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1. Bidzina Ivanishvili, is the newly elected Prime Minister of which Country ?
Germany
Georgia
France
Spain
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2.Algerian Lakhdar Brahimiis the newly appointed joint special representativeof UN and Arab league for which country ?
Libya
Syria
Iraq
Afghanistan
( Ans - 2)
3. Government of which country recently Launched Peace Talks with anextremist group FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) that hasbeen causing high scale losses to that country for past many decades ?
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Columbia
Cambodia
China
Chile
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4. Le Luong Minh, from Socialist Republic of Vietnam has been appointed asupcoming Secretary General for which group of nations for a five year term ?
ASEAN
SCO
SAARC
NATO
( Ans - 1)
5. According to a recent report by IEA(International Energy Agency), whichcountry is set to become world's largest oil producer by 2017 by leaving SaudiArabia Behind ?
Iran
USA
Iraq
Venezuela
( Ans - 2)
6. Which country has recently launched a new Nuclear Safety Agency after alarge scale nuclear disaster recently occured due a large Tsunami ?
South Korea
Japan
North Korea
Pakistan
( Ans - 2)
7. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently set up a Special TaskForce for which country as it is concerned about that country's Nuke-Program ?
Pakistan ( Ans - 2)
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Iran
India
Iraq
8. USA recently signed an Agreement with which country for supply of goods tothe NATO forces through that country ?
India
Pakistan
Iran
Afghanistan
( Ans - 2)
9. Ernest Bai Koroma is the recently re-elected President of which AfricanCountry ?
Congo
Sierra Leone
South Sudan
Algeria
( Ans - 2)
10. Which country recently appointedJoaquim Barbosa as First non-WhitePresident of its Supreme Court ?
USA
Brazil
Germany
Spain
( Ans - 2)
11.Ali Zeidan is the Newly appointed Prime Minister of which country ?
Mali
Libya
Iran
( Ans - 2)
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Syria
12. Parliament of which of these Countries recently passed draft of a new
Constitution for that country ?
Egypt
Iran
Iraq
UAE
. The Folded Earth, the book that won Indian Ficton category Award in recent11th economist Crossword Book Awards has been written by -
Anuradha Rai
Vikram Seth
Chetan Bhagat
Khushwant Singh
( Ans - 1)
2.A Free Man, the book that won Indian Non-Ficton category Award in recent
11th economist Crossword Book Awards has been written by?Aman Sethi
A P J Abdul Kalam
Arundhati Roy
Chetan Bhagat
( Ans - 1)
3. Recently issued book - On the pathway to developmenthas been written by -
Harishankar SinghaniaVikram seth
Khushwant Singh
Chetan Bhagat
( Ans - 1)
4. Recently issued book - Free Thinker's prayer Bookhas been written by -
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Vikram Seth
Khushwant Singh
Salman Rushdie
Harishankar Singhania
( Ans - 2)
5. Recently issued book - Total Recallhas been written by -
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Salman Rushdie
Charles Dickens
Vikram Seth
( Ans - 1)
6. Recently issued book - "India's Foreign Policy : Coping with the changingWorld"has been written by -
Khushwant Singh
Mukuchand Dubey
Vikram Seth
Salman Rushdie
( Ans - 2)
7. Recently issued book based on Mumbai Slums- "Behind the BeautifulForevers"has been written by -
Katherine Boo
Vikram Seth
Aman Sethi
A P J Abdul Kalam
( Ans - 1)
8. Recently issued book - "Ek Thhi Kusum"has been written by -
Prakash Pant
Amitav Ghosh
Jhumpa Lahiri
Shashi Tharoor
( Ans - 1)
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India
Industrial Finance Corporation of India
Industrial Finance Consultancy of India
Industrial Finance Committee of India
4. RBI recently Formed a special committee named FIACunder Deputygovernor K C Chakrabartyfor better implementation of Financial Inclusion incountry. (Financial Inclusion means bringing rural and BPL people underpurview of banking services).FIAC Stands for -
Financial Inclusion Augmentation Committee
Financial Inclusion Addition Committee
Financial Inclusion Advisory Committee
Financial Induction Advisory Committee
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5. The Government owned bank that was recently given Best bank and FinancialInstitution award 2012 ?
