1. Which of the following personalities has been appointed as the new secretary to the department of
telecommunications (DOT)?
1) R. Chandrashekhar 2) M.F. Farooqui 3) Rahul Khullar 4) S. R Rao 5) None of these
2. According to a recent collaboration between Mukesh and Anil Ambani, Reliance Jio Infocomm will
be using the optical fiber network of Reliance Communications Ltd.. Which of the following
represents the worth of the deal in question?
1) 900cr 2) 1000cr 3) 1100cr 4) 1200cr 5) 1300cr
3. Which of the following industries was in the news recently as it was imposed a fine of Rs. 100cr for
causing pollution in the month of April 2013?
1) TISCO 2) Sterlite Industries 3) Coal India Ltd. 4) Reliance Industries Limited 5) None of these
4. Which of the following represents the worth of the financial support that has been issued recently by
the Asian Development Bank to India to be utilized for the development of road network in five
Indian states? 1) $ 143 millions 2) $ 194 millions 3) $ 219 millions 4) $ 236 millions 5) $ 252 millions
5. In a historic development United Nations passed a treaty to better regulate the international sale of
weapons in the month of April 2013. Which of the following represents the name of the treaty in
question?
1) Arms Deal 2) Arms Trade Treaty 3) International Arms Treaty 4) International Arms Trade Treaty
5) UN Arms Treaty
6. Which of the following places in Maharashtra was in the news recently as the collapse of a tower led
to the death of about 50 people in the month of April 2013?
1) Aurangabad 2) Thane 3) Navi Mumbai 4) Latur 5) Nasik
7. Which of the following personalities has recently been appointed as the new President of
Confederation of Indian Industries(CII) in the month of April 2013?
1) Adi Goderej 2) S. Gopalakrishnan 3) T.V. Mohandas Pai 4) Kumaramangalam Birla 5) Anil Ambani
8. Margaret Thatcher who passed away recently was a very popular Prime minister of yesteryears of
which of the following countries?
1) USA 2) U.K. 3) France 4) Germany 5) Austria
9. K. Natarajan was in the news recently as he was appointed as the new chairman of which of the
following institutions in question.
1) CII 2) FICCI 3) ASSOCHAM 4) NASSCOM 5) PHDCCI
10. According to the recently released report ‘Asian Development Outlook -2013’ ADB has pegged the
growth of Indian economy at ________ in 2013-104.
1) 5% 2) 5.5% 3) 6% 4) 6.5% 5) 7%
11. Which of the following Indian IT majors has decided to buy a French IT major Alti SA in adeal
worth 530 crore in the month of April 2013?
1) TCS 2) Wipro Technologies 3) Infosys Technologies 4) HCL Technologies 5) Patni Computers
12. Robert Edwards who passed away recently, was a pioneer from the filed of …
1) Cinema 2) Sports 3) Literature 4) Medicine 5) Politics
13. According to the recent announcement by the World Trade Organization( WTO) , which of the
following will be the projected world trade growth in the year 2013?
1) 5.2% 2) 4.7% 3) 4.5% 4) 3.9% 5) 3.3%
14. Which of the following veteran personalities of Indian cinema will be the latest recipient of
prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke Award this year?
1) Amitabh Bachchan 2) Pran 3) Asha Bhonsle 4) Gulzar 5) None of these
15. R.P. Goenka who passed away recently was a legendary personality from which of the following
fields?
1) Music 2) Archaeology 3) Business 4) Medicine 5) Politics
16. According to a recent verdict of the Supreme Court of India, the pride of India, the Gir Lions of
Gujarat will be shifted to which of the following states of India?
1) Rajasthan 2) Uttar Pradesh 3) Bihar 4) Madhya Pradesh 5) Haryana
17. Which of the following Indian states was in the news recently as it celebrated its 66th year of
existence in the month of April 2013?
1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Madhya Pradesh 3) Himachal Pradesh 4) Rajasthan 5) Andhra Pradesh
18. Which of the following works of fiction by Adam Johnson won the coveted Pulitzer Prize for 2013?
1) The Orphan Master’s Son 2) The Bet 3) Taking Eve 4) Damaged 5) Real
19. Ravuri Bharadwaja is the latest recipient of the prestigious Jnanpith Award for the year 2012. He is
a known author of which of the following languages?
1) Tamil 2) Oriya 3) Telugu 4) Malayalam 5) Sanskrit
20. Name the first woman as the Chief Election Commissioner of India and former governor of
Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka who passed away in the month of April 2013.
