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Important current affairs gk questions and General awareness questions for all competitive exams

More Current affairs aug 2013  updates

1. Who is the winner of  Australian Open 2013 Women's title ?
Answer: Victoria Azarenka


2. Who is the winner of  Australian Open 2013 men's title ?
Answer: Novak Djokovic 

Did you know who are the winners of Australian Open 2012 ?

3. Who is the chief guest of 2013 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas ?
Answer: Rajkeswur Purryag, President of Mauritius (Held in Kochi)


4. Who is the chief guest of republic day 2013 ?
Answer: Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, King of Bhutan


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


6. Who is the first female Chief Justice of Sri Lanka ?
Answer: Shirani Bandaranayake (recently impeached)


7. Who is the winner of DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2013 ?
Answer: Jeet Thayil (book - Narcopolis)


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

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


10. Who has been conferred won Keerthi Chakra (the second highest among peace time gallantry awards of the country) ?
Answer: Major Anoop Joseph


11. Which Indian scientist conferred with China's top science award ?
Answer: CNR Rao


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


13. Which country recently test fired  Hatf-9 (Nasr) missile  ?
Answer: Pakistan 


14. Who is the new Chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi  ?
 Answer: Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty


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


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


17. Who is the worlds oldest Marathon runner ?
Answer: Fauja Singh



OSCAR Winners 2013 (85th Academy Awards Winners)

17. Which film won this year's Best Picture Oscar ?
Answer: Argo


18. Which actor won this year's Best Actor (in a Leading Role) Oscar ?
Answer: Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)


19. Which actress won this year's Best Actress (in a Leading Role) Oscar ?

Answer: Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)


20. Who won this year's Best Director Oscar ?
Answer: Ang Lee (Life of Pi)


21. Who is the first person to win Best Actor Oscar thrice ?
Answer: Daniel Day-Lewis

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22. What is the theme of 2013 International Women’s Day (march 8) ?
Answer: A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women


23. New Governor of Nagaland ?
Answer: Ashwani Kumar 


24. New Governor of Kerala ?
Answer: Nikhil Kumar 


25. New Governor of Odisha ?
Answer: S C Jamir


26. Who is the new President of Kenya ?
Answer: Uhuru Kenyatta


27. Who is the new PM ( Premier of the People's Republic of China) of China ?
Answer: Li Keqiang


28. Who is the new Pope?
Answer: Pope Francis


29. What is the name of India's first regional navigational satellite ?
Answer: IRNSS-1


30. Who scored fastest hundred on debut in test cricket ?
Answer: Shikhar Dhawan


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


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


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


34. Who is the winner of 2013 miss India ?

answer: Navneet Kaur Dhillon 

35. who is the winner of 2013 Saraswati Samman ?
Answer: Sugathakumari (Manalezhuthu)


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


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


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


39. Who is the new pm of North Korea ?
Answer: Pak Pong-ju


40. Who is the new venezuela president ?
Answer: Nicolas Maduro


41. Who is the new president of Bangladesh ?
Answer: Abdul Hamid


42. What is the theme of 2013 World Earth day (April 22) ?                                

Answer: The face of climate change


43. Who is the new Governor of  Jammu and Kashmir ?
answer: Narinder Nath Vohra


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


45. Who is the new prime minister of Italy ?
Answer: Enrico Letta


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


47.  Who is the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India ?
Answer: Shashi Kant Sharma


48. Who is the first Indian amputee to scale Everest ?
Answer: Arunima Sinha


49. Who is the first Pakistani women to scale the Everest ?
Answer: Samina Baig


50. Who is the first US women in space ?
Answer: Sally Ride (Recently she won highest civilian honour of USA, Presidential medal of Freedom)


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


52. Who is the winner of 2013 Man Booker International Prize ?
Answer: Lydia Davis


53. What is the theme of 2013 World No- Tobacco Day ( May 31 ) ?
Answer: Ban tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship


54. Who is the new Director General of DRDO ?
Answer: Avinash Chander


55. Who is the new prime minister of Pakistan ?
Answer: Nawaz Sharif


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


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


58. Who won the 2013 Templeton Prize ?
Answer: Desmond Tutu


59. Who is the longest serving defence minister in India ?
Answer:  A.K Antony


60. Who is the winner of 2013 French open women's title ?
Answer: Serena Williams


61. Who is the winner of 2013 French open men's title ?
Answer: Rafael Nadal

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62. Who is the new prime minister of Australia ?
Answer: Kevin Rudd


