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Q1. Name the two personalities who were decided to be conferred
with the highest civilian award Bharat Ratna, by Government of India on 16
November 2013?
Note: Sachin Tendulkar is the first sport person to win the
Bharat Ratna Award. Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian Award of the country was
instituted in the year 1954.
>> Bharat Ratna award so far, given only to eminent
personalities from the field of dance, music, art, literature and the social
sector. In the year 2011, the Government of India modified the eligibility
criteria for Bharat Ratna Award - to enable eminent Sports-persons to receive
the Nation’s highest civilian award.
Q2. Name the aircraft carrier which was inducted into the Indian
Navy on 16 November 2013 giving a boost to the India’s maritime warfare
capabilities?
Ans. INS Vikramaditya
Note: The INS Vikramaditya (44500 tonne carrier Admiral
Gorshkov) was commissioned by the Union Defence Minister, AK Antony and the
Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Dmitry Rogozin in a ceremony at the sub zero
temperature in the wind-swept Sevmash Shipyard in the city of Severodvinsk port
in the northern Arctic region of Russia.
>> Prof. Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao (CNR Rao)
was born on 30 June 1934, Bangalore, India. He is an eminent scientist and a well-recognized
international authority on solid state and materials chemistry.
Q3. Where was the 22nd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
CHOGM began on 15 November 2013?
Ans. Colombo, Sri Lanka
Note: Summit was inaugurated by Prince Charles of England,
who is representing Queen Elizabeth at the Commonwealth Summit. The theme for
CHOGM 2013 is Growth with Equity; Inclusive Development.
Q4. Name the Chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development
Authority (PFRDA), who resigned from the post of Chairman on 13 November 2013?
Ans. Yogesh Agarwal
Note: He resigned because of the Government’s decision to
not allow him to be a part of the selection panel for members of the regulator.
Q5. Who was appointed as the new Chairman of PFRDA by the Finance
Ministry following the resignation of Chairman Yogesh Agarwal?
Ans. Anup Wadhawan
Note: He was the Joint Secretary at PFRDA.
Q6. Union Government on 12 November 2013 appointed whom as the
chairperson and managing director of public sector Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB),
the first women’s bank?Visit:www.currentaffairs4examz.com
Ans. Usha
Ananthasubramanian
Q7. Who was appointed as the Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High
Court on 12 November 2013?
Ans. Justice R. Banumathi
Q8. Who was appointed Chairman of the National Multi-Commodity
Exchange of India Ltd (NMCE) on 12 November 2013?
Ans. Krishna Mohan Sahni
Note: He is a retired bureaucrat. His appointment was
approved by the Forward Markets Commission, the commission which is responsible
for regulating the commodities markets in India.National Multi-Commodity
Exchange of India Ltd (NMCE) is the first demutualised commodity exchange of
India which was granted permanent recognition by the Union Government of India
in 1990s.
Q9. Who won Miss Universe 2013 contest on 9 November 2013 held at
Crocus City Hall in Moscow, Russia?
Ans. Gabriela Isler from
Venezuela
Q10. Who was appointed as the Secretary General of National Human
Rights Commission (NHRC) on 8 November 2013?
Ans. Parvinder Sohi
Behuria
Q11. Name the candidate of Progressive Party of Maldives who on 16
November 2013 defeated the former premier, Mohammed Nasheed to win the
Maldivian Presidential elections?
Ans. Abdulla Yameen
Q12. India on 16 November 2013 won the two match test series against
which team 2-0 at Wankhede stadium in Mumbai?
Ans. West Indies
Note: The second and the last match of the series was the
last and final international game of Sachin Tendulkar. After the match Sachin
bid a tearful adieu to the sport after India won the match by an innings and
126 runs. Pragyan Ojha was given the Man of the Match award whereas Rohit
Sharma got the Man of the Series award.
Q13. International Day for Tolerance was observed on
................ November 2013 across the world to educate people about the
need for tolerance in society and to aware them about the dangers of
intolerance?
Ans. 16 November 2013
Q14. President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 33rd India
International Trade Fair (IITF) in New Delhi on 14 November 2013. Where was the
event held in New Delhi?
Ans. Pragati Maidan
Q15. 18th International Children Film Festival of India (ICFFI)
was inaugurated on 14 November 2013. Where was it held?
Ans. Hyderabad, Andhra
Pradesh
Q16. Government of India on 14 November 2013 dispatched relief
package that includes medicines, hygiene and chemicals, tentage, blankets,
tarpaulins and ready to eat meals to Hurricane ravaged which country by an
Indian Air Force C-130J aircraft to Mactan?
Ans. Philippines
Q17. Name the Director of Multi-Commodity Exchange (MCX) who
resigned from the board on 12 November 2013?
Ans. Paras Ajmera
Q18. World Diabetes Day was observed on 14 November 2013 across
the world to raise awareness of diabetes-a chronic disease. What is theme of
the day during 2009-13?
Ans. Education and Prevention
Q19. Prasar Bharati, the India's public broadcaster, and the
Radio-Television of which country named RTV-SLO on 13 November 2013 signed an
MoU in the field of broadcasting?
Ans. Slovenia
Q20. Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was on 13 November 2013
inaugurated the IT based ................ System (RMS) for the Customs
clearance of export goods at New Delhi?
Ans. Risk Management
System (RMS)
Q21. Industrial Production output grew by ..................
percent in September 2013 mainly on account of better performance by power and
mining sectors?
