pensioners under the scheme. 9. Punjab Government has won first award in the category of highest capacity addition in grid connected solar rooftop power in the country during the financial year 2014-15. 10. India today clinched their first Test series victory on Sri Lankan soil in 22 years with an emphatic 117-run win over the hosts in the third and final cricket Test despite a valiant century by rival skipper Angelo Mathews. 11. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given his nod for RP Watal, the senior most Secretary in the Finance Ministry, to be designated as Finance Secretary. 12. Anjali Chib Duggal, a Punjab cadre IAS officer, has assumed charge as Secretary in the Department of Financial Services in the Finance Ministry. 13. The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) General Assembly selected South African city Durban as the host for the XXII Commonwealth Games. With this, South Africa became the first country from Africa to host the games in its 85 years history. 14. India won the UNESCO prize Award of Excellence 2015 for the conserving the Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple of Kerala. The award was given in the category of UNESCO Asia Pacific Heritage Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation. 15. The Duels of the Himalayan Eagle authored by Air Marshal Bharat Kumar released 16. The Union Government released 2000 crore rupees to Employee Pension Scheme, 1995 (EPS-95) as its contribution for the year 2015-16. Further, a sum of 250 crore rupees was contributed as grant-in-aid for providing minimum pension of 1000 rupees to the pensioners of EPS-95. 17. Mumbai won the Buchi Babu Memorial Trophy in the All India invitation cricket tournament. In the final match played in Chennai, Mumbai defeated Tamil Nadu Cricket Association Districts (TNCA) XI by six wickets. 18. The Union Government decided to exempt Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs)/ Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) from paying Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) for the period prior to 1 April 2015. The decision was based on Justice A P Shah Committee.s report that was submitted to the Union Ministry of Finance on 25 August 2015 19. India has emerged as the 8th largest tourism market for Australia. In 2014, over 2 lakh Indians visited the nation in and spent about 1 billion dollars which was an increase of 39 percent. 20.NASA and US Agency for International Development (USAID) have started the SERVIR-Mekong project, to strengthen the environmental monitoring in Southeast Asia region. 21. Indian Government partnered with the United Nations. (UN) Better Than Cash Alliance to share success stories from the financial inclusion programme Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY). By joining the Better Than Cash Alliance, the Indian Government will have a research, technical, and policy partner as it continues to create a digital financial economy. 22. Union Government has notified the merger of commodities market regulator Forward Markets Commission (FMC) with Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) with an effect from 28 September 2015. 23. The West-Central Railway (WCR) zone headquartered in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh has become the first Railway Zone in Indian Railways to eliminate all unmanned level crossings. 24. Russia dismissed a proposal of France asking United Nations Security Council (UNSC) permanent members to limit the use of the veto power at least in cases involving mass atrocities that demands action. 25. Book titled Globalisation, Democratization and Distributive Justice was presented to Vice President Hamid Ansari . The book has been authored by Mool Chand Sharma. 26. Canadian economy entered into the first technical recession in six years. 27. The government is planning to create a “Green Highways Fund” under its ambitious policy to transform India‟s 96,000 km network of National Highways under which it will be mandatory to set aside 1 per cent of the total road project cost for plantation. 28. Second Australia-India Defence Minister‟s dialogue concluded in New Delhi . The meet was chaired by visiting Australian Minister of Defence Kevin Andrews and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. 29. Prime Minister Narendra Modi released two commemorative coins of 125 rupees and 10 rupees in the memory of former President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. 30. Edelweiss Financial Services Ltd has signed up World No 1 women‟s badminton player Saina Nehwal as its brand ambassador. 31. Marvan Atapattu announced his resignation as head coach of Sri Lanka cricket team. His resignation was accepted by the Sri Lanka‟s Cricket Board. 32. Haryana bagged the Skoch Order-of-Merit national award for implementation of six e-Governance and IT initiatives in the state. 33. Former Chief Minister of Goa Dr Wilfred de Souza passed away in Panaji. 34. State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has bought a 15 per cent stake in Russia‟s second-largest oil field Vankor from Rosneft for about 1.35 billion US dollars. 35. Disaster Mitigation conference of member counties of South Asian Association on Regional Cooperation (SAARC) held in New Delhi. 36. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to issue coins of 5 rupees denomination to commemorate golden jubilee year of Indo-Pak War 1965. 37. Union Government has cancelled licence of Greenpeace India, a non-profit Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) to receive foreign donations. 38. Government today announced acceptance of the long-pending demand for „One Rank One Pension‟. 39. Indian-American Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri has been selected for the prestigious 2014 National Humanities Medal of White House. 40. China and Tajikistan have agreed to 3.2 billion yuan ($500 million) currency swap deal, Chinese state media reported on Saturday, citing the Central Asian country‟s central bank. 41. Government to Develop Bodhgaya as Spiritual Capital: PM Modi 42. Young Indian shooter Apurvi Chandela impressed again as she clinched the silver medal in women‟s 10m air rifle event of the ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup Finals in Munich . 43. World‟s 20 largest economies, including India, today launched W20, an engagement grouping of women leaders, to push for gender inclusive global economic growth.W20‟s newly appointed President Gulden Turktan said it would work as an outreach group and seek to promote gender inclusiveness in economic growth process by empowering women. 44. Australia‟s veteran all-rounder Shane Watson announced his retirement from Test cricket. 