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Ans. Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Note: It was awarded for its extensive efforts to eliminate
chemical weapons. The award was announced by Nobel Committee chairman
Thorbjoern Jagland in Oslo, the capital city of Norway.
About OPCW: Organisation
for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is an independent, international
body set up in 1997 to implement the Chemical Weapons Convention. It is based
in The Hague, Netherland and has 189 member states, covering around 98 percent
of the world's population. These member nations have agreed to work together to
create a world free from chemical weapons. Ahmet Uzumcu is the
Present Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of
Chemical Weapons.
Q2. Legendary
batsman Sachin Tendulkar on 10 October 2013 announced his decision to retire from
Test cricket after playing his landmark .......th Test match against the West
Indies in November 2013?
Ans. 200
Note: Sachin
Tendulkar announced retirement form one day cricket on 23 December 2012 and
from Twenty20 cricket format on 26 May 2013. He currently holds the record for
most hundreds in both Tests and One Day Internationals.
Q3. Who
won Nobel Prize 2013 in literature?
Ans. Alice Munro
Note: She
became the first Canadian woman to take the Nobel Prize since its launch in
1901. Swedish Academy which selects Nobel literature winners described her as
the master of the contemporary short story. Alice Munro,82, is 13th women who
got Noble Prize.
Q4. Who
was conferred with European Union's (EU) Sakharov human rights prize 2013 on 10
October 2013?
Ans. Malala Yousafzai
Note: She is
the Pakistani teen shot by the Taliban for championing girls' education.
Q5. Samsung
Electronics on 9 October 2013 became the first manufacturer to launch the first
curved screen smartphone of the world. What is the name of the phone?
Ans. Galaxy Round
Q6. Who
won Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2013 on 9 October 2013?
Ans. Michael
Levitt, a British and US citizen of Stanford University, US-Austrian Martin
Karplus of Strasbourg University and US-Israeli Arieh Warshel of the University
of Southern California
Note: It was
awarded for the development of multi scale models for complex chemical systems
Q7. Supreme
Court of India on 8 October 2013 directed the Election Commission of India to
introduce VVPAT in EVMs in phased manner for the next general elections in
2014. Expand VVPAT?Visit..
Ans. Vote Verifier Paper Audit Trail
Q8. Union
Government on 8 October 2013 reconstituted the Group of Ministers (GoM) on
Telangana, reducing the number of ministers from ten to six. Who are the six
ministers included in GoM?
Ans. Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde, Union Finance
Minister P. Chidambaram, Union Defence Minister A.K. Antony,Union Health
Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M. Veerappa Moily
and Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh.
Q9. Who
won Nobel Prize for Physics 2013 on 8 October 2013?
Ans. Peter
Higgs, United Kingdom and Francois Englert , Belgium jointly awarded
Note: They have been awarded for the theoretical discovery of a
mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of
subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of
the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's
Large Hadron Collider
Q10. Union
Cabinet of India approved on 8 October 2013 the National Identification
Authority of India Bill. What is the aim of this bill?
Ans. It will give statutory status to the Unique Identification
Authority of India (UIDAI).
Note: Supreme Court of India on 23 September 2013 ruled that
Aadhaar cards or Unique Identification number (UID) will not be mandatory for
availing services or benefits under Government schemes like LPG subsidy,
transfer benefits, food security, vehicle registration, scholarships, marriage
registration, salaries and provident fund etc. With the introduction of bill
Aadhar Card will get statutory status.
Q11. Supreme
Court of India on 8 October 2013 directed the Union and all state governments
to provide ............ percent job reservation to disabled persons in all
their departments, companies and institutions?
Ans. 3 percentage
Q12. Which
Indian leading industrialist was inducted into National Academy of Engineering
(NAE) in the US for his outstanding contributions to industrial development in
India as well as the world?
Ans. Ratan Tata
Note: Apart from Ratan Tata, eight Indian-Americans were also
inducted in the NAE. 75-year-old Ratan tata, the Chairman Emeritus of the Tata
Group was inducted as the Foreign Associate.
Q13. Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) on 7 October 2013 reduced the Marginal Standing Facility
(MSF) rate to .............per cent from 9.5 per cent to improve liquidity in
the system. In a release issued from Mumbai the RBI stated that the decision
was taken after a review of evolving liquidity conditions.
Ans. 9
Note: MSF allows banks to borrow money from RBI at a higher rate
when there is a significant liquidity crunch.
