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Q1. Who was appointed as UNICEF's first brand ambassador for South
Asia on 28 November 2013?
Note: Sachin Tendulkar will work for promoting hygiene and
sanitation in the South Asian region for two years. Sachin Tendulkar was
already involving with the UNICEF campaigns for polio and global hand washing.
Q2. Name the managing editor of Tehelka who on 27 November 2013
announced her resignation from the Tehelka, an investigative magazine in the
wake of the sexual harassment case in which a young Tehelka reporter alleged
that the magazine's editor in chief Tarun Tejpal had sexually assaulted her
during an event the magazine's group conducted in Goa?
Ans. Shoma Chaudhury
Q3. Who was appointed as new Army Chief of Pakistan by Prime
Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif on 28-NOV-2013?
Ans. Lt Gen Raheel
Sharif
Q4. Which word was named as word of the year by Oxford
Dictionaries on 19 November 2013?
Ans. Selfie
Note: Selfie, (Noun) means: a photograph that one has taken of
oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a
social media website. Selfie was added to OxfordDictionaries.com in August
2013, although the Word of the Year selection is made irrespective of whether the
candidates are already included in an Oxford dictionary.
Q5. Who won Formula one Brazilian Grand Prix 2013 on 24 November
2013?
Ans. Sebastian Vettel
Note: With this victory vettel matched Michael Schumacher’s
record of 13 victories in a year and equalled the nine consecutive wins of
Alberto Ascari.
Q6. Who has sworn in as the 22nd Chief Justice of Madhya Pradesh
by Governor Ram Naresh Yadav at Raj Bhavan, Bhopal on 24 November 2013?
Ans. Justice Ajay
Manikrao Khanwilkar
Q7. International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women is
observed on ...... November 2013 across the world to raise awareness about
violence against women?
Ans. 25 November
Q8. Who was appointed as the chairman of MCX’s board by Multi
Commodity Exchange of India Ltd on 27 November 2013?
Ans. Satyananda Mishra
Note: Market Regulatory authority, the Forward Markets
Commission (FMC) also approved the appointment of Satyananda Mishra as the
independent Director of MCX's board for a period up to 31 March 2016.
Satyananda Mishra is a retired Indian Administrative Services officer (1973
Batch) and has acted as a Chief Information Commissioner from December 2010 to
September 2013.
Q9. Who has made it to the number one spot in the GG2 Power List
101 for her work in raising awareness for female empowerment?
Ans. Malala Yousafzai
Q10. Union Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily on 29 November 2013
inaugurated the first "Synthetic Rubber Plant" of the country. Where
was it situated?
Ans. Panipat in Haryana
Q11. National Tiger Conservation Authority on 28 November 2013
approved the fifth tiger reserve of Maharashtra at which place?
Ans. Nagzira
Note: Nagzira tiger reserve will be developed between Bhandara
and Gondia districts, which will be the home of surplus tigers of the state.
Q12. Italian Senate on 27 November 2013 expelled ex- Prime
Minister .......................... from Parliament over his tax fraud
conviction?
Ans. Silvio Berlusconi
Q13. Name the cyclonic storm which on 27 November 2013 hit the
Andhra Pradesh coast and caused severe damage in the coastal region?
Ans. Lehar
Q14. ISRO and NASA will coordinate functions of their Mars
Orbiters-Mangalyaan and MAVEN once both get into orbit of the Mars planet in
September 2014. This was announced by ISRO scientists. When was Mangalyaan launched?
Ans. 5 November 2013
using PSLV-C25
Q15. Which global search engine giant on 28 November 2013 setup an
election portal in India, the largest democracy of the world?
Ans. Google
Q16. Name the Indian-American who was appointed as president of
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, the world's largest ratings firm
recently?
Ans. Neeraj Sahai
Note: He was appointed by McGraw Hill Financial Company. Neeraj
Sahai (56) will assume his new role at Standard & Poor's from 6 January
2014.
Q17. India has won the three one day series against West Indies by
2-1 on 27 November 2013. This was the ............th ODI title win in a row for
India?
Ans. Sixth
Q18. Which city will be the host for the World Trade Fair or EXPO
2020 as announced by Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) on 27 November
2013?
