Q 323. Who has been appointed as the Head of Defence Research and Development Organisation?
A. Dr. S Christopher
B. Dr. G.S. Reddy
C. Dr. S Srikanth
D. Dr. P Reddy
ANSWER: A. Dr. S Christopher.
Christopher was presently Distinguished Scientist and Programme Director (airborne early warning and control system) and Director, Centre for Air-Borne Systems in the DRDO. He is known as the man behind the CABS AEW&C project.
Q 324. Who has been appointed as the Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar?
A. Dr. Sudershan Kumar
B. Shri Manoj Bali
C. Dr. G S Reddy
D. None of these
ANSWER: C. Dr. G S Reddy
GS Reddy is an eminent DRDO scientist known for leading the Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) programme.
Q 325. From which day Service tax will go up to 14%?
A. 31st May’15
B. 30th May’15
C. 1st June’15
D. 2nd June’15
ANSWER: C. 1st June’15
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget had proposed to raise service tax from 12.36 per cent, including education cess, to 14 per cent. The tax is levied on all services, except a small negative list. Some of the key services that will attract higher tax and hence become costlier are railways, airlines, banking, insurance, mobile, advertising, architecture, construction, credit cards, event management and tour operators.
Q 326. In the new Income Tax Return (ITR) form, the government has dropped the controversial provision for ________.
A. Mandatory disclosure of foreign trips
B. Mandatory disclosure of dormant bank accounts
C. Mandatory disclosure of Households
D. Madatory disclosure of Vehicles
ANSWER: A. Mandatory disclosure of foreign trips and B.) Mandatory disclosure of dormant bank accounts.
In the new forms, the government has dropped the controversial provision for mandatory disclosure of foreign trips and dormant bank accounts. The Finance Ministry in a statement said, the forms - ITR 2 and ITR 2A - will have only three pages and other details will have to be filled in schedules. At present individuals having income from capital gains are required to file Form ITR-2 but it was noticed that majority of individuals who file it do not have capital gains.
Q 327. On 31st May’15, who has given assent to re-promulgation of land ordinance?
A. President of India
B. Vice-President of India
C. Speaker of Lok Sabha
D. Speaker of Rajya Sabha
ANSWER: A. President of India.
On 30th May’15 the Cabinet had approved re-promulgation of the ordinance, which was to expire on 3rd of next month. Land bill is currently with the Joint Committee of Parliament for detailed discussion on the provisions of the controversial legislation.
Q 328. India has decided to buy only 36 Rafale fighter jets scrapping the earlier plan to acquire 126 aircraft on grounds of huge cost. From which country India is buying Rafale fighter jets?
A. Russia
B. United States
C. Germany
D. France
ANSWER: D. France
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said that the previous UPA government's deal for 126 Rafales was too expensive and it would have hampered other modernisation plans of the Indian military. Parrikar termed the deal "economically unviable". He added, the deal would have required around Rs 1.3 lakh crore over a period of 10-11 years.
Q 329. Which country has launched a mobile app to kindle interest in and help young children understand Tamil language, one of the four official languages of the city state?
A. Sri Lanka
B. Indonesia
C. Singapore
D. India
ANSWER: C. Singapore
The "Arumbu" app was launched at the opening of the 14th Tamil Internet Conference on 30thMay’15, which is being attended by 150 Tamil speaking delegates from Singapore and 200 from 10 countries.
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