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


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

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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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



OSCAR Winners 2013 (85th Academy Awards Winners)

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


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


19. Which actress won this year's Best Actress (in a Leading Role) Oscar ?
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Answer: Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)


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


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

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


23. New Governor of Nagaland ?
Answer: Ashwani Kumar


24. New Governor of Kerala ?
Answer: Nikhil Kumar


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


34. Who is the winner of 2013 miss India ?
answer: Navneet Kaur Dhillon
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35. who is the winner of 2013 Saraswati Samman ?
Answer: Sugathakumari (Manalezhuthu)


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


gk sports59. Who is the longest serving defence minister in India ?
Answer:  A.K Antony


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


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

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


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


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


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


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

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


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


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


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

Answer: Megan Young (Miss Philippines)

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




 2013  Nobel prize 


* 72) Winner of 2013  Nobel prize in physics ?
Answer: François Englert and Peter W. Higgs

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

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

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

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

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

*78) Current ADB President ?
Answer:Takehiko Nakao
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  1. Current affairs questions 2013

    What is the name of under water ballistic missile (1st under water missile) which is recently test fired by India ?

    Answer: K-15

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    Who is the first Asian to win an Oscar for directing ?
    Answer: Ang lee (in 2006 for Brokeback Mountain)

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    Who is the world's richest man according to Forbes magazine ?

    Answer: Carlos slim

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    Who won first 'Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony' ?

    Answer: Pandit Ravishankar

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    Who is the new president of China ?

    Answer: Xi Jinping

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    1. Li Keqiang is a Chinese economist and the current Premier of the People's Republic of China and party secretary of the State Council.

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    2. who is the firt man to jump from space(30000 ft)?
      Ans. Felix Baumgartner

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  6. What are tha payloads of SARAL?

    SARAL or Satellite with ARgos and ALtiKa is a cooperative altimetry technology mission of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and CNES (Space Agency of France)

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    what is the real name of pope francis ?

    Answer: Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio

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      A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church.

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  8. In which country did pope francis born ?
    Argentina

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  9. current affairs quizMarch 29, 2013 at 10:29 AM



    Who is the oldest person to be chosen for this year‟s Padma Shri Award?

    Answer: Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan

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  10. How many high courts are there in India ?

    Answer: 24

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      Answer: Mario Monti

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    Who is the winner of 2012 Dadasaheb Phalke Award ?

    Answer: Pran Krishan Sikand

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  12. Latest Current Affairs Questions 2013

    1. PM Manmohan Singh conferred how many scientists, recently with the Lifetime Achievement Awards by department of Atomic Energy?

    Ans- Four

    2. Which country has developed bombs equipped with a GPS capable of targeting distant enemies day and night?

    Ans- South Korea

    3. Which city topped the chart for having the largest number of obese population?

    Ans- Kochi

    4. The latitudinal differences in pressure delineate a number of major pressure zones, which correspond with ____.

    Ans- zones of climate.

    5. The Great Victoria Desert is located in ____.

    Ans- Australia

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  13. What is the name of Margaret Thatcher's autobiography ?

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    Who is the winner of 2013 Abel prize ?

    Answer: Pierre Deligne

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    Who is the first women to head the secret service of US ?

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    Who is the new defence secretary of India ?

    Answer: RK Mathur

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    Who won 2013 IPL ?

    Answer: Mumbai Indians

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  27. who is current president of world bank?

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  28. Which Indian language newly got the classical language status ?

    Answer: Malayalam

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  29. which state will exempt entertainment tax on ticket of IPL?





    Chhattisgarh

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  30. Who is Karnataka's new Chief Minister?
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    Who won 2013 Thailand open grand prix men's title ?

    Answer: Srikanth

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  33. UNESCO declared Nicobar Islands as 'World Biosphere Reserve'

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    Who is the new president of UN general assembly (68 session) ?

    Answer: John W Ashe

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  36. Who is the new president of Iran ?

    answer: Hassan Rohani

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    Who is the youngest Indian to climb Mount Everest ?

    Answer: Raghav Joneja

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    Who won 2013 Walter scott prize ?

    answer: Tan Twan Eng

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    Housing and urban development and poverty alleviation =>> Girija Vyas

    Labour and employment minister =>> Sisram Ola

    Textiles ministry =>> KS Rao

    Rail ways minister =>> Mallikarjun Kharge

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    What is the name of new satellite launched by NASA to study the sun's lower atmosphere ?


    Answer: IRIS (Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph)

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