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February 2013 GK Quiz Collection

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3196 Who has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Japan after the election held in Dec 2012? A) Yoshihiko Noda B) Shintaro Ishihara C) Junichiro Koizumi D) Shinzo Abe 3197 India’s headline inflation, measured by the Wholesale Price Index stood at _____ in November. A) 7.18% B) 7.45% C) 7.24% D) 7.65% 3198 Who has been re-elected as Chairman of United Nations Panel of External Auditors for 2013 in

Dec 2012? A) Vinod Rai B) Amyas Morse C) Manish Tewari D) None of These 3199 Which country won the inaugural T20 World Cup for the blind held in Bangalore in Dec 2012? A) Malaysia B) Thailand C) Pakistan D) India 3200 Who has been elected as the president of South Korea in Dec 2012? A) Park Geun-hye B) Ahn Cheol-Soo C) Lee Myung-bak D) Moon Jae-in 3201 Olivia Culpo won the crown of Miss Universe 2012 at the ceremony held in USA in Dec 2012.

She belongs to which country? A) Philippines B) Venezuela C) USA D) UK 3202 As per the Banking (Amendment) Bill passed by the Government in Dec 2012, The cap on voting

rights for investors in private sector banks will now rise to _____ from earlier cap of 10%. A) 15% B) 26% C) 20% D) 30% 3203 As per the Banking (Amendment) Bill passed by the Government in Dec 2012, The cap on voting

rights for investors in government banks will now rise to _____ from earlier cap of 1%.



A) 5% B) 10% C) 15% D) 26% 3204 As pe the new Companies Bill, 2011 passed in the Parliament in Dec 2012, some companies has

to mandatorily spend ____ of their net profit in CSR activities. A) 1% B) 5% C) 2% D) 3% 3205 Who has been appointed as the new chief of Border Security Force (BSF) in Dec 2012? A) U K Bansal B) Subhash Joshi C) Syed Asif Ibrahim D) Ranjit Sinha 3206 Which Global ratings agency has raised Greece’s sovereign credit rating by six levels after the

recent bailout deal to "B-" from "Selective Default"? A) Fitch B) Moody's C) Standard and Poor’s D) None of These 3207 Which Indian private bank has opened 101 distinct gramin branches as the part of its financial

enclosure plan in Dec 2012? A) Axis Bank B) HDFC Bank C) ICICI Bank D) Yes Bank 3208 Who has been appointed as the new Chairman & Managing Director of Dena Bank for a period

of next five years in Dec 2012? A) Ashwani Kumar B) Vijayalakshmi Iyer C) Nupur Mitra D) Shubhalakshmi Panse 3209 After the recent victory in Gujarat Assembly election held in Dec 2012, Narendra Modi was

sworn in as Chief Minister of Gujarat for the ____ time. A) Third B) Fourth C) Second D) Fifth 3210 Which MEA country has recently approved the constitution drafted by President in Dec 2012? A) Jordon B) Syria C) Egypt D) Libya



3211 China has inaugurated world’s longest high-speed rail route between _____ and Guangzhou in

Dec 2012? The train will attain average speed of 300 KMs per hour and cover the distance in just 8 hours.

A) Sanghai B) Beijing C) Hong Kong D) Liaoning 3212 Who has been appointed as the new Director General (DG) of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)

in Dec 2012? A) U K Bansal B) Mahboob Alam C) Ajay Chadha D) Ranjit Sinha 3213 Global credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s has projected India’s economic grow as ___

during 2013 in its report published in Dec 2012? A) 6% B) 6.5% C) 5.3% D) 5.7% 3214 Who was named for the prestigious Jnanpith Award for the year 2011? A) Gopinath Mohanty B) Jagadish Mohanty C) Manoj Das D) Pratibha Ray 3215 Which team won the second Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament held in Dec 2012? A) Malaysia B) Thailand C) Pakistan D) India 3216 The Planning Commission has projected ___ economic growth for the 12th Plan finalized in Dec

2012? A) 8.7% B) 8% C) 9% D) 8.2% 3217 Which Indian state became the fastest growing state in India with GDP growth rate of 10.9%

between 2006 and 2010, as per the data published by the Planning Commission of India in Dec 2012?

A) Maharashtra B) Gujarat C) Bihar D) Haryana 3218 Veteran Congress leader Virbhadra Singh was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh



for a record _____ term after Congress getting absolute majority in the recently completed assembly election held in Dec 2012.

A) sixth B) Seventh C) Fourth D) Fifth 3219 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved sale of its 12.5% stake in

which state run company in Dec 2012? A) ONGC B) RCF C) MMDC D) NMTC 3220 Who has been appointed as the new Director General (DG) of National Security Guard (NSG) in

Dec 2012? A) Arvind Ranjan B) Mahboob Alam C) Subhas Joshi D) Ranjit Sinha 3221 Which bollywood actress has signed on to be the new ambassador of skincare product Garnier in

Dec 2012? A) Anushka Sharma B) Kareena Kapoor C) Priyanka Chopra D) Deepika Padukone 3222 Who has been appointed as the President of Dell Services, Indian arm of the computer-maker in

Dec 2012? A) Girish Paranjpe B) Suresh Vaswani C) Ashok Soota D) None of These 3223 Best known as one of the inventors of the barcode, for which he received US Patent, he died

recently in Dec 2012. Name him? A) Bernard Silver B) Eugene Polley C) William Goddard D) Norman Joseph Woodland 3224 Who has been appointed as the Secretary of Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) in

Dec 2012? A) K R Kamat B) V. P. Shett C) MS Sahoo D) O P Bhatt 3225 Famous Political leader Nityand Swami passed away in Dec 2012. Hhe was first Chief Minister

of which Indian state?



