2013 march general awareness

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Abbreviation

Expand CMS.Cab Management System

Expand IIBs.Inflation Indexed Bonds

Expand SKA.Square Kilometre Array

Expand GMRT.Gaint meterwave Radio Telescope

Expand ACC.Asian Cycling Confederation

Expand LNG.Liquefied Natural Gas

Expand MICE.Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions

Expand KPDC.Karnataka Pharmaceutical Development Council

Expand SACU.South African Customs Union

Expand IIF.Institute of International Finance

Expand AIPSO.All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation

Expand e-PPS.Electronics Project Proposal System

Expand MPPT.Maximum Power Point Tracking

Expand IAEA.International Atomic Energy Agency


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Expand DMZ.Demilitarized Zone

Expand PML.Prevention of Money Laundering

Expand WIEF.Wharton India Economic Forum

Expand POCSO.Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences

Expand BPD.Barrels Per Day

Expand NETA.

North Eastern Tea Association

Expand BCB.Bangladesh Cricket Board

Expand AAY.Antyodana Anna Yojana

Expand FIMI.Federation of Indian Mineral Industries

Expand RWA.Risk Weighted Assets

Expand NSR.New Silk Route

Expand NBA.News Broadcasters Association

Expand USIBC.US India Business Council

Expand NAVSI.National Association of Street Vendors of India

Expand DIC.District Industries Center


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Expand CGFF.Credit Guarantee Fund for Factoring

Expand MMSCMD.Million Metric Standard Cubic Meter Per Day

Expand COI.Court of Inquiry

Expand GLA.General License Agreement

Expand EBRD.European bank for Reconstruction and Development

Expand NFR.

Northeast Frontier Railway

Expand BNHS.Bombay Natural History Society

Expand DBT.Direct Benefit Transfer

Expand FSLRC.Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission

Expand NDRC.National Disaster Reduction Commission

Expand DIFC.Dubai International Finance Centre

Expand FRAND.Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory

Expand JICA.Japan International Cooperation Agency

Expand KSNDMC.Karnataka State Natural Disaster Management Cell

Expand FSDC.Financial Stability and Development Council


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Expand DICGC.Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India

Expand SMW4.South East Asia-Middle East-West Europe 4

Expand IMEWE.India-Middle East-Western Europe

Expand EIG.Europe India Gateway

Awards

Who won the inaugural Physics Journalism Prize sponsored by the Institute of Physics and

Science and Technology Facilities Council?Anil Ananthaswamy

Who won the 5th CIDC Vishwakarma Award 2013 under the category 'Achievement award forPublic Officer'?Tapas Kumar Lahiray, Chairman - Managing Director NCL and BCCL

Who was conferred with 1st Tagore award for cultural harmony as a part of the 150th birthanniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore?Sitar Maestro, Late Pandit Ravi Shankar

Who was conferred with Saraswati Samman award 2013?Sugathakumari

Name the category added in Miss India pageant list from 2013?Digital Diva, Most Digitally savy Miss India will win a cash prize of Rs.1 lakh

Who won the Healthcare Businessman of the Year at the Asian Business Awards 2013?Kartar Lalvani, NRI Businessman

Who was conferred with Contribution to News TV Award by Indiantelevision.com?Vineet Jain

Which game won six awards including the Best Downloadable Game of the year at the GameDevelopers Choice Awards 2013?Journey

Who won the 1st Bishwaratna Bhupen Hazarika International Solidarity Award?Lubna Marium, Classical dance exponent and Sanskrit scholar


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Books

Name the 19th century book on India which has set a world record after it sold for Rs.2.7 croresat an auction in London.Oriental Scenery

Which publishing house has launched a 27 volumes based book on a survey of rural India?Gyan Books

Business

What is the monetary limit to be imposed by issuing bank on all global cards which has not beenused as per RBI?$500

Which company is set to shut down these products - App for Blackberry, Avatars, App Search,Sports IQ, Clues, Message Boards website and Updates API?Yahoo

Which South African partner company is Cipla planning to acquire by paying $512 million?Medpro

Which bank launched 3 schemes corp club, crop privilege and corp global?Corporation bank

Ratnakar bank launched its 1st bank branch in which Indian state?Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad

