General Awareness Test (July - 15) - Set 3

ANSWER: 9th July’15

Explanation:
The facility of online payment was launched by Commerce Secretary Rita A. Teaotia. Now with the online payment facility being available from 53 banks as well as Credit and Debit cards, it would be possible to not only apply online for benefits under various schemes of Foreign Trade Policy but also make payment for the required application fee online. DGFT has already operationalised the facility of online filing of various applications by the exporters / importers under the Foreign Trade Policy (2015-20). Early this year, DGFT also operationalised the facility of online submission of applications for issue of online Importer Exporter Code in digital format.

ANSWER: Christine Lagarde

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: 2016

Explanation:
India will be the world's fastest growing economy for the second consecutive year in 2016 at 7.5 per cent even as it decreased its current year global economy growth forecast to 3.3 per cent. In its World Economic Outlook Update, IMF retained India's growth forecast for current year at 7.5 percent which will be higher than China's 6.8 per cent.

ANSWER: United States

Explanation:
The agreement will promote transparency on tax matters. Revenue Secretary Shaktikanta Das and U.S. Ambassador to India Mr. Richard Verma signed the agreement in New Delhi on 9th July’15.

ANSWER: Floyd Mayweather

Explanation:
Mayweather had failed to meet the deadline for paying the 200,000 dollar sanctioning fee required by the WBO after he took the belt 2ndMay in Las Vegas in the richest fight of all time, earning a reported 220 million dollars. WBO rules require boxers to pay 3 percent of their purse to fight for a world title up to a maximum of 200,000 dollars. The rules also prohibit WBO champions to hold any belts in any other weight divisions. Mayweather is currently also the WBC and WBA champion at junior middleweight (154 lbs), as well as at welterweight (147 lbs).

ANSWER: 156

Explanation:
India has dropped a whopping 15 places to languish at the 156th position in the latest FIFA rankings. India went down in the rankings following two consecutive defeats in the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Oman and Guam last month.

ANSWER: Inderjit Singh

Explanation:
Indian shot-putter Inderjit Singh created history to become the first Indian to win a gold medal at the World University Games. In the last edition of the games in 2013 in Russia had won silver medal in the shot put event.

ANSWER: Ashwini Nachappa

Explanation:
The committee was formed against the backdrop of suicide attempt by four girl inmates at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) SAG Water Sports centre at Alappuzha, Kerala in May 2015 that resulted in death of one girl trainee.

ANSWER: Climate Change

Explanation:
This was announced during the first meeting of Science Express Climate Change Special (SECCS) chaired by Union Minister of Science and Technology Dr Harsh Vardhan on 8 July 2015 in New Delhi.

ANSWER: Agartala

Explanation:
Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will lay the foundation stone for a project in Agartala on 12th July’15 that aims to strengthen telecom services in the North Eastern states. Under the project, an international gateway for broadband connectivity will be set up at Agartala in which connectivity will be provided through Bangladesh under an agreement between state-run BSNL and Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company limited.

ANSWER: India and Pakistan

Explanation:
The Beijing-based SCO currently has China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan as members. Along with India, the process to include Pakistan as a member was initiated on 10th July’15.

ANSWER: Sania Mirza

Explanation:
Sania Mirza created history by becoming the first female player from the country to win a woman’s doubles Grand Slam trophy as she clinched the Wimbledon title with Swiss partner Martina Hingis, in London. The duos defeated Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina of Russian team in a final match.

ANSWER: Turkmenistan

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: 5

Explanation:
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) conducted its thirtieth flight on 10th July’15, deploying five British satellites into a Sun - Synchronous orbit. Liftoff occurred at 21:58 local time from the First Launch Pad at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre.

ANSWER: 2050

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: 11th July

Explanation:
This year's theme for World Population Day is “vulnerable populations in emergencies.”

ANSWER: India

Explanation:
The 37-year-old Sangakkara wanted to quit all formats after the World Cup earlier this year but agreed to stay on to play four home tests - two against Pakistan and two against India.

ANSWER: Over 250

Explanation:
More than 250 services relating to health, education, public distribution system, Police, agriculture, trade and employment have been launched by various state governments.

ANSWER: May 2015

Explanation:
As per the data released by regulator TRAI, at the end of May 2015 the total number of telephone connections stood at 1,002.05 million, of which 975.78 million connections were wireless or mobile.

