Current Affairs and General Knowledge Quiz- 22 December 2013

Current Affairs and General Knowledge Quiz- 22 December 2013

1) World’s first artificial heart transplant was recently successfully performed in which country?

(A) Brazil

(B) France

(C) Canada

(D) India

2) Which of the following elements is not present in stainless steel?

(A)Iron

(B)Tungsten

(C)Chromium

(D)Nickel

3) Who became the fourth Indian bowler to claim 300 wickets in Test Cricket in Johannesburg at the Wanderers Stadium against South Africa on 22 Dec 2013?

(A) Ishant Sharma

(B) Ravichandran Ashwin

(C) Zaheer Khan

(D) Mohammed Shami

4) Which of the following writs may be issued to enforce a Fundamental Right?

(A)Habeas Corpus

(B)Mandamus

(C)Prohibition

(D)Certiorari

5) PepsiCo India on 21 December 2013 announced that it will invest over Rs 1,200 crore to build a new green-field beverage manufacturing facility in Sri City ( largest beverage plant in India) in which state of India?

(A) Kerala

(B) Maharashtra

(C) Tamil Nadu

(D) Andhra Pradesh

6) Which imaginary line, located at zero degrees latitude, divides the earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres?

(A)Prime Meridian

(B)Equator

(C)Tropic of Cancer

(D)Tropic of Capricorn

7) Who was named as the 2013 AIFF (All India Football Federation) Player of the Year on 20 December 2013?

(A) Baichung Bhutia

(B) Sunil Chetri

(C) Mahesh Gawli

(D) I.M. Vijayan

8) In which city is the Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports situated?

(A)Gwalior

(B)Patiala

(C)Bangalore

(D)Chennai

9) Which England cricket player announced his retirement from international and first-class cricket midway through the Ashes Series on 22 December 2013?

(A) Alastair Cook

(B) James Anderson

(C) Stuart Broad

(D) Graeme Swann

10) What is usually occurring on December 21st or 22nd depending upon the position of the earth, is the longest night and the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere?

(A) Winter Holistics

(B) Winter Seasonic

(C) Winter Stoing

(D) Winter Solstice

Answers

1) Ans. (B) France

2) Ans. (B)Tungsten

3) Ans. (C) Zaheer Khan

4) Ans. (A)Habeas Corpus

5) Ans. (D) Andhra Pradesh

6) Ans. (B)Equator

7) Ans. (B) Sunil Chetri

8) Ans. (B)Patiala

9) Ans. (D) Graeme Swann

10) Ans. (D) Winter Solstice

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Q1. Who has resigned as the minister of state for environment and forest from the Council of Ministers (COM) on 21 December 2013?

Ans. Jayanthi Natarajan

Note: Jayanthi Natarajan expected to return to party work which is relating to manifesto and other election matters of the Congress Party.

Q2. Who was appointed as the first woman managing director of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) by the Government on 21 December 2013?

Ans. Usha Sangwan

Note: She is the first woman director of LIC in its near six decades of existence. With this appointment, LIC is set to function at its full strength of four MDs after almost two years. These would be S B Mainak, Sushobhan Sarkar, Sangwan and V K Sharma.

Q3. Which bank on 19 December 2013 announced that it has received a license from the Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System to open a branch in New York?

Ans. Canara Bank

Q4. Name the indigenously developed multi-barrel rocket launcher (MBRL) successfully test-fired by India on 19 December 2013?

Ans. Pinaka

Q5. India’s deputy consul in New York, Devyani Khobragade was transferred to India’s Permanent Mission in ............... in New York on 18 December 2013 to boost her diplomatic immunity?

Ans. United Nations

Note: Devyani, the IFS officer was transferred from the post of the deputy consul-general in New York after she was charged with criminal offences by US.

Q6. Which former captain of Indian Cricket Team was on 18 December 2013 selected for the BCCI’s prestigious Col. CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award for the year 2013?

Ans. Kapil Dev

Note: Col. CK Nayudu or Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu was the first captain of Indian Cricket Team in Test Matches, and he played the first class cricket for India till 1958.

Q7. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its mid-quarter Monetary Policy Review, announced on 18 December 2013, has kept the policy rate (repo rate) unchanged at ........?