Name the Apple's streaming device which would be available in India for Rs.8,295.Apple TV

Ford India launched which limited edition vehicle to mark its 3 years existence?Figo

Which 2 company partnered to sell cardamom and pepper under the brand name Spice Mist?Tata Global Beverages and South Indian Green Cardamom Company

Which Dubai-based company announced plans to set up 20 hotels in India within next 10 years?Rotana

Which automobile company launched new version of its light commercial vehicle Maxximo?Mahindra and Mahindra


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What is the special edition of i10 named by Hyundai?iTech

Which airport in Odisha got Rs.145 crore terminal by Airport Authority of India?Biju Patnaik Airport

Which bank received capital repatriation of $100 million from its British subsidiary?ICICI bank

Name the electric car with a range of 100kms on full charge that is set to be launched byMahindra.Reva e2o

Which two companies entered into joint venture to manufacture and sell cosmetics in Indiarecently?Elder Pharma and Kose Corp. (Kose Elder (India) Pvt. Ltd.)

Which automobile maker opened world class tractor plant in Andhra Pradesh in March 2013?Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd.

Name the Japanese agency which will invest Rs.655 crore on a non-timber fire project in hillyregion of Uttarakhand.Japan International Cooperation Agency

Which Malaysian airlines got regulatory approval for starting airline venture in the Indian civilaviation sector?AirAsia

Which stock exchanges would exit from Multi Commodity Exchange by selling its 4.8% share?NYSE Euronext

Which are the major segments included in Karnataka's recently unveiled pharma policy?Bulk drugs, Drugs intermediate, Bio-pharmaceuticals and Formulations

Which country held 4th Investment and Trade Initiative to India recently?South Africa

Which two countries will have 1st ever bilateral naval exercise in the Bay of Bengal?India and Myanmar

Aptech ltd. signed an agreement with National Skill Development Corporation for what reason?To impart job-related training

Why were Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers Ltd. in news recently?Indian Government received Rs.310 crore from sale of 12.5% stake in RCF


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Which bank signed MoU under the programme Collaboration for facilitating Enterprise Loanswith SIDBI?United Bank of India

Which subsidiary of ACC cement has been amalgamated with itself?

Encore Cement and Additives

Which state transport corporation has introduced live chat on its website to attend to customerqueries in India?KSRTC - Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation

Which innerwear company plans to invest Rs.100 crore on plant, machineries and marketingactivities?Lux Industries

Which company did BookMyShow acquire to enhance its footprint in Southern India?

Ticketgreen.com

Which drug company is getting into the oral care business in India?Himalaya Drug

AirAsia expanded its presence in Philippines by acquiring 49% of which airways?Zest Airways Inc.

Which company plans to setup two network training centres in Myanmar?Cisco Systems

What are the three variants introduced by Piaggio Ape City launched in 2013 in India?Petrol, LPG and CNG

Which two countries have decided to resolve issues in the proposed changes to the DoubleTaxation Avoidance Convention?India and Mauritius

Where do the outstanding of income tax arrears stand as on 31st December 2012 in India?Rs.4.2 lakh crore

Infosys recently opened delivery centre in which country?San Jose, Costa Rica, Latin America

Which trading platform will BSE adopt in derivatives and cash markets under the technologypact with Deutsche Boerse AG?Eurex trading platform


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Which bank plans to open 60 branches across Northeast India within two years?Bank of India

Which consultant firm ranked India No.5 with 122 billionaires (net assets over Rs.500 crore) asof 2012?

Global property consultancy

Which company's 3 year contract did Wipro bag to deliver end-to-end service transition andtransformational services?Emirates NBD, a banking group in UAE

Which company bought email app Mailbox within a month after it hit markets?Dropbox

Which insurance company launched eShield, an online term plan?SBI Life

How many schools have Gems Education planned to start in India over next 5 years?50

Which international fashion brand sales has gone past Rs.1,000 crore in India during the year2012?Benetton

Which company has signed a technology transfer agreement with the Bhabha Atomic ResearchCentre to manufacture and sell solar-powered water purifiers?Jakson Power Solutions

Which Indian state approved Rs.34,000 crore investment proposals spread over 17 districts?Karnataka

Which company promotes its D2H under the name 'Bharat Business Channel'?Videocon Industries

Which are the top four cities (online buying and selling) are per eBay India census 2012?Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur and Bangalore (Top five states being Maharashtra, Delhi, Rajasthan,Tamil Nadu and Karnataka)

Which are the sectors Egypt has offered for Indian companies to partner with its businessestablishments?Infrastructure, Biotechnology, Energy and Pharmaceuticals

How will the courier service provider AJ Worldwide Services will be known in the domesticmarket?AJW Worldwide Service Pvt. Ltd.


