DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS 20 FEBRUARY 2015
1.
KRISHI KARMAN
AWARD-2015:
Ø Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Presented Krishi Karman Awards in a function Suratgarh in Sri Ganganagar
District, Rajasthan.
Ø PM as a chief guest launched a
nationwide scheme, “soil health card” under
which 14crore soil health cards will be issued over next 3 years.
Ø States to get the awards were Punjab, Odisha, Meghalaya,
Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Gujrat.
EXPECTED QUESTION
Q.1 Who was the chief guest at KRISHI
KARMAN Awrad function 2015?
A.
Radha Mohan Singh
B.
Narendra Modi
C.
Sonia Gandhi
D.
Smriti Rani
Q.2 Which new scheme was launched by the
PM at KRISHI KARMAN Award function 2015?
A.
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao
B.
Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan
C.
Green Card For Farmer
D.
Soil Health Card
A.
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao
B.
Swachh Bharat Abhiya
C.
Green Card For Farm
D.
Soil Health Ca
2. OIL MINISTRY’S
SECRET PAPER’S LEAKED:
Ø Controversy erupted recently
when Oil Ministry’s secret papers leaked yesterday.
Ø 5 Suspects were arrested by the Crime Branch of Delhi police for
allegedly “stealing” confidential documents from the Ministry of petroleum and
Natural Gas and selling them to private companies.
Ø Notices to join the Investigation were sent to the officers of RIl and ESSAR .
Note:-
Dharmendra Pradhan is the petroleum Minister of India.
EXPECTED
QUESTION:-
Q.3 Who is the Union Petroleum Minister?
A.
Uma Bhart
B.
Smriti Irani
C.
Dharmendra Pradhan
D.
Kalyan Singh
3. GOVERNMENT
GENERATES 80000CRORE RUPEES FROM COAL AUCTION:
Ø In a massive turnover of events recently, Union Government of India generated
over, 80,000 crore rupees from Coal Auction.
Ø With only 21 coal blocks, the Govt. has generated a revenue of 80,000
crore rupees.
Ø There is a total of 204 coal blocks to be auctioned in various
phases.
Note:-
Coal Bearing states in India are Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh,West Bengal.
Odisha, Maharashtra and Jharkhand.Piyush Goyal is the coal Minister
4. NUCLEAR
CAPABLE PRITHVI-II SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRED:
Ø India successfully test-fired its Nuclear Capable missile.
Ø Prithvi-II is Surface to Surface Missile with a strike range of 350
km.
Ø Prithvi-II is Capable to carry 500kg. – 1000kg of Warheads.
Ø The Missile was test fired from ITR, Chandipur, off ODISHA coast.
Ø ITR- Intergrated Test range
Note- The Director of ITR is MVKV Prased.
EXPECTED QUESTION:-
Q.4 Which missile was test-fired by India?
A.
Agni-I
B.
PRITHVI-I
C.
PRITHVI-II
D.
PRITHVI-III.
Q.5
Which type of missile Prithvi-II is?
A.
Surface to Surface
B.
Surface to air
C.
Air to Air
D.
Surface to Water
