April 2013 Quiz Collection

April 2013 GK Quiz Collection

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GK Questions

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3481 Which Indian IT Services Company has become the first Indian IT company to get listed on NYSE Euronext London and Paris markets in Feb 2013?

A) Infosys B) TCS C) Wipro D) HCL Technologies 3482 The Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has set interest rates paid to subscribers

at ____ during the current fiscal year 2012-13 in Feb 2013. A) 8.75% B) 8.25% C) 8.5% D) 8% 3483 Which Telecom Service Provider has closed down its mobile networks in Kolkata, West

Bengal and Mumbai in Feb 2013 following order from The Supreme Court as it failed to get fresh 2G Spectrum license for the circles?

A) Videocon B) Aircel C) Uninor D) Idea Cellular 3484 CBI has named which former air chief marshall and 10 others and four companies in a

preliminary enquiry related to the AgustaWestland bribery allegations in Feb 2013? A) Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy B) SP Tyagi C) Fali Homi Major D) Pradeep Vasant Naik 3485 Who was elected as the President of Ecuador for the 3rd term in Feb 2013? A) Guillermo Lasso B) Rafael Correa C) Álvaro Noboa D) None of These 3486 India’s "Agriculture, forestry & fishing" Sector growth for the third quarter of the current

financial year 2012-13 stood at? A) 4.1% B) 2.6% C) 1.1% D) 1.9% 3487 Who won the Women’s World Cup player of the tournament in the recently held ICC

Women’s Cricket world Cup in Feb 2013? A) Mithali Raj B) Suzie Bates C) Katherine Brunt



D) Stafanie Taylor 3488 Raul Castro elected whom as his Vice President of the Council of State of Cuba for the first

time in February 2013? A) Miguel Diaz-Canel B) Fidel Castro C) Stavros Malas D) José Ramón Machado 3489 Who won the Women's Singles trophy at the Dubai Tennis Championship held in February

2013? A) Petra Kvitova B) Agnieszka Radwańska C) Sara Errani D) Li Na 3490 Industrialist Hari Shankar Singhania passed away in Feb 2013. He was President of which

Industry group? A) Binani Group B) Jaypee Group C) JK Group D) None of These 3491 Who has been awarded with the million-dollar TED Prize in Feb 2013? A) Jamie Oliver B) Sugata Mitra C) Jill Tarter D) Ela Bhatt 3492 Which party has retained power in Tripura after the landslide victory in the recently held

assembly election in Feb 2013? A) BJP B) Congress C) CPM D) None of These 3493 India’s Cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni broke whose record of highest individual

Test score by an Indian captain while scoring 224 against Australia in the first cricket test in Feb 2013?

A) Sachin Tendulkar B) Sunil Gavaskar C) Saurav Ganguly D) Mohammad Azharuddin 3494 Which Indian Corporate has transferred Rs 12,300 crore worth of personal shares to his trust

that funds his philanthropic activities in the education sector in Feb 2013? A) Adi Godrej B) Azim Premji C) Ratan Tata D) N R Narayana Murthy



3495 Global Credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has downgraded sovereign bond

rating of which country by one notch to AA1 from the top most rating of AAA in Feb 2013? A) Luxemberg B) Germany C) UK D) France 3496 Recently which Indian Ministry has launched the “My India" Initiative in Feb 2013? A) Ministry of Information & Broadcasting B) Ministry of Tourism C) Ministry of Commerce and Industry D) Ministry of External Affairs 3497 What is the rank of Indian Women's team in the latest ICC rankings published in February

2013? A) 5th B) 7th C) 6th D) 8th 3498 What is the name of the bionic man that is recently unveiled by the Scientists? A) Saz B) Rex C) Jax D) None of These 3499 Who won the Dubai Tennis Championship in the Women’s Doubles category held in Feb

2013? A) Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik B) Sania Mirza and Bethanie-MattekSands C) Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua D) Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci 3500 Which party has retained power in Nagaland after the landslide victory in the recently held

assembly election in Feb 2013? A) BJP B) Congress C) CPM D) NPF 3501 Which Indian state has set a new record for India's highest ever voter turnout with 93%

polling in the Assembly elections held in Feb 2013? A) Nagaland B) Tripura C) Meghalaya D) None of These 3502 Who has been elected as the President of Cyprus after winning the Presidential election in Feb

2013?



A) Miguel Diaz-Canel B) Nicos Anastasiades C) Stavros Malas D) None of These 3503 Who has become the first women cricketer to score 5000 runs in one day international cricket? A) Mithali Raj B) Suzie Bates C) Katherine Brunt D) Charlotte Edwards 3504 Which PSU bank has recently launched "Tatkal" Scheme to enable customers to transfer

money without actually opening an account? A) Bank of India B) Union Bank of India C) State Bank of India D) Punjab National Bank 3505 ONGC-Videsh Ltd. has acquired a stake in the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashi (ACG) oil fields. Ths oil

field is located in? A) Georgia B) Azerbaijan C) Canada D) Mozambique 3506 Which country has recently announced in Feb 2013 that it has successfully sent a monkey into

space? A) Iran B) North Korea C) China D) Australia 3507 Which Indian state has become the first state in India to ban manual scavenging? A) Gujarat B) Delhi C) Karnataka D) Goa 3508 Which movie won the maximum number of awards at the 85th Academy Awards (2013

Oscar) held in February 2013? A) Les Misérables B) Lincoln C) Argo D) Life of Pi 3509 Who was conferred with the Exemplary Leader Award in Mumbai in Feb 2013 for his

contribution to Power sector? A) Arup Roy Choudhury B) Vishwaroop C) Chandra Shekhar Verma



