Sunday, October 13, 2013

CURRENT AFFAIRS SEPTEMBER 2013


       CURRENT AFFAIRS SEPTEMBER 2013

                           (PART-1)

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1
Which global tech company acquired Finish mobile maker Nokia’s mobile phone business for 5.4 billion euros in September 2013?

A) Apple

B) Google

C) Microsoft

D) Blackberry


2
Who has been appointed as Secretary in Ministry of Steel in September 2013?

A) D R S Chaudhary

B) G Mohan Kumar

C) M.F Farooqui

D) None of These


3
Which IBL team won the inaugural Indian Badminton League held in August-September 2013?

A) Mumbai Masters

B) Hyderabad Hot Shot

C) Pune Piston

D) Awadhe Warriors


4
US mobile giant Verizon Communications Inc agreed to acquire 45% stake in Verizon Wireless from which telecom company in a USD 130 billion transaction deal in Sep 2013?

A) AT&T

B) Vodafone

C) Telenor

D) Airtel


5
India’s Core sector growth stood at __________ in July 2013 (announced in Sep 2013).

A) 2.1%

B) 3.1%

C) 3.8%

D) 4.5%


6
India Air Force’s has formally inducted its biggest 70-tonne C-17 heavy-lift transport aircraft into service in Sep 2013. The heavy duty aircraft is procured from which company?

A) Airbus

B) Boeing

C) Sukhoi

D) Lockheed Martin


7
Which country won the Asia Cup Hockey title held at Ipoh, Malaysia in September 2013?

A) South Korea

B) India

C) Malaysia

D) Pakistan


8
Who took charge as the next governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in Sep 2013?

A) Montek Singh Ahluwalia

B) Kaushik Basu

C) D Subbarao

D) Raghuram Rajan


9
Who was unanimously re-elected as Shiromani Akali Dal president consecutively for the second time in September 2013?

A) Sukhbir Singh Badal

B) Parkash Singh Badal

C) Manpreet Singh Badal

D) None of These


10
Ronald Coase, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1991, passed away in Sep 2013. He won Nobel prize in which category?

A) Chemistry

B) Phusics

C) Economics

D) Medicine

Check below for answers……….
Answers…
1
Ans) Microsoft
2
Ans) G Mohan Kumar
3
Ans) Hyderabad Hotshots
4
Ans) Vodafone
5
Ans) 3.1%
6
Ans) Boeing
7
Ans) South Korea
8
Ans) Raghuram Rajan
9
Ans) Sukhbir Singh Badal
10
Ans) Economics

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11
Who was conferred the Moortidevi Award for 2012 (Announced in Sep 2013)?

A) Haraprasad Das

B) Pratibha Ray

C) Jagadish Mohanty

D) Manoj Das


12
8th G-20 Summit in which G20 Country leaders met, held in which country in September 2013?

A) Germany

B) USA

C) Russia

D) Brazil


13
What was India’s rank among T20 teams as per the latest ICC T20 raking published in September 2013?

A) Second

B) Fourth

C) Third

D) First


14
“Coconut Day” is observed on ____________.

A) 5-Sep

B) 2-Sep

C) 8-Sep

D) 12-Sep


15
Google has announced the name of its Android version as _________ in Sep 2013.

A) Cupcake

B) Jelly Bean

C) KitKat

D) None of These


16
Which country was ranked no 1 for its competitiveness for fifth year in a row in Sep 2013 as per the annual Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014?

A) Switzerland

B) Finland

C) Singapore

D) Germany


17
Euro zone economic growth for the second quarter of 2013 stood at __________.

A) 0.2%

B) 0.3%

C) 0.5%

D) -0.1%


18
What was India’s rank as per the annual Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014 published in September 2013?

A) 66th

B) 60th

C) 54th

D) 76th


19
Who has been appointed as the Managing Director and officiating Chief Executive Officer of private sector insurer Bajaj Allianz in Sep 2013?

A) Sanjeev Chadha

B) Anuj Agarwal

C) Deepak Khanna

D) None of These


20
Indian Author Sushmita Banerjee, who became famous after her best seller book “Kabuliwalar Bangali Bou” (A Kabuliwala’s Bengali Wife), was killed by Taliban outside her home in _____________ in September 2013.

