Current affairs for iift, snap, xat ( april 2013 to september 2013)

CURRENT AFFAIRS 2013
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• The firstBritisher to performa spacewalk,who retired fromNASAin thesecondweek of August2013- Colin MichaelFoale
• Nameof the largestblastfurnaceof Indiawhich was operationalised by SAILon 10August2013-Durga
• Femaletennisplayer to winTheRogers Cup2013 andcaptureher 54th WTAsinglestitle- SerenaWilliams
• Technology used by the researchers to find that autism affected the brains of males and females in a different way- Magnetic
Resonance Imaging(MRI)
• Namethe captainof the18-member hockey squadof Indiain theAsiaCup hockey tournament2013- Sardar Singh
• Dateon which International LefthandersDay iscelebrated acrosstheworld- 13 August
• Nameof the FirstTwitter Hotel opened inSpain by theMeliabrand of hotels- SocialWave House
• Nameof the oldestPenguinwho on 12 August2013turned36 yearsold- KingPenguin Missy
• Body which proposed firstseason of theIndianBadmintonLeague(IBL)- Badminton Association ofIndia(BAI)
• Nameof the hostcountryof 7th Asian Junior WushuChampionships- Philippines
• Namethe fossil of theoldestknownancestorof modernratsrecently unearthed inChina- Rugosodon eurasiaticus
• Nameof one of the mostendangered birdspeciesof theworldthatmadea comeback intheUS- PuertoRican parrot
• Placeatwhich TheTravel & TourismFair(TTF) 2013,thebiggesttravel tradeshowof Indiastarted- Ahmadabad,Gujarat
• The former PrimeMinisterof Nepal who died on 15August2013 after battlingwith lungcancer- Marich Man Singh Shrestha
• Name the person who was termed as the Beast of Ukraine. He was the serial killer who recently died in prison- Anatoly
Onoprienko
• Name of the US actress who passed away on 25 August 2013 at theageof 87 years and holds therecord of most Tony awards win-
Julie Harris
• India’s under-23 cricket team won the Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup in Singapore on 25 August 2013,after defeating-
Pakistan
• Indian tennis player who lifted the women’s doubles trophy at the WTA New Haven Open along with her partner Jie Zheng of
China-SaniaMirza
• Gujar Mal Modi Award forScienceandTechnology2013 awarded to- Vinod Prakash Sharma
• Name the tribal community of Sri Lanka that was felicitated on 9 August 2013 by Mahinda Rajapaksa on theoccasion of the World
IndigenousPeoples Day-Veddas
• The eminent Indian classical singer and music director known as the vocalist of Jayadeva’s Gita Govind, who passed away in
Bhubaneswar- Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi
• Nelson Mandela on 27 August 2013 was honoured with the first Lifetime Campaigner for Peace and Freedom of- the Mahathir
award for GlobalPeace
• PremBhatiaAwardfor BestPolitical Reportingof theYear (2013) waswon by- ShaliniSingh,aDeputyEditor ofThe Hindu

• Indian women's Recurve teamdefeated this team to win gold medal in theWorld Cup Archery Stage- 4 at Wroclaw,Poland- South
Korean Team
• Person who coined thetermBRIC in 2001. Heis theChief Economistof Goldman Sachs- Jim O’Neil
• The soccerteamto win UEFASuper Cup 2013on 30 August2013- BayernMunich
• The person to berecommended asnextONGC chief by thePublicEnterprisesSelection Board-Dinesh KSarraf
• The JointAir forceexerciseto beheld by ChinaandPakistan- Shaheen-2
• The 21stround of Boundary talksbetween Bhutan and Chinaheldin thecity- Thimphu
• 5th India-ChinaStrategicDialogueheld in theCity- NewDelhi
• The person to beswornin asthenewPresidentof Iran- Hassan Rouhani
• World’sfirsttalkingrobotKirobo wassuccessfully sentinto spaceon 4 August2013by JapaneseScientists.
• Indian Junior Women Hockey team won its first ever Bronze medal in ERGO Hockey Junior World Cup at Monchengladbac,
Germany on 4 August2013.IndiabeatEnglandby 3-2 in a penalty shoot-out.
• Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on 4 August 2013 expanded his cabinet by inducting six new ministers. Jharkhand
Governor Syed Ahmed administered theoath to all thenewministersatRajBhavan inRanchi.
• SBI chairmanPratipChaudhuri will beretiringinSeptember 2012.
• ZANU-PF (Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front), the political party of the incumbent President Robert Mugabe. With
this win,Mugabehaswon hisseventh termto theofficeof thePresidentof Zimbabwe.
• Runa Laila, the SAARC Goodwill Ambassador for HIV/AIDS visited India from 31 July 2013 to 2 August 2013. Apart from her, Ajay
Devgan fromIndiaaswell asSharmeen Obaid-Chinoy fromPakistan havealsobeen conferred with thistitle.
• Russiaon 1 August2013 granted oneyearAsylumto EdwardJ.Snowden,theNational Security Agency leaker.
• World IndigenousPeoplesDay isobserved on 9thAugust.Itwas firstobservedin the 1995.
• Mars onein the first week of August 2013 announced that more than one lakh people have applied for a one-way trip the Mars
(the red planet).TheMarsOneProjectisscheduledto bestarted in 2022.BasLansdorpistheCEO and co-founder of Mars One.
• The World Games 2013 took place in Cali, Colombia from 25 July 2013 to 4 August 2013. The next World Games 2017 will be
hosted by Wrocław, Poland. Aditya Mehta, the Professional Snooker Player of India won the maiden Gold Medal in 2013 World
Games in Snooker discipline.
• Maharashtra State Government on 7 August 2013 became the firststate in the country to disbursesalary of its staff through their
Aadhaar-linkedbank accounts
• Sugathakumari,theMalayalampoetesson 2 August2013won theprestigiousSaraswati Samman2012 forManalezhuthu
• The Person who succeededRanjanMathai to bethenextForeign Secretaryof Indiaby ManmohanSingh- SujataSingh
• The vicechancellorof JamiaMilliaIslamiaUniversity who on 1 July 2013appointed asthe20th LtGovernorof Delhi- Najeeb Jung
• Turkey completed a Trial Run of World'sDeepestRail Tunnel

• The Person who on 2 July 2013hasbeen appointed asDirector General of Bureauof Indian Standards(BIS)- SunilSoni
• The first ever Indian woman to receiveDubai Government's coveted Emirates Woman Award for business excellencein June 2013-
VandanaGandhi
• The U.S. inventor who wasknownasthefather of thecomputermousewho died on 3 July 2013 atageof 88- DouglasEngelbart
• The Egyptian Leader who sworn in as interim president of Egypt till the next elections takes place succeeding Mohamed Morsi,
who was removed after amilitary coup- AdliMansour
• Renowned Madhubani paintingartistwho diedata privatehospital inRanti,near Madhubani on 4 July 2013- Mahasundari Devi
• The former Secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), who was appointed as the President of NASSCOM on 5 July
2013- R.Chandrasekhar
• The Bollywood actress who on 6 July 2013 got the Best Actress award at 14th IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) awards
2013 heldin Macau- VidyaBalan
• Senior parliamentarian who on4 July 2013 wasappointed asthenewgovernorof Sikkim- ShriniwasDadasaheb Patil
• Former Delhi policeChief,who on 8 July 2013 took overasthenewGovernorof Meghalaya- KKPaul
• An acknowledged food scientistand the former Director of the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) who died on
9 July 2013- Dr.H.A.B.Parpia
• The Person who on 8 July 2013took overasthenewLieutenantGovernorof Andaman and Nicobar Islands- Lt Gen(Retd) AKSingh
• The Theme of world Populationdayobserved acrosstheWorldon 11 July 2013- Focusison Adolescent Pregnancy
• Indian Parsi conductorof westernclassical music who wasselected to behonoured with TagoreAward 2013- Zubin Mehta
• The legendary actor and the proud recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award and Padma Bhushan Award who died on 12 July 2013
Pran
• The Person who on 16 July 2013 was appointed as the next Commissioner of Delhi Police and will be succeeding Neeraj Kumar-
Bhim Sain Bassi
• The Person who was administered the oath of the office of Chief Justice of India (CJI) by he President of India on 19 July 2013
Justice PalanisamySathasivam
• The Chief Justiceof Indiawho on 18July2013retired fromtheofficeafter a shorttermof justninemonths- Justice AltamasKabir
• The day which wasobserved asNelsonMandelaInternational Day to inspirepeopleto bean agentof change- 18 July2013
• 82 Years old VeteranTamil filmlyricistwho died ata privatehospital inChennai on 18July 2013- Vaali
• An Indian-American woman wasnominated forthePostof AssistantSecretary of Stateof USA- NishaDesaiBiswal
• South Korean city which wasnamedastheWorldBook Capital fortheyear 2015asper UNESCO announcement- Incheon
• Former Kuttanad MLA and Chairman of the Kerala State Farming Corporation, who died at a hospital in Kochi- Prof. Oommen
Mathew

• The Finance Minister of Jammu and Kashmir who on 21 July 2013 appointed as the new Chairman of GST Panel- Abdul Rahim
Rather
• The Chairman and CEO of Leo Burnett, India who was re-elected as the President of Advertising Agencies Association of India-
Arvind Sharma
• Renowned south India yesteryear actor, who died in Chennai at the age of 59 on 23 July 2013 followed a brief illness- Manjula
Vijayakumar
• The Duchessof Cambridge,who gavebirth to a baby boy on 22July 2013attheLondon hospital- Kate Middleton
• Indian American author who novel The Lowland has been listed among 13 novels longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013-
JhumpaLahiri
• The cousin of Rajiv Gandhi as well as the Minister for Internal Security during his government, who died in Gurgaon on 25 July
2013- ArunNehru
• The famous Indian Port which was conferred with the Major Portof the Year award for its excellent performancein the year 2012
13- Paradip Port
• The Bollywood actor who held the Guinness World Record for being the most type-castactor, died on 28 July 2013 at theage of 85
years- Jagdish Raj
• Sarod maestrowho waschosen forthe21stRajiv Gandhi National SadhbhavnaAward- Amjad AliKhan
• The former Indian Test umpire who passed away on 29 July 2013 at a private hospital in Karnataka. He was 83 years of age- SN
HanumanthaRao
• The principal architect of India’s missile programmes who on 31 May 2013was appointed DRDO chief and scientific advisor to
defenceminister-Avinash Chander
• The person who resigned asChairman of IPLon 1 June2013inthewakeof theragingspot-fixingscandal- RajivShukla
• The name of bombs which is being developed by India for its fighter jets, which are expected to be geared up for deployment by
the end of year 2014-Glide Bombs
• The Person who wasappointed newPrimeMinister of Palestine,by MahmoudAbbason 2 June2013 - RamiHamdallah
• The 25-yearoldBollywood actresswho allegedlycommitted suicideon 3 June2013ather Juhu residenceinMumbai –Jiah Khan
• The Person who becametheyoungestIndian to scaletheMountEvereston 21May 2013 with hisfiveschoolmates -RaghavJoneja
• The Leader of Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N), who on 3 June 2013 elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly of
Pakistan-AyazSadiq
• The Person who became the first woman to be elected to the FIFA Executive Committee (ExCo) for a full term of four years - Lydia
Nsekera
• The theme of WorldEnvironmentDay whichwasobserved on 5 June2013-Think,Eat,Save Reduce Your Foodprint
• The Person who was appointed as the National Security Adviser of US President Barack Obama on 5 June 2013- Susan Elizabeth
Rice
• The Australianradiopresenterswho responsiblefor Royalprankandwasawardedwith Jockby theemployer- MichaelChristian

• The Person who on 6 June2013wasreelected asthechairman of IndiaBank Association(IBA) for 2013-14tenure- KRKamath
• The Irish writer who won theIMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his debut novel City of Bohane which is the portrayal of Ireland of
2053- Kevin Barry
• The Uttarakhand NGO which on 6 June 2013 bagged a French award for its contribution to protection of human rights- Central
Himalayan EnvironmentAssociation (CHEA)
• Name the Scottish author, who is best known for his novels TheWasp Factory and The Crow Road,died of Cancer on 9 June 2013-
Iain Banks
• The BJP leader who resigned fromall top positions of BJP on 10 June2013 a day after Narendra Modi was selected as the chairman
party’s electioncampaign- LKAdvani
• A former Union Minister and Congress veteran from Chhattisgarh, died on 11 June 2013 of multiple organ failure- Vidya Charan
Shukla
• The theme of WorldDay againstChildLabourwhichwascelebrated on 12 June2013- No to Child Labour in DomesticWork
• The firstIndian-American girl fromAvon School to getadmissioninUnited States Military Academy atWestPoint- SnehaSingh
• The FirstNATO andEuropean Countryto DraftWomen inMilitary Service- Norway
• The Indian-originsculptor whowashonoured withKnighthood,thehighesthonourof Britain by Queen Elizabeth II- Anish Kapoor
• The Person who becameonlythesecondHinduto bepartof thePakistan’sPunjab assembly after Seth BhartaRam- KanjiRam
• The ambassador to the United Nations for Antigua and Barbuda who was selected as the President of UN General Assembly for its
68th session- John William Ashe
• Oneof the founders of RAW,who passed away on 16 June2013inChennaiafter a longfightwith cancer- BahukutumbiRaman
• The ex-chairman of theTata Group who wasappointed astheChief Advisor of AirAsia’sIndiaboard- Ratan Tata
• The moderatecleric of CombatantClergy Association party won thepresidential election in Iran on 15June2013-Hassan Rohani
• The Malaysian author who was declared as the winner of Walter Scott Prize for his English fiction novel The Garden of Evening
Mists-Tan Twan Eng
• The 29-year-year-old Indian origin journalist became the Editor of UK national paper, The Independent, on 17 June 2013- Amol
Rajan
• The former head of the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), was appointed as the Chairman of AirAsia India on 18 June 2013-
Subramanian Ramadorai
• The Chinesesupercomputer which isdeclaredisthefastestcomputerof theworld-Tianhe-2
• The Book Released by Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India and compiled by Kumar Deepak Das - An Ardent Patriot– Dinesh
Goswami
• The Parliamentary Speaker who on Parliamentary Speaker who sworn in as Bangladesh President to replace Zillur Rahman- Abdul
Hamid
• An IAS officer of the 1979 batch who on 1 May 2013 was appointed as Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh government- Prasanna
Kumar Mohanty

