GK & Current Affairs: June 19, 20, 2015

1. Which city is the venue for the International Conference on String Theory-2015?
[A]Mumbai
[B]Bengaluru
[C]Chennai
[D]Hyderabad
Answer: Bengaluru
Notes:
Strings 2015 conference will be held from 22 – 26 June 2015 at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, IISc Campus and ICTS Campus, Bengaluru. The conference, being held in India after 14 years, brings some of the big stars of the physics world to discuss some of the deepest questions of science.
2. Which country currently (June 2015) holds the presidency of G-20 forum?
[A]India
[B]Turkey
[C]Australia
[D]Mexico
Answer: Turkey
Notes:
Turkey is currently holds the presidency of G-20 forum. In December 2014, Turkey took over the presidency of the G-20 from Australia, and will host the group’s 2015 summit in Antalya.
3. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is an inter governmental military alliance of countries from ____?
[A]North America and Asia
[B]Asia and Europe
[C]Europe and North America
[D]Europe and South America
Answer: Europe and North America
Notes:
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. NATO constitutes 28 member states across North America and Europe.
4. Which state became the first in the country to have state butterfly?
[A]Maharashtra
[B]Uttarkhand
[C]Himachal Pradesh
[D]Haryana
Answer: Maharashtra
Notes:
Maharashtra became the first state in the country to have state butterfly. Maharashtra government declared Blue Mormon as the state butterfly. ‘Blue Mormon’ (Papilio polymnestor) is the second largest by size, only behind the southern birdwing. It has velvet, black wings with bright blue spots. The lower end of the wings are black while the body has some red spots on one side. Interestingly, it is only found in Sri Lanka, western ghats of Maharashtra, South India and coastal belts of the country.
5. Gunther Schuller, who passed away recently, was a Pulitzer winning composer from which country?
[A]USA
[B]France
[C]Switzerland
[D]Germany
Answer: USA
Notes:
Gunther Schuller was an American composer, conductor, horn player, author, historian and jazz musician. As a composer, Mr. Schuller wrote more than 200 compositions, including solo and orchestral works, chamber music, opera and jazz. His orchestral work, “Of Reminiscences and Reflections,” dedicated to his wife Marjorie Black, won the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
6. Who was chosen for Sangita Kalanidhi-2015 award?
[A]S P Balasubramaniam
[B]Sanjay Subramanyan
[C]Jesu Das
[D]Aravind Bhagavathar
Answer: Sanjay Subramanyan
Notes:
Renowned Carnatic singer Sanjay Subrahmanyan has been selected for Sangita Kalanidhi award for his outstanding achievements in Carnatic music. The Sangita Kalanidhi is the highest honour given to Carnatic musicians in India. The first recipients of the award were T.V. Subba Rao, Vidvan T.S. Sabhesa Iyer, and M.S. Ramaswamy Iyer. They were awarded in 1929.
7. The Yulin festival or annual dog meat festival is celebrated in which country?
[A]China
[B]Philippines
[C]Australia
[D]South Korea
Answer: China
Notes:
The Yulin festival or Lychee and Dog Meat Festival, commonly referred to as Yulin Dog Meat Festival is celebrated annually in Yulin, Guangxi, China, for the summer solstice in June, by eating dog meat. Around lakhs of dogs have been slaughtered since it started. To stop this barbaric killing of the dogs, a petition called ‘StopYulinFestival’, has been started. People from all over the world are signing petitions to stop the slaughter of dogs in Yulin.
8. Which is the world’s costliest prime office market?
[A]West End, London
[B]Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai
[C]Connaught Place, Delhi
[D]Finance Street, Beijing
Answer: West End, London
Notes:
London’s West End is the world’s costliest prime office market. West End’s overall prime occupancy costs of $267 (Rs 17,088) per sq ft per year topped the “most expensive” list. Hong Kong Central followed with total prime occupancy costs of $254 per sq. Ft., Beijing’s Finance Street ($196 per sq. Ft.), the Beijing CBD ($188 per sq. Ft.) and New Delhi’s CBD of Connaught Place ($157 per sq. Ft.) rounded out the top five. Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) was at the fifteenth position and the city’s CBD of Nariman Point was at the thirtieth position on the Top 50 rankings for global prime office properties.
9. Which of the following is the largest produced variety of silk in India?
[A]Mulberry
[B]Tasar
[C]Eri
[D]Muga

Mulberry
Notes:
Among the four varieties of silk produced as in 2012-13, Mulberry accounts for 79 per cent (18715 MT), Tasar 7.3 per cent (1729 MT), Eri 13.2 per cent (3116 MT) and Muga 0.5 per (119 MT) of the total raw silk production of 23,679 MT. Karnataka is leading in silk production in the country.
10. Which article of the Constitution of India directs the state to organize village panchayats?
[A]Article 38
[B]Article 39
[C]Article 40
[D]Article 41
Answer: Article 40
Notes:
Article 40 of the Constitution which enshrines one of the Directive Principles of State Policy lays down that the State shall take steps to organise village panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as units of self-government.

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1 Comment

  1. pragya

    June 25, 2015 at 4:31 pm

    it is very benificial for me.saisfactory

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