CURRENT AFFAIRS PRACTICE MCQs

1. The World Trade Organization (WTO) deals with the global rules of trade between nations. Who is the Director General of WTO?

a) Roberto Azevedo
b) Christine Legarde
c) Raghuram Rajan
d) Oliver Ralph Kahn
e) None of the above

2. RBI on October, 7th 2013, has reduced Marginal Standing Facility(MSF) rate from 9.5% to 9% to improve liquidity in the system. What is MSF?
a) MSF rate is the rate at which banks lodge funds overnight with RBI buying approved government securities.
b) MSF rate is the rate at which banks borrow funds overnight from other banks against approved government securities.
c) MSF rate is the rate at which banks borrow funds overnight from RBI against approved government securities.
d) MSF rate is the minimum rate at which banks lend to the borrowers.
e) None of the above

3. Between 2007-08 to 2012-13,the value of Card spending rose to Rs.1.97 Lakh Crores. A raise in Cards spending indicates?
a) Transformation to 'Cashless Economy'
b) Low inflation
c) Raising incomes
d) Falling prices
e) None of the above

4. What is NOT true with regard to 'Carbon Credit'?
a) It is a tradable certificate or permit.
b) It represents the right of an Industry to emit certain quantity of Carbon Dioxide.
c) Carbon Credits mechanism was formalized in Kyoto Protocol.
d) Carbon Credits are currently traded on 5 exchanges across the globe.
e) None of the above.

5. Arundhati Bhattacharya is in news recently. She is going to be?
a) 1st woman Deputy Governor of RBI
b) 1st woman Chair Person of SBI
c) 1st woman Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission
d) 1st woman Finance Secretary to Govt. of India
e) None of the above

6. National Spot Exchange (NSEL) is the news for defaulting payments to investors. Who is the founder promoter of FT?
a) Jignesh Shah
b) Harshad Mehta
c) Ketan Parekh
d) A K Telgi
e) None of the above

7. Find the 'odd man out' of the following?
a) Walmart
b) Tesco
c) Carrefour
d) Big Bazar
e) Ikea

8. One of the Primary functions of IMF is to provide short term capital assistance to member countries through SDR (Special Drawing Rights). What is NOT true about SDR?
a) Currency code of SDR is XDR
b) SDR is the Unit of Account of IMF
c) Asian Development Bank (ADB) also uses SDR as its Currency
d) SDR can be exchanged only for US Dollar, British Pound, Euro & Japanese Yen
e) None of the above

9. Main functions of Money?
a) Medium of Exchange
b) Unit of Account
c) Store of Value
d) Only 'a' and 'b' of the above
e) 'a', 'b' & 'c' of the above

10. M/s XYZ company has got an order to supply Machinery to M/s ABC Co of Nigeria. Who has to get a Letter of Credit issued from a Bank?
a) M/s ABC since they are the importers
b) M/s XYZ since they are the exporters
c) Both since they are the parties to the agreement
d) RBI since they regulate the Foreign Trade in India
e) None of the above

11. What is 'Packing Credit'?
a) Finance extended to Packing materials industry
b) Finance extended to an Importer to pack the goods imported
c) Finance extended to Warehouses for keeping the goods packages
d) Finance extended to an Exporter to meet the costs of buying and/ or making products to be exported
e) None of the above

12. What is NOT true with regard to Currency Chests in India?
a) They are managed by different banks on behalf of RBI
b) Deposits in Currency Chests are taken into account for calculation of CRR(Cash Reserve Ratio)
c) Standard Chartered Bank a Foreign Bank also maintains Currency Chest
d) Coins are also stored in Currency Chests
e) None of the above

13. Recently Parliament has pass-ed Companies Act 2013. What is NOT true with regard to some of the features of the Act?
a) An Individual can set up "One person Private Ltd Company"
b) An independent Director can hold 3 consecutive terms of 3 years
c) Listed Companies must have at least 1/3rd independent Directors
d) Prescribed Companies must have at least 1 woman Director on the Board
e) A Private Ltd Company can have a maximum of 200 members

14. What is 'Net Interest Margin' of a Bank?
a) Margin of Interest earned on Trading in Govt Securities
b) Difference between the Base Interest Rate and the Average Lending Rate
c) Difference between the interest income and the amount of interest paid out
d) Difference between Interest on Term Loans and Interest on Cash Credits
e) None of the above

15. What is the World's largest functioning Oil Refinery?
a) Reliance Refinery in Jamnagar, Gujarat
b) IOC Refinery in Digboi, Assam
c) HPCL Mumbai Refinery
d) Paraguana Refinery, Venezuela
e) Exxon Mobil Refinery, Singapore

16. IIFCL (India Infrastructure Finance Co. Ltd) is wholly-owned Govt. of India Company. Who is selected to take over as the Chairman and Managing Director?
a) C B Bhave
b) S B Nayar
c) T S Vijayan
d) Yogesh Agarwal
e) None of the above

17. Till 30th June, 1955 State Bank of India(SBI) was known as?
a) State Bank of British India
b) Imperial Bank of India
c) India Central Bank
d) Central Bank of British India
e) None of the above

18. Where is the Asian Development Bank(ADB) located?
a) Mumbai, India
b) Hiroshima, Japan
c) Shanghai, China
d) Manila, Philippines
e) Jakarta, Indonesia

