Current Affairs 2013

1. Who has been chosen for the 2013 Abel Prize in Mathematics? (It is given by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters) 1) Pierre Deligne (Belgium) 2) Jean-Pierre Serre (France) 3) Lennart Carleson (Sweden) 4) John Milnor (USA) 5) None of these 2. Who has been elected as the President of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2013-14? (He succeeds Adi Godrej) 1) Cyrus Mistry 2) S.Gopalakrishnan 3) Ratan Tata 4) Sumit Mazumdar 5) N.Chandrasekaran 3. With effect from April 1, 2013 Chitra Ramakrishna took over as the Managing Director and CEO of? 1) SEBI 2) BSE 3) NSE 4) Axis Bank 5) Yes Bank 4. The Government appointed S.C.Sinha as National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) member in April 2013. He is the Chief of? 1) CBI 2) IB 3) RAW 4) NIA 5) None of these 5. Who won the 2013 Pritzker Prize for Architecture? 1) Wang Shu (China) 2) Tadao Ando (Japan) 3) Fumihiko Maki (Japan) 4) Toyo Ito (Japan)

5) Jean Nouvel (France) 6. India and which of the following countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on bilateral air services arrangement on April 2, 2013? 1) Singapore 2) China 3) Japan 4) USA 5) Philippines 7. Raymond Lane resigned as the Chairman of which of the follo-wing companies in April 2013? 1) Dell 2) Microsoft 3) Oracle 4) Hewlett-Packard 5) Google 8. Rory McIlroy won the DP World Tour Golf Championship in Dubai in November 2012. He belongs to? 1) Scotland 2) Denmark 3) Northern Ireland 4) Norway 5) Sweden 9. Who was named WTA Tour Player of the Year for the fourth time on November 29, 2012? 1) Victoria Azarenka 2) Maria Sharapova 3) Serena Williams 4) Caroline Wozniacki 10. Who has been appointed as the Director General of the National Security Guard (NSG)? 1) Arun Chaudhary 2) Ashutosh Shukla 3) Arvind Ranjan 4) None of these 11. Subhash Joshi has been appointed as Director General of? 1) BSF 2) ITBP 3) CISF 4) CRPF 5) None of these 12. Django Sissoko has been the Prime Minister of which of the following countries since December 2012? 1) Namibia 2) Mali 3) Algeria 4) Mauritania 5) Uganda

13. Borut Pahor assumed office as the President of which of the following countries on December 22, 2012? 1) Slovakia 2) Romania 3) Slovenia 4) Czech Republic 5) Macedonia 14. Who was/were appointed as the new national icons of Election Commission of India to enhance voters' participation in elections? 1) Saina Nehwal 2) Mary Kom 3) Deepika Kumari 4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3 15. 'Anhe Ghorhey Da Daan' bagged the Golden Peacock for best film at the 43rd Inter-national Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Panaji, Goa in December 2012. It is made in which of the following languages? 1) Marathi 2) Punjabi 3) Bengali 4) Hindi 5) None of these 16. Who was bestowed with the Medal of Honor by the Prince of Morocco at the 12th Marrakech International Film Festival in December 2012? 1) Shah Rukh Khan 2) Sri Devi 3) Hrithik Roshan 4) Amitabh Bachchan 17. Sitar maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar passed away on December 11, 2012 in San Diego, USA at the age of 92. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna in? 1) 2001 2) 1999 3) 2008 4) 1987 5) 1990 18. Who was ranked 12th on the Forbes list of 'The World's Most Powerful People' released on December 6, 2012? 1) Manmohan Singh 2) Mukesh Ambani 3) Sonia Gandhi

4) Lakshmi Nivas Mittal 5) None of these 19. Which of the following is the name of the legislation that provides employment to the poor in villages? 1) POTA 2) FEMA 3) MGNREGA 4) COFEPOSA 5) None of these 20. Which of the following organizations/banks has done an excellent work in the field of micro finance and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006? 1) NABARD 2) CRY 3) CARE 4) Prathama Grameen Bank 5) Grameen Bank of Bangladesh 21. Which of the following is not a member of Asian Clearing Union (ACU)? 1) India 2) Bangladesh 3) Nepal 4) Pakistan 5) Indonesia 22. 'Areva' in France is associated with which of the following fields/areas? 1) Airbus industries 2) Pharmaceuticals 3) Textiles 4) Nuclear power

23. The objective of Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) is to provide basic health cover to? 1) Rural poor 2) Urban poor 3) Senior citizens 4) People living below poverty line 5) None of these

24. Which of the following terms is used in the field of finance and banking? 1) Refraction 2) Gauge pressure 3) Adjustment credit 4) Absolute zero 5) Quantum number 25. Investor Protection Fund was established by? 1) RBI 2) SBI 3) SIDBI 4) BSE 5) Ministry of Finance

26. Which of the following schemes is related exclusively to Financial Inclusion? 1) SGSY 2) Swavalamban 3) Swabhiman 4) Bharat Nirman 5) Aajeevika 27. On which of the following issues can SEBI penalize any company in India? 1) Violation of Banking Regulation Act 2) Violation of foreign portfolio investment guidelines 3) Violation of Negotiable Instruments Act 4) Both 1 and 2 5) All 1, 2 and 3 28. What is a teaser loan rate? 1) Fixed rate of interest charged by banks 2) Floating rate of interest charged by banks 3) Rate of interest in the initial period is less and goes up subsequently 4) Rate of interest in the initial period is more and it goes down subsequently 5) None of these 29. Pranab Sen Committee is related to? 1) Inflation 2) Slums 3) Food security 4) MGNREGA 5) None of these 30. Which of the following cups is associated with the game of badminton? 1) Aga Khan Cup 2) Davis Cup 3) Fed Cup 4) Uber Cup 5) Merdeka Cup 31. Which of the following terms is used in the banking field? 1) Convolution 2) De phasing

3) Rotation matrix 4) Atomic number 5) None of these 32. Millennium Development Goals are issued by? 1) Planning Commission 2) World Bank 3) UNO 4) IMF 33. "Economic Nightmare of India: Its Cause and Cure" was written by? 1) Charan Singh 2) Morarji Desai 3) Indira Gandhi 4) I.K.Gujral 34. Which of the following is an economic term? 1) Lampoon 2) Zero Hour 3) Plaintiff 4) Deflation 5) Bunker Blaster

35. What is the full form of the term LIBOR? 1) Local Indian Bank Offered Rate 2) London Inter Bank Offered Rate 3) Liberal International Bank Official Ratio 4) London-India Bureau of Regulations 5)None of these 36. Patratu Thermal Power Plant is in? 1) Bihar 2) Jharkhand 3) West Bengal 4)Madhya Pradesh 5) Chhattisgarh 37. Which of the following expanded terms is not correct? 1) ALM:Asset Liability Management 2) CCEA:Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs 3) FSDC:Financial Stability and Development Council 4) GSLV:Geo synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle 5) GNP: Gross Net Product

38. 'Goodbye Shahzadi' is written by Shyam Bhatia. It is the biography of? 1) Sheikh Hasina 2) Benazir Bhutto 3) Khaleda Zia 4) Heena Rabbani Khan