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FIRST WEEKFIRST WEEKFIRST WEEKFIRST WEEK

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?

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?

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?

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?

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

SECOND WEEKSECOND WEEKSECOND WEEKSECOND WEEK

Q1. Who was crowned with the pageant of Miss Earth 2013 at the Versailles Palace,

Philippines on 7 December 2013?

Ans. Miss Venezuela Alyz Henrich

Q2. Which Indian cricketer on 13 December 2013 bagged the Emerging Cricketer of the

Year trophy at the ICC Annual awards announced in Dubai?

Ans. Cheteshwar Pujara

Q3. Who won LG People's Choice Award at the ICC Annual awards announced

recently?

Ans. Mahendra Singh

Q4. Who won Sir Garfield Sobers trophy for ICC Cricketer of the Year 2013 at the ICC

Annual awards announced in Dubai recently?

Ans. Michael Clarke

Note: full list of winners is:

>> ICC Cricketer of the Year (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy) — Michael Clarke

(Australia)

>> ICC Test Cricketer of the Year — Michael Clarke (Australia)

>> ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year — Suzie Bates (New Zealand)

>> ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year — Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

>> ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year — Cheteshwar Pujara (India)

>> ICC Associate and Affiliate Cricketer of the Year — Kevin O’Brien (Ireland)

>> ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year — Umar Gul (Pakistan)

>> ICC T20I Women’s Cricketer of the Year — Sarah Taylor (England)

>> ICC Spirit of Cricket Award — Mahela Jayawardena (Sri Lanka)

>> ICC Umpire of the Year (winning the David Shepherd Trophy) — Richard

Kettleborough

>> LG People’s Choice — MS Dhoni



Q5. Which national party on 8 December 2013 won the state assembly election in

Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh?

Ans. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Q6. Which party with winning over 28 of the 70 seats in the Delhi Assembly elections on

8 December 2013 met the eligibility criteria of Election Commssion to become a State

Party?

Ans. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)

Q7. Which company replaced Sahara India as the new Official Sponsor of Indian cricket

team on 9 December 2013?

Ans. Star India

Q8. Which party emerged as the winner in the Mizoram Assembly election by winning

33 seats in the 40 member house?

Ans. Indian National Congress

Q9. Which country retained the World Kabaddi Cup for fourth consecutive time

defeating Pakistan, 48-39 in the final played at Guru Nanak Dev Stadium in Ludhiana,

Punjab?

Ans. India

Q10. Which Indian actor won the best actor award for his brilliant performance in his

film The Lunchbox at the 10th edition of Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF)?

Ans. Irrfan Khan

Note: Ritesh Batra, the Writer-Director of the film The Lunchbox, got a special

mention for screenplay for the film in the same category. Dubai International Film

Festival was held from 6 December to 14 December 2013. The jury at the DIFF was

headed by renowned filmmaker Shekhar Kapur.

Q11. Who was appointed President and CEO of Wal-Mart India as announced by the

US retail giant Wal-Mart on 13 December 2013?



Ans. Krishna Iyer

Q12. Who was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh on 14 December 2013?

Ans. Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Note: Governor of Madhya Pradesh, Ram Naresh Yadav administered the oath of

office and secrecy to him in Jamboori Maidan of Bhopal. He has sworn in as the

Chief Minister for the third consecutive time. After Narendra Modi and Raman

Singh, he became the third person to become a state’s Chief Minister in a row from

BJP.

Q13. Who has sworn in as the Chief Minister of Mizoram for the second successive term

on 14 December 2013?

Ans. Lal Thanhawla

Note: Governor of Mizoram, Vakkom B. Purushothaman administered the oath of

office and secrecy to Lal Thanhawla and his Cabinet colleagues at Raj Bhavan in

Aizawl.

Q14. Who has sworn in as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan on 13 December 2013?

Ans. Vasundhara Raje

Note: Vasundhara Raje was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor

Margaret Alva during a grand swearing-in ceremony inside the Assembly building

premises in Jaipur.

Q15. Who was designated as the Vice Chief of Army Staff (VCoAS) on 12 December

2013?

Ans. Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh Suhag

Note: He will take over from Lieutenant General SK Singh as the Vice Chief of Army

Staff retires on 31 December 2013.

Q16. India on 12 December 2013 won the women's Kabaddi World Cup championship

for the third time in a row. Which country India defeated in the final?

