GENERAL AWARENESS PRACTICE QUIZ
American Community Survey
US Commission on International Religious Freedom
US Research Group
None of these
Iran on 15 July 2013 agreed to take payments for oil it sells to India entirely in rupees after US and western sanctions blocked all other payment routes. India has been, since July 2011, paying in euros to clear 55 percent of its purchases of Iranian oil through Ankara- based Halkbank. The remaining 45 percent due amount was remitted in rupees in accounts Iranian oil company opened in Kolkata-based Bank. Name the Bank from which the transactions will be made.
UCO
SBI
IDBI
Union Bank of India
India in the month of July 2013 surpassed the U.S. and became the top buyer of crude oil of which country.
Nigeria
Oman
Colombia
Russia
The Union Government of India proposed land reforms for acknowledging the women rights and giving the ownership to rural poor women, according to the National Land Reform Policy Draft 2013 formulated by Union Ministry of Rural Development released on 18 July 2013. Which of the following statements mentioned below about the draft document are true?
1. In all Government land transfers, women’s claims should be directly recognized.
2. According to the new policy, all new land distribution among landless poor families will be in the women’s name.
3. In all land distribution schemes (land related to surplus land, custodial land, or under the land ceiling act), the land should be distributed to rural landless women workers.
4. The policy recommends 100 percent of land holdings given to forest communities should go to women.
Statement I,II and III are true
Statement I,II and IV are true
Statement I and III are only true
All the statements are true
Name the Government body/institution that has extended the financial assistance to provide free one year residential JEE/IIT coaching and mentoring 20 underprivileged meritorious students from Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir and Delhi under the Abhayanand Super 30 initiative, as part of its CSR initiative.
Damodar Valley Corporation
Rural Electrification Corporation
Urban Electrification Corporation
Himalayan Electrification Corporation
Union Cabinet on 17 July 2013 approved amendments to the marriage law enabling a married woman to get a share of her husband's ancestral property as reparation in case of a __________?
In case separation with the Husband (not a legal one also)
Death of the husband
Divorce
Only in case she adopts the child after getting divorced
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India launched the nation-wide National Tobacco Control Campaign known as _____________. The aim of the campaign is to raise the public awareness regarding dangers of smokeless tobacco which is consumed by millions of Indians every day.
Tears You Apart
Your Lungs Are Dying
Crazy for Cancer
Trial to Death
Name the Indian players who on 20 July 2013 clinched their first ever ATP tour doubles title by defeating Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France and Igor Sijsling of the Netherlands in the final match of Claro Open in Bogota, Colombia. The tournament was played from 15 July to 21 July.
Vijay Amritraj and Purav Raja
Mahesh Bhupati and Rohan Bopanna
Vishnu Vardhan and Yuki Bhambri
Purav Raja and Divij Sharan
Name the person, who became the first swimmer of the world to win Olympic and world titles in both the Pool and Open Water after he sprinted a victory in Barcelona in a 5 kilometer event.
Ulrike Tauber
Michael Phelps
Oussama Mellouli
Claudia Kolb
President Pranab Mukherjee on 16 July 2013 launched a Kisaan Portal for sending SMS through mobile phones to the farmers across the country. Which of the following statement related to the launch of the advantages of the Kissan Portal are true?
1. The SMS advisories and alerts is supposed to help farmers in taking informed decisions relating to different aspects of farming including crop production and marketing, animal husbandry, dairying and fisheries.
2. The limits the farmers’ options to receive SMS messages customized to their specific requirements, as the facility to choose from the available options is not provided.
3. Weather forecast SMS and alerts will enable farmers in planning, farming operations effectively and taking the best suited action to deal with adverse weather conditions.
4. Advisories on disease/pest outbreak will also help the farmers immensely to take immediate actions to secure their crops and animals. Advisories on best practices, such as selection of better suited crop variety/ animal breed, will lead to better farm productivity and higher income to the farmers.
Statement I,II and III are true
Statements II is only true
Statements I, II and IV are true
Statements I, III and IV are true
Pranab Mukherjee, the President of India on 18 July 2013 promulgated the Securities Law Amendment Ordinance 2013. The ordinance would grant Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), the powers to regulate any pooling of funds under an investment contract involving a corpus of 100 crore rupees or more and attach assets in case of non-compliance. The ordinance was promulgated by the President following the powers granted to him by which article of the Constitution of India?
