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GK Questions
Sl No. Question
3481 Which Indian IT Services Company has become the first Indian IT company to get listed on
NYSE Euronext London and Paris markets in Feb 2013?
A) Infosys
B) TCS
C) Wipro
D) HCL Technologies
3482 The Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has set interest rates paid to subscribers
at ____ during the current fiscal year 2012-13 in Feb 2013.
A) 8.75%
B) 8.25%
C) 8.5%
D) 8%
3483 Which Telecom Service Provider has closed down its mobile networks in Kolkata, West
Bengal and Mumbai in Feb 2013 following order from The Supreme Court as it failed to get
fresh 2G Spectrum license for the circles?
A) Videocon
B) Aircel
C) Uninor
D) Idea Cellular
3484 CBI has named which former air chief marshall and 10 others and four companies in a
preliminary enquiry related to the AgustaWestland bribery allegations in Feb 2013?
A) Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy
B) SP Tyagi
C) Fali Homi Major
D) Pradeep Vasant Naik
3485 Who was elected as the President of Ecuador for the 3rd term in Feb 2013?
A) Guillermo Lasso
B) Rafael Correa
C) Álvaro Noboa
D) None of These
3486 India’s "Agriculture, forestry & fishing" Sector growth for the third quarter of the current
financial year 2012-13 stood at?
A) 4.1%
B) 2.6%
C) 1.1%
D) 1.9%
3487 Who won the Women’s World Cup player of the tournament in the recently held ICC
Women’s Cricket world Cup in Feb 2013?
A) Mithali Raj
B) Suzie Bates
C) Katherine Brunt
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D) Stafanie Taylor
3488 Raul Castro elected whom as his Vice President of the Council of State of Cuba for the first
time in February 2013?
A) Miguel Diaz-Canel
B) Fidel Castro
C) Stavros Malas
D) José Ramón Machado
3489 Who won the Women's Singles trophy at the Dubai Tennis Championship held in February
2013?
A) Petra Kvitova
B) Agnieszka Radwańska
C) Sara Errani
D) Li Na
3490 Industrialist Hari Shankar Singhania passed away in Feb 2013. He was President of which
Industry group?
A) Binani Group
B) Jaypee Group
C) JK Group
D) None of These
3491 Who has been awarded with the million-dollar TED Prize in Feb 2013?
A) Jamie Oliver
B) Sugata Mitra
C) Jill Tarter
D) Ela Bhatt
3492 Which party has retained power in Tripura after the landslide victory in the recently held
assembly election in Feb 2013?
A) BJP
B) Congress
C) CPM
D) None of These
3493 India’s Cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni broke whose record of highest individual
Test score by an Indian captain while scoring 224 against Australia in the first cricket test in
Feb 2013?
A) Sachin Tendulkar
B) Sunil Gavaskar
C) Saurav Ganguly
D) Mohammad Azharuddin
3494 Which Indian Corporate has transferred Rs 12,300 crore worth of personal shares to his trust
that funds his philanthropic activities in the education sector in Feb 2013?
A) Adi Godrej
B) Azim Premji
C) Ratan Tata
D) N R Narayana Murthy
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3495 Global Credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has downgraded sovereign bond
rating of which country by one notch to AA1 from the top most rating of AAA in Feb 2013?
A) Luxemberg
B) Germany
C) UK
D) France
3496 Recently which Indian Ministry has launched the “My India" Initiative in Feb 2013?
A) Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
B) Ministry of Tourism
C) Ministry of Commerce and Industry
D) Ministry of External Affairs
3497 What is the rank of Indian Women's team in the latest ICC rankings published in February
2013?
A) 5th
B) 7th
C) 6th
D) 8th
3498 What is the name of the bionic man that is recently unveiled by the Scientists?
A) Saz
B) Rex
C) Jax
D) None of These
3499 Who won the Dubai Tennis Championship in the Women’s Doubles category held in Feb
2013?
A) Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik
B) Sania Mirza and Bethanie-MattekSands
C) Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua
D) Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci
3500 Which party has retained power in Nagaland after the landslide victory in the recently held
assembly election in Feb 2013?
A) BJP
B) Congress
C) CPM
D) NPF
3501 Which Indian state has set a new record for India's highest ever voter turnout with 93%
polling in the Assembly elections held in Feb 2013?
A) Nagaland
B) Tripura
C) Meghalaya
D) None of These
3502 Who has been elected as the President of Cyprus after winning the Presidential election in Feb
2013?
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A) Miguel Diaz-Canel
B) Nicos Anastasiades
C) Stavros Malas
D) None of These
3503 Who has become the first women cricketer to score 5000 runs in one day international cricket?
A) Mithali Raj
B) Suzie Bates
C) Katherine Brunt
D) Charlotte Edwards
3504 Which PSU bank has recently launched "Tatkal" Scheme to enable customers to transfer
money without actually opening an account?
A) Bank of India
B) Union Bank of India
C) State Bank of India
D) Punjab National Bank
3505 ONGC-Videsh Ltd. has acquired a stake in the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashi (ACG) oil fields. Ths oil
field is located in?
A) Georgia
B) Azerbaijan
C) Canada
D) Mozambique
3506 Which country has recently announced in Feb 2013 that it has successfully sent a monkey into
space?
A) Iran
B) North Korea
C) China
D) Australia
3507 Which Indian state has become the first state in India to ban manual scavenging?
A) Gujarat
B) Delhi
C) Karnataka
D) Goa
3508 Which movie won the maximum number of awards at the 85th Academy Awards (2013
Oscar) held in February 2013?
A) Les Misérables
B) Lincoln
C) Argo
D) Life of Pi
3509 Who was conferred with the Exemplary Leader Award in Mumbai in Feb 2013 for his
contribution to Power sector?
A) Arup Roy Choudhury
B) Vishwaroop
C) Chandra Shekhar Verma
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D) N.N. Mishra
3510 Railway Minister has introduced _____ Express connecting places associated with freedom
movement as a part of Railway Budget 2013.
A) Shahid
B) Azadi
C) Jawan
D) None of These
3511 An expert committee headed by technocrat _______ was appointed by the government to
review the functioning of Prasar Bharati in Feb 2013.
A) J Verma
B) Sam Pitroda
C) N. R. Narayana Murthy
D) None of These
3512 Railway Minister has proposed to set up Indian Railway Institute for Financial Management
in which place to train rail officers on a regular basis as a part of Railway Budget 2013.
A) Chennai
B) Secunderabad
C) New Delhi
D) Kanpur
3513 The State Government of Uttar Pradesh has appointed whom to conduct Judicial Probe into
the Allahabad Railway Station Stampede that occurred during Kumbh Mela in Feb 2013?
A) Justice Jain
B) Justice Shome
C) Justice Verma
D) Justice Bhatt
3514 Who has been recently named as an independent director on the board of General Electric in
Feb 2013 and he will be the youngest director on the board of GE?
A) Nabeel Gareeb
B) Francisco D'Souza
C) Kumar Mangalam Birla
D) None of These
3515 Which state has been conferred upon the prestigious National e-Governance Gold Award for
2012-13, for its 'Sparsh Abhiyan' aimed towards the disabled and the aged in Feb 2013?
A) Bihar
B) Andhra Pradesh
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Gujarat
3516 Who has been appointed as the new director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
(IGCAR) in Feb 2013?
A) P.R. Vasudeva Rao
B) P.S. Veeraraghavan
C) M.C. Dathan
D) M.Y.S. Prasad
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3517 The first wildlife skywalk of India will be coming up in Maenam wildlife sanctuary, situated
in ___________.
A) Arunachal Pradesh
B) Assam
C) Sikkim
D) Meghalaya
3518 Microsoft has released its new MS Office version on Cloud in Feb 2013. What is the name of
its new Office version?
A) MS Office 2012
B) Office 2013
C) Office 365
D) Office Millenium
3519 Which committee was constituted by the Union Government in Dec 2012 to inquire into the
different aspects of the brutal rape and assault incident of the girl on 16 December 2012 on the
streets of Delhi? It has submitted its report in Feb 2013.
A) Justice Kabir Committee
B) Justice Shome Committee
C) Justice Verma Committee
D) Justice Usha Mehra Committee
3520 Pope Benedict XVI has announced his resignation in Feb 2013. His original name is?
A) Albino Luciani
B) Karol Józef Wojtyła
C) Joseph Alois Ratzinger
D) Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli
3521 As per RBI's recent guideline, Microfinance institutions (MFIs) cannot charge interest rate of
more than _____.
A) 25%
B) 22%
C) 26%
D) 24%
3522 Which movie has bagged the coveted Golden Bear prize for best film at the 63rd Berlin film
festival held in February 2013?
A) Argo
B) Child's Pose
C) Life of PI
D) Prince Avalanche
3523 Which Chinese Actor has been selected as members of the Chinese People's Political
Consultative Conference, one of the houses of Chinese parliament in Feb 2013?
A) Yun-Fat Chow
B) Jet Li
C) Jackie Chan
D) Matthew Zhang
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3524 Which Indian tourism-related online portals has launched the RoutePlanner, an innovative
application which makes people’s traveling easier and faster in Feb 2013?
A) MakeMyTrip
B) Yatra
C) Easemytrip
D) Cleartrip
3525 Indian Government has recently granted Maharatna status to BHEL and GAIL. A Maharatna
firm can take investment decision of up to _______ without going to the government.
A) Rs 500 crore
B) Rs 5,000 crore
C) Rs 1,000 crore
D) Rs 2,500 crore
3526 Which Indian private sector Bank was awarded the Financial Institutions Syndicated Deal of
the Year 2012 in its Asia Pacific Region in Feb 2013?
A) HDFC Bank
B) ICICI Bank
C) YES Bank
D) Axis Bank
3527 Who has been recently appointed as the brand ambassador of nutrition company Herbalife in
Feb 2013?
A) Mary Kom
B) Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda
C) Saina Nehwal
D) Sushil Kumar
3528 Which bollywood actor was awarded with the City Proclamation Award in Los Angeles in
the last week of February 2013?
A) Amitabh Bachchan
B) Anupam Kher
C) Shahrukh Khan
D) Irfaan Khan
3529 Who has been appointed Sri Lanka’s T20 captain for a period of 1 year in Feb 2013?
A) Dinesh Chandimal
B) Lasith Malinga
C) Angelo Mathews
D) Kumar Sangakara
3530 Dr. Ram Baran Yadav has visited India in Feb 2013. He is the President of?
A) Sri Lanka
B) Bhutan
C) Nepal
D) Singapore
3531 Twitter has launched its first pay-by-tweet service in partnership with which financial
company in Feb 2013?
A) Mastercard
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B) VISA
C) American Express
D) Maestro
3532 Which Indian Ministry has released Shubh Yatra, an exclusive monthly bi-lingual (Hindi &
English) inflight magazine of Air India in Feb 2013?
A) Ministry of HRD
B) Ministry of Civil Aviation
C) Ministry of External Affairs
D) Ministry of Tourism
3533 A meteor of around 17 metres across and weighed 10,000 tons has hit the earth in Feb 2013. In
which country, it has hit the earth?
A) Antarctica
B) Russia
C) GreenLand
D) Norway
3534 Which Credit card selling company has launched a service ‘ezeClick’ to enable its customers
to carry out online transactions without entering card details in Feb 2013?
A) VISA
B) American Express
C) Mastercard
D) Maestro
3535 Zhuang Zedong, a Chinese table tennis player, passed away in Feb 2013. He won world men's
singles champion ____ times.
A) Six
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
3536 India’s Foreign Investment Proposal Board (FIPB) has cleared AirAsia's FDI investment in
India's aviation sector in March 2013. AirAsia is forming Joint Venture with which Indian
Coroporate house to launch Indian Operation?
A) Essar Group
B) Reliance Industries
C) Tata Sons
D) Aditya Birla Group
3537 Which of these below states has been emerged as the most secure ones for women in the
Female Security Index (FSI), as per the data compiled by the Tata Strategic Management
Group and published in March 2013?
