(1) A group of doctors led by Dr Deborah Persaud claimed to have cured an infant of a deadly disease. Which disease are we referring to?
Blood Cancer
HIV
Liver Cirrhosis
SARS
(2) According to the UK magazine Times Higher Education, which is India's top education institute?
IIT - Bombay
IIM - Bangalore
IISc - Bangalore
IIT - Kanpur
(3) Irom Sharmila hails from which Indian state?
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Tripura
(4) The Changtang plateau in the Ladak region is home to which of the following species of goat?
Totapari
Sirohi
Pashmina
Karoli
(5) Name the MLA from Uttar Pradesh who resigned as the Food and Supplies Minister from the state cabinet who resigned after being accused in the murder of the police officer Zia ul Haq.
Ram Gopal Yadav
Azam Khan
Raghuraj Pratap Singh
Amar Singh
(6) Which is the helpline number for complaints related to rations via the fair price shops?
1957
1967
1977
1987
(7) Which constituency does Varun Gandhi represent in the Lok Sabha?
Amethi
Rae Bareli
Pilibhit
Aonla
(8) Which of the following Indian institutes is reportedly building the world's largest magnet?
ISRO
BARC
DRDO
ONGC
(9) Atleast two naval personnel were killed when their helicopter crashed near Vishakapattnam on Tuesday. Which chopper were they travelling in?
Dhruv
Chetak
Light Combat Helicopter
Cheetah
(10) Give the full form of ICDS.
Integrated Cereal Distribution Scheme
Integrated Cultural Diversity Scheme
Integrated Child Development Scheme
Integrated Commercial Disinvestment Scheme
(11) Who is the CM of Meghalaya?
Niephiu Rio
Mukul Sangma
Manik Sarkar
Pavan Kumar Chamling
(12) Which party does Jammu Kashmir CM Omar Abdullah belong to?
People's Democratic Party
Panther's Party
National Conference
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
(13) Which Trinamool MP has resigned as an advisor to the West Bengal industry ministry over differences with Mamata Bannerjee?
Dinesh Trivedi
Saugata Roy
Derek O'Brien
Mukul Roy
(14) Which Indian minister will hold a dinner for the Pakistani PM when he visits India?
Salman Khurshid
A K Anthony
Sushil Kumar Shinde
P C Chidambaram
INTERNATIONAL
(1) How many Indians are in the race for the Nobel Peace Prize?
12
14
16
18
(2) Which African country voted to elect its President on Monday?
Rwanda
Somalia
Uganda
Kenya
(3) Keith O'Brien was the highest Roman Catholic priest of which country?
United States
Germany
Britain
France
(4) Two former officials of an Afghan bank were indited by a court on charges of corruption. Which bank are we referring to?
Kabul Bank
Pasthany Bank
Azizi Bank
Afghanistan International Bank
(5) Who was the PM of Japan during most of the second World War?
Fumimaro Kanoe
Mitumasa Yonai
Kuniaki Koiso
Hideki Tojo
(6) Who is the PM of Maldives?
Mohammed Waheed Hussain Manik
Mohammed Nasheed
Ibrahim Naseer
Muamoon Abdul Gayoom
(7) A former European Head of State was sentenced to a year in jailed over a case relating to a wire leak?
Nicolas Sarkozy
Gordon Brown
Helmut Kohl
Silvio Berlusconi
(8) Against which country did the UN Security Council impose new tougher sanctions this week?
North Korea
Syria
Mali
Iran
(9) Forces loyal to Jamalul Kiram III is the self proclaimed Sultan of Sulu province of Philippines clashed with the policemen of which country on the island of Borneo?
Indonesia
Brunei
East Timor
Malaysia
BUSINESS
(1) Name the nation that has agreed to look into the concerns raised by India regarding double taxation.
Maldives
Seychelles
Mauritius
Sao Tome and Principe
(2) Which of the following families owns a stake in the Takshashila Hospitals?
Adani
Ruia
Birla
Kirloskar
(3) P C Menon is the founder of which construction firm?
Shobha
Prestige
Purvankara
Mahaveer
SPORTS
(1) Who amongst the following was named as the ambassador of Chinese Super League football tournament?
Zinadine Zidane
Paul Scholes
David Beckham
Wayne Rooney
(2) Who scored two goals in India's victory over Guam in the second match of the AFC Challenge Cup?
Sunil Chhetri
Clifford Miranda
Jewel Raja Shaikh
None of the above
(3) Which Australian bowler was named as the mentor of the IPL team KKR?
Andy Bichel
Glen McGrath
Shane Warne
Brett Lee
(4) What was India's rank in the recently concluded women's wrestling world cup?
