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1. Who is the winner of Australian Open 2013 Women's title ? Answer: Victoria Azarenka 2. Who is the winner of Australian Open 2013 men's title ? Answer: Novak Djokovic 3. Who is the chief guest of 2013 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas ? Answer: Rajkeswur Purryag, President of Mauritius (Held in Kochi) 4. Who is the chief guest of republic day 2013 ? Answer: Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, King of Bhutan 5. Who is first female President of South Korea ? Answer: Park Guen-hye 6. Who is the first female Chief Justice of Sri Lanka ? Answer: Shirani Bandaranayake (recently impeached) 7. Who is the winner of DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2013 ? Answer: Jeet Thayil (book - Narcopolis) 8. Which is the Longest Railway Tunnel in India? Answer: Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel (Banihal railway tunnel) 9. Where did the World Economic Forum annual meeting held ? Answer: Davos, Switzerland 10. Who has been conferred won Keerthi Chakra (the second highest among peace time gallantry awards of India)? Answer: Major Anoop Joseph 11. Which Indian scientist conferred with China's top science award ? Answer: CNR Rao 12. Who is the winner of Ranji Trophy 2012-2013 ? Answer: Mumbai 13. Which country recently test fired Hatf-9 (Nasr) missile ? Answer: Pakistan 14. Who is the new Chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi ? Answer: Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty 15. Who is the new President of Sahitya Akademi ? Answer: Dr. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari 16. Who is appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations ? Answer: Asoke Kumar Mukerji 17. Who is the worlds oldest Marathon runner ? Answer: Fauja Singh OSCAR Winners 2013 (85th Academy Awards Winners) 18. Which film won this year's Best Picture Oscar ? Answer: Argo 19. Which actor won this year's Best Actor (in a Leading Role) Oscar ? Answer: Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) 20. Which actress won this year's Best Actress (in a Leading Role) Oscar ? Answer: Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) 21. Who won this year's Best Director Oscar ? Answer: Ang Lee (Life of Pi) 22. Who is the first person to win Best Actor Oscar thrice ? Answer: Daniel Day-Lewis 23. What is the theme of 2013 International Womens Day ? Answer: A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women 24. New Governor of Nagaland ? Answer: Ashwani Kumar 25. New Governor of Kerala ? Answer: Nikhil Kumar 26. New Governor of Odisha ? Answer: S C Jamir 27. Who is the new President of Kenya ? Answer: Uhuru Kenyatta 28. Who is the new PM ( Premier of the People's Republic of China) of China ? Answer: Li Keqiang 29. Who is the new Pope? Answer: Pope Francis 30. What is the name of India's first regional navigational satellite ? Answer: IRNSS-1 31. Who scored fastest hundred on debut in test cricket ? Answer: Shikhar Dhawan 32. Where is India's first all women post office inaugurated on women's day ? Answer: Delhi 33. What is the theme of 2013 world water day (march 22) ? Answer: Water Cooperation 34. Which year is declared by UN as International Year of Water Cooperation ? Answer: 2013 35. Who is the winner of 2013 miss India ? Answer: Navneet Kaur Dhillon 36. who is the winner of 2013 Saraswati Samman ? Answer: Sugathakumari (Manalezhuthu) 37. Who is recently reelected as IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) Director general ? Answer: Yukiya Amano 38. Who is the new Prime Minister of Nepal ? Answer: Khil Raj Regmi 39. Who is the first female Prime minister of UK who recently passed away ? Answer: Margaret Thatcher 40. Who is the new pm of North Korea ? Answer: Pak Pong-ju 41. Who is the new venezuela president ? Answer: Nicolas Maduro 42. Who is the new president of Bangladesh? Answer: Abdul Hamid 43. What is the theme of 2013 World Earth day (April 22) ? Answer: The face of climate change 44. Who is the new Governor of Jammu and Kashmir ? Answer: Narinder Nath Vohra 45. Who is the new president of ADB (Asian Development Bank) ? Answer: Takehiko Nakao 46. Who is the new prime minister of Italy? Answer: Enrico Letta 47. Who is the first woman speaker of Bangladesh ? Answer: Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury 48. Who is the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India ? Answer: Shashi Kant Sharma 49. Who is the first Indian amputee to scale Everest ? Answer: Arunima Sinha 50. Who is the first Pakistani women to scale the Everest ? Answer: Samina Baig 51. Who is the first US women in space ? Answer: Sally Ride (Recently she won highest civilian honour of USA, Presidential medal of Freedom) 52. What is the theme of 2013 International Biological diversity Day (May 22) ? Answer: Water and Biodiversity 53. Who is the winner of 2013 Man Booker International Prize ? Answer: Lydia Davis 54. What is the theme of 2013 World No- Tobacco Day ( May 31 ) ? Answer: Ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship 55. Who is the new Director General of DRDO ? Answer: Avinash Chander 56. Who is the new prime minister of Pakistan ? Answer: Nawaz Sharif 57. Who were the first twins to scale mount Everest ? Answer: Tashi and Nancy Malik 58. What is the theme of 2013 World Environment Day (June 5) ? Answer: Think, Eat, Save 59. Who won the 2013 Templeton Prize ? Answer: Desmond Tutu 60. Who is the longest serving defence minister in India ? Answer: A.K Antony 61. Who is the winner of 2013 French open women's title ? Answer: Serena Williams 62. Who is the winner of 2013 French open men's title ? Answer: Rafael Nadal 63. Who is the new prime minister of Australia ? Answer: Tony Ebott 64. Who will be the new chief justice of India ? Answer: P Sathasivam 65. Which is the first smoke free state of India ? Answer: Himachal Pradesh 66. Which is India's first navigational satellite ? Answer: IRNSS-1A 67. Who will be India's next foreign secretary after Ranjan Mathai ? Answer: Sujata Singh 68. Who won 2013 Wimbledon Men's Title ? Answer: Andy Murray 69. Who won 2013 Wimbledon Women's Title ? Answer: Marion Bartoli 70. What is the theme of 2013 World population day (July 11)? Answer: Adolescent pregnancy with an aspiration of safe childbirth and that each pregnancy is wanted. 71. . Who won 2013 US Opens Men's Title ? Answer: Rafael Nadal 71. . Who won 2013 US Opens Women's Title ? Answer: Serena Williams 71. . Who won 2013 US Opens Men's Doubles Title? Answer: Radek Stepanek & Leander Paes