~~ Some important Recent Affairs (Part - II ) ~~ ----------------------------------------------------------- 1. Who were named the World Athletes of the Year for 2013 by the International Athletic Foundation? Answer: Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce (Both from Jamaica) 2. Who have recently been selected for Bharat Ratna, nation’s highest civilian honour? Answer: Prof. CNR Rao and Sachin Tendulkar 3. Who won the FIDE World Chess Championship 2013? Answer: Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 4. The naval variant of the surface to surface Prithvi missile, successfully test fired on November 23? Answer: Dhanush 5. Which Indian became the joint fastest with Vivian Richards to reach 5000 One Day International runs? Answer: Virat Kohli 6. Who is the new Chairman of the Law Commission of India? Answer: Justice (Rtd.) Ajit Prakash Shah 7. Where was the first branch of the Bharatiya Mahila Bank inaugurated? Answer: Mumbai 8. Universal Children’s Day was celebrated on: Answer: November 20 9. …………… was named as the ‘Word of the Year 2013’ by the Oxford English Dictionary? Answer: Selfie 10. Who is the new chief of the Pakistan Army? Answer: Gen. Raheel Sharif 11. Who won the Men’s Golf World Cup 2013? Answer: Jason Day (Australia) 12. Where was India’s first synthetic rubber plant opened? Answer: Panipat (Haryana) 13. Which city has been selected to host the World Trade Fair 2020 (Expo 2020)? Answer: Dubai 14. What is the name given to the World’s first noiseless and emission free helicopter, which had its first successful test flight in Germany? Answer: Volocopter 15. Human Rights Day was observed on: Answer: December 10
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