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20th June 2016, 06:11 PM
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Re: APPSC Group2 Current Affairs

The sample questions which are asked in the Current Affairs Section for the group II examination held by APPSC are as mentioned below:

Country’s largest private bank – ICICI Bank on 25 May 2015 launched which new password service for its customers?

Voice Password Service

What is the total population of hungry (underfed) people in India in 2015, as disclosed in the UN Annual Hunger Report 2015?

194.6 million (19.4 crore)

What is the name of the controversial bill passed by the Gujarat Assembly on 31 March 2015 which empowers law enforcing authorities to intercept and record phone calls as evidence and gives them other contentious powers?

Gujarat Control of Organized Crime Bill (GUJCOC)

President Pranab Mukherjee re- promulgated the land acquisition ordinance on 3 April 2015 a day before it was to lapse. The government was not able to comcrt this ordinance into an act, which is actually the old land ordinance with amendments. How many amendments were carried out in that ordinance by the Lok Sabha?

Nine

Kenya, in its first response to the recent al-Shabab assault at

Garissa University, bombed

Which US state on 7 April 2015 became the first one in the country to impose a ban on a common second-trimester abortion procedure’?

Kansas

Air Chief Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar, who was Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air Force (IAF) from 1976 to 1978, passed away at the age of 95 in Pune on 9 April 2015. What important flying history was associated with him?

He was among the first three Indian pilots to fly faster than sound

The Nobel-winning legendary German writer Gunter Grass passed away on 13 April 2015 at the age of 87 years. He was best known for his first novel “The Tin Drum” that was published in 1959. In which year he won the Nobel Prize for Literature?

1999

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 17 April 2015 came out with which important proposal pertaining to term deposits?

It proposed to allow banks to offer differential interest rates for term deposits

Who won the Bahrain Formula 1 Grand prix on 19 April 2015?

Lewis Hamilton (Britain)

The popular video-sharing site YouTube on 23 April 2015 completed how many years of its existence?

10 years

In a step with far-reaching consequences the Union Govt. on 26 April 2015 cancelled the licenses of 8,975 non-governmental organizations (NGOs). This was done alter it suspended the FCRA registration OF Greenpeace India and put foreign donor Ford Foundation on the-watch-list. What is the reason for cancellation of licenses of so many NGOs?

Failure of these NGOs in filing their annual returns

What is the name given to an ambitious road project proposed by the Union Govt. from Gujarat to Mizoram to be built along India’s vast West-to-East land border?

Bharat Mala

Which prominent Asian country on 17 June 2015 officially lowered its voting age from 20 to 18 years?

Japan

Charles Correa, one of India’s greatest architects and urban planners, passed away on 16 June 2015 at the age ot 84. He was known for adapting his designs to local climates and building styles. He was the chief architect of which famous satellite suburb of the country?

Navi Mumbai

Who became the first 100% visually-challenged person to ‘gain entry into the prestigious Indian Foreign Service (IFS) as announced on 12 June 2015?

NL Beno Zephine

What is the percentage of gross non-performing assets (gross NPA) for public-sector banks as on 31 March 2015 as reported in the recently held annual review meeting of the Union Finance Minister with the CEOs of banks, insurance companies and financial institutions (Fls)?

5.17%

Which African country is on its way to legally end its virtually worthless local currency which has witnessed hyper-inflation as high as 500 billion per cent in the recent times?

Zimbabwe

The Union Cabinet on 10 June 2015 decided to bring in an ordinance to amend the Negotiable Instruments Act, which provides for filing of cheque bounce cases in place where the cheque was issued. Whal the govt. wants to achieve by brining this ordinance?

It seeks to overturn a Supreme Court 2014 ruling said the case has to be initiated where the cheque-issuing branch was located

Which major international banking entity on 9 June 2015 made announcement to cut almost 50.00 jobs from its payroll, axe its investment bank and shrink its risk weighted assets by $290 billion in an effort to improve its sluggish performance?

HSBC

Cambodia has recently lodged a protest to India over a private trust’s plans to build an Angkor Wat replica in Bihar. It alleged that the plans of this Bihar temple, seriously violates the 12″‘century Hindu temple and a world heritage property which holds exceptional and universal value. What is the name of the trust in this case which is planning to construct a replica of the largest Hindu temple in the world at Angkor Wat?

Mahavir Mandir Trust

The finance Ministry on 31 May 2015 released new simplified income tax return forms for different classes of tax payers. The new forms – 1TR 2 and 1TR2A, have only three pages as compared to the earlier controversial forms that comprised of 14 pages. What is the extended last date of filing income tax returns with these new forms?

31 August 2015


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