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Ans. Mumbai Indians
Note: They defeated
Rajasthan Royals by 33 runs in the finals held in New Delhi on 6 October 2013.
Q2. Sania Mirza won the China Open
tennis championship trophy (women’s Doubles) with Cara Black on 5 October 2013
in Beijing. Cara Black is from which nation?
Ans. Zimbabwe
Q3. Election Commission on 4
October 2013 announced the dates of holding the General Elections to the
Legislative Assemblies of 05 States whose terms expire around the same time
together. Name these 05
states?
Ans. Chhattisgarh,
Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Delhi
Note: Election
Commission holds the General Elections as per Article 324 and Article 172(1) of
the Constitution of India and Section 15 of Representation of the People Act,
1951
Poll Schedule as
Announced by the Election Commission
• Chhattisgarh- 11 Nov
2013 (Phase I), 19 Nov 2013 (Phase II)
• Madhya Pradesh- 25
Nov 2013
• Rajasthan- 1 Dec 2013
• Delhi- 4 Dec 2013
• Mizoram- 4 Dec 2013
Q4. Who took over charge as
chairman and managing director (CMD) of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited
(BPCL) on 1 October 2013?
Ans. S. Varadarajan
Note: He has succeeded
R.K. Singh.
Q5. Name the new state which was
approved by Union Cabinet on 3 October 2013 to be formed bifurcating the
existing State of Andhra Pradesh?
Ans. Telangana
Note: City of Hyderabad will function as the common
capital for both the States (Telangana and Seemandhra) for a period of ten
years.
Q6. Union Cabinet on 2 October 2013
decided to withdraw the ordinance on convicted lawmakers, as well as the Bill
that sought to amend the Representation of the People Act. What was the aim of
the ordinance?
Ans. It will allow the
convicted MPs or MLAs to continue in office if their appeal is admitted by a
higher court within 90 days of conviction by the trial court. However, they will not be allowed to vote or draw salaries
till the case is decided.
Q7. Name the Former Foreign
Secretary of India who was on 30 September
2013 appointed as India's High
Commissioner to the United Kingdom?
Ans. Ranjan Mathai
Q8. International Day of Older
Persons was observed on 1 October.
What was the theme of the day for 2013?Visit..
Ans. Future we want:
what older persons are saying.
Q9. Which country won 3rd Under-21
Sultan of Johor Cup hockey tournament held in Johor Bahru on 29 September 2013
defaeting Malaysia 3-0?
Ans. India
Q10. Who was on 29 September 2013
re-elected as the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
for a third term at its 84th annual general meeting (AGM) held at Chennai?
Ans. Narayanaswamy
Srinivasan
Q11. Who was on 29 September 2013
appointed as chairman of the IPL during the Annual General Meeting of the Board
of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) at Chennai?
Ans. Ranjib Biswal
Q12. Supreme Court of India proposed
a three-member panel on 7 October 2013 to examine the IPL spot-fixing scandal.
Who is the head of the panel?
Ans. Mukul Mudgal (former Punjab and Haryana Chief
Justice)
Note: Other members of the
panel are senior advocate and Additional Solicitor General N Nagehswar Rao and
Assam Cricket Association member Nilay Dutta.
Q13. India on 7 October 2013
successfully test-fired it’s indigenously developed nuclear-capable
................... missile
with a strike range of 350 km from Chandipur Integrated test range in Odisha?
Ans. Prithvi-II
Note: The
surface-to-surface missile was test fired from a mobile launcher. The last user
trial of Prithvi-II was successfully carried out from the same base on 12
August 2013.
Q14. World Habitat day is observed
across the world on 7 October 2013. The purpose of this day is creation of the
global awareness regarding the State of the towns and cities and the basic
human right to adequate shelter. Which day of October is generally observed as World Habitat day?
Ans. First Monday of
October every year is designated as the World Habitat Day by the United Nation.
Note: Theme of the
World Habitat Day 2013 is Urban Mobility to encourage people to shift towards
more sustainable modes of transportation. In the year 2012, the theme was
Changing Cities, Building Opportunities.