Ans. New Zealand

Note: India defeated New Zealand 49-21 in the summit clash in Jalandhar, Punjab.



Q17. Name the Olympic medal-winning boxer M C Kom’s autobiography unveiled by

the Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan on 9 December 2013?

Ans. Unbreakable

Q18. Who has sworn in as Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh for the third consecutive term

on 12 December 2013?

Ans. Raman Singh

Note: Raman Singh was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor

Shekhar Dutt during a grand swearing-in ceremony in Raipur-the state capital of

Chhattisgarh.

Q19. Name the former captain of Pakistan cricket team who was inducted into the ICC

Cricket’s Hall of Fame on 11 December 2013?

Ans. Waqar Younis

Q20. Who was named as the Person of the Year 2013 by Time Magazine recently?

Ans. Pope Francis

Note: He was named the Person of the Year for changing the perception of the

Catholic Church within nine months. As per Time magazine, Pope’s dedication to

humility and his fight against poverty placed him at the top position of the year.

Edward Snowden the person who leaked the secret documents about NSA

surveillance activities was selected at the second position in the list.

Q21. Name the senior most judge of Supreme Court of India who retired on 11

December 2013?

Ans. Justice GS Singhvi

Q22. Supreme Court of India on 11 December 2013 upheld the constitutional validity of

which section of the Indian Penal Code making gay sex an offence punishable with upto

life imprisonment?

Ans. Section 377



Q23. On 10 December 2013 Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, owned by Mukesh Ambani,

signed a telecom infrastructure-sharing accord with which other Indian telecom giant?

Ans. Bharti Airtel

Q24. Which country became the first country in the world to legalise marijuana (Drug)

for recreational use with the state taking control of the trade on 10 December 2013?

Ans. Uruguay

Q25. Who won the Economic Times Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 for his role in

creating India's third-largest software exporter and also for the impressive scale of his

philanthropy?

Ans. Azim Premji, Wipro Chairman

Q26. Who was appointed as the Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo India on 10 December

2013?

Ans. D Shivakumar

Note: The post was lying vacant since Manu Anand quit the US food and beverage

maker PepsiCo India in June 2013 to join foods company Cadbury Kraft.

Q27. Human Rights Day was observed across the world on 10 December 2013 to bring

to light the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. What is the theme for the day in

2013?

Ans. 20 Years Working for Your Rights

Q28. Which state emerged as the champion state in the 29th Junior National Athletics

Championships which concluded on 7 December 2013?

Ans. Kerala

Note: Championship was held at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.

Q29. International Anti-Corruption Day is 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 for the day 2013?

Ans. Act against Corruption Today



Q30. Name the Chief Minister of Delhi who resigned from her post on 8 December 2013

after Congress party faced a defeat in the Delhi Assembly polls?

Ans. Sheila Dikshit

Q31. Which country retained its top position in the latest ICC ODI rankings released on

12 December 2013?

Ans. India

Q32. Which state Legislative Assembly on 13 December 2013 passed the much-awaited

Anti-Superstition Bill which seeks to curb black magic and other inhuman practices

arising out of superstition?

Ans. Maharashtra

Q33. Name the Islamist leader of Bangladesh who was executed on 12 December 2013

for genocides done during the Bangladesh’s 1971 liberation war with Pakistan?

Ans. Abdul Kader Mullah

Note: His execution was done at the Dhaka Central Jail.

Q34. Which foreign bank has been granted the license to start its banking operations in

India on 12 December 2013?

Ans. Doha Bank

Q35. International Olympics Committee (IOC) cleared the Indian athletes to participate

in the 2014 Winter Olympics on 11 December 2013. Where will the Winter Olympics

2014 be held?

Ans. Sochi in Russia

Q36. South Africa on 11 December 2013 won the three one day match cricket series 2-0

against India. Who was adjudged the Man of the Match?

Ans. Quinton de Kock



Q37. Name the retired Justice who took oath as the Lokayukta of Gujarat State on 11

December 2013?

Ans. Justice D.P. Buch

Q38. Name the last King of the erstwhile Mysore royal family who passed away in

Bangalore on 10 December 2013 due to heart attack?

Ans. Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar

Q39. 27th edition of South East Asian Games are kicked off in Naypyitaw, the new state

capital of which country on 11 December 2013?

