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Abbreviation

Expand FSSAI. (Hint: Food)Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

Expand CCC. (Hint: Consumer)Consumer Coordination Council

Expand ICDC. (Hint: Diabetes)International Conference on Diabetes and its Complications

Expand LPSC. (Hint: Propulsion)Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre

Expand VSSC. (Hint: Space)

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre

Expand ECCE. (Hint: Childhood)Early Childhood Care and Education

Expand NIPCCD. (Hint: Child Development)National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development

Expand PBD. (Bharatiya)Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

Expand SAT. (Hint: Securities)Securities Appellate Tribunal

Expand IME. (Hint: Mechanical)Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Expand CPCR. (Hint: Child)Commission for Protection of Child Rights

Expand CCI. (Hint: Competition)Competition Commission of India

Expand HOSTIA. (Hint: Industries)Hosur Small and Tiny Industries Association

Expand TTF. (Hint: Travel)Travel and Tourism Fair


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Expand PFM. (Hint: Finance)Personal Finance Management

Expand AFSPA. (Hint: Armed Forces)

Armed Forces Special Powers Act

Expand OTA. (Hint: Travel)Online Travel Agency

Expand OLED. (Hint: Organic)Organic Light-Emitting Diode

Expand IISCO. (Hint: Steel)Indian Iron and Steel Company

Expand MSHMPB. (Hint: Medicinal)Maharashtra State Horticulture and Medicinal Plant Board

Expand ATOAI. (Hint: Tour)Adventure Tour Operators Association of India

Expand KBM. (Hint: Konkani)Konkani Bhasha Mandal

Expand APEDA. (Hint: Export)Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority

Expand CAGR (Hint: Rate)Compounded Annual Growth Rate

Expand PDP. (Hint: Dairy)Patna Dairy Project

Expand BSTDC. (Hint: Bihar)Bihar State Tourism Department Corporation

Expand KIFF. (Hint: Film)

Kolhapur International Film Festival

Expand YHAI. (Hint: Hostel)Youth Hostel Association of India

Expand UCI. (Hint: Cycling)International Cycling Union


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Expand ITM. (International)International Tourism Mart

Expand IAEWP. (Hint: Educators)

International Association of Educators of World Peace

Expand TEQUIP. (Hint: Education)Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme

Expand NIF. (Hint: Investment)National Investment Fund

Expand CMO. (Hint: Marketing)Central Marketing Organisation

Expand NOPV. (Hint: Vessels)Naval Off shore Patrol Vessels

Expand FIPB. (Hint: Investment)Foreign Investment Promotion Board

Expand ICNIRP. (Hint: Radio Protection)International Commission on non-Ionising Radio Protection

Expand KSCWB. (Hint: Cultural)Kerala State Cultural Welfare Board

Expand KASSIA. (Hint: Industries)Karnataka Small Scale Industries Association

Expand FABA. (Hint: Biotech)Federation of Asian Biotech Association

Expand BCCC. (Hint: Broadcasting)Broadcasting Content Complaints Council

Expand DICV. (Hint: Daimler)

Daimler India Commercial Vehicles

Expand JACDE, (Hint: Airliner)Jet Airliner Crash Data Evaluation Center

Expand NDRI. (Dairy)National Dairy Research Institute


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Expand RGESS. (Hint: Equity)Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme

Expand NELP.(Hint: Licensing)New Exploration Licensing Policy

Expand SPCA. (Hint: Police)State Police Complaints Authority (Goa)

Expand AIRRBEA. (Hint: Bank)All India Regional Bank Employee Association

Expand SLBM. (Hint: Missile)Submarine-launched Ballisti Missile


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Awards

Who was awarded FIFA women's footballer of the year 2012?Abby Wambach

Who won the 4th consecutive FIFA Ballon d'Or award?Lionel Messi

Which state's transport bagged the Apollo-CV awards as the best public fleet operator of the year2013 for its Intelligence Transport System?Karnataka State Transport Corporation

Which Indian state bagged 'Krishi Karman Award' for Best Performing State in Wheat categoryfor the year 2011-12?Haryana

Who was conferred with Lifetime Achievement for Peace Award by United Nations-affiliatedIAEWP?Nambam Tuki, chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh, India

Name the overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation which bagged the best oil terminalaward.De-Kastri oil terminal of ONGC Videsh Ltd's Sakhalin-1 project in Russia

Which PSU was conferred with Best Performance Overall and best Public Relation Managementat the Northeast Consumer Awards?

