Current Affairs & GK Quiz- 9 December 2013

Current Affairs & GK Quiz- 9 December 2013

1) International Anti-Corruption Day was observed across the world on 9 December 2013 to raise awareness about the menace of Corruption and what people can do to fight it. What was the theme of this year for this day?

(A)Act against Corruption Today

(B)Disrupt Corruption Now

(C)Remove Corruption Today

(D)Stop Corruption Today

2) Which freedom fighter authored the book Discovery of India?

(A)Lala Lajpat Rai

(B)Bhagat Singh

(C)Bal Gangadhar Tilak

(D)Jawaharlal Nehru

3) Which of the following is the new Official Sponsor of Indian cricket team replacing Sahara as announced on 9 Dec 2013?

(A) Airtel

(B) Star India

(C) Adidas

(D) Samsung

4) Who was the first person to address the United Nations in Hindi?

(A)Jawahar Lal Nehru

(B)Indira Gandhi

(C)Atal Behari Vajpayee

(D)Morarji Desai

5) Who has taken over as the India's next High Commissioner to the United Kingdom from Monday, 9th December 2013?

(A)Ranjan Mathai

(B)Jaimini Bhagwati

(C)Gita Subramanyam

(D)Savitri Bhola

6) In first battle of Panipat, Babar defeated which Lodhi ruler to establish Mughals in India?

(A)Sikandar Lodhi

(B)Ibrahim Lodhi

(C)Daulat Lodhi

(D)Bahlul Lodhi

7) Which Party emerged as the winner in the Mizoram Assembly election by winning 33 seats in the 40 member house on 9 December 2013?

(A) BJP

(B) Aam Admi Party

(C) Mizoram National Front (MNF)

(D) Indian National Congress

8) Which Mughal emperor built the largest mosque,Jama Masjid at Delhi, in India?

(A)Akbar

(B)Jahangir

(C)Shahjahan

(D)Aurangzeb

9) Which Indian Software major on Monday, 9th Dec 2013, announced the launch of TradeEdge, an insights-driven sales platform, which would provide visibility to global brands across the demand chain from distributors to consumers?

(A)Wipro

(B)HCL

(C)Infosys

(D)TCS

10) Areawise, which is the smallest state in India?

(A)Sikkim

(B)Nagaland

(C)Goa

(D)Tripura

Answers

1) Ans. (A)Act against Corruption Today

2) Ans. (D)Jawaharlal Nehru

3) Ans. (B) Star India

4) Ans. (C)Atal Behari Vajpayee

5) Ans. (A)Ranjan Mathai

6) Ans. (B)Ibrahim Lodhi

7) Ans. (D) Indian National Congress

8) Ans. (C)Shahjahan

9) Ans. (C)Infosys

10) Ans. (C)Goa

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General Awareness Questions from IBPS Clerk Exam: 8 December 2013 (Morning and Evening Shifts)

General Awareness Questions from IBPS Clerk Exam: 8 December 2013 (Morning and Evening Shifts)

Friends..Here is the questions asked in IBPS Clerk Exam: 8 December 2013 (Morning and Evening Shifts). Questions were shared by Jijesh MK, Vishnu Padmanabhan, Manish Kumar and Sukanya CJ. Thanks friends...

Morning Shift Questions

1)  Full form of RTGS?- Real Time Gross Settlement

2) Who is the  Chairman of 14 finance commission? – YV. Reddy

3)  RIDF is maintained by? - Nabard

4) Goa (Panji) is on the bank which river? – Mandovi River

5) Who is the director of Laggan movie? - Ashutosh Gowariker

6) Full form of ECB? – External Commercial Borrowings

7) Ghoomar dance is related to which state? – Rajasthan

8) Full form of IFSC code? - Indian Financial System Code

9) What B stand in Basic?– Brazil South ( Remaining South Africa, India & China)

10) What is the special drive that maintain the quality of coins and rupees directed by RBI?- Currency Chests

11) What Repo rate does? – Increase liquidity

12) Aadhar card link money to which account? – Bank Account

13) Where was the World chess championship held recently? – Tamil Nadu (Chennai)

14) Who control future commodity market? - Forward market commission

15) When repo rate is increased what is the impact?

16) Vishaka project is related to?- Sexual harrassment at workplace

17) Where is World's largest solar telescope?-  Ladakh, India

18) Who is not the financial market regulator?