A) Iran

B) Pakistan

C) Afghanistan

D) None of These

Check below for answers………. 
Answers…
11
Ans) Haraprasad Das
12
Ans) Russia
13
Ans) Third
14
Ans) 2-Sep
15
Ans) KitKat
16
Ans) Switzerland
17
Ans) 0.3%
18
Ans) 60th
19
Ans) Anuj Agarwal
20
Ans) Afghanistan

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21
Who took over as India’s new Chief Information Commissioner in September 2013?

A) M.F Farooqui

B) Satyanand Mishra

C) Deepak Sandhu

D) None of These


22
Which Internet company has adopted a new logo (in Purple) for the first time since its founding 18 years ago in Sep 2013?

A) Google

B) Amazon

C) eBay

D) Yahoo


23
Which Social networking company is planning for an IPO and submitted a document to the SEC in Sep 2013?

A) Facebook

B) LinkedIn

C) Twitter

D) Orkut


24
Who was conferred the Indira Gandhi peace prize for 2012 by President Pranab Mukherjee in Sep 2013?

A) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

B) Ela Bhatt

C) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

D) Sheikh Hasina


25
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has appointed whom as his new Special Envoy for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation in September 2013?

A) Rakesh Sood

B) Deepak Sandhu

C) Ruchira Kamboj

D) None of These


26
Ray Dolby, the American Engineer and the pioneer of noise reduction in audio recordings died on 12 September 2013. He was founder of ___________.

A) Bose Corporation

B) Bell Laboratories

C) Dolby Laboratories

D) Blonder Tongue Laboratorie


27
“Teachers’ Day” is observed on ____________.

A) 5-Sep

B) 2-Sep

C) 8-Sep

D) 12-Sep


28
The Union Health Ministry has announced former Indian cricket team captain _______ as brand ambassador for its National Tobacco Control Campaign in Sep 2013.

A) Sachin Tendulkar

B) Saurav Ganguly

C) Rahul Dravid

D) Mohammad Azharuddin


29
Teo-day long UN Human Rights forum held in which city in Sep 2013?

A) Beijing

B) London

C) Tokyo

D) Geneva


30
Who has been honoured with Asia’s “most promising leader” award at a recent function held in Dubai in Sep 2013 for pioneering work in healthcare, using natural medicine?

A) Devi Shetty

B) Mukesh Batra

C) Majeti Narasimha Swamy

D) None of These

Check below for answers……….
  
Answers…
21
Ans) Deepak Sandhu
22
Ans) Yahoo
23
Ans) Twitter
24
Ans) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
25
Ans) Rakesh Sood
26
Ans) Dolby Laboratories
27
Ans) 5-Sep
28
Ans) Rahul Dravid
29
Ans) Beijing
30
Ans) Mukesh Batra

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31
Which Indian private sector bank launched its ‘Branch on Wheels’ to offer basic banking services in remote areas which have so far been devoid of banking facilities in Sep 2013?

A) Yes Bank

B) Axis Bank

C) HDFC Bank

D) ICICI Bank


32
The International Olympic Committee ( IOC) has decided to keep India Olympic Association (IOA) suspended from the international Olympic events as the later failed to remove corruption from its governing body. Who is IOA’s secretary-general?

A) Suresh Kalmadi

B) Lalit Bhanot

C) Ajay Maken

D) Sharad Pawar


33
India’s Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growth stood at _________ in July 2013 (Announced in Sep 2013).

A) 2%

B) 2.6%

C) 1.6%

D) 3.5%


34
Which bollywood actor was the guest of honour at a reception hosted by British Prime Minister David Cameron’s wife, Samantha Cameron at their official residence in Sep 2013 for a charity initiative for diabetes?

A) Anupam Kher

B) Shahrukh Khan

C) Amir Khan

D) Amitabh Bachchan


35
Which famous Hollywood actress will receive an Honorary Oscar in recognition of her humanitarian work (announced in Sep 2013)?

A) Meryl Streep

B) Angelina Jolie

C) Nicole Kidman

D) Julia Roberts


36
Who has been elected as the new President of Auto components manufacturers’ apex body Automotive Component Manufacturers Association of India (ACMA) for the term 2013-14 in Sep 2013?

