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Abbreviation
Expand CMS.Cab Management System
Expand IIBs.Inflation Indexed Bonds
Expand SKA.Square Kilometre Array
Expand GMRT.Gaint meterwave Radio Telescope
Expand ACC.Asian Cycling Confederation
Expand LNG.Liquefied Natural Gas
Expand MICE.Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Exhibitions
Expand KPDC.Karnataka Pharmaceutical Development Council
Expand SACU.South African Customs Union
Expand IIF.Institute of International Finance
Expand AIPSO.All India Peace and Solidarity Organisation
Expand e-PPS.Electronics Project Proposal System
Expand MPPT.Maximum Power Point Tracking
Expand IAEA.International Atomic Energy Agency
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Expand DMZ.Demilitarized Zone
Expand PML.Prevention of Money Laundering
Expand WIEF.Wharton India Economic Forum
Expand POCSO.Protection of Children Against Sexual Offences
Expand BPD.Barrels Per Day
Expand NETA.
North Eastern Tea Association
Expand BCB.Bangladesh Cricket Board
Expand AAY.Antyodana Anna Yojana
Expand FIMI.Federation of Indian Mineral Industries
Expand RWA.Risk Weighted Assets
Expand NSR.New Silk Route
Expand NBA.News Broadcasters Association
Expand USIBC.US India Business Council
Expand NAVSI.National Association of Street Vendors of India
Expand DIC.District Industries Center
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Expand CGFF.Credit Guarantee Fund for Factoring
Expand MMSCMD.Million Metric Standard Cubic Meter Per Day
Expand COI.Court of Inquiry
Expand GLA.General License Agreement
Expand EBRD.European bank for Reconstruction and Development
Expand NFR.
Northeast Frontier Railway
Expand BNHS.Bombay Natural History Society
Expand DBT.Direct Benefit Transfer
Expand FSLRC.Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission
Expand NDRC.National Disaster Reduction Commission
Expand DIFC.Dubai International Finance Centre
Expand FRAND.Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory
Expand JICA.Japan International Cooperation Agency
Expand KSNDMC.Karnataka State Natural Disaster Management Cell
Expand FSDC.Financial Stability and Development Council
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Expand DICGC.Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation of India
Expand SMW4.South East Asia-Middle East-West Europe 4
Expand IMEWE.India-Middle East-Western Europe
Expand EIG.Europe India Gateway
Awards
Who won the inaugural Physics Journalism Prize sponsored by the Institute of Physics and
Science and Technology Facilities Council?Anil Ananthaswamy
Who won the 5th CIDC Vishwakarma Award 2013 under the category 'Achievement award forPublic Officer'?Tapas Kumar Lahiray, Chairman - Managing Director NCL and BCCL
Who was conferred with 1st Tagore award for cultural harmony as a part of the 150th birthanniversary of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore?Sitar Maestro, Late Pandit Ravi Shankar
Who was conferred with Saraswati Samman award 2013?Sugathakumari
Name the category added in Miss India pageant list from 2013?Digital Diva, Most Digitally savy Miss India will win a cash prize of Rs.1 lakh
Who won the Healthcare Businessman of the Year at the Asian Business Awards 2013?Kartar Lalvani, NRI Businessman
Who was conferred with Contribution to News TV Award by Indiantelevision.com?Vineet Jain
Which game won six awards including the Best Downloadable Game of the year at the GameDevelopers Choice Awards 2013?Journey
Who won the 1st Bishwaratna Bhupen Hazarika International Solidarity Award?Lubna Marium, Classical dance exponent and Sanskrit scholar
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Books
Name the 19th century book on India which has set a world record after it sold for Rs.2.7 croresat an auction in London.Oriental Scenery
Which publishing house has launched a 27 volumes based book on a survey of rural India?Gyan Books
Business
What is the monetary limit to be imposed by issuing bank on all global cards which has not beenused as per RBI?$500
Which company is set to shut down these products - App for Blackberry, Avatars, App Search,Sports IQ, Clues, Message Boards website and Updates API?Yahoo
Which South African partner company is Cipla planning to acquire by paying $512 million?Medpro
Which bank launched 3 schemes corp club, crop privilege and corp global?Corporation bank
Ratnakar bank launched its 1st bank branch in which Indian state?Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad
Name the Apple's streaming device which would be available in India for Rs.8,295.Apple TV
Ford India launched which limited edition vehicle to mark its 3 years existence?Figo
Which 2 company partnered to sell cardamom and pepper under the brand name Spice Mist?Tata Global Beverages and South Indian Green Cardamom Company
Which Dubai-based company announced plans to set up 20 hotels in India within next 10 years?Rotana
Which automobile company launched new version of its light commercial vehicle Maxximo?Mahindra and Mahindra
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What is the special edition of i10 named by Hyundai?iTech
Which airport in Odisha got Rs.145 crore terminal by Airport Authority of India?Biju Patnaik Airport
Which bank received capital repatriation of $100 million from its British subsidiary?ICICI bank
Name the electric car with a range of 100kms on full charge that is set to be launched byMahindra.Reva e2o
Which two companies entered into joint venture to manufacture and sell cosmetics in Indiarecently?Elder Pharma and Kose Corp. (Kose Elder (India) Pvt. Ltd.)
