CURRENT AFFAIRS/GENERAL AWARENESS : JUNE 2013

 

1) World Environment Day ('WED') is celebrated every year on

A.      5 June

B.      5 July

C.       15 June

D.      15 July

2) Rituparno Ghosh, the renowned National award winning Bengali film maker died on 30 May 2013 of cardiac arrest at his south Kolkata residence. He got national award for which film?

A.      Elipatayam

B.      Deol

C.       Unishe April

D.      Pan Sing Tomar

3) 86th version of Scripps National Spelling Bee completion is won by?

A.      Arvind Mahankali

B.      Snigdha Nandipati

C.       Sukanya Roy

D.      Anamika Veeramani

4) _______,won the women’s title in  11th Tenzing-Hillary Everest Marathon in a timeline of 6 hours, 2 minutes and 10 second

A.      Ang Dami Sherpa

B.      Uttar Kumar Rai

C.       Mingma Lamu

D.      Ang Puti Sherpa

5) The seventh edition of the annual Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be held at

A.      New Delhi

B.      Rome

C.       Paris

D.      Sydney

6) The Department of Telecom (DoT) decided to levy 650 crore Rupees penalty on ______for violating licence conditions.

A.      Vodafone

B.      Airtel

C.       Reliance

D.      Aircel

7) _________on 29 may 2013 bagged a six-year contract from the Department of Posts (DoP) worth over Rs 1100 crore for the project called India Post 2012.

A.      Infosys

B.      CTS

C.       TCS

D.      Wipro

8) The President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas named _______as his new Prime Minister

A.      Rami Hamdallah

B.      Salam Fayyad

C.       Fattah Salim

D.      Salman Nishat

9) _________defeated Stuttgart in the German cup final in Berlin on 1 June 2013 to win the tournament. The final score was 3-2. It became the first German team to win the Bundesliga, the European cup and the German cup in the same season.

A.      Bayer

B.      SC Freiburg

C.       Bayern Munich

D.      Man united

10) Who is the new chief of DRDO?

A.      Avinash Chander

B.      Rajeev Shukla

C.       Kirti Chauvhan

D.      Joel Mario Dicruz

11) Which country recently approved the draft law meant for the development of Hindu religious properties as well as for protection of these properties from land grab and encroachment?

A.      India

B.      Pakistan

C.       Bangladesh

D.      Singapore

12) Japan has unveiled its new levitating bullet train, which can travel at speeds of upto

A.      400 Km/hr

B.      450 Km/hr

C.       500 Km/hr

D.      550 Km/hr

13) East Coast Railway (ECoR) decided to suspend the night movement of trains (mainly the freight trains) from 8 pm to 6 am on the 450 kilometer long

A.      Kottavalasa-Kirandul line

B.      Madras-Calcutta Howrah line

C.       Titlagarh-Jharsuguda Single line

D.      Bobbili-Salur Single line

14) Who won the Women's Singles title of French Open Tennis tournament. In the final, she defeated Maria Sharapova in straight sets by 6-4, 6-4.

A.      Serena Williams

B.      Selena Williams

C.       Victoria Azarenka

D.      Li Na

15) Union Government plans to roll out a _______rupees green energy corridor project to facilitate the flow of renewable energy into the national grid.

A.      A 43000-crore

B.      B.42000-crore

C.       C.41000-crore

D.      D.45000-crore

16)  Which country ranked first on list of countries which distribute spam all over the world, according to new report of SophosLabs?

A. China
B. India
C. US
D. Spain

17)Nawaz Sharief sworn in as _________Prime Minister to Pakistan. He became the first person to serve as prime minister for a third term

A.      25

B.      27

C.       18

D.      30

18) New national security advisor of America is?

A.      Tom Donilon

B.      Susan Rice

C.       Lydia Nsekera

D.      Janez Jans

19) ________became the first woman to be elected to the FIFA (The Fédération Internationale de Football Association)Executive Committee (ExCo) for a full term of four years

A.      Lydia Nsekera

B.      Victoria Benalle

C.       Jane Marie

D.      Helen Jack

20) According to the World Steel Association (WSA) data , India’s rank in the world order of steel production remained unchanged at_______ slot with an output of 77.06 MT (million tonnes) steel produced in 2012.

A.      Fourth

B.      Fifth

C.       First

D.      Second

21) Prevention of Cow Slaughter Bill was proposed by which state?

A.      Kerala

B.      Tamil Nadu

C.       Gujarat

D.      Karnataka

22) Edward Snowden, the ex-CIA employee who turned whistleblower to reveal vast US surveillance programs, is seeking asylum in ?

A.      Iceland

B.      Green land

C.       Germany

D.      Australia

23) According to 13th annual global wealth management report released by the Boston Consulting Group’s, ______has the highest density of millionaires in the world

A.      Kuwait

B.      America

C.       Britain

D.      Qatar

24) Ranjani Hebbar Guruprasad is famous in the field of

A.      Film Industry

B.      Culture

C.       Environmental

D.      Civic

25) What does “D” spelled in CBDT?

A.      Direct

B.      District

C.       Divide

D.      Development

26) India _______ credit to Myanmar for establishing a Special Economic Zone at Sittwe in Myanmar's Buyer's Credit Scheme under National Export Insurance Account.

