Aug 13, 2015

Current Affairs Question and Answer

1) Which city was on 31 July 2015 chosen to host 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics? - Beijing
Note: With this, Beijing became the first city to host both the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics. It hosted Summer Olympics in 2008.

2) Former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam passed away on 27 July 2015 following his collapse during a lecture in the Indian Institute of Management at? – Shillong

3) Who was on 27 July 2015 appointed as the Chairman of telecom regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)? - Ram Sevak Sharma

4) Microsoft launched which operating system on 31 July 2015? - Windows 10

5) Name the Two Indians among the Ramon Magsaysay Awardees for the year 2015 announced on 29 July 2015? - Sanjiv Chaturvedi and Anshu Gupta

6) The 16th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas observed across the nation on? - 26 July 2015

7) Reserve Bank of India on 30 July 2015 decided to put into circulation 10 rupees coins to commemorate which day? - International Day of Yoga

8) Hockey India on 25 July 2015 appointed whom as coach of men’s national team? - Roelant Oltmans of the Netherlands

9) International Tiger Day was observed across the world on? - 29 July 2015

10) Name the first post-apartheid captain of South Africa Cricket team, who passed away on 28 July 2015? - Clive Rice

11) Who was in the fourth week of July 2015 appointed as the Chairman of food safety regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)? - Ashish Bahuguna

12) World Hepatitis Day was observed across the world on 28 July 2015 with the theme? -Prevent hepatitis. Act now

13) e-Tourist Visa scheme was extended to which three countries with effect from 30 July 2015? - China, Hong Kong and Macau

14) Nepal’s political parties on 27 July 2015 agreed to remove which word from the yet-to-be framed Constitution? – Secularism

15) World Day Against Trafficking in Persons was observed across the world on? - 30 July 2015

16) Name the Eminent vocalist who died on 29 July 2015? - Vasundhara Komkali

17) Who on 28 July 2015 took charge as the Chairperson of Delhi Commission for Women (DCW)? - Swati Maliwal

18) Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB) on 21 July 2015 launched a mobile banking app named? -'Kotak Bharat'

19) Name the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts lone death row convict, who was executed on 30 July 2015 at the Nagpur Central Jail? - Yakub Memon

20) Union Cabinet on 29 July 2015 approved setting up of NIIF. Expand NIIF? - National Investment and Infrastructure Fund

21) Who won Hungarain Formula One Grand Prix 2015? - Sebastian Vettel

22) Which country on 26 July 2015 defeated Jamaica 3-1 in the final of CONCACAF Gold Cup football tournament? – Mexico

23) Who on 26 July 2015 won 102nd Tour de France in a three-week slog of furious race around the Champs Elysees, Paris? - Chris Froome

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