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1) Which university in India will introduce a chapter on the contribution of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar to the Constitution? Answer: Karnataka State Open University 3) Which are the three new high courts constitute in India? Answer: Meghalaya, Manipur & Tripura 5) Which is the highest gallantry award in India? Answer: Param Vir Chakra 1. Which team won the Vijay Hazare trophy 2013? Answer. Delhi 2. Name the Venezuelan President who died recently? Answer. Hugo Chavez 3. Who won the Celebrity Cricket League 2013? Answer. Karnataka Bulldozers 11. Who won the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix? Answer. Sebastian Vettel 12. Which are the two elements that added to the Periodic Table recently? Answer. Flerovium and Livermorium 13. Who was crowned the Femina Miss India World 2013? Answer. Navneet Kaur Dhilon 14. Who won the Miss India International 2013? Answer. Zoya Arfoz 15. Who is the Chairman of National Innovation Council in India? Answer. Sam Pitroda 17. Name the personalities who have launched global sim card „Jaxtr SIM‟ for international travelers: Answer. Sabeer Bhatia and Yogesh Patel 18. When is the First International Happiness Day celebrated? Answer. 20th March 2013 19. Who is chosen for Saraswati Samman award 2013? Answer. Sugathakumari 20. Which Indian state made Malayalam must for its government jobs? Answer. Kerala 23. Who was named „Sportsperson of the year‟ by Tata Steel for her achievements on the occasion of 174th birth anniversary of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata? Answer. Deepika Kumari 24. Who won the inaugural Physics Journalism Prize sponsored by the Institute of Physics and Science and Technology Facilities Council? Anil Ananthaswamy 25. Who was sworn in as Kenya‟s 4th president? Answer. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta 3 26. Which former British Prime Minister popularly known as the „Iron Lady‟ passed away on April 8? Answer. Margaret Thatcher. Note: She was the longest serving British prime minister (1979-1990) of the 20th century and is the only woman to have held the office. 27. Who is appointed as Prime Minister of Lebanon? Answer. Tamam Salam 28. Which country will host ICC World T20 2014? Answer. Bangladesh 30. Who is appointed as President of International Chamber of Commerce? Answer. Rajan Bharti Mittal 31. Who is elected as president of Paraguay? Answer. Horacio Cartes 32. Who is the lady popularly known as "Human Computer", she died on 21st April 2013? Answer. Shakuntala Devi 34. Who won the Prestigious Templeton Prize 2013? Answer. Desmond Tutu. Note: South Africa‟s Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has won “2013 Templeton Prize” for his lifelong work in promoting love and forgiveness. 37. Who got the Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2012? _Answer. Hindi film actor Pran Krishan Sikand got the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2012. The 93 year old actor, popularly known as Pran, will be the 44th recipient of the top most film award in India. 4
Answer. Nicolas Maduro 39. India‟s first and only Women Chief Election Commissioner ……………. passed away recently? Answer. Ramadevi 40. The 2013 SAARC literature festival was hosted by which place? Answer. Agra 41. The President of Bangladesh who passed away recently? Answer. Zillur Rahman 44. World Water Day was observed on: Answer. March 22 45. World Tuberculosis Day was observed on: Answer. March 24 48. The president of Egypt who visited India recently? Answer. Mohamed Morsi 49. The renowned African novelist and author of „Things Fall Apart‟ who passed away recently? _Answer. Chinua Achebe 50. Who is appointed as India‟s new permanent representative to the United Nations? Answer. Asoke Kumar Mukerji 51. Who has been appointed as the chairman of Lalit Kala Academy? Answer. Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty 52. Who are the three personalities recently selected by the Indian Parliamentary Group for the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award? Answer. Arun Jaitley (2010), Karan Singh (2011) and Sharad Yadav (2012) 53. Who is the richest person of the world, as per the ranking released by the Forbes Magazine? Answer. Carlos Slim (Mexico) 5 54. The famous Kathakali artist and Padmabhushan recipient who passed away recently? Answer. Kalamandalam Ramankutty Nair 55. Which team won the recently held Santosh Trophy Football tournament? Answer. Services 57. Which Indian Research Centre has announced that it is currently developing the largest magnet in the World? Answer. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. The magnet, weighing 50,000 tonnes, is being developed for the Neutrino Observatory to be set up in Tamilnadu.