ANSWER: United States

Explanation:
As per the statement made by the Ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE) the MoU signed on June 30 by US Ambassador Richard Verma and MNRE Secretary Upendra Tripathi, is part of a new initiative under the US-India 'Partnership to Advance Clean Energy (PACE)' that combines the resources of several US agencies and Indian ministries.

ANSWER: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam

Explanation:
Former President of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam on 9 July 2015 launched the Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyan (RAA) in New Delhi. The Abhiyan aims to inculcate a spirit of inquiry, creativity and love for Science and Mathematics in school children.

ANSWER: Kagiso Rabada

Explanation:
South African bowler Kagiso Rabada achieved this feat against Bangladesh. Bangladesh spinner Taijul Islam was the first debutant to take an ODI hat-trick. He achieved the feat in 2014.

ANSWER: Uttarakhand

Explanation:
With this, Uttarakhand became first Indian state to install a system that can detect earthquakes and disseminate warnings.

ANSWER: Ufa

Explanation:
The Russian city Ufa in Bashkortostan hosted the 7th BRICS Summit.

ANSWER: Kyrgyzstan

Explanation:
PM Narendra Modi remarked that this was his first visit to Central Asia, and a statue of Mahatma Gandhi had been unveiled in two countries, during this visit.

ANSWER: Goa

Explanation:
The first ISAES was organised way back in 1963 at Cape Town, and the last one (11th) at Edinburgh, with the Symposium traversing through Oslo, Madison, Adelaide, Cambridge, Tokyo, Siena, Wellington, Potsdam and Santa Barbara.

ANSWER: Haryana

Explanation:
In Haryana, the Gurgaon Police launched a new initiative known as ‘UDAAN’, an employment linked skill training program for under privileged youth. As many as 60 people would be trained in hospitality in the first batch of ‘UDAAN’.

ANSWER: NABARD

Explanation:
The state - run National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, NABARD has set a target of providing 30,000 crore rupees as credit to farmers for irrigation over the next three years. This funding will be in addition to the government’s recent announcement of providing 50,000 crore rupees of loans to farmers over the next five years under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana.

ANSWER: Serena Williams

Explanation:
In the final in London on 11th July’15, Serena Williams defeated 21-year old Garbine Muguruza of Spain.

ANSWER: Sumit Nagal

Explanation:
Youngster Sumit Nagal entered the history books as only sixth Indian to win a Grand Slam junior title after winning the boys doubles trophy at the Wimbledon championships with partner Nam Hoang Ly.

ANSWER: Leander Paes and Martina Hingis

Explanation:
Leander Paes clinched his 16th Grand Slam trophy, winning the mixed doubles event of the Wimbledon Championship with legendary Martina Hingis by defeating Alexander Peya and Timea Babos.

ANSWER: Novak Djokovic

Explanation:
Novak Djokovic won the third Wimbledon title by defeating Roger Federer.

ANSWER: ISRO

Explanation:
The website of Indian Space Research Organisation's commercial arm Antrix was hacked. The home page of the Antrix Corporation Limited website seems to have been hacked as per the statement made by the ISRO official.

ANSWER: Hyderabad to Tirupati

Explanation:
Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju inaugurated the first commercial flight of TruJet, promoted by a group of investors including Tollywood actor Ram Charan Teja.

ANSWER: 40

Explanation:
The apex court's order came after the MP government gave its consent to transfer investigation of all Vyapam - related cases from the Special Investigation Team and the Special Task Force to the CBI.

ANSWER: Tajikistan

Explanation:
The bust of Gurudev Rabindranath Thakur was unveiled at Bukhoro Square in Dushanbe on 13th Jult’15.

ANSWER: Foreign Exchange Rules

Explanation:
Earlier, the apex court had issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Mallya's plea against the Delhi High Court order turning down his appeal for quashing criminal proceedings in a trial court for alleged wilful disobedience of summons issued to him by the ED. The ED had alleged that Mallya violated the provisions of Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) in arranging funds to advertise his liquor products abroad over a decade ago.

ANSWER: Jammu - Srinagar National Highway

Explanation:
The tunnel is being built on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway will be opened for general traffic in July 2016. It will reduce the distance between the two cities by 30 kms. The 9.2 km tunnel is part of 286km long four laning project of the Jammu - Srinagar National Highway.

ANSWER: It developed wide cracks.

Explanation:
No explanation is available for this question!

ANSWER: Skill India Campaign

Explanation:
On that day Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the National Skill Development Mission and will unveil the new National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.