A) Ramesh Suri

B) Vikram Kirloskar

C) Harish Lakshman

D) Vinod Dasari


37
Which Cement company has announced in Sep 2013 that it would acquire Gujarat cement unit of 4.8 million tonnes per annum capacity from Jaypee Cement Corp for Rs 3,800 crore?

A) JK Cement

B) Binani Cement

C) UltraTech Cement

D) India Cement


38
US unemployment rate stood at ______ in August 2013 (announced in Sep 2013).

A) 8.1%

B) 7.4%

C) 7.3%

D) 7.5%


39
Leaders of the BRICS group of nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – have announced in September 2013 that they will set up a _______ fund to guard against financial shocks.

A) USD 50 billion

B) USD 100 billion

C) USD 200 billion

D) USD 500 billion


40
“International day of charity” is observed on ____________.

A) 5-Sep

B) 12-Sep

C) 8-Sep

D) 9-Sep

Check below for answers……….
 Answers…
31
Ans) ICICI Bank
32
Ans) Lalit Bhanot
33
Ans) 2.6%
34
Ans) Amitabh Bachchan
35
Ans) Angelina Jolie
36
Ans) Harish Lakshman
37
Ans) UltraTech Cement
38
Ans) 7.3%
39
Ans) USD 100 billion
40
Ans) 5-Sep

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41
India’s Retail inflation, measured by Consumer Price Index, stood at _______ in August (announced in Sep 2013).

A) 9.87%

B) 9.39%

C) 9.64%

D) 9.52%


42
India’s Vice President Dr.M.Haamid Ansari has suggested implementation of Venkatachelliah Commission’s recommendations in Sep 2013. The committee recommends to ensure that elected representatives of Parliament and legislatures get at least _______ of the votes cast.

A) 60%

B) 40%

C) 50%

D) 51%


43
Who was named the skipper of the India ‘A’ side for the unofficial three one-dayers and a Twenty20 game against the West Indies ‘A’ team which visited India in Sep 2013?

A) Suresh Raina

B) Gautam Gambhir

C) Yuvraj Singh

D) Rohit Sharma


44
India and Japan have decided to expand their currency swap arrangement from USD 15 billion to _______ in Sep 2013 to strengthen bilateral financial cooperation and stabilize the global financial markets.

A) USD 60 billion

B) USD 100 billion

C) USD 50 billion

D) USD 25 billion


45
Who has been elected as the new President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Sep 2013?

A) Denis Oswald

B) Thomas Bach

C) Richard Carrion

D) Ching-kuo Wu


46
Who has been appointed as head of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force in Sep 2013?

A) Dilip Trivedi

B) Sharad Kumar

C) Pranay Sahay

D) Sanjeev Dayal


47
Indian Author Jhumpa Lahiri’s _______ was shortlisted among the six books for the Man Booker Prize 2013 (announced in Sep 2013).

A) We Need New Names

B) The Interpreter of Maladies

C) The Lowland

D) The Harvest


48
Who is the new Prime Minister of Australia who won absolute majority in the National elections held in Sep 2013?

A) Tony Abbott

B) Kevin Rudd

C) Julia Gillard

D) John Howard


49
Who was chosen to lead the 18-member Indian women’s hockey team in the eighth Asia Cup that was played in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from September 21 to 27, 2013?

A) Chanchan Devi Thokchom

B) Asunta Lakra

C) Ritu Rani

D) Rajwinder Kaur


50
Which country won the South Asian Football Federations (SAFF) Championship 2013 held in Kathmandu  in Sep 2013?

A) India

B) Afghanistan

C) Pakistan

D) Nepal

Check below for answers……….
 Answers…
41
Ans) 9.52%
42
Ans)  50%
43
Ans) Yuvraj Singh
44
Ans) USD 50 billion
45
Ans) Thomas Bach
46
Ans) Sanjeev Dayal
47
Ans) The Lowland
48
Ans) Tony Abbott
49
Ans) Ritu Rani
50
Ans) Afghanistan

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51
IT outsourcing company iGate Corp has appointed whom as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in Sep 2013?