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SIDBI signed MoU with which country recently for the development of SME sector?Egypt

Which UAE-based company has commissioned $10 million manufacturing plant for AlubondUSA COmposite Panels in Mumbai, India?

Mulk

Which floppy disk maker plans to launch 12 products in the next three months in the year 2013?Amkette

What are the collaterals that are permitted by SEBI to FIIs for their cash and derivative businessin India?Government securities, corporate bonds, cash and foreign sovereign securities with AAA ratings

Which becomes NTPC's first non-conventional energy project with 5MW solar power plant inIndia?

NTPC-Dadri

Name the personalities who have launched global sim card 'Jaxtr SIM' for internationaltravellers.Sabeer Bhatia and Yogesh Patel

Where in Tamil Nadu Costa Coffee launched its first store?Chennai at Harrington Road

Which country limited ATM withdrawals to 100 euros per day at two biggest banks?Cyprus

Which country approved 10 billion euro bailout after the negotiations by the 17-nationseurozone's finance ministers?Cyprus

Which company owns these products: Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Office 2013, Office 365and Windows Azure platforms?Microsoft

Which company in India signed Aamir Khan by launching an integrated campaign of "ideas thatmake life brighter"?Godrej Group

Which company signed MoU to establish a Plastic Park at Port Said?TCI Sanmar Chemicals of The Sanmar Group

What is the reduced small savings interest rate with effect from 1st April 2013 in India?0.10% (From 8.8% to 8.7%)


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Which country's businesses are facing a set back as banks are closed for 2nd week in March2013?Cyprus

Which company sold its 50% stake on Eurokids International to group of investors led by GPE

India?Educomp Solutions

Under which terms Cyprus is closing its 2nd-largest bank Laiki?Bailout

What is the purpose of $2.32 billion aid given by Japan to India?For the development of infrastructure

Name the program or policy under which more Saudi workers would be absorbed by employersin Saudi Arabia.

Nitaqat programme

What is the approved fund to overcome currency crisis by BRICS nations?$100 billion

Where does India's current account deficit stand for the quarter ended December 2012?6.7% of GDP

Which company is set to acquire Belgian Bank KBC Group's captive unit ValuSourceTechnologies?Cognizant

Which four stocks will now have price band (circuit lock) at 10% from April 2nd, 2013 as perBSE and NSE in consultation with SEBI?Essar Oil, Suzlon Energy, Educomp and CORE Education

Which bank will give $300 million loan to Uttarakhand and assist the state government on powergeneration and transmission projects?Asian Development Bank

Which bank will issue Rs.85 lakh equity shares to mobilise Rs.51 crore?Dhanlaxmi bank

Which company acquired 31.49% stake in Gujarat NRE Coking Coal at the end of its openoffer?Jindal Steel and Power's Ltd.


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Education and Employment

As part of Social Corporate Responsibility which Public Sector Bank will recruit graduateunemployed youth of Jammu and Kashmir under UDAAN?Canara Bank

Which education will be provided for free to all girls by Punjab Government in India?Training in ITIs

Name the arts education programme launched by the British Council in partnership with NCERTin India.The World Voice Programme

Entertainment

How do we know Remo's Muzic Spark in the world of entertainment?Karnataka's first music band

Name the Miss India Earth 2012 who will act in her career's first hindi film Zaalim Dilli.Prachi Mishra

How many countries have submitted entries to the Tribeca Film Festival 2013?30

For which 3D animated film would Priyanka Chopra lend her voice?Planes

Which Indian state plans to digitally archive all films that have been made since inception of theindustry?Kannada films of the State of Karnataka

