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G K
Questions (November 09, 2013)
Exclusive
on Tamil Nadu
(01) Tamil Nadu has ___ number of
tiger reserves which are declared as part of Project Tiger
04 (Kalakkad Mundanthurai; Mudumalai; Anamalai-Parambikulam and
Sathyamngalam)
(02) The number of Biosphere
Reserves in Tamil Nadu
03 (Gulf of Mannar ; Nilgiri;
Agasthyamalai)
(03) Sathanur Dam
Crocodile Park
Tiruvannamalai
(04) The largest wildlife
sanctuary in Tamil Nadu is
Sathyamngalam Wildlife Sanctuary (Erode Dt); Area: 1411.6 sq. km
(05) The old name of Indira Gandhi
National Park
Anamalai National Park
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G K
Questions (November 08, 2013)
Exclusive
on Books & Authors
Mention the authors for the
following books:-
(01) “The Shadow of the
Crescent Moon”
Fatima Bhutto (daughter of Benazir Bhutto)
(02) “A life in War and Peace”
Kofi Annan (co-author: Nader Mousavizadeh)
(03) “My Journey –
Transforming dreams into actions”
APJ Abdul Kalam
(04) “Pax Indica”
Shashi Tharoor
(05) “A Journey”
Tony Blair
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G K
Questions (November 07, 2013)
Exclusive
on CHOGM
(01) If 2013 CHOGM is at Colombo
(02) If 2013 CHOGM is at Colombo
(03) India
1983 @ Goa
(04) The present head of
Commonwealth is
Queen Elizabeth-II
(05) First CHOGM was held in
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G K
Questions (November 06, 2013)
Exclusive
on Mars Mission of India
(01) The name of India
Mangalyaan
(02) The project director of India
Subbiah Arunan
(03) The launch vehicle of India
PSLV-C25
(04) If all goes well, India
Sep 24, 2014
(05) The distance between Earth
and Mars is
The minimum distance from the Earth to Mars is about 54.6 million
kilometers. The farthest apart they can be is about 401 million km. The average
distance is about 225 million km.
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G K
Questions (November 05, 2013)
Exclusive
on Tamil Nadu
(01)G U Pope Award is given for
For translating Tamil literature into other languages
(02) Umaru Pulavar Award is given
for
Lifetime contribution to Tamil and Tamil literature
(03) Avvaiyar Award is given for
Every year a woman is selected who contributed in the fields of
social reforms, women development, religious harmony, language, arts, tradition
etc. It is given on March 08(world women day)
(04) The first winner of Avvaiyar award is
Dr. V. Shanta
(05) Pennycuick memorial
inaugurated on
January 15, 2013
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G K
Questions (November 04, 2013)
Exclusive
on Tamil Nadu
(01) Full form of TANGEDCO is
Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation
(02) Who heads the committee that
is probing the illicit mining of beach minerals in Tamil Nadu?
Mr. Gagandeep Singh Bedi (Revenue Secretary)
(03) The two proposed UMPP in
Tamil Nadu is
Cheyyur (Kancheepuram Dt; 4000 MW); Udangudi (Tuticorin Dt; 1320
MW)
(04) The number of Geographical
Indicators from Tamil Nadu is (as of Nov 04, 2013)
24
(05) The MMR (Maternal Mortality
Rate) and IMR (Infant Mortality Rate) of Tamil Nadu respectively is
74 and 44
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G K
Questions (November 03, 2013)
(01) Which Indian Actor has been
recently appointed as the brand ambassador for South Korea
Shahrukh Khan
(02) The new editor-in chief of The
Hindu newspaper
(03) The launch vehicle of
Chandrayaan was
PSLV-C11 (Oct 22, 2008)
(04) What is hyperpolyglot?
A person who can master a language in very short period of time
(05) Name the Deputy Governors of
RBI
Urjit Patel, K C Chakarabarty, Anand Sinha and H R Khan
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G K
Questions (November 02, 2013)
(01) Sony and which other
electronics giant developed CD?
Philips
(02) The excess of which acid is
responsible for the condition called “gout”?
Uric Acid
(03) “Pd” is the chemical symbol
for which element?
Palladium
(04) What is “Nrityaroopa”?