Bank of India
Punjab National Bank
Bank of Baroda
State Bank of India
( Ans - 2)
6. RBI in its Quarterly Monetary Policy Review for Q2 (July - Sep 2012) decidedto Cut CRR (Cash Reserve Ratio) by 25 basis points. New value of CRR Standsat -
4.75 %
4.25 %
4.50 %
4 %
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7. In a recent global hunger index issued by IFPRI (International Food PolicyResearch Institute), India was ranked at which position- ?
65th
69th
68th
60th
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8. In the recent Economic freedom list issued by canada based Fraser Institute,India was ranked at 111th position. Which country was ranked at the top ?
USA
UK
Hong Kong
France
( Ans - 3)
9. India's CAD (Current Account Deficit) has been what percent of GDP in Q1(Apr - June) of 2012 - 13 ?
3.9 %
4.4 %
4.1 %
4 %
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10. Government recently decided to combine Capital Markets Regulator SEBI,Insurance Regulator IRDA, Pension Regulator PFRDA and Forward MarketsCommission (FMC) into a single entity called UFA.What Does UFA Stands for -
Unified Financial Agency
Unique Financial Agency
Unified Financial Advisory
Unique Financial Advisory
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11. Which of these has recently been approved as India's Third Stock Exchange?
MCX
NASDAQ
BSE
NSE
( Ans - 1)
12. RBI recently signed an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with StateBank of which country to promote mutual financial co-operation ?
China
Vietnam
Japan
Russia
( Ans - 2)
1. Indian American entrepreneur That was recently selected among 18 US PrezObama's 18 'Presidential Innovation Fellows' -
Karl Mehta
Tulsi Gobbard
Lakshmi Mittal
Gurbaksh Chahal
( Ans - 1)
2. Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority Recently appointed an Indian as itsCEO and Board Member namely -
Arun Kumar Jain
Shashank Srivastava
Hardip Singh Puri
M S Ahluwalia
( Ans - 2)
3. Who is the newly appointed Secretary General of NHRC (National HumanRights Commission)-
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M S Ahluwalia
Arun Kumar Jain
Arvind Mayaram
Prakash Bakshi
( Ans - 2)
4.Julia Gillardwas recently on a visit to India. She is the Prime Minister ofwhich country ?
Austria
Germany
Australia
Spain
( Ans - 3)
5.Juan Carlos was recently on a visit to India. He is the King of -
Germany
Spain
Cambodia
Nepal
( Ans - 2)
6. Which Country has put Thailand behind to become the biggest rice exporterin the last Fiscal ?
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
USA
India
( Ans - 4)
7. World Bank recently offered a loan of what ammount to support secondaryeducation in India ?
$ 100 million
$ 500 million( Ans - 2)
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$ 200 million
$ 300 million
8. Which state's govt recently appointed Jackie Shroff as ambassdor to raiseawareness against female foeticide in that state ?
Assam
Manipur
Bihar
Rajasthan
( Ans - 3)
9. Lek Soniyachiis a financial incentive scheme for girls in BPL (Below PovertyLine) families. In which state this scheme is implmented ?
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Maharashtra
Arunachal Pradesh
( Ans - 3)
10. Aadhaar Enabled e-services launched were recently launched in which Stateon second anniversary of Aadhaar Card -
Karnataka
Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan
West bengal
( Ans - 3)
11. Who is the Newly appointed Chief Secretary of West bengal ?
Ranjan Mathai
Sanjay Mitra
Ajit seth
Kamal Nath
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12. IFFCO (Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited) will soon set up anew plant in Which Country ?
Spain
Canada
Italy
USA
1. Dmitry Rogozin was recently visitedto India. He is the Deputy PrimeMinister of -
France
Russia
Spain
Germany
( Ans - 2)
2. An Indigenously Built HydrographicSurveyor vessel was recently
Commissioned into Indian Navy namedas ?
INS Makar
INS Sahayadri
INS Tarangini
INS Vikrant
( Ans - 1)
3. India recently banned US-sanctionedships of which country from entering itswater ?
Iraq
Iran
Japan
( Ans - 2)
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Arun Kumar Jain
Sanjay Mitra
Naseem Zaidi
8. In which state a 17 days long JalSatyagraha by villagers in narmadariver recently came to an end forprotesting omkareshwar dam ?