45. Delhi High Court in its landmark judgment has allowed women to get permanent commission in Indian Navy and allowed them to board on warships. 46. Eminent Bollywood Music composer Aadesh Shrivastava passed away in Mumbai, Maharashtra. 47. Indian boxer Vikas Krishan has won the silver medal in the Asian Championships held in Bangkok, Thailand. 48. Indian Railways will join hands with ISRO to get online satellite images for improving safety and enhancing efficiency. Geospatial technology involves GPS (global positioning systems), GIS (geographical information systems), and Rs. (remote sensing). 49. China and its strategic partner Pakistan have launched a joint air exercise called Shaheen (Eagle)-4 in China. 50. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain won 2015 Italian Grand Prix of Formula One. This was his seventh victory of the season. 51. Anil Ambani-led Reliance Defence Ltd (RDL) has signed an MoU with Abu Dhabi Ship Building to set up a strategic partnership for construction of naval ships, including frigates and destroyers to address the demands of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), over the next 10 years. 52. The government today set a target of achieving 100 per cent literacy in villages adopted under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana by March 2016. The announcement came as President Pranab Mukherjee regretted that India still lagged behind some of its neighbours in achieving 100 per cent literacy. 53. Lead scientist of the tiger census Yadvendradev V Jhala in first week of September 2015 presented first ever data on India.s leopard. The team shows availability of around 7910 of leopards across India, except the northeastern region of India. 54. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley launched the e-version of the 100 volumes of the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi (CWMG) in New Delhi. 55. The Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) and Integrated Association of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises of India (IamSMEofIndia) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at creating awareness among Micro, Small and Medium enterprises (MSMEs) on the benefits of commodity price risk management. 56. Doha Bank tied up with Anil Ambani-led Reliance ADA Group to generate business opportunities in the Gulf Cooperation Council nations and India. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman are part of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). 57. Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) has signed an agreement for the sale and transfer of its bread and bakery business under the `Modern. brand to Nimman Foods Pvt Ltd, an investee company of the Everstone Group (Everstone). 58. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) decided to upgrade Broadband speed to minimum 2 Mbps at no additional cost for all its Broadband customers. The service will be effective from 1 October 2015. 59.The sixth Indo-Maldives joint Training Exercise has commenced at Pangode Military Station in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala. 60. Professor Ramesh Chand, a renowned farm expert, was appointed as a full-time member of NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog. 61. Haryana Assembly has passed Haryana Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2015 that seeks to fix matriculation as minimum educational qualification for elections to Panchayati Raj institutions (PRIs). 62. Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered immediate adoption of Urdu as official language of the country. With this order, Urdu will be used as an official language at the government offices of Pakistan. 63. The Union Cabinet gave its approval for the Sovereign Gold Bonds Scheme. The purpose of the scheme is to reduce the demand for physical gold and to shift part of the estimated 300 tons of physical bars and coins purchased every year for investment into Demat (Dematerialised) gold bonds. Features of Sovereign Gold Bonds Scheme :~ ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````` A. Bonds will be issued on payment of money and would be linked to the price of gold. B. The sell would be restricted to resident Indian entities and each entity cannot buy more than 500 grams per person per year. C. The bonds will be issued in denominations of 2, 5 and 10 grams of gold or other denominations. D. The cap on bonds that may be bought by an entity would be at a suitable level, not more than 500 grams per person per year. E. The bonds will be issued with a nominal rate of interest (which will be linked to international rate for gold borrowing) as decided by the government. F. The rate of interest on the bonds will be payable in terms of grams of gold. The interest will be calculated on 10000 at a certain per cent say 2 or 3 percent. G. On maturity, the investor receives the equivalent of the face value of gold in rupee terms. H. Bonds will be issued on behalf of the Government of India by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). 64. Muziris Heritage Project of Kerala Tourism has bagged the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) gold award for 2015 under the heritage category. 65. Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin announced his retirement from first class cricket following Michael Clarke, Shane Watson and Chris Rogers in stepping down from tests in the wake of the Ashes series defeat. 66. Queen Elizabeth, who ascended the throne aged just 25 as her exhausted country struggled to recover from the ravages of World War II, makes history when she becomes Britain's longest-reigning monarch. 67. India and Belarus have set the bilateral trade target of one billion dollar by 2018. The decision was taken at the Seventh Session of the India-Belarus Intergovernmental Commission held in Minsk, Belarus. 68. Ace Indian Golfer Anirban Lahiri has become the first Indian to qualify for the prestigious President.s Cup of Golf. 69. The Union Cabinet has allowed 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) under the automatic route for white label ATM operations (WLAO). 70. India and Indonesia have signed a pact for repatriation of wanted prisoners and cooperate in all criminal matters, including gathering evidence. 71. The INS Vajrakosh was commissioned by the Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar at Karwar, Karnataka. INS Vajrakosh is the latest establishment of the Indian Navy. 72. Abitha Mary Manuel and Anamika Das won bronze medals at the 5th Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) in Apia in Samoa. 73. World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) was observed on 10 September 2105. The theme of the World Suicide Prevention Day 2015 is Preventing Suicide: Reaching Out and Saving Lives. 74. J Manjula was appointed as the Director-General of the Electronics and Communication Systems cluster of Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). With this, Manjula became the first woman DG of DRDO. 75. President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2014 on Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). ISRO Chairman A S Kiran Kumar on behalf of the organisation received the prize at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Best of Luck for Upcoming Exam

