One Line Current Affairs Questions - --- ----- 2013 MAY - Special 1. Who has recently won the first Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering? ANSWER :- Tim Berners Lee 2. Which neighbouring country of India is constructed a temple for goddes Sitha? ANSWER :- Sri Lanka 3. Shanthi Prayas-II is the joint military exercise recently held between which countries? ANSWER :- Nepal and United States 4. Who has been named to lead the Indian women cricket team for limited-overs series against Bangladesh? ANSWER :- Harmanpreet Kaur 5. Who was recently in news as the first non-American Editor of Time International? ANSWER :- Bobby Ghosh 6. Which term is used for Convention on International Trade in Endagered Species (CITES)? ANSWER :- Washington Convention 7. Who was awarded the 2012-2013 Chameli Devi Jain Award for outstanding Women Mediaperson? ANSWER :- Alka Dhupkar 8. The famous quot Finance is the brain of economy was given by which Economist? ANSWER :- Joseph Stiglitz 9. The top secret Operation Lal Dora which is recently in news is related to which incident ? ANSWER :- Landing of Indian Troops in Mauritius 10. Who has been choosen for the prestigious Saraswathi Samman 2012 ? ANSWER :- Sugathakumari 11. Which company has launched its all-electrical Four seated passenger car,the e2o on India? ANSWER :- Mahindra and Mahindra 12. In which country, the worlds biggest dinosaur park is slated to come up? ANSWER :- Australia 13. Who is the first director of research for Brookings India? ANSWER :- Subir Gokarn 14. Which is the second male cloned buffalo calf in the world? ANSWER :- Swaran 15. Who heads the ministerial panel formed recently to discuss impact of retail FDI and minimum support prices? ANSWER :- Sharad Pawar 16. AS per first ever survey of slum housholds by the Census of India, which city has the most number of households in slums? ANSWER :- Vishakhapatnam 17. The rebel alliance Seleka has been making news frequently in context with which African Country? ANSWER :- Central African Republic 18. Who heads the Expert Committee for the purpose of reviewing the institutional frame work of Prasar Bharathi? ANSWER :- Sam Pitroda 19. Who has became the head of an interim government in Nepal and tasked with steering the country towards election by June? ANSWER :- Khilraj Regmi 20. Which is the first ever massive exercise conducted by the Indian Air Force to test battle efficiency in a wartime scenario? ANSWER :- Operation Livewire 21. The Chashma Nuclear Power Complex, which is often in news is located in which country? ANSWER :- Iran 22. Which Indian is the youngest cardinal Indian to take part in the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI? ANSWER :- Cleemis Thottunkal 23. Dholera, which the government is planning to develop as a new smart industial city is located in which state? ANSWER :- Gujarath 24. Who has been chosen for this years prestigious Abel Prize in Mathematics? ANSWER :- Pierre Deligne 25. Who is considered as the father of African literature has died recently? ANSWER :- Chinua Achebe 26. The United States has officially transferred the control of controversial Bagram prison to the local government of which country? ANSWER :- Afganisthan 27. A bank for the Buck is a book written by one of Indias top financial journalists Tamal Bandyopadhyay. The book is a story of which bank? ANSWER :- HDFC Bank 28. The space scientist and Planning Commission member who headed the panel which submitted its report asking for ban on mining in 37% of Western Ghats? ANSWER :- K.Kasturirangan 29. The Telgu writer who was selected for the Jnanpith Award for the year 2012? ANSWER :- Ravuri Bharadwaja 30.The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) works under which ministry? ANSWER :- Ministry of Coporate Affairs 31. The Leveson Report reviewed the general culture and ethics of the media in which country? ANSWER :- Britain 32. The commercial production of oil and gas has started in the Aishwarya Oil Field. These fields are located in which state? ANSWER :- Rajasthan 33. Who has won the Femina Miss India 2013 contest? ANSWER :- Navneet Kaur Dhillon 34. Who has won Asias top literary prize, Man Asian Literary Prize for his novel The Garden of Evening Mists, for the year 2013? ANSWER :- Tan Twan Eng 35. Which European country claims sovereignty over the Falkland island? ANSWER :- Britain 36. The Test of My Life is the autobiography of which cricket player? ANSWER :- Yuvaraj Singh 37. Asias largest solar power project has been recently commissioned in which state? ANSWER :- Rajasthan 38. The lowest dropout rate of school students in the country is in which state? ANSWER :- Kerala (0.53%) 39. The Socialist and successor of the late leader Hugo Chavez who has won the Venezuelas President poll? ANSWER :- Nicolas Maduro 40. Violin Maestro son of Lalgudi Gopala Iyer and exponent of Lalgudi bahani style who died recently at the age of 80? ANSWER :- Lalgudi Jayaraman (April 22) 41. Who heads the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) ? ANSWER :- Madav Gadgil 42. Pakisthani Former Militant ruler and President arrested on charges relating to the 2007 arrests of judges? ANSWER :- Pervez Musharraf 43. The first state of country to implement the e-payment facility in tendering processes thereby ensuring transparency and confidentiality ? ANSWER :- Kerala 44.Former Chief Justice of India and head of the government appointed committee for framing law to tackle crime against women in the wake of the December Delhi Gang rape incident, who died recently? ANSWER :- Justis.J.S.Verma 45. The RBI has recently issued guidlines for new bank licences. As per these guidelines, what is the minimum paid-up capitation for setting up a bank? ANSWER :- Rs.500 Crore’ 41.The President of which country recently suggested a five-point formula to improve relations with India? ANSWER :- China 42. Who has been declared as the winner of 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize the most prestigious and richest award of Architecture, also often referred to as the Nobel Prize of Architecture? ANSWER :- Toyo Ito 43. The International Day of Happiness is celebrated throughout the world on which date? ANSWER :- March 20 44. The Cenral Mine Planning and Design Institute Ltd (CMPDI) is located at which place? ANSWER :- Ranchi 45. The first all-women court was setup recently in which Indian city? ANSWER :- Mumbai
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