Sports Current Affairs april,2013
Sabine Lisicki and Mona Barthel won the women’s doubles
title at the WTA
Porsche Grand Prix 2013
World champion Viswanathan Anand beats Chinese champion
Ding Liren and
jumped to sixth spot
Chris Gayle, the West Indies opener, hit the fastest
ever century in the history
of cricket during IPL
Prayag Chauhan won Gold Medal at ASBC Asian
Confederation Junior Boxing
Championships on 22 April 2013
ICC Test Rankings released Pujara and Ashwin are the
only Two Indians
among Top-10
Adam Scott won the 77th Version of Augusta Masters Golf
championship on 14
April 2013.
Jamjang Deru won silver in the 50 kg boys’ category at
Tashkent, in the world
youth weightlifting championships 2013.
Serena Williams won the Family Circle Cup,2013, by
defeating Jelena Jankovic
in three sets of the final match.
Andy Murray won the ATP Miami Masters 2013 by defeating
Spanish third
seed David Ferrer .
World No. 1 Serena Williams won Miami masters open
Tennis Tournament for
record sixth time in Key Biscayne.
Current Affairs Current Affairs april,2013
The 3rd Ministerial Meeting of the Istanbul Process was
held in Almaty on 26
April 2013
On 29 April 2013 Government of Goa launched Digital
Krishi Card for Farmers
On 29 April 2013 Bharti Airtel Introduced Flat Roaming Rates
for its African
Customers
India and Saudi Arabia decided to set up a joint
working group to address the
Nitaqat law on 28 April 2013
The State Government approved to start an International
School of Music in
kerala
Researchers from Max Planck Institute for Informatics
in Germany developed
New Keyboard Called KALQ to Beat QWERTY
India has cut down the import of crude oil from Iran by
over 26.5 per cent in the
financial year 2012-13
The unemployment rate in Spain reached new record of
27.2 percent
The Union Finance Minister launched medi claim facility
for the farmers
holding Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) on 24 April 2013
The largest biogas plant of the world inaugurated in
Finland
The Union Government of India and the Government of UAE
signed an MoU
on Air Services to Enhance Weekly Seat Capacity on 24
April 2013
The Union Minister for Commerce, Industry and Textiles
,Anand Sharma
launched 21 New Textile Parks on 23 April 2013
On 9 April 2013 Nokia Launched the Cheapest Handset,
Nokia 105 in Indian
Markets.
Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Infocom had signed an
agreement for
International Bandwidth on 23 April 2013
On 22 April 2013 Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) and
Videocon Industries
discovered the fourth huge natural gas reserve in the
offshore Mozambique
block in Africa
O n 22 April 2013 Union Government of India approved 13
Power Projects and
25 Oil & Gas Blocks
Ahmadabad became the first city in South Asia to launch
a Heat Action Plan
(HAP) on 16 April 2013.
On 18 April 2013 Twitter launched a new music app
called "#Music"
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, approved a
total allocation of
12000 crore rupees for Bihar during Current 5 YearPlan.
The Vice-President of India, Hamid Ansari visited
Tajikistan agreed on
strengthening the ties between the two countries
The Supreme Court cancelled 49 mine leases in Karnataka
On 17 April 2013 World Hemophilia Day was observed.
On 16th Annual Global CEO survey: Mahatma Gandhi
figured among the Top
Three Leaders of the World.
Researchers from Duisburg-Essen, Germany discovered
“Red Wood ants” can
sense earthquakes even before it Hits.
The 66th Himachal Day was held at the historic Dhalpur
Ground at Kullu.
India and Malta signed the New DTAA (The Double
Taxation Avoidance
Agreement) at Valetta, Malta on 8 April 2013 .
Pakistan successfully test-fired the nuclear-capable
Hatf-IV ballistic missile on
10 April 2013.
Yamaha, the Japanese two-wheeler company announced to
develop cheapest
motorcycle of the world in India.
The Madhya Pradesh government decided to declare
Malkhamb as the State
Sport.
Yamaha ,Japanese two-wheeler Manufacturer Company
announced setting up of
its fifth global research and development Centre in
India.
Kawasaki Ninja 300 launched in India at Rs 3.5 lakh.
The world’s largest private yacht, named Azzam Launched
by German Shipyard
on 5 April.
On 8 April 2013 Odisha decided to set up the first
public health university in
India
India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) signed a
Memorandum of
Understanding with Government of India for the year
2013-14
On 8 April 2013 Krishnakumar Natarajan, CEO and
Director of Mindtree was
appointed as the Chairman of Nasscom.
The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee was invited to
be the chief guest at
the 45th Independence Day celebrations of Mauritius.
On 2 April 2013 Infosys signed a five-year agreement
with a European Energy
Trading House.