19. Structured Financial Messa-ging System (SFMS) is a secure messaging standard developed to serve as a platform for intra-bank and inter-bank applications in India. Which of the following have interface with SFMS?
a) RTGS(Real Time Gross Settlement)
b) Negotiated Dealing System (NDS)
c) Security Settlement System (SSS)
d) 'a' and 'c' of the above
e) 'a', 'b' & 'c' of the above

20. Which Country is the largest producer of Tea in the world?
a) India
b) Brazil
c) Peoples Republic of China
d) Srilanka
e) None of the above

21. Who is the CEO & MD of TCS(Tata Consultancy Servi-ces)?
a) Cyrus Mistry
b) S Ramdorai
c) N Chandrasekharan
d) Ratan Tata 
e) None of the above

22. Qualitative Credit Contro is one of the methods used by RBI to controlcredit. Which of the following is NOT a Qualitative Credit Control tool?
a) Moral Suasion
b) Marginal Requirement
c) Rationing of Credit
d) Bank Rate
e) 'a' & 'd' of the above

23. Who is the Chairperson of 14th Finance Commission?
a) Dr Yaga Venugopal Reddy
b) Dr Vijay L Kelkar
c) Dr C Rangarajan
d) Dr Duvvuri Subbarao
e) None of the above

24. The 12th Five Year Plan (2012-17) is approved by Union Cabinet on 4th October, 2012. The aims of the plan are?
a) 8% average growth rate
b) Reduce Poverty by 10% during the Plan
c) Faster, Sustainable and More inclusive Growth
d) All the 3 above
e) None of the above

25. Which State is the largest producer of Cotton in India in the year 2012-13?
a) Gujarat
b) Maharashtra
c) Andhra Pradesh
d) Karnataka
e) Madhyapradesh

26. Who sets up the Bench Mark Interest Rate for Germany?
a) German Central Bank
b) Deutsche Bundes Bank
c) European Central Bank(ECB)
d) Deutsche Bank
e) None of the above

27. What is India's Apex Tax body?
a) CBDT
b) GAAR
c) IT Department
d) RBI
e) None of the above

28. FICCI is an Association of Business Organizations in India.  Who is the President of FICCI?
a) Shikha Sharma
b) Usha Thorat
c) Naina Lal Kidwai
d) Indra Nooyi
e) None of the above

29. Banks in India are governed by BR Act 1949.  What does  'BR' stands for?
a) Banks Registration
b) Banking Re-organization
c) Banking Regulation
d) Banking Rights
e) None of the above

30. In India, Scheduled Commercial Banks are those Banks included?
a) In the 2nd Schedule of RBI Act 1934
b) In the 2nd Schedule of BR Act 1949
c) In the 2nd Schedule of NI Act 1881
d) In the 2nd Schedule of Companies Act 1956
e) None of the above

31. Periodically Reserve Bank of India (RBI)  reviews a few SLR norms.  SLR stands for?
a)  Statutory Liquidity Ratio
b)  Statutory Liquidity Rate
c)  Statutory Liquidity Return
d)  Statutory Liquidity Repo
e)  None of the above

32. In the recent months, Indian Rupee depreciated heavily against US Dollar.  Rupee depreciation means?
a) Value of Rupee decreasing against a basket of currencies
b) Less number of Rupees per US Dollar
c) More number of Rupees per US Dollar
d) Less number of Dollars per Rupee
e) None of the above

33. In India, Commodities Market is regulated by?
a)  Forward Market Commission
b)  Forward Market Committee
c)  Forward Market Corporation
d)  Forward Market Council
e)  None of the above

34. Food Security Bill is recently passed by Parliament.  What does the Food Security Bill intend to achieve?
a) At least 3kg of food grains per person per month to be given to general category households, at prices not exceeding 50% of Minimum Support Price.
b) Up to 75% of the rural population and up to 50% of urban population are to be covered under Targeted Public Distribution System.
c) Children aged six months to 14 years would get take-home ration or hot cooked food.
d) The oldest adult woman in each house would be considered the head of that household when issuing the ration card.
e) All of the above

35. FIPB stands for?
a) Foreign Investment and Production Board
b) Foreign Investment and Promotion Board
c) Foreign Investment and Promotion Bureau
d) Foreign Investment and Protection Board
e) None of the above

36. In India, Capital Markets are regulated by?
a) Securities and Exchange Board of India
b) Reserve Bank of India
c) State Bank of India
d) International Monetary Fund
e) None of the above

37. RAND is the currency of ?
a)  Chinab)  Japan
c)  North Koread)  South Africa
e)  None of the above

38. Recently RBI took several steps to control Rupee depreciation.  Due to Rupee depreciation?
a)  Exports become costlier
b)  Imports become costlier
c)  Imports become cheaper
d)  Both (a) &(c)
e)  None of the above

39. India's GDP growth is slowing down.  GDP means?
a)  Gross Domestic Product
b)  Gross Domestic Poverty
c)  Gross Demand Production
d)  Gross Demand Product
e)  None of the above

40. Chakravarthy Rangarajan is?
a) Governor of Reserve Bank of India
b) Director of Securities and Exchange Board of India
c) Chairman of Prime Minister Economic Advisory Council
d) Chairman of State Bank of India
e)  None of the above

41. International Monetary Fund (IMF)  works to foster global monetary cooperation, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth.  Who is the current managing director of IMF?
a)  Kaushik Basu
b)  Dr.  Y V Reddy
c)  Jim Yong Kim
d)  Christine Lagarde
e)  None of the above

42. Air-Asia India is the new proposed Airline in India.  It tied up with the following Industrial group for its launch in India?
a)  TATAs
b)  Reliance group
c)  Aditya Birla group
d)  Infosys
e)  None of the above