Indian authors and books

Indian Authors and Books Book Author A Conceptual Encyclopaedia of Guru Granth Sahib S.S. Kohli A Secular Agenda Arun Shourie A Suitable Boy Vikram Seth Akbarnama Abul Fazal An Autobiography Jawaharlal Nehru An idealist View of Life Dr.S. Radhakrishnan Arion and the Dolphin Vikram Seth Arthashastra Kautilya Ashtadhyayi Panini Autobiography of an Unknown Indian Nirad C. Chaudhuri A Reveolutionary Life Laxmi Sehgal Ain - i - Akbari Abul Fazal Ajatshatru Jai Shankar Prasad Anandmath Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Area of Darkness V.S. Naipaul Broken Wings Sarojini Naidu Bunch of Old Letters Jawaharlal Nehru Bride for the Sahib and Other Stories Khushwant Singh By God’s Decree Kapil Dev Chandalika Rabindranath Tagore Conquest of Self Mahatma Gandhi Chitra Rabindranath Tagore Coolie Mulk Raj Anand Court Dancer Rabindranath Tagore Crescent Moon Rabindranath Tagore Convenient Action:Gujarat's Response to Climate Change Narendra Modi Devadas Sarat Chandra Chatterjee Durgesh Nandini Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Dharmashastra Manu Discovery of India Jawaharlal Nehru Eternal India Indira Gandhi Fall of a Sparrow Salim Ali Fortynine Days Amrita Pritam Gita Rahasya Bal Gangadhar Tilak Gitanjali Rabindra Nath Tagore Glimpses of World History Jawaharlal Nehru Gora Rabindra Nath Tagore Hind Swaraj M K Gandhi India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium Dr A P J Abdul Kalam & Dr Y S Rajan India-From Midnight to the Millennium Shashi Tharoor Indian Home Rule M K Gandhi It is Always Possible Kiran Bedi Jajar, Churashir Maa Mahashweta Devi Kayakalp Munshi Prem Chand Kore Kagaz Amrita Pritam Kulliyat Ghalib Kumar Sambhava Kalidas Love, Truth and A Little Malice Khushwant Singh Malavikagnimitra Kalidas Meghdoot Kalidas Midnight’s Children Salman Rushdie Million Mutinies Now V S Naipaul Mrs Gandhi’s Second Reign Arun Shourie My Early Life M K Gandhi My Experiment With Truth M K Gandhi My Life and Times V V Giri My Truth Indira Gandhi New Dimensions of India’s Foreign Policy Atal Behari Vajpayee Non-Violence in Peace and War M K Gandhi Operation Bluestar-the True Story Lt-Gen K S Brar Our Films, Their Films Satyajit Ray Pakistan Papers Mani Shankar Aiyer Panchtantra Vishnu Sharma Passage to England Nirad C Chaudhuri Pather Panchali Bibhuti Bhushan Bandyopadhyaya Pinjar Amrita Pritam Post Office Rabindranath Tagore Prathama Pratishruti Ashapurna Devi Prem Pachisi Prem Chand Prison Diary Jayaprakash Narayan Prisoner’s Scrapbook L K Advani Punjab, The Knights of Falsehood K P S Gill Radharani Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Raghuvamsa Kalidas Rajtarangini Kalhana Ram Charit Manas Tulsidas Rangbhoomi Prem Chand Ravi Paar (Across the Ravi) Gulzar Revenue Stamp Amrita Pritam Ritu Samhara Kalidas Rukh Te Rishi Harbhajan Singh Satyartha Prakash Swami Dayanand Satanic Verses Salman Rushdie Savitri Aurobindo Ghosh Sceptred Flute Sarojini Naidu Scholar Extraordinary Nirad C Chaudhuri Shree Ramayana Mahaneveshnam M. Veerappa Moily Tarkash Javed Akhtar The congress and The making of Indian Nation Pranab Mukerjee The Wreck Rabindra Nath Tagore Unhappy India Lala Lajpat Rai Vanity Fair Thackeray Vendor of Sweets R K Narayan Vish Vriksha Bankim Chandra Chatterjee Voice of Conscience V V Giri Waiting for the Mahatma R K Narayan War of Indian Independence Vir Savarkar We, Indians Khushwant Singh We, the People N A Palkhivala Without Fear or Favour Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Women and Men in My Life Khushwant Singh Worshipping False Gods Arun Shourie

Indian awards winners for first

Indian Award Winner... Ø Ashoka Chakra: Naik Nar Bahadur Thapa, Havildar Bachittar Singh, Flt Lt Suhas Biswas, 1952 Ø Ashoka Chakra Award to a civilian: D.K. Jatar (posthumous) and M.C Dixit Ø Bharat Ratna: Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, C. Rajagopalachari, and C. V. Raman, 1954 Ø Commandeur of the Order of Arts and Letters: Mrinal Sen Ø Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters: Sivaji Ganesan Ø Dadasaheb Phalke Award: Devika Rani, 1969 Ø Duff Cooper: Nirad C. Chaudhuri, 1966 Ø Dronacharya Award: O.M. Nambiar , Om Prakash Bhardwaj , Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat , 1985 Ø Dr. B. C. Roy Award: Dr. J. G. Jolly, 1981 Ø Golden Globe Award: A R Rahman, 2009 Ø Grammy Award: Pandit Ravishankar, 1967 Ø Jamnalal Bajaj Award: Jugatram Dave, Satish Chandra Das Gupta, 1978 Ø Jnanpith Award: G. Sankara Kurup, 1965 Ø Kamal Kumari National Award: Sobha Brahma, 1991 Ø Man Booker Prize: Arundhati Roy, 1997 Ø Miss World: Reita Faria, 1966 Ø Miss Asia Pacific: Zeenat Aman, 1970 Ø Miss Universe: Sushmita Sen, 1994 Ø Mrs. World: Aditi Gowitrikar, 2001 Ø Miss Earth: Nicole Faria, 2010 Ø Miss Asia Pacific World: Himangini Singh Yadu, 2012 Ø Nishan-e-Pakistan: Morarji Desai, 1990 Ø Nobel Prize Winner: Rabindranath Tagore, 1913 Ø Newbery Medal: Dhan Gopal Mukerji, 1927 Ø Magsaysay Award: Vinoba Bhave, 1958 Ø Oscar for Lifetime Achievement: Satyajit Ray Ø Oscar Award: Bhanu Authaia , 1982 Ø Olympic Medal: Khashaba Jadav, 1952 Ø Param Vir Chakra: Major Som Nath Sharma, 1947 Ø Padma Vibhushan: Satyendra Nath Bose, Nand Lal Bose, Zakir Hussain, Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, Jigme Dorji Wangchuk, V. K. Krishna Menon in 1954 Ø Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna: Viswanathan Anand, 1991-92 Ø Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award: Dr Pushkarnath, 1968 Ø Rabindra Puraskar: Satinath Bhaduri and Niharranjan Ray, 1950 Ø Stalin Peace Prize: Saifuddin Kitchlew, 1952 Ø Woman to win Gold Medal in Sports: Kamaljeet Sandhu, 1970

Current affairs september

Ques. : 1 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 31 Aug designated India’s top two banks by assets as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs). These two banks are
1) SBI and PNB
2) SBI and BOB
3) SBI and HDFC Bank
4) SBI and ICICI Bank
5) SBI and Canara Bank
Answer:- 4) SBI and ICICI Bank
Ques. : 2 Who among the following is the new Union Finance Secretary?
