2013-10-07

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1 Q) Which bill was introduced in the Rajyasabha on 23 March 2013?

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Ans: National Waterway Bill

2 Q) Which of the following bill was approved by the Union Cabinet on 19 March 2013 ?

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Ans: National Food Security Bill

3 Q) Which scheme was launched by Ministry of Labour and Employment on 24 March 2013 ?

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Ans: Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY)



4 Q) ) Which country Competition and Consumer Commission and Competition Commission of India (CCsigned a Memorandum of Understanding (MOon Cooperation at Canberra ?

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Ans:- Australia

5 Q) “World Athletics Day” is observed on ———— ?

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Ans: May 4

6 Q) 1.Who is the renowned Urdu poet commemorative postage stamp was released by President of India, Pranab Mukherjee on 8 March 2013 ?

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Ans: Sahir Ludhianvi

7 Q) 1.Who won the Spelling Championship title held in Singapore?

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Ans:-Ashwin Kumar

8 Q) 10 . Who won the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Title?

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Ans:- Maria Sharapova

9 Q) 10) Who was sworn in as the caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan on 25 March 2013?

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Ans: Justice Mir Hazar Khan Khoso

10 Q) 12 Who is the former Telugu Desam Minister died on 28 April 2013 in Hyderabad?

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Ans:- Sripathi Rajeswara Rao

11 Q) 4. On February 2013 Regional African leaders signed UN-brokered accord which aims to bring peace to the troubled eastern region of the –?

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Ans: Democratic Republic of Congo

12 Q) 4. Who is the present President of Paraguay’s?

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Ans:-Horacio Cartes

13 Q) 5. Which country is the first country in Europe to outlaw discrimination on caste?

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Ans:-Britain

14 Q) 5. Which country prohibited its security forces from taking any air support from the International Forces on 18 February 2013 ?

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Ans: Aghanistan

15 Q) 6. Which of the two counries have singned for 51 joint projects worth two billion US dollars?

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Ans:- Cuba and Venezuela

16 Q) 6. Who had been elected as Cyprus new President on 24 February 2013 ?

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Ans: Nicos Anastasiades

17 Q) 7. Who got the life ban from any elections in Pakistan by Peshawar high court?

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Ans:- Musharraf

18 Q) According to a survey by global research firm Ipsos ,which country got the first position in the most economically confident countries in the  world?

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Ans :- Saudi Arabia

19 Q) According to EU new Nuclear Safety rules ,for how many years European countries to submit to an international review of their nuclear power systems to fix any discovered shortcomings ?

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Ans:- Six

20 Q) According to Skytrax-World Airport Awards,which Airport rated as the fifth best regional airport in Asia?

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Ans:- Rajiv Gandhi International Airpor,Hyderabad

21 Q) According to the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) 2012 report which class students could read Class II text fell from 53.7% in 2010 to 46.8% in 2012

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Ans:- Vth class

22 Q) According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index Who is the 18th richest person in the  world?

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Ans:- Mukesh Ambani

23 Q) According to the recently released UN report “World Population Prospects – 2012”, by which year India would surpass China to become the most populous country in the World?

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Ans:- 2028

24 Q) According to the which country  2012 Home Office report, India is among 10 countries that are the main sources of illegal immigration ?

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Ans:- Britain

25 Q) Accorrding to the Sunday Times Rich List 2013,who are the 20th richest persons in the world?

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Ans:- Ambani Brothers

26 Q) Actor Sanjay Dutt was sentenced to 5-year prison by the Supreme Court on 21 March 2013 for his involvement in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case. What was his crime?

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Ans: Illegal possession of arms

27 Q) As per an annual ranking published on 4 March 2013 by business magazine Forbes, Who is the richest Indian?

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Ans: Mukesh Ambani

28 Q) BSNL decided to put an end to the 160 years old Telegram Services in India from ———— ?

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Ans:- 15 July 2013

29 Q) CCEA on 21 June 2013 decided to extend the ———–for the 12th Five-Year Plan period in order to strengthen the distribution sector

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Ans:- R-APDR

30 Q) China recently achieved an incredible breakthrough in diverting river water to its arid areas by linking two mighty rivers. Which are these two rivers?

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Ans:- Yangtze and Huang He

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