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C U R R E N T A F F A I R SN A T I O N A L

1.As per a health ministry data

on state-wise prevalence of the

swine flu disease, released in

July 2013, which of the follow

ing slate has reported maxi

mum number of death since

January 1. 2013,?

(1) Rajasthan (2) Gujarat

(3) Delhi (4) Kerala "

2."Indian Electrical Equipment

Industry Mission Plan" which

was in news recently is planned

to be completed by which of

the following years?

(1)2015 (2)2020

(3) 2022 (4) 2025

3.The United Progressive Alliance

government decided to create

a separate Telangana State

carving out of Andhra Pradesh

on 30 July 2013. How many

districts will this new state

comprise?

(1)7 districts

(2) 10 districts

(3) 16 districts

(4) 21 districts

4. Under which of the following

names, Indian Air Force and

Air Force of France, in July

2013, decided to conduct mili

tary exercise during first half

of 2014?

(l)Shakti (2)Varuna

(3) Garuda (4) Astra

5.Agricultural census of India

was in the news recently.Which of the following state

ments is correct regarding it?

a. Agricultural census in India is

organized every five years by

the Department of Agriculture

and Cooperation since 1970-

7 1 .

b. It is organized in collaboration

with the States and Union ter

ritories in pursuance of the

recommendation of Food and

Agricultural Organization of

the United Nations.

Select the correct answer us

ing the codes given below:

(1) Only a

(2) Only b

(3) Both a and b

(4) Neither a nor b

6. Article 371J of the Constitu

tion of India was in headlines

in July 2013. This article has

provided special status to

which one of the following re

gions of India?

(1) Nagaland

(2) Hyderabad -Karnataka re

gion

( 3 ) Goa

(4) Tripura

7.With which one of the follow

ing countries, India recently

signed $15 billion Rafale deal

to buy 126 medium range

multi-role combat aircrafts

(MMRCA), while the remaining

108 would be manufactured in

Bangalore by Hindustan Aero

nautics Limited (HAL)?

(1) Russia (2) France

(3) Italy (4) Israel

8. On which one of the following

dates was the Kargil Vijay Di-

was celebrated in India, on the

occasion of which the Prime

Minister paid homage to sol

diers at Amar Jawan Jyoti at

the India Gate?

(1) July 24 (2) July 26

(3) July 27 (4) July 29

9.Which of following committees

was set up by the Ministry of

Panchayat Raj in July 2013

with an objective of evolving a

mechanism for Minimum Sup

port Price to the collectors of

Non-Timber forest products?

(1) T.Haque committee

(2) Sudha committee

(3) Mahajan committee

(4) Verma committee

10.According to new guidelines

released in July 2013, the

Union Government has decid

ed to make production of Pho

to identity card mandatory for

purchase of which of the fol

lowing commodities?

(1) Ammonium Nitrate

( 2 ) L P G

(3) Acids

(4) Alcohol

11.As per the data released by

Planning Commission in July

2 0 1 3 .

a. India's Poverty ratio in 201 1-

12 stands at 21.9 per cent.

b. The number of those below pov

erty line declined to 2I.9per

cent of the population in

201 1-12. from29.8per cent in

2009-10 and 37.2per cent in

2004-05.



(l)Only a

(2) Only b

(3) Both a and b(4) Neither a nor b

12.Which country recently decid

ed to impose high risk Indians

with bond of rupee 2.7 lakh

while applying for visa?

(1) Britain (2) France

(3) China (4) Russia


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13. Pham Binh Minh declared in

July 2013 that India has the

right to pursue exploration

and exploitation work for hy

drocarbons in South China

Sea, in the Exclusive Econom

ic Zone of his country. Pham

Binh Minh is the Foreign Min

ister of

(1) Russia (2) Thailand

(3) Malaysia (4) Vietnam

14. The tJnion Cabinet, at a meet

ing chaired by Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh in July

2013, approved the creation of

the National Aviation Univer

sity in the name of former

Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi

as a central university. Where

will this university come up?

(1) Rae Bareli (2) New Delhi

(3) Darjeeling (4) Amethi

15. The Election Commission of

India, in July 2013, decided to

facilitate allotment of a com

mon symbol to the registered

un-recognised parties that con

test a general election from a

minimum of seats in a

state (Lok Sabha or Legislative

Assembly) six months in ad

vance.

(1) lOpercent (2) 15percent

(3) 12percent (4) 16percent

16. In an effort to prevent which

disease/deficiency did the gov

ernment recently launch an

ambitious programme to pro

vide Iron Folic Acid tablets ev

ery week to 13 crore adolescent

girls in the age group of 10-19

years across the country?

(1) Jaundice

(2) Anaemia

(3) Diarrhoea

(4) Goitre17. As per the recent statistics re

leased in July 2013, India has

become the biggest buyer of

Nigerian Crude oil. Which

country did India surpass in

this regard?

(1) India (2) USA

(3) Russia (4) China

18. Which of the following Atomic

nuclear power plants recently

made news for being India's

first pressurized water reactor

plant belonging to .the light

water reactor category?

(l)Kakrapara atomic power

plant

(2) Kudankulam atomic power

plant

(3)Jaitapur atomic power

plant

(4) Kaiga atomic power plant

19.With an aim to provide'social

security to the workers under

the unorganized sector and

BPL families residing in the

Union Territory of Chandigarh,

Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yo-

jana (RSBY) was launched on

26 July 2013. With reference

to RSBY. which of the follow

ing statements is not correct?

(1) RSBY is a scheme of Min

istry of Health and Social

Welfare

(2) This is a smart card based

cashless and paperless

health insurance scheme

(3) Itprovides annual hospital

ization cover up to Rs

30.000 for family of five

members through health

insurance companies

(4) 75per cent of the cost of

scheme is borne by Central

government and resl is

borne by respective state

government

20. As a step to fulfill the long

pending demands of the peo

ple and government of Karna-

taka. the Union Cabinet, on 17

July 2013, gave its approval for

renaming "Bengaluru Interna

tional Airport" as

(1) Dr Rajkumar Kumar Inter

national Airport

(2) Kempegowda International

Airport

(3) Karunadu International

Airport

(4) SirM Vishveshwarya Inter

national Airport

21.The Ministry of Health and

Family Welfare, on 17 July

2013, launched a nationwide

campaign called "Tears you

apart" to raise public aware

ness on

(1) Tobacco consumption

(2) AIDS/HIV

(3).Rural Sanitation

(-1J Child mortality

22. As per the recently compiled

linguistic survey of India by the

People's Linguistic Survey of

India (PLSI). the number of

languages spoken in India is

around

(1)350 (2)650

(3) 680 (4) 790

23.As per an announcement

made by the government in

July 2013. the advanced version of the indigenous Arjun

Mark II main battle lank

would go for final trials in Au

gust in the Mahajan' ranges

where its missile-firing capa

bilities and other upgrades

would be put to lest by the

Army. In which state is the

Mahajan Ranges located?

(1) Gujarat

(2) Odisha

(3) Rajasthan

(4) Madhya Pradesh

24. An objective of the NationalFood Security Mission, which

was in news in July 2013, is

to increase the production of

certain crops through area ex

pansion and productivity en

hancement in suitable manner

in the certain selected districts

of country. What are those

crops?

