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Current Affairs Questions and their Answer with detail explanation.

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1. chief guest of 2013 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas : Rajkeswur Purryag, President of Mauritius (Held in Kochi)

2. winner of Australian Open 2013 Women's title : Victoria Azarenka (Nationality: Belarusian )

3. winner of Australian Open 2013 men's title : Novak Djokovic ( Nationality :Serbia)

4. Who was the chief guest of 2013 : Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, King of Bhutan

5. Who is first female President of South Korea : Park Guen-hye

6. Which is the Longest Railway Tunnel in ? : Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel (Banihal railway tunnel)

7. Where did the World Economic Forum annual meeting held? : Davos, Switzerland

8. Which Indian scientist conferred with China's top science award? : CNR Rao (Chintamani Nagesa

Ramachandra Rao FRS, also known as C.N.R. Rao, is an Indian chemist who has worked mainly in solid-

state and structural chemistry. He currently serves as the Head of the Scientific Advisory Council to the

Prime Minister of India. He is recently conferred BHARAT RATNA AWARD

9. Who is the winner of Ranji Trophy 2012-2013 ? : Mumbai

10. Who is the new President of Sahitya Akademi ? : Dr. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari

11. Who is appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations ? : Asoke Kumar

Mukerji

12. Who is the world’s oldest Marathon runner? : Fauja Singh (Fauja Singh is a British centenarian marathon

runner of Punjabi Sikh descent.)

13. Which film won this year's Best Picture Oscar? : Argo (Argo is a 2012 historical drama thriller film directed

by Ben Affleck.)

14. What was the theme of 2013 International Women’s Day (march 8) ? : A promise is a promise: Time for

action to end violence against women

15. Who is the new President of Kenya ? : Uhuru Kenyatta (Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta is the fourth and the

current President of Kenya, )

16. Who is the new PM (Premier of the People's Republic of China) of China? : Li Keqiang (An economist by

training, Li is China's head of government as well as the leading figure behind its economic policy.) 17. Who is the new Pope? : Pope Francis (Francis is the 266th and current Pope of the Catholic Church having

been elected Bishop of Rome( Nationality –Argentine)

18. What is the name of India's first regional navigational satellite? : IRNSS-1 ( The satellite is one among

the three of the IRNSS series satellites that has been placed in geosynchronous orbit.

19. Who scored fastest hundred on debut in test cricket ? : Shikhar Dhawan (India - Shikhar Dhawan

stunned all observers, and Australia, when he stroked his way to the fastest Test century by a debutant.

That debut, in Mohali in 2012-13, came to Dhawan in his ninth year of first-class cricket after he had been

written off by almost everybody, not least because India's opening combination had been fixed to the most

prolific combination in their Test history: Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir.)

20. Where is India's first all women post office inaugurated on women's day ? : Delhi

21. What is the theme of 2013 world water day (march 22) ? : Water Cooperation

22. Which year is declared by UN as International Year of Water Cooperation ? : 2013

23. Who is the winner of 2013 miss India ? : Navneet Kaur Dhillon (She belongs to Patiala, .)

24. Who is recently reelected as IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) Director general ? : Yukiya

Amano (Amano previously served as a Japanese diplomat and international civil servant for the United

Nations and its subdivisions.)

25. Who is the new Prime Minister of Nepal ? : Khil Raj Regmi

26. Who is the first female Prime minister of UK who recently passed away ? : Margaret Thatcher (Margaret

Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG OM PC FRS was a British politician who was the Prime Minister of

the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and the Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She

was the longest-serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century and is the only woman to have held the

office. As Prime Minister, she implemented policies that have come to be known as Thatcherism.)

27. Who is the new pm of North Korea ? : Pak Pong-ju (Pak Pong-ju served as the Premier of North Korea

since elected by the DPRK's Supreme People's Assembly on September 3, 2003, until April 11, 2007 and

again since April 2013.)

28. Who is the new venezuela president ? : Nicolás Maduro Moros is a Venezuelan politician who has been

President of Venezuela since 2013. Previously he served under President Hugo Chávez as Minister of

Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2013 and as Vice President of Venezuela from 2012 to 2013.

