IBPS PO Exam Current Affairs 2015 - National Questions Capsule

IBPS PO Preliminary Examination National Current Affairs Questions 2015

Question 1. What percentage of the total population was covered by health insurance at the end of the March 2014, according to the estimate prepared by the Insurance Regulatory & Development Authority (IRDA) ?

27 %

20 %
17 %
13 %

Question 2. The Govt. is targeting universal coverage of the entire country under the Aadhar project by .......... latest statistics show that as many as 70 crore Aadhar Number have been issued making it the world's largest biometric database, & that over 56 crore people are yet to be covered.
March 2015
June 2015
August 2015
October 2015

Question 3. Union Government on 29 December 2014 renamed ........ as Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Viklangjan Sashaktikaram Vibhag).
The Department of Disability Affairs
The Department of Differently Enabled Person's Affairs
The Department of Disabled People's Affairs
The Department of Disabled Personnel's Affairs

Question 4. Who has recently has been appointed as the Chief of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) ?
Prakash Mishra
Dilip Trivedi
Anil Sinha
None of these

Question 5. Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Sharamev Jayate Programme. The scheme is set to ensure ....... .
Reduce the cost of compact fluorescent lamps
Labour reforms & boost manufacturing sector
A cash incentive of ₹ 4000/- to women (19 years & above) for the first two live births
Good all weather road connectivity to unconnected village.

Question 6. During December, 2014 who among the following has been nominated as brand ambassador of "Clean India" campaign ?
Saurav Ganguly
Kiran Bedi
Kapil Sharma
All of the above

Question 7. In the wake of growing number of incidents of acids throwing on women in different parts of country, Union Govt. has ordered an online monitoring of sale of acid during December 2014. The system would be first launched in ........ .
Delhi
Haryana
Uttar Pradesh
None of the above

Question 8. On December 13, 2014, a 24 year old executive in a multinational company in Bengaluru was executive on charges of being the key voice of global Jihadi group ISIS on twitter. Name him.
Mehdi Masroor Biswas
Arif Majeed
Mekhail Biswas
None of these

Question 9. Union Government on 30 December 2014 constituted a high-level committee to allay apprehension of data sharing by various government agencies over National Intelligence Grid (NATGRID). The committee will discuss the steps with ........ agencies like Intelligence Bureau (IB), Research & Analysis Wing (R & AW), etc.
25
22
35
50

Question 10. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Mahohar Parrikar, met in New Delhi recently & approved deals estimated at about ₹ ......... crore.
₹ 4000 Crores
₹ 4400 Crores
₹ 3000 Crores
₹ 3400 Crores

Answers - (1-c), (2-b), (3-a), (4-a), (5-b), (6-d), (7-a), (8-a), (9-b), (10-b)