43. Raghuram Rajan became the 23rd RBI Governor on 5th September 2013.  Whom did he succeed?
a)  Dr Y V Reddy
b)  D Subba Rao
c)  Bimal Jalan
d)  Dr Rangarajan
e)  None

44. IRDA headquarters located in which City?
a)  Mumbai
b)  Bangalore
c)  Hyderabad
d)  Chennai
e)  None of the above

45. Arundathi Battacharya was recently in the news.  She is?
a)  Managing Director of SBI
b)  Chairman of Punjab National Bank
c)  CEO of ICICI Bank
d)  CEO of Axis Bank
e)  None of the above

46. India's CAD was 4. 8% of GDP in 2012-13.  CAD means?
a)  Current Amount Deficit
b)  Current Account Deficit
c)  Current Asst Debt
d)  Common Account Deficit
e)  None of the above

47. Which of the following is NOT matched?
a)  C B Bhave - SEBI
b) Rangarajan - Planning Commission
c)  Raghuram Rajan - RBI
d)  T S Vijayan - IRDA
e)  Yogesh Agarwal - PFRDA

48. Who is the Chairman of the Planning Commission?
a)  P.  Chidambaram
b)  Monteksingh Ahluwalia
c)  Raghuram Rajan
d)  Manmohan Singh
e)  None of the above

49. As per findings of the recent Raghuram Rajan Committee report which State is the most developed?
a)  Kerala
b)  Goa
c)  Gujarat
d)  Tamilnadu
e)  None of the above

50. As per the insurance bill, 2013, Foreign Investors can hold up to?
a) 51% of the capital in an Indian insurance company
b) 39% of the capital in an Indian insurance company
c) 49% of the capital in an Indian insurance company
d) 29% of the capital in an Indian insurance company
e)  None of the above

51. Statutory liquidity ratio(SLR)  refers to the amount that the commercial banks require to maintain with RBI. 
What are the permitted SLR investments?
a)  Only Gold
b) Gold or Govt approved Securities
c)  Only Govt approved Securities
d)  Only Cash
e)  None of the above

52. Direct Taxes Code (DTC)  is intended to be introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament.  DTC seeks to replace?
a)  Indian Contract Act
b)  Indirect Tax Act
c)  Income-Tax Act
d)  Banking Regulation Act
e)  None of the above

53. In July 2013, RBI notified that Non-CTS Cheques are valid till the end of year 2013.  CTS means?
a)  Cheque Truncation System
b)  Cheque Transaction System
c)  Cheque Transmission Service
d)  Cheque Transport Service
e)  None of the above

54. In July 2013, SEBI Act was amended to curb Ponzi schemes.  Ponzi Scheme means?
a) Name of a Mutual Fund Scheme to earn higher returns
b) Collective investment Schemes floated by fly by night operators
c) Name of a Bank Deposit Product
d) Name of a Health Insurance scheme
e) None of the above

55. The minimum rate of Interest charged by a Bank from Customers on the loans is?
a)  Base Rate
b)  Bank Rate
c)  Prime Rate
d)  Prime Lending Rate
e)  None of the above

56. Which of the following is NOT true with regard to FCNR Accounts?
a) NRIs can open the Account
b) Can be opened in 'Permitted Currency' only
c) Minimum Term is 1 year
d) Maximum Term 5 years
e)  None of the above

57. REPO rate means?
a) Rate at which the RBI will borrow from the banks
b) Rate at which banks will borrow from other banks
c) Rate at which the RBI lends to banks
d) Rate at which banks lend to customers
e) None of the above

58. Fiscal Deficit Refers to?
a) The difference between the government's total expenditure and its total receipts (including borrowing)
b) The difference between the government's total expenditure and its total receipts (excluding borrowing)
c) The difference between the government's Tax collections and Salary payments
d) The difference between the government's Tax collections and government's Borrowings
e) None of the above

59. "DAX" is the stock market in?
a)  Germany
 b)  USA
c)  France
d)  Hongkong
e)  None of the above

60. After retirement, Ratan Tata was made the Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons.  Who succeeded Ratan Tata as Chairman of Tata Sons?
a)  Cyrus Mistry
b)  Niira Radia
 c)  Mukesh Ambani
d)  Nandan Nilekani
e)  None of the above

61. Yellow Metal refers to?
a)  Copper
b)  Silver
c)  Platinum
d)  Gold
e)  None of the above

62. Who is the Chairman of the committee set up to scrutinize applications for new Bank licenses?
a)  Usha Thorat
b)  Bimal Jalan
c)  C B Bhave
d)  S Damodaran
e)  None of the above

63. Who is the World Bank President?
a)  Christine Legrade
b)  Jim Yong Kim
c)  Raghuram Rajan
d)  Monteksingh Ahluwalia
e)  None of the above

64. Ben Bernanke is the Chairman of Federal Reserve.  What is Federal Reserve?
a) Central Bank of UK
b) Financial wing of the World Bank
c) Central Bank of USA
d) European Union Central Bank
e) None of the above

ANSWERS:

1) A	2) C	3) A	4) E	5) B	6) A	7) D	8) E
9) E	10) A	11) D	12) E	13) B	14) C	15) A	16) B
17) B	18) D	19) E	20) C	21) C	22) C	23) A	24) D
25) A	26) C	27) A	28) C	29) C	30) A	31) A	32) C
33) A	34) E	35) B	36) A	37) D	38) B	39) A	40) C
41) D	42) A	43) B	44) C	45) A	46) B	47) B	48) D
49) B	50) C	51) B	52) C	53) A	54) B	55) A	56) E
57) C	58) B	59) A	60) A	61) D	62) B	63) B	64) C

