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1. Bidzina Ivanishvili, is the newly elected Prime Minister of which Country ?

Germany Georgia France Spain ( Ans - 2)

2. Algerian Lakhdar Brahimi is the newly appointed joint special representative of UN and Arab league for which country ?
Libya Syria Iraq Afghanistan ( Ans - 2)

3. Government of which country recently Launched Peace Talks with an extremist group FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) that has been causing high scale losses to that country for past many decades ?

Columbia Cambodia China Chile ( Ans - 1)

4. Le Luong Minh, from Socialist Republic of Vietnam has been appointed as upcoming Secretary General for which group of nations for a five year term ?
ASEAN SCO SAARC NATO ( Ans - 1)

5. According to a recent report by IEA(International Energy Agency), which country is set to become world's largest oil producer by 2017 by leaving Saudi Arabia Behind ?
Iran USA Iraq Venezuela ( Ans - 2)

6. Which country has recently launched a new Nuclear Safety Agency after a large scale nuclear disaster recently occured due a large Tsunami ?
South Korea Japan North Korea Pakistan ( Ans - 2)

7. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently set up a Special Task Force for which country as it is concerned about that country's Nuke-Program ?
Pakistan ( Ans - 2)

Iran India Iraq

8. USA recently signed an Agreement with which country for supply of goods to the NATO forces through that country ?
India Pakistan Iran Afghanistan ( Ans - 2)

9. Ernest Bai Koroma is the recently re-elected President of which African Country ?
Congo Sierra Leone South Sudan Algeria ( Ans - 2)

10. Which country recently appointed Joaquim Barbosa as First non-White President of its Supreme Court ?
USA Brazil Germany Spain ( Ans - 2)

11. Ali Zeidan is the Newly appointed Prime Minister of which country ?
Mali Libya Iran ( Ans - 2)

Syria

12. Parliament of which of these Countries recently passed draft of a new Constitution for that country ?
Egypt Iran Iraq UAE

. The Folded Earth, the book that won Indian Ficton category Award in recent 11th economist Crossword Book Awards has been written by Anuradha Rai Vikram Seth Chetan Bhagat Khushwant Singh ( Ans - 1)

2. A Free Man, the book that won Indian Non-Ficton category Award in recent 11th economist Crossword Book Awards has been written by?
Aman Sethi A P J Abdul Kalam Arundhati Roy Chetan Bhagat ( Ans - 1)

3. Recently issued book - On the pathway to development has been written by Harishankar Singhania Vikram seth Khushwant Singh Chetan Bhagat ( Ans - 1)

4. Recently issued book - Free Thinker's prayer Book has been written by -

Vikram Seth Khushwant Singh Salman Rushdie Harishankar Singhania ( Ans - 2)

5. Recently issued book - Total Recall has been written by Arnold Schwarzenegger Salman Rushdie Charles Dickens Vikram Seth ( Ans - 1)

6. Recently issued book - "India's Foreign Policy : Coping with the changing World"has been written by Khushwant Singh Mukuchand Dubey Vikram Seth Salman Rushdie ( Ans - 2)

7. Recently issued book based on Mumbai Slums- "Behind the Beautiful Forevers"has been written by Katherine Boo Vikram Seth Aman Sethi A P J Abdul Kalam ( Ans - 1)

8. Recently issued book - "Ek Thhi Kusum" has been written by Prakash Pant Amitav Ghosh Jhumpa Lahiri Shashi Tharoor ( Ans - 1)

9. Vice president of India M. Hamid Ansari released a book named The Great Indian Novel Muslim in Indian cities What Young India Wants Beyond the Lines ( Ans - 2)

10. Recently released Book - "Victory India" has been Authored by Vinay B Dalvi Chetan Bhagat Arundhati Roy Shashi Tharoor ( Ans - 1)

1. How much subsidy did Goverment recently decided to give to BPL Families on Dal Ration Rs. 20 Rs. 25 Rs. 30 Rs. 50 ( Ans - 1)

2. Economist Intelligence Unit(EIU)'s recent world food security index report 2012 ranked US at the top across 105 countries. What was India's ranking in this list ?
65th 69th 62th 60th ( Ans - 1)

3. Government recently decided to buy 55.57% stake in IFCI to make it a state owned - PSU. IFCI Stands for Infrastructure and Finance Corporation of ( Ans - 2)

