Current Affairs Questions May 2013 (Last Week)
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Q1. Which team lifted the Indian Premier
League 2013?
Ans. Mumbai Indians
Note: Mumbai Indians defeated Chennai
Super Kings by 23 runs to lift the title for the very first time at Eden
Gardens on 26 May 2013.
Q2.
Who was appointed as the new chief of Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) on May 31,2013?
Ans. Avinash Chander
Note: He is an eminent missile
scientist, who is considered the chief architect of the long-range Agni
ballistic missile programme. He will also be the new scientific advisor to
defence minister, Director General of DRDO and Secretary, Defence R&D.
He will will succeed V.K. Saraswat.
Q3. World No-Tobacco Day was observed
worldwide on 31 May 2013. What was the theme this year?
Ans. Ban tobacco
advertising, promotion and sponsorship.
Q4. Name the veteran Tamil playback
singer who died on 25 May 2013?
Ans. TM Soundararajan
Q5. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on 30
May 2013 was elected to the Rajya Sabha for the fifth time. Name the state he
represents?
Ans. Assam
Q6. Name the Indian IT compnay which
bagged a six-year contract from the Department of Posts (DoP) worth over Rs
1100 crore for the project called India Post 2012, on 29 may 2013?
Ans. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
Q7. Name the the renowned Bengali film
maker who died on 30 May 2013 of cardiac arrest at his south Kolkata residence?
Ans. Rituparno Ghosh
Note:
Rituparno Ghosh is the winner of 12 national and some of the
international awards. Ghosh came into limelight by his direction of a
children's film Hirer Angti in year 1994. Some of his famous films include
Dahan, Asukh, Chokher Bali, Raincoat, Bariwali, Antarmahal and Noukadubi.
Q8. The Board of Control for Cricket in
India (BCCI) on 29 May 2013 constituted a three-man inquiry commission to probe
IPL betting. Name the three members of the committee?
Ans. Former Judge of the Karnataka and Tamil Nadu High Courts Justice T.
Jayaram Chouta, Former Judge of the Tamil Nadu High Court Justice R
Balasubramanian, and Secretary of BCCI Sanjay Jagdale.
Q9. Name the new programme launched by
Indian Badminton League for promotion of badminton all over India?
Ans. Indian Badminton League School Programme (IBLSP)
Q10. National Green Tribunal on 31 May
2013 gave approval to Sterlite Industries Ltd, the UK-based Vedanta Group
company to start operations of copper plant in India. Identify the Place where
it is being set up?
Ans. Tuticorin
district of Tamil Nadu.
Q11. The Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development (OECD), on 29 May 2013 scaled down India’s growth
estimate to ..................... per cent for 2013 from 5.9 per cent?
Ans. 5.3 percent
Q12. Name the basic trainer aircraft
Inducted by IAF recently?
Ans. Pilatus PC 7 MKII
Q13. The HRD Ministry on 31 May 2013
decided to set up a seven member Task Force to prepare a blue print for
creating a special purpose vehicle to take the concept of National Testing
Agency (NTA) forward. Who was named as the chairman of the Group?
Ans. Sanjay Dhande
Note: The rationale for setting up the
NTA lies in ensuring that multiplicity of entrance examination leading to
stress on the students is addressed in a comprehensive manner by formulating a
uniform entrance examination for admissions in different branches of higher
learning.
Q14. Name the Treaty signed by India and
Thailand after Two Decades of Negotiations?
Ans. Extradition Treaty
Note: It includes extradition of
runaways wanted for terrorism, transnational crimes, economic offences and
other serious crimes which will shortly eliminate a safe refuge for criminals
wanted in India and Thailand.
Q15. Name the US Company acquired by TVS
Logistics Services Ltd. recently?
Ans. Wainwright Industries
Q16.
Name the Mobile Operator who got the Clearance to Roll out Mobile
Network in the Naxal-Affected Areas?
Ans. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL)
Note: The project is undertaken for
improvement of communication services in these areas for the security agencies.
Q17. Nam the third Fast Patrol Vessel
(FPV) launched by Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) on 28 May 2013?
Ans. Abhinav
Note: The vessel
was launched by Nina Paul Antony, the Chairman of Cochin Port Trust.
Q18. Which Indian Place was declared as
a world biosphere reserve under its Man and the Biosphere Programme by nited
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in the Month
of May 2013?
Ans. Nicobar Islands
Q19. On which Day of May Hindi
Journalism Day or Hindi Patrakarita Diwas was celebrated in India?
Ans. May 30
Note: On 30 May 1826, the first Hindi
newspaper of India called Udant Martand was edited and published.
Q20. Name the Indians who were figured
in Forbes Philanthropy List recently
relaeased?
Ans. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, P N C Menon, Vineet Nayar and
Ronnie Screwvala
Q21. Name the Foreign Minister of Cuba
who paid an official visit to India from 25 May 2013 to 27 May 2013?
Ans. Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla
Q22. Department of Telecom (DoT) decided
to levy 650 crore Rupees penalty from which Mobile operator for violating license
conditions recently?
Ans. Airtel
Q23. Who won 2013 Prince of Asturias
Award for Technical and Scientific Research in recognition of their work
establishing the existence of the so-called God particle?
Ans. Peter Higgs, Francois Englert
Q24. Name the Indian who won three gold
medals in the 15th Asian Youth Weightlifting Championships held in Doha?
Ans. Akshay B. Gaikwad
Q25. On 29 May 2013, SEBI made
Registration Compulsory for Investment Advisors. What is the full-form of SEBI?
Ans. Securities and Exchange Board of India
Q26. Who was recently appointed as the
Chairperson of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)?
Ans. Kushal Singh
Q27. Name the new handset model launched
by Korean electronics company Samsung on
28 may 2013 in Indian Market?
Ans. GALAXY Mega
Q28. Who was recently expelled from
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for six years over breach of discipline?
Ans. Ram Jethmalani
Q29. Which film won the Palme d'Or
honour - at the 66th Cannes Film Festival?
Ans. Blue is the Warmest Colour
Q30. Defence Ministry on 27 May 2013
inaugurated the first fighter aircraft base at which place?
Ans. Thanjavur in TamilNadu
Q31. Sachin Tendulkar announced
retirement from which cricket format on 26 May 2013?
Ans. T-20
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