Ans. 7.75%

Q8. South India’s first high altitude cricket stadium was inaugurated on 17 December 2013 at Krishnagiri in Waynad district of which state?

Ans. Kerala

Note: The stadium was inaugurated by Kerala Governor Nikhil Kumar.

Q9. Who was on 17 December 2013 elected as the German Chancellor for third term by the German Parliament- Bundestag?

Ans. Angela Merkel

Note: Angela Merkel's conservative Union bloc - the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) had secured a stunning hat-trick win in the 22 September 2013 elections but failed to grab an outright majority, forcing them to enter into coalition with the rival Social Democrats (SPD).

Q10. Name the West Indies offspinner who was suspended on 16 December 2013 by International Cricket Council (ICC), from bowling in international cricket after his action was found illegal?

Ans. Shane Shillingford

Q11. Name the book launched by Mumbai University on 16 December 2013 to mark a year since the brutal gangrape of a Delhi paramedic student?

Ans. Nirbhaya: Ek Atmachintan

Q12. Which day was observed on 16 December 2013 across the Nation to celebrate the India’s military victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war?

Ans. Vijay Diwas

Q13. Who has been appointed by Union Government on 13 December 2013 as the Chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for a period of five years?

Ans. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala

Note: Prior to this appointment, Bhanwala was an Executive Director at India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL), a state-owned infrastructure lender. Bhanwala succeeds Prakash Bakshi, who retired as NABARD Chairman in September 2013.

Q14. Name the nationwide programme organized by BJP on 15 December 2013, to drum up support for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's Statue of Unity project on the 63rd death anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel?

Ans. Run for Unity

Q15. Who won the Men's Delhi Half Marathon (21.097 km) by creating a new race record on 15 December 2013?

Ans. Ethiopian runner Atsedu Tsegay

Q16. Which team on 15 December 2013 lifted the Men's Junior Hockey World Cup for a record sixth time?

Ans. Germany

Note: In the title clash at New Delhi, defending champions Germany defeated France, 5-2 to retain the title.

Q17. India defeated which country by 48-39 in the Kabaddi World Cup in the final played at Guru Nanak Dev Stadium in Ludhiana, Punjab on 14 December 2013 retaining the title for fourth consecutive time?

Ans. Pakistan

Q18. Name the Union Labour Minister who passed away on 15 December 2013 after a prolonged illness in Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon, Haryana?

Ans. Sis Ram Ola

Q19. Who was on 13 December 2013 appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Andhra Bank?

Ans. CVR Rajendran

Q20. Which government was on 20 December 2013 felicitated by United Nations for effectively handling the Cyclone Phalin in October 2013?

Ans. Odisha

Q21. Environment Ministry issued a fresh order, following the in principle acceptance of the .............. committee report on 20 December 2013 and withdrawn 16 November 2013 notification relating to protection of Western Ghats?

Ans. Ksatrurirangan

Q22. Election Commission recognized which party as a state party and reserved symbol of broom in Delhi on 19 December 2013?

Ans. Aam Aadmi Party

Q23. Shivraj Singh Chouhan on 20 December 2013 resigned from the Vidisha assembly seat and retained the Budhni seat. He is the Chief Minister of which Indian State?

Ans. Madhya Pradesh

Note: He was elected from Budhni and Vidisha assembly segments in the recently concluded state assembly elections.

Q24. Cheteshwar Pujara slipped to seventh position in the batting list of the test matches that was released by ICC on 19 December 2013. Who topped the list?

Ans. A.B. de Villiers

Q25. Europe launched which satellite regarded as one of its most ambitious space missions in the history on a Soyuz rocket from Europe's Spaceport from the Kourou in French Guiana on 19 December 2013?

Ans. Gaia satellite

Note: It will map the precise positions and distances to more than a billion stars and is expected to give the first realistic picture of how the Milky Galaxy has been constructed.

Q26. Name the person who took part in the Great Train Robbery in Britain in 1963 died at the Carlton Court Care Home in East Barnet, north London on 18 December 2013 due to multiple strokes?

Ans. Ronnie Biggs

Note: The Great Train Robbery was called the Crime of the Century. The gang, of which Biggs was a part, escaped with 2.6 million pound (equivalent to 40 million pounds today) from the Glasgow to London mail train on 8 August 1963.

