❀ Current Affairs & General Awareness ❀ 1. As per the recently released Government data, which state has the highest percentage households availing of banking service? Answer :- Himachal Pradesh 2. Who has appointed as the president of International Chamber of Commerce(ICC) India? Answer :- Rajan Bharati Mittal 3. New STAR(Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) is signed between which countries? Answer :- USA and Russia 4. At which location, Indias first all women Post Office was recently inaugurated ? Answer :- New Delhi (at Shastri Bhawan) 5. Which was the them for International Womens Day 2013? Answer :- A Promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women 6. With which European country did India sign the Tax Information Exchange Agreement(TIEA) on March ? Answer :- Liechtenstein on 28th March 2013 [A central European Country] 7. Babili Project situated in which state? Answer :- Maharastra 8.Which state won the Mushtaq Ali Twenty-20 Champianship Title? Answer :- Gujarat 9. Who won the 67th Santosh Trophy tournament in March 2013? Answer :- Services 10. Who is famous for Hole in the Wall experiment? Answer :- Sugata Mitra 11. The Spraty Island, which are under dispute are located at which sea? Answer :- South China Sea 12. Who has created history by becoming the first Indian on solo non stop trip across the world in a sail boat ? Answer :- Abhilash Tomy 13. The opening ceremony of the 2013 Indian Premier League was held at ? Answer :- Kolkata 14. India started Visa on Arrival facility for the senior citizens of which country? Answer :- Pakisthan 15. World Health Day was observed on ? Answer :- April 7 16.Who has been recently formally appointed as Chinas President? Answer:- Xi Jinping 17. The recent Indian budget has proposal for developing deep sea port at Sagar Island. This island is located in which state? Answer:- West Bengal 18. Which committee is set up for giving clear definitions for FDI & FII? Answer:- Aravind Mayaram Committee 19. Who is the current Chairman of the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Network? Answer:- Navin Kumar 20. Wold biggest wildlife summit was held in which country? Answer:- Bangkok 21. Who has been appointed as the new United States Defense Secretary? Answer:- Chuck Hagel 22. Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who is elected as the Catholic Churchs new Pope hails from which country? Answer:- Arhentina 23. Which state government has announced a new scheme called Kanyasri Prakalpa, to encourage girls towards higher education? Answer:- West Bengal 24. The first womens Government Medical College of Independent India is located at which state? Answer:- Haryana 25. Who was re-elected for a second term as IAEA (International Atomic Energey Agency) Chief? Answer:- Yukiya Amano 26.Which Indian IT major has been reorganized for the second year as one of the worlds most ethical firms by business ethics think-tank Ethisphere Institute? Answer:- Wipro 27.Which Indian orgin writer has won the inagural British Physics Journalism Prize? Answer:- Anil Ananthaswamy 28. Which country is set to launch first solid fuel rocket by 2016? Answer:- China 29. Who is the head of the six member committee constituted by the Union Government to prepare a blueprint for the proposed womens bank? Answer:- M.B.N.Rao 30.Which is the location of the proposed National Institute of Sports Science and Medicine (NISSM)? Answer:- New Delhi 31. Who is appointed as the Mission Director for the ambitious Direct Benefits Transfer(DBT) scheme? Answer :- Sindhushree Khullar 32. Which ministry has recently launched the Ragiv Rinn Yojana (RRY)? Answer :- Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation 33. The Changthangi or pashmina goat is found in which Indian State? Answer :- Jammu & Kashmir 34.The Elephanta Cultural festival is organized by which State Government? Answer :- Maharastra 35.The Union Budgect 2013-14 has pegged the fiscal deficit for the current year at which rate? Answer :- 5.6 % 36. Which Indian was awarded SAARC Literature Award in 2013? Answer :- Abhay.K 37.Who is the head of the 16-member committee set by SEBI to suggest new rules for dealing with insider trading? Answer :- N.K.Sodhi 38.What is the name of new version of Office Software launched by the Microsoft? Answer :- Office 365 39. What is the expansion of IDR, which is an instrument for foreign companies to raise funds from the Indian Securities Markets? Answer :- Indian Depository Receipt 40. Recently, which country has successfully extracted natural gas from methane