Current Affairs October 2013

Current Affairs Question Answers (MCQ) October 2013 

The Indian Grandmaster who won the Commonwealth Chess Championship?
Answer: Abhijeet Gupta
 Who is appointed as the new coach of the Indian’s Men’s Hockey Team?
Answer: Maharaj Krishan Kaushik
 The political party launched by Julian Assange to contest in the Australian elections this
year?
Answer: WikiLeaks Party
 Who has been elected as the new President of Pakistan?
Answer: Mamnoon Hussain
 Who is the first woman to be appointed as the Managing Director of the State Bank of India?
Answer: Arundhati Bhattacharya
 The ICC World Cup 2015 will be jointly hosted by ………….. and ……………..?
Answer: Australia and New Zealand
 Rajeev Rishi has been appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of which Bank?
Answer: Central Bank of India

1st October:
 National Voluntary Blood Donation Day was observed.
 S. Varadarajan appointed the new Chairman & Managing Director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL).
 Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) approved Jet-Etihad deal.
2nd October:
 U.S. master writer and master of spy thriller novels Tom Clancy dies at 66.