63. Who is  the present chief justice of India ?
answer:  P Sathasivam


64. Which is the first smoke free state of India ?
 Answer: Himachal Pradesh


65. Which is India's first navigational satellite ?
Answer: IRNSS-1A


 * 66. Who is the present foreign secretary of India ?
 answer: Sujata Singh
  

* 67. Who won 2013 Wimbledon Men's Title ?
Answer: Andy Murray


 * 68. Who won 2013 Wimbledon Women's Title ?
Answer:  Marion Bartoli


* 69. what is the theme of 2013 World population day (July 11)?
Answer: Adolescent pregnancy with an aspiration of safe childbirth and that each pregnancy is wanted


*70. Who is the Recently elected Miss world 2013 ?

Answer: Megan Young (Miss Philippines)

*71. Who will represent India in Miss Universe 2013?
answer : Mansi Moghe(Miss Diva 2013)

 2013  Nobel prize 

* 72) Winner of 2013  Nobel prize in physics ?

Answer: François Englert and Peter W. Higgs

*73) winner of 2013 chemistry Nobel prize ?
Answer: Martin Karplus , Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel

*74) 2013 Nobel Prize for  Literature  Winner
Answer: Alice Munro

 *75) 2013  Nobel Peace Prize winner
Answer:  Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

*76)winner of  2013 Nobel prize for Medicine ?
Answer: James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and Thomas C. Sudhof

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*77) Cyclone Phailin is expected to hit which indian state ?

Answer: Odisha

*78) Current ADB President ?
Answer:Takehiko Nakao

Current affairs October - 2013

Daily current affairs bits for all job seekers . Current Affairs related to India , world and sports

Current affairs on 13/10/2013 - Sunday

1. Winner of 2013 Shanghai Masters title ?

Answer: Novak djokovic

2.Name the cyclone which was hit to Indian states Odisha and Andhra pradesh ?

Answer: Phailin

3.Typhoon Nari was hit over which country ?

Answer: Philippines

Current affairs on 14/10/2013 - Monday

4. 2013 Nobel prize for economics winner?

Answer: Robert Shiller, Eugene Fama, and Lars Peter Hansen

Other Nobel prize winners List

5. Name the UIDAI chairman who was recently in news?

Answer:  Nandan Nilekani 


Current affairs on 15/10/2013 - Tuesday 

6. What is the full form for " NDMA" ?
Answer :  National Disaster Management Agency

7. Newly appointed India's hockey coach ? Answer: Terry Walsh 

Current affairs on 17/10/2013 - Thursday

8. Man Booker prize 2013 winner? Answer : Eleanor Catton

9. What is the nationality of  Eleanor Catton? answer : New Zealand

10. who is the youngest man booker prize winner? 
Answer : Eleanor Catton


Current affairs on 18/10/2013- Friday


Who is the winner of DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2013 ?
Answer: Jeet Thayil (Narcopolis)

Recently elected sbi first women chairperson? 
answer:  arundhati bhattacharya

Current affairs on 23/10/2013- Wednesday

Which country was hit by Hurricane Raymond?                         

                                                                                                  Answer:  Mexico 

  what is name for India's Mars mission?
Answer : Mangalyaan

General Knowledge Questions and Answers

Current Affairs GK Questions September 2013

Current Affairs August 2013 General Knowledge Questions and Answers for preparing all Competitive Examinations.

1. Which Baltic nation has been given permission by the European Union for adopting Euro as its currency?

Answer: Latvia. The country will replace its currency the lat, with the euro on 1 January 2014.

2. The Indian Grandmaster who won the Commonwealth Chess Championship?

Answer: Abhijeet Gupta

3. Who was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand?

Answer: Hemant Soren

4. Who is selected for the Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony 2013?

Answer: Zubin Mehta

5. Who is appointed as the new coach of the Indian’s Men’s Hockey Team?

Answer: Maharaj Krishan Kaushik

6. Jeane Claude Juncker, who resigned recently, was the PrimeMinister of …………….?

Answer: Luxembourg

7. The Swiss made solar powered air craft which has been in the news for completing a successful trip across the United States?

Answer: Solar Impulse

8. World Population Day was observed on ………….?

Answer: July 11

9. The Typhoon that caused widespread damage in Taiwan and East China in July, was named …………?

Answer: Soulik

10. The recently released book ‘An uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions’ is jointly written by ………. and ………… ?