• The Former Presidentof Pakistan who wasimposed witha lifetimeban fromcontestingelections- PervezMusharraf
• The communication Satellite successfully launched by China from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province- Zhongxing
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• The lastBritish member of theChurchof North India’sDelhi Brotherhoodwho passed awayon 30 April 2013- FatherIan Weathrall
• The day celebrated astheWorldPressFreedomDayacrosstheworldwith athemesafeto Speak- 3 May2013
• The Indian national and a death row prisoner in the Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail who died on 2 May 2013 at the Lahore's Jinnah
hospital-Sarabjit Singh
• The young Indian biologist who was honoured with the Whitley award, also known as Green Oscar, in London on 2 May 2013-
AparajitaDatta
• The former tour playerand presidentof ATP sinceJanuary 2012who died on 3 May2013- Brad Drewett
• The Person who on 3 May 2013took over theofficeof Chief Secretary of Uttarakhandfor second time- Subhash Kumar
• The prosecutor who was handling the Mumbai terror attack and Bhutto assassination case was gunned down in Islamabad-
Zulfiqar Ali
• Italian Deputy Foreign Minister who was appointed as the special envoy to India to work out on fair trials for the Italian Marines-
Staffan de Mistura
• The Prime Minister of Italy who died on 6 May 2013 at Rome after servingas the Italian Prime Minister s even times between 1972
and 1992- Giulio Andreotti
• The first ever national surfing and stand up paddle (SUP) competition of India concluded at Kovalam beach on 5 May 2013- Spice
Coast Open
• The Senegalese singer and Finnish composer who were named as the recipients of Polar Music Prize 2013- Youssou Ndour and
Kaija Saariaho
• An Indian conglomeratecompany who created a new Guinness World Record on 6 May 2013 when its 121653 workers sangIndia’s
national antheminLucknow- SaharaIndiaPariwar
• The Pakistani Prisoner who was attacked by an inmate in Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu died at the hospital in Chandigarh on 9 May
2013- Sanaullah Ranjay
• The person who was appointed as the Head of theWorld Trade Organization and will take the charge of his office from outgoing
PascalLamy inSeptember 2013-RobertoAzevedo
• The English film director, actor, screenwriter and novelist, who died on 8 May 2013 in Virginia Water, Surrey following the long
illness- Bryan Forbes
• The Legendary actor who was presented with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award for life time achievement 10 May 2013-
Pran
• The leader of the Indian National Congress who on 11 May 2013 was sworn inas the 22nd chief minister of thestate of Karna taka-
K Siddaramaiah
• The Deputy Speaker of Madhya Pradesh State Assembly and a senior leader of Congress Party who died due to cardiac arrest-
Harvansh Singh

• The renowned Islamic Scholar and recipientof National Communal Harmony Award in 1997, who died on 14 May 2013- Asghar Ali
Engineer
• The acting director of IRS who had resigned amid the criticism over the tax agency's handling of conservative groups seeking tax
exemptstatus- StevenMiller
• The Person who on 16 May 2013 appointed as governor of Arunachal Pradesh as the term of present incumbent Gen (retd) J J
Singh ended in January 2013- NirbhaySharma
• The Saudi womanwho madehistory by reachingtheEverestsummit- theworld'shighestmountain-RahaMoharrak
• The placewherethe45th Sessionof theIndian LabourConferenceconcluded on 18May2013-NewDelhi
• The Person who on 19 May 2013 became the first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest. Samina Baig is 22 years of age -
SaminaBaig
• NASA’s Mars Rover which broke the 40-year-old extraterrestrial distance record on 16 May 2013, after 9 long years of Mars
exploration- Opportunityrover
• The Person who was elected as the Member of Executive Council of WMO during the 65th Executive Council of WMO meeting
which isongoingatGeneva- Laxman Singh Rathore
• The Person who on 1 April 2013 took overchargeasthesecretary of theDepartmentof Telecommunications(DoT)- MF Farooqui
• The bank which had won the prestigious FE India’s Best Banks Award-2012-13 in recognition of its strong fundamentals and
dynamicgrowthmodel- J&KBank
• The Day declared by United NationsGeneral AssemblyastheWorldAutismAwarenessDay- 2 April
• The PlacewhereOliveCrownAwards2013took placeon 1 April 2013- Mumbai
• The Minister of Culture, who on 2 April 2013 inaugurated the Tagore Centre for Global Thought a tIndia Institute of King’s College,
London- Chandresh KumariKatoch
• Oscar WinningScreenplayWriter,who diedin NewYork on 3 April 2013- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
• The person who on 4 April 2013 was appointed as the new director of the state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp’s (ONGC)
Exploration- NarendraKumar Verma
• The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Critic for Chicago Sun-Times who died at theage of 70 years on 4 April 2013 at Rehabilitation Institute
of Chicago-RogerEbert
• Padma Shree Awardee and a renowned epigraphist and numismatist who died at his residence in Kolkata on 4 April 2013-
BratindraNath Mukherjee
• The co-founder and Executive Co-Chairman of Infosys, who on 5 April 2013 was elected as the President of the industry body (CII)
for theyear 2013-14- SGopalakrishnan
• The Country whereSAARC Ministerial Level Meeton Poverty concluded on 5 April2013-Nepal
• The city where2 day International Workshopon Green National Accountingfor IndiaConcludedon 6 April 2013- NewDelhi
• The Hospitality Group which was conferred with the National Award for Excellence in Hospitali ty Education 2011-12 on 5 April
2013- Lalit SuriHospitalityGroup

• The person who becamethefirstIndianto CircumnavigateGlobeSoloandNon-Stopon a sailboat- Lt Cdr.Abhilash Tomy
• The Former British Prime Minister and Iron Lady of Britain who died at the age of 87 followinga stroke on 8 April 2013- Margaret
Thatcher
• The Person who was appointed as the new chairman of the NASSCOM for its the Executive Council for 2013-14- Krishnakumar
Natarajan
• The placewherethe2013 Timesof IndiaFilmAwards(TOIFA) ceremony tookplaceon 6 April 2013- BC Place,Vancouver
• The Person who wassworn-in astheFourth Presidentof Kenyaon 9 April 2013- Uhuru Kenyatta
• The Electric utilities company which was conferred with the Business Leader in the Power Sector at the NDTV Business Leadership
Awards inNewDelhi on 9 April 2013- NTPC Ltd
• The nuclear-capableMissilewhichwassuccessfullytest-firedby Pakistan on 10April 2013. - Hatf-IV ballisticmissile
• The day which wasobserved asNational SafeMotherhood day acrossIndia -11 April2013
• The Person who was appointed as the Chairman of the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on population and Development on 11
April 2013atBangkok- PJKurien
• The Legendary Actor who wasawarded withBollywood’sHighestHonourDadaSaheb PhalkeAward on 12April 2013- Pran
• The anti-British revolutionary,considered to be thelast remaininglink to sub-continentdecessive pastdied at Kolkata at the age of
104 years - Binod BihariChowdhary
• The PalestinianPrimeMinisterwho resigned on 13April 2013afterfallingoutwith PresidentMahmudAbbas- Salam Fayyad
• The Indian Politician who was unanimously re-electedas the national Presidentof Janata Dal (United) for third timein a row, on 14
April 2013-Sharad Yadav
• The Person who wasdeclaredthewinnerof Venezuela's presidential electionon 14 April 2013- NicolasMaduro
• The Indian-OriginEconomistwho Won John BatesClark Medal For 2013- RajChetty
• The Person who as per the 16th Annual Global CEO survey, was figured among the top three most admired leaders of the world-
MahatmaGandhi
• The International Newspaper which had won four Pulitzer Prizes on 15 April 2013,including theaward for investigative reporting
for stories-NewYorkTimes
• The Person who took over as the Managing Director of Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) on 16 April 2013- Sunil
Kumar
• The Surface Drive Based Interceptor of Indian Coast Guard Commissioned by the Chief Secretary to Government of Maharashtra
Interceptor Boat C-154
• The CMD, of NLC (Neyveli Lignite Corporation) who was conferred with the CEO with HR Orientation Award at the World HRD
Congress2013inMumbai- BSurenderMohan
• The book released by the Vice President of India, M. Hamid Ansari which is written by K. Natwar Singh, the former Union Minister
for External Affairs- WalkingwithLions:Talesfrom aDiplomaticPast

• The Congress MP fromBanaskantha who passed away on 1 March 2013 in Ahmadabad because of multiple organ failure- Mukesh
Gadhvi
• The placewherethesecond meetingof India-Afghanistan-UStrilateral dialoguewasheld–NewDelhi
• Famous Italianmusicianand composerwho hadwritten thescoresfor about300filmsdied attheageof 95- ArmandoTrovajoli
• The former news editorof TheIndian Expresswho died on 3 March 2013inNewDelhi followinga cardiacarrest- SKVarma
• The person who wasappointed asthenewHigh Commissioner to MaldivesreplacingD MMulay- RajeevShahare
• The Business tycoon who retained his titleas the richest person of India for the sixth consecutive year with the net worth of 21.5
billionUS Dollars- Mukesh Ambani
• The author who wasselected fortheBihari Puraskar for2012for Hindi novel Dhooni TapeTeer- Hariram Meena
• The Venezuelan Presidentwho died dueto canceron 5 March2013atCaracas- Hugo Chavez
• The Person who conferred with the Liberation War Honour Award by the President of Bangladesh, Zillur Rahman- Pranab
Mukherjee
• The Person who was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya for the second term by taking oath as 26th CM of the state
MukulManda Sangma
• The Pollitical leader of Naga People’s Front (NPF) wassworn in as Chief Minister of Nagaland for the third straight termon 5 March
2013- Neiphiu Rio
• The chairmanof local organisingcommitteeof the2015 WorldCup who died attheageof 68- JamesStrong
• The Person who took overastheChief VigilanceOfficer (CVO) inNational Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)- MRP Rao
• The people who was selected by the Parliamentary Award Committee for Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for 2010, 2011 and
2012 respectively- ArunJaitley,Karan Singh and Sharad Yadav
• The city which won theawardfor mostliveableIndian city by IPSOS BestCity Survey and Awards2013eventin NewDelhi- Nagpur
• Venezuelan Vice-Presidentwho wasswornin asVenezuela’sactingpresident- NicolasMaduro
• 86 years old Former WestBengal Governorand industrialistwho diedin Jordan after a heartattack- Viren JShah
• Former CBI Director, who wasappointed asGovernor of Nagaland- AshwaniKumar
• The Managing Director of Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services Ltd, who was elected as the chairman, CII Kerala State Council for
2013-14- C JGeorge
• The IndiaTourismFilm,which claimed FirstPrizeat11th GoldenCity GateAwards-Find What You Seek
• 76 years old legendary painter who died after aheartattack ata cityhospital in Kolkata-Ganesh Pyne
• The newleader of theCommunistParty of China(CPC),who wasappointed asthePresidentof China- XiJinping
• The Chief Justice who was sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Nepal by taking over theoffice from Baburam Bhattarai - Khil Raj
Regmi