A fusion of six classical dances (Bharatanatyam, Kathakali, Kathak,
Odissi, Chhau and Manipuri)
(05) International Day of the
Girl Child is being celebrated on
October 11
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G K
Questions (November 01, 2013)
(01) To which Bharat Ratna winner
was the first national Yash Chopra Memorial Award presented recently?
Lata Mangeshkar
(02) Who was the last US
Jimmy Carter
(03) Which is the second most
abundant element in the observable universe?
Helium
(04) Which is the largest
landlocked Country in the World?
(05) If the first of the 44
awardees was Devika Rani, then who is the latest?
Pran
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G K Questions (October 31,
2013)
(01) The Eight Core Industries are
Coal, Crude Oil, Natural Gas, Refinery
Products, Fertilisers, Steel, Cement and Electricity
(02) RBI set up a three-member committee
under former Governor _______ to scrutinize applications for new bank licenses
Bimal Jalan
(03) The present post of Arvind Mayaram
Economic Affairs Secretary
(04) The bilateral trade target set by India and China
$100 billion
(05) The cities that are in 'sister city'
relationship in India and China
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G K Questions (October 30,
2013)
(01) The panel (two panels) which probed
about the ecological feature of Western Ghats ?
Madhav Gadgil and K Kasturirangan
(02) The more recently, gold hunt fame fort
name is
Fort of Raja Rao Ram Bux Singh
(03) The States that are going to face
Assembly Elections in Nov/Dec 2013 are
(04) Sebastian Vettel belongs to the
country of
(05) Expand CHOGM
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
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G K Questions (October 29,
2013)
(01) Mother Teresa Award for 2013 is
V Shanta
(02) The new Chief Justice for Madras
Rajesh Kumar Agarwal
(03) What is “Nrityarupa”?
A mosaic of 6 traditional dance forms of India
(04) Which panel said that, Centre alone
can suspend screening of films certified by Censor Board and not the State
Governments?
Mukul Mudgal
(05) What is NERPF?
North East Regional Political Front, a new
political party launched by several parties in North Eastern States
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G K Questions (October 28,
2013)
(01) Four major coral reefs in India
Gulf of Mannar, Gulf
of Kachch , Lakshadweep
Is and Andaman and Nicobar Is
(02) Operation Pawan was an army mission
carried out by Indian Army in which country?
(03) The University
of Heidelberg , one of the oldest
universities in Europe is situated in which
country?
(04) What was purchased by the USA from Russia
(05) In the year 1991, Azerbaijan
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G K Questions (October 27,
2013)
(01) Father of Computer is
Alan Mathison Turing (he is also father of
Artificial Intelligence)
(02) Father of Laptops is
Bill Mogridge
(03) World’s first university was
established at
Takshila (700 BC)
(04) India
(05) Name of Air India
Malabar Prince (Bombay
to London
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G K Questions (October 26,
2013)
(01) The two nominated Anglo-Indian MPs in
the current Lok Sabha are
Dr. Charles Dias (Kerala) and Mrs. Ingrid
Mcleod (Chhattisgarh)
(02) Name the Indian
Coast Guard ship that detained the
Seaman Guard at Tuticorin, which is creating a big tussle between India and USA
Indian Coast Guard Ship Naikidevi
(03) The first MP to lose his seat after
the Supreme Court struck down a provision in the electoral law that protects a
convicted lawmaker from disqualification on the ground of pendency of appeal in
higher courts
Mr. Rashid Masood (Rajya Sabha MP from
Congress)
(04) Hurricane Raymond is associated with
the country of
(05) The new coach for Indian men hockey
team is
Terry Walsh (Australia
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G K Questions (October 25,
2013)
Questions on Tamil Nadu
(01) “My Experience as a Legislator”
is a book written by
Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy
(02) The five state PSUs (Public Sector
Units) that bought stake at NLC are:
SIPCOT, TIDCO, TIIC, PowerFin and TUFIDCO
(03) Women Rajya Sabha member from Tamil
Nadu (as of Oct 25, 2013) is
Kanimozhi (DMK), Vasanthi Stanley (DMK)
and Jayanthi Natrajan (INC)
(04) The literacy rate of Tamil Nadu (as
per 2011 census) is
80.33%
(05) Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is in
the district of
Tirunelveli
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G K Questions (October 24,
2013)
Questions on Tamil Nadu
(01) The least populated municipal Corporation
of Tamil Nadu is
Tuticorin
(02) Latitude and longitude Extension of
Tamil Nadu is
8°5´N to 13°35´N and 76°15´E to 80°20´E
(03) Operation If the Sex Ratio of Tamil
Nadu is 995, then Child Sex Ratio is (as per 2011 census)
946
(04) Tamil Nadu Government’s official
Newspaper is
Tamil Arasu
(05) If 32nd district of Tamil Nadu is
Tirupur, mention the 30th and 31st districts respectively (based on the
formation of districts)
30th à Krishnagiri and
31st à Ariyalur
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G K Questions (October 23,
2013)
Name the Indian States associated with the
following Indian Army Operations:
(01) Operation Polo
Andhra Pradesh (1948 – Incorporation of
Princely Hyderabad State to Indian Union )
(02) Operation Woodrose
Punjab (1984 – to prevent the outbreak of
widespread public protest in the state of Punjab )
(03) Operation Meghdoot
(04) Operation Bluestar
Punjab (1984 - to eliminate Jarnail Singh
Bhindranwale from the Golden Temple in Amritsar
(05) Operation Cyclone
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G K Questions (October 22,
2013)
(01) Who leads the team that are digging
“gold hunt” in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh?