India Industrial Finance Corporation of India Industrial Finance Consultancy of India Industrial Finance Committee of India

4. RBI recently Formed a special committee named FIAC under Deputy governor K C Chakrabarty for better implementation of Financial Inclusion in country. (Financial Inclusion means bringing rural and BPL people under purview of banking services). FIAC Stands for Financial Inclusion Augmentation Committee Financial Inclusion Addition Committee Financial Inclusion Advisory Committee Financial Induction Advisory Committee ( Ans - 3)

5. The Government owned bank that was recently given Best bank and Financial Institution award 2012 ?
Bank of India Punjab National Bank Bank of Baroda State Bank of India ( Ans - 2)

6. RBI in its Quarterly Monetary Policy Review for Q2 (July - Sep 2012) decided to Cut CRR (Cash Reserve Ratio) by 25 basis points. New value of CRR Stands at 4.75 % 4.25 % 4.50 % 4% ( Ans - 2)

7. In a recent global hunger index issued by IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute), India was ranked at which position- ?
65th 69th 68th 60th ( Ans - 1)

8. In the recent Economic freedom list issued by canada based Fraser Institute, India was ranked at 111th position. Which country was ranked at the top ?
USA UK Hong Kong France ( Ans - 3)

9. India's CAD (Current Account Deficit) has been what percent of GDP in Q1 (Apr - June) of 2012 - 13 ?
3.9 % 4.4 % 4.1 % 4% ( Ans - 1)

10. Government recently decided to combine Capital Markets Regulator SEBI, Insurance Regulator IRDA, Pension Regulator PFRDA and Forward Markets Commission (FMC) into a single entity called UFA. What Does UFA Stands for Unified Financial Agency Unique Financial Agency Unified Financial Advisory Unique Financial Advisory ( Ans - 1)

11. Which of these has recently been approved as India's Third Stock Exchange ?
MCX NASDAQ BSE NSE ( Ans - 1)

12. RBI recently signed an MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) with State Bank of which country to promote mutual financial co-operation ?
China Vietnam Japan Russia ( Ans - 2)

1. Indian American entrepreneur That was recently selected among 18 US Prez Obama's 18 'Presidential Innovation Fellows' Karl Mehta Tulsi Gobbard Lakshmi Mittal Gurbaksh Chahal ( Ans - 1)

2. Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority Recently appointed an Indian as its CEO and Board Member namely Arun Kumar Jain Shashank Srivastava Hardip Singh Puri M S Ahluwalia ( Ans - 2)

3. Who is the newly appointed Secretary General of NHRC (National Human Rights Commission)-

M S Ahluwalia Arun Kumar Jain Arvind Mayaram Prakash Bakshi ( Ans - 2)

4. Julia Gillard was recently on a visit to India. She is the Prime Minister of which country ?
Austria Germany Australia Spain ( Ans - 3)

5. Juan Carlos was recently on a visit to India. He is the King of Germany Spain Cambodia Nepal ( Ans - 2)

6. Which Country has put Thailand behind to become the biggest rice exporter in the last Fiscal ?
Sri Lanka Pakistan USA India ( Ans - 4)

7. World Bank recently offered a loan of what ammount to support secondary education in India ?
$ 100 million $ 500 million ( Ans - 2)

$ 200 million $ 300 million

8. Which state's govt recently appointed Jackie Shroff as ambassdor to raise awareness against female foeticide in that state ?
Assam Manipur Bihar Rajasthan ( Ans - 3)

9. Lek Soniyachi is a financial incentive scheme for girls in BPL (Below Poverty Line) families. In which state this scheme is implmented ?
Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra Arunachal Pradesh ( Ans - 3)

10. Aadhaar Enabled e-services launched were recently launched in which State on second anniversary of Aadhaar Card Karnataka Uttar Pradesh Rajasthan West bengal ( Ans - 3)

11. Who is the Newly appointed Chief Secretary of West bengal ?

Ranjan Mathai Sanjay Mitra Ajit seth Kamal Nath ( Ans - 2)

12. IFFCO (Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited) will soon set up a new plant in Which Country ?
Spain Canada Italy USA