Ans. Myanmar

Q40. Name the former Foreign Secretary of India who on 9 December 2013 took over as

the India's High Commissioner to the UK?

Ans. Ranjan Mathai

Q41. Which Indian won the bronze at the IBSF World Snooker Championship held at

Daugvapils, Latvia?

Ans. Chitra Magimairajan

Q42. Name the first lunar rover of China, which was carried by an unmanned remotely

piloted spacecraft Chang'e-3 and was deployed successfully on moon on 14 December

2013?

Ans. Jade Rabbit (called Yutu in Chinese)

Q43. First Trajectory Correction Manoeuvre (TCM) of Spacecraft of India's maiden

interplanetary mission to Mars was carried out successfully at 06:30 hrs (IST) on 11

December 2013. What is the expected date that the spacecraft will reach to the Martian

orbit?

Ans. 24 September 2014

Q44. Antarctica hits coldest Temperature ever recorded on Earth of ........... recently?

Ans. 94.7C



Q45. British-based Sahara Force India on 12 December 2013 signed ................ as race

driver for the team in 2014 and beyond?

Ans. Sergio Perez

Q46. Union Cabinet on 13 December 2013 approved the revision of the Code of Conduct

for Ministers in the Government of India as well as the State Governments. The Code of

Conduct will now include the proposed paragraph to Section 2, which reads ..................?

Ans. Section 2-After taking office, and so long as he/he remains in office, the

Minister shall :- (f) Uphold the political impartiality of the civil services and not ask

the civil servants to act in any way, which would conflict with the duties and

responsibilities of the civil servants.”

Q47. Union Cabinet on 12 December 2013 approved the Rights of Persons with

Disabilities Bill, 2011. Bill is based on the recommendations of which Committee

appointed in 2010 by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment?

Ans. Sudha Kaul Committee

Note: Bill is a comprehensive measure that covers a whole spectrum of problems

from physical disabilities to mental illness and multiple disabilities. It will replace

the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunity Protection of Rights and Full

Participation) Act of 1995.

Q48. Name the former footballer of India who died on on 14 December 2013 at a

hospital in Guwahati, Assam after a prolonged illness?

Ans. Babul Phukan

Q49. Scientists and experts of which country have successfully launched a research

rocket that took the second monkey of that country into the space on 14 December 2013?

Ans. Iran

Q50. At the 57th National Shooting Championship being held at ................ on 14

December 2013, Malaika Goel of Punjab and Prakash Nanjappa of Karnataka won Gold

in their respective categories?

Ans. Tughlakabad



THIRD WEEKTHIRD WEEKTHIRD WEEKTHIRD WEEK

Q1. Who has resigned as the minister of state for environment and forest from the

Council of Ministers (COM) on 21 December 2013?

Ans. Jayanthi Natarajan

Note: Jayanthi Natarajan expected to return to party work which is relating to

manifesto and other election matters of the Congress Party.

Q2. Who was appointed as the first woman managing director of the Life Insurance

Corporation of India (LIC) by the Government on 21 December 2013?

Ans. Usha Sangwan

Note: She is the first woman director of LIC in its near six decades of existence. With

this appointment, LIC is set to function at its full strength of four MDs after almost

two years. These would be S B Mainak, Sushobhan Sarkar, Sangwan and V K Sharma.

Q3. Which bank on 19 December 2013 announced that it has received a license from the

Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System to open a branch in New York?

Ans. Canara Bank

Q4. Name the indigenously developed multi-barrel rocket launcher (MBRL)

successfully test-fired by India on 19 December 2013?

Ans. Pinaka

Q5. India’s deputy consul in New York, Devyani Khobragade was transferred to India’s

Permanent Mission in ............... in New York on 18 December 2013 to boost her

diplomatic immunity?

Ans. United Nations

Note: Devyani, the IFS officer was transferred from the post of the deputy consul-

general in New York after she was charged with criminal offences by US.

Q6. Which former captain of Indian Cricket Team was on 18 December 2013 selected for

the BCCI’s prestigious Col. CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award for the year 2013?

Ans. Kapil Dev



Note: Col. CK Nayudu or Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu was the first captain of Indian

Cricket Team in Test Matches, and he played the first class cricket for India till 1958.

Q7. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its mid-quarter Monetary Policy Review, announced

on 18 December 2013, has kept the policy rate (repo rate) unchanged at ........?

