august

The first Britisher to perform a space walk, who retired from NASA in the second week of August 2013- Colin
Michael Foale
Name of the largest blast furnace of India which was operationalised by SAIL on 10 August 2013- Durga
Female tennis player to win The Rogers Cup 2013 and capture her 54th WTA singles title- Serena Williams
Technology used by the researchers to find that autism affected the brains of males and females in a different wayMagnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Name the captain of the 18-member hockey squad of India in the Asia Cup hockey tournament 2013- Sardar Singh
Date on which International Lefthanders Day is celebrated across the world- 13 August
Name of the First Twitter Hotel opened in Spain by the Melia brand of hotels- Social Wave House
Name of the oldest Penguin who on 12 August 2013 turned 36 years old- King Penguin Missy
Body which proposed first season of the Indian Badminton League (IBL)- Badminton Association of India (BAI)
Name of the host country of 7th Asian Junior Wushu Championships- Philippines
Name the fossil of the oldest known ancestor of modern rats recently unearthed in ChinaRugosodon eurasiaticus
Name of one of the most endangered bird species of the world that made a comeback in the US- Puerto Rican
parrot
Place at which The Travel & Tourism Fair (TTF) 2013, the biggest travel trade show of India started- Ahmadabad,
Gujarat
The former Prime Minister of Nepal who died on 15 August 2013 after battling with lung cancer- Marich Man Singh
Shrestha
Name the person who was termed as the Beast of Ukraine. He was the serial killer who recently died in prisonAnatoly Onoprienko
Name of the US actress who passed away on 25 August 2013 at the age of 87 years and holds the record of most
Tony awards win- Julie Harris
Indias under-23 cricket team won the Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup in Singapore on 25 August 2013,
after defeating- Pakistan
Indian tennis player who lifted the womens doubles trophy at the WTA New Haven Open along with her partner Jie
Zheng of China- Sania Mirza
Gujar Mal Modi Award for Science and Technology 2013 awarded to- Vinod Prakash Sharma
Name the tribal community of Sri Lanka that was felicitated on 9 August 2013 by Mahinda Rajapaksa on the
occasion of the World Indigenous Peoples Day- Veddas
The eminent Indian classical singer and music director known as the vocalist of Jayadevas Gita Govind, who
passed away in Bhubaneswar- Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi
Nelson Mandela on 27 August 2013 was honoured with the first Lifetime Campaigner for Peace and Freedom ofthe Mahathir award for Global Peace
Prem Bhatia Award for Best Political Reporting of the Year (2013) was won by- Shalini Singh, a Deputy Editor of
The Hindu

 Indian women's Recurve team defeated this team to win gold medal in the World Cup Archery Stage- 4 at Wroclaw,
Poland- South Korean Team
Person who coined the term BRIC in 2001. He is the Chief Economist of Goldman Sachs: Jim O Neil
The soccer team to win UEFA Super Cup 2013 on 30 August 2013:Bayern Munich
The person to be recommended as next ONGC chief by the Public Enterprises Selection Board: Dinesh K Sarraf
The Joint Air force exercise to be held by China and Pakistan: Shaheen-2
The 21st round of Boundary talks between Bhutan and China held in the city: Thimphu
5th India-China Strategic Dialogue held in the City: New Delhi
The person to be sworn in as the new President of Iran: Hassan Rouhani
July