Q27. Which country won the boy’s and girl’s team titles in the Asia-Pacific junior golf championship at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC)?

Ans. India

Note: It was India’s first ever victory in the Asia Pacific Junior Golf Championship.

Q28. Which day was observed on 18 December 2013 across the Nation to create awareness on rights of minorities?

Ans. Minorities Rights Day

Note: The day is celebrated to protect rights of the minority communities as well as bringing the better understanding among religious minorities in India.

Q29. Name the bill passed by the Lok Sabha on 18 December 2013 which seeks to establish an anti-corruption watchdog that will have in its purview even the office of Prime Minister?

Ans. Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, 2013

Note: Earlier, the Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha on 17 December 2013 after some amendments.

Q30. Name the head of Travancore royal family who ruled south Kerala before Independence died on 16 December 2013 due to cardiac arrest?

Ans. Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma

Q31. The Inflation in India reached 7.52 percent, the highest in 14 months since September 2012 during the month of November 2013?

Ans. 7.52 percent

Q32. Union Cabinet on 16 December 2013 approved which bill, aimed to prevent and tackle the communal violence in the country and punish the perpetrators of the violence?

Ans. Prevention of Communal Violence Bill 2013

Q33. Who has won the IMET Open 2013 squash tournament held in the Slovakian capital Bratislava on 16 December 2013?

Ans. Mahesh Mangaonkar

Q34. Who has been elected as the Chile President for a second time by a wide margin on 15 December 2013?

Ans. Michelle Bachelet

Q35. Who was approved as Prime Minister by Somalian Parliament in December 2013?

Ans. Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed

Q36. Name the country’s first telecommunication satellite launched by Bolivia on 20 December 2013?

Ans. Tupak Katari

Note: The satellite has been named upon an indigenous national hero, who fought the 18th century Spanish colonial rule.  

Q37. Cabinet approved free trade agreement between India and the ASEAN on 19 December 2013. Expand ASEAN?

Ans. Association of South East Asian Nations

Q38. Who has been appointed as the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for 2013-14 recently?

Ans. P.H. Parekh

Note: Bar Council of India is a statutory body  that regulates and represents the Indian bar. It was created by Parliament under the Advocates Act, 1961.

Q39. Who was appointed as chairman and managing director (CMD) of India Infrastructure Finance Co. Ltd (IIFCL)?

Ans. S.B. Nayar

Note: IIFCL is a state-owned firm that funds infrastructure projects.

Q40. Who has been appointed as the Secretary General of Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) in December 2013?

Ans. Puneet Kumar

Note: He is a Kerala cadre IAS officer.

Q41. Name the British businessman turned author who died on 19 December 2013 at the age of 67 in Northumberland?

Ans. Paul Torday

Q42. Which city was ranked top in public transport among Indian cities, according to a study of the International Association of Public Transport (UTIP) released on 16 December 2013?

Ans. Kolkata

Q43. Name the former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court who has been appointed as Chairman of the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC)?

Ans. Darmar Murugensan

Q44. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on 17 December 2013 unveiled the first indigenously developed thalassaemia and sickle cell anaemia testing kit. Which Institute has developed the kit?

Ans. National Institute of Immuno Haematology (NIIH) in Mumbai

Q45. Who was awarded Itihas Ratna from Asiatic Society Bihar on 17 December 2013?

Ans. Bipan Chandra

Note: Bipan Chandra is the fourth historian to be honoured with the Itihas Ratna by the society.

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Current Affairs and General Knowledge Quiz: 21 Dec 2013

Current Affairs and General Knowledge Quiz: 21 Dec 2013

1) Which Indian batsman hit century against South Africa on 20-Dec-2013 in the second innings of first test being played at Johannesburg, thus becoming the first Indian batsman to post three hundreds in Tests in 2013?

(A) Virat Kohli

(B) Cheteshwar Pujara

(C) Rohit Sharma

(D) M S Dhoni

2) On 21st July 1969, at which site did Neil Armstrong set his foot on the Moon?

(A)Sea of Waves

(B)Sea of Clouds

(C)Sea of Serenity

(D)Sea of Tranquility

3) Environment Ministry on 20 December 2013 issued a fresh order, following the in principle acceptance of the ...............committee report which relates to protecting of Western Ghats?