(1) Wheat,Rice and Cereals

(2) Rice,Wheal and Pulses

(3) Rice, Wheat and Millets

(4) Wheat, Pulses and Sor

ghum

25. The Union Cabinet recently

gave its approval for declaring

the year 2013 as "Water Con

servation Year-2013. What is

the share of India in world's

renewable water resources?

(l)2percent (2)4percent

(3) 6per cent (4) 8per cent


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b. Manual Scavengers freed bond

ed labourers and tribal groups

will be given preference in al

lotments.

c. Building Toilet has befet-made

compulsory under the Indira

Awas Yojana

Choose the correct option from

the codes given below:

(DOplya

(2) Onlya & b(3) Onlya & c

(4) Allof the above

27. Cutting across party lines, sev

eral political leaders partici

pated in a joint campaign with

civil society groups and farm

ers' organisations against Ge

netically Modified crops and

the Biotechnology Regulatory

Authority of India (BRAI) in

New Delhi in June 2013.

Which among the following

legislations governs the Genet-

- -ically Modified Organisms(GMOs) in India?

(1) Environment Protection

Act 1989

(2) Biological Diversi ty Act

2002

(3) Wildlife Protection Act's

1972

(4) Both 1 and 2

28. The Union government recently

cleared the proposal to replace

Directorate General of Civil

Aviation (DGCA) with a new

aviation regulator with fulloperational and financial au

thority. The new regulatory

body would be called as

(1) Civil Regulatory Authority

(2) Civil Aviation Authority

(3) Aviation Administration

Authority

(4) Aviation Control Authority

29. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limit

ed , (BSNL) closed down the

Telegram service from July 15.

2013, making Telegraph a

thing of past. In which year was

first Telegram sent in India?

(1)1848 (2)1850(3) 1853 (4) 1857

30.The Union Government, on 11

J^ily 2013. gave nod to set up

country's first Woman Univer

sity. In this context, which of

the following statements is/are

correct?

a. This university will come up at

Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh.

b.-'The University would be named

after late Prime Minister Indira

Gandhi.

c. The University would be set up,rav a cost of Rs 500 crore dur-

iiirvg 12th Five year plan.



(1) Both a and b

'(2) Only b

,(3) Both a and c

J( (4) All of the above

31,,"Identification and Nurturing

Sports Talent (INSTAL)". the

)fjjiew initiative taken by Minis

try of Sports, was in the news.

Under the proposed scheme,i each district will have a spe

cial school meant for young

sports persons in a certain age

group who have shown talent

in sports. What is that age

group?

(1)4-8 years (2) 5-10 years

(3) 6-10 years (4) 6-12 years

32.Which of the following three

new services were unveiled by

the Unique Identification Au

thority of India?

(1) e-KYC, One Time Pin (OTP)authentication, Iris au

thentication

(2) e-KYC. OTP. Thumb au

thentication

(3) e-KYC, Iris authentication.

i-KYC

(4)i-KYC, Thumb authentica

tion. Iris authentication

33.The Union Cabinet on 27 July

2013 accepted the recommen

dations of a ministerial group,

enhancing the CBI's autono

my through a collegium sys

tem to appoint the agency's

director and instituting anoversight panel to ensure im

partiality of investigations. The

proposed collegium system to

appoint the CB1 director will

comprises of

(1) President. Vice President

and Prime Minister

(2) Prime Minister, opposition

leader of Lok Sabha and

Chief Justice of India

(3) President. Prime Minister

and opposition leader of Lok

S^bha

(4) Prime Minister, opposition

reader of Lok Sabha and

Rdjya sabha

34.The National Crime Records

Bureau (NCRB) Data between

2068 "and 2011 depicted that

around 60 percent of the peo

ple arrested for cyber crimes

belonged to the age group ol

(1)16 to 21years

(2) 18 to 30 years

(3)18 to 24 years

(4)21 to 28 years

35.The Union Government of In

dia on 27 J uly 2013 announced

that it would set-up a Marine

Training Academy at

(1) Pun

(2) Tuticorin

(3) Panaji

(4) Visakhapatnam


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36.According to an announce

ment made in July 2013, In

dia's longest Taii -cum-road

bridge is coming up across the

mighty Brahmaputra at

Bogibeel in Assam. In this con

text, which of the following

statements is/are correct?

a. It is scheduled to be complet

ed in 2016.

b. It will provide^(Connectivity to

upper Assam and Arunachal

Pradesh.


ing the codes u;iven below:

(1) Only a , ;r '[2) Only b

(3) Both a andj,l

(4) Neither a npr b

37. Which of the following state

governments, inijJuly 2013, de

cided to launchanew scheme,

"Mythri" to provide monthly

pension of 500 lor transgen-

der?

(1) Tamil Nadu (2) Kerala

(3) Karnataka (4) Punjab

38. Which of the following states,

in July 2013, became the first

in India to launch video chat

in all 6 prisons of the state?

(1) Haryana

(2) Uttar Pradesh(3) flimachal Pradesh

-!> Ji JCf '

(4) Assam

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. i l l ; .

39.At which of the following high

ways/corridors was India's first

cashless treatment of road ac

cident victims, which ensure

free treatment in the first 48

hours, recentrrtaunched?

(1) Gurgaon-Jj igu,r

(2) Bangalore-C+rennai

(3) Mumbai-A'hnia'dabad

(4) Mumbai-Pune

40. According td'^tate of Forest

Report (201 1), in news recent

ly, which of the-following state

has the maxirnTJrM.Forest Cov

er area?

(1) Karnataka

(2) Madhya Pradesh

(3) Assam

(4) West Bengal

43. Which of the following, in July2013, became the''first High

Court in India to uStroduce to

online payment off court fee

which will save litj^ants from

standing in long queues at the

counter?

(1) Delhi High Court

(2) Mumbai High Court

(3) Madras High Court

(4)Karnataka High:Court

44. As per the latest data on India's poverty which were re

leased recently, which of the

following states have shownbiggest drop in percentage of

poor?

(1) Bihar and Madhya Pradesh

(2) Odisha and Bihar

(3) Odisha and Jharkhand

(4)Jharkhand and Bihar

45.A travel website recently listed

Ghoomar, a folk dance of In

dia among Top 10 world's most

amazing local dances. With

which state of India is this folk

dance associated?

(1) Gujarat (2) Rajasthan

(3) Madhya Pradesh

(4)Haryana

46. The Ministry of Micro, Small

& Medium Enterprises, in July

2013, proposed to set up the

first MSME Technology Centre

of India, likely to train 10,000

people every, at

4>8.)As per the data released by the

Union Tourism Ministry in

July 2013, which one of the

following State(has occupied

first rank in t^rms of foreign

tourist visitors in 2012?

(1) Andhra Pradesh

(2) Maharashtra

(3) Rajasthan

(4)Kerala

49. As per the baseline survey of

Indian languages by the Peo

ple's Linguistic Survey of In

dia, the results of which were

released in July 2013, which

among the following states is

the richest with reference to

the highest number of languag

es?

