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Who has been conferred with the prestigious Lal Bahadur Shastri Award?
Ans: Tessy Thomas.
On 14th December _____, the United Nations General Assembly declared 1st October as International Day of Older Persons.
Ans: 1990.
Who is the current Minister of Home Affairs, India?
Ans: Sushil Kumar Shinde.
What is the name of India’s 350 km range Surface-to-Surface ballistic missile that launched successfully from a naval ship off the coast of Balasore, Odisha?
Ans: Dhanush.
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment has been giving away the National Awards for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities every year on _______.
Ans: 3rd December.
In which year the Cartagena Protocol on Bio-safety was adopted?
Ans: 2000.
The Union Cabinet approved the constitution of ________ Law Commission for a period of three years from 01/09/2012 to 31/08/2015.
Ans: 20th.
The annual observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3rd December was established by the International Year of Disabled Persons in ______.
Ans: 1981.
Who has been re-elected as President of World Squash Federation?
Ans: N. Ramachandran.
India and ______ has signed an Administrative Agreement in the field of Sustainable Urban Development.
Ans: France.
Indian Air Force celebrated ______Air Force Day on October 08, 2012.
Ans: 80th.
Who inaugurated 26th Conference of Accountants General in New Delhi on October 08, 2012?
Ans: Pranab Mukherjee.
Who has been honored with National Order of Merito de Comuneros Award?
Ans: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
Which country won the Women’s Twenty20 World Cup 2012?
Ans: Australia.
Former Zambian President ______ has received the 2012 Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation.
Ans: Kenneth Kaunda.
Which country won the Men’s Twenty20 World Cup 2012?
Ans: West Indies.
Who has been conferred with the 21st Saraswati Samman for the year 2011?
Ans: A.A. Manavalan.
Bihar observed Dolphin Day on _______.
Ans: 5th October, 2012.
How many young scientists have been selected for Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, 2012?
Ans: 11.
Indian Social activist _______ started a Bijli-Paani Satyagraha in New Delhi on 6 th October, 2012.
Ans: Arvind Kejriwal.
Who has been conferred with Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters Award?
Ans: Ebrahim Alkazi.
Who won the F1 Title of 2012?
Ans: Sebastian Vettel.
Who has received the Hans Christian Anderson Literature Prize?
Ans: Isabel Allende.
Who has been conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award by Kaladharmi Begum Akhtar Academy of Ghazal in New Delhi?
Ans: Abida Parveen.
Who has been awarded the Agricola Medal by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization?
Ans: Wen Jiabao.
_______ Film comedian and character artist K. Lakshmi Narasimha Rao, popularly known as Sutti Velu, died in Chennai.
Ans: Telegu.
Who is Bhupinder Singh Hooda?
Ans: Chief Minister of Haryana.
Veteran _________ theatre artiste G. Omana has died recently.
Ans: Malayalam.
Who was Alfred Nobel?
Ans: A scientist.
Renowned _______ Kantilal Girdharilal Vora, popularly known as K. Lal, passed away.
Ans: Magician.
In which year Alfred Nobel established Nobel Prizes?
Ans: 1895.
Shinya Yamanaka of Japan and John B. Gurdon of _____ won 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine.
Ans: United Kingdom.
Former ________ Assembly Speaker and Senior NCP leader Babasaheb Kupekar passed away.
Ans: Maharashtra.
Which organization released the ‘World Development Report 2013’?
Ans: World Bank.
Eric Hobsbawm died at the age of 95. Who was he?
Ans: Historian.
Who has taken charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of Allahabad Bank?
Ans: Shubhalakshmi Panse.
Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBPF) was raised on ______ after the Indo-China conflict to guard the northern borders of the country.
Ans: 24th October, 1962.
Who is the author of the novel ‘The Casual Vacancy’?
Ans: J. K. Rowling.
Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana was launched in December ______.
Ans: 2001.
In which city the National Institute of Urban Affairs is located?
Ans: New Delhi.
Hugo Chavez is the President of _______.
Ans: Venezuela.
Antisa Khvichava, world’s oldest woman, has died at the age of _______.
Ans: 132.
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was signed on 16 th
September, _______ to protect the Ozone Layer.
Ans: 1987.
Who is the new Chief Justice of India?
Ans: Altamas Kabir.
Who has been elected Libya’s new Prime Minister?
Ans: Mustafa Abu Shagour.
Who has been elected as the President of the Indian Newspaper Society for 2012-13?
Ans: K. N. Tilak Kumar.
The 52nd Open Athletics Championship was held in _______.
Ans: Chennai.
Mohamed Wahid Hassan Manik is the present President of _______.
Ans: Maldives.
Who has been elected Chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for 2012-13?
Ans: Shailesh Gupta.
Who is Pierre Nkurunziza?
Ans: President of Burundi.
The United Nations has designated the first ______ in October each year as the World Habitat Day.