The Person who succeeded Ranjan Mathai to be the next Foreign Secretary of India by
Manmohan Singh-Sujata Singh
The vice chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University who on 1 July 2013 appointed as the
20th Lt Governor of Delhi- Najeeb Jung
The Person who on 2 July 2013 has been appointed as Director General of Bureau of Indian
Standards (BIS)-Sunil Soni
The first ever Indian woman to receive Dubai Government's coveted Emirates Woman
Award for business excellence in June 2013- Vandana Gandhi
The U.S. inventor who was known as the father of the computer mouse who died on 3 July
2013 at age of 88-Douglas Engelbart
The Egyptian Leader who sworn in as interim president of Egypt
till the next elections takes place succeeding Mohamed Morsi, who was removed after a
military coup- Adli Mansour
Renowned Madhubani painting artist who died at a private hospital in Ranti, near
Madhubani on 4 July 2013-Mahasundari Devi
The former Secretary, Department of Telecommunications (DoT), who was appointed as
the President of NASSCOM on 5 July 2013- R. Chandrasekhar
The Bollywood actress who on 6 July 2013 got the Best Actress award at 14th IIFA
(International Indian Film Academy) awards 2013 held in Macau- Vidya Balan
Leading liberal opposition leader who on 6 July 2013 was named as Egypt's new Prime
Minister- Mohamed ElBaradei
Senior parliamentarian who on 4 July 2013 was appointed as the new governor of
Sikkim- Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil
Former Delhi police Chief, who on 8 July 2013 took over as the new Governor of
Meghalaya- KK Paul
An acknowledged food scientist and the former Director of the Central Food Technological
Research Institute (CFTRI) who died on 9 July 2013- Dr. H.A.B. Parpia
The Person who on 8 July 2013 took over as the new Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and

Nicobar Islands-Lt Gen (Retd) AK Singh

The Theme of world Population day observed across the World on 11 July 2013- Focus is
on Adolescent Pregnancy
Indian Parsi conductor of western classical music who was selected to be honoured with
Tagore Award 2013-Zubin Mehta
The legendary actor and the proud recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke Award and Padma
Bhushan Award who died on 12 July 2013- Pran
The Person who on 16 July 2013 was appointed as the next Commissioner of Delhi Police
and will besucceeding Neeraj Kumar- Bhim Sain Bassi
The Person who was administered the oath of the office of Chief Justice of India (CJI) by he
President of India on 19 July 2013-Justice Palanisamy Sathasivam
The Chief Justice of India who on 18 July 2013 retired from the office after a short term of
just nine months-Justice Altamas Kabir
The day which was observed as Nelson Mandela International Day to inspire people to be
an agent of change-18 July 2013
82 Years old Veteran Tamil film lyricist who died at a private hospital in Chennai on 18 July
2013- Vaali
An Indian-American woman was nominated for the Post of Assistant Secretary of State of
USA- Nisha Desai Biswal
South Korean city which was named as the World Book Capital for the year 2015 as per
UNESCO announcement- Incheon
Former Kuttanad MLA and Chairman of the Kerala State Farming Corporation, who died at a
hospital in Kochi- Prof. Oommen Mathew
The Finance Minister of Jammu and Kashmir who on 21 July 2013 appointed as the new
Chairman of GST Panel- Abdul Rahim Rather
The Chairman and CEO of Leo Burnett, India who was re-elected as the President of
Advertising Agencies Association of India-Arvind Sharma
Renowned south India yesteryear actor, who died in Chennai at the age of 59 on 23 July
2013 followed a brief illness- Manjula Vijayakumar
The Duchess of Cambridge, who gave birth to a baby boy on 22 July 2013 at the London
hospital- Kate Middleton
Indian American author who novel The Lowland has been listed among 13 novels
longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013- Jhumpa Lahiri
The cousin of Rajiv Gandhi as well as the Minister for Internal Security during his
government, who died in Gurgaon on 25 July 2013- Arun Nehru
The famous Indian Port which was conferred with the Major Port of the Year award for its
excellent performance in the year 2012-13- Paradip Port
The Bollywood actor who held the Guinness World Record for being the most typecast actor, died on 28 July 2013 at the age of 85 years- Jagdish Raj

