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Q1. Who won the FIDE World Chess Championship 2013 beating
defending Champion Viswanathan Anand of India, at Chennai on 22 November 2013?
Ans. Magnus Carlsen of
Norway
Note: The victory was worth
8.4 crore Rupees for Magnus Carlsen. Anand settled for 5.6 crore Rupees. The
match was sponsored by the Tamil Nadu state and organized by FIDE and AICF. The
Magnus Calsen’s victory was also the end of Anand’s six-year reign as the World
champion. It was Anand’s first loss in a world title match since 2007. Magnus
Carlsen, who became the youngest world No. 1 at 19, also holds the record of
being the strongest rated player in chess history with a published rating of
2872, on 1 February 2013. 2013 FIDE World Chess Championship match took place
from 7 to 22 November in Chennai, India.
Q2. Who became the fastest batsman to score 5000 runs in one-day
internationals on 21 November 2013?
Ans. Virat Kohli
Note: Virat Kohli achieved
the feat in just 120 matches and 114 innings. He has so far scored 5005 runs,
which included 17 centuries and 27 fifties in his short career. In terms of
innings, Virat Kohli has equalled the record of Sir Viv Richards of West
Indies, who also achieved the feat in 114 innings way back in 1987 but it was
Viv's 126th match. Before Kohli, former captain Sourav Ganguly was the fastest
to achieve the feat among Indian batsmen in 131 matches and 126 innings.
Q3. Mars Orbiter Mission also known as ................. has
beamed back the first set of pictures of Earth on 21 November 2013 that was
captured by Mars Color Camera fitted on Mars Orbiter spacecraft?
Ans. Mangalyaan
Q4. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh and UPA Chairperson, Sonia
Gandhi Jointly inaugurated India’s first all-women bank, Bharatiya Mahila Bank
in Mumbai on 19 November 2013,marking the birth anniversary of which former women Prime Minister of India?
Ans. Indira Gandhi
Note: Main objectives of the
bank will be to focus on the banking needs of women and to promote their
economic empowerment. The bank will commence operations with an initial capital
of one thousand crore rupees. Union Government on 12 November 2013 appointed
Usha Ananthasubramanian as the first chairperson and managing director of
public sector Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB).
Q5. 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) began at
Panaji in Goa on 20 November 2013 with great fanfare. Who inaugurated the 11-
day cinematic extravaganza by lighting
the traditional lamp in the distinguished presence of Union Minister of
Information and Broadcasting Manish Tewari, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parriker
and a galaxy of cine stars?
Ans. Award winning
actress Suasan Sarandon, American actress
Q6. Who was conferred with Lifetime Achievement Award at the
opening ceremony of 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)?
Ans. Jiri Menzel,
Legendary Czech film director
Q7. Name the renowned Indian actress who was conferred with the
first Centenary Award for Indian Film Personality of the Year at the opening
ceremony of 44th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)?
Ans. Waheeda Rehman
Q8. Who was on 19 November 2013 selected for prestigious Indira
Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2013?
Ans. Dr. Angela Merkel,
German Chancellor
Note: The International Jury
for the Prize was chaired by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, which made
this announcement on 19 November 2013 on the birth anniversary of Indira
Gandhi. Dr. Angela Merkel is nominated for her exemplary leadership in Europe
and the world during the financial crises, her commitment to universal peace
and disarmament and her leadership role in strengthening productive and
mutually beneficial relations with India and other developing countries.
Ans. MAVEN
Note: The orbiter mission was
launched on an Atlas V rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Q10. Who has sworn in as the 6th President of the Maldives on 17
November 2013?
Ans. Abdulla Yameen
Note: Mohammad Jameel was
sworn in as vice-President. Abdulla Yameen’s sworn in has ended the two years
of political turmoil that was threatened to isolate the country
internationally. The Maldives was witnessing the political turmoil, since
Nasheed resigned under pressure in February 2012 because of a controversial
transfer of power.
Q11. Who on 17 November 2013 won United States Grand Prix?
Ans. Sebastian Vettel of
Red Bull
Note: This was his eighth
successive race win of Vettel in a season. With this win he succeeded ahead of
Michael Schumacher’s previous record of winning seven races in a row in the
same season, which was set in 2004.
Q12. Which Southern European country was on 17 November 2013
unanimously chosen as the host of the next Commonwealth summit in 2015?
Ans. Malta
Note: This is second time for
Malta to host the Commonwealth summit. Before this, Malta hosted a Commonwealth
Summit in 2005. This was after Mauritius withdrew as host of the 2015
Commonwealth summit as a result of its prime minister's boycott of the Colombo
summit over Sri Lanka's human rights concerns.
Q13. India on 23 November 2013 successfully test-fired its
nuclear-capable which ballistic missile from a naval ship off Odisha coast?
