Current Affairs Question & Answers August - September 2013 1. Who has been appointed as new Governor (23rd) of RBI? Ans:- Raghuram Govinda Rajan (on 4 September 2013). He was succeeded by Duvvuri Subbarao 2. Who won Magsaysay Award 2013? Ans:- Habiba Sarabi (Afghansitan) 3. Which country won last ICC Champains trophy 2013? Ans:- India 4. Who has been appointed as new president of IRAN? Ans:- Hassan Rouhani (7th President of Iran). 6th President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad 5. Who became the first Indian woman to win a medal in singles at the World Badminton Championships? Ans:- P.V. Sindhu (She won the bronze medal at World Badminton Championships (at Guangzhou, China) 6. Who has been awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2013? Ans:- Ronjan Sodhi (Indian trap shooter) 7. Which Indian badminton player awarded the Arjun Award 2013? Ans:- P.V. Sindhu 8. Which Indian Cricketer was awarded the Arjun Award 2013? Ans:- Virat Kohli 9. Which Indian Chess player was awarded the Arjun Award 2013? Ans:- Abhijeet Gupta 10. The Indian Navy’s submarine that sank at the navel dockyard in Mumbai after fire on board on August 14? Ans:- INS Sindhurakshak 11. Who has been conferred the Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavna Award for the year 2013? Ans:- Amjad Ali Khan (sarod maestro) 12. The team which won the 1st Indian Badminton Leagues 2013 ? Ans:- Hyderabad Hotshots 13. Which country won the Asia Cup hockey championship 2013 at Ipoh, Malaysia? Ans:- South Korea 14. Who won the Men’s singles in the Rogers Cup 2013, held in Montreal, Canada? Ans:- Rafael Nadal 15. Who has been appointed as Indias first woman Chief Information Commissioner recently? Ans:- Ms. Deepak Sandhu 16. Who became the 1st winner of the singing reality show Indian Idol Junior? Ans:- Anjana Padmanabhan 17. Name the author of ‘My Journey: Transforming Dreams into Actions ’ book? Ans:- A.P.J Abdul Kalam 18. Where was held 2013 G-20 Summit on 5-6 September 2013? Ans:- St. Petersburg, Russia 19. Who won Children’s Peace prize 2013? Ans:- Malala Yousafzai 20. Where will be held Olympic Games 2020? Ans:- Tokyo, JAPAN 21. Name of the author of Escape from Taliban, which was killed by suspected Taliban militants recently? Ans:- Sushmita Banerjee (also writer of A Kabuliwalas Bengali Wife) 22. Who is elected as president of Pakistan? Ans:- Mamnoon Hussain, He succeed Asif Ali Zardari 23. When is ‘Hindi Diwas’ observed every year? Ans:- 14th September 24. Which country won 1st time SAFE cup football 2013? Ans:- Afganistan 25. Which bolliwood star has been honoured with the Global Diversity Award 2013 in London? Ans:- Amitabh Bachchan 26. Name of the movie, which has been nominated to represent India in the Best Foreign Film category at Oscars 2014? Ans:- Gujarati Movie - the Good Road (directed by Gyan Arora) 27. Who is elected as New Prime minister of Australia? Ans:- Toni Abbott 28. Which International Tennis player & winner of the 2013 Wimbledon Women’s title, has announced her retirement recently? Ans:- Marion Bartoli (France) 29. Where in Rajasthan, MEMU (Mainline Electrical Multiple Unit) Coach Factory has been laid by Smt Sonia Gandhi (UPA Chairperson) recently? Ans:- Rupaheli Station (Bhilwara) 30. Who won the US Open 2013 Mens Doubles title ? Ans:- Leander Paes (India) & Radek Stepanek (Czech Republic) - This is Paes 3rd US Open mens doubles title and 14th Grand Slam title. 31. Who won Womens Singles US Open title 2013? Ans:- Serena Williams (USA) - 5th US womens single title (Total 17th Grand slam) 32. Who won the US Open 2013 men’s single title? Ans:- Rafael Nadal (13th Grand Slam) 33. When is observed International Day of Peace? Ans:- 21 September 34. In which town of Rajasthan laid the foundation stone for a new airport by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on 21 September 2013? Ans:- Kishangarh (Ajmer) 35. Where in Rajasthan laid the foundation stone for HPCL Rajasthan Refinery and Petrochemical Complex by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi? Ans:- Pachpadra (Barmer) 36. Who won the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix 2013? Ans:- Sebastian Vettel 37. Who has been honoured with Amnesty International Award 2013? Ans:- Malala Yousafzai 38. Who became the first Indian-origin to win the Miss America pageant 2013? Ans:- Nina Davuluri 39. Who is appointed as Rajasthan State Election Commissioner recently? Ans:- Ramlubhaya, He was succeeded by A K Pandey 40. Who win Clinton Global Citizens Award 2013? Ans:- Malala Yousafzai & Bunker Roy 41. World Tourism Day observed on..? Ans:- 27 September 42. Who is crowned Miss World 2013? Ans:- Megan Young (Philippines) 43. Name of the 1st Indian exclusive defence satellite which was successfully launched on 29 Aug, 2013? Ans:- GSAT–7 (communication satellites) 44. Who was awarded with the 5th Deutsche Bank Prize for Financial Economics 2013? Ans:- Raghuram Rajan (RBI Governor)
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