Oil and Natural Gas Corporation's Assam Asset

Name the poet and novelist who became the 1st Indian to win DSC South Asian Literature prize.Jeet Narcopolis

Who won the Best Emcee award in the female and male categories?Gitikka Ganju Dhar and Nitin Arora


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Business

Which airlines in India lost license to fly as it exceeded renewal period?Kingfisher Airlines

Which nationalised bank has launched MobiCash Easy, a mobile wallet offering facilities such asfund transfer, bill payment, mobile and DTH recharge?State Bank of India

What is the export volume (in kgs) decline of tea export from India between January andSeptember 2012?22.7 million kgs

Bharti Infratel will be included in which indices from 7th January 2013?FTSE Global Equity Indices

Against whom did Nestle win trademark battle over KitKat chocolate bar's 4-fingered and 3-dimensional shape?Cadbury

Name the Saudi firm who acquired 32.5% stake in India's Tranzlease Holdings.United International Transportation Company

What are the targets of Maharashtra's Industrial Policy 2013?Micro, Small and Medium businesses including Big industrial houses

What issues would 14th Finance Commission in India priorities?Disinvestment, GST compensation, sale of non-priority PSUs and subsidies

What does T stand for in recently launched Bajaj Discover 100T?Tourer

Which automobile company launched 110cc bikes Pantero and Centuro?Mahindra

Which companies co-founder is planning to build a small city on Mars for 80,000 spaceexplorers (only vegetarians)?

PayPal's co-founder Elon Musk

What is the financial assistance that couples with an annual income of less than Rs.1 lakh couldavail under the childless couple scheme?Rs.20,000


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How many countries participated in the Gujarat Global Investors meet 2013?16

Where does the Eurozone unemployment rate stand as of November 2012?

11.8%

Why was EIL in news recently in India?Government of India approved 10% stake sale

Where in India Gas cracker project will be commissioned by BCPL?Assam

How many FDI proposals were approved by Government of India worth Rs.1,310.60 crorerecently?14

Which group downgraded India to underweight from neutral as a part of emerging marketsreview?Citigroup

Which company will invest an additional amount of Rs.14,000 crore in Gujarat's port sector andwater supply projects?Essar Group

Operation smile is set to sign MoU with Government of Meghalaya for what purpose?To provide cleft-lip, cleft-palate surgeries and correction of facial deformities

Which rank does India hold on the economic freedom index 2013?119th rank

Which Indian state is set to form a Medical Service Corporation to procure and distributemedical products?Chhattisgarh

Which 2 Asian countries will sign liberalised visa agreement during 3-day home minister-leveltalks beginning 28th January 2013?India and Bangladesh

Which university did Microsoft tie-up to deliver personality development and improve writtenand spoken English along with basic computer knowledge in India?Bournville College of London


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Which country's parliament approved new tax legislation aiming to boost state revenues by 2.3billion in 2013?Greece

Where did Apollo Tyres open global R and D centre?Enschede, Netherlands

Which energy firm plans to set up a research laboratory in Gujarat in partnership with GujaratEnergy Research and Management Institute?Welspun Energy

Which Japanese fashion retailer is set to partner Arvind to build $1 billion business in India?Uniqlo

What value of financial assistance was given by Maharashtra Government to farmers affected by

excess rains in Nagpur division during 2011-12?Rs.226.24 crore

Name the 2 superbikes launched in India by DSK Hyosung.Aquila Pro (650cc) and GT650R-2013 editions

What are the 3 variety of 16 drugs Indian scientists recently released that could be used fordisaster management?Anti-cyanide drug, Anti-nerve gas drug and Anti-toxic gas drug

Which bank recently announced it is interested to acquire RBS India's retail assets?