(A) Swaminathan

(B) Deepak Parekh

(C) Ksatrurirangan

(D) Gadgil

4) Which city is served by the Veer Savarkar Airport?

(A)Nasik

(B)Nagpur

(C)Mumbai

(D)Port Blair

5) Who was appointed as the first woman managing director of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) by the Government recently?

(A) Naina Lal Kidwai

(B) Usha Ananthasubramanian

(C) Arundhati Bhattacharya

(D) Usha Sangwan

6) Which disease, named after a Japanese city where it was first observed, is caused by severe Mercury poisoning?

(A)Argyria

(B)Minamata

(C)Itai-itai

(D)Devon colic

7) Election Commission recognized which party as a state party and reserved symbol of broom in Delhi on 19 December 2013?

(A) Aam Aadmi Party

(B) People's Party

(C)  Aam Janta Party

(D) RJD

8) In which state is the Kanchenjunga, the second highest mountain peak in India, located?

(A)Sikkim

(B)Jammu & Kashmir

(C)Himachal Pradesh

(D)Uttarakhand

9) Name the Environment Minister of India who resigned apparently for being drafted into Congress party work ahead of the Lok Sabha polls on 21-Dec-2013?

(A) Jayaram Ramesh

(B) Jayanthi Natarajan

(C) Gulam Nabi Azad

(D) Sachin Pilot

10) From the Constitution of which country was the concept of the Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution borrowed?

(A)Australia

(B)South Africa

(C)United Kingdom

(D)United States of America

Answers

1) Ans. (B) Cheteshwar Pujara

2) Ans. (D)Sea of Tranquility

3) Ans. (C) Ksatrurirangan

4) Ans. (D)Port Blair

5) Ans. (D) Usha Sangwan

6) Ans. (B)Minamata

7) Ans. (A) Aam Aadmi Party

8) Ans. (A)Sikkim

9) Ans. (B) Jayanthi Natarajan

10) Ans. (D)United States of America

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December 2013: Daily Current Affairs

December 2013: Daily Current Affairs

15 December 2013

1) India beat Pakistan 48-39 to emerge champions of the fourth World Cup Kabaddi played at the Guru Nanak Stadium in Ludhiana. 
2) Centre has appointed Harsh Kumar Bhanwala as Chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard).
3) Union Labour and Employment Minister Sis Ram Ola died at a Gurgaon hospital after a prolonged illness.
4) Germany lifted the Men's Junior Hockey World Cup by defeating the France in the title clash.
5) Bhartia Janata Party (BJP) organized Run for Unity runs across the country with the theme Good Governance and National Integration. 
6) Ethiopian runner Atsedu Tsegay won the Men's Delhi Half Marathon (21.097 km) by creating a new race record.
7) South Africa's first black President Nelson Mandela laid to rest with full state honours in his childhood village at Qunu in South Africa's Eastern Cape province.

14 December 2013

1) Shivraj Singh Chouhan sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for third consecutive time.
2) Lal Thanhawla of Congress party has sworn in as the Chief Minister of Mizoram for the second successive term.
3) Irrfan Khan won the best actor award for his brilliant performance in his film The Lunchbox at the 10th edition of Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF).
4) The former footballer of India, Babul Phukan died.
5) First lunar rover of China, Jade Rabbit which was carried by an unmanned remotely piloted spacecraft Chang'e-3 was deployed successfully on moon.
6) At the 57th National Shooting Championship being held at Tughlakabad Malaika Goel of Punjab and Prakash Nanjappa of Karnataka won Gold in their respective categories.

13 December 2013

1) India clinched the women's Kabaddi World Cup championship for the third time in a row, defeating debutant New Zealand 49-21 in the summit clash played at Guru Gobind Singh sports complex in Jalandhar, Punjab.
2) BJP leader Vasundhara Raje was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan for the second time.  
3) Bangladesh Islamist Abdul Kader Mullah hanged for 1971 war crimes.
4) Wal-Mart India has appointed Krish Iyer as President and CEO of Walmart India, effective January 20, 2014, replacing interim CEO Ramnik Narsey.
5) Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan has been named the 'most powerful celebrity of 2013' by Forbes India for the second time in a row.
6) Rising Indian Test batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has bagged the 'Emerging Cricketer of the Year' trophy at the ICC Annual awards announced in Dubai.
7) Supreme Court has granted bail to RJD chief Lalu Prasad in a fodder scam case.
8) Devyani Khobragade, Deputy Consul General at the Indian Consulate  held in US on visa fraud charges.
9) Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag designated as the Vice Chief of Army Staff. 