A) Madhya Pradesh
B) Rajasthan
C) Haryana
D) Gujarat
3538 Which film won the Best Film award in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March
2013?
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A) Chittagong
B) Kahaani
C) Paan Singh Tomar
D) Oh My God
3539 Who has been appointed as the 20th Director General of Indian Coast Guard in March 2013?
A) MP Muralidharan
B) Anurag G Thapliyal
C) Devendra Kumar Joshi
D) Nirmal Verma
3540 Who was conferred with the Liberation War Honour Award by the President of Bangladesh,
Zillur Rahman in March 2013?
A) P Chidambaram
B) Manmohan Singh
C) Pranab Mukherjee
D) None of These
3541 Who won the "Sportsman of the Year" in the "Laureus World Sports Awards 2013" announced
in March 2013?
A) Yohan blake
B) Michel Phelps
C) Usain Bolt
D) Tyson gay
3542 Who has been ranked as the Richest Indian in the Forbes list published in March 2013?
A) Shashi & Ravi Ruia
B) Lakshmi Mittal
C) Azim Premji
D) Mukesh Ambani
3543 India’s eight core sector industries growth stood at ______ in January 2012 (Published in
March 2013).
A) 3.2%
B) 2.2%
C) 3.9%
D) None of These
3544 "International Women's Day" is observed on?
A) 19-Mar
B) 18-Mar
C) 8-Mar
D) 22-Mar
3545 Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has announced during the budget in on 28th Feb 2013 that
the Government would infuse _________ in public sector banks next fiscal year to meet global
capital adequacy norms.
A) Rs 10,000 crore
B) Rs 12,000 crore
C) Rs 14,000 crore
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D) None of These
3546 Who has sworn in as the Chief Minister of Nagaland for the third consecutive term in March
2013?
A) P A Sangma
B) Neiphiu Rio
C) Mukul Sangma
D) None of These
3547 Who won the "Breakthrough of the Year" in the "Laureus World Sports Awards 2013"
announced in March 2013?
A) Novak Djokovic
B) Michel Phelps
C) Usain Bolt
D) Andy Murray
3548 Who won the Best Actor award in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013
along with marathi actor Vikram Gokhale?
A) Amir Khan
B) Ranbir Kapoor
C) Irrfan Khan
D) None of These
3549 Who won the the Mexican Open women's single 2013 Tennis tournament held in March
2013?
A) Carla Suarez-Navarro
B) Sara Errani
C) Maria Sharapova
D) Agnieszka Radwanska
3550 GDP growth of Brazil, the world's sixth largest economy stood at ______ in 2012.
A) 2.7%
B) 0.9%
C) 4.5%
D) None of These
3551 Indian Cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the most successful Indian
Test captain, surpassing Sourav Ganguly’s record in March 2013. How many test wins he has
now as Captain after recent Australia series win?
A) 21
B) 22
C) 24
D) 25
3552 Who won the ATP Dubai Open Tennis Mens' single title 2013 held in March 2013?
A) Tomas Berdych
B) Novak Djokovic
C) Andy Murray
D) Roger Federar
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3553 Which company has announced its acquisition of UK broadband and fixed line businesses of
Spain's Telefonica for nearly 200 million pounds in March 2013?
A) British Telecom
B) British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB)
C) Vodafone
D) Orange Telecom Services
3554 "World Forestry Day" is observed on?
A) 19-Mar
B) 18-Mar
C) 21-Mar
D) 22-Mar
3555 Which team won the 67th Santosh Trophy for the third consecutive time held in March 2013?
A) Kerala
B) Services
C) Railways
D) None of These
3556 Which famous author has been selected for the Bihari Puraskar for 2012, announced in March
2013?
A) Dinesh Panchal
B) Hariram Meena
C) Atul Kanak
D) Santosh Maya Mohan
3557 Mukesh Ambani has been ranked as the Richest Indian in the Forbes list published in March
2013. What was his global rank?
A) 21
B) 22
C) 18
D) 29
3558 Which film won the award in the "Best Debut Film of A Director" category in the "60th
National Film Awards" announced in March 2013?
A) Chittagong
B) Kahaani
C) Paan Singh Tomar
D) Vicky Donor
3559 World famous Socialist leader Hugo Chavez passed away in March 2013 after battling cancer
for two years. He was President of which country?
A) Cuba
B) Veneguela
C) Chilie
D) Mexico
3560 Who won the "Sportswoman of the Year" in the "Laureus World Sports Awards 2013"
announced in March 2013?
A) Sanya Richards
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B) Allyson Felix
C) Jessica Ennis
D) Shelly-Ann Fraser
3561 Who has sworn as chief minister of Meghalaya for a second straight term in March 2013?
A) P A Sangma
B) Neiphiu Rio
C) Mukul Sangma
D) Manik Sarkar
3562 Who won the ATP Dubai Open Tennis Mens' double title 2013 held in March 2013?
A) Nenad Zimonjic and Robert Lindstedt
B) Mahesh Bhupathi and Nenad Zimonjic
C) Mahesh Bhupathi and Michael Lloldra
D) None of These
3563 Who won the Best Actress award in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March
2013?
A) Priyanka Chopra
B) Usha Jadhav
C) Kareena Kapoor
D) None of These
3564 The Bank of England has kept interest rates unchanged at ____ in its latest monetary policy
review in March 2013.
A) 0.75%
B) 0.25%
C) 0.5%
D) None of These
3565 The euro zone unemployment rate stood at _____ in January 2013.
A) 12.8%
B) 7.8%
C) 11.9%
D) None of These
3566 Which country has formally applied in March 2013 to join the euro in 2014 which will make it
the 18th nations to join the euro currency?
A) Turkey
B) Latvia
C) Jordon
D) Russia
3567 The Patiala House Court has recently framed charges of allegedly attempting to commit
suicide during her fast until death against Iron lady of Manipur Sharmila Chanu in March
2013. She has been fasting for how many years now?
A) 6 Years
B) 8 Years
C) 12 Years
D) 10 Years
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3568 Who won the the Mexican Open men's single 2013 Tennis tournament held in March 2013?
A) Tomas Berdych
B) Novak Djokovic
C) Rafael Nadal
D) David Ferrer
3569 "World Consumer Rights Day" is observed on?
A) 19-Mar
B) 18-Mar
C) 21-Mar
D) 15-Mar
3570 Which Indian city has received lowest rank as per the Female Security Index (FSI), based on
the data compiled by the Tata Strategic Management Group and published in March 2013?
A) Chennai
B) Delhi
C) Bangalore
D) Mumbai
3571 Who has been ranked as the Richest person in the world in the Forbes list published in March
2013?
A) Carlos Slim Helu
B) Bill Gates
C) Amancio Ortega
D) Warren Buffett
3572 The Parliamentary Award Committee has selected whom for Outstanding Parliamentarian
Award for 2012 (announced in March 2013)?
A) P Chidambaram
B) Kapil Sibal
C) Sharad Yadav
D) None of These
3573 Which film won the award in the "Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment"
category in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013?
A) Chittagong
B) Kahaani
C) Paan Singh Tomar
D) Vicky Donor
3574 Which company has announced its plan in March to spin off its Time Inc magazine unit into
an independent, publicly traded company by the end of 2013?
A) DowJones
B) Time Warner
C) Forbes
D) Bloomberg
3575 Who has been officially elected as China’s new President and head of the military in March
2013?
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A) Xi Jinping
B) Wen Jiabao
C) Li Keqiang
D) Hu Jintao
3576 Who has sworn as chief minister of Tripura for the record 5th Consecutive time in March
2013?
A) P A Sangma
B) Neiphiu Rio
C) Mukul Sangma
D) Manik Sarkar
3577 Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Nagaland in March 2013?
A) M C Bhandare
B) S C Jamir
C) Ashwani Kumar
D) None of These
3578 Who won the Best Supporting Actress award in the "60th National Film Awards" announced
in March 2013?
A) Priyanka Chopra
B) Usha Jadhav
C) Dolly Ahluwalia
D) None of These
3579 India’s overall Inflation measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) stood at ________ in
February.
A) 7.56%
B) 6.62%
C) 6.84%
D) 6.12%
3580 Who won the "Exceptional Achievement Award" in the "Laureus World Sports Awards 2013"
announced in March 2013?
A) Yohan blake
B) Michel Phelps
C) Usain Bolt
D) Tyson gay
3581 Who has appointed as the editor of Time International in March 2013 to become the first non-
American Editor of Time International?
A) Sanjay Gupta
B) Bobby Ghosh
C) Fareed Zakaria
D) Uma Pemmaraju
3582 Who has sworn-in as Goa’s first Lokayukta in March 2013?
A) Y. Bhaskar Rao
B) B. Sudershan Reddy
C) Shivraj V. Patil
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D) H. R. Bhardwaj
3583 China’s outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao has recently announced mesures after formally
assuming power in March 2013 to boost fiscal spending in 2013 to touch economic growth of
_______ for 2012.
A) 8%
B) 9.5%
C) 7.5%
D) 9%
3584 "World Earth Day" is observed on?
A) 19-Mar
B) 23-Mar
C) 21-Mar
D) 25-Mar
3585 Dr Kallam Anji Reddy has passed away in March 2013. He was founder of which Indian
pharma company?
A) Ranbaxy
B) Aurovindo Pharma
C) Dr Reddy's Laboratories
D) None of These
3586 India's Saina Nehwal was defeated by whom to crash out of the All-England Championship
in March 2013?
A) Tine Baun
B) Ratchanok Inthanon
C) Wang Shixian
D) Li Xuerui
3587 Which film won the award in the "Best Screenplay - Screenplay Writer (Original)" category in
"60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013?
A) Chittagong
B) Kahaani
C) Paan Singh Tomar
D) Oh My God
3588 Indian Cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the most successful Indian
Test captain, surpassing Sourav Ganguly’s record in March 2013. What was Saurav Ganguly's
record of test win as Captain?
A) 21
B) 22
C) 20
D) 23
3589 As per January 2013 data, which euro zone country has the highest unemployment rate of
27%?
A) Austria
B) Greece
C) Spain
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D) Portugal
3590 Euro zone finance ministers and IMF have provided emergency bailout money to which euro
zone country in March 2013 to avoid default?
A) Portugal
B) Cyprus
C) Ireland
D) Greece
3591 Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Odhisa in March 2013?
A) M C Bhandare
B) S C Jamir
C) Ashwani Kumar
D) Nikhil Kumar
3592 The European Central Bank (ECB) has kept interest rates unchanged at ____ in its latest
monetary policy review in March 2013.
A) 0.75%
B) 0.25%
C) 0.5%
D) 1%
3593 North Korea has recently scrapped the non-aggression pact and shut down emergency hotline
with South Korea in March 2013. The emergency hotline (Red Cross telephone line) was set
up in which year?
A) 1954
B) 1965
C) 1971
D) 1982
3594 "World Water Day" is observed on?
A) 22-Mar
B) 23-Mar
C) 21-Mar
D) 25-Mar
3595 Which of these below states has been ranked at the top of the Well Being Index (WBI) as per
the data compiled by the Tata Strategic Management Group and published in March 2013?
A) Assam
B) Himachal Pradesh
C) Chhattisgarh
D) Jharkhand
3596 Which Indian Bank has launched an ‘Incredible India Travel Card’ in association with the
Tourism Ministry in March 2013?
A) YES Bank
B) ICICI Bank
C) HDFC Bank
D) Axis Bank
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3597 The European Union has fined which global tech giant _____ 561 million euros in March 2013
for failing to offer users a choice of web browser?
A) Google
B) Microsoft
C) Apple
D) Samsung
3598 The Parliamentary Award Committee has selected whom for Outstanding Parliamentarian
Award for 2010 (announced in March 2013)?
A) Sushma Swaraj
B) Yaswant Sinha
C) Arun Jaitley
D) None of These
3599 Toyo Ito has been awarded with the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize announced in March
2013. He belongs to which country?
A) Malaysia
B) China
C) Japan
D) Thailand
3600 India's food inflation, measured by Wholesale Price Index (WPI) stood at _____ in February.
A) 11.38%
B) 11.88%
C) 10.47%
D) None of These
3601 Which country has emerged as the world’s largest importer of major conventional weapons in
the world during the five-year period 2008-12?