P K Mishra, Deputy Director of ASI
(02) The Archaeological Survey of India
Ministry of Culture
(03) The country which recently rejected
UNSC seat
(04)
Associates of ailing socialist leader George Fernandes have registered a
political party named
Lok Aawaz Dal (LAD)
(05) Which yesteryear lead lady plays the
role of Ramunjan’s mother in the upcoming biopic film of Maths genius which is
being produced in the languages of Tamil and English?
Suhasini Manirtanam
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G K Questions (October 21,
2013)
(01) The theory which said that, “INC was
created by British Viceroy (Dufferin) acting through a British ex-Civilian (A O
Hume), to act as a safety against popular discontent”?
Safety Value Theory
(02) The only Viceroy to be murdered in
office in India
Lord Mayo
(03) Who renamed Atmiya Sabha as Brahmo
Samaj?
Maharishi Debendranath Tagore (father of
Rabindranath Tagore) in 1828
(04) The only Viceroy who handled Indian
problems with compassion and sympathy was
Lord Ripon
(05) After the departure of which Viceroy,
INC was formed?
Lord Ripon
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G K Questions (October 20,
2013)
(01) The upcoming two new Municipal
Corporations in Tamil Nadu is
Thanjavur and Dindigul
(02) The coastal length of Tamil Nadu is
1076 km
(03) Who was the Chief Minister of Tamil
Nadu, when the much famed Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddy maternity scheme was
introduced in the State?
M G Ramachandran (scheme introduced in
1986)
(04) Cradle Baby Scheme was introduced in
the year of
1992 (Salem
(05) The districts in Tamil Nadu which has
maximum number of SC and ST population (both in absolute numbers) are
Villupuram and The Nilgiris
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G K Questions (October 19,
2013)
(01) What is “Q Radio” is India
(02) The Environment Ministry has decided
to turn approximately 60,000 square kilometres of __________ across six States
into an Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA), banning mining, quarrying, thermal
power plants and polluting industries over the entire range
(03) EAS (East Asia Summit
(04) Which pipeline project is called as
“peace pipeline project”?
(05) Who preceded and succeeded APJ Abdul
Kalam in Rashtrapathi Bhavan respectively?
K. R. Narayanan and Pratibha Patil
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G K Questions (October 18,
2013)
(01) Name any two other countries with a
Disneyland other than U.S.
(02) Who was the first woman on the planet
according to Greek mythology?
Pandora
(03) Jawaharlal Nehru called whom as “Father
of Lok Sabha”
G V Mavalanker
(04) He was BJP backed Presidential Candidate
in the 13th Presidential Electoral College. He was also acted as Speaker of Lok
Sabha. Mention the person whom we are referring here
P A Sangma
(05) Which make of cari s name of the Latin
Word meaning “I Hear”?
