Current Affairs of May 2013-Part 5 of 5

81. Name the captain of Aston Villa who retired from football in May 2013 at the age of 33 years as he was diagnosed with leukaemia.
a) Ron Vlaar
b) Brad Guzan
c) Christian Benteke
d) Stiliyan Petrov
Answer: (d) Stiliyan Petrov    

82. Which of the Following is correctly matched with reference to the Number of silver and bronze medal won by India in the 19th Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships that concluded in New Delhi?
a) 3 Silver and 5 Bronze
b) 7 Silver and 4 Bronze
c) 2 Silver and 7 Bronze
d) 6 Silver and 7 Bronze
Answer: (c) 2 Silver and 7 Bronze

83. Name the International tennis Player who had won Men’s Singles Trophy in the Madrid Open 2013.
a) Stanislas Wawrinka
b) Rafael Nadal
c) Andy Murray
d) Novak Djokovic
Answer: (b) Rafael Nadal 

84.Bermuda and other British overseas territories on 1 May 2013 signed deals with financial centres on sharing___________.
a) Tax information
b) Tourism Activity 
c) Budget Information
d) New laws to strengthen the economy of respective territories 
Answer: (a) Tax information

85. Three Government ships of China in May 2013 entered into waters of Senkaku islands, which are disputed and controlled by Tokyo. The surveillance ships of China sailed 12-nautical-mile zone off the Senkaku islands that is also known as __________ by China.
a) Hokkaido
b) Honshu 
c) Diaoyu
d) Ryukyu
Answer: (c) Diaoyu

86. Libya’s parliament on 5 May 2013 passed a comprehensive law which bans anyone who served as a senior official under Muammar Gaddafi during his 42 year-long rule from working in government. Which of the following statements related to the Political Isolation Law in the country is true?
I. The law was partially driven by the unpopularity of Libya’s current crop of politicians among many of the still-powerful former rebels who toppled Gaddafi, and others who say little has improved since. Backers of the law say it is necessary to complete the revolution.
II. The law will not affect a number of ambassadors, heads of governmental agencies, professors and media professionals on government payrolls.
III. Security officials such as the military’s chief of staff Maj. Gen. Youssef Mangoush, once a Special Forces commander under Gaddafi, may also come under the law. He quit his post 10 years before the uprising began and sided with rebels during the war.
IV. The law states that parliamentarians who lose their post will be replaced by either the next name on the party list or by the independent candidate who came in second in a district. This could benefit many Islamists, who trailed in the elections and came in second in many districts.
a) Statements I, II, and III are true
b) Statements I, III and IV are true
c) Statements I, II and IV are true
d) Statements II and III are true 
Answer: (c) Statements I, II and IV are true

87. Name the area of incursion where Chinese and Indian troops faced a standoff with each other for more than a weeks’ time?
a) Kunlun Mountain Range
b) Lamayuru Gompa
c) Phyang Gompa
d) Daulat Beg Oldi sector
Answer: (d) Daulat Beg Oldi Sector

88. Name the Party ___________ led by by Najib Razak in May 2013 that won by simple majority in the 13th General Elections of Malaysia. 
a) Seruan Al-Azhar Clarion party of Malaysia 
b) Pilehan Timur party of Malaysia
c) National Front of Malaysia
d) The Malaysian Party 
Answer: (c) National Front of Malaysia 

89. Name the country that launched a legal challenge to Australia's tobacco packaging laws at the World Trade Organization, the Geneva-based trade body.
a) Germany
b) Kuwait 
c) Cuba
d) Singapore
Answer: (c) Cuba

90. The United States on 10 May 2013 slapped sanctions against four Iranian Nuclear Supply Companies and an individual for their attempt to procure goods for Iranian Nuclear Programme. Name the four companies against which the sanctions were launched 
a) Aluminat, Pars Amayesh Sanaat Kish, Pishro Systems Research Company and Taghtiran Kashan Company
b) Aluminat, Pars Amayesh Sanaat Kish, Parviz Khaki and Taghtiran Kashan Company
c) Parviz Khaki, Pars Amayesh Sanaat Kish, Pishro Systems Research Company and Taghtiran Kashan Company
d) Aluminat, Pars Amayesh Sanaat Kish, Pishro Systems Research Company and Parviz Khaki 
Answer: (a) Aluminat, Pars Amayesh Sanaat Kish, Pishro Systems Research Company and Taghtiran Kashan Company 