Which automobile maker opened world class tractor plant in Andhra Pradesh in March 2013?Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd.
Name the Japanese agency which will invest Rs.655 crore on a non-timber fire project in hillyregion of Uttarakhand.Japan International Cooperation Agency
Which Malaysian airlines got regulatory approval for starting airline venture in the Indian civilaviation sector?AirAsia
Which stock exchanges would exit from Multi Commodity Exchange by selling its 4.8% share?NYSE Euronext
Which are the major segments included in Karnataka's recently unveiled pharma policy?Bulk drugs, Drugs intermediate, Bio-pharmaceuticals and Formulations
Which country held 4th Investment and Trade Initiative to India recently?South Africa
Which two countries will have 1st ever bilateral naval exercise in the Bay of Bengal?India and Myanmar
Aptech ltd. signed an agreement with National Skill Development Corporation for what reason?To impart job-related training
Why were Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers Ltd. in news recently?Indian Government received Rs.310 crore from sale of 12.5% stake in RCF
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Which bank signed MoU under the programme Collaboration for facilitating Enterprise Loanswith SIDBI?United Bank of India
Which subsidiary of ACC cement has been amalgamated with itself?
Encore Cement and Additives
Which state transport corporation has introduced live chat on its website to attend to customerqueries in India?KSRTC - Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation
Which innerwear company plans to invest Rs.100 crore on plant, machineries and marketingactivities?Lux Industries
Which company did BookMyShow acquire to enhance its footprint in Southern India?
Ticketgreen.com
Which drug company is getting into the oral care business in India?Himalaya Drug
AirAsia expanded its presence in Philippines by acquiring 49% of which airways?Zest Airways Inc.
Which company plans to setup two network training centres in Myanmar?Cisco Systems
What are the three variants introduced by Piaggio Ape City launched in 2013 in India?Petrol, LPG and CNG
Which two countries have decided to resolve issues in the proposed changes to the DoubleTaxation Avoidance Convention?India and Mauritius
Where do the outstanding of income tax arrears stand as on 31st December 2012 in India?Rs.4.2 lakh crore
Infosys recently opened delivery centre in which country?San Jose, Costa Rica, Latin America
Which trading platform will BSE adopt in derivatives and cash markets under the technologypact with Deutsche Boerse AG?Eurex trading platform
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Which bank plans to open 60 branches across Northeast India within two years?Bank of India
Which consultant firm ranked India No.5 with 122 billionaires (net assets over Rs.500 crore) asof 2012?
Global property consultancy
Which company's 3 year contract did Wipro bag to deliver end-to-end service transition andtransformational services?Emirates NBD, a banking group in UAE
Which company bought email app Mailbox within a month after it hit markets?Dropbox
Which insurance company launched eShield, an online term plan?SBI Life
How many schools have Gems Education planned to start in India over next 5 years?50
Which international fashion brand sales has gone past Rs.1,000 crore in India during the year2012?Benetton
Which company has signed a technology transfer agreement with the Bhabha Atomic ResearchCentre to manufacture and sell solar-powered water purifiers?Jakson Power Solutions
Which Indian state approved Rs.34,000 crore investment proposals spread over 17 districts?Karnataka
Which company promotes its D2H under the name 'Bharat Business Channel'?Videocon Industries
Which are the top four cities (online buying and selling) are per eBay India census 2012?Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur and Bangalore (Top five states being Maharashtra, Delhi, Rajasthan,Tamil Nadu and Karnataka)
Which are the sectors Egypt has offered for Indian companies to partner with its businessestablishments?Infrastructure, Biotechnology, Energy and Pharmaceuticals
How will the courier service provider AJ Worldwide Services will be known in the domesticmarket?AJW Worldwide Service Pvt. Ltd.