1) Ratan P Watal
2) Rajiv Takru
3) Anjuly Chib Duggal
4) Hasmukh Adhia
5) Shaktikanta Das
Answer:- 1) Ratan P Watal
Ques. : 3 The Union govt, recently, released a sum of ________ to Employees’ Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995 as its contribution for the year 2015-16.
1) Rs 1,000 cr
2) Rs 1,500 cr
3) Rs 2,000 cr
4) Rs 2,500 cr
5) Rs 2,800 cr
Answer:- 3) Rs 2,000 cr
Ques. : 4 The US President Barack Obama has renamed which of the following mountains in North America as Denali?
1) Mount Saint Elias
2) Mount Foraker
3) Mount Blackburn
4) Mount Whitney
5) Mount McKinley
Answer:- 5) Mount McKinley
Ques. : 5 Which state govts on 31 Aug inaugurated the One Stop Centre, known as “Sakhi”, which will play a role in helping the women in distress?
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Haryana
3) Punjab
4) Odisha
5) Maharashtra
Answer:- 2) Haryana
Ques. : 6 The visiting Indian team won the three-match Test series against Sri Lanka 2-1 on 1 Sep. Which of the following is NOT correct in this regard?
1) This is India's first Test series victory on Sri Lankan soil in 22 years.
2) It was new captain Virat Kohli’s first series win.
3) R Ashwin declared Man of the Series.
4) Cheteshwar Pujara named man of the match for his 145 (not out) in the third Test.
5) None of these
Answer:- 5) None of these
Ques. : 7 As announced by the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on 1 Sep, foreign institutional investors and foreign portfolio investors will be exempted from MAT on transactions prior to
1) Apr 1, 2014
2) Sep 1, 2014
3) Dec 1, 2014
4) Jan 1, 2015
5) Apr 1, 2015
Answer:- 5) Apr 1, 2015
Ques. : 8 Who among the following has been appointed the new Union Home Secretary?
1) Anil Goswami
2) Rajiv Mehrishi
3) Sunil Arora
4) Tuk Tuk Kumar
5) LC Goyal
Answer:- 2) Rajiv Mehrishi
Ques. : 9 Indian women’s hockey team has qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics after a gap of 36 years. Who is the present captain of women’s hockey team?
1) Mamta Kharab
2) Ritu Rani
3) Vandana Kataria
4) Rani Rampal
5) Sushila Chanu
Answer:- 2) Ritu Rani
Ques. : 10 ___________ has taken over as the Chairman of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI).
1) RP Singh
2) Vijay Chhibber
3) Raghav Chandra
4) Rajinder Khanna
5) Pradeep Kumar Sinha
Answer:- 3) Raghav Chandra

Ques. : 1 Name the Indian wrestler who on 30 Aug won gold medal in the 50 kg freestyle category at the World Cadet Championship held in Sarajevo, Bosnia.
1) Ravinder Singh
2) Bajrang
3) Yogeshwar Dutt
4) Anil
5) Sushil Kumar
Answer:- 4) Anil
Ques. : 2 The govt has announced the list of 98 cities from different states to be developed as smart cities in gradual manner. Which of the following is NOT correct in this respect?
1) Andhra Pradesh – Tirupati
2) Arunachal Pradesh – Pasighat
3) Bihar – Biharsharif
4) Gujarat – Rajkot
5) Madhya Pradesh – Vidisha
Answer:- 5) Madhya Pradesh – Vidisha
Ques. : 3 The Reserve Bank has withdrawn the instructions on compensation to banks for detecting counterfeit notes. The compensation was being paid at _________ of the notional value of counterfeit notes detected.
1) 5 per cent
2) 10 per cent
3) 15 per cent
4) 20 per cent
5) 25 per cent
Answer:- 5) 25 per cent
Ques. : 4 Which of the following countries topped the medal tally at the 2015 IAAF World Championships which concluded in Beijing on 30 Aug?
1) Ethiopia
2) Kenya
3) China
4) US
5) Jamaica
Answer:- 2) Kenya
Ques. : 5 Which of the following banks has launched “IndPay” mobile app through which customers can operate their banking accounts anytime and anywhere?
