Current Affairs Quiz 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) Bangladesh
• b) Pakistan
• c) Sri Lanka
• d) 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) Central America
• b) Central Russia
• c) Central China
• d) Central 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) France
• b) Italy
• c) Germany
• d) England

Answer c) Germany
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4.) Who won the Cyprus presidential runoff
election on February 24, 2013?

• a) Stravros Malas
• b) Nabil al-Arabi
• c) Amadou Toumani Tour
• d) 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) Rana Bhagwan Das
• b) Khil Raj Regmi
• c) Babu Lal Bhattarai
• d) 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) Pakistan
• b) Afghanistan
• c) Iran
• d) China

Answer c) Iran
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7.) Which country in mid-February 2013 staged its
most powerful nuclear test yet?

• a) North Korea
• b) South Korea
• c) Pakistan
• d) 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) North Korea
• b) Singapore
• c) Malaysia
• d) 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) Daniel Day-Lewis Jennifer Lawrence
• b) Daniel Day-Lewis Jessica Chastain
• c) Bradley cooper Jessica Chastai
• d) 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) Argo
• b) Zero Dark Thirty
• c) Life of pi
• d) Skyfall

Answer c) Life of pi
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11.) Who has been bestowed with Vyas Samman
awards for the year 2012?

• a) Dr. Amol Ghose
• b) Dr. Prem Chand khemka
• c) Dr. Narendra Kohi
• d) 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) Album of the year
• b) Best country song
• c) Song of the year
• d) 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) Jeet Thayil
• b) Hillary Mantel
• c) Jerry Pinto
• d) 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) John kerry
• b) Joseph Dunford
• c) John Allen
• d) Allen Douglous

Answer a) John kerry
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15.) Indias New Solicitor General is

• a) Amar Pratap Singh
• b) Subodh Kumar Agarwal
• c) Mohan Parasaran
• d) 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) Arunachal Pradesh
• b) Nagaland
• c) Manipur
• d) 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) Alice Amos, UK
• b) Ehsaan Mohamood, UK
• c) Shen Si, China
• d) 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) Australia, Sri Lanka
• b) England, West Indies
• c) Australia West Indies
• a) 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) Ranchi Rhinos
• b) Delhi Waveriders
• c) Punjab Warriors
• d) Uttar Pradesh Wizards

Answer a) Ranchi Rhinos
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20.) The most expensive player at the IPL,
auction 2013, was

• a) Vernon Philander
• b) Kane Richardson
• c) Glenn Maxwell
• d) 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) Bidhi Kunderan
• b) Saiyyed Kirmani
• c) Amol Majumdar
• d) 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) Srei Finance
• b) LIC Housing Finance
• c) Yes Bank
• d) 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) RDA Holding
• b) Luxor Capital Group
• c) US Federal Trade Commission
• d) Ripplewood Holding

Answer a) RDA Holding
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24.) Worlds most expensive city is

• a) Zurich, Switzerland
• b) Tokyo, Japan
• c) Sydney, Australia
• d) 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) Rs10,000
• b) Rs7,500
• c) Rs15,000
• d) Rs5,000

Answer d) Rs5,000
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26.) The five-day air show and exposition-Aero
India 2013, was held during February 6-10, at
which place?

• a) Jaipur
• b) Jodhpur
• c) Bangalore
• d) 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) Indus
• b) Brahmaputra
• c) Ganga
• d) 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) Francois Hollande
• b) David Cameron
• c) Both the above
• d) 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) 17 years
• b) 15 years
• c) 14 years
• b) 12 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) Mask
• b) Face
• c) Rex
• d) Robman

Answer c) Rex
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