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SIDBI signed MoU with which country recently for the development of SME sector?Egypt
Which UAE-based company has commissioned $10 million manufacturing plant for AlubondUSA COmposite Panels in Mumbai, India?
Mulk
Which floppy disk maker plans to launch 12 products in the next three months in the year 2013?Amkette
What are the collaterals that are permitted by SEBI to FIIs for their cash and derivative businessin India?Government securities, corporate bonds, cash and foreign sovereign securities with AAA ratings
Which becomes NTPC's first non-conventional energy project with 5MW solar power plant inIndia?
NTPC-Dadri
Name the personalities who have launched global sim card 'Jaxtr SIM' for internationaltravellers.Sabeer Bhatia and Yogesh Patel
Where in Tamil Nadu Costa Coffee launched its first store?Chennai at Harrington Road
Which country limited ATM withdrawals to 100 euros per day at two biggest banks?Cyprus
Which country approved 10 billion euro bailout after the negotiations by the 17-nationseurozone's finance ministers?Cyprus
Which company owns these products: Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Office 2013, Office 365and Windows Azure platforms?Microsoft
Which company in India signed Aamir Khan by launching an integrated campaign of "ideas thatmake life brighter"?Godrej Group
Which company signed MoU to establish a Plastic Park at Port Said?TCI Sanmar Chemicals of The Sanmar Group
What is the reduced small savings interest rate with effect from 1st April 2013 in India?0.10% (From 8.8% to 8.7%)
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Which country's businesses are facing a set back as banks are closed for 2nd week in March2013?Cyprus
Which company sold its 50% stake on Eurokids International to group of investors led by GPE
India?Educomp Solutions
Under which terms Cyprus is closing its 2nd-largest bank Laiki?Bailout
What is the purpose of $2.32 billion aid given by Japan to India?For the development of infrastructure
Name the program or policy under which more Saudi workers would be absorbed by employersin Saudi Arabia.
Nitaqat programme
What is the approved fund to overcome currency crisis by BRICS nations?$100 billion
Where does India's current account deficit stand for the quarter ended December 2012?6.7% of GDP
Which company is set to acquire Belgian Bank KBC Group's captive unit ValuSourceTechnologies?Cognizant
Which four stocks will now have price band (circuit lock) at 10% from April 2nd, 2013 as perBSE and NSE in consultation with SEBI?Essar Oil, Suzlon Energy, Educomp and CORE Education
Which bank will give $300 million loan to Uttarakhand and assist the state government on powergeneration and transmission projects?Asian Development Bank
Which bank will issue Rs.85 lakh equity shares to mobilise Rs.51 crore?Dhanlaxmi bank
Which company acquired 31.49% stake in Gujarat NRE Coking Coal at the end of its openoffer?Jindal Steel and Power's Ltd.