Yes Bank

United Kingdom recently expressed interest in forging partnership in which sector with Kerala?Health

Which section of Income Tax Act gives tax holiday for SEZ units in India?Section 10AA

What is the projected growth rate for India by United Nations Organisation in 2013?6.1%

Which Indian consumer products company is set to report 50% of its revenues from internationaloperations?Wipro Consumer Care and Lighting

Which Brazilian alumina refinery and bauxite mines will Hindalco acquire?Novelis alumina refinery


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What percent of margin money requirement for entities bidding through the auction route didSEBI abolish?25%

Which education and learning division announced its partnership with Big Bazaar to market theirlearning products in their stores across India?HCL Infosystems Limited

SEBI, market regulator in India is set to full fungibility for which holders?Indian Depository Receipts

What is the hiked import duty on gold and platinum in India with immediate effect (2013)?6% from 4%

Swelect Energy System bought 49% stake in which solar modules manufacturing company in

India?HHV Solar

Which matrimony is planning for $125 million IPO in 2013?Bharat Matrimony

Which company invested Rs.8 crore in Congruent Solutions, a service provider in pensionadministration industry?Fulcrum Venture India

Which designer and manufacturer of industrial batteries opened a manufacturing facility in

Bidadi recently?Amco Saft India

Name the Dutch financial services group which exited its insurance business in India.ING

Name the diesel variant of Jaguar assembled in India, priced at Rs.44.50 lakh.Jaguar XF2.2

Which company launched Verito 'Executive Edition' with premium features?Mahindra

Which company launched Scala automatic, RXL X-tronic CVT and RXZ X-tronic CVT?Renault

Which country is Xerox Corp. looking for business process outsourcing and documentmanagement?India


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Which deposit is now allowed for a premature withdrawal and banks could determine its ownpenal interest rate?Bulk deposit (applicable from 1st April 2013)

For what purpose National Collateral Management Services Ltd. signed a deal with Central Bankof India recently?Collateral management and warehousing services

Name the Super sports car launched by Lamborghini priced at Rs.4.77 crore in India recently.Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4

Which automobile maker posted Rs.501.29 crore net profit for quarter ended 31st December2012?Maruti Suzuki

Which American bank will let its banking license to lapse in India?Morgan Stanley

Where in China State Bank of India will open its 2nd Bank branch?Tianjin

Godrej Consumer Products has entered into an agreement with which company to divest non-core food business in Indonesia?Creador

Which Japanese automobile company will invest Rs.1,000 crore in the greenfield plant at the

manufacturing plant at Sri City Andhra Pradesh?Isuzu Motors

Which Saudi petrochemical company plans to launch 4 facilities in 2013, 2 of which will be inBangalore and Shanghai?Saudi Basic Industries Corporation

Which country announced a deal with international lenders to cancel its debt of about $6 billion?Myanmar

Which automobile maker sold 9.75 million vehicles group-wide and regained the crown as the

world's top selling automaker of 2012?Toyota Motor Corp

In which country strawberries are marketed under the brand name Mahabaleshwar Strawberry?Malaysia


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SEBI allowed which stock exchange to voluntarily opt out of the exchange space in India?Hyderabad Stock Exchange

Which company got approval to market skin cream in America?

Glenmark Generics Inc

Which mobile network in India launched 'One Nation, One Rate' offering same rate forvoice,sms and data in home circles and on roaming its network?Aircel


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Education

Which education board in India will introduce food production as vocational course?CBSE

Times Internet recently entered into a partnership with which American online media company?Gawker Media

Where in Karnataka Women's Empowerment Centre was opened to cater over 25,000 women forvariety of courses to be offered at the Centre?Malleshwaram, Bangalore

Which university in India will introduce a chapter on the contribution of Dr.B.R.Ambedkar tothe Constitution?Karnataka State Open University

How many state Government Universities along with National Institute of Technology willbenefit from foreign faculty of Erasmus, Rotterdam,McGill University and Richard Ivey Schoolof Business?11

Which education board launched assessment training programme in partnership with PearsonFoundation?Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)


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Entertainment

Name the American pop singer whose 1950 hit 'Tennessee Waltz' had topped the charts formonths, died at the age of 85.

