Last 5 Months Current Affairs - The essence questions only (April - August) (September already posted) [If u miss this post u may lost upto 5 marks in IBPS PO] 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. 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? Answer. Anil Ananthaswamy 25. Who was sworn in as Kenya’s 4th president? Answer. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta 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. 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) 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 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 76. The Supreme Court of India rejected the plea of the Swiss based drug company …………… to patent the cancer drug called Glivec. Answer. Novartis 77. 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 78. 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 79. Malala Yousafzai has recently signed a deal to publish her autobiography titled ………….. Answer. I Am Malala 80. World Autism Awareness Day was observed on: Answer. April 2 81. In which state has the NTPC decided to set up India’s first geothermal plant? Answer. Chhattisgarh 82. Hamadi Jebali, the Prime Minister of …………., has resigned after failing to form a non-partisan government. Answer. Tunisia 83. 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. 84. Who was presented with Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, Kerala Government’s highest literary honour, on Feb 18? Answer. Atoor Ravi Varma 85. …………… has been declared as the first e-district in Kerala? Answer. Ernakulam 86. 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. 87. Angelo Mathews has been appointed as the captain of the Cricket team of: Answer. Srilanka. He replaced Mahela Jayawardene. 88. 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). 89. The code name given to the entire plan of the execution of Afsal Guru, the parliament attack convict: Answer. Operation Three Star 90. 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 91. The Special Olympics World Winter Games was held from Jan 29 to Feb 5 in: Answer. Pyeong Chang, South Korea. 92. World’s tallest Mahatma Gandhi statue was unveiled on Feb 15 in: Answer. Patna, Bihar 93. Which Indian economist has recently received France’s highest civilian award, ‘Commandeur de la Legion d’Honneur’ (Legion of Honour)? Answer. Amartya Sen 94. Rafael Correa has been re-elected for a third time as President of: Answer. Ecuador 95. World Health Day was observed on: Answer. April 7 96. Who has taken over as the new Chairman of NASSCOM (National Association of Software Services Companies)? Answer. Krishnakumar Natarajan 97. Which company launched the electric car named e2o? Answer. Mahindra & Mahindra 98. India started Visa on Arrival (VoA) facility from April 1 for the senior citizens of which neighboring country? Answer. Pakistan 99. 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. 100. Which Booker prize winning novelist and screenwriter known for the novel ‘Heat and Dust’ passed away recently? Answer. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. 101. 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 102. Miss Universe 2012 is: Answer. Olivia Culpo 103. The recipient of Bharath Muni Samman 2012 is: Answer. Hema Malini 104. Pranab Mukherjee: The All Season Man was written by whom? Answer. Sukhendu Sekar Ray 105. The new Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh is: Answer. Virbhadra Singh 106. The Director of Film ‘Life of Pi’? Answer. Ang Lee 107. The new Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is: Answer. Ranjith Sinha 108. The new Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF) is: Answer. Subash Joshi 109. ‘Controversially Yours’ was written by: Answer. Shuhaib Aktar 110. ‘Broken Republic’ was written by: Answer. Arundhati Roy 111. I.K Gujral’s autobiography is: Answer. Matters of Discretion 112. Which country is set to launch first solid fuel rocket by 2016? Answer. China 113. At which location, India’s first all Women Post Office was recently inaugurated? Answer. New Delhi 114. Which was the theme for ‘International Women’s Day 2013’? Answer. ‘A Promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women.’ 