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Q1. Name the four Indians who have made to the 2013 Fortune
magazine's global list of top-50 women business leaders?
Ans. 1. ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar has been ranked 4th
2. National Stock Exchange chief Chitra Ramkrishna at 17th
3. Axis Bank's Shikha Sharma at 32nd
4. HSBC's Naina Lal Kidwai at 42nd place
Q2. Name the India's ace Squash player who was on 20 October 2013
won the Macau Open title at Macau, China?
Ans. Dipika Pallikal
Q3. Which Indian was awarded with French highest civilian award
Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur on 25 October 2013?
Ans. Anjali Gopalan
Note: Born on 1 September 1957, Anjali Gopalan is an Indian
Human Rights and Animals Rights Activist.
Q4. Election Commission of India on 25 October 2013 issued a
series of instructions to political parties and candidates on utilising the
Internet and ................... websites for poll campaign and advertisements?
Ans. Social Media
Note: Every candidate, at the time of filing the nomination, has
to give their e-mail IDs and accounts of their social networking sites, if any,
for monitoring by poll or expenditure officials. EC regulations would
henceforth apply to all kinds of social media like collaborative projects
(Wikipedia, etc.), blogs and micro blogs (like twitter.com), content
communities (like YouTube), social networking sites (like Facebook) and virtual
game-worlds (like Apps).
Q5. Government of India on 25 October 2013 signed an agreement
with World Bank for credit of 360 million US Dollar for the second phase for
Water Sector Restructuring Project in which state?
Ans. Uttar Pradesh
Q6. Which bank on 24 October 2013 launched the e-KYC initiative to
facilitate paperless banking to Aadhaar card holders at Mumbai?
Ans. Axis Bank Ltd
Note: Axis Bank became the first bank to allow customers to open
an account with just their Aadhaar number.
Q7. Which Indian Bollywood actor was on 23 October 2013 appointed
as the goodwill ambassador for South Korea?
Ans. Shah Rukh Khan
Q8. Government approved Singapore Airlines’ proposal to start an
aviation venture with which Indian company on 24 October 2013?
Ans. Tata Sons
Q9. Proposed aviation venture of TATA with Singapore Airlines(SIA)
has got corporate Affairs Ministry’s
approval to use the name.................... recently?
Ans. Tata SIA Airlines Ltd
Q10. Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports and Federation
of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on 23 October 2013 launched
'......................' to promote sports among youth in the country?
Ans. India Sports 2014
Q11. Railway Board Chairman Arunendra Kumar on 23 October 2013
announced that the Indian Railways decided to increase the speed of the
superfast trains to 160-................. kmph?www.currentaffairs4examz.com
Ans. 200
Note: Existing superfast
trains of India- Rajdhanis, Shatabdis and Durontos will get an increase in the
speed. At present, the fastest train of India is the Bhopal Shatabdi with the
top speed of 150 kmph.
Q12. Name the legendary singer who died on 23 October 2013 in
Bangalore hospital at the age of 94?
Ans. Manna Dey
Note: In 2007 he was given the Dadasaheb Phalke Award from
Government of India.
Q13. Name the US comedian who was honoured with the Mark Twain
Prize for American Humor on 20 October 2013?
Ans. Mark Twain
Q14. Where was the 14th India-Russia Annual Summit held on 21
October 2013?
Ans. Moscow, the Capital of Russia
Q15. Who on 23 October 2013 received the Sakharov Prize for
Freedom of Thought at Strasbourg, France even though the award was for the year
1990?
Ans. Aung Suu Kyi
Note: Sakharov Prize for free speech is awarded annually in memory
of Soviet physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov. Aung Suu Kyi was chosen for
prize by the European Parliament in
1990.
Q16. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 22 October 2013
announced that it will launch India’s first mission to Mars -Mars Orbiter Mission
(MOM) on ............ from Sriharikota
space station?
Ans. 5 November 2013
Q17. India Post on 22 October 2013 released a commemorative
postage stamp on the Golden Jubilee of which Dam?
Ans. Bhakra Dam
Note: Bhakra dam, located at a gorge near the upstream Bhakra
village in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, is India’s second tallest at
225.55 m. India Post earlier issued a commemorative postage stamp on Bhakra Dam
on 15th Dec 1988 on its silver jubilee. Bhakra dam is the first structure in
India which will have two commemorative postal stamps in its name.
Q18. Which city in India
topped the list of best business destinations in India as per the study
done by Global Initiative for Restructuring Environment and Management on 21
October 2013?
Ans. Bangalore
Q19. Who was on 21 October 2013 sworn in as Chief Justice of the
Manipur High Court at Raj Bhava in Imphal, Manipur?
Ans. Justice Laxmikanta Mahapatra
Q20. Tata Steel on 21 October 2013 won a new contract to supply
............ country’s Network Rail with more than 95 percent of its rails for
at least five years?
Ans. Britain
Q21. Which Indian Tennis player came into the top 10 of the world
women's doubles by gaining two spots to ninth place in the latest WTA Team
Rankings issued on 21 October 2013?
Ans. Sania Mirza
Q22. Who was appointed as the regular Chief Justice of Madras High
Court on 21 October 2013?
Ans. Justice Rajesh Kumar Agrawal
Q23. First unit of the ...................... Nuclear Power Plant
(KKNPP) was on 22 October 2013 synchronised with the southern regional
electricity grid?
Ans. Kudankulam
Q24. Who won Duleep Trophy 2013-14 cricket tournament?
Ans. North Zone and South Zone were declared joint winners
Note: North Zone and South Zone were declared joint winners of
the Duleep Trophy 2013-14 after the fifth day's play of the final match was
called off due to bad weather in Kochi on 21 October 2013.
