Current Affairs Quiz Questions With Answers For February 2013

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Current Affairs Quiz Questions with Answers for

February 2013

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1.) Which Indian Neighbouring country


amended her war crimes law in February
2013?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Bangladesh
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Myanmar

Answer: a) Bangladesh

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2.) Which part of the world was affected by


a plunging meteor on February 15, 2013?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Central
Central
Central
Central

America
Russia
China
England

Answer: b) Central Russia

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3.) Pope Benedict XVI, who announced to


quit from the post on February 11, 2013
belongs to which country?
a)
b)
c)
d)

France
Italy
Germany
England

Answer: c) Germany

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4.) Who won the Cyprus presidential runoff


election on February 24, 2013?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Stravros Malas
Nabil al-Arabi
Amadou Toumani Tour
Nicos Anastasiades

Answer: d) Nicos Anastasiades

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5.) Chief Justice of Nepal who agreed to become


the countrys chief executive on February 25, 2013
is
a)
b)
c)
d)

Rana Bhagwan Das


Khil Raj Regmi
Babu Lal Bhattarai
Laxmikant Rana

Answer: b) Khil Raj Regmi

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6.) Qaher, touted as one of the most

advanced aircraft in the world was in


early February 2013 unveiled by
which country?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Pakistan
Afghanistan
Iran
China

Answer: c) Iran

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7.) Which country in mid-February 2013


staged its most powerful nuclear test yet?
a)
b)
c)
d)

North Korea
South Korea
Pakistan
Iran

Answer: a) North Korea

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8.) The strategically important Gwadar

port that was given to china in


February 2013 for its management is
in which country?
a)
b)
c)
d)

North Korea
Singapore
Malaysia
Pakistan

Answer: d) Pakistan

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9.) Who bagged the best actor and actress


awards respectively at the Oscar 2013 (the
85th Academy Awards)?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Daniel Day-Lewis & Jennifer Lawrence


Daniel Day-Lewis & Jessica Chastain
Bradley cooper & Jessica Chastai
Denzel Washington & Emmanuelle Riva

Answer: a) Daniel Day-Lewis &


Jennifer Lawrence

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10.) Which picture stole the limelight of the


85th Academy 2013 by winning four Oscar
awards in different categories?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Argo
Zero Dark Thirty
Life of pi
Skyfall

Answer: c) Life of pi

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11.) Who has been bestowed with


Vyas Samman awards for the year
2012?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Dr. Amol Ghose


Dr. Prem Chand khemka
Dr. Narendra Kohi
r. Bhanu Pratap Singh

Answer: c) Dr. Narendra Kohi

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12.) For which category Living Room


Sessions Part 1 won the Grammy Award
2012?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Album of the year


Best country song
Song of the year
Best world Music Album

Answer: d) Best world Music


Album

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13.) Who has become the first writer in


literary history to win both the Costa Book
of the year Award and the Booker Prize in
the same Year in February 2013?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Jeet Thayil
Hillary Mantel
Jerry Pinto
Tahmima Anam

Answer: b) Hillary Mantel

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14.) Who has been appointed as US


Secretary of state on February 1, 2013
replacing Hillary Clinton?
a)
b)
c)
d)

John kerry
Joseph Dunford
John Allen
Allen Douglous

Answer: a) John kerry

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15.) Indias New Solicitor General is

a)
b)
c)
d)

Amar Pratap Singh


Subodh Kumar Agarwal
Mohan Parasaran
P.R. Vasudeva Rao

Answer: c) Mohan Parasaran

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16.) Which state has got its first chief


Vigilance Commissioner on February 11,
2013 with the appointment of the former
DGP Kuldeep Khoda?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Arunachal Pradesh
Nagaland
Manipur
Jammu & Kashmir

Answer: d) Jammu & Kashmir

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17.) Who has become one of the youngest


ever member of IQ society Mensa with a
score of 162 higher than former US
presidents Abraham Lincoln and Benjamin
Franklin?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Alice Amos, UK
Ehsaan Mohamood, UK
Shen Si, China
Matt Kucher, USA

Answer: a) Alice Amos, UK

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18.) . .. won the womens World Cup


for a record sixth time beating in
the final on February 17, 2013.
a)
b)
c)
a)

Australia, Sri Lanka


England, West Indies
Australia West Indies
West Indies, Australia

Answer: a) Australia West Indies

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19.) Which team won the inaugural Hockey


India League in Ranchi on February 10,
2013?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Ranchi Rhinos
Delhi Waveriders
Punjab Warriors
Uttar Pradesh Wizards

Answer: a) Ranchi Rhinos

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20.) The most expensive player at the


IPL, auction 2013, was
a)
b)
c)
d)

Vernon Philander
Kane Richardson
Glenn Maxwell
Ajantha Mendis

Answer: c) Glenn Maxwell

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21.) The first Indian wicketkeeper to


hit a double century in a test match is
.
a)
b)
c)
d)

Bidhi Kunderan
Saiyyed Kirmani
Amol Majumdar
M.S. Dhoni

Answer: d) M.S. Dhoni

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22.) The RBI has allowed all private and


public sector companies to apply for bank
licences. The last time in 2004 the licence
was issued to which private player?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Srei Finance
LIC Housing Finance
Yes Bank
Bajaj Finserv

Answer: c) Yes Bank

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23.) Who is the publisher of the 91-year-old


Readers Digest magazine that filed for
bankruptcy on February 17, 2013 in US
Bankruptcy courts?
a)
b)
c)
d)

RDA Holding
Luxor Capital Group
US Federal Trade Commission
Ripplewood Holding

Answer: a) RDA Holding

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24.) Worlds most expensive city is

a)
b)
c)
d)

Zurich, Switzerland
Tokyo, Japan
Sydney, Australia
Oslo, Norway

Answer: b) Tokyo, Japan

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25.) A Maharatna firm can take investment


decision of upto . Crore without going to
the government.
a)
b)
c)
d)

Rs10,000
Rs7,500
Rs15,000
Rs5,000

Answer: d) Rs5,000

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26.) The five-day air show and expositionAero India 2013, was held during February
6-10, at which place?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Jaipur
Jodhpur
Bangalore
Hyderabad

Answer: c) Bangalore

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27.) India on February 18, 2013 won


Kishenganga case in the court of Arbitration
a the Hague. Kishenganga is a tributary of
which river?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Indus
Brahmaputra
Ganga
Jhelum

Answer: d) Jhelum

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28.) Who among the following visited India


in February 2013? a) Francois Hollande b)
David Cameron c) Both the above d) None
of the above
a)
b)
c)
d)

Francois Hollande
David Cameron
Both the above
None of the above

Answer: c) Both the above

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29.) After a gap of how many year Congress


Partys Railways Minister presented the
Railway Budget 2013-14 in Lok sabha of
February 26, 2013?
a)
b)
c)
b)

17
15
14
12

years
years
years
years

Answer: a) 17 years

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30.) What name is given to the worlds first bionic


man, a work by UK Roboticist Richard Walker and
Matthew Godden with support of the Wellcome
Trust?
a)
b)
c)
d)

Mask
Face
Rex
Robman

Answer: c) Rex

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