Ans. 7.75%

Q8. South India’s first high altitude cricket stadium was inaugurated on 17 December

2013 at Krishnagiri in Waynad district of which state?

Ans. Kerala

Note: The stadium was inaugurated by Kerala Governor Nikhil Kumar.

Q9. Who was on 17 December 2013 elected as the German Chancellor for third term by

the German Parliament- Bundestag?

Ans. Angela Merkel

Note: Angela Merkel's conservative Union bloc - the Christian Democratic Union

(CDU) had secured a stunning hat-trick win in the 22 September 2013 elections but

failed to grab an outright majority, forcing them to enter into coalition with the rival

Social Democrats (SPD).

Q10. Name the West Indies offspinner who was suspended on 16 December 2013 by

International Cricket Council (ICC), from bowling in international cricket after his

action was found illegal?

Ans. Shane Shillingford

Q11. Name the book launched by Mumbai University on 16 December 2013 to mark a

year since the brutal gangrape of a Delhi paramedic student?

Ans. Nirbhaya: Ek Atmachintan

Q12. Which day was observed on 16 December 2013 across the Nation to celebrate the

India’s military victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war?

Ans. Vijay Diwas



Q13. Who has been appointed by Union Government on 13 December 2013 as the

Chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) for

a period of five years?

Ans. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala

Note: Prior to this appointment, Bhanwala was an Executive Director at India

Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL), a state-owned infrastructure lender.

Bhanwala succeeds Prakash Bakshi, who retired as NABARD Chairman in September

2013.

Q14. Name the nationwide programme organized by BJP on 15 December 2013, to drum

up support for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's Statue of Unity project on the

63rd death anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel?

Ans. Run for Unity

Q15. Who won the Men's Delhi Half Marathon (21.097 km) by creating a new race

record on 15 December 2013?

Ans. Ethiopian runner Atsedu Tsegay

Q16. Which team on 15 December 2013 lifted the Men's Junior Hockey World Cup for a

record sixth time?

Ans. Germany

Note: In the title clash at New Delhi, defending champions Germany defeated France, 5-

2 to retain the title.

Q17. India defeated which country by 48-39 in the Kabaddi World Cup in the final

played at Guru Nanak Dev Stadium in Ludhiana, Punjab on 14 December 2013

retaining the title for fourth consecutive time?

Ans. Pakistan

Q18. Name the Union Labour Minister who passed away on 15 December 2013 after a

prolonged illness in Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon, Haryana?

Ans. Sis Ram Ola



Q19. Who was on 13 December 2013 appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director

of Andhra Bank?

Ans. CVR Rajendran

Q20. Which government was on 20 December 2013 felicitated by United Nations for

effectively handling the Cyclone Phalin in October 2013?

Ans. Odisha

Q21. Environment Ministry issued a fresh order, following the in principle acceptance

of the .............. committee report on 20 December 2013 and withdrawn 16 November

2013 notification relating to protection of Western Ghats?

Ans. Ksatrurirangan

Q22. Election Commission recognized which party as a state party and reserved symbol

of broom in Delhi on 19 December 2013?

Ans. Aam Aadmi Party

Q23. Shivraj Singh Chouhan on 20 December 2013 resigned from the Vidisha assembly

seat and retained the Budhni seat. He is the Chief Minister of which Indian State?

Ans. Madhya Pradesh

Note: He was elected from Budhni and Vidisha assembly segments in the recently

concluded state assembly elections.

Q24. Cheteshwar Pujara slipped to seventh position in the batting list of the test matches

that was released by ICC on 19 December 2013. Who topped the list?

Ans. A.B. de Villiers

Q25. Europe launched which satellite regarded as one of its most ambitious space

missions in the history on a Soyuz rocket from Europe's Spaceport from the Kourou in

French Guiana on 19 December 2013?

Ans. Gaia satellite



Note: It will map the precise positions and distances to more than a billion stars and is

expected to give the first realistic picture of how the Milky Galaxy has been

constructed.

Q26. Name the person who took part in the Great Train Robbery in Britain in 1963 died

at the Carlton Court Care Home in East Barnet, north London on 18 December 2013 due

to multiple strokes?

Ans. Ronnie Biggs

Note: The Great Train Robbery was called the Crime of the Century. The gang, of which

Biggs was a part, escaped with 2.6 million pound (equivalent to 40 million pounds

today) from the Glasgow to London mail train on 8 August 1963.