Name the film which will be shot to portray life of India's 2nd Prime Minister Lal BahadurShastri.Jai Jawaan Jai Kisaan

Who represented Indonesia at the Miss India Worldwide contest scheduled on April 27th, 2013at Malaysia?Shireenjit Kaur, Miss India Indonesia

Name the Assame movie which is selected for the 2nd edition of the Washington DC SouthAsian Film Festival scheduled from 10th May 2013.Ekhon Nedekha Nodir


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Events

In which city was Investothon held in India during March 2013?Rajkot, Gujarat

Which 3-day competition was inaugurated by Justice Dipak Mishra, Judge, Supreme Court ofIndia at Amity University aiming to sharpen creative and analytical skills of emerging lawyers?Moot Court Competition

Where in South Africa, 5-nation Summit BRICS will be held?Durban (26th and 27th March 2013)

Which college organised a summit on "Entrepreneurship, Lessons in Leadership 2013 -Empowering youth for Enterpreneurship and Education"?Taaleem College of International Studies

What is the title for IMF conference to be held on 16th and 17th April 2013?Rethinking macro policy II: first steps and early lessons

General Knowledge

Why is mobile manufacturer Vertu famous for?Manufacturers of luxury phones

Which country plans royalty to publishers for posting extracts of news articles?Germany

Which Indian state distributed 7 lakh bednets to fight malaria?Chattisgarh

Which school students in Himachal Pradesh could travel from home to school - school to homefor free in state buses from 1st April 2013?Government school students

Which Indian state government approved Excise policy 2013-14?Himachal Pradesh

For what purpose a website to help Non-Resident Indians would be launched by March end?Filing RTI applications through e-postal order

Which Indian state got approval from Union cabinet for the proposed National Institute of BioticStress Management?Raipur, Chhattisgarh


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Which state in India will have (eSBTR) Electronic Secure Bank and Treasury Receipt System forstamp duty collection?Maharashtra

Where in China 48-metre high Buddha statue was built?

Xingzi County of Jiujiang City

Which country will merge the Family Planning Commission with the Health Ministry as a part ofrestructuring plan?China

Which automobile maker donated Rs.7 crore to establish JankideviBajaj Institute of ManagementStudies in Pune?Bajaj Group

Where did Union Tourism Minister K.Chiranjeevi inaugurate Indian Pavilion?

ITB in Berlin, Germany

Who was the chief guest at the 45th National Day celebrations of Mauritius?Indian President, Pranab Mukherjee

Where was 23rd Annual Day of Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce held?Chennai, India

Which company won telecom spectrum in 8 circles or zones for Rs.3,639 crore in India?Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd. (Russian Company Sistema's Indian unit)

What is celebrated on 2nd Monday of March every year?Commonwealth Day

Which state government in India launched free laptop scheme for students who passedintermediate?Uttar Pradesh

Where in India UK government opened its first Mobile Biometric Clinic for processing visaapplications?Goa

In which 5 cities would Indian Government introduce plastic currency on field trail?Kochi, Mysore, Jaipur, Bhuvaneswar and Shimla

How does the world know the following?GMR's Vemagiri and barge-mounted, GVK's Jegrupdu Extension and Gauthami, Konaseemaand Lanco's Kondapalli Stage-IIGas-based power plant in India


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Which rank does India hold in the recent released FIFA rankings?143rd rank

Which Indian state government would make anti-hail nets used to save apple crop to farmers at

80% subsidy?Himachal Pradesh

What is the motive of Crown Prince of Bahrain Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa's two-dayvisit to India?To strengthen bilateral ties in the fields of trade and economy

Which country is suffering from biggest drought in 30 years?New Zealand

Where in India 3 National Tribunal are to be setup as per deadline (April 30th 2013) set by

Supreme Court?Bhopal, Pune and Kolkata

Which country revealed 1-child policy has boosted its economic growth by preventingoverpopulation?China

Which is the guest country and focus country at the 9th edition of India-Africa Projectpartnership conclave?Cameroon and Ethiopia

Which stock exchange in India celebrated 50th foundation day on 17th March 2013?BgSE - Bangalore Stock Exchange