A) Uttarakhand B) Chattishgarh C) Jharkhand D) Madhya Pradesh 3226 The RBI has increased FII investment limits in government securities and corporate bonds by

_________ each recent in January 2013 to attract more foreign fund inflow. A) USD 10 billion B) USD 2 billion C) USD 5 billion D) USD 1 billion 3227 Which company bought Philips Electronics's home entertainment (audio and video) business in

Januray 2013? A) LG B) Samsung C) Akai D) Funai Electric 3228 Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck with his Queen Jetsun Pema was the Chief Guest at the 64th

Republic Day Celebrations in New Delhi on 26th jan 2013. He is king of which country? A) Brunei B) Combodia C) Bhutan D) Nepal 3229 Which Indian Celebrity star topped the inaugural Forbes India Celebrity 100 list published in Jan

2013? A) Amitabh Bachchan B) Mahendra Singh Dhoni C) Shah Rukh Khan D) Salman Khan 3230 Blackberry phone maker Research in Motion, popularly known as RIM, has announced to

change its name as “Blackberry” in January 2013. Also it has launched a new operating system called?

A) iOS 5 B) Blackberry 5 C) Blackberry 10 D) RIM 5 3231 The Union Minister for Commerce has launched an eBizportal at the CII Partnership Summit at

Agra in Jan 2013. Which India’s IT Services company has developed this portal in PPP model? A) HCL Technologies B) Wipro C) Infosys D) TCS 3232 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup has formally started in January 2013. This is the ____ edition of

Women's Cricket World Cup. A) 8th



B) 10th C) 9th D) 11th 3233 India's National Voters Day was observed on? A) 26th Jan B) 15th Jan C) 25th Jan D) 30th Jan 3234 The Cabinet has approved which bill recently in January 2013 as suggested by a select committee

in Rajya Sobha to fight with corruption? A) Lokpall ammendment Bill B) Anti-Corruption Bill C) Lokpal bill D) None of These 3235 Recently RBI has cut interest rates by 25 bps in Jan 2013. What is the new Repo rate now? A) 8% B) 7.5% C) 7.75% D) 7.25% 3236 Who has been selected for the “Kirti Chakra” award for his bravery efforts in counter- terrorist

operations in Jammu and Kashmir in Jan 2013 and awarded the chakra on the Republic day? A) Abup J Manjali B) Navdeep Singh C) Kamaldeep Singh D) Deepak Sharma 3237 US Economic growth for the fourth quarter of 2012 stood at? A) 1.5% B) 0.5% C) 0.1% D) -0.1% 3238 World anti Leprosy Day is observed on? A) 10th Jan B) 15th Jan C) 25th Jan D) 30th Jan 3239 Indian author UR Ananthamurthy has been shortlisted among other ten authors for prestigious

International Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2013 in Jan 2013. He is a famous _____ author. A) Malayalam B) Telegu C) Kannada D) Tamil 3240 Who won the Czech Republic's first direct presidential election held in January 2013? A) Karel Schwarzenberg



B) Vaclav Klaus C) Milos Zeman D) Jan Fischer 3241 IMF has pegged India’s economic growth rate at _____ for 2013, announced during the WEF

even at Davos in Jan 2013. A) 5.5% B) 5.9% C) 6.4% D) 5.1% 3242 India has successfully test fired a ballistic missile with a strike range of around 1500 kilometers

from an underwater platform in Bay of Bengal in Jan 2013. What is the name of this submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)?

A) K-3 B) K-5 C) K-10 D) K-6 3243 ING group sold its 26% stake in its Insurance joint venture ING Vysya Life Insurance Company

Limited ( IVL) in Jan 2013 to exit Indian Insurance sector. Which company/group bought the stake from it?

A) Enam Group B) Exide Industries C) HDFC Bank D) Gujarat Ambuja 3244 Mumbai team won the Ranji trophy after defeating Saurashtra at Wankhede in Jan 2013. This is

Mumbai's _____ Ranji Trophy title. A) 44th B) 40th C) 41st D) 43rd 3245 David Headley, who helped the terrorists in the 2008 Mumbai attack by videotaping the sites,

has been sentenced _____ in prison by a US court in Jan 2013. A) 30 years B) 32 years C) 35 years D) 40 years 3246 Which Indian cricketer secured the best rank among Indian cricketers in the recently published

ICC rankings for Twenty20 batsmen in Jan 2013? A) Gautam Gambhir B) Yuvraj Singh C) Suresh Raina D) Virat Kohli 3247 Who has been elected as the new president of Bharatiya Janata Party in Jan 2013? A) Nitin Gadkari B) Rajnath Singh



C) Sushma Swaraj D) Arun Jaitley 3248 Which panel has submitted its report in Jan 2013 within 30-day timeframe to propose stricter

laws in order to curb rising incidence of sexual assault cases against women. A) Justice Kabir panel B) Justice Shome panel C) Justice Verma panel D) None of These 3249 Renowned playback singer Sreeramamurthy Janaki has refused to accept the Padma Bhushan

award when she was awarded the same in Jan 2013. She is from which state? A) Kerala B) Karnataka C) Tamil Nadu D) Andhra Pradesh 3250 Who won the Women’s Singles title of the Australian Open Tennis tournament held in January

2013 at Melbourne? A) Li Na B) Victoria Azarenka C) Agnieszka Radwa�ska D) Serena Williams 3251 Election Commission of India has nominated whom in the list as the National Icons to promote

voting awareness and increase voting participation in India in Jan 2013? A) Saina Nehwal B) Mary Kom C) Sushil Singh D) Both A & B 3252 Which Indian business executive has been appointed as the chief executive officer of the

Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) in Jan 2013? A) Anand Mahindra B) Adi Godrej C) Sanjoy Chowdhury D) None of These 3253 India's Martyrs' Day is observed on? A) 10th Jan B) 15th Jan C) 25th Jan D) 30th Jan 3254 Recently Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala have been sentenced to 10 years in jail

in the teachers' recruitment scam in Jan 2013. Om Prakash Chautala is former Chief Minister of? A) Uttarakhand B) Haryana C) Punjab D) Himachal Pradesh



3255 Recently RBI has cut interest rates by 25 bps in Jan 2013. What is the new Reverse Repo rate now?

A) 7% B) 7.25% C) 7.75% D) 6.75% 3256 Which Global auto giant was termed as the world's biggest vehicle maker for the year 2012? A) Toyota B) General Motors C) Ford D) Nissan 3257 Who has been appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of Baroda in Jan

2013? A) S. S. Mundra B) Shubhalakshmi Panse C) Nupur Mitra D) Ashwani Kumar 3258 Recently Moody’s reaffirms stable rating outlook for India in Jan 2013. What is India's credit

rating given by Moody's? A) “Baa2” B) “Baaa” C) “Baa3” D) “Ba1” 3259 Which cricketer secured the No 1 rank in the recently published ICC rankings for Twenty20

batsmen in Jan 2013? A) Chris Gayle B) Brendon McCullum C) Shane Watson D) Virat Kohli 3260 World Economic Forum 2013 with theme "Resilient Dynamism" was held at which location? A) Geneva B) Basel C) Davos D) New York 3261 Who won the Men’s Singles title of the Australian Open Tennis tournament held in January 2013

at Melbourne? A) Andy Murray B) Novak Djokovic C) Roger Federar D) Rafael Nadal 3262 Indian National Congress party has appointed Rahul Gandhi as its Vice President in Jan 2013.

With this he has become the ______ Vice President of the Congress party. A) Fourth B) Second



C) Third D) First 3263 The government today has announced to make available the three digit emergency number, ___

as women helpline number to all states of the country. A) 191 B) 181 C) 121 D) 171 3264 Which movie won the "Best Movie" award in the drama category in the recently held 70th

Golden Globe Awards in Jan 2013? A) LincoIn B) Les Misérables C) Argo D) Life of Pi 3265 Recently RBI has cut interest rates and CRR by 25 bps in Jan 2013. What is the new CRR after the

cut? A) 4% B) 4.25% C) 4.75% D) 4.5% 3266 Which movie won the best film award in the 58th Idea Filmfare Awards held at Mumbai in Jan

2013? A) Gangs of Wasseypur B) Paan Singh Tomar C) Kahaani D) Barfi 3267 India’s Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has given its nod to global furniture giant

IKEA's proposal in Jan 2013 to invest around Rs 10,000 crore and to set up a 100% subsidiary in India. IKEA is from which country?

A) Italy B) France C) Germany D) Sweden 3268 India’s cricket team secured No 1 rank again in the ODI ranking in Jan 2013 after defeating

England in the series held in Jan 2013. Which country secured the second rank in the ranking? A) Australia B) South Africa C) England D) Sri Lanka 3269 IMF has pegged world GDP growth rate at _____ for 2013 during its announcement at WEF 2013

at Davos in Jan 2013. A) 3.2% B) 3.5% C) 3%



D) 3.6% 3270 China's GDP growth for 2012 stood at? A) 8.5% B) 8.1% C) 7.8% D) 7.6% 3271 India's Army Day is observed on? A) 10th Jan B) 15th Jan C) 25th Jan D) 30th Jan 3272 Who won the Australian Open men’s’ doubles championship held in January 2013 at

Melbourne? A) Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez B) Robin Haasse and Igor Sijsling C) Bob and Mike Bryan D) None of These 3273 Smt Priyadarsini Govind has received Akademi Awards (Puraskar) for the Year 2012 for his

contribution in the field of ____________ dance. A) Kutiyattam B) Creative & Experimental Dance C) Kuchipudi D) Bharatanatyam 3274 Who won the Best Director award in the 58th Idea Filmfare Awards held at Mumbai in Jan 2013? A) Anubhab Sinha B) Sujoy Ghosh C) Anurag Kashyap D) Tigmanshu Dhulia 3275 Which shopping portal______ has announced that it has tied up with Mahindra & Mahindra in

Jan 2013 for selling its two-wheelers to customers on the site. A) Yebhi.com B) Flipkart.com C) Snapdeal.com D) Inkfruit.com 3276 Recently which PSU company has granted "Maharatna" status by the Indian Government in Jan

2013? A) IOCL B) NTPC C) ONGC D) BHEL 3277 India’s top tier IT services company HCL Technologie has appointed whom as its new CEO in

Jan 2013? A) Arjun Malhotra



B) Vineet Nayar C) Anant Gupta D) Roshni Nadar 3278 Which movie won the "Best Motion Picture" award in the "Musical or Comedy" category in the

recently held 70th Golden Globe Awards in Jan 2013? A) LincoIn B) Les Misérables C) Argo D) Life of Pi 3279 Which Global social networking giant has recently unveiled a tool “Graph Search” for searching

information posted to its social network in Jan 2013? A) LinkedIn B) Google+ C) Facebook D) Twitter 3280 Who was elected as a leader of Indian delegation for annual meetings for World Economic

Forum held at Davos in Jan 2013? A) P Chidambaram B) Kamal Nath C) Kapil Sibal D) Sushil Kumar Shinde 3281 CEO of Alibaba Group has recently announced in Jan 2013 that he would step down as the CEO

of the Chinese e-commerce firm he founded in 1999. Identify him? A) Jerry Yang B) Jack Ma C) Robin Li D) None of These 3282 India’s headline inflation stood at _____ in December. A) 7.24% B) 7.18% C) 7.74% D) 7.78% 3283 Indian Finance minister P Chidambaram has deferred implementing the controversial GAAR

(General Anti-Avoidance Rules) to _________ recently in Jan 2013 to give a boost on FII investment in the stock market.

