Current affairs Questions for competitive exams

Current affairs and General Awareness questions 2013 for IBPS, Bank PO, RRB, SBI and Postal assistant 

1. Who is newly appointed as United Nations goodwill ambassador for UNAIDS ?
Answer: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

2. Which country won T20 World cup 2012 ?
Answer: West indies (beating Sri Lanka)


3. Which country won T20 Womens World cup 2012 ?
Answer: Australia (beating England)


4. What is the name of new book written by JK Rowling ?
Answer: The Casual Vacancy


5. According to the Forbes annual list of the world's 100 most powerful women on August 2012, Who has been ranked in the first place ?
Answer:  Angela Merkel


6. What is the name of new ship commissioned on 2012 for coast guard ?
Answer: Rajatarang


7. Who won the 2012 Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award ?
Answer: Aung San Suu Kyi


8. Which Country won Asian Kabadi Championship 2012 ?
Answer: Pakistan (defeating India)


9. Who is the Winner of 2012 US Grand Prix ?
Answer: Lewis Hamilton


10. The seventh meeting of the G-20 summit was held in which country ?
Answer: Mexico (Los Cabos)


11. Which is the fastest super computer ?
Answer: Titan


12. Who is the new chief of RAW ?
Answer: Alok Joshi


13. Who will be the first Muslim head of Intelligence Bureau (IB) ?
Answer: Syed Asif Ibrahim


14. Which country won Davis cup 2012 (men's tennis) ?
Answer: Czech Republic


15. In which jail Ajmal Kasab hanged ?
Answer: Yerawada Jail (Pune)


16. Who is the new CBI director ?
Answer: Ranjit Sinha (25th director)


17. Who is the Winner of Miss Universe 2012 ?

 









Answer: Olivia Culpo


18. Who is the winner of  Laureus Award Sportsman of the Year 2012 ?
Answer: Novak Djokovic


19. Who is the winner of  Laureus Award Sportswoman of the Year 2012 ?
Answer: Vivian Cheruiyot


20. Who is the winner of SASTRA Ramanujan Prize in 2012 ?
Answer: Zhiwei Yun


* 21. Who is the brand ambassador of BMW in India ?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar


* 22. Who is the special public prosecutor of 2008 Mumbai attack ?
Answer: Ujjwal Nikam


* 23. Who is the winner of 2011 Jnanpith Award ?
Answer: Dr.Pratibha Ray


* 24. Who is the present president of Ghana ?
Answer: John Dramani Mahama


* 25. Who is the new chair man of Tata group ?
Answer: Cyrus Mistry


* 26. Who is America's New Foreign Secretary ?
Answer: John Kerry