Audi
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G K Questions (October 17,
2013)
(01) At the last minute, Ranjith Maheshwary
was not warded Arjuna Award 2013 citing that the athlete was tested positive
for banned drug. That drug name is
Ephedrine
(02) In the Railway Budget 2013-14, it is
announced that Indian Institute of Railway Financial Management will be set up
in the city of
Secuderabad
(03) India
Dhanbad and Howrah
(04) The number of major ports in India
13
(05) Designer of TIDEL park in Chennai (13
storied building rated as the single largest IT park in India
Mr. C N Ragavendran
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G K Questions (October 16,
2013)
Identify the cities where the following
airports are located
(01) Veer Savarkar
International Airport
Port Blair
(02) Sardar Vallabhai Patel International Airport
Ahmedabad
(03) Chaudry Charan
Singh International
Airport
(04) Lal Bahadur
Shastri International
Airport
(05) Lokpriya Gopinath
Bordoli International
Airport
Guwahati
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G K Questions (October 15,
2013)
(01) Out of the 38 seats in the Northern Province of Sri Lanka
30
(02) India
14th
(03) The Indian State
Tamil Nadu
(04) Recently which is the only State in India
(05) The director of the film “The Good
Road”, India
Gyan Correa (It is his first film)
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G K Questions (October 14,
2013)
(01) At present, Iran
is India
[2nd / 4th / 6th / 8th]
6th
(02) After partnering with Air Asia , Tata recently signed MoU with which airlines?
(03) The official World Tourism Day 2013
celebrations was at
The Maldives
(04) The score of Tamil Nadu in the
recently released ‘Composite Development Index of States’ (Raghuram Rajan
Panel) {Tamil Nadu Chief Minister strongly objected to this report}
0.341 (Third position)
(05) “Minuteman III” is a nuclear capable
missile belong to the country of
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G K Questions (October 13,
2013)
(01) The first Indian City
(02) Asia ’s
first space university is located at
Thiruvananthapuram
(03) The Indian State
Manipur
(04) The Indian State
(05) Nainital is in the State of
Uttarakhand
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G K Questions (October 12,
2013)
Identify the states associated with the
paintings
(01) Warli painting Maharashtra
(02) Pata Chitra painting Odisha
(03) Madhubani painting Bihar
(04) Phad painting Rajasthan
(05) Kalamkari painting Andhra Pradesh
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G K Questions (October 11,
2013)
(01) Canadian Pacific Railway connects the
cities of
(02) Canadian National Railway connects the
cities of
(03) Trans Siberian Railway connects the
cities of
(04) Trans Australian Railway connects the
cities of
(05) Vivek Express connects the cities of
Dibrugarh - Kanyakumari
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G K Questions (October 10,
2013)
(01) Raguram Rajan is _________ governor of
RBI
[22nd / 23rd / 24th / 25th]
23rd
(02) How much amount will India
$18 billion
(03) The Prime Minister (not from India
Mr. Shinzo Abe (Japan
(04) During 2012-13, which Indian State
Odisha
(05) PMEAC (Prime Minister Economic
Advisory Council) has slowed down the GDP rate to
5.3%
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G K Questions (October 09,
2013)
(01) The length of Golden Quadrilateral Highway
5846 km
(02) The length of the North-South Corridor
and East-West Corridor is
7142 km
(03) The Golden Quadrilateral and North
South Corridor meets at the cities of
Krishnagiri, Bangalore ,
Delhi and Agra
(04) The Golden Quadrilateral and East West
Corridor meets at the cities of
(05) The North South Corridor and East West
Corridor meets at the cities of
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G K Questions (October 08,
2013)
(01) The Deputy Secretary General of UN is
Jan Eliasson
(02) Name the Election Commissioners of India
Mr. Harishankar Brahma & Mr. Syed
Nasim Ahmad Zaidi
(03) 2013 G-20 Summit was held in
(04) India
GSAT-7 (or Rukmini)
(05) The battle which ended the French
Power in India
Third Carnatic War
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G K Questions (October 07,
2013)
(01) The two ST reserved Assembly
Constituencies in Tamil Nadu are
Yercaud (Salem
(02) What is JENVAC in news recently?
(03) The Centre sponsored RUSA scheme is for
education. Expand RUSA
Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan
(04) Name the States that are going to
polls on Nov and Dec 2013
(05) The number of women governors in India
3
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G K Questions (October 06,
2013)
(01) India
Dinkar Khullar
(02) India
Mr. Asoke Kumar Mukherjee
(03) Which event made Gandhi made popular
throughout the country?