(l )Sikkim (2) Assam

(3) Arunachal Pradesh

(4)Andhra Pradesh

50.The Government of India, in

July 2013. signed an agree

ment with Asian Development

Bank for a 60 million dollars

loan as to improve urban ser

vices and to strengthen munic

ipal and project management

in north

(1) Odisha (2) Karnataka

(3) Maharashtra

(4)West Bengal

51.As a part of completion of 35

years of establishment of

Bhojpuri academy by the Bi

har government lor promotion

of Bhojpuri language and cul

ture, which city hosted the

"International Bhojpuri Ma-

hostva" in July 2013?

(l )Patna (2) Gorakhpur

(3) Ranchi

(4)New Delhi


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52. Seven out of 12 village covin-

. cilS'Of Dongria Khondh Iribe,

on 30 July 2013, rejected

Vedanta Resources Pic's pro

posal to mine for bauxite in

Niyamgiri hills, potentially

ending the decade-long strug

gle between local residents andthe London-based miner that

wanted to source the ore cru

cial for its alumina refinery.

Which state is in reference

here?

(1) Bihar (2) Jharkhand

(3) Odisha (4) Tripura

53.The Eravikulam National Park

was in news in July 2013 for

having recorded 26 species of

mammals including the larg

est surviving population of Nil-

giriTahr. In which state/union

territory of India is this park

located?

(1) TamilNadu (2) Puducherry

(3) Andhra Pradesh

(4) Kerala

54. Elections to Gram Panchayats

were recently held in West Ben

gal with the ruling Trinamool

Congress coming out victori

ous. In this context, the Pan-

chayat Raj system is not

present in which of the follow

ing states?

(l)Nagaland, Meghalaya and

Mizoram(2) Nagaland, Tripura and Mi

zoram

(3) Meghalaya,Assam and Na

galand

(4) Meghalaya, Tripura and Na

galand

55.Which state government, in

July 2013, gave its approval for

tapping unfermented sap or

neera from coconut across the

state?

(1) Andhra Pradesh

(2) Karnataka

(3) Kerala (4) Odisha56.World's largest steel maker Ar-

celor Miltal recently scrapped

its 12 billion dollar steel plant

project in Kconjhar district

where it was supposed to in

vest Rs.'lO.OOO crore. In which

slate of India is Kconjhar lo

cated?

(1) Madhya Pradesh

(2) Karnataka

(3) Odisha

(4) West Bengal

57. Which place was selected by

the Norwegian Centre for Ag

riculture .& Environment for

project related to direct sow

ing of paddy Lo tide over water

scarcity problem on 10 July

2 0 1 3 ? '

(1) Guntur (2) Dharwad

(3) Nellorc

(4) Chidambaram

58. Which .state was in news in

July 201,3 for celebrating the

Kharchi Festival in which 14

deities Were worshipped during

the wee'klong celebrations?

(1) Tripura

(2) Odikha

(3) Punjab

(4) Himachal Pradesh

59.As per the latest data released

in July 2013, which among the

following states of India

ranked first in terms of the

number of Dengue cases as per

latest.available data of 2011?

(1) Punjab (2) Odisha

(3) Tamil Nadu (4) Gujarat

60. The National Saffron Mission

was in news in July 2013. In

which state of India is thismission being implemented at

present?

(1) Uttarakhand

(2) Sikkim

(3) Jammu & Kashmir

(4) Punjab

61.As per the announcements

made by the Jammu Kashmir

state government on the Sri-

nagar Master Plan in July

2013, the boundaries of Great

er Srinagar would encompass

Dara-Fakri and Dachigam Na

tional Park on Northeast. The

Dachigam National Park is

most famous for being the ex

clusive habitat of

(1) SnowLeopard

(2) Red Spotted Deer

(3) Hangul

(4) Rustry Spotted Cat

62.Which slate government, on 10

July 2013, launched "Anna

Bhagya" scheme an initiative

to supply 30 kg of rice at Rs 1

per kilogram to nearly one

crore poor people families

across the stale that would

entail an outgo of Rs 4, 2000crore a year?

(1) Andhra Pradesh

(2) Karnataka

(3) Odisha'-'/!

(4) West Bengal

63.Chhattisga'rh. on 3 July 2013,

launched the "Phulwari"

scheme. Which of the follow

ing statements is/are not cor

rect in this regard?

(l)This scheme has been

launched for children be-"riii

tween a'ges ol 6 months and

3 years, aiming lo curb

malnutrition

(2) In the first phase the

scheme will be implement

ed in 85 tribal development

blocks of 19 districts

(3) Pregnant women, mother of

infants,; and children will

get balanced, nutritious and

hot meals cvcr>' Sunday

(4) Mothers of infants, and

children will get balanced,

nutritious and hot meals

every |dav64.The Union Ministry of New and

Renewable Energy on 8 July

2013 sanctioned central finan

cial assistance of 4.4 crore ru

pees for distribution of 20000

solar lanterns in the Hood af

fected areas of

(1) Bihar

(2) Madhya Pradesh

(3) Uttarakhand

(4) Odisha

65.Which slate government on 14

July 2013 launched the Night

Policing'Scheme (NPS) com

prising 4,000 police personnel

and an independent cadre and

command structure?

(1) Kerala

(2) Chhattisgarh

(3) Punjab,

(4) West'.Bengal


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75.The term "Abenomics" refers to

the economic policies advocat

ed by Shinzo Abe'Which con

sists of monetary policy, fiscal

policy, and economic growth

strategies to encourage private

investment. As in July 2013,

Shinzo Abe is the currentPrime Minister of

(1) Japan

(2) South Korea

(3) Singapore

(4) Indonesia

76.Afghanistan's first and only fe

male governor was, in July

2013, chosen for Ramon Mag-

saysay Award for helping build

a functioning local government

and pushing for education and

women's rights in Afghani

stan's Bamyan provenance despite discrimination and pov

erty. Who is she?

(1) Habiba Sarabi

(2) Anjum Maliki

(3) Safina Beg

(4) Alia Sheikh

78. As per an announcement

made in July 2013. which city

will host the G-20 finance min

isterial meeting 2013?

(1) New York

(2) London

(3) Moscow

(4) Beijing

79. Which city was named World

Book Capital for the year 2015

by an international Committeeof experts representing the

book industry and the United

Nations Educational. Scientif

ic and Cultural Organization

(UNESCO) in Paris on IG July

2013?

(1) Turin

(2) Bogota

(3) Inchcon

(4) Port Harcourt

80.The Conference of the Parties

to the Rotterdam Convention

(that aims to promote sharedresponsibilities in relation to

the international trade of cer

tain hazardous chemicals),

meeting in Geneva on 25 Jun2

013. decided to list Endosul-

fan under annex III to the Con

vention. In which country is

Rotterdam situated?

(1) Belgium

(2) Portugal

(3) Australia

(4) The Netherlands

81. According to the CIA WorldFactbook which was released

recently, which country has

the highest Life expectancy in

the World with an overall life

expectancy at birth of 89.73?