Patti Page

Rahul Sharma re-entered as a music director with which movie?Freedom

Who won the Miss America 2013 title?Mallory Hagan, 23 year old contestant from Brooklyn, New York

Which Marathi feature film has been selected in the PIF film festival?Anumati

Where in India Wills Lifestyle India Fashion week spring-summer 2013 was held?Kerala

Which country has been invited as guest at the Hyderabad Literary Festival 2013?France

Which Kannada movie directed by R.Chandru will be remade in Telugu and Tamil?Charminar

Name the bollywood producer who is set to make film on 26/11 conspirator David Headley.Sunil Bohra

Which 5-day festival was held in Dimoria Block of Assam's Kamrup District?Dimoria Ethnic Festival


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General Knowledge

What code will the genetically-modified food bear at top of its display panel?GM

Which Indian state will have Mahila courts in all its districts?Tamil Nadu

Which 2 region got President's approval for special status bill to execute the provisions of theArticle 371J of the constitution?Hyderabad-Karnataka

Odisha joined how many states in India as it introduced ban of gutka and paan masala?18

Where in India 3-day 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was held in January 2013?Kochi, Kerala

Which Indian state will join the existing 9 states to cultivate pomegranate?Madhya Pradesh

Which Indian state rolled out scheme for childless couples?Rajasthan

Under which scheme Haryana Government introduced pilot project for children between 3 and 6years of age?

Integrated Child Development Services

Which country's President will miss his scheduled swearing-in ceremony for 3rd term due tohealth problem?Venezuelan

Which rank does India hold as drug exporter and food exporter to America?2nd and 7th rank

India Bike week will be held in which Indian city on February 2nd and 3rd 2013?Vagator, North Goa

Which Indian state has come up with a plan to transport drinking water in railway wagons?Maharashtra

Name the world's 1st subway which marked 150th anniversary recently.Farringdon


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Which country displaced Brazil, Russia to become 4th largest market for Sony?India

Which rank does Parupalli Kashyap hold after existing from Korea Open 2013?

11th rank

Which dam in Afghanistan will be constructed by India as it approved additional funds with arevised cost of Rs.1,457.56 crore?Salma Dam

Which Indian state approved Girl and Youth Policy 2013 recently?Rajasthan

Where in India the finals of Hip Hop India competition will be held?Surathkal, National Institute of Technology Karnataka

Which state in India will host the 33rd South Indian History Congress from 15th February to17th February 2013?Kariavattom campus, University of Kerala

Which university in India will offer dual degree and integrated MBA courses?Rajasthan (BTech and MBA)

Where in India 18th Yuva Mahotsav was held recently?Pernem

Which state received Best stall award at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit?Madhya Pradesh

Where in India 6th Food and Grocery Forum 2013 was held?Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon

Who translated Ramayana in Polish language?Janusz Krzyzowski, an Indologist in Poland

Where in India literary meet 2013 was held which saw over 300 people attending from northeastand western parts of the country?

Aurangabad

Who won the Go UNESCO Challenge 2012 by traveling to 28 UNESCO heritage sites in Indiawithin a year?Jai Bharati, a Hyderabadi architect


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Which country did head of the International Committee of the Red Cross visited for the 1st timerecently?Myanmar

Which Indian city will have International youth hostel constructed by BMRCL?Bangalore

Which Indian state has been voted the "Favourite Upcoming Destination" by Outlook Travellermagazine?Arunachal Pradesh

What is the title of national seminar organised by Center for Culture and Development onCensus of India 2011?Reflections based on census of India 2011

Under which wing Government of India is set to take over under-utilised and unused governmentland and monetise accordingly?Land Authority of India

What is the proposed uniform price for 5 and 3kgs of wheat and rice under the Food SecurityBill?Rs.3/kg and Rs.2/kg

Which Indian state's Government employees are in the Mahatma Gandhi National RuralEmployment Guarantee Scheme?Haryana Rohtak district Railway employees, Power Corporation, Anganwadi workers and

Border Security Force jawans

Which Indian state was brought under President's Rule for 3rd time since its formation in 12years?Jharkhand

When and where the World Economic Forum 2013 will be held?23rd to 27th January 2013 in Davos

Where in India 'Voters Day' will be observed on 25th January 2013?Bhopal

Where was the Mali summit held?Ivory Coast

Where in India 7th edition of BhimthadiJatra, a platform for women self-help groups will beheld?Pune (24th to 27th Jan 2013)