1) Indian Bank
2) Bank of India
3) IndusInd Bank
4) IDBI Bank
5) Bandhan Bank
Answer:- 1) Indian Bank
Ques. : 6 The govt on 30 Aug launched a scheme for online release of new LPG connections for the consumers. The scheme has been named
1) SAHAJ
2) SARAL
3) SUGAM
4) PAHAL
5) TATKAL
Answer:- 1) SAHAJ
Ques. : 7 According to a report released by the Department of Economic Affairs, India’s external debt increased by 6.6 per cent to _________ in 2014-15.
1) USD 384.7 bn
2) USD 391.1 bn
3) USD 446.3 bn
4) USD 475.8 bn
5) USD 545.6 bn
Answer:- 4) USD 475.8 bn
Ques. : 8 As per the data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on 31 Aug, India remained the fastest growing major economy of the world for a second straight quarter, with GDP growing at _______ during Apr-Jun 2015.
1) 7.5 per cent
2) 7 per cent
3) 6.8 per cent
4) 6.7 per cent
5) 6.5 per cent
Answer:- 2) 7 per cent
Ques. : 9 Which of the following countries completed the tunneling and track-laying for the 35-mile NEAT Gotthard Base Tunnel, the longest tunnel in the world, recently?
1) Japan
2) France
3) Switzerland
4) China
5) Germany
Answer:- 3) Switzerland
Ques. : 10 Name the mountaineer who has been honoured with the 2015 Tenzing Norgay national adventure award by President Pranab Mukherjee.
1) Arjun Vajpai
2) Narendra Kumar
3) Jot Singh
4) DK Khullar
5) Lovraj Singh Dharamshaktu
Answer:- 3) Jot Singh

Payment Banks

Details About PAYMENTS BANK : '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' 1). A Payments bank is a type of non-full service niche bank in India 2). On 23rd September 2013, RBI formed a Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low Income Households under the chairmanship of Nachiket Mor 3). The Nachiket Mor Committee submitted its report on 7th January 2014 recommending the formation of a new category of bank called payments bank 4). On 27th November 2014 RBI released the final guidelines for payments banks 5). 41 entities had applied to the RBI for Payments bank license and an External Advisory Committee(EAC) headed by Nachiket Mor evaluated the applications 6). During the presentation of the Union Budget it was announced that the India Post will use its large network to run payments bank 7). On 19th August 2015 RBI gave in-principle licenses to 11-entities to establish payments bank with a validity period of 18 months. The following are the 11-entities which were granted licenses · Aditya Birla Nuvo · Airtel M Commerce Services · Cholamandalam Distribution Services · Department of Posts · FINO Pay Tech · National Securities Depository · Reliance Industries · Dilip Shanghvi – founder of Sun Pharmaceuticals · Vijay Shekhar Sharma – CEO of Paytm · Vodafone M-Pesa · Tech Mahindra 8). The RBI will consider to grant full licenses under Section 22 of the Banking Regulation Act 1949 after it is satisfied that all the conditions have been satisfied the above entities 9). Payments bank can only receive deposits and provide remittances 10). It cannot carry out lending activities 11). The payments bank targets at · Migrant laborers · Low income households · Small businesses · Unorganized sector entities 12). The minimum capital requirement to establish a payments bank is Rs. 100 crore 13). For the 1st 5 years the stake of the promoter should be 40% minimum 14). The voting rights in payments bank are regulated by the Banking Regulation Act 1949 15). The voting right of any shareholder is capped at 10%, it can be increased to 26% by the Reserve Bank of India(RBI) 16). RBI also regulates any acquisition over than 5% 17). Foreign investments will be allowed in these banks as per the rules of FDI in private banks of India 18). Payments bank can accept utility bills but cannot form subsidiaries to undertake non-banking activities 19). Initially the deposits will be capped at Rs. 1,00,000 per customer but can be raised by the RBI based on the performance of the bank 20). 25% of branches of payments banks should be in the unbanked rural areas 21). A bank will be licensed as ‘Payments bank’ by the RBI under the Section 22 of the Banking Regulation Act 1949 and will be registered as Public Limited Company under the Companies Act 2013.