12 December 2013

1)Time magazine selected Pope Francis as its Person of the Year saying the Catholic Church's new leader has changed the perception of the 2,000-year-old institution in an extraordinary way in a short time.
2) Doha Bank has been granted the license to start its banking operations in India.
3) Raman Singh sworn in as the Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh for the third consecutive term.
4) Lal Thanhawla will be sworn in for a second consecutive term as the Chief Minister of Mizoram on 14 Dec 2013.
5) Afghan President Hamid Karzai arrived in New Delhi on a four day official visit to India.
6) Wipro has received the ‘2013 ESCAP-Sasakawa Award for Disability-Inclusive Business in Asia and the Pacific.
7) AB de Villiers of South Africa dethrones Virant Kohli as the No.1 in ICC ODI rankings.
8) Indian Kabaddi teams both in Men and Women sections have stormed into the final of 4th World Cup Kabaddi Tournament at Bhatinda, Punjab. 
9) South Africa won the ODI series against India 2-0 as final one-dayer of the 3-match cricket series was abandoned due to rain. 

11 December 2013

1)Supreme Court upheld the constitutional validity of the penal provision making gay sex an offence punishable with upto life imprisonment. The bench said Parliament is authorised to delete section 377 of IPC but till the time this penal provision is there, the court cannot legalise this kind of sexual relationship.
2) Wipro Chairman Azim Premji received ET Lifetime Achievement Award 2013.
3) Justice D.P Buch sworn in as Gujarat Lokayukta.
4)  Mary Barra appointed General Motors CEO.
5) Uruguay became the First Country to Legalize Marijuana Trade.
6) Last King of the erstwhile Mysore royal family, Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar passed away.

10 December 2013

1) Human Rights Day was observed across the world on 10 December 2013 to bring to light the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Theme of the day is 20 Years Working for Your Rights.
2) Appointments Committee of Cabinet has appointed Sumit Bose, a 1976 batch Madhya Pradesh cadre IAS officer, as Finance Secretary.
3) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has decided to contest all 90 seats in the Haryana Assembly polls next year.
4) Ranjan Mathai, the former Foreign Secretary of India took over as the India's High Commissioner to the UK.
5) Vasundhara Raje, the BJP's chief minister-elect in Rajasthan, will be sworn-in on Dec 13. 

9 December 2013

1) Congress retains power in Mizoram Assembly for a second consecutive term capturing 22 of the 40 seats.
2) Sheila Dikshit, the Chief Minister of Delhi resigned from her post after Congress party faced a defeat in the Delhi Assembly polls.
3) Star India will replace Sahara as the title sponsor of the Indian cricket team. 
4) Election Commission to recognise Aam Aadmi Party as State Party in Delhi.
5) PepsiCo India appoints D Shivakumar as Chairman & CEO to head India region.
6) Former Pakistan captain Waqar Younis and ex-Australia wicketkepeer Adam Gilchrist will be inducted into the ICC's Hall of Fame next week.
7) Australia beat England to win the second Test by 218 runs and take a 2-0 series lead in Ashes series.
8) Olympic medal-winning boxer M C Kom’s autobiography, titled Unbreakable was unveiled by the Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan. 

8 December 2013

1) BJP wins the Rajasthan State Assembly election with 162 seats. Congress wins 21 seats.
2) In Madhya Pradesh State Assembly election, BJP gets clear majority with 164 seats.
3) In Delhi State Assembly election BJP wins 31 seats while Aam Aadmi Party wins 28 seats.
4) In Chhattisgarh State Assembly election, BJP gets 49 and Congress gets 39 seats.
5) Sheila Dikshit, the Delhi CM was defeated in her constituency in New Delhi to Arvind Kejriwal of Aam Aadmi Party by over 5000 votes. 
6) South Africa clinched the three-match ODI series against India by taking an unassailable 2-0 lead after registering a 134-run win in the second one-dayer in Durban. 
7) Kerala emerged as the champion state in the 29th Junior National Athletics Championships which concluded in Bengaluru. 

