Tuesday, October 15, 2013

ONE LINER IN CURRENT AFFAIRS - 1

1. Which Baltic nation has been given permission by the European Union for adopting Euro as its currency?
Answer: Latvia. The country will replace its currency the lat, with the euro on 1 January 2014.

2. The Indian Grandmaster who won the Commonwealth Chess Championship?
Answer: Abhijeet Gupta

3. Who was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Jharkhand?
Answer: Hemant Soren

4. Who is selected for the Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony 2013?
Answer: Zubin Mehta

5. Who is appointed as the new coach of the Indian’s Men’s Hockey Team?
Answer: Maharaj Krishan Kaushik

6. Jeane Claude Juncker, who resigned recently, was the Prime Minister of …………….?
Answer: Luxembourg

7. The Swiss made solar powered air craft which has been in the news for completing a successful trip across the United States?
Answer: Solar Impulse

8. World Population Day was observed on ………….?
Answer: July 11

9. The Typhoon that caused widespread damage in Taiwan and East China in July, was named …………?
Answer: Soulik

10. Where will be the cartoon museum set up by Kerala Lalitakala Academy in honour of cartoonist R. Sankar inaugurated?
Answer: Kayamkulam

11. The recently released book ‘An uncertain Glory: India and its Contradictions’ is jointly written by ………. and ………… ?
Answer: Amartya Sen and Jean Dreze

12. What is the name given to the largest virus ever seen on the earth, recently discovered by scientists?
Answer: Pandoravirus

13. Which Indian tennis pair clinched their first ever ATP tournament by winning the doubles title in the 2013 Claro Open, held in Bogota, Colombia?
Answer: Purav Raja and Diviji Sharan

14. Pi Approximation Day was celebrated worldwide on ………..?
Answer: 22 July
The Mathematical symbol ‘Pi’ represents the mathematical equivalent 22/7, which is similar to the date 22nd July.

15. Nelson Mandela International Day was observed on …………..?
Answer: July 18

16. Which Indian won Gold in the Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Medellin, Colombia?
Answer: Deepika Kumari

17. Which central Government agency has collaborated with the Tata Motors in developing India’s first Hydrogen powered bus?
Answer: ISRO

18. The political party launched by Julian Assange to contest in the Australian elections this year?
Answer: WikiLeaks Party

19. Which Afghan woman won the 2013 Magsaysay Award?
Answer: Habiba Sarabi. She is the first and only woman governor in Afghansitan.

20. Who has been elected as the new President of Pakistan?
Answer: Mamnoon Hussain
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1. Which is the first Indian state to introduce e-GPF facility?
Answer: Arunachal Pradesh

2. Recently three astronauts reached International Space Station in six hours from Earth. Which spaceship is used by them?
Answer: Suyuz- TMA

3. Recently, the High Court of which state in India had given a verdict that all new vehicles registered in the state should run on Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)?
Answer: Gujarat

4. In recent times, BYOD has been making waves in the business world, with a large number of companies opening up to the concept to enhance business productivity. BYOD stands for?
Answer: Bring Your Own Device

5. Who won the high quality final match of the 12th Asian Billiards Championship 2013?
Answer: Rupesh Shah

6. Recently, which National Park was chosen for unmanned aerial survey, which is first of its kind in India?
Answer: Kaziranga National park

7. As per the provisional data released by the Central Statistical Organization (CSO), for 2012-13, which state leads all states in India with respect to economic growth?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh

8. Which is the innovative exhibition on rail, launched by Ministry of Environment for to create awareness in youth about the exceptional biodiversity of India?
Answer: Science Express Biodiversity Special (SEBS) Train

9. Which country was making news recently as it’s privately owned newspapers go on sale for the first time since 1964?
Answer: Myanmar

10. Who has been recently appointed as the new chief of NASSCOM?
Answer: Krishnakumar Natarajan

11. Who was awarded Pandit Hridaynath Lifetime Achievement award recently?
Answer: Asha Bhonsle

12. Manik Sarkar has become the Chief Minister of which state for the fourth consecutive time recently?
Answer: Tripura

13. Who has become Kenya’s fourth President?
Answer: Uhuru Kenyatta

14. Which state in India will host the World Chess Championship from November 6 to 26 in 2013?
Answer: Tamil Nadu

15. The code name given to the electronic surveillance program operated by the United States which is said to have had direct access to the communications passed through Google, Facebook, Apple and many other internet companies?
Answer: PRISM

16. According to the data released by the World Steel Association, India is ranked ………….. in the world steel production?
Answer: Fourth. The world No.1 producer is China.