Clause 1 A of the Article 72
Clause 1 of Article 124
Clause 1 of Article 73
Clause 1 of Article 123
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 17 July 2013 opened a window for commercial banks to meet the cash requirements of mutual funds (MFs). What is the name given to the window?
Special Liquidity Window
Mutual Fund Liquidity Window
Commercialized Liquidity Window
None of the following
The Union government on 17 July 2013 approved a proposal to amend SEBI Act for providing more powers to the market regulator to crack down on Ponzi schemes. Which statement/statements among the given options in form of power given to SEBI with the approval are true?
1. SEBI regulator will get direct powers to carry out search and seizure operations and for attachment of assets, as part of efforts to crackdown on ponzi schemes.
2. The SEBI would have powers to seek information, such as telephone call data records, from any persons or entities in respect to any securities transaction being probed by it.
Both the Statements I and II are false
Both Statements I and II both are true
Only statement I is true
Only Statement II is true
The Department of _________________ on 16 July 2013 launched the system of electronic transfer of funds to ensure quick and direct transfer of funds to its beneficiaries. The electronic transfer would help in bringing in more efficiency in the financial working of the department.
Commerce
MNREGA
Food & Public Distribution
Economic Affairs
The Union government of India on 16 July 2013 proposed to make production of _____________ mandatory for purchase of acid.
Photo Identity Card
Identity Card of any type
Driving
Aadhar Card
The Union Government of India on 16 July 2013 raised the FDI limit in Telecom Sector from 74 percent to 100 percent. The Government also declared that the FDI in the Insurance and Telecom sectors will be up to _____ percent through automatic route.
56 percent
74 percent
49 percent
51 percent
The Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs has allocated 1200 crore rupees as Special Central Assistance (SCA) to Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) for the year 2013-14 for being implemented in the states as the
Programme for Socio-Economic Development of Scheduled Tribes & Forest Dwellers
Eklavya residential Model Schools in Scheduled Tribe areas
Vocational Training Centres in Tribal Areas
Special Area Programme
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 15 July 2013 announced measures to deal with rupee volatility which includes lifting of two interest rates by 200 basis points each and a planned sale of 120 billion rupees (2 billion dollars) of Government bonds in July 2013. RBI has also adjusted the Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) and the Bank Rate to 10.25% each which were 8.25% previously. What does Marginal Standing Facility mean?
MSF is defined as the amount of total deposits that banks are required to keep with the central bank. If the central bank decides to increase the CRR, the available amount with the banks comes down.
It is the rate at which the RBI borrows money from commercial banks.
Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) is the rate at which banks can borrow from the central bank at an increased rate against government securities during times of tight cash
MSF is the rate at which banks borrow from RBI. It is an instrument of monetary policy. Whenever banks have any shortage of funds they can borrow from the RBI.
The Centre has appointed S. B. Mainak, Executive Director, LIC, as Managing Director of the life insurance organisation. When was LIC founded by the Government of India
1947
1955
1956
1989
Name the member of Jharkhand Ranji Sqad and the inventor of Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s (Captain Indian Cricket Team) signature shot, Helicopter Shot, who died on 17 July 2013 at a hospital in New Delhi?
Santosh Lal
Raja Ali
Vishal Sharma
Naishad Bakshi
Name the Sprinters, who failed drugs tests and were tested positive for an Unidentified Substance at an out-of-competition test on 16 May 2013
Tyson Gay and Kobe Bryant
Tyson Gay and Asafa Powell
Tyson Gay and Nesta Carter
Asafa Powell and Justin Gatlin
Which state become first in India to implement electronic GPF in March, 2013
Mizoram
Madhya Pradesh
Punjab
Arunachal Pradesh
Which player win the 'golden ball' award in Champions Trophy, 2013
Ishant Sharma
Bhuvneshwar Kumar
Ravindra Jadeja
Ravichandran Ashwin
Who is elected as new President of China in March,2013?
Xi Jinping
Li Yuanchao
Li Keqiang
Hu Jinato
With which country India signed extradition treaty in May, 2013
Thailand
Japan
UAE
Malaysia
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