Q15. Novak Djokovic clinched his
fourth China Open title in five years on 6 October 2013. Whom did he defeat in
the final?
Ans. Rafael Nadal
Note: By a margin of
6-3 6-4.
Q16. International Cricket Council
on 6 October 2013 announced that Afghanistan Cricket Board will get liberal
financial assistance from the International Cricket Council (ICC) after
qualifying for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. Where will be the ICC World Cup
2015 held?
Ans. Australia and Newzealand
will jointly host
Q17. Which country won Under-19
Asian Rugby Championship 2013 by defeating India in the finals held in Lahore
on 5 October 2013?
Ans. Pakistan
Q18. India and Bangladesh on 5
October 2013 jointly inaugurated the India-Bangladesh Grid Inter-connection at
which place in Bangladesh?
Ans. Bheramara
Q19. Name the Indian women who won
bronze medal at the Judo tournament held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 5 October
2013?
Ans. Kalapana Devi
Note: It was India’s
first IJF Grand Prix medal. Competing in 52kg weight category, Kalpana defeated
Zarifa Sultonova of Uzbekistan but lost to Gili Cohen of Israel.
Q20. Union government of India on 5
October 2013 launched the Inter Company ........... portability scheme in 24
cities across the country?
Ans. LPG portability scheme
Note: Under the
portability scheme, a consumer can now opt for the distributor of his choice
within a cluster of LPG distributors in the vicinity and across the oil
companies.
Q21. Name the ship acquired by
Geological Survey of India (GSI) on 4 October 2013 for around 600 crore Rupees
for the purpose of undertaking deep-sea surveys as well as exploration of the
minerals lying in the depths of oceans?
Ans. Samudra Ratnakar
Q22. Who was selected as the first
Miss Universe contestant to represent Myanmar in more than 50 years time in
history of the country on 3 October 2013?
Ans. Moe Set Wine, 25
Q23. A special Senate committee in
Italy on 4 October 2013 voted to strip which former prime minister of the
country of his Parliament seat after he was convicted for tax fraud?
Ans. Silvio Berlusconi
Q24. Union Health and Family Welfare
Minister on 4 October 2013 launched the indigenously produced Japanese
Encephalitis (JE) vaccine JENVAC in New Delhi. Name the present Union Health and Family Welfare Minister?
Ans. Ghulam Nabi Azad
Q25. Which country on 4 October 2013
qualified for its maiden ICC World Cup after defeating Kenya by seven wickets
at World Cricket League Championship in Sharjah?
Ans. Afghanistan
Q26. Which companies were awarded
the cricket sponsorship rights for all international series and the domestic
tournaments in India for the year 2013-14 by BCCI at the base price of two
crore rupees per fixture?
Ans. Star Private Ltd
and ESPN
Q27. Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs (CCEA) on 3 October 2013 cleared Jet Airways proposed sale of 24 per
cent equity to Abu Dhabi-based ........ Airways?
Ans. Etihad
Note: It will pave way
for the biggest ever foreign investment in the Indian aviation sector.
Q28. Indian Railways on 3 October
2013 signed a pact with Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) to set up the
country's biggest Forged Wheel plant at Lalganj, Raebarelli in which state?
Ans. Uttar Pradesh.
Q29. The International Day of
Non-Violence was observed on 2 October across the world on the occasion of
birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. In which year United Nations General
Assembly established 2 October as the International Day of Non-Violence?
Ans. 15 June 2007
Q30. President of India, Pranab
Mukherjee presented the First National Award for Senior Citizens -
Vayoshreshtha Samman, 2013 on the occasion of International Day of Older
Persons at a function in New Delhi. Which day of october is observed as International Day of Older Persons?
Ans. 1 October 2013
Q31. Which team won the NKP Salve
Challenger Cricket Trophy by defeating Delhi by 50 runs in the final at the Holkar
Cricket Stadium, Indore on 29 September 2013?
