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CURRENT AFFAIRS : 24th July 2013. 1. India has been ranked third in the Global Consumer Confidence Index according to latest survey by the Nielsen. 2. Afghanistan's first and only female governor and a humanitarian worker from the Kachin minority in Myanmar, Habiba Sarabi, is among this year's recipients of the Ramon Magsaysay Award. 3. Ford Motor Company joined the Voluntary India Greenhouse Gas Reporting Programme in India on23 July 2013. Voluntary reporting enables a complete transparency in terms of the carbon dioxide emissions. 4. Former Prime Minister and senior leader of CPN-UML Madhav Kumar Nepal is scheduled to arrive for a five-day official visit to India on Wednesday. 5. Russian pole vault queen and double Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva has announced that she would be retiring after her home World Athletics Championships, which would take place in Moscow in August. 6. A Mumbai court framed charges against actor Salm

1. Today is 106th birth anniversary of fearless revolutionary and freedom fighter Chandrashekhar Azad. 2. Poverty ratio in the country has declined to 21.9 per cent in 2011-12 from 37.2 per cent in 2004-05. 3. India and China are holding the third meeting on border affairs in New Delhi today. 4. Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla has resigned from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) board to avoid any conflict of interest as one of his group firm is in the race for a new banking licence, a company spokesperson said Tuesday. 5. India and Nigeria on 22 July 2013 signed an agreement in Abuja to locate sites for solar power plants in Niger state. 6. Arvind Sharma, the Chairman and CEO of Leo Burnett, India subcontinent was re- electedas the President of Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI). 7. C.P. Srivastava, who was conferred with the Padma Vibhushan in 2009 and the Padma Bhushan in 1972, died on 22 July 2013 in Genoa,

1. Who is the Indian Ambassador to USA? Ans) Ms Nirupama Rao 2. Who will be the next Foreign Secretary of India? Ans) Ms Sujatha Singh 3. Who is the new Home Secretary? Ans) Mr Anil Goswami 4. Who is the new CM of Karnataka? Ans) Mr Siddaramiah 5. Who is Chairperson of National Women Commission? Ans) Ms Mamta Sharma 6. Who is the new chairman of DRDO ? Ans) Mr Avinash Chander 7. Who is the new CM of Meghalaya? Ans) Mr Mukul Sangma 8. Who is the Chief Vigilance Commissioner? Ans) Mr Pradeep Kumar 9. Who is chairman of Press Council of India? Ans) Justice Markandeya Katju 10. Who is the new Railway Minister? Ans) Mr Mallikarjun Kharge 11. Who is the Chief Election Commissioner? Ans) Mr Syed Nasim Ahmed Zaidi 12. Who is the new chairman of IndianBanks Association? Ans) Mr K R Kamath 13. Who is the new CAG? Ans) Mr Shashi Kant Sharma 14. Who is the new Defence Secretary? Ans) Mr R K Mathur 15. Who has been given additional charge of

1. A country ruled by two country – Condominium 2. A dramatic performance – Masque 3. A lady's purse – Reticule 4. A man of odd habits – Eccentric 5. A man who dances to the tunes of his wife – Henpecked 6. A nation engaged in war – Belligerent 7. A person behind time – Antiquated 8. A person who wishes to throw his establishment – Anarchist 9. A place of good climate – Sanatorium 10. A place of washing dishes adjoining kitchen – Scullery

{1} National Development Council (NDC) {2} Planning Commission {3} National Integration Council {4} National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) {5} National Commission for Population Control {6} National Disaster Mangement Authority (NDMA) {7} Council of scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) {8} Department of Space (DoS) {9} Department of Atomic Energy {10} Indian Board of Wild Life {11} Nuclear Command Authority.

1. ALM- Asset Liability Management 2. CCEA – Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs 3. CECA - Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement 4. CEPA – Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement 5. DTAA – Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement 6. ECBs - External Commercial Borrowings 7. EEFC - Exchange Earner's Foreign Currency 8. GIRO - Government Internal Revenue Order 9. FIPB – Foreign Investment Promotion board 10. FSLRC – Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission 11. GAAR - General anti avoidance rule 12. GDR – Global Depository Receipts 13. GSLV - Geo- Synchronous Launch Vehicle 14. IFSC- Indian Financial System Code 15. LAF – Liquidity Adjustment Facility 16. MSF-Marginal Standing Facility 17. NCTC - National Counter- Terrorism Centre 18. NEFT - National Electronic Funds Transfer 19. SWIFT- Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication 20. TIEA – Tax Information exchange Agreement

Multiple Choice 1. The earth emits terrestrial radiation a) only at night b) all the time c) only during winter d) only over the continents 2. If an imbalance occurs between incoming and outgoing energy at the earth's surface a) minimum temperatures occur b) maximum temperatures occur c) temperatures either increase or decrease d) temperatures remain steady 3. Why do atmospheric temperatures decrease with height in the troposphere? a) air at higher levels is too thin b) atmosphere is heated by the ground c) solar radiation is weaker at higher levels d) atmospheric path length is too long 4. Earth is closest to the sun during a) No. hemisphere summer b) No. hemisphere winter c) So. hemisphere winter d) No. hemisphere autumn e) So. hemisphere autumn 5. Most of the solar energy absorbed by planet earth and its atmosphere is absorbed by a) atmospheric gases b) clouds c) atmospheric dust d) the earth's surface 6. T