1) Fatima Biwi 2) Leila Seth 3) V.S Ramadevi 4) Padmashree Warrior 5) None of these
21. Which of the following Indian states was in the news in the month of April 2013 as it was given a
special package of Rs. 12000cr by the center?
1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Tamil Nadu 3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Rajasthan 5) Bihar
22. According to the latest Foreign Trade Policy 2013-2014, which of the following is the curtailed land
area requirement for the multi product Special Economic Zones(SEZs)?
1) 100 hectares 2) 2100 hectares 3) 300 hectares 4) 400 hectares 5) 500 hectares
23. Which of the following countries was in the news recently for launching ‘Orbital Noah’s Ark’ to
space, a biosatellite, to study the effect of long space journeys on the animals?
1) Japan 2) France 3) China 4) Russia 5) USA
24. Which of the following Indian cricket legend’s wax statue was unveiled at Sydney Cricket Ground
in Australia in the month of April 2013?
1) Sunil Gavaskar 2) Sachin Tendulkar 3) Lala Amarnath 4) C.K. Naidu 5) Kapil Dev
25. Which of the following countries witnessed an earthquake of 7.0 intensity that led to the death of
about 157 people and injuring about 5700 in April 2013?
1) France 2) Iran 3) Iraq 4) Pakistan 5) China
26. Giorgio Napolitino was re- elected as the President of which of the following countries in the month
of April 2013?
1) Austria 2) Spain 3) Italy 4) Belgium 5) Norway
27. Nicolas Maduro was in the news recently as he has been appointed as the President of which of the
following countries?
1) Mexico 2) Brazil 3) Venezuela 4) Peru 5) Sierra Leon
28. Shakuntala Devi who passed away recently was a legend from which of the following fields?
1) Agriculture Sciences 2) Mathematical Sciences 3) Physics 4) Medicine 5) Music
29. Former Chief Justice of India who recently submitted the report on the improvement of women’s
safety died in the month of April 2013. We are talking about…
1) J.S. Verma 2) P.K. Verma 3) S.K. Verma 4) N.S. Verma 5) A.N. Verma
30. Lalgudi Jayaraman who passed away recently was a maestro of which of which of the following
musical instruments?
1) Tabla 2) Flute 3) Violine 4) Sitar 5) Veena
31. Name the Indian businessman who was appointed as the Vice Chairman of the International
Chamber of Commerce (ICC), a prestigious business body, in the month of April 2013?
1) Sunil Bharti Mittal 2) N.R. Narayanmurthy 3) Kumaramangalam Birla 4) N. Chandrasekharana 5) Mukesh Ambani
32. Which of the following is the strain of the most lethal influenza virus as per WHO that has created
havoc in China leading to the death of about 22 people in that region in April 2013?
1) H1N5 2) H3N7 3) H7N9 4) H5N4 5) H5N1
33. Which of the following places was in the news in April 2013 as due to the collapse of a building
there about 124 people reportedly died and about 800 people were injured?
1) Karachi 2) Dhaka 3) Moscow 4) Rio De Janerio 5) Beijing
34. In a recent development India’s premier private airlines Jet airways reportedly sold some percentage
stake to Etihad Airways of Abu Dhabi for about 2000cr. Which of the following represents the
percentage stake sold in that deal?
1) 19% 2) 21% 3) 23% 4) 24% 5) 27%
35. Archana Bhargava has recently been appointed as the chairman cum managing director of which of
the following banks in question?
1) Central Bank of India 2) United Bank of India 3) Bank of Baroda 4) Canara Bank 5) Bank of India
36. Anil Goswami has recently been appointed as the new_________ to the Government of India.
1) Foreign secretary 2) Home secretary 3) Defense secretary 4) Revenue secretary 5) Cabinet secretary
37. Who amongst the following has been appointed as the chairman of the inquiry commission that has
been constituted to probe into the financial irregularities in the chit fund scheme of Saradha group,
that was unearthed recently?
1) B.N. Srikrishna 2) Shyamal Sen 3) R.C. Lahoti 4) S. Rajendra Babu 5) V.N. Khare
38. India will be hosting the next IBSA summit that is scheduled to take place in the month of June
2013. This will be the ______edition of the summit.
1) First 2) Third 3) Fourth 4) Fifth 5) Sixth
39. Wael-al Halqi was escaped unhurt in an assassination attempt in the later part of April 2013. He is
the Prime minister of which of the following countries?
1) Sudan 2) Syria 3) Indonesia 4) Egypt 5) Tunisia
40. Which of the following days is celebrated as the World Heritage Day?
1) April 8 2) April 13 3) April 18 4) April 21 5) April 27
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