19) Meaning of indian diaspora?

20) Director of vikram sarabhai space centre?- S. Ramakrishnan

21) Babu Jagjivan Ram Chhatrawas Yojana privides?- Residential accomodation facilities to SC boys and girls studying in school, college and universities.

22) Award given in journalism to women?

23) Cyclonic storm that hit Andhra Pradesh recently?- Halen

24) The breif history of time is the book by?--Steven Hawkings

Evening Shift Questions

1)  Full form of MICR? – Magnetic Ink Character Recognition

2)  Magnus Carlsen is from which country? – Norway

3)  Capital of Bahrain? – Manama

4) PNB entered into partnership with which Insurance compay recently? – Metlife India

5)  Jamia Millia University is located in? – New Delhi

6) Headquarter of ILO (International Labour Oranisation)? – Switzerland

7) Chairman of National commission for women? – Mamta Sharma

8)  India & Japan signed an MoU for joint feasibility study if high speed railway system on which route? – Mumbai – Ahmadabad route

9)  First Private international Airport opened up in India?– Cochin International Airport

10) Who is the Chief economic advisor to Prime Miinister? – Dr. C Rangarajan

11) Amish Tripathi novel series is called? – The secret of Nagas

12) Who is the Director of movie Barfi? – Anurag Basu

13) MSME stands for? – Micro Small and Medium Enterprises

14) Jason Day is associated with which game?– Golf

15) How much is the total budget for Bhartiya Mahila Bank? – 1000 crore

16) International Day of Older persons is observed on? -1 October

17) One question related to participatory notes

18) Which among the following is not a policy rate?- Base Rate

19) CHOGM-2015 to be held at which country?- Malta

20) Micro finance regulatory body?

21) Who is the chairman of FMC?

22) Miss world 2013 runner "Marine Lorphelin" from which country?- France

23) Bench mark lending rate is now called as?

24) Who is th CMD of VIJAYA bank?

25) Gagan Jeeth Bhullar belongs to which sports?- Golf

26) Who was the finance minister at the time of second time nationalisation of banks on 15 april 1980?

27) Question related to FRBM act?

28) Surcharge on income exceeding 10 crores of corporations?

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Current Affairs & GK Quiz- 8 December 2013

Current Affairs & GK Quiz- 8 December 2013

1) UN General Assembly elected which country to the UN Security Council as a non-permanent member on 6 December 2013 to replace Saudi Arabia?

(A)Jordan

(B)Sudan

(C)Iran

(D)Afghanistan

2) Which is the highest civilian award in India?

(A)Bharat Ratna

(B)Padam Vibhushan

(C)Padam Bhushan

(D)Padam Shri

3) Which state emerged the champion in the 29th Junior Youth National Championship  which concluded on 7 December 2013 at Bengaluru?

(A) Karnataka

(B) Kerala

(C) Mizoram

(D) Punjab

4) Who signs one rupee currency note of India?

(A)RBI Governor

(B)Finance Secretary

(C)Finance Minister

(D)President

5) Which party won the state assembly election 2013 in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and emerged as the largest party in Delhi as per the results declared on 8th Dec 2013?

(A)Indian National Congress

(B)Bhartiya Janta Party

(C)Aam Aadmi Party

(D)Janta Dal(U)

6) Who created fictional character Harry Potter?

(A)Ruskin Bond

(B)J.K.Rowling

(C)Enid Blyton

(D)R.K.Narayan

7) Who won the 2013 UN Human Rights Prize (Awarded every five years) as announced on 6th December 2013?

(A)Nelson Mandela

(B)Jimmy Carter

(C)Navi Pillay

(D)Malala Yousafzai

8) Election Commission decided to recognise which party  a State Party winning over 28 of the 70 seats in Delhi Assembly elections on 8 December 2013 and thereby met the eligibility criteria to become a State Party?

(A)Jana Shakthi Party

(B)Aam Janta Party

(C)Aam Aadmi Party

(D)Janta Dal(U)

9) Who has written the book "Business at the speed of thought"?

(A)Narayan Murthy

(B)Azim Premji

(C)Bill Gates

(D)Larry Ellison

10) On 7 December 2013, who was crowned with the pageant of Miss Earth 2013 at the Versailles Palace, Philippines?

