CURRENT AFFAIRS 2013 QUESTION BANK Bank Sample Papers, SSC Sample Papers

CURRENT AFFAIRS 2013 QUESTION BANK

Ques. Who was presented with Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, Kerala Government‟s highest literary honour, on Feb 18? Ans. Atoor Ravi Varma Ques. The Kerala State award for the Best feature film was bagged by the movie …………… Ans. Celluloid. Ques. The code name given to the entire plan of the execution of Afsal Guru, the parliament attack convict: Ans. Operation Three Star Ques. Which mobile network in India launched „One Nation, One Rate‟ offering same rate for voice, sms and data in home circles and on roaming its network? Ans. Aircel Ques. Which unique online contest organised by Karnataka Regional Youth Commission drew good response recently? Ans. Crib Contest 2012 Ques. SEBI allowed which stock exchange to voluntarily opt out of the exchange space in India? Ans. Hyderabad Stock Exchange Ques. What is the new name of 'No Frill Account'? Ans. Basic Banking Account Ques. Which Indian economist has recently received France‟s highest civilian award, „Commandeur de la Legion d‟Honneur‟ (Legion of Honour)? Ans. Amartya Sen Ques. Who has taken over as the new Chairman of NASSCOM (National Association of Software Services Companies)? Ans. Krishnakumar Natarajan Ques. Which company launched the electric car named e2o? Ans. Mahindra & Mahindra Ques. Who has created history by becoming the first Indian on a solo non-stop trip across the world in a sail boat? Ans. Lieutenant Commander Abhilash Tomy Ques. Miss Universe 2012 is: Ans. Olivia Culpo Ques. Which film was adjudged best feature film in the 60th National Film Awards? Ans. Paan Singh Tomar (Hindi) directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia Ques. The 5th BRICS summit was recently held at? Ans. Durban, South Africa (March 26-27).The member states of BRICS are Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Ques. Which country will host ICC World T20 2014? Ans. Bangladesh Ques. Who was honoured with Indira Gandhi Peace Prize recently? http://www.pappulal.com/practice-papers/index.html Page 2 of 7

Ans. Ela Bhatt, founder of the Self Employed Women‟s Association (SEWA) Ques. Which Indian is all set to join the prestigious international Satellite Hall of France? Ans. U.R.Rao Ques. Recently, which bank has announced to open it's second branch in China? Ans. State Bank of India Ques. Who is the new Defense Secretary of US? Ans. Chak Hegal Ques. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of Bharti Infratel? Ans. Sunil Khurana Ques. Who addressed colorful cultural; extravaganza called „SONABYSS-2012‟? Ans. Paban Singh Ghatowar. Ques. Who is the current Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra? Ans. Ajit Pawar. Ques. Kaziranga University tied up with which university recently? Ans. Cardiff Metropolitan University of United Kingdom. Ques. The new Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh is: Ans. Virbhadra Singh Ques. The Director of Film “Life of Pi”? Ans. Ang Lee Ques. The new Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is: Ans. Ranjith Sinha Ques. The new Director General of the Border Security Force (BSF) is: Ans. Subash Joshi Ques. I.K Gujral‟s autobiography is: Ans. Matters of Discretion Ques. Who is first female President of South Korea ? Ans. Park Guen-hye Ques. Who is the first female Chief Justice of Sri Lanka ? Ans. Shirani Bandaranayake Ques. Who is the winner of DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2013 ? Ans. Jeet Thayil Ques. Which is the Longest Railway Tunnel in India? Ans. Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel (Banihal railway tunnel) Ques. Who has been conferred won Keerthi Chakra (the second highest among peace time gallantry awards of the country) ? Ans. Major Anoop Joseph Ques. The current winners of Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament? Ans. Australia Ques. Who scored the fastest debut century test cricket? Ans. Shikhar Dhawan Ques. Which film bagged the National award for the best film on social issues? Ans. Spirit, directed by Renjith 6 http://www.pappulal.com/practice-papers/index.html Page 3 of 7