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Education and Employment
As part of Social Corporate Responsibility which Public Sector Bank will recruit graduateunemployed youth of Jammu and Kashmir under UDAAN?Canara Bank
Which education will be provided for free to all girls by Punjab Government in India?Training in ITIs
Name the arts education programme launched by the British Council in partnership with NCERTin India.The World Voice Programme
Entertainment
How do we know Remo's Muzic Spark in the world of entertainment?Karnataka's first music band
Name the Miss India Earth 2012 who will act in her career's first hindi film Zaalim Dilli.Prachi Mishra
How many countries have submitted entries to the Tribeca Film Festival 2013?30
For which 3D animated film would Priyanka Chopra lend her voice?Planes
Which Indian state plans to digitally archive all films that have been made since inception of theindustry?Kannada films of the State of Karnataka
Name the film which will be shot to portray life of India's 2nd Prime Minister Lal BahadurShastri.Jai Jawaan Jai Kisaan
Who represented Indonesia at the Miss India Worldwide contest scheduled on April 27th, 2013at Malaysia?Shireenjit Kaur, Miss India Indonesia
Name the Assame movie which is selected for the 2nd edition of the Washington DC SouthAsian Film Festival scheduled from 10th May 2013.Ekhon Nedekha Nodir
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Events
In which city was Investothon held in India during March 2013?Rajkot, Gujarat
Which 3-day competition was inaugurated by Justice Dipak Mishra, Judge, Supreme Court ofIndia at Amity University aiming to sharpen creative and analytical skills of emerging lawyers?Moot Court Competition
Where in South Africa, 5-nation Summit BRICS will be held?Durban (26th and 27th March 2013)
Which college organised a summit on "Entrepreneurship, Lessons in Leadership 2013 -Empowering youth for Enterpreneurship and Education"?Taaleem College of International Studies
What is the title for IMF conference to be held on 16th and 17th April 2013?Rethinking macro policy II: first steps and early lessons
General Knowledge
Why is mobile manufacturer Vertu famous for?Manufacturers of luxury phones
Which country plans royalty to publishers for posting extracts of news articles?Germany
Which Indian state distributed 7 lakh bednets to fight malaria?Chattisgarh
Which school students in Himachal Pradesh could travel from home to school - school to homefor free in state buses from 1st April 2013?Government school students
Which Indian state government approved Excise policy 2013-14?Himachal Pradesh
For what purpose a website to help Non-Resident Indians would be launched by March end?Filing RTI applications through e-postal order
Which Indian state got approval from Union cabinet for the proposed National Institute of BioticStress Management?Raipur, Chhattisgarh
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Which state in India will have (eSBTR) Electronic Secure Bank and Treasury Receipt System forstamp duty collection?Maharashtra
Where in China 48-metre high Buddha statue was built?
Xingzi County of Jiujiang City
Which country will merge the Family Planning Commission with the Health Ministry as a part ofrestructuring plan?China
Which automobile maker donated Rs.7 crore to establish JankideviBajaj Institute of ManagementStudies in Pune?Bajaj Group
Where did Union Tourism Minister K.Chiranjeevi inaugurate Indian Pavilion?
ITB in Berlin, Germany
Who was the chief guest at the 45th National Day celebrations of Mauritius?Indian President, Pranab Mukherjee
Where was 23rd Annual Day of Indo-Australian Chamber of Commerce held?Chennai, India
Which company won telecom spectrum in 8 circles or zones for Rs.3,639 crore in India?Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd. (Russian Company Sistema's Indian unit)
What is celebrated on 2nd Monday of March every year?Commonwealth Day
Which state government in India launched free laptop scheme for students who passedintermediate?Uttar Pradesh
Where in India UK government opened its first Mobile Biometric Clinic for processing visaapplications?Goa
In which 5 cities would Indian Government introduce plastic currency on field trail?Kochi, Mysore, Jaipur, Bhuvaneswar and Shimla
How does the world know the following?GMR's Vemagiri and barge-mounted, GVK's Jegrupdu Extension and Gauthami, Konaseemaand Lanco's Kondapalli Stage-IIGas-based power plant in India
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Which rank does India hold in the recent released FIFA rankings?143rd rank
Which Indian state government would make anti-hail nets used to save apple crop to farmers at
80% subsidy?Himachal Pradesh
What is the motive of Crown Prince of Bahrain Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa's two-dayvisit to India?To strengthen bilateral ties in the fields of trade and economy
Which country is suffering from biggest drought in 30 years?New Zealand
Where in India 3 National Tribunal are to be setup as per deadline (April 30th 2013) set by
Supreme Court?Bhopal, Pune and Kolkata
Which country revealed 1-child policy has boosted its economic growth by preventingoverpopulation?China
Which is the guest country and focus country at the 9th edition of India-Africa Projectpartnership conclave?Cameroon and Ethiopia
Which stock exchange in India celebrated 50th foundation day on 17th March 2013?BgSE - Bangalore Stock Exchange
How many Asia-Pacific countries were assessed for low levels of water security according toAsian Development Bank's Asia Water Development Outlook 2013?37 of 49 countries
Which city metro is set to launch offline mobile app in India?Delhi Metro
Name the initiative taken by Karnataka State Innovation Council in partnership with Google toenrich knowledge across the state in innovative manner.Innovation Karnataka
Which Indian city will become the first to get free Wi-Fi hotspots in India?Bangalore (M.G.Road and Brigade Road)
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What is the theme of Google Big Tent Activate Summit 2013 which Gujarat Chief Minister isinvited to address on March 21st through Google+ hangout?Technology in Politics
Which country plans to distribute 1.7 million tablet computers to students and teachers in 2013
and to become world's largest handout of the devices for education?Thailand
Which Indian state sought financial package of Rs.7,888 crore from the Central Government totake up drought related relief measures?Kerala
On which Nobel laureate's name did Punjab government introduce scholarship to students?Hargobind Khorana
List the top 7 Indian cities ranked by Assocham survey in online share trading.
Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Dehradun
Which country honoured former IAS officer Himangshu Mohan Choudhury at its 42ndanniversary of independence on March 26th 2013?Bangladesh
Which river will be declared as National waterway under the National Waterway Bill, 2013 inIndia?121km stretch of Barak River
Who quoted "I feel like it's karma that brought me to the project, and to India" recently?Ang Lee
Which state organised All India Street Food Festival?Bihar
How many districts in India would have one-stop crisis centers to resolve problems being facedby women?100
Which Indian state approved Rs.4,028 crore budget for 2013-14?Maharashtra
What was the significance of 'Magic of Hands' national-level competition held in India recently?Painting competition in connection with hand surgery and therapy
Which institute announced the successful deployment of its multi-million dollar cross-campustechnology initiative Connect 2.0?BITS, Pilani (BITS Connect 2.0)
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Which Indian state celebrated 100 years with an evening of music and celebration from DalerMehndi?Bihar (Bihar Diwas)
Which Indian state passed Irrigation and Drainage Bill 2013 replacing the 134 year old Bombay(Gujarat) Irrigation Act 1879?Gujarat
Which Indian state over took Bihar to register 10% growth for 2012-13 as per Central StatisticalOrganisation?Madhya Pradesh
Why is ISRO planning to setup research centre at Kothi near Rohtang Pass?To study the impact of global warming on melting of glaciers and environment in general
Who advocated the term 'Abenomics'?Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan
Which bird flu type led to the death of two Shanghai men in February and March 2013?H7N9
Personality
Who is set to become the Chief Minister of Meghalaya for 2nd straight term?Mukul Sangma
How was T.C.Dutt known in India who died due to illness?Former chief secretary, West Bengal
How was Bonnie Franklin known to the world?Actress who died due to pancreatic cancer
Who was sworn-in as the 2nd Upalokayukta in Karnataka?Jutice Subhash B Adi
Who was named 'Sportsperson of the year' by Tata Steel for her achievements on the occasion of174th birth anniversary of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata?Deepika Kumari
Name the former Uruguay football coach who died due to stomach cancer recently.Luis Cubilla
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Who is appointed as Sales tax commissioner of Maharashtra?Nitin Kareer
How do we know Norah Jones apart from being an American singer-songwriter and pianist whoperformed in India recently?
Daughter of late sitar legend Ravi Shankar
Name the Venezuelan President who died fighting against cancer recently.Hugo Chavez
Who earned his Ph.D. working on 'Contribution of Sri Yamunacharya to Visishtadvaita' and diedrecently?M.Narasimhachary - A Sanskrit scholar
How does the world know P.N.C. Menon?Founder of Sobha Developers
Who is named global brand ambassador of Mrs India International?Richa Sharma
Who took oath by placing his hand on an original copy of the American Constitution from 1787as Director of CIA to join US national security team?John Brennan
Name the player whose left foot made of gold valued at $5.25 million was created by Japanesejeweler Ginza Tanaka.Lionel Messi
Who replaced Sunil Dutt, India Managing Director of Black Berry?Rick Costanzo
From which company did Niten Malhan resign as director?Punj Lloyd
Who is appointed as Foreign Ministry's special representative on Asian Affairs by China?Wang Yingfan
How does the world know Ganesh Pyne who died recently?Small tempera painter
Who became the first Canadian astronaut to take command of International Space Station?Chris Hadfield
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Name the Australian Trade Commission CEO who said India is the 8th largest trading partner ofAustralia?Bruce Gosper
Who becomes the first to be chosen as pope outside Europe?
