Current Affairs Quiz 102 - July, 2013 1. Finance Minister has announced VCES scheme, under which the minimum amount to be paid before 31 Aug, 2013 is 50% of the total service tax due and rest of amount to be paid by June, 2014 by the different companies, due for large sum of service tax. Expand VCES. (a) Variable Compliance Encouragement Scheme (b) Voluntary Compliance Encouragement Scheme (c) Voluntary Complementary Encouragement Scheme (d) Variable Complementary Encouragement Scheme (e) None of these 2. As per new National Food security bill, minimum 05 Kg of rice, wheat and coarse cereals per month per person at a fix price will be provided to 67% of the total population by the Indian Government. What rate has been fixed for wheat per kg? (a) Rs. 2 (b) Rs. 1 (c) Rs. 3 (d) Rs. 4 (e) None of these 3. Recently, in a military coup in Egypt, the first democratically elected president has been sacked and taken in custody. What is his name? (a) Abdel Mahmud (b) Ahmed Fahmy (c) Adly Mansour (d) Mohamed Morsy (e) None of these 4. Where is USA infamous Guantanamo Bay prison situated? It was recently in news for forced feeding to Muslim inmates. (a) Cuba (b) Panama (c) El-Ecuador (d) Bolivia (e) None of these 5. Which of the following person is credited to invent Computer Mouse, has also recently died? (a) Steve Jobs (b) Carls Jonathan (c) Douglas Carl Engelbart (d) Simmon Carte (e) None of these 6. Who has been sworn as the interim president of Egypt, after the removal of Mohamed Morsy in a military coup? (a) Ahmed Fahmy (b) Adly Mansour (c) Abdel Ahmed (d) Mohamed El-Baradei (e) None of these 7. Which entity has been appointed as legal-technical consultant of the strategic TAPI pipeline project, which will transport gas from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India? (a) World Bank (b) IMF (c) Asian Development Bank (d) European Union (e) None of these 8. Who has been nominated as the chairman of the newly formed US-India General Aviation Working Group (GAWG)? (a) Vivek Lall (b) Amit Sahay (c) Mirudul Sen (d) S bagacchi (e) None of these 9. Who has been sworn in as the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands? (a) Tejendra Singh (b) AK Singh (c) Anand Prakash (d) MK Rai (e) None of these 10. Which bank has been awarded three awards in IPE BSFI awards 2013 in three categories which are ‘Best Bank in PSU sector’, ‘Best Bank in Rural outreach’ and ‘Best CSR practices’? (a) SBI (b) Canara Bank (c) United Bank of India (d) Indian Overseas Bank (e) None of these Answers:- 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. B 10.D
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