Current Affairs And General Knowledge

Current Affairs And General Knowledge

Q1 :    How many players can retain by a team in Indian Premier League auction that will be held on 12 February 2013?

•         Two


•         Six


•         Three


•         Five

Q2 :   Which Bank reduces home loan rates by 0.25 percent on 24th December 2013?

•         HDFC Bank


•         Kotak Mahindra Bank


•         ICICI Bank


•         Bank of Baroda

Q3 :   Name the World War II code breaker who gets royal pardon for gay conviction on 24th December 2013?

•         Alan Turing


•         Kurt Gödel


•         Euclid


•         Andrew Wiles

Q4 :    Which country launches screening device to detect cervical cancer in early stages?

•         Japan


•         China


•         India


•         Australia

Q5 :    How many athletes banned by Russian Weightlifting Federation for doping?

•         Sixteen


•         Five


•         Ten


•         Eight

Q6 :    Which country’s researchers developed a handheld food scanner that identifies what’s in your food?

•         Canada


•         Europe


•         New Zealand


•         Spain

Q7 :    Top Indian Mujahideen & SIMI activist Abu Faisal from-

•         Gujarat


•         Jammu and Kashmir


•         Madhya Pradesh


•         Assam

Q8 :    Who among the following country’s parliament is considering a proposal to pick another city as the nation’s capital?

•         Malaysia


•         Iran


•         Finland


•         Zimbabwe

Q9 :   How many people killed in powerful bombing at Egypt Police Station?

•         Thirty


•         Sixty


•         Fifty


•         Fifteen

Q10 :    Which telecom operator company launches new tariffs and plans for 3G video calls?

•         Idea


•         Aircel


•         Vodafone


•         BSNL

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1. Five:IPL auction on February 12, teams can retain five players

2. Kotak Mahindra Bank:Kotak Mahindra reduces home loan rates by 0.25 percent

3. Alan Turing:Alan Turing granted royal pardon for gay sex conviction

4. India:India launches Screening device to detect cervical cancer in early stages

5. Eight:Eight Russian athletes banned for doping

6. Canada:TellSpec hand-held scanner identifies what’s in your food

7. Madhya Pradesh:Madhya Pradesh ATS arrests top IM & SIMI activist Abu Faisal from MP

8. Iran:Iran parliament mulls changing country’s capital

9. Fifteen:Powerful Bombing at Egypt Police Station Kills 15

10. Aircel:Aircel launches new tariffs and plans for 3G video calls

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General knowledge Updates

1. Who has been won the gold medal in the women’s 10m air rifle at 57th National Shooting Championship 2013?

•  Mampi Das


•  Avneet Kaur Sidhu


•  Anjali Bhagwat


•  Tejaswini Sawant

2. Who has been appointed as new head coach of Sri Lanka?

•  Trevor Bayliss


•  Ian Pont


•  Jason Gillespie


•  Paul Farbrace

 

3. Which among the following player named 2013 AIFF Indian Player of the Year?

•  Baichung Bhutia


•  Sunil Chhetri


•  Subrata Pal


•  Gouramangi Singh

 

4. Who among the following political party president admitted to AIIMS hospital on 20th December 2013?

•  Bharatiya Janata Party


•  Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam


•  Aam Aadmi Party


•  Rashtriya Janata Dal

 

5. Which among the following country’s mayor among four killed in ambush at Manila airport?

•  Philippines


•  Iran


•  Austria


•  Kenya

 

6. Who among the following becomes sixth highest run-scorer in Test match history?

•  Jacques Kallis


•  Kevin Peterson


•  Shivnarine Chanderpaul


•  Graeme Smith

 

7. Who has been appointed as independent director of Reliance Industries?

•  Hital Meswani


•  Adil Zainulbhai


•  PK Kapil


•  PMS Prasad

 

8. Name the Infosys board member who resigns on 20th December 2013?

•  V. Balakrishnan


•  Mr. Shibulal


•  Vivek Kumar


•  A.K Sinha

 

9. Which among the following actor wins case to keep Farrah Fawcett portrait?

•  Lee Majors


•  David Boreanaz


•  James Marsters


•  Ryan O’Neal

 