How many Asia-Pacific countries were assessed for low levels of water security according toAsian Development Bank's Asia Water Development Outlook 2013?37 of 49 countries

Which city metro is set to launch offline mobile app in India?Delhi Metro

Name the initiative taken by Karnataka State Innovation Council in partnership with Google toenrich knowledge across the state in innovative manner.Innovation Karnataka

Which Indian city will become the first to get free Wi-Fi hotspots in India?Bangalore (M.G.Road and Brigade Road)


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What is the theme of Google Big Tent Activate Summit 2013 which Gujarat Chief Minister isinvited to address on March 21st through Google+ hangout?Technology in Politics

Which country plans to distribute 1.7 million tablet computers to students and teachers in 2013

and to become world's largest handout of the devices for education?Thailand

Which Indian state sought financial package of Rs.7,888 crore from the Central Government totake up drought related relief measures?Kerala

On which Nobel laureate's name did Punjab government introduce scholarship to students?Hargobind Khorana

List the top 7 Indian cities ranked by Assocham survey in online share trading.

Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Dehradun

Which country honoured former IAS officer Himangshu Mohan Choudhury at its 42ndanniversary of independence on March 26th 2013?Bangladesh

Which river will be declared as National waterway under the National Waterway Bill, 2013 inIndia?121km stretch of Barak River

Who quoted "I feel like it's karma that brought me to the project, and to India" recently?Ang Lee

Which state organised All India Street Food Festival?Bihar

How many districts in India would have one-stop crisis centers to resolve problems being facedby women?100

Which Indian state approved Rs.4,028 crore budget for 2013-14?Maharashtra

What was the significance of 'Magic of Hands' national-level competition held in India recently?Painting competition in connection with hand surgery and therapy

Which institute announced the successful deployment of its multi-million dollar cross-campustechnology initiative Connect 2.0?BITS, Pilani (BITS Connect 2.0)


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Which Indian state celebrated 100 years with an evening of music and celebration from DalerMehndi?Bihar (Bihar Diwas)

Which Indian state passed Irrigation and Drainage Bill 2013 replacing the 134 year old Bombay(Gujarat) Irrigation Act 1879?Gujarat

Which Indian state over took Bihar to register 10% growth for 2012-13 as per Central StatisticalOrganisation?Madhya Pradesh

Why is ISRO planning to setup research centre at Kothi near Rohtang Pass?To study the impact of global warming on melting of glaciers and environment in general

Who advocated the term 'Abenomics'?Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan

Which bird flu type led to the death of two Shanghai men in February and March 2013?H7N9

Personality

Who is set to become the Chief Minister of Meghalaya for 2nd straight term?Mukul Sangma

How was T.C.Dutt known in India who died due to illness?Former chief secretary, West Bengal

How was Bonnie Franklin known to the world?Actress who died due to pancreatic cancer

Who was sworn-in as the 2nd Upalokayukta in Karnataka?Jutice Subhash B Adi

Who was named 'Sportsperson of the year' by Tata Steel for her achievements on the occasion of174th birth anniversary of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata?Deepika Kumari

Name the former Uruguay football coach who died due to stomach cancer recently.Luis Cubilla


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Who is appointed as Sales tax commissioner of Maharashtra?Nitin Kareer

How do we know Norah Jones apart from being an American singer-songwriter and pianist whoperformed in India recently?

Daughter of late sitar legend Ravi Shankar

Name the Venezuelan President who died fighting against cancer recently.Hugo Chavez

Who earned his Ph.D. working on 'Contribution of Sri Yamunacharya to Visishtadvaita' and diedrecently?M.Narasimhachary - A Sanskrit scholar

How does the world know P.N.C. Menon?Founder of Sobha Developers

Who is named global brand ambassador of Mrs India International?Richa Sharma

Who took oath by placing his hand on an original copy of the American Constitution from 1787as Director of CIA to join US national security team?John Brennan

Name the player whose left foot made of gold valued at $5.25 million was created by Japanesejeweler Ginza Tanaka.Lionel Messi

Who replaced Sunil Dutt, India Managing Director of Black Berry?Rick Costanzo

From which company did Niten Malhan resign as director?Punj Lloyd

Who is appointed as Foreign Ministry's special representative on Asian Affairs by China?Wang Yingfan

How does the world know Ganesh Pyne who died recently?Small tempera painter

Who became the first Canadian astronaut to take command of International Space Station?Chris Hadfield


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Name the Australian Trade Commission CEO who said India is the 8th largest trading partner ofAustralia?Bruce Gosper

Who becomes the first to be chosen as pope outside Europe?