 Sarod maestro who was chosen for the 21st Rajiv Gandhi National Sadhbhavna
Award- Amjad Ali Khan
The former Indian Test umpire who passed away on 29 July 2013 at a private hospital in
Karnataka. He was 83 years of age- SN Hanumantha Rao
June
The principal architect of Indias missile programmes who on 31 May 2013was appointed DRDO chief
and scientific advisor to defence minister- Avinash Chander
The person who resigned as Chairman of IPL on 1 June 2013 in the wake of the raging spot-fixing
scandal- Rajiv Shukla
The name of bombs which is being developed by India for its fighter jets, which are expected to be
geared up for deployment by the end of year 2014- Glide Bombs
The Person who was appointed new Prime Minister of Palestine, by Mahmoud Abbas on 2 June 2013 Rami Hamdallah
The 25-year old Bollywood actress who allegedly committed suicide on 3 June 2013 at her Juhu
residence in Mumbai Jiah Khan
The Person who became the youngest Indian to scale the Mount Everest on 21 May 2013 with his five
schoolmates- Raghav Joneja
The Leader of Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N), who on 3 June 2013 elected as the Speaker
of the National Assembly of Pakistan- Ayaz Sadiq
The Person who became the first woman to be elected to the FIFA Executive Committee (ExCo) for a
full term of four years- Lydia Nsekera
The theme of World Environment Day which was observed on 5 June 2013 -Think, Eat, Save Reduce
YourFoodprint
The Person who was appointed as the National Security Adviser of US President Barack Obama on 5
June 2013- Susan Elizabeth Rice
The Australian radio presenters who responsible for Royal prank and was awarded with Jock by the
employer- Michael Christian
The Person who on 6 June 2013 was reelected as the chairman of India Bank Association (IBA) for
2013-14 tenure- KR Kamath
The Irish writer who won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his debut novel City of Bohane which is
the portrayal of Ireland of 2053- Kevin Barry
The Uttarakhand NGO which on 6 June 2013 bagged a French award for its contribution to protection of
human rights- Central Himalayan Environment Association (CHEA)
Name the Scottish author, who is best known for his novels The Wasp Factory and The Crow Road, died
of Cancer on 9 June 2013- Iain Banks
The BJP leader who resigned from all top positions of BJP on 10 June 2013 a day after Narendra Modi
was selected as the chairman partys election campaign- LK Advani
A former Union Minister and Congress veteran from Chhattisgarh, died on 11 June 2013 of multiple
organ failure- Vidya Charan Shukla
The theme of World Day against Child Labour which was celebrated on 12 June 2013-No to
Child Labour in Domestic Work
The first Indian-American girl from Avon School to get admission in United States Military Academy at
West Point- Sneha Singh

 The First NATO and European Country to Draft Women in Military Service- Norway
The Indian-origin sculptor who was honoured with Knighthood, the highest honour of Britain by Queen
Elizabeth II- Anish Kapoor
The Person who became only the second Hindu to be part of the Pakistans Punjab assembly after Seth
Bharta Ram- Kanji Ram
The ambassador to the United Nations for Antigua and Barbuda who was selected as the President of
UN General Assembly for its 68th session- John William Ashe
One of the founders of RAW, who passed away on 16 June 2013 in Chennai after a long fight with
cancer- Bahukutumbi Raman
The ex-chairman of the Tata Group who was appointed as the Chief Advisor of AirAsias India boardRatan Tata
The moderate cleric of Combatant Clergy Association party won the presidential election in Iran on 15
June 2013- Hassan Rohani
The Malaysian author who was declared as the winner of Walter Scott Prize for his English fiction novel
The Garden of Evening Mists- Tan Twan Eng
The 29-year-year-old Indian origin journalist became the Editor of UK national paper, The Independent,
on 17 June 2013- Amol Rajan
The former head of the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), was appointed as the Chairman of AirAsia
India on 18 June 2013- Subramanian Ramadorai
The Chinese supercomputer which is declared is the fastest computer of the world- Tianhe-2
May
The Book Released by Hamid Ansari, the Vice President of India and compiled by Kumar
Deepak Das- An Ardent Patriot Dinesh Goswami
The Parliamentary Speaker who on Parliamentary Speaker who sworn in as Bangladesh
President to replace Zillur Rahman- Abdul Hamid
An IAS officer of the 1979 batch who on 1 May 2013 was appointed as Chief Secretary of
Andhra Pradesh government- Prasanna Kumar Mohanty
The Former President of Pakistan who was imposed with a lifetime ban from contesting
elections-Pervez Musharraf
The communication Satellite successfully launched by China from Xichang Satellite Launch
Center in Sichuan province- Zhongxing-11
The last British member of the Church of North Indias Delhi Brotherhood who passed away
on 30 April 2013-Father Ian Weathrall
The day celebrated as the World Press Freedom Day across the world with a theme safe to
Speak- 3 May 2013
The Indian national and a death row prisoner in the Lahores Kot Lakhpat Jail who died on 2
May 2013 at the Lahore's Jinnah hospital- Sarabjit Singh
The young Indian biologist who was honoured with the Whitley award, also known as
Green Oscar, in London on 2 May 2013- Aparajita Datta
The former tour player and president of ATP since January 2012 who died on 3 May
2013- Brad Drewett

