~Current Affairs & General Awareness ~ *************** Who is appointed as the Mission Director for the ambitious Direct Benefits Transfer(DBT) scheme? Answer :- Sindhushree Khullar . Which ministry has recently launched the Ragiv Rinn Yojana (RRY)? Answer :- Ministry of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation . The Changthangi or pashmina goat is found in which Indian State? Answer :- Jammu & Kashmir .The Elephanta Cultural festival is organized by which State Government? Answer :- Maharastra .The Union Budgect 2013-14 has pegged the fiscal deficit for the current year at which rate? Answer :- 5.6 % . Which Indian was awarded SAARC Literature Award in 2013? Answer :- Abhay.K .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 .What is the name of new version of Office Software launched by the Microsoft? Answer :- Office 365 . 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 . 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 . Who is the Chairperson of FSDC (Financial Stability and Development Council)?(data by facebook/AllCurrentAffairs) Answer :- Finance Minister . Hago Chavez, who recently passed away was the president of which country? Answer :- Venezuela . Key Resolve 2013 is the joint military exercise of which countries? Answer :- United States and South Korea . What is the rank of India in the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report for 2013? Answer :- 136th . 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 . Recently, which film has picked up the Golden Bear for best film at the Berlin film festival?( Answer :- Childs Pose . Which festival is celebrated annually by the Sufi Musicians in New Delhi? Answer :- Jahan-e-Khusrau festival . The worlds largest biogas plant was inaugurated in which country? Answer :- Finland 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] . Recently, which ministry has launched e-PPS scheme? Answer :- Union Ministry for Communication and IT . Chairman of Prime Ministers Economic Advisory Council? Answer :- C.Rangarajan . 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 . Name the country which is designing software for controlling social media access? Answer :- Iran . Mauritius president who visited recently India whose parents were descents from Bihar? Answer :- Rajkeswar Purryag . 14,833 drummers ensemble to enter the Guiness World Records in which stateAnswer :- Assam Artist played Khol [ A traditional Assamese musical instrument] . Where will being the work to implement worlds largest solar telescope? Answer :- Ladakh . Diplomat and good will Ambassadors of India in UNESCO since 2000 passed away recently, who? Answer :- Madanjeet Singh . Centenary session of Indian Science Congress held in ? Answer :- Kolkata . Who selected as the new financial service secretary in Finance Ministry? Answer :- Rajiv Takru . 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 . First civil air service of the state Mantra Airlines inaugurated recently belongs to which Indian state? Answer :- Jammu and Kashmir . Newely appointed chairman of law commission? Answer :- Justice D.K.Jain .Which countrydefeated India in the Davis Cup Asia- Oceania Group One First Round? Answer :- South Korea .Who is appointed as the new Solicitor General of India? Answer :- Mohan Parasaran (Rohinton Nariman has recently resigned this post) . Who lead Team Mumbai in the Irani Trophy match against Rest of India? Answer :- Abhishek Nayar . Who became the champions in the Hockey India Leagu , 2013? Answer :- Ranchi Rhinos They beat Delhi Daredevils 2 - 1 in the final . The reowned Malayalam poet who passed away on 11 February? Answer :- D.Vinayachandran
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