115. Which Indian was awarded SAARC Literature Award in 2013? Answer. Abhay. K 116. Recently, which state government has announced a new scheme called Kanyasri Prakalpa, to encourage girls towards higher education? Answer. West Bengal 117. Recently, who was re-elected for a second term as IAEA Chief? Answer. Yukiya Amano 118. Recently, which country, the giant Atacama Large Millimeter/sub millimeter Array (ALMA) telescope is unveiled? Answer. Chile 119. Who is selected for the prestigious Jnanpith award for the year 2012? Answer. Ravuri Bharadhwaja for his contributions to Telugu literature. 120. Who is the author of the book ‘My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions’ that released recently? Answer: Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam 121. Which Baltic nation has been given permission by the European Union for adopting Euro as its currency? Answer: Latvia. The country will replace its currency the lat, with the euro on 1 January 2014. 122. The Indian Grandmaster who won the Commonwealth Chess Championship? Answer: Abhijeet Gupta 123. Who was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand? Answer: Hemant Soren 124. Who is selected for the Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony 2013? Answer: Zubin Mehta 125. Who is appointed as the new coach of the Indian’s Men’s Hockey Team? Answer: Maharaj Krishan Kaushik 126. Jeane Claude Juncker, who resigned recently, was the Prime Minister of …………….? Answer: Luxembourg 127. The Swiss made solar powered air craft which has been in the news for completing a successful trip across the United States? Answer: Solar Impulse 128. World Population Day was observed on ………….? Answer: July 11 129. The Typhoon that caused widespread damage in Taiwan and East China in July, was named …………? Answer: Soulik 130. Where will be the cartoon museum set up by Kerala Lalitakala Academy in honour of cartoonist R. Sankar inaugurated? Answer: Kayamkulam 131. The recently released book ‘An uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions’ is jointly written by ………. and ………… ? Answer: Amartya Sen and Jean Dreze 132. What is the name given to the largest virus ever seen on the earth, recently discovered by scientists? Answer: Pandoravirus 133. Which Indian tennis pair clinched their first ever ATP tournament by winning the doubles title in the 2013 Claro Open, held in Bogota, Colombia? Answer: Purav Raja and Diviji Sharan 134. Pi Approximation Day was celebrated worldwide on ………..? Answer: 22 July The Mathematical symbol ‘Pi’ represents the mathematical equivalent 22/7, which is similar to the date 22nd July. 135. Nelson Mandela International Day was observed on …………..? Answer: July 18 136. Which Indian won Gold in the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Medellin, Colombia? Answer: Deepika Kumari 137. Which central Government agency has collaborated with the Tata Motors in developing India’s first Hydrogen powered bus? Answer: ISRO 138. The political party launched by Julian Assange to contest in the Australian elections this year? Answer: WikiLeaks Party 139. Which Afghan woman won the 2013 Magsaysay Award? Answer: Habiba Sarabi. She is the first and only woman governor in Afghansitan. 10. Who has been elected as the new President of Pakistan? Answer: Mamnoon Hussain 141. The Indian player who won the International Tennis Federation (ITF) women’s tennis tournament held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt? Answer: Sowjanya Bavisetti 142. What is the name of India’s first indigenously built aircraft carrier, recently unveiled at Kochi? Answer: INS Vikrant 143. Which American daily newspaper has been bought by Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon? Answer: The Washington Post 144. Who won this year’s PGA (Professional Golfers Association) championship held in New York? Answer: Jason Dufner 145. Who is appointed as the new Governor of the Reserve Bank of India? Answer: Raghuram Govinda Rajan 146. The winner of the 100 metres women’s race in the World Athletic Championships? Answer: Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce 147. The world record holder from Russia, who won the women’s pole vault title in the World Athletic Championship? Answer: Yelena Isinbayeva 148. ........ will be India’s 29th State? Answer: Telangana 149. India’s first DNA Forensic Laboratory established in: Answer: Gurgaon 150. Who won the prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize 2013? Answer: Malala Yousafzai 151. Who received the prestigious Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation? Answer: Brigalia Bam 152. Which country Won Bronze Medal at Junior Women Hockey World Cup? Answer: India 153. Who won the Rogers Cup Tennis Tournament Women’s singles title? Answer: Serena Williams (U.S) 154. Who won the Rogers Cup Tennis Tournament Men’s Singles title? Answer: Rafael Nadal (Spain) 155. India has successfully launched its first dedicated navigation satellite, …………..? Answer: IRNSS-1A 156. Who is appointed as the new Governor of Meghalaya? Answer: K. K Paul 157. Y K Sinha has been appointed as the new Indian High Commissioner to ……………? Answer: Sri Lanka 158. National Doctor’s Day was observed on ………….? Answer: July 1, it is the Birth anniversary of Dr. B.C Roy 159. Asian Athletic Championship has been held at ……….? Answer: Pune 160. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named the two recently found smallest moons of Pluto as ………. and ………..? Answer: Kerberos and Styx 161. National Statistics Day was observed on …………? Answer: June 29, The day is celebrated on the occasion on the birth anniversary of Late Prof. P C Mahalanobis. 162. Who is appointed as the new director of CIA? Answer: John O. Brennan 163. The new Chief Secretary of Kerala? Answer: E.K Bharat Bhushan 164. Who is the Chairman of the JPC to probe the alleged scam in 2G spectrum allocation? Answer: P.C Chacko 165. The shooter who has become the first Indian women to win gold in pistol shooting at the world cup at Changwon in Korea? Answer: Rahi Sarnobat 166. The winner of the latest Vikram Sarabhai Award? Answer: E. Sreedharan 167. The first Malayali woman to get first rank in Civil Services Examination? Answer: Harita V. Kumar 168. Which company is offering the world’s first smart phone with the Firefox operating system? Answer: Telefonica 169. Who is appointed as governor of Sikkim? Answer: Shriniwas Patil 170. Who became the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the Asian Boxing Championships? Answer: Shiva Thapa 171. Who is appointed as 40th Chief Justice of India with tenure until 26th April 2014? Answer: P. Sathasivam 172. Name the Afghan governor and Myanmar women who won Magsaysay awards? Answer: Habiba Sarabi and Lahpai Seng Raw 173. Which country celebrated its national day on 21st July and who was sworn in as 7th king? Answer: Belgium, Prince Philippe 174. Who won the Continental Chess Association Open title 2013? Answer: Parimarjan Negi 175. Who is the inventor of the Computer mouse he died recently? Answer: Douglas Engelbart 176. Who is the Winner of Women’s Singles Wimbledon Tennis Tournament 2013? Answer: Marion Bartoli 177. Who is the Winner of Men’s Singles Wimbledon Tennis Tournament 2013? Answer: Andy Murray Men’s Doubles winners are Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan. Women’s Doubles winners are Hsieh Su-wei (Taiwan) and Peng Shuai (China) 178. Who becomes the new Prime Minister of Egypt? Answer: Hazem El-Beblawi 179. Who is appointed as the Coach of Indian Men’s Hockey Team by Hockey India (HI)? Answer: Maharaj Kishan Kaushik 180. Who is sworn in as the 9th Chief Minister of Jharkhand? Answer: Hemant Soren 181. Who won the Commonwealth Chess Championship 2013? Answer: Abhijeet Gupta 182. Which is the first Indian state to introduce e-GPF facility? Answer: Arunachal Pradesh 183. Recently, the High Court of which state in India had given a verdict that all new vehicles registered in the state should run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)? Answer: Gujarat 184. In recent times, BYOD has been making waves in the business world, with a large number of companies opening up to the concept to enhance business productivity. BYOD stands for? Answer: Bring Your Own Device 185. Who won the high quality final match of the 12th Asian Billiards Championship 2013? Answer: Rupesh Shah 186. Recently, which National Park was chosen for unmanned aerial survey, which is first of its kind in India? Answer: Kaziranga National park 187. As per the provisional data released by the Central Statistical Organization (CSO), for 2012-13, which state leads all states in India with respect to economic growth? Answer: Madhya Pradesh 188. Which is the innovative exhibition on rail, launched by Ministry of Environment for to create awareness in youth about the exceptional biodiversity of India? Answer: Science Express Biodiversity Special (SEBS) Train 189. Which country was making news recently as it’s privately owned newspapers go on sale for the first time since 1964? Answer: Myanmar 