(1) Japan (2) Monaco

(3) Mexico (4) Norway


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a. The biggest city of this Coun

try is Almaty, which was also

its capital till 1997.

b. The capital of this country is

known as,second coldest capi

tal city in the world after Ul-

aanbaatar, Mongolia and cel

ebrated its 15th anniversary on6 July 2013.

c. The country is headed by Nur-

sultan Nazarbayev.

Identify the country from the

given options:

(1) Uzbekistan

(2) Kazakhstan

(3) Kyrgyzstan

(4) Tajikistan

84. With reference to the Internet

World Statistics released on 30

June 2013. which of the following findings is not correct?

(1) India is the third largestcountry in terms of num

ber of .Internet users

(2) Chinavranks top in the list

of internet users followed

byUSA

(3) Europe is the region with

the highest internet adop

tion rate in the world

(75per cent)

(4) Amongall BRIC countries,

Brazil had the sharpest

growth in unique website

visitors between 2011 and

201285.On which recent date was the

Nelson Mandela International

Day (or Mandela Day), an an

nual international day in ho

nour of Nelson Mandela, cele

brated?

(1) June 30 (2) July 11

(3) July 18 (4) July 24

(1) Qermany

(2) Hungary

(3) Luxemburg

(4) France

89.Which of the following parties

won the National Assembly

Elections in Bhutan in July

2013?

(1) People Democratic Party

(2) Druk Phuensum Party

(3) Bhutan Communist Party

(4) Bhutan National Party

90. World Population Day was ob

served across the world on July

11. 2013. In this con xt.which of the following state

ments is/are correct?

a. In 1989 the Governing Coun

cil of the United Nations De

velopment Programme (UNDP)

declared 11 July as the day

should be observed as WorldPopulation Day.

b. The theme for the year 2013 is

"Focus is on Adolescent Preg

nancy".



(l)Only a

(2) Only b

[{3) Both a and b

(4) Neither a nor b

91.As per the latest Cisco Visual

Networking Index forecast

projects, which of the follow

ing country is set to have the

highest internet protocol traf

fic growth between 2012 and

2017?

(1) India (2) China

(3) Russia' (41 USA

92.The United Stales ol America

celebrated its Independence

Day on 4 July 2013. Indepen

dence Day, commonly known

as the Fourth ol July, is a fed

eral holiday in the United

Slates cbrnrnemorating the

adoption of the Declaration of

Independence on July 4.

(1) 1728(2) 1776

(3) 1813

(4) 1861

93.The European Union, on 9

July 2013, officially approved

which country as its 18th

member which will adopt the

euro on January 1.2014?

(1) Italy

(2) England

OJLatvia

(4) Turkmenistan

94. Which country remained themost innovative nation in the

world in the 2013 Global In

novation Jndex, the sixth edi

tion of an;annual report pub

lished by,the World Intellectu

al Properly Organization, the

French business school IN-

SEAD. and Cornell University

in July 2013?

(1) Finland

(2) Switzerland

(3) Norway

(4) Denmark

95.The construction ol" dam on

Blue NtJ^jRiver recently trig

gered tension between two

counUjigSqThose countries are

(1) Egyptband Sudan

(2) Sudan,and Kenya

(3) Ethiopia and Egypt

(4) Ethiopia and Kenya


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96.According to a data released by

the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI) in July

2013. India is the world's

largest exporter of iron ore.

though the export is declining.

(1) Second (2) Third

(3) Fourth (4) Fifth

97. Which one of the following In

dian firms made headlines in

July 2013 for bagging an order

valued Rs 8.250 crore to devel

op a Metro Project in Saudi

Arabia?

(1) Hindustan Con^pructions

(2) Larsenand Toubro

(3) Mangalam Cement Ltd

(4) Omaxe Ltd

98. As per a report released in July

2013. which of the following

has become the world's most

profitable mobile handset ven

dor the second quairi^r of cur

rent year?

(1) Apple (2) Nokia

(3) Samsung (4) Motorola

99. Which one of the fol lowing

Telecom operators announced

in July 2013 to offer free access of Wikipedia to its cus

tomers as a part of its Wikipe

dia Zero Programme to reach

mobile internet users around

the World? rtJ n

(l)Airtel (2) Aircel

(3) Idea (4) Vodafone

.00. Which of the following port

was, in July 2013, conferred

the "Major Port of the Year"

award in recognitibh of its ex

cellent performance in 2012-

13?

(1) Ennore Port

(2) Chennai Port

(3) Visakhapatnam Port

(4) Paradip Port

101. Which of the following compa

nies, in July 2013, became the

first automaker to participate

in Greenhouse Gas Reporting

Programme in India: that en

ables a complete transparency

in terms of carbqn, .dioxide

emissions?

(1) ?"ord Motor

(2) Maruli Suzuki

(3) General Motors

(4) Toyota102.The Reserve of India, in July

2013, opened a special liquid

ity window for commercial

banks to meet the cash, re

quirement of mutual' funds.

What is the limit of this win

dow'?n f 3 J

'

(1) Rs. 25000 crore ' - A 8

(2) Rs. 50000 crore

(3) Rs. 30000 crore

(4) Rs. 40000 croreIvy .t.

103.Which ol the following compa

nies, in July 2013. adopted theTaj Mahal, a UNESCO"World

Heritage site, under the'Clean

India Campaign of Ministry of

Tourism?

(l )ONGC (2) BHEL

(3) NTPC (4) TERI

104.The Union Government, in

July 2013, approved th'e'pro

posal to amend Securities and

Exchange Board oP'lrtdia

(SEBI) Act for providing(more

power to the market regulator

to control

(1) Insider trading

(2) Ponzi schemes

(3) Bear Cartels in ShareMar-

ket sc;

(4) Commodity Exchanges

105. As per recent conditions im

posed by the Reserve B^nk of

India meant to avoid over.TCon-

centration of bank branches in

urban areas with adequate

banking presence, what per

centage of branches a new

bank should open in unbanked

rural areas to become eligible

for new banking license?

(1) lOpercent (2) 15percent

(3) 20per cent (4) 25per cent

106.As per the latest data by World

Federation of Exchanges re

leased in July 2013, which of

the following has regained its

position as the World's largest

bourse in terms of volume in

equity trade?

(1) NYSE Euronext

(2) Nasdaq OMX

(3) NSE (4) BSE

108.The newspapers reported in

June 2013 that the Inflation

was 4.86per cent, mainly driv

er! by the food articles. This

data is based upon

(1) WholesalePrice Index

(2) Consumer Price Index

(3) Index of Industrial Produc

tion

(4) Consumer Price Index for

Agricultural Labourers

109. In a bid to boost foreign invest

ment, the UPA government, on

16 July 2013, hiked limits and

relaxed rules for Foreign Direct

Investment in key sectors.

Those key sectors are

(1) Defence and telecom

(2) Insurance

(3) Commodity exchanges andpower exchanges

(4) Allof the above

110. In a bid to boost foreign invest

ment, the UPA government

hiked limits and relaxed rules

for Foreign Direct Investment in

key sectors in July 2013. In this

context, which of the' followings

statements is/are correct?

a. In the insurance sector, the

government hiked the 26 per

cent FDI limit to 49 per cent

under the automatic approval

route.

b. For basic and cellular services

in the telecom sector, the gov

ernment hiked the limit under

the automatic route to 49 per

cent and 49 to 100 per cent

under the FIPB route.