• The winner of the2012Man Asian Literary Prizefor hisnovel TheGarden of EveningMists- Tan Twan Eng
• The person who was elected astheChairman of CIIKarnataka- SoumitraBhattacharya
• The date on which World Consumer Rights Day was observed for creatingawareness in terms of consumer protection measures as
well as consumer rights –15 March 2013
• The new communication satellite launched by NASA on 31 January 2013 to stay in touch with its spacestation astronauts - TDRS
(Trackingand DataRelay Satellite)
• The person who emerged as winner to the first direct Presidential elections held in Czech Republic on 25 January 2013- Milos
Zeman
• The renowned painterof Bengal School died on 1 February 2013followinga brief illnessatKolkatahospital- Shanu Lahiri
• The prominentPakistani journalistdied on 2 February2013in NewYork following4-yearlongfightwithcancer- AyeshaHaroon
• World cancerday wasobserved on - 4 February2013
• Solicitor-General of India,who resigned fromhisofficeon 4 February 2013- RohintonF Nariman
• The Australiancricketcaptainwho won thefourth AllanBorder Medal inMelbourneon 4 February2013- MichaelClarke
• President of Republic of Mauritius who visited India from 3 Jan 2013 to 10 Jan 2013 and was honoured with the Pravasi Bharatiya
Samman Award- RajkeswurPurryag
• The King of Bhutan who visited India from23 to 30 January 2013 and was the Chief Guest for the Republic Day Celebration- Jigme
Khesar NamgyelWangchuck
• The fourth largest privatesector Bank of India which was awarded the Financial Institutions Syndicated Deal of the Year 2012 in its
Asia PacificRegion- YESBank
• The Parliament Attack Convict, who was hanged on 9 Feb 2013 at Tihar Jail after his mercy petition was cancelled by the President
of India- AfzalGuru
• The Advocate-Generalof WestBengal who resignedfromhisofficeon 8 Feb 2013- AnindyaKumar Mitra
• The 72 yearsoldtabletennislegendwho died inBeijingon 10 February2013followinglengthy fightwithcancer- ZhuangZedong
• The sitar legend was honoured with the posthumous Lifetime Achievement Grammy award ON 9 February 2013- Pandit Ravi
Shankar
• US Marine General who took over the command of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan-
Joseph Dunford
• Conferencefor South Asian AutismNetwork(SAAN) for AutismSpectrumDisorders(ASD) wasconcludedon- 11 Feb 2013
• Code name given to secret plan for executing Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist Afzal Guru in Tihar Jail on 9 February 2013 – Operation
Three Star
• The shortrangesurface-to-surfacemissilelaunched by Pakistanon 11 February 2013 - HatfIX(NASR)
• The Person appointed asthechairman of LalitKalaAkademi on 12 February2013- Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty

• Prime Minister of the Himalayan Kingdom Bhutan was on an official visit to India from 7 Feb. to 9 Feb. 2013- Lyonchhen Jigmi Y.
Thinley
• World RadioDaywasobserved on which day to raiseawarenessabouttheimportanceof radio- 12February2013
• The former Chief Justiceof KarnatakaHighCourt,who sworn in astheLokayuktaon 14February2013-Y Bhaskar Rao
• The theme of 27nd editionof Surajkund melathatwasended on 15February 2013 was –Karnataka
• The person who was appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations on 13 February 2013- Asoke
Kumar Mukerji
• The Country which banned the Japanese cartoon Doraemon in the third week of February 2013 because of the fears of Hindi
invasion- Bangladesh
• The Ecuador'sPresidentwho wasre-elected for a thirdtermwith morethan50 percentof thevote- RafaelCorrea
• The Person who was conferred with Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmamentand Development Award 2011 by the President of
IndiaPranab Mukherjeeon 18 Feb 2013- ElaRamesh Bhatt
• The former Union Minister and three times MP for Rajya Sabha, who died at the age of 68 on 19 February 2013- Radhakishan
Malviya
• The former LIC chief who took over as the Chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) on 21
February2013-T.S. Vijayan
• The former head of Tata Group who was awarded thelife timeachievementaward 2012 by Ernst & Young on 21 February 2013-
Ratan Tata
• The Car Rally that was flagged off from the Helipad Ground in Salt Lake Stadium,West Bengal on 22 February 2013- Silk Route Car
Rally
• The playbook which won four awards at the Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica on 24 February 2013- Silver Linings
Playbook
• The Person who had sworn -in asthefirstwomanPresidentof South Korea on 25February2013-ParkGeun-hye
• The person who on 25 January 2013 became Czech Republic’s first directly elected Presidentas per theCzech Republic Presidential
election results-MilosZeman
• The Bollywoodsuperstarwho topped theinaugural ForbesIndiaCelebrity100list-Shahrukh Khan
• The renowned playback singer, who on 26 January 2013 refused to accept the prestigious Padma Bhushan-Sreeramamurthy
Janaki
• The ballistic missile successfully test fired by India with a strike range of around 700 kilometres, from an underwater platformin
Bay of Bengal-K15
• The Kannada author who was shortlisted among other ten authors for prestigious International Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2013
UR Ananthamurthy
• The major of Rashtriya Rifles who was selected for Kirti Chakra for his extraordinary bravery efforts i n counter- terrorist operations
in J&K- Major Abup JManjali

• The mastermind of 26/11 terror attack who was sentenced to 35 years of imprisonment by the U.S. Federal District Court Judge
Harry Leinenweber- David Coleman Headley
• The Islamic school of India which on 23 January 2013 demanded that the controversial writers should be banned from6th edition
of Jaipur LiteratureFestival (JLF)- DarulUloom Deoband
• The two Scientists awarded with the prestigious Aryabhatta Award instituted by the Astronautical Society of India (ASI)- Dr. A.E.
Muthunayagam and Dr.V.K.Saraswat
• The Chennai-born Scientist of Indian Origin and President of Micronutrient Initiative, Canada who was awarded with Canada’s
HighestCivilian Award–theOrder of Canada- VenkateshMannar
• The former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor who constituted the 14th Finance Commission under Union Government in
January 2013- YagaVenugopalReddy
• The place at which the foundation stone of the state-of-the-art National Data Centre of Unique Identification Authority of India
(UIDAI) waslaid-Manesar,Gurgaon in Haryana
• The first fast patrol vessel (FPV), launched by Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) on 8 January 2013 which was built for the Indian Coast
Guard –Aadesh
• The Special Bench of Justices of A.K. Patnaik and Gyan Sudha Misra to hear cases of crime against women was constituted by
Former ChiefJustice ofIndiaAltamasKabir
• Keeping under consideration the sharp increasein the cost of materials, the Union Cabinetin January 2013 approved the Ministry
of Rural Development’sproposal to increasetheunitcostunder- IndiraAwaasYojana(IAY)
• The person elected by Shiv Sena as thePresident of the Party on 23 January 2013 at Sena Headquarters at Dadar,Central Mumbai-
UddhavThackeray
• The BJP President who on 22 January 2013 resigned fromhis postas after his resignation, Rajnath Singh was elected as the party
chief- Nitin Gadkari
• The Female sports personalities and the Olympic Bronze Medalists who on 22 Jan. 2013 nomi nated by Election Commission of
IndiaasNational Icons- MaryKom and SainaNehwal
• The largest shore patrol vessel which was commissioned in the eastern coast for maritime surveillance around Andaman and
Nicobar Islands- INSSaryu
• Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh who merged his Jan Kranti Party with Bhartiya Janta Party, during the Atal Shankhnaad
Rallyof BJP atLucknow- Kalyan Singh
• The third oldestelephantof theworld,which celebrated its66th birthday attheInokashiraParkZoo of Japan- Hanako
• The congress MP who on 19 January 2013 declared the new vice-president of Indian National Congress after the decision madeby
the CongressWorkingCommittee- RahulGandhi
• The actor and theactress who bagged thebestactor and actress award in the58th Idea Filmfare Awards given away on 20 January
2013- Ranbir Kapoor and VidyaBalan
• The Dutch Coach who in the month of January was appointed as the High Performance Director for Indian Hockey Team- Roelant
Oltmans

• The Indian researcher who was selected to be felicitated with the Young Investigator Scholarship Award for his work on
Alzheimer'sdrug- Mahaveer Golechha
• The Union Minister for Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs, who was elected as a leader of Indian delegation for World
EconomicForum2013-KamalNath
• Indian-origin women who became the first woman and the 9th Speaker of the Singapore Parliament on 14 January 2013 by
replacingMichael Palmer-Halimah Yacob
• The placeatwhereITUsummoned theWorldConferenceon InternationalTelecommunicationsheld from3-14Dec 2012- Dubai
• The former all-rounder of IndiafromSuratwho died on 13 January 2013 in Mumbaiattheageof 76 years- RusiFramrozeSurti
• The placeat which Indian and Pakistani armies held Brigade Commander-level flag meeting- Chakan-Da-Bagh in Poonch district in
Jammu and Kashmir

Current Affairs September 2013 Quiz – 1 Questions
1. Which global tech company acquired Finish mobile maker Nokia’s mobile phone business for 5.4billion euros in
September 2013?
1) Apple 2) Google 3) Microsoft 4) Blackberry
2. Who has been appointed as Secretaryin Ministry of Steel in September 2013?
1) D R S Chaudhary 2) G Mohan Kumar 3) M.F Farooqui 4) None of These
3. Which IBL teamwon theinaugural Indian Badminton Leagueheld in August-September 2013?
1) Mumbai Masters 2) Hyderabad Hot Shot 3) Pune Piston 4) Awadhe Warriors
4. US mobile giant VerizonCommunications Incagreedto acquire 45% stakein Verizon
Wireless from which telecomcompany in a USD 130 billion transactiondeal in Sep 2013?
1) AT&T 2) Vodafone 3) Telenor 4) Airtel
5. India’sCore sector growth stood at __________in July 2013 (announced in Sep 2013).
1) 2.1% 2) 3.1% 3) 3.8% 4) 4.5%
6. India Air Force’s has formally inducted its biggest 70-tonne C-17 heavy-lift transport aircraft into service in Sep 2013.
The heavy duty aircraft is procured from which company?
1) Airbus 2) Boeing 3) Sukhoi 4) Lockheed Martin
7. Which country won the Asia Cup Hockey titleheld at Ipoh, Malaysia in September 2013?
1) South Korea 2) India 3) Malaysia 4) Pakistan
8. Who took chargeas the next governor of the ReserveBank of India (RBI)in Sep 2013?
1) Montek Singh Ahluwalia 2) Kaushik Basu 3) D Subbarao 4) RaghuramRajan
9. Who was unanimously re-electedas Shiromani Akali Dal president consecutively for the second time in September
2013?
1) Sukhbir Singh Badal 2) Parkash Singh Badal
3) Manpreet Singh Badal 4) None of These
10. Ronald Coase, who was awardedthe Nobel Prize in 1991, passed away in Sep 2013. He won Nobel prize in which
category?
1) Chemistry 2) Phusics 3) Economics 4) Medicine
11. Who was conferred the Moortidevi Award for 2012 (Announced in Sep 2013)?
1) HaraprasadDas 2) Pratibha Ray 3) Jagadish Mohanty 4) Manoj Das
12. 8thG-20 Summit in which G20Country leaders met, held in which country in September 2013?
1) Germany 2) USA 3) Russia 4) Brazil
13. What was India’s rank among T20 teams as per thelatest ICC T20 raking published in September 2013?
1) Second 2) Fourth 3) Third 4) First
14. “Coconut Day” is observed on ____________.
1) 5-Sep 2) 2-Sep 3) 8-Sep 4) 12-Sep
15. Googlehas announced the name of its Android version as _________in Sep 2013.
1) Cupcake 2) Jelly Bean 3) KitKat 4) None of These

16. Which country wasranked no 1 for its competitiveness for fifth year in a row in Sep 2013 as per the annual Global
Competitiveness Report 2013-2014?
1) Switzerland 2) Finland 3) Singapore 4) Germany
17. Euro zoneeconomic growthfor thesecond quarter of 2013 stood at __________.
1) 0.2% 2) 0.3% 3) 0.5% 4) -0.1%
18. What was India’s rank as per the annual Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014 published in September 2013?
1) 66th 2) 60th 3) 54th 4) 76th
19. Who has been appointed as the Managing Directorand officiating Chief Executive Officer of privatesector insurer
BajajAllianz in Sep 2013?
1) Sanjeev Chadha 2) Anuj Agarwal 3) Deepak Khanna 4) None of These
20. Indian Author Sushmita Banerjee, who became famous after her best seller book
“KabuliwalarBangaliBou” (A Kabuliwala’s BengaliWife), was killed by Taliban outside her home in _____________in
September 2013.
1) Iran 2) Pakistan 3) Afghanistan 4) None of These
21. Who took over as India’s new Chief InformationCommissioner in September 2013?
1) M.F Farooqui 2) Satyanand Mishra 3) Deepak Sandhu 4) None of These
22. Which Internet company has adopted a new logo (in Purple) for the first time since its founding 18 years agoin Sep
2013?
1) Google 2) Amazon 3) eBay 4) Yahoo
23. Which Social networking company is planning for an IPO and submitted a document to the SEC in Sep 2013?
1) Facebook 2) LinkedIn 3) Twitter 4) Orkut
24. Who was conferred the Indira Gandhi peaceprize for 2012 by President Pranab Mukherjee in Sep 2013?
1) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf 2) Ela Bhatt 3) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva 4) Sheikh Hasina
25. Prime Minister ManmohanSingh has appointed whom as his new Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-
Proliferation in September 2013?
1) Rakesh Sood 2) Deepak Sandhu 3) Ruchira Kamboj 4) None of These
26. RayDolby, the AmericanEngineerand thepioneer of noise reduction in audio recordings died on 12 September
2013. He was founder of ___________.
1) Bose Corporation 2) Bell Laboratories
3) Dolby Laboratories 4) Blonder Tongue Laboratorie
27. “Teachers’ Day” is observed on ____________.
1) 5-Sep 2) 2-Sep 3) 8-Sep 4) 12-Sep
28. TheUnion HealthMinistry has announced former Indian cricket teamcaptain_______ as brand ambassador for its
National TobaccoControl Campaign in Sep 2013.
1) Sachin Tendulkar 2) Saurav Ganguly
3) Rahul Dravid 4) Mohammad Azharuddin