A) India
B) China
C) Pakistan
D) South Korea
3602 Which film won the award in the "Best Screenplay Screenplay Writer (Adapted)" category in
"60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013?
A) Chittagong
B) Kahaani
C) Paan Singh Tomar
D) Oh My God
3603 Santosh Trophy is associated with which sports that Services team won recently?
A) Football
B) Baseball
C) Cricket
D) Hockey
3604 Which country won Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey tournament held in March 2013?
A) Netherlands
B) Malaysia
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C) Australia
D) Germany
3605 Who has been transferred as the new Governor of Tripura in March 2013?
A) M C Bhandare
B) S C Jamir
C) Devanand Konwar
D) Nikhil Kumar
3606 Who has been appointed as the non-executive Chairman of Axis Bank in March 2013?
A) Adarsh Kishore
B) Sanjiv Misra
C) R K Dubey
D) S. S. Mundra
3607 World third largest economy, Japan's GDP growth for last quarter of 2012 stood at ________.
A) 0.8%
B) 0.4%
C) 0.2%
D) -0.2%
3608 Which company was awarded with the Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award In the category
of Small Scale Manufacturing Industry, announced in March 2013?
A) R Systems International Limited
B) Technocrat Connectivity Systems (Private) Limited
C) Nokia Siemens Networks Private Limited
D) None of These
3609 DMK party has recently pulled out of UPA Government in March 2013 over the issue of
human rights' violation in which neighbour country?
A) Nepal
B) Thailand
C) SriLanka
D) Maldives
3610 Who has been selected as the premier (Prime Minister)or Communist Party of China’s second
ranking leader of China in March 2013?
A) Xi Jinping
B) Wen Jiabao
C) Li Keqiang
D) Hu Jintao
3611 Which Indian Author was awarded with the SAARC Literature Award in March 2013?
A) Suman Pokhrel
B) Abhay K
C) Hariram Meena
D) Atul Kanak
3612 Who secured no 1 rank in the ICC Raking of batsmen as on March 2013?
A) Virat Kohli
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B) A.B. Devilliers
C) Hashim Amla
D) Shane Watson
3613 The Reserve Bank of India has signed the first Currency Swap Agreement with which
country's monetary authority with the validity period of next 3 years in March 2013?
A) Myanmar
B) Nepal
C) Bhutan
D) Thailand
3614 "World TB Day" is observed on?
A) 22-Mar
B) 23-Mar
C) 24-Mar
D) 25-Mar
3615 India’s IIP growth stood at _____ in January 2013.
A) 2.4%
B) 2.7%
C) -0.6%
D) 1%
3616 Who has sworn in as Venezuela’s acting president following death of Hugo Chavez in March
2013?
A) Henrique Capriles Radonski
B) Nicolas Maduro
C) Diosdado Cabello
D) Elías Jaua
3617 Argentina’s Jorge Bergoglio has been elected as the _____ pope in March 2013.
A) 267th
B) 264th
C) 266th
D) 261th
3618 Which Indian state won the award for best civic management of a tourist destination and for
the most innovative and unique tourism project presented by Pranab Mukherjee in March
2013?
A) Kerala
B) Tamil Nadu
C) Madhya Pradesh
D) Maharashtra
3619 After the recent liquidity infusion of Rs 3004 crore in State Bank of India by the Indian
Government, the shareholding of the government in the bank has increased to __________.
A) 61.58%
B) 59.23%
C) 62.31%.
D) 65.82%
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3620 Who won the season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne in March
2013?
A) Kimi Raikkonen
B) Sebastian Vettel
C) Fernando Alonso
D) Lewis Hamilton
3621 Who has been transferred as the new Governor of Bihar in March 2013?
A) D Y Patil
B) S C Jamir
C) Devanand Konwar
D) Nikhil Kumar
3622 Who won the women’s singles title in the All England Open Badminton Championships 2013
held in March 2013 in England?
A) Wang Xin
B) Ratchanok Intanon
C) Tine Baun
D) Juliane Schenk
3623 Ganesh Pyne passed away at a city hospital in Kolkata after suffering a heart attack in March
2013. He was a famous _________.
A) Actor
B) Author
C) Painter
D) Director
3624 The petroleum ministry has appointed a committee under whom in March 2013 to prepare a
roadmap for enhancing domestic production of oil and gas in order to substantially reduce
the nations import dependency by 2030?
A) T L Shankar
B) J Verma
C) Sam Pitroda
D) Vijay Kelkar
3625 Who secured no 1 rank in the ICC Raking of Bowlers as on March 2013?
A) Mohammad Hafeez
B) Saeed Ajmal
C) Ravindra Jadeja
D) None of These
Answers
Sl No. Question Answer
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3481 Which Indian IT Services Company has become the first Indian
IT company to get listed on NYSE Euronext London and Paris
markets in Feb 2013?
Ans) Infosys
3482 The Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has set
interest rates paid to subscribers at ____ during the current fiscal
year 2012-13 in Feb 2013.
Ans) 8.5%
3483 Which Telecom Service Provider has closed down its mobile
networks in Kolkata, West Bengal and Mumbai in Feb 2013
following order from The Supreme Court as it failed to get fresh
2G Spectrum license for the circles?
Ans) Uninor
3484 CBI has named which former air chief marshall and 10 others and
four companies in a preliminary enquiry related to the
AgustaWestland bribery allegations in Feb 2013?
Ans) SP Tyagi
3485 Who was elected as the President of Ecuador for the 3rd term in
Feb 2013?
Ans) Rafael Correa
3486 India’s "Agriculture, forestry & fishing" Sector growth for the
third quarter of the current financial year 2012-13 stood at?
Ans) 1.1%
3487 Who won the Women’s World Cup player of the tournament in
the recently held ICC Women’s Cricket world Cup in Feb 2013?
Ans) Suzie Bates
3488 Raul Castro elected whom as his Vice President of the Council of
State of Cuba for the first time in February 2013?
Ans) Miguel Diaz-Canel
3489 Who won the Women's Singles trophy at the Dubai Tennis
Championship held in February 2013?
Ans) Petra Kvitova
3490 Industrialist Hari Shankar Singhania passed away in Feb 2013.
He was President of which Industry group?
Ans) JK Group
3491 Who has been awarded with the million-dollar TED Prize in Feb
2013?
Ans) Sugata Mitra
3492 Which party has retained power in Tripura after the landslide
victory in the recently held assembly election in Feb 2013?
Ans) CPM
3493 India’s Cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni broke whose
record of highest individual Test score by an Indian captain while
scoring 224 against Australia in the first cricket test in Feb 2013?
Ans) Sachin Tendulkar
3494 Which Indian Corporate has transferred Rs 12,300 crore worth of
personal shares to his trust that funds his philanthropic activities
in the education sector in Feb 2013?
Ans) Azim Premji
3495 Global Credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has
downgraded sovereign bond rating of which country by one
notch to AA1 from the top most rating of AAA in Feb 2013?
Ans) UK
3496 Recently which Indian Ministry has launched the “My India"
Initiative in Feb 2013?
Ans) Ministry of
Information &
Broadcasting
3497 What is the rank of Indian Women's team in the latest ICC
rankings published in February 2013?
Ans) 7th
3498 What is the name of the bionic man that is recently unveiled by
the Scientists?
Ans) Rex
3499 Who won the Dubai Tennis Championship in the Women’s
Doubles category held in Feb 2013?
Ans) Sania Mirza and
Bethanie-MattekSands
3500 Which party has retained power in Nagaland after the landslide
victory in the recently held assembly election in Feb 2013?
Ans) NPF
3501 Which Indian state has set a new record for India's highest ever
voter turnout with 93% polling in the Assembly elections held in
Ans) Tripura
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Feb 2013?
3502 Who has been elected as the President of Cyprus after winning
the Presidential election in Feb 2013?
Ans) Nicos Anastasiades
3503 Who has become the first women cricketer to score 5000 runs in
one day international cricket?
Ans) Charlotte Edwards
3504 Which PSU bank has recently launched "Tatkal" Scheme to
enable customers to transfer money without actually opening an
account?
Ans) State Bank of India
3505 ONGC-Videsh Ltd. has acquired a stake in the Azeri-Chirag-
Gunashi (ACG) oil fields. Ths oil field is located in?
Ans) Azerbaijan
3506 Which country has recently announced in Feb 2013 that it has
successfully sent a monkey into space?
Ans) Iran
3507 Which Indian state has become the first state in India to ban
manual scavenging?
Ans) Delhi
3508 Which movie won the maximum number of awards at the 85th
Academy Awards (2013 Oscar) held in February 2013?
Ans) Life of Pi (4)
3509 Who was conferred with the Exemplary Leader Award in
Mumbai in Feb 2013 for his contribution to Power sector?
Ans) Vishwaroop
3510 Railway Minister has introduced _____ Express connecting places
associated with freedom movement as a part of Railway Budget
2013.
Ans) Azadi
3511 An expert committee headed by technocrat _______ was
appointed by the government to review the functioning of Prasar
Bharati in Feb 2013.
Ans) Sam Pitroda
3512 Railway Minister has proposed to set up Indian Railway Institute
for Financial Management in which place to train rail officers on
a regular basis as a part of Railway Budget 2013.
Ans) Secunderabad
3513 The State Government of Uttar Pradesh has appointed whom to
conduct Judicial Probe into the Allahabad Railway Station
Stampede that occurred during Kumbh Mela in Feb 2013?
Ans) Justice Bhatt
3514 Who has been recently named as an independent director on the
board of General Electric in Feb 2013 and he will be the youngest
director on the board of GE?
Ans) Francisco D'Souza
3515 Which state has been conferred upon the prestigious National e-
Governance Gold Award for 2012-13, for its 'Sparsh Abhiyan'
aimed towards the disabled and the aged in Feb 2013?
Ans) Madhya Pradesh
3516 Who has been appointed as the new director of the Indira Gandhi
Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) in Feb 2013?
Ans) P.R. Vasudeva Rao
3517 The first wildlife skywalk of India will be coming up in Maenam
wildlife sanctuary, situated in ___________.
Ans) Sikkim
3518 Microsoft has released its new MS Office version on Cloud in Feb
2013. What is the name of its new Office version?
Ans) Office 365
3519 Which committee was constituted by the Union Government in
Dec 2012 to inquire into the different aspects of the brutal rape
and assault incident of the girl on 16 December 2012 on the
streets of Delhi? It has submitted its report in Feb 2013.
Ans) Justice Usha Mehra
Committee
3520 Pope Benedict XVI has announced his resignation in Feb 2013.
His original name is?
Ans) Joseph Alois
Ratzinger
3521 As per RBI's recent guideline, Microfinance institutions (MFIs)
cannot charge interest rate of more than _____.
Ans) 26%
3522 Which movie has bagged the coveted Golden Bear prize for best Ans) Child's Pose
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film at the 63rd Berlin film festival held in February 2013?
3523 Which Chinese Actor has been selected as members of the
Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, one of the
houses of Chinese parliament in Feb 2013?
Ans) Jackie Chan
3524 Which Indian tourism-related online portals has launched the
RoutePlanner, an innovative application which makes people’s
traveling easier and faster in Feb 2013?
Ans) MakeMyTrip
3525 Indian Government has recently granted Maharatna status to
BHEL and GAIL. A Maharatna firm can take investment decision
of up to _______ without going to the government.
Ans) Rs 5,000 crore
3526 Which Indian private sector Bank was awarded the Financial
Institutions Syndicated Deal of the Year 2012 in its Asia Pacific
Region in Feb 2013?
Ans) YES Bank
3527 Who has been recently appointed as the brand ambassador of
nutrition company Herbalife in Feb 2013?
Ans) Girisha
Hosanagara
Nagarajegowda
3528 Which bollywood actor was awarded with the City Proclamation
Award in Los Angeles in the last week of February 2013?
Ans) Anupam Kher
3529 Who has been appointed Sri Lanka’s T20 captain for a period of 1
year in Feb 2013?
