Current Affairs Questions May 2013 in PDF

Latest Current Affairs- May 2013

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Q1. Name the charges on which Indian fast bowler S. Sreesanth and his two team mates from Rajasthan Royals viz. Ajit Chadila and Ankeet Chavan were arrested by Delhi Police on 16 May 2013?

Ans. Charges of Spot Fixing in Indian Premier League (IPL)

Q2. Name the Legendary Footballer and Former England captain who announced his retirement on 16 May 2013 from professional football and gave an end to his illustrious career of more than two decades?

Ans. David Beckham

Q3. Union Government of India on 16 May 2013 revised the criteria for creamy layer of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) from 4.5 lakh rupees to …………………..?

Ans. 6 lakh rupees

Note: Creamy layer is the income limit beyond which OBCs are not eligible for quotas. OBCs within Creamy Layer can avail benefits of reservations in government jobs and admissions to central educational institutions.

Q4. On 16 May 2013, the Finance Ministry approved payment of ……………. per cent interest rate on PF (Employees Provident Fund) Deposits for 2012-13?

Ans. 8.5%

Q5. In Pakistan, who has been headed back to power and set for becoming PM for the third time after its first democratic transition from one elected government to another, marking a landmark for Pakistan's political history hobbled by frequent military dictatorships?

Ans. Nawaz Sharif

Q6. Name the Hollywood actress who on 14 May 2013 revealed that she has undergone double mastectomy for reduction of her chances of getting Breast Cancer?

Ans. Angelina Jolie

Q7. Who was sworn in as the 22nd chief minister of the state of Karnataka on 11 May 2013?

Ans. Siddaramaiah. (Leader of the Indian National Congress)

Q8. On 15th May 2013, from which state Prime Minister Manmohan Singh filed his nomination papers for seeking re-election to the Rajya Sabha for the fifth successive time?

Ans. Assam

Q9. Union government on 14 May 2013, formed a GoM (Group of Ministers) to draft a law to protect the CBI from external interference, after facing the wrath of the Supreme Court for having failed to ensure functional autonomy to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Who is heading this GoM?

Ans. P. Chidambaram

Q10. Cottage and Village Industry Department of the Madhya Pradesh Government on 16 May 2013 bagged which award of United Nations?

Ans. United Nations Public Service Award for year 2013 for their initiative named Graamin Haat.

Note: The initiative of Graamin Haat was started in the state with the aim of strengthening and empowering the women's self-help groups. The initiative has helped the self-help group in becoming more self-reliant economically and ensured participation of women in social decisions.

Q11. Name the Union Minister for Women and Child Development?

Ans. Krishna Tirath

Q12. Who has been appointed as the new governor of Arunachal Pradesh on 16 May 2013?

Ans. Nirbhay Sharma

Q13. Which launch vehicle will be used by ISRO to place the Communication Satellite GSAT-14 in Orbit which is planned for July 2013?

Ans. GSLV D5

Q14. Name the new movie channel launched by Star India in the month of May 2013?

Ans. Star Movies Actions

Q15. Union government on 16 May 2013 slashed the import tariff value of gold and silver. New tariff values are?

Ans. 466 Dollars per ten grams for gold and 761 Dollars per kg for silver

Q16. India Brazil South Africa (IBSA) Women’s Forum Resolution held recently in?

Ans. New Delhi

Q17. Government of India decided to launch Direct Benefit Transfer for LPG (DBTL) scheme in 20 high Aadhaar coverage districts from 1 June 2013. What is the aim of the scheme?

Ans. The scheme aims to curb leakages and prevent black-marketing and provide subsidy to consumers in their bank accounts.

Q18. World Telecommunication and Information Society Day?

Ans. May 17

Q19. The RBI (Reserve Bank of India) on 15 May 2013 decided to launch Inflation Indexed Bonds (IIBs). What is the maturity period of these bonds?

Ans. 10 years

Q20. Who was named on 14 May 2013 as the England cricketer-of-the-year for 2012-13?