(A)Tereza Fajksova

(B)Megan Young

(C)Gabriela Isler

(D)Alyz Henrich

Answers

1) Ans. (A)Jordan

2)Ans. (A)Bharat Ratna

3) Ans. (B) Kerala

4) Ans. (B)Finance Secretary

5) Ans. (C)Aam Aadmi Party

6) Ans. (B)J.K.Rowling

7) Ans. (D)Malala Yousafzai

8) Ans. (C)Aam Aadmi Party

9) Ans. (C)Bill Gates

10) Ans. (D)Alyz Henrich

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Q1. Who has been appointed as the next Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of India to replace Deepak Sandhu, whose term is ending on 31 December 2013 on 6 Dec 2013?

Ans. Ms. Sushma Singh, a former IAS officer of Jharkhand cadre

Note: Decision on appointing Ms Singh as the next CIC was taken unanimously by a panel comprising Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and Law Minister Kapil Sibal.

Q2. Which country was elected to UN Security Council as a Non-Permanent Member on 6 December 2013 to replace Saudi Arabia?

Ans. Jordan

Note: Saudi Arabia was elected in October 2013 to the Security Council as a non permanent member but it has rejected its seat in protest at the UN council's failure to end the war in Syria and act on other Middle East issues.

Q3. Who was crowned with the pageant of Miss Earth 2013 at the Versailles Palace, Philippines on 7 December 2013?

Ans. Miss Venezuela Alyz Henrich

Note: The contest began in 2001 to promote the preservation of the environment. Nicole Faria is the first Indian contestant to have won the title in 2010.

Q4. 9th WTO Ministerial Conference was concluded on 6 December 2013. Where was the Conference held?

Ans. Bali, Indonesia.

Q5. Union Cabinet on 5 December 2013 approved the Telangana draft Bill. Cabinet approved the recommendations of the Group of Ministers (GoM) set up to look into bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh for carving out a new state of Telangana. As per the bill how many districts will be there in Telangana?

Ans. 10 districts

Q6. Which country was chosen as the host country for Under-17 FIFA World Cup in 2017 by the FIFA executive committee in its meeting at Salvador de Bahia in Brazil on 5 December 2013?

Ans. India

Note: By virtue of being the host country, India will take part in the 24-nation tournament for the first time in its history. This will be the biggest ever football tournament in the country as this is the first FIFA event in the country's history.

Q7. Name the anti-apartheid revolutionary of South Africa who died on 5 November 2013 at the age of 95?Visit>>www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. Nelson Mandela

Note: He was the first black South African to hold the office of President from 1994 to 1999, and the first elected in a fully representative multiracial election. Mandela published his autobiography Long Walk to Freedom and opened negotiations with President F.W. de Klerk to abolish apartheid and establish multiracial elections in 1994.

Q8. Name the official 2014 FIFA World Cup match ball which was unveiled on 3 December 2013 by manufacturers Adidas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil?

Ans. Brazuka

Q9. Who won the LG International Cricket Council (ICC) People’s Choice Award for the year 2013 on 3 December 2013?

Ans. Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Note: Dhoni also became the second Indian cricketer after SachinTendulkar to get this award.

Q10. Name the Services for speedy delivery of parcels launched by Department of Posts, Under  Union Ministry of Communications & IT, on 2 December 2013 across the country?

Ans. Express Parcel service and Business Parcel Services

Q11. Name the US actor best known for his role playing Brian O'Conner in the 'Fast & Furious' film series , who died in a car accident in Southern California on 30 November 2013?

Ans. Paul Walker

Q12. Name the Indian shuttler who on 1 December 2013 won the Women's Singles trophy at the Macau Open Grand Prix Gold Badminton Tournament?

Ans. PV Sindhu

Note: In the title clash, Sindhu, defeated seventh seed Li Michelle of Canada in straight games, 21-15, 21-12.

Q13. India’s Mars Orbiter Spacecraft was successfully placed in Mars transfer trajectory on ........ December 2013 by ISRO scientists?

Ans. 1 December 2013

Q14. Which film bagged Golden Peacock award for Best Film at the 44th International Film Festival of India at Panaji, Goa on 30 November 2013?

Ans. East Timor film ‘Beatriz’s War’

Q15. Which state on 30 November 2013 introduced for the first time in the country PVC Electoral Photo Identity Card (PVC EPIC) as mandated by the Election Commission of India?Visit>>www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. Tripura

Q16. World AIDS Day was observed on 1 December 2013 across the globe to raise awareness about the HIV/ AIDS. What was the theme for the day in 2013?