Ans) Dinesh Chandimal
3530 Dr. Ram Baran Yadav has visited India in Feb 2013. He is the
President of?
Ans) Nepal
3531 Twitter has launched its first pay-by-tweet service in partnership
with which financial company in Feb 2013?
Ans) American Express
3532 Which Indian Ministry has released Shubh Yatra, an exclusive
monthly bi-lingual (Hindi & English) inflight magazine of Air
India in Feb 2013?
Ans) Ministry of Civil
Aviation
3533 A meteor of around 17 metres across and weighed 10,000 tons
has hit the earth in Feb 2013. In which country, it has hit the
earth?
Ans) Russia
3534 Which Credit card selling company has launched a service
‘ezeClick’ to enable its customers to carry out online transactions
without entering card details in Feb 2013?
Ans) American Express
3535 Zhuang Zedong, a Chinese table tennis player, passed away in
Feb 2013. He won world men's singles champion ____ times.
Ans) Three
3536 India’s Foreign Investment Proposal Board (FIPB) has cleared
AirAsia's FDI investment in India's aviation sector in March 2013.
AirAsia is forming Joint Venture with which Indian Coroporate
house to launch Indian Operation?
Ans) Tata Sons
3537 Which of these below states has been emerged as the most secure
ones for women in the Female Security Index (FSI), as per the
data compiled by the Tata Strategic Management Group and
published in March 2013?
Ans) Gujarat
3538 Which film won the Best Film award in the "60th National Film
Awards" announced in March 2013?
Ans) Paan Singh Tomar
3539 Who has been appointed as the 20th Director General of Indian
Coast Guard in March 2013?
Ans) Anurag G
Thapliyal
3540 Who was conferred with the Liberation War Honour Award by
the President of Bangladesh, Zillur Rahman in March 2013?
Ans) Pranab Mukherjee
3541 Who won the "Sportsman of the Year" in the "Laureus World
Sports Awards 2013" announced in March 2013?
Ans) Usain Bolt
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3542 Who has been ranked as the Richest Indian in the Forbes list
published in March 2013?
Ans) Mukesh Ambani
3543 India’s eight core sector industries growth stood at ______ in
January 2012 (Published in March 2013).
Ans) 3.9%
3544 "International Women's Day" is observed on? Ans) 8-Mar
3545 Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has announced during the
budget in on 28th Feb 2013 that the Government would infuse
_________ in public sector banks next fiscal year to meet global
capital adequacy norms.
Ans) Rs 14,000 crore
3546 Who has sworn in as the Chief Minister of Nagaland for the third
consecutive term in March 2013?
Ans) Neiphiu Rio
3547 Who won the "Breakthrough of the Year" in the "Laureus World
Sports Awards 2013" announced in March 2013?
Ans) Andy Murray
3548 Who won the Best Actor award in the "60th National Film
Awards" announced in March 2013 along with marathi actor
Vikram Gokhale?
Ans) Irrfan Khan
3549 Who won the the Mexican Open women's single 2013 Tennis
tournament held in March 2013?
Ans) Sara Errani
3550 GDP growth of Brazil, the world's sixth largest economy stood at
______ in 2012.
Ans) 0.9%
3551 Indian Cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become
the most successful Indian Test captain, surpassing Sourav
Ganguly’s record in March 2013. How many test wins he has
now as Captain after recent Australia series win?
Ans) 24
3552 Who won the ATP Dubai Open Tennis Mens' single title 2013
held in March 2013?
Ans) Novak Djokovic
3553 Which company has announced its acquisition of UK broadband
and fixed line businesses of Spain's Telefonica for nearly 200
million pounds in March 2013?
Ans) British Sky
Broadcasting (BSkyB)
3554 "World Forestry Day" is observed on? Ans) 21-Mar
3555 Which team won the 67th Santosh Trophy for the third
consecutive time held in March 2013?
Ans) Services
3556 Which famous author has been selected for the Bihari Puraskar
for 2012, announced in March 2013?
Ans) Hariram Meena
3557 Mukesh Ambani has been ranked as the Richest Indian in the
Forbes list published in March 2013. What was his global rank?
Ans) 22
3558 Which film won the award in the "Best Debut Film of A Director"
category in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March
2013?
Ans) Chittagong
3559 World famous Socialist leader Hugo Chavez passed away in
March 2013 after battling cancer for two years. He was President
of which country?
Ans) Veneguela
3560 Who won the "Sportswoman of the Year" in the "Laureus World
Sports Awards 2013" announced in March 2013?
Ans) Jessica Ennis
3561 Who has sworn as chief minister of Meghalaya for a second
straight term in March 2013?
Ans) Mukul Sangma
3562 Who won the ATP Dubai Open Tennis Mens' double title 2013
held in March 2013?
Ans) Mahesh Bhupathi
and Michael Lloldra
3563 Who won the Best Actress award in the "60th National Film
Awards" announced in March 2013?
Ans) Usha Jadhav
3564 The Bank of England has kept interest rates unchanged at ____ in Ans) 0.5%
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its latest monetary policy review in March 2013.
3565 The euro zone unemployment rate stood at _____ in January
2013.
Ans) 11.9%
3566 Which country has formally applied in March 2013 to join the
euro in 2014 which will make it the 18th nations to join the euro
currency?
Ans) Latvia
3567 The Patiala House Court has recently framed charges of allegedly
attempting to commit suicide during her fast until death against
Iron lady of Manipur Sharmila Chanu in March 2013. She has
been fasting for how many years now?
Ans) 12 Years
3568 Who won the the Mexican Open men's single 2013 Tennis
tournament held in March 2013?
Ans) Rafael Nadal
3569 "World Consumer Rights Day" is observed on? Ans) 15-Mar
3570 Which Indian city has received lowest rank as per the Female
Security Index (FSI), based on the data compiled by the Tata
Strategic Management Group and published in March 2013?
Ans) Delhi
3571 Who has been ranked as the Richest person in the world in the
Forbes list published in March 2013?
Ans) Carlos Slim Helu
3572 The Parliamentary Award Committee has selected whom for
Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for 2012 (announced in
March 2013)?
Ans) Sharad Yadav
3573 Which film won the award in the "Best Popular Film Providing
Wholesome Entertainment" category in the "60th National Film
Awards" announced in March 2013?
Ans) Vicky Donor
3574 Which company has announced its plan in March to spin off its
Time Inc magazine unit into an independent, publicly traded
company by the end of 2013?
Ans) Time Warner
3575 Who has been officially elected as China’s new President and
head of the military in March 2013?
Ans) Xi Jinping
3576 Who has sworn as chief minister of Tripura for the record 5th
Consecutive time in March 2013?
Ans) Manik Sarkar
3577 Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Nagaland in
March 2013?
Ans) Ashwani Kumar
3578 Who won the Best Supporting Actress award in the "60th
National Film Awards" announced in March 2013?
Ans) Dolly Ahluwalia
3579 India’s overall Inflation measured by the Wholesale Price Index
(WPI) stood at ________ in February.
Ans) 6.84%
3580 Who won the "Exceptional Achievement Award" in the "Laureus
World Sports Awards 2013" announced in March 2013?
Ans) Michel Phelps
3581 Who has appointed as the editor of Time International in March
2013 to become the first non-American Editor of Time
International?
Ans) Bobby Ghosh
3582 Who has sworn-in as Goa’s first Lokayukta in March 2013? Ans) B. Sudershan
Reddy
3583 China’s outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao has recently announced
mesures after formally assuming power in March 2013 to boost
fiscal spending in 2013 to touch economic growth of _______ for
2012.
Ans) 7.5%
3584 "World Earth Day" is observed on? Ans) 23-Mar
3585 Dr Kallam Anji Reddy has passed away in March 2013. He was
founder of which Indian pharma company?
Ans) Dr Reddy's
Laboratories
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3586 India's Saina Nehwal was defeated by whom to crash out of the
All-England Championship in March 2013?
Ans) Ratchanok
Inthanon
3587 Which film won the award in the "Best Screenplay - Screenplay
Writer (Original)" category in "60th National Film Awards"
announced in March 2013?
Ans) Kahaani
3588 Indian Cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become
the most successful Indian Test captain, surpassing Sourav
Ganguly’s record in March 2013. What was Saurav Ganguly's
record of test win as Captain?
Ans) 21
3589 As per January 2013 data, which euro zone country has the
highest unemployment rate of 27%?
Ans) Greece
3590 Euro zone finance ministers and IMF have provided emergency
bailout money to which euro zone country in March 2013 to
avoid default?
Ans) Cyprus
3591 Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Odhisa in
March 2013?
Ans) S C Jamir
3592 The European Central Bank (ECB) has kept interest rates
unchanged at ____ in its latest monetary policy review in March
2013.
Ans) 0.75%
3593 North Korea has recently scrapped the non-aggression pact and
shut down emergency hotline with South Korea in March 2013.
The emergency hotline (Red Cross telephone line) was set up in
which year?
Ans) 1971
3594 "World Water Day" is observed on? Ans) 22-Mar
3595 Which of these below states has been ranked at the top of the
Well Being Index (WBI) as per the data compiled by the Tata
Strategic Management Group and published in March 2013?
Ans) Himachal Pradesh
3596 Which Indian Bank has launched an ‘Incredible India Travel
Card’ in association with the Tourism Ministry in March 2013?
Ans) YES Bank
3597 The European Union has fined which global tech giant _____ 561
million euros in March 2013 for failing to offer users a choice of
web browser?
Ans) Microsoft
3598 The Parliamentary Award Committee has selected whom for
Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for 2010 (announced in
March 2013)?
Ans) Arun Jaitley
3599 Toyo Ito has been awarded with the 2013 Pritzker Architecture
Prize announced in March 2013. He belongs to which country?
Ans) Japan
3600 India's food inflation, measured by Wholesale Price Index (WPI)
stood at _____ in February.
Ans) 11.38%
3601 Which country has emerged as the world’s largest importer of
major conventional weapons in the world during the five-year
period 2008-12?
Ans) India
3602 Which film won the award in the "Best Screenplay Screenplay
Writer (Adapted)" category in "60th National Film Awards"
announced in March 2013?
Ans) Oh My God
3603 Santosh Trophy is associated with which sports that Services
team won recently?
Ans) Football
3604 Which country won Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey tournament held
in March 2013?
Ans) Australia
3605 Who has been transferred as the new Governor of Tripura in
March 2013?
Ans) Devanand Konwar
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3606 Who has been appointed as the non-executive Chairman of Axis
Bank in March 2013?
Ans) Sanjiv Misra
3607 World third largest economy, Japan's GDP growth for last
quarter of 2012 stood at ________.
Ans) 0.2%
3608 Which company was awarded with the Rajiv Gandhi National
Quality Award In the category of Small Scale Manufacturing
Industry, announced in March 2013?
Ans) Technocrat
Connectivity Systems
(Private) Limited
3609 DMK party has recently pulled out of UPA Government in
March 2013 over the issue of human rights' violation in which
neighbour country?
Ans) SriLanka
3610 Who has been selected as the premier (Prime Minister)or
Communist Party of China’s second ranking leader of China in
March 2013?
Ans) Li Keqiang
3611 Which Indian Author was awarded with the SAARC Literature
Award in March 2013?
Ans) Abhay K
3612 Who secured no 1 rank in the ICC Raking of batsmen as on
March 2013?
Ans) Hashim Amla
3613 The Reserve Bank of India has signed the first Currency Swap
Agreement with which country's monetary authority with the
validity period of next 3 years in March 2013?
Ans) Bhutan
3614 "World TB Day" is observed on? Ans) 24-Mar
3615 India’s IIP growth stood at _____ in January 2013. Ans) 2.4%
3616 Who has sworn in as Venezuela’s acting president following
death of Hugo Chavez in March 2013?
Ans) Nicolas Maduro
3617 Argentina’s Jorge Bergoglio has been elected as the _____ pope in
March 2013.
Ans) 266th
3618 Which Indian state won the award for best civic management of a
tourist destination and for the most innovative and unique
tourism project presented by Pranab Mukherjee in March 2013?