Rowlatt Act
Mr. Tony Abbott
(05) President of Zimbabwe
Robert Mugababe
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G K Questions (October 05,
2013)
(01) Each Standing Committee must consists
of ______ Lok Sabha members and _______ Rajya Sabha members
30 LS and 15 RS
(02) India
Mr. Y B Chavan
(03) When both the posts of the Speaker and
Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha fall vacant simultaneously, who will preside over
the House?
At that time, President may appoint any
person from the House to preside over the House
(04) If Rashtrapathi Bhavan is in New Delhi
(05) 11th Lok Sabha seen 3 Prime Ministers.
Mention their names
A B Vajpayee, H D Deve Gowda, I K Gujral
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G K Questions (October 04,
2013)
(01) Next to Uttar Pradesh, which State has
maximum number of Lok Sabha seats?
(02) Out of 543 Lok Sabha seats elected by
people directly, how many are reserved for States and Union Territories
For States: 530 and for Union Territories
(03) The present (Oct 04, 2013) Leader of
both the Houses are
For Lok Sabha à Mr. Sushil Kumar
Shinde; For Rajya Sabha à
Dr.
(04) The number of High Courts in India that has territorial jurisdiction for two
states and more than that (*exclude Union
Territories
3 (Bombay HC – Maharashtra, Goa;
Guwahati HC – Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram,
Arunachal Pradesh; Punjab & Haryana HC – Punjab, Haryana)
(05) The Committee which recommended to
include the Fundamental Duties in the Constitution is
Swaran Singh Committee
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G K Questions (October 03,
2013)
(01) The headquarter of West Central
Railway Zone is
(02) Name the political party of Germany
CDU (Christians Democratic Union )
(03) The first woman to win Rajiv Gandhi
Khel Ratna Award is
Karnam Malleswari
(04) The present CIC (Chief Information
Commissioner) for India
Ms. Deepak Sandhu
(05) Who has been recently appointed as India ’s High Commissioner to United Kingdom
Mr. Ranjan Mathai
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G K Questions (October 02,
2013)
(01) Name the Chief Ministers of India
Moraji Desai (Bombay presidency), Charan
Singh (UP), V P Singh (UP), P V Narsimha Rao (Andhra Pradesh) and Deve Gowda
(Karnataka)
(02) When did Rs. 1000 currency note was
introduced in India
October 2000
(03) The five year plan which is called as
John W Millar Model is
VIII five year plan (1992-1997)
(04) The PM associated with 20 point
economic programme is
Smt. Indira Gandhi
(05) JNNURM was launched in
Dec 03, 2005
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G K Questions (October 01,
2013)
(01) Name the mall in Nairobi
Westgate Shopping Mall
(02) India
Ardeshir Irani
(03) The five year plans in India
National Development Council (NDC)
(04) The first state to introduce VAT
(Value Added Tax) was
Haryana (from 2003)
(05) Repo rate is the rate at which
________ borrows from _______
RBI, bank
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G K Questions (September 30,
2013)
(01) Winner of Miss World 2013 is
Ms. Megan Young (The Philippines
(02) Madras
1862
(03) The first Nobel Prize for Physics was
won by
Roentgen
(04) In which famous University would you
find the world renowned Bodleian Library?
(05) In which country is Waterloo
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G K Questions (September 28,
2013)
(01) The Indian who received the Fifth
Deutsche Bank Prize for Financial Economics 2013 is
Dr. Raghuram Rajan
(02) The sanctioned strength of total
number of judges for Madras
62
(03) As per the Raghuram Rajan report, the
top 3 states that are in the category of “relatively developed” are
(04) The pin code “110201” in India
This is the separate pin code for Supreme
Court of India
(05) The theme of World Tourism Day2013 is
“Tourism
and Water: Protecting our Common Future”
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G K Questions (September 27,
2013)
(01) The office of District Collector in India
Lord Warren Hastings (1772)
(02) The National Anthem “Jana gana mana”
was originally composed in the language of
Bengali
(03) The National Song “Vande Mataram”
was originally composed in the language of
Sanskrit
(04) The animals in our National Emblem is
Lions, elephant, horse and bull
(05) Name the Indian Presidents who die
during their term itself?