91.The Environment Ministry of India decided to put a ban on the trade of feathers of which bird as a measure to conserve the species?
a) Dove
b) Peacock
c) Hen
d) Eagle 
Answer: (b) Peacock

92. According to the scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, an increase in mercury level is leading to decline of which species?
a) Russian foxes
b) Polar Bear
c) Seal Carcasses
d) Arctic Foxes
Answer: (d) Arctic Foxes

93. At which World Heritage Site in Central Africa did an unidentified number of elephants killing took place?
a) Dzanga-Ndoki national park
b) Aapravasi Ghat
c) Aksum
d) Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Answer: (a) Dzanga-Ndoki national park

94. Which organisation become the only organization in the world to design and successfully test a new concept of needleless vaccine delivery system?
a) Voluntary Health Association of India (VHAI)
b) World Health Organisation Collaboration
c) Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
d) WHO, India
Answer: (c) Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

95. Name the Sun-powered plane that completed its first leg of journey with an aim to cross US on 4 May 2013.
a) Solar Impulse
b) Zero-Fuel Aircraft
c) Clean Generation Plane
d) HB-SIA
Answer: (a) Solar Impulse 

96.Tech Mahindra on 6 May 2013 signed agreement with which South African company to float a new company?
a) Falcorp
b) Anglo Platinum
c) Tongaat Hulett
d) Sanlam
Answer: (a) Falcorp

97. Who was named as the new Chief Executive Officer of Spirits Company Diageo on 7 May 2013?
a) Franz Humer
b) Paul Walsh
c) Ivan Menezes
d) None of these
Answer: (c) Ivan Menezes

98. Which company became the biggest profit maker on annual list of Fortune 500?
a) ExxonMobil
b) Walmart
c) Chevron
d) Apple
Answer: (b) Walmart

99. Who was appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer of South Africa’s AngloGold Ashanti on 9 May 2013?
a) Mark Cutifani
b) TT Mboweni
c) TJ Motlats
d) Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan
Answer: (d) Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan

100. Which mobile company on 8 May 2013 announced launch of Asha 501, a smart phone to beat the low-cost Android phones in developing markets like India?
a) Vodafone
b) Nokia
c) Reliance
d) Tata Indicom 
Answer: (b) Nokia 

101.What amount of loan is supposed to be provided by Asian Development Bank to India over next 3 years?
a) 6 Billion Dollars
b) 4.5 Billion Dollars
c) 4 Billion Dollars
d) 4.8 billion dollars
Answer: (a) 6 Billion Dollars

102. As per the survey undertake by HSBC, in the month of May 2013, India’s services sector grew at its slowest pace in one and half years during the month of  April 2013 as costs for raw materials, petrol and labour increased considerably. What was the downfall in Composite Output Index from 51.4 Percent in March 2013?
a) 50.50 Percent
b) 50.35 Percent
c) 50.23 Percent
d) 50.39 Percent
Answer: (a) 50.50 Percent

103. Market regulator SEBI in May 2013 approved an angel fund to address the problem of resource crisis for start-up companies across the country. What amount of Fund was approved?
a) 10 Million Dollars
b) 6 Million Dollars
c) 7.5 Million Dollars
d) 9 Million Dollars
Answer: (a) 10 Million Dollars

104. The Foreign Exchange Earnings (FEEs) from tourism in terms of Rupee in April 2013 rose by what percent from the one recorded in April 2012?
a) 4  Percent
b) 5 Percent
c) 6.5 Percent
d) 7  Percent
Answer: (d) 7 Percent

105. What export target was announced by Union Government for the current financial year 2013-14 to support the slowdown in the global markets?
a) 375 Billon Dollars
b) 450 Billion Dollars
c) 325 Billion Dollars
d) 365 Billion Dollars
Answer: (c) 325 Billion Dollars