10. Who becomes the 17th US state to legalise same-sex marriage?

•  Illinois


•  New Mexico


•  Massachusetts


•  Kentucky

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1. Mampi Das:Mampi Das wins gold in 10m Air Rifle, Joydeep wins silver

2. Paul Farbrace:Paul Farbrace appointed as new head coach of Sri Lanka

3. Sunil Chhetri:Sunil Chhetri named 2013 AIFF Indian Player of the Year

4. Rashtriya Janata Dal:Lalu Prasad, Sharad Yadav admitted to AIIMS hospital

5. Philippines:Philippines mayor among four killed in ambush at Manila airport

6. Shivnarine Chanderpaul:Shivnarine Chanderpaul passes Border for No.6 on top run-scorers list

7. Adil Zainulbhai:Reliance Industries appoints Adil Zainulbhai as independent director

8. V. Balakrishnan:Infosys board member V Balakrishnan resigns

9. Ryan O’Neal:Ryan O’Neal wins case to keep Farrah Fawcett portrait

10. New Mexico:New Mexico becomes 17th US state to legalise same-sex marriage

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Current Affair And General Knowledge 2013

Q1 : According to Google who becomes the most searched sportsperson of 2013?



 Sachin Tendulkar



 Lionel Messi



 Mahendra Singh Dhoni



 Usain Bolt







Q2 : Which University scientists ‘print’ new eye cells that could be used to treat blindness?



 University of Cambridge



 University of Oxford



 University of Michigan



 University of Maryland







 Q3 : Who has been won the men’s crown at National Ranking Table Tennis Championships?



 Gaurav Mehta



 Narendra Jain



 Sanil Shetty



 Mukesh Pawar







Q4 : According to data provided in Rajya Sabha which Indian state tops list of communal violence and related deaths?



Rajasthan



 Gujarat



 Delhi



 Uttar Pradesh







Q5 : Name the Britain’s ‘Great Train Robber’ Who passes away on 18th December 2013?



Buster Edwards



 Ronnie Biggs



 Jack Slipper



 Bruce Reynolds







 Q6 : Who has been cleared to fight the Rajasthan Cricket Association presidential elections?



 Arun Jaitley



 Sharad Pawar



 Lalit Modi



 Ajay Jadeja







 Q7 : Who among the following to be the new Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC)?



 General Bikram Singh



 Vijay Kumar Singh



 Joginder Jaswant Singh



 Devendra Kumar Joshi







Q8 : Name the china actress who won the libel case against US website over sex scandal allegations?



 Gong Li



 Michelle Yeoh



 Zhang Ziyi



 Zhou Xun









Q9 : About 500 people were killed in clashes in-



 Malaysia



 New Zealand



 Japan



 South Sudan









Q 10 : Who among the following to be conferred with BCCI’s lifetime achievement award for 2013?







 Saurav Ganguly



 Kapil Dev



 Rahul Dravid



 Anil Kumble



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1. Sachin Tendulkar:Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar most searched sportsperson of 2013





