Friday, November 20, 2015

Current Affairs based on "The Hindu"

1. Name the bank which has sold its 6% stake in its joint venture with Prudential PLC of UK, to two entities Premji Invest of Wipro chairman Azim Premji, and Temasek.
Answer. ICICI

2. Apollo Tyres has acquired which German tyre distribution major for 45.6 million Euros (around Rs 301 crore)?
Answer. Reifencom GmbH



3. Who is the author of the book, Written by Salim-Javed - The Story of Hindi Cinema's Greatest Screenwriters?
Answer. Diptakirti Chaudhuri

4. How many Indian Personalities have made it to BBC’s list of 100 most aspirational women announced in November 2015?
Answer. Seven

Note: They are singer Asha Bhosle, tennis star Sania Mirza, veteran actor Kamini Kaushal, Rimppi Kumari, farmer, Smriti Nagpal, entrepreneur, Mumtaz Shaikh, campaigner, and Kanika Tekriwal, entrepreneur.

5. Who is appointed as the Senior Vice-President-Growth Business of the Leading online travel and hotel services provider MakeMyTrip?
Answer. Deepak Tuli

6. Where, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit is is taking place?
Answer. Manila

7. Who won the National Book Award for non-fiction for his book Between the World and Me?
Answer. Ta-Nehisi Coates

8. Name the minister who kicked off his six-day visit to China with a visit to the control room of the Public Security University and discussed issues concerning training in security related matters.
Answer.  Home Minister Rajnath Singh

9. What is the name of the suspected mastermind of the attacks that killed 129 in Paris who was among those killed in a police raid in a suburb of the French capital, the Paris?
Answer.  Abdelhamid Abaaoud

10. According to the Global Terrorism Index, which is the world’s most deadly extremist group?
Answer. Boko Haram


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