A) January 2016 B) April 2016 C) April 2015 D) April 2014 3284 Who won the Best Actor award in the 58th Idea Filmfare Awards held at Mumbai in Jan 2013? A) Ranbir Kapoor B) Irfan Khan C) Nawazuddin Siddiqui D) Annu Kapur



3285 Who won the Best Actor award in "Best Performance in a Motion Picture - Drama" category in

the recently held 70th Golden Globe Awards in Jan 2013? A) Brad Pitt B) Hugh Jackman C) Daniel Day-Lewis D) Christoph Waltz 3286 Sri Lankan President has sacked the Chief Justice ________ in Jan 2013 after ratifying her

impeachment by Parliament which held her guilty of corruption. A) Mahinda Rajapaksa B) Shirani Bandarnayake C) Basil Rohana Rajapaksa D) None of These 3287 Shri Sabir Khan has received Akademi Awards (Puraskar) for the Year 2012 for his contribution

in the field of? A) Carnatic Instrumental - Violin B) Hindustani Vocal C) Hindustani Instrumental - Tabla D) Creative & Experimental Music 3288 Who won the Australian Open Women’s’ doubles championship held in January 2013 at

Melbourne? A) Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci B) Svetlana Kuznetsova and Vera Zvonareva C) Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua D) None of These 3289 The Election Commission has announced assembly polls for which three states recently in Jan

2013? A) Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur B) Tripura, Mizoram and Nagaland C) Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland D) Assam, Tripura and Nagaland 3290 Who has recently taken charge as Executive Director of Central Bank of India with effective from

11th January 2013? A) Raj Kumar Goyal B) R K Dubey C) S. S. Mundra D) Ashwani Kumar 3291 Who won the Best Director award in the recently held 70th Golden Globe Awards in Jan 2013? A) Ang Lee B) Ben Affleck C) Steven Spielberg D) Kathryn Bigelow 3292 The Government has increased the import duty on gold and platinum to _____ in January 2013

to curb in Gold and Platinum import.



A) 4% B) 6% C) 7% D) 5% 3293 "National Youth Day" is observed on? A) 10th Jan B) 15th Jan C) 12th Jan D) 22th Jan 3294 Who won the Best Actress award in the 58th Idea Filmfare Awards held at Mumbai in Jan 2013? A) Rani Mukherjee B) Kareena Kapoor C) Priyanka Chopra D) Vidya Balan 3295 Indian's trade deficit for the month of December stood at? A) USD 19.7 billion B) USD 14.7 billion C) USD 17.7 billion D) USD 17.1 billion 3296 India's IIP growth for the month of November 2012 (Published in Jan 2013) stood at? A) -0.1% B) 0.1% C) 1.7% D) -0.5% 3297 India’s Retail inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index stood at _______ in December. A) 9.97% B) 9.90% C) 10.56% D) 10.75% 3298 The Central government has increased the amount for construction of houses for rural poor from

Rs 45,000 to ______ in plains as a part of its famous Indira Awas Yojana in Jan 2013. A) Rs 70,000 B) Rs 60,000 C) Rs 75,000 D) Rs 65,000 3299 Who won the Best Actress award in "Best Performance in a Motion Picture - Drama" category in

the recently held 70th Golden Globe Awards in Jan 2013? A) Anne Hathaway B) Jessica Chastain C) Jennifer Lawrence D) Claire Danes 3300 Who was honoured with France's Simone de Beauvoir Prize for Women's Freedom in Jan 2013? A) Ai Xiaoming



B) Lyudmila Ulitskaya C) Malala Yousafzai D) None of These 3301 Which movie has received the highest number of nominations for the 85th Academy Awards

declared in Jan 2013? A) Lincoln B) Life of Pi C) Argo D) Amour 3302 Which State Run bank has signed a MOU with Chamber of Indian Micro, Small and Medium

Enterprises (CIMSME) in Kolkata recently in Jan 2013? A) State Bank of India B) Bank of Baroda C) Allahabad Bank D) Punjab National Bank 3303 Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Canara Bank in January

2013? A) Raj Kumar Goyal B) R K Dubey C) S. S. Mundra D) Ashwani Kumar 3304 Which company has acquired MacLellan Integrated Services India, a Chennai-based company

from its US promoter in Jan 2013? A) Compass Group PLC B) Sodexo C) ARAMARK D) None of These 3305 Which euro zone country has the unemployment rate of 26.8% which is the highest

unemployment rate by any euro zone member country in December 2012. A) Italy B) Portugal C) Spain D) Greece 3306 Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi has inaugurated the biennial and _____ Vibrant

Gujarat Global Investors meet in Jan 2013 to attract more investment in Gujarat. A) Fourth B) Fifth C) Sixth D) Seventh 3307 Who has been appointed as the new Secretary of Ministry of Water Resources in Jan 2013? A) Syamal Kumar Sarkar B) Ravi Mathur C) Dhruv Vijai Singh D) Rajiv Takru



