Current Affairs and Gk -July 2013 part-2

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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.
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89. Who among the following has been elected as the new Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State finance ministers on GST?

[A]Sushil Kumar Modi
[B]Asim Dasgupta
[C]Abdul Rahim Rather
[D]Abbas Hussain





Abdul Rahim Rather
Jammu & Kashmir finance minister Abdul Rahim Rather has been elected as the new Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State finance minister on Goods and Service Tax (GST).



90. . Dudhwa National Park is in which of the following State?

[A]Jharkhand
[B]Uttara Pradesh
[C]Jharkhand
[D]Bihar





Uttara Pradesh
Dudhwa National Park is in the Terai of Uttar Pradesh. It is located on the Indo-Nepal border in the Lakhimpur Kheri district.


91. In which among the following states of India, Seabuckthorn grows?

[A]Only 1
[B]Only 1 & 2
[C]Only 1 & 3
[D]1, 2 & 3





1, 2 & 3
Seabuckthorn is a medicinal plant found in the Himalayan region. Our country holds tremendous potential in respect of Seabuckthorn fruit production and diverse varieties which have health-promoting properties and can play a crucial role in preventing soil erosion and help nitrogen fixation in cold and desert areas. This is the most important environmental benefit of the Seabuckthron. Seabuckthorn fruit grows in the cold deserts of Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir, Lahul-Spiti in Himachal Pradesh and some parts of Arunachal Pradesh.


92. Himachal Pradesh

[A]Diphtheria
[B]Pertusis
[C]Hepatitis B
[D]Small Pox





Small Pox


93. Arunachal Pradesh

[A]49%
[B]74%
[C]65%
[D]100%





49%
India has decided to hike the foreign direct investment limit in the insurance sector to 49 percent from the existing 26 percent. The decision was taken during a meeting of senior cabinet ministers chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 17.7.2013. Now, the FDI in the insurance and telecom sectors will be up to 49 percent through automatic route. But the FDI limit in telecom sector has been raised from 74 to 100 percent. In single brand retail, the FDI will be through automatic route up to 49 percent and the remaining will be through FIPB route.


94. Which among the following state of India ranked first in terms of the number of Dengue cases as per latest available data of 2011?

[A]Punjab
[B]Odisha
[C]Tamil Nadu
[D]Gujarat





Punjab
Punjab ranked top in the country in terms of the number of dengue cases in the country in 2011, Other top states are Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat.


95. In which among the following states of India, National Saffron Mission (NSM) is being implemented?

[A]Uttarakhand
[B]Sikkim
[C]Jammu & Kashmir
[D]Punjab





Jammu & Kashmir



96. 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 ___:

[A]350
[B]650
[C]680
[D]780





780
People’s Linguistic Survey of India (PLSI) has conducted India’s first linguistic survey only after Irish linguistic scholar George Abraham Grierson conducted the Linguistic Survey of India from 1898 to 1928. It says that while people in India presently speak in 780 different languages, the country has lost nearly 250 languages in the last 50 years. (IANS)


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