Current Affairs Dec 2013 Q & A - 1
1. Who has recently been appointed as the secretary of National Human Right Commission?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Parvinder Sohi Behuria
2. When is the World Science Day for Peace and Development observed?
View Answer / Hide Answer3. What is SPG?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Special Protection Group
4. Which party does Abdulla Yameen, the current President of Maldives belong to?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Progressive Party
5. Raman Singh was sworn in as the CM of Chattisgarh for the third time by _______?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Governor – Shekhar Dutt
6. Shivraj Chouhan was wrong in as the CM of MP for the third time by __________?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Governor – Ram Naresh Yadav
7. Who sworn in as the CM of Mizoram recently?
View Answer / Hide Answer8. Who was awarded as the “International Indian of the year” in UK recently?
View Answer / Hide Answer9. What is the name of the steel company owned by Lord Swraj Paul in UK?
View Answer / Hide Answer10. Which scientist was conferred with Bharat Ratna recently?
View Answer / Hide Answer11. Who is the first woman to be elected as the Chancellor of Germany?
View Answer / Hide Answer12. Who was crowned as Miss Earth 2013?
View Answer / Hide Answer13. Who was recently awarded with ICC Cricketer of the year award?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Michael Clarke from Australia
14. Which Indian cricketer was awarded with ICC Emerging Cricketer of the year award?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Cheteshwar Pujara
15. Name some books written by Nobel prize winner, Doris Lessing.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a.) The Golden Notebook b.) Memoirs of a Survivor c.) The Summer Before the Dark d.) The Grass is Singing (debut novel)
16. Who is referred to as “Father of Genomics”?
View Answer / Hide Answer17. Only person to win Nobel prize twice for Chemistry –
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Frederick Sanger – 1958 and 1980
18. Who is referred to as Krishi-Rushi?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Devangi Prafulla Chandra
19. Which was the first private art gallery in Kerala? Who started it?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: ChitraKoodam started by C.N. Karunakaran
20. Name the latest aircraft carrier inducted into Indian Navy.
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: INS Vikramaditya – old name Baku (Russia) – later renamed as Admiral Gorshkov
21. Who is the captain of the ship Vikramaditya?
View Answer / Hide Answer22. Where is India’s largest Casino resort set up?
View Answer / Hide Answer23. Which university received the prestigious Indira Gandhi National Service Scheme Beat University Award, 2012-13?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: Mangalore University.
24. Name the nuclear-capable ballistic missile which India successfully test fired from a Naval Ship in Bay Of Bengal?
View Answer / Hide Answer25. Who is the new Chief Information Commissioner of India?
View Answer / Hide Answer26. Name India’s first indigenously designed, developed and productionised 4th generation Aircarft.
View Answer / Hide Answer27. Which Indian Armed Force Officer was recently awarded “Legion of Merit” by The USA?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: General Bikram Singh
28. Name the in-shore patrol vessel recently commissioned into the Indian Cost Guard?
View Answer / Hide Answer29. Who took over as the 4th Lokayukta of Gujarat?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: DP Buch, Retd Guarat High Court Judge.
30. Which books won the 2013 US National Book Award in various categories?
View Answer / Hide AnswerANSWER: a.) “The Good Lord Bird” by James McBride – For fiction b.) “The Unwinding : An Inner History of the New America” by George Packer - For fiction c.) “Incarnadine”by Mary
Szybist – For poetry d.) “The Thing About Luck” by Cynthia Kadhata – For young people’s literature