Q14. Who
took over as the Chairperson of the State Bank of India (SBI) on 7 October
2013?
Ans. Arundhati Bhattacharya
Note: She is the first woman to take charge as the Chairperson
of SBI, the largest bank of India. She succeeded Pratip Chaudhuri who retired
on 30 September 2013.
Q15. Who
won the 2013 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology on 7 October 2013?
Ans. James
Rothman and Randy Schekman of US as well as German-born Thomas Suedhof
Note: They have been awarded for their discoveries of machinery
regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells.
Q16. Disciplinary
Committee of the Badminton Association of India (BAI) on 5 October 2013
recommended a life-ban on which Indian player for her role in delaying the
Indian Badminton League (IBL) fixture between Delhi Smashers and Banga Beats in
Bangalore on 25 August 2013?
Ans. Jwala Gutta
Q17. Name
the International Money Transfer Service launched by India Post on 11 October
2013?
Ans. Instant Cash
Note: It was launched in partnership with Wall Street Exchange,
(a company of UAE's Emirates Post Group) in New Delhi. Recipients will be able
to receive their payment at any of the identified 17500 post offices by
producing the unique transaction number along with their identity and KYC
documents.
Q18. The
Third Curve: The End of Growth as We Know It, a Book Written by Film Director
Mansoor Khan was released at the India International Centre in New Delhi
on 11 October 2013. Which famous
Bollywood actor has released the book?
Ans. Aamir Khan
Q19. World
Arthritis Day was observed across the world on 12 October 2013 to raise
awareness about Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases (RMDs). In which year
World Arthritis Day was established?
Ans. 1996
Note: Day is celebrated each year on 12 October to raise
awareness of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases amongst the medical
community, people with RMDs and the general public.
Q20. Who
was on 10 October 2013 selected for the Indira Gandhi Award for National
Integration for the year 2012?
Ans. MS Swaminathan
Note: Indian national
congress (i), in its centenary year 1985, instituted an Indira Gandhi award for
national integration to give recognition to outstanding contribution to this
cause by distinguished individuals or institutions. The award carries a
citation and cash award of 5 lakh rupees.
Q21. International
Day of the Girl Child observed on 11 October 2013 across the world to recognise
the girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face around the world. What
was the theme of the day for 2013?
Ans. Innovating for Girls’ Education
Note: United Nations General Assembly on 19 December 19, 2011
adopted Resolution 66/170 to declare 11 October as the International Day of the
Girl Child, to recognise girls’ rights and the unique challenges girls face
around the world.
Q22. Name
the Prime Minister of Libya who was abducted by gunmen on 10 October 2013?
Ans. Ali Zeidan
Note: Ali Zeidan was
later rescued. The incident underscored the lawlessness gripping Libya two
years after the ouster of autocrat Moammar Gadhafi.
Q23. Name
the cyclonic storm which hit the Andaman and Nicobar islands and moved
northwestwards 800 km South East of Paradip in Odisha on 10 October 2013?
Ans. Phailin
Q24. Prime
Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh on 12 October 2013 concluded his four-day
visit to Brunei and Indonesia. What was the aim of visit of PM?
Ans. Part of expanding
India’s ‘Look East’ policy to beyond economic ties.
Q25. Which
country passed USA to become world’s biggest oil importer in September 2013 as
per the data released by US government in the first week of October 2013?
Ans. China
Q26. World
Mental Health Day Observed on 10 October 2013 across the world to raise
awareness about mental illness and its effects on people. What is the theme
this year?
Ans. Mental health and older adults
Q27. Government
of India on 10 October 2013 set up a High Powered Committee (HPC) to review the
functioning of the Hajj Committee of India (HCOI). under which ministry this
comes?
Ans. Ministry of External Affairs.
Q28. Government
of Pakistan decided on 9 October 2013 to appoint Pakistani veteran diplomat
................ as the new Pakistani envoy to India?
Ans. Syed
Ibne Abbas
Note: He will succeeded by Salman Bashir.
Q29. Queen's
Baton Relay was launched on 9 October 2013 at the Buckingham Palace, London.
Chris Hoy, the Scottish cycling star carried the Commonwealth Games baton to
Buckingham Palace on 9 October 2013 for starting the relay which in turn will
conclude with opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games in 2014. Where is the
2014 Commonwealth Games held?
Ans. Glasgow, Scotland
Q30. Who
took the charge on 5 October 2013 as the Chairman and Managing Director of
Corporation Bank?
