CURRENT AFFAIRS 2013 PART 1

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Who is the winner of Australian Open 2013 Women's title ? Victoria Azarenka
Who is the winner of Australian Open 2013 men's title ? Novak Djokovic
Did you know who are the winners of Australian Open 2012 ?
Who is the chief guest of 2013 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas ? Rajkeswur Purryag, President of
Mauritius (Held in Kochi)
Who is the chief guest of republic day 2013 ? Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, King of
Bhutan
Who is first female President of South Korea ? Park Guen-hye
Who is the first female Chief Justice of Sri Lanka ? Shirani Bandaranayake (recently
impeached)
Who is the winner of DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2013 ? Jeet Thayil (book Narcopolis)
Which is the Longest Railway Tunnel in India? Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel (Banihal railway
tunnel)
Where did the World Economic Forum annual meeting held ? Davos, Switzerland
Who has been conferred won Keerthi Chakra (the second highest among peace time
gallantry awards of the country) ? Major Anoop Joseph
Which Indian scientist conferred with China's top science award ? CNR Rao
Who is the winner of Ranji Trophy 2012-2013 ? Mumbai
Which country recently test fired Hatf-9 (Nasr) missile ? Pakistan
Who is the new Chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi ? Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty
Who is the new President of Sahitya Akademi ? Dr. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
Who is appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations ?
Asoke Kumar Mukerji
Who is the worlds oldest Marathon runner ? Fauja Singh

OSCAR Winners 2013 (85th Academy Awards Winners)

19. Which film won this year's Best Picture Oscar ? Argo
20. Which actor won this year's Best Actor (in a Leading Role) Oscar ? Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
21. Which actress won this year's Best Actress (in a Leading Role) Oscar ? Jennifer Lawrence
(Silver Linings Playbook)
22. Who won this year's Best Director Oscar ? Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
23. Who is the first person to win Best Actor Oscar thrice ? Daniel Day-Lewis
24. What is the theme of 2013 International Womens Day (march 8) ? A promise is a promise:
Time for action to end violence against women
25. New Governor of Nagaland ? Ashwani Kumar
26. New Governor of Kerala ? Nikhil Kumar
27. New Governor of Odisha ? S C Jamir
28. Who is the new President of Kenya ? Uhuru Kenyatta
29. Who is the new PM ( Premier of the People's Republic of China) of China ? Li Keqiang
30. Who is the new Pope? Pope Francis
31. What is the name of India's first regional navigational satellite ? IRNSS-1
32. Who scored fastest hundred on debut in test cricket ? Shikhar Dhawan
33. Where is India's first all women post office inaugurated on women's day ? Delhi

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What is the theme of 2013 world water day (march 22) ? Water Cooperation
Which year is declared by UN as International Year of Water Cooperation ? 2013
Who is the winner of 2013 miss India ? Navneet Kaur Dhillon
who is the winner of 2013 Saraswati Samman ? Sugathakumari (Manalezhuthu)
Who is recently reelected as IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) Director general ?
Yukiya Amano
Who is the new Prime Minister of Nepal ? Khil Raj Regmi
Who is the first female Prime minister of UK who recently passed away ? Margaret Thatcher
Who is the new pm of North Korea ? Pak Pong-ju
Who is the new venezuela president ? Nicolas Maduro
Who is the new president of Bangladesh ? Abdul Hamid
What is the theme of 2013 World Earth day (April 22) ? The face of climate change
Who is the new Governor of Jammu and Kashmir ? Narinder Nath Vohra
Who is the new president of ADB (Asian Development Bank) ? Takehiko Nakao
Who is the new prime minister of Italy ? Enrico Letta
Who is the first woman speaker of Bangladesh ? Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury
Who is the new Comptroller and Auditor General of India ? Shashi Kant Sharma
Who is the first Indian amputee to scale Everest ? Arunima Sinha
Who is the first Pakistani women to scale the Everest ? Samina Baig
Who is the first US women in space ? Sally Ride (Recently she won highest civilian honour of
USA, Presidential medal of Freedom)
What is the theme of 2013 International Biological diversity Day (May 22) ? Water and
Biodiversity
Who is the winner of 2013 Man Booker International Prize ? Lydia Davis
What is the theme of 2013 World No- Tobacco Day ( May 31 ) ? Ban tobacco advertising,
promotion and sponsorship
Who is the new Director General of DRDO ? Avinash Chander
Who is the new prime minister of Pakistan ? Nawaz Sharif
Who were the first twins to scale mount Everest ? Tashi and Nancy Malik
What is the theme of 2013 World Environment Day (June 5) ? Think, Eat, Save
Who won the 2013 Templeton Prize ? Desmond Tutu
Who is the longest serving defence minister in India ? A.K Antony
Who is the winner of 2013 French open women's title ? Serena Williams
Who is the winner of 2013 French open men's title ? Rafael Nadal
Who is the new prime minister of Australia ? Kevin Rudd
Who is the present chief justice of India ? P Sathasivam
Which is the first smoke free state of India ? Himachal Pradesh
Which is India's first navigational satellite ? IRNSS-1A
Who is the present foreign secretary of India ? Sujata Singh
Who won 2013 Wimbledon Men's Title ? Andy Murray
Who won 2013 Wimbledon Women's Title ? Marion Bartoli
what is the theme of 2013 World population day (July 11)? Adolescent pregnancy with an
aspiration of safe childbirth and that each pregnancy is wanted
Who is the Recently elected Miss world 2013 ? Megan Young (Miss Philippines)
Who will represent India in Miss Universe 2013? Mansi Moghe(Miss Diva 2013)
Winner of 2013 Nobel prize in physics ? Franois Englert and Peter W. Higgs
winner of 2013 chemistry Nobel prize ? Martin Karplus , Michael Levitt and Arieh Warshel