7 December 2013
1) FIFA declared 2014 FIFA World Cup football draw to be held in Brazil.
2) International Civil Aviation Day was observed on 7 December 2013
3) Miss Venezuela Alyz Henrich wins Miss Earth, 2013 at the Versailles Palace, Philippines.
4) Tejas, the Light Combat Aircraft has successfully fired a missile that hit its target.
5) Jordan elected to UN Security Council as a Non-Permanent Member.
6) 9th WTO Ministerial Conference concluded at Bali, Indonesia. 
7) Late sitar legend Pandit Ravi Shankar received a posthumous nomination in the 56th Annual Grammy Awards for his album "The Living Room Sessions Part 2" in the World Music Album category.

6 December 2013

1) Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first elected black president and a global anti-apartheid icon died at the age of 95.
2) Nation paid homage to Ambedkar on Mahaparinirvan Diwas.
3) Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai awarded 2013 United Nations Human Rights Prize.
4) A parliamentary bill for the creation of a new Telangana state, with 10 districts, has been cleared by the Union Cabinet.
5) South Africa thrashed India by 141 runs in the 1st ODI.
6) India will host the Under-17 FIFA World Cup in 2017.
7) MS Dhoni becomes India's highest scoring ODI captain leaving behind former captain Mohammad Azharuddin's tally of 5239 in 174 matches. Dhoni reached 5278 runs in his 152nd ODI.
8) Men's Hero Hockey Junior World Cup 2013 started at New Delhi.

5 December 2013
1) Sushma Singh, the seniormost Information Commissioner, appointed as the next Chief Information Commissioner of India and will succeed Deepak Sandhu
2) India Ranked 94th on Global Corruption Perception Index 2013
3) Winter Session of Parliament began.
4) BRAZUCA, The official 2014 FIFA World Cup Match Ball was unveiled. 
5) India has been ranked 98th in the Forbes list of world's best countries for doing business.
6) India becomes the highest run scoring team in ODI history while Australia are currently second team with 1,82,881 runs.

4 December 2013
1) Delhi registered the highest-ever voter turnout of 65.13 per cent in the Assembly polls
2) Mangalyaan travels beyond  sphere of influence (SOI) of Earth extending about 9,25,000 km in its 10-month long voyage to the red planet.
3) Naval vessel INS Konkan catches fire. 
4) Karnataka Assembly passes Essential Services Maintenance Bill (ESMA) Bill. 
5)  HC dismissed plea challenging Bharat Ratna to Tendulkar, CN R Rao

3 December 2013

1) India successfully test fired its surface to surface ballistic missile Prithvi-ll from Chandipur in the Balesore district, Odisha.

2) Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the International Cricket Council (ICC) People’s Choice Award for the year 2013. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was also named captain of ICC's one-day international team and England captain Alastair Cook named skipper of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) test team of the year.

3)  Nation celebrated Birth anniversary of Dr. Rajendra Prasad. He was India's first President and  was born on 3rd December, 1884 in Saran district of Bihar.

4) Seven policemen were killed in a landmine blast in Bihar.

5) Directorate General of Foreign Trade’s e-BRC project has won the 2013 eASIA Award under Trade Facilitation category.

6) 29th Junior National Athletics Championships began in Bangalore.

2 December 2013

1) Department of Posts has launched Express Parcel and Business Parcel Service in 20 cities at a function in New Delhi.

2)  India’s Gaganjeet Bhullar wins his fifth Asian Tour victory by winning Indonesia Open Golf tournament.

3) India's current account deficit falls to $5.2 billion in July-September quarter.

4) M.V. Tanksale, former Chairman and Managing Director of Central Bank of India, has taken over as Chief Executive of the Indian Banks’ Association.

1 December 2013

1) Indian shuttler PV Sindhu won the women's singles title at the Macau Open Badminton Tournament after defeating Li Michelle of Canada 21-15, 21-12.

2) World AIDS Day was observed on 1 December 2013 across the globe to raise awareness about the HIV/ AIDS.

3) Actor Paul Walker, best known for his roles in the "Fast and the Furious" action movies, died in a car crash in Southern California.

4)  India has retained its top position in the latest ICC ODI rankings and second position in the Test cricket rankings. Virat Kohli is the top batsman in ODI list while R. Ashwin is the top All rounder in the Test rankings.

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