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Q1. Arvind Kejriwal, the convener of the newly launched Aam Aadmi
Party sworn in as the ......th Chief Minister of Delhi on 28 December 2013 at a
function in Ramlila Maidan?
Ans. Seventh
Note: Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung administered the oath of
office and secrecy to Kejriwal. Apart from Kejriwal, six other MLAs namely
Manish Sisodia, Somnath Bharti, Saurabh Bhrdwaj, Rakhi Birla, Satyendra Kumar
Jain and Girish Soni also took oath as Cabinet Ministers.
Q2. Which High Court on 26 December 2013 banned the junk food
items in plastic packing and directed to implement the ban in the state from 26
January 2014?
Ans. Himachal Pradesh
Q3. Who was appointed as new head of NSG (National Security Guard)
on 26 December 2013?
Ans. J.N.Chaudhary
Note: He will take his charge from incumbent Arvind Ranjan. He
had also served in Intelligence Bureau. He is due to retire in May 2015.
Q4. Who was appointed the full time chief of the Central
Industrial Security Force (CISF) on 26 December 2013?
Ans. Arvind Ranjan
Note: Ranjan took over
his charge from January. He will take his charge from incumbent Director
General Rajiv.
Q5. Who won her sixth consecutive title at the 34th National
Archery Championships at JRD Tata Stadium of PSPB, Jamshedpur on 25 December
2013?
Ans. Deepika Kumari
Note: Deepika by winning the sixth National title consecutively
has set the record of winning the most individual titles at the national meet.
Earlier it was Dola Banerjee who won five national titles.
Q6. Name the South African cricket all-rounder who will retire
from test and first class cricket after the second Test against India in Durban
as announced by him on 25 December 2013?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com
Ans. Jacques Kallis
Q7. Who took an additional charge of the Environment and Forests
Ministry after the exit of Jayanthi Natarajan on 24 December 2013?
Ans. M. Veerappa Moily
Q8. Name the inventor of the AK47 weapon who died at the age of 94
due to ill-health on 23 December 2013 in Izhevsk, Udmurtia province of Russian
Republic?
Ans. Mikhail Kalashnikov
Q9. Who took the charge as the President of Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on 21 December 2013?
Ans. Sidharth Birla
Note: He is the Chairman of Xpro India Limited. Sidharth Birla
succeeded the HSBC India Country Head Naina Lal Kidwai.
Q10. Who has been appointed the new Governor of Manipur on 23
December 2013?
Ans. Vinod Kumar Duggal
Note: He was the former Home Secretary
Q11. Who won the men’s and women’s titles respectively at the 78th
Senior National Badminton Championship in Siri Fort Sports Complex at New Delhi
on 23 December 2013?
Ans. Kidambi Srikanth
and PV Sindhu
Q12. Which international airport in India was awarded the Sword of
Honour for safety management in London in the second week of December 2013?
Ans. Rajiv Gandhi
International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad
Q13. Which club defeated Raja Casablanca 2-0 in the finals of the
third club World Cup 2013 and became the new world champions?
Ans. Bayern Munich
Ans. France
Q15. Name the person who developed a vaccine for the chicken pox
virus who died at the age of 85 due to heart failure on 23 December 2013 in
Osaka, Japan?
Ans. Dr. Michiaki
Takahashi
Note: Takahashi developed the vaccine for the chicken pox in
1972.
Q16. Who became the fourth Indian bowler to claim 300 wickets in
Test Cricket by claiming wicket of Jacques Kallis on 22 December 2013?
Ans. Zaheer Khan
Note: Other Indian bowlers to claim more than 300 wickets are
Kapil Dev (434 wickets), Anil Kumble (619 wickets) and Harbhajan Singh (413
wickets).
Q17. Name the safety application that enables friends and family
of Windows phone users to track them in real time introduced by Microsoft India
on 26 December 2013 in Hyderabad?
Ans. Guardian
Q18. Name the Veteran Bollywood actor who died on 28 December 2013
due to heart attack in Dubai?
Ans. Farooq Sheikh
Note: He was best known for roles in films like Garam Hawa (1973),
Shatranj Ke Khiladi (1977), Noorie (1979), Chashme Baddoor (1981), Umrao Jaan
(1981), Bazaar (1982) and Kissi Se Na Kehna (1983). He won 2010 National Film
Award for best supporting actor in Lahore (a sports film).
Q19. Union Cabinet on 26 December 2013 approved the pension
proposal for 43000 employees of which organization, who joined the public
sector company from the Department of Telecom (DoT)?