76. 2013 Nobel Prize for Literature Winner Alice Munro

77. 2013 Nobel Peace Prize winner Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
(OPCW)
78. winner of 2013 Nobel prize for Medicine ? James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman and
Thomas C. Sudhof
79. Cyclone Phailin is expected to hit which indian state ? Odisha
80. Current ADB President ? Takehiko Naka
81. Which country won T20 World cup 2012 ? West indies (beating Sri Lanka)
82. Which country won T20 Womens World cup 2012 ? Australia (beating England)
83. What is the name of new book written by JK Rowling ? The Casual Vacancy
84. According to the Forbes annual list of the world's 100 most powerful women on August 2012,
Who has been ranked in the first place ? Angela Merkel
85. What is the name of new ship commissioned on 2012 for coast guard ? Rajatarang
86. Who won the 2012 Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award ? Aung San Suu
Kyi
87. Which Country won Asian Kabadi Championship 2012 ? Pakistan (defeating India)
88. Who is the Winner of 2012 US Grand Prix ? Lewis Hamilton
89. The seventh meeting of the G-20 summit was held in which country ? Mexico (Los Cabos)
90. Which is the fastest super computer ? Titan
91. Who is the new chief of RAW ? Alok Joshi
92. Who will be the first Muslim head of Intelligence Bureau (IB) ? Syed Asif Ibrahim
93. Which country won Davis cup 2012 (men's tennis) ? Czech Republic
94. In which jail Ajmal Kasab hanged ? Yerawada Jail (Pune)
95. Who is the new CBI director ? Ranjit Sinha (25th director)
96. Who is the Winner of Miss Universe 2012 ? Olivia Culpo
97. Who is the winner of Laureus Award Sportsman of the Year 2012 ? Novak Djokovic
98. Who is the winner of Laureus Award Sportswoman of the Year 2012 ? Vivian Cheruiyot
99. Who is the winner of SASTRA Ramanujan Prize in 2012 ? Zhiwei Yun
100. Who is the brand ambassador of BMW in India ? Sachin Tendulkar
101. Who is the special public prosecutor of 2008 Mumbai attack ? Ujjwal Nikam
102. Who is the present president of Ghana ? John Dramani Mahama
103. Who is the new chair man of Tata group ? Cyrus Mistry
104. Who is America's New Foreign Secretary ? John Kerry
105. 2013 Indira gandhi Prize winner? M S Swaminathan
106. Which indian state host 2013 World Chess Championship ? Tamil nadu (chennai)
107. Malayalam Literary award ezhuthachan puraskar 2013 winner ? M K Sanu.
108. What is the full form for "FMC" that was recently in news? Forward Markets Commission.
109. Who is the present Chief Secretary of the State? Kaushik Mukherjee
110. Which nation host 2018 men's hockey World Cups ? India
111. Which nation host 2018 women's hockey World Cups ? England
112. Typhoon Haiyan was hit in which country? Philippines
113. Venue for 2013 Commonwealth summit (CHOGM 2013 ) ? Sri Lanka
114. Miss Universe 2013 Winner ? Gabriela Isler(Venezuela)
115. who won bharat ratna 2013? Sachin Tendulkar and C N R Rao
116. Newly appointed Maldives, President? Abdulla Yameen
117. Newly appointed Chairman of PFRDA ( Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority)
Anup Wadhawan

