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]
65. Who is the head of the expert committee set up by the Union government to evolve a composite index to measure the backwardness of States?
[A]Rangarajan
[B]Shaibal Gupta
[C]Tuhin Pandey
[D]Raghuram Rajan
Raghuram Rajan
Union government recently set up a six member expert committee headed by Chief Economic Adviser Raghuram Rajan to evolve a composite index to measure backwardness of states. It would submit its report in 60 days. The other members of the committee are Shaibla Gupta, Bharat Ramaswami, Najeeb Jung, Niriha G Jayal and Tuhin Pandey.
66. The ambitious INSTAL scheme is related to which ministry?
[A]Ministry of Tourism
[B]Ministry of Tribal
[C]Ministry of Sports
[D]Ministry of Culture
Ministry of Sports
INSTAL is the new initiative taken by Ministry of Sports. Under the proposed “Identification and Nurturing Sports Talent (INSTAL)” scheme, each district will have a special school meant for young sports persons in the age group of 6-10 years who have shown talent in sports.
67. In which state “Rajaji National Park” is located?
[A]Himachal Pradesh
[B]Arunachal Pradesh
[C]Uttarakhand
[D]Rajasthan
Uttarakhand
Rajaji National Park is spread over in three districts of Uttarakhand. Recently the Union government has given the nod to a proposal to grant the Rajaji National Park the status of a tiger reserve. It will be the second tiger reserve in the state after the Corbett National Park.
68. Who among the following has won the Man Booker International Prize-2013?
[A]Lydia Davis
[B]U R Ananthamurthy
[C]Intizar Hussian
[D]Yan Lianke
Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis, best known as a short story writer, is the winner of the 2013 Man Booker International prize. Davis has written nine collections of short stories and one novel, The End of The Story. She is also known for her translation of French writers such as Marcel Proust and Gustave Flaubert, which earned her the Order of Arts and Letters from the French government. Kannada author U R Anathamurthy is the only Indian author nominated for this prize.
69. Which of the following are the three new services unveiled by the Unique Identification Authority of India?
[A]e-KYC, One Time Pin (OTP) authentication, Iris authentication
[B]e-KYC, OTP, Thumb authentication
[C]e-KYC, Iris authentication, i-KYC
[D]i-KYC, Thumb authentication, Iris authentication
e-KYC, One Time Pin (OTP) authentication, Iris authentication
Recently the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has launched three new Aadhar enabled services an authentication services using Iris, an authentication using One Time Pin (OTP), and an electronic know your (e-KYC) service
70. . In which of the following state “Indian National Defence University” is coming up?
[A]Gujarat
[B]Haryana
[C]Uttar Pradesh
[D]Punjab
Haryana
Indian National Defence University is slated to come up on 205 acres at Binola, near Gurgaon in Haryana, with an initial cost of Rs 395 crore.
71. Who among the following has been elected as the 12th President of Pakistan?
[A]Nawaz Sharif
[B]Mamnoon Hussain
[C]Raza Rabbani
[D]Sikander Mirza
Mamnoon Hussain
India-born Pakistani businessman Mamnoon Hussain, was elected as the 12th President of Pakistan. Hussain is an old loyalist of Nawaz Sharif and remained in the PML-N during the regime of former military ruler Parvez Musharraf. He served as the governor of Sindh from June to October 1999 and lost post after the then army chief Gen Pervez Musharraf topple the PML-N government in a military coup in Oct 1999.
72. Which one of the following country is known as “Pearl of the Antilles”?
[A]Bahamas
[B]Cuba
[C]Barbados
[D]Dominica
Cuba
Cuba is also called the “Pearl of Antilles”.
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