(1) Only a (2) Only b

(3) Both a and b

(4) Neither a nor b


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111.During a meeting of senipr cab

inet ministers chairediby Prime

Minister Manmohan Singh on

16 July 2013, theFDI cap was

raised to 49 per cent under the

automatic route for . .'. , _ _ 31CJJ'

(1) Petroleum and natural gas

refining

(2) Commodity exchanges and

power exchanges

(3) Stock exchanges and de

positories

(4) Allof the above

112. As per the latest Fortune list,

released in July 2013, Software

, giant TCS has replaced its

group firm Tata Steel as the

country's most admired com

pany. Which company comessecond after TCS in this list?

(1)SB1 (2)Infosys

(3) Hindustan Unilever

(4)ITC

113. Which among the following

sectors was, in July 2013, ap

proved by RBI recently to avail

External Commercial borrow

ings (ECBs)?

(1) Telecom

(2) Infrastructure

(3) Banking

(4) Low cost housing

114.The Union government of India on 31 J uly 2013 decided to

enhance the rate of interest

subvention scheme for exports

to

(1)1.5% (2 )3 %

(3) 4 % (4) 5 %

115.The' Reserve Bank of India re

leased the First Quarter Re

view of Monetary Policy for

2013-14 on 30 July 2013.

Which of the following sums

up the highlights of this poli-

cy? -

(1) The repo rate was kept unchanged at 7.25 percent

(2) Reverse repo was kept at

6.25 percent

(3) Cash reserve ratio was left

unchanged at 4.00 percent

(4) Allof the above

116. India and Saudi Arabia on 24

July 2013 decided to set up a

Saudi-India Business Network

(SIBN) separately in Riyadh

and Dammam. SIBN would

act as a catalyst to promote

India-Saudi bilateral

(1) Commerce and trade rela

tions(2) Investment

(3) Business-to-Business in

teractions and exchanges

(4) Allof the above

117.According to the data released

in July 2013, India achieved a

record production of 18.45 mil

lion tonnes of pulses in the

2012-13 crop year ended June

2013. According to the 4th ad

vance estimates released, over

all foodgrain production is pro

jected at

(1) 232.15 million tonnes


((3) 255.36 million tonnes


118.The Reserve bank of India on

21 July 2013 brought down

the period of realization and

repatriation for exporters of; goods and software to

(1)3 months (2) 6 months

(3) 9 months (4) 12 months

119.The Reserve Bank of India on

22 July 2013 imposed certain

restrictions on the import of

' various forms of gold by

(1) Nominated banks

(2) Agencies, premier or star

trading houses

(3) SEZ units and EoUs

(4) Allof the above

120.The Reserve Bank of India

(RBI) on 15 July 2013 an

nounced measures to deal with

rupee volatility which includes

lifting of two interest rates by

200 basis points each and a

planned sale of(1) 75billion rupees

(2) 100 billion rupees



121.The Union Minister ofTextiles,

K Sambasiva Rao on 22 July

2013 inaugurated the New

Bhopal Textile Mills of Nation

al Textile Corporation (NTC) in

Bhopal. The mill was taken for

the purpose of revival as well

as modernisation along with

the Tapti Mills in

(1) Rourkela (2) Burhanpur

(3) Durgapur (4) Bhilai122.President Pranab Mukherjee,

on 18 July 2013. promulgated

the Securities Law Amendment

Ordinance 2013. The ordi

nance would grant (SEBI) the

powers to regulate

a. Any pooling of funds under an

investment contract involving

a corpus of 100 crore rupees

or more.

b. Attach assets in case of non

compliance.



(1) Only a

(2) Only b

(3) Both a and b

(4) Neithera nor b

123.The Reserve Bank of India

(RBI) on 17 July 2013 opened

a special liquidity window for

commercial banks to meet the

cash requirements of

(1) Mutual funds

(2) NRIs

(3) Shares and debentures

(4) Allof the above

124.The government on 12 July

2013 approved the Modified

Industrial Infrastructure

Upgradation Scheme (MIIUS)

with an outlay of 1030 crore

Rupees during the 12th Five

Year Plan period ending

(1) April 2015

(2) February 2016

(3) March 2017

(4) April 2018

125.Which body imposed fines of

around 49.5 crore on 22 private and public sector banks

including SB1. PNB and Yes

Bank for violating KYC/anti-

nioney laundering norms in

July 2013?

(1) Union Ministry of Finance

(2) Competition Commission

of India

(3) Reserve Bank of India

(4) Forwards Commission


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126. Pakistan's Shahid Afridi, on 27

July 2013, became the first

cricketer to hit 400 sixes in

international career. Against

which cricketing nation did he

achieve this rare distinction?

(1) Sri Lanka

(2) West Indies

(3) Zimbabwe

(4) New Zealand

127. Which of the following city

was recently announced to be

the venue for World Police and

Fire Games, the third largest

international multi-sport

event in the world, from 1-10

August 2013?

(1) Moscow (2) Tokyo

(3) Belfast (4) Beijing128. Who among the following, in

July 2013. won the 1 OOthe edi

tion of the Tour de France,

becoming the second Briton in

to be crowned champion in as

many years?

(1) Chris Froome

(2) Nairo Quintata

(3) Lewis Hamilton

(4) Marcel Kittel

129.At what position India did fin

ish in the Archery World Cup

stage 3 held in Columbia in

July 2013 with Deepika Ku-mari winning gold and bronze

medals?

(1) Second (2) Fourth

(3) Third (4) Fifth

130. Who among the following, in

July 2013, won 13th IPCA

World Women's Individual

Chess Championship title for

India, organized by the Inter

national Physically Disabled

Chess Association, at Velke

Losiny in the Czech Republic?

(1) Pragahi Chala

(2) K Jennitha Anto

(3) Sushmita Patel

(4) Surabhi Bharadwaj

131. Martina Hingis was recently

inducted into the Tennis Hall

of Fame. Which of the follow

ing statements is/are correct

regarding her?

a. She is a Swiss professional ten

nis player who spent a total of

209 weeks as World No. 1.

b.She won five Grand Slam sin

gles title. She also won nine

Grand Slam women's double

titles.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

(1) Only a

(2) Only b

(3) Both a and b

(4) Neither a nor b

132. Lee Chong Wei recently became

the costliest player in Indian

Badminton League auction

when he was brought by Mum-

bai Masters for approximately

Rs 8.019,032. Which country

is Lee from?

(1) South Korea

(2) China

(3) Malaysia

(4) Singapore

133.Which former Australian crick

eter was inducted into the ICC

cricket hall of fame at Lord's

during the Ashes Test series

between Australia and En

gland on 19 July 2013?