Q27. Which country won the boy’s and girl’s team titles in the Asia-Pacific junior golf

championship at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC)?

Ans. India

Note: It was India’s first ever victory in the Asia Pacific Junior Golf Championship.

Q28. Which day was observed on 18 December 2013 across the Nation to create

awareness on rights of minorities?

Ans. Minorities Rights Day

Note: The day is celebrated to protect rights of the minority communities as well as

bringing the better understanding among religious minorities in India.

Q29. Name the bill passed by the Lok Sabha on 18 December 2013 which seeks to

establish an anti-corruption watchdog that will have in its purview even the office of

Prime Minister?

Ans. Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, 2013

Note: Earlier, the Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha on 17 December 2013 after some

amendments.

Q30. Name the head of Travancore royal family who ruled south Kerala before

Independence died on 16 December 2013 due to cardiac arrest?

Ans. Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma



Q31. The Inflation in India reached 7.52 percent, the highest in 14 months since

September 2012 during the month of November 2013?

Ans. 7.52 percent

Q32. Union Cabinet on 16 December 2013 approved which bill, aimed to prevent and

tackle the communal violence in the country and punish the perpetrators of the

violence?

Ans. Prevention of Communal Violence Bill 2013

Q33. Who has won the IMET Open 2013 squash tournament held in the Slovakian

capital Bratislava on 16 December 2013?

Ans. Mahesh Mangaonkar

Q34. Who has been elected as the Chile President for a second time by a wide margin on

15 December 2013?

Ans. Michelle Bachelet

Q35. Who was approved as Prime Minister by Somalian Parliament in December 2013?

Ans. Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed

Q36. Name the country’s first telecommunication satellite launched by Bolivia on 20

December 2013?

Ans. Tupak Katari

Note: The satellite has been named upon an indigenous national hero, who fought the

18th century Spanish colonial rule.

Q37. Cabinet approved free trade agreement between India and the ASEAN on 19

December 2013. Expand ASEAN?

Ans. Association of South East Asian Nations

Q38. Who has been appointed as the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association

(SCBA) for 2013-14 recently?



Ans. P.H. Parekh

Note: Bar Council of India is a statutory body that regulates and represents the Indian

bar. It was created by Parliament under the Advocates Act, 1961.

Q39. Who was appointed as chairman and managing director (CMD) of India

Infrastructure Finance Co. Ltd (IIFCL)?

Ans. S.B. Nayar

Note: IIFCL is a state-owned firm that funds infrastructure projects.

Q40. Who has been appointed as the Secretary General of Apparel Export Promotion

Council (AEPC) in December 2013?

Ans. Puneet Kumar

Note: He is a Kerala cadre IAS officer.

Q41. Name the British businessman turned author who died on 19 December 2013 at the

age of 67 in Northumberland?

Ans. Paul Torday

Q42. Which city was ranked top in public transport among Indian cities, according to a

study of the International Association of Public Transport (UTIP) released on 16

December 2013?

Ans. Kolkata

Q43. Name the former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court who has been appointed as

Chairman of the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC)?

Ans. Darmar Murugensan

Q44. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on 17 December 2013 unveiled the first

indigenously developed thalassaemia and sickle cell anaemia testing kit. Which

Institute has developed the kit?

Ans. National Institute of Immuno Haematology (NIIH) in Mumbai

Q45. Who was awarded Itihas Ratna from Asiatic Society Bihar on 17 December 2013?



Ans. Bipan Chandra

Note: Bipan Chandra is the fourth historian to be honoured with the Itihas Ratna by

the society.

FOURTH WEEKFOURTH WEEKFOURTH WEEKFOURTH WEEK

Q1. Arvind Kejriwal, the convener of the newly launched Aam Aadmi Party sworn in as

the ......th Chief Minister of Delhi on 28 December 2013 at a function in Ramlila Maidan?

Ans. Seventh

Note: Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung administered the oath of office and secrecy to

Kejriwal. Apart from Kejriwal, six other MLAs namely Manish Sisodia, Somnath

Bharti, Saurabh Bhrdwaj, Rakhi Birla, Satyendra Kumar Jain and Girish Soni also

took oath as Cabinet Ministers.

Q2. Which High Court on 26 December 2013 banned the junk food items in plastic

packing and directed to implement the ban in the state from 26 January 2014?