1. Dmitry Rogozin was recently visited to India. He is the Deputy Prime Minister of France Russia Spain Germany ( Ans - 2)

2. An Indigenously Built Hydrographic Surveyor vessel was recently Commissioned into Indian Navy named as ?
INS Makar INS Sahayadri INS Tarangini INS Vikrant ( Ans - 1)

( Ans - 2)

3. India recently banned US-sanctioned ships of which country from entering its water ?
Iraq Iran Japan ( Ans - 2)

China

4. India recently finalised a Mechanism with which country for Shipping of its Uranium to India ?
Australia Saudi Arabia Canada USA ( Ans - 3)

5.Which Country recently included Hindi Language as study curriculum in its Schools ?
USA Australia Pakistan Nepal ( Ans - 2)

6. India recently Signed an agreement on Rare Earth Minerals with which country ?
Iran China Japan USA ( Ans - 3)

7. Who is the newly Appointed Director of Intelligence Bureau for a period of two years ?
S.A. Ibrahim ( Ans - 1)

Arun Kumar Jain Sanjay Mitra Naseem Zaidi

8. In which state a 17 days long Jal Satyagraha by villagers in narmada river recently came to an end for protesting omkareshwar dam ?
Manipur Himachal Pardesh Madhya Pradesh Sikkim ( Ans - 3)

9. India recently signed a $ 70-million loan with world bank for financing the Health Systems Development and Reform Project in which state ?
Madhya Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Karnataka Assam ( Ans - 3)

10. A Senior IPS Officer recently took over as Director of CBI named Ranjit Sinha Ranbir Singh Sanjay Mitra Arvind Mayaram ( Ans - 1)

11. Which state recently signed an agreement with IT Company TCS to

monitor Funds allocation under MGNREGA Scheme ?

Madhya Pradesh West Bengal Sikkim Assam ( Ans - 2)

12. Which scheme was recently launched by union government to Educate Adolescent Boys about moral and social values ?
Sulabh Suchitram Saksham Sarthak ( Ans - 3)

13. Hamid Karzai was recently on a visit to India. He is the President of Iran Afghanistan Iraq Pakistan ( Ans - 2)

14. India International Trade Fair was recently organized in Delhi with theme of Shining India Skilling India Charming India Amazing India ( Ans - 2)

15. Indian postal department recently decided to start a bank named Postal Bank of India Post Bank of India Indian Postal Bank Indian Post Bank ( Ans - 2)

16. Rajkeshwar Puryag will be Chief Guest at 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (Jan 8-10) in Kochchi in 2013. He is the President of which country ?
Mauritius Nepal Malaysia Indonesia ( Ans - 1)

1. India recently tied up with which country to develop 'Smart Cities' Australia Germany Austria France ( Ans - 3)

2. India's Election Commisson recently signed a co-operation Agreement with Election commission of which country?
Israel Egypt Saudi Arabia USA ( Ans - 2)

3. India's DMRC (Delhi Metro) recently bagged contract for management and Recruitment consultancy of Metro Project in Capital City of which Country ?
Indonesia (Jakarta) Japan (Tokyo) China (Beijing) Thailand (Bangkok) ( Ans - 1)

4. India recently teamed up with which country to combat high LNG (Natural Gas) costs ?
Japan China South Korea Germany ( Ans - 1)

5. India Recently signed a trilateral agereement with Afghanistan and Iran to facilitate beneficial trade through a Port in Iran Named Bushehr Chabahar port Amirabad Bandar Abbas ( Ans - 2)

6. Who is the newly appointed Chief of CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) ?
D K Joshi Pranay Sahay ( Ans - 2)

Gaurav Shamsher Rana Ranbir Singh

7. B. Subhashan Reddy is the newly appointed Lokayukta of which State ?

Andhra Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Karnataka Assam ( Ans - 1)

8. Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said will be chief guest on Indis's 64th Republic Day. He is the sultan of which Country ?
Yemen Oman Philippines Palestine ( Ans - 2)

9. India recently set up political relations with which Island Country in South Pacific Ocean ?
Fiji Niue Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands ( Ans - 2)

10. Newly appointed Chief Justices of Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh High Courts are -

Madhya Pradesh Arvind Bobde,Chattisgarh Yatindra Singh Madhya Pradesh Arvind Bobde,Chattisgarh Manjula Chellur Madhya Pradesh Darmar Murugesa,Chattisgarh Yatindra Singh Madhya Pradesh Arvind Bobde,Chattisgarh Arjan Sikri ( Ans - 1)