Jorge Begoglio of Argentina, Pope Francis

Who replaced Andy Rubin as Google's Android head?SundarPichai

Who was elected president of the Republic of Kenya?Uhuru Kenyatta

Who was appointed as president of University of Texas at Arlington?Dr.Vistasp M Karbhari

Who is appointed as CEO by ZTE for its India operations?Xu Dejun

Who was formally elected as China's president succeeding Hu Jintao?Xi Jinping

Name the brand director who coined the campaign 'Jo Mera Hain Wo Tera Hain' for Airtel.Bharat Bambawale

Who is appointed as Prime Minister of Nepal?Chief justice Khil Raj Regmi

Who are appointed as CEO's of Samsung Electronics?Yoon Boo-keun and Shin Jong-kyun

What role did Frederic Ramioulle based in America handle before resigning from Infosys?Global Engineering - Head

Whom did China re-appoint as governor of its central Bank?Zhou Xiaochuan

Who is appointed as MD and CEO to replace Shinzo Nakanishi at Maruti Suzuki India witheffect from 1st April 2013?Kenichi Ayukawa

Who took charge as the first head of Tagore studies at Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland?Professor Indra Nath Choudhuri


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What role did H.S.Goindi handle before quitting TVS Motors?Head of marketing

Who was elected as chairman of Andhra Pradesh council's Confederation of Indian Industry for2013-14?

B.Ashok Reddy

Name the non-American journalist who is named editor of Time International.Bobby Ghosh

Who replaced Ajay Singh Chautala as the Table Tennis Federation of India President?Prabhat C.Chaturvedi

Who is appointed as president and CEO of TVS Automobile Solutions?Sanjay Nigam

Name the Bangladesh president who died fighting kidney and respiratory problems at a hospitalin Singapore.Mohammad Zillur Rahman

Who is appointed as the vice-chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open University?Professor M.Aslam

Rishad Premji, CSO of Wipro was elected to which executive council recently?NASSCOM executive council

Name the Nigerian author of "Things Fall Apart" who died recently.Chinua Achebe

How was Bebo Valdes who died in Sweden at the age of 94 known to the entertainment world?Musician - Cuban Pianist

Who is the present Chief Justice of Orissa high court?Chokalingam Nagappan

Who is the Chairman of National Innovation Council in India?Sam Pitroda

Which Indian state did Nikhil Kumar serve before being chosen as the 20th governor of Kerala?Nagaland

Who is the Goodwill ambassador for Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS at the World HealthOrganisation?Peng Liyuan


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How does the world know Giulio Terzi of Italy?Italian Foreign Minister

Who is appointed as the first woman Secret Service director by American President BarackObama?

Julia Pierson

How was Debashis Mitra known at Mercedes Benz India?Director - Marketing and Sales

Why was Air Force General Philip Breedlove in news recently?American President Barack Obama nominated him as NATA commander

Name the British actor who acted in Harry Potter movie died due to complications after heartsurgery.Richard Griffiths

Who is appointed as President of International Chamber of Commerce?Rajan Bharti Mittal

Name the 14-time Grammy winner, musician who died due to an aortic aneurysm.Phil Ramone

Sports

Who could reach 1000-game milestone in United's Premier League game against Norwich City?Ryan Giggs

Name the sports personality who has decided to go on hunger strike to protest againstrecommendation to drop wrestling from the Olympics.Armen Nazaryan

Who won the Dubai Open title for 4th time?Novak Djokovic

Name the American at the indoor athletics championships who cleared 5.02 metres to set a newwomen's pole vault world record.Jenn Suhr

Who won her 1st WTA singles title at the BMW Malaysian Open 2013?Karolina Pliskova

Who won the HSBC Women's Champions 2013 held in Singapore?Stacy Lewis


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Who won his 1st PGA title, 'Honda Classic 2013' held in Palm Beach Gardens?Michael Thompson

Who won 2nd Mexican Open title of his career held in 2013?