190. Who has been recently appointed as the new chief of NASSCOM? Answer: Krishnakumar Natarajan 191. Who was awarded Pandit Hridaynath Lifetime Achievement award recently? Answer: Asha Bhonsle 192. Manik Sarkar has become the Chief Minister of which state for the fourth consecutive time recently? Answer: Tripura 193. Who has become Kenya’s fourth President? Answer: Uhuru Kenyatta 194. Which state in India will host the World Chess Championship from November 6 to 26 in 2013? Answer: Tamil Nadu 195. The code name given to the electronic surveillance program operated by the United States which is said to have had direct access to the communications passed through Google, Facebook, Apple and many other internet companies? Answer: PRISM 196. According to the data released by the World Steel Association, India is ranked ………….. in the world steel production? Answer: Fourth. The world No.1 producer is China. 197. World Ocean Day was celebrated on …………? Answer: June 8 198. Who has registered a record 8th win in the Men’s Singles title in the French Open Tennis Tournament? Answer: Rafael Nadal (Spain), with this win he has become the only male player to win any Grand Slam tournament eight times, and the first man to win at least one grand slam tournament for nine consecutive years. 199. Who won the Women’s Singles in the French Open Tennis Tournament? Answer: Serena Williams (US). This is her 16th Grand Slam title. 200. Who is appointed as the new Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan? Answer: TCA Raghavan 201. The founder of the famous Sulabh Project, who has been presented with the French award, ‘Legend of Planet’? Answer: Bindeshwar Pathak Sulabh International is a social service organization which works mainly in the field of sanitation to improve public health. 202. Infinity Tower, the World’s tallest twisted tower (306 meter) was inaugurated in: Answer: Dubai 203. The young Indian shuttler who won the Thailand Open Grand Prix Badminton Trophy? Answer: K. Srikanth 204. The multi agency body to be established by the Government of India to carry out real-time assessment of cyber security threats? Answer: National Cyber Coordination Centre (NCCC) 205. A newly discovered layer of the Human cornea? Answer: Dua’s Layer 206. World Blood Donor Day was observed on: Answer: June 14 207. Which country launched ‘Shenzhou 10’, their fifth manned space mission? Answer: China 208. The 160 year old communication service recently discontinued by the Government of India? Answer: Telegram. It stopped working on July 14, 2013. 209. Where was this year’s G-8 summit held? Answer: Lough Erne, Northern Ireland in United Kingdom 210. Who has been selected as the captain of the India Under-19 Cricket team? Answer: Vijay Zol, Sanju Samson, the wicket keeper from Kerala is the Vice Captain of the team. 211. The new chairman of the Life Insurance Corporation of India? Answer: S. K Roy 212. Who won this year’s Walter Scott Prize? Answer: Tan Twan Eng. The Malaysian author got the award for his novel ‘The Garden of Evening Mists’. 213. As per the United Nations World Populations Prospects Report released recently, India will emerge as the most populous country in …………? Answer: 2028 214. China has recently developed the World’s fastest supercomputer named ………….? Answer: Tianhe-2 215. Petr Necas, who resigned recently amidst accusations of corruption, was the Prime Minister of …………….? Answer: Czech Republic 216. Who is the new Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways? Answer: Oscar Fernandes 217. Which International award has recently been conferred on the biotechnologists, Marry-Dell Chilton, Rober Fraley and Marc Van Montagu? Answer: World Food Prize 2013 218. The United Nations has designated …………. as Public Service Day? Answer: June 23 219. Darren Lehmann has been appointed as the coach of which national Cricket team? Answer: Australia 220. Which country won the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy Cricket title? Answer: India 221. The hornbill, selected as the official mascot of the 35th National Games has been named ………….? Answer: Ammu. The Games will be hosted by Kerala in February 2014. 