1. Which rail tunnel connecting the European and Asian parts of Turkey has recently been opened? Answer: Marmaray Tunnel. It is the deepest Undersea Immersed Tube Tunnel ever built. 2. Which Indian won the election to the United Nations Board of Auditors? Answer: Sashi Kant Sharma, He is presently the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. 3. Which Indian has been crowned ‘Miss Asia Pacific World 2013’? Answer: Srishti Rana 4. Who is appointed as India’s next ambassador to Russia? Answer: P.S Raghavan 5. Who became the third cricketer in the world to score a double century in one day internationals? Answer: Rohit Sharma. 6. Who was selected for this year’s Ezhuthachan Puraskaram? Answer: M.K Sanu 7. Who is the currently ranked No.1 batsman in One Day Internationals? Answer: Virat Kohli 8. National Education Day was observed on: Answer: November 11, It is the birthday of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, independent India’s first Union Minister for Education. 9. India will host Men’s Hockey World Cup in: Answer: 2018 10. Who won Miss Universe 2013 title? Answer: Gabriela Isler (Venezuela) 11. The new sign language translator developed by Microsoft that converts signs into spoken and written language and vice versa? Answer: KINECT 12. The aircraft carrier which was commissioned into the Indian Navy after refurbishment and upgradation in Russia? Answer: INS Vikramaditya 13. Who was sworn in as the new president of the Maldives? Answer: Abdulla Yameen. 14. National Press Day was observed on: Answer: November 16. 15. Which country is to host the next Commonwealth summit in 2015? Answer: Malta 16. Who were named the World Athletes of the Year for 2013 by the International Athletic Foundation? Answer: Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce (Both from Jamaica) 17. Who have recently been selected for Bharat Ratna, nation’s highest civilian honour? Answer: Prof. CNR Rao and Sachin Tendulkar 18. Who won the FIDE World Chess Championship 2013? Answer: Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 19. The naval variant of the surface to surface Prithvi missile, successfully test fired on November 23? Answer: Dhanush 20. Which Indian became the joint fastest with Vivian Richards to reach 5000 One Day International runs? Answer: Virat Kohli 21. Who is the new Chairman of the Law Commission of India? Answer: Justice (Rtd.) Ajit Prakash Shah 22. Where was the first branch of the Bharatiya Mahila Bank inaugurated? Answer: Mumbai 23. Universal Children’s Day was celebrated on: Answer: November 20 24. …………… was named as the ‘Word of the Year 2013’ by the Oxford English Dictionary? Answer: Selfie 25. Who is the new chief of the Pakistan Army? Answer: Gen. Raheel Sharif 26. Who won the Men’s Golf World Cup 2013? Answer: Jason Day (Australia) 27. Where was India’s first synthetic rubber plant opened? Answer: Panipat (Haryana) 28. Which city has been selected to host the World Trade Fair 2020 (Expo 2020)? Answer: Dubai 29. What is the name given to the World’s first noiseless and emission free helicopter, which had its first successful test flight in Germany? Answer: Volocopter 30. Human Rights Day was observed on: Answer: December 10
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