GK CAPSULE: PART III

1.

New Chief Election Commissioner of India

Hari Shankar Brahma

2.

2nd Most Trusted Nations in the world

India

3.

42nd Chief Justice of India

H . L. Dattu

4.

India has implemented Basel-III Capital

Framework from

April 1st, 2013.

5.

National Institute for Transforming India

NITI Aayog

6.

3D in Prime Ministers Speech

Democracy, Demography &

Demand.

7.

Commonwealth Day

May 24th.

8.

Headquarters of ILO (International Labour

Organization) located in

Geneva

9.

25th ASEAN Summit held in

Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

10.

G-20 Summit held in

Brisbane, Australia

11.

Next G-20 meet will be hosted by

China

12.

Country which launched Green Army to conserve

Australia
environment

13.

6th BRICS Summit was held on

July 15-16th in Fortaleza,

Brazil.

14.

17th Asian Games held in

Incheon, South Korea

15.

Chief Economic Advisor of Govt. of India

Arvind Subramanian

16.

City to be promoted as Cultural Capital of Gujarat

Vadodara

17.

Scheme launched by Govt. of India to ensure

housing for all by 2022

Sardar Patel National Housing

Mission

18.

18th Asian Games will be held in 2018 in

Jakarta, Indonesia

19.

International Day of Democracy

15th September

20.

Nobel Peace Prize Winners, 2014.

For their struggle against suppression of
children and young people and for the right
of all children to education.

21.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2014

for the development of super resolved
fluorescence microscopy

1. Stefan Hell (USA)

2. William Moerner (USA)
3. Eric Betzig (Germany)

22.

Nobel Prize in Physics, 2014.

For the invention of efficient blue lightemitting diodes which enabled bright and
energy-saving white light sources.

1. Shuji Nakamura (Japan)

2. Hiroshi Amano (Japan)
3. Isamu Akasaki (Japan)

23.

Nobel Prize in Physiology / Medicine, 2014.

for their discoveries of cells that constitute a
positioning system in the brain

1. May Britt Moser

(British American)
2. Edward Moser (Norway)
3. John O Keefe (Norway)

24.

Nobel Prize in Literature, 2014.

Patrick Modiano (France)

25.

Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, 2014.

for his analysis of market power and
regulation.

Jean Tirole (France)

26.

Winner of 2014 Man Booker Prize for the book

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Richard Flanagan

1. Kailash Satyarthi (India)

2. Malala Yousufzai (Pakistan)

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Name of RBIs Model for Rating of Indian banks

CAMELS

28.

The Govt. Scheme aimed at upliftment of rural &

urban poor through skill development

Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana

29.

The no. of identified growth sectors of Indian

Economy as identified under Make In India
Campaign

25

30.

SAARC year of Cultural Heritage

2016-17

31.

SAARC Cultural Capital for 2015-16

Bamiyan, Afghanistan

32.

Engineers Day in India

September 15th

33.

Apart from SBI, which other bank has allowed kids

to operate their own savings account

ICICI Bank
SMART STARS A/c

34.

Govt. looking to merge FMC (Forward Market

Commission) with

SEBI
(Securities Exchange Board of
India).

35.

World Mental Health Day

October 10th