Ans. India Blue cricket
squad
Q32. Which country on 2 October 2013
announced that it is pulling out of the Commonwealth with immediate effect?
Ans. Gambia
Note: Gambian, a West African country joined the
Commonwealth of Nations in 1965. Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary
association of 54 countries, many of them former territories of the British
Empire. It was established in 1949.
Q33. National Voluntary Blood
Donation Day was observed on......th October every year in India?
Ans. 1 October
Note: It is organised
by National Blood Transfusion Council (NBTC) and National AIDS Control
Organisation, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of Government of India. It
is observed to increase awareness among the people and the importance of
voluntary blood donation.
Q34. Which Indian was presented with
Friendship award by China-the highest honor given to foreigners on 29 September
2013?
Ans. Senior Indian
journalist, Ravi Shankar Narsimhan
Q35. Sania Mirza of India and
................. of Zimbabwe won the Toray Pan Pacific Open tennis
championship women's doubles title by defeating Hao-Ching Chan (Chinese Taipei)
and Liezel Huber (USA) 4-6, 6-0, 11-9 in final at Tokyo on 28 September 2013?
Ans. Cara Black
Q36. Vice President of India, M.
Hamid Ansari released a commemorative postage stamp in the memory of Baba
Jumdev at a function in Gondia, Maharashtra on 30 September 2013. Who was Baba
Jumdev?
Ans. Baba Jumdev was a prominent spiritual leader and
revered social activist. He was a spiritual guide and a social reformer for who
worked towards the service of humanity.
Q37. Olympian Swaran Singh Virk led
Indian rowers to win the Gold medal at 15th Asian Senior Rowing Championship on
29 September 2013. Where was the vent held?
Ans. Luan, China
Q38. Every year on ..........th
September celebrated as the World Heart Day since 1999?
Q39. Who became the campaign
committee chief of Bharatiya Janata Party for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls on 29
September 2013?
Ans. Rajnath Singh
Q40. India’s lawn tennis player
Rohan Bopanna with French partner Edouard Roger-Vasselin won the Rakuten Japan
Open tennis championship (Men's Doubles) on 6 October 2013. Where was the event
held?
Ans. Tokyo, Japan
Q41. India's foreign exchange
(forex) reserves fell by.............. billion US dollars to 276.26 billion US
dollars for the week ended on 27 September 2013 as compared to 277.38 billion
US dollars in the previous week due to a sharp drop in the value of foreign
currency assets, official data showed?
Ans. 1.11
Q42. Ninth Formation Day of National
Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) took place in New Delhi at Vigyan Bhawan,
New Delhi on 4 October 2013. What is the function of National Disaster
Management Authority (NDMA)?
Ans. NDMA is India’s
apex body in the area of disaster management.
Q43. India was re-elected in the new
Council of ICAO as one of the states making the largest contribution to the
provision of facilities for international civil air navigation. Expand ICAO?
Ans. International
Civil Aviation Organization
Q44. Indian Railways on 4 October
2013 adopted first ever unique modern technology for maintenance of its
passenger coaches, wagons and locomotives. Name the new technology?
Ans. Acoustic Bearing
Detectors (ABD) & Wheel Impact Load Detectors (WILD).
Q45. Who won Himalaya Bicycle Rally which concluded in Shimla on 3
October 2013?
Ans. Luis Leao Pinto
from Portugese
Q46. Name the writer known for thrillers, especially The Hunt for Red October
and Patriot Games, who died in Baltimore, US on 1 October 2013?
Ans. Tom Clancy
Q47. Who won singles title at WTA Pan Pacific Open on 28 September 2013 at
Tokyo?
Ans. Petra Kvitova of
Czech Republic
Q48. Name the Swiss-Born
Philanthropist and Muslim Spiritual Leader who visited India from 17 to 29
September 2013?
Ans. Aga Khan
Q49. Name the Indian who won silver
in the AIBA World Youth Boxing Championship held in Albena, Bulgaria on 28
September 2013?
Ans. Nikhat Zareen
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