Jorge Begoglio of Argentina, Pope Francis
Who replaced Andy Rubin as Google's Android head?SundarPichai
Who was elected president of the Republic of Kenya?Uhuru Kenyatta
Who was appointed as president of University of Texas at Arlington?Dr.Vistasp M Karbhari
Who is appointed as CEO by ZTE for its India operations?Xu Dejun
Who was formally elected as China's president succeeding Hu Jintao?Xi Jinping
Name the brand director who coined the campaign 'Jo Mera Hain Wo Tera Hain' for Airtel.Bharat Bambawale
Who is appointed as Prime Minister of Nepal?Chief justice Khil Raj Regmi
Who are appointed as CEO's of Samsung Electronics?Yoon Boo-keun and Shin Jong-kyun
What role did Frederic Ramioulle based in America handle before resigning from Infosys?Global Engineering - Head
Whom did China re-appoint as governor of its central Bank?Zhou Xiaochuan
Who is appointed as MD and CEO to replace Shinzo Nakanishi at Maruti Suzuki India witheffect from 1st April 2013?Kenichi Ayukawa
Who took charge as the first head of Tagore studies at Edinburgh Napier University in Scotland?Professor Indra Nath Choudhuri
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What role did H.S.Goindi handle before quitting TVS Motors?Head of marketing
Who was elected as chairman of Andhra Pradesh council's Confederation of Indian Industry for2013-14?
B.Ashok Reddy
Name the non-American journalist who is named editor of Time International.Bobby Ghosh
Who replaced Ajay Singh Chautala as the Table Tennis Federation of India President?Prabhat C.Chaturvedi
Who is appointed as president and CEO of TVS Automobile Solutions?Sanjay Nigam
Name the Bangladesh president who died fighting kidney and respiratory problems at a hospitalin Singapore.Mohammad Zillur Rahman
Who is appointed as the vice-chancellor of the Indira Gandhi National Open University?Professor M.Aslam
Rishad Premji, CSO of Wipro was elected to which executive council recently?NASSCOM executive council
Name the Nigerian author of "Things Fall Apart" who died recently.Chinua Achebe
How was Bebo Valdes who died in Sweden at the age of 94 known to the entertainment world?Musician - Cuban Pianist
Who is the present Chief Justice of Orissa high court?Chokalingam Nagappan
Who is the Chairman of National Innovation Council in India?Sam Pitroda
Which Indian state did Nikhil Kumar serve before being chosen as the 20th governor of Kerala?Nagaland
Who is the Goodwill ambassador for Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS at the World HealthOrganisation?Peng Liyuan
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How does the world know Giulio Terzi of Italy?Italian Foreign Minister
Who is appointed as the first woman Secret Service director by American President BarackObama?
Julia Pierson
How was Debashis Mitra known at Mercedes Benz India?Director - Marketing and Sales
Why was Air Force General Philip Breedlove in news recently?American President Barack Obama nominated him as NATA commander
Name the British actor who acted in Harry Potter movie died due to complications after heartsurgery.Richard Griffiths
Who is appointed as President of International Chamber of Commerce?Rajan Bharti Mittal
Name the 14-time Grammy winner, musician who died due to an aortic aneurysm.Phil Ramone
Sports
Who could reach 1000-game milestone in United's Premier League game against Norwich City?Ryan Giggs
Name the sports personality who has decided to go on hunger strike to protest againstrecommendation to drop wrestling from the Olympics.Armen Nazaryan
Who won the Dubai Open title for 4th time?Novak Djokovic
Name the American at the indoor athletics championships who cleared 5.02 metres to set a newwomen's pole vault world record.Jenn Suhr
Who won her 1st WTA singles title at the BMW Malaysian Open 2013?Karolina Pliskova
Who won the HSBC Women's Champions 2013 held in Singapore?Stacy Lewis
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Who won his 1st PGA title, 'Honda Classic 2013' held in Palm Beach Gardens?Michael Thompson
Who won 2nd Mexican Open title of his career held in 2013?