29. Teo-day long UN HumanRights forum held in which city in Sep 2013?
1) Beijing 2) London 3) Tokyo 4) Geneva
30. Who has been honoured with Asia’s “most promising leader” awardat a recent function held in Dubai in Sep 2013
for pioneering work in healthcare, using naturalmedicine?
1) Devi Shetty 2) Mukesh Batra 3) Majeti Narasimha Swamy 4) None of These
31. Which Indian private sector bank launched its ‘Branchon Wheels’ to offer basic banking services in remoteareas
which have so far been devoid of banking facilities in Sep 2013?
1) Yes Bank 2) Axis Bank 3) HDFC Bank 4) ICICI Bank
32. TheInternationalOlympic Committee ( IOC) has decided to keep India Olympic Association (IOA)suspended from
the internationalOlympic events as the later failed to remove corruption from its governing body. Who is IOA’s
secretary-general?
1) Suresh Kalmadi 2) Lalit Bhanot 3) Ajay Maken 4) Sharad Pawar
33. India’sIndex of Industrial Production (IIP) growthstood at _________in July 2013 (Announced in Sep 2013).
1) 2% 2) 2.6% 3) 1.6% 4) 3.5%
34. Which bollywood actorwas the guest of honour at a reception hosted by British Prime Minister David Cameron’s
wife, Samantha Cameron at their official residence in Sep 2013 for a charityinitiative for diabetes?
1) Anupam Kher 2) Shahrukh Khan 3) Amir Khan 4) Amitabh Bachchan
35. Which famous Hollywood actress will receive anHonorary Oscar in recognitionof her humanitarianwork
(announced in Sep 2013)?
1) Meryl Streep 2) Angelina Jolie 3) Nicole Kidman 4) Julia Roberts
36. Who has been electedas the new President of Auto components manufacturers’ apex body Automotive Component
ManufacturersAssociation of India (ACMA) for the term2013-14 in Sep 2013?
1) Ramesh Suri 2) Vikram Kirloskar 3) Harish Lakshman 4) Vinod Dasari
37. Which Cement company has announced in Sep 2013 that it would acquire Gujarat cement unit of 4.8 million tonnes
per annum capacityfrom Jaypee Cement Corp for Rs 3,800crore?
1) JK Cement 2) Binani Cement 3) UltraTechCement 4) India Cement
38. US unemployment ratestood at ______in August 2013 (announced in Sep 2013).
1) 8.1% 2) 7.4% 3) 7.3% 4) 7.5%
39. Leadersof theBRICS group of nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa –have announced in September
2013 that they will set up a _______fund to guardagainst financial shocks.
1) USD 50 billion 2) USD 100 billion 3) USD 200 billion 4) USD 500 billion
40. “Internationaldayof charity” is observed on ____________.
1) 5-Sep 2) 12-Sep 3) 8-Sep 4) 9-Sep
41. India’sRetailinflation, measured by Consumer Price Index, stood at _______in August (announced in Sep 2013).
1) 9.87% 2) 9.39% 3) 9.64% 4) 9.52%

42. India’sVice President Dr.M.HaamidAnsarihas suggestedimplementation of VenkatachelliahCommission’s
recommendations in Sep 2013. The committeerecommends to ensure that electedrepresentatives of Parliament and
legislatures get at least _______of the votes cast.
1) 60% 2) 40% 3) 50% 4) 51%
43. Who was named the skipper of theIndia ‘A’ side for the unofficial threeone-dayers and a Twenty20gameagainst
the West Indies ‘A’ teamwhich visited India in Sep 2013?
1) Suresh Raina 2) GautamGambhir 3) Yuvraj Singh 4) Rohit Sharma
44. India and Japan have decided to expand their currency swap arrangement fromUSD 15 billion to _______in Sep
2013 to strengthenbilateralfinancial cooperation and stabilize theglobal financial markets.
1) USD 60 billion 2) USD 100 billion 3) USD 50 billion 4) USD 25 billion
45. Who has been electedas the new President of the InternationalOlympic Committee (IOC) in Sep 2013?
1) Denis Oswald 2) Thomas Bach 3) Richard Carrion 4) Ching-kuo Wu
46. Who has been appointed as head of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force in Sep 2013?
1) Dilip Trivedi 2) Sharad Kumar 3) Pranay Sahay 4) Sanjeev Dayal
47. Indian Author Jhumpa Lahiri’s _______was shortlisted among the six books for the Man Booker Prize2013
(announced in Sep 2013).
1) We Need New Names 2) The Interpreter of Maladies
3) The Lowland 4) The Harvest
48. Who is the new Prime Minister of Australia who won absolute majority in theNational elections held in Sep 2013?
1) Tony Abbott 2) Kevin Rudd 3) Julia Gillard 4) John Howard
49. Who was chosen to lead the 18-member Indian women’s hockey team in the eighthAsia Cup that was played in
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from September 21 to 27, 2013?
1) Chanchan DeviThokchom 2) Asunta Lakra
3) Ritu Rani 4) Rajwinder Kaur
50. Which country won the South Asian Football Federations (SAFF) Championship 2013 held in Kathmandu in Sep 2013?
1) India 2) Afghanistan 3) Pakistan 4) Nepal
51. IT outsourcing company iGateCorp has appointed whom as its new Chief ExecutiveOfficer (CEO) in Sep 2013?
1) Ashok Vemuri 2) Girish Paranjpe 3) Krishnakumar Natarajan 4) Suresh Vaswani
52. Which City won the right to host the Olympic Games in 2020 in Sep 2013?
1) Istanbul 2) Tokyo 3) Madrid 4) Paris
53. Who won the ItalyGrandPrix held in Sep 2013?
1) Sebastian Vettel 2) Fernando Alonso 3) Lewis Hamilton 4) Kimi Raikkonen
54. “InternationalLiteracyDay(UNESCO)” is observed on ____________.
1) 5-Sep 2) 12-Sep 3) 8-Sep 4) 9-Sep
55. RelianceCommunications Ltd has appointed whom as CEO, India Enterprise in Sep 2013?
1) Anuj Agarwal 2) Girish Paranjpe 3) Deepak Khanna 4) None of These

56. Which Financial Company has secured approval from theForeign Investment Promotion Board(FIPB) to set up
white-label ATMs in India in Sep 2013?
1) StateBank of India 2) RelianceCapital 3) Muthoot Finance 4) IFCI
57. Which Global electronics company agreedto acquiremajor part of Hyderabad based Vijai ElectricalsLtd.’s
transmission and distribution (T&D)business for approximatelyUSD 200 million in Sep 2013?
1) Samsung 2) Toshiba 3) Lenovo 4) Dell
58. India’sTradedeficit stood at _________in August (published in Sep 2013).
1) USD 10.9billion 2) USD 13.43 billion 3) USD 12.27 billion 4) USD 9.35billion
59. Which bank won the “Best Banker Growth-Mid Sized” awardin thesecond edition of The Sunday Standard Best
Bankers’ Awards 2013 (announced in Sep 2013)?
1) Karnataka Bank 2) Karur Vysya Bank 3) Maharashtra Bank 4) IDBI Bank
60. Which Indian Officer was elected as regionaldirector at the 31st meeting of health ministers and 66th session of
WHO regional committeefor South-East Asia in Sep 2013?
1) Deepak Sandhu 2) Rakesh Sood 3) Poonam KhetarpalSingh 4) None of These
61. Who has been electedas the new President of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM)in Sep 2013?
1) Vinod Dasari 2) Vikram Kirloskar 3) Anand Mahindra 4) Harish Lakshman
62. Which Indian stateachieved the first position in literacy with94.65% literacyrate, announced in Sep 2013?
1) Kerala 2) Tripura 3) Sikkim 4) Punjab
63. ReligareHealthInsurancehas signed a deal with which Indian PSU bank in Sep 2013 to market its product and
service bouquet through the distribution network of the bank?
1) Union Bank of India 2) IDBI Bank 3) Central Bank of India 4) Allahabad Bank
64. Which Indian Olympic Medalist enteredpolitics and Joined BJP partyin Sep 2013?
1) Vijender Vijender 2) Vijay Kumar 3) RajyavardhanSingh Rathore 4) Abhinav Bindra
65. Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Directorof Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) by the
Government of Indian in Sep 2013?
1) Satnam Singh 2) BN Talukdar 3) M.K. Goel 4) Nishi Vasudeva
66. Thegovernment approved the proposal of _________capitalinfusion in Export-Import Bank of India in Sep 2013 to
support future growthof thelender.
1) Rs 1000 crore 2) Rs 700 crore 3) Rs 500 crore 4) Rs 800 crore
67. “Hindi Diwas” is observed on ____________.
1) 15-Sep 2) 12-Sep 3) 14-Sep 4) 21-Sep
68. Prime Minister’skey economic advisor C Rangarajanhas lowered thegrowth forecast for thecurrent fiscal to
________in Sep 2013.
1) 5.9% 2) 5.3% 3) 6.2% 4) 6.5%
69. Which state/UT has thehighest par capitalannual income in India with per capita annual income of Rs. 2.01 lakh in
2012-13?
1) Chandigarh 2) Delhi 3) Gujarat 4) Maharashtra

70. TheBoard of Control for Cricket in India- BCCI has imposed life bans on whom in the list in Sep 2013 for being
involved in the IPL spot-fixing scam?
1) Amit Singh 2) Siddharth Trivedi 3) S Sreesanth 4) Harmeet Singh
71. Which Indian statehas baggedtheNational LiteracyAwardin Sep 2013? This is for the first time that statehas
received awardsin all the threecategories-state, district and panchayat.
1) Chhattisgarh 2) Gujarat 3) Kerala 4) Karnataka
72. Which Indian statebecame the first stateto use the high-tech voter recording system ‘Voter Verifiable Paper Audit
Trail’ (VVPAT) with ElectronicVoting Machines for the by-elections to Noksen Assembly constituency held in Sep 2013?
1) Mijoram 2) Tripura 3) Nagaland 4) Meghalaya
73. Who won the Miss America pageant held in September 2013?
1) Shannon Oliver 2) Nina Davuluri 3) Mallory Hagan 4) Amanda Mason
74. ReserveBank of India has formed an expert committeefor examining its Current Monetary Policy Frameworkin Sep
2013. Who will head thecommittee?
1) C. Rangarajan 2) Bimal Jalan 3) Urjit Patel 4) Y. VenugopalReddy
75. Who maintained first place in the men’s tennis rankings issued by the ATPin Sep 2013?
1) Roger Federer 2) Andy Murray 3) Novak Djokovic 4) RafaelNadal
76. Who maintained first place in the women’s tennis rankings issued by the ATP in Sep 2013?
1) Maria Sharapova 2) Serena Williams
3) Victoria Azarenka 4) Agnieszka Radwanska
77. Who will lead theIndian team at the twolakh US Dollar Super Series Badminton tournament, held in n Sep 2013?
1) Parupalli Kashyap 2) Saina Nehwal 3) P V Sindhu 4) None of These
78. India’soverall inflation, measured by the Wholesale Price Index stood at ________in July.
1) 5.96% 2) 6.79% 3) 6.1% 4) 5.91%
79. Who won the theUS Open Men’s single title held in Sep 2013?
1) Novak Djokovic 2) Andy Murray 3) Roger Federer 4) RafaelNadal
80. Who has been named as the recipient of Amnesty International’shighest awardin Sep 2013?
1) Ai Xiaoming 2) Lyudmila Ulitskaya 3) Malala Yousafzai 4) None of These
81. BJP has formally announced whom as theparty’s prime ministerial candidatefor thenext Lok Sabha polls to be held
in 2014?
1) RajnathSingh 2) Narendra Modi 3) L K Advani 4) Sushma Swaraj
82. Which country opened world’s highest airport in Daocheng in Sep 2013 which stands at 4,411metreabove sea level?
1) Mangolia 2) Russia 3) China 4) Japan
83. Who has been electedas the new Vice-President of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers(SIAM) in Sep
2013?
1) Vinod Dasari 2) Vikram Kirloskar 3) Anand Mahindra 4) Kenichi Ayukawa

84. “World First-Aid Day” is observed on ____________.
1) 15-Sep 2) 12-Sep 3) 14-Sep 4) 21-Sep
85. Which global tech company acquired popular smartphone apps “Bump” which is used to share smartphone files like
contacts, pictures or other data in September 2013?
1) Yahoo 2) Google 3) Microsoft 4) Facebook
86. Who won INDEXdesign awardfor her innovative design, FreshPaper that helps keep food fresh for a longer period in
Sep 2013?
1) Deepak Sandhu 2) Kavita Shukla 3) Poonam KhetarpalSingh 4) None of These
87. Which documentary film won the Golden Lion for best movie at the Venice film festival held in Sep 2013?
1) Holy GRA 2) Miss Violence 3) Via Castellana Bandiera 4) None of These
88. Chinese FDI stood ____________at in August 2013 (Announced in September 2013).
1) USD 4.5billion 2) USD 6.3billion 3) USD 8.38billion 4) USD 10.5 billion
89. Who won the 2013 US Open women’s singles titleheld in Sep 2013?
1) Maria Sharapova 2) Victoria Azarenka 3) Serena Williams 4) Sorana Cirstea
90. Who won the USD 250,000 prestigious Lasker Awards for Philanthrophy announced by theAlbert and Mary Lasker
Foundation in Sep 2013?
1) N R Narayana Murthy 2) Azim Premji 3) Bill and Melinda Gates 4) WarrenBuffet
91. Who took over as the Chairman & Managing Directorof the Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL)in
September 2013?
1) Saji Cherian 2) M.K. Goel 3) P. Sudhakar 4) R.M. Premkumar
92. Who has been appointed as Director, CentralVigilance Commission in Sep 2013?
1) Nitish Kumar 2) P K Chakraborty 3) Deepak Sandhu 4) Rakesh Sood
93. India’sLeander Paes madehistory by becoming theoldest man (Age40) to win a GrandSlam event in theopen era
when he won _______Men’s double titlein Sep 2013.
1) French Open 2) US Open 3) Australian Open 4) Wimbledon
94. What was India’s rank in the latest ICC ODI rankings published by ICC in Sep 2013?
1) Third 2) Second 3) First 4) Fourth
95. Kanoon Lugat, an_______law dictionary, a first of its kind in the country was released in Mumbai in Sep 2013.
1) Marathi 2) Hindi 3) Urdu 4) None of These
96. Thegovernment has increased the import duty on gold and silver jewellery to _______from current 10% in Sep 2013
to protect the domestic industry.
1) 20% 2) 15% 3) 12% 4) 18%
97. “Engineers’ Day” is observed on ____________.
1) 15-Sep 2) 11-Sep 3) 19-Sep 4) 21-Sep
98. Which Indian Private sectorbank has become the first bank to raiseUSD 255 million funds overseas using theswap
loan facility provided by the ReserveBank of India (RBI)in Sep 2013?