The Minister of Culture Chandresh Kumari Katoch,
inaugurated the Tagore
Centre for Global Thought at London.
On 2 April 2013 The National Thermal Power Corporation
Ltd signed three
loan agreements worth 1870 crore Rupees with three Banks.
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd and Reliance Communications
on 2 April 2013
signed a 1200 crore Rupees definitive agreement .
The National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd (NTPC) and
Ministry of Power
(MOP) signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the
Financial Year 2013-
14.
The President of Egypt Mohamed Morsy was visited India
at end of march 2013
for accompanying his senior ministers as well as business
delegation.
For the first time in 2012-13 The production of eight
core sector industries
decreased by 2.5 percent in the month of February 2013
For the First Time in Pakistan, Two Tribal Women to
file the nominations for
general elections.
G.V. Prasad, Son-in-Law of Founder Anji Reddy,
Appointed as Chief Executive
Officer of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories
India Post decided to establish third Automated Mail
Processing Centre, in
Hyderabad.
The Eighth Session of the India-Yemen Joint Committee
meeting was held in
New Delhi on march 2013.
Environment Current Affairs april,2013
The scientists from the Royal Netherlands
Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
explained about recent study that the reason for
expansion of sea ice of
Antarctica is climate change.
Personalities Current Affairs april,2013
Sailendra Nath Roy, Indian Guinness World Record holder
passed away
Takehiko Nakao The Former Vice Minister of Finance for
International Affairs
of Japan was appointed as the President of the Asian
Development Bank (ADB)
Trinamool Congress MP Ambica Banerjee passed away at 86
Legendary singer, Shamshad Begum Died at 94
Narasimhan Ravi, the director of Kasturi and Sons
Limited was elected as the
president of Editors Guild of India on 23 April 2013
Legendary singer Shamshad Begum died at 94
The Renowned violinist and composer Lalgudi Jayaraman
died at 82
Narendra Kumar Became the Managing Director of
Indraprastha Gas Ltd (IGL)
on 22 April 2013.
The Former Chief Justice of India :Justice JS Verma
died
Aruna Bahuguna, Senior IPS Officer became the first
women Special Director
General of CRPF.
KP Bhaskar, The Indian classical dance maestro passed
away.
Former Governor of Karnataka, V.S. Ramadevi Passed away
at 79.
Britain's six-time Olympic gold medal winner Chris Hoy
to retire .
Dr Hilary Koprowski, a Polish researcher who developed
the first successful oral
vaccination for polio died at age of 96.
Sania Mirza Became one of the Vice-Presidents of Indian
Tennis Players
Association (ITPA)
Uhuru Kenyatta Became the fourth president of Kenya on
9 April 2013.
Rajan Bharti Mittal was appointed as the President of
International Chamber of
Commerce (ICC) India.
Honours And Awards Current Affairs april,2013
Yash Chopra to be honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke
Academy Award 2013
The Telgu writer Ravuri Bharadwaja selected for the
prestigious Jnanpith
Award 2012
JAMMU&KASHMIR Bank won the prestigious FE India’s
Best Banks Award-
2012-13 on 26 March 2013
Technology Current Affairs april,2013
Spice launches 5-inch Smart Flo Pace 2 Android
smartphone at Rs 6,999
The Samsung Galaxy S4 to be launched in India on April
25; MRP will be
around Rs 42,000.
