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Q1. Who won the Women’s Single Title at
US Open 2013 on 8 September 2013?
Ans. Serena
Williams
Note: She defeated Victoria Azarenka of Belarus
in the final at New York with 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-1 points. With this win,
top-seeded, Serena Williams secured her fifth US Open title and 17th Grand Slam
title of the overall career.
Q2. Name the team which won Men’s
Doubles Title 2013 at US Open 2013 on 8 September 2013?
Ans. Leander Paes
and Radek Stepanek
Note: Leander Paes of India and Radek Stepanek
of the Czech Republic emerged as winners by defeating the Alexander Peya of
Austria, and Bruno Soares of Brazil in the final match with 6-1, 6-3 win.
Q3. International Literacy Day was held
on 8 September 2013. When was
International Literacy Day was designated by UNESCO?
Ans. 17 November
1965
Note: This day was first celebrated on 8
September 1966. International Literacy day is observed every year on 8
September to raise people's awareness and concern for literacy issues in the
world. It aims to highlight the importance of literacy to individuals,
communities, societies and reminds the international community of the status of
literacy and adult learning globally.
Q4. Which city on 7 September 2013 won
the right to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games?
Ans. Tokyo
Note: Japan won the right to host Olympic Games
for the second time. It had previously hosted the Games in 1964. Members of the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) meeting in Buenos Aires chose the Japanese capital Tokyo, over
Istanbul, after Madrid was dramatically eliminated following a first-round tie
with the Turkish city.
Q5. Indian Space Research Organization
is set to launch ambitious Mars Orbiter Mission in which month of 2013?
Ans. November
Note: The unmanned mission, which will explore
the existence of life and the possibility of sustaining life on Mars, will
travel 299 days in space before reaching the Red Planet in September 2014. The
Mars Orbiter Mission will be sent through powerful PSLV-XL launch vehicle.
Q6. Lok Sabha on 6 September 2013 passed
the Representation of the People (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2013. Rajya
Sabha had already passed the bill on 27 August 2013. What is the aim of the
bill?
Ans. Aim of the
Representation of the People (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2013 is to add a
proviso to sub-section (2) of section 62 of the RP Act.
Q7. Name the new Chief Information Commissioner of India who
has also became the first woman Chief Information Commissioner, on 5 September
2013?
Ans. Deepak Sandhu
Note: She is the former Indian Information
Service officer of 1971 batch.She served at various crucial positions such as
Principal Director General (media and communications); Press Information
Bureau; Director General, DD News; Director General (news), All India Radio.
Q8. Name the Indian woman writer who was
killed by unidentified gunmen outside her home in eastern Paktika province of
Afghanistan on 4 September 2013?
Ans. Sushmita
Banerjee
Q9. Teacher’s Day Celebrated across
India on 5th August 2013. Why was it celebrated on that day?
Ans. To commemorate
the Birth Anniversary of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Note: He was the first vice president of India
and the second President of India. President of India, Pranab Mukherjee also
presented the National Awards to meritorious teachers from all over India.
Q10. Name the bill related to Pension
Fund which was passed by Lok Sabha on 4 September 2013?
Ans. Pension Fund Regulatory and Development
Authority Bill (PFRDA), 2011
Q11. Which mobile manufacturer and
Microsoft Corporation on 3 September 2013 announced that both companies have
decided to enter into a transaction whereby Microsoft will purchase
substantially all of its Devices & Services business?
Ans. Nokia
Q12. Who took over the charge as the
23rd Governor of Reserve Bank of India on 4 August 2013 as a successor of
outgoing Governor of RBI, Dr. Subbarao?
Ans. Raghuram Rajan
Q13. Name the famous British broadcaster
and writer died on 31 August 2013 aboard the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth where
he was scheduled to give speech?
Ans. David Frost
Q14. Which country won the Asia Cup
Hockey 2013?
Ans. South Korea
Note: They defeated India 4-3 in the final of
the Asia Cup Hockey at Ipoh, Malaysia on 1 September 2013. With this, South
Korea confirmed its place in the World Cup at The Hague.
Q15. Name the Pakistan President who
stepped down on 08 September after successfully completing his five-year term,
paving the way for Mamnoon Hussain to take over?
Ans. Asif Ali
Zardari
Q16. Name the sports event which was
included in the 2020 Summer Olympic Games after it defeated baseball/softball
and squash for a spot in the competition?
Ans. Wrestling
Q17. Who will be sworn in as the 28th
prime minister of Australia after clinching an historic victory and ending six
years of Labor rule?Visit>>http://www.currentaffairs4examz.com/
Ans. Tony Abbott
Q18. Which internet giant has adopted a
new logo for the first time since its founding 18 years ago?
Ans. Yahoo
Q19. Where was the G-20 summit 2013
held?
Ans. St. Petersburg
in Russia.
Q20. Name the former Indian cricket team
captain who was announced by Union Health Ministry as brand ambassador for its
National Tobacco Control Campaign?
Ans. Rahul Dravid
Q21. Name the former Indian Cricket team
coach who will join IPL franchisee Delhi
Daredevils as head coach?
Ans. Gary Kirsten
Q22. Lok Sabha on 6 September 2013
passed the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Amendment Bill, 2013.
What is the aim of the bill?
Ans. For keeping
the chairpersons of National Commissions for the SC and ST out of purview of
office of profit.
Q23. Lok Sabha on 6 September 2013,
passed the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their
Rehabilitation Bill, 2012. The Bill was moved by the Minister for Social
Justice and Empowerment. Name him/her?