1) YES Bank 2) ICICI Bank 3) HDFC Bank 4) Axis Bank
99. Who was conferred the “Pride of theNation award” for his attempt to raise thesensitive issue of former Prime
Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination through his role as a RAWagent in MadrasCafé film in Sep 2013?
1) Shoojit Sircar 2) John Abraham 3) Ronnie Lahiri 4) None of These
100. Which indian movie was named the best film at the second edition of the LadakhInternationalFilm Festival (LIFF)
held in Sep 2013?
1) The good road 2) The Lunchbox 3) OASS 4) None of These
101. The board ofNationalSpot ExchangeLimited (NSEL) has appointedwhomas the ManagingDirectorandChiefExecutive
Officer in Sep 2013?
1) Saji Cherian 2) P. Sudhakar 3) M.K.Goel 4) None ofThese
102. Former ToyotaMotorCorp President and Chairman passed awayin Sep 2013. What is his name?
1) Akio Toyoda 2) SakichiToyoda 3) Eiji Toyoda 4) Shoichiro Toyoda
103. Who was nominatedasa memberof the board oftrustees oftheCarnegie EndowmentforInternationalPeace in Sep 2013?
1) AzimPremji 2) N R Narayana Murthy 3) Ratan Tata 4) DeepakParekh
104. Indian wrestlerAmit Kumarwon Silver Medalin ________ category in the SeniorWorld WrestlingChampionship2013 being
held at Budapestin Sep 2013.
1) 65 Kg Free Style 2) 60 Kg Free Style 3) 55 Kg Free Style 4) 62 Kg Free Style
105. Who became World Muslimah 2013 during the third AnnualAward ofWorld Muslimah in Jakarta,Indonesia in Sep 2013?
1) Nina Septiani 2) Dika Restiyani 3) ObabiyiAishahAjibola 4) None ofThese
106. Virat Kohliwas the highest-ranked Indian batsman at ______in the latestICCODI rankings publishedin Sep 2013.
1) 6th 2) 4th 3) 5th 4) 3rd
107. West BengalChiefMinisterMamata Banerjee named theupcoming airport at Andalnear Durgapurin Bardhman district as
__________ in Sep 2013.
1) Ishwarchandra Airport 2) Bankimchandra Airport
3) Kazi Nazrul IslamAirport 4) RabindranathTagore Airport
108. Who hasbeenappointedas theManagingEditorofTime Magazine in Sep 2013 to become TIME‟s 17th managingeditorin the
history ofthe well-known internationalmagazine?
1) Richard Stengel 2) Nancy Gibbs 3) MichaelDuffy 4) Briton Hadden
109. USA and British authoritieshave fined which USinvestment banka combinedUSD920 million overthe so-calledLondon
Whale scandalin Sep 2013?
1) JPMorgan 2) UBS 3) Bankof America 4) Goldman Sachs
110. “World Ozone Day” is observed on____________.
1) 15-Sep 2) 16-Sep 3) 19-Sep 4) 24-Sep
111. HiroshiYamauchi,who built a video game giant company froma maker of playing cards,passedaway in Sep 2013. He was
former President ofwhich Video giant company?
1) 0verflow 2) Sony 3) Nintendo 4) AccessGames
112. Global credit rating agency,Fitch RatingscutIndia‟sgrowth forecastforthe current financialyearto _________ in Sep 2013.
1) 4.9% 2) 5.5% 3) 4.8% 4) 5.1%
113. Who hasbeenappointedas thenewChiefJusticeofthe Meghalaya High Court in Sep 2013?
1) Justice BadarDurrezAhmad 2) Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant
3) Justice NuthalapatiVenkata Ramana 4) Justice T.NandakumarSingh

114. Tata Sons havesignedan agreementwith which foreign airlines and applied fornecessary regulatory approvalto setup a new
airline in India in Sep 2013?
1) TigerAirlines 2) Etihad Airways 3) SingaporeAirlines 4) Malaysian Airlines
115. Which cosmeticsandbeautymajorhas acquired Indian salonbrand Cheryl‟s Cosmeceuticals in Sep 2013?
1) Lakme 2) Schwarzkopf 3) L‟Oreal 4) ShahnazHussain
116. Tata SteelLtd has appointedwhomas managing director-designate,India andSouthEast Asia andinductedhimas additional
directoron the board in Sep 2013?
1) HM Nerurkar 2) KoushikChatterjee 3) TVNarendran 4) None ofThese
117. Which Indian IT ServicesCompany haslaunched Finacle 11E, latest versionofits core bankingsolutionin Sep 2013?
1) HCL Technologies 2) Wipro 3) TCS 4) Infosys
118. The HRD ministry has “retired”whomfrommembership ofthe UniversityGrants Commission (UGC) with immediate effect in
Sep 2013 due to his involvementwith AamAdmiParty?
1) DeepakSandhu 2) Nitish Kumar 3) Yogendra Yadav 4) None ofThese
119. “Alzheimer‟s Day” is observed on____________.
1) 21-Sep 2) 16-Sep 3) 19-Sep 4) 24-Sep
120. Rapid Metro would be India‟sfirst metro railsystemdeveloped in the public-private partnership mode,as perGovernment
announcement in Sep 2013. It will be developed in which IndianCity?
1) Chandigarh 2) Gurgaon 3) Jaipur 4) Kochi
121. Which Indian footballclub won the 126th DurandCup Footballtournamentin September2013?
1) East Bengal 2) ONCG 3) Mohemmadan Sporting 4) MohanBagan
122. Jaywant Lele passed awayin Sep 2013. He was former Secretary ofwhich IndianSportsGoverningbody?
1) Board ofControlforCricket in India 2) Indian Olympic Association
3) Badminton AssociationofIndia 4) Indian Hockey Federation
123. Indian wrestlersearned a maiden World Cup berthafterthe team‟s best-ever______-place finish in men‟s free style at the World
Championshipsin Budapestin Sep 2013.
1) Fifth 2) Sixth 3) Fourth 4) Seventh
124. India foreign direct investment (FDI)stoodat ____________ in July 2013. (data published in September2013).
1) USD 2.4 billion 2) USD 1.7 billion 3) USD 1.6 billion 4) USD 2.7 billion
125. The RBI has increased Reverse Repo rateby 25bps to _______ during its monetary policy reviewmeet in September2013.
1) 7% 2) 7.5% 3) 7% 4) 6.5%
126. The MumbaiPolice has filed a chargesheet in the IPLbetting scandalin Sep 2013. The chargesheetnamed GurunathMeiyappan
who was formerCEO of which IPL team?
1) ChennaiSuperKings 2) RajasthanRoyals 3) SunrisersHyderabad 4) RoyalChallengersBangalore
127. Which bollywoodactorhasbeen honouredwith the GlobalDiversity Award 2013at the State Roomof Britain‟s House of
Commons held in London in Sep 2013?
1) AnupamKher 2) Shahrukh Khan 3) Amir Khan 4) Amitabh Bachchan
128. Which Indian state governmentlaunched „SwavalambanPension Scheme‟in Sep 2013, in which a personwith a minimum
contributionofRs 1,000 peryearwill get an equalamount ofcontribution fromthe govt?
1) Haryana 2) Trupura 3) Assam 4) Bihar
129. Which Chinese CommunistParty leaderwas sentencedto life imprisonment by a Chinesecourt which upheld thecharges of
bribery,embezzlement and abuseofpoweragainst himin Sep 2013?
1) Jiang Zemin 2) Wang Lijun 3) Bo Xilai 4) Zhou Yongkang

130. Who won theSingapore Grand Prix held in Sep 2013?
1) Sebastian Vettel 2) Fernando Alonso 3) Lewis Hamilton 4) Kimi Raikkonen
131. The RBI has increased Reporate by 25bps to _______duringits monetarypolicy reviewmeet in September2013.
1) 7% 2) 7.5% 3) 7% 4) 6.5%
132. “Day forPeace &Non-violence (UN)” is observedon ____________.
1) 26-Sep 2) 16-Sep 3) 21-Sep 4) 24-Sep
133. Which bollywoodactorhasbeen selectedfora U.S. award forhis television show „Satyamev Jayate‟in Sep 2013?
1) AnupamKher 2) Shahrukh Khan 3) Amir Khan 4) Salman Khan
134. Which Indian filmwas nominated to represent India in the Best ForeignFilmcategory atnext year‟sOscars(Announcedin Sep
2013)?
1) The Good Road 2) The Lunchbox 3) Bhaag Milkha Bhaag 4) English Vinglish
135. Who hasbeenappointedas memberofthe NationalHuman Rights Commission(NHRC)for a five-yeartermin Sep 2013?
1) Justice BadarDurrezAhmad 2) Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant
3) Justice DarmarMurugesan 4) Justice T.NandakumarSingh
136. India will build the world‟s largestsolarplant to generate4,000mw from sunlightin which state Cabinet approvedthe proposal
in Sep 2013?
1) Gujarat 2) Rajasthan 3) Madhya Pradesh 4) HimachalPradesh
137. Who was elected astheChairperson ofthe InternationalCoffee Councilat the meetingsofthe InternationalCoffee Organization
held in Belo Horizonte,Brazil in Sep 2013?
1) Jawaid Akhtar 2) Juan EstebanOrduz 3) Conradin Rasi 4) None ofThese
138. Indian wrestlerBajrang won Bronze Medalin ________categoryin the SeniorWorld Wrestling Championship 2013being held
at Budapest in Sep 2013.
1) 65 Kg Free Style 2) 60 Kg Free Style 3) 55 Kg Free Style 4) 62 Kg Free Style
139. Who hasbeenre-electedas thenewleaderofGermany afterwinning 41.5% ofthe vote in federalelectionsheld in Sep 2013?
1) Angela Merkel 2) PeerSteinbrück 3) Gerhard Schröder 4) Wolfgang Schäuble
140. Which partyswept tovictory in the historic Northern ProvincialCouncilelectionsin SriLanka held in Sep 2013?
1) Sri Lanka MuslimCongress(SLMC) 2) United PeoplesFreedomAlliance (UPFA)
3) Tamil NationalAlliance (TNA) 4) None ofThese
141. “Seekho AurKamao” (Learn andEarn)Progrmme Launched bywhich ministry ofUnion GovernmentofIndia in Sep 2013 for
Skill DevelopmentofMinorities?
1) Ministry ofMinority Affairs 2) Ministry ofHealth andFamily Welfare
3) Ministry ofRuralDevelopment 4) Ministry ofHome affairs
142. The Reserve Banktodayannounced a 13-membercommittee in Sep 2013 to frame a “clearand detailed” vision forfinancial
inclusion/deepening acrossthe country.The committee is headedby ____________.
1) Bimal Jalan 2) C. Rangarajan 3) Nachiket Mor 4) Urijit Patel
143. PepsiCo Inc.has appointedwhomto the positionofChiefExecutive Officer, Asia,Middle East andAfrica (AMEA)in Sep
2013?
1) Indra K.Nooyi 2) Sanjeev Chadha 3) Saji Cherian 4) DeepakKhanna
144. The RBI has decreased the MarginalStanding Facility,MSFrate by 75bps to ______duringits monetarypolicy reviewin Sep
2013.
1) 9.5% 2) 10% 3) 8.75% 4) 9.75%
145. “Rose Day (Welfare ofcancerpatients)” is observed on____________.