A) Ashok Vemuri

B) Girish Paranjpe

C) Krishnakumar Natarajan

D) Suresh Vaswani


52
Which City won the right to host the Olympic Games in 2020 in Sep 2013?

A) Istanbul

B) Tokyo

C) Madrid

D) Paris


53
Who won the Italy Grand Prix held in Sep 2013?

A) Sebastian Vettel

B) Fernando Alonso

C) Lewis Hamilton

D) Kimi Raikkonen


54
“International Literacy Day (UNESCO)” is observed on ____________.

A) 5-Sep

B) 12-Sep

C) 8-Sep

D) 9-Sep


55
Reliance Communications Ltd has appointed whom as CEO, India Enterprise in Sep 2013?

A) Anuj Agarwal

B) Girish Paranjpe

C) Deepak Khanna

D) None of These


56
Which Financial Company has secured approval from the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) to set up white-label ATMs in India in Sep 2013?

A) State Bank of India

B) Reliance Capital

C) Muthoot Finance

D) IFCI


57
Which Global electronics company agreed to acquire major part of Hyderabad based Vijai Electricals Ltd.’s transmission and distribution (T&D) business for approximately USD 200 million in Sep 2013?

A) Samsung

B) Toshiba

C) Lenovo

D) Dell


58
India’s Trade deficit stood at _________ in August (published in Sep 2013).

A) USD 10.9 billion

B) USD 13.43 billion

C) USD 12.27 billion

D) USD 9.35 billion


59
Which bank won the “Best Banker Growth-Mid Sized” award in the second edition of The Sunday Standard Best Bankers’ Awards 2013 (announced in Sep 2013)?

A) Karnataka Bank

B) Karur Vysya Bank

C) Maharashtra Bank

D) IDBI Bank


60
Which Indian Officer was elected as regional director at the 31st meeting of health ministers and 66th session of WHO regional committee for South-East Asia in Sep 2013?

A) Deepak Sandhu

B) Rakesh Sood

C) Poonam Khetarpal Singh

D) None of These

Check below for answers……….

Answers…
51
Ans) Ashok Vemuri
52
Ans) Tokyo
53
Ans) Sebastian Vettel
54
Ans) 8-Sep
55
Ans) Deepak Khanna
56
Ans) Muthoot Finance
57
Ans) Toshiba
58
Ans) USD 10.9 billion
59
Ans) Karur Vysya Bank
60
Ans) Poonam Khetarpal Singh

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61
Who has been elected as the new President of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) in Sep 2013?

A) Vinod Dasari

B) Vikram Kirloskar

C) Anand Mahindra

D) Harish Lakshman


62
Which Indian state achieved the first position in literacy with 94.65% literacy rate, announced in Sep 2013?

A) Kerala

B) Tripura

C) Sikkim

D) Punjab


63
Religare Health Insurance has signed a deal with which Indian PSU bank in Sep 2013 to market its product and service bouquet through the distribution network of the bank?

A) Union Bank of India

B) IDBI Bank

C) Central Bank of India

D) Allahabad Bank


64
Which Indian Olympic Medalist entered politics and Joined BJP party in Sep 2013?

A) Vijender Vijender

B) Vijay Kumar

C) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

D) Abhinav Bindra


65
Who has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) by the Government of Indian in Sep 2013?

A) Satnam Singh

B) BN Talukdar

C) M.K. Goel

D) Nishi Vasudeva


66
The government approved the proposal of _________ capital infusion in Export-Import Bank of India in Sep 2013 to support future growth of the lender.

A) Rs 1000 crore

B) Rs 700 crore

C) Rs 500 crore

D) Rs 800 crore


67
“Hindi Diwas” is observed on ____________.

A) 15-Sep

B) 12-Sep

C) 14-Sep

D) 21-Sep


68
Prime Minister’s key economic advisor C Rangarajan has lowered the growth forecast for the current fiscal to ________ in Sep 2013.

A) 5.9%

B) 5.3%

C) 6.2%

D) 6.5%


69
Which state/UT has the highest par capital annual income in India with per capita annual income of Rs. 2.01 lakh in 2012-13?

A) Chandigarh

B) Delhi

C) Gujarat

D) Maharashtra


70
The Board of Control for Cricket in India- BCCI has imposed life bans on whom in the list in Sep 2013 for being involved in the IPL spot-fixing scam?

