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1. Who has been elected as the chairman ofAsian Forum of Parliamentarians onPopulation and Development (AFPPD)?Answer: P.J Kurien

2. .........., the developer of the firstsuccessful oral vaccination for Polio passedaway recently?Answer: Hilary Koprowski

3. The international Monetary Fund hasrecently recognized the Government of ..........

After 22 years?Answer: Somalia

4. The Indian-American economist who wonthe John Bates Clark Medal 2013?Answer: Raj Chetty John Bates Clark Medalis awarded by the American EconomicAssociation. The award often described asthe Baby Nobel, is considered by manyeconomists to be second only to the NobelPrize.

5. What is the full form of NOFN?Answer: National Optical Fibre Network. Thescheme recently approved by the UnionGovernment will connect 2,50,000 Gram

Panchayats in the country through OpticalFibre Cable.

6. Which power generation company hasrecently been conferred with the Mini RatnaCategory 1 status by the Government of

India?Answer: North Eastern Electric PowerCorporation (NEEPCO)

7. Who wrote the novel The Orphan MastersSon, which won the Pulitzer Prize for fictionin 2013?Answer: Adam Johnson

8. The veteran play back singer .......... who

had sung around 3000 songs in Kannada,Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam and Tulupassed away on 14th April?Answer: P.B Srinivas

9. World Earth Day was observed on:Answer: April 22

10. What was the theme of 2013 World Earthday (April 22)?Answer: The face of climate change

11. Who has been elected as the President ofthe Asian Development Bank (ADB)?Answer: Takehiko Nakao (Japan)

12. Who has been appointed as the

Chairperson of the State Child RightsCommission, Kerala?Answer: Neela Gangadharan

13. The 200th birth anniversary of ..........,the ruler of the erstwhile kingdom ofTravancore is being celebrated now?Answer: Swati Tirunal

14. Which Indian has been appointed as theVice Chairman of the International Chamberof Commerce?Answer: Sunil Bharti Mittal

15. The famous Indian Violinist who passed

away on April 22?Answer: Lalgudi Jayaraman

16. Who is sworn in as the new PrimeMinister of Italy?Answer: Enrico Letta

17. The space observatory of the EuropeanSpace Agency which stopped functioningrecently?Answer: Herschel. It is the largest infraredspace telescope ever built.

18. National Civil Services Day was observedon:Answer: April 21

19. According to the data released by theTRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India),which state accounts for the largest numberof mobile subscribers in India?Answer: Uttar Pradesh

20. Who has been appointed as the newChief Secretary of Kerala?Answer: E.K Bharat Bhooshan

21. World Asthma Day was observed on:

Answer: May 7Note: The First Tuesday of May is observedevery year as World Asthma Day.

22. The Reserve Bank of India on May 4reduced the Repo rate to:Answer: 7.25%

23. Where in Haryana Indias first defenceuniversity is to be setup?Answer: Gurgaon

24. Who is the new Prime Minister of Nepal?Answer: Khil Raj Regmi

25. Who is the new Prime Minister of North

Korea?Answer: Pak Pong-ju

26. Who is the new president of Bangladesh?Answer: Abdul Hamid

27. Who becomes the first woman speaker ofBangladesh?Answer: Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury

28. Who is the new Comptroller and AuditorGeneral of India?Answer: Shashi Kant Sharma

29. Who become the first Pakistani women toscale the Everest?Answer: Samina Baig

30. What was the theme of 2013International Biological diversity Day (May22)?Answer: Water and Biodiversity

31. The Reserve Bank of India has projecteda GDP growth percent of .......... for 2013-14?Answer: 5.7%

32. World Press Freedom Day was celebratedon:Answer: May 3

33. Who was honoured by this years

UNESCO-Guillermo Cano World PressFreedom Award?Answer: Reeyot Alemu (Ethiopia). She hasbeen imprisoned for more than a yearbranded as Terrorist.

34. The movie named produced by IBResearch, has been recognized as the Worsmallest movie ever created?Answer: A Boy and His Atom. The oneminute movie was made by moving carbonmonoxide atoms viewed through a Scanni

Tunneling Microscope, magnifying them 1million times.

35. Najib Razak has been sworn in for asecond term as the Prime Minister of:Answer: Malaysia

36. Which Indian shuttler has won theMalaysia Open Womens title?Answer: P. Sindhu

37. .......... and .......... Are nominated byIndia for World Heritage Site status in 20Answer: Hill Forts in Rajasthan and theGreat Himalayan National Park.

38. The Indian discus thrower who clinchgold in the IAAF (International AssociationAthletics Federations) Challenge Meet helKingston?Answer: Vikas Gowda

39. Who got the ISRO Young Scientist Aw2013?Answer: Jenita Mary Nongkynrih fromMeghalaya

40. Who is sworn in as the 22nd ChiefMinister of Karnataka?Answer: Siddaramaiah

41. Government of India will observe Year

2013 as:Answer: Water Conservation Year

42. Who becomes the first Indian amputeeconquer Mt Everest?Answer: Arunima Sinha

43. Which country signed new constitutiointo law on 22nd May 2013?Answer: Zimbabwe

44. Who won the 5th Man BookerInternational Prize?Answer: Lydia Davis

45. Who is crowned as the Miss IndiaWorldwide 2013?

Answer: Nehal Bhogaita. Britains NehalBhogaita has won the title of Miss IndiaWorldwide, making her the first deaf to wthe beauty pageant.

46. Who is appointed as the Chief Justicethe Andhra Pradesh High Court?Answer: Kalyan Jyoti Sengupta