Current Affairs : September 2015

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1.What is the theme for National NutritionWeek2015 ?

Ans : Better Nutrition : Key Development

2.India has recently won the top UNESCOPrizeAward of Excellence 2015 for the remarkable
conservation efforts which temple ?

Ans : Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple in Kerala

3.Which African city will host the 2022Commonwealth Games ?

Ans : Durban

4.The Governmetn has recently accepted aPanel'srecommendations on Minimum Alternative

Tax(MAT). This panel was headed by ?

Ans : A P SHah

4.Which Indian cricketer has suspended foroneTest match for breaching ICC Code ofConduct in

3rd Test in Sri Lanka ?

Ans : Ishant Sharma

5.Which organization has recently launchedCCoTVM and PARICHAALAN initiatives ?

Ans : Indian Railways

6.Which Railway zone has recently becomethe firstrailway zone to eliminate all unmanned
levelcrossings ?

Ans : West-Central Railway Zone

7.Logo of which sports event to be held inthe year2020 was recently scrapped amid plagiarism

claim ?

Ans : Tokyo Olympics

8.Recently, Tropical Storm Etau causedextensiveand destructive floods in which Country ?

Ans : Japan

9.To empower women, the “Women-20(W20)”group has been launched by G20. Who is the

newly appointed president of the W20group ?

Ans : Gulden Turktan

10. World Coconut Day is observed on ?

Ans : 2nd September

11.Which country on 2nd September 2015hasproposed amending its laws to shareinformation

with foreign countries probing tax crimes onthebasis of ‘stolen data’?

Ans : Switzerland

12.___________ will be the first African city tohost theCommonwealth Games after being confirmed

as the venue for 2022.

Ans : Durban

13.Google Inc. unveiled a redesign of itsiconic logoon 1 September 2015. In which year search

engine giant google started its operations ?

Ans : 1998

14.The Sports Ministry has recently decidedtorecognize ________________ as a sports

disciplineand place it in the 'Priority' category.

Ans : Yoga

15.The “Buchi Babu Memorial Trophy” isassociatedwith which sport ?

Ans : Cricket

16.Buchi Babu Memorial Trophy in an annualtournament held in honour of Mothavarapu

Buchi Babu Naidu, who is considered to bethefather of _______________

Ans : south Indian cricket

17.Which team recently won the Buchi BabuMemorial Trophy in the All India invitationcricket
tournament ?

Ans : Mumbai

18.Mumbai defeated TNCA XI by six wicketsto winBuchi Babu Memorial Trophy. Expand TNCA ?

Ans : Tamil Nadu Cricket Association Districts

19.In a major step to rejuvenate the energysector,the Cabinet on 2nd September has approved

MFP. Expand MFP ?

Ans : Marginal Fields Policy (MFP)

20.The MFP policy will enable auctioning ofunutilized fields of ______________ and

________________

Ans : Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd(ONGC) and Oil India Ltd (OIL)

21.The petrolium minister of India is_____________________

Ans : Dharmendra Pradhan

22.Which state government of India launchedOneStop Centre “Sakhi” to help women indistress ?

Ans : Haryana

23.What is the full form of AMRUT ?

Ans : Atal Mission for Rejuvenation andUrban Transformation

24.Senior IAS officer Raghav Chandra hastaken overas the Chairman of the NHAI. Expand NHAI

Ans : National Highways Authority of India