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FIRST WEEK FIRST WEEK FIRST WEEK FIRST 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) Peoples 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. Indias 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 Beatrizs 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 moons 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 MCXs board?
Ans. Satyananda Mishra
SECOND WEEK SECOND WEEK SECOND WEEK SECOND 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 Womens 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 OBrien (Ireland)
>> ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year Umar Gul (Pakistan)
>> ICC T20I Womens 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 Peoples 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 states 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 Koms 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
Crickets 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, Popes 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 Bangladeshs 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 WEEK THIRD WEEK THIRD WEEK THIRD 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. Indias deputy consul in New York, Devyani Khobragade was transferred to Indias
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 BCCIs 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 Indias 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
Indias 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 boys and girls team titles in the Asia-Pacific junior golf
championship at the Royal Calcutta Golf Club (RCGC)?
Ans. India
Note: It was Indias 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 countrys 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 WEEK FOURTH WEEK FOURTH WEEK FOURTH 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 mens and womens 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
agencys 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 consumers 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 Peoples
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 recipients
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 worlds first standing
classroom?
Ans. Australia

Q40. Egypts 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 Europes largest
economy by 2030?
Ans. UK



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