 2. University of Cambridge:Scientists ‘print’ new eye cells that could be used to treat blindness





3. Sanil Shetty:Sanil Shetty wins men’s crown at National Ranking Table Tennis Championships





4. Uttar Pradesh:Uttar Pradesh tops list of communal violence and related deaths





5. Ronnie Biggs:Britain’s ‘Great Train Robber’ Ronnie Biggs dies at 84





6. Lalit Modi:Lalit Modi cleared to fight Rajasthan Cricket Association elections





7. General Bikram Singh:General Bikram Singh to be the new Chairman of COSC





8. Zhang Ziyi:Zhang Ziyi settles libel case against US website over sex scandal allegations





9. South Sudan:About 500 people were killed in clashes in South Sudan





10. Kapil Dev:Kapil Dev to be conferred with BCCI’s lifetime achievement award

Current Affairs 2013 -Questions and Answers

Q. Who has been awarded the Mother Teresa Award?



 1 Priyanka Chopra



 2 Madhuri Dixit



 3 Sridevi Kapoor



 4 Sushmita Sen



 Ans: 4



Q. Air Marshal Arup Raha was recently in news, he is going to be the chief of



 1 Combined Defence Staff



 2 Indian Air Force



 3 Air Staff for UN PeaceKeeping Force



 4 Air Force Academy



 Ans: 2



 Q. Who is the new Chairman of Railway Board?



 1 Arunendra Kumar

 2 Kul Bhushan

 3 S.K. Jain

 4 Alok Johri



 Ans: 1



 Q. Who recently became the first woman chief of the State Bank of India?



 1 Shikha Sharma



 2 Naina Lal



 3 Arundhati Bhattacharya



 4 Chanda Kochhar



 Ans: 3



Q. Among the following Union Territories the female literacy is highest according to Census 2011?



 1 Puducherry



 2 Chandigarh



 3 Daman and Diu



 4 Lakshdweep



 Ans: 4



Q. Who was declared the best actress at the 60th National Film Award function held on March 18, 2013 ?



 1 Dolly Ahluwalia



 2 Rani Mukherjee



 3 Sridevi
4 Usha Jadhav



 Ans: 4



Q. The new Pope, Francis I hails from -



 1 Argentina



 2 Bolivia



 3 Brazil



 4 Venezuela



 Ans: 1



 Q. Who out of the following became the first lady President of South Korea in Feb. 2013?



 1 Park Jong-Sun



 2 Park Geun-Hye



 3 Kang Ji-Won



 4 Kim Soon-Ja



 Ans: 2



Q. The 2015 Cricket World Cup will be held in -



 1 Australia and New Zealand



 2 England



 3 South Africa



 4 West Indies



 Ans: 1



Q. In Uttar Pradesh, IT City is being established in -



 1 Allahbad



 2 Kanpur



 3 Lucknow



 4 Varanasi



 Ans: 3

Current Affairs and General Knowledge Quiz

Current Affairs & General Knowledge Quiz for December 2013

Q1 : Which player won the ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year Award?

Quinton De Kock   Virat Kohli   Umar Akmal   Cheteshwar Pujara



Q2 : Which among the following bollywood actor announces separation from his wife?

Govinda           Hrithik Roshan   Dharmendra           Rajpal Yadav


Q3 : Seven residents killed in fire at high-rise building in-??

 Assam           Uttar Pradesh   Mumbai   Jammu & Kashmir 


Q4 : What is the name of current chairman of National Green Tribunal?

Swatanter Kumar
Naresh Mehta
Dr. Shivam Malhotra
Rajiv Bajaj


Q5 : Which among the following political party issues notices to 3 MPs over sting allegations

 Aam Aadmi Party   Shiv Sena   Janta Dal (United)           Samajwadi Party


Q6 : Who became the first country to allow euthanasia for incurably ill children?

China      Philippines           Japan     Belgium


Q7 : Who has been takes oath as Rajasthan Chief Minister on 13th December 2013?

Ashok Gehlot           Gulab Chand Kataria           Vijayaraje Scindia           Vasundhara Raje


Q8 : Name the former chief minister of Bihar who granted bail by Supreme Court in fodder scam case?

Lalu Prasad Yadav           Satyendra Narayan Sinha           Jagannath Mishra           Rabri Devi


Q9 : Who has been appointed as new president & chief executive of Walmart India?

Mukesh Kher
Krish Iyer      

Dinesh Tomar  

Vinay Sinha 


Q10 : Who has been crowned as the best cricketer in the world in 2013 by the International Cricket Council (ICC)?

 Alastair Cook           Mahendra Singh    Dhoni

Hasim Amla           Michael Clarke

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1. Cheteshwar Pujara:Cheteshwar Pujara named ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year



 2. Hrithik Roshan:Hrithik Roshan announces separation from wife Sussanne



3. Mumbai:Seven residents killed in fire at high-rise building in Mumbai



4. Swatanter Kumar:National Green Tribunal bans burning of plastic, rubber in open across the country



 5. Janta Dal (United):JD(U) issues notices to 3 MPs over sting allegations



6. Belgium:Belgium’s upper house approves euthanasia for children



7. Vasundhara Raje:Vasundhara Raje takes oath as Rajasthan Chief Minister



 8. Lalu Prasad Yadav:Lalu Prasad granted bail by Supreme Court in fodder scam case



 9. Krish Iyer:Krish Iyer named Walmart India president & chief executive



10. Michael Clarke:Cheteshwar Pujara named ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year