Ans. MTNL (Mahanagar
Telephone Nigam Ltd)
Q20. Union Cabinet on 26 December 2013 approved the constitutional
status to a proposed which commission for appointment and transfer of judges to
the higher judiciary?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com
Ans. Judicial
Appointments Commission (JAC)
Q21. Ministry of civil aviation on 26 December 2013 appointed whom
as new Civil Aviation Secretary?
Ans. Ashok Lavasa
Note: He would take his new post on 1 January 2014.He will take
charge from incumbent K.N.Srivastava.
Q22. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 26 December
2013 approved the proposal of which bank to increase its foreign investment
from 49 percent to 62 percent?
Ans. Axis Bank
Q23. Government of India in a major step to allow more autonomy to
CBI placed the agency’s which wing under the command of the CBI Director,
making his word final in investigations on 25 December 2013?
Ans. Legal Wing
Q24. Name the saving bonds launched by Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
on 23 December 2013?
Ans. Inflation Indexed
Saving Bonds
Q25. Government of India puts a way ahead to launch Cash subsidy on ......... after the
successful implementation of cash subsidy on LPG for BPL (below poverty line) families?
Ans. Kerosene
Q26. Which bowler was declared on the No. 1 position in the latest
ICC Test rankings in bowling released on 24 December 2013?
Ans. Vernon Philander of
South Africa
Q27. Which day was observed across India on 24 December 2013 with the
objective of providing better protection of consumer’s interest?
Ans. National Consumers
Right Day
Q28. Who became the Indian Ambassador of US recently?
Ans. Subrahmanyam
Jaishankar
Note: He is the successor of Nirupama Rao and his position in
Beijing will be taken by Ashok k. kantha.
Q29. Name the nuclear capable ballistic missile which was
successfully test-fired by India on 23 December 2013?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com
Ans. Agni-III
Q30. Name the England spinner who announced his retirement from
international and first-class cricket midway through the Ashes Series on 22
December 2013?
Ans. Graeme Swann
Q31. Which day was observed across the country on 23 December 2013
to celebrate the birthday of Chaudhary Charan Singh?
Ans. Kisan Diwas
Note: Chaudhary Charan Singh (23 Dec 1902 - 29 May 1987) was the
fifth Prime Minister of India. He served as the Prime Minister from 28 July
1979 to 14 January 1980. Chaudhary Charan Singh holds the record of being the
only Prime Minister of India who did not face the Parliamentary floor for a
single day after assuming the office.
Q32. Who became the youngest person to reach the summit of
Aconcagua, the highest mountain of America on 27 December 2013?
Ans. Tyler Armstrong
Note: The nine year old boy of United States climbed the
mountain in the Argentine Andes with his father and Tibetan Sherpa, Lhawang
Dhondup.
Q33. Which country on 28 December 2013 adopted a resolution that
eases the one child policy of the country?
Ans. China
Note: The resolution was passed by the standing committee of the
National People’s Congress (NPC). The resolution has allowed the couples of
China to have two children if either parents is an only child.
Q34. Union Government on 24 December 2013 launched which project
to make people e-literate?
Ans. e-inclusion
Q35. High Court asked Telugu actors Mohan Babu and actor
Brahmanandam to return the Padma Awards as the recipients carried the Padma
Shri as prefix in the title cards of the movie Denikina Ready violating which
article of the Indian constitution?
Ans. Article 18(1)
Note: According to the article 18(1) of the constitution the
award does not carry any monetary grant and the award cannot be used as a
prefix or suffix to the recipient’s name.
Q36. Beverages and snacks major PepsiCo India planned to invest
over 1200 crore rupees to build a new beverage manufacturing facility in Sri
City of which state recently?Visit: www.currentaffairs4examz.com
Ans. Andhra Pradesh
Q37. Name the veteran journalist and first editor of The Statesman
who died on 22 December 2013 at the age of 92?
Ans. Pran Chopra
Q38. Name the renowned Kannada poet who died on 23 December 2013
in Bangalore?
Ans. Rashtrakavi G. S.
Shivarudrappa
Q39. To combat Obesity and Diabetes, which country opened world’s
first standing classroom?
Ans. Australia
Q40. Egypt’s ruling Government declared which group a terrorist
group on 25 December 2013?
Ans. Muslim Brotherhood
Note: The decision came after government officials blamed the
Brotherhood for a suicide bombing at a police headquarters in north of Cairo
that killed 16 people. Founded in Egypt by Hassan al-Banna in March 1928, the
group spread to other Muslim countries but has its largest, or one of its
largest, organizations in Egypt.
Q41. Group of Islamic Scholars in Kashmir issued a fatwa on 26
December 2013 that women, whose husbands are missing for the past ...... years,
can remarry?
Ans. Four
Q42. Centre for Economic and Business Research (CERB) study
released in December 2013 has predicted that which country will overtake
Germany as Europe’s largest economy by 2030?
Ans. UK
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