Current Affairs questions - October 5, 2013

Current Affairs questions - October 5, 2013

Which of the following countries is known as “Pearl of the Antilles”?

Haiti
Maldives
Indonesia
Thailand

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Which of the following teams has won the South Asian Football Federation Under-16 championship?

China
Japan
India
Sri Lanka

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Who has been re-elected Zimbabwe’s president?

Robert Mugabe
Joe van Praagh
William Smith
Solomon Tawengwa

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Which of the following Indian Chess Player has won Politiken cup in Denmark?

Anand, Viswanathan
Harikrishna, P.
Sasikiran, Krishnan
Parimanjan Negi

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By defeating which team, India has won historic bronze medal at junior women hockey world cup in August 2013?

Pakistan
England
Austrialia
Malaysia

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Which place is famous for “Chikankari work”, a traditional embroidery art?

Lucknow
Kanpur
Noida
Mirat

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Which state has largest population of Buddhists?

Bihar
Jharkhand
Maharashtra
Odisha

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Deepika Kumari is associated with which sport/game?

Wrestling
Hockey
Archery
Badminton

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The literacy rate of India is _____________ percent at present as per the 2011 census.

73
75
65
70

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Martina Hingis, who has been inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame, hails from which
country?

UK
Switzerland
USA
Russia

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As per the latest data on India’s poverty, which state has shown biggest drop in percentage of poor?

Assam
Chhattisgarh
Jharkhand
Odisha and Bihar

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In which country, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has officially launched his political party?

Russia
UK
Australia
USA

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US President Barack Obama has nominated Robert Blake as Ambassador to __________

Indonesia
Malaysia
Thailand
China

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Which cine star has emerged as the greatest bollywood star in a UK poll celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema?

Shahrukh khan
Dilip Kumar
Amitabh Bachchan
None of these

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Which Tennis star has been ranked number one in the Forbes list of the world’s 10 best paid female athletes?

Maria Sharapova
Serena Willians
Victoria Azarenka
None of these

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