Ans. Himachal Pradesh

Q3. Who was appointed as new head of NSG (National Security Guard) on 26 December

2013?

Ans. J.N.Chaudhary

Note: He will take his charge from incumbent Arvind Ranjan. He had also served in

Intelligence Bureau. He is due to retire in May 2015.

Q4. Who was appointed the full time chief of the Central Industrial Security Force

(CISF) on 26 December 2013?

Ans. Arvind Ranjan

Note: Ranjan took over his charge from January. He will take his charge from

incumbent Director General Rajiv.

Q5. Who won her sixth consecutive title at the 34th National Archery Championships at

JRD Tata Stadium of PSPB, Jamshedpur on 25 December 2013?

Ans. Deepika Kumari

Note: Deepika by winning the sixth National title consecutively has set the record of

winning the most individual titles at the national meet. Earlier it was Dola Banerjee

who won five national titles.



Q6. Name the South African cricket all-rounder who will retire from test and first class

cricket after the second Test against India in Durban as announced by him on 25

December 2013?

Ans. Jacques Kallis

Q7. Who took an additional charge of the Environment and Forests Ministry after the

exit of Jayanthi Natarajan on 24 December 2013?

Ans. M. Veerappa Moily

Q8. Name the inventor of the AK47 weapon who died at the age of 94 due to ill-health

on 23 December 2013 in Izhevsk, Udmurtia province of Russian Republic?

Ans. Mikhail Kalashnikov

Q9. Who took the charge as the President of Federation of Indian Chambers of

Commerce and Industry (FICCI) on 21 December 2013?

Ans. Sidharth Birla

Note: He is the Chairman of Xpro India Limited. Sidharth Birla succeeded the HSBC

India Country Head Naina Lal Kidwai.

Q10. Who has been appointed the new Governor of Manipur on 23 December 2013?

Ans. Vinod Kumar Duggal

Note: He was the former Home Secretary

Q11. Who won the men’s and women’s titles respectively at the 78th Senior National

Badminton Championship in Siri Fort Sports Complex at New Delhi on 23 December

2013?

Ans. Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu

Q12. Which international airport in India was awarded the Sword of Honour for safety

management in London in the second week of December 2013?

Ans. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad



Q13. Which club defeated Raja Casablanca 2-0 in the finals of the third club World Cup

2013 and became the new world champions?

Ans. Bayern Munich

Q14. First human artificial heart implantation performed in which country on 18

December 2013?

Ans. France

Q15. Name the person who developed a vaccine for the chicken pox virus who died at

the age of 85 due to heart failure on 23 December 2013 in Osaka, Japan?

Ans. Dr. Michiaki Takahashi

Note: Takahashi developed the vaccine for the chicken pox in 1972.

Q16. Who became the fourth Indian bowler to claim 300 wickets in Test Cricket by

claiming wicket of Jacques Kallis on 22 December 2013?

Ans. Zaheer Khan

Note: Other Indian bowlers to claim more than 300 wickets are Kapil Dev (434

wickets), Anil Kumble (619 wickets) and Harbhajan Singh (413 wickets).

Q17. Name the safety application that enables friends and family of Windows phone

users to track them in real time introduced by Microsoft India on 26 December 2013 in

Hyderabad?

Ans. Guardian

Q18. Name the Veteran Bollywood actor who died on 28 December 2013 due to heart

attack in Dubai?

Ans. Farooq Sheikh

Note: He was best known for roles in films like Garam Hawa (1973), Shatranj Ke

Khiladi (1977), Noorie (1979), Chashme Baddoor (1981), Umrao Jaan (1981), Bazaar

(1982) and Kissi Se Na Kehna (1983). He won 2010 National Film Award for best

supporting actor in Lahore (a sports film).



Q19. Union Cabinet on 26 December 2013 approved the pension proposal for 43000

employees of which organization, who joined the public sector company from the

Department of Telecom (DoT)?

Ans. MTNL (Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd)

Q20. Union Cabinet on 26 December 2013 approved the constitutional status to a

proposed which commission for appointment and transfer of judges to the higher

judiciary?

Ans. Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC)

Q21. Ministry of civil aviation on 26 December 2013 appointed whom as new Civil

Aviation Secretary?

Ans. Ashok Lavasa

Note: He would take his new post on 1 January 2014.He will take charge from

incumbent K.N.Srivastava.