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Which India-Mayanmar winter festival event aims to develop eco-tourism and wildlifeconversion?Pangsau Pass winter Festival 2013

What is sponge silk sarees priced to reach middle and lower middle class families which will nothave golden and silver borders by Karnataka Silk Industries Corporation?Rs.3,000

Where in India 21-day Handloom expo will be held with participation from 16 states across thecountry?Bhubaneswar

How many Indian companies are in the list of 1,500 entities worldwide in terms of their annual Rand D investments?14

Name the largest off shore vessel commissioned by Indian Navy for maritime surveillancearound Andaman and Nicobar islands.INS Saryu

Which airways offers free flights for children who turned 10 (age) in 2013 as a part of year-longcelebration of the airline's 10 anniversary?Eithad Airways

Name the 1st ever national conference on women in architecture to be held in Pune on 24th and25th January 2013.

Women in Architecture Mahacon WiA

When and where the 9th edition Aero India will be held?6th February 2013, Bangalore

What is the unique feature of Amul Dairy's Mumbai suburb plant?Fully automatic traffic management system using robots for milk packing operations

Name the housing project launched by Karnataka Housing Board after 33 years in Mysore.KRS Nisarga

Why was Lovely Professional University in news recently?IBM partnered with Lovely Professional University to upgrade its hardware infrastructure

What is Buddhist train known as?Mahapari Nirvan Express


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Which are the top 4 milk producing states in India?Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat

Where does the youth unemployment in South Asia stand as per the report released by

International Labour Organisation?9.6%

What is the theme of Karnataka Health Science Library Association annual conference?Evidence based health science librarianship and librarians to attend from health scienceinstitutions across Karnataka

Which Indian state cabinet approved free pathology test facility in government-run hospitals andhealth centres from February 2013?Madhya Pradesh

Where in India 10th edition of BioAsia 2013 will be held?Hyderabad, 28th to 30th January 2013

According to Saraswati Sukumar of Johns Hopkins Medicine which molecule plays major role ininitiating inflammation?NF-kB

Whose 116th birth anniversary was celebrated by Sanskritik Samaj unveiling a life-size statue inKahilapara in India?Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose

Which television channel will conduct 'Jiya Ho Bihar Ke Lala' to celebrate Republic day 2013?Anjan TV

Which medical administration collaborated with 150 organisations for investment, training andknowledge sharing purpose?Gujarat Food and Drug Control Administration

Which 2 states in India celebrated 42nd Statehood Day?Tripura and Manipur

Which government recently legalised The Marriage Bill (Same-Sex Couples)?

British

Which rank does India hold with respect to 5-year steel production output (2008-2012)?2nd

To which island country India will transfer Dornier-228 maritime reconnaissance aircraft?Seychelles


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Which country wrestlers will participate for the 1st time in the annual Kushti competition atAndheri Sports complex, Mumbai?Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan

What could possibly replace pantry cars in trains by Indian railways?250 Base kitchen across India

Which 3 states in India is permit free for foreign nationals with an exception from Afghanistan,China, Pakistan and Myanmar?Manipur, Mizoram and Nagland

When is the 30th National Conference of Kannada literary meet scheduled in New Delhi?6th and 7th April 2013 (under the banner of DehaliKannadiga)

Under which theme the annual convention of Kerala Management Association will be held on

7th and 8th February 2013?Sustainability and growth on challenging times

Donating for which safety activities in India could one get 50% tax rebate?Road safety activities

What are the 2 campaigns launched by Gujarat Government to eradicate malnutrition andsupport women economically?Mission Mangalam and Mission Balam Sukham

Which version of the Ramayana translated by Lebanese poet Wadi-al-Bustani was released at the

Jaipur Literature Festival 2013?Arabic

Which university in India launched its diamond jubilee logo on 26th January 2013, RepublicDay?Manipal University

Which unique online contest organised by Karnataka Regional Youth Commission drew goodresponse recently?Crib Contest 2012

Where in India 34th annual national conference of Indian Academy Forensic Medicine will beheld from 1st to 3rd February 2013?Mangalore (The Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College)


