1. Who has been elected as the chairman of Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development (AFPPD)? Answer: P.J Kurien 2. ..... .... ., the developer of the first successful oral vaccinati on for Polio passed away recently? Answer: Hilary Koprowski 3. The international Monetary Fund has recently recognized the Government of .......... After 22 years? Answer: Somalia 4. The Indian-American economist who won the JohnBates Clark Medal 2013? Answer : Raj Chetty John Bates Clark Medal is awar ded by the Americ an EconomicAss ociatio n. The award often descri bed as the ‘Baby Nobel’, is considered by many economists to be second on ly to the Nobel Prize. 5. What is the full form of NOFN? Answer: National Optical Fibre Network. The scheme recently approved by the Union Government will connect 2,50,000 Gram Panchay ats in the country through Optical Fibre Cabl e. 6. Which power generation company has recently been conferred with the ‘Mini Ratna Category 1’ status by the Government of India? Answer: North Eastern Electric Power Corporatio n (NEEPCO) 7. Who wrote the novel ‘The Orphan Master’s Son’, which won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 2013? Answer : Adam Johnson 8. The veteran play back singer .......... who had sung around 3000 songs in Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam and Tulu passed away on 14th April? Answer: P.B Srinivas 9. World Earth Day was observed on: Answer: April 22 10. What was the theme of 2013 World Earth day (April 22)? Answer: The face of climate change 11. Who has been elected as the President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)? Answer: Takehiko Nakao (Japan) 12. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the State Child Rights Commission, Kerala? Answer: Neela Gangadharan 13. The 200th birth anniversary of .........., the ruler of the erstwhile kingdom of Travancore is being celebrated now? Answer: Swati Tirunal 14. Which Indian has been appointed as the Vice Chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce? Answer: Sunil Bharti Mittal 15. The f amous Indi an Viol inist who passed away on April 22? Answer: Lalgudi Jayaraman 16. Who is sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Italy? Answer: Enrico Letta 17. The space observatory of the European Space Agency which stopped functioning recently?