D) N.N. Mishra 3510 Railway Minister has introduced _____ Express connecting places associated with freedom

movement as a part of Railway Budget 2013. A) Shahid B) Azadi C) Jawan D) None of These 3511 An expert committee headed by technocrat _______ was appointed by the government to

review the functioning of Prasar Bharati in Feb 2013. A) J Verma B) Sam Pitroda C) N. R. Narayana Murthy D) None of These 3512 Railway Minister has proposed to set up Indian Railway Institute for Financial Management

in which place to train rail officers on a regular basis as a part of Railway Budget 2013. A) Chennai B) Secunderabad C) New Delhi D) Kanpur 3513 The State Government of Uttar Pradesh has appointed whom to conduct Judicial Probe into

the Allahabad Railway Station Stampede that occurred during Kumbh Mela in Feb 2013? A) Justice Jain B) Justice Shome C) Justice Verma D) Justice Bhatt 3514 Who has been recently named as an independent director on the board of General Electric in

Feb 2013 and he will be the youngest director on the board of GE? A) Nabeel Gareeb B) Francisco D'Souza C) Kumar Mangalam Birla D) None of These 3515 Which state has been conferred upon the prestigious National e-Governance Gold Award for

2012-13, for its 'Sparsh Abhiyan' aimed towards the disabled and the aged in Feb 2013? A) Bihar B) Andhra Pradesh C) Madhya Pradesh D) Gujarat 3516 Who has been appointed as the new director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

(IGCAR) in Feb 2013? A) P.R. Vasudeva Rao B) P.S. Veeraraghavan C) M.C. Dathan D) M.Y.S. Prasad



3517 The first wildlife skywalk of India will be coming up in Maenam wildlife sanctuary, situated

in ___________. A) Arunachal Pradesh B) Assam C) Sikkim D) Meghalaya 3518 Microsoft has released its new MS Office version on Cloud in Feb 2013. What is the name of

its new Office version? A) MS Office 2012 B) Office 2013 C) Office 365 D) Office Millenium 3519 Which committee was constituted by the Union Government in Dec 2012 to inquire into the

different aspects of the brutal rape and assault incident of the girl on 16 December 2012 on the streets of Delhi? It has submitted its report in Feb 2013.

A) Justice Kabir Committee B) Justice Shome Committee C) Justice Verma Committee D) Justice Usha Mehra Committee 3520 Pope Benedict XVI has announced his resignation in Feb 2013. His original name is? A) Albino Luciani B) Karol Józef Wojtyła C) Joseph Alois Ratzinger D) Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli 3521 As per RBI's recent guideline, Microfinance institutions (MFIs) cannot charge interest rate of

more than _____. A) 25% B) 22% C) 26% D) 24% 3522 Which movie has bagged the coveted Golden Bear prize for best film at the 63rd Berlin film

festival held in February 2013? A) Argo B) Child's Pose C) Life of PI D) Prince Avalanche 3523 Which Chinese Actor has been selected as members of the Chinese People's Political

Consultative Conference, one of the houses of Chinese parliament in Feb 2013? A) Yun-Fat Chow B) Jet Li C) Jackie Chan D) Matthew Zhang



3524 Which Indian tourism-related online portals has launched the RoutePlanner, an innovative application which makes people’s traveling easier and faster in Feb 2013?

A) MakeMyTrip B) Yatra C) Easemytrip D) Cleartrip 3525 Indian Government has recently granted Maharatna status to BHEL and GAIL. A Maharatna

firm can take investment decision of up to _______ without going to the government. A) Rs 500 crore B) Rs 5,000 crore C) Rs 1,000 crore D) Rs 2,500 crore 3526 Which Indian private sector Bank was awarded the Financial Institutions Syndicated Deal of

the Year 2012 in its Asia Pacific Region in Feb 2013? A) HDFC Bank B) ICICI Bank C) YES Bank D) Axis Bank 3527 Who has been recently appointed as the brand ambassador of nutrition company Herbalife in

Feb 2013? A) Mary Kom B) Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda C) Saina Nehwal D) Sushil Kumar 3528 Which bollywood actor was awarded with the City Proclamation Award in Los Angeles in

the last week of February 2013? A) Amitabh Bachchan B) Anupam Kher C) Shahrukh Khan D) Irfaan Khan 3529 Who has been appointed Sri Lanka’s T20 captain for a period of 1 year in Feb 2013? A) Dinesh Chandimal B) Lasith Malinga C) Angelo Mathews D) Kumar Sangakara 3530 Dr. Ram Baran Yadav has visited India in Feb 2013. He is the President of? A) Sri Lanka B) Bhutan C) Nepal D) Singapore 3531 Twitter has launched its first pay-by-tweet service in partnership with which financial

company in Feb 2013? A) Mastercard



B) VISA C) American Express D) Maestro 3532 Which Indian Ministry has released Shubh Yatra, an exclusive monthly bi-lingual (Hindi &

English) inflight magazine of Air India in Feb 2013? A) Ministry of HRD B) Ministry of Civil Aviation C) Ministry of External Affairs D) Ministry of Tourism 3533 A meteor of around 17 metres across and weighed 10,000 tons has hit the earth in Feb 2013. In

which country, it has hit the earth? A) Antarctica B) Russia C) GreenLand D) Norway 3534 Which Credit card selling company has launched a service ‘ezeClick’ to enable its customers

to carry out online transactions without entering card details in Feb 2013? A) VISA B) American Express C) Mastercard D) Maestro 3535 Zhuang Zedong, a Chinese table tennis player, passed away in Feb 2013. He won world men's

singles champion ____ times. A) Six B) Two C) Three D) Four 3536 India’s Foreign Investment Proposal Board (FIPB) has cleared AirAsia's FDI investment in

India's aviation sector in March 2013. AirAsia is forming Joint Venture with which Indian Coroporate house to launch Indian Operation?

A) Essar Group B) Reliance Industries C) Tata Sons D) Aditya Birla Group 3537 Which of these below states has been emerged as the most secure ones for women in the

Female Security Index (FSI), as per the data compiled by the Tata Strategic Management Group and published in March 2013?

A) Madhya Pradesh B) Rajasthan C) Haryana D) Gujarat 3538 Which film won the Best Film award in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March

2013?



