GK & Current Affairs 2013: January 29
1. As per the recent estimates, the country with the worst inflation situation in the world is __:
[A]Venezuela
[B]Zimbabwe
[C]Sudan
[D] Nigeria
Venezuela
Venezuela has 29.8% inflation rate at the end of 2010. This is worst in the world.
2. Recently, which among the following is awarded with the National Communal Harmony Award for the year 2012?
[A]Center for Human Right & Social Welfare
[B]The Foundation for Amity & National Solidarity
[C]Ramakrishna Mission
[D]Setu Charitable Trust
The Foundation for Amity & National Solidarity
Formed in 1984, the Foundation for Amity & National Solidarity (FANS) is a Delhi based Trust which works for spreading amity and communal harmony.
3. In which among the following states, the people following the Baul tradition are found?
[A]West Bengal
[B]Gujarat
[C]Rajasthan
[D]Jammu & Kashmir
West Bengal
Baul are a group of mystic minstrels from Bengal.
4. Which among the following countries will host the 2013 ICC Women World Cup?
[A]India
[B]Sr iLanka
[C]Australia
[D]South Africa
India
India will host the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup. India hosted the world cup in 1978 and 1997 also, so this is third time, that India is hosting this cup.
5. Recently, who among the following has been nominated as the Founding Chairwoman of the Indian Women Network of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)?
[A]Nirmal Khatri
[B]Suchitra K. Ella
[C]Sunitha Raghavan
[D]Biman Banerjee
Suchitra K. Ella
Suchitra K. Ella is Joint Managing Director, Bharat Biotech International.
6. Who among the following is the winner of the 2013 Australian Open title in the men's single category?
[A]David Ferrer
[B]Roger Federer
[C]Novak Djokovic
[D]Andy Murray
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic has become the first man since the Open Era began in 1968 to win three straight Australian Open men's titles.
7. India has recently tested a submarine launched ballistic missile successfully. What is the name of this missile?
[A]K-2 missile
[B]K-6 missile
[C]K-10 missile
[D]K-15 missile
K-15 missile
India successfully test-fired the underwater ballistic missile, K-15 (code-named B05), off the Vishakhapatnam coast. India is also developing K-4 missile with a range of 3,000 km.
8. Which among the following countries is not a member of the G-10 group?
[A]India
[B]Canada
[C]Switzerland
[D]Sweden
India
The members of G-10 are Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States.
9. Recently, which among the following banks has announced to open its second branch in China?
[A]Indian Overseas Bank
[B]State Bank of India
[C]Bank of Baroda
[D]Punjab National Bank
State Bank of India
10. Which among the following is the largest protected area in the Eastern Himalaya of India?
[A]Kaziranga National Park
[B]Manas National Park
[C]Namdapha National Park
[D]Nokrek National Park
Namdapha National Park
With an area of 1985KM², Namdapha National Park, located in Arunachal Pradesh is the largest protected area in the Eastern Himalaya. It is also home to world's northernmost evergreen rainforests. It is located between the Mishmi Hills and Patkai Range.

pradeep
January 29, 2013 at 6:37 pmthe bestest of all.
ishita
January 29, 2013 at 9:37 pmthe answer to the first question is none of the four options.
plz check
Rachana
January 29, 2013 at 10:43 pmFor the first question, Venezuela is not present in the options. But it says that’s the answer.
Ran
January 30, 2013 at 6:43 amreally gr8 work done by you people for the development of education and hence development of nation. keep it up…
Dipayan
January 30, 2013 at 1:04 pmSir, I thought answer to Q1 is Zimbabwe
anand dogra
January 31, 2013 at 11:40 amhow range of
this missilE?
anupam shrivastava
April 5, 2013 at 4:14 pmplease give me the gk and current affair in jan 2013- to march 2013
rahul goyal
July 1, 2013 at 3:34 pmAnswer to 1st question is zimbabwe.please correct me if I am wrong
Biswajit debbarma
July 23, 2013 at 1:58 pmPlease give the GK from January2013 to July 2013