Culture Current Affairs april,2013
President Pranab Mukherjee dedicated Siddheshwar Dham
Temple to the
Nation
Astronomy Current Affairs april,2013
Scientists discovered a new giant galaxy called HFLS3
in the Universe which is
12.8 Billion light years away from Earth.
World History Current Affairs april,2013
The Sulabh International Museum of Toilets in the Palam
area of Delhi entered
the List of Top 10 Weird museums of the world
Business Current Affairs april,2013
Volkswagen launches latest version of Polo GT TSI in
India at 7.99 lakh
Books And Authors Current Affairs april,2013
The Vice-President of India released a book titled ‘A
Leaf turns Yellow’ : the
Sufis of Awadh
The Person who on 1 April 2013 took over charge as the
secretary of the
Department of Telecommunications (DoT)- M F Farooqui
• The bank which had won the prestigious FE India’s Best
Banks Award-2012-13
in recognition of its strong fundamentals and dynamic
growth model- J&K Bank
• The Day declared by United Nations General Assembly as
the World Autism
Awareness Day- 2 April
• The Place where Olive Crown Awards 2013 took place on 1
April 2013-
Mumbai
• The Minister of Culture, who on 2 April 2013
inaugurated the Tagore Centre
for Global Thought at India Institute of King’s College,
London- Chandresh
Kumari Katoch
• Oscar Winning Screenplay Writer, who died in New York
on 3 April 2013-
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
• The person who on 4 April 2013 was appointed as the new
director of the stateowned
Oil and Natural Gas Corp’s (ONGC) Exploration- Narendra
Kumar
Verma
• The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Critic for Chicago Sun-Times
who died at the age
of 70 years on 4 April 2013 at Rehabilitation Institute
of Chicago- Roger Ebert
• Padma Shree Awardee and a renowned epigraphist and
numismatist who died
at his residence in Kolkata on 4 April 2013- Bratindra
Nath Mukherjee
• The co-founder and Executive Co-Chairman of Infosys,
who on 5 April 2013
was elected as the President of the industry body (CII)
for the year 2013-14- S
Gopalakrishnan
• The Country where SAARC Ministerial Level Meet on
Poverty concluded on 5
April 2013- Nepal
• The city where 2 day International Workshop on Green
National Accounting
for India Concluded on 6 April 2013- New Delhi
• The Hospitality Group which was conferred with the
National Award for
Excellence in Hospitality Education 2011-12 on 5 April
2013- Lalit Suri
Hospitality Group
• The person who became the first Indian to
Circumnavigate Globe Solo and
Non-Stop on a sail boat- Lt Cdr Abhilash Tomy
• The Former British Prime Minister and Iron Lady of
Britain who died at the
age of 87 following a stroke on 8 April 2013- Margaret
Thatcher
• The Person who was appointed as the new chairman of the
NASSCOM for its
the Executive Council for 2013-14- Krishnakumar Natarajan
• The place where the 2013 Times of India Film Awards
(TOIFA) ceremony took
place on 6 April 2013- BC Place, Vancouver
• The Person who was sworn-in as the Fourth President of
Kenya on 9 April
2013- Uhuru Kenyatta
• The Electric utilities company which was conferred with
the Business Leader in
the Power Sector at the NDTV Business Leadership Awards
in New Delhi on 9
April 2013- NTPC Ltd
• The nuclear-capable Missile which was successfully
test-fired by Pakistan on 10
April 2013. - Hatf-IV ballistic missile
• The day which was observed as National Safe Motherhood
day across India -11
April 2013
• The Person who was appointed as the Chairman of the
Asian Forum of
Parliamentarians on population and Development on 11
April 2013 at Bangkok-
PJ Kurien
• The Legendary Actor who was awarded with Bollywood’s
Highest Honour
Dada Saheb Phalke Award on 12 April 2013- Pran
• The anti-British revolutionary, considered to be the
last remaining link to subcontinent
decessive past died at Kolkata at the age of 104 years -
Binod Bihari
Chowdhary
• The Palestinian Prime Minister who resigned on 13 April
2013 after falling out
with president Mahmud Abbas- Salam Fayyad
• The Indian Politician who was unanimously re-elected as
the national President
of Janata Dal (United) for third time in a row, on 14
April 2013- Sharad Yadav
• The Person who was declared the winner of Venezuela's
presidential election on
14 April 2013- Nicolas Maduro
• The Indian-Origin Economist who Won John Bates Clark
Medal For 2013-
Raj Chetty
• The Person who as per the 16th Annual Global CEO
survey, was figured among
the top three most admired leaders of the world- Mahatma
Gandhi
• The International Newspaper which had won four Pulitzer
Prizes on 15 April
2013, including the award for investigative reporting for
stories- New York
Times
• The Person who took over as the Managing Director of
Centre for Railway
Information Systems (CRIS) on 16 April 2013- Sunil Kumar
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
2) Which education and learning division announced its
partnership with Big Bazaar to market their
learning products in their stores across India?
Answer: HCL Infosystems Limited
3) Name the Nehru fellowship recipient Archaeologist who
died recently.
Answer: Ranganatha Rao
4) 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
6) On which date the United Nation celebrated the first
ever “International day of Happiness”?
Answer: 20th march
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
4. Who won the WGC Cadillac Championship 2013?
Answer. Tiger Woods
5. Who is sworn in as the new governor of Bihar?
Answer. DY Patil
6. Who is sworn in as the new governor of Tripura?
Answer. Devanand Konwar
7. Who is sworn in as the new governor of Kerala?
Answer. Nikhil Kumar
8. Who is sworn in as the new governor of Odisha?
Answer. SC Jamir
9. Who is sworn in as the new governor of Nagaland?
Answer. Ashwani Kumar, He was the former Director of the
CBI.
10. Who is honoured with Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
recently?
Answer. Ela Bhatt, founder of the Self Employed Women‟s
Association (SEWA), was presented with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and
Development for the year 2011 by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee. 2
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
16. Who is the present Chief Justice of Orissa high
court?
Answer. Chokalingam Nagappan
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
21. Who is named as world‟s richest footballer with a net
worth of $260 Million?
