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LIAM LIVINGSTONE
1 May 2015 TCA GK SHOWER
1) PAKISTAN ON 21 APRIL 2015 CONFERRED ITS TOP CIVILIAN AWARD NISHAN-EPAKISTAN ON?
ANS. XI JINPING
2) MAGNETIC LEVITATION TECHNOLOGY (MAGLEV) TRAIN OF WHICH COUNTRY HAS
RECENTLY CLOCKED A NEW WORLD SPEED RECORD SMASHING THROUGH THE 603
KILOMETRE PER HOUR MARK IN A TEST RUN?
ANS. JAPAN
3) WHICH ONLINE TRAVEL COMPANY ON 21 APRIL 2015 ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAS
ACQUIRED CERTAIN ASSETS OF MYGOLA.COM?
ANS. MAKEMYTRIP
4) JANAKI BALLAV PATNAIK WHO PASSED AWAY ON 21 APRIL 2015 WAS THE FORMER
CHIEF MINISTER OF WHICH STATE?
ANS. ODISHA
5) CIVIL SERVICES DAY WAS OBSERVED ACROSS INDIA ON?
ANS. 21 APRIL
6) WHICH COUNTRY WILL BECOME THE FIRST TEST CRICKET NATION TO VISIT PAKISTAN
SINCE 2009 AS ANNOUNCED RECENTLY?
ANS. ZIMBABWE
7) WHICH DEPARTMENT WAS ON 21 APRIL 2015 AWARDED 'PRIME MINISTER'S AWARD
FOR EXCELLENCE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION?
ANS. INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT
8) INTERNATIONAL MOTHER EARTH DAY WAS OBSERVED GLOBALLY ON 22 APRIL 2015
WITH THE THEME?
ANS. IT'S OUR TURN TO LEAD
9) WHICH PLAYER HAS RECENTLY SMASHED A WORLD RECORD 350 IN JUST 138 BALLS
DURING A ONE-DAY MATCH IN A ROYAL LONDON NATIONAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP GAME?
ANS. LIAM LIVINGSTONE

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10) WHICH BANK HAS RECENTLY TIED UP WITH NATIONAL PAYMENTS CORPORATION OF
INDIA (NPCI) TO LAUNCH RUPAY PLATINUM DEBIT CARD WITH UPGRADED FEATURES?
ANS. IDBI BANK

Vivek Murthy
2 MAY 2015 TCA GK SHOWER
1) Name the Indian-American who was recently sworn-in as the U.S. Surgeon-General?
Ans. Vivek Murthy
2) Who was on 22 April 2015 appointed as the Director General of Railway Protection Force
(RPF)?
Ans. Rajiva Ranjan Verma
3) United Nations (UN) observes World Book and Copyright Day across the world on?
Ans. April 23
4) India and which country on 23 April 2015 began 10-day naval exercisenamed 'Varuna'?
Ans. France
5) National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) on 23 April 2015
signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with which e-commerce giant to roll out
digital marketing courses?
Ans. Snapdeal
6) Which country has been named happiest country in the world as perlatest World
Happiness Report?
Ans. Switzerland
7) Calbuco volcano in which country has erupted recently for the first time in more than 42
years?
Ans. Chile

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8) Which telecom company on 23 April 2015 announced unlimited free calling scheme
during night hours from its fixed line phones to any operator including mobile phones
anywhere in the country from 1 May?
Ans. BSNL
9) Which union ministry recently launched a scheme called Operation Five Minutes?
Ans. Ministry of Railways [Purchase of an unreserved ticket within five minutes.
10) Which Union Ministry has recently received an ISO 9001:2008 certification from the
British Standards Institute?
Ans. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

3 MAY 2015 TCA GK SHOWER

Q1. Name the author of the book Seal of the Surya?
ANSWER: Sri Amritanshu.
The book is a story of the first King of our lands the founder of Suryavansha of betrayal
and loyalty, of dynasties and destruction.
Q2. Name the author of the book China Confucius in the Shadows released by
the Vice President of India on 1st May15?
ANSWER: Smt. Poonam Surie
The book highlights that in the evolving socio political milieu of China, interpreting
Confucian philosophy as being non-confrontationist, benevolent and with values such as