A.      100 million Dollars

B.      125 million Dollars

C.       150 million Dollars

D.      250 million Dollars

27) Rafael Nadal won his record ______ Men's Singles Tittle of the French Open Tennis Tournament

A.      8^th

B.      9^th

C.       7^th

D.      6^th

28) Bob and Mike Bryan won their record 14th major doubles title by defeating _______of France 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 in the French Open men's doubles final.

A.      Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut A

B.      Paes and Melzer

C.       Pablo Cuevas and Horacio Zeballos

D.      Frantisek Cermak and Lucie Hradecka

29) World Ocean Day was celebrated across the world on 8 June 2013. What is the theme of World ocean day?

A.      Care your Oceans

B.      Together ,everyone, path to protect ocean

C.       Life of Trillions , Save our Oceans

D.      Together, we have the Power to Protect the Oceans

30) Top secret documents obtained by The Guardian claimed that US National Security Agency (NSA) has obtained direct access to the systems of Facebook, Google, Apple and other US internet giants. What is the code name of the programme?

A.      MIRAGE

B.      PRISM

C.       VANISH

D.      CLEANER

31) Which government on  signed MoU with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) Ltd for a scheme as per which it will bear all the expenses for senior citizens to go on select pilgrimages

A.      Rajasthan

B.      Gujarat

C.       Kerala

D.      Maharashtra

32) Which Malaysian national Oil Company announced in the second week of June 2013 about its multibillion dollar plan for extracting, liquefying as well as exporting the natural gas in Western Canada to the markets of Asia?

A.      Gas Malaysia

B.      Scomi

C.       Petronas

D.      Malaysia LNG

33) BSNL decided to put an end to the _______old Telegram Services in India

A.      150 years

B.      120 years

C.       160 years

D.      130 years

34) The Maharashtra government confirmed that the Asian Athletic Championship will be held in

A.      Kerala

B.      Tamil Nadu

C.       Pune

D.      Haryana

35) Sebastian Vettel won the Canadian Grand Prix at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal. With this win team, the _______won its maiden Canadian Grand Prix.

A.      Red Bull

B.      Ferrari

C.       Lotus

D.      Mercedes

36) Duma is the parliament of which country?

A.      Russia

B.      Canada

C.       South Africa

D.      Germany

37) Dubai has inaugurated the world’s tallest twisted tower built at a cost of $272 million, setting a yet another record for skyscrapers and other engineering marvels. It’s height is about ?

A.      340 m

B.      310 m

C.       344 m

D.      350 m

38) The person who become the first Indian Circumnavigate Globe Solo and non-stop on a sail boat -

A.      Hari Ram Kumar

B.      Lt. Cdr. Abhilash Tomy

C.       Lt. Ramadose

D.      None of them

39) Which day has been declared by United Nation General Assembly as the World Autism Awareness Day ?

A.      April 2

B.      May 5

C.       March 3

D.      June 15

40) In which of the following city, the first women Post Office in the country has been established in March 2013?

A.      Mumbai

B.      Kolkata

C.       New Delhi

D.      Chennai

41) Kovvada Nuclear Power Plant which was recently in news is being set up in –

A.      Karnataka

B.      Andhra Pradesh

C.       Chhattisgarh

D.      Odisa

42) Which country reached an agreement with Kosovo on overcoming ethnic enmities?

                                                            A.      Macedoonia

                                                            B.      Serbia

                                                             C.      France

                                                            D.      Albania

43) The largest biogas plant of the world was inaugurated in March 2013 in –

A.      USA

B.      Ireland

C.       Finland

D.      Germany

44) China Developed the Fastest Computer of the World Called?

A.      Tianhe-1

B.      Tianhe-2

C.       Titan

D.      Titan-12

45) Rupee touched New Life time low against Dollar at

A.      57.67

B.      57.77

C.      57.87

D.      57.97

46) The annual plan of _______rupees for Gujarat was finalized by the Planning Commission of India for the financial year 2013-14. Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi together finalized the plan.

A.      60000 crore

B.      59000 crore

C.      65900 crore

D.      45000 crore

47) The Government of India and Government of China joined hands for organising the first ever Chinese film festival in India at ?

A.      Mumbai

B.      New Delhi.

C.      Chennai

D.      Goa

48) The Union Government of India announced that it has set a target to achieve 80 percent literacy rate in the country by________. The literacy rate of the country at present is 74 percent.

A.      2020

B.      2025

C.      2018

D.      2017

49) World refugee day is on?

A.      June 29

B.      July 29

C.      June 20

D.      July 20

50) _____________a girl of Indian origin and Graduate from Avon High School, Connecticut got admission in the prestigious United States Military Academy at West Point. Sneha became the first Indian woman cadet to get entry to the United States Military Academy, in the Academy's prestigious 211-year history.

A.      Sneha Singh

B.      Rishi Singh

C.      Kirthi Ramakrishnan

D.      Vani Sengupta

SOLUTIONS

1.       A

2.       C

3.       A

4.       A

5.       D 

6.       B

7.       C

8.       A

9.       C

10.   A

11.   C

12.   D

13.   A

14.   A

15.   A

16.   C

17.   C

18.   B

19.   A

20.   A

21.   D

22.   A

23.   D

24.   B

25.   A

26.   C

27.   A

28.   A

29.   D

30.   B

31.   A

32.   C

33.   C

34.   C

35.   A

36.   A

37.   B

38.   B

39.   A

40.   C

41.   B

42.   B

43.   C

44.   B

45.   B

46.   B

47.   B

48.   D

49.   C

50.   A