1
3
5
7
(5) Who is India's most successful Test captain?
Sourav Ganguly
Kapil Dev
Tiger Ali Pataudi
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
(6) Who scored the lone goal in the Man City versus Aston Villa tie this week?
Sergio Aguero
Carlos Tevez
David Silva
Gareth Barry
(7) What is Parupalli Kashyap's latest Badminton World Federation rankings released this Thursday?
11
10
9
8
(8) The name of Pavel Smirnov has been recommended to the SAI for coaching the Indian side in which sporting discipline?
Archery
Pistol
Javelin Throw
Swimming
(9) To which Union Territory does ace cyclist Deborah belong?
Lakshadweep
Chandigarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(10) Which Indian batsman was dropped from the team for the last two matches against Australia?
Murali Vijay
Virendra Sehwag
Cheteshwar Pujara
Virat Kohli
(11) Former Pakistani speedster Waqar Younis has joined which IPL side as their coach?
(1) Which former Air Marshall has been named by the CBI in the Agusta kickback scam?
Srinivasapura Krishnaswamy
Shashindra Pal Tyagi
Fali Homi Major
Pradip Vasant Naik
(2) The movie 'Kangal Malshat' is in controversy for allegedly dishonouring which Indian Chief Minister?
Mamata Bannerjee
J Jayalalitha
Narendra Modi
Omar Abdulllah
(3) Which PSU Bank was forced to cancel its hiring programme for clerical posts in maharasthra after threats from the Shiv Sena and the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena?
Uco Bank
Andhra Bank
Central Bank of India
Bank of Baroda
(4) With which city is the Attukal Pongala associated?
Ernakulam
Kasargood
Kochin
Thiruvananthapuram
(5) Disgraced Lieutenant Colonnel Ajay Chaudhary is the defence PRO posted in which North Eastern state?
(1) In which of the following jails are the four former accomplices of forest bandit Veerappan, who are on death row lodged in?
Tihar
Hindalga
Yerawada
Alipore
(2) Which Indian politician was admitted to a hospital in Dubai after he fainted at the airport?
Kalyan Singh
Amar Singh
Raja Bhaiyya
S C Mishra
(3) Name the PM of Britain who was on a state visit to India this week.
Gordon Brown
Tony Blair
Margaret Thacher
David Cameroon
(4) Imkong L Imchen is the Home Minister of which North Eastern state?
Tripura
Mizoram
Nagaland
Meghalaya
(5) Which former sport person was named in a FIR filed following a brawl at the Chandigarh Golf Club?
Milkha Singh
Kapil Dev
Dhanraj Pillai
Prakash Amritraj
(6) Which is the IT company partially owned by the brother of former Union minister Santosh Bagrodia?
IDS Technologies Ltd
IDS Computer Solutions
IDS Labs
IDS Infotech
(7) In which metropolitan city has telecom operator Uninor ceased its operations?
New Delhi
Mumbai
Kolkata
Chennai
(8) Which BJP leader has accused Press Council of India Chairman Justice Katju of being particularly harsh on the NDA ruled states?
Sushma Swaraj
Rajnath Singh
Arun Jaitley
Lal Krishna Advani
(9) Name the former encounter specialist who has been arrested by the police in association with the murder of a builder in Mumbai this week?
Ennamuel Amolik
Daya Nayak
A C P Khan
Praful Bhosale
(10) Give the full form of LSE?
London School of Entertainment
London School of Education
London School of Economics and Political Science
London School of Etymology
(11) Which river is the bone of contention between the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu?
Narmada
Krishna
Sharavathi
Kaveri
(12) The Jallianwala Bagh is located in which of the following cities?
Amritsar
Ludhiana
Patiala
Chandigarh
(13) Which portfolio does Sushilkumar Shinde hold?
Foreign Affairs
Home
Defence
Law
(14) The Himachal Pradesh government has initiated the process of taking back land given o which guru three years ago?
Sri Sri Ravishankar
Satya Sai Baba
Asaram Bapu
Baba Ramdev
(15) To which part does Jagan Mohan Reddy belong?
YSR Congress
TDP
TRS
Congress
(16) Which city witnessed two terrorist blasts this Thursday?
Pune
Hyderabad
Nagpur
Vishakapattnam
(17) Which city is scheduled to host the Asian Athletics Championship this July?
Mumbai
New Delhi
Kolkata
Chennai
INTERNATIONAL
(1) Name the African country which will see a major peace agreement being signed between its government and the M23 rebels on 22nd February.
Rawanda
Uganda
Angola
Congo
(2) Who is the President of Ecuador?