118. mamoni raisom goswami prize 2013 winner? Mahasveta Devi

119. Newly elected Latvia, Prime minister ? Valdis Dombrovskis
120. The Indian Grandmaster who won the Commonwealth Chess Championship? Abhijeet
Gupta
121. Who is appointed as the new coach of the Indians Mens Hockey Team? Maharaj Krishan
Kaushik
122. The political party launched by Julian Assange to contest in the Australian elections this
year? WikiLeaks Party
123. Who has been elected as the new President of Pakistan? Mamnoon Hussain
124. Who is the first woman to be appointed as the Managing Director of the State Bank of
India? Arundhati Bhattacharya
125. The ICC World Cup 2015 will be jointly hosted by .. and ..? Australia and
New Zealand
126. Rajeev Rishi has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of which Bank?
Central Bank of India
127. Which Indian won Gold in the 2013 World Games held in Cali, Colombia? Aditya Mehta
128. Who won the mens 100 meter sprint title at the IAAF World Athletic Championship held in
Moscow? Usain Bolt
129. On what date Veteran Bollywood Actor Pran Died? 12th July
130. In which case Railway Ministers Nephew Arrested? Bribe Case
131. Which Legendary actor presented with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award for life
time achievement 10 May 2013. Pran
132. Which confectionary giant was slapped with a notice demanding 250 crore Rupees by the
Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence on the grounds of excise duty evasion?
Cadbury India Ltd
133. Microsoft launched the new version of which software for the businesses running in India?
This software will facilitate sharing the data seamlessly across the computers and mobiles
with the help of cloud computing technology. MS Office 2009 ? MS Office 365
134. What is the name of the last British member of the Church of North Indias Delhi
Brotherhood who passed away on 30 April 2013? Father Ian Weathrall
135. Mention the name of the first ever national surfing and stand up paddle (SUP) competition
of India concluded at Kovalam beach on 5 May 2013. Spice Coast Open
136. Name the Saudi woman who made history by reaching the Everest summit- the worlds
highest mountain. Raha Moharrak
137. Give the Person who was elected as the Member of Executive Council of WMO during the
65th Executive Council of WMO meeting which is ongoing at Geneva? Laxman Singh Rathore
138. Which day is celebrated as the World Press Freedom Day across the world with a theme
safe to speak? 3 May 2013
139. Who is the Indian national and a death row prisoner in the Lahores Kot Lakhpat Jail who
died on 2 May 2013 at the Lahores Jinnah hospital? Sarabjit Singh
140. Which book Released by Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India and compiled by Kumar
Deepak Das- an Ardent Patriot? Dinesh Goswami
141. Name of the two countries who signed Solar Power Plant Agreement? India, Nigeria
142. Who Won Gold in World Paralympics Championships? Devendra Jhajharia
143. Who made the chairman of the influential House of Lords Appointments Commission?
Indian-origin peer Ajay Kakkar
144. Who Wins World Chess Title for Disabled? K. Jennitha Anto

145. Who has been listed among 13 novels long listed for the Man Booker Prize 2013? Indian
American author Jhumpa Lahiris
146. Who launched the Project Clean India Campaign at Taj Mahal? Union Tourism Minister K.
Chiranjeevi
147. What is the name of the Union Minister who died on 25th July 2013? Arun Nehru
148. Who has received the Guinness World Records title for Worlds oldest man? Salustiano
Sanchez-Blazquez, nicknamed Shorty
149. How many Indian Girls Awarded on Malala Day? Two
150. On what date Veteran Bollywood Actor Pran Died? 12th July