Governor of Reserve Bank of India

1. Sir Osborne Smith
2. Sir James Taylor
3. Sir C D Deshmukh
4. Sir Benegal Rama Rau
5. K G Ambegaonkar
6. H V R Iengar
7. P C Bhattacharya
8. L K Jha
9. B N Adarkar
10. S Jagannathan
11. N C Sen Gupta
12. K R Puri
13. M Narasimham
14. Dr. I G Patel
15. Dr. Manmohan Singh
16. A Ghosh
17. R N Malhotra
18. S Venkitaramanan
19. Dr. C Rangarajan
20. Dr. Bimal Jalan
21. Dr. Y V Reddy
22. Dr. D. Subbarao
23. Dr. Raghuram Rajan

GK and Current Affairs - June 2015

     1.  Which city is the venue for the International Conference on String Theory -2015?

·         Mumbai

·         Bengaluru

·         Chennai

·         Hyderabad

    2.  Which country currently (june2015) holds the presidency of G-20 forum ?

·         India

·         Turkey

·         Australia

·         Mexico

    3. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an inter governmental  military alliance of countries from ------ ?

·         North America and Asia

·         Asia and Europe

·         Europe and North America

·         Europe and South America

         4. Which state became the first in the  country to have state butterfly?

·         Maharashtr

·         Uttarkhand

·         Himachal Pradesh

·         Haryana

        5.  Gunther Schuller, who passed away recently, was a Pulitzer winning composer from which country?

·         USA

·         France

·         Switzerland

·         Germany

       6. Who was chosen for Sangita Kalanidhi -2015 award ?

·         S P Balasubramanyan

·         Sanjay Subramanyan

·         Jesu Das

·         Aravind Bhagavathar

   7.    The Yulin festival or annual dog meat festival is celebrated in which country?

·         China

·         Philippines

·          Australia

·         South Korea

   8. Which is the world’s costliest prime office market?

·         West End, London

·         Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai

·         Connaught Place, Delhi

·         Finance Street, Beijing

    9.  Which of the following is the largest produced variety of silk in India?

·         Mulberry

·         Tasar

·          Eri

·         Muga

    10. Which article of the constitution of India directs the state to organize village panchayats ?

·         Article 38

·         Article 39

·         Article 40

·         Article 41

Answers

1. Bengaluru
2. Turkey
3. Europe and North America
4. Maharashtra
5. USA
6. Sanjay Subramanyan
7. China
8. West End, London
9.  Mulberry
10.   Article 40

Defence Minister of India

Name	Term of office
Baldev Singh	2 September 1946	1952
Kailash Nath Katju	1955	1957
V. K. Krishna Menon	1957	1962
Yashwantrao Chavan	1962	1966
Sardar Swaran Singh	1966	1970
Jagjivan Ram	1970	1974
Sardar Swaran Singh	1974	1975
Indira Gandhi	1975	1975
Bansi Lal	21 December 1975	24 March 1977
Jagjivan Ram	24 March 1977	28 July 1979
Chidambaram Subramaniam	28 July 1979	14 January 1980
Indira Gandhi	14 January 1980	1982
R. Venkataraman	1982	1984
Shankarrao Chavan	1984	1984
P. V. Narasimha Rao	1984	1985
Rajiv Gandhi	1985	1987
V. P. Singh	1987	1987
K. C. Pant	1987	1989
V. P. Singh	2 December 1989	10 November 1990
Chandra Shekhar	10 November 1990	26 June 1991
Sharad Pawar	26 June 1991	6 March 1993
P. V. Narasimha Rao	6 March 1993	16 May 1996
Pramod Mahajan	16 May 1996	1 June 1996
Mulayam Singh Yadav	1 June 1996	19 March 1998
George Fernandes	19 March 1998	2001
Jaswant Singh	2001	2001
George Fernandes	2001	22 May 2004
Pranab Mukherjee	22 May 2004	24 October 2006
A.K. Antony	24 October 2006	26 May 2014
Arun Jaitley	26 May 2014	9 November 2014
Manohar Parrikar	9 November 2014	Incumbent

Nobel Prize Winners 2014

Chief Ministers of Kerala

NAME OF CHIEF MINISTER	TENURE
SHRI. E.M.S. NAMBOODIRIPAD	April 5, 1957 - July 31, 1959
SHRI. PATTOM A. THANU PILLAI	February 22, 1960 - September 26, 1962
SHRI. R. SANKAR	September 26, 1962 - September 10, 1964
SHRI. E.M.S. NAMBOODIRIPAD	March 6, 1967 - November 1, 1969
SHRI. C. ACHUTHA MENON	November 1, 1969 - August 1, 1970
SHRI. C. ACHUTHA MENON	October 4, 1970 - March 25, 1977
SHRI. K. KARUNAKARAN	March 25, 1977 - April 25, 1977
SHRI. A.K. ANTONY	April 27, 1977 - October 27, 1978
SHRI. P.K. VASUDEVAN NAIR	October 29, 1978 - October 7, 1979
SHRI. C.H. MOHAMMED KOYA	October 12, 1979 - December 1, 1979
SHRI. E.K. NAYANAR	January 25, 1980 - October 20, 1981
SHRI. K. KARUNAKARAN	December 28, 1981 - March 17, 1982
SHRI.K. KARUNAKARAN	May 24, 1982 - March 25, 1987
SHRI. E.K. NAYANAR	March 26, 1987 - June 17, 1991
SHRI. K. KARUNAKARAN	June 24, 1991 - March 16, 1995
SHRI. A.K. ANTONY	March 22, 1995 - May 9, 1996
SHRI. E.K. NAYANAR	May 20, 1996 - May 13, 2001
SHRI. A.K. ANTONY	May 17, 2001 - August 29, 2004
SHRI. OOMMEN CHANDY	August 31, 2004 AN - May 12, 2006
SHRI. V.S. ACHUTHANANDAN	May 18, 2006 - May 14, 2011
SHRI. OOMMEN CHANDY	May 18, 2011 -  Till Now