A) Chittagong B) Kahaani C) Paan Singh Tomar D) Oh My God 3539 Who has been appointed as the 20th Director General of Indian Coast Guard in March 2013? A) MP Muralidharan B) Anurag G Thapliyal C) Devendra Kumar Joshi D) Nirmal Verma 3540 Who was conferred with the Liberation War Honour Award by the President of Bangladesh,

Zillur Rahman in March 2013? A) P Chidambaram B) Manmohan Singh C) Pranab Mukherjee D) None of These 3541 Who won the "Sportsman of the Year" in the "Laureus World Sports Awards 2013" announced

in March 2013? A) Yohan blake B) Michel Phelps C) Usain Bolt D) Tyson gay 3542 Who has been ranked as the Richest Indian in the Forbes list published in March 2013? A) Shashi & Ravi Ruia B) Lakshmi Mittal C) Azim Premji D) Mukesh Ambani 3543 India’s eight core sector industries growth stood at ______ in January 2012 (Published in

March 2013). A) 3.2% B) 2.2% C) 3.9% D) None of These 3544 "International Women's Day" is observed on? A) 19-Mar B) 18-Mar C) 8-Mar D) 22-Mar 3545 Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has announced during the budget in on 28th Feb 2013 that

the Government would infuse _________ in public sector banks next fiscal year to meet global capital adequacy norms.

A) Rs 10,000 crore B) Rs 12,000 crore C) Rs 14,000 crore



D) None of These 3546 Who has sworn in as the Chief Minister of Nagaland for the third consecutive term in March

2013? A) P A Sangma B) Neiphiu Rio C) Mukul Sangma D) None of These 3547 Who won the "Breakthrough of the Year" in the "Laureus World Sports Awards 2013"

announced in March 2013? A) Novak Djokovic B) Michel Phelps C) Usain Bolt D) Andy Murray 3548 Who won the Best Actor award in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013

along with marathi actor Vikram Gokhale? A) Amir Khan B) Ranbir Kapoor C) Irrfan Khan D) None of These 3549 Who won the the Mexican Open women's single 2013 Tennis tournament held in March

2013? A) Carla Suarez-Navarro B) Sara Errani C) Maria Sharapova D) Agnieszka Radwanska 3550 GDP growth of Brazil, the world's sixth largest economy stood at ______ in 2012. A) 2.7% B) 0.9% C) 4.5% D) None of These 3551 Indian Cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the most successful Indian

Test captain, surpassing Sourav Ganguly’s record in March 2013. How many test wins he has now as Captain after recent Australia series win?

A) 21 B) 22 C) 24 D) 25 3552 Who won the ATP Dubai Open Tennis Mens' single title 2013 held in March 2013? A) Tomas Berdych B) Novak Djokovic C) Andy Murray D) Roger Federar



3553 Which company has announced its acquisition of UK broadband and fixed line businesses of Spain's Telefonica for nearly 200 million pounds in March 2013?

A) British Telecom B) British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) C) Vodafone D) Orange Telecom Services 3554 "World Forestry Day" is observed on? A) 19-Mar B) 18-Mar C) 21-Mar D) 22-Mar 3555 Which team won the 67th Santosh Trophy for the third consecutive time held in March 2013? A) Kerala B) Services C) Railways D) None of These 3556 Which famous author has been selected for the Bihari Puraskar for 2012, announced in March

2013? A) Dinesh Panchal B) Hariram Meena C) Atul Kanak D) Santosh Maya Mohan 3557 Mukesh Ambani has been ranked as the Richest Indian in the Forbes list published in March

2013. What was his global rank? A) 21 B) 22 C) 18 D) 29 3558 Which film won the award in the "Best Debut Film of A Director" category in the "60th

National Film Awards" announced in March 2013? A) Chittagong B) Kahaani C) Paan Singh Tomar D) Vicky Donor 3559 World famous Socialist leader Hugo Chavez passed away in March 2013 after battling cancer

for two years. He was President of which country? A) Cuba B) Veneguela C) Chilie D) Mexico 3560 Who won the "Sportswoman of the Year" in the "Laureus World Sports Awards 2013"

announced in March 2013? A) Sanya Richards



B) Allyson Felix C) Jessica Ennis D) Shelly-Ann Fraser 3561 Who has sworn as chief minister of Meghalaya for a second straight term in March 2013? A) P A Sangma B) Neiphiu Rio C) Mukul Sangma D) Manik Sarkar 3562 Who won the ATP Dubai Open Tennis Mens' double title 2013 held in March 2013? A) Nenad Zimonjic and Robert Lindstedt B) Mahesh Bhupathi and Nenad Zimonjic C) Mahesh Bhupathi and Michael Lloldra D) None of These 3563 Who won the Best Actress award in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March

2013? A) Priyanka Chopra B) Usha Jadhav C) Kareena Kapoor D) None of These 3564 The Bank of England has kept interest rates unchanged at ____ in its latest monetary policy

review in March 2013. A) 0.75% B) 0.25% C) 0.5% D) None of These 3565 The euro zone unemployment rate stood at _____ in January 2013. A) 12.8% B) 7.8% C) 11.9% D) None of These 3566 Which country has formally applied in March 2013 to join the euro in 2014 which will make it

the 18th nations to join the euro currency? A) Turkey B) Latvia C) Jordon D) Russia 3567 The Patiala House Court has recently framed charges of allegedly attempting to commit

suicide during her fast until death against Iron lady of Manipur Sharmila Chanu in March 2013. She has been fasting for how many years now?

