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]
25. As per the latest findings by Curiosity rover, Mar’s atmosphere is mostly composed of which of the following gas?
[A]Carbon dioxide
[B]Methane
[C]Oxygen
[D]Hydrogen
Carbon dioxide
The measurements by Curiosity rover of NASA, the most advanced spacecraft to land on Mars, the red planet, re-instated the fact that planet was composed of
mostly Carbon dioxide and a few other gases.
26. Who among the following is the author of the book “An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions”?
[A]Amartya Sen
[B]Arundhati Roy
[C]A P J Kalam
[D]Ramachandra Guha
Amartya Sen
An Uncertain Glory: India and Its Contradictions authored by Amartya Sen and Jean Dreze was released recently. The book has been published by Penguin Books India.
27. The Rotterdam Convention is a multilateral agreement deals with which one of the followings?
[A]Global Warming
[B]Limiting the use of toxics
[C]Copy Right law
[D]Ozone depletion
Limiting the use of toxics
The Rotterdam Convention is a multilateral agreement that aims to promote shared responsibilities in relation to the international trade of certain hazardous chemicals and to contribute to the environmentally sound use of those chemicals by facilitating exchange of information about their characteristics.
28. Which of the following countries has the highest Life expectancy in the World?
[A]Japan
[B]Monaco
[C]Mexico
[D]Norway
Monaco
Monaco is the country which has highest expectancy rate in all over the world with 89.73 overall life expectancy at birth.
29. 73 overall life expectancy at birth.
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[A]Nisha Desai Biswal
[B]Manasa Patel
[C]Amira Desai Biswal
[D]Tara Singh
Nisha Desai Biswal
President Barack Obama nominated Nisha Desai Biswal, an accomplished Indian-American administrator, to head the South Asia Bureau in the US state department. When confirmed by the Senate, Desai will become the first person of India or even South Asian origin to head the bureau.
30. . In which of the following place “International Bhojpuri Mahostva” organized recently?
[A]Patna
[B]Lucknow
[C]Ranchi
[D]Bhubaneswar
Patna
“International Bhojpur Mahostva” was organized in Patna. It is a part of completion of 35 years of establishment of Bhojpuri academy by the Bihar government
for promotion of Bhojpuri language and culture.
31. Currently, the Panchayat Raj system is not present in which of the following states?
[A]Nagaland, Meghalaya and Mizoram
[B]Nagaland, Tripura and Mizoram
[C]Meghalaya, Assam and Nagaland
[D]Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland
Nagaland, Meghalaya and Mizoram
The Panchayat Raj system exists in all the states except Nagaland, Meghalaya and Mizoram and in all the Union territories except Delhi.
32. As per the latest data by World Federation of Exchanges, which of the following has regained its position as the World’s largest bourse in terms of volume in equity trade?
[A]NYSE Euronext
[B]Nasdaq OMX
[C]NSE
[D]BSE
NSE
National Stock Exchange (NSE) has regained its position as the world’s largest bourse in terms of volume in equity trade. NSE registered 11.2 crore trades on its platform, making it the world’s top exchange among the 50 bourses listed with WFE. NSE was followed by NYSE Euronext and Nasdaq OMX.
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