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WORLD
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1. Which country recently launched the new generation of Epsilon Rocket ?
Answer :- Japan

2. According to confirmation of NASA which spacecraft has become the first manmade object to go beyond the solar system and reach interstellar space?
Answer :- Voyager 1

3. Which American Engineer and inventor of the Dolby Noise Reducation system ?
Answer :- Ray Milton Dolby

4. The Bollywood film 'Escape from Taliban' was based on a memoir written by Indian Author, who died recently in Afganisthan ?
Answer :- Susmitha Banerjee

5. According to United Nations report which gas was used in the chemical attacks in Syria?
Answer :- Sarin

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INDIA
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1. Who inaugurate 19th Meeting of the Governing Council of Center on Inaugurated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific ?
Answer :- President Pranab Kumar Mukharji

2. Central Armed Police Force Institute of Medical Science (CAPFILMS) is situated at ?
Answer :- New Delhi (It is building Now)

3. What is the name of Centrally Sponsored Scheme for reforming the state higher education system ?
Answer :- Rashtriya Uchachatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)

4. Who became the first politician to lose his seat after Supreme Court ruling on Convicted Law Makers (MLAs and Mps) ?
Answer :- Rusheed Masood (First Parliamentarian/Rajya Sabha Member)

5. Who became the Second politician to lose his seat after Supreme Court ruling on Convicted Law Makers (MLAs and Mps) ?
Answer :- Lalu Prasad Yadav (First Lok Sabha Member)

6. Where is India's first marine eco sensitive zone declared?
Answer :- Gulf of Kutch

7. Which Indian has recently been declared as the World's Tallest Women by the Guinness World Record?
Answer :- Siddiqa Paveen

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SPORTS
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1.Which Indian Pair won the doubles title in the ITF Men's Tournament in Egypt ?
Answer :- N.Sriram Balaji and Ranjeet Virali Murugesan

2. Which 2 cricket players have been banned for lifetime by the BCCI for spot fixing during IPL season 6 ?
Answer :- S.Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan

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AWARD
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1. Who were jointly awarded with the Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award this year ?
Answer :- Malala Yousafzai and Harry Belafonte

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APPOINTMENT's
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1. First women head of State Bank of India ?
Answer :- Arundhathi Bhattacharya
2. New High Commissioner of India to UK ?
Answer :- Ranjan Mathai

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BUSINESS
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1. Asian Development Bank has lower India's growth Forcast to  ?
Answer :- 4.7% (from 6%)

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ആനുകാലികം ഒക്ടോബർ 2013

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