Answer: Amartya Sen and Jean Dreze

11. What is the name given to the largest virus ever seen on the earth, recently discovered by scientists?

Answer: Pandoravirus

12. Which Indian tennis pair clinched their first ever ATP tournament by winning the doubles title in the 2013 Claro Open, held in Bogota, Colombia?

Answer: Purav Raja and Diviji Sharan

13. Pi Approximation Day was celebrated worldwide on ………..?

Answer: 22 July

The Mathematical symbol ‘Pi’ represents the mathematical equivalent 22/7, which is similar to the date 22nd July.

14. Nelson Mandela International Day was observed on …………..?

Answer: July 18

15. Which Indian won Gold in the Archery World Cup Stage 3 inMedellin, Colombia?

Answer: Deepika Kumari

16. Which central Government agency has collaborated with theTata Motors in developing India’s first Hydrogen powered bus?

Answer: ISRO

17. The political party launched by Julian Assange to contest in the Australian elections this year?

Answer: WikiLeaks Party

18. Which Afghan woman won the 2013 Magsaysay Award?

Answer: Habiba Sarabi. She is the first and only woman governor in Afghansitan.

19. Who has been elected as the new President of Pakistan?

Answer: Mamnoon Hussain

20. Who has been selected for the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award 2013?

Answer: Amjad Ali Khan

Heads of International Organizations

Heads of International Organizations

1. Who is the President of International Meteorological Organization?

Answer: Alexander Bedritskiy

2. Who is the Secretary General of Asean?

Answer: Surin Pitsuwan

3. Who is the Director General of UNESCO?

Answer: Irina Bokova

4. Who is the Secretary General of NATO?

Answer: Anders Rasmussen

5. Who is the President of the European Union?

Answer: Herman Van Rompuy

6. Who is the Head of the African Union Commission?

Answer: Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma

Current Affairs November 2013

Current Affairs November 2013 Questions and Answers.

1. Who equaled the world record of eight golds at the 2013 World Athletics Championships?

Answer: Usain Bolt

2. The Chinese Navy hospital ship which paid a week-long goodwill visit to Bangladesh recently?

Answer: Peace Ark

3. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of the National School of Drama Society?

Answer: Ratan Thiyam

4. In which state did the Saharsha-Patna Rajyarani Express run over pilgrims killing 37 people?

Answer: Bihar

5. Where in India was the statue of Nobel Laureate Dr. Norman Borlaug unveiled recently?

Answer: New Delhi

6. Whose new book, ‘My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions’ has been released recently?

Answer: A.P.J Abdul Kalam

7. World Photography Day was celebrated on:

Answer: August 19

8. The scientists of the Smithsonian Institution of the United States have recently announced the discovery of a new mammal named ………….?

Answer: Olinguito

9. Who has been selected for Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal 2013?

Answer: Harshwanti Bisht

10. Who has been appointed as the Director General of the CRPF?

Answer: Dilip Trivedi

11. Who won the Men’s singles in the Rogers Cup 2013, held in Montreal, Canada?

Answer: Rafael Nadal

12. In which state is the Election Commission planning to use Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trial (VVPAT) system for the first time in the country?

Answer: Nagaland

13. Who has been appointed as India’s new Ambassador and the Permanent Representative on the U.N Conference on Disarmament?

Answer: Dr. Bala Venkatesh Varma

14. Which Indian squash player won gold in the Asian Youth Games held in Nanjing, China?

Answer: Kush Kumar

15. The Indian who won bronze medal in the 96 kg freestylecategory at the recently held World junior Wrestling Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria?

Answer: Satywart Kadian

Important Heads of India Latest GK Questions 2013

Important Heads of India

1. Army Head - Bikram Singh

2. Navy Head - D K joshi

3. Air Force Head - N A K Browni

4. Central Vigilance Commissionor – Pradeep Kumar

5. Secretary of Foreign Affairs – Ranjan Mathai

6. Union Home Secretary - Anil Goswami

7. National Investigation Agency Head - S C Sinha

8. Intelligence Bureau Director - Sayed Asif Ibrahim

9. Border Security Force Director – Subash Joshi

10. Comptroller & Auditor General – Shasikanth sharma

11. Attorney General - Gulam E Vahanvati

12. Solicitor General - Mohan Parasaran

13. Supreme Court Chief Justice – Altamas Kabir

14. 14th Finance commission chairman - Y Visualized Reddy

15. Finance Advisor - Raguram Rajan