General Awareness Questions Set-31

1. Who has been selected for Vyas Samman for the year 2013 for his memoir Vyomkesh Darvesh a biography of Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi?
A) Aviskar Raj
B) Adinath Sachin
C) Vishwanath Tripathi
D) Rajendra Pata
Answer & Explanation: Vishwanath Tripathi has been selected for Vyas Samman for the year 2013.

2. Who has appointed as Director General of the WWF International?
A) Macro Lambertini
B) Christine Lagarde
C) Megan Young
D) David Smith
Answer & Explanation: Macro Lambertini has appointed as Director General of the WWF International.

3. Who was elected as the new Chairman of ICC for a period of 2 years?
A) Jagmohan Dalmiya
B) Ravi Prakash
C) Srinivasan
D) Sourav Ganguly
Answer & Explanation: Srinivasan elected as the new Chairman of ICC for a period of 2 years.

4. Who was elected as the next Prime Minister of Nepal recently by the Nepal’s Parliament?
A) Pawan Kumar Chamling
B) Sushil Koirala
C) Abdulla Yameen
D) Sheikh Hasina
Answer & Explanation: Sushil Koirala was elected as the next Prime Minister of Nepal.

5. Who was elected President of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) recently?
A) Abhay Singh Chautala
B) N Ramachandra
C) Suresh Kalmadi
D) Om Prakash Mehra
Answer & Explanation: N Ramachandra was elected President of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) recently.

6. Name the first State in India to achieve 100 percent sanitation coverage under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan Scheme?
A) Himanchal Pradesh
B) Sikkim
C) Karnataka
D) Madhya Pradesh
Answer & Explanation: Sikkim became the first State in India to achieve 100 percent sanitation coverage under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan Scheme.

7. Who was appointed new chairman of Central Board of Director Taxes (CBDT) recently?
A) TS Vijayan
B) Anand Shiva
C) R.K. Tiwari
D) J Hari Narayan
Answer & Explanation: R.K. Tiwari was appointed new chairman of Central Board of Director Taxes (CBDT) recently.

8. Who became the second person in the history of Cricketer to score a triple century and a century in the same test match?
A) Michael Clarke
B) Kumar Sangakkar
C) Hashim Amla
D) Virendra Sehwag
Answer & Explanation: Kumar Sangakkar became the second person in the history of Cricketer to score a triple century and a century in the same test match against Bangladesh.

9. Who was appointed Chairman and Managing Director of Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB) recently?
A) Pradipta K. Jena
B) K.R. Kamath
C) Arun Kaul
D) Jatinder Bir Singh
Answer & Explanation: Jatinder Bir Singh was appointed Chairman and Managing Director of Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB) recently.

10.Indian Boxers finished at which position at the 58th Bocskai International Tournament which concluded in Hungary recently?
A) Fourth
B) First
C) Third
D) Second
Answer & Explanation: Indian Boxers finished at Fourth position at the 58th Bocskai International Tournament.