Ans) Madhya Pradesh
3619 After the recent liquidity infusion of Rs 3004 crore in State Bank
of India by the Indian Government, the shareholding of the
government in the bank has increased to __________.
Ans) 62.31%
3620 Who won the season-opening Australian Formula One Grand
Prix in Melbourne in March 2013?
Ans) Kimi Raikkonen
3621 Who has been transferred as the new Governor of Bihar in
March 2013?
Ans) D Y Patil
3622 Who won the women’s singles title in the All England Open
Badminton Championships 2013 held in March 2013 in England?
Ans) Tine Baun
3623 Ganesh Pyne passed away at a city hospital in Kolkata after
suffering a heart attack in March 2013. He was a famous
_________.
Ans) Painter
3624 The petroleum ministry has appointed a committee under whom
in March 2013 to prepare a roadmap for enhancing domestic
production of oil and gas in order to substantially reduce the
nations import dependency by 2030?
Ans) Vijay Kelkar
3625 Who secured no 1 rank in the ICC Raking of Bowlers as on March
2013?
Ans) Saeed Ajmal

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  • 1. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 1 April 2013 Quiz Collections published on http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com/
  • 2. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 2 GK Questions Sl No. Question 3481 Which Indian IT Services Company has become the first Indian IT company to get listed on NYSE Euronext London and Paris markets in Feb 2013? A) Infosys B) TCS C) Wipro D) HCL Technologies 3482 The Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has set interest rates paid to subscribers at ____ during the current fiscal year 2012-13 in Feb 2013. A) 8.75% B) 8.25% C) 8.5% D) 8% 3483 Which Telecom Service Provider has closed down its mobile networks in Kolkata, West Bengal and Mumbai in Feb 2013 following order from The Supreme Court as it failed to get fresh 2G Spectrum license for the circles? A) Videocon B) Aircel C) Uninor D) Idea Cellular 3484 CBI has named which former air chief marshall and 10 others and four companies in a preliminary enquiry related to the AgustaWestland bribery allegations in Feb 2013? A) Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy B) SP Tyagi C) Fali Homi Major D) Pradeep Vasant Naik 3485 Who was elected as the President of Ecuador for the 3rd term in Feb 2013? A) Guillermo Lasso B) Rafael Correa C) Álvaro Noboa D) None of These 3486 India’s "Agriculture, forestry & fishing" Sector growth for the third quarter of the current financial year 2012-13 stood at? A) 4.1% B) 2.6% C) 1.1% D) 1.9% 3487 Who won the Women’s World Cup player of the tournament in the recently held ICC Women’s Cricket world Cup in Feb 2013? A) Mithali Raj B) Suzie Bates C) Katherine Brunt
  • 3. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 3 D) Stafanie Taylor 3488 Raul Castro elected whom as his Vice President of the Council of State of Cuba for the first time in February 2013? A) Miguel Diaz-Canel B) Fidel Castro C) Stavros Malas D) José Ramón Machado 3489 Who won the Women's Singles trophy at the Dubai Tennis Championship held in February 2013? A) Petra Kvitova B) Agnieszka Radwańska C) Sara Errani D) Li Na 3490 Industrialist Hari Shankar Singhania passed away in Feb 2013. He was President of which Industry group? A) Binani Group B) Jaypee Group C) JK Group D) None of These 3491 Who has been awarded with the million-dollar TED Prize in Feb 2013? A) Jamie Oliver B) Sugata Mitra C) Jill Tarter D) Ela Bhatt 3492 Which party has retained power in Tripura after the landslide victory in the recently held assembly election in Feb 2013? A) BJP B) Congress C) CPM D) None of These 3493 India’s Cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni broke whose record of highest individual Test score by an Indian captain while scoring 224 against Australia in the first cricket test in Feb 2013? A) Sachin Tendulkar B) Sunil Gavaskar C) Saurav Ganguly D) Mohammad Azharuddin 3494 Which Indian Corporate has transferred Rs 12,300 crore worth of personal shares to his trust that funds his philanthropic activities in the education sector in Feb 2013? A) Adi Godrej B) Azim Premji C) Ratan Tata D) N R Narayana Murthy
  • 4. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 4 3495 Global Credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has downgraded sovereign bond rating of which country by one notch to AA1 from the top most rating of AAA in Feb 2013? A) Luxemberg B) Germany C) UK D) France 3496 Recently which Indian Ministry has launched the “My India" Initiative in Feb 2013? A) Ministry of Information & Broadcasting B) Ministry of Tourism C) Ministry of Commerce and Industry D) Ministry of External Affairs 3497 What is the rank of Indian Women's team in the latest ICC rankings published in February 2013? A) 5th B) 7th C) 6th D) 8th 3498 What is the name of the bionic man that is recently unveiled by the Scientists? A) Saz B) Rex C) Jax D) None of These 3499 Who won the Dubai Tennis Championship in the Women’s Doubles category held in Feb 2013? A) Nadia Petrova and Katarina Srebotnik B) Sania Mirza and Bethanie-MattekSands C) Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua D) Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci 3500 Which party has retained power in Nagaland after the landslide victory in the recently held assembly election in Feb 2013? A) BJP B) Congress C) CPM D) NPF 3501 Which Indian state has set a new record for India's highest ever voter turnout with 93% polling in the Assembly elections held in Feb 2013? A) Nagaland B) Tripura C) Meghalaya D) None of These 3502 Who has been elected as the President of Cyprus after winning the Presidential election in Feb 2013?
  • 5. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 5 A) Miguel Diaz-Canel B) Nicos Anastasiades C) Stavros Malas D) None of These 3503 Who has become the first women cricketer to score 5000 runs in one day international cricket? A) Mithali Raj B) Suzie Bates C) Katherine Brunt D) Charlotte Edwards 3504 Which PSU bank has recently launched "Tatkal" Scheme to enable customers to transfer money without actually opening an account? A) Bank of India B) Union Bank of India C) State Bank of India D) Punjab National Bank 3505 ONGC-Videsh Ltd. has acquired a stake in the Azeri-Chirag-Gunashi (ACG) oil fields. Ths oil field is located in? A) Georgia B) Azerbaijan C) Canada D) Mozambique 3506 Which country has recently announced in Feb 2013 that it has successfully sent a monkey into space? A) Iran B) North Korea C) China D) Australia 3507 Which Indian state has become the first state in India to ban manual scavenging? A) Gujarat B) Delhi C) Karnataka D) Goa 3508 Which movie won the maximum number of awards at the 85th Academy Awards (2013 Oscar) held in February 2013? A) Les Misérables B) Lincoln C) Argo D) Life of Pi 3509 Who was conferred with the Exemplary Leader Award in Mumbai in Feb 2013 for his contribution to Power sector? A) Arup Roy Choudhury B) Vishwaroop C) Chandra Shekhar Verma
  • 6. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 6 D) N.N. Mishra 3510 Railway Minister has introduced _____ Express connecting places associated with freedom movement as a part of Railway Budget 2013. A) Shahid B) Azadi C) Jawan D) None of These 3511 An expert committee headed by technocrat _______ was appointed by the government to review the functioning of Prasar Bharati in Feb 2013. A) J Verma B) Sam Pitroda C) N. R. Narayana Murthy D) None of These 3512 Railway Minister has proposed to set up Indian Railway Institute for Financial Management in which place to train rail officers on a regular basis as a part of Railway Budget 2013. A) Chennai B) Secunderabad C) New Delhi D) Kanpur 3513 The State Government of Uttar Pradesh has appointed whom to conduct Judicial Probe into the Allahabad Railway Station Stampede that occurred during Kumbh Mela in Feb 2013? A) Justice Jain B) Justice Shome C) Justice Verma D) Justice Bhatt 3514 Who has been recently named as an independent director on the board of General Electric in Feb 2013 and he will be the youngest director on the board of GE? A) Nabeel Gareeb B) Francisco D'Souza C) Kumar Mangalam Birla D) None of These 3515 Which state has been conferred upon the prestigious National e-Governance Gold Award for 2012-13, for its 'Sparsh Abhiyan' aimed towards the disabled and the aged in Feb 2013? A) Bihar B) Andhra Pradesh C) Madhya Pradesh D) Gujarat 3516 Who has been appointed as the new director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) in Feb 2013? A) P.R. Vasudeva Rao B) P.S. Veeraraghavan C) M.C. Dathan D) M.Y.S. Prasad
  • 7. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 7 3517 The first wildlife skywalk of India will be coming up in Maenam wildlife sanctuary, situated in ___________. A) Arunachal Pradesh B) Assam C) Sikkim D) Meghalaya 3518 Microsoft has released its new MS Office version on Cloud in Feb 2013. What is the name of its new Office version? A) MS Office 2012 B) Office 2013 C) Office 365 D) Office Millenium 3519 Which committee was constituted by the Union Government in Dec 2012 to inquire into the different aspects of the brutal rape and assault incident of the girl on 16 December 2012 on the streets of Delhi? It has submitted its report in Feb 2013. A) Justice Kabir Committee B) Justice Shome Committee C) Justice Verma Committee D) Justice Usha Mehra Committee 3520 Pope Benedict XVI has announced his resignation in Feb 2013. His original name is? A) Albino Luciani B) Karol Józef Wojtyła C) Joseph Alois Ratzinger D) Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli 3521 As per RBI's recent guideline, Microfinance institutions (MFIs) cannot charge interest rate of more than _____. A) 25% B) 22% C) 26% D) 24% 3522 Which movie has bagged the coveted Golden Bear prize for best film at the 63rd Berlin film festival held in February 2013? A) Argo B) Child's Pose C) Life of PI D) Prince Avalanche 3523 Which Chinese Actor has been selected as members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, one of the houses of Chinese parliament in Feb 2013? A) Yun-Fat Chow B) Jet Li C) Jackie Chan D) Matthew Zhang
  • 8. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 8 3524 Which Indian tourism-related online portals has launched the RoutePlanner, an innovative application which makes people’s traveling easier and faster in Feb 2013? A) MakeMyTrip B) Yatra C) Easemytrip D) Cleartrip 3525 Indian Government has recently granted Maharatna status to BHEL and GAIL. A Maharatna firm can take investment decision of up to _______ without going to the government. A) Rs 500 crore B) Rs 5,000 crore C) Rs 1,000 crore D) Rs 2,500 crore 3526 Which Indian private sector Bank was awarded the Financial Institutions Syndicated Deal of the Year 2012 in its Asia Pacific Region in Feb 2013? A) HDFC Bank B) ICICI Bank C) YES Bank D) Axis Bank 3527 Who has been recently appointed as the brand ambassador of nutrition company Herbalife in Feb 2013? A) Mary Kom B) Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda C) Saina Nehwal D) Sushil Kumar 3528 Which bollywood actor was awarded with the City Proclamation Award in Los Angeles in the last week of February 2013? A) Amitabh Bachchan B) Anupam Kher C) Shahrukh Khan D) Irfaan Khan 3529 Who has been appointed Sri Lanka’s T20 captain for a period of 1 year in Feb 2013? A) Dinesh Chandimal B) Lasith Malinga C) Angelo Mathews D) Kumar Sangakara 3530 Dr. Ram Baran Yadav has visited India in Feb 2013. He is the President of? A) Sri Lanka B) Bhutan C) Nepal D) Singapore 3531 Twitter has launched its first pay-by-tweet service in partnership with which financial company in Feb 2013? A) Mastercard
  • 9. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 9 B) VISA C) American Express D) Maestro 3532 Which Indian Ministry has released Shubh Yatra, an exclusive monthly bi-lingual (Hindi & English) inflight magazine of Air India in Feb 2013? A) Ministry of HRD B) Ministry of Civil Aviation C) Ministry of External Affairs D) Ministry of Tourism 3533 A meteor of around 17 metres across and weighed 10,000 tons has hit the earth in Feb 2013. In which country, it has hit the earth? A) Antarctica B) Russia C) GreenLand D) Norway 3534 Which Credit card selling company has launched a service ‘ezeClick’ to enable its customers to carry out online transactions without entering card details in Feb 2013? A) VISA B) American Express C) Mastercard D) Maestro 3535 Zhuang Zedong, a Chinese table tennis player, passed away in Feb 2013. He won world men's singles champion ____ times. A) Six B) Two C) Three D) Four 3536 India’s Foreign Investment Proposal Board (FIPB) has cleared AirAsia's FDI investment in India's aviation sector in March 2013. AirAsia is forming Joint Venture with which Indian Coroporate house to launch Indian Operation? A) Essar Group B) Reliance Industries C) Tata Sons D) Aditya Birla Group 3537 Which of these below states has been emerged as the most secure ones for women in the Female Security Index (FSI), as per the data compiled by the Tata Strategic Management Group and published in March 2013? A) Madhya Pradesh B) Rajasthan C) Haryana D) Gujarat 3538 Which film won the Best Film award in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013?