CURRENT AFFAIRS 2013 MCQS

 The Person who succeeded Ranjan Mathai to be the next Foreign Secretary of India by Manmohan Singh-Sujata Singh

• The vice chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University who on 1 July 2013 appointed as the 20th Lt Governor of Delhi- Najeeb Jung

• The Person who on 2 July 2013 has been appointed as Director General of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS)-Sunil Soni

• The first ever Indian woman to receive Dubai Government's coveted Emirates Woman Award for business excellence in June 2013- Vandana Gandhi
• The U.S. inventor who was known as the father of the computer mouse who died on 3 July 2013 at age of 88-Douglas Engelbart

• The Egyptian Leader who sworn in as interim president of Egypt till the next elections takes place succeeding Mohamed Morsi, who was removed after a military coup- Adli Mansour

• Renowned Madhubani painting artist who died at a private hospital in Ranti, near Madhubani on 4 July 2013-Mahasundari Devi

• The former Secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), who was appointed as the President of NASSCOM on 5 July 2013- R. Chandrasekhar

• The Bollywood actress who on 6 July 2013 got the Best Actress award at 14th IIFA (International Indian Film Academy) awards 2013 held in Macau- Vidya Balan
• Leading liberal opposition leader who on 6 July 2013 was named as Egypt's new Prime Minister- Mohamed ElBaradei

• Senior parliamentarian who on 4 July 2013 was appointed as the new governor of Sikkim- Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil

• Former Delhi police Chief, who on 8 July 2013 took over as the new Governor of Meghalaya- KK Paul
• An acknowledged food scientist and the former Director of the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI) who died on 9 July 2013- Dr. H.A.B. Parpia

• The Person who on 8 July 2013 took over as the new Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands-Lt Gen (Retd) AK Singh
• The Theme of world Population day observed across the World on 11 July 2013- Focus is on Adolescent Pregnancy

• Indian Parsi conductor of western classical music who was selected to be honoured with Tagore Award 2013-Zubin Mehta

• The legendary actor and the proud recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award and Padma Bhushan Award who died on 12 July 2013- Pran

• The Person who on 16 July 2013 was appointed as the next Commissioner of Delhi Police and will besucceeding Neeraj Kumar- Bhim Sain Bassi
• The Person who was administered the oath of the office of Chief Justice of India (CJI) by he President of India on 19 July 2013-Justice Palanisamy Sathasivam

• The Chief Justice of India who on 18 July 2013 retired from the office after a short term of just nine months-Justice Altamas Kabir
• The day which was observed as Nelson Mandela International Day to inspire people to be an agent of change-18 July 2013

• 82 Years old Veteran Tamil film lyricist who died at a private hospital in Chennai on 18 July 2013- Vaali

• An Indian-American woman was nominated for the Post of Assistant Secretary of State of USA- Nisha Desai Biswal

• South Korean city which was named as the World Book Capital for the year 2015 as per UNESCO announcement-  Incheon

• Former Kuttanad MLA and Chairman of the Kerala State Farming Corporation, who died at a hospital in Kochi- Prof. Oommen Mathew

• The Finance Minister of Jammu and Kashmir who on 21 July 2013 appointed as the new Chairman of GST Panel- Abdul Rahim Rather

• The Chairman and CEO of Leo Burnett, India who was re-elected as the President of Advertising Agencies Association of India-Arvind Sharma

• Renowned south India yesteryear actor, who died in Chennai at the age of 59 on 23 July 2013 followed a brief illness- Manjula Vijayakumar

• The Duchess of Cambridge, who gave birth to a baby boy on 22 July 2013 at the London hospital- Kate Middleton

• Indian American author who novel The Lowland has been listed among 13 novels longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013- Jhumpa Lahiri

• The cousin of Rajiv Gandhi as well as the Minister for Internal Security during his government, who died in Gurgaon on 25 July 2013- Arun Nehru

• The famous Indian Port which was conferred with the Major Port of the Year award for its excellent performance in the year 2012-13- Paradip Port

• The Bollywood actor who held the Guinness World Record for being the most type-cast actor, died on 28 July 2013 at the age of 85 years- Jagdish Raj
• Sarod maestro who was chosen for the 21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavna Award- Amjad Ali Khan

• The former Indian Test umpire who passed away on 29 July 2013 at a private hospital in Karnataka. He was 83 years of age- SN Hanumantha Rao

• The principal architect of India’s missile programmes who on 31 May 2013was  appointed DRDO chief and scientific advisor to defence minister- Avinash Chander

• The  person who resigned as Chairman of IPL on 1 June 2013 in the wake of the raging spot-fixing scandal- Rajiv Shukla

• The name of bombs which is being developed by India for its fighter jets, which are expected to be geared up for deployment by the end of year 2014- Glide Bombs

• The Person who was appointed new Prime Minister of Palestine, by Mahmoud Abbas on 2 June 2013 - Rami Hamdallah 

• The 25-year old Bollywood actress who allegedly committed suicide on 3 June 2013 at her Juhu residence in Mumbai – Jiah Khan

• The Person who became the youngest Indian to scale the Mount Everest on 21 May 2013 with his five schoolmates- Raghav Joneja

