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Current Affairs and Gk -July 2013

Important current affairs and Gk questions of July month for IAS, RAS, SSC CGL, UPSC, BANK PO, UPSC,RPSC, Bank exams and all other exams.If you like the post kindly give rating.
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97. Which one of the following IT firm has won a Rs 400-crore technology outsourcing contract from the public sector lender Corporation Bank?

[A]Tata Consultancy
[B]Wipro
[C]Hewlett-Packard
[D]IBM




Hewlett-Packard
Technology service company Hewlett-Packard won a Rs 400-crore technology outsourcing contract from public sector lender Corporation Bank, beating India’s
largest IT firms Tata Consultancy service and Wipro.



98. The Omkareshwar project constructed across River Narmada is in which one of the following state?

[A]Madhya Pradesh
[B]Andhra Pradesh
[C]Gujarat
[D]Jharkhand




Madhya Pradesh
The Omkareshwar Project was conceived in 1965 as irrigation and power dam to be built in the Central Indian State of Madhya Pradesh. The Omkareshwar project lies along the bank of Narmada and the Cauvery River. It is one of the 30 large dams built in the Narmada Valley.


99. Who among the following has been appointed as Director General of the Corps of Army Air Defence?

[A]Kuldip Singh
[B]Vijay Kumar Saxena
[C]Anil Chait
[D]Sunil Singh




Vijay Kumar Saxena
Lieutenant General Vijay Kumar Saxena has been appointed the 8th Director General of the Corps of Army Air Defence. The general officer has taken over the reins from Lieutenant General Kuldip Singh who superannuated from service on June 30 after a distinguished career of nearly 40 years.


100. . Recently, which of the following state has been declared as first “Smoke Free” state in the country?

[A]Himachal Pradesh
[B]Odisha
[C]Jharkhand
[D]Haryana




Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh was declared as being the first Smoke Free State of the country. The declaration was made in compliance to section 4 of the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Product Act (COTPA) 2003. Himachal Pradesh achieved 85.42 per cent compliance with the relevant parameters to be declared as the smoke-free state.


101. Recently, Jean-Claude Juncker, the longest serving Prime Minister in the European Union, announced his resignation following a spying scandal. Jean-Claude Juncker was the Prime Minister of which of the following countries?

[A]Germany
[B]Hungary
[C]Luxemburg
[D]France




Luxemburg
Luxemburg’s Prime Minister longest Jean-Claude Juncker has resigned after being forced out of power by his coalition partner for failing to curb the excesses of the secret services. Jean-Claude Juncker, prime minister since 1995.


102. Consider the following personalities:

[A]IrDA, CBI, LIC, SBI
[B]CBI, IrDA, LIC, SBI
[C]CBI, NABARD, LIC, SBI
[D]CBI, NABARD, UTI, SBI




CBI, IrDA, LIC, SBI
T S Vijayan is the present Chairman of IRDA (Insurance Regulatory Authority of India), Ranjit Sinha is the current head of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), S K Roy is the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India and Pratip Chaudhuri is the present Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI).


103. S K Roy

[A]People Democratic Party
[B]Druk Phuensum Party
[C]Bhutan Communist Party
[D]Bhutan National Party




People Democratic Party
Bhutan’s Election Commission formally announced that the People’s Democratic Party won the national assembly elections by having secured a majority of thirty two seats. The Druk Phuensum Party won fifteen seats and was elected as the opposition party.



104. Pratip Chaudhary

[A]100
[B]1000
[C]10,000
[D]100,000




100
Telephone density or teledensity is the number of telephone connection for every hundred individuals living within an area. Telephone density has significant correlation with the per capita GDP of the area. It is also used as an indicator of economic development of the country or specific region.


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