  • 10. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 10 A) Chittagong B) Kahaani C) Paan Singh Tomar D) Oh My God 3539 Who has been appointed as the 20th Director General of Indian Coast Guard in March 2013? A) MP Muralidharan B) Anurag G Thapliyal C) Devendra Kumar Joshi D) Nirmal Verma 3540 Who was conferred with the Liberation War Honour Award by the President of Bangladesh, Zillur Rahman in March 2013? A) P Chidambaram B) Manmohan Singh C) Pranab Mukherjee D) None of These 3541 Who won the "Sportsman of the Year" in the "Laureus World Sports Awards 2013" announced in March 2013? A) Yohan blake B) Michel Phelps C) Usain Bolt D) Tyson gay 3542 Who has been ranked as the Richest Indian in the Forbes list published in March 2013? A) Shashi & Ravi Ruia B) Lakshmi Mittal C) Azim Premji D) Mukesh Ambani 3543 India’s eight core sector industries growth stood at ______ in January 2012 (Published in March 2013). A) 3.2% B) 2.2% C) 3.9% D) None of These 3544 "International Women's Day" is observed on? A) 19-Mar B) 18-Mar C) 8-Mar D) 22-Mar 3545 Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has announced during the budget in on 28th Feb 2013 that the Government would infuse _________ in public sector banks next fiscal year to meet global capital adequacy norms. A) Rs 10,000 crore B) Rs 12,000 crore C) Rs 14,000 crore
  • 11. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 11 D) None of These 3546 Who has sworn in as the Chief Minister of Nagaland for the third consecutive term in March 2013? A) P A Sangma B) Neiphiu Rio C) Mukul Sangma D) None of These 3547 Who won the "Breakthrough of the Year" in the "Laureus World Sports Awards 2013" announced in March 2013? A) Novak Djokovic B) Michel Phelps C) Usain Bolt D) Andy Murray 3548 Who won the Best Actor award in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013 along with marathi actor Vikram Gokhale? A) Amir Khan B) Ranbir Kapoor C) Irrfan Khan D) None of These 3549 Who won the the Mexican Open women's single 2013 Tennis tournament held in March 2013? A) Carla Suarez-Navarro B) Sara Errani C) Maria Sharapova D) Agnieszka Radwanska 3550 GDP growth of Brazil, the world's sixth largest economy stood at ______ in 2012. A) 2.7% B) 0.9% C) 4.5% D) None of These 3551 Indian Cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the most successful Indian Test captain, surpassing Sourav Ganguly’s record in March 2013. How many test wins he has now as Captain after recent Australia series win? A) 21 B) 22 C) 24 D) 25 3552 Who won the ATP Dubai Open Tennis Mens' single title 2013 held in March 2013? A) Tomas Berdych B) Novak Djokovic C) Andy Murray D) Roger Federar
  • 12. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 12 3553 Which company has announced its acquisition of UK broadband and fixed line businesses of Spain's Telefonica for nearly 200 million pounds in March 2013? A) British Telecom B) British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) C) Vodafone D) Orange Telecom Services 3554 "World Forestry Day" is observed on? A) 19-Mar B) 18-Mar C) 21-Mar D) 22-Mar 3555 Which team won the 67th Santosh Trophy for the third consecutive time held in March 2013? A) Kerala B) Services C) Railways D) None of These 3556 Which famous author has been selected for the Bihari Puraskar for 2012, announced in March 2013? A) Dinesh Panchal B) Hariram Meena C) Atul Kanak D) Santosh Maya Mohan 3557 Mukesh Ambani has been ranked as the Richest Indian in the Forbes list published in March 2013. What was his global rank? A) 21 B) 22 C) 18 D) 29 3558 Which film won the award in the "Best Debut Film of A Director" category in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013? A) Chittagong B) Kahaani C) Paan Singh Tomar D) Vicky Donor 3559 World famous Socialist leader Hugo Chavez passed away in March 2013 after battling cancer for two years. He was President of which country? A) Cuba B) Veneguela C) Chilie D) Mexico 3560 Who won the "Sportswoman of the Year" in the "Laureus World Sports Awards 2013" announced in March 2013? A) Sanya Richards
  • 13. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 13 B) Allyson Felix C) Jessica Ennis D) Shelly-Ann Fraser 3561 Who has sworn as chief minister of Meghalaya for a second straight term in March 2013? A) P A Sangma B) Neiphiu Rio C) Mukul Sangma D) Manik Sarkar 3562 Who won the ATP Dubai Open Tennis Mens' double title 2013 held in March 2013? A) Nenad Zimonjic and Robert Lindstedt B) Mahesh Bhupathi and Nenad Zimonjic C) Mahesh Bhupathi and Michael Lloldra D) None of These 3563 Who won the Best Actress award in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013? A) Priyanka Chopra B) Usha Jadhav C) Kareena Kapoor D) None of These 3564 The Bank of England has kept interest rates unchanged at ____ in its latest monetary policy review in March 2013. A) 0.75% B) 0.25% C) 0.5% D) None of These 3565 The euro zone unemployment rate stood at _____ in January 2013. A) 12.8% B) 7.8% C) 11.9% D) None of These 3566 Which country has formally applied in March 2013 to join the euro in 2014 which will make it the 18th nations to join the euro currency? A) Turkey B) Latvia C) Jordon D) Russia 3567 The Patiala House Court has recently framed charges of allegedly attempting to commit suicide during her fast until death against Iron lady of Manipur Sharmila Chanu in March 2013. She has been fasting for how many years now? A) 6 Years B) 8 Years C) 12 Years D) 10 Years
  • 14. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 14 3568 Who won the the Mexican Open men's single 2013 Tennis tournament held in March 2013? A) Tomas Berdych B) Novak Djokovic C) Rafael Nadal D) David Ferrer 3569 "World Consumer Rights Day" is observed on? A) 19-Mar B) 18-Mar C) 21-Mar D) 15-Mar 3570 Which Indian city has received lowest rank as per the Female Security Index (FSI), based on the data compiled by the Tata Strategic Management Group and published in March 2013? A) Chennai B) Delhi C) Bangalore D) Mumbai 3571 Who has been ranked as the Richest person in the world in the Forbes list published in March 2013? A) Carlos Slim Helu B) Bill Gates C) Amancio Ortega D) Warren Buffett 3572 The Parliamentary Award Committee has selected whom for Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for 2012 (announced in March 2013)? A) P Chidambaram B) Kapil Sibal C) Sharad Yadav D) None of These 3573 Which film won the award in the "Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment" category in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013? A) Chittagong B) Kahaani C) Paan Singh Tomar D) Vicky Donor 3574 Which company has announced its plan in March to spin off its Time Inc magazine unit into an independent, publicly traded company by the end of 2013? A) DowJones B) Time Warner C) Forbes D) Bloomberg 3575 Who has been officially elected as China’s new President and head of the military in March 2013?
  • 15. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 15 A) Xi Jinping B) Wen Jiabao C) Li Keqiang D) Hu Jintao 3576 Who has sworn as chief minister of Tripura for the record 5th Consecutive time in March 2013? A) P A Sangma B) Neiphiu Rio C) Mukul Sangma D) Manik Sarkar 3577 Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Nagaland in March 2013? A) M C Bhandare B) S C Jamir C) Ashwani Kumar D) None of These 3578 Who won the Best Supporting Actress award in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013? A) Priyanka Chopra B) Usha Jadhav C) Dolly Ahluwalia D) None of These 3579 India’s overall Inflation measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) stood at ________ in February. A) 7.56% B) 6.62% C) 6.84% D) 6.12% 3580 Who won the "Exceptional Achievement Award" in the "Laureus World Sports Awards 2013" announced in March 2013? A) Yohan blake B) Michel Phelps C) Usain Bolt D) Tyson gay 3581 Who has appointed as the editor of Time International in March 2013 to become the first non- American Editor of Time International? A) Sanjay Gupta B) Bobby Ghosh C) Fareed Zakaria D) Uma Pemmaraju 3582 Who has sworn-in as Goa’s first Lokayukta in March 2013? A) Y. Bhaskar Rao B) B. Sudershan Reddy C) Shivraj V. Patil
  • 16. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 16 D) H. R. Bhardwaj 3583 China’s outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao has recently announced mesures after formally assuming power in March 2013 to boost fiscal spending in 2013 to touch economic growth of _______ for 2012. A) 8% B) 9.5% C) 7.5% D) 9% 3584 "World Earth Day" is observed on? A) 19-Mar B) 23-Mar C) 21-Mar D) 25-Mar 3585 Dr Kallam Anji Reddy has passed away in March 2013. He was founder of which Indian pharma company? A) Ranbaxy B) Aurovindo Pharma C) Dr Reddy's Laboratories D) None of These 3586 India's Saina Nehwal was defeated by whom to crash out of the All-England Championship in March 2013? A) Tine Baun B) Ratchanok Inthanon C) Wang Shixian D) Li Xuerui 3587 Which film won the award in the "Best Screenplay - Screenplay Writer (Original)" category in "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013? A) Chittagong B) Kahaani C) Paan Singh Tomar D) Oh My God 3588 Indian Cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the most successful Indian Test captain, surpassing Sourav Ganguly’s record in March 2013. What was Saurav Ganguly's record of test win as Captain? A) 21 B) 22 C) 20 D) 23 3589 As per January 2013 data, which euro zone country has the highest unemployment rate of 27%? A) Austria B) Greece C) Spain
  • 17. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 17 D) Portugal 3590 Euro zone finance ministers and IMF have provided emergency bailout money to which euro zone country in March 2013 to avoid default? A) Portugal B) Cyprus C) Ireland D) Greece 3591 Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Odhisa in March 2013? A) M C Bhandare B) S C Jamir C) Ashwani Kumar D) Nikhil Kumar 3592 The European Central Bank (ECB) has kept interest rates unchanged at ____ in its latest monetary policy review in March 2013. A) 0.75% B) 0.25% C) 0.5% D) 1% 3593 North Korea has recently scrapped the non-aggression pact and shut down emergency hotline with South Korea in March 2013. The emergency hotline (Red Cross telephone line) was set up in which year? A) 1954 B) 1965 C) 1971 D) 1982 3594 "World Water Day" is observed on? A) 22-Mar B) 23-Mar C) 21-Mar D) 25-Mar 3595 Which of these below states has been ranked at the top of the Well Being Index (WBI) as per the data compiled by the Tata Strategic Management Group and published in March 2013? A) Assam B) Himachal Pradesh C) Chhattisgarh D) Jharkhand 3596 Which Indian Bank has launched an ‘Incredible India Travel Card’ in association with the Tourism Ministry in March 2013? A) YES Bank B) ICICI Bank C) HDFC Bank D) Axis Bank
  • 18. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 18 3597 The European Union has fined which global tech giant _____ 561 million euros in March 2013 for failing to offer users a choice of web browser? A) Google B) Microsoft C) Apple D) Samsung 3598 The Parliamentary Award Committee has selected whom for Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for 2010 (announced in March 2013)? A) Sushma Swaraj B) Yaswant Sinha C) Arun Jaitley D) None of These 3599 Toyo Ito has been awarded with the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize announced in March 2013. He belongs to which country? A) Malaysia B) China C) Japan D) Thailand 3600 India's food inflation, measured by Wholesale Price Index (WPI) stood at _____ in February. A) 11.38% B) 11.88% C) 10.47% D) None of These 3601 Which country has emerged as the world’s largest importer of major conventional weapons in the world during the five-year period 2008-12? A) India B) China C) Pakistan D) South Korea 3602 Which film won the award in the "Best Screenplay Screenplay Writer (Adapted)" category in "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013? A) Chittagong B) Kahaani C) Paan Singh Tomar D) Oh My God 3603 Santosh Trophy is associated with which sports that Services team won recently? A) Football B) Baseball C) Cricket D) Hockey 3604 Which country won Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey tournament held in March 2013? A) Netherlands B) Malaysia
