Current Affairs Questions and Answers - June 01, 2015

Current Affairs Questions and Answers - June 01, 2015

Q1. From which day Service tax will go up to 14%?

A. 31st May’15

B. 30th May’15

C. 1st June’15

D. 2nd June’15

ANSWER: C. 1st June’15

Q2. In the new Income Tax Return (ITR) form, the government has dropped the controversial provision for ________.

A. Mandatory disclosure of foreign trips

B. Mandatory disclosure of dormant bank accounts

C. Mandatory disclosure of Households 

D. Madatory disclosure of Vehicles

ANSWER: A. Mandatory disclosure of foreign trips and B.) Mandatory disclosure of dormant bank accounts

Q3. On 31st May’15, who has given assent to re-promulgation of land ordinance?

A. President of India

B. Vice-President of India

C. Speaker of Lok Sabha

D. Speaker of Rajya Sabha

ANSWER: A. President of India

Q4. India has decided to buy only 36 Rafale fighter jets scrapping the earlier plan to acquire 126 aircraft on grounds of huge cost. From which country India is buying Rafale fighter jets?

A. Russia

B. United States

C. Germany

D. France

ANSWER: D. France

Q5. Which country has launched a mobile app to kindle interest in and help young children understand Tamil language, one of the four official languages of the city state?

A. Sri Lanka

B. Indonesia

C. Singapore

D. India

ANSWER: C. Singapore

Q6. Name the former Georgian President who has been appointed as the Governor of Ukraine's southern Odessa region?

A. Lyndon B Johnson

B. Mikheil Saakashvili

C. Vartan Gregorian

D. Giorgi Margvelashvili 

ANSWER: B. Mikheil Saakashvili

Q7. Which state’s Chief Minister announced to observe 2015-16 as ‘Year of Development’?

A. Gujarat

B. Maharashtra 

C. Assam

D. Punjab

ANSWER: D. Punjab

Q8. Who has won the ‘Pedal for Kashmir’ cycling race held along the banks of picturesque Dal Lake in Srinagar on 31st May’15?

A. Dilawar Singh

B. Mohammad Akbar Khan 

C. Mohammad Adil Teli

D. Mohit Kumar

ANSWER: A. Dilawar Singh

Q9. Name the officer who took charge as new Chief Secretary of Assam?

A. Jitesh Khosla

B. Javed Usmani

C. Alok Ranjan

D. V K Pipersenia

ANSWER: D. V K Pipersenia

Q10. India’s foreign exchange reserves have dipped steeply by 2.319 billion US dollar to 351.557 billion in the week ended on _______.

A. 22nd May’15

B. 30th May’15

C. 29th May’15

D. 19th May’15 

ANSWER: A. 22nd May’15

Q11. Name the two Indian-origin women to find place in Forbes' inaugural list of America's 50 richest self made women?

A. Indira Nooyi

B. Neerja Sethi

C. Jayshree Ullal

D. Chanda Kochhar 

ANSWER: B. Neerja Sethi and C. Jayshree Ullal

Q12. Which country is boosting its influence in global gold markets by establishing its largest gold investment fund led by Gold Exchange?

A. China

B. United States 

C. South Africa

D. Australia 

ANSWER: A. China

Q13. On 30th May’15 who has been named as the new Chancellor of the Nalanda University?

A. Amartya Sen 

B. APJ Abdul Kalam

C. Geogre Yeo

D. Bill Gates

ANSWER: C. Geogre Yeo

Q14. At which place Facility for Domestic Currency Paper has been inaugurated by Finance Minister Arun Jaitely on 30th May’15?

A. Bareilly

B. Raibareily

C. Nagpur

D. Hoshangabad

ANSWER: D. Hoshangabad

Q15. Name the private-sector bank to announce that it will discontinue issuing slips after cash withdrawals at ATMs and will alert the customer through SMSs?

A. ICICI bank

B. Axis Bank

C. HDFC Bank

D. ING Vysya Bank

ANSWER: C. HDFC Bank