TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS-24 DECEMBER 2015


1. Name the two mobile applications for farmers that was launched by government of India
‘Crop Insurance’ and ‘AgriMarket Mobile’

2. What is the aim of the two mobile apps for farmers ‘Crop Insurance’ and ‘AgriMarket Mobile’ launched by the Govt. of India?
·       Crop Insurance mobile application: It will help farmers find out
1.   complete details about insurance cover available in their area
2.    calculate the insurance premium for notified crops
3.   coverage amount and loan amount
·       AgriMarket Mobile application: it will help farmers in
1.   to get the market prices of crops in the mandi within 50 km radius of the device
2.   automatically tracks the location of person using mobile GPS and fetches the market prices of crops in those markets.

3. National Consumer Day is observed on
24th December

4. Name the indian-american who received National Medal of Science award 2015 of USA from president Barack Obama
Dr.Rakesh K. Jain

5. What is the abbreviation of FSSAI?
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

6. Who was appointed as new CEO of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India(FSSAI)?
Pawan Kumar Agarwal

7. Who became World Champion 2015 in Men’s Singles category in Tennis?
Novak Djokovic

8. Who became World Champion 2015 in Women’s Singles category in Tennis?
Serena Williams

9. What is ‘INS Godavari’?
India’s 1st indigenously designed and built warship of Navy

10. INS Godavari was decommissioned in December 2015 after how many years of service?
32 years

11. Indian Railways signed an agreement with ICICI Bank for what purpose?
to sell its rail tickets on applications

12.  Who launched e-Kamarajar mobile Application for primary schoolchildren in tamilnadu?
Tamil Maanila Congress leader G.K. Vasan

13. What is the aim of e-Kamarajar mobile application?
The App has fundamental mathematics, English and Tamil lessons that covered the ‘Samacheer Kalvi’ syllabus for primary education


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