General Awareness May 2013

31st May

• India and Thailand signed a treaty for the extradition of runaways wanted for terrorism, transnational crimes, economic offenses and other serious crimes.

• TVS Logistics Services Ltd. acquired second company in US called Wainwright Industries, the end-to-end supply chain provider.
• As per CSO DATA released on 31 May 2013, economic growth fell to a decade's low of 5 per cent for the entire 2012-13 fiscal

• UNESCO in the Month of May 2013 had declared India's Nicobar Islands as a world biosphere reserve under its Man and the Biosphere Programme.

• According to World Health Organisation, World No-Tobacco day is observed every year on 31 May 2013.

• On 31 May Arvind Mahankali, a 13-year old Indian-American won the Scripps National Spelling Bee contest, as children from the community scripted history by dominating the prestigious competition for the sixth year in a row, grabbing top three slots this year

CURRENT AFFAIRS / General awareness MAY 2013

1)The US Senate on 23 May 2013 approved ­_______was as the most senior US Judge of the South Asian descent to the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

A.      Srikanth Srinivasan

B.      B.N. Sreenivasan

C.      Sreenivasa Guru Nath

D.      D.K. Sreekant

2) Indian National Defence University (INDU) was laid down by the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh at

A.      Udhampur,J&K

B.      Binola, Gurgaon

C.      Chandimandir,Haryana

D.      Banglore, Karnataka

3) _______was today sworn in as CAG by President Pranab Mukherjee in the Rashtrapati Bhavan here.

A.      Vinod Ray

B.      Ashok Chavla

C.      Shashi Kant Sharma

D.      Shanthi Bhushan

4) An 80-year-old Japanese mountain climber who has had four heart surgeries reached the top of Mount Everest becoming the oldest person to conquer the world's highest mountain. Who was he?

A.      Yuichiro Miura

B.      Yenluk gin

C.      Meu-ji-kin

D.      D.Feri-Ki

5) Who was the new chairman of Medical Council of India?

A.      R.K. Sreevastava

B.      Ram Krishna Murthy

C.      Ram Kiran

D.      Dr. Saji Kumar

6)The Big Apple is the nick name of which city

A.      A.Hong Kong

B.      New Delhi

C.      New York

D.      Singapore

7) The only satellite of Ecuador, collided with the Russian space debris, which is that satellite?

A.      Pegaso

B.      Equvax-I

C.      GOES-N

D.      ASTROSAT

8) The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee conferred the _____ Jnanpith Award for the year 2011 on Pratibha Ray on 22 May 2013 at Balyogi Auditorium in New Delhi.

A.      A.48^th

B.      B.47^th

C.      C.46^th

D.      D.49^th

9) Lydia Davis won 2013 Man Booker International Prize for her innovative and influential writing. She is from which country?

A.      England

B.      Germany

C.      America

D.      Canada