A) Amit Singh

B) Siddharth Trivedi

C) S Sreesanth

D) Harmeet Singh

Check below for answers……….
Answers…
61
Ans) Vikram Kirloskar
62
Ans) Tripura
63
Ans) Union Bank of India
64
Ans) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
65
Ans) M.K. Goel
66
Ans) Rs 700 crore
67
Ans) 14-Sep
68
Ans) 5.3%
69
Ans) Delhi
70
Ans) S Sreesanth

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71
Which Indian state has bagged the National Literacy Award in Sep 2013? This is for the first time that state has received awards in all the three categories- state, district and panchayat.

A) Chhattisgarh

B) Gujarat

C) Kerala

D) Karnataka


72
Which Indian state became the first state to use the high-tech voter recording system ‘Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail’ (VVPAT) with Electronic Voting Machines for the by-elections to Noksen Assembly constituency held in Sep 2013?

A) Mijoram

B) Tripura

C) Nagaland

D) Meghalaya


73
Who won the Miss America pageant held in September 2013?

A) Shannon Oliver

B) Nina Davuluri

C) Mallory Hagan

D) Amanda Mason


74
Reserve Bank of India has formed an expert committee for examining its Current Monetary Policy Framework in Sep 2013. Who will head the committee?

A) C. Rangarajan

B) Bimal Jalan

C) Urjit Patel

D) Y. Venugopal Reddy


75
Who maintained first place in the men’s tennis rankings issued by the ATP in Sep 2013?

A) Roger Federer

B) Andy Murray

C) Novak Djokovic

D) Rafael Nadal


76
Who maintained first place in the women’s tennis rankings issued by the ATP in Sep 2013?

A) Maria Sharapova

B) Serena Williams

C) Victoria Azarenka

D) Agnieszka Radwanska


77
Who will lead the Indian team at the two lakh US Dollar Super Series Badminton tournament, held in n Sep 2013?

A) Parupalli Kashyap

B) Saina Nehwal

C) P V Sindhu

D) None of These


78
India’s overall inflation, measured by the Wholesale Price Index stood at ________ in July.

A) 5.96%

B) 6.79%

C) 6.1%

D) 5.91%


79
Who won the the US Open Men’s single title held in Sep 2013?

A) Novak Djokovic

B) Andy Murray

C) Roger Federer

D) Rafael Nadal


80
Who has been named as the recipient of Amnesty International’s highest award in Sep 2013?

A) Ai Xiaoming

B) Lyudmila Ulitskaya

C) Malala Yousafzai

D) None of These

Check below for answers……….

Answers…
71
Ans) Chhattisgarh
72
Ans) Nagaland
73
Ans) Nina Davuluri
74
Ans) Urjit Patel
75
Ans) Novak Djokovic
76
Ans) Serena Williams
77
Ans) P V Sindhu
78
Ans) 6.1%
79
Ans) Rafael Nadal
80
Ans) Malala Yousafza

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81
BJP has formally announced whom as the party’s prime ministerial candidate for the next Lok Sabha polls to be held in 2014?

A) Rajnath Singh

B) Narendra Modi

C) L K Advani

D) Sushma Swaraj


82
Which country opened world’s highest airport in Daocheng in Sep 2013 which stands at 4,411 metre above sea level?

A) Mangolia

B) Russia

C) China

D) Japan


83
Who has been elected as the new Vice-President of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) in Sep 2013?

A) Vinod Dasari

B) Vikram Kirloskar

C) Anand Mahindra

D) Kenichi Ayukawa


84
“World First-Aid Day” is observed on ____________.

A) 15-Sep

B) 12-Sep

C) 14-Sep

D) 21-Sep


85
Which global tech company acquired popular smartphone apps “Bump” which is used to share smartphone files like contacts, pictures or other data in September 2013?

A) Yahoo

B) Google

C) Microsoft

D) Facebook


86
Who won INDEX design award for her innovative design, FreshPaper that helps keep food fresh for a longer period in Sep 2013?