A) 6 Years B) 8 Years C) 12 Years D) 10 Years



3568 Who won the the Mexican Open men's single 2013 Tennis tournament held in March 2013? A) Tomas Berdych B) Novak Djokovic C) Rafael Nadal D) David Ferrer 3569 "World Consumer Rights Day" is observed on? A) 19-Mar B) 18-Mar C) 21-Mar D) 15-Mar 3570 Which Indian city has received lowest rank as per the Female Security Index (FSI), based on

the data compiled by the Tata Strategic Management Group and published in March 2013? A) Chennai B) Delhi C) Bangalore D) Mumbai 3571 Who has been ranked as the Richest person in the world in the Forbes list published in March

2013? A) Carlos Slim Helu B) Bill Gates C) Amancio Ortega D) Warren Buffett 3572 The Parliamentary Award Committee has selected whom for Outstanding Parliamentarian

Award for 2012 (announced in March 2013)? A) P Chidambaram B) Kapil Sibal C) Sharad Yadav D) None of These 3573 Which film won the award in the "Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment"

category in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013? A) Chittagong B) Kahaani C) Paan Singh Tomar D) Vicky Donor 3574 Which company has announced its plan in March to spin off its Time Inc magazine unit into

an independent, publicly traded company by the end of 2013? A) DowJones B) Time Warner C) Forbes D) Bloomberg 3575 Who has been officially elected as China’s new President and head of the military in March

2013?



A) Xi Jinping B) Wen Jiabao C) Li Keqiang D) Hu Jintao 3576 Who has sworn as chief minister of Tripura for the record 5th Consecutive time in March

2013? A) P A Sangma B) Neiphiu Rio C) Mukul Sangma D) Manik Sarkar 3577 Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Nagaland in March 2013? A) M C Bhandare B) S C Jamir C) Ashwani Kumar D) None of These 3578 Who won the Best Supporting Actress award in the "60th National Film Awards" announced

in March 2013? A) Priyanka Chopra B) Usha Jadhav C) Dolly Ahluwalia D) None of These 3579 India’s overall Inflation measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) stood at ________ in

February. A) 7.56% B) 6.62% C) 6.84% D) 6.12% 3580 Who won the "Exceptional Achievement Award" in the "Laureus World Sports Awards 2013"

announced in March 2013? A) Yohan blake B) Michel Phelps C) Usain Bolt D) Tyson gay 3581 Who has appointed as the editor of Time International in March 2013 to become the first non-

American Editor of Time International? A) Sanjay Gupta B) Bobby Ghosh C) Fareed Zakaria D) Uma Pemmaraju 3582 Who has sworn-in as Goa’s first Lokayukta in March 2013? A) Y. Bhaskar Rao B) B. Sudershan Reddy C) Shivraj V. Patil



D) H. R. Bhardwaj 3583 China’s outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao has recently announced mesures after formally

assuming power in March 2013 to boost fiscal spending in 2013 to touch economic growth of _______ for 2012.

A) 8% B) 9.5% C) 7.5% D) 9% 3584 "World Earth Day" is observed on? A) 19-Mar B) 23-Mar C) 21-Mar D) 25-Mar 3585 Dr Kallam Anji Reddy has passed away in March 2013. He was founder of which Indian

pharma company? A) Ranbaxy B) Aurovindo Pharma C) Dr Reddy's Laboratories D) None of These 3586 India's Saina Nehwal was defeated by whom to crash out of the All-England Championship

in March 2013? A) Tine Baun B) Ratchanok Inthanon C) Wang Shixian D) Li Xuerui 3587 Which film won the award in the "Best Screenplay - Screenplay Writer (Original)" category in

"60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013? A) Chittagong B) Kahaani C) Paan Singh Tomar D) Oh My God 3588 Indian Cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the most successful Indian

Test captain, surpassing Sourav Ganguly’s record in March 2013. What was Saurav Ganguly's record of test win as Captain?

A) 21 B) 22 C) 20 D) 23 3589 As per January 2013 data, which euro zone country has the highest unemployment rate of

27%? A) Austria B) Greece C) Spain



D) Portugal 3590 Euro zone finance ministers and IMF have provided emergency bailout money to which euro

zone country in March 2013 to avoid default? A) Portugal B) Cyprus C) Ireland D) Greece 3591 Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Odhisa in March 2013? A) M C Bhandare B) S C Jamir C) Ashwani Kumar D) Nikhil Kumar 3592 The European Central Bank (ECB) has kept interest rates unchanged at ____ in its latest

monetary policy review in March 2013. A) 0.75% B) 0.25% C) 0.5% D) 1% 3593 North Korea has recently scrapped the non-aggression pact and shut down emergency hotline

with South Korea in March 2013. The emergency hotline (Red Cross telephone line) was set up in which year?

A) 1954 B) 1965 C) 1971 D) 1982 3594 "World Water Day" is observed on? A) 22-Mar B) 23-Mar C) 21-Mar D) 25-Mar 3595 Which of these below states has been ranked at the top of the Well Being Index (WBI) as per

the data compiled by the Tata Strategic Management Group and published in March 2013? A) Assam B) Himachal Pradesh C) Chhattisgarh D) Jharkhand 3596 Which Indian Bank has launched an ‘Incredible India Travel Card’ in association with the

Tourism Ministry in March 2013? A) YES Bank B) ICICI Bank C) HDFC Bank D) Axis Bank



3597 The European Union has fined which global tech giant _____ 561 million euros in March 2013 for failing to offer users a choice of web browser?

A) Google B) Microsoft C) Apple D) Samsung 3598 The Parliamentary Award Committee has selected whom for Outstanding Parliamentarian

Award for 2010 (announced in March 2013)? A) Sushma Swaraj B) Yaswant Sinha C) Arun Jaitley D) None of These 3599 Toyo Ito has been awarded with the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize announced in March

2013. He belongs to which country? A) Malaysia B) China C) Japan D) Thailand 3600 India's food inflation, measured by Wholesale Price Index (WPI) stood at _____ in February. A) 11.38% B) 11.88% C) 10.47% D) None of These 3601 Which country has emerged as the world’s largest importer of major conventional weapons in

the world during the five-year period 2008-12? A) India B) China C) Pakistan D) South Korea 3602 Which film won the award in the "Best Screenplay Screenplay Writer (Adapted)" category in