1) 26-Sep 2) 16-Sep 3) 22-Sep 4) 24-Sep
146. Which Indian Archerwon a silvermedalat the Archery World Cup heldin Paris in Sep 2013?
1) Jhano Hansda 2) Deepika Kumari 3) VrushaliGorle 4) Ritul Chatterjee
147. Which Indian wonthe “Clinton GlobalCitizens Awards” forthe year2013(announced in Sep 2013)?
1) BunkerRoy 2) Nikhil Dey 3) Joe Madiath 4) Bill Drayton
148. India‟s top tennis singlesplayerSomdevDevvarman returnedto top-100aftera gap ofone yearand ninemonths.What was his
rankin the latest ATPsinglesrankings,issuedin Sep 2013?
1) 95th 2) 98th 3) 91st 4) 86th
149. Who was sworn asCambodianprime ministerforanotherfive-yeartermin Sep 2013?
1) NorodomSihamoni 2) NorodomSihanouk 3) Hun Sen 4) Chea Sim
150. Who hasbeenappointedas asthe Chairpersonofthe NationalCommissionfor Backward Classes (NCBC)in Sep 2013?
1) Justice Vangala Eswaraiah 2) Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant
3) Justice DarmarMurugesan 4) Justice T.NandakumarSingh
151. Which Indian Cricketerwas appointedas the brand ambassadorofthe BorderSecurityForce (BSF)in Sep 2013?
1) Virat Kohli 2) M S Shoni 3) ShikharDhawan 4) Suresh Raina
152. Liquorgiant United Spirits Ltd (USL) has appointedwhomas CEO-Designate with effect from1st October2013 (announcedin
Sep 2013)?
1) AshokCapoor 2) DeepakKhanna 3) AnandKripalu 4) AnujAgarwal
153. Canadian Smartphone makerBlackBerry has agreedto become a private companyin a USD 4.7 billion in Sep 2013. Which
company hasofferedUSD9per share to buy backits sharesfromthe shareholders?
1) Microsoft 2) Berkshire Hathaway 3) Blackstone 4) Fairfax FinancialHoldings
154. Who was honouredwith the Humanitarian Achievement Award 2013for his contribution tocooperation and sustainable
development in his country?
1) Nelson Mandela 2) Jacob Zuma 3) Ellen JohnsonSirleaf 4) None ofThese
155. Australia has unveiled its mostpowerfulsuper computernamed________ in Sep 2013.
1) Tianhe-2 2) Raijin 3) SuperMUC 4) Sequoia
156. Who won women‟stable tennisWorld Cup Championshipheld in Kobe,Japanin September2013?
1) Wu Yang 2) Li Xiaoxia 3) Liu Shiwen 4) Yu Mengyu
157. The RBI has reducedminimumdaily maintenance ofthe CashReserve Ratio,CRR,from 99% ofthe requirement to _______
during its monetary policyreviewin Sep 2013.
1) 93% 2) 96% 3) 95% 4) 97%
158. “SocialJustice Day” is observedon ____________.
1) 26-Sep 2) 25-Sep 3) 22-Sep 4) 24-Sep
159. The Indian Governmenthasannouncedsetting upofthe Seventh CentralPay Commission in Sep 2013. Its recommendations will
be implemented fromthe _____________.
1) 1st ofApril,2016 2) 1st ofJanuary,2015 3) 1st ofJanuary,2016 4) 1st ofApril,2015
160. Who hasbeenselectedas thenext chairman ofthe CentralElectricity Regulatory Commission,India‟s apexpowersector
regulatorin Sep 2013?
1) Gireesh Pradhan 2) Pramod Deo 3) Ruchira Kamboj 4) None ofThese
161. Who was todaysworn in as judge ofthe second most powerfulcourt ofthe UnitedStatesin Sep 2013, making himthe first
Indian American to be on thebenchofthe USCourts ofAppeal?
1) Puneet Talwar 2) Srikanth Srinivasan 3) TrailblazerSri Srinivasan 4) NealKatyal

162. Which globaltech giant hascelebratedits 15th birthdayon 27th September2013?
1) Microsoft 2) Facebook 3) Google 4) Yahoo
163. Who hasbeenappointedas a memberofUGC by the GovernmentofIndia fora termof three yearsin Sep 2013?
1) P. Sudhakar 2) DeepakSandhu 3) Sanjay Govind Dhande 4) None ofThese
164. Who tookoveras the newChairman ofthe Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) in Sep 2013?
1) AnupamShah 2) P. Sudhakar 3) Sanjeev Dayal 4) Saji Cherian
165. The Association ofMutualFundsin India (AMFI)hasappointed whomas its Chairman in Sep 2013?
1) SandeshKirkire 2) Sundeep Sikka 3) K N Tilak Kumar 4) None ofThese
166. The Indian NewspaperSociety (INS)has electedwhomas its presidentforthe year2013-14 in Sep 2013?
1) K N Tilak Kumar 2) Kiran B Vadodaria 3) Ravindra Kumar 4) None ofThese
167. “Day ofthe Deaf” is observedon ____________.
1) 26-Sep 2) 25-Sep 3) 27-Sep 4) 24-Sep
168. The RBI has kept CRR(Cash Reserve Ratio)unchangedat _______duringits monetarypolicy reviewmeet in September2013.
1) 4% 2) 4.25% 3) 4.5% 4) 3.5%
169. A high-levelpanel,headed by__________,submittedto Finance MinisterP. Chidambaramits report in Sep 2013 on the alleged
irregularities at the NationalSpot Exchange Ltd (NSEL).
1) R.M.Premkumar 2) Bimal Jalan 3) Arvind Mayaram 4) M.K.Goel
170. Who was presentedwith the inauguralAllard Prize for InternationalIntegrity in Sep 2013 by the University ofBritish
Columbia‟s Faculty ofLaw?
1) Anna Hazare 2) Arvind Kejriwal 3) N R Narayana Murthy 4) None ofThese
171. Who hasbeenawardedthe Fifth Deutsche BankPrize for Financial Economics 2013in Sep 2013, in recognitionofhis ground-
breaking research work?
1) MontekSingh Ahluwalia 2) KaushikBasu 3) D Subbarao 4) RaghuramRajan
172. Pond‟s Femina MissIndia World 2013Navneet KaurDhillon won the ________Awardat the MissWorld 2013 cerenomy held
in Indon in Sep 2013.
1) Best Face 2) Multimedia 3) Best Smile 4) None ofThese
173. Which Indian Grandmasterwon bronze medalat the World JuniorChess Championship held in Turkey in Sep 2013?
1) Vidit Gujrathi 2) DibyenduBarua 3) Abhijeet Gupta 4) DronavalliHarika
174. India beat which country in the 8th Asia Cup Women hockeytournament at Kuala Lumpurto win the Bronze prize in Sep 2013?
1) Malaysia 2) China 3) Thailand 4) South Korea
175. Who was crownedMiss World 2013at the Bali Nasa Dua Convention Centerin Bali, Indonesia in Sep 2013?
1) Miss France,MarineLorphelin 2) Miss Ghana CarranzarNaa Okailey Shooter
3) MisssPhilippinesMeganYoung 4) None ofThese
176. “World TourismDay” is observedon ____________.
1) 26-Sep 2) 25-Sep 3) 27-Sep 4) 24-Sep
177. Who hasbeenappointedas thenext Permanent Representative ofIndia to UNESCO, Paris, with the rankofAmbassadorin Sep
2013?
1) Gireesh Pradhan 2) Pramod Deo 3) Ruchira Kamboj 4) None ofThese
178. Which Golfplayerwas named U.S.PGA Tourplayerofthe yearforthe 11th time in Sep 2013?
1) TigerWoods 2) Rory McIlroy 3) Phil Mickelson 4) AdamScott

179. Who tookchargeas second executive directorofVijaya Bankin Sep 2013?
1) Rakesh Sethi 2) R K Malla 3) M S Raghavan 4) B S Rama Rao
180. The RBI has kep tStatutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR)unchangedat _______duringits monetarypolicy reviewmeet in September
2013.
1) 23% 2) 23.5% 3) 24% 4) 25%
181. The RaghuramRajan panelreport hasmade a caseforendingthe „specialcategory‟ criteria forprovidingadditionalassistanceto
poorerstates.It hasputwhich ofthe below state under“Most Developed” Category?
1) Goa 2) Madhya Pradesh 3) Rajasthan 4) Gujarat
182. Who hasbeenappointedas an interimChairman ofMultiCommodity Exchange ofIndia Ltd (MCX) in Sep 2013 till the
reconstitution ofthe boardin accordance with theForward MarketsCommission(FMC)guidelines onboard composition?
1) R.M.Premkumar 2) Arvind Mayaram 3) Saji Cherian 4) None ofThese
183. Which Online commerce majorhas agreedto acquire paymentplatformBraintree for about USD800 million in Sep 2013?
1) Amazon 2) eBay 3) Alibaba 4) None ofThese
184. Which city bagged the topspot forthe world‟smost honest city,accordingto a surveyof16cities worldwide (published in Sep
2013)?
1) Helsinki 2) Tokyo 3) Mumbai 4) Geneva
185. “World Heart Day” is observed on____________.
1) 26-Sep 2) 29-Sep 3) 27-Sep 4) 28-Sep
186. The Board ofCricket ControlofIndia,BCCI, has imposeda life ban on former ______________Lalit Modifromparticipating
in any ofits activities in Sep 2013.
1) BCCI Secretary 2) IPL Commissioner 3) BCCI Treasurer 4) BCCI Chief Selector
187. Dr Sathees ChukkurumbalRaghavan receivedthe prestigiousShantiSwarup Bhatnagar Awards for2013in which category?
(Announcedin Sep 2013)
1) Engineering Sciences 2) Chemical Science 3) PhysicalScience 4) BiologicalSciences
188. Who was presentedwith the 2013PeterJ. Gomes Humanitarian Award (Harvard Humanitarianofthe year)by Harvard
University in Sep 2013?
1) Ellen JohnsonSirleaf 2) Nelsan Mandela 3) Malala Yousafzai 4) None ofThese
189. In a historic decision,the ChurchofSouthIndia (CSI)appointedwhomas its first woman Bishop in Sep 2013?
1) Rev E Pushpalalitha 2) Rev PapathotiJosephLawrence 3) Rev E John 4) None ofThese
190. Sania Mirza won herfourth title ofthe seasonand18th overallwhen she lifted Pan Pacific Open Women‟s doubles trophyin Sep
2013. Who was herpartnerin the tournament?
1) Liezel Huber 2) Hao Ching Chan 3) Cara Black 4) None ofThese
191. Who hasbeenappointedthe BJPCampaign Committee Chieffor the 2014 Lok Sabha Polls afterNarendra Modiwas selectedas
PM candidatein Sep 2013?
1) Rajnath Singh 2) L K Advani 3) Arun Jetley 4) Sushma Swaraj
192. “World Rabies Day”is observedon ____________.
1) 26-Sep 2) 29-Sep 3) 27-Sep 4) 28-Sep
193. Inflation in the 17-nation euro zonestood at ________in September.
1) 2.1% 2) 1.1% 3) 1.3% 4) 1.6%
194. Who was appointedas thePermanent RepresentativeofIndia to UNESCO, Paris with the rankof Ambassadorin Sep 2013?
1) Ruchira Kamboj 2) VS Oberoi 3) Rakesh Sood 4) None ofThese
195. Who hasbeenselectedfor2013 Patrick KavanaghPoetryAwardin Sep 2013?

1) Haraprasad Das 2) Pratibha Ray 3) Rafiq Kathwari 4) ManojDas
196. The current account deficit stoodat ______ofgrossdomestic product (GDP)in the first quarter(April-June)ofcurrentfinancial
year2013-14 as perthe data publishedin Sep 2013.
1) 5.1% 2) 4.5% 3) 4.9% 4) 4.6%
197. Who hasbeenappointedas thenewChairman of the IPLin the BCCI AGM held at Chennaiin Sep 2013?
1) Sanjay Jagdale 2) Ranjib Biswal 3) Debashish Mohanty 4) Kiran More
198. Which country wonthe Sultan ofJohorCup U21hockey tournamentheld in Malaysia in Sep 2013?
1) India 2) Malaysia 3) Thailand 4) China
199. The prestigious ShantiSwarup BhatnagarAwardsfor2013 were announced in September2013. This yearhowmany scientists
have beenawared with theprestigious award?
1) Seven 2) Eight 3) Nine 4) Ten
200. The Finance Ministryhasnotified the much awaited the GeneralAnti-avoidance rules (GAAR)will come into force from
___________(as pernotificationreleasedin Sep 2013).
1) 1st ofApril,2016 2) 1st ofJanuary,2015 3) 1st ofJanuary,2016 4) 1st ofApril,2015
201. Which Indian boxerwon silverin 54kg category in the AIBA World YouthBoxing Championship held in Albena,Bulgaria in
Sep 2013?
1) Yvonne Caples 2) Varghese Johnson 3) Nikhat Zareen 4) None ofThese
202. Which Indian stockexchangesigneda memorandumofunderstanding with IndianInstitute ofCorporate Affairsto collaborate
and develop India‟sfirst CSRindexin Sep 2013?
1) NationalStockExchange 2) Bombay StockExchange 3) MCX 4) None ofThese
203. Which country has successfully testedthe“Epsilon” newcheaperrocket in Sep 2013?
1) USA 2) China 3) Japan 4) Russia
204. The Lok Sabha approvedthe Rajiv GandhiNationalAviation University Bill, 2013 in Sep 2013 to set up thecountry‟s first
aviation university at whichlocation?
1) Amethi 2) Rae Bareli 3) Kanpur 4) Lucknow
205. The Reserve BankofIndia has announced in Sep 2013 that it will issue inflation-indexed savingscertificatesin Nov 2013 which
will be linked to ____________.
1) ConsumerPrice Index(CPI) 2) Wholesale Price Index(WPI)
3) Retail Inflation forIndustrialworkers 4) Combination ofWPIand CPI
206. Rajya Sabha memberRasheed Masood,was sentencedto fouryearsin jail by a Delhicourt in a corruptioncase in Sep 2013and
he became the first MPto lose his seataftera recent Supreme Court judgement hadremoved theimmunity forconvictedlawmakers.
He is from which PoliticalParty?
1) Congress 2) BJP 3) BSP 4) SP
207. Who is the richest american asperthe latestForbes‟list published in Sep 2013?
1) Bill Gates 2) Larry Elison 3) Warren Buffett 4) MichaelDell
208. ShabaabterroristgroupattackedWestgate Mallin sep 2013which killed more than 60 persons.Westgate Mallis in which
country?
1) Lybia 2) Kenya 3) Somalia 4) Egypt
209. Tata Sons has announced to tie up with Singapore Airlinesto setup a full-service carrierin India in Sep 2013. Who will be the
Chairman of the board ofthe JointVenture?
1) Ratan Tata 2) Prasad Menon 3) S Ramadorai 4) None ofThese
210. Air India tied up with which public-sectorbankto launcha co-brandedcredit cardin Sep 2013?
1) State BankofIndia 2) IDBI Bank 3) Punjab NationalBank 4) Bankof Baroda