Manipur
Himachal Pardesh
Madhya Pradesh
Sikkim
( Ans - 3)
9. India recently signed a $ 70-millionloan with world bank for financing theHealth Systems Development andReform Project in which state ?
Madhya Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Karnataka
Assam
( Ans - 3)
10. A Senior IPS Officer recently tookover as Director of CBI named -
Ranjit Sinha
Ranbir Singh
Sanjay Mitra
Arvind Mayaram
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11. Which state recently signed anagreement with IT Company TCS to
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monitor Funds allocation underMGNREGA Scheme ?
Madhya Pradesh
West Bengal
Sikkim
Assam
( Ans - 2)
12. Which scheme was recentlylaunched by union government toEducate Adolescent Boys about moraland social values ?
Sulabh
Suchitram
Saksham
Sarthak
( Ans - 3)
13.Hamid Karzaiwas recently on avisit to India. He is the President of -
Iran
Afghanistan
Iraq
Pakistan
( Ans - 2)
14. India International Trade Fair wasrecently organized in Delhi with themeof -
Shining India
Skilling India
Charming India
Amazing India
( Ans - 2)
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15. Indian postal department recentlydecided to start a bank named -
Postal Bank of India
Post Bank of India
Indian Postal Bank
Indian Post Bank
( Ans - 2)
16. Rajkeshwar Puryag will be ChiefGuest at 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas(Jan 8-10) in Kochchi in 2013. He is thePresident of which country ?
Mauritius
Nepal
Malaysia
Indonesia
( Ans - 1)
1. India recently tied up with whichcountry to develop 'Smart Cities' -
Australia
Germany
Austria
France
( Ans - 3)
2. India's Election Commisson recentlysigned a co-operation Agreement withElection commission of which country?
Israel
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
USA
( Ans - 2)
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3. India's DMRC (Delhi Metro) recentlybagged contract for management andRecruitment consultancy of Metro
Project in Capital City of which Country?
Indonesia (Jakarta)
Japan (Tokyo)
China (Beijing)
Thailand (Bangkok)
( Ans - 1)
4. India recently teamed up with whichcountry to combat high LNG (NaturalGas) costs ?
Japan
China
South Korea
Germany
( Ans - 1)
5. India Recently signed a trilateralagereement with Afghanistan and Iranto facilitate beneficial trade through aPort in Iran Named -
Bushehr
Chabahar port
Amirabad
Bandar Abbas
( Ans - 2)
6. Who is the newly appointed Chief ofCRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) ?
D K Joshi
Pranay Sahay( Ans - 2)
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Gaurav ShamsherRana
Ranbir Singh
7. B. Subhashan Reddy is the newlyappointed Lokayukta of which State ?
Andhra Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Karnataka
Assam
( Ans - 1)
8. Fahd bin Mahmoud al Saidwill bechief guest on Indis's 64th RepublicDay. He is the sultan of which Country?
Yemen
Oman
Philippines
Palestine
( Ans - 2)
9. India recently set up politicalrelations with which Island Country inSouth Pacific Ocean ?
Fiji
Niue
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
( Ans - 2)
10. Newly appointed Chief Justices ofMadhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh HighCourts are -
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Madhya Pradesh -ArvindBobde,Chattisgarh -Yatindra Singh
Madhya Pradesh -ArvindBobde,Chattisgarh -Manjula Chellur
Madhya Pradesh -DarmarMurugesa,Chattisgarh -Yatindra Singh
Madhya Pradesh -ArvindBobde,Chattisgarh -Arjan Sikri
( Ans - 1)
11. Aung San Suu Kyiwas recently ona visit to India. She is a famous politicalpersonality and is leader of oppositionin which country ?
Thailand
Myanmar
Bangladesh
Pakistan
( Ans - 2)
12. Who is the newly elected and firstHindu member of the U.S. House ofRepresentatives ?
Tulsi Gabbard
Karl Mehta
Sunita Williams
Zubin Mehta
( Ans - 1)
13. The actress that became brand
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ambassdor for National Sanitationcampaign and launched nirmal bharatYatra with rural development ministerJairam Ramesh ?