• The Leader of Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N), who on 3 June 2013 elected as the Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan- Ayaz Sadiq 
• The Person who became the first woman to be elected to the FIFA Executive Committee (ExCo) for a full term of four years- Lydia Nsekera
• The theme of World Environment Day which was observed on 5 June 2013 -Think, Eat, Save Reduce YourFoodprint
• The Person who was appointed as the National Security Adviser of US President Barack Obama on 5 June 2013- Susan Elizabeth Rice

• The Australian radio presenters who responsible for Royal prank and was awarded with Jock by the employer- Michael Christian
• The Person who on 6 June 2013 was reelected as the chairman of  India Bank Association (IBA) for 2013-14 tenure- KR Kamath

• The Irish writer who won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his debut novel City of Bohane which is the portrayal of  Ireland of 2053- Kevin Barry

• The Uttarakhand NGO which on 6 June 2013 bagged a French award for its contribution to protection of human rights- Central Himalayan Environment Association (CHEA)
• 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- Iain Banks
• The BJP leader who  resigned from all top positions of BJP on 10 June 2013 a day after Narendra Modi was selected as the chairman party’s election campaign- LK Advani

• A former Union Minister and Congress veteran from Chhattisgarh, died on 11 June 2013 of multiple organ failure- Vidya Charan Shukla
• The theme of World Day against Child Labour which was celebrated on 12 June 2013-No to Child Labour in Domestic Work
• The first Indian-American girl from Avon School to get admission in United States Military Academy at West Point- Sneha Singh

• The  First NATO and European Country to Draft Women in Military Service- Norway

• The Indian-origin sculptor who was honoured with Knighthood, the highest honour of Britain by Queen Elizabeth II- Anish Kapoor

• The Person who became only the second Hindu to be part of the Pakistan’s Punjab assembly after Seth Bharta Ram- Kanji Ram

• The ambassador to the United Nations for Antigua and Barbuda who was selected as the President of UN General Assembly for its 68th session- John William Ashe
• One of the founders of RAW, who passed away on 16 June 2013 in Chennai after a long fight with cancer- Bahukutumbi Raman

• The ex-chairman of the Tata Group who was appointed as the Chief Advisor of AirAsia’s India board- Ratan Tata

• The moderate cleric of Combatant Clergy Association party won the presidentialelection in Iran on 15 June 2013- Hassan Rohani

• The Malaysian author who  was declared as the winner of Walter Scott Prize for his English fiction novel The Garden of Evening Mists- Tan Twan Eng

• The 29-year-year-old Indian origin journalist became the Editor of UK national paper, The Independent, on 17 June 2013- Amol Rajan

• The former head of the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), was appointed as the Chairman of AirAsia India on 18 June 2013- Subramanian Ramadorai

• The Chinese supercomputer which is declared is the fastest computer of the world- Tianhe-2

• The Book Released by Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India and compiled by Kumar Deepak Das- An Ardent Patriot– Dinesh Goswami
• The Parliamentary Speaker who on Parliamentary Speaker who sworn in as Bangladesh President to replace Zillur Rahman- Abdul Hamid

• An IAS officer of the 1979 batch who on 1 May 2013 was appointed as Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh government- Prasanna Kumar Mohanty

• The Former President of Pakistan who was imposed with a lifetime ban from contesting elections-Pervez Musharraf
• The communication Satellite successfully launched by China from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province- Zhongxing-11  
• The last British member of the Church of North India’s Delhi Brotherhood who passed away on 30 April 2013-Father Ian Weathrall

• The day celebrated as the World Press Freedom Day across the world with a theme safe to Speak- 3 May 2013

• The Indian national and a death row prisoner in the Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail who died on 2 May 2013 at the Lahore's Jinnah hospital- Sarabjit Singh
• The  young Indian biologist who was honoured with the Whitley award, also known as Green Oscar, in London on 2 May 2013- Aparajita Datta

• The former tour player and president of ATP since January 2012 who died on 3 May 2013- Brad Drewett

• The Person who on 3 May 2013 took over the office of Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand for second time-Subhash Kumar

• The prosecutor who was handling the Mumbai terror attack and Bhutto assassination case was gunned down in Islamabad- Zulfiqar Ali

• Italian Deputy Foreign Minister who was appointed as the special envoy to India to work out on fair trials for the Italian Marines- Staffan de Mistura

• The Prime Minister of Italy who died on 6 May 2013 at Rome after serving as the Italian Prime Minister seven times between 1972 and 1992- Giulio Andreotti

• The first ever national surfing and stand up paddle (SUP) competition of India concluded at Kovalam beach on 5 May 2013- Spice Coast Open
• The Senegalese singer and Finnish composer who were named as the recipients of Polar Music Prize 2013-Youssou Ndour and Kaija Saariaho
• An Indian conglomerate company who created a new Guinness World Record on 6 May 2013 when its 121653 workers sang India’s national anthem in Lucknow- Sahara India Pariwar
• The Pakistani Prisoner who was attacked by an inmate in Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu died at the hospital in Chandigarh on 9 May 2013- Sanaullah Ranjay



• The person who was appointed as the Head of the World Trade Organisation and will take the charge of his office from outgoing Pascal Lamy in September 2013- Roberto Azevedo

• The English film director, actor, screenwriter and novelist, who died on 8 May 2013 in Virginia Water, Surreyfollowing the long illness- Bryan Forbes

• The Legendary actor who was presented with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award for life timeachievement  10 May 2013- Pran

• The leader of the Indian National Congress who on 11 May 2013 was sworn in as the 22nd chief minister of the state of Karnataka- Siddaramaiah