211. InternationalOlympic Committee has votedto reinstate whichofthe following gamesfromOlympic 2020 onwards in Sep 2013?
1) Baseball 2) Golf 3) Cycling 4) Wrestling
212. Insurance Regulatoryand Development Authority‟s(IRDA‟s)insurance repository systemwas launchedin Sep 2013 to provide
policyholders the facility to keep insurance policies in electronic form.This is situatedin which city?
1) Bangalore 2) Hyderabad 3) Bhopal 4) NewDelhi
213. Which ofthe belowtelecomcompany hasrecently completedthebiggest dealeverin telecomindustry (USD130 billion) in Sep
2013?
1) Telenor 2) AT&T 3) Vodafone 4) Airtel
214. What is the name ofthe largest volcanothathasbeen discoveredin the Pacific Ocean in Sep 2013?
1) Tamu Massif 2) Kilimanjaro 3) MaunaLoa 4) Ichinsky
215. NavalScience and TechnologicalLaboratoryCentre (NSTL)underDRDOwas inauguratedin which city in Sep 2013? With this
facility torpedoesdeveloped bythis lab would be ofworld classin the daysto come.
1) Mumbai 2) Visakhapatnam 3) Kochin 4) Puduchery
216. Which country has announced to promote“womenomics”in Sep 2013 and give over$3billion ofofficial developmentassistance
(ODA) in the next three years targeting women‟s participation in societyandthe empowermentofwomen?
1) UK 2) Germany 3) Japan 4) France
217. Who hasbeenappointedthe newdirectorgeneralofDirectorateGeneralof Hydrocarbons(DGH)in Sep 2013?
1) BN Talukdar 2) NishiVasudeva 3) Rajiv Nayan Choubey 4) Archana Bhargava
218. Which Indian IT ServicesCompany haslaunched first all-female businessprocess outsourcing(BPO)centre in SaudiArabia in
partnershipwith GE and SaudiAramco in Sep 2013?
1) Tech Mahindra 2) Wipro 3) Infosys 4) TCS
219. Which actresswillbe honouredwith Kalpana Chawla Excellence Award forher remarkable careerin cinema (announcedin Sep
2013)?
1) Kamini Kaushal 2) Nirupa Roy 3) AshaParekh 4) Waheeda Rehman
220. The AITA hasappointed whomas the newnon-playing captain ofthe DavisCup teamin Sep 2013?
1) RamanathanKrishnan 2) Vijay Amritraj 3) Ramesh Krishnan 4) AnandAmritraj
221. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approved thesetting upofInformation TechnologyInvestmentRegion(ITIR)in
which city in Sep 2013?
1) Hyderabad 2) Bangalore 3) Pune 4) Chennai
222. Diana Nyad has become thefirst personto swimfromCuba to Florida withouta sharkcagein Sep 2013. She is fromwhich
country?
1) Mexico 2) USA 3) UK 4) France
223. Veteran politicalleaderVeliyam Bhargavan passedaway in Sep 2013. He was associated with which politicalparty?
1) CPI 2) BJP 3) Congress 4) NCP
224. Sebastiaan Bowierbroke theland speed record ona bicycle afterhittinga speedof 133.78 kph in Nevada,USin Sep 2013. He
belongsto which country?
1) Netherlands 2) Germany 3) France 4) UK
225. Which globalinternetcompanyhasshut down news and community servicesin China in Sep 2013?
1) LinkedIn 2) Google 3) Facebook 4) Yahoo
226. Who became the first winnerofthe singing reality showIndian IdolJuniorin Sep 2013?
1) Anjana Padmanabhan 2) SonakshiKar 3) Sugandha Date 4) Eman Chaudhary

227. Who hasbeenelectedas thenewChairman ofthe PressTrust ofIndia (PTI)in Sep 2013?
1) Mahendra Mohan Gupta 2) Vijay Kumar Chopra 3) K N Shanth Kumar 4) M.P. Veerendra Kumar
228. World Economic Forum‟s “summerDavos” held in which countryin Sep 2013?
1) Switzerland 2) China 3) Japan 4) Russia
229. First Sree Narayan Guru Global Secular&Peace Award 2013 was presentedto whomin Sep 2013?
1) ShashiTharoor 2) P Chidambaram 3) Oommen Chandy 4) KapilSibal
230. Which country is givingfinancialandtechnicalaid forthe Delhi-MumbaiIndustrialCorridorProject (approvedby the DMICin
Sep 2013)?
1) UK 2) USA 3) Japan 4) Russia
231. Which Indian PSUCompanywas awardedIndira GandhiOfficialLanguage Award for propagationofRajbhasha (Official
Language)in the company bythe UnionGovernment ofIndia on HindiDivas in Sep 2013?
1) NTPC 2) ONGC 3) HPCL 4) BHEL
232. India‟s unemployment rate stoodat _________ in 2012-13
1) 4.9% 2) 4.7% 3) 5.3% 4) 3.6%
233. Who publisheda booknamed“HowNot to Make Money” in Sep 2013?
1) Chetan Bhagat 2) Raj Kundra 3) RavinderSingh 4) None ofThese
234. Which Indian state overtookKerala to become the mostletrate state in India,announced in Sep 2013?
1) Goa 2) Tripura 3) Sikkim 4) Punjab
235. Which country playedthe most crucialrole in averting USattach onSyria forstoringand using chemicalweaponin Sep 2013?
1) UK 2) Russia 3) France 4) Germany
236. The Department ofTelecommunications(DoT)hasformed a nine-membered committee to examine the recommendations made
by theTRAIon pricingofspectrumin 800, 900 and 1,800 MHz bandsin Sep 2013. Who will chairthe committee?
1) AnilKaushal 2) S. C. Misra 3) M.FFarooqui 4) Annie Moraes
237. India has anounced tobuild its first strategic oilstoragesin three locations in Sep 2013. Which in the list is not amongthem?
1) Visakhapatnam 2) Padur 3) Mangalore 4) Panaji
238. Which globaltech company acquired Finishmobile makerNokia‟s mobile phone businessfor5.4 billion euros in September
2013?
1) Apple 2) Google 3) Microsoft 4) Blackberry
239. The Department ofPosts,MinistryofCommunicationsandInformationTechnologyof India allottedCustomized Pin Code of
“110 201″ to ___________in Sep 2013.
1) The MinistryofFinance 2) The DelhiHigh Court 3) The Supreme Court 4) RashtrapatiBhavan
240. India has slipped to 60th positionin terms ofits competitivenessglobally,while Switzerland has retainedits toprank,as perthe
annualGlobalCompetitivenessReport 2013-2014 publishedin Sep 2013. Which org publishesthe report every year?
1) World Bank 2) InternationalMonetaryFund
3) World Economic Forum 4) World Trade Organization

1. The government of India is implementing the CatalyticDevelopment Programme(CDP) for which among the
following sectors?
[A]Plantation Crops [B]Sericulture [C]Animal Husbandry [D]Horticulture
2. The Rakhine stateriots area series of conflicts betweenBuddhists and Muslims in ___?
[A]Bangladesh [B]Myanmar [C]Pakistan [D]Indonesia
3. Recently(August, 2013), RBI has decided to open a forex swap window to meet the daily dollar requirement of
which of the following oil companies? 1.IOC 2.HPCL 3.BPCL 4.RelianceChose the correct answer from the codes
given below:
[A]Only 1, 2 & 3 [B]Only 1, 2 & 4 [C]Only 2, 3 & 4 [D]1, 2, 3 & 4
4. The Kyoto Protocol aims to mitigatewhich of the following greenhouse gases? 1. Carbon dioxide 2. Methane3.
Sulphur hexafluoride 4. Nitrous oxide Chose the correct answer from the codes given below:
[A]Only 1, 2 & 3 [B]Only 1, 2 & 4 [C]Only 1, 3 & 4 [D]1, 2, 3 & 4
5. Which one of the followings has won the inaugural “IndianBadminton League”?
[A]Hyderabad Hotshots [B]Mumbai Masters [C]Lucknow Warriors [D]Pune Pistons
6. Which of the following countries has recentlylaunched an investigationinto the tradepolicies of India?
[A]USA [B]Sri Lanka [C]Britain [D]Mauritius
7. Currently, India has observer status in which of thefollowing organisations? 1.World TradeOrganisation 2.Financial
Action Task Force 3.ArcticCouncil 4.CERNChose the correct answer from codes given below:
[A]Only 1 & 2 [B]Only 2 & 3 [C]Only 3 & 4 [D]Only 1 & 4
8. Recently(September, 2013), which one of thefollowing countries has enacteda lawbanning online users from
discussing current affairs?
[A]Vietnam [B]Saudi Arabia [C]Uruguay [D]Russia
9. Which one of the following companies has unveiled the world’s first clinically proven conjugateTyphoid vaccine
“Typbar-TCV”?
*A+Dr Reddy’s [B]Bharat Biotech [C]Lupin [D]Cipla
10. Who among the followings is the current president of the European Commission?
[A]HermanVan Rompuy [B]Jose Manuel Barroso [C]Algirdas Butkevicius [D]MartinSchulz
Current Affairs: September 2nd, 2013
Question
11. Recently(September, 2013), which stategovernment has proposed to launch a pension scheme for workers under
MGNREGSscheme?
[A]Kerala [B]Karnataka [C]Punjab [D]Haryana
12. The “Paduvalapalya” and “tenku tittu” aretwo main forms of _____?
[A]Kathakkali [B]Bharatanatyam [C]Yakshagana [D]Mohiniyattam
13. Who among the followings has been appointed as PM’s Special Envoy on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation?
[A]Brajesh Mishra [B]Jaswant Singh [C]Rakesh Sood [D]Abhishek Nair

14. Which of the followings is/are published by Mahatma Gandhi? 1.Young India 2.IndianOpinion 3.Satyagraha
4.Harijan5.NavajivanChose the correct answer from the codes given below:
[A]Only 1, 2, 3 & 4 [B]Only 2, 3, 4 & 5 [C]Only 1, 2, 4 & 5 [D]1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
15. Which of following nations emergedas champion of Asia Cup Hockey 2013?
[A]India [B]Pakistan [C]Netherlands [D]South Korea
16. Which one of the followings is / arean example(s) of Invisible Trade? 1.Consulting 2.Incomefrom foreign
investment 3.Shipping services 4.Tourism Chose the correct answer from the codes given below:
[A]Only 1 & 2 [B]Only 2 & 3 [C]Only 3 & 4 [D]All the above
17. Recently(September, 2013), India announced an aid of Rs 5000 crore as economic stimulus packagetowhich
country?
[A]Sri Lanka [B]Bhutan [C]Afghanistan [D]Nepal
18. Which of the following states/UTs has highest Per Capita Income in thecountry?
[A]Delhi [B]Haryana [C]Punjab [D]Goa
19. Which one of the followings is not a core industry?
[A]Coal [B]Textile [C]Cement [D]Fertilizer
20. “Keratoplasty” is theterm used for the correctivesurgery on the___?
[A]Spinal Cord [B]Ear [C]Cornea [D]Throat
Current Affairs: September 4th & 5th, 2013
Question
21. The Global Competitiveness Report is published from time to time by ___?
[A]World Bank [B]InternationalMonetaryFund [C]Yale University [D]World Economic Forum
22. As per the recent data (September, 2013), India is the___largest coffeeproducer in the world. Fill theblank with
correct option?
[A]Fifth [B]Fourth [C]Sixth [D]Seventh
23. Which of the following gases is/are used in the Modified Atmospheric Packaging of food products? 1.Oxyzen
2.Carbon dioxide 3.Nitrogen4.EthaneChose thecorrect answer from the codes given below:
[A]Only 1 & 2 [B]Only 1, 2 & 3 [C]Only 2 & 3 [D]All the above
24. Recently(September, 2013), in which of thefollowing cities Europe’s largest public library has been inaugurated?
[A]London [B]Geneva [C]Birmingham [D]Berlin
25. Which of the following is theonly significant crude oil producing country in the EasternMediterraneanregion?
[A]Jordan [B]Lebanon [C]Syria [D]Gaza
26. The Refrigeratorsystemworks on which of the following laws?
[A]First Lawof thermodynamics [B]Second Lawof thermodynamics
*C+Boyle’s law [D]Charles law