Rani MukherjiiPreity Zinta
Vidya Balan
Katrina Kaif
( Ans - 3)
14. Z-Morh tunnel was recentlyinaugurated by Rahul Gandhi and willprovide better connectivity between
which Areas of J&K State ?Srinagar and
Ladakh
Leh and Srinagar
Kargil and Srinagar
Kargil and Budgam
( Ans - 1)
15. Prominent personality and founderofArt of Living Sri Sri Ravisankar wasrecently conferred with which highestcivil honour?
Paraguay
Uruguay
Ecuador
USA
( Ans - 1)
1. Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for Railways ?
Pawan KumarBansal
( Ans - 1)
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Mallikarjun Kharge
Kapil Sibal
C P Joshi
2. Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for External Affairs ?
Ashwani Kumar
Manmohan Singh
Salman Khurshid
C P Joshi
( Ans - 3)
3. Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for Home Affairs ?
C P Joshi
Kapil Sibal
Sharad Pawar
Sushil KumarShinde
( Ans - 4)
4. Who is currently the Union Ministerfor Rural Development?
C P Joshi
Jairam Ramesh
Salman Khurshid
Pallam Raju
( Ans - 2)
5. Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for Petroleum and natural gas ?
Veerappa Moily
Ajay Maken( Ans - 1)
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Harish Rawat
Chandresh Kumari
6. Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for Science andtechnologyand earth sciences?
Ajit Singh
Jaipal Reddy
Vayalar Ravi
C P Joshi
( Ans - 2)
7. Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for Urbandevelopmentandparliamentary affairs ?
Kishore ChandraDeo
Kamal Nath
Pawan KumarBansal
Mallikarjun Kharge
( Ans - 2)
8. Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for Overseas Indian affairs?
Praful Patel
Salman Khurshid
Jaipal Reddy
Vayalar Ravi
( Ans - 4)
9. Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for Road transport andhighways ?
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Anand Sharma
P. Chidambaram
C P Joshi
Ghulam Nabi Azad
( Ans - 3)
10. Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for Housing and urban povertyalleviation ?
Kapil Sibal
M.K. Alagiri
Ajay Maken
Sharad Pawar
( Ans - 3)
11. Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for Human resourcedevelopment?
Kapil Sibal
Veerappa Moily
M.M. Pallam Raju
Ajit Singh
( Ans - 3)
12. Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for Law and justice ?
Ajay Maken
Chandresh Kumari
Ashwani Kumar
Dinsha Patel
( Ans - 3)
13.Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for Water resources ?
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Kapil Sibal
M. K. Alagiri
Jairam Ramesh
Harish Rawat
( Ans - 4)
14. Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for Social justice andempowerment?
Kumari Selja
P. Chidambaram
Sharad Pawar
A. K. Antony
( Ans - 1)
15. Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for Minority affairs ?
Ashwani Kumar
K. Rahman Khan
Harish Rawat
Selja Kumari
( Ans - 2)
1. India Recently signed a trilateral agereement with Afghanistan and Iran tofacilitate beneficial trade through a Port in Iran Named -
Bushehr Port
Chabahar Port
Amirabad Port
Bandar Abbas Port
( Ans - 2)
2. India's Election Commisson recently signed a co-operation Agreement withElection commission of which country?
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Iran
UK
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
( Ans - 3)
3. The P5 Group of Nations (UN security council's Permanent Members) recentlyDeclared which country as nuke free?
Mangolia
Iran
Japan
China
( Ans - 1)
4. India recently set up political relations with which Island Country in SouthPacific Ocean ?
Soloman Islands
Fiji
Papua New Guinea
Niue
( Ans - 4)
5. Who is the Newly re-appointed President of USA ?
Mitt Romney
Barack Obama
David Cameron
Condoleezza Rice
( Ans - 2)
6. Which two countries recently decided to set up joint embassies in foreigncountries ?
India and Pakistan
Britain and Canada( Ans - 2)
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Britain and USA
India and USA
7. UK Prime Minsiter David Cameron recently signed an independencereferendum deal withAlex Salmondto conduct People's poll in end of 2014 todecide on independence of which country under Britain's administrative control?