"60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013? A) Chittagong B) Kahaani C) Paan Singh Tomar D) Oh My God 3603 Santosh Trophy is associated with which sports that Services team won recently? A) Football B) Baseball C) Cricket D) Hockey 3604 Which country won Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey tournament held in March 2013? A) Netherlands B) Malaysia



C) Australia D) Germany 3605 Who has been transferred as the new Governor of Tripura in March 2013? A) M C Bhandare B) S C Jamir C) Devanand Konwar D) Nikhil Kumar 3606 Who has been appointed as the non-executive Chairman of Axis Bank in March 2013? A) Adarsh Kishore B) Sanjiv Misra C) R K Dubey D) S. S. Mundra 3607 World third largest economy, Japan's GDP growth for last quarter of 2012 stood at ________. A) 0.8% B) 0.4% C) 0.2% D) -0.2% 3608 Which company was awarded with the Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award In the category

of Small Scale Manufacturing Industry, announced in March 2013? A) R Systems International Limited B) Technocrat Connectivity Systems (Private) Limited C) Nokia Siemens Networks Private Limited D) None of These 3609 DMK party has recently pulled out of UPA Government in March 2013 over the issue of

human rights' violation in which neighbour country? A) Nepal B) Thailand C) SriLanka D) Maldives 3610 Who has been selected as the premier (Prime Minister)or Communist Party of China’s second

ranking leader of China in March 2013? A) Xi Jinping B) Wen Jiabao C) Li Keqiang D) Hu Jintao 3611 Which Indian Author was awarded with the SAARC Literature Award in March 2013? A) Suman Pokhrel B) Abhay K C) Hariram Meena D) Atul Kanak 3612 Who secured no 1 rank in the ICC Raking of batsmen as on March 2013? A) Virat Kohli



B) A.B. Devilliers C) Hashim Amla D) Shane Watson 3613 The Reserve Bank of India has signed the first Currency Swap Agreement with which

country's monetary authority with the validity period of next 3 years in March 2013? A) Myanmar B) Nepal C) Bhutan D) Thailand 3614 "World TB Day" is observed on? A) 22-Mar B) 23-Mar C) 24-Mar D) 25-Mar 3615 India’s IIP growth stood at _____ in January 2013. A) 2.4% B) 2.7% C) -0.6% D) 1% 3616 Who has sworn in as Venezuela’s acting president following death of Hugo Chavez in March

2013? A) Henrique Capriles Radonski B) Nicolas Maduro C) Diosdado Cabello D) Elías Jaua 3617 Argentina’s Jorge Bergoglio has been elected as the _____ pope in March 2013. A) 267th B) 264th C) 266th D) 261th 3618 Which Indian state won the award for best civic management of a tourist destination and for

the most innovative and unique tourism project presented by Pranab Mukherjee in March 2013?

A) Kerala B) Tamil Nadu C) Madhya Pradesh D) Maharashtra 3619 After the recent liquidity infusion of Rs 3004 crore in State Bank of India by the Indian

Government, the shareholding of the government in the bank has increased to __________. A) 61.58% B) 59.23% C) 62.31%. D) 65.82%



3620 Who won the season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne in March

2013? A) Kimi Raikkonen B) Sebastian Vettel C) Fernando Alonso D) Lewis Hamilton 3621 Who has been transferred as the new Governor of Bihar in March 2013? A) D Y Patil B) S C Jamir C) Devanand Konwar D) Nikhil Kumar 3622 Who won the women’s singles title in the All England Open Badminton Championships 2013

held in March 2013 in England? A) Wang Xin B) Ratchanok Intanon C) Tine Baun D) Juliane Schenk 3623 Ganesh Pyne passed away at a city hospital in Kolkata after suffering a heart attack in March

2013. He was a famous _________. A) Actor B) Author C) Painter D) Director 3624 The petroleum ministry has appointed a committee under whom in March 2013 to prepare a

roadmap for enhancing domestic production of oil and gas in order to substantially reduce the nations import dependency by 2030?

A) T L Shankar B) J Verma C) Sam Pitroda D) Vijay Kelkar 3625 Who secured no 1 rank in the ICC Raking of Bowlers as on March 2013? A) Mohammad Hafeez B) Saeed Ajmal C) Ravindra Jadeja D) None of These

Answers

Sl No. Question Answer



3481 Which Indian IT Services Company has become the first Indian IT company to get listed on NYSE Euronext London and Paris markets in Feb 2013?

Ans) Infosys

3482 The Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has set interest rates paid to subscribers at ____ during the current fiscal year 2012-13 in Feb 2013.

Ans) 8.5%

3483 Which Telecom Service Provider has closed down its mobile networks in Kolkata, West Bengal and Mumbai in Feb 2013 following order from The Supreme Court as it failed to get fresh 2G Spectrum license for the circles?

Ans) Uninor

3484 CBI has named which former air chief marshall and 10 others and four companies in a preliminary enquiry related to the AgustaWestland bribery allegations in Feb 2013?

Ans) SP Tyagi

3485 Who was elected as the President of Ecuador for the 3rd term in Feb 2013?

Ans) Rafael Correa

3486 India’s "Agriculture, forestry & fishing" Sector growth for the third quarter of the current financial year 2012-13 stood at?

Ans) 1.1%

3487 Who won the Women’s World Cup player of the tournament in the recently held ICC Women’s Cricket world Cup in Feb 2013?

Ans) Suzie Bates

3488 Raul Castro elected whom as his Vice President of the Council of State of Cuba for the first time in February 2013?

Ans) Miguel Diaz-Canel

3489 Who won the Women's Singles trophy at the Dubai Tennis Championship held in February 2013?

Ans) Petra Kvitova

3490 Industrialist Hari Shankar Singhania passed away in Feb 2013. He was President of which Industry group?

Ans) JK Group

3491 Who has been awarded with the million-dollar TED Prize in Feb 2013?

Ans) Sugata Mitra

3492 Which party has retained power in Tripura after the landslide victory in the recently held assembly election in Feb 2013?