Rafael Nadal
Which team won the Vijay Hazare trophy 2013?Delhi
Who became 2nd fastest Indian player to score 1,000 runs in Test cricket?Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara
Name the chess player to achieve the Grandmaster title to win the 'A' category of CannesFestival which was held in the French city.Akshayraj Kore
What is the total number of cricket matches India has won under the captaincy of Dhoni whobroke the record of Sourav Ganguly?22
Name the channel to be launched by ESPN Star Sports for the Indian sub-continent on 11thMarch 2013.Star Sports 2
Which event hosts the Sahachari Foundation Trophy in India?Horse racing
Who won gold medal in the women's junior 500m time trial event held at the 33rd Hero AsianCycling Championships?Yeonhee Jang
Which country voted to pay its female cricketers a $10,000 bonus after winning two worldchampionships in 6 months?Australia (Cricket Australia Board)
How does the world know Hasib Ahsan?Test Cricketer of Pakistan (Spin bowler)
Who won the WGC-Cadillac Championship 2013?Tiger Woods
Who won the Celebrity Cricket League 2013?Karnataka Bulldozers
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Who became the first Bangladesh player to score a double century against Sri Lanka on Day 4 of1st Test in March 2013?Mushfiqur Rahim
Who is named as world's richest footballer with a net worth of 175 million pound?
David Beckham
Which medal did India win at the Asian Archery Grand Prix 2013 in Bangkok?Compound Archery Gold
Which rank does India hold in the recent released FIFA rankings?143rd rank
From which round did Parupalli Kashyap exit the Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold tournament2013?3rd round
Who scored fastest-ever debut century of 85 balls in Test cricket for India?Shikhar Dhawan
Who won the Australian Grand Prix - Formula 1 world championships 2013?Kimi Raikkonen
Who became the 3rd Thai national with a two-stroke win at the Thailand Open?Prayad Marksaeng
Who won her 2nd Indian Wells WTA title?Maria Sharapova
Who won his 3rd Indian Wells ATP Masters title?Rafael Nadal
Which two teams won Dr.T.Ao football tournament?Assam and Meghalaya
Who won the Vasan Eye Care - ITF men's Futures tournament 2013?Tak Khunn Wang of France
Which sport does Seema Tomar represent for India?Shooting Shotgun
How does the sporting world know Nadir Shah?International cricket umpire from Bangladesh
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How does the sporting world know Michael Owen who will retire in 2013?Football player
Which team was honoured as the best team at the Laureurs Sports Awards?Europe's Ryder Cup golfers
Who was named sportsman of the year at the Laureurs Sports Awards?Usain Bolt
Name the former Indian captain who is appointed as chairman of the All India FootballFederation's technical committee.Bhaichung Bhutia
Who became the 3rd fastest Indian to reach the milestone of taking 100 wickets in Test cricket?Pragyan OjhaWho won the European Tour title at the Malaysian Open 2013?
Kiradech Aphibarnrat of Thailand
Who won the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix?Sebastian Vettel
Who won the singles final of the VTR Open 2013?Argentina's Horacio Zeballos
India failed to qualify for which tournament to be held in 2014?2014 AFC (Asian Football Confederation) Challenge Cup
With which company did Procam International joined hands as its elite athlete co-ordinator forWorld 10K event scheduled in Bangalore on May 19th, 2013?Global Sports Communication
Who won her 6th WTA Miami title 2013?Serena Williams
Who won the gold medal in the men's triple jump in the season-opening Indian Grand Prix?Renjith Maheswary
Science and Technology
Which company has developed 3D printer creating solid objects in plastic with a computercommand?Fabbster
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Which company's remote control is featured with headphone jack and volume buttons?Roku 3
Which company launched 3LCD technology and 3D capable interactive projectors?Epson
Which company launched cloud-based model "Creative Cloud" in India?Adobe Systems
WhatsApp Messenger was launched on which platform recently in India?BlackBerry 10
Which company recently released smartphone that is capable of recognising hand and eyemovements?Samsung Galaxy S4
Name the device developed to prevent driver from sending text messages while driving the car.ORIGOSafe