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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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9. Ernest Bai Koroma is the recently re-elected President of which AfricanCountry ?

Congo

Sierra Leone

South Sudan

Algeria

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10. Which country recently appointedJoaquim Barbosa as First non-WhitePresident of its Supreme Court ?

USA

Brazil

Germany

Spain

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11.Ali Zeidan is the Newly appointed Prime Minister of which country ?

Mali

Libya

Iran

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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

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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

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3. Recently issued book - On the pathway to developmenthas been written by -

Harishankar SinghaniaVikram seth

Khushwant Singh

Chetan Bhagat

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4. Recently issued book - Free Thinker's prayer Bookhas been written by -


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Vikram Seth

Khushwant Singh

Salman Rushdie

Harishankar Singhania

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5. Recently issued book - Total Recallhas been written by -

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Salman Rushdie

Charles Dickens

Vikram Seth

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6. Recently issued book - "India's Foreign Policy : Coping with the changingWorld"has been written by -

Khushwant Singh

Mukuchand Dubey

Vikram Seth

Salman Rushdie

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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

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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

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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

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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

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12. RBI recently signed an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with StateBank of which country to promote mutual financial co-operation ?

China

Vietnam

Japan

Russia

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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

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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

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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

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4.Julia Gillardwas recently on a visit to India. She is the Prime Minister ofwhich country ?

Austria

Germany

Australia

Spain

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5.Juan Carlos was recently on a visit to India. He is the King of -

Germany

Spain

Cambodia

Nepal

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6. Which Country has put Thailand behind to become the biggest rice exporterin the last Fiscal ?

Sri Lanka

Pakistan

USA

India

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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

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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

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10. Aadhaar Enabled e-services launched were recently launched in which Stateon second anniversary of Aadhaar Card -

Karnataka

Uttar Pradesh

Rajasthan

West bengal

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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

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2. An Indigenously Built HydrographicSurveyor vessel was recently

Commissioned into Indian Navy namedas ?

INS Makar

INS Sahayadri

INS Tarangini

INS Vikrant

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3. India recently banned US-sanctionedships of which country from entering itswater ?

Iraq

Iran

Japan

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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

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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

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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

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12. Which scheme was recentlylaunched by union government toEducate Adolescent Boys about moraland social values ?

Sulabh

Suchitram

Saksham

Sarthak

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13.Hamid Karzaiwas recently on avisit to India. He is the President of -

Iran

Afghanistan

Iraq

Pakistan

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14. India International Trade Fair wasrecently organized in Delhi with themeof -

Shining India

Skilling India

Charming India

Amazing India

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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

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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

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1. India recently tied up with whichcountry to develop 'Smart Cities' -

Australia

Germany

Austria

France

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2. India's Election Commisson recentlysigned a co-operation Agreement withElection commission of which country?

Israel

Egypt

Saudi Arabia

USA

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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)

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4. India recently teamed up with whichcountry to combat high LNG (NaturalGas) costs ?

Japan

China

South Korea

Germany

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5. India Recently signed a trilateralagereement with Afghanistan and Iranto facilitate beneficial trade through aPort in Iran Named -

Bushehr

Chabahar port

Amirabad

Bandar Abbas

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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

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8. Fahd bin Mahmoud al Saidwill bechief guest on Indis's 64th RepublicDay. He is the sultan of which Country?

Yemen

Oman

Philippines

Palestine

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9. India recently set up politicalrelations with which Island Country inSouth Pacific Ocean ?

Fiji

Niue

Papua New Guinea

Solomon Islands

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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

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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

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12. Who is the newly elected and firstHindu member of the U.S. House ofRepresentatives ?

Tulsi Gabbard

Karl Mehta

Sunita Williams

Zubin Mehta

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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

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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

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15. Prominent personality and founderofArt of Living Sri Sri Ravisankar wasrecently conferred with which highestcivil honour?

Paraguay

Uruguay

Ecuador

USA

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1. Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for Railways ?

Pawan KumarBansal

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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

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3. Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for Home Affairs ?

C P Joshi

Kapil Sibal

Sharad Pawar

Sushil KumarShinde

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4. Who is currently the Union Ministerfor Rural Development?

C P Joshi

Jairam Ramesh

Salman Khurshid

Pallam Raju

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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

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7. Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for Urbandevelopmentandparliamentary affairs ?

Kishore ChandraDeo

Kamal Nath

Pawan KumarBansal

Mallikarjun Kharge

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8. Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for Overseas Indian affairs?

Praful Patel

Salman Khurshid

Jaipal Reddy

Vayalar Ravi

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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

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10. Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for Housing and urban povertyalleviation ?

Kapil Sibal

M.K. Alagiri

Ajay Maken

Sharad Pawar

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11. Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for Human resourcedevelopment?

Kapil Sibal

Veerappa Moily

M.M. Pallam Raju

Ajit Singh

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12. Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for Law and justice ?

Ajay Maken

Chandresh Kumari

Ashwani Kumar

Dinsha Patel

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13.Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for Water resources ?


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Kapil Sibal

M. K. Alagiri

Jairam Ramesh

Harish Rawat

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14. Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for Social justice andempowerment?

Kumari Selja

P. Chidambaram

Sharad Pawar

A. K. Antony

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15. Who is the newly appointed UnionMinister for Minority affairs ?

Ashwani Kumar

K. Rahman Khan

Harish Rawat

Selja Kumari

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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

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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

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8. USA and Malidives recently conducted a Joint Army exercise Called -

Ekuverin 2012

Coconut Grove 2012

Dosti - XI

Slinex - 2012

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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

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10. The King of whichof these countries recently formed a constitutonal court tospeed up reforms processes ?

Oman

Yemen

Jordan

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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. Which actress was given Lifetime Achievement Award at the recent 14thMumbai Film Festival -

Waheeda Rehman

Vidya Baland

Rani Mukherji

Lata Mangeshkar

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2. Uttarakhand State's shiksha ratan award was recently given to -

Vijay Bahuguna

Manmohan Singh

A N Purohit

Narendra Modi

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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

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4. V V Giri Memrorial award 2011 was recently given to -

Mamta Kalia

Utsa Patnaik

Khushwant Singh

Vikram Seth

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5. Mahatma Gandhi International Award 2012 was recently given to (A FormerZambian President)-

Barack Obama

Kenneth kaunda

Manmohan Singh

Narendra Modi

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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

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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

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10. Indian Firm that was recently awarded prestigious Japanese award (JapanInternational Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Award) ?

BHEL

DMRC (Delhi Metro)BEL

SBI

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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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