Current Affairs month of August 2015

Current affairs of August, 2015 : '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' 1. Finance Ministry has nominated ...... in the RBI board ? Ans- Ajay Tyagi Additional Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs 2. Who became the 206th member of the Olympics ? Ans- South Sudan 3. Which company was named as Asia Fab 50‟s “brightest star” Forbes Asia Fabulous 50 list ? Ans- HDFC Bank 4. National Handloom Day will be celebrated on .........? Ans- 7th August 5. Who will host the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics ? Ans- Beijing 6. India‟s first Integrated Underwater Harbour Defence and Surveillance System (IUHDSS) was commissioned at which place? Ans- Kochi, Kerala 7. What is the name of Indo-UK Bilateral Air Exercise ? Ans- Indradhanush 8. Who took charge as Director (Onshore) at ONGC ? Ans- Ved Prakash Mahawar 9. Who is going to acquire broking firm Sharekhan ? Ans- French global financial services group Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) Paribas 10. The government of India has signed a USD 300 million loan pact to support the National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) with which Bank ? Ans- Asian Development Bank 11. Which country is world‟s biggest consumer of edible oils? Ans- India 12. Which company has acquired financial solutions firm YTS Solutions ? Ans- Bharti Airtel 13. Which company has bagged Tourism Ministry's "Incredible India" advertising campaign ? Ans- Global advertising agency McCann 14. Who was appointed as Director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) ? Ans- Rajan S Katoch 15. Who was chosen for the Uttar Pradesh's highest literary award Bharat Bharti for the year 2014 ? Ans- Hindi literature Kashinath Singh 16. International Olympic Committee (IOC) has recently recognised new sports as an Olympic sport. what is the name of that sports ? Ans- "Frisbee‟ 17. Who has won bronze medal in women‟s vault event at the 6th Senior ART Gymnastics Asian Championships held in Hiroshima, Japan ? Ans- Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar 18. Who won the prestigious Victorian Open squash competition ? Ans- Joshna Chinappa 19. Who will host second edition meeting of Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) ? Ans- India on 21 August 2015 in Jaipur, Rajasthan 20. Who was formally conferred Associate Membership status by European Organisation for Nuclear Research (also known as CERN) ? Ans- Pakistan 21. World Archery Championship held at which place ? Ans- Copenhagen, Denmark 22. Who is the chairman of HSBC India ? Ans- Naina Lal Kidwai 23. Who became the first Indian Golfer to win a Gold medal at the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles? Ans- Master Ranveer Singh Saini (14 year old) 24. To commemorate the International Day of Yoga, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently announced to issue coins of which denominations? Ans- Rs. 10 25. Who won the Ramanujan Prize for year 2015 ? Ans- Mathematician Doctor Amalendu Krishna 26. Which State government increased the retirement age for group 'A' category medical officers from 58 to 60 years ? Ans- Maharashtra government 27. Asia‟s biggest telescope was inaugurated at which place ? Ans- Multi-Application Solar Telescope (MAST) at the Udaipur Solar Observatory in Rajasthan 28. Which State launched Scheme Thari Pension, Thare Pass project to directly transfer pension into the bank accounts of beneficiaries ? Ans- Haryana Government 29. Who has been chosen for Election Commission's Zonal award under the Best Electoral Practices Award-2014 ? Ans- Former Jalore Electoral Officer (EO) Rajan Vishal 30. Who was awarded with Poland's Solidarity Prize 2015 ? Ans- Zhanna Nemtsova, the daughter of slain Russian politician Boris Nemtsov 31. According to recent FIFA Ranking, which team topped the tally? Ans- Argentina (India static at 156th in FIFA rankings) 32. Which banks have launched "Dhanchayat‟, an educational film to raise awareness on the dangers of borrowing money from unorganised sources? Ans- HDFC Bank 33. Which Health Insurance companies had launched “Dengue Care”, first health insurance policy to cover dengue related expenses? Ans- Apollo Munich Health Insurance 34. Which ministry has recently launched the "SAMANVAY‟ portal? Ans- Ministry of Rural Development 35. Who was appointed as the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives ? Ans- Indian-American Atul Keshap 36. Which Insurance company has launched Smart Humsafar ? Ans- SBI Life Insurance 37.Who was appointed as the governor of Himachal Pradesh ? Ans- Acharya Dev Vrat 38. Who was appointed as the governor of Bihar ? Ans- Ram Nath Kovind 39. BHEL commissioned 500 MW unit of Super Thermal Power Station at which place ? Ans- Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station at Vindhyanagar in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh 40. Tendong Lho Rum Faat, annual festival celebrated at which Place ? Ans- Sikkim (Lepcha tribe of Sikkim was celebrated with traditional devotion and fanfare) 41.Who was appointed as the chairperson of Accenture India ? Ans- Rekha M Menon 42. Which state government in India has instituted youth award in name of Former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam? Ans- Tamil Nadu 43. What is the government equity in the proposed Rs. 20,000 crore National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF)? Ans- 49% 44. 61st Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference will be held at which place ? Ans- Islamabad, Pakistan ( India decided to boycott ) 45. Which city has topped the Swachh Bharat rankings ? Ans- Mysore in Karnataka 46. Who won Ashes 2015 ? Ans- England by beating Australia 47. Which country retains as the World.s Largest Exporter of Beef? Ans- India 48. Who was awarded with the Germany's highest civilian honour Cross of Order of the Merit ? Ans- Raghavendra Gadagkar 49. Who was conferred with PATWA 2015 award ? Ans- Goa Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA) Award 50. Kayyara Kinhanna Rai died recently. Who is he ? Ans- Eminent Kannada poet and freedom fighter 51. Which cricketer of Australia announced his retirement recently? Ans- Australia captain Michael Clarke 52. Who has topped the People Talking About That (PTAT) ranking for Facebook pages under government category ? Ans- Indian Army's Facebook page 53. World Bio-Fuel Day was observed on ........? Ans- 10 August 54. International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples was observed on which date ? Ans- 9 August 2015 55. Who will the the new ceo of google ? Ans- Sundar Pichai 56.Which city became first Indian city to join World Tourism Cities Federation Council ? Ans- Kochi 57. What is the name of the Scheme for educational and livelihood needs of minority communities in general and muslims ? Ans- Nai Manzil 58. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has fully commissioned e first indigenous Titanium Sponge Plant at which place ? Ans- Chavara in Kerala 59. India‟s largest private sector lender Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI) Bank has launched „ICICI Bank Saral-Rural Housing Loan‟ Scheme for........? Ans- Weaker sections of society 60. International Youth Day is observed on____ ? Ans- 12 August 61. Who has been appointed as the 27th Governor of Himachal Pradesh? Ans- Acharya Dev Vrat 62. Alphabet Inc is the parental company of which company which launched recently? Ans- Google 63. Who has been accredited by Green Climate Fund (GCF) as national implementing entity for undertaking climate change related projects in India? Ans- NABARD 64. Who is the head of selection committee for Arjuna Awards 2015 ? Ans- Justice VK Bali 65. Who was appointed as Election Commissioner of India? Ans- Om Prakash Rawat 66. Which was Scheme acknowledged by Guinness Book of World Records as largest cash transfer program? Ans- Pratyaksha Hastaantarit Laabh (PAHAL) scheme 67. Which Bank launched the First Multi-Currency Contactless Card service in India? Ans- Axis Bank 68. Name the founder of Hero Cycle Limited, who passed away recently _____ Ans- Om Prakash Munjal 69. India, signed MoU for technical cooperation in Railway Sector with which country? Ans- Slovak Republic 70. Which company has launched its video chat application Live text in India ? Ans- Yahoo 71. Prime Minister of Libya who resigned recently? Ans- Abdullah al-Thani 72. Sania Mirza became second Tennis player won for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. Who is the first one ? Ans- Leander Paes 73. Who has been appointed as the Maharashtra‟s Tiger Ambassador? Ans-Amitabh Bachchan & Sachin Tendulkar 74. Who has been appointed as the new social ambassador of Coke in India? Ans- Sourav Ganguly 75. Badminton World Championship 2015 is hedl at which place? Ans- Indonesia 76. Who has been appointed on the board of markets regulator SEBI? Ans- Arun P Sathe 77. Central Government has launched a new scheme called “Soft Loan Scheme” for whom ? Ans- Sugar Mills 78. Who has been appointed as new Chairman of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation? Ans- Jethabhai Patel 79. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a new campaign on Independence Day. What is name of campaign? Ans- Start-up India; Stand up India‟ to encourage entrepreneurship among the youth of India 80. Who is the new test captain of Australia ? Ans- Steve Smith 81. Who was awarded as Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award? Ans- Sania Mirza 82. Union Government has launched a seven pronged plan to revamp functioning of public sector banks (PSBs). What is the name of programme? Ans- Indradhanush Mission 83. Who wons gold medal in Archery World Cup? Ans-Abhishek Verma 84. Which state becoming first state in the country declared totally digital? Ans- Kerala Government 85. Which state government has recently banned on the use of plastic in the state? Ans- Gujarat (For the first time ban on the use of plastic in the State. 86. Which cricketer has recently set World record of taking maximum catches in a Test Match ? Ans- Ajinkya Rahane 87. Name the first Indian to reach the World Badminton Championship finals? Ans- Saina Nehwal 88. Who has won Arjuna Award 2015 for cricket ? Ans- Rohit Sharma 89. Who is the first recipient of Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award, instituted by Government of Tamil Nadu in 2015? Ans- N. Valarmathi ISRO Scientist 90. What does „BBB‟ stands for in Banking ? Ans-Bank Board Bureau (BBB) 91. State Bank of India (SBI) launched a Mobile wallet application recently. What is the name of App? Ans- "SBI Buddy‟ 92. Who was appointed as the Chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB)? Ans- Ajit Kumar Seth 93. Which Bank has launched locker facility named Smart Vault? Ans- ICICI Bank 94. Which State launched a flagship programme Grama Jyothi across the state? Ans- Telangana 95. Which State has topped in organ donation in the country? Ans- Tamil Nadu 96. Who has became the first Indian crew to won the „World of Dance‟ championship in Los Angeles, recently? Ans-Desi Hoppers (The group of seven young dancers led by Shantanu Maheshwari, Macedon Dmello and Nimit Kotian won tittle at Los Angeles 97. Name of the Books of President's wife Suvra Mukherjee who died recently? Ans- "Chokher Aloey‟,which is a personal account of her close interaction with the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and "Chena Achenai Chin‟, a travelogue recounting her visit to China. 98. Who won the Rogers Cup Masters tournament in Montreal, Canada ? Ans- Andy Murray defeated world number one Novak Djokovic 99. India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to tackle the menace of fake Indian currency notes (FICN) smuggling with which country? Ans- Bangladesh 100. Who was bestowed with the 2015 Gujar Mal Modi Award recently? Ans- Prof. Mustansir Barma (Gujar Mal Modi Award for his commendable contribution in the field of Science and Technology.) 101. Who was appointed as Chairman and Managing Director of Air India ? Ans- Ashwani Lohani 102. Forward Markets Commission (FMC) will merge into.... ? Ans- SEBI 103. Government constituted a three member team to assess the situation over the student protest in Film and Television Institute of India (FTII). Who is the chairman of Committee? Ans- SM Khan 104. YouTube tied-up with Whistling Woods International to set up YouTube space at which place ? Ans- Mumbai 105. Who won the James Tait Black award 2015 for his debut novel In the Light of What We Know ? Ans- Bangladesh novelist Zia Haider Rahman 106. World Humanitarian Day observed with theme Inspiring the World's Humanity on which date ? Ans- 19 August 107. Who was conferred with Maharashtra Bhushan Award 2015? Ans- Eminent Historian writer Babasaheb Purandare 108. Who has been elected as President of International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ? Ans- Former Olympic champion Sebastian Coe from United Kingdom 109. What is the name of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) maiden unit linked insurance plan (ULIP) product ? Ans- New Endowment Plus. 110. Who won their