Quiz - January 2013 : Current Affairs & General Knowledge Collection

Current Affairs Quiz Questions with Answers for January 2013

1. Which Player won the International Cricketer of the Year award 2011-2012?
a) Virat Kohli
b) AB de Villiers
c) Hashim Amla
d) Alastair Cook

2. Who appointed new chief secretary of Delhi on January 2013?
a) Dr. Daljit Singh
b) Alemtemshi Jamir
c) Alok Kumar Jain
d) Deepak Mohan Spolia

3. How many Percent teachers failed in Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) 2012?
a) 78%
b) 85%
c) 93%
d) 93%

4. Which country discovered 3.5 billion year old fossils?
a) New Zealand
b) Australia
c) Sri Lanka
d) India

5. Which Tennis player bollywood debut from Rajdhani Express Movie in January?
a) Rohan Boppna
b) Leander Paes
c) Saniya Mirza
d) Mahesh Bhupati

6. Who launched National Peoples Party on 5th January 2013?
a) Somnath Chatterjee
b) Shivraj Patil
c) K. S. Hegde
d) P A Sangma

7. Which Indian University bagged Best Research Award at 100th Indian Science
Congress?
a) University of Delhi
b) University of Kashmir
c) University of Mumbai
d) University of Sikkim

8. Who was the first women winner of Kaun Banega Crorepati 6?
a) Kiran Bedi
b) Lata Mageskar
c) Sunmeet Kaur Sawhney
d) Preity Zinta

9. Who appointed new united state defence secretary in January 2013?
a) Donald Rumsfeld
b) Robert M. Gates
c) Leon Panetta
d) Chuck Hagel

10. How many award win by Post-apocalyptic action film 'The Hunger Games' at
People's Choice Awards in January 2013?
a) 5
b) 6
c) 3
d) 8

11. Which country president dismisses own Chief Justice in January 2013?
a) New Zealand
b) South Africa
c) West Indies
d) Sri Lanka

12. What is the name of world’s oldest woman who died on 12th January 2013?
a) Besse Cooper
b) Maria de Jesus
c) Elizabeth Bolden
d) Koto Okubo

13. Which country Archaeologists discovered 3,000 year old tombs?
a) Russia
b) United State
c) Egypt
d) London

14. Who take the charge as new Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India in January
2013?
a) Urjit Patel
b) Dr. C. Rangarajan
c) S. Venkitaramanan
d) Dr. Y. Venugopal Reddy

15. Which Veteran movie maker passes away on 9th January 2013?
a) Yash Chopra
b) Mania Ratnam
c) Mira Nair
d) S. Ramanathan

16. Who elected as new Punjab Bhartiya Janta Party chief on 15 January 2013?
a) Ram Nath Kovind
b) Vinod Sharma
c) Kamal Sharma
d) Ashwani Sharma

17. Which Political Leader sent to jail for teacher recruitment scam in January ?
a) Om Prakash Chautala
b) Devaragunda Venkappa Sadananda Gowda
c) Raja Bhaiya
d) Suresh Kalmadi

18. Which player stripped his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life after the
International Cycling Union?
a) Nicola Adams
b) Chris Hoy
c) Lance Armstrong
d) Jason Kenny

19. Which rule imposed on Jharkhand in January 2013?
a) Right to Education
b) President Rule
c) Traffic Rule
d) Income Tax Rule

20. Who appointed as new Congress Vice- President on 19th January 2013?
a) Varun Gandhi
b) Priyanka Gandhi
c) Rahul Gandhi
d) Devdhar Gandhi

21. How many awards bagged by Barfi in 58th Idea Filmfare Awards?
a) 6
b) 7
c) 8
d) 3

22. Who won the Top Ranker's Entrepreneurial Path Breaker Award 2013?
a) Prof. D.K. Bandyopadhyay
b) Ajay Shankar
c) B. Prasada Rao
d) Pratip Chaudhuri

23. Who was the National Topper of Chartered Accountant Examination 2013?
a) Prema Jayakumar
b) Aviral Shrimal
c) Sai Brahma Teja Madala
d) Bommna Vamsidhara Reddy

24. Who takes Charge as new Shiv Sena President in January 2013?
a) Uddhav Thackeray
b) Aditya Thackeray
c) Sanjay Raut
d) Ramdas Kadam

25. Who appointed as new chief of White House on January 2013?
a) Jack Lew
b) Denis McDonough
c) Pete Rouse
d) William M. Daley

26. Who won the Women’s Australian Open Title 2013 in January?
a) Sarena Williams
b) Victoria Azarenka
c) Maria Sharapova
d) Caroline Wozniacki

27. Who won the Men’s Australian Open Title 2013 in January?
a) Anndy Murray
b) Rafael Nadal
c) Roger Federer
d) Novak Djokovic

28. Which team won the 40th time Ranji Trophy Title?
a) Rajsthan
b) Gujarat
c) Mumbai
d) Saurashtra

29. On Which date Aircel launch free roaming services across the country?
a) 22th January 2013
b) 25th January 2013
c) 27th January 2013
d) 29th January 2013

30. Who appointed as new Managing Director of Bharti Airtel in Januray 2013?
a) Manoj Kohli
b) Sunil Bharti Mittal
c) Gopal Vittal
d) Ashok Goyal

Answer the above question
1. (a) 6. (d) 11. (d) 16. (c) 2 1 . (b) 2 6 . (b)
2. (d) 7. (b) 12. (d) 1 7 . (a) 2 2 . (c) 2 7 . (d)
3. (d) 8. (c) 1 3 . (c) 18. (c) 2 3 . (a) 2 8 . (c)
4. (b) 9. (d) 1 4 . (a) 1 9 . (b) 2 4 . (a) 29. (d)
5. (b) 10.(a) 15. (d) 2 0 . (c) 2 5 . (b) 3 0 . (a)