3308 The Indian Government has appointed whom as the chairman of the 20th Law Commission of

India in Jan 2013? A) Justice G.S. Singhvi B) Justice H.L. Dattu C) Justice D K Jain D) Justice P. Sathasivam 3309 Shri Illayaraja has received Akademi Awards (Puraskar) for the Year 2012 for his contribution in

the field of? A) Carnatic Instrumental - Violin B) Hindustani Vocal C) Hindustani Instrumental - Tabla D) Creative & Experimental Music 3310 Professional networking site LinkedIn has appointed whom as the new country manager for

India in Jan 2013? A) Sanjoy Chowdhury B) Hari V Krishnan C) Nishant K Rao D) Neeraj Nityanand 3311 Which Indian actress has been recently awarded with Padma Shri Award 2013 by Indian

Government in Jan 2013? A) Rekha B) Hema Malini C) Sridevi Kapoor D) Jaya Prada 3312 Which famous footballer won the fourth, consecutive, Ballon d'Or award at a FIFA event in

Zurich in Jan 2013? A) Lionel Messi B) Cristiano Ronaldo C) Andres Iniesta D) None of These 3313 Former Lok Sabha Speaker and MP, PA Sangma has launched a new party with a book as its

symbol. What is the name of the party? A) National Citizen's Party B) National Democratic Party C) National People's Party D) None of These 3314 Veteran Bengali film actor Haradhan Bandopadhyay passed away after brief illness in Jan 2013.

He was last seen in which Hindi movie? A) Paan Singh Tomar B) Kahaani C) Barfi D) Vicky Donor 3315 Which Cricketer won the ‘CEAT international cricketer of the year’ 2011-12 award in Jan 2013



for his superior performance in both Tests and ODIs in 2012? A) Virat Kohli B) Hashim Amla C) Michael Clarke D) Shane Watson 3316 India’s competition regulator, Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved 30% stake

purchase by the ________ in MetLife India Insurance Company in Jan 2013. A) State Bank of India B) Bank of Baroda C) Punjab National Bank (PNB) D) IDBI Bank 3317 Which G8 group country has assumed its year-long presidency of the G8 group of nations as per

the rotation policy in Jan 2013? A) UK B) USA C) Canada D) France 3318 US House of Representatives has finally passed the bill to avoid the Fiscal Cliff crisis in Jan 2013.

As per the bill, the spending cut was delayed by _________. A) 4 Months B) 3 Months C) 6 Months D) 2 Months 3319 Which Indian actor has been recently awarded with Padma Shri Award 2013 by Indian

Government in Jan 2013? A) Anupam Kher B) Nana Patekar C) Nasiruddin Shah D) Kader Khan 3320 Who has been appointed as the new Secretary of the Department of Disinvestment in Jan 2013? A) Syamal Kumar Sarkar B) Ravi Mathur C) M Haleem Khan D) Rajiv Takru 3321 NYSE Listed Global IT company CSC has appointed whom as its managing director in India in

Jan 2013? A) Brian J Manning B) Hari V Krishnan C) Nishant K Rao D) Neeraj Nityanand 3322 Which cricket team won ‘Team of the year’ award after giving superior performance as a team in

2012 in the CEAT international award ceremony held in Jan 2013? A) England B) Australia



C) Pakistan D) Sri Lanka 3323 Who has been appointed as the chairman of 14th finance commission by the Indian Government

in Jan 2013? A) Dr. C. Rangarajan B) Dr. Bimal Jalan C) Vijay Kelkar D) Y V Reddy 3324 Who took over as the director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) on 31st December, 2012? A) S. Ramakrishnan B) P.S. Veeraraghavan C) M.C. Dathan D) M.Y.S. Prasad 3325 Which Supreme Court Justice has inaugurated the of the five newly announced fast-track courts

set up in Delhi to try cases related to sexual offence against women in Jan 2013? A) Justice G.S. Singhvi B) Justice Altamas Kabir C) Justice D K Jain D) Justice P. Sathasivam Answers Sl No. Question Answer 3196 Who has been elected as the new Prime Minister of Japan after the

election held in Dec 2012? Ans) Shinzo Abe

3197 India’s headline inflation, measured by the Wholesale Price Index stood at _____ in November.

Ans) 7.24%

3198 Who has been re-elected as Chairman of United Nations Panel of External Auditors for 2013 in Dec 2012?

Ans) Vinod Rai

3199 Which country won the inaugural T20 World Cup for the blind held in Bangalore in Dec 2012?

Ans) India

3200 Who has been elected as the president of South Korea in Dec 2012? Ans) Park Geun-hye 3201 Olivia Culpo won the crown of Miss Universe 2012 at the ceremony

held in USA in Dec 2012. She belongs to which country? Ans) Venezuela

3202 As per the Banking (Amendment) Bill passed by the Government in Dec 2012, The cap on voting rights for investors in private sector banks will now rise to _____ from earlier cap of 10%.

Ans) 26%

3203 As per the Banking (Amendment) Bill passed by the Government in Dec 2012, The cap on voting rights for investors in government banks will now rise to _____ from earlier cap of 1%.

Ans) 10%

3204 As pe the new Companies Bill, 2011 passed in the Parliament in Dec 2012, some companies has to mandatorily spend ____ of their net profit in CSR activities.

Ans) 2%

3205 Who has been appointed as the new chief of Border Security Force Ans) Subhash Joshi



(BSF) in Dec 2012? 3206 Which Global ratings agency has raised Greece’s sovereign credit

rating by six levels after the recent bailout deal to "B-" from "Selective Default"?

Ans) Standard and Poor’s

3207 Which Indian private bank has opened 101 distinct gramin branches as the part of its financial enclosure plan in Dec 2012?

Ans) ICICI Bank

3208 Who has been appointed as the new Chairman & Managing Director of Dena Bank for a period of next five years in Dec 2012?

