Current Affairs questions - November 29, 2013

Current Affairs questions - November 29, 2013


1. A 23 years old was crowned Miss World 2013 in 63rd Miss World Pageant held in Bali, Indonesia.

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ANSWER: Miss Philippiness, Megan Young




2. She has topped the list of most dangerous celebrities in the Indian cyberspace in 2013 followed by Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan.

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ANSWER: Priyanka Chopra




3. He is still American's richest man, taking the top spot in the Forbes 400 list for the 20th straight year with a net worth of $72 billion.

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ANSWER: Microsoft Corp Co-founder Bill Gates




4. She took over as the new chairperson of the State of India (SBI) on October 7,2013 is the first women to be appointed to the top job at the country's largest leader.

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ANSWER: Arundhati Bhattacharya




5. A special court in the Ranchi sentences him to five-year rigorous imprisonment in a corruption case (OCT, 2013).

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ANSWER: RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav




6. India launches its first indigenous vaccine to protect children form Japanese encephalitis (OCT, 2013).

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ANSWER: JENVAC




7. A well known television journalist wins the International Press Institute (IPI) India award for excellence in Journalism (OCT, 2013).

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ANSWER: Karan Thapar




8. He is sworn in judge of the second most powerful court of the US, making him the first Indian American to be on the bench of US courts of Appeal for the District of Columbia

circuit.

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ANSWER: Sri Srinivasan




9. He will be Pakistan's entry for Oscars for ZINDA BHAAG in the foreign language category after 50 years (OCT, 2013)

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ANSWER: Naseeruddin Shah




10. The UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi lays the foundation stone of a Rs 1100 crores rail wheel manufacturing unit at ____________________. It is the biggest of its kind in India (OCT,

2013).

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ANSWER: Rae Bareli, Lalganj




11. The Reserve bank of India instructs bank to stop offering schemes for the purchase of consumer goods (SEP, 2013)

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ANSWER: Zero interest EMI




12. He passed away in Vadodara at the age of 75. He was former BCCI secretary (SEP 19, 13)

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ANSWER: Jaywant Lele




13, He was appointed as India's ambassador to Switzerland on Sep 18, 2013.

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ANSWER: M K Lokesh




14. He was appointed as India's High commissioner to the United Kingdom on Oct 1, 2013.

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ANSWER: Ranjan Mathai




15. The department of Posts on Sep 26,2013 launched a separate PINCODE for the Supreme Court of India

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ANSWER: 110201




16. The State was tagged as the India's most developed state by the Raghuram Rajan Committee in Sep 2013.

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ANSWER: Goa




17. The e-District project of _____________ state was selected for the Skoch Order of merit medal in September 2013

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ANSWER: Punjab




18. The Indian State has the highest slum population.

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ANSWER: Maharashtra




19. He was nominated by the United States President Barack Obama on Oct 9, 2013 to the post of the chairman of the Federal Reserve.

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ANSWER: Janet Yellen




20. The country gave its highest civilian award to Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Sep 2013.

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ANSWER: Turkey




21. Delegates from 140 countries on Oct 10,2013 signed a UN treaty in Minamata to control highly toxic element.

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ANSWER: Mercury




22. He was honored with the Asian Filmmaker of the year at the Busan International Film Festival on Oct 4, 2013.

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ANSWER: Rithy Panh




23. She was crowned sexiest woman alive for 2013 by Esquire Magazine in Oct 2013.

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ANSWER: Scarlett Johansson




24. He was inducted into the United States national Academy of Engineering for his outstanding contribution to industrial development in India and the world in Oct, 2013

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ANSWER: Ratan Tata




25. The film was nominated as India's official entry to the 2014 Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category on Sep 21, 2013

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ANSWER: The Good Road




26. The Author of the book titled "A Cool, Dark Place"

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ANSWER: Supriya Dravid




27. He won the Ig Nobel Peace Prize on Oct 3, 2013 at Harvard University.

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ANSWER: Alexander Lukashenko




28. He won the men's singles title at the China Open tennis in Beijing on Oct 6, 2013.

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ANSWER: Novak Djokovic




29. He was named Chairman of the Indian Premier League Governing Council on Sep 29, 2013

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ANSWER: Ranjib Biswal


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