29. Who is the new president of Bangladesh? : Abdul Hamid (আব্দুল হামিদ; born: 1 January 1944) is

a Bangladeshi politician who has been President of Bangladesh since 2013.Previously he served as the Speaker of the National Parliament from 25 January 2009 to 24 April 2013. He was the acting President

after the death of Zillur Rahman in March 2013)

30. What is the theme of 2013 World Earth day (April 22)? : The face of climate change

31. Who is the new of Jammu and Kashmir? : Narinder Nath Vohra (Narinder Nath Vohra is the

current governor of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. He took over from S K Sinha on June 25, 2008.

He is the first civilian governor of Jammu and Kashmir in 18 years after .)

32. Who is the new president of ADB (Asian Development Bank) ? : Takehiko Nakao (Takehiko Nakao is a

Japanese civil servant who was elected the ninth president of the Asian Development Bank in 2013.

33. Who is the new prime minister of Italy ? : Enrico Letta (Enrico Letta is an Italian politician who has been

the Prime Minister of Italy since 2013, leading a grand coalition comprising the centre-left Democratic Party,

the right-wing People of Freedom, and the centrist Civic Choice)

34. Who is the first woman speaker of Bangladesh ? : Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury

35. Who is the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India ? : Shashi Kant Sharma a 1976 batch

cadre IAS is the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India. He succeeded Vinod Rai as the supreme

auditor of the Constitutional body on 22 May 2013.

36. Who is the first Indian amputee to scale Everest ? : Arunima Sinha (Arunima "Sonu" Sinha is the first

female amputee to climb Mount Everest. She is also the first Indian amputee to climb Mount Everest.)

37. Who is the first Pakistani women to scale the Everest ? : Samina Baig (Samina Khayal Baig born 19

September 1990 is the first Pakistani woman and the third Pakistani to climb Mount Everest. She

is also the youngest Muslim woman to climb Everest, having done so at the age of 21.)

38. Who is the first US women in space ? : Sally Ride (Recently she won highest civilian honour of

USA, Presidential medal of Freedom)

39. What is the theme of 2013 International Biological diversity Day (May 22) ? : Water and Biodiversity

40. Who is the winner of 2013 Man Booker International Prize? : Lydia Davis (Lydia Davis is an American

writer noted for her short stories. Davis is also a novelist, essayist, and translator from French and other

languages, and has produced several new translations of French)

41. hat is the theme of 2013 World No- Tobacco Day ( May 31 ) ? : Ban tobacco advertising, promotion and

sponsorship

42. Who is the new Director General of DRDO ? : Avinash Chander (Avinash Chander, the man behind

Agni series of missiles) 43. Who is the new prime minister of Pakistan ? : Nawaz Sharif (Nawaz Sharif is the 18th and current

Prime Minister of Pakistan. A veteran politician and industrialist, he previously served as Prime

Minister from November 1990 to July 1993 and from February 1997 to October 1999)

44. Who were the first twins to scale mount Everest ? : Tashi and Nancy Malik

45. What is the theme of 2013 World Environment Day (June 5) ? : Think, Eat, Save

46. Who won the 2013 Templeton Prize ( is an annual award presented by the Templeton Foundation.

Established in 1972, it is awarded to a living person who, in the estimation of the judges, "has made an

exceptional contribution to affirming life's spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical

works".) ? : Desmond Tutu (Desmond Mpilo Tutu is a South African social rights activist and retired

Anglican bishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid)

47. Who is the longest serving defence minister in India ? A.K Antony (Arackaparambil Kurien "A. K."

Antony (born 28 December 1940) is an Indian politician who is the current Defence Minister of India,and

also the Member of Parliament (MP) from the upper house, Rajya Sabha, of Parliament. He previously

served as the Chief Minister of the state of Kerala.

48. Who is the winner of 2013 French open women's title ? Serena Williams (Serena Jameka Williams is an

American professional tennis player who is currently ranked No. 1 in women's singles tennis. The Women's

Tennis Association has ranked her World No. 1 in singles on six separate occasions.)

49. Who is the winner of 2013 French open men's title ? Rafael Nadal (Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera is a

Spanish professional tennis player and the current world No. 1. He is considered one of the greatest players

of all time)

50. Who is the new prime minister of Australia ? : Kevin Rudd (Kevin Michael Rudd (born 21 September

1957) is an Australian politician who was twice Prime Minister of Australia, from 2007 to 2010, and again in

2013. He was the first former Prime Minister to return to the office since Robert Menzies in 1949, and only

the second Labor Prime Minister to do so.)

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