hydrate deposits under the sea, in the first example of production of the gas offshore? Answer :- Japan 41. Who is the Chairperson of FSDC (Financial Stability and Development Council)? Answer :- Finance Minister 42. Hago Chavez, who recently passed away was the president of which country? Answer :- Venezuela 43. Key Resolve 2013 is the joint military exercise of which countries? Answer :- United States and South Korea 44. What is the rank of India in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report for 2013? Answer :- 136th 45. Recently, which country has signed an accord with India to strengthen collaboration in the field of Earth Science and help improve forecasts about climate-related phenomena? Answer :- United Kingdom 46. Recently, which film has picked up the Golden Bear for best film at the Berlin film festival? Answer :- Childs Pose 47. Which festival is celebrated annually by the Sufi Musicians in New Delhi? Answer :- Jahan-e-Khusrau festival 48. The worlds largest biogas plant was inaugurated in which country? Answer :- Finland 49. Which is first in India to receive Rs.25 lakh as carbon credits from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC)? Answer :- Okhla composting plant [South Delhi Municipal Corporations plant] 50. Recently, which ministry has launched e-PPS scheme? Answer :- Union Ministry for Communication and IT 51. Chairman of Prime Ministers Economic Advisory Council? Answer :- C.Rangarajan 52. Name the project for which Prime Minister laid foundation for a project recently in Cochin? Answer :- Integrated Refinary Expansion Project (IREP) of Bharat Petroleum Kochi Refinery 53. Name the country which is designing software for controlling social media access? Answer :- Iran 54. Mauritius president who visited recently India whose parents were descents from Bihar? Answer :- Rajkeswar Purryag 55. 14,833 drummers ensemble to enter the Guiness World Records in which state? Answer :- Assam Artist played Khol [ A traditional Assamese musical instrument] 56. Where will being the work to implement worlds largest solar telescope? Answer :- Ladakh 57. Diplomat and good will Ambassadors of India in UNESCO since 2000 passed away recently, who? Answer :- Madanjeet Singh 58. Centenary session of Indian Science Congress held in ? Answer :- Kolkata 59. Who selected as the new financial service secretary in Finance Ministry? Answer :- Rajiv Takru 60. Who preceded Ratan Tata as Chairman in Tata Group? Answer :- Cyrus Mistry 61. What is IPK, which was recently in news? Answer :- International Prototype Kilogram Against IPK all the measurements of mass are set. It was first established in 1875 62. First civil air service of the state Mantra Airlines inaugurated recently belongs to which Indian state? Answer :- Jammu and Kashmir 63. Newely appointed chairman of law commission? Answer :- Justice D.K.Jain 64.Which countrydefeated India in the Davis Cup Asia- Oceania Group One First Round? Answer :- South Korea 65.Who is appointed as the new Solicitor General of India? Answer :- Mohan Parasaran (Rohinton Nariman has recently resigned this post) 66. Who lead Team Mumbai in the Irani Trophy match against Rest of India? Answer :- Abhishek Nayar 67. Who became the champions in the Hockey India Leagu , 2013? Answer :- Ranchi Rhinos They beat Delhi Daredevils 2 - 1 in the final 68. The reowned Malayalam poet who passed away on 11 February? Answer :- D.Vinayachandran 69. Arjun Munda, Jharkahnd CM had to submit his resignation due to the withdrawal of which party in coalition? Answer :- Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 70. India Governement announced the postponement of which law it will come into force from April 2016? Answer :- GAAR (General Anti Avoidance Rule) 71.The 2013 SAARC literature festival was hosted by which place? Answer:- Agra 72.Recently, which country the giant Atacama Large Millimeter/Sumillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope is uneveiled? Answer:- Chile 73. Who is the writer of the book titled Walking with Lions: Tales from a Diplomatic Past? Answer:- K.Natwar Singh 74. As per recent government decision, one major port is to be developed in each of Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal. What is the current number of Major Ports in India? Answer:- 12 75. Recently, which country was in news for a current designing of Wolds largest magnet, weighting 50000 tonnes? Answer:- India (at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre) AdMiN➤RAJ THE Knowledge Enhancer
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