Ans) Ashwani Kumar

3209 After the recent victory in Gujarat Assembly election held in Dec 2012, Narendra Modi was sworn in as Chief Minister of Gujarat for the ____ time.

Ans) Fourth

3210 Which MEA country has recently approved the constitution drafted by President in Dec 2012?

Ans) Egypt

3211 China has inaugurated world’s longest high-speed rail route between _____ and Guangzhou in Dec 2012? The train will attain average speed of 300 KMs per hour and cover the distance in just 8 hours.

Ans) Beijing

3212 Who has been appointed as the new Director General (DG) of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) in Dec 2012?

Ans) Ajay Chadha

3213 Global credit rating agency Standard and Poor’s has projected India’s economic grow as ___ during 2013 in its report published in Dec 2012?

Ans) 6.5%

3214 Who was named for the prestigious Jnanpith Award for the year 2011?

Ans) Pratibha Ray

3215 Which team won the second Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament held in Dec 2012?

Ans) Pakistan

3216 The Planning Commission has projected ___ economic growth for the 12th Plan finalized in Dec 2012?

Ans) 8%

3217 Which Indian state became the fastest growing state in India with GDP growth rate of 10.9% between 2006 and 2010, as per the data published by the Planning Commission of India in Dec 2012?

Ans) Bihar

3218 Veteran Congress leader Virbhadra Singh was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh for a record _____ term after Congress getting absolute majority in the recently completed assembly election held in Dec 2012.

Ans) sixth

3219 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved sale of its 12.5% stake in which state run company in Dec 2012?

Ans) Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers (RCF)

3220 Who has been appointed as the new Director General (DG) of National Security Guard (NSG) in Dec 2012?

Ans) Arvind Ranjan

3221 Which bollywood actress has signed on to be the new ambassador of skincare product Garnier in Dec 2012?

Ans) Deepika Padukone

3222 Who has been appointed as the President of Dell Services, Indian arm of the computer-maker in Dec 2012?

Ans) Suresh Vaswani

3223 Best known as one of the inventors of the barcode, for which he received US Patent, he died recently in Dec 2012. Name him?

Ans) Norman Joseph Woodland

3224 Who has been appointed as the Secretary of Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) in Dec 2012?

Ans) MS Sahoo

3225 Famous Political leader Nityand Swami passed away in Dec 2012. Hhe was first Chief Minister of which Indian state?

Ans) Uttarakhand

3226 The RBI has increased FII investment limits in government securities and corporate bonds by _________ each recent in January 2013 to attract more foreign fund inflow.

Ans) USD 5 billion



3227 Which company bought Philips Electronics's home entertainment (audio and video) business in Januray 2013?

Ans) Funai Electric

3228 Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck with his Queen Jetsun Pema was the Chief Guest at the 64th Republic Day Celebrations in New Delhi on 26th jan 2013. He is king of which country?

Ans) Bhutan

3229 Which Indian Celebrity star topped the inaugural Forbes India Celebrity 100 list published in Jan 2013?

Ans) Shah Rukh Khan

3230 Blackberry phone maker Research in Motion, popularly known as RIM, has announced to change its name as “Blackberry” in January 2013. Also it has launched a new operating system called?

Ans) Blackberry 10

3231 The Union Minister for Commerce has launched an eBizportal at the CII Partnership Summit at Agra in Jan 2013. Which India’s IT Services company has developed this portal in PPP model?

Ans) Infosys

3232 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup has formally started in January 2013. This is the ____ edition of Women's Cricket World Cup.

Ans) 10th

3233 India's National Voters Day was observed on? Ans) 25th Jan 3234 The Cabinet has approved which bill recently in January 2013 as

suggested by a select committee in Rajya Sobha to fight with corruption?

Ans) Lokpal bill

3235 Recently RBI has cut interest rates by 25 bps in Jan 2013. What is the new Repo rate now?

Ans) 7.75%

3236 Who has been selected for the “Kirti Chakra” award for his bravery efforts in counter- terrorist operations in Jammu and Kashmir in Jan 2013 and awarded the chakra on the Republic day?

Ans) Abup J Manjali

3237 US Economic growth for the fourth quarter of 2012 stood at? Ans) -0.1% 3238 World anti Leprosy Day is observed on? Ans) 30th Jan 3239 Indian author UR Ananthamurthy has been shortlisted among

other ten authors for prestigious International Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2013 in Jan 2013. He is a famous _____ author.

Ans) Kannada

3240 Who won the Czech Republic's first direct presidential election held in January 2013?

Ans) Milos Zeman

3241 IMF has pegged India’s economic growth rate at _____ for 2013, announced during the WEF even at Davos in Jan 2013.

Ans) 5.9%

3242 India has successfully test fired a ballistic missile with a strike range of around 1500 kilometers from an underwater platform in Bay of Bengal in Jan 2013. What is the name of this submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)?

Ans) K-5

3243 ING group sold its 26% stake in its Insurance joint venture ING Vysya Life Insurance Company Limited ( IVL) in Jan 2013 to exit Indian Insurance sector. Which company/group bought the stake from it?

Ans) Exide Industries

3244 Mumbai team won the Ranji trophy after defeating Saurashtra at Wankhede in Jan 2013. This is Mumbai's _____ Ranji Trophy title.

Ans) 40th

3245 David Headley, who helped the terrorists in the 2008 Mumbai attack by videotaping the sites, has been sentenced _____ in prison by a US court in Jan 2013.

Ans) 35 years

3246 Which Indian cricketer secured the best rank among Indian cricketers in the recently published ICC rankings for Twenty20 batsmen in Jan 2013?