Ans. Matt Prior

Q21. Name the indigenously developed Rotavirus Vaccine unveiled by India on 14 May 2013?

Ans.Rotavac

Q22. President of India Pranab Mukherjee presented National Florence Nightingale Award 2013 to 35 nursing professionals for their services on 12 May 2013 on the occasion of international Nurses Day. Florence Nightingale Award was instituted by?

Ans. Health Ministry.

Note: To appreciate the selfless services rendered by Nurses with devotion, sincerity, dedication and compassion. The Award carries 50000 rupees cash, a certificate, a citation certificate and a Medal.

Q23. Winners of Madrid Open 2013?

Ans. Rafael Nadal & Serena Williams in men’s & women’s singles respectively

Q24. India on 15 May 2013 got the observer status in which council along with four other nations - China, Italy, Singapore and South Korea?

Ans.Arctic Council

Q25. Who has been named as the first chief executive officer (CEO) of AirAsia India by the company in a statement on Wednesday, 15 May 2013?

Ans.Mittu Chandilya

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Civil Services Exam Score made public by UPSC for the first time

Scores of civil services exam made public by UPSC for the first time

Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on 16 May 13, for the first time in the history of the elite civil services examination, made public the final marks of all successful candidates who were recently recommended for appointment to IAS, IFS, IPS and other key central services. Out of the total score of 2250, interestingly, only four of them, including two women, obtained more than 50% marks; clearly indicating how tough Civil Service Exam was. Three of those four are from Kerala. UPSC made public the final marks following a direction from the Central Information Commission (CIC). Normally UPSC used to send the marks to all candidates individually.

* List published shows, first rank holder, Haritha V Kumar from Kerala, scored 53% marks (1193 out of 2250).

Written Total- 1013

Personality Test-180

Total- 1193

In the 'general' category, the minimum cut-off was 42% while in other categories, it went as low as 35%. However, a number of SC, ST and OBC candidates scored much higher marks which put them in the bracket of toppers along with 'general' category candidates. The marks of successful candidates, which were a closely guarded secret for long, were made public is believed to bring in transparency to the civil services examination which is conducted in three stages - preliminary test, mains examination and personality test.

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ICSE, ISC exam results declared

ICSE, ISC exam results declared

ICSE and ISC exam result for classes X and XII respectively have been declared by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations at 3.00PM on 17 May 2013. Around 1.5 lakh students appeared for the ICSE exam and another 60,000 for the ISC exam this year. There were around 1930 and 800 ICSE and ISC schools in the country respectively. Girl students have outshined boys this year too. Their pass percentage is 1% higher than boys in ICSE while in ISC it is 3% higher. Out of 1.4 lakh ICSE candidates this year, 98.2% have passed the exam. The results have shown a 0.42% decline this year as compared to the previous year.

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General Knowledge Quiz- 17

General Knowledge Quiz- 17

 Useful for all competitive Examinations, GK Quiz etc……

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Q1. Name the largest freshwater lake in India?

(A) Powai lake

(B) Chilka lake

(C) Dal lake

(D) Wular lake

Q2. Who was ruling over Pakistan at the time when Bangladesh became independent ?

(A) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto

(B) Ayub Khan

(C) Yahya Khan

(D) Zia ul Haq

Q3. Which of the following sets of Articles deals with ‘Emergency Provisions’?

(A)Articles 352, 356 and 360

(B)Articles 350 and 351

(C)Articles 32 and 226

(D)Articles 335, 336 and 337

Q4. The headquarters of UNESCO is at

(A)Geneva

(B)NewYork

(C)Montreal

(D)Paris

Q5. Who has been India’s longest serving woman chief minister ?

(A) Mayawati

(B) Jayalalithaa

(C) Vasundhara Raje

(D) Sheila Dixit

Q6. What has the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier bought by India been renamed as?

