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16351. Name of the Indian author, who wrote a bestselling memoir about life under the Taliban, has been shot by militants in Afghanistan?
Answer: Sushmita Banerjee.
16353. Name the world"s largest volcano spanning the size of the entire British Isles which has been discovered on the floor of the Pacific Ocean?
Answer: Tamu Massif.
16354. Name the bill passed by Rajya Sabha on September 6, 2013 which will help extend pension cover to more citizens of the country through PFRDA"s New Pension Scheme (NPS)?
Answer: Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill
16355. Who has been selected for the Padmaprabha award for the year 2013?
Answer: Vijayalakshmi. (Poet).
16356. Adolf Hitler"s most devoted bodyguard, and the last remaining witness to the Nazi leader"s final hours, who died on September 5, 2013?
Answer: Rochus Misch.
16357. Name the rocket carrying spacecraft launched by NASA on September 7, 2013 which is charged with studying the lunar atmosphere and dust?
Answer: LADEE.
16358. Which cricketer won the "South Africa Cricketer of the Year-2013" and "Test Cricketer of the Year-2013" awards?
Answer: Hashim Amla.
16362. Liberian leader who was conferred the coveted Indira Gandhi peace prize-2013?
Answer: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
16364. Indian fast bowler who has been banned for life following his part in the Indian Premier League spot-fixing controversy?
Answer: Sreesanth.
16365. Which country joined the United Nations Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) which outlaws production and use of chemical weapons?
Answer: Syria.
16366. American Engineer and inventor of the noise reduction system known as Dolby NR who died on September 12, 2013?
Answer: Ray Milton Dolby.
16367. Name the first human-made object to cross out of the Solar System and into interstellar space?
Answer: Voyager 1.
16368. Which countries signed a groundbreaking deal on a framework to eliminate Syria"s chemical weapons on September 14, 2013?
Answer: Russia and U.S.A.
16369. Name the new cheaper rocket which is successfully launched by Japan on September 14, 2013?
Answer: Epsilon.
16370. Who becomes the first Indian American and second Asian American to be chosen as Miss America?
Answer: Nina Davuluri.
16371. Name the Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) of India which was successfully test-fired for its full range of 5,000 km on September 15, 2013 from Wheeler Island, Odisha?
Answer: Agni-V.
16372. Bangladeshi Islamist leader and Politician of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, who was tried, sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal, Bangladesh?
Answer: Abdul Quader Molla.
16373. Who has been elected president of International Olympic Committee (IOC)?
Answer: Thomas Bach (Germany).
16374. Diana is a 2013 biographical drama film, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, about the last two years of the life of Diana, Princess of Wales. Name the British-Australian actress who plays the title role of Diana in that film?
Answer: Naomi Watts.
16375. Pakistani schoolgirl and education rights campaigner who was jointly announced as the recipient of Amnesty International’s Ambassador of Conscience Award presented at a ceremony on 17th September 2013 at the Mansion House, Dublin, Ireland?
Answer: Malala Yousafzai.
16376. Who won the Player of the series award in the Natwest ODI cricket series between Australia and England held in England in September 2013?
Answer: Michael Clarke (Australia).
16377. Minister of State for Food and Civil Supplies of Rajasthan who resigned from the cabinet after being accused of raping a woman?
Answer: Babulal Nagar.
16378. Which football club won the 2013 Durand cup defeating ONGC in the final?
Answer: Mohammedan Sporting Club, Kolkata.
16379. Japanese businessman who is credited with transforming Nintendo from a small hanafuda card-making company in Japan to a multi-billion dollar video game company, died on September 19, 2013?
Answer: Hiroshi Yamauchi.
16380. The former BCCI Secretary during whose tenure the match-fixing scandal broke out in 2000, died on September 19, 2013?
Answer: Jaywant Lele.
16381. The former world heavyweight boxing champion who was the second man to beat Muhammad Ali, breaking Ali"s jaw and sending him to the hospital in their 1973 heavyweight fight, died on September 18, 2013?
Answer: Ken Norton.
16382. Executive Director (Commercial Vehicles), Tata Motors who has been unanimously elected as Chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for the year 2013-14?
Answer: Ravindra Pisharody.
16383. Which country bagged the first Asian School Track & Field trophy held in Malaysia?
Answer: Malaysia.
16384. Former secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and a former member of the CPC (Central Committee Political Bureau) who was sentenced to life imprisonment on Sunday for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power?
Answer: Bo Xilai.
16385. India’s female archer who won the silver medal in the Recurve Women Individual discipline at the Archery World Cup held in Paris?
Answer: Deepika Kumari.
16386. Egypt"s oldest and most influential Islamist group which was banned in September after President Mohamed Morsi was toppled by the army following mass protests against his government on July?
Answer: The Muslim Brotherhood.
16387. The Indian wrestler who bagged Silver Medal in 55 Kg Free Style category in the 2013 Senior World Wrestling Championship being held at Budapest, Hungary on 16 September 2013?
Answer: Amit Kumar.
16388. Television drama which won the "Outstanding Drama Series" prize at the 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards?
Answer: "Breaking Bad”.
16390. Who were declared winners of the prestigious ’Clinton Global Citizens Awards’-2013?
Answer: Bunker Roy
16391. Former IPL chairman who has been banned by BCCI for life from holding any cricket post?
Answer: Lalit Modi.
16392. Three new islands emerged from the ocean offshore of a city of Pakistan, after a strong magnitude-7 earthquake shook the country on September 24,Name that city?
Answer: Gwadar.
16393. UN-backed tribunal in The Hague has recently upheld the conviction of former Liberian president, who was sentenced to 50 years in jail last year for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in neighbouring Sierra Leone. What is the name of that former president of Liberia?
Answer: Charles Taylor.
16395. Which country won the bronze medal in the eighth women’s Asia Cup hockey held in September 2013?
Answer: India.
16397. Which countries signed the first commercial agreement on civilian nuclear power cooperation in September 2013?
Answer: India and U.S.A.
16398. Which team won the NKP Salve Challenger Trophy 2013 defeating Delhi in the final?
Answer: India Blue.
16399. Which pair won the Pan Pacific Open trophy Tennis title -2013?
Answer: Sania Mirza (India) and Cara Black (Zimbabwe).
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