Ans) Virat Kohli

3247 Who has been elected as the new president of Bharatiya Janata Party in Jan 2013?

Ans) Rajnath Singh

3248 Which panel has submitted its report in Jan 2013 within 30-day Ans) Justice Verma panel



timeframe to propose stricter laws in order to curb rising incidence of sexual assault cases against women.

3249 Renowned playback singer Sreeramamurthy Janaki has refused to accept the Padma Bhushan award when she was awarded the same in Jan 2013. She is from which state?

Ans) Tamil Nadu

3250 Who won the Women’s Singles title of the Australian Open Tennis tournament held in January 2013 at Melbourne?

Ans) Victoria Azarenka

3251 Election Commission of India has nominated whom in the list as the National Icons to promote voting awareness and increase voting participation in India in Jan 2013?

Ans) Both A & B

3252 Which Indian business executive has been appointed as the chief executive officer of the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SICCI) in Jan 2013?

Ans) Sanjoy Chowdhury

3253 India's Martyrs' Day is observed on? Ans) 30th Jan 3254 Recently Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala have

been sentenced to 10 years in jail in the teachers' recruitment scam in Jan 2013. Om Prakash Chautala is former Chief Minister of?

Ans) Haryana

3255 Recently RBI has cut interest rates by 25 bps in Jan 2013. What is the new Reverse Repo rate now?

Ans) 6.75%

3256 Which Global auto giant was termed as the world's biggest vehicle maker for the year 2012?

Ans) General Motors

3257 Who has been appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of Baroda in Jan 2013?

Ans) S. S. Mundra

3258 Recently Moody’s reaffirms stable rating outlook for India in Jan 2013. What is India's credit rating given by Moody's?

Ans) “Baa3”

3259 Which cricketer secured the No 1 rank in the recently published ICC rankings for Twenty20 batsmen in Jan 2013?

Ans) Shane Watson

3260 World Economic Forum 2013 with theme "Resilient Dynamism" was held at which location?

Ans) Davos

3261 Who won the Men’s Singles title of the Australian Open Tennis tournament held in January 2013 at Melbourne?

Ans) Novak Djokovic

3262 Indian National Congress party has appointed Rahul Gandhi as its Vice President in Jan 2013. With this he has become the ______ Vice President of the Congress party.

Ans) Third

3263 The government today has announced to make available the three digit emergency number, ___ as women helpline number to all states of the country.

Ans) 181

3264 Which movie won the "Best Movie" award in the drama category in the recently held 70th Golden Globe Awards in Jan 2013?

Ans) Argo

3265 Recently RBI has cut interest rates and CRR by 25 bps in Jan 2013. What is the new CRR after the cut?

Ans) 4%

3266 Which movie won the best film award in the 58th Idea Filmfare Awards held at Mumbai in Jan 2013?

Ans) Barfi

3267 India’s Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has given its nod to global furniture giant IKEA's proposal in Jan 2013 to invest around Rs 10,000 crore and to set up a 100% subsidiary in India. IKEA is from which country?

Ans) Sweden

3268 India’s cricket team secured No 1 rank again in the ODI ranking in Jan 2013 after defeating England in the series held in Jan 2013. Which country secured the second rank in the ranking?

Ans) England

3269 IMF has pegged world GDP growth rate at _____ for 2013 during its announcement at WEF 2013 at Davos in Jan 2013.

Ans) 3.5%



3270 China's GDP growth for 2012 stood at? Ans) 7.8% 3271 India's Army Day is observed on? Ans) 15th Jan 3272 Who won the Australian Open men’s’ doubles championship held

in January 2013 at Melbourne? Ans) Bob and Mike Bryan

3273 Smt Priyadarsini Govind has received Akademi Awards (Puraskar) for the Year 2012 for his contribution in the field of ____________ dance.

Ans) Bharatanatyam

3274 Who won the Best Director award in the 58th Idea Filmfare Awards held at Mumbai in Jan 2013?

Ans) Sujoy Ghosh

3275 Which shopping portal______ has announced that it has tied up with Mahindra & Mahindra in Jan 2013 for selling its two-wheelers to customers on the site.

Ans) Snapdeal.com

3276 Recently which PSU company has granted "Maharatna" status by the Indian Government in Jan 2013?

Ans) BHEL

3277 India’s top tier IT services company HCL Technologie has appointed whom as its new CEO in Jan 2013?

Ans) Anant Gupta

3278 Which movie won the "Best Motion Picture" award in the "Musical or Comedy" category in the recently held 70th Golden Globe Awards in Jan 2013?

Ans) Les Misérables

3279 Which Global social networking giant has recently unveiled a tool “Graph Search” for searching information posted to its social network in Jan 2013?

Ans) Facebook

3280 Who was elected as a leader of Indian delegation for annual meetings for World Economic Forum held at Davos in Jan 2013?

Ans) Kamal Nath

3281 CEO of Alibaba Group has recently announced in Jan 2013 that he would step down as the CEO of the Chinese e-commerce firm he founded in 1999. Identify him?

Ans) Jack Ma

3282 India’s headline inflation stood at _____ in December. Ans) 7.18% 3283 Indian Finance minister P Chidambaram has deferred

implementing the controversial GAAR (General Anti-Avoidance Rules) to _________ recently in Jan 2013 to give a boost on FII investment in the stock market.

Ans) April 2016

3284 Who won the Best Actor award in the 58th Idea Filmfare Awards held at Mumbai in Jan 2013?

Ans) Ranbir Kapoor

3285 Who won the Best Actor award in "Best Performance in a Motion Picture - Drama" category in the recently held 70th Golden Globe Awards in Jan 2013?

