Latest Current Affairs- May 2013
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Q1. Which team won the UEFA Champions League 2013?
Ans. Bayern Munich
Note: They have defeated German rivals Borussia Dortmund in the final
held on 25 May 2013. 89th-minute heart-stopping goal by Arjen Robben earn
Bayern Munich a dramatic 2-1 win at the thrilling Champions League final held at
London's Wembley Stadium. Bayern Munich has lifted the cup after four years of
wait. Last year they have lost in the finals to Chelsea.
Q2. Who was appointed as the new
Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India by the President of Indian Union
on 21 May 2013?
Ans. Shashi Kant
Sharma
Note: He will succeed Vinod Rai who superannuated on 21 May 2013. He was
presently working as the Defence Secretary. The Comptroller and Auditor General
(CAG) of India is appointed for a maximum term of six years or till he attends
the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.
Q3. The Union Cabinet of India, on 23
May 2013 approved to classify which language the classical Language status?
Ans. Malayalam
Note: Malayalam becomes the fourth language after Kannada, Tamil and
Telugu to get the classical language status.
Q4. Who became the oldest man to climb
the Mount Everest on 23 May 2013?
Ans. Yuichiro Miura. The 80-year old
mountaineer was from Japan.
Q5. The President of India, Pranab
Mukherjee conferred the 47th Jnanpith Award for the year 2011 on 22 May 2013 at
Balyogi Auditorium in New Delhi. The award includes cash prize of 11 lakh
Rupees, a citation as well as bronze replica of Goddess Saraswati.
Name the person to whom the award was
conferred?
Ans. Pratibha Ray,
an oriya writer
Q6. Who won the 2013 Man Booker
International Prize?
Ans. Lydia Davis (American
writer for her innovative and influential writing)
Note: Well-known Kannada author UR Ananthamurthy was the only Indian to
be shortlisted for the prestigious award this year. The Man Booker International
Prize is significantly different from the annual Man Booker Prize for Fiction.
Q7. Who became the first Indian amputee
to conquer Mount Everest on 21 may 2013?
Ans. Arunima Sinha.
Note: 25-year-old Arunima Sinha
is former national level volleyball player and had lost one of her legs after
being thrown off a moving train of Padmawati Express for resisting a
chain-snatching attempt by some criminals, when she was travelling from Lucknow
to Delhi on 12 April 2011.
Q8. Name the Chief Minister of an Indian
State who won the United Nation's Public Service Award for his Mass Contact
Programme on 22 May 2013?
Ans. Oommen Chandy,
Chief Minister of Kerala
Q9. May 21 every year was observed as Anti-Terrorism
Day. Why it was observed on that day?
Ans. The day is celebrated as the anniversary of
martyrdom of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. On 21 May 1991, Rajiv Gandhi
died at the hands of terrorists.
Q10. Winners of Italian Open Tennis
tournament 2013?
Men's Category:
Rafael Nadal (beat Roger Federar in straight sets
6-1, 6-3 in the final match played on 19 May 2013 to lift his seventh Italian
Open title)
Women's Category:
Serena Williams (beat Victoria Azarenka 6-1 6-3 to win
her fourth consecutive tennis title)
Q11. Name the first twins to scale Mount
Everest?
Ans. Nunshi and
Tashi Malik
Note: Two 21-year old Indians from Dehrahdun became first twins to scale
Mount Everest on 19 May 2013.
Q12. Who became the First Pakistani
Woman to Scale Mount Everest?
Ans.Samina Baig
Note: Samina Baig on 19 May 2013 became the first Pakistani woman to
scale Mount Everest. She is 22 years of age.
Q13. Name the US singer-songwriter who became
the first woman to receive the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular
Song?
Ans. Carole King
Note: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, also
known as, Gershwin Prize is conferred upon the performer or composer for
lifetime contribution to popular music.
Q14. Name the latest novel by Dan Brown?
Ans. Inferno
Q15.
Government of India recently reconstituted the Board of Governors of
Medical Council of India (MCI). Who was
appointed as the new Chairman of the Board?
Ans. R K Srivastava
Q16. Assembly of which of the Indian
state celebrated it’s Golden Jubilee on 24 May 2013?
Ans. Himachal
Pradesh
Q17. Foundation stone for India’s first
National Defence University (INDU) was laid down by the Prime Minister,
Manmohan Singh recently. Where will it be established?
Ans. Binola,
Gurgaon
Q18. In a bid to cadre restructuring the
Income Tax Department, Union Cabinet of
India on 23 May 2013 approved the proposal for creating
........................... additional posts in various cadres?
Ans. 20,751
Q19. President Robert Mugabe on 22 May
2013 signed its new constitution into law of which country?
Ans. Zimbabwe
Q20. Who won the gold medal in Senior
National Women's Boxing Championship which concluded on 22 May 2013?
Ans. Preeti Beniwal
Q21. Name the 290-km range supersonic
cruise missile Test Fired by India from the Navy's latest guided missile
frigate INS Tarkash off the coast of Goa?
Ans. BrahMos
Q22. The Union Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare on 21 May 2013 relaxed the eligibility parameters for the Janani
Suraksha Yojana (JSY), with an expectation of reducing the neonatal and
maternal mortality in young mothers. What are the new eligibility parameters?
Ans. The women who
belong to Below Poverty Line (BPL) category can get an access to JSY benefits
irrespective of their age and the number of Children they have.
Q23. The International Day for
Biological Diversity was observed on 22 May 2013? What was the theme this year?
Ans. Water and
Biodiversity
Note: The day is observed on the 22 May every year, to increase the
understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues.
Q24. Who was selected for UNA-USA's
Global Leadership Award called Champion for Global Change Award for 2013, in
the month of May 2013?
Ans. The Pakistani
activist, Malala Yousafzai
Q25. 2014 was declared
as...........................year during the visit of Chinese Premier Li
Keqiang to India recently?
Ans. Friendship
Year to promote understanding between India and China
Note: China's new premier Li Keqiang’s visited India on his first
foreign trip from 19-22, May 2013 since taking his office in March 2013. During
the visit India and China signed Eight Agreement.
Q26. Which day was observed as the World
Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development?
Ans. 21 May
Q27. Who was conferred with the Lata
Mangeshkar Samman Alankaran in Indore on 20 May 2013?
Ans. Singer Hariharan.
Madhya Pradesh government instituted the award in 1984.
Q28. Boxers from which nation won 2013
International Limassol Cup held in Cyprus?
Ans. India
Q29. On 17 May 2013, which country
became the 14th Country in the World to legalise Gay Marriage?
Ans. France
Q30. Recently, who became the First Arab
Woman to reach Everest Summit?
Ans. Raha Moharrak,
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