1. Who has recently won the first Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering?
ANSWER :- Tim Berners Lee
2. Which neighbouring country of India is constructed a temple for goddes Sitha?
ANSWER :- Sri Lanka
3. Shanthi Prayas-II is the joint military exercise recently held between which countries?
ANSWER :- Nepal and United States
4. Who has been named to lead the Indian women cricket team for limited-overs series against Bangladesh?
ANSWER :- Harmanpreet Kaur
5. Who was recently in news as the first non-American Editor of "Time International"?
ANSWER :- Bobby Ghosh
6. Which term is used for Convention on International Trade in Endagered Species (CITES)?
ANSWER :- Washington Convention
7. Who was awarded the 2012-2013 Chameli Devi Jain Award for outstanding Women Mediaperson?
ANSWER :- Alka Dhupkar
8. The famous quot "Finance is the brain of economy" was given by which Economist?
ANSWER :- Joseph Stiglitz
9. The top secret 'Operation Lal Dora' which is recently in news is related to which incident ?
ANSWER :- Landing of Indian Troops in Mauritius
10. Who has been choosen for the prestigious Saraswathi Samman 2012 ?
ANSWER :- Sugathakumari
11. Which company has launched it's all-electrical Four seated passenger car,the e2o on India?
ANSWER :- Mahindra and Mahindra
12. In which country, the world's biggest dinosaur park is slated to come up?
ANSWER :- Australia
13. Who is the first director of research for Brookings India?
ANSWER :- Subir Gokarn
14. Which is the second male cloned buffalo calf in the world?
ANSWER :- Swaran
15. Who heads the ministerial panel formed recently to discuss impact of retail FDI and minimum support prices?
ANSWER :- Sharad Pawar
16. AS per first ever survey of slum housholds by the Census of India, which city has the most number of households in slums?
ANSWER :- Vishakhapatnam
17. The rebel alliance Seleka has been making news frequently in context with which African Country?
ANSWER :- Central African Republic
18. Who heads the Expert Committee for the purpose of reviewing the institutional frame work of Prasar Bharathi?
ANSWER :- Sam Pitroda
19. Who has became the head of an interim government in Nepal and tasked with steering the country towards election by June?
ANSWER :- Khilraj Regmi
20. Which is the first ever massive exercise conducted by the Indian Air Force to test battle efficiency in a wartime scenario?
ANSWER :- Operation Livewire
21. The Chashma Nuclear Power Complex, which is often in news is located in which country?
ANSWER :- Iran
22. Which Indian is the youngest cardinal Indian to take part in the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI?
ANSWER :- Cleemis Thottunkal
23. Dholera, which the government is planning to develop as a new smart industial city is located in which state?
ANSWER :- Gujarath
24. Who has been chosen for this year's prestigious Abel Prize in Mathematics?
ANSWER :- Pierre Deligne
25. Who is considered as the father of African literature has died recently?
ANSWER :- Chinua Achebe
26. The United States has officially transferred the control of controversial Bagram prison to the local government of which country?
ANSWER :- Afganisthan
27. 'A bank for the Buck' is a book written by one of India's top financial journalists Tamal Bandyopadhyay. The book is a story of which bank?
ANSWER :- HDFC Bank
28. The space scientist and Planning Commission member who headed the panel which submitted its report asking for ban on mining in 37% of Western Ghats?
ANSWER :- K.Kasturirangan
29. The Telgu writer who was selected for the Jnanpith Award for the year 2012?
ANSWER :- Ravuri Bharadwaja
30.The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) works under which ministry?
ANSWER :- Ministry of Coporate Affairs
31. The Leveson Report reviewed the general culture and ethics of the media in which country?
ANSWER :- Britain
32. The commercial production of oil and gas has started in the Aishwarya Oil Field. These fields are located in which state?
ANSWER :- Rajasthan
33. Who has won the Femina Miss India 2013 contest?
ANSWER :- Navneet Kaur Dhillon
34. Who has won Asia's top literary prize, Man Asian Literary Prize for his novel 'The Garden of Evening Mists', for the year 2013?
ANSWER :- Tan Twan Eng
35. Which European country claims sovereignty over the Falkland island?
ANSWER :- Britain
36. 'The Test of My Life' is the autobiography of which cricket player?
ANSWER :- Yuvaraj Singh
37. Asia's largest solar power project has been recently commissioned in which state?
ANSWER :- Rajasthan
38. The lowest dropout rate of school students in the country is in which state?
ANSWER :- Kerala (0.53%)
39. The Socialist and successor of the late leader Hugo Chavez who has won the Venezuela's President poll?
ANSWER :- Nicolas Maduro
40. Violin Maestro son of Lalgudi Gopala Iyer and exponent of Lalgudi bahani style who died recently at the age of 80?
ANSWER :- Lalgudi Jayaraman (April 22)
