DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 18 MARCH 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 17 MARCH 2015
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1.      SUPREME COURT REJECTS GOVT DECISION TO INCLUDE JATS IN OBC:
Ø  Supreme court of India on Tuesday rejected the UPA Governments decision of including Jats into OBC category.
Ø  Although Narendra Modi government had supported UPA’s decision of including Jats into OBC category but still a bench of Justice Tarun Gogai and Justice R.F. Nariman found fault with the centre’s decision and quashed it.

2.      LEWIS HAMILTON WON AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX A FORMULA ONE:
Ø  Mercedes Driver of Britain Lewis Hamilton won Australian grand prix of formula one at Albert Park, Melbourne.
Ø  Another Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg of Germany was the first runner-up.
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
Q.1 Who won Australian Grand prix of formula one?
A.      Nico Rosberg
B.      Felipe Mossa
C.      Lewis Hamilton
D.     Sebastian Vettel

3.      MARY KOM BECOMES BRAND AMBASSADOR OF NE REGION:
Ø  Union Ministry of development of North Eastern region appointed Mary Kom as the Brand Ambassador of the North-East region.
Ø  Mary Kom is the Olympic Bronze Medalist boxer.
Ø  Jitendra Singh is the union Minister of development of North-East Region (DONER).
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
Q.1 Mary Kom is associated with which sport?
A.      Boxing
B.      Shooting
C.       cricket
D.     Lawn tennis

4.      RAGHURAM RAJAN MEETS IMF CHIEF:
Ø  RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan meets IMF chief, Christira lagarde.
Ø  Christina lagarde is on a two day visit to India.
Ø  IMF-> International Monetary Fund
Ø  Headquartersof IMF-> Washington D.C., U.S.A.
Ø  Total members of IMF-> 188
EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS
Q.1 Who is the Governor of RBI?
A.      S.S. Mundra
B.      Arundati bhattacharya
C.      R Gandhi
D.     Raghuram Rajan
Q.2 Who is the MD of IMF?
A.      Ban-Ki-Moon
B.      Takehiko nakao
C.      Christina Lagarde
D.     Anthony Lake