17. World Ocean Day was celebrated on …………?
Answer: June 8

18. Who has registered a record 8th win in the Men’s Singles title in the French Open Tennis Tournament?
Answer: Rafael Nadal (Spain), with this win he has become the only male player to win any Grand Slam tournament eight times, and the first man to win at least one grand slam tournament for nine consecutive years.

19. Who won the Women’s Singles in the French Open Tennis Tournament?
Answer: Serena Williams (US). This is her 16th Grand Slam title.

20. Who is appointed as the new Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan?
Answer: TCA Raghavan

21. The founder of the famous Sulabh Project, who has been presented with the French award, ‘Legend of Planet’?
Answer: Bindeshwar Pathak
Sulabh International is a social service organization which works mainly in the field of sanitation to improve public health.

22. Infinity Tower, the World’s tallest twisted tower (306 meter) was inaugurated in:
Answer: Dubai

23. The young Indian shuttler who won the Thailand Open Grand Prix Badminton Trophy?
Answer: K. Srikanth

24. The multi agency body to be established by the Government of India to carry out real-time assessment of cyber security threats?
Answer: National Cyber Coordination Centre (NCCC)

25. A newly discovered layer of the Human cornea?
Answer: Dua’s Layer

26. World Blood Donor Day was observed on:
Answer: June 14

27. Which country launched ‘Shenzhou 10’, their fifth manned space mission?
Answer: China

28. The 160 year old communication service recently discontinued by the Government of India?
Answer: Telegram. It stopped working on July 14, 2013.

29. Where was this year’s G-8 summit held?
Answer: Lough Erne, Northern Ireland in United Kingdom

30. Who has been selected as the captain of the India Under-19 Cricket team?
Answer: Vijay Zol, Sanju Samson, the wicket keeper from Kerala is the Vice Captain of the team.
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Download the Current Affairs June 2013 Questions and answers in PDF file from the Link at the Bottom.


1. Who clinched this year’s Indian Premier League Cricket Trophy?
Answer: Mumbai Indians

2. Who tops the list of the world’s most powerful women, released by Forbes Magazine recently?
Answer: Angela Merkel, she has been the Chancellor of Germany since 2005.

3. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Navigation Centre was set up at:
Answer: Byalalu, about 40km from Bangalore
The ISRO Navigation Centre will be the nerve centre of India’s forthcoming Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS). The IRNSS will consist of a constellation of seven satellites. The first satellite, R1A launched on June 12.

4. The Muttathu Varkey literary award was presented to:
Answer: C.V Balakrishnan

5. Thakazhi Cherukatha Puraskaram was awarded to .........?
Answer: Rehman Kidangayath

6. Who received this year’s Man Asian Literary Prize?
Answer: Tan Twan Eng. He got the award for his novel ‘The Garden of Evening Mists’.

7. How many languages in India have been conferred classical statuses so far?
Answer: Five (Sanskrit, Tamil, Kannada, Telugu and Malayalam)

8. The Japanese historian and writer who was awarded Padmashree this year?
Answer: Noboru Karashimna

9. Which Keralite was appointed as Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court?
Answer: Justice Pius C Kuriakose

10. Who received this year’s Swathithirunal Sangeetha Award?
Answer: V Dakshinamoorthy

11. M.R Venkatesh became India’s 28th Chess Grand Master in July 2012. He belongs to which state?
Answer: Tamil Nadu

12. Who won the 2012 Laureus Sportsman of the year Award?
Answer: Novak Djokovic

13. What is the name given to India’s mission to Mars in November 20, 2013?
Answer: Mars Orbiter Mission

14. 7th G-20 Summit was held in which country?
Answer: Mexico

15. The current winners of the UEFA Champions League.
Answer: Bayern Munich

16. The award winning and internationally known Bengali Film director who passed away on May 30?
Answer: Rithuparno Ghosh

17. ......... in India has been declared by UNESCO as a world biosphere reserve under its ‘Man and the Biosphere’ (MAB) Programme?
Answer: Nicobar Islands

18. The eminent Malayalam grammarian, poet, linguist and translator whose 150th birth anniversary was celebrated this year:
Answer: A.R Rajaraja Varma

19. N.R Narayana Murthy has again taken over as the Executive chairman of which major IT company?
Answer: Infosys

20. As per the new rule of the Telecom Regulatory Authority, advertisements shown on TV channels are restricted to ......... minutes for one hour programming.
Answer: 12 minutes. The rule will come into effect on October 1 2013.
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