Current Affairs based on "The Hindu"

1. Which team won the Indian Super League 2015 after defeating FC Goa 3-2 in a drama-filled summit clash?

Answer. Chhenaiyin FC

2. Who was awarded with the Golden boot in the Indian Super League 2015?
Answer.  John Stiven Mendoza of Chennaiyin FC.

3. Name the Lebanese who was convicted of executing one of the most notorious attacks in Israeli history and spent nearly three decades in an Israeli prison who killed in an Israeli airstrike.

Answer. Samir Kantar

4. In a move to scale up cooperation in the nuclear energy sector, India with which country is likely to sign an agreement on Kudankulam units 5 and 6 during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the country?

Answer. Russia

5. Name the Swedish defence major who has been offered to manufacture its fifth generation Gripen fighter aircraft with technology transfer to India, in a renewed bid for a pie in the multi-billion dollar worth IAF modernisation plan.

Answer. Saab

6. Which company plans to ramp up its 1.25 lakh km of optic fibre cable network across the country?

Answer. Tata Teleservices Ltd. (TTL)

7. Pension fund regulatory body PFRDA has started using which card instead of Aadhaar for validation of new customers who can now be registered online under the National Pension System (NPS) scheme?

Answer. PAN

8. Who is the Chairman of  Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority of India (PFRDA)?

Answer. Hemant G. Contractor

9. Which country become the the 164th WTO member and the 36th least developed country (LDC) to join the global trade body after 11 years of negotiations?

Answer. Afghanistan

10. The government lowered the economic growth forecast for the current fiscal to how much from previously projected 8.1-8.5 per cent mainly because of lower agricultural output due to deficit rains?

Answer. 7-7.5 per cent