DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 15, 16 FEBRUARY 2015
1. ARVIND KEJRIWAL TAKES OATH AS CM OF DELHI.
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He is 8th CM of Delhi.
Ø 6 cabinet
ministers Manish Sisodia, Satyendar Jain, Jitender Singh Tomar, Asim Ahmad
Khan, Gopal Rai, Sandeep Kumar also took
oath along with Arvind Kejriwal.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1)
Arvind Kejriwal became …………Chief Minister of Delhi.
a) 8th
b) 6th
c) 9th
d) 5th
2. BRAHMOS TEST FIRED SUCCESSFULLY
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Brahmos, super sonic anti shipping
cruise missile was test fired successfully.
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Defence minister Manohar Parikar witnessed
its launch from India’s recently
commissioned stealth destroyer INS Kolkata.
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Range of Brahmos is 290km.
Ø It is jointly developed by India and Russia
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1)
WHAT IS RANGE OF BRAHMOS MISSILE.
(a) 300 km
(b) 490 km
(c) 290km
(d) 180km
3. USAIN BOLT WILL RETIRE IN 2017
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Jamaican sprinter and 6 times Olympic medal winner USAIN BOLT
has decided to retire after 2017 world championship to be held in London.
Ø USAIN BOLT holds world record for 100mtr
in 9.58seconds, 200 mtr in 19.9 seconds, 4*100mtr relay race in 36.84 seconds.
Ø EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
1)
6-times Olympic medal winner Usain Bolt is from which country?
a) Fiji
b) USA
c)
India
d) Jamaica
4. INDIA BEAT PAKISTAN IN ITS WORLD CUP OPENING MATCH.
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India won by 76 runs at
Sydney's Merrylands RSL Club in Adelaide.
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Virat
kohli became the first Indian to score a century (107) against Pakistan in a
world cup match
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Actor
Amitabh Bachchan made his debut as cricket commentator in this match.
Ø This is 6th consecutive time that India beat
Pakistan in a world cup match.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS
NEWS
1) Which Actor made his debut as cricket commentator in India Pak
world cup match?
A.
Amitabh
Bachchan
B.
Shah Rukh khan
C.
Salman khan
D. Hrithik Roshan
5. “REINVEST 2015” HELD IN NEW DELHI
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It is India’s first renewable energy global investors meet and Expo.
Ø Prime minister Narender Modi attended the
meeting.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS
NEWS
1)
REINVEST 2015 was
held in which city?
A.
Delhi
B.
Kolkata
C.
Mumbai
D. Chennai
6. BLACK MONEY BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS BY 2018 - SWITZERLAND
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According to a Switzerland release India will have to wait till 2018 for
Switzerland to provide bank account details of Indians under the automatic Information
exchange framework.
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Under the automatic exchange of information mechanism prepared by OECD.
40 countries including India agreed to help each other in fighting the tax
invasion and frauds.
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OECD – Organisation For Economic Co-Operation And Development.
7.
RBI DECIDED
TO RE-ISSUE RS 1 NOTE
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RBI recently decided to recirculate currency Note of Rs 1.
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Currency notes are legal tenders under the Coinage Act 2011
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It is important to mention here that 1 Rs currency notes are issued by Ministry
of Finance, Government of India while other currency notes are issued by RBI.
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RBI was established on April 1,1935 under Reserve Bank of India 1934
andwas Nationalized in the year of 1 January 1949.
Ø One of the main function of RBI is to issue
currency notes