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Personality

Name the Oscar winning sound editor of Lord of the Rings who died in rafting accident.Michael Hopkins

Name the IPS officer who took over as chief of the Intelligence Bureau.S.A.Ibrahim

Who is set to become Law Commission chairman post retirement as Supreme Court judge on24th January 2013?Justice D.K.Jain

Name the violinist, known for his sound knowledge of Carnatic and Hindustani music who dieddue to breathlessness.M.S.Gopalakrishnan

Who is appointed as RBI deputy governor?Urjit Patel

Who will be the chairman of 14th finance commission of India?Y.V.Reddy

Name the Nehru fellowship recipient Archaeologist who died recently?Ranganatha Rao

Who is appointed as MD of IBM India?

Vanitha Narayanan

Name the South African cricket bowler who died after battling with cancer.Neil Adcock

How was Harmut Mehdorn known?Germany's Air Berlin PLC's CEO

Name the Australian who retired ranking 11th in the International Cricket Council's TestRankings.Mike Hussey

Name the Nobel laureate who said "fragile ecosystem of the Sunderbans needs to be handledwith care" at the 100th Indian Science Congress.Rajendra K. Pachauri

Who was recently appointed as Secretary, Financial Services in Finance Ministry of India?Rajiv Takru


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Name the director of Bombay to Goa who died due to Heart attack recently.S.Ramanathan

Name the West Indies cricketer who joined Derbyshire on a 2-year deal.Chanderpaul

Who is appointed as president of India and SAARC nations by Cisco for its sales and operations?Jeff White

Who is appointed as president and CEO of Boston consulting group?Rich Lesser

Who is appointed as interim CEO of Lakshmi Vilas Bank?K.S.R.Anjaneyulu

Name the Indian Navy pilot who is set to become the first Indian to circumnavigate the globenon-stop.Lt. Commander Abhilash Tomy

Name the Padma Vibhushan recipient of India who was conferred with Maharashtra Bhushanaward recently.Dr.Anil Kakdokar

Who is appointed as Canara Bank's CMD with effect from 11th January 2013?R.K.Dubey

Who became the youngest men's National Table Tennis champion in India?Soumyajit Ghosh

Name the Reddit co-founder who committed suicide.Aaron Swartz

Which meeting was held by India and Pakistan at Poonch on 14th January 2013?Flag meeting

To which countries 121 tonne of grapes were exported from Maharashtra, India?

EU member countries

Who is appointed as President of Oberoi Group?Kapil Chopra

Who was appointed as Chief Justice of Sri Lanka to succeed Shirani Bandarayanayake?Mohan Peiris


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Who replaces Sanjay Kapoor as CEO for India and South Asia operations and will report toSunil Bharti Mittal of Bharti Airtel?Gopal Vittal

Who became youngest Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist to break the record held byBabar Iqbal who was aged 12?9 year old Pranav Kalyan, 4th grade student of Willow Elementary School

Which university felicitated Amitabh Bachchan for his achievements in the Indian film industryfor the past 42 years?Mumbai

How was Sophiya Haque who died recently known to the world?British Asian actress, singer and VJ

Who is appointed as CEO of HCL Tech?Anant Gupta

Who is appointed as Reebok India MD of Adidas MG?Erick Haskell

Name the writer and diplomat who served as Indian Ambassador to Bhutan, appointed asCultural Advisor to Nitish Kumar's cabinet?Pavan Verma

Who is appointed as an independent non-executive director to the Boards of Sanlam Ltd and

Sanlam Life Insurance Ltd.?Arun Duggal

Who was conferred 58th Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award?Yash Chopra

Name the director whose next film is based on prohibition in Gujarat.Rahul Dholakia

Who was sworn in as President of America for 2nd term?Barack Obama

Who was sworn in as Vice President of America for 2nd term?Joe Biden

Who is appointed as president of Eurogroup?Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Dutch Finance Minister


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Name the former minister of Bihar who died of age related illness recently.Ramashray Prasad Singh

Name the person who plans to construct world's 1st 3-D-printed building?

