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.
[important]This questions are useful for any competitive exam like IAS, bank PO, SSC CGL, RAS, CDS, UPSC exams and all state related exams.[/important]
25. Who among the following has been designated as India’s next Foreign Secretary?
Sujatha Singh
Sujatha Singh, a 1976 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, envoy to Germany, will be India’s next foreign secretary. Singh, who will be the third woman to head the services after Chokila Iyer and Nirupama Rao, is the daughter of T V Rajeshwar, the former Intelligence Bureau chief.
26. Recently, Union cabinet accepted the recommendations of ministerial group on a collegium system to appoint the agency’s director. The proposed collegium system to appoint the CBI director will comprises of?
[A]President, Vice President and Prime Minister
[B]Prime Minister, opposition leader of Loka sabha and Chief Justice of India
[C]President, Prime Minister and opposition leader of Loka sabha
[D]Prime Minister, opposition leader of Loka sabha and Rajya sabha
Prime Minister, opposition leader of Loka sabha and Chief Justice of India
The cabinet accepted the recommendations of the ministerial group, enhancing the CBI’s autonomy through a collegium system to appoint the agency’s director and instituting an oversight panel to ensure impartiality of investigations. The collegium will comprises the Prime Minister, opposition leader of Loka sabha and Chief Justice of India. This will dilute the monopoly of the government in the appointment of the sensitive post of the CBI director.
27. Which of the following committee has been appointed to bring about clarity on taxation matters pertaining to IT sectors?
Rangachary committee
Rangachari Panel was constituted to bring about clarity on taxation matters pertaining to development centres and IT sectors. The first report of the committee made public recently. To boost the information technology sector, the Rangachary Committee has recommended that the profit split method (PSM), which leads to higher taxation, should be used with extreme care and cautions.
28. Which of the following organization publishes the “World Investment Report” annually?
[A]WTO
[B]UNCTAD
[C]World Bank
[D]IMF
UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development publishes the World Investment Report annually since 1991. The report covers the latest trends in foreign direct investment around the World and analysis in depth one selected topic related to foreign direct investment and development.
29. Annashree Yojana is a flagship programme of which one of the following state?
[A]Delhi
[B]Haryana
[C]Punjab
[D]Uttarkhand
Delhi
Annashree Yojana is a cash transfer scheme launched by Delhi government. Under this scheme monthly cash subsidy of Rs 600 will be directly transferred into Aadhaar-
linked bank account of the senior-most female member of two lakh poor families. Recently Delhi government agreed to relax the eligibility criteria of this scheme. As per new criteria for Annashree scheme, a household whose head has been a resident of Delhi for at least three years and annual family income is not more than 1 lakh rupees is eligible for benefit under the scheme.
30. . Who among the following has been conferred with Dubai Government’s Emirates Woman Award for Business Excellence?
Vandana Gandhi
Vandana Gandhi became the first ever Indian woman to receive Dubai Government’s coveted Emirates Woman Award for business excellence. Vandan Gandhi is Founder & CEO of British Orchard Nursery, Middle East only ISO-certified nursery chain.
31. Which one of the following is the theme for “Statistics Day-2013”?
[A]Labour and Employment statistics
[B]Children in India statistics
[C]Employment and Poverty statistics
[D]Poverty and Unemployment statistics
Labour and Employment statistics
In the recognition of the notable contributions made by Late Prof. P C Mahalanobis in the fields of economic planning and statistical developments, the Government of India has designated 29th June every year, coinciding with his birth anniversary as the “Statistics Day”. The theme for this year’s Statistics Day is “Labour and Employment statistics”.
32. Recently, INS Trikand, the last of the three “Follow on Talwar Class” was commissioned into the India Navy. India had signed a contract to develop INS Trikand with which of the following country?
[A]Japan
[B]Italy
[C]Russia
[D]USA
Russia
INS Trikand, the last of the three “Follow on Talwar Class” frigates built in the Russian Federation was commissioned into the India Navy at Kalilingrad, Russia by Vice Admiral R K Dhowan. The commissioning of INS Trikand marks the culmination of a three ship contract for “Follow on Talwar Class” ships.
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