Guillermo Lasso
Rafael Correa
Evo Morales
Alvaro Noboa
(3) From which country did Venezuelan President Chavez return to his country this week?
Brazil
Argentina
Cuba
Peru
(4) Name the religious leader whose statues have been banned in Iran.
Gautam Buddha
Vardhaman Mahavir
Prophet Mohammed
Confucius
(5) Militant organization Hezbollah is based out of which Asian country?
Syria
Iran
Jordan
Lebanon
(6) Name the Mediterranean country which held its presidential elections on 17th February.
Turkey
Egypt
Libya
Cyprus
(7) A dam collapsed in a Chinese province causing damage worth millions and hit road and rail traffic. In which province did this tragedy occur?
Xinjiang
Shanxi
Shangdong
Hainan
(8) Against which ex-President of Maldives has a local court issued a fresh arrest warrant?
Ibrahim Nasir
Muhammed Fareed Didi
Mohammed Amin Didi
Mohamed Nasheed
(9) Which Pakistani city witnessed a bomb blast this Sunday leaving over 80 people dead?
Quetta
Peshawar
Karachi
Lahore
(10) Who amongst the following was the 12 year old son of LTTE chief Villupillai Prabhakaran who died during the last days of the Lankan civil war?
Ramchandran
Balchandran
Kamalchandran
Suryachandran
(11) 32 people belonging to X were rescued by the Sri Lankan navy this week after spending 21 days at the sea without food after failing to reach their destination - Australia. Which country does X refer to?
Bangladesh
Maldives
Myanmar
Thailand
(12) Who is the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nepal?
Anup Raj Sharma
Ram Prasad Shrestha
Khil Raj Regmi
Min Bahadur Rayamajhi
(13) Name the European city that witnessed a heist wherein burglars walked away with precious stones worth millions of Euros this Tuesday.
Brussels
Amsterdam
Paris
Frankfurt
(14) How many women were sworn in to Saudi Arabia's Shura Council this week?
20
30
40
50
(15) Hamadi Jebali is the Prime Minister of which country?
Egypt
Algeria
Morocco
Tunisia
(16) Who is the PM of Fiji?
Laisenia Qarase
Voreqe Bainimarama
Ratu Tevita Momoedonu
Jona Senilagakali
(17) Yussef Sleiman, the footballer who died in a mortar attack on a stadium in Damascus played for which side in the Syrian Premier League?
Al Wathba
Al Futowa
Al Jaish
Al Majid
(18) Russia and which other country have opened the first sea ferry link across the Black Sea this week?
Bulgaria
Romania
Turkey
Ukraine
(19) Paras Shah is a former crown prince of which country?
Bhutan
Saudi Arabia
Nepal
Kuwait
(20) Name the British author who launched a scathing attack on princess Kate Middleton while delivering a lecture at the British museum.
Peter Carey
Deborah Levy
Will Self
Hillary Mantel
(21) Which is the last US state to ratify the anti-slavery law of President Abrahim Lincoln?
Delaware
Kentucky
New Jersey
Mississippi
(22) Which country's troops captured the last rebel stronghold of Kidal in northern Mali?
France
Cameroon
Chad
USA
(23) Which Pakistani leader owns the restaurant - the Polo Lounge?
Imran Khan
Hina Rabbani Khar
Asif Ali Zardar
Nawaz Sharif
(24) The King's College, London is offering insights into the philosophy of which Indian leader?
Lokmanya Tilak
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mahamtma Gandhi
Rabindranath Tagore
(25) Alexis Tsipras is the Leader of opposition of which European country?
Bulgaria
Macedonia
Greece
Romania
(26) Name the US general who has refused to take up the Nato top job this week.
Jim Allen
John Allen
George Allen
Jesus Allen
(27) Which Italian leader has sent letters to his countrymen promising to refund taxes paid in 2012 if elected to power?
Silvio Berlusconi
Mario Monti
Pier Kuigi Bersani
Antonio Ingroia
(28) Who is the President of Egypt?
Ahmed Shafik
Mohamed Tantawi
Mohamed ElBaradei
Mohamed Morsi
(29) Name the disgraced Chinese official who has staged several hunger strikes in prison and refused to co-operate with investigators.
Wang Lijun
Xi Jinping
Gu Kailai
Bo Xilai
(30) Inaki Undangarin is the son-in-law of the King of which country?
Portugal
United Kingdom
Spain
Italy
(31) Who amongst the following is not one of the three men convicted in UK for planning of a terrorist activity said to be bigger than the London attacks of 2005?