Q22. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 26 December 2013 approved

the proposal of which bank to increase its foreign investment from 49 percent to 62

percent?

Ans. Axis Bank

Q23. Government of India in a major step to allow more autonomy to CBI placed the

agency’s which wing under the command of the CBI Director, making his word final in

investigations on 25 December 2013?

Ans. Legal Wing

Q24. Name the saving bonds launched by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 23 December

2013?

Ans. Inflation Indexed Saving Bonds



Q25. Government of India puts a way ahead to launch Cash subsidy on ......... after the

successful implementation of cash subsidy on LPG for BPL (below poverty line)

families?

Ans. Kerosene

Q26. Which bowler was declared on the No. 1 position in the latest ICC Test rankings in

bowling released on 24 December 2013?

Ans. Vernon Philander of South Africa

Q27. Which day was observed across India on 24 December 2013 with the objective of

providing better protection of consumer’s interest?

Ans. National Consumers Right Day

Q28. Who became the Indian Ambassador of US recently?

Ans. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

Note: He is the successor of Nirupama Rao and his position in Beijing will be taken by

Ashok k. kantha.

Q29. Name the nuclear capable ballistic missile which was successfully test-fired by

India on 23 December 2013?

Ans. Agni-III

Q30. Name the England spinner who announced his retirement from international and

first-class cricket midway through the Ashes Series on 22 December 2013?

Ans. Graeme Swann

Q31. Which day was observed across the country on 23 December 2013 to celebrate the

birthday of Chaudhary Charan Singh?

Ans. Kisan Diwas

Note: Chaudhary Charan Singh (23 Dec 1902 - 29 May 1987) was the fifth Prime

Minister of India. He served as the Prime Minister from 28 July 1979 to 14 January 1980.

Chaudhary Charan Singh holds the record of being the only Prime Minister of India

who did not face the Parliamentary floor for a single day after assuming the office.



Q32. Who became the youngest person to reach the summit of Aconcagua, the highest

mountain of America on 27 December 2013?

Ans. Tyler Armstrong

Note: The nine year old boy of United States climbed the mountain in the Argentine

Andes with his father and Tibetan Sherpa, Lhawang Dhondup.

Q33. Which country on 28 December 2013 adopted a resolution that eases the one child

policy of the country?

Ans. China

Note: The resolution was passed by the standing committee of the National People’s

Congress (NPC). The resolution has allowed the couples of China to have two children

if either parents is an only child.

Q34. Union Government on 24 December 2013 launched which project to make people

e-literate?

Ans. e-inclusion

Q35. High Court asked Telugu actors Mohan Babu and actor Brahmanandam to return

the Padma Awards as the recipients carried the Padma Shri as prefix in the title cards of

the movie Denikina Ready violating which article of the Indian constitution?

Ans. Article 18(1)

Note: According to the article 18(1) of the constitution the award does not carry any

monetary grant and the award cannot be used as a prefix or suffix to the recipient’s

name.

Q36. Beverages and snacks major PepsiCo India planned to invest over 1200 crore

rupees to build a new beverage manufacturing facility in Sri City of which state

recently?

Ans. Andhra Pradesh

Q37. Name the veteran journalist and first editor of The Statesman who died on 22

December 2013 at the age of 92?



Ans. Pran Chopra

Q38. Name the renowned Kannada poet who died on 23 December 2013 in Bangalore?

Ans. Rashtrakavi G. S. Shivarudrappa

Q39. To combat Obesity and Diabetes, which country opened world’s first standing

classroom?

Ans. Australia

Q40. Egypt’s ruling Government declared which group a terrorist group on 25

December 2013?

Ans. Muslim Brotherhood

Note: The decision came after government officials blamed the Brotherhood for a

suicide bombing at a police headquarters in north of Cairo that killed 16 people.

Founded in Egypt by Hassan al-Banna in March 1928, the group spread to other Muslim

countries but has its largest, or one of its largest, organizations in Egypt.

Q41. Group of Islamic Scholars in Kashmir issued a fatwa on 26 December 2013 that

women, whose husbands are missing for the past ...... years, can remarry?

Ans. Four

Q42. Centre for Economic and Business Research (CERB) study released in December

2013 has predicted that which country will overtake Germany as Europe’s largest

economy by 2030?

Ans. UK



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