27. Which of the following countries is/are backing action against Syria for its allegeduse of chemical weapon on
civilians? 1.US 2.France3.China 4.GermanyChose the correct answer from the codes given below:
[A]Only 1 & 2 [B]Only 2 & 3 [C]Only 1, 2 & 3 [D]Only 1, 2 & 4
28. Recently(September, 2013), which of the following country has restored a seat for therepresentative of Hindu and
Sikh citizens in the lower house of Parliament?
[A]Pakistan [B]Afghanistan [C]Britain [D]Brazil
29. Which of the following Metrocities will have country’s first Monorail route?
[A]New Delhi [B]Mumbai [C]Kolkata [D]Bangalore
30. Which of the followings is/are the measures taken by RBI toshore up the currency? 1.Issue of Quasi-sovereign
bonds 2.Hiking the import duty on gold and silver 3.Tighting of liquidity 4.Liberalisationof Bank deposit schemes
Chose the correct answer from the codes given below:
[A]Only 1 & 4 [B]Only 1 & 3 [C]Only 2 & 4 [D]1, 2, 3 & 4
Current Affairs: September 6th, 2013
Question
31. Which of the following days is observed as InternationalDayof Charity?
[A]September 4 [B]September 5 [C]September 3 [D]September 6
32. Who among the followings has been appointed as Chief Information Commissioner?
[A]Mrs Deepak Sandhu [B]Mrs Sushma Singh [C]Rajiv Mathur [D]Vijay Sharma
33. Recently(September, 2013), RBI Governor RaghuramRajanhas announced thesetting up of an externalcommittee
to screen applicants for new bank licences. Thecommittee will be headed by___?
[A]Urjit Patel [B]BimalJalan [C]Shyamala Gopinath [D]D Subburao
34. Recently(September, 2013), which one of thefollowing nation drafted the Syria warresolution which permits
military action against theBashar al- Assad regime?
[A]France [B]Germany [C]USA [D]Russia
35. What is the name of NASA’s new spacecraft on Moon?
[A]LADEE [B]Apollo 20 [C]EDT [D]Lunar 2
36. Currently, which of thefollowing sports is/are not included in Olympic? 1.Baseball2.Archery3.Polo 4.Cycling Chose
the correct answer from the codes given below:
[A]Only 1 & 3 [B]Only 1 & 2 [C]Only 1, 3 & 4 [D]None of the above
37. Who among the following Prime Ministers, was not a recipient of Bharat Ratna?
[A]P V Narasimha Rao [B]Lal BahadurShastri [C]Morarji Desai [D]Indira Gandhi
38. Recently(September, 2013), which one of thefollowings has decided to buy Nokia’s devices and Services business?
[A]Microsoft [B]IBM [C]MSN [D]Infosys
39. In Jainism, the “perfect knowledge” is referredto as____?
[A]Nirvana [B]Ratna [C]Kaivalya [D]Jina

40. Which one of the following countries holds world’s largest foreign exchangereserves?
[A]USA [B]China [C]India [D]Norway
Question
41. “Zubin Mehta” who has been conferred the prestigious TagoreAward for Cultural Award 2013 is a famous___?
[A]Musician [B]Author [C]Scientist [D]Economist
42. Which of the following statementsis/are correct about Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of India? 1.CIC of India
is appointed for a termof 5 years or till he / she attainsthe ageof 65 years 2.CIC is eligible for reappointment
3.Salaryof CIC is same as that of the Chief Justice of India Chose the correct answer from the codes given below:
[A]Only 1 [B]Only 2 [C]Only 1 & 3 [D]Only 2 & 3
43. Recently(September, 2013), which of the followings have become the first private sectorlender to launch a
“branch-on-wheels” drive?
[A]ICICI [B]Axis [C]Federal [D]City Bank
44. 4. Recently(September, 2013), which one of the following nations has passed law to end the system of secret voting
in the national legislature?
[A]Brazil [B]Britain [C]France [D]Germany
45. Who among the followings has won the UEFA Best Player in Europe awardfor 2012-13?
[A]Andres Iniesta [B]Cristiano Ronaldo [C]Franck Ribery [D]Lionel Messi
46. Recently(September, 2013), Leader of the BRICSgroup of nations has agreedto set up fund to guardagainst
financial shocks. The capitalvolume of fund has been grantedat__?
[A]$50bn [B]$100bn [C]$150bn [D]$200bn
47. The Pension Fund Regulatoryand Development Authority (PFRDA) Bill, 2011 allows at least __per cent FDI in
pension sector. Fill theblank with correct answer?
[A]26% [B]50% [C]74% [D]100%
48. Which of the following banks bagsfive RBI Rajbhasha Awards organizedby ReserveBank of India?
[A]Syndicate Bank [B]Canara Bank [C]Punjab NationalBank [D]StateBank of Mysore
49. “Tatapani” power project which is said to be nation’s first geothermalpower project is coming up in which state?
[A]Odisha [B]Chhattisgarh [C]Andhra Pradesh [D]HimachalPradesh
50. Recently(September, 2013), the largest volcano on Earthand one of the largest in theentire solar system has been
discovered under which ocean?
[A]Pacific Ocean [B]Indian Ocean [C]Southern Ocean [D]ArcticOcean
Question
51. Which of the following days proclaimed as “InternationalLiteracyDay” by UNESCO?
[A]September 5 [B]September 6 [C]September 7 [D]September 8

52. Which of the followings is/are not statesparties to the Statuteof InternationalCriminal Court? 1.India 2.China
3.UnitedStates 4.IsraelChose the correct answer from thecodes given below:
[A]Only 1 & 2 [B]Only 2 & 4 [C]Only 1 & 3 [D]1, 2, 3 & 4 1, 2, 3 & 4
53. The first non-African country to be found among the world’s poorest nations is ___?
[A]Afghanistan [B]Indonesia [C]Kazakhstan [D]Malaysia
54. Which of the followings Rail Coach Factory has been selected for “Par ExcellenceAward”?
[A]Kapurthala [B]Raebareli [C]Bhatinda [D]Kharagpur
55. Which of the following statesis/are largest producer of Limestone? 1.Chattisgarh2.Rajastan3.Madhya Pradesh
4.TamilNadu Chose the correct answer from the codes given below:
[A]Only 1 & 4 [B]Only 1 & 3 [C]Only 1, 2 & 3 [D]All the above
56. At present, who among the followings areeligible to acquireshares on stock exchangesin compliance with FEMA
regulations? 1.Foreign Institutional Investors 2.Qualified Foreign Institutions 3.Non-resident Indians Chose the
correct answer from the codes given below:
[A]Only 1 [B]Only 2 [C]Only 1 & 2 [D]1, 2 & 3
57. Recently(September, 2013), RBI has increased the amount of rupee that individuals can carrywhile travelling
abroad. The new increased amount is ___?
[A]10,000 [B]20,000 [C]30,000 [D]40,000
58. DiegoGarcia Island is in___?
[A]Pacific Ocean [B]Indian Ocean [C]Arctic Ocean [D]Southern Ocean
59. As per the latest report, which of the following states has beatenKerala to achieve the first position in literacyrate?
[A]Sikkim [B]Mizoram [C]Tripura [D]Assam
60. Which one of the following pairs of Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar-2011 awardeesand fields to which they
associated is not correct?
[A]Meenakshi Srinivasan – Bharatnatyam [B]JayateerthMevundi – Hindustani Vocalist [C]Gautam
Haldar – Hindustani Instrumental [D]Vidya Kollur – Yakshagana
Question
61. Who among the followings has won Prime Minister Election in Australia?
[A]Kevin Rudd [B]Julia Gillard *C+Tony Abbott’s [D]Stephen Smith
62. Which of the following cities has won thebid to host the2020 Olympic Games?
[A]Madrid [B]Tokyo [C]Istanbul [D]Durban
63. Who among the following appoints Banking Ombudsman in India?
[A]Finance Minister [B]RBI [C]SEBI [D]Government of India
64. A computer virus cannot be contractedby which of the followings?
[A]CD [B]E-mail [C]Scanner [D]Internet downloads

65. Who among the following has won women's single titlein the US Open Tennis Championship 2013?
[A]Victoria Azarenka [B]Ashleigh Barty [C]Serena Williams [D]Andrea Hlavackova
66. Recently(September, 2013), India has agreeto give $1 million to United Nations Relief and Working Agency for
providing food and medicines to therefugees of which country?
[A]Pakistan [B]Mali [C]Palestine [D]Somalia
67. Recently(September, 2013), which TelecomCompany pulls off one of biggest deals in corporate history with $130
billion sale?
[A]Airtel [B]Aircel [C]Vodafone [D]Idea
68. The part of the eye which is transplantedin eye donation is ___?
[A]Cornea [B]Iris [C]Retina [D]Lens
69. The “Kurdistan Workers Party”, which is in news recently, is associated with which country?
[A]Kenya [B]Turkey [C]Vietnam [D]Vienna
70. Recently(September, 2013), InternationalOlympic Committee has voted to reinstatewhich of the following games
in Olympic 2020?
[A]Polo [B]Wrestling [C]Cricket [D]Baseball
Question
71. Who among the following is theauthor of the book “India and Malaysia: IntertwinedStrands”?
[A]Veena Sikri [B]Naveen Bandopadhya [C]Sushma Singh [D]RavichandranNayak
72. Which one of the followings is the major objective of the proposed “Rajiv Rinn Yojana” scheme?
[A]Making India Slum Free [B]Interest subsidy scheme for Housing and Urban poor
[C]Credit facility for street vendors [D]Healthinsurance to farmers
73. Recently(September, 2013), who among the following has become the youngest pilot to fly across the World on
single engine aircraft?
[A]Ryan Campbell [B]Jack Wiegand [C]Steve Thomson [D]William Campbell
74. Blood doping is a technique to increaseones ____ count. Fill the blank with correct option?
[A]White blood cell [B]Red blood cell [C]Platelets [D]Haemoglobin
75. Recently(September, 2013), the presence of which chemical in rice including basmativariety of India raised
international concern?
[A]Arsenic [B]Mercury [C]Cadmium [D]Zinc
76. In which of thefollowing states the “HarikeWildlife Sanctuary” is located?
[A]Rajasthan [B]Punjab [C]Kerala [D]Haryana
77. What is the name of next version of Android operating system?
[A]Candy bars [B]KitKat [C]Strawberry [D]Butter
78. Who among the following is theChairman of “NationalGanga River BasinAuthority”?

[A]President [B]Prime Minister [C]Vice-president [D]Home Minister
79. Who among the followings has won ItalianGrand Prix Championship 2013?
[A]Fernando Alonso [B]MarkWebber [C]Narayan Kartiken [D]Sebastian Vettel
80. Who among the following has been named as South Africa’s “Cricketer of theYear”?
[A]Hashim Amla *B+AB de Villier’s [C]Jacque Kallis [D]DaleSteyn
Question
81. The power generatedby the Kudankulam NuclearPower Plant is to be shared among__?1.TamilNadu 2.Karnataka
3.Kerala 4.Maharastra 5.PuducherryChose the correct answer from the codes givebelow:
[A]Only 1, 2 & 3 [B]Only 1, 2 & 4 [C]Only 1, 2, 3 & 5 [D]1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
82. Which of the following statesshare boarder with Myanmar? 1.ArunachalPradesh 2.Mizoram3.Manipur4.Nagaland
Chose the correct answer from the codes given below:
[A]Only 1 & 2 [B]Only 1 & 3 [C]Only 2 & 4 [D]1, 2, 3 & 4
83. Who among the following has been electedas new president of the InternationalOlympic Committee?
[A]Philip Craven [B]Wu Ching Kuo [C]Thomas Bach [D]Denis Oswald
84. The South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) championship is held once in every ___ years?
[A]Two [B]Three [C]Four [D]Five
85. Recently(September, 2013), Forest Advisory Committee has recommended scrapping the 1,500WM Tipaimukh
Project. This controversial project is proposed on which river?
[A]Brahmaputra [B]Barak [C]Sutlej [D]Kosi
86. Which of the following is thelongest river in Asia continent?
[A]Yenisei River [B]Ganga River [C]YangtzeRiver [D]Mekong River
87. Who among the following has been chosen for the “GlobalDiversity Award”?
[A]Salman Khan [B]Amitabh Bachchan [C]Amir Khan [D]Sanjay Dutt
88. As per the latest figures, which of the following BRICSnation has recorded largest increase in Ultra-HighNet worth
individuals?
[A]Russia [B]India [C]China [D]Brazil
89. Which of the following countries and their currency is not correctlymatched?
[A]Albania – Lek [B]Cambodia – Riel [C]Ethiopia – Birr [D]Finland – Dalasi
90. Recently(September, 2013), which one of thefollowing states announced to give free dialysis for kidney patient
from October 2?
[A]Rajasthan [B]Haryana [C]Uttarkhand [D]UttarPradesh
Question
91. The first Sree Narayana Guru Global Secular and PeaceAward 2013 is conferred on__?
[A]Sachin Pilot [B]Shashi Tharoor [C]Kapil Sibal [D]Manmohan Singh

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