Ans. Dhanush
Note: The surface-to-surface
Dhanush, a naval variant of India's indigenously developed Prithvi missile, was
test fired from a location at Bay of Bengal by the Srategic Force Command of
the defence force. Dhanush missile is capable of carrying conventional as well
as nuclear payload of 500 to 1000 kg and hit both land and sea-based targets.
Q14. Name the Eminent Scientist and Bharat Ratna Awardee who was
on 4 November 2013 elected as honorary foreign member of Chinese Academy of
Science (CAS) and thus became the first Indian to be elected to this
prestigious Chinese Academy of Science (CAS) which comprises of many Nobel
laureates and eminent scientist across the world?
Ans. Prof CNR Rao
Note: CNR Rao has been
elected to almost all scientific academies of the world including The Royal
Society-London, National Academy of Science-USA, Pontifical Academy of Science,
Japan Academy and Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences, among others.
Q15. Who was appointed as the new Chairman of the 20th Law
Commission of India by Union Government on 22 November 2013?
Ans. Justice Ajit
Prakash Shah
Note: Justice Ajit Prakash
Shah succeeded Justice D. K. Jain who resigned in October 2013 to take over as
the President of National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.
Q16. Who was reappointed as the national coach of the men's Indian
boxing team till the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on 20 November 2013?
Ans. Gurbax Singh Sandhu
Q17. Name the India's senior women's hockey team coach who passed
away in a fatal road accident near Sangrur in Punjab on 20 November 2013?
Ans. Inderjit Singh Gill
Note: He was part of the
Indian Women Team in the major tournaments including Commonwealth Games in 2002
Manchester, Asian Games in 2002 Busan, Asia Cup in 2007 Hong Kong, FIH Olympic
Qualifying Tournament in 2012 New Delhi and 2013 FIH World League Round 2 in New Delhi.
Q18. Name the British biochemist who is the only person to win
Nobel Prize two times for Chemistry who died on 19 November 2013 in Cambridge,
eastern England?
Ans. Frederick Sanger
Note: For the first time, he
won the Nobel Prize in 1958 for development of the methods, which helped to
unravel the chemical structure of Protein, mainly insulin. Second Nobel Prize
was given to him in 1980, jointly with Walter Gilbert and Paul Berg for the
development of the techniques to read the sequences of DNA, which carries the
basic code for life.
Q19. Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani teenage activist on 20 November
2013 received the EU's ................ human rights prize for her brave
crusade for the right of the children to education?Visit>>www.currentaffairs4examz.com
Ans. Sakharov human
rights prize
Note: Sakharov Prize for free
speech is awarded by the European Parliament annually in memory of Soviet
physicist and dissident Andrei Sakharov.
Q20. Which film won the Golden Elephant Award for best film in the
'International Live Action' category at the 18th International Children's Film
Festival which concluded on 20 November 2013 in Hyderabad?
Ans. Dutch Film named
Kauwboy
Q21. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19 November 2013 directed
Public Sector Banks (PSBs) to provide loans to women self-help groups (SHGs) at
............ per cent per annum to avail the benefit of interest rate
subvention scheme under the Swarnajayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana-Aajeevika
(SGSY) scheme?
Ans. 7 percent
Note: Swarnajayanti Gram
Swarozgar Yojana-Aajeevika (SGSY) is an initiative by the government to provide
sustainable income to poor people living in rural areas of the country.
Q22. Which footballer won the Golden Shoe award in recognition of
his 46 goals in 32 leagues appearances in the Europe’s domestic football league
in the 2012-13 season?
Ans. Lionel Messi
Note: This is the third
Golden Shoe award of Messi and with this win he became the first footballer to
win the award three times. Earlier Messi won the award in 2009-10 for 34 goals
and a Spanish record 50 in 2011-12.
Q23. India on 18 November 2013 successfully test-fired the
advanced version of the ................. supersonic cruise missile from the
Pokhran test firing range in Rajasthan?
Ans. BrahMos
Q24. Name the British Nobel Prize-winning author who died on 17
November 2013 at London at the age of 94?
Ans. Doris Lessing
Note: In 2007, the
88-year-old Doris Lessing became the oldest recipient of the Nobel Prize in
Literature and only the 11th woman to win the award.
Q25. Which Jamaican sprinters were crowned the male and female
World Athletes of the Year, 2013 on 16 November 2013?
Ans. Usain Bolt and
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Note: They were selected as
the world athletes of the year by the sport's governing IAAF at a ceremony in
Monaco.
Q26. Who was reappointed as General Secretary All India Football
Federation (AIFF) for a second term of another three years on 20 November 2013?
