Current Affairs Capsule April 2015

1) Which former Indian cricketer was elected as member of prestigious Laureus Sports Academy on 15
April 2015? - Sachin Tendulkar
Note: He was elected along with retired Chinese professional basketball player Yao Ming.
2) Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on 14 April 2015 decided to rename Tourist Visa on ArrivalElectronic Travel Authorization (TVoA-ETA) scheme as? - e-Tourist Visa (eTV) scheme
3) Union Government on 13 April 2015 notified the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)
Act, 2014 by the ____the constitutional Amendment? - 99th
Note: With this, the existing Collegium system of appointing judges of higher judiciary such as Supreme
Court and High Courts comes to an end.
4) Which country won the 2015 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup men’s hockey tournament? - New Zealand
Note: In the final clash played at the Sultan Azlan Shah Stadium in Ipoh, Malaysia, New Zealand defeated
World Champions Australia 3-1.
5) India’s first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) became operational on 11 April 2015 at? GIFT City in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
6) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 17 April 2015 returned to India after his three-nation visit. Name
the countries which he visited? - France, Germany and Canada
7) Time Magazine on 16 April 2015 released a list of 100 most influential people in the world. Who has
topped the list? - American rapper and singer Kanye Omari West
Note: The list includes four Indian-origin persons viz. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chanda Kochhar,
Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Bank, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, and Vikram Patel, co-founder of
the NGO Sangath.
8) Name the ancient Indian sculpture which was presented to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on 16 April 2015? - Parrot Lady
9) Who was recently named as the Laureus World Sportsman of the year 2015? - Novak Djokovic, the
Serbian tennis player
Note: Genzebe Dibaba, the Ethiopian sprinter was named Sportswoman of the Year.
10) Who was on 15 April 2015 appointed as the next Ambassador of India to France? - Dr. Mohan Kumar
11) Who was sworn in as the first lady judge of the Sikkim High Court on 15 April 2015? - Meenakshi
Madan Rai
12) The 5th meeting of SAARC Health Ministers was held on 8 April 2015 at? - New Delhi
13) Name the Nobel laureate German novelist who died on 13 April 2015? - Gunter Grass
Note: He was a novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999
Nobel Prize in Literature.
14) World Heritage Day was observed across the world on? - 18 April
15) Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent visit to Canada was the first bilateral visit by an Indian Prime
Minister to Canada in ___ years? - 42 years
16) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and Russian company INTMA on 15 April 2015 signed a
memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up a gas-based power project in which country? –
Kazakhstan
17) Union Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation on 14 April 2015
constituted a Task Force on Interlinking of Rivers (ILR). The task force will be chaired by? - BN
Navalawala
18) Who was on 11 April 2015 re-elected as the president of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) for
a four-year term? - Brijbhushan Sharan Singh
19) Apurvi Chandela and Jitu Rai recently won Bronze medal in the International Shooting Sport
Federation (ISSF) Rifle/Pistol World Cup. Where was the event held? - Changwon, South Korea
20) Who won the 2015 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix title? - Lewis Hamilton
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21) Who became the first woman bus driver of the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) on 17 April 2015?
- Vankadarath Saritha
22) Pakistan and which country on 16 April 2015 agreed to hold first-ever joint military exercises as a
part of their enhanced defence cooperation? – Russia
23) Name the former Prime Minister of Nepal, who died on 15 April 2015? - Surya Bahadur Thapa
24) Who has resigned as the bowling coach of South Africa Cricket team on 14 April 2015? - Allan Donald
25) Name the Indian tennis player who on 11 April 2015 won the Uzbekistan F1 Futures Men’s singles
title? - Yuki Bhambri
26) Name the Foreign Minister of North Korea who visited India from 12 April to 14 April 2015, which
was also the first-ever visit of a foreign minister of North Korea to India? - Ri Su Yong
27) Name the painting which was gifted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to French President Francois
Hollande during his visit to France from 9 April to 12 April 2015? - Tree of Life
28) The fourth Lighthouse Museum of India will be opened at which place as announced recently? Kannur, Kerala
29) Name the Union Information and Broadcasting Minister who on 14 April 2015 inaugurated the
Vividh Bharati Service of Delhi on FM Mode in New Delhi? - Arun Jaitley
30) Supreme Court of India (SC) on 17 April 2015 appointed whom to head the team probing the Indian
Premiere League (IPL) scandal? - Vivek Priyadarshi
Note: He is at present a Superintendent of Police in CBI.