(A) INS Viraat

(B) INS Samudragupta

(C) INS Vikramaditya

(D) INS Bramhaputra

Q7. Which is the least populated state of India?

(A) Arunachal Pradesh

(B) Sikkim

(C) Manipur

(D) Goa

Q8. Who was the first communist Chief Minister of an Indian State?

(A) Jyoti Basu

(B) Ajay Kumar Mukherjee

(C) Achutha Menon

(D) EMS Namboodiripad

Q9. After Sachin Tendulkar , Which Indian batsman has Scored the most number of runs in Test Cricket ?

(A) Md Azharuddin

(B) Rahul Dravid

(C) Sunil Gavaskar

(D) VVS Laxman

Q10. How many languages feature on the language panel of contemporary Reserve Bank of India currency notes?

(A) 15

(B) 10

(C) 12

(D) 18

Answers:

Q1. Ans.(D) Wular lake

Q2. Ans.(C) Yahya Khan

Q3. Ans.(A)Articles 352, 356 and 360

Q4. Ans.(D)Paris

Q5. Ans.(D) Sheila Dixit

Q6. Ans.(C) INS Vikramaditya

Q7. Ans.(B) Sikkim

Q8. Ans.(D) EMS Namboodiripad

Q9. Ans.(B) Rahul Dravid

Q10. Ans.(A) 15 

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Answer Key for Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant Exam held on 12 May 2013- Mathematics Section

Answer Key for Postal Assistant/Sorting Assistant Exam held on 12 May 2013- Mathematics Section

Mathematics Section Solved

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Q1. If the digits of a two digit number are interchanged, the newly formed number is more than the original number by 18. If the sum of the digits is 8, then what was the original number?

(A) 26

(B) 17

(C) 35

(D) Data inadequate

Ans. (C) 35

Q2. One year ago, a mother was 4 times older than her son. After 6 years, her age becomes more than double her son’s age by 5 years. The present ration of their age will be:

(A) 17:2

(B) 25:7

(C) 29:6

(D) None of these

Ans. (B) 25:7

Q3. If m:n is 2:3, what is the value of (2m+5n)/(6m-n):

(A) 5/3

(B) 7/3

(C) 3/7

(D) None of these

Ans. (B) 7/3

Q4. A triple successive discount of 20%, 10% and 5% is equal to a single discount of :

(A) 31.60%

(B) 25.7%

(C) 40%

(D) 35%

Ans. (A) 31.60%

Q5. Three items are purchased at Rs.380/- each. One of them is sold at a loss of 10%. The others are sold so as to gain25% on the whole transaction. What is the gain % on these two items?

(A) 42.5%

(B) 40.5%

(C) 44.5%

(D) None of these

Ans. (A) 42.5%

Q6. The size of a bag that could hold 6 Kg of oranges has now been increased so that it can hold 8 kg. What is the percentage increase in the size?

(A) 30 1/3 %

(B) 33 1/3%

(C) 20%

(D) 25%

Ans. (B) 33 1/3%

Q7. If w/x=6/11, y/z=16/23, w/y=9/6 then what is the value of x/y?

(A) 13/16

(B) 11/16

(C) 6/16

(D) None of these

Ans. (D) None of these

Q8. What approximate value should come in place of (?) in the following question?

(A) 8

(B) 10

(C) 53

(D) None of these

Ans. (B) 10

Q9. Mid points of the side of an equilateral triangle of side 18 cm are joined to form another triangle, whose midpoints are further joined to form a different triangle and this process is repeated indefinitely. The sum of the perimeters of all triangle will be:

(A) 144cm

(B) 172cm

(C) 72cm

(D) 108cm

Ans. (D) 108cm Hint: use GP

Q10. A sum of Rs.8500/-is to be divided among 5 men, 6 women and 8 boys in the ratio of 10:7:1. The share of 01 boy will be:

(A) Rs.595/-

(B) Rs.850/-

(C) Rs.85/-

(D) None of these

Ans. (C) Rs.85/-

Q11. Ram and Shyam work in the same factory. Ram can produce 45 articles in one hour and Shyam can produce 40 articles in 0ne hour. During one week Shyam worked 5 more hours than Ram but produced same number of articles as Ram. How many hours did Ram work that week:

(A) 50

(B) 43

(C) 45

(D) 40

Ans. (D) 40

Q12.