• The Deputy Speaker of Madhya Pradesh State Assembly and a senior leader of Congress Party who died due to cardiac arrest- Harvansh Singh 
• The renowned Islamic Scholar and recipient of National Communal Harmony Award in 1997, who died on 14 May 2013- Asghar Ali Engineer

• The acting director of IRS  who had resigned amid the criticism over the tax agency's handling of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status- Steven Miller
• The Person who on 16 May 2013 appointed as governor of Arunachal Pradesh as the term of presentincumbent Gen (retd) J J Singh ended in January 2013- Nirbhay Sharma
• The  Saudi woman who made history by reaching the Everest summit- the world's highest mountain- Raha Moharrak

• The place where the 45th Session of the Indian Labour Conference concluded on 18 May 2013- New Delhi

• The Person who on 19 May 2013 became the first Pakistani woman to scaleMount Everest. Samina Baig is 22 years of age- Samina Baig

• NASA’s Mars Rover which broke the 40-year-old extraterrestrial distance record on 16 May 2013, after 9 long years of Mars exploration- Opportunity rover

• The Person who was elected as the Member of Executive Council of WMO during the 65th Executive Council of WMO meeting which is ongoing at Geneva- Laxman Singh Rathore

• The Person who on 1 April 2013 took over charge as the secretary of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT)- M F Farooqui 

• The bank which had won the prestigious FE India’s Best Banks Award-2012-13 in recognition of its strong fundamentals and dynamic growth model- J&K Bank 

• The Day declared by United Nations General Assembly as the World Autism Awareness Day- 2 April

• The Place where Olive Crown Awards 2013 took place on 1 April 2013- Mumbai

• The Minister of Culture, who on 2 April 2013 inaugurated the Tagore Centre for Global Thought at India Institute of King’s College, London- Chandresh Kumari Katoch

• Oscar Winning Screenplay Writer, who died in New York on 3 April 2013- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

• The person who on 4 April 2013 was appointed as the new director of the state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp’s (ONGC) Exploration- Narendra Kumar Verma

• The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Critic for Chicago Sun-Times who died  At the age of 70 years on 4 April 2013 at Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago- Roger Ebert

• Padma Shree Awardee and  a renowned epigraphist and numismatist who died at his residence in Kolkata on 4 April 2013- Bratindra Nath Mukherjee

• The co-founder and Executive Co-Chairman of Infosys, who on 5 April 2013 was elected as the President of the industry body (CII) for the year 2013-14- S Gopalakrishnan

• The Country where SAARC Ministerial Level Meet on Poverty concluded on 5 April 2013- Nepal

• The city where 2 day International Workshop on Green National Accounting for India Concluded on 6 April 2013- New Delhi

• The Hospitality Group which was conferred with the National Award for Excellence in Hospitality Education 2011-12 on 5 April 2013- Lalit Suri Hospitality Group

• The person who became the first Indian to Circumnavigate Globe Solo and Non-Stop on a sail boat- Lt Cdr Abhilash Tomy

• The Former British Prime Minister and Iron Lady of Britain who died at the age of 87 following a stroke on 8 April 2013- Margaret Thatcher

• The Person who was appointed as the new chairman of the  NASSCOM for its the Executive Council for 2013-14- Krishnakumar Natarajan

• The place where the 2013 Times of India Film Awards (TOIFA) ceremony took place on 6 April 2013- BC Place, Vancouver

• The Person who was sworn-in as the Fourth President of Kenya on 9 April 2013- Uhuru Kenyatta

• The Electric utilities company which was conferred with the Business Leader in the Power Sector at the NDTV Business Leadership Awards in New Delhi on 9  April 2013- NTPC Ltd

• The nuclear-capable Missile which was successfully test-fired by Pakistan on 10 April 2013. - Hatf-IV ballistic missile

• The day which was observed as National Safe Motherhood day across India -11 April 2013

• The Person who was appointed as the Chairman of the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on population and Development on 11 April 2013 at Bangkok- PJ Kurien 

• The Legendary Actor who was awarded  with Bollywood’s Highest Honour Dada Saheb Phalke Award on 12 April 2013- Pran

• The anti-British revolutionary, considered to be the last remaining link to sub-continent decessive past died atKolkata at the age of 104 years - Binod Bihari Chowdhary

• The Palestinian Prime Minister who resigned on 13 April 2013 after falling out with president Mahmud Abbas-Salam Fayyad

• The Indian Politician who was unanimously re-elected as the national President of Janata Dal (United) for third time in a row, on 14 April 2013- Sharad Yadav

• The Person who was declared the winner of Venezuela's presidential election on 14 April 2013- Nicolas Maduro

• The  Indian-Origin Economist who Won John Bates Clark Medal For 2013- Raj Chetty

• The Person who as per the 16th Annual Global CEO survey, was figured among the top three most admired leaders of the world- Mahatma Gandhi

• The International Newspaper which had won four Pulitzer Prizes on 15 April 2013, including the award for investigative reporting for stories- New York Times

• The Person who took over as the Managing Director of Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) on 16 April 2013- Sunil Kumar

• The Surface Drive Based Interceptor of Indian Coast Guard Commissioned by the Chief Secretary to Government of Maharashtra- Interceptor Boat C-154
• The CMD, of NLC (Neyveli Lignite Corporation) who was conferred with the CEO with HR Orientation Award at the World HRD Congress 2013 in Mumbai-B Surender Mohan
• The book released by the Vice President of India, M. Hamid Ansari which is written by K. Natwar Singh, the former Union Minister for External Affairs-Walking with Lions: Tales from a Diplomatic Past

