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CA April 2013 Question Answers
CA April 2013 Question Answers
1) Which university in India will introduce a chapter on the contribution of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar to the
Constitution?
Answer: Karnataka State Open University
2) Which education and learning division announced its partnership with Big Bazaar to market their
learning products in their stores across India?
Answer: HCL Infosystems Limited
Answer. Hindi film actor Pran Krishan Sikand got the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2012. The
93 year old actor, popularly known as Pran, will be the 44th recipient of the top most film award in
India. 4
38. Who is elected as the President of Venezuela recently?
Answer. Nicolas Maduro
39. Indias first and only Women Chief Election Commissioner . passed away recently?
Answer. Ramadevi
40. The 2013 SAARC literature festival was hosted by which place?
Answer. Agra
41. The President of Bangladesh who passed away recently?
Answer. Zillur Rahman
42. Which are the three North Eastern states where new High Courts have been set up?
Answer. Tripura, Meghalaya and Manipur
43. World Earth Hour was observed from 8.30PM to 9.30PM On:
Answer. March 23
44. World Water Day was observed on:
Answer. March 22
45. World Tuberculosis Day was observed on:
Answer. March 24
46. Najib Mikati, who resigned recently was the Prime Minister of:
Answer. Lebanon
47. The recently announced National Tourism Award 2011-12 for the Best Rural Tourism Project has
been bagged by:
Answer. Kumarakom
48. The president of Egypt who visited India recently?
Answer. Mohamed Morsi
49. The renowned African novelist and author of Things Fall Apart who passed away recently?
82. The Government of Kerala has recently amended the Kerala Abkari Act by raising the age for
buying and selling liquor to .
Answer. Twenty One. The age limit was previously eighteen. 7
83. Who was presented with Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, Kerala Governments highest literar y honour,
on Feb 18?
Answer. Atoor Ravi Varma
84. has been declared as the first e-district in Kerala?
Answer. Ernakulam
85. The Kerala State award for the Best feature film was bagged by the movie
Answer. Celluloid.
Read more about Kerala State Film Awards 2013 Here.
86. Angelo Mathews has been appointed as the captain of the Cricket team of:
Answer. Srilanka. He replaced Mahela Jayawardene.
87. Indias new stock exchange, . Started trading shares on February 11.
Answer. MCX-Stock Exchange (MCX-SX)
Note: MCX stands for Multi Commodity Exchange. This is Indias third national level stock exchange,
after Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and the National Stock Exchange (NSE).
88. The code name given to the entire plan of the execution of Afsal Guru, the parliament attack
convict:
Answer. Operation Three Star
89. The Ministry of Forests and Environment of India has given clearance to the Tawang Hydroelectric
Project Phase II. In which state is the project situated?
Answer. Arunachal Pradesh
90. The Special Olympics World Winter Games was held from Jan 29 to Feb 5 in:
Answer. Pyeong Chang, South Korea.
91. Worlds tallest Mahatma Gandhi statue was unveiled on Feb 15 in:
Answer. Patna, Bihar
92. Which Indian economist has recently received Frances highest civilian award, Commandeur de la
Legion dHonneur (Legion of Honour)?
Answer. Amartya Sen
93. Rafael Correa has been re-elected for a third time as President of:
Answer. Ecuador
94. World Health Day was observed on:
Answer. April 7
95. Who has taken over as the new Chairman of NASSCOM (National Association of Software Services
Companies)?
Answer. Krishnakumar Natarajan
96. Which company launched the electric car named e2o?
Answer. Mahindra & Mahindra
97. India started Visa on Arrival (VoA) facility from April 1 for the senior citizens of which neighboring
country?
Answer. Pakistan 8
98. NPHCE, the newly launched programme by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare of India stands
for:
Answer. National Programme for the Health Care of the Elderly.
99. Which Booker prize winning novelist and screenwriter known for the novel Heat and Dust
passed away recently?
Answer. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.
100. Who has created history by becoming the first Indian on a solo non-stop trip across the world in a
sail boat?
Answer. Lieutenant Commander Abhilash Tomy
101. Miss Universe 2012 is:
Answer. Olivia Culpo
102. The recipient of Bharath Muni Samman 2012 is:
Ans. Hema Malini
103. Pranab Mukherjee: The All Season Man was written by whom?
Answer. Sukhendu Sekar Ray
104. The new Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh is:
Answer. Virbhadra Singh
105. The Director of Film Life of Pi?
Answer. Ang Lee
106. The new Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is:
Answer. Ranjith Sinha
107. The new Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF) is:
Answer. Subash Joshi
108. Controversially Yours was written by:
Answer. Shuhaib Aktar
109. Broken Republic was written by:
Answer. Arundhati Roy
110. I.K Gujrals autobiography is:
Answer. Matters of Discretion
111. Which country is set to launch first solid fuel rocket by 2016?
Answer. China
112. At which location, Indias first all Women Post Office was recently inaugurated?
Answer. New Delhi
113. Which was the theme for International Womens Day 2013?
Answer. A Promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women. 9
114. Which Indian was awarded SAARC Literature Award in 2013?
Answer. Abhay. K
115. Recently, which state government has announced a new scheme called Kanyasri Prakalpa, to
encourage girls towards higher education?