Ans) CPM

3493 India’s Cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni broke whose record of highest individual Test score by an Indian captain while scoring 224 against Australia in the first cricket test in Feb 2013?

Ans) Sachin Tendulkar

3494 Which Indian Corporate has transferred Rs 12,300 crore worth of personal shares to his trust that funds his philanthropic activities in the education sector in Feb 2013?

Ans) Azim Premji

3495 Global Credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has downgraded sovereign bond rating of which country by one notch to AA1 from the top most rating of AAA in Feb 2013?

Ans) UK

3496 Recently which Indian Ministry has launched the “My India" Initiative in Feb 2013?

Ans) Ministry of Information & Broadcasting

3497 What is the rank of Indian Women's team in the latest ICC rankings published in February 2013?

Ans) 7th

3498 What is the name of the bionic man that is recently unveiled by the Scientists?

Ans) Rex

3499 Who won the Dubai Tennis Championship in the Women’s Doubles category held in Feb 2013?

Ans) Sania Mirza and Bethanie-MattekSands

3500 Which party has retained power in Nagaland after the landslide victory in the recently held assembly election in Feb 2013?

Ans) NPF

3501 Which Indian state has set a new record for India's highest ever voter turnout with 93% polling in the Assembly elections held in

Ans) Tripura



Feb 2013? 3502 Who has been elected as the President of Cyprus after winning

the Presidential election in Feb 2013? Ans) Nicos Anastasiades

3503 Who has become the first women cricketer to score 5000 runs in one day international cricket?

Ans) Charlotte Edwards

3504 Which PSU bank has recently launched "Tatkal" Scheme to enable customers to transfer money without actually opening an account?

Ans) State Bank of India

3505 ONGC-Videsh Ltd. has acquired a stake in the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashi (ACG) oil fields. Ths oil field is located in?

Ans) Azerbaijan

3506 Which country has recently announced in Feb 2013 that it has successfully sent a monkey into space?

Ans) Iran

3507 Which Indian state has become the first state in India to ban manual scavenging?

Ans) Delhi

3508 Which movie won the maximum number of awards at the 85th Academy Awards (2013 Oscar) held in February 2013?

Ans) Life of Pi (4)

3509 Who was conferred with the Exemplary Leader Award in Mumbai in Feb 2013 for his contribution to Power sector?

Ans) Vishwaroop

3510 Railway Minister has introduced _____ Express connecting places associated with freedom movement as a part of Railway Budget 2013.

Ans) Azadi

3511 An expert committee headed by technocrat _______ was appointed by the government to review the functioning of Prasar Bharati in Feb 2013.

Ans) Sam Pitroda

3512 Railway Minister has proposed to set up Indian Railway Institute for Financial Management in which place to train rail officers on a regular basis as a part of Railway Budget 2013.

Ans) Secunderabad

3513 The State Government of Uttar Pradesh has appointed whom to conduct Judicial Probe into the Allahabad Railway Station Stampede that occurred during Kumbh Mela in Feb 2013?

Ans) Justice Bhatt

3514 Who has been recently named as an independent director on the board of General Electric in Feb 2013 and he will be the youngest director on the board of GE?

Ans) Francisco D'Souza

3515 Which state has been conferred upon the prestigious National e-Governance Gold Award for 2012-13, for its 'Sparsh Abhiyan' aimed towards the disabled and the aged in Feb 2013?

Ans) Madhya Pradesh

3516 Who has been appointed as the new director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) in Feb 2013?

Ans) P.R. Vasudeva Rao

3517 The first wildlife skywalk of India will be coming up in Maenam wildlife sanctuary, situated in ___________.

Ans) Sikkim

3518 Microsoft has released its new MS Office version on Cloud in Feb 2013. What is the name of its new Office version?

Ans) Office 365

3519 Which committee was constituted by the Union Government in Dec 2012 to inquire into the different aspects of the brutal rape and assault incident of the girl on 16 December 2012 on the streets of Delhi? It has submitted its report in Feb 2013.

Ans) Justice Usha Mehra Committee

3520 Pope Benedict XVI has announced his resignation in Feb 2013. His original name is?

Ans) Joseph Alois Ratzinger

3521 As per RBI's recent guideline, Microfinance institutions (MFIs) cannot charge interest rate of more than _____.

Ans) 26%

3522 Which movie has bagged the coveted Golden Bear prize for best Ans) Child's Pose



film at the 63rd Berlin film festival held in February 2013? 3523 Which Chinese Actor has been selected as members of the

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, one of the houses of Chinese parliament in Feb 2013?

Ans) Jackie Chan

3524 Which Indian tourism-related online portals has launched the RoutePlanner, an innovative application which makes people’s traveling easier and faster in Feb 2013?

Ans) MakeMyTrip

3525 Indian Government has recently granted Maharatna status to BHEL and GAIL. A Maharatna firm can take investment decision of up to _______ without going to the government.

Ans) Rs 5,000 crore

3526 Which Indian private sector Bank was awarded the Financial Institutions Syndicated Deal of the Year 2012 in its Asia Pacific Region in Feb 2013?

Ans) YES Bank

3527 Who has been recently appointed as the brand ambassador of nutrition company Herbalife in Feb 2013?

Ans) Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda

3528 Which bollywood actor was awarded with the City Proclamation Award in Los Angeles in the last week of February 2013?

Ans) Anupam Kher

3529 Who has been appointed Sri Lanka’s T20 captain for a period of 1 year in Feb 2013?

Ans) Dinesh Chandimal

3530 Dr. Ram Baran Yadav has visited India in Feb 2013. He is the President of?

Ans) Nepal

3531 Twitter has launched its first pay-by-tweet service in partnership with which financial company in Feb 2013?

Ans) American Express

3532 Which Indian Ministry has released Shubh Yatra, an exclusive monthly bi-lingual (Hindi & English) inflight magazine of Air India in Feb 2013?

Ans) Ministry of Civil Aviation

3533 A meteor of around 17 metres across and weighed 10,000 tons has hit the earth in Feb 2013. In which country, it has hit the earth?

