Current Affairs and Gk -July 2013 part-2
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.
[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]
17. Which of the following state of India leads in the Guar Gum production?
[A]Rajasthan
[B]Gujarat
[C]Punjab
[D]Haryana
Rajasthan
Rajasthan occupies the largest area (82.1%) under guar cultivation in India.
18. Name the former Australian cricketer, who would be inducted into the ICC cricket hall of fame?
[A]Ricky Ponting
[B]Mike Hussey
[C]Shane Warne
[D]Adam Gilchrist
Shane Warne
ICC announced that Shane Warne, former Australian spinner would be inducted into the ICC cricket hall of fame on 19 July 2013 at Lord’s during the Ashes Test series between Australia and England.
19. World Population Day is observed on____?
[A]July 8
[B]July 11
[C]July 12
[D]July 10
July 11
World Population Day is observed on July 11 every year across the world. In 1989 the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) declared 11 July as the day should be observed as World Population Day. The theme for the year 2013 is “Focus is on Adolescent Pregnancy”.
20. . The Union Government has given nod to set up country’s first Woman University at which of the following place?
[A]Raebarelli, Uttar Pradesh
[B]Mysore, Karnataka
[C]Nasik, Maharastra
[D]Anand, Gujarat
Raebarelli, Uttar Pradesh
The country’s first university only for women is set to come up at Raebarelli in Uttar Pradesh. The University would be named after late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who represented Raebarelli during a substantive part of her political career. The University would be set up at a cost of Rs 500 crore during 12th Five year plan.
21. As per the recent statistics, which one of the following countries has become the biggest buyer of Nigerian Crude oil?
[A]India
[B]USA
[C]Russia
[D]China
India
India recently, surpassed the United State as the top buyer of Nigerian Crude oil. As per the recent statistics it has been that India has been buying more of Nigeria’s crude than the US over the last three months in year 2013.
22. Which of the following Atomic nuclear power plant is the India’s first pressurized water reactor plant?
[A]Kakrapar atomic power plant
[B]Kundakulam atomic power plant
[C]Jaithapur atomic power plant
[D]Kaiga atomic power plant
Kudankulam atomic power plant
Kudankulam atomic power plant is the India’s first pressurized water reactor belonging to the light water reactor category.
23. Recently, UNESCO named which one of the following cities as the World Book Capital for the year 2015?
[A]Turin
[B]Bogotá
[C]Incheon
[D]Port Harcourt
Incheon
UNESCO announced that the committee in charge of international book industry named South Korea city of Incheon as the World Book Capital for the year 2015.
Incheon comes as the 15th city to be crowned with World Book Capital, after Bangkok in 2013 and Port Harcourt in 2014.
24.
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[A]Bihar
[B]Uttarakhand
[C]Uttar Pradesh
[D]Karnataka
Karnataka
The Government of India signed an agreement with Asian Development Bank for a 60 million dollars loan as to improve urban services and to strengthen municipal
and project management in north Karnataka.
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