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filial piety and harmony could help the current political regime deal with such problems as
corruption and rising inequalities.
Q3. Which country became the 161st Member of World Trade Organization (WTO)?
ANSWER: Seychelles
Seychelles on 26th April 2015 became the 161st member of the World Trade Organization
(WTO). With this, Seychelles archipelago of 90000 inhabitants became one of its smallest
members
Q4. Name the person appointed as the new chairman of Childrens Film Society of
India?
ANSWER: Mukesh Khanna
He will succeed Amole Gupte. The appointment was made by Information and Broadcasting
Ministry.
Q5. Name the country that won the Womens World Team Chess Championship
2015 held in China?
ANSWER: Georgia
Georgia won the Womens World Team Chess Championship by defeating Russia. Mariya
Muzychuk was declared the world champion 2015.
Q6. Name the Indian who won the Whitley Award 2015 for using innovative
communication systems to enable human-elephant coexistence in southern India?
ANSWER: Dr. Ananda Kumar
Dr Ananda has developed an Elephant Information Network (EIN) which acts as an early
warning mechanism to alert people when elephants are nearby, minimise negative humanelephant interactions, and increase peoples tolerance towards elephants.
Q7. Name the Indian who won the Whitley Award 2015 for his work to protect the
iconic Great Indian Bustard in the Thar Desert?
ANSWER: Dr. Pramod Patil
Pramod was a doctor at the time, made the decision to leave medicine and devote his life to
conserving the great Indian bustard.
Q8. Name the new system to access TV viewership that has replaced the 15 year
old Television Audience Measurement (TAM)?
ANSWER: Broadcast Audience Research Council

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The data released by BARC, a joint venture between the TV and advertising industry, shows
Star Plus as the leading Hindi general entertainment channel in the country (Hindi-speaking
markets), Zee as strong in regional channels like Telugu and Marathi, Aaj Tak leading in
Hindi news (Hindi-speaking markets) and Times Now on top in English news category (All
India).
Q9. Name the NASAs spacecraft that ended a four-year mission to Mercury by
crashing into Mercury after running out of fuel?
ANSWER: Messenger
Its demise was confirmed by flight controllers when it failed to emerge from the far sight.
Messenger was launched in 2004 and was only expected to orbit Mercury for a year.
Q10. In which country, up to 5,000 NATO troops would take part in anti-submarine
warfare exercises off its coast amid growing regional tension over alleged
submarine sightings?
ANSWER: Norway
The exercise, named Dynamic Mongoose, will take place from May 4 to 13 in the North Sea
and Skagerrak and will involve a number of submarines, surface ships and aircraft.

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Q1. Name the Indo-French Naval Exercise that concluded on 2nd May15?
ANSWER: A. VARUNA

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The 14th edition of Indo-French naval exercise VARUNA concluded on 2nd May15 in the
presence of Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, along with Vice Admiral SPS Cheema,
Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Naval Command reviewing the progress of the
exercise form on board French Navys Aircraft Carrier, Charles de Gaulle. The Indian Navy
and the French Navy have been conducting naval exercises since 1983 and following the
establishment of a strategic partnership, these exercises were christened as VARUN in 2001.

Q2. Which countrys government has announced tough new punishments for
foreign investors breaking rules on buying property in the country on May15?

ANSWER: C. Australia

Q3. Which states chief minister launched seven IT based e-services in its state on
2nd May15?

ANSWER: B. Haryana
The services includes e-Stamping; Jeevan Pramaan; Revised State Portal; Aadhaar-enabled
biometric Attendance System; Mobile app; and Aadhaar-linked registration of birth.

Q4. World Press Freedom Day was celebrated on _____.

ANSWER: C. 3rd May

Q5. Name the president of Kazakhstan re-elected as the President on May15?

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ANSWER: B. Nurusultan Nazarbayev
Kazakhstan election officials announced on the 28th of April, that the incumbent, Nursultan
A. Nazarbayev of the Nur Otan Party, won his fifth successive term, securing 97.7% of the
vote. The two opposing candidates, Abelgazi Kasainov and Turgun Syzdykov, got 0.7% and
1.6% of the votes respectively.

Q6.Name the boxer who defeated Manny Pacquiao of Philippines on a unanimous

decision to win the unified World Welterweight title of World Boxing Council,
World Boxing Organisation and World Boxing Association on 3rd May15?

ANSWER: A. Floyd Mayweather Jr.

He is an American Boxer. The legendary bout termed as Fight of the Century, took place at
iconic MGM Grand, Las Vegas and witnessed 12 rounds of intense boxing. This fight was the
highest watched and most revenue generating almost 400 million dollars of all time.