Janjaap Ruijssenaars

Who won the Israel parliamentary election?Benjamin Netanyahu

Name the world's oldest marathon runner who has decided to stop participating in Marathonevents after the Hong Kong Marathon.Fauja Singh

Name the Ex-HAL chief who is appointed as head of Singapore-based company's nascentQuEST Global Defence Engineering Services.

Ashok K Baweja

Who is the recipient of President's Police Medal 2013 for Gallantry in India?Constable Daler Singh (posthumous)

Why was Fashion designer Rajiv Bajaj in news recently?Rajiv Bajaj completed 25 years in the field of fashion

Name the Chief operating Officer for mobile payments company Square who resigned recently.Keith Rabois

Who is appointed as Senior Vice President Business Development of Shapoorji PallonjiInternational?Steven Miller


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Sports

What is the approved fund value by Pune Municipality Corporation for international wrestlingevent to be held in Pune?

Rs.1 crore

Who became the 4th test cricketer to surpass 13,000 runs?Jacques Kallis

Where is the inaugural edition of the Bangalore Invitational squash tournament scheduled to beheld from 4th to 8th January 2013?Bangalore

Who won the woman's singles Brisbane International tennis tournament?Serena Williams

Who was retained as captain and coach of India to play under Asia-Oceania group 'I' againstKorea?S.P.Misra and Zeeshan Ali

Who won the Aircel Chennai Open 2013 men's singles title?Janko Tipservic

Who won the Aircel Chennai Open 2013 men's doubles title?Stanislas Wawrinka and Benoit Paire

Name the Australian who was banned for 1-match with a fine of Australian $4.500 during aTwenty20 match in Melbourne recently.Shane Warne

Who won the PGA Tour golf tournament title for the first time in 2013?Dustin Johnson

Name the Korean coach who is appointed for Archery in India.Lim Chae Woong

Who won the men's ATP tour title at Sydney International tennis tournament 2013?

Bernard Tomic

Where in India 33rd Sub-Junior (under-17) National Archery championship will be held?Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bangalore (15th to 20th January 2013)


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Which sporting event could take shape as that of Indian Premier League to be hosted by itscommercial partners IMG-Reliance?Football

Who won gold in the 61st Senior National Volleyball Championship in Jaipur?Kerala men's team

Who regained 2nd rank in the recently released BWF rankings?Saina Nehwal

Which Formula One tournament has entered Indian schools to enable students to participate inworld champions trophy?Bernie Ecclestone world Champions Trophy

Who will play as a member of Marylebone Cricket Club in a Twenty20 tournament to be held in

Dubai in March 2013?Rahul Dravid

Who won gold at the 10th KFC International Regatta in Langkawi, Malaysia?Vir Menon from Bangalore, India

Which country will host 1st Formula One race in November 2014?Sochi in Russia

Who won the 3rd successive Australian Open title in 2013?Novak Djokovic

Name the Chairman and co-members of the newly formed Sri Lankan cricket selection panel.Sanath Jayasuriya, Hemantha Wickramaratne, Pramodaya Wickremasinghe, Chaminda Mendisand Eric Upashantha

Who won his 75th career title by clinching Torrey Pines title at the US PGA Farmers InsuranceOpen?Tiger Woods

Name the South African test player of 1950's who died at the age of 85.Dick Westcott


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Science and Technology

Which institute in India will have robots performing for Gangnam style song at its Techfest?Indian Institute of Technology (Bombay)

Which technology was officially launched on 1st January 1983 and has turned 30 years now?Internet

What will be unveiled at the 100th Indian Science Congress event?Science, Technology and Innovation Policy

Name the science policy 2013 which was introduced in India.The Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Policy, 2013

Which users will be able to use Dropbox app available on Windows store?

Windows 8 and Windows RT

Which technology major will release 27-inch coffee table PC?Lenovo

Which company will migrate to Skype from Live Messenger on March 15th 2013?Microsoft

Which 4 cities weather forecast could be accessed on real time basis through mobile phoneapplication to be launched by India Meteorology Department on its 138th foundation day?Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai

Which country became world's top smartphone manufacturer by shipping more than 200 millionunits in the year 2012?China

Which mobile manufacturing company is scheduled to launch most expensive Android phone inIndia?HTC (HTC Butterfly priced at Rs.44,000)

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