Dr. Zakir Hussain and Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
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G K Questions (September 26,
2013)
(01) Number of gold medals won by India
02
(02) National Girl Child is being
celebrated on
January 24
(03) The first Asian Country to order
Chemical castration for child rapists is
(04) David Headley was sentenced to ____
years in prison for his role in 2008 Mumbai attacks
35
(05) National Voters Day is being
celebrated on
January 25
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G K Questions (September 25,
2013)
(01) The State government that launched a
unique scheme called “Mukhyamarti Bijli Bachat Lamp Yojana” for energy
conservation is
Rahjasthan
(02) The Indian State
Madhya Pradesh
(03) Indian National
Defence University
Gurgaon
(04) In India
June 15, 2013
(05) In India
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G K Questions (September 24,
2013)
(01) “Surya Kiran” is a joint army exercise
between India
(02) Recently, Typhoon Usagi devasted the
country of
(03) Tokyo
(04) Leander Paes won the Men’s Mixed
Doubles of US Open 2013. Who was his partner?
Robert Stepnaek of Czechoslovakia
(05) India
Silver
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G K Questions (September 23,
2013)
(01) The ‘national icons’ of the Election
Commission of India
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, Mahendra Singh Dhoni,
Saina Nehwal and Mary Kom
(02) The country that tops the world press
freedom index 2013 is
(03) Seventh Regional Pravasi Bhartiya
Divas to be held at (November 2013) is
(04) The number of Lok Sabha Seats reserved
for SCs in India
84
(05) Winner of US Open 2013 (Men’s Singles)
Rafael Nadal
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G K Questions (September 22,
2013)
(01) Mr. Robert Mugabe is the president of
(02) The new President of Asian Athletics
Federation who defeated India
Mr. Dahlan Jumaan Al - Hamad
(03) Who replaced Hardeep Singh Puri (India
Mr. Asoke Kumar Mukherjee
(04) Who is the Bangladeshi counterpart of
Mr. Pranab Mukherjee?
Mr. Abdul Hamid
(05) Winner of Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2012
is
Pran Krishan Sikand
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G K Questions (September 21,
2013)
(01) In which city was the United States
(02) Tokyo
1964
(03) The first state/union territory in India
(04) The first state to hold elections in
accordance with the “Panchayat Raj”, after the 73 rd Constitutional Amendment,
1993 is
Madhya Pradesh
(05) The number of High Courts in India
24
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G K Questions (September 20,
2013)
(01) Out of 1000 MW, Tamil Nadu likely to
get ____ MW from Kudankulam nuclear power project
562.5 MW
(02) The six national parties of India
BJP, BSP, CPI, CPI-M, INC and NCP
(03) The range of Agni – V missile is
5000 km (3100 miles)
(04) The capital of Syria
(05) Microsoft bought Nokia for the amount
of
$7.17 billion
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G K Questions (September 19,
2013)
(01) Prime Minister’s new special envoy for
disarmament and non-proliferation is
Mr. Rakesh Sood
(02) Former IMF (International Monetary
Fund) Chief Mr. Dominique Strauss-Khan will serve as an economic adviser to
which country?
(03) Typhoon Man-Yi devasted the country of
(04) The Indians who won the Indira Gandhi
Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development so far
3 (Rajiv Gandhi, M S
SWaminathan and Ela Bhatt)
(05) Number of “Miss Universe” title
winners from India
2 (Sushmita Sen &Lara Dutta)
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G K Questions (September 18,
2013)
(01) The first IIIT (Indian Institute of
Information Technology) is Gwalior
(02) The airport of Bihar
Jayprakash Narayan
(03) Which country is closes to te
southernmost point of India?
(04) In 1992, Maastricht
European Union
(05) Number of “Miss World” title winners
from India
5 (Reita Faira, Aishwarya Rai, Diana Hayden, Yunta Mukhi & Priyanka
Chopra)
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G K Questions (September 17,
2013)
(01) Before shifting the 2013 Asian
Athletics meet from Chennai to Pune, the governing body made a proposal to two
Indian cities to host the event for which the respective State Governments
turned down the offer. The two cities are
(02) Ms. Sujata Singh is the present
foreign secretary of India
Ms. Chokila Iyer and Ms. Nirupama Rao
(03)
The State government that is all set to start to build a Sita temple (Ramayana)
in Sri Lanka
Madhya Pradesh
(04) The country that won the maiden U-20
FIFA world cup title is
(05) The top three Indian States that
attract maximum foreign tourists (during 2012)
Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Delhi
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G K Questions (September 14,
2013)
(01) The President of which country
authored a book on world cinema in the 1980s?
North Korea’s Kim Jong - II
(02) How many Oscars did Attenborough’s
“Gandhi” won?
8
(03) The first Indian woman to feature in a
postal stamp was
Meera Bai
(04) The amendment which increased the
total strength of Lok Sabha from 525 to 545 is
31st Amendment, 1973
(05) The reason for celebrating February 28
as National Day in India
Sir C V Raman announced the discovery of
Raman Effect in light scattering on Feb 28, 1928 for which he won Nobel Prize
in 1930
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G K Questions (September 13,
2013)
(01) Which Bharat Ratna has become the
first Indian to win the coveted “US
Amartya Sen
(02) Which alternative two-word term is used
for the day of the year with the longest period of daylight?
Summer Solstice
(03) The radius of the earth is
6378 km
(04) The meaning of the word “sputnik” is
fellow traveller
(05) Two nations born on January 01, 1993
is
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G K Questions (September 12,
2013)
(01) The Election Commission of India
Noksen (ST) Assembly Constituency in
Nagaland
(02) W3C is the informed name for the main
international standards organisation for the web. Expand W3C
World Wide Web Consortium
(03) Which Country’s flag is the only
national flag that is taller than it is wide?
(04) Which Southern State became the first
to have ‘special tiger protection force’ in place?
Karnataka
(05) The places connected by Golden Gate Bridge
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G K Questions (September 10,
2013)
(01) The first leader to be arrested at the
time of non-Cooperation movement was
C R Das
(02) In the First Carnatic War, French gave
Madras to British under Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle . For this British exchanged which City to
France
(03) Author of the book “A life in
politics”
P A Sangma
(04) Government of Tamil Nadu’s 2013
Independence Day Awards, Best Corporation was won by
Erode
(05) Indian National
Defence University
Gurgaon
(06) Who was the Chief Guest for 2013
Pravasi Bhartiya Divas which was held at Kochi
Mr. Rajkeswar Purryag
(07) Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for
2012 was won by
Mr. Sharad Yadav
(08) If 2013’s G20 was at St.
Petersburg , then 2013’s BRICS was at Durban
(09) The battle / war which was fought
after Battle of Plassey, that bought an end to
French Supremacy in India
III Carnatic War
(10) The Satyagraha that helped Gandhi as
an all-India leader was Rowlatt Satyagraha
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G K Questions (September 09,
2013)
(01) In Economic, if “Narrow Money” is
denoted by M1, then “Reserve Money” is denoted by
M0
(02) The eighth five year plan (1992-1997)
which recognised human development as the core of all development efforts is
based on the model of
John W Millar model
(03) Milk contains the sugar
Sucrose
(04) Number of seats reserved for Union Territories
10
(05) Under which article, a person can move
the Supreme Court directly in the event of violation of Fundamental Rights
Article 32
(06) The regional party that has the
distinction of enjoying the “Opposition Party” in the Lok Sabha is
TDP (Telugu Desam Party)
(07) RTI came to India
(08) Author of the book “Red Fort to Raisina”
Salman Khurshid
(09) The battle that paved the
establishment of Muslim rule in India
III Battle
(10) Who destroyed the University of Nalanda
Bhaktiyar Khilji
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G K Questions (September 08,
2013)
(01) The convention that approved the
recommendation for elimination of production and use of ‘endosulfan’ is
(02) The country that introduced “Fat Tax”
on foods such as butter and oil is
(03) The U.N. Panel that probed the Sri
Lankan war crimes
Marzuki Darsuman, Yasmin Sorka and Steven
Ratner
(04) [Nag / Dhanush / Prahaar / Aakash] is
the navy variant of Prithvi
Dhanush
(05) As per 2011 census, the most densely
populated State is {exclude Union
Territories
(06) The nominated MLA (Anglo – Indian
community) in the present Tamil Nadu Assembly is
Dr. Nancy Ann Cynthia Francis
(07) Which district in Tamil Nadu registered
the highest population growth as per 2011 census?