Ans. Dubai
Q19. Which party emerged as single largest Party in the second
Constituent Assembly elections in Nepal which are held on 19 November 2013?
Ans. Nepali Congress
(NC)
Q20. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 26 November 2013 directed the
banks to charge customers for the transaction ........... alerts on the basis
of usage, instead of imposing a fixed fee?
Ans. SMS
Q21. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on 26 November 2013
launched the construction of the country's biggest Nuclear power project.
Nuclear power plant is to be built with technical assistance of which country?
Ans. China
Note: 2200-MegaWatt- Karachi Coastal Power Project, comprising
the K-2 and K-3 nuclear plants, is being built at Paradise Beach, located 40 km
from the Karachi.
Q22. Constitution Day was observed across India on ...........
November 2013 to honour the Constitution of India?
Ans. 26 November
Note: Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent
Assembly on 26 November 1949, which came into force on 26 January 1950.
Q23. Union Cabinet on 25 November 2013 approved a proposal to
transfer Indu Mill land in ......... to Maharashtra government for constructing
Dr B R Ambedkar memorial?
Ans. Mumbai
Q24. Aviation company e- Volo on 17 November 2013 successfully
tested the first helicopter which is noiseless and emission-free named-
Volocopter. e- Volo is the company from which country?
Ans. Germany
Q25. Which countries on 24 November 2013 qualified for ICC
Twenty20 World Cup 2014 after winning their respective matches in the
qualifiers at Dubai?
Ans. Ireland and
Afghanistan
Q26. Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on 29 November
2013 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Department of AIDS
Control. What is the objective of the MoU?
Ans. To "reach a
large number of youth engaged in sports activities" at village, district
and state level with information on STI/HIV/AIDS prevention and related
services.
Q27. Which country on 28
November 2013 inaugurated the Consulate General of it in Chennai?
Ans. Belgium
Q28. Where was the 9th International Heavy Minerals Conference
(HMC 2013) held from 27 to 29 November 2013?
Ans. Visakhapatnam,
Andhra Pradesh
Q29. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 28 November 2013 relaxed norms
for participation of Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs) in the insurance
joint ventures by allowing them to hold more than ................. percent in
such companies?
Ans. 50 percent
Q30. Name the noted Dalit writer who passed away on 17 November
2013 at Dehradun, Uttarakhand?
Ans. Omprakash Valmiki
Q31. Name the Latvian Prime Minister who announced his resignation
and thereby the fall of the Government on 27 November 2013?
Ans. Valdis Dombrovskis
Note: He resigned due to the deadly collapse of Maxima
supermarket of Riga on 21 November 2013.
Q32. Which countries on 27 November 2013 qualified for the ICC T20
World cup which will be held in Bangladesh in 2014?
Ans. Nepal and UAE
Q33. NATO on 26 November 2013 launched a three-day cyber defence
exercise “Cyber Coalition 2013”in Estonia. Expand NATO?
Ans. North Atlantic
Treaty Organization
Q34. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 26 November 2013 allowed banks
to treat loans given to medium manufacturing enterprises after 13 November 2013
as ............ sector advance?
Ans. Priority sector
Q35. Name the Indian weightlifter who won Gold and two Silver
medals in the Boys' 50 Kg category of the Commonwealth Weightlifting
Championships on 25 November 2013 at Penang, Malaysia?
Ans. Deepak Lathore
Q36. Name the ten-member Committee constituted by Supreme Court of
India on 26 November 2013 to deal with complaints of sexual harassment within
its premises?
Ans. Gender
Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee (GSICC)
Q37. Name the world champion water skier of Australia who died on
25 November 2013 after a fall during a high-speed endurance race on Australia’s
Hawkesbury River?
Ans. Sarah Teelow
Q38. Name the Indian Origin British MP who on 22 November 2013 was
honoured with the prestigious Asian Trader Editor’s Award?
Ans. Priti Patel
Q39. Who won Golf world cup at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club in
Melbourne on 24 November 2013 ?
Ans. Jason Day,
Australian Golfer
Note: Australia team (Jason Day and Adam Scott) also won the
team Championships by beating the American team of Matt Kuchar and Kevin
Streelman.
Q40. COP-19, UN Climate Change Conference 2013 concluded in
Warsaw, ........... on 23 November 2013 by approving the new global treaty?
Ans. Poland
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