Q7. Name the state that launched Niramaya a free drug distribution scheme to
cover whole state on 1st May 2015?

ANSWER: Answer: D. Odisha

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on 1st May15 launched free medicine scheme 'Niramaya' at
Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar. The state government has made a budgetary allocation of
Rs.200 crore for distribution of free medicine.

Q8. Who has been appointed as the new chief of central paramilitary force CISF?

ANSWER: Answer: B. Surender Singh

Surender Singh is a 1980-batch police officer of West Bengal Cadre, is at present serving as
a Special Director in the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and will take over the new charge as
incumbent Director General Arvind Ranjan retired on 30th Apr15.

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Q9. Name the Indian conferred with Japan's highest civilian award Order of the
Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star for his outstanding contributions to science and
Indo-Japanese science cooperation on 2nd May15?

ANSWER: Answer: C. C N R Rao

Prof. C N R Rao is also the only Indian to be elected as a foreign member of the Japan
Academy in Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research.

Q10. Name the Indian Airport that was ranked as the worlds best airport for the
year 2014, under the category of handling 25 to 40 million passengers per annum?

ANSWER: D. Indira Gandhi International Airport

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1) Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) was recently adjudged the
world's best airport for the year 2014, under the category of handling 25 to
40 million passengers per annum. IGIA is situated at?
Ans. Delhi
2) Army on 26 April 2015 conducted a major exercise, 'Akraman-II' in
which state?
Ans. Rajasthan
3) 14th edition of Indo-French naval exercise 'Varuna' concluded on 2 May
2015. It was held in which state?
Ans. Goa
4) Magnus Carlsen won Shamkir chess tournament on 26 April 2015.
Magnus Carlsen is from which country?Magnus Carlsen won Shamkir chess
tournament on 26 April 2015. Magnus Carlsen is from which country?
Ans. Norway
5) International Dance Day is observed on?
Ans. April 29
6) Which bollywood actor was recently conferred the Pandit Dinanath
Mangeshkar Award?
Ans. Anil Kapoor
7) Which state government on 30 April 2015 issued a circular banning the
use of the phrase Horn Ok Please on the rear side of commercial
vehicles?
Ans. Maharashtra

8) Maharashtras Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) on 1 May 2015 filed

an FIR against CEO of which e-commerce major on charges of for selling
prescription drugs online?
Ans. Snapdeal
9) Educate Encourage Enlighten will be the new tagline of ____ as
announced recently?
Ans. New Education Policy
10) What is the name given to the massive rescue and relief launched by
the Indian Army in Nepal?
Ans. Operation Maitri

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6TH MAY UPDATES OF TCA GK SHOWER

1. World Asthma Day is observed on ?

Ans:5th May
2. Which Oscar-winning author has passed away?
Ans: Michael Blake
3. Qatar and France inked agreement to ......?
Ans: supply 24 Rafale fighter jets
4. 119th Constitutional Amendment Bill cleared by which cabinet?
Ans: Union Cabinet
5. Which Chinese social media platform has been joined by PM Narendra Modi?
Ans: Weibo
6. Name the weapon inducted into Indian Army ?
Ans: Akash Weapon System (AWS)
7. Name the Veteran Journalist who has passed away ?
Ans: Amitabha Chowdhury
8. Name the former Union Minister who has passed away?
Ans: Baleshwar Ram
9. Rajasthan Government signed deal with which org?

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Ans:NHM, UNICEF & GAIN
10. Who has won the 5th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship
Ans: Railways

7 MAY GK SHOWER UPDATES QNA

1) Floyd Mayweather Jr. who has on 3 May 2015 won the unified World
Welterweight title of World Boxing Council, World Boxing Organisation and World
Boxing Association defeating Manny Pacquiao is from which country?
Ans. USA

2) Which Indian has recently acquired a stake in Xiaomi Technology, the No. 3
global smartphone maker?
Ans. Ratan Tata

3) Who has recently received Golden Medal for Merit in Work of Spain?
Ans. Rafael Nadal
4) Ashraf Ghani who arrived in India recently on his first state visit to India is the
President of which country?
Ans. Afghanistan
5) Mazen Darwish who was recently honoured with UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World
Press Freedom Prize 2015 is the journalist from which country?
Ans. Syria
6) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi who was recently in news as dead was the chief of which
terrorsit organization?
Ans. ISIS
7) Dr Prannoy Roy who was recently conferred the RedInk Award for lifetime
achievement is the executive co-chairman of?
Ans. NDTV
8) World Press Freedom Day is observed on?
Ans. May 3
9) Capgemini has recently acquired IGATE for $4 bn. Capgemini is a Management
consulting company headquartered at?

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Ans. Paris
10) Shuttler Lee Chong Wei who was recently handed a backdated eight-month
ban for doping by the Badminton World Federation on 27 April 2015 is from which
country?
Ans. Malaysia

8TH MAY 2015 TCA GK SHOWER UPDATES

1.

Permanent Account Number has been made obligatory for Central Excise
Registration by

Ans. - Union Government

2.

Ten-Engine Electric Plane GL-10 Prototypehas been successfully flight tested by

Ans. - NASA
3.

Who has won 19th Federation Cup National Athletic Championships?

Ans. - Indian Army

4.

Who has launched Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme in Goa ?

Ans. - Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar

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5.

Union Cabinet accepted Building and Launching of which satellites?

Ans. - GSAT-17 and GSAT-18 Communication Satellites

6.

Credit Enhancement Guarantee Scheme has been inaugrated by ?

Ans. - Union Government

7.

Which two countries signed inter-Governmental MoU for development of

Chabahar Port?

Ans. - India and Iran

8. 119th Constitutional Amendment Bill cleared by?
Ans. - Union Cabinet
9. Which Chinese social media platform has been joined by PM Narendra Modi?
Ans. - Weibo
10. Name the weapon inducted into Indian Army.
Ans. - Akash Weapon System (AWS)

9 MAY 2015 TCA GK SHOWER CURRENT AFFAIRS

1. Who has written the book titled Unbelievable Delhi to Islamabad ?

Ans:- Prof Bhim Singh
2. Which party has won the UK General election 2015?
Ans:- Conservative Party
3. Which two countries has signed 11 MoIs for Higher Academic Cooperation?

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Ans: - India and Russia
4. Which missile North Korea successfully test-fired recently?
Ans: - Underwater ballistic missile
5. Who is appointed as DG of Police Research & Development Bureau?
Ans- Navneet Rajan Wasan
6. Whose treasure was found in Madagasca?
Ans: - 17th Century Scottish pirate captain William Kidd
7. First museum Indian Heritage Centre in Little India was opened by?
Ans - Singapore PM Lee
8. Who is appointed as Election Commissioner?
Ans:- Achal Kumar Jyoti
9.Who has became the youngest lawmaker of Britain?
Ans: - Mhairi Black
10. Which card has been launched by SBI in association with NPCI?
Ans:- RuPay Platinum Debit Card

10TH MAY 2015 TCA GK SHOWER CURRENT AFFAIRS

1) Which club won the English Premier League title 2015?

Ans. Chelsea
2) Loretta Lynch was recently sworn in as the 83rd Attorney-General and first
African-American woman to serve as the top law enforcement official of which
country?
Ans. USA
3) Who presented the 62nd National Film Awards on 3 May 2015 at a glittering
ceremony in New Delhi?
Ans. Pranab Mukherjee
4) Ten coaches of the Train no. 12223 LTT-Ernakulam Duronto Express recently
derailed at the Salzora tunnel near Balli in which state?
Ans. Goa

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5) Name the Sail Training Ship of Indian Navy which recently left from Kochi on
an eight month voyage named Lokayan-2015?
Ans. INS Tarangini
6) World Press Freedom Day is observed on?
Ans. 3 May
7) A bill to amend the Regional Rural Banks Act of which year was recently passed
by Parliament on 28 April 2015?
Ans. 1976
8) Who recently became New York's first Indian-American woman judge?
Ans. Raja Rajeswari
9) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 28 April 2015 successfully
tested an indigenous cryogenic engine from its propulsion complex at
Mahendragiri which state?
Ans. Tamil Nadu
10) Siddhartha Gigoo has recently won the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
for Asia region for his book?
Ans. Umbrella Man

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1. Who is appointed as BRICS bank president?Ans. KV Kamath
2. Who has been conferred with Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2014?
Ans. Veteran actor Shashi Kapoor
3. Name the missile successfully test-fired from Car Nicobar Islands.
Ans. BrahMos land-attack cruise missile
4. Who was swept back to power to govern the United Kingdom for another five
years?
Ans. David Cameron
5. Who appointed as first RAW officer member of UPSC?
Ans. Arvind Saxena
6. Under which programme Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10th May15 unveiled
three social security schemes two on insurance and one on pension at a function
organised in Kolkata?
Ans. Jansurakhsha
7. For which heritage site a parliamentary panel has recommended that a multipronged strategy be adopted to preserve the pristine beauty?
Ans. Taj Mahal
8. China has significantly increased its defence budget. The budget is now more
than how many times in comparison to India?
Ans. Three Times.
9. Name the discus thrower who won the Gold Medal in Jamaican International
Invitation meet in Kingston on 10th May15?
Ans. Vikas Gowda
10. Name the festival of Indian Culture inaugurated in Russia on 10th may15 by
the President of India?
Ans. Namaste India

12 MAY 2015 TCA GK SHOWER QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1) Indian Army on 5 May 2015 inducted which indigenously developed supersonic surface-to-air
missile which is capable of targeting enemy helicopters, aircraft and UAVs from a range of
25 km?
Ans. Akash

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2) Jonathan Trott who has recently retired from International Cricket is from which country?
Ans. England
3) Asian Youth Athletic Championship 2015 which began recently is being held in?
Ans. Doha, Qatar
4) Land Boundary Agreement Bill to allow the operationalisation of the 1974 India-Bangladesh
Land Boundary agreement was recently numbered as the 119th Constitution Amendment
Bill. When it was passed, it became the Constitution ___th Amendment Bill?
Ans. 100
5) Which technology giant has recently launched a cloud computing-based offering named 'EduCloud', designed to offer digital learning and teaching in schools and higher educational
institutions?
Ans. Microsoft
6) Stuart Bingham who won World Snooker Championship is player from which country?
Ans. UK
7) A Cow-urine refinery was recently inaugurated at Jalore in which state?
Ans. Rajasthan
8) Which among the following document was recently made mandatory for Central excise
registration?
Ans. PAN Card
9) Who was recently appointed as the new chairperson of the Children Film Society of India
(CFSI)?
Ans. Mukesh Khanna
10) Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India has recently launched a new TV rating
system in India. This will replace existing which rating system?
Ans. TAM (Television Audience Measurement)

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13 May Current Affairs Updates Gk shower

1) Which among the following has recently decided to introduce the concept of a
Red Flagged Account (RFA) in a bid to minimize fraud risks?
Ans.
RBI
2) Achal Kumar Jyoti was recently appointed as the?
Ans. Election Commissioner
3) Which e-commerce company has recently acquired Bengaluru-based mobile app
development platform company named Native5?
Ans. Myntra
4) Microsoft has recently announced that ____may possibly be the last Windows
operating system?
Ans. Windows 10
5) Name the political party of Prime Minister David Cameron which won the UK
elections recently?
Ans. Conservative Party
6) National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) recently recommended
government to raise the creamy layer criterion for OBCs from the present 6 lakh
to?
Ans. 10.50 lakh
7) Mumbai sessions court on 6 May 2015 sentenced Bollywood film star Salman
Khan to five years in prison, for killing a man in a hit-and-run accident happened
in which year?
Ans. 2002

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8) National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) on 8 May 2015 announced a ___

percent reduction in charges for transactions on its inter-bank ATM network?
Ans. 10 %
9) Envoys of the Philippines and Norway were recently killed in a chopper crash
happened in which country?
Ans. Pakistan

10) Hindustan Awami Morcha (HAM) is a new political party recently launched by?
Ans. Jitan Ram Manjhi

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14 May 2015 CA Updates GK Shower

1. Who is named as the Head Coach of U-19 football team of India?
Ans. Lee Alan Johnson

2. Name the newly formed political party launched by Jitan Ram Manjhi former
Chief minister of Bihar?
Ans. Hindustani Awam Morcha

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3. Which body has imposed hefty fines on five-star hotels, malls and hospitals for
not installing proper rainwater harvesting systems in their premises on 11th
May15?
Ans. National Green Tribunal

4. Name the title of the award announced by Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
to the deceased ambassadors of Norway and Philippines and deceased wives of
ambassadors of Malaysia and Indonesia?
Ans. Sitara-e-Pakistan

5.Who has been appointed as the head of the New Development Bank being set up
by the five emerging economies of BRICS grouping?
Ans. K.V.Kamath

6. Name the first Asian woman elected as Mayor in UK.

Ans. Harbhajan Kaur Dheer

7. Who has won UNCs 2015 Award for Excellence in Teaching ?

Ans. Dr. Sivanadane Mandjiny

8. Who has won 2014 Encore Award for The Lives of Others?
Ans. Indian author Neel Mukherjee

9. Who is appointed as Chairman of National Safety Council (NSC)?

Ans. K Satish Reddy

10. President of Japans SoftBank Corp. is _____?

Ans. Nikesh Arora

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15 TO 18 MAY 2015 CURRENT AFFAIRS TCA GK SHOWER

Mohammed Morsi

15 May, 2015
1.
Gujarat State Climate Change Action Plan 2015-2020 was approved by Union Government
2.
Name the scheme launched by Union Ministry of Minority Affairs for
Traditional Artisans - USTAAD Scheme
3.
Name the contact-less card launched by SBI - sbiINTOUCH
4.
Who has won 2015 National Geographic Bee Championship - Karan Menon
5.
A rare plant with anti-cancer properties was found in - Western Ghats
6.
Name the scheme launched by Union Government to improve cleanliness in
Public Health Facilities - kayakalp Award Scheme
16 May, 2015
1.
Who is appointed as Controller General of Accounts - MJ Joseph
2.
Name the system launched by Union Government for National Highways Road Asset Management System
3.
Agreement for exchange of art, culture programmes has been signed between
- DD and CCTV
4.
Who has been conferred with Pt. Haridutt Sharma Award for Journalism and
Social Services - Anurradha Prasad
17 May, 2015
1.

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2.
Name the new catfish species discovered in Manipur - Glyptothorax
senapatiensis
3.
Which Egyptian President has been sentenced to death - President
Mohammed Morsi
18 May, 2015
1.
Who has won the 4th Rome Masters Tennis title - Novak Djokovic
2.
Who has sworn-in as eighth President of Guyana - Former Army Brigadier
David Granger
3.
Name the Australia wicketkeeper retired from ODI cricket - Brad Haddin
4.
Name the official website of 10th World Hindi Conference www.vishwahindisammelan.gov.in
5.
Official website of NITI Aayog has been launched by - Union Government
6.
Which two countries signed agreements to upgrade relations to special
strategic partnership level - India and South Korea
19 May Current Affairs TCA GK Shower Updates

KV Thomas

1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 9 May 2015 announced three flagship social
security schemes in West Bengal. Which among the following is not among them?
Ans.
Pradhan
Mantri
Suraksha
Kalyan
Yojana
(PMSKBY)

2) An advanced version of the BrahMos land-attack cruise missile was successfully

test-fired on 9 May 2015 from the Car Nicobar Islands at?
Ans. Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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3) Indian Navy commissioned Porbandar base on 9 May 2015 and named it as?
Ans. INS Sardar Patel
4) World Health Organization (WHO) has recently declared which country as free
of the Ebola virus, confirming that the country has had no new cases in 42 days?
Ans. Liberia
5) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 May 2015 inaugurated a revamped and
modernized 2.5 million tonne steel plant of IISCO at Burnpur in which state?
Ans. West Bengal
6) Who was on 8 May 2015 declared the Sportsperson of the Year' at the Times of
India Sports Awards?
Ans. Jitu Rai
7) Who was on 8 May 2015 appointed as a member of UPSC becoming the first
officer from RAW to be appointed as UPSC member?
Ans. Arvind Saxena
8) Veteran actor-filmmaker Shashi Kapoor was presented the prestigious Dada
Saheb Phalke award on 10 May 2015 by?
Ans. Arun Jaitley

9) Who was recently renominated as Public Accounts Committee chairman?

Ans. KV Thomas
10) Who won the Spanish Formula 1 Grand Prix on 10 May 2015?
Ans. Nico Rosberg

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SS Ahluwalia

20 and 21 Current Affairs GK Updates TCA GK Shower

20/5/2015

1.
Who has been appointed as Chairman of JPC on Land Acquisition Amendment
Bill, 2015 - SS Ahluwalia
2.
Name of the Medical Benefits Card launched by HDFC - HDFC Bank Apollo
Medical Benefits Card
3.
Recently PM Narendra Modi visited which three countries - China, Mongolia
and South Korea
4.
Who has been elected as eighth President of Micronesia - Peter M Christian
5.
Where the driest place on earth has been discovered - Maria Elena South in
Atacama Desert
6.
President inaugurated 50th anniversary of - First historic climb of Mt. Everest
in 1965 of India
21/5/2015

1.
Who won 2015 Man Booker International Prize - Laszlo Krasznahorkai
2.
Mrinal Datta Chaudhuri passed away, he was an - Economist
3.
Who has been appointed as new DGP of Kerala - TP Senkumar
4.
Which state decided to amend Factories Act, 1948 to allow women work in
night shifts - Maharashtra
5.
Anti Terrorism Day observed on - 21st May 2015
6.
Who sworned in as Governor of Tripura - Tathagata Roy
7.
Who sworned in as Governor of Meghalaya - Shanmuganthan
8.
Six Major Banks fined 5.7 billion US dollars because of - Forex Benchmark
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9.
Which indigenously developed missile was successfully test fired from ITR
Chandipur in Odisha - Astra
10.
When ISRO will be launching ASTROSAT - October 2015
11.
Mirage 2000 fighter jet landed on which expressway as part of developing
road runways - Yamuna Expressway

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1) Which company has emerged as the only Indian company among the world's 10
biggest consumer financial services firms recently?
Ans. HDFC
2) Who was recently appointed as the first president of recently formed BRICS
bank?
Ans. KV Kamath
3) Newly formed BRICS Bank will have its headquarters at?
Ans. Shanghai

4) Justice (retired) Cyriac Joseph was on 11 May 2015 authorised to act as the
Chairperson of?
Ans.
National
Human
Rights
Commission
5) National Technology Day was observed on?
Ans. May 11
6) Which high court recently acquitted former TN CM Jayalalithaa in the
disproportionate assets case?
Ans. Karnataka high court
7) India's first private greenfield airport named Kazi Nazrul Islam airport was
recently inaugurated in which state?
Ans. West Bengal

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8) French President Francois Hollande recently became the first president of

France to visit which country?
Ans. Cuba
9) Department of Posts on 11 May 2015 launched a dedicated E-Commerce Centre
at?
Ans. New Delhi
10) Who recently won the men's singles Madrid Masters tennis title?
Ans. Andy Murray

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1) Who was recently appointed as the new chairman of National Safety Council?
Ans.
Satish

Reddy

2) Union Minister Ravi Shanker Prasad has officially launched India Posts first Android app
recently named?
Ans. PostInfo
3) Kolkata-born writer Neel Mukherjee recently won the UK's Encore Award for his novel?
Ans. The Lives of Others
4) Droupadi Murmu, the former Odisha Minister was recently appointed as the governor of?
Ans. Jharkhand
5) Who was recently appointed as MD & CEO of Bharti AXA General?
Ans. Deepak Iyer
6) International Nurses Day was observed across the world on?
Ans. May 12
7) Indian-origin MP Priti Patel was recently appointed minister of state for employment in
which country's new cabinet?
Ans. Britain
8) Supreme Court has recently restricted the use of photographs of political leaders and
government functionaries in government advertisements. As per the latest order central
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Ans. Chief Minister's
9) Government on 13 May 2015 approved a ___% stake sale in the country's biggest refiner
and fuel retailer, Indian Oil Corp., (IOC)?
Ans. 10%
10) Which city in India is set to become the first Indian City to offer Google Street View?
Ans. Hyderabad

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24 May 2015 TCA GK Shower Current Affairs
1.
Who has won IPL 2015 title - Mumbai Indians
2.
Who has won the Monaco Grand Prix of Formula One - Mercedes driver
Nico Rosberg
3.
Name the Nobel Awardee mathematician who has passed away - John
Forbes Nash Jr.
4.
Who is appointed as CMD of National Fertilizers Limited - Manoj Mishra
5.
Name of the Indian peacekeepers to be given UN Dag Hammarsjold Medal
posthumously - Lance Naik Nand Ram and Raju Joseph
6.
Name of the Indian-American who created record by doing graduation in 11
years -Tanishq Abraham
7.
Name of the India-Singapore bilateral naval exercise which commenced in
Singapore -SIMBEX-15
8.
Which Indian film won the critics prize at 68th Cannes film festival - Masaan
9.
Who has sworned-in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu - J Jayalalithaa
10.
Who has resigned from Chairman of Murugappa Group Corporate Board - A
Vellayan