Ques. The 5th BRICS summit was recently held at: Ans. Durban, South Africa (March 26-27). Ques. The Italian foreign minister who resigned over the government‟s decision to return the two Italian marines to India? Ans. Giulio Terzi Ques. Sukumari, the veteran film actor who passed away recently, had made her debut at the age of 10 through the Tamil movie………….. Ans. Oru Iravu Ques. In which year Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) was launched? Ans. 2008. Ques. Who has been honored with the Hoover Medal at the Global Humanitarian Technology Conference in Seattle in Washington? Ans. V. Murthy. Ques. Who was Keith Campbell, who died at the age of 58? Ans. Scientist. Ques. Former ______all-rounder Kevin Curran has died. Ans. Zimbabwe. Ques. Who was Margaret Osborne DuPont, who has died at the age of 94? Ans. Tennis Player. Ques. Who was T. Samuel, who has died at the age of 86? Ans. Cartoonist. Ques. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of ICC‟s Cricket Committee? Ans. Anil Kumble. Ques. The first International Day of Rural Women was observed on ______. Ans. 15th October, 2008. Ques. Who is the new President of Sahitya Akademi ? Ans. Dr. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari Ques. Which country will host ICC World T20 2014? Ans. Bangladesh Ques. Who won the gold medal in the men‟s triple jump in the season opening Indian Grand Prix? Ans. Renjith Maheswary Ques. Who is the lady popularly known as "Human Computer", she died on 21st April 2013? Ans. Shakuntala Devi Ques. Who is elected as the President of Venezuela recently? Ans. Nicolas Maduro Ques. India‟s first and only Women Chief Election Commissioner ……………. passed away recently? Ans. Ramadevi Ques. The 2013 SAARC literature festival was hosted by which place? Ans. Agra Ques. The President of Bangladesh who passed away recently? Ans. Zillur Rahman Ques. Which are the three North Eastern states where new High Courts have been set up? Ans. Tripura, Meghalaya and Manipur http://www.pappulal.com/practice-papers/index.html Page 4 of 7

Ques. World Earth Hour was observed from 8.30PM to 9.30PM On: Ans. March 23 Ques. Austere Challenge 2012 is the joint military exercise of USA and ______. Ans. Israel. Ques. In which country the 5th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction was held? Ans. Indonesia. Ques. Who assumed charge as the Union Minister of Culture? Ans. Chandresh Kumari Katoch. Ques. Who has won the F1 title of 2012? Ans. Sebastian Vettel. Ques. Who has taken charge as the Chairperson & Managing Director of Bank of India? Ans. Iyer. Ques. A total of ______trains have been identified for providing OBHS services. Ans. 535. Ques. Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Institute of Rural Management, (IRMA)? Ans. Deep Joshi. Ques. Mahesh Bhupathi and ______clinched the Paris Master. Ans. Rohan Bopanna. Ques. Which country has won the Asian Kabaddi Championship? Ans. Pakistan. Ques. Najib Mikati, who resigned recently was the Prime Minister of: Ans. Lebanon Ques. The recently announced National Tourism Award 2011-12 for the Best Rural Tourism Project has been bagged by: Ans. Kumarakom Ques. The president of Egypt who visited India recently? Answer. Mohamed Morsi 49. The renowned African novelist and author of “Things Fall Apart” who passed away recently? Ans. Chinua Achebe Ques. Who is appointed as India‟ s new permanent representative to the United Nations? Ans. Asoke Kumar Mukerji Ques. Who has been appointed as the chairman of Lalit Kala Academy? Ans. Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty Ques. Who are the three personalities recently selected by the Indian Parliamentary Group for the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award? Ans. Arun Jaitley (2010), Karan Singh (2011) and Sharad Yadav (2012) Ques. Who is the richest person of the world, as per the ranking released by the Forbes Magazine? Ans. Carlos Slim (Mexico) Ques. The newly released Book, “Walking With Lions, Tales from a Diplomatic Past” is written by: Ans. K. Natwar Singh Ques. Who is appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations ? Ans. Asoke Kumar Mukerji Ques. Which university in India will introduce a chapter on the contribution of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar to the Constitution? http://www.pappulal.com/practice-papers/index.html Page 5 of 7

