Topic: current affairs Month: july2013 1. Which is the first Indian state to introduce e-GPF facility? Answer: Arunachal Pradesh 2. Recently three astronauts reached International Space Station in six hours from Earth. Which spaceship is used by them? Answer: Suyuz- TMA 3. Recently, the High Court of which state in India had given a verdict that all new vehicles registered in the state should run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)? Answer: Gujarat 4. In recent times, BYOD has been making waves in the business world, with a large number of companies opening up to the concept to enhance business productivity. BYOD stands for? Answer: Bring Your Own Device 5. Who won the high quality final match of the 12th Asian Billiards Championship 2013? Answer: Rupesh Shah 6. Recently, which National Park was chosen for unmanned aerial survey, which is first of its kind in India? Answer: Kaziranga National park 7. As per the provisional data released by the Central Statistical Organization (CSO), for 2012-13, which state leads all states in Indiawith respect to economic growth? Answer: Madhya Pradesh 8. Which is the innovative exhibition on rail, launched by Ministry of Environment for to create awareness in youth about the exceptional biodiversity of India? Answer: Science Express Biodiversity Special (SEBS) Train 9. Which country was making news recently as it’s privately owned newspapers go on sale for the first time since 1964? Answer: Myanmar 10. Who has been recently appointed as the new chief of NASSCOM? Answer: Krishnakumar Natarajan 11. Who was awarded Pandit Hridaynath Lifetime Achievement award recently? Answer: Asha Bhonsle 12. Manik Sarkar has become the Chief Minister of which state for the fourth consecutive time recently? Answer: Tripura 13. Who has become Kenya’s fourth President? Answer: Uhuru Kenyatta 14. Which state in India will host the World Chess Championship from November 6 to 26 in 2013? Answer: Tamil Nadu 15. The code name given to the electronic surveillance program operated by the United States which is said to have had direct access to the communications passed through Google, Facebook, Apple and many other internet companies? Answer: PRISM 16. According to the data released by the World Steel Association, India is ranked ………….. in the world steel production? Answer: Fourth. The world No.1 producer is China. 17. World Ocean Day was celebrated on …………? Answer: June 8 18. Who has registered a record 8th win in the Men’s Singles title inthe French Open Tennis Tournament? Answer: Rafael Nadal (Spain), withthis win he has become the only male player to win any Grand Slamtournament eight times, and the first man to win at least one grandslam tournament for nine consecutive years. 19. Who won the Women’s Singlesin the French Open Tennis Tournament? Answer: Serena Williams (US). Thisis her 16th Grand Slam title. 20. Who is appointed as the new Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan? Answer: TCA Raghavan 21. The founder of the famous Sulabh Project, who has been presented with the French award, ‘Legend of Planet’? Answer: Bindeshwar Pathak Sulabh International is a social service organization which works mainly in the field of sanitation to improve public health. 22. Infinity Tower, the World’s tallest twisted tower (306 meter) was inaugurated in: Answer: Dubai 23. The young Indian shuttler who won the Thailand Open Grand Prix Badminton Trophy? Answer: K. Srikanth 24. The multi agency body to be established by the Government of India to carry out real-time assessment of cyber security threats? Answer: National Cyber Coordination Centre (NCCC) 25. A newly discovered layer of the Human cornea? Answer: Dua’s Layer 26. World Blood Donor Day was observed on: Answer: June 14 27. Which country launched ‘Shenzhou 10’, their fifth manned space mission? Answer: China 28. The 160 year old communication service recently discontinued by the Government of India? Answer: Telegram. It stopped working on July 14, 2013. 29. Where was this year’s G-8 summit held? Answer: Lough Erne, Northern Ireland in United Kingdom 30. Who has been selected as the captain of the India Under-19 Cricket team? Answer: Vijay Zol, Sanju Samson, the wicket keeper from Kerala is the Vice Captain of the team. 31. The new chairman of the Life Insurance Corporation of India? Answer: S. K Roy 32. Who won this year’s Walter Scott Prize? Answer: Tan Twan Eng. The Malaysian author got the award for his novel ‘The Garden of Evening Mists’. 33. As per the United Nations World Populations Prospects Report released recently, India willemerge as the most populous country in …………? Answer: 2028 34. China has recently developed the World’s fastest supercomputer named ………….? Answer: Tianhe-2 35. Petr Necas, who resigned recently amidst accusations of corruption, was the Prime Ministerof …………….? Answer: Czech Republic 36. Who is the new Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways? Answer: Oscar Fernandes 37. Which International award hasrecently been conferred on the biotechnologists, Marry-Dell Chilton, Rober Fraley and Marc Van Montagu? Answer: World Food Prize 2013 38. The United Nationshas designated …………. as Public Service Day? Answer: June 23 39. Darren Lehmann has been appointed as the coach of which national Cricket team? Answer: Australia 40. Which country won the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy Cricket title? Answer: India 41. The hornbill, selected as the official mascot of the 35th National Games has been named………….? Answer: Ammu. The Games will behosted by Kerala in February 2014. 