Ans) Daniel Day-Lewis

3286 Sri Lankan President has sacked the Chief Justice ________ in Jan 2013 after ratifying her impeachment by Parliament which held her guilty of corruption.

Ans) Shirani Bandarnayake

3287 Shri Sabir Khan has received Akademi Awards (Puraskar) for the Year 2012 for his contribution in the field of?

Ans) Hindustani Instrumental - Tabla

3288 Who won the Australian Open Women’s’ doubles championship held in January 2013 at Melbourne?

Ans) Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci

3289 The Election Commission has announced assembly polls for which three states recently in Jan 2013?

Ans) Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland

3290 Who has recently taken charge as Executive Director of Central Bank of India with effective from 11th January 2013?

Ans) Raj Kumar Goyal

3291 Who won the Best Director award in the recently held 70th Golden Globe Awards in Jan 2013?

Ans) Ben Affleck

3292 The Government has increased the import duty on gold and platinum to _____ in January 2013 to curb in Gold and Platinum

Ans) 6%



import. 3293 "National Youth Day" is observed on? Ans) 12th Jan 3294 Who won the Best Actress award in the 58th Idea Filmfare Awards

held at Mumbai in Jan 2013? Ans) Vidya Balan

3295 Indian's trade deficit for the month of December stood at? Ans) USD 17.7 billion 3296 India's IIP growth for the month of November 2012 (Published in

Jan 2013) stood at? Ans) -0.1%

3297 India’s Retail inflation, measured by the Consumer Price Index stood at _______ in December.

Ans) 10.56%

3298 The Central government has increased the amount for construction of houses for rural poor from Rs 45,000 to ______ in plains as a part of its famous Indira Awas Yojana in Jan 2013.

Ans) Rs 70,000

3299 Who won the Best Actress award in "Best Performance in a Motion Picture - Drama" category in the recently held 70th Golden Globe Awards in Jan 2013?

Ans) Jessica Chastain

3300 Who was honoured with France's Simone de Beauvoir Prize for Women's Freedom in Jan 2013?

Ans) Malala Yousafzai

3301 Which movie has received the highest number of nominations for the 85th Academy Awards declared in Jan 2013?

Ans) Lincoln

3302 Which State Run bank has signed a MOU with Chamber of Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (CIMSME) in Kolkata recently in Jan 2013?

Ans) Allahabad Bank

3303 Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Canara Bank in January 2013?

Ans) R K Dubey

3304 Which company has acquired MacLellan Integrated Services India, a Chennai-based company from its US promoter in Jan 2013?

Ans) Sodexo

3305 Which euro zone country has the unemployment rate of 26.8% which is the highest unemployment rate by any euro zone member country in December 2012.

Ans) Greece

3306 Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi has inaugurated the biennial and _____ Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors meet in Jan 2013 to attract more investment in Gujarat.

Ans) Sixth

3307 Who has been appointed as the new Secretary of Ministry of Water Resources in Jan 2013?

Ans) Syamal Kumar Sarkar

3308 The Indian Government has appointed whom as the chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India in Jan 2013?

Ans) Justice D K Jain

3309 Shri Illayaraja has received Akademi Awards (Puraskar) for the Year 2012 for his contribution in the field of?

Ans) Creative & Experimental Music

3310 Professional networking site LinkedIn has appointed whom as the new country manager for India in Jan 2013?

Ans) Nishant K Rao

3311 Which Indian actress has been recently awarded with Padma Shri Award 2013 by Indian Government in Jan 2013?

Ans) Sridevi Kapoor

3312 Which famous footballer won the fourth, consecutive, Ballon d'Or award at a FIFA event in Zurich in Jan 2013?

Ans) Lionel Messi

3313 Former Lok Sabha Speaker and MP, PA Sangma has launched a new party with a book as its symbol. What is the name of the party?

Ans) National People's Party

3314 Veteran Bengali film actor Haradhan Bandopadhyay passed away after brief illness in Jan 2013. He was last seen in which Hindi movie?

Ans) Barfi

3315 Which Cricketer won the ‘CEAT international cricketer of the year’ 2011-12 award in Jan 2013 for his superior performance in both

Ans) Virat Kohli



Tests and ODIs in 2012? 3316 India’s competition regulator, Competition Commission of India

(CCI) has approved 30% stake purchase by the ________ in MetLife India Insurance Company in Jan 2013.

Ans) Punjab National Bank

3317 Which G8 group country has assumed its year-long presidency of the G8 group of nations as per the rotation policy in Jan 2013?

Ans) UK

3318 US House of Representatives has finally passed the bill to avoid the Fiscal Cliff crisis in Jan 2013. As per the bill, the spending cut was delayed by _________.

Ans) 2 Months

3319 Which Indian actor has been recently awarded with Padma Shri Award 2013 by Indian Government in Jan 2013?

Ans) Nana Patekar

3320 Who has been appointed as the new Secretary of the Department of Disinvestment in Jan 2013?

Ans) Ravi Mathur

3321 NYSE Listed Global IT company CSC has appointed whom as its managing director in India in Jan 2013?

Ans) Neeraj Nityanand

3322 Which cricket team won ‘Team of the year’ award after giving superior performance as a team in 2012 in the CEAT international award ceremony held in Jan 2013?

Ans) Pakistan

3323 Who has been appointed as the chairman of 14th finance commission by the Indian Government in Jan 2013?

Ans) Y V Reddy

3324 Who took over as the director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) on 31st December, 2012?

Ans) S. Ramakrishnan

3325 Which Supreme Court Justice has inaugurated the of the five newly announced fast-track courts set up in Delhi to try cases related to sexual offence against women in Jan 2013?

Ans) Justice Altamas Kabir

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