Wednesday, May 22, 2013

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS - APRIL 2013


1. Which team won the Vijay Hazare trophy 2013?
Answer. Delhi

2. Name the Venezuelan President who died recently?
Answer. Hugo Chavez

3. Who won the Celebrity Cricket League 2013?
Answer. Karnataka Bulldozers

4. Who won the WGC Cadillac Championship 2013?
Answer. Tiger Woods

5. Who is sworn in as the new governor of Bihar?
Answer. DY Patil

6. Who is sworn in as the new governor of Tripura?
Answer. Devanand Konwar

7. Who is sworn in as the new governor of Kerala?
Answer. Nikhil Kumar

8. Who is sworn in as the new governor of Odisha?
Answer. SC Jamir

9. Who is sworn in as the new governor of Nagaland?
Answer. Ashwani Kumar, He was the former Director of the CBI.

10. Who is honoured with Indira Gandhi Peace Prize recently?
Answer. Ela Bhatt, founder of the Self Employed Women‟s Association (SEWA), was presented with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for the year 2011 by the President of
India, Pranab Mukherjee. 2

11. Who won the 2013 Malaysian Grand Prix?
Answer. Sebastian Vettel



12. Which are the two elements that added to the Periodic Table recently?
Answer. Flerovium and Livermorium

13. Who was crowned the Femina Miss India World 2013?
Answer. Navneet Kaur Dhilon

14. Who won the Miss India International 2013?
Answer. Zoya Arfoz

15. Who is the Chairman of National Innovation Council in India?
Answer. Sam Pitroda

16. Who is the present Chief Justice of Orissa high court?
Answer. Chokalingam Nagappan

17. Name the personalities who have launched global sim card „Jaxtr SIM‟ for international travelers:
Answer. Sabeer Bhatia and Yogesh Patel

18. When is the First International Happiness Day celebrated?
Answer. 20th March 2013

19. Who is chosen for Saraswati Samman award 2013?
Answer. Sugathakumari

20. Which Indian state made Malayalam must for its government jobs?
Answer. Kerala

21. Who is named as world‟s richest footballer with a net worth of $260 Million?
Answer. David Beckham

22. Where in China 48 metre high Buddha statue was built?
Answer. Xingzi County of Jiujiang City

23. Who was named „Sportsperson of the year‟ by Tata Steel for her achievements on the occasion of
174th birth anniversary of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata?
Answer. Deepika Kumari

24. Who won the inaugural Physics Journalism Prize sponsored by the Institute of Physics and Science
and Technology Facilities Council?
Anil Ananthaswamy

25. Who was sworn in as Kenya‟s 4th president?
Answer. Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta 3

26. Which former British Prime Minister popularly known as the „Iron Lady‟ passed away on April 8?
Answer. Margaret Thatcher.
Note: She was the longest serving British prime minister (1979-1990) of the 20th century and is the only woman to have held the office.

27. Who is appointed as Prime Minister of Lebanon?
Answer. Tamam Salam

28. Which country will host ICC World T20 2014?
Answer. Bangladesh

29. Who won the gold medal in the men‟s triple jump in the season opening Indian Grand Prix?
Answer. Renjith Maheswary

30. Who is appointed as President of International Chamber of Commerce?
Answer. Rajan Bharti Mittal

31. Who is elected as president of Paraguay?
Answer. Horacio Cartes

32. Who is the lady popularly known as "Human Computer", she died on 21st April 2013?
Answer. Shakuntala Devi

33. Who developed the world‟s lightest substance recently?
Answer. Chinese scientists have developed the world‟s lightest substance “carbon aerogel” with a
density only one sixth of that of the air. Scientists at Zhejiang University produced the solid material
which has a density of only 0.16 mg/cubic centimetre, breaking the previous record of the world‟s
lightest material held by graphite aerogel. The graphite aerogel was developed by German scientists last
year with a density of 0.18 mg/cubic centimetre.

34. Who won the Prestigious Templeton Prize 2013?
Answer. Desmond Tutu.
Note: South Africa‟s Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has won “2013 Templeton Prize” for his
lifelong work in promoting love and forgiveness.

35. Rahi Sarnobat won a Gold medal in 25-M Pistol Event
Note: Rahi Sarnobat clinched the first gold for India in International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)
World Cup in Korea on 5 April 2013. She defeated Kyeongae Kim 8-6 in 25m pistol final. She is the first pistol shooter from India who won the Gold in World Cup.

36. World Health Day was Celebrated on 7th April.
Note: World Health Day is celebrated every year on April 7, under the sponsorship of the World Health
Organization (WHO).

37. Who got the Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2012?
Answer. Hindi film actor Pran Krishan Sikand got the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2012.

38. Who is elected as the President of Venezuela recently?
Answer. Nicolas Maduro

39. India‟s first and only Women Chief Election Commissioner ……………. passed away recently?
Answer. Ramadevi

40. The 2013 SAARC literature festival was hosted by which place?
Answer. Agra

41. The President of Bangladesh who passed away recently?
Answer. Zillur Rahman

42. Which are the three North Eastern states where new High Courts have been set up?
Answer. Tripura, Meghalaya and Manipur

43. World Earth Hour was observed from 8.30PM to 9.30PM On:
Answer. March 23

44. World Water Day was observed on:
Answer. March 22

45. World Tuberculosis Day was observed on:
Answer. March 24

46. Najib Mikati, who resigned recently was the Prime Minister of:
Answer. Lebanon

47. The recently announced National Tourism Award 2011-12 for the Best Rural Tourism Project has
been bagged by:
Answer. Kumarakom

48. The president of Egypt who visited India recently?
Answer. Mohamed Morsi

49. The renowned African novelist and author of „Things Fall Apart‟ who passed away recently?
Answer. Chinua Achebe

50. Who is appointed as India‟s new permanent representative to the United Nations?
Answer. Asoke Kumar Mukerji


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