11. Aung San Suu Kyi was recently on a visit to India. She is a famous political personality and is leader of opposition in which country ?
Thailand Myanmar Bangladesh Pakistan ( Ans - 2)

12. Who is the newly elected and first Hindu member of the U.S. House of Representatives ?
Tulsi Gabbard Karl Mehta Sunita Williams Zubin Mehta ( Ans - 1)

13. The actress that became brand

ambassdor for National Sanitation campaign and launched nirmal bharat Yatra with rural development minister Jairam Ramesh ?
Rani Mukherjii Preity Zinta Vidya Balan Katrina Kaif ( Ans - 3)

14. Z-Morh tunnel was recently inaugurated by Rahul Gandhi and will provide better connectivity between which Areas of J&K State ?
Srinagar and Ladakh Leh and Srinagar Kargil and Srinagar Kargil and Budgam ( Ans - 1)

15. Prominent personality and founder of Art of Living Sri Sri Ravisankar was recently conferred with which highest civil honour?
Paraguay Uruguay Ecuador USA ( Ans - 1)

1. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Railways ?

Pawan Kumar Bansal ( Ans - 1)

Mallikarjun Kharge Kapil Sibal C P Joshi

2. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for External Affairs ?

Ashwani Kumar Manmohan Singh Salman Khurshid C P Joshi ( Ans - 3)

3. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Home Affairs ?

C P Joshi Kapil Sibal Sharad Pawar Sushil Kumar Shinde ( Ans - 4)

4. Who is currently the Union Minister for Rural Development ?

C P Joshi Jairam Ramesh Salman Khurshid Pallam Raju ( Ans - 2)

5. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Petroleum and natural gas ?
Veerappa Moily Ajay Maken ( Ans - 1)

Harish Rawat Chandresh Kumari

6. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Science and technology and earth sciences?
Ajit Singh Jaipal Reddy Vayalar Ravi C P Joshi ( Ans - 2)

7. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Urban development andparliamentary affairs ?
Kishore Chandra Deo Kamal Nath Pawan Kumar Bansal Mallikarjun Kharge ( Ans - 2)

8. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Overseas Indian affairs?
Praful Patel Salman Khurshid Jaipal Reddy Vayalar Ravi ( Ans - 4)

9. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Road transport and highways ?

Anand Sharma P. Chidambaram C P Joshi Ghulam Nabi Azad ( Ans - 3)

10. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Housing and urban poverty alleviation ?
Kapil Sibal M.K. Alagiri Ajay Maken Sharad Pawar ( Ans - 3)

11. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Human resource development ?
Kapil Sibal Veerappa Moily M.M. Pallam Raju Ajit Singh ( Ans - 3)

12. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Law and justice ?
Ajay Maken Chandresh Kumari Ashwani Kumar Dinsha Patel ( Ans - 3)

13.Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Water resources ?

Kapil Sibal M. K. Alagiri Jairam Ramesh Harish Rawat ( Ans - 4)

14. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Social justice and empowerment?
Kumari Selja P. Chidambaram Sharad Pawar A. K. Antony ( Ans - 1)

15. Who is the newly appointed Union Minister for Minority affairs ?
Ashwani Kumar K. Rahman Khan Harish Rawat Selja Kumari ( Ans - 2)

1. India Recently signed a trilateral agereement with Afghanistan and Iran to facilitate beneficial trade through a Port in Iran Named Bushehr Port Chabahar Port Amirabad Port Bandar Abbas Port ( Ans - 2)

2. India's Election Commisson recently signed a co-operation Agreement with Election commission of which country?

Iran UK Egypt Saudi Arabia ( Ans - 3)

3. The P5 Group of Nations (UN security council's Permanent Members) recently Declared which country as nuke free?
Mangolia Iran Japan China ( Ans - 1)

4. India recently set up political relations with which Island Country in South Pacific Ocean ?
Soloman Islands Fiji Papua New Guinea Niue ( Ans - 4)

5. Who is the Newly re-appointed President of USA ?

Mitt Romney Barack Obama David Cameron Condoleezza Rice ( Ans - 2)