A) Deepak Sandhu

B) Kavita Shukla

C) Poonam Khetarpal Singh

D) None of These


87
Which documentary film won the Golden Lion for best movie at the Venice film festival held in Sep 2013?

A) Holy GRA

B) Miss Violence

C) Via Castellana Bandiera

D) None of These


88
Chinese FDI stood ____________ at in August 2013 (Announced in September 2013).

A) USD 4.5 billion

B) USD 6.3 billion

C) USD 8.38 billion

D) USD 10.5 billion


89
Who won the 2013 US Open women’s singles title held in Sep 2013?

A) Maria Sharapova

B) Victoria Azarenka

C) Serena Williams

D) Sorana Cirstea


90
Who won the USD 250,000 prestigious Lasker Awards for Philanthrophy announced by the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation in Sep 2013?

A) N R Narayana Murthy

B) Azim Premji

C) Bill and Melinda Gates

D) Warren Buffet

Check below for answers……….
Answers…
81
Ans) Narendra Modi
82
Ans) China
83
Ans) Vinod Dasari
84
Ans) 14-Sep
85
Ans) Google
86
Ans) Kavita Shukla
87
Ans) Holy GRA
88
Ans) USD 8.38 billion
89
Ans) Serena Williams
90
Ans) Bill and Melinda Gates

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91
Who took over as the Chairman & Managing Director of the Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) in September 2013?

A) Saji Cherian

B) M.K. Goel

C) P. Sudhakar

D) R.M. Premkumar


92
Who has been appointed as Director, Central Vigilance Commission in Sep 2013?

A) Nitish Kumar

B) P K Chakraborty

C) Deepak Sandhu

D) Rakesh Sood


93
India’s Leander Paes made history by becoming the oldest man (Age 40) to win a Grand Slam event in the open era when he won _______ Men’s double title in Sep 2013.

A) French Open

B) US Open

C) Australian Open

D) Wimbledon


94
What was India’s rank in the latest ICC ODI rankings published by ICC in Sep 2013?

A) Third

B) Second

C) First

D) Fourth


95
Kanoon Lugat, an _______ law dictionary, a first of its kind in the country was released in Mumbai in Sep 2013.

A) Marathi

B) Hindi

C) Urdu

D) None of These


96
The government has increased the import duty on gold and silver jewellery to _______ from current 10% in Sep 2013 to protect the domestic industry.

A) 20%

B) 15%

C) 12%

D) 18%


97
“Engineers’ Day” is observed on ____________.

A) 15-Sep

B) 11-Sep

C) 19-Sep

D) 21-Sep


98
Which Indian Private sector bank has become the first bank to raise USD 255 million funds overseas using the swap loan facility provided by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in Sep 2013?

A) YES Bank

B) ICICI Bank

C) HDFC Bank

D) Axis Bank


99
Who was conferred the “Pride of the Nation award” for his attempt to raise the sensitive issue of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination through his role as a RAW agent in Madras Café film in Sep 2013?

A) Shoojit Sircar

B) John Abraham

C) Ronnie Lahiri

D) None of These


100
Which indian movie was named the best film at the second edition of the Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF) held in Sep 2013?

A) The good road

B) The Lunchbox

C) OASS

D) None of These

Check below for answers……….
Answers…
91
Ans) P. Sudhakar
92
Ans) Nitish Kumar
93
Ans) US Open
94
Ans) First
95
Ans) Urdu
96
Ans) 15%
97
Ans) 15-Sep
98
Ans) YES Bank
99
Ans) John Abraham
100
Ans) OASS

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101
The board of National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) has appointed whom as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer in Sep 2013?

A) Saji Cherian

B) P. Sudhakar

C) M.K. Goel

D) None of These


102
Former Toyota Motor Corp President and Chairman passed away in Sep 2013. What is his name?

A) Akio Toyoda

B) Sakichi Toyoda

C) Eiji Toyoda

D) Shoichiro Toyoda


103
Who was nominated as a member of the board of trustees of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Sep 2013?

A) Azim Premji

B) N R Narayana Murthy

C) Ratan Tata

D) Deepak Parekh


104
Indian wrestler Amit Kumar won Silver Medal in ________ category in the Senior World Wrestling Championship 2013 being held at Budapest in Sep 2013.