Q25. Who was unanimously elected as the president of the Indian
Hockey Federation (IHF) for a four-year term
on 21 October 2013?
Ans. Kanwar Deep Singh
Note: He was succeeded by Dinesh Reddy, Andhra Pradesh's
Director General of Police (DGP).
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Q26. Moscow State Institute of International Relations, the
diplomatic school of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia conferred an
Honorary Doctorate to which Indian on 21
October 2013?
Ans. Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India
Q27. Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Prevention Day was
observed on ................. October 2013 across the world to create awareness
of the need to prevent iodine deficiency?
Ans. 21 October 2013
Q28. World Osteoporosis day was celebrated across the world on 20
October 2013. What is Osteoporosis?
Ans. Osteoporosis occurs when there is a loss in the peak bone
mass and loss of calcium leading to hip, knee and shoulder fractures.
Note: World Osteoporosis Day was launched on 20 October 1996 by
the United Kingdom’s National Osteoporosis Society and supported by the
European Commission.
Q29. Who won the Australian Grand Prix on 20 October 2013 at the
Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix in Phillip Island?
Ans. Jorge Lorenzo
Q30. Which country on 21 October 2013 announced that it decided to
build the first nuclear plant called Hinkley Point C (HPC) power plant in over
two decades time along with a French energy firm EDF, and two Chinese
companies?
Ans. United Kingdom
Q31. Who was appointed as the Managing Director of PNB Metlife
recently?
Ans. Tarun Chugh
Q32. Who was appointed as the Financial Commissioner (Railways)
and ex-officio Secretary to the Government of India on 21 October 2013?
Ans. Rajendra Kashyap
Q33. Who was selected as the first ever recipient of the 1 million
Dollar Genesis Prize- an award popularly dubbed the Jewish Nobel Prize?
Ans. Michael R. Bloomberg, New York City Mayor
Q34. Who resigned as the Managing Director and CEO of Multi
Commodity Exchange (MCX) on 19 October 2013?
Ans. Shreekant Javalgekar
Note: Multi Commodity Exchange is the only commodity exchange in
India which is listed on a stock exchange.
Q35. India's foreign exchange reserves increased for the third
week in a row, adding .............. billion dollars to touch 281.12 billion
dollars in the week ended on 25 October 2013?
Ans. 1.9
Q36. At which place in India was the Nobel Memorial Wall
inaugurated on 25 October 2013 by the Swedish Ambassador, Harald Sandberg?
Ans. Kolkata
Note: Nobel Memorial Wall has been set up at the Esplanade Metro
Station in Kolkata. Seven of the Nobel Laureates from India are portrayed in
the metro station along with the Rabindranath Tagore.
Q37. Which country on 25 October 2013 voted for Presidential
Election for the first time since 2009
Coup in that country?
Ans. Madagascar
Q38. Which state on 26 October 2013 became the second state after
Haryana to introduce Union National Vocational Qualitative Framework (NVQF)
Scheme?
Ans. Himachal Pradesh
Note: The scheme has been implemented by the All India Technical
Education Council and the National Skill Development Council. As per the
scheme, 70 skill development councils will be established and each council will
be given specific trades. The scheme was being implemented for students of
Class IX to Class XI and every student has to clear four levels to get the
certificate.
Q39. Which country's government on 24 October 2013 temporarily
banned its citizens from travelling abroad to look for work?
Ans. Ethiopia
Note: Government took this decision because many Ethiopians had
lost their lives or undergone untold physical and psychological trauma due to
illegal human trafficking.
Q40. Name the lower house of Russian Parliament which on 25
October 2013 approved a new legislation which makes punishment for terrorism
more severe?
Ans. Duma
Q41. What is the rank of India amongst 136 countries in the Global
Gender Gap Report 2013, which was published on 25 October 2013 by World
Economic Forum?
Ans. 101
Note: In 2012 Report, India secured 105th position in the Gender
Gap Index of 135 countries.
Q42. Which country's government
on 25 October 2013 created Vice Ministry of Supreme Social Happiness to
deal with sadness?
Ans. Venezuela
Note: The main role of the agency is to coordinate all
anti-poverty missions created by the late President Hugo Chavez.
Q43. Who was appointed Chairman of the Uttar Pradesh State Human
Rights Commission recently?
Ans. Tarun Chatarjee
Note: Tarun Chaterjee (68-year-old) was the chief justice at the
Allahabad high court in 2003 and retired as a Supreme Court judge in 2010.
Q44. Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers on 25 October
2013 sanctioned setting up of a Plastic Park at Siju Village, Kujanga Tehsil of
Jagatsinghpur District of which state?
Ans. Odisha
Q45. Name the Men's & Women's singles winners of Kremlin
Tennis Cup 2013?
Ans. Richard Gasquet(France)
and Simona Halep(Romania)
Q46. Finance Ministry on 23 October 2013 announced that it would
infuse ..................... crore Rupees capital in 20 public sector banks
during the current financial year, i.e. 2013-14?
Ans. 14000
Q47. Extradition treaty between India and .........country came
into effect on 23 October 2013 with the handing over of the instruments of
ratification?
Ans. Bangladesh
Q48. Name the Nobel Prize winning economist who died on 20 October
2013 in Gladwyne, near Philadelphia?
Ans. Lawrence R Klein
Q49. Which Indian won silver medal at 2013 ITTF Para table tennis
Asian regional championships in Beijing on 21 October 2013?
Ans. Bhavina Hashmukhbhai Patel
Q50. Name the countries elected to seats as non-permanent members
by the United Nations Security Council in the 15-member Council on 17 October
2013?
Ans. Chad, Chile, Lithuania, Nigeria and Saudi Arabia
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