Ans. Kumari Selja
Q24. Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation
University Bill, 2013 was passed by the Lok Sabha on 6 September 2013. What is
the purpose of the bill?
Ans.
Purpose of the bill is to establish the first-ever national aviation
university in India, called Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University, which is
named after Rajiv Gandhi. University would train the cabin crew, pilots as well
as aircraft engineers.
Q25. Lok Sabha on 6 September 2013
passed the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street
Vending) Bill, 2012. What is the aim of the bill?
Ans. To protect the
rights of the street vendors in the urban areas.
Q26. Who was conferred Tagore Award for
Cultural Harmony, 2013 by President of India Pranab Mukherjee in New Delhi on 6
September 2013?
Ans. Zubin Mehta
Note: Zubin Mehta is an Indian Parsi conductor
of western classical music. The Government of India previously had honoured
Zubin Mehta with the Padma Bhushan and with India's second highest civilian
award, the Padma Vibhushan. He is the second recipient after Sitar maestro late
Pandit Ravi Shankar.
Ans. Auxiliary
Power Unit (APU)
Note: It is
expected in saving of more than 20 lakh Rupees per locomotive annually.
Q28. Name India’s advanced multi-band
communication satellite which was launched from Kourou, French Guiana on 30
August 2013 and was successfully placed in the Geosynchronous Orbit with an
altitude of about 36000 km above Earth’s surface on 3 September 2013?
Ans. GSAT-7
Q29. Name the book written by Raj Kundra, the British-Indian businessman
and a part-owner of the IPL team of Rajasthan Royals which was released
recently?
Ans. How Not to
Make Money
Q30. Name the former heavy weight champion who was
diagnosed positive for HIV died at the age of 44, on 1 September 2013?
Ans. Tommy Morrison
Q31. Who was appointed by Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh as his new Special envoy
for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation?
Ans. Rakesh Sood
Q32. Who was conferred the Moortidevi
Award for 2012?
Ans. Haraprasad Das
Note: Moortidevi award is presented by the
Bhartiya Jnanpith organization is presented by the Bhartiya Jnanpith
Organisation. It carries cash prize, a plaque, a statue of goddess of learning
Saraswati and a shawl. This is the second Moortidevi award given for Odia
literature. In 1991, Dr Pratibha Ray received the award for her novel
Yagnaseni.
Q33. Which mobile manufacturer on 2
September 2013 launched a new smartphone with a 6-inch screen called the Liquid
S2 which is the world’s first 4K recording smartphone which is four times the
resolution of current full HD?
Ans. Acer
Q34. Upper House of the Parliament,
Rajya Sabha on 2 September 2013 passed the National Food Security Bill 2013.
What is the aim of the bill?
Ans. The aim of
which is to provide subsidised foodgrains to 2/3rd population of India as their
right.
Q35. Prime Minister of India Dr. Mamohan
Singh on 2 September 2013 launched the Gandhi Heritage Portal in New Delhi.
Gandhi Heritage Portal is an initiative of which union ministry?Visit>>http://www.currentaffairs4examz.com/
Ans. Union Ministry
of Culture.
Note: The Gandhi heritage Portal is set up to
preserve, protect and disseminate original writings of Gandhiji.
Q36. Name the 64-year old American
long-distance swimmer became the first person to cross Florida Straits from
Cuba without any shark cage on 2 September 2013?
Ans. Diana Nyad
Q37. Recently who became the First
Winner of Indian Idol Junior?
Ans. Anjana
Padmanabhan
Note: Anjana won a prize money of 25 lakh
rupees from Sony Entertainment Television, a Nissan Micra Car and fixed deposit
of 5 lakhs rupees from Kotak and 2 lakh rupees from Horlicks.
Q38. Who won her maiden 10000 US dollars
ITF women singles title on 31 August 2013 after she registered an impressive
6-4, 7-5 victory over sixth-seeded Akari Inoue of Japan at the Delhi Lawn
Tennis Association complex?
Ans. Bhuvana Kalva
of India
Q39. Which country is hosting the 63rd
edition of the Miss World pageant which kick started on 08 September 2013?
Ans. Indonesia
Q40. Name the unmanned spacecraft
recently launched by NASA that aims at unlocking the mysteries of Moon’s
atmosphere?
Ans. Lunar
Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer or LADEE
Q41. Name the next version of Android
operating system announced by google recently?
Ans. KitKat
Q42. Where was the 11th Asian Pacific
Postal Union (APPU) Congress held recently?
Ans. New Delhi
Q43. Who has been recently asked to
perform the duties of the Lok Sabha secretary general after TK Vishwanathan
relinquished his office on August 31?
Ans. S Bal Shekar
Q44. India will be hosting the 33rd
Asian and Pacific Conference of Correctional Administrators (APCCA), 2013 in
New Delhi from 22 to 27 September, 2013. Wh will be inaugurating it?Visit>>http://www.currentaffairs4examz.com/
Ans. Union Home
Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde.
Q45. Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs approved the proposal for restructuring of the centrally sponsored
Scheme SJSRY. Expand it?
Ans. Swarna Jayanti
Shahari Rozgar Yojana
Q46. Which golfer on 2 September 2013
won the Deutsche Bank title 2013?
Ans. Henrik Stenson
Q47. Name the British Indian billionaire
brothers who won a Lifetime Achievement Award for their contributions to UK's
Asian community?
Ans. Srichand and
Gopichand Hinduja
Q48. Who was recently reelected as the
Prime Minister of Cambodia?
Ans. Hun Sen
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