Ans) Russia

3534 Which Credit card selling company has launched a service ‘ezeClick’ to enable its customers to carry out online transactions without entering card details in Feb 2013?

Ans) American Express

3535 Zhuang Zedong, a Chinese table tennis player, passed away in Feb 2013. He won world men's singles champion ____ times.

Ans) Three

3536 India’s Foreign Investment Proposal Board (FIPB) has cleared AirAsia's FDI investment in India's aviation sector in March 2013. AirAsia is forming Joint Venture with which Indian Coroporate house to launch Indian Operation?

Ans) Tata Sons

3537 Which of these below states has been emerged as the most secure ones for women in the Female Security Index (FSI), as per the data compiled by the Tata Strategic Management Group and published in March 2013?

Ans) Gujarat

3538 Which film won the Best Film award in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013?

Ans) Paan Singh Tomar

3539 Who has been appointed as the 20th Director General of Indian Coast Guard in March 2013?

Ans) Anurag G Thapliyal

3540 Who was conferred with the Liberation War Honour Award by the President of Bangladesh, Zillur Rahman in March 2013?

Ans) Pranab Mukherjee

3541 Who won the "Sportsman of the Year" in the "Laureus World Sports Awards 2013" announced in March 2013?

Ans) Usain Bolt



3542 Who has been ranked as the Richest Indian in the Forbes list published in March 2013?

Ans) Mukesh Ambani

3543 India’s eight core sector industries growth stood at ______ in January 2012 (Published in March 2013).

Ans) 3.9%

3544 "International Women's Day" is observed on? Ans) 8-Mar 3545 Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has announced during the

budget in on 28th Feb 2013 that the Government would infuse _________ in public sector banks next fiscal year to meet global capital adequacy norms.

Ans) Rs 14,000 crore

3546 Who has sworn in as the Chief Minister of Nagaland for the third consecutive term in March 2013?

Ans) Neiphiu Rio

3547 Who won the "Breakthrough of the Year" in the "Laureus World Sports Awards 2013" announced in March 2013?

Ans) Andy Murray

3548 Who won the Best Actor award in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013 along with marathi actor Vikram Gokhale?

Ans) Irrfan Khan

3549 Who won the the Mexican Open women's single 2013 Tennis tournament held in March 2013?

Ans) Sara Errani

3550 GDP growth of Brazil, the world's sixth largest economy stood at ______ in 2012.

Ans) 0.9%

3551 Indian Cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the most successful Indian Test captain, surpassing Sourav Ganguly’s record in March 2013. How many test wins he has now as Captain after recent Australia series win?

Ans) 24

3552 Who won the ATP Dubai Open Tennis Mens' single title 2013 held in March 2013?

Ans) Novak Djokovic

3553 Which company has announced its acquisition of UK broadband and fixed line businesses of Spain's Telefonica for nearly 200 million pounds in March 2013?

Ans) British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB)

3554 "World Forestry Day" is observed on? Ans) 21-Mar 3555 Which team won the 67th Santosh Trophy for the third

consecutive time held in March 2013? Ans) Services

3556 Which famous author has been selected for the Bihari Puraskar for 2012, announced in March 2013?

Ans) Hariram Meena

3557 Mukesh Ambani has been ranked as the Richest Indian in the Forbes list published in March 2013. What was his global rank?

Ans) 22

3558 Which film won the award in the "Best Debut Film of A Director" category in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013?

Ans) Chittagong

3559 World famous Socialist leader Hugo Chavez passed away in March 2013 after battling cancer for two years. He was President of which country?

Ans) Veneguela

3560 Who won the "Sportswoman of the Year" in the "Laureus World Sports Awards 2013" announced in March 2013?

Ans) Jessica Ennis

3561 Who has sworn as chief minister of Meghalaya for a second straight term in March 2013?

Ans) Mukul Sangma

3562 Who won the ATP Dubai Open Tennis Mens' double title 2013 held in March 2013?

Ans) Mahesh Bhupathi and Michael Lloldra

3563 Who won the Best Actress award in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013?

Ans) Usha Jadhav

3564 The Bank of England has kept interest rates unchanged at ____ in Ans) 0.5%



its latest monetary policy review in March 2013. 3565 The euro zone unemployment rate stood at _____ in January

2013. Ans) 11.9%

3566 Which country has formally applied in March 2013 to join the euro in 2014 which will make it the 18th nations to join the euro currency?

Ans) Latvia

3567 The Patiala House Court has recently framed charges of allegedly attempting to commit suicide during her fast until death against Iron lady of Manipur Sharmila Chanu in March 2013. She has been fasting for how many years now?

Ans) 12 Years

3568 Who won the the Mexican Open men's single 2013 Tennis tournament held in March 2013?

Ans) Rafael Nadal

3569 "World Consumer Rights Day" is observed on? Ans) 15-Mar 3570 Which Indian city has received lowest rank as per the Female

Security Index (FSI), based on the data compiled by the Tata Strategic Management Group and published in March 2013?

Ans) Delhi

3571 Who has been ranked as the Richest person in the world in the Forbes list published in March 2013?

Ans) Carlos Slim Helu

3572 The Parliamentary Award Committee has selected whom for Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for 2012 (announced in March 2013)?

Ans) Sharad Yadav

3573 Which film won the award in the "Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment" category in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013?

Ans) Vicky Donor

3574 Which company has announced its plan in March to spin off its Time Inc magazine unit into an independent, publicly traded company by the end of 2013?

Ans) Time Warner

3575 Who has been officially elected as China’s new President and head of the military in March 2013?

Ans) Xi Jinping

3576 Who has sworn as chief minister of Tripura for the record 5th Consecutive time in March 2013?

Ans) Manik Sarkar

3577 Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Nagaland in March 2013?