Answer. K. Natwar Singh 59. The president of India was the Chief Guest at the Independence Day celebrations of …………….. on March 2012. Answer. Mauritius 60. Who has been elected as the new Pope of the Catholic Church? Answer. Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina. He has chosen the name „Francis‟. 61. India‟s first indigenously developed subsonic cruise missile: Answer. Nirbhay. The test firing of the missile on March 12 achieved partial success. 62. …………. was selected as the best feature film for the 60th National Film Awards? Answer. Paan Singh Tomar (Hindi) directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia 63. Which state assembly has started year long celebrations to mark 50 years of its inception? Answer. Goa 64. Who has been appointed as the President of the People‟s Republic of China? Answer. Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang has been appointed as the country‟s new Prime Minister. 65. Who has been elected as the new chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)? Answer. S. Gopalakrishnan 66. The Indian who has been appointed as the World Editor of the Time Magazine? Answer. Bobby Ghosh, He is the first non American World Editor in TIME‟s history. 67. The current winners of Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament? Answer. Australia 68. Who scored the fastest debut century test cricket? Answer. Shikhar Dhawan 69. Which Malayalam film bagged the National award for the best film on social issues? Answer. Spirit, directed by Renjith 6 70. The world‟s largest biogas plant has been inaugurated in? Answer. Finland, It has a capacity of 140 MW. 71. Which state celebrated its foundation day as Utkal Divas on April 1? Answer. Odisha. Note: It was established as a province in the British India on April 1, 1936.
Answer. Dadri, Uttar Pradesh 73. The 5th BRICS summit was recently held at: Answer. Durban, South Africa (March 26-27). Note: The member states of BRICS are Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
Answer. U.R Rao, He is the first Indian to get this rare honour. 75. The Supreme Court of India rejected the plea of the Swiss based drug company …………… to patent the cancer drug called Glivec. Answer. Novartis 78. Malala Yousafzai has recently signed a deal to publish her autobiography titled ………….. Answer. I Am Malala 80. In which state has the NTPC decided to set up India‟s first geothermal plant? Answer. Chhattisgarh 84. …………… has been declared as the first e-district in Kerala? Answer. Ernakulam 87. India‟s new stock exchange, …………. Started trading shares on February 11. Answer. MCX-Stock Exchange (MCX-SX) Note: MCX stands for Multi Commodity Exchange. This is India‟s third national level stock exchange, after Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE). 88. The code name given to the entire plan of the execution of Afsal Guru, the parliament attack convict: Answer. Operation Three Star 89. The Ministry of Forests and Environment of India has given clearance to the Tawang Hydroelectric Project Phase II. In which state is the project situated? Answer. Arunachal Pradesh 90. The Special Olympics World Winter Games was held from Jan 29 to Feb 5 in: Answer. Pyeong Chang, South Korea. 91. World‟s tallest Mahatma Gandhi statue was unveiled on Feb 15 in: Answer. Patna, Bihar 92. Which Indian economist has recently received France‟s highest civilian award, „Commandeur de la Legion d‟Honneur‟ (Legion of Honour)? Answer. Amartya Sen 95. Who has taken over as the new Chairman of NASSCOM (National Association of Software Services Companies)? Answer. Krishnakumar Natarajan 96. Which company launched the electric car named e2o? Answer. Mahindra & Mahindra 97. India started Visa on Arrival (VoA) facility from April 1 for the senior citizens of which neighboring country? Answer. Pakistan 98. NPHCE, the newly launched programme by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare stands for: Answer. National Programme for the Health Care of the Elderly. 99. Which Booker prize winning novelist and screenwriter known for the novel „Heat and Dust‟ passed away recently? Answer. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. 100. Who has created history by becoming the first Indian on a solo non-stop trip across the world in a sail boat? Answer. Lieutenant Commander Abhilash Tomy 101. Miss Universe 2012 is: Answer. Olivia Culpo 102. The recipient of Bharath Muni Samman 2012 is: Ans. Hema Malini 103. Pranab Mukherjee: The All Season Man was written by whom? Answer. Sukhendu Sekar Ray 104. The new Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh is: Answer. Virbhadra Singh 105. The Director of Film „Life of Pi‟? Answer. Ang Lee 106. The new Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is: Answer. Ranjit Sinha 107. The new Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF) is: Answer. Subash Joshi 108. „Controversially Yours‟ was written by: Answer. Shuhaib Aktar 109. „Broken Republic‟ was written by: Answer. Arundhati Roy 110. I.K Gujral‟s autobiography is: Answer. Matters of Discretion 112. At which location, India‟s first all Women Post Office was recently inaugurated? Answer. New Delhi 113. Which was the theme for „International Women‟s Day 2013‟? Answer. „A Promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women.‟ 9 114. Which Indian was awarded SAARC Literature Award in 2013? Answer. Abhay. K 115. Recently, which state government has announced a new scheme called Kanyasri Prakalpa, to encourage girls towards higher education? Answer. West Bengal 116. Recently, who was re-elected for a second term as IAEA Chief? Answer. Yukiya Amano 118. Who is selected for the prestigious Jnanpith award for the year 2012? Answer. Ravuri Bharadhwaja for his contributions to Telugu literature |