Kancheepuram
(08) Number of Indian cities that has a
population of more than 1 million
51
(09) Which battle paved the way for the
foundation of British empire in India
(10) Who was the Governor General of India
Lord Canning
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G
K Questions (September 07, 2013)
(01) “Eklavya Award”, highest award in the
sports field is given by the State government of
(02) Indian Parliament celebrated its 60th
year celebrations on
May 13, 2012
(03) “Sattriya”, one of the classical
dances of India
(04) Afghanistan
2007
(05) 2013’s G-20 summit is being held in
(06) The Planet that is an exceptional to
Bode’s law is
(07) If it is “Bucephalus” for Alexander,
then for Buddha it is Kanthaka
(08) The first Indian to win “Ramon Magsaysay
Award” (Asia ’s Nobel Prize) is
Vinobha Bhave
(09) The Indian State
Chhattisgarh
(10) The summer capital of British India was
Shimla
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G
K Questions (September 06, 2013)
(01) Which district in Tamil Nadu has the
shortest coastal length?
Thiruvallur District
(02) Bharathiyar delivered his last speech
at
Erode
(03) Number of “international airports” in India
25
(04) Bilingudu, the place where River
Cauvery enters Tamil Nadu is in the district of
Krishnagiri District
(05) The number of IITs in India
16
(06) FDI allowed in Tea plantation is
49%
(07) “Nirbhay” is India
Subsonic missile
(08) Number of “maharatna” companies
7 (CIL, IOC, NTPC, ONGC, SAIL, GAIL &
BHEL)
(09) Which monument’s old name was “All India
(10) Number of Indian railways recognised
by UNESCO as world heritage site
4 (Darjeeling
Himalayan Railway, Chhtarpati Shivaji Terminus, Nilgiri Mountain
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Current
Affairs Questions (August 29, 2013)
(01) The Indian who won the "Legend of
Planet" Award?
Bindeshwar Pathak
(02) The four Indian cities that are most
visited by foreign tourists during 2011-12?
Chennai, Delhi ,
Mumbai and Agra
(03) Recently UNESCO has designated India
(04) What is "Roshini"?
Placement-oriented skill-development
scheme targeting 50,000 persons, mostly tribals in Left-Wing-Extremism affected
districts in India
(05) The top three countries that are most
intensively watched by USA
(06) Seven metropolitan cities — (4 being Delhi
(07) Tropical storm Barry devasted the
country of
(08) The number of states (including Union Territories
12
(09) Out of 162 countries surveyed for the
Peace Index , India
141
(10) Which state accounts for maximum
number of road accidents in India
Tamil Nadu
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Current Affairs Question (August 28, 2013)
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(01) The code name "Dropmire" is
associated with
The Guardian's exposé on the
spying methods of US used against embassies
(02) How many medals India
Two (Gold & Bronze)
(03) Mention the one and only Indian
institute that figured in the Academic Ranking of World's top 500 Universities
for 2013.
IIsc, bangalore
(04) The recipient of Tagore Award for
Cultural Harmony -2013 is
Zubin Mehta
(05) Malala Day is being celebrated on
July 12
(06) 14th World Athletics Championships
(2013) concluded at Moscow ,
Russia
(07) The first smoke-free State in India
Himachal Pradesh
(08) The Election Commission (EC) has yet
another mammoth task of holding Legislative Assembly polls in Delhi
Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail
(09) Full form of MERS-CoV
(10) X is the richest among the States in India
Arunachal Pradesh
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Current
Affairs Questions (August 27, 2013)
Prof. Virgninius Xaxa
(02) What is "Parvarish"?
Monthly allowance to HIV affected children
in Bihar
(03) What is "Operation Malai"
(in related with TN)?
Translocation of herd elephants at
Tiruvannamalai District
(04) The Aravind Kejriwal party AAP gets what
symbol for contesting in Delhi
Broom
(05) So far, UN's FAO awarded
"Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System" to two Indian
States. Mention them?
Odisha and Kerala
(06) The recipient of 2013 Rajiv Gandhi
Rashtriya Sadbhavana Award?
Amjad Ali Khan
(07) What is "Operation Rahat"?
IAF rescue operation in Uttarakhand flood
(08) India
Kerala
(09) Luzhniki Stadium was n news recently
for
14th World Athletics Chmapionships (Moscow , Russia
(10) The top three largest internet user in
the latest survey is
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