GK & Current Affairs: June 3, 4, 2015

1. The ONE Campaign is a non profit organisation that fights extreme poverty particularly in which region?
[A]Asia
[B]South America
[C]Africa
[D]Europe
Answer: Africa
Notes:
The ONE Campaign is an international, nonpartisan, non-profit, advocacy and campaigning organisation that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa, by raising public awareness and pressuring political leaders to support effective policies and programmes that are saving lives and improving futures.
2. Who has won the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2015?
[A]Ali Smith
[B]Rachel Cusk
[C]Anne Tyler
[D]Sarah Waters
Answer: Ali Smith
Notes:
Ali Smith won the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction 2015. She was chosen for the award for her novel How to Be Both. How to Be Both is a novel all about art’s versatility. Borrowing from painting’s fresco technique to make an original literary double-take, it’s a fast-moving genre-bending conversation between forms, times, truths and fictions. How to be Both was shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize, won the 2014 Goldsmiths Prize and Saltire Literary Book of the Year 2014 award. Launched in 1996, the Prize is awarded annually and celebrates excellence, originality and accessibility in women’s writing from throughout the world. The winner receives a cheque for £30,000 and a limited edition bronze known as a ‘Bessie’, created by the artist Grizel Niven.
3. Which of the following has been named World’s most valuable football brand?
[A]Manchester United
[B]Bayern Munich
[C]Manchester City
[D]F C Barcelona
Answer: Manchester United
Notes:
Manchester United has been named the world’s most valuable football brand. Manchester United replaced German’s Bayern Munich, according to a report from consultancy Brand Finance. English club Manchester City and Chelsea ranked fourth and fifth respectively.
4. Who has been named India’s special envoy for counter-terrorism and extremism?
[A]Ravicharan Reddy
[B]Syed Asif Ibrahim
[C]Mohamud Ashim Khan
[D]Bhakta Srivatsav
Answer: Syed Asif Ibrahim
Notes:
Former IB chief Syed Asif Ibrahim was appointed as Special Envoy for counter terrorism and extremism. He will be in the rank of Secretary to the government and will hold the post for a period of three years or until further orders. Ibrahim, the 1977 batch IPS officer of Madhya Pradesh cadre, retired as Intelligence Bureau Director in December 2014.
5. Which country providing technology to develop coastal road project in Maharashtra?
[A]Netherland
[B]Japan
[C]China
[D]Australia
Answer: Netherland
Notes:
Maharashtra government inked an MoU with Netherland government to develop coastal road project in the state. The road will be constructed based on Dutch technology. The project envisages a 35-km road from Nariman Point to Kandivli, and the Metro III Colaba-Bandra-Seepz corridor will integrated with it. The project includes road construction on 10 km of land reclaimed for the purpose, and will house two 3.5-km submarine tunnels as well.
6. The 25th African Union Summit is scheduled to be held in which country?
[A]Nigeria
[B]Ghana
[C]South Africa
[D]Kenya
Answer: South Africa
Notes:
South Africa is hosting the 25th African Union Summit from 7 to 15 June, 2015. The theme of 25th African Union Summit is “Year of Women Empowerment and Development towards Africa’s Agenda 2063”.
7. From which country Delhi Metro has received its first driver less train?
[A]Japan
[B]Russia
[C]South Korea
[D]China
Answer: South Korea
Notes:
Delhi Metro received its first driver less train from South Korea. These trains equipped with several advanced features, will ply on sections of Phase-III of the network, set to be operational by next year end. They would run on the over 58 km-long Majlish Park-Shiv Vihar (Line 7) and the over 38 km-long Janakpuri (West)- Botanical Garden (Line 8) corridors of the Phase-III, and both these sections are expected to be operational by the end of 2016. They are designed for a maximum speed of 95 kmph and operational speed of 85 kmph.
[Economic Times]
8. Who is the current Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) of India (June 2015)?
[A]K V Chowdary
[B]Vijay Sharma
[C]Sunil Chandra
[D]Gautham Karnik
Answer: K V Chowdary
Notes:
K V Chowdary, the former chairman of central board of direct taxes has been appointed as central vigilance commissioner. Mr. Chowdary had been working as the adviser to the Supreme Court appointed special investigation team, which is probing black money cases. Vijay Sharma, senior-most information commissioner has been named the new Chief Information Commissioner.
9. Which country has registered top source of foreign direct investment (FDI) into India in 2014-15?
[A]Singapore
[B]Mauritius
[C]Japan
[D]Netherland
Answer: Mauritius
Notes:
Mauritius has emerged as top source of foreign direct investment (FDI) into India in 2014-15. Mauritius replaced Singapore to second position in 2014-15. Mauritius accounted for about 29 per cent of the country’s total FDI inflows last fiscal. In 2013-14, Singapore had replaced Mauritius as the top source of FDI into India. According to the data of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), India attracted USD 9.03 billion in FDI from Mauritius in 2014-15, whereas it was USD 6.74 billion from Singapore.
10. Who has been appointed as India Under-19 and A teams cricket coach?
[A]Rahul Dravid
[B]Saurav Ganguly
[C]Sachin Tendulkar
[D]Robin Singh
Answer: Rahul Dravid
Notes:
Former India captain Rahul Dravid has been appointed as coach of the India Under-19 and A teams.

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