Ans. S. R. Bansal
Q31. Who
was nominated by US President Barack Obama on 9 October 2013 as the new head of
the Federal Reserve Board?
Ans. Janet L. Yellen
Note: Janet Yellen
replaced Ben Bernanke as Chair of the Federal Reserve Board.
Q32. Prime
Minister’s Territorial Army Day Parade was organised to commemorate the 64th
raising anniversary of Territorial Army at the Army Parade Ground at New Delhi
on 9 October 2013. Who was the chief guest?
Ans. Minister of State for Defence Jitendra Singh
Q33. Which
country on 8 October 2013 lifted a ban on women wearing the Islamic head scarf
in state institutions?
Ans. Turkey
Q34. Name
the autobiography of Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot by
the Taliban for supporting girls’ education which was released on 8 October
2013 in London?
Ans. I Am Malala: the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was
Shot by the Taliban
Q35. Buckingham
Palace held its first official football match to mark FA's (Football
Association’s) 150th anniversary on 7 October 2013. What is Buckingham Palace?
Ans.Buckingham Palace is the official London residence and
principal workplace of the British monarch.
Note: The match was played between Civil Service FC, the only
surviving one of the eleven clubs that met to found The FA in 1863, and
Polytechnic FC, which was formed in 1875.
Q36. Indira
Gandhi International Airport in India and Birmingham Airport, UK on 7 October
2013 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
to Become Sister Airports? Where is Indira Gandhi International Airport
situated?
Ans. New Delhi
Note: Indira Gandhi International Airport- Delhi handles 36
million passengers and well over half a million ton of cargo pass through it
annually.
Q37. Name
the television journalist who was chosen for the International Press Institute
(IPI) – India award for excellence in journalism 2013 on 8 October 2013?
Ans. Karan Thapar
Note: He is famous for his interviews on the Devil's Advocate
programme on CNN IBN.
Q38. Indian
women pair of Vidya Pillai and Arantxa Sanchis won the gold for team title in the
2013 IBSF World 6-red Snooker Championship after defeating Hong Kong in the
final on 6 October 2013. Where was the evnt held?
Ans. Carlow, Ireland
Q39. Name
the countries visited by President of India Pranab Mukherjee recently?
Ans. Belgium and Turkey
Q40. Indian
Air Force Day is celebrated on ...............th October 2013?
Ans. October 8
Note: It is the 81st anniversary of the Indian Air Force. On
this day, various celebrations are organised across the country along with
parades at the airbases all over India.
Q41. Who
won the ATP Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo on 6 October 2013?
Ans. Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina
Note: He defeated third
seeded Milos Raonic of Canada, 7-6 (7-5) 7-5
Q42. Union
Minister for Mines Dinsha J. Patel dedicated state of art Geo-scientific
research vessel .......................... to the nation at Kandla Port of
Gujarat on 12 October 2013?
Ans. RV Samudra Ratnakar
Note: RV Samudra Ratnakar is specially designed to carry out sea
bed-mapping, mineral exploration in the deep waters along with geo-scientific
oceanographic researches.
Q43. Name
the Well-known Telugu film actor who died on 9 October 2013?
Ans. Srihari
Q44. Name
the nine-times Prime Minister of Belgium and who led the European Union's
Christian Democrat group who died on 9 October 2013 at 77 in Lokeren, in East
Flanders?
Ans. Wilfried Martens
Q45. Ethiopia's
parliament on 7 October 2013 elected ................... as the country's new
president for a six-year term?
Ans. Mulatu Teshome
Q46. Tata
Motors on 8 October 2013 launched a bi-fuel variant of which of its brand car?
Ans. Tata Nano
Q47. Name
the Typhoon which slammed into Southeastern China on 7 October 2013 with
powerful winds and heavy rains?
Ans. Typhoon Fitow
Q48. Where
was the First Mega Food Park in Uttar Pradesh Established recently?
Ans. Jagdishpur of Amethi district in Uttar Pradesh.
Q49. Name
the Indian cyclist Who on 7 October 2013 won a gold medal in the women’s junior
individual sprint at Asian Cycling Confederation (ACC) Track Asia Cup in
Thailand?
Ans. Deborah
Q50. Special
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court pronounced a verdict on 30
September 2013 and convicted Lalu Prasad Yadav which related to 17-year-old
multi crore ................. scam case?
Ans. Fodder Scam
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