CURRENT AFFAIRS

DOWNLOAD PDF

1.Australian Defense Minister was on a 3 day visit to India. Who is he ?

Ans : Kevin Andrews

2.India on 3rd September 2015 announcedthat itwill take part in the first ever air exercise

withwhich country ?

Ans : Australia

3.Lok Sabha Speaker has recently attendedthe10th annual meeting of Women Speakers ofParliament
in New York. Who is she ?

Ans : Sumitra Mahajan

4.The Foreign Minister of UAE is on a visit toIndiato attend the 11th meeting of India-
UAEJointCommission For Economic and TechnicalCooperation. Who is he ?

Ans : H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed AlNahyan

5.India and UAE have signed 5 MoUs invariousfields. Two of them are in the field
of_______________. Remaining MoUs are in thefield of

Tourism, Higher Education and ScientificResearch, for Specifications and Measures.

Ans : Telecommunication

6.Prime Minister Narendra Modi recentlyreleaseda Commemorative coin of Rs. 125 and aCirculation
coin of Rs. 10 in honour offormerPresident of India ________________ ?

Ans : Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

7.Prime Minister Narendra Modi recentlymade avisit to UAE after nearly ______________
years,which was the first visit by an Indian PrimeMinister after 1981.

Ans : 34 Years

8.President Pranab Mukherjee hasinaugurated theDiamond Jubilee celebrations of the EEPC
atVigyan Bhavan, New Delhi. Expand EEPC.

Ans : Engineering Export Promotion Council

9.Recently, which railway zone ________________hasbecome the first zone in Indian Railways
toeliminate all unmanned level crossings fromitssystem.

Ans : West-Central Railway Zone

10.India has announced the launching of asecondmulti-spectral remote sensing Indonesiansatellite
that will help the country to monitorland-use, natural resource and in disastermitigation. Name it ?

Ans : LAPAN A2/Orari satellite

11.The Government has extended the lastdate forfiling Income Tax return by a week toSeptember

7. The earlier date was _____________

Ans : August 31

12.Chinese President Xi Jinping announcedthat the2.3 million strong People’s Liberation
Army,willbe cut by ____________ troops.

Ans : Three lakh

13.The Union Cabinet has clearedreimbursement ofRs 113 crore of losses on pulses importedbetween
2006-11 by four governmentagencies.They are ?

Ans : NAFED, MMTC, PEC and STC

14.Government has recently cancelled theregistration of the Non-GovernmentalOrganization (NGO)
Greenpeace India undertheFCRA for allegedly working against country'seconomic progress. Expand
FCRA ?

Ans : Foreign Contribution Regulation Act

15.Delhi High Court allows ______________________. Thismeans that women can now stay with
theIndianNavy till they retire.

Ans : Permanent commission for women inIndian Navy

16. The Independence Day of Uzbekistan isobservedon ?

Ans : 1st September

17.Who is the Prime Minister of Uzbekistan ?

Ans : Shavkat Mirziyoyev

18.The First ever International CricketTournament(T20) for People with Physical
Disabilitiesbeganon 2nd September 2015. Which country ishosting this tournament ?

Ans : Bangladesh

19.The International Committee of the RedCross(ICRC), in collaboration with Bangladesh’sMinistry
of Youth and Sports, BangladeshCricketBoard (BCB) and Bangladesh Krira ShikkhaProtishtan
(BKSP), organized the five-nation

international cricket tournament for peoplewithdisabilities. Which countries participated
inthetournament ?

Ans : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, England,India and Pakistan

20.India has observed National NutritionWeekduring _______________

Ans : 1st September to 7th September

21.What is the theme for National NutritionWeek2015 ?

Ans : Better Nutrition : Key Development

22.India has recently won the top UNESCOPrizeAward of Excellence 2015 for the
remarkableconservation efforts which temple ?

Ans : Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple in Kerala

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

Ans : Durban