Current Affairs Quiz June 24 2015

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1. The Retirement fund body, Employee Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has notified an order to make the Universal Account Number (UAN) mandatory for all employers covered under the Employees Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act __________
   a.1950
   b.1951
   c.1952
   d.1962
   
   Answer

   c.1952
   
   
2. The Controller-General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM) have recently released its annual report. And According to that report, Among states, ___________________ (2,892) filed the most patents during the year 2013-14. The other top 5 states in the number of patents filed are: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Delhi and Andhra Pradesh.
   a.Maharashtra
   b.Tamil Nadu
   c.Andhra Pradesh
   d.New Delhi
   
   Answer

   a.Maharashtra
   
   
3. Capital markets regulator SEBI simplified its norms governing the IPO of companies in an attempt to encourage internet startups to raise funds domestically, rather than going abroad.
   Under the new norms approved by SEBI’s board yesterday, the stock exchanges would have a separate institutional trading platform(ITP) and the minimum investment requirement would be ___________________________
   a.Rs 5 lakh.
   b.Rs 10 lakh.
   c.Rs 15 lakh.
   d.Rs 20 lakh.
   
   Answer

   b.Rs 10 lakh. 
   
   
4. Expand ASBA ? It refers to an application mechanism for subscribing to IPO where the bid amount is blocked in a bank account and it would be now applicable to all kinds of investor category across all IPOs.
   a.Application Subscribed by Balance Amount
   b.Application Supported by Blocked Amount
   c.Application Subscribed by Blocked Amount
   d.Application Supported by Blocked Account
   
   Answer

   b.Application Supported by Blocked Amount
   
   
5. Recently, Russia and Saudi Arabia have for the first time signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of _____________________. The agreement was signed in Russia during St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).
   a.Telecommunications
   b.Software Development
   c. Nuclear energy
   d.Solar Energy
   
   Answer

   c. Nuclear energy
   
   
6. India has emerged as the ________________ source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) for United Kingdom (UK). It is according to the Inward Investment Report 2014-15 of UK Trade and Industry (UKTI).
   a.3rd largest
   b. 4th largest
   c. 5th largest
   d. 6th largest
   
   Answer

   a.3rd largest
   
   
7. Three firms -Matribhumi Projects, ______________________and Waris Finance and Investment- and their directors were banned by SEBI from mobilising money from investors through the issuance of securities. SEBI banned them for allegedly violating public issue norms.
   a.PNC Infratech Ltd
   b.Athena Constructions Ltd
   c.Jugantor Realty
   d.Adlabs Entertainment Ltd
   
   Answer

   c.Jugantor Realty
   
   
8. Kerala has roped in Tennis legend Steffi Graf as the Ayurveda brand ambassador of Kerala. According to Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, this move is part of Kerala Tourist department’s ‘Visit Kerala Scheme’. Steffi Graf belongs to __________________.
   a.France
   b.Germany
   c.Switzerland
   d.Netherlands
   
   Answer

   b.Germany
   
   
9. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has achieved one more milestone by successfully commissioning a 250 MW coal-based thermal plant. The unit has been commissioned at the upcoming Bongaigaon Thermal Power Station (TPS) in ____________
   a.Orissa
   b.West Bengal
   c.Arunachal Pradesh
   d.Assam
   
   Answer

   d.Assam
   
   
10. Uttarakhand has decided to make____________________(which has already got the status of “unofficial yoga capital of the world”, where people from around the world come to the holy place to learn Yoga and practice it among pristine mountains)official by hosting the first Yoga Maha Kumbh there next year.
    a.Rishikesh
    b.Haridwar
    c.Badrinath
    d.Kedarnath
    
    Answer

    a.Rishikesh
    
    
11. The Union Cabinet on June 24, 2015 approved a JayPrakash Narayan or JP National Memorial at district Chhapra in Bihar. He was awarded the prestigious ‘Bharat Ratna’ in ______________
    a.1995
    b.1997
    c.1999
    d.2001
    
    Answer

    c.1999