Ali Khan
Irfan Khalid
Irfan Naseer
Ashik Ali
(32) The fleet of which air craft was grounded by the Pentagon after a routine inspection detected a crack on an engine blade?
F-18
F-16
F-32
F-35
(33) In which country has the US deployed its Predator drones this week?
Mali
Chad
Afghanistan
Niger
BUSINESS
(1) Which popular magazine does RDA Holding owns?
National Geographic
Playboy
Reader's Digest
Forbes
(2) Which car manufacturer is recalling its cars in USA and Canada due to fix an electric failure?
BMW
Mercedes Benz
Honda
Hyundai
(3) Name the Internet giant whose stocks crossed $800 for the first time in its history on Tuesday.
AOL
Google
Yahoo
Amazon
(4) Which Malaysian low cost airline has entered into a joint venture with the Tatas to start a new airline in the country?
Malaysian Airlines
Eaglexpress
Malindo Airways
Air Asia
(5) The BigDataEdge is a product of which Indian IT major?
Wipro
HCL
Infosys
TCS
(6) Automotive brand Volvo is based out of which country?
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Finland
SPORTS
(1) Name the Argentine player who scored his 300th goal for his club Barcelona this week.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Lionnel Messi
Wayne Rooney
Robin van Persie
(2) Which India A player scored a ton on Sunday in the match against Australia?
Rohit Sharma
Abhisekh Nayar
Manoj Tiwary
Vinay Kumar
(3) Which country won the latest edition of the ICC Women's World Cup?
England
Australia
New Zealand
West Indies
(4) Who top scored for the Kiwis in their victory over the English in the first ODI?
Kane Williamson
Martin Guptill
Brendin McCullum
Nathan McCullum
(5) Name the Pakistani bowler who claimed 10 wickets in the second test against South Africa.
Shahid Afridi
Mohammed Hafiz
Umar Gul
Saeed Ajmal
(6) Who will lead the West Indies in the 3 match ODI series against Zimbabwe
Darren Bravo
Chris Gayle
Darren Sammy
Dwayne Bavo
(7) Whom did Indian Grand Master Vishwanathan Anand beat in his last game of the Grenke Chess Classic trophy in Germany?
Arkadij Naiditsch
Danil Fridman
Fabiano Caruana
Koneru Humpy
(8) Who won this year's Qatar Open?
Venus Williams
Serena Williams
Maria Sharapova
Victoria Azarenka
(9) Which country does the footballer Neymar belong to?
Argentina
Brazil
Venezuela
Mexico
(10) Who amongst the following won the 2013 Brazil Open?
Roger Federer
Rafael Nadal
Novak Djokovic
Andy Murray
(11) Which of he following Australian woman cricketer has announced her retirement from all forms of the game?
Lisa Sthalekar
Ellyse Perry
Jess Cameroon
Jodie Purves
(12) Which of the following South African bowler was dropped for the third Test match against Pakistan following a hamstring injury?
Dale Styen
Albie Morkel
Vernon Philander
Mornie Morkel
(13) Which country did the Indian women beat in their second match of the Hero Honda World League?
Australia
Malaysia
Spain
Holland
(14) Which Indian cricketer is an owner of the Superbike team Mahi Racing?
Sachin Tendulkar
Sourav Ganguly
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Rahul Gandhi
(15) With which NBA team is Jerry Buss associated?
LA Lakers
LA Clippers
Phoenix Suns
Golden State Warriors
(16) Former wrestler Velantin Yordanov belongs to which country?
Ukraine
Bulgaria
Romania
Belarus
(17) David Gill was the CEO of which EPL side?
Chelsea
Manchester United
Arsenal
Manchester City
(18) Which of the following Indian teams will take part in the Italian National Motorcycle Racing Championship?
Birla Racing
Tata Racing
Mahindra Racing
Ruia Racing
(19) Name the German side that beat Arsenal in the Champions League this Thursday.
Werder Bremen
Dortmund
Eintracht Fankfurt
Bayern Munich
(20) Which team does Danio Gallinari play for?
Boston Celtics
Denver Nuggets
Trail Blazers
Phoenix Suns
(21) Which Italian team beat Spanish giants Barcelona in the Champions League this season?
A C Milan
Roma
Juventus
Inter Milan
MISCELLANEOUS
(1) Name the British art collector who has donated all his collections to art museums across the country.
Denis Mahon
Ludovico Carracci
Guido Reni
Carlo Bononi
(2) Which scientist of Indian origin is heading the project titled Cold Atom Laboratory?
Anita Dasgupta
Anita Chatterjee
Anita Sengupta
Anita Bannerjee
(3) Which television actor is making his Bollywood debut this week with the movie Kai Po Che?