6. Which two countries recently decided to set up joint embassies in foreign countries ?
India and Pakistan Britain and Canada ( Ans - 2)

Britain and USA India and USA

7. UK Prime Minsiter David Cameron recently signed an independence referendum deal with Alex Salmond to conduct People's poll in end of 2014 to decide on independence of which country under Britain's administrative control ?
Wales Scotland Northern Ireland West Midlands ( Ans - 2)

8. USA and Malidives recently conducted a Joint Army exercise Called Ekuverin 2012 Coconut Grove 2012 Dosti - XI Slinex - 2012 ( Ans - 2)

9. Felix baumgartner, The sky diver who recently jumped succesfully from a record height of approx 39 Km, is from which country ?
Australia Austria Germany France ( Ans - 2)

10. The King of whichof these countries recently formed a constitutonal court to speed up reforms processes ?
Oman Yemen Jordan ( Ans - 3)

Saudi Arabia

11. A UN Habitat Report Titled 'State of the world cities' placed Delhi and Mumbai in the top 95 Cities across world. Which City was at the top across the world according to this list ?
Vienna (Austria) Budapest (Hungary) Paris (France) London (UK) ( Ans - 1)

12. What are the Five newly selected member countries in UN Security Council ?
Argentina, Rwanda, Australia, South Korea and Luxemborg India, Rwanda, Australia, South Korea and Luxemborg Argentina, India, Australia, South Korea and Luxemborg Argentina, Rwanda, India, South Korea and Luxemborg

( Ans - 1)

13. Durand Line is a border line across which two countries and has recently been causing armed conflicts in those countries ?
India - China Pakistan - Afghanistan India - Afghanistan India- Pakistan ( Ans - 2)

14. Who is the newly elected General Secretary of communist Party of china and is set to be Premier (President) of China in Mar 2013 ?
Yoshihiko Noda ( Ans - 2)

Xi Jinping Wen Jiabao Hu Jintao

15. SANDY, a Tropical Cyclone recently hit which country and caused high scale loss es ?
France Spain USA India ( Ans - 3)

. Which actress was given Lifetime Achievement Award at the recent 14th Mumbai Film Festival Waheeda Rehman Vidya Baland Rani Mukherji Lata Mangeshkar ( Ans - 1)

2. Uttarakhand State's shiksha ratan award was recently given to Vijay Bahuguna Manmohan Singh A N Purohit Narendra Modi ( Ans - 3)

3. Second Sita Smriti Award was recently given to which female author for her book "Kitne Shahron Mein Kitni Baar"Vikram Seth Mamta Kalia Arundhati Roy Khushwant Singh ( Ans - 2)

4. V V Giri Memrorial award 2011 was recently given to Mamta Kalia Utsa Patnaik Khushwant Singh Vikram Seth ( Ans - 2)

5. Mahatma Gandhi International Award 2012 was recently given to (A Former Zambian President)Barack Obama Kenneth kaunda Manmohan Singh Narendra Modi ( Ans - 2)

6. Former Afghan Minister that was recently given Swedish Rite Livelihood Award Hamis Karzai A P J Abdul Kalam Seema Samar Mohammed Fahim ( Ans - 3)

7. Indian theatre artist that was recently given highest French Cultural Honour(Knight of the order of arts and letters) ?
Javed Akhtar Ebrahim Alkaji Waheeda Rehmaan Karim Khalili ( Ans - 2)

8. Lal Bahadur Shasti National Award was recently given to which famous scientist for her contribution in India's ambitious Agni - 5 Project Arundhati Roy Tessy Thomas Kalpana Chawla Pratibha Patil ( Ans - 2)

9. Indian Person that was recently awarded WISE award (World Innovation Summit for Education, Called Nobel prize of Education) at Doha city (Capital city of Qatar ) ?
Kalpana Chawla Madhav Chavan A P J Abdul Kalam Manmohan Singh ( Ans - 2)

10. Indian Firm that was recently awarded prestigious Japanese award (Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) President Award) ?
BHEL DMRC (Delhi Metro) BEL SBI ( Ans - 2)

11. Who was recently honoured with Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2012 (Hint :- He is the Prez of Liberia) ?
Jacob Zuma Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Barack Obama Dalai Lama ( Ans - 2)