Ans. Kushal Das
Note: National football team
coach Wim Koevermans' contract was extended till October 2014. Besides the
national team, Koevermans will also be in charge on India's campaign in 2014
Incheon Asian Games.
Q27. Name the cyclonic storm which struck Andhra Pradesh coast
near Machilipatnam, triggering heavy rains and strong gales, killing several
people?
Ans. Cyclone Helen
Q28. Chief Information Commissioner Deepak Sandhu administered the
oath of office to five new Information Commissioners appointed to the Central
Information Commission (CIC) on 22 November 2013. Name them?
Ans. 1) Yashovardhan
Azad, a former IPS Officer
2) Sharat Sabharwal, a
career diplomat
3) Manjula Parasher, a
former Indian Postal Service Officer and had retired as Secretary from the
Department of Posts.
4) MA Khan Yusufi, a
former Indian Legal Service Officer
5) Madbhushanam Sridhar
Acharyulu, who was working as Professor at NALSAR
Q29. Which fighter jet was on 21 November 2013 selected as the
platform to mount the supersonic BrahMos missiles by the Indian Air Force?
Ans. Sukhoi-30
Note: The first test launch will
be carried out by the end of 2014.
Q30. Jet Airways on 20 November 2013 concluded the sale of
................ percent equity stake in the airline to Etihad Airways for 2057
crore Rupees?
Ans. 24
Note: The 335 million Dollar
deal, which was unveiled in April 2013, is the first cross border transaction
in the Indian aviation sector after it was opened up for foreign direct
investments in 2012.
Q31. Election Commission decided to use Voter-Verified Paper Audit
Trail (VVPAT) on a large-scale for the first time in the country in the
upcoming Assembly polls in which state
on 25 November 2013?Visit>>www.currentaffairs4examz.com
Ans. Mizoram
Q32. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on 16 November 2013
performed the last of the five orbit-raising manoeuvre on its Mars Orbiter,
raising the apogee (farthest point from Earth) of the spacecraft to over
........ lakh km?
Ans. 1.92
Q33. World Toilet Day (WTD) was observed across the world on
.......... November 2013?
Ans. 19 November 2013
Note: The World Toilet
Organization created World Toilet Day to raise global awareness of the struggle
2.5 billion face every day without access to proper, clean sanitation.
Q34. National Integration Day was observed on 19 November 2013 all
over India. Why the day is celebrated on 19 November 2013?
Ans. It is celebrated as
the birth anniversary of the first woman Prime Minister of the India, Indira
Gandhi.
Q35. Which country on 17 November 2013 defended the Davis Cup
title 2013 after Redek Stepanek defeated the Serbian Dusan Lajovic 6-3, 6-1,
6-1 in the fifth rubber of the final by BNP Paribas Final in Belgrade?
Ans. Czech Republic
Q36. Name India's First Private Metro service which started
operation from Gurgaon, Haryana on 14 November 2013?
Ans. Rapid Metro
Q37. 22nd Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) was
held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 15-17 November 2013. What was the theme of the
Meeting 2013?
Ans. Growth with Equity:
Inclusive Development
Q38. National Press Day was celebrated across the country on
............. November 2013?
Ans. 16 November 2013
Note: The day is symbolic of
a free and responsible press in India.
Q39. Who was on 21 November 2013 sworn in as the US Assistant
Secretary of State for South and Central Asia?Visit>>www.currentaffairs4examz.com
Ans. Nisha Desai Biswal
Q40. Which state is hosting the 9th North East Business Summit
which began on 22 November 2013?
Ans. Dibrugarh in Assam
Q41. Name the US sprinter who on 18 November 2013 announced his
retirement after 13 years career?
Ans. Darvis Patton
Note: He won the Olympic
silver medal as part of the 4x100 relay teams in the 2004 Athens Olympics and
in London Olympics in 2012.
Q42. Who was appointed as Coach of the Senior Men Hockey Team by
Hockey India on 20 November 2013?
Ans. V Baskaran
Note: Baskaran will work
under the recently appointed Chief Coach Terence Walsh. Hockey India on 15
October 2013 appointed the Terence Walsh as Chief Coach of the Senior Men
National Hockey Team.
Q43. Who was awarded with Dayawati Modi Award for Art and Culture
and Education by Dayawati Foundation on 19 November 2013?
Ans. Anjolie Ela Menon
Note: She is one the leading
contemporary female artist and well known muralist.
Q44. President of India Pranab Mukherjee on 19 November 2013
presented Indira Gandhi National Service Scheme Best University Award 2012-13
to ............ University of Karnataka?
Ans. Mangalore
University of Karnataka
Q45. In the latest ICC test ranking, India moved to the
............. position, following the 2-0 victory over West Indies on 16
November 2013?
Ans. Second
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