222. The six Indian forts which have been declared world heritage sites are located in the state of ………..? Answer: Rajasthan 223. The flood ravaged Kedarnath is located in the state of …………..? Answer: Uttarakhand 224. Which micro blogging platform and social networking website has recently been bought by Yahoo? Answer: Tumblr 225. …………. Has become the first European country to introduce compulsory military service for women? Answer: Norway 226. Commodity Transaction Tax (CTT), proposed in the current year’s budget of India, has come into effect on ………….? Answer: July 1, 2013. 227. World Refugee Day was observed on …………? Answer: June 20 228. Who is elected as the new Prime Minister of Australia, replacing Julia Gillard? Answer: Kevin Rudd 229. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj has been re-elected as the President of ……….? Answer: Mongolia 220. Which country is to launch ‘Kirobo’, the World’s first talking Robot-astronaut to space? Answer: Japan 221. Who takes over as the new Chief Justice of India? Answer: P. Sathasivam 222. Who won the FIFA Confederation Cup 2013? Answer: Brazil 223. Who won the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Chess tournament held at Dilijan, Armenia? Answer: Koneru Humpy 224. Najeeb Jung has recently been appointed as the new Lieutenant Governor of …………? Answer: Delhi 225. Recently three astronauts reached International Space Station in six hours from Earth. Which spaceship is used by them? Answer: Suyuz- TMA 226. The ICC World Cup 2015 will be jointly hosted by ………….. and ……………..? Answer: Australia and New Zealand 227. Who has been named as the President of the Indian Hockey Federation? Answer: K.D Singh 228. Who has sworn in as the President of Iran, succeeding Mahmoud Ahmadi Nejad? Answer: Hassan Rouhani 229. Who has been re-elected as the President of Zimbabwe? Answer: Robert Mugabe 230. Rajeev Rishi has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of which Bank? Answer: Central Bank of India 231. Who has been appointed as the new chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA)? Answer: Sharad Kumar 232. Who has been selected for this year’s Lokmanya Tilak Award? Answer: E. Sreedharan 233. Which Indian won Gold in the 2013 World Games held in Cali, Colombia? Answer: Aditya Mehta 234. India’s recently test fired indigenously developed multi-barrel rocket launcher? Answer: Pinaka 235. The all-women bank to be set up by the Government of India is named ………….? Answer: Bhartiya Mahila Bank 236. In which state is the nation’s first cyber forensic laboratory set up? Answer: Tripura 237. The Indian shuttler who won bronze in the World Badminton Championships held in Guangzhou, China? Answer: P.V Sindhu 238. ......... has become the first state to disburse salary to Government employees through Aadhar linked Bank accounts? Answer: Maharashtra 239. Who won the men’s 100 metre sprint title at the IAAF World Athletic Championship held in Moscow? Answer: Usain Bolt 240. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has been elected as the new President of .........? Answer: Mali 241. Who clinched this year’s Indian Premier League Cricket Trophy? Answer: Mumbai Indians 242. Who tops the list of the world’s most powerful women, released by Forbes Magazine recently? Answer: Angela Merkel, she has been the Chancellor of Germany since 2005. 243. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Navigation Centre was set up at: Answer: Byalalu, about 40km from Bangalore The ISRO Navigation Centre will be the nerve centre of India’s forthcoming Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS). The IRNSS will consist of a constellation of seven satellites. The first satellite, R1A launched on June 12. 244. The Muttathu Varkey literary award was presented to: Answer: C.V Balakrishnan 245. Thakazhi Cherukatha Puraskaram was awarded to .........? Answer: Rehman Kidangayath 246. Who received this year’s Man Asian Literary Prize? Answer: Tan Twan Eng. He got the award for his novel ‘The Garden of Evening Mists’. 247. How many languages in India have been conferred classical statuses so far? Answer: Five (Sanskrit, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam) 248. The Japanese historian and writer who was awarded Padmashree this year? Answer: Noboru Karashimna 249. Which Keralite was appointed as Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court? Answer: Justice Pius C Kuriakose 250. Who received this year’s Swathithirunal Sangeetha Award? Answer: V Dakshinamoorthy 251. M.R Venkatesh became India’s 28th Chess Grand Master in July 2012. He belongs to which state? Answer: Tamil Nadu 252. Who won the 2012 Laureus Sportsman of the year Award? Answer: Novak Djokovic 253. What is the name given to India’s mission to Mars in November 20, 2013? Answer: Mars Orbiter Mission 254. 