Answer. David Beckham
22. Where in China 48 metre high Buddha statue was built?
Answer. Xingzi County of Jiujiang City
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
29. Who won the gold medal in the men‟s triple jump in
the season opening Indian Grand Prix?
Answer. Renjith Maheswary
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
33. Who developed the world‟s lightest substance
recently?
Answer. Chinese scientists have developed the world‟s
lightest substance “carbon aerogel” with a
density only one sixth of that of the air. Scientists at
Zhejiang University produced the solid material
which has a density of only 0.16 mg/cubic centimetre,
breaking the previous record of the world‟s
lightest material held by graphite aerogel. The graphite
aerogel was developed by German scientists last year with a density of 0.18 mg/cubic centimetre.
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.
35. Rahi Sarnobat won a Gold medal in 25-M Pistol Event
Note: Rahi Sarnobat clinched the first gold for India in
International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)
World Cup in Korea on 5 April 2013. She defeated Kyeongae
Kim 8-6 in 25m pistol final. She is the first pistol shooter from India who won the Gold in World Cup.
36. World Health Day was Celebrated on 7th April.
Note: World Health Day is celebrated every year on April
7, under the sponsorship of the World Health Organization (WHO).
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
38. Who is elected as the President of Venezuela
recently?
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
42. Which are the three North Eastern states where new
High Courts have been set up?
Answer. Tripura, Meghalaya and Manipur
43. World Earth Hour was observed from 8.30PM to 9.30PM
On:
Answer. March 23
44. World Water Day was observed on:
Answer. March 22
45. World Tuberculosis Day was observed on:
Answer. March 24
46. Najib Mikati, who resigned recently was the Prime
Minister of:
Answer. Lebanon
47. The recently announced National Tourism Award 2011-12
for the Best Rural Tourism Project has
been bagged by:
Answer. Kumarakom
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
56. Who has been sworn in as the Chief Minister of
Tripura for the fourth consecutive time?
Answer. Manik Sarkar
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.
58. The newly released Book, “Walking With Lions, Tales
from a Diplomatic Past” is written by:
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.
72. The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)
commissioned its first solar power plant in:
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.
74. The Indian space scientist who has been inducted into
the prestigious Satellite Hall of Fame,
Washington:
Answer. U.R Rao, He is the first Indian to get this rare
honour.
75. The Italian foreign minister who resigned over the
government‟s decision to return the two Italian
marines to India?
Answer. Giulio Terzi
75. The Supreme Court of India rejected the plea of the
Swiss based drug company …………… to patent
the cancer drug called Glivec.
Answer. Novartis
76. Which gulf country has recently enforced the new
labour law named „Nitaqat (Naturalisation)‟,
which affects a huge number of Indians working there?
Answer. Saudi Arabia
77. Sukumari, the veteran film actor who passed away
recently, had made her debut at the age of 10
through the Tamil movie…………..
Answer. Oru Iravu
78. Malala Yousafzai has recently signed a deal to
publish her autobiography titled …………..
Answer. I Am Malala
79. World Autism Awareness Day was observed on:
Answer. April 2
80. In which state has the NTPC decided to set up India‟s
first geothermal plant?
Answer. Chhattisgarh
81. Hamadi Jebali, the Prime Minister of …………., has
resigned after failing to form a non-partisan
government.
Answer. Tunisia
82. The Government of Kerala has recently amended the
Kerala Abkari Act by raising the age for
buying and selling liquor to ………….
Answer. Twenty One. The age limit was previously
eighteen. 7
83. Who was presented with Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, Kerala
Government‟s highest literary honour,
on Feb 18?
Answer. Atoor Ravi Varma
84. …………… has been declared as the first e-district in
Kerala?
Answer. Ernakulam
85. The Kerala State award for the Best feature film was
bagged by the movie ……………
Answer. Celluloid.
Read more about Kerala State Film Awards 2013 Here.
86. Angelo Mathews has been appointed as the captain of
the Cricket team of:
Answer. Srilanka. He replaced Mahela Jayawardene.
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
93. Rafael Correa has been re-elected for a third time as
President of:
Answer. Ecuador
94. World Health Day was observed on:
Answer. April 7
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 8
98. NPHCE, the newly launched programme by the Ministry
of Health & Family Welfare of India 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. Ranjith 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
111. Which country is set to launch first solid fuel
rocket by 2016?
Answer. China
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
117. Recently, which country, the giant Atacama Large
Millimeter/sub millimeter Array (ALMA)
telescope is unveiled?
Answer. Chile
118. Who is selected for the prestigious Jnanpith award
for the year 2012?
Answer. Ravuri Bharadhwaja for his contributions to
Telugu literature.
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