42. The six Indian forts which havebeen declared world heritage sitesare located in the state of ………..? Answer: Rajasthan 43. The flood ravaged Kedarnath islocated in the state of …………..? Answer: Uttarakhand 44. Which micro blogging platform and social networking website has recently been bought by Yahoo? Answer: Tumblr 45. …………. Has become the first European country to introduce compulsory military service for women? Answer: Norway 46. Commodity Transaction Tax (CTT), proposed in the current year’s budget of India, has come into effect on ………….? Answer: July 1, 2013. 47. World Refugee Daywas observed on …………? Answer: June 20 48. Who is elected as the new Prime Minister of Australia, replacing Julia Gillard? Answer: Kevin Rudd 49. Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj has beenre-elected as the President of……….? Answer: Mongolia 50. Which country is to launch ‘Kirobo’, the World’s first talking Robot-astronaut to space? Answer: Japan 51. Who takes over as the new Chief Justice of India? Answer: P. Sathasivam 52. Who won the FIFA Confederation Cup 2013? Answer: Brazil 53. Who won the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Chess tournament held at Dilijan, Armenia? Answer: Koneru Humpy 54. Najeeb Jung has recently been appointed as the new Lieutenant Governor of …………? Answer: Delhi 55. India has successfully launchedits first dedicated navigation satellite, …………..? Answer: IRNSS-1A 56. Who is appointed as the new Governor of Meghalaya? Answer: K. K Paul 57. Y K Sinha has been appointed as the new Indian High Commissioner to ……………? Answer: Sri Lanka 58. National Doctor’s Daywas observed on ………….? Answer: July 1, it is the Birth anniversary of Dr. B.C Roy 59. Asian Athletic Championship has been held at ……….? Answer: Pune 60. The International AstronomicalUnion (IAU) has named the two recently found smallest moons of Pluto as ………. and ………..? Answer: Kerberos and Styx 61. National Statistics Day was observed on …………? Answer: June 29, The day is celebrated on the occasion on the birth anniversary of Late Prof. P C Mahalanobis. 62. Who is appointed as the new director of CIA? Answer: John O. Brennan 63. The new Chief Secretary of Kerala? Answer: E.K Bharat Bhushan 64. Who is the Chairman of the JPC to probe the alleged scam in 2G spectrum allocation? Answer: P.C Chacko 65. The shooter who has become the first Indian women to win gold in pistol shooting at the world cup at Changwon in Korea? Answer: Rahi Sarnobat 66. The winner of the latest Vikram Sarabhai Award? Answer: E. Sreedharan 67. The first Malayali woman to get first rank in Civil Services Examination? Answer: Harita V. Kumar 68. Which company is offering the world’s first smart phone with the Firefox operating system? Answer: Telefonica 69. Who is appointed as governor of Sikkim? Answer: Shriniwas Patil 70. Who became the youngest Indian to win a gold medal at the Asian Boxing Championships? Answer: Shiva Thapa 71. Who is appointed as 40th ChiefJustice of India with tenure until 26th April 2014? Answer: P. Sathasivam 72. Name the Afghan governor andMyanmar women who won Magsaysay awards? Answer: Habiba Sarabi and Lahpai Seng Raw 73. Which country celebrated its national day on 21st July and who was sworn in as 7th king? Answer: Belgium, Prince Philippe 74. Who won the Continental Chess Association Open title 2013? Answer: Parimarjan Negi 75. Who is the inventor of the Computer mouse he died recently? Answer: Douglas Engelbart 76. Who is the Winner of Women’s Singles Wimbledon Tennis Tournament 2013? Answer: Marion Bartoli 77. Who is the Winner of Men’s Singles Wimbledon Tennis Tournament 2013? Answer: Andy Murray Men’s Doubles winners are Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan. Women’s Doubles winners are Hsieh Su-wei (Taiwan) and Peng Shuai (China) 78. Who becomes the new Prime Minister of Egypt? Answer: Hazem El-Beblawi 79. Who is appointed as the Coach of Indian Men’s Hockey Team by Hockey India (HI)? Answer: Maharaj Kishan Kaushik 80. Who is sworn in as the 9th Chief Minister of Jharkhand? Answer: Hemant Soren 81. Who won the Commonwealth Chess Championship 2013? Answer: Abhijeet Gupta Other Current affairsNews. Legendary Bollywood actor and Dadasaheb Phalake Award winnerPran Krishan Sikand (83), popularly known as Pran passed away. Zubin Mehta, western classical music conductor of Indian-Parsi origin, will be honored with the Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony 2013 in recognition of his outstanding contribution to cultural harmony. ~s s shah
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