7th G-20 Summit was held in which country? Answer: Mexico 255. The current winners of the UEFA Champions League. Answer: Bayern Munich 256. The award winning and internationally known Bengali Film director who passed away on May 30? Answer: Rithuparno Ghosh 257. ......... in India has been declared by UNESCO as a world biosphere reserve under its ‘Man and the Biosphere’ (MAB) Programme? Answer: Nicobar Islands 258. The eminent Malayalam grammarian, poet, linguist and translator whose 150th birth anniversary was celebrated this year: Answer: A.R Rajaraja Varma 259. N.R Narayana Murthy has again taken over as the Executive chairman of which major IT company? Answer: Infosys 260. As per the new rule of the Telecom Regulatory Authority, advertisements shown on TV channels are restricted to ......... minutes for one hour programming. Answer: 12 minutes. The rule will come into effect on October 1 2013. 261. Who has become the youngest Indian to climb Mount Everest? Answer: Raghav Joneja (15 years and 7 months) 262. Rami Hamdallah has become the new prime minister of: Answer: Palestine 263. Who won the US Open golf tournament 2013? Answer: Justin Rose 264. Which airport in India has been ranked as the world’s second best by the Airport Council International? Answer: Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi 265. Who won Iran presidential election 2013? Answer: Hassan Rouhani 266. Who won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the opening ceremony of the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival? Answer: Oliver Stone 267. When the first Under-17 Football World Cup event is scheduled in India? Answer: 2017 268. Which state won the Junior Men’s National Hockey title 2013? Answer: Punjab 269. Who is appointed as chairman of the National Technical Research Organization? Answer: R. Chandrashekar 270. Which Indian state launched country’s first seaplane service? Answer: Kerala 271. Who is sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Pakistan? Answer: Nawaz Sharif 272. Nation’s highest Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) will be set up at: Answer: Nyoma, Leh district of Jammu & Kashmir 273. Dubai launched World’s tallest Twisted Tower named: Answer: Cayan Tower 274. Who is the first woman to be appointed as the Managing Director of the State Bank of India? Answer: Arundhati Bhattacharya 275. The mobile healthcare system launched by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare-India to vaccinate children at their doorsteps is called …………….? Answer: National Teeka Express 276. Which power generation company has recently been conferred with the ‘Mini Ratna Category 1’ status by the Government of India? Answer: North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) 277. Who wrote the novel ‘The Orphan Master’s Son’, which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2013? Answer: Adam Johnson 278. The veteran play back singer .......... who had sung around 3000 songs in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam and Tulu passed away on 14th April? Answer: P.B Srinivas 279. World Earth Day was observed on: Answer: April 22 280. What was the theme of 2013 World Earth day (April 22)? Answer: The face of climate change 281. Who has been elected as the President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)? Answer: Takehiko Nakao (Japan) 282. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the State Child Rights Commission, Kerala? Answer: Neela Gangadharan 283. The 200th birth anniversary of .........., the ruler of the erstwhile kingdom of Travancore is being celebrated now? Answer: Swati Tirunal 284. Which Indian has been appointed as the Vice Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce? Answer: Sunil Bharti Mittal 285. The famous Indian Violinist who passed away on April 22? Answer: Lalgudi Jayaraman 286. Who is sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Italy? Answer: Enrico Letta 287. The space observatory of the European Space Agency which stopped functioning recently? Answer: Herschel. It is the largest infrared space telescope ever built. 288. National Civil Services Day was observed on: Answer: April 21 289. According to the data released by the TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India), which state accounts for the largest number of mobile subscribers in India? Answer: Uttar Pradesh 290. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Kerala? Answer: E.K Bharat Bhooshan 291. World Asthma Day was observed on: Answer: May 7 Note: The First Tuesday of May is observed every year as World Asthma Day. 292. The Reserve Bank of India on May 4 reduced the Repo rate to: Answer: 7.25% 293. Where in Haryana India’s first defence university is to be setup? Answer: Gurgaon 294. Who is the new Prime Minister of Nepal? Answer: Khil Raj Regmi 295. Who is the new Prime Minister of North Korea? Answer: Pak Pong-ju 296. Who is the new president of Bangladesh? Answer: Abdul Hamid 297. Who becomes the first woman speaker of Bangladesh? Answer: Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury 298. Who is the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India? Answer: Shashi Kant Sharma 299. Who become the first Pakistani women to scale the Everest? Answer: Samina Baig 300. What was the theme of 2013 International Biological diversity Day (May 22)? Answer: Water and Biodiversity 301. The Reserve Bank of India has projected a GDP growth percent of .......... for 2013-14? Answer: 5.7% 302. World Press Freedom Day was celebrated on: Answer: May 3 303. Who was honoured by this year’s UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Award? Answer: Reeyot Alemu (Ethiopia). She has been imprisoned for more than a year branded as Terrorist. 304. The movie named …… produced by IBM Research, has been recognized as the World’s smallest movie ever created? Answer: A Boy and His Atom. The one minute movie was made by moving carbon monoxide atoms viewed through a Scanning Tunneling Microscope, magnifying them 100 million times. 305. Najib Razak has been sworn in for a second term as the Prime Minister of: Answer: Malaysia 36. Which Indian shuttler has won the Malaysia Open Women’s title? Answer: P. Sindhu 307. .......... and .......... Are nominated by India for World Heritage Site status in 2013. Answer: Hill Forts in Rajasthan and the Great Himalayan National Park. 308. The Indian discus thrower who clinched gold in the IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) Challenge Meet held in Kingston? Answer: Vikas Gowda 309. Who got the ISRO Young Scientist Award 2013? Answer: Jenita Mary Nongkynrih from Meghalaya 310. Who is sworn in as the 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka? Answer: Siddaramaiah 311. Government of India will observe Year 2013 as: Answer: Water Conservation Year 312. Who becomes the first Indian amputee to conquer Mt Everest? Answer: Arunima Sinha 313. Which country signed new constitution into law on 22nd May 2013? Answer: Zimbabwe 314. Who won the 5th Man Booker International Prize? Answer: Lydia Davis 315. Who is crowned as the Miss India Worldwide 2013? Answer: Nehal Bhogaita. Britain’s Nehal Bhogaita has won the title of Miss India Worldwide, making her the first deaf to win the beauty pageant. 316. Who is appointed as the Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court? Answer: Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta 317. Who has been selected for the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award 2013? Answer: Amjad Ali Khan 318. The Government of India has announced the setting up of a new Marine Training Academy at: Answer: Tuticorin 319. The advanced weather satellite recently launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation? Answer: INSAT-3D 320. What is the full form of NOFN? Answer: National Optical Fibre Network. The scheme recently approved by the Union Government will connect 2,50,000 Gram Panchayats in the country through Optical Fibre Cable. 321. Who has been elected as the chairman of Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD)? Answer: P.J Kurien 322. .........., the developer of the first successful oral vaccination for Polio passed away recently? Answer: Hilary Koprowski 323. The international Monetary Fund has recently recognized the Government of .......... After 22 years? Answer: Somalia 324. The Indian-American economist who won the John Bates Clark Medal 2013? Answer: Raj Chetty John Bates Clark Medal is awarded by the American Economic Association. The award often described as the ‘Baby Nobel’, is considered by many economists to be second only to the Nobel Prize. 325. Who becomes the new Prime Minister of Egypt? 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