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Q1. Name India’s most deterrent nuclear
capable ballistic missile which wa successfully test fired from Chandipur Test
Range in Balasore district off Odisha coast on 15 September 2013?
Ans. Agni-5
NotAgni-5 can carry a single nuclear
warhead of over 1000 kg and can strike with precision targets in China and
Europe. The complex missile weighs about 50 tons and is 17.5 meters long.
Q2. Name the cricketers who were handed
life ban for IPL spot-fixing by BCCI on
13 September 2013?
Ans. S Sreesanth and Ankeet Chavan
Q3. Name the American Engineer and the
pioneer of noise reduction in audio recordings who died on 12 September 2013?
Ans. Ray Dolby
Note: He was also the founder of Dolby
Laboratories. The 80 year aged Ray Dolby in his end days suffered from
Alzheimer disease.
Q4. Who was conferred with the Indira
Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2012 by the President of India, Pranab
Mukherjee at a function orgainsed in Rashtrapati Bhavan on 12 September 2013?
Ans. Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf
Note: She is the president of Liberia.
She also won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize for securing peace in Liberia and
promoting economic and social development, and to strengthening the position of
women.
Q5. Who was appointed as the President
and CEO of the iGate Corporation on 11 September 2013?
Ans. Ashok Vemuri
Note: iGate Corporation is a software
services company headquartered in Fremont, California.
Q6. Which team won the South Asian
Football Federations (SAFF) Championship 2013 on 11 September 2013 by defeating
India?
Ans. Afghanistan
Note: They beat India with a margin of
2-0
Q7. Name the book of Jhumpa Lahiri which
was shortlisted among the six books for the Man Booker Prize 2013? Visità http://www.currentaffairs4examz.com
Ans. The Lowland
Note: The Man Booker Prize promotes the
finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year. The prize, was
launched in 1969, aims to promote the finest in fiction by rewarding the best
novel of the year written by a citizen of the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth
or the Republic of Ireland.
Q8. Who was elected as the ninth President
of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 10 September 2013?
Ans. Thomas Bach of
Germany
Note: He is the successor of Jacques
Rogge of Belgium, who headed the IOC, since 2001 to 10 September 2013.
Q9. Name the vent which voted back for
2020 and 2024 Olympics Games by International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 8
September 2013?
Ans. Wrestling
Q10. Who became the youngest person to
fly a single engine aircraft, solo around the globe on 7 September 2013?
Ans. Ryan Campbell
(19) of Australia
Q11. Who won the Women’s Single title at
US Open 2013?
Ans. Serena
Williams
Note: Serena defeated the second seeded,
Azarenka with 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-1 points.
Q12. Which country have recorded a landmark Test victory
by beating Pakistan by 24 runs, which is first time after their victory over
India in 2001 - and only their 11th success since their admission to Test
cricket in 1992?
Ans. Zimbabwe
Q13. Who was named by BJP as its prime
ministerial candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha election? Visità http://www.currentaffairs4examz.com
Ans. Narendra Modi
Q14. Who won the 2013 US Open Grandslam
in men's category?
Ans. Rafael Nadal
Note:
He claimed his second US Open title and 13th Grand Slam crown overall
defeating world number one Novak Djokovic, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in US Open men's
singles final 2013.
Q15. Name the first Urdu Law Dictionary
in the country released on 15 September 2013 in Mumbai?
Ans. Kanoon Lugat
Note: Supreme Court advocate Muhammad
Irshad Hanif authored the translation of this dictionary. The Urdu legal
dictionary has a foreword written by former Chief Justice of India Altamas
Kabir.
Q16. Indian duo of N. Sriram Balaji and
Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan won the ITF Men's Doubles on 15 September 2013. Where
was the event held?
Ans.
Sharam-Al-Sheikh, Egypt
Q17. Union Government on 15 September
2013 slashed the import tariff value of gold to ...... dollars per 10 grams and
silver to ........ dollars per kilogram?
Ans. 432 & 736
respectively
Q18. Name the President of the Republic
of Liberia paid an official visit to India since 9 September 2013 to 13
September 2013 at the invitation of the President of India?
Ans. Ellen Johnson
Sirleaf
Q19. Name the Indian woman from south Dinajpur in West
Bengal who was declared the world's tallest woman by Guinness World Records
recently?
Ans. Siddiqa
Parveen
Note: She was measured to be at least 7
feet 3.5 inches. India already holds the record for being home to the world's
shortest woman. Standing at 24.7 inches, Jyoti Amge has held the Guinness world
record title for Shortest Living Woman since her 18th birthday on 16 December
2011.
Q20. Who was on 14 September 2013
elected as Syria's interim Prime Minister by opposition National Coalition?