Ans. Getting to Zero

Q17. Armed Forces Flag Day was observed across India on .......... December 2013 to remember the sacrifices made by gallant servicemen of India in defending the integrity of our borders and to salute the martyrs, honour the brave and express solidarity and support towards welfare of widows, children, disabled and sick ex-servicemen?

Ans. 7 December

Q18. Which state assembly on 4 December 2013 passed the Essential Services Maintenance (ESMA) Bill 2013?

Ans. Karnataka

Note: According to the new bill, striking work will be a non-bailable offence and police can arrest a striking employee without warrant. The Bill, popularly known as ESMA, is to put an end to employees working in water, power, health, transport and service sectors going on strikes, inconveniencing people.

Q19. Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act 2013 came into force on 6 December 2013 across India except in which state?

Ans. Jammu and Kashmir

Note: Law prohibits the employment of manual scavengers, the manual cleaning of sewers and septic tanks without protective equipment and the construction of insanitary latrines.

Q20. India was ranked ..........th out of 177 countries on Global Corruption Perception Index 2013, which was released by Transparency International on 3 December 2013?

Ans. 94th

Note: Corruption Perceptions Index 2013, Denmark and New Zealand tied for first place with scores of 91. Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia this year make up the worst performers, scoring just 8 points each.

Q21. Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh on 3 December 2013 dedicated which company's 1000 km Dabhol-Bangalore natural gas pipeline to the Nation?

Ans. GAIL India Ltd

Q22. International Day of People with Disability was observed across the world on 3 December 2013. This is the 21st anniversary of International Day of People with Disability. What was the theme for the day 2013?

Ans. Break Barriers, Open Doors: for an inclusive society and development for all.

Q23. Name the surface to surface ballistic missile which was successfully test fired by India on 3 December 2013 from Chandipur in the Balesore district of Odisha?

Ans. Prithvi-ll

Q24. President of India Pranab Mukharjee on 1 December 2013 inaugurated the Nagaland's traditional .................Festival in Nagaland?

Ans. Hornbill Festival

Q25. India cricket team has retained its top position in the latest ICC ODI rankings and ........ position in the Test cricket rankings released by ICC on 1 December 2013?

Ans. Second

Q26. Who has recently resigned as Vice President of Sudan?

Ans. Ali Osman Taha

Q27. International Civil Aviation Day was observed on ............ December 2013 to highlight the importance of civil aviation for social and economic development around the world?Visit>>www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. 7 December

Q28. Who was re-appointed as the OPCW Director General at the 18th Session of the Conference of State Parties on 4 December 2013?

Ans. Ahmet Uzumcu

Q29. 8th Asia Gas Partnership Summit (AGPS) was held from 3 to 4 December 2013 at?

Ans. New Delhi, India

Q30. International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development was observed across the world on 5 December 2013. What was the theme for the year 2013?

Ans. YOUNG.GLOBAL.ACTIVE

Q31. ............... scientists recently developed a novel new Malaria Vaccine which can protect against the deadly mosquito-borne disease?

Ans. Oxford

Q32. Which state government on 3 December 2013 approved a new surrender and rehabilitation policy for Maoists in the state?

Ans. Bihar

Q33. India's Current Account Deficit narrowed sharply to ........ billion dollars in the July-September quarter of 2013-14 on the back of turnaround in exports and decline in gold imports as announced in December 2013?

Ans.  5.2

Q34. Name the Indian Golfer who on 1 December 2013 won the 2013 edition of the Indonesia open at Jakarta?Visit>>www.currentaffairs4examz.com

Ans. Gaganjeet Bhullar

Q35. Which project has won the 2013 eASIA Award under Trade Facilitation category?

Ans. e-BRC project of Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Q36. Which country on 2 December 2013 successfully sent an unmanned lunar probe with a robotic rover to soft land on the Moon, and to explore moon’s surface?

Ans. China

Q37. International Day for Abolition of Slavery was observed on ............. December 2013 across the world to create awareness about the prevention of human trafficking and the exploitation of human being?

Ans. 2 December

Q38. Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd on 27 November 2013 appointed whom as the chairman of MCX’s board?

Ans. Satyananda Mishra

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