Important CURRENT AFFAIRS Questions-Answers Q1. Recently, Jean-Claude Juncker, the longest serving Prime Minister in the European Union, announced his resignation following a spying scandal. Jean-Claude Juncker was the Prime Minister of which country? Ans. Luxemburg Q2. Which party won the recently held National Assembly Election in Bhutan? Ans. People Democratic Party Q3. The term Teledensity defined as number of telephone connection for every ____ individuals living within an area. Ans. 100 Q4. With the commissioning of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, the total nuclear power generation in the country will stand at__: Ans. 5780 MW Q5. Which type of Crude Oil is generally sourced from the North Sea? Ans. Brent Q6. With reference to the defense infrastructure of India, Arjun Mark II refers to a __: Ans. Battle Tank Q7. Which countries are the top 4 cotton producers in the world respectively? Ans. China, India, USA and Pakistan Q8. An objective of the National Food Security Missionis to increase the production of certain crops through area expansion and productivity enhancement in suitable manner in the certain selected districts of country. What are those crops? Ans. Rice, Wheat and Pulses Q9. Who won 19th edition of Commonwealth Chess Championship title? Ans. Abhijeet Gupta Q10. With reference to Indian arts and heritage, the term Palagai Padam refers to ___ ? Ans. Paintings Q11. Guna in Madhya Pradesh was recently making news for inauguration of a new ___? Ans. Spices Park Q12. Balasya Moolam Vijnanam(Knowledge begets strength) is the motto of ____: Ans. DRDO Q13. In which state of India, National Saffron Mission (NSM) is being implemented? Ans. Jammu & Kashmir Q14. In a recent decision taken by the government, the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) limit in insurance has been hiked from 26% to ___: Ans. 49% Q15. Which country launched smart identity document to honour former president Nelson Mandela? Ans. South Africa Q16. Who is appointed as coach of Lucknow Warriors owned by Sahara India for Indian Badminton League? Ans. Muhammad Hafiz Hashim Q17. Which country celebrated its national day on 21st July and as Prince Philippe became its 7th king? Ans. Belgium Q18. Who became the first Caribbean sports personality to be named brand ambassador of BMW? Ans. Darren Sammy Q19. Who has been ranked as the world’s richest person with total worth of USD 72.7 billion as per billionaire index published by Bloomberg in May 2013? Ans. Bill Gates Q20. Who has became the first female Pakistani to scale the world’s tallest mountain, Mount Everest in May 2013? Ans. Samina Baig share to help others too :)
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