Ans. Ahmad Toameh
Q21. Name the World's Oldest Man who
died at the age of 112 on 13 September 2013?
Ans. Salustiano
Sanchez-Blazquez
Q22. Name the court which pronounced the
maximum sentence of death penalty to the four convicts of the 16 December 2012
Delhi gangrape case on 13 September 2013 ? Visità http://www.currentaffairs4examz.com
Ans. District Court
of Saket, Delhi
Q23. IRCTC, a Public Sector undertaking
of the Ministry of Railways on 12 September 2013 launched the new application
for Windows Phone and Windows 8 devices so as to facilitate the users with a
new channel of booking e-tickets in addition to the existing portal. Expand
IRCTC?
Ans. Indian Railway
Catering & Tourism Corporation Ltd.
Q24. Name the spacecraft which on 12
September 2013 officially became the first human-made object to venture into
interstellar space?
Ans. NASA's Voyager
1
Note: 36-year-old probe is about 12
billion miles (19 billion kilometers) from our sun. Launched in 1977, Voyager was
sent initially to study the outer planets, but then just kept on going.
Q25. Name the Indian who was elected as
the Regional Director for WHO South-East Asia Region recently?
Ans. Dr Poonam
Khetrapal Singh
Q26. Union Cabinet of India on 12
September 2013 approved the decision for realisation of Second Vehicle Assembly
Building at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota (SDSC-SHAR) at an estimated
cost of 363.95 crore Rupees. In which state Sriharikota is located?
Ans. Andhra Pradesh
Q27. Reserve Bank of India on 12
September 2013 constituted an expert committee for examining its Current
Monetary Policy Framework. Who will be the chairman of the committee? Visità http://www.currentaffairs4examz.com
Ans. Dr. Urjit
Patel
Note: He is the Deputy Governor of
Reserve Bank of India.
Q28. Ministry of Youth Affairs and
Sports on 11 September 2013 decided to form a Steering Committee to monitor and
coordinate the work related to major international sports events till the Tokyo
Olympics in 2020. What is the composition of the committee?
Ans. Ten-member panel will be headed by
Secretary (Sports) and Executive Director (Teams) and Sports Authority of India
will be its Convener.
Q29. Name the Indo American who was
nominated as the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs by
the US President Barack Obama on 11 September 2013?
Ans. Puneet Talwar
Q30. Where was the South Asian Football
Federations (SAFF) Championship 2013 held??
Ans. Kathmandu, Nepal.
Q31. Who was elected as the new
President of Automotive Component Manufacturers Association?
Ans. Harish
Lakshman
Q32. Vice President of India M. Hamid
Ansari presented the First Sree Narayan Guru Global Secular & Peace Award
2013 on 10 September 2013. Who was the receipient?
Ans. Dr. Shashi
Tharoor
Note: He is the Minister of State for
Human Resources Development, Government of India
Q33. Name the Prime Minister of Bhutan
who visited India Since August 30 August 2013 to 4 September 2013? Visità http://www.currentaffairs4examz.com
Ans. His Excellency
Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay
Q34. Ministry of Environment and Forest
on 9 September 2013 declared India's first marine eco-sensitive zone. Where it
was around?
Ans. Marine
National Park in Gulf of Kutch, Gujarat.
Q35. Minister for Information &
Broadcasting Manish Tewari on 9 September 2013 launched the online portal for
which national Campaign?
Ans. Bharat Nirman
Campaign
Q36. Scientists discovered the single
largest volcano in the world, a dead colossus deep beneath which ocean?
Ans. Pacific Ocean
Q37. Manomohan Singh, the Prime Minister
of India on 9 September 2013 released a Postage Stamp in the memory Lala Jagat
Narayan. Who was he?
Ans. Freedom
fighter and former Member of Parliament
Q38. Which party won the 44th
Parliamentary elections in Australia on 8 September 2013?
Ans. Australian
Liberal Party
Q39. Who will be sworn in as the next
Prime Minister of Australia?
Ans. Tony Abbott
Note: He is the
leader of the Liberal-National Coalition.
Q40. Who was reelected as the Prime
Minister of Cambodia recently?
Ans. Hun Sen
Q41. Engineer's day was celebrated
across the country on 15 September 2013. Why was it celebrated on that day? Visità http://www.currentaffairs4examz.com
Ans. Day is
celebrated in the honor of "Sir Dr. Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya" who
was born on the same day in 1860.
Q42. Who has been appointed as new
Chairman and Managing Director of Power
Finance Corporation Limited (PFC) recently?
Ans. MK Goel
Q43. Name the cheaper rocket launched by
Japan recently, which they hope it will be a cheaper and more efficient way of
sending satellites into space?
Ans. Epsilon
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