31) World Haemophilia Day was observed globally on 17 April 2015 with theme? - Building a family of
support
32) Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) on 16 April 2015 successfully commissioned the fourth 600
MW thermal unit at which place? - Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh.
33) The Surface-to-Surface Agni III ballistic missile was successfully test-fired on 16 April 2015 from? Wheelar Isalnd off the Odisha coast in the Bay of Bengal.
34) Which state has recently decided to accord status of Cabinet Minister to Yoga guru Baba Ramdev? –
Haryana
35) Sania Mirza along with whom won WTA Family Circle Cup women's doubles event? - Martina Hingis
36) Bidyut Chakraborty who died on 15 April 2015 was a? - renowned film director and actor of Assam
37) Which India-origin was honoured with the White House Champions of Change award on 16 April
2015? - Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s Indian-origin CEO
38) Name the United Nations (UN) peace envoy to Yemen who resigned on 16 April 2015? - Jamal
Benomar
39) NASA has recently re-named which Asteroid after Malala Yousafzai, the winner of 2014 Nobel Peace
Prize? - Asteroid 316201
40) Global Rating Agency Moody's on 17 April 2015 forecasted that Indian economy will grow at ___
percent in 2015? - 7.5 %
1) Who was on 9 April 2015 appointed as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)? - Dr. Nasim Zaidi
Note: He will assume the charge of office of the CEC with effect from 19 April 2015 when the incumbent
Harishankar Brahma retires. He will have tenure up to July 2017 when he attains the age of 65.
2) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8 April 2015 launched the MUDRA Bank to fund the small
entrepreneurs. MUDRA stands for? - Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency Ltd.
3) Name the former Australian cricket captain and legendary commentator who died in Sydney on 10
April 2015? - Richie Benaud
4) Which Indian city was named as the National Earth Hour Capital 2015 on 9 April 2015? - Thane in
Mumbai, Maharashtra
5) Surface-to-Surface nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile was successfully test-fired on 9 April
2015 from a naval ship at? - Odisha coast
Note: Dhanush ballistic missile is a naval variant of India’s indigenously-developed Prithvi missile.
6) Who was elected as the President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for the year 2015-16 on 7
April 2015? - Sumit Mazumder
Note: He is the Chairman and Managing Director of the TIL Limited, India’s largest manufacturer of
material handling equipment.
7) Who was appointed as Director of ISRO Satellite Centre (ISAC), Bengaluru on 1 April 2015? Mayilsamy Annadurai
8) World Health Day (WHD) 2015 was observed globally on 7 April 2015. What was the theme for the
day in 2015? - From farm to plate, make food safe.
9) Who was re-appointed as the chairman of the Indian Premier League's (IPL) Governing Council by the
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on 6 April 2015? - Rajeev Shukla
10) Name the winners of 2015 Miami Open Men’s and women’s singles titles respectively? - Novak
Djokovic and Serena Williams
11) Who was appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Khadi and Village Industries Commission
(KVIC) on 10 April 2015? - Arun Kumar Jha
12) Which city was awarded the title of Global Earth hour Capital 2015, after it won the Earth Hour City
Challenge (EHCC) of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on 9 April 2015? - Seoul, South Korea
13) Under which Yojana MUDRA Bank was set up? - Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana.
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14) Dena Bank on 6 April 2015 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with which Insurance
company to provide insurance cover to all Aadhaar-linked savings account holders of the bank in the age
group of 18 to 50 years? - Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)
15) Who was sworn-in as the 16th Governor of Mizoram on 4 April 2015? - Keshari Nath Tripathi
16) Union Cabinet on 7 April 2015 gave its approval to release an additional installment of Dearness
Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners at the rate of
____ percent? - six percent
Note: With this DA or DR will be 113 percent of the basic pay with effect from 1 January 2015.
17) Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), the retirement fund body, on 9 April 2015
suspended the ___rupees minimum monthly pension scheme from April 2015? - 1000 rupees
Note: This was suspended as there was no direction from the Union Government to continue this
scheme beyond 31 March 2015.
18) Which Union Ministry on 9 April 2015 suspended the registration of Greenpeace India Society (GIS)
for 180 days for acting against public and economic interests of the country? - Union Ministry of Home
Affairs
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19) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on 7 April 2015 recommended the establishment of
Integrated Emergency Communication and Response System (IECRS). It has recommended which
number as a single emergency number? -112
20) Reserve Bank of India recently notified hike in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in Insurance
Sector to ___ percent from the existing 26 percent? – 49
21) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 6 April 2015 launched a ____ to tackle the menace of air
pollution? - National Air Quality Index (NAQI)
Note: The index will be extended to 22 State capitals and 44 other cities with a population exceeding
one million.