Ans. 2 percent
Q22. Name the Proton-M rocket carrying a defense satellite which
was successfully launched by Russia on 12 November 2013?
Ans. Raduga-1M
Q23. Public Service Broadcasting Day was observed on
.............November 2013?
Ans. 12 November 2013
Note: The day is marked to commemorate the Mahatma Gandhi’s
visit to All India Radio (AIR) studio in New Delhi in 1947.
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Q24. India on 12 November 2013 declared itself free from
Notifiable Avian Influenza (H5N1), commonly called .................. and
notified the same to World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE)?
Ans. Bird flu
Q25. Who won the 50th edition of Indian Open golf tournament on 10
November 2013 at the Delhi Golf Club (DGC), New Delhi?
Ans. Mohammed Siddikur
of Bangladesh
Note: Siddikur scored a total of 274 to edge past his
Indian friends Anirban Lahiri and SSP Chowrasia to win the tournament.
Q26. Union Finance Minister P.Chidambaram released a Commemorative
Coin of 20 Rupees a circulation coin of 5 Rupees to mark the culmination of the
125th Birth Anniversary of which freedom fighter/leader at New Delhi on 11
November 2013?
Ans. Maulana Abul Kalam
Azad
Note: 2013 marked the culmination of 125th Birth
Anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. Maulana Azad was one of India’s most prominent
freedom fighters, who espoused the cause of an undivided India. He was the
first Minister of Education of India and was also awarded country’s highest
civilian award, the Bharat Ratna in 1992.
Q27. World Pneumonia Day was observed on ...... November 2013
across the world to raise awareness of pneumonia?
Ans. 12 November 2013
Q28. President of Philippines, Benigno Aquino on 11 November 2013
declared a state of national calamity to speed relief efforts for victims of
which typhoon?
Ans. Typhoon Haiyan
Q29. Who on 11 November 2013 retained the Barclays ATP World Tour
Finals title after defeating the number one, Rafael Nadal?
Ans. Novak Djokovic
Q30. Who was appointed as the Secretary of Department of
Expenditure in the Union Ministry of Finance on 11 November 2013?
Ans. Ratan P Watal
Q31. Union Minister of Minority Affairs K Rahman Khan on 11
November 2013 launched a National Portal on Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. The portal
was inaugurated to mark 125th birth anniversary of the great national leader-
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. Name the URL of the portal?
Ans. www.maulanaazadheritage.org
Q32. World Science Day for Peace and Development was observed on
10 November 2013 across the world to raise awareness on the role of science in
the development of sustainable societies. What is the theme for the year 2013?
Ans. Science for Water
Cooperation: Sharing Data, Knowledge and Innovations.
Q33. Indian men's hockey team finished fifth at the 3rd Asian
Champions Trophy. Where was the event held?
Ans. Kakamigahara, Japan
Q34. Who became a part of the history by becoming the third Indian
pistol shooter to win Gold at the World Cup Final on 10 November 2013 in
Munich?
Ans. Heena Sidhu
Q35. Indian Women Hockey Team on 9 November 2013 won the Silver
Medal, losing to which country in the final of the 3rd Women Asian Champions
Trophy played at Kakamigahara in Japan?
Ans. Japan
Q36. National Education Day of India was celebrated on 11 November
2013. Why it was celebrated on 11 November 2013?
Ans. To commemorate the anniversary of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad,
a great freedom fighter, an eminent educationist and the first Education
Minister of India.
Q37. Which state topped the medals tally in the 23rd All India G V
Mavalankar Shooting Championship on 16
November 2013?
Ans. West Bengal
Q38. Name the leading NRI industrialist and educationist who was
presented with the International Indian of the Decade award on 15 November
2013?
Ans. Lord Swraj Paul
Note: Lord Swraj Paul is the founder of the UK-based steel and
engineering multinational company Caparo, which at present employs about 10000
people worldwide from UK, USA and India.
Q39. Boeing on 15 November 2012 delivered its
second................ aircraft to Indian Navy at the INS Rajali Air Base in
Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu?
Ans. P-8I
Q40. Union Law Ministry on 14 November 2013 told to the Group of
Ministers (GoM) about the necessity of amendment of Article 371 (D) of the
Constitution of India for ........................?
Ans. Bifurcation of
Andhra Pradesh
Q41. Which state on 11 November 2013, launched its first food bank
in order to give assistance to the different feeding programmes in Gurgaon as
well as nearby areas?
Ans. Haryana
Q42. Who was selected for the 2014 New Horizons in Physics Prize
on 5 November 2013?
Ans. Shiraz Naval
Minwalla, Professor of Physics in TIFR, Mumbai
Q43. Name the former Vice-Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia who
was on 14 November 2013 conferred with the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship by the
Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund?
Ans. Professor Mushirul
Hasan
Q44. CCI on 12 November 2013 approved the proposed acquisition of
24 percent stake in the Naresh Goyal–led Indian carrier by Abu Dhabi based
airline. This decision will allow the closure of long pending Jet-Etihad deal.
Expand CCI?
Ans. Competition
Commission of India
Q45. Indian Navy on 12 November 2013 commissioned the first
Advanced Light Weight Helicopters Squadron at Southern Command at which place?
Ans. Kochi, Kerala
Q46. Regional Pravasi Bhartiya Divas was officially launched on 11
November 2013 at which place?
Ans. Sydney, Australia
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