Ans) Ashwani Kumar

3578 Who won the Best Supporting Actress award in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013?

Ans) Dolly Ahluwalia

3579 India’s overall Inflation measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) stood at ________ in February.

Ans) 6.84%

3580 Who won the "Exceptional Achievement Award" in the "Laureus World Sports Awards 2013" announced in March 2013?

Ans) Michel Phelps

3581 Who has appointed as the editor of Time International in March 2013 to become the first non-American Editor of Time International?

Ans) Bobby Ghosh

3582 Who has sworn-in as Goa’s first Lokayukta in March 2013? Ans) B. Sudershan Reddy

3583 China’s outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao has recently announced mesures after formally assuming power in March 2013 to boost fiscal spending in 2013 to touch economic growth of _______ for 2012.

Ans) 7.5%

3584 "World Earth Day" is observed on? Ans) 23-Mar 3585 Dr Kallam Anji Reddy has passed away in March 2013. He was

founder of which Indian pharma company? Ans) Dr Reddy's Laboratories



3586 India's Saina Nehwal was defeated by whom to crash out of the All-England Championship in March 2013?

Ans) Ratchanok Inthanon

3587 Which film won the award in the "Best Screenplay - Screenplay Writer (Original)" category in "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013?

Ans) Kahaani

3588 Indian Cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the most successful Indian Test captain, surpassing Sourav Ganguly’s record in March 2013. What was Saurav Ganguly's record of test win as Captain?

Ans) 21

3589 As per January 2013 data, which euro zone country has the highest unemployment rate of 27%?

Ans) Greece

3590 Euro zone finance ministers and IMF have provided emergency bailout money to which euro zone country in March 2013 to avoid default?

Ans) Cyprus

3591 Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Odhisa in March 2013?

Ans) S C Jamir

3592 The European Central Bank (ECB) has kept interest rates unchanged at ____ in its latest monetary policy review in March 2013.

Ans) 0.75%

3593 North Korea has recently scrapped the non-aggression pact and shut down emergency hotline with South Korea in March 2013. The emergency hotline (Red Cross telephone line) was set up in which year?

Ans) 1971

3594 "World Water Day" is observed on? Ans) 22-Mar 3595 Which of these below states has been ranked at the top of the

Well Being Index (WBI) as per the data compiled by the Tata Strategic Management Group and published in March 2013?

Ans) Himachal Pradesh

3596 Which Indian Bank has launched an ‘Incredible India Travel Card’ in association with the Tourism Ministry in March 2013?

Ans) YES Bank

3597 The European Union has fined which global tech giant _____ 561 million euros in March 2013 for failing to offer users a choice of web browser?

Ans) Microsoft

3598 The Parliamentary Award Committee has selected whom for Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for 2010 (announced in March 2013)?

Ans) Arun Jaitley

3599 Toyo Ito has been awarded with the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize announced in March 2013. He belongs to which country?

Ans) Japan

3600 India's food inflation, measured by Wholesale Price Index (WPI) stood at _____ in February.

Ans) 11.38%

3601 Which country has emerged as the world’s largest importer of major conventional weapons in the world during the five-year period 2008-12?

Ans) India

3602 Which film won the award in the "Best Screenplay Screenplay Writer (Adapted)" category in "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013?

Ans) Oh My God

3603 Santosh Trophy is associated with which sports that Services team won recently?

Ans) Football

3604 Which country won Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey tournament held in March 2013?

Ans) Australia

3605 Who has been transferred as the new Governor of Tripura in March 2013?

Ans) Devanand Konwar



3606 Who has been appointed as the non-executive Chairman of Axis Bank in March 2013?

Ans) Sanjiv Misra

3607 World third largest economy, Japan's GDP growth for last quarter of 2012 stood at ________.

Ans) 0.2%

3608 Which company was awarded with the Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award In the category of Small Scale Manufacturing Industry, announced in March 2013?

Ans) Technocrat Connectivity Systems (Private) Limited

3609 DMK party has recently pulled out of UPA Government in March 2013 over the issue of human rights' violation in which neighbour country?

Ans) SriLanka

3610 Who has been selected as the premier (Prime Minister)or Communist Party of China’s second ranking leader of China in March 2013?

Ans) Li Keqiang

3611 Which Indian Author was awarded with the SAARC Literature Award in March 2013?

Ans) Abhay K

3612 Who secured no 1 rank in the ICC Raking of batsmen as on March 2013?

Ans) Hashim Amla

3613 The Reserve Bank of India has signed the first Currency Swap Agreement with which country's monetary authority with the validity period of next 3 years in March 2013?

Ans) Bhutan

3614 "World TB Day" is observed on? Ans) 24-Mar 3615 India’s IIP growth stood at _____ in January 2013. Ans) 2.4% 3616 Who has sworn in as Venezuela’s acting president following

death of Hugo Chavez in March 2013? Ans) Nicolas Maduro

3617 Argentina’s Jorge Bergoglio has been elected as the _____ pope in March 2013.

Ans) 266th

3618 Which Indian state won the award for best civic management of a tourist destination and for the most innovative and unique tourism project presented by Pranab Mukherjee in March 2013?

Ans) Madhya Pradesh

3619 After the recent liquidity infusion of Rs 3004 crore in State Bank of India by the Indian Government, the shareholding of the government in the bank has increased to __________.

Ans) 62.31%

3620 Who won the season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne in March 2013?

Ans) Kimi Raikkonen

3621 Who has been transferred as the new Governor of Bihar in March 2013?

Ans) D Y Patil

3622 Who won the women’s singles title in the All England Open Badminton Championships 2013 held in March 2013 in England?

Ans) Tine Baun

3623 Ganesh Pyne passed away at a city hospital in Kolkata after suffering a heart attack in March 2013. He was a famous _________.

Ans) Painter

3624 The petroleum ministry has appointed a committee under whom in March 2013 to prepare a roadmap for enhancing domestic production of oil and gas in order to substantially reduce the nations import dependency by 2030?

Ans) Vijay Kelkar

3625 Who secured no 1 rank in the ICC Raking of Bowlers as on March 2013?

Ans) Saeed Ajmal

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