CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTION AND ANSWERS

1.               Who is the Indian Ambassador to USA?
Ans) Ms Nirupama Rao

2. Who will be the next Foreign Secretary of India?
Ans) Ms Sujatha Singh

3. Who is the new Home Secretary?
Ans) Mr Anil Goswami

4. Who is the new CM of Karnataka?
Ans) Mr Siddaramiah

5. Who is Chairperson of National Women Commission?
Ans) Ms Mamta Sharma

6. Who is the new chairman of DRDO ?
Ans) Mr Avinash Chander

7. Who is the new CM of Meghalaya?
Ans) Mr Mukul Sangma

8. Who is the Chief Vigilance Commissioner?
Ans) Mr Pradeep Kumar

9. Who is chairman of Press Council of India?
Ans) Justice Markandeya Katju

10. Who is the new Railway Minister?
Ans) Mr Mallikarjun Kharge

11. Who is the Chief Election Commissioner?
Ans) Mr Syed Nasim Ahmed Zaidi

12. Who is the new chairman of Indian Banks Association?
Ans) Mr K R Kamath

13. Who is the new CAG?
Ans) Mr Shashi Kant Sharma

14. Who is the new Defence Secretary?
Ans) Mr R K Mathur

15. Who has been given additional charge of NDRF and civil defence?
Ans) Mr Ajay Chadha ( Dir Gen of ITBP)

16. Who is the new chairman of National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO)?
Ans) Mr R Chandrasekhar

17. Who is the union Minister for Labour and Employment Ministry?
Ans) Mr Sisram Ola

18. Who is the Union Minister for Housing and Urban poverty?
Ans) Ms Girija vyas

19. Name the congress leader who was the founder of ‘salwa judum’ and recently killed by naxalites in chattisgarh/
Ans) Mr Mahendra Karma

20. Who is the new chairman of NASSCOM?
Ans) Mr Krishna Kumar Natarajan

21. Which country has become the winner of FIFA Confederations cup 2013?
Ans. Brazil

22. In which year “National Youth Awards” were instituted?
Ans. 1985

23. Recently, a team of scientist have created world’s first high-definition 3D model of a complete human brain. What is the name of this human brain?
Ans. Big Brain

24. Recently, which country news to allow doctors to use a controversial IVF technique that would lead to creation of babies with three parents?
Ans. Britain

25. Which is the India’s first dedicated Navigation satellite launched recently?
Ans. IRNSS-1A

26. Cystitis is the infection of which organ?
Ans. Urinary Bladder

27. Which IT firm has won a Rs 400-crore technology outsourcing contract from the public sector lender Corporation Bank?
Ans. Hewlett-Packard

28. The Omkareshwar project constructed across River Narmada is in which state?
Ans. Madhya Pradesh

29. Who has been appointed as Director General of the Corps of Army Air Defence?
Ans. Vijay Kumar Saxena

30. Recently, which state has been declared as first “Smoke Free” state in the country?
Ans. Himachal Pradesh

31. Who had been awarded Kalpana Chawla Excellence Award?
Answer : Miss Vinya Mishra & Sushma Seth

32. Who is the person from India got the prestigious International Jurists award?
Answer : Mulayam Singh Yadav

33. Who has been conferred “The Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun” title recently?
Answer: Ratan Tata

34. Who has been awarded the first Tagore Award for cultural harmony ?
Answer : Pt Ravi Shankar

35.who awarded in 65th cannes film festival as best actor ?
Answer: Mads Mikkelsen

36. Rahul Battachary who is an Indian won British friction prize on ?
Answer: Literature

37.Who had won the World Snooker Title for 2012 held at Sheffield?
Answer: Ronnie O’Sullivan

38.What is the new national record set by Krishna Poonia atTrack crew Throwdown Meet recently in Hawaii?
Answer : 64.76m

39. Who had won the World Cup Title recently held at Antalya, Turkey?
Answer: Deepika Kumari

40. Who had won the Madrid Men’s Open title held at Madrid , Spain recently?
Answer: Roger Federar

41. What is the name of the Sun observing satellite launched by NASA recently?
Ans. IRIS(Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph satellite)

42. Which state has recently launched “Mukhyamantri Bijli Bachat Lamp Yojna” for energy conservation?
Ans. Rajasthan

43. Recently Tata Coffee, the largest plantation company ofAsia inaugurates the premium extraction plant in which state?
Ans. Tamil Nadu

44. For the first time in India, where will be the Desiccant Enhanced System or the Devap air cooling system be used?
Ans. Nalanda International University

45. Which States/Union Territories topped the list of new index on financial inclusion, released by ratings and analytics firm CRISIL?
Ans. Puducherry

46. Elbegdorj Tsakhia, has been elected as President of which country?
Ans. Mongolia

47. Citrus greening is a deadly disease of citrus caused by____?
Ans. Bacteria

48. Which space agency is partnering ISRO’s Mars Orbiter Mission?
Ans. NASA

49. Recently, which car entered the Guinness World Records for driving on a longest journey?
Ans. Nano

50. Who has been appointed as Union Home Secretary?
Ans. Anil Goswami

51. Recently, which country has given approval to the world’s first clinical trial using stems harvested from the patient’s own body?
Ans. Japan

52. Recently, World Bank announced US $84 million loan for Panchayat Strengthening Project in which state?
Ans. Bihar

53. Who has been appointed as Secretary of Information & Broadcasting?
Ans. Bimal Julka

54. Graamin Haat Programme, a woman empowerment scheme is currently being implemented in which state?
Ans. Madhya Pradesh

55. Confederations cup is associated with which sports and which country won 2013 confed. cup recently?
Ans. Foot Ball, Brazil

56. Who has been appointed as 40th Chief Justice of India?
Ans. Justice P Sathasivam

57. Prithvi Missile developed by DRDO, under the Integrated Guided Missile Programme is a_____?
Ans. Surface-to –surface Missile

58. Recently, in which city China launched its first pilot carbon emissions trading system?
Ans. Shenzhen

59. According to TripAdvisor’s 2013 Travellers Choice Attractions Awards, Taj Mahal was ranked ____in the list of top 25 landmarks.
Ans. Third

60. In which year the first Mutual funds in India were created?
Ans. 1964

61. Name the Scottish author, who is best known for his novels The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road, died of Cancer on 9 June 2013?
Ans. Iain Banks

62. Who has been appointed as the National Security Adviser of US President Barack Obama on 5 June 2013?
Ans. Susan Elizabeth Rice

63. Which Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) got in -principal approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for establishing as well as operating White Label ATMs (WLAs) in the last week of June 2013?
Ans. Muthoot Finance

64. Which drug firm on 25 June 2013 announced that it was given World Health Organisation (WHO) pre- qualification for the anti-malarial tablets which will be launched immediately?
Ans. Strides Arcolab Pharma

65. Name the Walmart India Head who resigned from the US retail giant on 26 June 2013.
Ans. Raj Jain