Ans: Monday.
Pusarla Venkata Sindhi is a famous _______ player.
Ans: Badminton.
Who has been appointed as Director General of Narcotics Control Bureau?
Ans: Rajiv Mehta.
Which country honored Aung San Suu Kyi with Congressional Gold Medal?
Ans: USA.
Which country won the Women’s SAFF Football Championship in Colombo?
Ans: India.
Who is the present President of K. K. Birla Foundation?
Ans: Shobhana Bharti.
The Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari re-launched the _______ magazine at a function recently.
Ans: Frontline.
Okinawa Prefecture is located in _______.
Ans: Japan.
The International Day of Peace is annually held on ______.
Ans: September 21.
The 9th World Hindi Conference concluded in Johannesburg city of ______.
Ans: South Africa.
Who has been appointed as the new Secretary General of Rajya Sabha?
Ans: Shumsher K. Sheriff.
Who has been appointed as the International Goodwill Ambassador for UNAIDS?
Ans: Aishwarya Rai Bacchan.
Which Indian Woman has won Silver Medal in the Archery World Cup final in Tokyo?
Ans: Deepika Kumari.
The first batch of SU-30 MKI was inducted into Indian Air Force in ______.
Ans: September, 2002.
World Tourism Day is observed on which day?
Ans: September 27.
Who has been appointed as India’s high commissioner to Canada on 27th September, 2012?
Ans: Nirmal Verma.
The first ______ of India, Brajesh Mishra died on 28th September 2012 in New Delhi.
Ans: National Security Advisor.
Who has been appointed newly as the India’s Ambassador to Israel?
Ans: Jaideep Sarkar.
Who has received the Lifetime Achievement Award at 14th Mumbai Film Festival?
Ans: Waheeda Rehman.
Who has been elected as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Press Trust of India (PTI) on 24th September 2012?
Ans: R. Lakshmipathy.
Surendranatha Thilakan passed away at the age of 77 at Thiruvananthapuram. Who was he?
Ans: Actor.
The Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana was approved in March ______.
Ans: 2006.
John Terry, the former _____ Captain announced his retirement from International Football.
Ans: England.
Which statutory body of India has launched a Knowledge Partnership Initiative (KPI) with Prominent Law Schools of the country?
Ans: Competition Commission of India (CCI).
In which state the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure has approved the construction of the 6.5 kms long two lane bi-directional tunnel on NH-1?
Ans: Jammu and Kashmir.
Which missile with a striking range of 3000 km has recently been test fired recently by India?
Ans: Agni-III.
What is the name of the first-of-its-kind Catamaran hydrographic survey vessel commissioned by Indian Navy recently?
Ans: INS Makar.
With which country India has signed a MoU for Strengthening Long-Term Relationship and Bilateral Cooperation on Road Infrastructure and Road Transportation Technology Matters?
Ans: Austria.
What is the name of Global Positioning System of China for which it has launched the 14 th and 15th Satellite recently?
Ans: Beidou.
According to a report released by CSO, which state has topped the list of crime against children?
Ans: Uttar Pradesh.
What is the name of China’s first aircraft carrier?
Ans: Liaoning.
Who has topped the list of highest paid CEOs of listed companies in India?
Ans: Naveen Jindal.
Which actress has been honored with Green Parent Award at 2012 Environmental Media Awards?
Ans: Jessica Alba.
Which women film producer has been included in the list of 25 Most Powerful Women in India Business compiled by business magazine ‘Business Today’?
Ans: Ekta Kapoor.
Japan committed over Rs _____ crore ODA loan to India.
Ans: 7800.
The maximum investment permissible under the Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme is Rs. ______.
Ans: 50,000.
Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Forward Markets Commission?
Ans: Ramesh Abhisek.
Which Indian Bank has opened up its first branch in South Africa in a move to enhance the relationship between India and South Africa?
Ans: Bank of India.
What is the percentage of increase shown by the Indian Railways Freight during April=August 2012?
Ans: 4.23%.
The Government has reduced the Tax on external commercial borrowings by Indian companies to 5% applicable for the period between July 2012 and June 2015. What is the earlier rate of this tax?
Ans: 20%.
The government has cleared the proposal of what amount for debt restructuring state electricity boards, to give a boost to the ailing Power Sector?
Ans: 2 Lakh Crore Rupees.
After selling its 8% stake, what percent of shareholding Cairn Energy retain in Cairn India?
Ans: 10%.
Who has appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Yahoo?
Ans: Ken Goldman.
Which company has received the Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council of India (Pharmexil) Silver Patent Award for 2011-12?
Ans: Bharat Biotech.
Which dairy company of India has signed a contract with IBM for cloud services?
Ans: Kwality Dairy.
With which agency India has signed a Loan Agreement of US $ 500 Million for Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan?
Ans: World Bank.
Which is the GDP estimate projected by the World Bank for Chinese Economy this year?
Ans: 7.7%.
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