Who is the Director of ‘Life of Pi’?

Ans: Ang Lee.

Where is the Central Institute of Indian Languages located in?

Ans: Mysore.

Where are the headquarters of International Organization for Migration (IOM)?

Ans: Geneva.

“Ujjawala” is related to _____.

Ans: Human Trafficking.

Which country is the least corrupt as per Transparency International’s 2012 Corruption Perceptions Index?

Ans: Denmark.

Which city hosted the first ever T20 World Cup for blinds?

Ans: Bangalore.

On which day the International Day of Persons with Disabilities observed on?

Ans: 3rd December.

Who had received the Bharat Muni Samman of 2012?

Ans: Hema Malini.

In which year was the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) launched?

Ans: 2008.

Who was the first chief Minister of Uttarakhand?

Ans: Nityanand Swami.

Who was B. B. Nimbalkar?

Ans: A renowned Cricketer.

Devendra Lal died on 1st December, 2012. Who was he?

Ans: A Geophysicist.

Who has been appointed as Director General, Sashstra Seema Bal (SSB)?

Ans: Arun Chaudhary.

On ______ the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was established.

Ans: 12 October, 1993.

Beese Cooper, Who was listed as the oldest person of the world died in Georgia at ______ years of age.

Ans: 116.

On which day Human Rights Day is observed every year?

Ans: 10th December.

Dave Brubeck died on 5 December, 2012. Who was he?

Ans: Pianist.

Who took over as the new Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court?

Ans: Arun Kumar Mishra.

Who has been elected as the Chairman of the Bar Council of Delhi?

Ans: R.S. Goswami.

Who is the inventor of Bar Code?

Ans: Norman Woodland.

Who is the President of Ukraine?

Ans: Viktor Yanukovych.

Who became the first Indian Cricketer to score three triple centuries in the first class cricket history?

Ans: Ravindra Jadeja.

Who won the Women’s World Championship Crown of Chess?

Ans: Anna Ushenima.

Who is the President of Sierra Leone?

Ans: Ernest Bai Koroma.

The first ever ‘Web Ratna Awards’ were presented in _______.

Ans: 2010.

Which is the dirtiest city of the world in the Trip Advisor’s Cities Survey?

Ans: Mumbai.

In which year the International Film Festival of India was established?

Ans: 1952.

In which year, Pandit Ravishankar ji won his first Grammy award?

Ans: 1967.

In which city, the World Travel Market-2012 was held?

Ans: London.

Welikada Prison is located in ________.

Ans: Sri Lanka.

Who has been appointed as Director General (Investigation), National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)?

Ans: Kanwaljit Deol.

What is HD40307g?

Ans: Planet.

Who is Pranay Sahay?

Ans: Director General, CRPF.

Which State Government has recently declared to set up Rural Administrative Service?

Ans: Assam.

Who is the Prime Minister of Australia?

Ans: Ms. Julia Gillard.

Who is the Prime Minister of Belarus?

Ans: Mikhail Myasnikovich.

‘Vatsalya Mela’ is annually organized in _______.

Ans: New Delhi.

National Integration Day is celebrated on ________ to mark the birth anniversary of late Indira Gandhi, the first ever woman Prime Minister of India.

Ans: 19th November.

Renowned filmmaker Krzysztof Zanussi was honored with the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at the _______ International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa.

Ans: 43rd.

Who have been awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowships by the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund?

Ans: Harish Khare & T.N. Ninan.

Kuki State Demand Committee was formed on 2nd November, _______.

Ans: 2010.

Which day is celebrated as the Water Conservation Day’ in India?

Ans: 19th November.

Recently, in which state, a Dalit colony is renamed after Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi?

Ans: Andhra Pradesh.

Who was presented the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2010 by President Pranab Mukherjee?

Ans: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

In which country ther 21st ASEAN Summit was held?

Ans: Cambodia.

In which city the head office of the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan is located?

Ans: New Delhi.

What is INS Arihant?

Ans: A Submarine of Indian Navy.

Who is the current Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)?

Ans: Ranjit Sinha.

National Cadet Corps (NCC), the largest uniformed youth organization in the world was established in _______.

Ans: 1948.

Where is the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development located in?

Ans: Tamil Nadu.

The Government has launched Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana (MGPSY) on ______ on a pilot basis.

Ans: 1st May, 2012.

Which was a watershed year in the history of consumer movement in India?

Ans: 1986.

What is the secret code name given by the Government of India to the hanging of Ajmal Kasav?

Ans: Operation X.

Former _________ Inder Kumar Gujral died in Gurgaon.

Ans: Prime Minister.

In which country was the 7th East Asian Summit held?

Ans: Cambodia.

Who has been appointed as the new Director General of BBC?

Ans: Tony Hall.

Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index has placed India on which place out of 176 nations, on tackling corruption?

Ans: 94th.

The Central Government has given the nod for a new dock facility in West Bengal that would handle around _______ of cargo annually.

Ans: 23.4 million tonnes.

Government cleared proposals worth over _______ for a major expansion of the strategic naval air base at Karwar.

Ans: Rs. 13,000 crore.

Who is the current Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra?

Ans: Ajit Pawar.

India successfully test-fired nuclear capable Agni-I ballistic missile, with a strike range of _____ from a test range off Odisha coast.

Ans: 700 km.

The Cabinet Committee on Security cleared a _______ proposal on coastal security that aims at preventing any further 26/11 type attack.

Ans: Rs 2,150 crore.

India has won how many World Tourism Awards recently?

Ans: 3.

As per I&B, the Union Government has spent more than ______ in previous three years for its own promotions.

Ans: Rs. 1,768 crore.

Recently who was elected to the US Congress?

Ans: Ami Bera.

Who is the President of Asia Society?

Ans: Vishakha Desai.

Who is among the four recipients of the 2012 US Professor of the Year award?

Ans: Autar Kaw.

Pakistan tested the Half-V nuclear capable ballistic missile with a range of _______.

Ans: 1,300 km.

Which country recently won a historic UN General Assembly vote which will eventually upgrade its status to non-member observer state at the World Body?

Ans: Palestine.

Who has been elected as the President of Slovenia recently?

Ans: Borut Pahor.

How many Indian Americans are among the recipients of the prestigious Marshall Scholarships?

Ans: Four.

Who has been named as the most powerful women in business in India by Forbes Magazine?

Ans: Chanda Kochear.

Which city has topped a global list of cities facing the highest climate change risks in the coming decades?

Ans: Dhaka.

Who has emerged as Britain’s most influential Asian in a list of 101 powerful people?

Ans: Keith Vaz.

India ranks ________ among 37 countries in guaranteeing access to all civil justice.

Ans: 78th.

The Government signed a USD _______ Credit agreement with World Bank for Himachal Pradesh Mid-Himalayan Watershed Development Project.

Ans: 37 million.

FIPB cleared IKEA’s project, the largest FDI in single brand retail so far for how much amount?

Ans: Rs 10,500 crore.

India has signed 11 pacts entailing investments worth 5.2 billion US dollars with ______.

Ans: China.

According to the World Trade Organization Secretariat for 2011, India is the world’s _______ biggest exporter in merchandise trade.

Ans: 19th.

Which is the best city to live in India?

Ans: Bangalore.

Reliance Industries has sold ________ in an oil block in Yemen to Indonesia’s Medco Energy for shout $90 million.

Which sate owned electronics company that has signed a MoU with Israel Aerospace Industries for cooperation on future Long Range Surface to Air Missile Ship Defence Systems?

Ans: Bharat Electronics Ltd.

Telecom Commission approved a subsidy of Rs 1,500 crore for supporting landline operations of which operator in rural areas?

Ans: BSNL.

Who has taken charge as the new CEO of SBI Cards & Payment Services?

Ans: Pallav Mahapatra.

Which bank entered the unsecured portfolio of credit segment by tying up with American Express?

Ans: Yes Bank.

Who will be the Managing Director and CEO of National Stock Exchange from 1st April, 2013?

Ans: Chitra Ramakrishna.

Who has been appointed as Advisor to Finance Minister?

Ans: Dr. Parthasarathi Shome.

Maximum branches of the Scheduled Commercial Banks in India are in _____ areas.

Ans: Rural.

Who has been appointed as the President of Dell Services?

Ans: Suresh Vaswani.

Which bank opened 101 Gramin Branches across six states?

Ans: ICICI Bank.

Who became the first Woman President of FICCI?

Ans: Naina Lal Kidwai.

Financial Inclusion Campaign called ‘Swabhimaan’ was formally launched by the Government in __________.

Ans: February, 2011.

Who is the current CMD of Hindustan Copper Limited?

Ans: K.D. Diwan.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved disinvestment of 9.50% equity of NTPC Ltd., out of its holdings of _______.

Ans: 84.50 per cent.

The ‘Turn Down the Heat’ report has been released by _______.

Ans. World Bank.

Who is the author of the book ‘My Tryst with Justice’?

Ans: P.N. Bhagwati.

Which day is observed as National Girl Child Day?

Ans: 24th January.

What does ‘IIIT’ stand for?

Ans: Indian Institute of Information Technology.

What is the full form of ‘HAL’?

Ans: Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.

Who is the author of the book ‘Our India’?

Ans: Balmiki Prasad Singh.

India has declared _______ as the ‘Decade of Innovation.’

Ans: 2010-20.