Current Affairs for December 2013 Questions Answers Quiz - 4 Dec 2013

1. Which day was observed across the world on 3 December 2013?
[Category: Important Days Current Affairs]
[A] International Day of Women
[B] International Day of Animals
[C] International Day of People with Disability
[D] International Peace Day


2. On 3rd Dec 2013, Apple has acquired which social media search and analytics start-up in $ 200 million, a business that specialises in analysing social media including Twitter to provide insights into sentiment on a variety of topics?
[Category: MBA Current Affairs]
[A] Topsy
[B] Gypsy
[C] Analytsy
[D] Lyticsy


3. Who has won the ICC People’s Choice Award for the year 2013 on 3rd December 2013?
[Category: Sports Current Affairs]
[A] Sachin Tendulkar
[B] Virat Kohli
[C] M S Dhoni
[D] Shikhar Dhawan


4. The Supreme Court on Tuesday, 3rd Dec 2013, set a deadline for all states and Union Territories to frame rules to regulate sale of acid and notify them accordingly. What is the deadline?
[Category: India Current Affairs]
[A] 31 December 2013
[B] 31 January 2014
[C] 28 February 2014
[D] 31 March 2014


5. Graft watchdog Transparency International released the report of its corruption survey on Tuesday, 3rd Dec 2013. The survey was based on the index that ranks countries on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean) based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. No country got 100, while two-thirds scored below 50. India scored 36 points on this index and is ranked _____ in 2013 Corruption Perceptions Index, which covered 177 countries.
[Category: Latest Current Affairs]
[A] 77
[B] 80
[C] 83
[D] 94