  • 19. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 19 C) Australia D) Germany 3605 Who has been transferred as the new Governor of Tripura in March 2013? A) M C Bhandare B) S C Jamir C) Devanand Konwar D) Nikhil Kumar 3606 Who has been appointed as the non-executive Chairman of Axis Bank in March 2013? A) Adarsh Kishore B) Sanjiv Misra C) R K Dubey D) S. S. Mundra 3607 World third largest economy, Japan's GDP growth for last quarter of 2012 stood at ________. A) 0.8% B) 0.4% C) 0.2% D) -0.2% 3608 Which company was awarded with the Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award In the category of Small Scale Manufacturing Industry, announced in March 2013? A) R Systems International Limited B) Technocrat Connectivity Systems (Private) Limited C) Nokia Siemens Networks Private Limited D) None of These 3609 DMK party has recently pulled out of UPA Government in March 2013 over the issue of human rights' violation in which neighbour country? A) Nepal B) Thailand C) SriLanka D) Maldives 3610 Who has been selected as the premier (Prime Minister)or Communist Party of China’s second ranking leader of China in March 2013? A) Xi Jinping B) Wen Jiabao C) Li Keqiang D) Hu Jintao 3611 Which Indian Author was awarded with the SAARC Literature Award in March 2013? A) Suman Pokhrel B) Abhay K C) Hariram Meena D) Atul Kanak 3612 Who secured no 1 rank in the ICC Raking of batsmen as on March 2013? A) Virat Kohli
  • 20. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 20 B) A.B. Devilliers C) Hashim Amla D) Shane Watson 3613 The Reserve Bank of India has signed the first Currency Swap Agreement with which country's monetary authority with the validity period of next 3 years in March 2013? A) Myanmar B) Nepal C) Bhutan D) Thailand 3614 "World TB Day" is observed on? A) 22-Mar B) 23-Mar C) 24-Mar D) 25-Mar 3615 India’s IIP growth stood at _____ in January 2013. A) 2.4% B) 2.7% C) -0.6% D) 1% 3616 Who has sworn in as Venezuela’s acting president following death of Hugo Chavez in March 2013? A) Henrique Capriles Radonski B) Nicolas Maduro C) Diosdado Cabello D) Elías Jaua 3617 Argentina’s Jorge Bergoglio has been elected as the _____ pope in March 2013. A) 267th B) 264th C) 266th D) 261th 3618 Which Indian state won the award for best civic management of a tourist destination and for the most innovative and unique tourism project presented by Pranab Mukherjee in March 2013? A) Kerala B) Tamil Nadu C) Madhya Pradesh D) Maharashtra 3619 After the recent liquidity infusion of Rs 3004 crore in State Bank of India by the Indian Government, the shareholding of the government in the bank has increased to __________. A) 61.58% B) 59.23% C) 62.31%. D) 65.82%
  • 21. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 21 3620 Who won the season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne in March 2013? A) Kimi Raikkonen B) Sebastian Vettel C) Fernando Alonso D) Lewis Hamilton 3621 Who has been transferred as the new Governor of Bihar in March 2013? A) D Y Patil B) S C Jamir C) Devanand Konwar D) Nikhil Kumar 3622 Who won the women’s singles title in the All England Open Badminton Championships 2013 held in March 2013 in England? A) Wang Xin B) Ratchanok Intanon C) Tine Baun D) Juliane Schenk 3623 Ganesh Pyne passed away at a city hospital in Kolkata after suffering a heart attack in March 2013. He was a famous _________. A) Actor B) Author C) Painter D) Director 3624 The petroleum ministry has appointed a committee under whom in March 2013 to prepare a roadmap for enhancing domestic production of oil and gas in order to substantially reduce the nations import dependency by 2030? A) T L Shankar B) J Verma C) Sam Pitroda D) Vijay Kelkar 3625 Who secured no 1 rank in the ICC Raking of Bowlers as on March 2013? A) Mohammad Hafeez B) Saeed Ajmal C) Ravindra Jadeja D) None of These Answers Sl No. Question Answer
  • 22. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 22 3481 Which Indian IT Services Company has become the first Indian IT company to get listed on NYSE Euronext London and Paris markets in Feb 2013? Ans) Infosys 3482 The Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has set interest rates paid to subscribers at ____ during the current fiscal year 2012-13 in Feb 2013. Ans) 8.5% 3483 Which Telecom Service Provider has closed down its mobile networks in Kolkata, West Bengal and Mumbai in Feb 2013 following order from The Supreme Court as it failed to get fresh 2G Spectrum license for the circles? Ans) Uninor 3484 CBI has named which former air chief marshall and 10 others and four companies in a preliminary enquiry related to the AgustaWestland bribery allegations in Feb 2013? Ans) SP Tyagi 3485 Who was elected as the President of Ecuador for the 3rd term in Feb 2013? Ans) Rafael Correa 3486 India’s "Agriculture, forestry & fishing" Sector growth for the third quarter of the current financial year 2012-13 stood at? Ans) 1.1% 3487 Who won the Women’s World Cup player of the tournament in the recently held ICC Women’s Cricket world Cup in Feb 2013? Ans) Suzie Bates 3488 Raul Castro elected whom as his Vice President of the Council of State of Cuba for the first time in February 2013? Ans) Miguel Diaz-Canel 3489 Who won the Women's Singles trophy at the Dubai Tennis Championship held in February 2013? Ans) Petra Kvitova 3490 Industrialist Hari Shankar Singhania passed away in Feb 2013. He was President of which Industry group? Ans) JK Group 3491 Who has been awarded with the million-dollar TED Prize in Feb 2013? Ans) Sugata Mitra 3492 Which party has retained power in Tripura after the landslide victory in the recently held assembly election in Feb 2013? Ans) CPM 3493 India’s Cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni broke whose record of highest individual Test score by an Indian captain while scoring 224 against Australia in the first cricket test in Feb 2013? Ans) Sachin Tendulkar 3494 Which Indian Corporate has transferred Rs 12,300 crore worth of personal shares to his trust that funds his philanthropic activities in the education sector in Feb 2013? Ans) Azim Premji 3495 Global Credit ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has downgraded sovereign bond rating of which country by one notch to AA1 from the top most rating of AAA in Feb 2013? Ans) UK 3496 Recently which Indian Ministry has launched the “My India" Initiative in Feb 2013? Ans) Ministry of Information & Broadcasting 3497 What is the rank of Indian Women's team in the latest ICC rankings published in February 2013? Ans) 7th 3498 What is the name of the bionic man that is recently unveiled by the Scientists? Ans) Rex 3499 Who won the Dubai Tennis Championship in the Women’s Doubles category held in Feb 2013? Ans) Sania Mirza and Bethanie-MattekSands 3500 Which party has retained power in Nagaland after the landslide victory in the recently held assembly election in Feb 2013? Ans) NPF 3501 Which Indian state has set a new record for India's highest ever voter turnout with 93% polling in the Assembly elections held in Ans) Tripura
  • 23. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 23 Feb 2013? 3502 Who has been elected as the President of Cyprus after winning the Presidential election in Feb 2013? Ans) Nicos Anastasiades 3503 Who has become the first women cricketer to score 5000 runs in one day international cricket? Ans) Charlotte Edwards 3504 Which PSU bank has recently launched "Tatkal" Scheme to enable customers to transfer money without actually opening an account? Ans) State Bank of India 3505 ONGC-Videsh Ltd. has acquired a stake in the Azeri-Chirag- Gunashi (ACG) oil fields. Ths oil field is located in? Ans) Azerbaijan 3506 Which country has recently announced in Feb 2013 that it has successfully sent a monkey into space? Ans) Iran 3507 Which Indian state has become the first state in India to ban manual scavenging? Ans) Delhi 3508 Which movie won the maximum number of awards at the 85th Academy Awards (2013 Oscar) held in February 2013? Ans) Life of Pi (4) 3509 Who was conferred with the Exemplary Leader Award in Mumbai in Feb 2013 for his contribution to Power sector? Ans) Vishwaroop 3510 Railway Minister has introduced _____ Express connecting places associated with freedom movement as a part of Railway Budget 2013. Ans) Azadi 3511 An expert committee headed by technocrat _______ was appointed by the government to review the functioning of Prasar Bharati in Feb 2013. Ans) Sam Pitroda 3512 Railway Minister has proposed to set up Indian Railway Institute for Financial Management in which place to train rail officers on a regular basis as a part of Railway Budget 2013. Ans) Secunderabad 3513 The State Government of Uttar Pradesh has appointed whom to conduct Judicial Probe into the Allahabad Railway Station Stampede that occurred during Kumbh Mela in Feb 2013? Ans) Justice Bhatt 3514 Who has been recently named as an independent director on the board of General Electric in Feb 2013 and he will be the youngest director on the board of GE? Ans) Francisco D'Souza 3515 Which state has been conferred upon the prestigious National e- Governance Gold Award for 2012-13, for its 'Sparsh Abhiyan' aimed towards the disabled and the aged in Feb 2013? Ans) Madhya Pradesh 3516 Who has been appointed as the new director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) in Feb 2013? Ans) P.R. Vasudeva Rao 3517 The first wildlife skywalk of India will be coming up in Maenam wildlife sanctuary, situated in ___________. Ans) Sikkim 3518 Microsoft has released its new MS Office version on Cloud in Feb 2013. What is the name of its new Office version? Ans) Office 365 3519 Which committee was constituted by the Union Government in Dec 2012 to inquire into the different aspects of the brutal rape and assault incident of the girl on 16 December 2012 on the streets of Delhi? It has submitted its report in Feb 2013. Ans) Justice Usha Mehra Committee 3520 Pope Benedict XVI has announced his resignation in Feb 2013. His original name is? Ans) Joseph Alois Ratzinger 3521 As per RBI's recent guideline, Microfinance institutions (MFIs) cannot charge interest rate of more than _____. Ans) 26% 3522 Which movie has bagged the coveted Golden Bear prize for best Ans) Child's Pose
  • 24. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 24 film at the 63rd Berlin film festival held in February 2013? 3523 Which Chinese Actor has been selected as members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, one of the houses of Chinese parliament in Feb 2013? Ans) Jackie Chan 3524 Which Indian tourism-related online portals has launched the RoutePlanner, an innovative application which makes people’s traveling easier and faster in Feb 2013? Ans) MakeMyTrip 3525 Indian Government has recently granted Maharatna status to BHEL and GAIL. A Maharatna firm can take investment decision of up to _______ without going to the government. Ans) Rs 5,000 crore 3526 Which Indian private sector Bank was awarded the Financial Institutions Syndicated Deal of the Year 2012 in its Asia Pacific Region in Feb 2013? Ans) YES Bank 3527 Who has been recently appointed as the brand ambassador of nutrition company Herbalife in Feb 2013? Ans) Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda 3528 Which bollywood actor was awarded with the City Proclamation Award in Los Angeles in the last week of February 2013? Ans) Anupam Kher 3529 Who has been appointed Sri Lanka’s T20 captain for a period of 1 year in Feb 2013? Ans) Dinesh Chandimal 3530 Dr. Ram Baran Yadav has visited India in Feb 2013. He is the President of? Ans) Nepal 3531 Twitter has launched its first pay-by-tweet service in partnership with which financial company in Feb 2013? Ans) American Express 3532 Which Indian Ministry has released Shubh Yatra, an exclusive monthly bi-lingual (Hindi & English) inflight magazine of Air India in Feb 2013? Ans) Ministry of Civil Aviation 3533 A meteor of around 17 metres across and weighed 10,000 tons has hit the earth in Feb 2013. In which country, it has hit the earth? Ans) Russia 3534 Which Credit card selling company has launched a service ‘ezeClick’ to enable its customers to carry out online transactions without entering card details in Feb 2013? Ans) American Express 3535 Zhuang Zedong, a Chinese table tennis player, passed away in Feb 2013. He won world men's singles champion ____ times. Ans) Three 3536 India’s Foreign Investment Proposal Board (FIPB) has cleared AirAsia's FDI investment in India's aviation sector in March 2013. AirAsia is forming Joint Venture with which Indian Coroporate house to launch Indian Operation? Ans) Tata Sons 3537 Which of these below states has been emerged as the most secure ones for women in the Female Security Index (FSI), as per the data compiled by the Tata Strategic Management Group and published in March 2013? Ans) Gujarat 3538 Which film won the Best Film award in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013? Ans) Paan Singh Tomar 3539 Who has been appointed as the 20th Director General of Indian Coast Guard in March 2013? Ans) Anurag G Thapliyal 3540 Who was conferred with the Liberation War Honour Award by the President of Bangladesh, Zillur Rahman in March 2013? Ans) Pranab Mukherjee 3541 Who won the "Sportsman of the Year" in the "Laureus World Sports Awards 2013" announced in March 2013? Ans) Usain Bolt