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
West Midlands
( Ans - 2)
8. USA and Malidives recently conducted a Joint Army exercise Called -
Ekuverin 2012
Coconut Grove 2012
Dosti - XI
Slinex - 2012
( Ans - 2)
9. Felix baumgartner, The sky diver who recently jumped succesfully from arecord height of approx 39 Km, is from which country ?
Australia
Austria
Germany
France
( Ans - 2)
10. The King of whichof these countries recently formed a constitutonal court tospeed up reforms processes ?
Oman
Yemen
Jordan
( Ans - 3)
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Saudi Arabia
11. A UN Habitat Report Titled 'State of the world cities' placed Delhi and
Mumbai in the top 95 Cities across world.Which City was at the top across the world according to this list ?
Vienna (Austria)
Budapest (Hungary)
Paris (France)
London (UK)
( Ans - 1)
12. What are the Five newly selected member countries in UN Security Council?
Argentina, Rwanda, Australia, South Koreaand Luxemborg
India, Rwanda, Australia, South Korea andLuxemborg
Argentina, India, Australia, South Korea andLuxemborg
Argentina, Rwanda, India, South Korea and
Luxemborg
( Ans - 1)
13. Durand Line is a border line across which two countries and has recentlybeen causing armed conflicts in those countries ?
India - China
Pakistan - Afghanistan
India - Afghanistan
India- Pakistan
( Ans - 2)
14. Who is the newly elected General Secretary of communist Party of chinaand is set to be Premier (President) of China in Mar 2013 ?
Yoshihiko Noda ( Ans - 2)
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Xi Jinping
Wen Jiabao
Hu Jintao
15. SANDY, a Tropical Cyclone recently hit which country and caused high scaleloss es ?
France
Spain
USA
India
( Ans - 3)
. Which actress was given Lifetime Achievement Award at the recent 14thMumbai Film Festival -
Waheeda Rehman
Vidya Baland
Rani Mukherji
Lata Mangeshkar
( Ans - 1)
2. Uttarakhand State's shiksha ratan award was recently given to -
Vijay Bahuguna
Manmohan Singh
A N Purohit
Narendra Modi
( Ans - 3)
3. Second Sita Smriti Award was recently given to which female author for herbook "Kitne Shahron Mein Kitni Baar"-
Vikram Seth
Mamta Kalia
Arundhati Roy
Khushwant Singh
( Ans - 2)
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4. V V Giri Memrorial award 2011 was recently given to -
Mamta Kalia
Utsa Patnaik
Khushwant Singh
Vikram Seth
( Ans - 2)
5. Mahatma Gandhi International Award 2012 was recently given to (A FormerZambian President)-
Barack Obama
Kenneth kaunda
Manmohan Singh
Narendra Modi
( Ans - 2)
6. Former Afghan Minister that was recently given Swedish Rite LivelihoodAward -
Hamis Karzai
A P J Abdul Kalam
Seema Samar
Mohammed Fahim
( Ans - 3)
7. Indian theatre artist that was recently given highest French CulturalHonour(Knight of the order of arts and letters) ?
Javed Akhtar
Ebrahim Alkaji
Waheeda Rehmaan
Karim Khalili
( Ans - 2)
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8. Lal Bahadur Shasti National Award was recently given to which famousscientist for her contribution in India's ambitious Agni - 5 Project -
Arundhati Roy
Tessy Thomas
Kalpana Chawla
Pratibha Patil
( Ans - 2)
9. Indian Person that was recently awarded WISE award (World InnovationSummit for Education, Called Nobel prize of Education) at Doha city (Capital cityof Qatar ) ?
Kalpana Chawla
Madhav ChavanA P J Abdul Kalam
Manmohan Singh
( Ans - 2)
10. Indian Firm that was recently awarded prestigious Japanese award (JapanInternational Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Award) ?
BHEL
DMRC (Delhi Metro)BEL
SBI
( Ans - 2)
11. Who was recently honoured with Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2012 (Hint :- Heis the Prez of Liberia) ?
Jacob Zuma
Ellen Johnson SirleafBarack Obama
Dalai Lama
( Ans - 2)
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