 The Person who on 3 May 2013 took over the office of Chief Secretary of Uttarakhand for
second time-Subhash Kumar
The prosecutor who was handling the Mumbai terror attack and Bhutto assassination case
was gunned down in Islamabad- Zulfiqar Ali
Italian Deputy Foreign Minister who was appointed as the special envoy to India to work
out on fair trials for the Italian Marines- Staffan de Mistura
The Prime Minister of Italy who died on 6 May 2013 at Rome after serving as the Italian
Prime Minister seven times between 1972 and 1992- Giulio Andreotti
The first ever national surfing and stand up paddle (SUP) competition of India concluded at
Kovalam beach on 5 May 2013- Spice Coast Open
The Senegalese singer and Finnish composer who were named as the recipients of Polar
Music Prize 2013-Youssou Ndour and Kaija Saariaho
An Indian conglomerate company who created a new Guinness World Record on 6 May
2013 when its 121653 workers sang Indias national anthem in Lucknow- Sahara India
Pariwar
The Pakistani Prisoner who was attacked by an inmate in Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu
died at the hospital in Chandigarh on 9 May 2013- Sanaullah Ranjay
The person who was appointed as the Head of the World Trade Organisation and will take
the charge of his office from outgoing Pascal Lamy in September 2013- Roberto Azevedo
The English film director, actor, screenwriter and novelist, who died on 8 May 2013 in
Virginia Water, Surreyfollowing the long illness- Bryan Forbes
The Legendary actor who was presented with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award
for life timeachievement 10 May 2013- Pran
The leader of the Indian National Congress who on 11 May 2013 was sworn in as the 22nd
chief minister of the state of Karnataka- Siddaramaiah
The Deputy Speaker of Madhya Pradesh State Assembly and a senior leader of Congress
Party who died due to cardiac arrest- Harvansh Singh
The renowned Islamic Scholar and recipient of National Communal Harmony Award in
1997, who died on 14 May 2013- Asghar Ali Engineer
The acting director of IRS who had resigned amid the criticism over the tax agency's
handling of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status- Steven Miller
The Person who on 16 May 2013 appointed as governor of Arunachal Pradesh as the term
of presentincumbent Gen (retd) J J Singh ended in January 2013- Nirbhay Sharma
The Saudi woman who made history by reaching the Everest summit- the world's highest
mountain- Raha Moharrak
The place where the 45th Session of the Indian Labour Conference concluded on 18 May
2013- New Delhi
The Person who on 19 May 2013 became the first Pakistani woman to scale Mount Everest.
Samina Baig is 22 years of age- Samina Baig
NASAs Mars Rover which broke the 40-year-old extraterrestrial distance record on 16 May
2013, after 9 long years of Mars exploration- Opportunity rover