• The Congress MP from Banaskantha who passed away on 1 March 2013 in Ahmadabad because of multiple organ failure-Mukesh Gadhvi

• The place where the second meeting of India-Afghanistan-US trilateral dialogue was held–New Delhi

• Famous Italian musician and composer who had written the scores for about 300 films died at the age of 95-Armando Trovajoli

• The former news editor of The Indian Express who died on 3 March 2013 in New Delhi following a cardiac arrest-SK Varma

• The person who was appointed as the new High Commissioner to Maldives replacing D M Mulay-Rajeev Shahare

• The Business tycoon who retained his title as the richest person of India for the sixth consecutive year with the net worth of 21.5 billion US Dollars-Mukesh Ambani

• The author who was selected for the Bihari Puraskar for 2012 for Hindi novel Dhooni Tape Teer-Hariram Meena

• The Venezuelan President who  died due to cancer on 5 March 2013 at Caracas-Hugo Chavez

• The Person who conferred with the Liberation War Honour Award by the President of Bangladesh, Zillur Rahman-Pranab Mukherjee

• The Person who was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya for the second term by taking oath as 26th CM of the state-Mukul Manda Sangma

• The Pollitical leader of Naga People’s Front (NPF) was sworn in as Chief Minister of Nagaland for the third straight term on 5 March 2013-Neiphiu Rio

• The chairman of local organising committee of the 2015 World Cup who died at the age of 68-James Strong

• The Person who took over as the Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) in National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)-MRP Rao

• The people who was selected by the Parliamentary Award Committee for Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for 2010, 2011 and 2012 respectively- Arun Jaitley, Karan Singh and Sharad Yadav

• The city which won the award for most liveable Indian city by IPSOS Best City Survey and Awards 2013 event in New Delhi -Nagpur

• Venezuelan Vice- President  who was sworn in as Venezuela’s acting president- Nicolas Maduro

• 86 years old Former West Bengal Governor and industrialist who died in Jordan after a heart attack-Viren J Shah

• Former CBI Director,  who was appointed as Governor of Nagaland- Ashwani Kumar

• The Managing Director of Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services Ltd, who was elected as the chairman, CII Kerala State Council for 2013-14- C J George

• The India Tourism Film, which claimed First Prize at 11th Golden City Gate Awards- Find What You Seek

• 76 years old legendary painter who died after a heart attack at a city hospital in Kolkata- Ganesh Pyne

• The new leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), who  was appointed as the President of China- Xi Jinping

• The Chief Justice who was sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Nepal by taking over the office from Baburam Bhattarai- Khil Raj Regmi

• The winner of the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize for his novel The Garden of Evening Mists- Tan Twan Eng

• The person who was  elected as the Chairman of CII Karnataka - Soumitra Bhattacharya

• The date on which World Consumer Rights Day was observed for creating awareness in terms of consumer protection measures as well as consumer rights – 15 March 2013

• The new communication satellite launched  by NASA on 31 January 2013 to stay in touch with its space station astronauts- TDRS(Tracking and Data Relay Satellite)

• The person who emerged as winner to the first direct Presidential elections held in Czech Republic on 25 January 2013-Milos Zeman
• The renowned painter of Bengal School died on 1 February 2013 following a brief illness at Kolkata hospital- Shanu Lahiri
• The prominent Pakistani journalist died on 2 February 2013 in New York following 4-year long fight with cancer- Ayesha Haroon

• World cancer day was observed on - 4 February 2013
• Solicitor-General of India, who resigned from his office on 4 February 2013- Rohinton F Nariman

• The Australian cricket captain who won the fourth Allan Border Medal in Melbourne on 4 February 2013- Michael Clarke

• President of Republic of Mauritius who visited India from 3 Jan 2013 to 10 Jan 2013 and was  honoured with the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award- Rajkeswur Purryag

• The King of Bhutan who visited India from 23 to 30 January 2013 and was the Chief Guest for the Republic Day Celebration- Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
• The fourth largest private sector Bank of India which was awarded the Financial Institutions Syndicated Deal of the Year 2012 in its Asia Pacific Region- YES Bank

• The Parliament Attack Convict, who was hanged on 9 Feb 2013 at Tihar Jail after his mercy petition was cancelled by the President of India- Afzal Guru

• The Advocate-General of West Bengal who resigned from his office on 8 Feb 2013- Anindya Kumar Mitra

• The 72 years old table tennis legend who died in Beijing on 10 February 2013 following lengthy fight with cancer- Zhuang Zedong

• The sitar legend was honoured with the posthumous Lifetime Achievement Grammy award ON 9 February 2013- Pandit Ravi Shankar

• US Marine General who took over the command of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan- Joseph Dunford
• Conference for South Asian Autism Network (SAAN) for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) was concluded on -11 Feb 2013
• Code name given to secret plan for executing Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist Afzal Guru in Tihar Jail on 9 February 2013 -Operation Three Star
• The short range surface-to-surface missile launched by Pakistan on 11 February 2013 -Hatf IX (NASR)
• The Person appointed as the chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi on 12 February 2013- Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty

• Prime Minister of the Himalayan Kingdom Bhutan was on an official visit to India from 7 Feb. to 9 Feb. 2013- Lyonchhen Jigmi Y. Thinley
• World Radio Day was observed on which day to raise awareness about the importance of radio- 12 February 2013

• The former Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court, who sworn in as the Lokayukta on 14 February 2013- Y Bhaskar Rao

