General Studies & Current Affairs for Bank, SSC, CLAT, Civil Services and other Competitive Exams

1. Which Indian brand tops the list in the first edition of Inter brands Best Indian Brands study published in July 2013? A) Reliance ...

Important Current Affair MCQ -2013 ( July/Aug/Sep)


1. Which Indian brand tops the list in the first edition of Inter brands Best Indian Brands study published in July 2013?
A) Reliance
B) Birla
C) Tata
D) Essar
Ans) Tata



2. Which Indian athlete won gold medal of World Snooker Championship held at Colombia in July 2013?
A) Pankaj Advani
B) Aditya Mehta
C) Yasin Merchant
D) None of These
Ans) Aditya Mehta





3. The RBI has kept Statutory Liquidity Ratio unchanged at _______ during its monetary policy review meet in July 2013.
A) 23%
B) 23.5%
C) 24%
D) 25%
Ans) 23%

4. Which country won the second edition of the South Asian Football Federation Championship held in July 2013?
A) Nepal
B) India
C) Bangladesh
D) Afghanistan
Ans) India




5. Euro zone unemployment rate stood at _________ in June (published in July 2013).
A) 12%
B) 12.5%
C) 12.1%
D) 11.9%
Ans) 12.1%
6. Which Port was conferred with the Major Port of the Year award for its excellent performance in the year 2012-13 in July 2013?
A) Haldia
B) Paradip
C) Visakhapatnam
D) Kandla
Ans) Paradip  

7. Who has been selected for the prestigious Lokmanya Tilak award for 2013 for his outstanding contribution to society in July 2013?
A) E. Sreedharan
B) Deepak Tilak
C) Leo Puri
D) Rana Kapoor
Ans) E. Sreedharan



8. US Economic growth stood at ________ in the second quarter of 2013.
A) 1.1%
B) 1.7%
C) 1.9%
D) 2.1%
Ans) 1.7%

9. World’s leading Sprinters Tyson Gay was found Positive in Doping Test in July 2013. They belong to which country?
A) Jamaica
B) USA
C) UK
D) Canada
Ans) USA

10. For courier services, the FDI Cap has been hiked to _______ under the automatic route in July 2013.
A) 49%
B) 100%
C) 74%
D) 26%
Ans) 100%

11.SN Hanumantha Rao, the former Indian _______ passed away in July 2013.
A) Tennis player
B) Test Cricketer
C) Test umpire
D) Chess Player
Ans) Test umpire

12.Which mobile technology firm declared to work on the fifth generation (5G) mobile technology in July 2013?
A) AT&T
B) Samsung
C) Huawei Technologies
D) OnMobile
Ans) Huawei Technologies

13. Which country secured third position in the second edition of the South Asian Football Federation Championship held in July 2013?
A) Nepal
B) India
C) Bangladesh
D) Afghanistan
Ans) Bangladesh

14.Who has been appointed as the interim chairman of the Railway Board for three months in July 2013?
A) S.K Jain
B) Devi Prasad Pande
C) Arunendra Kumar
D) Subodh Kumar Jain
Ans) Arunendra Kumar  

15.Which Bollywood actor, held the Guinness World Record for being the most type-cast actor, passed away in July 2013?
A) Jagdish Raj
B) Pran
C) Amrish Puri
D) None of These
Ans) Jagdish Raj

16.“Nelson Mandela International Day” was observed on _______ across the world.
A) 28-July
B) 22-July
C) 18-July
D) 11-July
Ans) 18-July

17.Which Indian Airport was renamed as “Kempegowda” International Airport in July 2013?
A) Mangalore
B) Bengaluru
C) Mysore
D) Kochin
Ans) Bengaluru

18.Which country became 28th member of European Union (EU) on 1 July, 2013?
A) Latvia
B) Croatia
C) Turkey
D) Jordon
Ans) Croatia

19.Who was sworn in as the 40th Chief Justice of India (CJI) in July 2013?
A) Justice Altamas Kabir
B) Justice P Sathasivam
C) S. H. Kapadia
D) K. G. Balakrishnan
Ans) Justice P Sathasivam

20.Who won Gold at IPC Athletics World Championships held in July 2013?
A) Devendra Jhajharia
B) Sultan Ahmed
C) Girisha Hosanagara Nagarajegowda
D) None of These
Ans) Devendra Jhajharia