first-ever South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) under-16 title ? Ans- Bangladesh Under-16 team by beating India 111. Uber Cabs tied-up with which company to set up WiFi hotspots in each of its cabs ? Ans- Bharti Airtel 112. Union government has announced to sell 10 per cent stake in which company ? Ans- Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) 113. Who was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka ? Ans- Ranil Wickremesinghe 114. Prime Minister of Greek who announced his resignation recently? Ans- Alexis Tsipras 115. Book titled Mrs Funnybones : She's Just Like You and a Lot Like Me authored by.......? Ans- Twinkle Khanna 116. Who has become the first country in the world to receive funds from United Nations for its fast growing Solar Home Systems ? Ans- Bangladesh 117. Which airport has become the first airport in the world to fully operate on solar power ? Ans- Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) of Kerala 118. Which State has launched Rajiv Gandhi Illuminating Scheme for Hill Town Advancement (RISHTA) project, which is an efficient smart LED based street lighting project? Ans- Himachal Pradesh 119. 15th World Athletics Championship is hosted at which place ? Ans- Beijing 120. Who is the author of the book- “Making India Awesome”? Ans- Chetan Bhagat 121. Who has been appointed as the advisor to Jammu and Kashmir CM Mufti Mohammad Sayeed? Ans- Amitabh Mattoo 122. What is the name of the NASA spacecraft which has found the presence of neon gas in Moon's atmosphere? Ans- LADEE (Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer) 123. Who is the first Indian Woman to play in English league football? Ans- Aditi Chauhan 124. National Senior Citizen Day is observed on ......? Ans- 21st August 2015 125. Which State Become first state in India to launch "Agro-Solar Policy‟ to encourage the farmers to tap the solar energy ? Ans- Gujarat 126. Who has won the prestigious 2015 Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism ? Ans- Syria-based woman journalist Zaina Erhaim 127. Who won the 100 meter title at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics held at Beijing in China ? Ans- Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt 128. Who has won the Cincinnati Masters Men‟s Singles title by defeating Novak Djokovic of Serbia? Ans- Roger Federer of Switzerland 129. Who won STAR Sports ProKabaddi League's second season ? Ans- U Mumba by defeating Bengaluru Bulls 130. Which committee of RBI recommends conversion of Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs) with business size of 20,000 crore into regular banks ? Ans- R Gandhi committee 131. Where is headquater of Bandhan Bank ? Ans- Kolkata 132. Which committee recommended that Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) should not be imposed on FIIs retrospectively for the period preceding 1st April 2015 ? Ans- A P Shah committee 133. Who is first Indian to win Ladies British amateur stroke-play Championship ? Ans-Indian golfer Aditi Ashok 134. World's largest 750 Mega Watts(MW) solar power station will installed at which place ? Ans- Madhya Pradesh in Rewa district 135. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of India's Oscar jury ? Ans- Veteran actor and director Amol Palekar 136. Who was sworn-in as the new Lokayukta of Maharashtra ? Ans- Justice Madanlal Laxmandas Tahaliyani 137. Who was appointed as the full-time federal judge of California court by President Barack Obama ? Ans- Indian-American Vince Chhabria 138. Flipkart has launched an in-app chat service called .....? Ans-Ping 139. Who was appointed as Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) ? Ans- Girish Sahni 140. Union Government launches which scheme to provide healthcare facilities in rural areas in collaboration with Apollo Hospitals ? Ans- "Sehat‟ 141. Which Bank has Launched country's first "mortgage guarantee‟ backed home loans ? Ans- ICICI Bank 142. Who has been re-appointed as the MD & CEO of YES Bank? Ans- Rana Kapoor 143. Which Srilankan Cricketer has retired from the International Cricket recently? Ans- Kumar Sangakkara 144. Who was awarded Dhyan Chand award for Hockey ? Ans- Romeo James 145. Which women's safety app has been launched by Indian Railways, recently? Ans- R-Mitra 146. Ghirmay Ghebreslassie who became the first teenager to won the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China belongs to which country ? Ans-Eritrea 147. Who was re-appointed Non-Executive Chairman of National payments Corporation of India (NPCI) ? Ans- Balachandran M 148. Who has been chosen for the inaugural Sunhak Peace Prize ? Ans- agricultural scientist Dr Modadugu Vijay Gupta 149. Who become the first state to implement the NFSA(National Food Security Act) in entire north-eastern region ? Ans- Tripura 150. Which country will host the World‟s First International Controlled Bank of low-enriched Uranium? Ans-Kazakhstan 151. Call To Action Summit 2015 on ending preventable child and maternal deaths held at which place ? Ans- New Delhi 152. Who was named UEFA Best Player in Europe ? Ans- Lionel Messi 153. Who was appointed as Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF ? Ans- Novak Djokovic 154. Who was elected as the president of the Association of Indian Statisticians and scorers of India (ACSSI)? Ans- Former India captain Dilip Vengsarkar 155. Who was conferred with the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize ? Ans- Rajendra Singh- The Waterman of India 156. ISRO has successfully launched communication GSAT-6 satellite by using which rocket vehicle, recently? Ans- GSLV-D6 156. Union Government launches which scheme for online release of new LPG connections ? Ans- SAHAJ 157. The 6th Joint Military Training Exercise “Ekuverin-VI” will be held between which of the countries? Ans- India and Maldives 158. India recently lose case related with solar energy in WTO against which country ? Ans-USA 159. "Housing for All‟ scheme' launched by which Ministry? Ans-Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation 160. National Sports Day Celebrated on which Day? Ans- 29th August 161. Who was sworn in as first female Prime Minister of Greece? Ans- Vassiliki Thanou 162. India has gifted its former Indian Coast Guard (ICG) Ship Varaha to which country ? Ans- Sri Lanka 163. Which Public Sector Bank has launched IndPay ? Ans- Indian Bank 164. Who was appointed as the Union Home secretary ? Ans-Rajiv Mehrishi 165. Which country has been officially declared as maternal and neonatal tetanus free country by World Health Organisation (WHO) ? Ans- India.