 The Person who was elected as the Member of Executive Council of WMO during the 65th
Executive Council of WMO meeting which is ongoing at Geneva- Laxman Singh Rathore
April
The Person who on 1 April 2013 took over charge as the secretary of the Department of Telecommunications
(DoT)- M F Farooqui
The bank which had won the prestigious FE Indias Best Banks Award-2012-13 in recognition of its strong
fundamentals and dynamic growth model- J&K Bank
The Day declared by United Nations General Assembly as the World Autism Awareness Day- 2 April
The Place where Olive Crown Awards 2013 took place on 1 April 2013- Mumbai
The Minister of Culture, who on 2 April 2013 inaugurated the Tagore Centre for Global Thought at India Institute of
Kings College, London- Chandresh Kumari Katoch
Oscar Winning Screenplay Writer, who died in New York on 3 April 2013- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
The person who on 4 April 2013 was appointed as the new director of the state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corps
(ONGC) Exploration- Narendra Kumar Verma
The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Critic for Chicago Sun-Times who died At the age of 70 years on 4 April 2013 at
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago- Roger Ebert
Padma Shree Awardee and a renowned epigraphist and numismatist who died at his residence in Kolkata on 4
April 2013- Bratindra Nath Mukherjee
The co-founder and Executive Co-Chairman of Infosys, who on 5 April 2013 was elected as the President of the
industry body (CII) for the year 2013-14- S Gopalakrishnan
The Country where SAARC Ministerial Level Meet on Poverty concluded on 5 April 2013- Nepal
The city where 2 day International Workshop on Green National Accounting for India Concluded on 6 April
2013- New Delhi
The Hospitality Group which was conferred with the National Award for Excellence in Hospitality Education 2011-12
on 5 April 2013- Lalit Suri Hospitality Group
The person who became the first Indian to Circumnavigate Globe Solo and Non-Stop on a sail boat- Lt Cdr
Abhilash Tomy
The Former British Prime Minister and Iron Lady of Britain who died at the age of 87 following a stroke on 8 April
2013- Margaret Thatcher
The Person who was appointed as the new chairman of the NASSCOM for its the Executive Council for 201314- Krishnakumar Natarajan
The place where the 2013 Times of India Film Awards (TOIFA) ceremony took place on 6 April 2013- BC Place,
Vancouver
The Person who was sworn-in as the Fourth President of Kenya on 9 April 2013- Uhuru Kenyatta
The Electric utilities company which was conferred with the Business Leader in the Power Sector at the NDTV
Business Leadership Awards in New Delhi on 9 April 2013- NTPC Ltd
The nuclear-capable Missile which was successfully test-fired by Pakistan on 10 April 2013. - Hatf-IV ballistic
missile
The day which was observed as National Safe Motherhood day across India -11 April 2013

 The Person who was appointed as the Chairman of the Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on population and
Development on 11 April 2013 at Bangkok- PJ Kurien
The Legendary Actor who was awarded with Bollywoods Highest Honour Dada Saheb Phalke Award on 12 April
2013- Pran
The anti-British revolutionary, considered to be the last remaining link to sub-continent decessive past
died at Kolkata at the age of 104 years - Binod Bihari Chowdhary
The Palestinian Prime Minister who resigned on 13 April 2013 after falling out with president Mahmud Abbas- Salam
Fayyad
The Indian Politician who was unanimously re-elected as the national President of Janata Dal (United) for third time
in a row, on 14 April 2013- Sharad Yadav
The Person who was declared the winner of Venezuela's presidential election on 14 April 2013- Nicolas Maduro
The Indian-Origin Economist who Won John Bates Clark Medal For 2013- Raj Chetty
The Person who as per the 16th Annual Global CEO survey, was figured among the top three most admired leaders
of the world- Mahatma Gandhi
The International Newspaper which had won four Pulitzer Prizes on 15 April 2013, including the award for
investigative reporting for stories- New York Times
The Person who took over as the Managing Director of Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) on 16 April
2013- Sunil Kumar
March