  • 25. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 25 3542 Who has been ranked as the Richest Indian in the Forbes list published in March 2013? Ans) Mukesh Ambani 3543 India’s eight core sector industries growth stood at ______ in January 2012 (Published in March 2013). Ans) 3.9% 3544 "International Women's Day" is observed on? Ans) 8-Mar 3545 Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has announced during the budget in on 28th Feb 2013 that the Government would infuse _________ in public sector banks next fiscal year to meet global capital adequacy norms. Ans) Rs 14,000 crore 3546 Who has sworn in as the Chief Minister of Nagaland for the third consecutive term in March 2013? Ans) Neiphiu Rio 3547 Who won the "Breakthrough of the Year" in the "Laureus World Sports Awards 2013" announced in March 2013? Ans) Andy Murray 3548 Who won the Best Actor award in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013 along with marathi actor Vikram Gokhale? Ans) Irrfan Khan 3549 Who won the the Mexican Open women's single 2013 Tennis tournament held in March 2013? Ans) Sara Errani 3550 GDP growth of Brazil, the world's sixth largest economy stood at ______ in 2012. Ans) 0.9% 3551 Indian Cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the most successful Indian Test captain, surpassing Sourav Ganguly’s record in March 2013. How many test wins he has now as Captain after recent Australia series win? Ans) 24 3552 Who won the ATP Dubai Open Tennis Mens' single title 2013 held in March 2013? Ans) Novak Djokovic 3553 Which company has announced its acquisition of UK broadband and fixed line businesses of Spain's Telefonica for nearly 200 million pounds in March 2013? Ans) British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) 3554 "World Forestry Day" is observed on? Ans) 21-Mar 3555 Which team won the 67th Santosh Trophy for the third consecutive time held in March 2013? Ans) Services 3556 Which famous author has been selected for the Bihari Puraskar for 2012, announced in March 2013? Ans) Hariram Meena 3557 Mukesh Ambani has been ranked as the Richest Indian in the Forbes list published in March 2013. What was his global rank? Ans) 22 3558 Which film won the award in the "Best Debut Film of A Director" category in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013? Ans) Chittagong 3559 World famous Socialist leader Hugo Chavez passed away in March 2013 after battling cancer for two years. He was President of which country? Ans) Veneguela 3560 Who won the "Sportswoman of the Year" in the "Laureus World Sports Awards 2013" announced in March 2013? Ans) Jessica Ennis 3561 Who has sworn as chief minister of Meghalaya for a second straight term in March 2013? Ans) Mukul Sangma 3562 Who won the ATP Dubai Open Tennis Mens' double title 2013 held in March 2013? Ans) Mahesh Bhupathi and Michael Lloldra 3563 Who won the Best Actress award in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013? Ans) Usha Jadhav 3564 The Bank of England has kept interest rates unchanged at ____ in Ans) 0.5%
  • 26. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 26 its latest monetary policy review in March 2013. 3565 The euro zone unemployment rate stood at _____ in January 2013. Ans) 11.9% 3566 Which country has formally applied in March 2013 to join the euro in 2014 which will make it the 18th nations to join the euro currency? Ans) Latvia 3567 The Patiala House Court has recently framed charges of allegedly attempting to commit suicide during her fast until death against Iron lady of Manipur Sharmila Chanu in March 2013. She has been fasting for how many years now? Ans) 12 Years 3568 Who won the the Mexican Open men's single 2013 Tennis tournament held in March 2013? Ans) Rafael Nadal 3569 "World Consumer Rights Day" is observed on? Ans) 15-Mar 3570 Which Indian city has received lowest rank as per the Female Security Index (FSI), based on the data compiled by the Tata Strategic Management Group and published in March 2013? Ans) Delhi 3571 Who has been ranked as the Richest person in the world in the Forbes list published in March 2013? Ans) Carlos Slim Helu 3572 The Parliamentary Award Committee has selected whom for Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for 2012 (announced in March 2013)? Ans) Sharad Yadav 3573 Which film won the award in the "Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment" category in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013? Ans) Vicky Donor 3574 Which company has announced its plan in March to spin off its Time Inc magazine unit into an independent, publicly traded company by the end of 2013? Ans) Time Warner 3575 Who has been officially elected as China’s new President and head of the military in March 2013? Ans) Xi Jinping 3576 Who has sworn as chief minister of Tripura for the record 5th Consecutive time in March 2013? Ans) Manik Sarkar 3577 Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Nagaland in March 2013? Ans) Ashwani Kumar 3578 Who won the Best Supporting Actress award in the "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013? Ans) Dolly Ahluwalia 3579 India’s overall Inflation measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) stood at ________ in February. Ans) 6.84% 3580 Who won the "Exceptional Achievement Award" in the "Laureus World Sports Awards 2013" announced in March 2013? Ans) Michel Phelps 3581 Who has appointed as the editor of Time International in March 2013 to become the first non-American Editor of Time International? Ans) Bobby Ghosh 3582 Who has sworn-in as Goa’s first Lokayukta in March 2013? Ans) B. Sudershan Reddy 3583 China’s outgoing Premier Wen Jiabao has recently announced mesures after formally assuming power in March 2013 to boost fiscal spending in 2013 to touch economic growth of _______ for 2012. Ans) 7.5% 3584 "World Earth Day" is observed on? Ans) 23-Mar 3585 Dr Kallam Anji Reddy has passed away in March 2013. He was founder of which Indian pharma company? Ans) Dr Reddy's Laboratories
  • 27. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 27 3586 India's Saina Nehwal was defeated by whom to crash out of the All-England Championship in March 2013? Ans) Ratchanok Inthanon 3587 Which film won the award in the "Best Screenplay - Screenplay Writer (Original)" category in "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013? Ans) Kahaani 3588 Indian Cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has become the most successful Indian Test captain, surpassing Sourav Ganguly’s record in March 2013. What was Saurav Ganguly's record of test win as Captain? Ans) 21 3589 As per January 2013 data, which euro zone country has the highest unemployment rate of 27%? Ans) Greece 3590 Euro zone finance ministers and IMF have provided emergency bailout money to which euro zone country in March 2013 to avoid default? Ans) Cyprus 3591 Who has been appointed as the new Governor of Odhisa in March 2013? Ans) S C Jamir 3592 The European Central Bank (ECB) has kept interest rates unchanged at ____ in its latest monetary policy review in March 2013. Ans) 0.75% 3593 North Korea has recently scrapped the non-aggression pact and shut down emergency hotline with South Korea in March 2013. The emergency hotline (Red Cross telephone line) was set up in which year? Ans) 1971 3594 "World Water Day" is observed on? Ans) 22-Mar 3595 Which of these below states has been ranked at the top of the Well Being Index (WBI) as per the data compiled by the Tata Strategic Management Group and published in March 2013? Ans) Himachal Pradesh 3596 Which Indian Bank has launched an ‘Incredible India Travel Card’ in association with the Tourism Ministry in March 2013? Ans) YES Bank 3597 The European Union has fined which global tech giant _____ 561 million euros in March 2013 for failing to offer users a choice of web browser? Ans) Microsoft 3598 The Parliamentary Award Committee has selected whom for Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for 2010 (announced in March 2013)? Ans) Arun Jaitley 3599 Toyo Ito has been awarded with the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize announced in March 2013. He belongs to which country? Ans) Japan 3600 India's food inflation, measured by Wholesale Price Index (WPI) stood at _____ in February. Ans) 11.38% 3601 Which country has emerged as the world’s largest importer of major conventional weapons in the world during the five-year period 2008-12? Ans) India 3602 Which film won the award in the "Best Screenplay Screenplay Writer (Adapted)" category in "60th National Film Awards" announced in March 2013? Ans) Oh My God 3603 Santosh Trophy is associated with which sports that Services team won recently? Ans) Football 3604 Which country won Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey tournament held in March 2013? Ans) Australia 3605 Who has been transferred as the new Governor of Tripura in March 2013? Ans) Devanand Konwar
  • 28. April 2013 GK Quiz Collection http://currentaffairs-businessnews.com Page 28 3606 Who has been appointed as the non-executive Chairman of Axis Bank in March 2013? Ans) Sanjiv Misra 3607 World third largest economy, Japan's GDP growth for last quarter of 2012 stood at ________. Ans) 0.2% 3608 Which company was awarded with the Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Award In the category of Small Scale Manufacturing Industry, announced in March 2013? Ans) Technocrat Connectivity Systems (Private) Limited 3609 DMK party has recently pulled out of UPA Government in March 2013 over the issue of human rights' violation in which neighbour country? Ans) SriLanka 3610 Who has been selected as the premier (Prime Minister)or Communist Party of China’s second ranking leader of China in March 2013? Ans) Li Keqiang 3611 Which Indian Author was awarded with the SAARC Literature Award in March 2013? Ans) Abhay K 3612 Who secured no 1 rank in the ICC Raking of batsmen as on March 2013? Ans) Hashim Amla 3613 The Reserve Bank of India has signed the first Currency Swap Agreement with which country's monetary authority with the validity period of next 3 years in March 2013? Ans) Bhutan 3614 "World TB Day" is observed on? Ans) 24-Mar 3615 India’s IIP growth stood at _____ in January 2013. Ans) 2.4% 3616 Who has sworn in as Venezuela’s acting president following death of Hugo Chavez in March 2013? Ans) Nicolas Maduro 3617 Argentina’s Jorge Bergoglio has been elected as the _____ pope in March 2013. Ans) 266th 3618 Which Indian state won the award for best civic management of a tourist destination and for the most innovative and unique tourism project presented by Pranab Mukherjee in March 2013? Ans) Madhya Pradesh 3619 After the recent liquidity infusion of Rs 3004 crore in State Bank of India by the Indian Government, the shareholding of the government in the bank has increased to __________. Ans) 62.31% 3620 Who won the season-opening Australian Formula One Grand Prix in Melbourne in March 2013? Ans) Kimi Raikkonen 3621 Who has been transferred as the new Governor of Bihar in March 2013? Ans) D Y Patil 3622 Who won the women’s singles title in the All England Open Badminton Championships 2013 held in March 2013 in England? Ans) Tine Baun 3623 Ganesh Pyne passed away at a city hospital in Kolkata after suffering a heart attack in March 2013. He was a famous _________. Ans) Painter 3624 The petroleum ministry has appointed a committee under whom in March 2013 to prepare a roadmap for enhancing domestic production of oil and gas in order to substantially reduce the nations import dependency by 2030? Ans) Vijay Kelkar 3625 Who secured no 1 rank in the ICC Raking of Bowlers as on March 2013? Ans) Saeed Ajmal