22) Sania Mirza along with whom on 5 March 2015 won the Miami Open Tennis women's doubles title?
- Martina Hingis of Switzerland
23) Name the former Air Chief Marshal of Indian Air Force (IAF) who died on 9 April 2015? - Hrushikesh
Moolgavkar
24) India was elected to four important United Nations agencies on 8 April 2015 at the Coordination and
Management Meeting (CMM) of UNECOSOC. Expand UNECOSOC? - United Nations Economic and Social
Council
25) Name the Jnanapith award winning Tamil novelist who died in Chennai on 8 April 2015? –
Jayakanthan
26) Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry on 8 April 2015 formed an expert committee under the
chairmanship of whom to suggest simplified compliance for establishing new industries? - Ajay Shankar
27) Which Airport on 5 April 2015 won the prestigious Golden Peacock National Quality Award for the
year 2015? - Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL)
28) Which e-commerce company on 8 April 2015 acquired mobile recharge service FreeCharge in a cash
and stock deal? - Snapdeal
Note: With this acquisition, Snapdeal became the largest mobile commerce company in India.
29) Name the campaign to promote Kerala tourism launched on 8 April 2015 by Union Minister of State
for Tourism (Independent Charge) Dr. Mahesh Sharma? - Visit Kerala 2015
30) Which team on 7 April 2015 won the 2014-15 Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy played at the KIIT Cricket
Stadium, Bhubaneshwar? – Gujarat
31) India was designated on 10 April 2015 to chair the ninth meeting of the International Renewable
Energy Agency (IRENA) council to be held for two days starting from 10 June 2015 at? - Abu Dhabi
32) Name the 15-year-old Indian-origin schoolboy in the United Kingdom, who was on 12 March 2015
awarded with the 500 pounds Institute of Physics (IOP) Prize? - Pratap Singh
33) Which Indian Grandmaster on 6 April 2015 won Bronze medal in the World Women’s chess
championships held at Sochi, Russia? - Dronavalli Harika
34) Name one of the top mountaineers of India, who died on 4 April 2015? - Malli Mastan Babu
35) Spiders belonging to the Thomisidae family was recently named after which Indian state? –
Telangana
36) Who was appointed as the seventh Prime Minister of Peru on 2 April 2015? - Pedro Cateriano Bellido
37) Hindi poet Gopaldas Neeraj and veteran Hindi litterateur Uday Pratap Singh were conferred Sahitya
Shiromani Samman on 8 April 2015. This award is given by which state? - Uttar Pradesh
38) Which state in USA on 9 April 2015 passed a bill that allows use of nitrogen gas (nitrogen-induced
hypoxia) as a method of execution? - Oklahoma
Note: Oklahoma will also become the first state in the United States that will allow use of nitrogen for
execution.
1) Who won the fbb Femina Miss India 2015 title on 28 March 2015? - Aditi Arya
Note: She is from Delhi. The 52nd edition of the beauty contest held at Yash Raj Studio in Mumbai. The
first runner-up was Aafreen Rachel Vaz of Mangaluru, Karnataka and the second runner-up was Vartika
Singh of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
2) Which country won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015? - Australia
Note: They defeated New Zealand by seven wickets in the final held at Melbourne Cricket Ground
(MCG), Australia.
3) Andhra Pradesh Cabinet chaired by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on 1 April 2015 approved
which city as the new capital of the state? - Amaravathi
Note: The capital will come up at Tullur in Vijayawada-Guntur region of the state. The name of
Amaravathi as state capital was finalised in view of its historical, spiritual and mythological significance.
4) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 1 April 2015 sanctioned the scheme of amalgamation of ING Vysya
Bank Ltd. with which bank? - Kotak Mahindra Bank
Note: With this sanction, all branches of ING Vysya Bank will function as branches of Kotak Mahindra
Bank with effect from 1 April 2015.
5) Who resigned from the post of President of International Cricket Council (ICC) on 1 April 2015? Mustafa Kamal
6) Who was conferred with Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award on 28 March 2015? Balbir Singh Senior
Note: Balbir Singh Senior was a member of three Olympic gold medal winning Indian team.
7) Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS) 1-D satellite was launched successfully on 28
March 2015 by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) using? - Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
(PSLV)-C27
8) Name the freedom fighter and educationist who was on 30 March 2015 conferred the highest civilian
award of the country Bharat Ratna (posthumously)? - Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
Note: His family members received the award from President Prabab Mukherjee at a function in the
Ashoka hall of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
9) Name the Indian shuttlers won the women’s and men's singles titles of India Open Super Series
Badminton title recently? - Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth
10) Name the Union Minister of Commerce & Industry who on 2 April 2015 unveiled the Foreign Trade
Policy (FTP) 2015-2020 at New Delhi? - Nirmala Sitharaman
11) Name the campaign launched on 27 March 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to exhort the
better off sections of society to give away their LPG subsidy? - Give it Up campaign
12) Name the Poster girl of India's anti-tobacco campaign who died on 1 April 2015? - Sunita Tomar
Note: In 2014, she shot a 30-second video titled Sunita highlighting the devastating effect of smokeless
tobacco.
13) Who won the Presidential Election of Nigeria on 31 March 2015? - General Muhammadu Buhari
14) Michael Rudenko, a committee member of the Minor Planet Center on 1 April 2015 officially named
a minor planet in the name of which Indian sports person? - Vishwanathan Anand.
Note: The main-belt minor planet was discovered between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter by Kenzo
Suzuki in Toyota in 1988. It remained unnamed since then and now it was named 4538 Vishyanand.
15) Name the scheme launched by Union Government on 1 April 2015 with an aim to boost sales of ecofriendly vehicles in the country? - Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric vehicles
(FAME)
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16) Who was on 1 April 2015 conferred with the Sir Richard Hadlee Medal for 2014-15? - Brendon
McCullum
Note: Sir Richard Hadlee Medal is the highest cricketing honour of New Zealand.
17) Insurance Australia Group Ltd (IAG) on 26 March 2015 announced that it will raise its stake in SBI
General Insurance (SBIGI) from 26 percent to ___ percent? - 49 percent
18) Kyle Mills who on 31 March 2015 retired from all forms of International Cricket is from which
country? - New Zealand
19) Union Government on 3 April 2015 extended the deadline for implementation of the National Food
Security Act (NFSA) deadline by ____ months? - Six months
20) Who on 30 March 2015 appointed as the Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court (HC)? - Justice Sunil
Kumar Sinha
Note: He was appointed by the President Pranab Mukherjee in accordance with the Article 217 (1) of the
Constitution of India.
21) Renowned poet Kailash Vajpeyi who died on 1 April 2015 is famous in which language? – Hindi
22) Name the massive air and sea operation recently launched by India to evacuate over 4000 Indians
from Yemen? - Operation Raahat
Note: In Yemen, military operation was launched by Saudi Arabia and 10 other countries against Houthi
rebels.
23) Which e-commerce company recently acquired RupeePower to launch financial service? – Snapdeal
24) Which state on 31 March 2015 opened a women milk bank named Jeevan Dhara? – Rajasthan
25) Which state on 30 March 2015 launched part one of e-Vidhan Mobile app and thus becoming the
first state assembly in the country to launch e-Vidhan Mobile app? - Himachal Pradesh
26) Name the 12-year-old Muslim girl who recently won the first position at the Shrimad Bhagwad Gita
Champion League? - Mariyam Asif Siddiqui
27) Name the controversial anti-terrorism and organized crime bill passed by Gujarat Assembly
recently? - Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GUJCOC) Bill
28) Who took over charge as the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Southern Naval Command on 30
March 2015? - Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba
29) Name the Indian-origin Singaporean nurse who was on 2 April 2015 named for the 2015
International Achievement Award by the Florence Nightingale International Foundation (FNIF) of the
International Council of Nurses? - Dr Subadhra Devi Rai
30) What is India's rank in the Global Resilience Index 2015 released by FM Global recently? - 119th
among 130 countries
Note: The 2015 FM Global Resilience Index has been topped by Norway.
31) Earth Hour 2015 was observed globally on 28 March 2015 from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm with tagline as?
- Change Climate Change
32) What was India's rank in the Open Government Index 2015 Report released by World Justice Project
(WJP) recently? - 37th
33) Daniel Vettori who on 30 March 2015 retired from all forms of International Cricket is from which
country? - New Zealand
34) Which state government on 1 April 2015 launched a cheap meal scheme Aahar for providing
subsidised food to urban poor? – Odisha
35) Michael Clarke, the Australian cricketer, on 29 March 2015 retired from which form of the cricket? One Day Internationals (ODI)