Daily Current Affairs Online April 2013 Quiz - 24 April 2013

1. Reliance Jio Infocomm made an international data connectivity deal with the Bharti Airtel on Monday, 23 April 2013 to use Bharti’s undersea submarine cable networks to provide data connectivity across Asia Pacific. What is the name of Bharti's undersea submarine cable network?
[Category: Corporate Current Affairs]
[A] i2i
[B] AirSea
[C] Seair
[D] a2a


2. On 23 April 2013, who was elected as the president of Editors Guild of India, an organisation of the editors of various magazines and newspapers of India?
[Category: SSC Exams Current Affairs]
[A] T.N. Ninan
[B] Prabhu Chawla
[C] G. Kasturi
[D] Narasimhan Ravi


3. Legendary singer Shamshad Begum, one of the first few playback singers of the Hindi film industry, died on 23 April 2013 in Mumbai. In year 2009 she was awarded O P Nayyar award for contribution to Hindi film music and also one of the civilian honour of India. Can you name which civilian honour was awarded to her in 2009?
[Category: Civil Services Exam Current Affairs]
[A] Bharat Ratna
[B] Padma Shri
[C] Padma Vibhushan
[D] Padma Bhushan


4. Which cricketer hit the fastest ever century in the history of cricket by reaching 100 in merely 30 balls during Royal Challengers Bangalore-Pune Warriors IPL match on 23 April 2013?
[Category: Sports Current Affairs]
[A] Yuvraj Singh
[B] Chris Gayle
[C] Brendon McCullum
[D] Shahid Afridi


5. On 23 April 2013, the Union Minister for Commerce, Industry and Textiles launched 21 New Textile Parks approved under Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP) making the total count of parks as 61. Who is the current Union Minister for Commerce, Industry and Textiles?
[Category: Bank Exams Current Affairs]
[A] Vayalar Ravi
[B] Kamalnath
[C] Anand Sharma
[D] Montek Singh Ahluwalia