(A) 3/4

(B) 5 ¼

(C) 1

(D) 1 1/3

Ans. (C) 1

Q13. Which of the following numbers has got the highest value?

(A) 127/25

(B) 121/9

(C) 53/4

(D) 25/6

Ans. (B) 121/9

Q14. The average score of Sachin Tendulkar in IPL 15 matches is 70 runs and the average score in Border-Gavaskar T-20 matches is 45 runs in 7 matches. If he has played 10 more International T-20 matches and his overall average score in all T-20 matches was 73 runs. What was his total score in  10 International T-20 matches:

(A) 971

(B) 982

(C) 990

(D) None of these

Ans. (A) 971

Q15. Number of diagonals in a 30 sided convex polygon will be:

(A) 818

(B) 378

(C) 405

(D) 955

Ans. (C) 405

Q16. Two trains leave stations P and Q, 110km apart. Train from P to Q travels at 25Km/hr and train from Q to P at 30Km/hr. If they both start at 8 AM, they meet at:

(A) 09:00Am

(B) 09:45 Am

(C) 10:40Am

(D) None of these

Ans. (D) None of these

Q17. A sphere of radius x is melted and its volume is divided into two equal parts. One part is cast into a cylinder of height 10cm and second a cone of same height. The ratio of cylinder radius to the cone radius is:

(A) 1:3

(B) √3:2

(C) 1:√3

(D) None of these

Ans. (C) 1:√3

Q18. A man buys milk at a certain price per Kg. and after mixing it with water sells it again at the same price. How many grams of water he mixes in every Kg. of milk if he makes a profit of 25%:

(A) 150g

(B) 30g

(C) 250g

(D) 200g

Ans. (C) 250g

Q19. A sum of Rs.8000 generates Rs.1261 as compound interest in 03 years, interest being compounded annually. The rate of compound interest is:

(A) 10%

(B) 5%

(C) 20%

(D) 2.5%

Ans. (B) 5%

Q20. By how much is two-thirds of 96 less than three fifths of 210?

(A) 114

(B) 62

(C) 206

(D) None of these

Ans. (B) 62

Q21. If √.00000676 = .0026, then the square root of 67,60,000 is:

(A) 260

(B) 2600

(C) 1/26

(D) 26

Ans. (B) 2600

Q22. The average temperature of three days is 24˚C. If the temperature on first two days is 20˚ and 25˚C respectively, then temperature on third day is:

(A) 27˚C

(B) 24˚C

(C) 22 ½˚C

(D) 23˚C

Ans. (A) 27˚C

Q23. A five-year cash certificate with a maturity value of Rs.300 is purchased for Rs.200. The annual rate of simple interest is:

(A) 10%

(B) 15%

(C) 5%

(D) 7 ½ %

Ans. (A) 10%

Q24. You bought some apples. On the first day you ate one and ¼ of the reminder. On the second day you ate 2 and ¼ of the remainder. On the third day you ate the entire remaining balance of 3. How many apples did you buy?

(A) 13

(B) 19

(C) 9

(D) None of these

Ans. (C) 9

Q25. Two card start from place A and B, 100km apart, towards each other. Both card start simultaneously. A bird sitting on one car starts at the same time towards the other car, and as soon as it reaches the second car, it flies back to the first carand it continues in the manner flying backwards and forwards from one car to the other, until the cars meet.  Both cars travel at speed of 50Kmph and the bird flies at 100kmph. Total distance covered by the bird will be:

(A) 100km

(B) 200km

(C) 50km

(D) None of these

Ans. (A) 100km

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