Rafael Nadal

Which team won the Vijay Hazare trophy 2013?Delhi

Who became 2nd fastest Indian player to score 1,000 runs in Test cricket?Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara

Name the chess player to achieve the Grandmaster title to win the 'A' category of CannesFestival which was held in the French city.Akshayraj Kore

What is the total number of cricket matches India has won under the captaincy of Dhoni whobroke the record of Sourav Ganguly?22

Name the channel to be launched by ESPN Star Sports for the Indian sub-continent on 11thMarch 2013.Star Sports 2

Which event hosts the Sahachari Foundation Trophy in India?Horse racing

Who won gold medal in the women's junior 500m time trial event held at the 33rd Hero AsianCycling Championships?Yeonhee Jang

Which country voted to pay its female cricketers a $10,000 bonus after winning two worldchampionships in 6 months?Australia (Cricket Australia Board)

How does the world know Hasib Ahsan?Test Cricketer of Pakistan (Spin bowler)

Who won the WGC-Cadillac Championship 2013?Tiger Woods

Who won the Celebrity Cricket League 2013?Karnataka Bulldozers


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Who became the first Bangladesh player to score a double century against Sri Lanka on Day 4 of1st Test in March 2013?Mushfiqur Rahim

Who is named as world's richest footballer with a net worth of 175 million pound?

David Beckham

Which medal did India win at the Asian Archery Grand Prix 2013 in Bangkok?Compound Archery Gold

Which rank does India hold in the recent released FIFA rankings?143rd rank

From which round did Parupalli Kashyap exit the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold tournament2013?3rd round

Who scored fastest-ever debut century of 85 balls in Test cricket for India?Shikhar Dhawan

Who won the Australian Grand Prix - Formula 1 world championships 2013?Kimi Raikkonen

Who became the 3rd Thai national with a two-stroke win at the Thailand Open?Prayad Marksaeng

Who won her 2nd Indian Wells WTA title?Maria Sharapova

Who won his 3rd Indian Wells ATP Masters title?Rafael Nadal

Which two teams won Dr.T.Ao football tournament?Assam and Meghalaya

Who won the Vasan Eye Care - ITF men's Futures tournament 2013?Tak Khunn Wang of France

Which sport does Seema Tomar represent for India?Shooting Shotgun

How does the sporting world know Nadir Shah?International cricket umpire from Bangladesh


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How does the sporting world know Michael Owen who will retire in 2013?Football player

Which team was honoured as the best team at the Laureurs Sports Awards?Europe's Ryder Cup golfers

Who was named sportsman of the year at the Laureurs Sports Awards?Usain Bolt

Name the former Indian captain who is appointed as chairman of the All India FootballFederation's technical committee.Bhaichung Bhutia

Who became the 3rd fastest Indian to reach the milestone of taking 100 wickets in Test cricket?Pragyan OjhaWho won the European Tour title at the Malaysian Open 2013?

Kiradech Aphibarnrat of Thailand

Who won the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix?Sebastian Vettel

Who won the singles final of the VTR Open 2013?Argentina's Horacio Zeballos

India failed to qualify for which tournament to be held in 2014?2014 AFC (Asian Football Confederation) Challenge Cup

With which company did Procam International joined hands as its elite athlete co-ordinator forWorld 10K event scheduled in Bangalore on May 19th, 2013?Global Sports Communication

Who won her 6th WTA Miami title 2013?Serena Williams

Who won the gold medal in the men's triple jump in the season-opening Indian Grand Prix?Renjith Maheswary

Science and Technology

Which company has developed 3D printer creating solid objects in plastic with a computercommand?Fabbster


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Which company's remote control is featured with headphone jack and volume buttons?Roku 3

Which company launched 3LCD technology and 3D capable interactive projectors?Epson

Which company launched cloud-based model "Creative Cloud" in India?Adobe Systems

WhatsApp Messenger was launched on which platform recently in India?BlackBerry 10

Which company recently released smartphone that is capable of recognising hand and eyemovements?Samsung Galaxy S4

Name the device developed to prevent driver from sending text messages while driving the car.ORIGOSafe

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