Current Affairs questions - December 9, 2013

Current Affairs questions - December 9, 2013


1. Which regulatory body has introduced paternity leave for its male employees and special child care leave for female staff members?

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ANSWER: SEBI




2. Who won the Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi?

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ANSWER: Sebastian Vettel




3. The Mars Orbiter Mission which got off flying start in also known as ______________

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ANSWER: Mangalyaan




4. Who was ranked as the World’s most powerful leader by Forbes after Russia managed to put US threat of an attack on Syria at bay?

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ANSWER: Vladimir Putin




5. Which country ranked first in the ease of doing business list according to the annual doing business report?

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ANSWER: Singapore




6. Which actor has been honored in US for Satyameva Jayate?

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ANSWER: Aamir Khan




7. Who has retained his title as India’s wealthiest for the sixth year in a row?

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ANSWER: Mukesh Ambani




8. Who has received the third Hridaynath Mangeshkar award for his contribution in the film industry?

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ANSWER: Amitabh Bachchan




9. Who won the formula one India Grand Prix 2013 at Buddha International circuit?

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ANSWER: Sebastian Vettel




10. Who won the 2013 Indian Open Snooker title?

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ANSWER: Ding Junhui of China




11. Who have been disqualified as Lok Sabha members following their conviction in the Fodder scam?

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ANSWER: RJD Chief Lalu Prasad and JDU leader Jagdish Sharma




12. Which Internet giant has emerges as the world’s best multinational company to work for in 2013?

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ANSWER: Google




13. 24th October, every year, is observed as the ______________

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ANSWER: United Nations day




14. India has recently developed a new surface-to-surface missile with a range 60-170 km. Name it.

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ANSWER: Pragati




15. Who is the India’s richest woman who has been inducted as a minister in the cabinet of Haryana?

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ANSWER: Savitri Jindal




16. Which country has announced that it will wind down its military mission in Afghanistan with the withdrawal of most of its troops by the end of 2014?

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ANSWER: Australia




17. Bharatiya Mahila Bank has been launched on November 19 on the birth anniversary of which of the former Prime Ministers of India?

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ANSWER: Indira Gandhi




18. Which is the first South Asian country to have approved the commercial cultivation of transgenic Bt brinjal?

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ANSWER: Bangladesh




19. What is the position of US President Barack Obama in Forbes’ list of “The World’s most powerful people, 2013.”

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ANSWER: Second




20. Who has been listed the world’s third most powerful woman on Forbes’ list of the “The World’s most powerful people, 2013.”

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ANSWER: Sonia Gandhi




21. In the month November 2013, PM of India inaugurated the Sardar VallabhBhai Patel National Museum in which city of Gujarat?

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ANSWER: Ahmedabad




22. Who has been re-elected the President of Tajikistan in 2013?

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ANSWER: Imomali Rakhmon




23. Which country launched the Olympic torch into space, as part of the flame’s journey ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympics?

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ANSWER: Russia




24. Who was Manna Dey, died recently in November 2013?

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ANSWER: Singer




25. Who has been conferred with the first Yash Chopra Memorial award for her contribution to cinema?

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ANSWER: Lata Mangeshkar




26. Martha Dodray from Bihar has been honored with a prestigious UN Foundation award for her work in protecting children from which disease.

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ANSWER: Polio




27. Which company has won the “Corporate Sustainability Stewardship” award, in Nov-2013?

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ANSWER: Infosys




28. Wikipedia has started a service that sends articles via text messages to reach people who do not have internet access. The new service is aimed at user in _______

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ANSWER: Africa




29. Aditya Mehta is related to which sports?

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ANSWER: Snooker


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