(1) Ricky Ponting

(2) Mike Hussey

(3) Shane Warne

(4) Adam Gilchrist

134.Who among the following re

cently won 19th edition of

Commonwealth Chess Cham

pionship title, achieving the

distinction of winning 20 med

als representing his/her coun

try at World, Asian and Com

monwealth Chess Champion

ship in sub-junior, junior and

senior categories?

(1) Abhijeet Gupta

(2) Sergii Fedorchuk

(3) Soumya Swaminathan

(4) Andrei Tiviakov

135. As per the latest cricket test

ranking issued in July 2013,

India moved to second spot

while South Africa led the

ranking. South Africa gained

seven rating points making its

tal ly to 135 points. India

scored 116 points. Which team

was placed at third position?

(1) Sri Lanka (2) England

(3) Australia (4) Pakistan

136.Which country was, on 29 June

2013, granted the Associate

membership of the Interna

tional Cricket Council, mak

ing it the eighth Asian nation

and the 38th overall lo gel the

status?

(1) Holland

(2) Canada

(3) France

(4) Afghanistan

137. India's number one snooker

player, Adilya Mehta on 31

July 2013 clinched the gold

medal in the World Games,

beating China's Liang Wenbo.

3-0, in the final of the qua

drennial event at'Cali in

(1) Mexico (2) Australia

(3) Columbia (4) Peru

138.Which team did India defeat lo

lift the South Asian Football

Federation Under-16 Champi

onship title in Kathmandu on

30 July 2013?

(1) Afghanistan

(2) Sri Lanka

(3) Nepal(4) Bangladesh

139.India continued to reign at the

top of the table in Internation

al CrickeJ Council's latest OD1

ranking released on 25 July

2013. Which team came sec

ond in this list?

(1) Sri Lanka

(2) West Indies

(3) Australia

(4) Pakistan

140.Who on 21 July 2013 became

the first differently-abled Indian to win gold at the IPC Ath

letics World Championships

(19 to 28 July 2013) in France?

(1) Devendra Jhajharia

(2) Suresh Avasthi

(3) Harendra Sharma

(4) Ashok Bansal


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141.Who on 2 \ .July 20 13 won

SwedJsÔ.pcn title by d e l eas-ing Johanna Larsson in the

final of the Swedish Open at

Bastad in Sweden?

1) Serena Williams- J - ) I M -ml iij-v: 5j)a*vin -*r 1J(2). Maria Sharapova

I^Ki'm'.CJijsters

(4) Sabine Lisicki

142. Purav Raja and Divij Sharanof India on 20 July 2013

clinched their first ever ATP

tour doubles title by defeating

Edouard Roger-Vasselin of

France and Igor Sijsling of _

in the final match of Claro

Open in Bogota, Colombia.

(l)Th' e Netherlands

(2) Spain

(3) Russia

(4) Britain

143.Which American golfer on 14

July 2013 won the ScottishOpen title in a sudden-death

play-off against South Africa's

Branden Grace at Castle Stu

art in Inverness in Northern

Scotland?

(1) Robert Clarke

(2) Phil Mickelson

(3) Edward Nichols

(4) Tim Crooner

144.Andy Murray on 7 July 2013

defeated Novak Djokovic in

straight sets 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 at

Center Court of London to become the firs^ Briton in 77

years to win th Men's Singles

Title at Wimbledon 2013. Who

won the women's singles title?

(1) Marion Bartoli

(2).Sabine Lisicki

(3) Krishna Mladenovic

(4) Lisa Raymond

145. India on 11 July 2013 won the

West Indies Tri-Nation Series

2013 - Final at Queen's Park

Oval, Port of Spain in Trinidad.

Which team did India beat to

win this coveted trophy?

(1) Pakistan

(2) Zimbabwe

(3) West Indies

(4) Sri Lanka

P E R S O N S , P L A C E S &

A W A R D S

. JL46.Who among the fallowing was,

' on 30 July 20.131 elected as the

12th Presidential'Pakistan?

(1) Nawaz Sharif

(2) MamnoomHussain 1

(3) Raza Rabbani(4) Sikander Mir/a

147.Which of the following cities

hosted the 13th National Con

vention off ttoe'Confederation

)J of.Real EstaleiDeveloper's As-

sociationsiof'India on 27 July

2013? n'lJool!

(1) New Delhi- (2) Moscow

(3) Dubai i v / o l i {4) Shanghai

148.The 21 st Rajiv Gandhi Nation

al Sadhbhavna Award for pro

motion of communal harmo

ny and p,eape was, in July

2013, announced to be con-ferred on

(1) AmjadAli Khan

(2) AP J.Kalam

(3) Irom Sriarrnila

(4) Veerendra Hegde

149.Who among the following was,

in July 2013. chosen for "Loka-

manya Tilak Award-2013" for

his/her outstanding contribu

tion to society?

(1) EShreedharan

(2) Anna Hazare

(3) Medh4-Patkar(4) Sheila- Dixit

150.Who ampng the following was,

in July 2013, chosen for the

inaugural National Yash Chop

ra Memorial Award, instituted

by TSR foundation which will

be given to an outstanding film

personality every year?

(1) Amitabh Bachchan

(2) Dilip Kumar

(3) Lata Mangeshkar

(4) A R Rahman

151.Who among the following was,

in July 2013, selected for "Asia

Business Leaders Award 2013"

for his impressive business cre

dentials and services to soci

ety by London-based Asia

House?

' .(8) Mjykesh Ambapi

OÂairn Premji ,

(4) Narayana MUrthy

152.The-'National Green Tribunal"

of India was iriHhe news re

cently. Who among the follow

ing is the currej^tChairperson

of this tribunal?, ,auu i j . - i i

(1) Justice Jyothimani

(2) Justice Kingaonkar

(3) Justice Swatantra Kumar

(4) Justice U f ^ a l v i

153.Who among the following is the

author of the b opk The Low

land" which was Recently list

ed among 13 novels long list

ed for the MaW'Booker Prize

2013? rnorifi

(1) Donal RyafifiO .

(2) Jhumpa LaHirfci

(3) Ruth OzekiÎO:

(4) Eve HarrisT ,o v y

154.Who among tr/e;following was

appointed as'-bMre'ctor of Bu

reau of PolidexReêarch and

Development,iin;tJuly 2013, a

post that had,,been lying va

cant for more than six months?ODuorl

(1) Rajat Gupta

(2) Anandswaj",uJ) Gupta

(3) KNSharma^^.

(4) Rajiv Chandra

155.TV 18 recentjy, bagged six tro

phies at the,s^xth Ramnath

..... Gocnka Awar,flsfor excellence.

With reference to the award,

which of the^fMibwing state

ments is/are'ebrrect?

a. The RamnathfObenka awards

are given forlercellence in the

field of JouitnaUsm

b. As part of centenary year cele

bration of jl)jlounder, Ram

nath GoenkQmThe Express

Group instilujldJthe Ramnath

Goenka Ejfp^fnce in Jour

nalism awaf(ds.i;.



(l)Only a ( ] i c g

(2) Only b , . , . ,

(3) Both a ajnd.f*

(4) Neither a np b


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156. Who among the following was.

in July 2013. elected as the

new Chairman of the Empow

ered Committee of State fi

nance ministers on Goods and

Service Tax (GST)?