Ans. Karnataka State Open University Ques. Which education and learning division announced its partnership with Big Bazaar to market their learning products in their stores across India? Ans. HCL Infosystems Limited Ques. Who is the Foreign Secretary of Britain? Ans. William Hague. Ques. Who dedicated to the nation a new Integrated Terminal Building of Swami Vivekananda Airport at Raipur? Ans. Pranab Mukherjee. Ques. Who assumed office as the new Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas? Ans. Dr. M. Veerappa Moily. Ques. Who has been appointed as Director General (Investigation), National Human Rights Commission? Ans. Kanwaljit Deol. Ques. Who assumed charge as the Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Science? Ans. Jaipal Reddy. Ques. Who assumed charge as the Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries? Ans. Tariq Anwar. Ques. Who assumed charge as the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports? Ans. Jitendra Singh. Ques. Who is Rakesh Misra? Ans. Director General, Central Public Works Department, Ministry opf Urban Development. Ques. Who is the chairman of SAIL? Ans. C.S Verma. Ques. Who has taken over as the new Corporate Affairs Minister in Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi? Ans. Sachin Pilot. Ques. Department of Posts has been involved in rural development for the last _____ years. Ans. 150. Ques. „Arrangement for Cooperation on Civil Aviation‟ has been signed recently between India & which country? Ans. New Zealand. Ques. How many pacts have been signed between India & New Zealand to cooperate in the field of education? Ans. Five. Ques. Who was the first black President of Supreme Court of Brazil? Ans. Joaquim Barbosa. Ques. Whose bronze statue was unveiled in Florida town by former President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam? Ans. Mahatma Gandhi. Ques. State-owned BPCL and Videocon Industries made an oil discovery in their deep sea black off in which country? Ans. Brazil. Ques. Which stock exchanges of India recently joined Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative? Ans. Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). http://www.pappulal.com/practice-papers/index.html Page 6 of 7

Ques. Which company recently opened its largest store in Beijing, China? Ans. Apple Ques. Name the Nehru fellowship recipient Archaeologist who died recently. Ans. Ranganatha Rao Ques. Which are the three new high courts constitute in India? Ans. Meghalaya, Manipur & Tripura Ques. Which is the highest gallantry award in India? Ans. Param Vir Chakra Ques. Name the Venezuelan President who died recently? Ans. Hugo Chavez Ques. Who is sworn in as the new governor of Bihar? Ans. DY Patil Ques. Who is sworn in as the new governor of Tripura? Ans. Devanand Konwar Ques. Who is sworn in as the new governor of Nagaland? Ans. Ashwani Kumar, He was the former Director of the CBI. Ques. Who won the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix? Ans. Sebastian Vettel Ques. Which are the two elements that added to the Periodic Table recently? Ans. Flerovium and Livermorium Ques. Who was crowned the Femina Miss India World 2013? Ans. Navneet Kaur Dhilon Ques. Who won the Miss India International 2013? Ans. Zoya Arfoz Ques. Who is the present Chief Justice of Orissa high court? Ans. Chokalingam Nagappan Ques. Who is the current MD and CE of BSE? Ans. Ashish Kumar Chauhan. Ques. SAIL has appointed around ______rural dealers in the first six months of 2012-13. Ans. 450. Ques. Who is chosen for Saraswati Samman award 2013? Ans. Ques. Which Indian state made Malayalam must for its government jobs? Ans. Kerala Ques. Who was named “Sportsperson of the year” by Tata Steel for her achievements on the occasion of 174th birth anniversary of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata? Ans. Deepika Kumari Ques. Who won the inaugural Physics Journalism Prize sponsored by the Institute of Physics and Science and Technology Facilities Council? Ans. Anil Ananthaswamy

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