Current Affairs Dec 2013 Q & A - 5

Current Affairs Dec 2013 Q & A - 5


1. What are “Melghat” and “Tadoba-Andhari” Tiger Reserves locate?

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ANSWER: Maharashtra




2. Name the first Indian to win a silver medal at 2013 ITTF PTT Asian Table Tennis regional championship held at Beijing?

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ANSWER: Paddler Bhavina Hasmukhbhai Patel




3. Who is the current President of Indian Hockey Federation (as of Jan-14)?

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ANSWER: Kanwar Deep Singh




4. Name the new missile that India has developed for a surface –to- surface attack?

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ANSWER: Pragati




5. Which country does HatfIX missile (recently test fired) belong to?

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ANSWER: Pakistan




6. India successfully blasted off a mission to a planet recently. Which planet is it?

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ANSWER: Mars




7. The first South Asian country to approve the commercial cultivation of BT Brinjal is __________.

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ANSWER: Bangladesh




8. In collaboration with the researcher of which country did Microsoft develop the Kinect Sign Language Translator?

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ANSWER: China




9. Which recently discovered planet has a mass and density similar to that of Earth?

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ANSWER: Kepler 78b




10. Who won the Miss Asia Pacific World Title 2013 at Busan, South Korea?

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ANSWER: Ms. Srishti Rana




11. _________ was awarded the Mother Teresa International Award an NGO for her efforts to achieve social justice.

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ANSWER: Sushmita Sen




12. What is the name of the 4th generation jet aircraft trainer built by HAL and inducted by Indian Navy recently?

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ANSWER: Hawk 132




13. ____________________ has been appointed as the goodwill ambassador of South Korea?

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ANSWER: Shahrukh khan




14. __________ has been conferred with Yash Chopra Memorial Award for contribution to cinema?

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ANSWER: Lata Mangeshkar




15. Who has been titled “World Athlete of the year 2013” male?

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ANSWER: Usain Bolt




16. ISON is a _____

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ANSWER: Comet




17. ____________ has been honoured with the first Centenary Award for the Indian Film Personality at 44th International Film Festival in India

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ANSWER: Waheeda Rehman




18. India’s first rocket was launched from _________

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ANSWER: Thumba




19. Where was the 2013 UN Climate Change Conference organized?

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ANSWER: Poland




20. IIP -

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ANSWER: Index of Industrial Production




21. Name the Asian Nation’s first jet powered stealth drone?

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ANSWER: Lijian, by China




22. Where was the first BRICS Competition Conference organized?

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ANSWER: Kazan, Russia in 2009




23. _______________ is observed as diabetes month world over?

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ANSWER: November




24. Name India’s indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft?

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ANSWER: Tejas




25. Where was India ranked in the latest Global Graft Perception Index?

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ANSWER: 94th with Denmark and Newzealand being the cleanest & Somalia, North Korea and Afghanistan being most corrupt.




26. Who was the first wife of Nelson Mandela?

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ANSWER: Evelyn Mase




27. Who settled South Africa’s first black law firm?

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ANSWER: Nelson Mandela with Oliver Tambo




28. Who was Nelson Mandela’s second wife?

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ANSWER: Winnie Madikizela




29. Justice Ajit Prakash has taken over as the new Chairman of 20th ____________

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ANSWER: Law Commission of India




30. _______________ became the UNICEF’s first brand ambassador for South Asia.

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ANSWER: Sachin Tendulkar


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