A) 65 Kg Free Style

B) 60 Kg Free Style

C) 55 Kg Free Style

D) 62 Kg Free Style


105
Who became World Muslimah 2013 during the third Annual Award of World Muslimah in Jakarta, Indonesia in Sep 2013?

A) Nina Septiani

B) Dika Restiyani

C) Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola

D) None of These


106
Virat Kohli was the highest-ranked Indian batsman at ______ in the latest ICC ODI rankings published in Sep 2013.

A) 6th

B) 4th

C) 5th

D) 3rd


107
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee named the upcoming airport at Andal near Durgapur in Bardhman district as __________ in Sep 2013.

A) Ishwarchandra Airport

B) Bankimchandra Airport

C) Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport

D) Rabindranath Tagore Airport


108
Who has been appointed as the Managing Editor of Time Magazine in Sep 2013 to become TIME’s 17th managing editor in the history of the well-known international magazine?

A) Richard Stengel

B) Nancy Gibbs

C) Michael Duffy

D) Briton Hadden


109
USA and British authorities have fined which US investment bank a combined USD 920 million over the so-called London Whale scandal in Sep 2013?

A) JP Morgan

B) UBS

C) Bank of America

D) Goldman Sachs


110
“World Ozone Day” is observed on ____________.

A) 15-Sep

B) 16-Sep

C) 19-Sep

D) 24-Sep

Check below for answers……….
Answers…
101
Ans) Saji Cherian
102
Ans) Eiji Toyoda
103
Ans) Ratan Tata
104
Ans) 55 Kg Free Style
105
Ans) Obabiyi Aishah Ajibola
106
Ans) 4th
107
Ans) Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport
108
Ans) Nancy Gibbs
109
Ans) JP Morgan
110
Ans) 16-Sep

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111
Hiroshi Yamauchi, who built a video game giant company from a maker of playing cards, passed away in Sep 2013. He was former President of which Video giant company?

A) 0verflow

B) Sony

C) Nintendo

D) Access Games


112
Global credit rating agency, Fitch Ratings cut India’s growth forecast for the current financial year to _________ in Sep 2013.

A) 4.9%

B) 5.5%

C) 4.8%

D) 5.1%


113
Who has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of the Meghalaya High Court in Sep 2013?

A) Justice Badar Durrez Ahmad

B) Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant

C) Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana

D) Justice T.Nandakumar Singh


114
Tata Sons have signed an agreement with which foreign airlines and applied for necessary regulatory approval to set up a new airline in India in Sep 2013?

A) Tiger Airlines

B) Etihad Airways

C) Singapore Airlines

D) Malaysian Airlines


115
Which cosmetics and beauty major has acquired Indian salon brand Cheryl’s Cosmeceuticals in Sep 2013?

A) Lakme

B) Schwarzkopf

C) L’Oreal

D) Shahnaz Hussain


116
Tata Steel Ltd has appointed whom as managing director-designate, India and South East Asia and inducted him as additional director on the board in Sep 2013?

A) HM Nerurkar

B) Koushik Chatterjee

C) TV Narendran

D) None of These


117
Which Indian IT Services Company has launched Finacle 11E, latest version of its core banking solution in Sep 2013?

A) HCL Technologies

B) Wipro

C) TCS

D) Infosys


118
The HRD ministry has “retired” whom from membership of the University Grants Commission (UGC) with immediate effect in Sep 2013 due to his involvement with Aam Admi Party?

A) Deepak Sandhu

B) Nitish Kumar

C) Yogendra Yadav

D) None of These


119
“Alzheimer’s Day” is observed on ____________.

A) 21-Sep

B) 16-Sep

C) 19-Sep

D) 24-Sep


120
Rapid Metro would be India’s first metro rail system developed in the public-private partnership mode, as per Government announcement in Sep 2013. It will be developed in which Indian City?

A) Chandigarh

B) Gurgaon

C) Jaipur

D) Kochi

Check below for answers……….
 Answers…
111
Ans) Nintendo
112
Ans) 4.8%
113
Ans) Justice Prafulla Chandra Pant
114
Ans) Singapore Airlines
115
Ans) L’Oreal
116
Ans) TV Narendran
117
Ans) Infosys
118
Ans) Yogendra Yadav
119
Ans) 21-Sep
120
Ans) Gurgaon