• The theme of 27nd edition of Surajkund mela that was ended on 15 February 2013 was –Karnataka


• The person who was appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations on 13 February 2013- Asoke Kumar Mukerji

• The Country which banned the Japanese cartoon Doraemon in the third week of February 2013 because of the fears of Hindi invasion- Bangladesh
• The Ecuador's President who was re-elected for a third term with more than 50 percent of the vote- Rafael Correa

• The Person who was conferred with Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development Award 2011 by the President of India Pranab Mukherjee on 18 Feb 2013 -Ela Ramesh Bhatt

• The former Union Minister and three times MP for Rajya Sabha, who died at the age of 68 on 19 February 2013- Radhakishan Malviya

• The former LIC chief who took over as the Chairman of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) on 21 February 2013- T. S. Vijayan

• The former head of Tata Group who was awarded the life time achievement award 2012 by Ernst & Young on 21 February 2013- Ratan Tata

• The Car Rally that was flagged off from the Helipad Ground in Salt Lake Stadium, West Bengal on 22 February 2013- Silk Route Car Rally

• The playbook which won four awards at the Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica on 24 February 2013- Silver Linings Playbook
• The Person who had sworn -in as the first woman President of South Korea on 25 February 2013- Park Geun-hye

• The person who on 25 January 2013 became Czech Republic’s first directly elected President as per the Czech Republic Presidential election results-Milos Zeman

• The Bollywood superstar who topped the inaugural Forbes India Celebrity 100 list-Shahrukh Khan

• The renowned playback singer, who on 26 January 2013 refused to accept the prestigious Padma Bhushan-Sreeramamurthy Janaki

• The ballistic missile successfully test fired by India with a strike range of around 700 kilometres, from an underwater platform in Bay of Bengal-K15

• The Kannada author who was shortlisted among other ten authors for prestigious International Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2013-UR Ananthamurthy

• The major of Rashtriya Rifles who was selected for Kirti Chakra for his extraordinary bravery efforts in counter- terrorist operations in J&K-Major Abup J Manjali

• The mastermind of 26/11 terror attack who was sentenced to 35 years of imprisonment by the U.S. Federal District Court Judge Harry Leinenweber-David Coleman Headley

• The Islamic school of India which on 23 January 2013 demanded that the controversial writers should be banned from 6th edition of Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF)- Darul Uloom Deoband

• The two Scientists awarded with the prestigious Aryabhatta Award instituted by the Astronautical Society of India (ASI)- Dr. A.E. Muthunayagam and Dr. V.K. Saraswat

• The Chennai-born Scientist of Indian Origin and President of Micronutrient Initiative, Canada who was awarded with Canada’s Highest Civilian Award – the Order of Canada-Venkatesh Mannar

• The former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor who constituted the 14th Finance Commission under Union Government in January 2013-Yaga Venugopal Reddy

• The place at which the foundation stone of the state-of-the-art National Data Centre of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) was laid-Manesar, Gurgaon in Haryana

• The first fast patrol vessel (FPV), launched by Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) on 8 January 2013 which was built for the Indian Coast Guard – Aadesh

• The Special Bench of Justices of A.K. Patnaik and Gyan Sudha Misra to hear cases of crime against women  was constituted by-Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir

• Keeping under consideration the sharp increase in the cost of materials, the Union Cabinet in January 2013 approved the Ministry of Rural Development’s proposal to increase the unit cost under-Indira Awaas Yojana (IAY)

• The person elected by Shiv Sena as the President of the Party on 23 January 2013 at Sena Headquarters at Dadar, Central Mumbai- Uddhav Thackeray

• The BJP President who on 22 January 2013 resigned from his post as after his resignation, Rajnath Singh was elected as the party chief-Nitin Gadkari

• The Female sports personalities and the Olympic Bronze Medalists who on 22 Jan. 2013 nominated byElection Commission of India as National Icons- Mary Kom and Saina Nehwal

• The largest shore patrol vessel which was commissioned in the eastern coast for maritime surveillance around Andaman and Nicobar Islands- NS Saryu

• Former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh who merged his Jan Kranti Party with Bhartiya Janta Party, during the Atal Shankhnaad Rally of BJP at Lucknow- Kalyan Singh

• The third oldest elephant of the world, which celebrated its 66th birthday at the Inokashira Park Zoo of Japan-Hanako

• The congress MP who on 19 January 2013 declared the new vice-president of Indian National Congress after the decision made by the Congress Working Committee-Rahul Gandhi

• The actor and the actress who bagged the best actor and actress award in the 58th Idea Filmfare Awards given away on 20 January 2013-Ranbir Kapoor and Vidya Balan

• The Dutch Coach who in the month of January was appointed as the High Performance Director for Indian Hockey Team- Roelant Oltmans

• The Indian researcher who was selected to be felicitated with the Young Investigator Scholarship Award for his work on Alzheimer's drug- Mahaveer Golechha

• The Union Minister for Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs, who was elected as a leader of Indian delegation for World Economic Forum 2013- Kamal Nath

• Indian-origin women who became the first woman and the 9th Speaker of the Singapore Parliament on 14 January 2013 by replacing Michael Palmer- Halimah Yacob

• The place at where ITU summoned the World Conference on International Telecommunications held from 3-14 Dec 2012- Dubai

• The former all-rounder of India from Surat who died on 13 January 2013 in Mumbai at the age of 76 years-Rusi Framroze Surti

• The place at which Indian and Pakistani armies held Brigade Commander-level flag meeting-Chakan-Da-Bagh in Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir