GENERAL AWARENESS COURSE 2015 NOTE – OCTOBER & NOVEMBER

1. Bodh Gaya, a UNESCO World Heritage site would be developed as a spiritual site.

2. Center has launched a Smart National Mobility Card (NCMC) model to enable seamless travel by
different metros and other transport systems besides retail shopping and purchases.

3. Center announces One Rank One Pension (OROP) for armed forces. OROP means uniform pension
to be paid to Armed Forces personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service,
regardless of their date of retirement .

4. 33% reservation would be provided for women in all paramilitary forces including CISF.

5. Andhra Pradesh‟s Godavari and Krishna Rivers formally linked under the Pattiseema Lift Irrigation
Scheme.

6. Members of G4 group are Brazil, Germany, Japan & India.

7. India launches its own Space Observatory named Astrosat. Thus India joins the exclusive space club
comprising US, Russia, Japan & the European space agency.

8. Queen Elizabeth II has become the longest reigning monarch.

9. Malcolm Turnbull is new Prime Minister of Australia. He will be replacing Tony Abbott.

10. Nepal adopts new Constitution.

11. BJP ruled Gujarat has topped the World Bank‟s first ever ranking of States on the ease of doing
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business in India followed by Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand in 2 and 3 places respectively.

12. Jhumpa Lahiri has been selected for the prestigious 2014 National Humanities Medal.

13. Lee Hsien Loong becomes Prime Minister of Singapore for another term.

14. Afghanistan‟s Aqeela Asifi wins United Nations refugee award – the Nansen Prize.

15. Chaitanya Tamhane‟s National Award-winning Marathi film “Court”, will officially represent India in
the Best Foreign film category at Oscars in 2016.
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16. Mukesh Ambani is richest Indian followed by Dilip Sanghavi and Hinduja Family at 2 and 3
place respectively. Ankit Bhatti and Bhavish Aggarwal of OLA are youngest wealthiest Indian.
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17. 1 Natural Heritage Protection Center to be housed in Dehradun.
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18. 10 World Hindi Conference was held at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

19. Ashok Sridharan is first Indian-origin man to become mayor of a German City.

20. AUSINDEX-15 is a bilateral naval exercise between Australia and India.

21. FDI upto 100% allowed for White Label ATMs under Automatic route.

22. Bandhan Bank starts operations.

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23. India ranks 81 on the Global Innovation Index 2015. Switzerland tops the rankings.
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24. India ranks 155 in UN‟s Broadband Penetration Ranking in 2014.
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25. India ranks 34 in Terms of „Business Growth Environment‟.

26. Asian Games 2022 will be hosted by Hangzhou, China.