(l)Sushil Kumar Modi

(2) Asim Dasgupta

(3) Abdul Rahim Rather

(4) Abbas Hussain

157. Under which of following pen

names has J K Rowling writ

ten a crime novel 'The Cuck

oo's Calling" which was in

news in July 2013?

(1) Robert Galbraith

(2) Robert Brown

(3) Joseph Thomson

(4) Joseph Galbraith158.Who among the following was,

in July 2013, appointed as

first-ever woman referee I-

League season by the All India

Football Federation?

(1) Maria Rebello

(2) Anandi Barua

(3) Chaitra Gangadharan

(4) Indu Choudhary

159.Along with Jean Dreze, who

among the following has co-

authored the book "An Uncer

tain Glory: India and its Con

tradictions" which was re

leased in July 2013?

(1) Amartya Sen

(2) Arundhati Roy

(3) AP J Kalam

(4) Ramachandra Guha

160.President Barack Obama nom

inated, on 18 July 2013 an

accomplished Indian-Ameri

can woman administrator, to

head the South Asia Bureau

in the US state department,making her the first person of

India or even South Asian or

igin lo head the bureau. Who

is she?

(l)Nisha Desai Biswal

(2) Manasa Patel

(3) Amira Desai Biswal

(4) Tara Singh

161.Which of the following oil com

panies bagged the Oil Indus

try Safety Directorate's (OISD)

best overall safely performance

award 2011-12 and also the

most consistent safety per

former award in July 2013?(l)ONGC (2)Essar

(3) HP (4) Reliance

162. President Pranab Mukherjee,

under clause (2) of Article 124

of the Constitution of India,

on 10 July 2013, appointed

Justice Palanisamy Sathasi-

vam, Judge of the Supreme

Court, to be the Chief Justice

of India with effect from 19 July

2013. Sathasivam hails from

which of the following stales?

(1) Karnalaka

(2) Kerala

(3) Tamil Nadu

(4) Andhra Pradesh

163.Who among the following was

recently awarded with the

Commander of the Order of

Arts and Letters, the highest

cultural award of France for

contributing to music and uti

lizing his popularity for the

sake of humanitarian causes?

(1) Bob Dylan

(2) Sean Connery

(3) Roger Moore

(4) Paul Hewson

164. United Nation secretary general

Ban Ki-moon, on 10 July 2013.

appointed Phumzile Mlambo-

Ngcuka as the new head of the

United Nation body (UN Enti

ty for Gender Equality and

Empowerment of Women)

tasked with promoting wom

en's right and their full par

ticipation in global affairs. She

is a former deputy president of

(1) Gambia(2) South Africa

(3) Uganda

(4) Democratic Republic of

Congo

165.Who among the following was.

on 13 July 2013. sworn in as

the 9th Chief Minister of

Jharkhand?

(1) Annapurna Devi 7/.JN

(2) Rajendra Prasad Singh

(3) Ilernanl Soren 1

(4) Shibu Soren

166.Tongam Rina was selected for

the prestigious prize for "Freedom and Future of the Media

-2013. To which slate of India

does he belong?

(1) Arunachal Pradesh

(2) Assam

(3) West Bengal

(4) Tripura

167. Indian cricketing legend Sunil

Gavaskar recently became the

fourth Indian cricketer to be

inducted into the Legend's

Club at the Cricket Club of

India. Who among the following is not among the rest of

the three Indian cricketers?

(1) Kapil Dev

(2) Vijay Merchant

(3) Vijay Hazare

(4) Vinoo Mankad

168.A High-level Jury under the

Chairmanship of Prime Minis

ter. Dr. Manmohan Singh, on

4 July 2013. decided to select

Zubin Mehta to be the second

recipient of the Tagore Award.

2013 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to cul

tural harmony. Who was the

first recipien^of this award?

(1) Amartya Sen

(2) Lata Mangeshkar

(3) Pandit Ravi Shankar

(4) Jyoti Basu

169. In which of the following cit

ies was a project named

"Pravasi Friend" launched in

July 2013?

(l)Kochi (2)Belgaum

(3) Madurai (4) Nellore

170.The winner of Dadasaheb

Phalke Award and a veteran

actor Pran died on 12 July 2013

in a Hospital at Mumbai. He

died at the age of

(1)81 years (2) 87 years

(3) 93years

(4) 99 years


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171.Which of ihc following Islam

ic parties was banned by the

Bangladesh high court in July

2013 from contesting future

polls?

(1) Bangladesh Islami Front

(2) Jamaat-e-Islami

(3) Islamic Unit Front

(4) Islamic Action Society

172. A Bollywood actor who held

the Guinness World Record for

being the most type-cast actor,

died on 28 July 2013 at Mum-

bai. Who was he/she?

(1) Manmohan Shctty

(2) Anita Raj

(3)Jagdish Raj

(4) Roopa Malhotra

173.Who was declared as the High

est Paid Actress of Hollywood

by Forbes on 30 J uly 2013?

(1) Jennifer Lawrence

(2) Angelina Jolie

(3) Emma Stone

(4) Krlsten Stewart

174. Which slate/union territory

government on 17 July 2013

delinked wine from the Indian

Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL)

category and listed as a food

item to attract more tourists

to the state?

(l)Goa

(2) Karnalaka

(3) Puducherry

(4) Kerala

175.Scientisls'at the department of

linguistics at the University of

Michigan in Ann Arbor discov

ered a new language called

Light Warlpiri in

(1) Northern Australia

(2) Ireland

(3) Samoa

(4) Mauritius

176.Which Asian country on 15

July 2013 announced a ban onthe movie. Flying Pish claim

ing that it insulted the Gov

ernment as well as the Securi

ty Forces of the country?

(1) Pakistan

(2) Japan

(3) Sri Lanka

(4) Bangladesh

S C I E N C E & T E C H N O L O G Y

177.As per an announcement

made in July 2013. a Hydro

gen-powered automobile bus

has been developed for the first

time in India. Which of the

following has developed this

Hydrogen-Powered Fuel Cell

bus?

(1) ISRO and Tata Motors

(2) Tata Motors and Ford

(3) ISRO and HAL

(4) HAL and Tata Motors

178. Global warming and increas

ing levels of greenhouse gas

were recurrent themes in glo

bal as well as national news

papers in India in July 2013.

In this context, which of the

following is a greenhouse gas?a. Carbon dioxide

b. Methane

c. Carbon Monoxide

d. Nitrous Oxide

e. Sulfur dioxide

Chose the correct answer from


(1) Only a. b and c

(2) Only a. c, d and e

(3) Only a. b. c and d

(4) All of the Above

179. From which of the following

satellite launching stations

was India's latest Weather Sat

ellite INSAT 3D launched on

26 July 2013. giving a boost to

weather forecasting and disas

ter warning services?

(l)Vikram Sarabhai Space

Centre

(2) Kourou French Guinea

(3) Satish Dhawan Space Cen

tre

(4) Lapan Space Centre

180. India's first wireless road traf

fic controller technology"WiTrac" that runs on solar

power, developed by the Cen

tre for Development of Ad

vanced Computing (CDAC),

was handed over to private

partners for production by

Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal

on 24 July. 2013. In which city

was it unveiled?

(2) Bangalore

(2)Chennai

(3) Mumbai

' (4) New Delhi

181.A new study from the Univer

sity of Victoria suggested on 30

July 2013 that our atmosphereis far more susceptible to a

runaway greenhouse effect

than previously assumed. It

also said ,'that our planet will

turn into "Earth's Twin like

hell earlier than previously

thought. Which planet is nick

named 'Earth's Twin?

(1) Venus (2) Jupiter

(3) Mars ^ (4) Mercury

182. Notifiable^ Qisease, a disease

that is required by law to be

reported yip government authorities,, was in the news re

cently, of the following

diseases come under this cat-

egorv?

(DPoliO/, N | 4 , (

(2) H5N 1((bird flu) and Swine

(3) Tuberculosis

(4) Allof |lfre above

183.Tikka or leaf spot of Ground

nut and was recently reported

from all most all ground nut

growing ,a pas of the World. It

is quite ajidestructive disease

caused by Cercospora arachid-

icola as early leaf spot. Which

type of,disease is it?

(1) Bacterid

(2)Viralip3i

(3) Fungal'

(4) Prdtos&Sn

184. Sally D6g'502" made interna

tional h^atflines in July 2013.

Which bT'the following correct

ly des er t i t ?

(1) lt'sl, l

a*,r

riame of the un-maWfte'a jet of US defence

department

(2) It's'-ff'fleWbreed of dog de

ve l op ' b y the scientist

(3) It's'a, robot with advanced

tecnnblogy

(4) It's' a new missile developed

by:

MD O


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185.As per the latest findings by

Curiosity rover in July 2013.

Mar's atmosphere is mostly

composed of which of the fol

lowing gas?

(1) Carbon dioxide

(2) Methane

(3) Oxygen(4) Hydrogen

186.According to a paper published

in Biological Conservation in

July 2013, 30 percent of the

fish exported from India in the

past seven years were from doz

ens of threatened species, rais

ing serious questions regard

ing the state of biodiversity

hotspots in the country. In

this regard, which among the

following is /are biodiversity

hotspots in India?

a. Western Ghats

b. Eastern Himalayas

c. Andaman and Nicobar Islands

d. Sunderbans

Choose the correct option from


(1) Only a and b

(2) Only b and c

(3) Only a and c

(4) Onlya. b and c

187. INS Trikand. the last of the

three 'Eollow-On Talwar Class'

frigates built in Russia, was

commissioned into the Indian

Navy at Kaliningrad, Russia,

on 28 June 2013. INS Trikand

carries a state-of-the-art com

bat suite which includes

(1) Supersonic BRAHMOS mis

sile system and advanced

Surface to Air missiles Sh-

til.

(2) Upgraded A190 medium

range gun and Electro-op

tical 30 mm Close-in Weap

on System

(3) Anti-Submarine weaponssuch as torpedoes and

rockets and an advanced

Electronic Warfare system

(4) Allof the above

188. A team from the Institute for

Medical Research in Kuala

Lumpur discovered that the

leaf juice of a certain fruit helps

increase platelet count in pa

tients with dengue fever. The

fruit/tree in reference here is

of

(1) Tamarind (2) Papaya

(3) Guava (4) Neem

189.Scientists in Germany and

Canada, in June 2013. announced to have created

world's first high-definition 3D

model of a complete human

brain. What is the name of this

human brain?

(1)3D Brain

(2) Amazing Brain

(3) Big Brain

(4) Intel Brain

190.Which country, on 28 June

2013, became the first to al

low doctors to use a contro

versial 1VF technique that

would lead to creation of ba

bies with three parents that

could prevent mitochondrial

disease?

(1) Sweden (2) China

(3) Britain (4) USA

191.India, on 1 July 2013, success

fully launched its first dedicat

ed navigation satellite. IRNSS-

1A using Polar Satellite

Launch Vehicle (PSLVJ-C22

from Satish Dhawan Space

Research Centre in Srihariko-

ta, Andhra Pradesh. With reference to IRNSS-1 A. which of

the following statements is/are

correct?

a. IRNSS is an independent re

gional navigation satellite sys

tem designed to provide posi

tion information in the Indi

an region and 1,500 kilometers

around the Indian mainland.

b. IRNSS will provide two servic

es Standard Positioning Ser

vices available to all users and

Restricted Services, which will

be available only to authorizedusers.



(l)Only a

(2) Only b

(3) Both a and b

(4) Neither a nor b

M I S C E L L A N E O U S

192.Which island in India was re

cently declared as the World

Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO

under its MAB (Man and Bio

sphere) Programme?

(1) Nicobar Islands

(2) Andaman Islands

(3) Lakshadweep Islands

(4) Majuli Island

193.The Union government recently

set up a six member expert

committee headed by Chief

Economic Adviser to evolve a

composite index to measure

backwardness of states. Who

heads this committee?

(1) Raghuram Rajan

(2) Sam Pitroda

(3) R. Kasturirangan

(4) Bimal Jalan

194.The largest low-cost carrier in

West Asia and North Africa

was, in July 2013, awarded

Best Low-Cost Airline. West

Asia at the Skytrax World Air

line Awards 2013. Which is

that airline company?

(1) AirArabia

(2) Azerbaijan

(3) Bahrain Airlines

(4) GMG Airlines

195. Which of the following was. on

2 July 2013, declared as being

the first "smoke-free" stale in

India for achieving 85.42 per

cenl compliance with seelion

4 of the Cigarettes and other

Tobacco Product Act (COTPA)

2003?

(1) Himachal Pradesh

(2) Odisha .

(3) Jharkhand

(4) Haryana

196.Which state government, in

June 2013, launched the "Atal

Jyoti" campaign, which aimed

at providing 24 hours power

supply to rural areas?

(1) Jammu & Kashmir

(2) Madhya Pradesh

(3) Tripura

(4) Meghalaya


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197. Who among the following was

recently conferred the presti

gious "Indian Healthcare Vi

sionary of tbe Decade" award?

(1) DrMukesh Hariawala

(2) Dr Devi Shetty

(3) DrPratap Reddy

(4) Dr Sunil Chatri

198.The Founder and CEO of Mid

dle East's only ISO certified

nursery chain, British Or

chard Nursery, became the first

ever Indian woman to receive

Dubai Government's coveted

"Emirates Woman Award" for

business excellence in July

2013. Who is she?

(1) Sunita Nair

(2) Vandana Gandhi

(3) Indira Nooyi

(4) Sudha Murthy199.As per an official release of the

World Health Organization in

July 2013, in which country

has MERS (Middle East Res

piratory Syndrome), a new res

piratory Virus related to SARS,

killed 39 people?

(1) Saudi Arabia

(2) Qatar

(3) Oman

(4) Yemen

200.The US inventor who was

known as the father of thecomputer mouse died at the

age of 88 on 2 July 2013. Who

was he?

(1) Douglas Englebart

(2) Leonard Euler

(3) Hans Bathe

(4) Willard Laby

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