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25 May Current Affairs

1.
How many Golds were won by Indian boxers at World Junior Women's boxing
Championship - Three Gold
2.
How many Golds were won by Indian boxers at Doha International Boxing
tournament 2015 - Four Gold
3.
Who is elected as Head of Bureau of International Recycling - Ranjit Singh
Baxi
4.
Voice Recognition Service for Biometric Authentication has been launched by ICICI Bank
5.
Who is appointed as MD of Whirlpool India - Sunil DSouza
6.
Which part of Mexico has been struck by Tornado - Northern city of Ciudad
Acuna
7.
MartMobi was acquired by - Snapdeal
8.
CEAT International Cricketer of the Year 2015 - Kumar Sangakkara
26 May Current Affairs
1) Name Indian Navy's latest anti-submarine warfare class stealth corvette which was
launched on 19 May 2015?--INS Kavaratti
2) Researchers have recently discovered the driest place on the Earth in the Atacama
Desert and named it Maria Elena South (MES). In which country it is?--Chile
3) Which tech giant has recently acquired Coherent Navigation, a Bay Area firm working on
high-accuracy GPS and navigation technologies?--Apple
4) Laszlo Krasznahorkai who recently won the Man Booker International Prize 2015 is from
which country?--Hungary
5) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 19 May 2015 returned to India after completing his tour
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6) Who was recently named as England mens cricketer of the year 2014-15?--Joe Root
7) Who among the following is the recipient of Pt Haridutt Sharma Award 2015?-Anurraddha Prasad
8) Which club recently won the Spanish La Liga title for the 23rd time?--Barcelona

9) Which country topped the first World Environmental Democracy Index?--Lithuania

10) Tathagata Roy recently sworn in as the governor of?--Tripura

27 May Current Affairs

1) Who is the first person to become the Chief Minister of two states? - N. D. Tiwari (He was
the CM of Uttar Pradesh as well as Uttarakhand).
2) The author of the book "Why Socialism" is? - Jayaprakash Narayanan
3) Who took over the leadership of Dandi March after the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi? Abbas Tyabji
4) 'Bhoomi Putra' was the editorial of which famous Indian Organization? - Bhoodan
Movement
5) The French writer who wrote the biography of Gandhi is? - Romain Rolland
6) Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey, the first women university in India is in? - Pune
7) Element with the highest specific heat capacity? - Hydrogen

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8) Khudai-Khid Matgar is the organization started by? - Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
9) September 25 is celebrated as Anthyodaya Day is the birthday of? - Pandit Deen Dayal
Upadhyaya
10) Asian Games 2018 will be held at? - Jakarta

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28 May Current Affairs, 2015
1.
Which state of India withdrew AFSPA - Tripura
2.
Union Sports Ministry gave nod for creation of - Indigenous sports
disciplines as Regional Sports Federations (RSF's)
3.
Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs notified which law - Companies
(Amendment) Act, 2014
4.
Which program was organised in Himachal Pradesh for saving girl child Ajanmi Beti Ke liye Daud
5.
Up to what percent RBI notified FIIs to invest in Gammon Infrastructure
Projects Limited - 49 percent
6.
Who has been resigned as Managing Director of Procter and Gamble India Shantanu Khosla

29 May Current Affairs, 2015

1.
Who has been appointed as new Director General of DRDO - S Christopher
2.
Mary Ellen Mark passed away, he was - Eminent American Photographer
3.
When yogathon will be hosted in 100 US cities - On First International
Yoga Day
4.
On what charges seven FIFA Officials were arrested by Switzerland authorities
-Bribery charges
5.
Who won Europa League title - Sevilla FC
6.
Who has been crowned as 27th Maharaja of Mysuru - Yaduveer
7.
Name of the Indian-origin teacher who has been named for Oxford University
award -Gurnimrat Nimmy Sidhu
8.
Who has been appointed as new CFO of Indian Bank - VA Prasanth
Current Affairs 30th May 2015
1) Who has been re-elected as President of FIFA - Sepp Blatter

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2) Who has been appointed as Scientific Advisor to Union Defence Minister - G
Satheesh Reddy
3) Who has been appointed as Cabinet Secretary to Union Government - Pradeep
Kumar Sinha
4) Who has been appointed as new director general of Doordarshan News - Veena Jain
5) Book titled The Pakistan Paradox is written by - Christrophe Jaffrelot
6) Book titled Ahmedabad: A City in the World is written by - Amrita Shah
7) Where was new Bank Note Paper Line unit was inaugurated by Finance Minister Hoshangabad, MP
8) Which day was observed as International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers - 29
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