Q 800. As per the data released by the Agriculture Ministry, what is the total area that has been covered till date (18th July’15) as against 346 lakh hectares at this time last year?
A. 450 lakh hectare
B. 563 lakh hectare
C. 132 lakh hectare
D. 245 lakh hectare
ANSWER: B. 563 lakh hectare
Crops sowing data released by the Agriculture Ministry reveals that the total area of over 563 lakh hectare has been covered till date as against 346 lakh hectare at this time last year. Rice has been sown in over 132-lakh hectare, which is about six-lakh hectare more than last year. About 56 lakh hectare area has been covered under the cultivation of pulses which is more than double of the sown area under the crop last year.
Q 801. Nelson Mandela Day is observed on ______.
A. 17th July
B. 17th August
C. 18th July
D. 19th September
ANSWER: C. 18th July
Nelson Mandela International Day (or Mandela Day) is an annual international day in honour of Nelson Mandela, celebrated each year on 18 July, Mandela's birthday. The day was officially declared by the United Nations in November 2009, with the first UN Mandela Day held on 18 July 2010.
Q 802. Name the president of Bolivia’s Football Federation who has been arrested as part of a corruption inquiry?
A. Charles Lindsay
B. Albert Suarez
C. Alberto Lozada
D. Carlos Chavez
ANSWER: D. Carlos Chavez
Carlos Chavez is also the treasurer of the South American Football Confederation, Conmebol. He is accused of alleged corruption in the management of resources. Bolivia began investigating its football federation after a major corruption scandal broke out involving the sport's world governing body FIFA.
Q 803. In which city of Tamil Nadu state, the first Regional Vocational Training Institute RVTI has been started?
A. Tiruchirapalli
B. Chidambaram
C. Coimbatore
D. Salem
ANSWER: A. Tiruchirapalli
The RVTIs are being established all over the country by central government’s Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. There are till now 11 RVTIs all over India including Tura, Hissar, Jaipur, Kolkata, Bangalore, Mumbai and the twelth one has been started now in Trichy.
Q 804. Name the country that has released Indian national held for alleged terror links in July month.
A. Pakistan
B. Sri Lanka
C. China
D. Bangladesh
ANSWER: C. China
Rajiv Mohan Kulshrestha, who travelled along with 19 other foreigners from Gift of the Givers, a South African charity, was taken into custody at Ordos’s in China’s Inner Mongolia province on July 10 for allegedly watching videos of a banned terror group in their hotel rooms.
Q 805. What is the main reason to scrap the CLT20 competition by the Governing Council (GC) of the Champions League Twenty 20 (CLT20) on 15th July’15?
A. Match Fixing Issues
B. Withdrawal by Teams
C. Two teams of IPL suspended by Supreme Court
D. Limited public following
ANSWER: D. Limited public following
As the championship has been scrapped, the 2015 CLT20, scheduled for September and October, will not go ahead as planned. The GC consists of representatives of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Cricket South Africa (CSA) and Cricket Australia (CA). CLT20 is an annual international Twenty20 cricket competition played between the top domestic teams from major cricketing nations and was launched in 2008 with the first edition held in October 2009.
Q 806. Name the Indian American woman honoured as Champions of Change by the White House of United States (US) on 16thJuly’15?
A. Anjali Khanna
B. Sunita Williams
C. Paridhi Mohan
D. Sunita Viswanath
ANSWER: D. Sunita Viswanath
She was selected for her work to encourage Hindus to take care of the environment. She was among 12 other faith leaders who were awarded for their efforts in protecting environment and communities from the effects of climate change.
Q 807. On 16th July’15 Hellenic Parliament of Greece gave its nod to the European Union mandated austerity related legislative measures. How many members voted in favor of the legislation against the strength of 300?
A. 253
B. 282
C. 229
D. 292
ANSWER: C. 229
Out of total 300 strength of the unicameral legislature, the legislation was approved with 229 votes in favor, 64 against and six abstentions and won the support of three pro-European opposition parties. The approval of legislation by the Parliament gives much needed relief to Greece as people have been reeling under severe capital controls as their ATM withdrawals limited to 60 euro per day and banks and the stock exchange shut since 29 June 2015.
Q 808. After how many years of service to the nation, INS Astravahini, indigenously built Torpedo launch and recovery vessel (TLRV) was decommissioned on 16th July’15?
A. 15 years
B. 22 years
C. 29 years
D. 31 years
ANSWER: D. 31 years
It was commissioned in Indian Navy in 1984 at Visakhapatnam.
It was commissioned in Indian Navy in 1984 at Visakhapatnam.
Q 809. In how many states the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 16th July 2015 approved the creation of an intra state transmission system?
A. Seven
B. Nine
C. Eleven
D. Fifteen
ANSWER: A. Seven
The seven states include Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. In this seven states, activities envisaged under the project includes establishment of 48 new Grid sub-stations of different voltage levels with total transformation capacity around 17100 MVA (Mega Volt Ampere) by installing over 7800 ckt-kms (Circuit Kilometers) of transmission lines.
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