·
India approves AirAsia’s tie-up with Tata
Group
·
For the First Time ‘The Competition
Commission of India’ (CCI) was nominated for
·
the Global Competition Review (GCR) Awards
2013
·
Dr Pablo Venegas from Cordillera Azul
National Park Discovered Two New Wood
·
lizard species called 'Enyalioides'
·
The American Multinational corporation Apple
bought the indoor GPS mapping firm
·
wifiSLAM for 20 million dollars
·
Reliance Life Insurance Company (RLIC)
announced of launching new healthcare
·
Scheme called Reliance Life Care.
·
The Union government approved 1500 crore
Rupees proposal for production of more
·
than 2000 rockets for the Pinaka multi-
barrel weapons system.
·
The former President of Pakistan, Gen. Pervez
Musharraf returned back to Pakistan on
·
24 March 2013.
·
The Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat
Forge Limited ‘Babasaheb Neelkanth
·
Kalyani’Nominated as the Chairman of IJBLF.
·
The United Nations declared 20 March as the
International Day of Happiness.
·
World Water Day is celebrated across the
world with the new theme "Water
·
Cooperation"
·
Jeff Bezos, chief executive of Amazon,
recovered two Saturn V rocket engines from beneath the Atlantic Ocean.
·
The Gold Medal Winner ‘Pietro Mennea’ , the
Italian athletics died at the age of 60 years
·
Indian Army Got First indigenously-developed
chopper called Rudra on 8 February 2013
·
The Travel & Tourism Competitiveness
Index (TTCI) 2013 of the World Economic
·
Forum ranked India 65th out of 140 countries.
·
The State Bank of India (SBI) planned to
start around 1200 new branches in India and eight overseas branches in
financial year 2013-2014
·
On 11 March 2013 REC signed a bilateral
term-loan agreement worth 250 million US Dollars, with the State Bank of India
·
B Ashok Reddy, the Infotech Enterprises
President , was elected as the new chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry
(CII)
·
On 17 March 2013 United Arab Emirates (UAE)
officially opened the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant.
·
‘India’ spotted fifth on the list High Net
worth Individuals (HNIs) According to the
·
Knight Frank Wealth Report 2013.
·
The President of India, released a
commemorative postal stamp at XXXIII
·
Convocation of Postgraduate Institute of
Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) on 15 March 2013.
·
India beat Australia by 6 wickets in 3rd test
,lead the series 3-0
·
China has become the World's Fifth-Largest
Arms Exporter
·
On 14 March 2013 Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi
was sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Nepal.
·
On 14 March 2013 The Union Cabinet cleared
Bill to Tackle Crimes against Women.
·
Jagat Singh Negi Elected As the Deputy
Speaker of Legislative Assembly of Himachal on 12 March 2013.
·
Xi Jinping appointed as China's new
president.
·
On 12 March 2013 Airports Council
International (ACI), declared Three Indian
·
Airports among the Top Five of the World.
·
The Chief Minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit
launched a comprehensive five-in-one vaccine on 12 March 2013.
·
Tata Sky launched Video on Demand service for
its Tata Sky, HD subscribers.
·
On 11 March 2013 Reliance Games brought Two
Gaming Firms in Japan and South Korea.
·
On 11 March 2013 Iran and Pakistan launched a
7.5 billion dollar gas pipeline project.
·
Rajasthan State Industrial Development and
Investment Corporation (RIICO) and
·
South Korean Trade Promotion Agency (KOTRA)
signed (MoU) for Korean industrial zone.
·
The US and South Korea started their annual
military drills on 11 March 2013 .
·
According to the GallUP Polls ‘India’ is the
sixth most favourable nation for Americans.
·
On 8 March 2013 International Women's Day is
celebrated across the world.
·
On 7 March 2013 The US President, Barack
Obama signed into law, the Violence
·
Against Women Act Reauthorization 2013.
·
On 8 March 2013 The President of India
released the Commemorative Postage Stamp on Sahir Ludhianvi.
·
On 6 March 2013 The Foreign Investment
Promotion Board (FIPB) cleared the investment proposal of AirAsia to Enter
India’s Aviation Sector.
·
On 6 March 2013 Union Minister Kapil Sibal
launched the Electronics Project Proposal
·
System (e-PPS).
·
ESPN-Star Sports Decided to launch new
channel –star sport2 on march 11 2013.
·
On 6 March 2013 Union Public Service
Commission changed the Scheme of Civil Services (MAIN) Examination pattern
2013.
Environment Current Affairs march,2013
·
The New Zealand Government declared the
worst-ever drought in 30 years in the entire North Island of the country.
·
According to the Study of lion biologists of
University of Minnesota: Half of Africa’s Lions Facing Extinction Threat.
Astronomy Current Affairs march,2013
·
Herschel space observatory Founded 15 New
Very Young Stars named as ‘Protostars’
·
NASA's Swift satellite discovered one of the
youngest-known supernova ‘remnants’
·
NASA scientists discovers the third-closest
star system to the Sun, located only 6.5 light-years away.
·
Researchers Calculated exactly 49.97
kiloparsecs to Our Closest Neighbouring Galaxy.
Cinema Current Affairs march,2013
·
Super star ‘Rajinikanth’ Starring Tamil film
'Kochadaiyaan' to be released in July
1. Which organisation launched the highly successful Chandrayaan-1
lunar mission in October
2008?
a) Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre
b) National Mesosphere Stratosphere-Troposphere Radar Facility
c) National Remote Sensing Agency
d) Indian Space Research Organisation
Answer: (d) Indian Space Research Organisation
2. Population of which species Increased in Kaziranga National
Park despite poaching, according to
the recent census which ended on 26 March 2013?
a) Great One-horned Rhinoceros
b) The Bengal Tiger
c) The Black Buck
d) Giant Alligator
Answer: (a) Great One-horned Rhinoceros
3. In the last week of March 2013, two new ______ species called
Enyalioides were discovered from
Cordillera Azul National Park. Fill in the blank with an
appropriate option.
a) Chameleon
b) Wild Ants
c) Woodlizard
d) Butterflies
Answer: (c) Woodlizard
4. India and the US in the Month of March 2013 agreed for
cooperation on future missions to
_________ and __________ after successful collaboration in
Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission. Fill
in the blanks with appropriate options.
a) Moon and Mars
b) Mars and Pluto
c) Moon and Mercury
d) Mercury and Mars
Answer: (a) Moon and Mars
5. Name the two Enyalioides species which were discovered from
Cordillera Azul National Park in
the last week of March 2013.
a) Enyalioides Shaughnessy and Enyalioides Laticeps
b) Enyalioides Azulae and Enyalioides Binzayedi
c) Enyalioides Oshaughnessyi and Enyalioides Shaughnessy
d) Enyalioides Azulae and Enyalioides Laticeps
Answer: (b) Enyalioides Azulae and Enyalioides Binzayedi
1. Which International Hockey team won the Sultan Azlan Shah
Hockey Tournament title for the
seventh time on 17 March 2013 by defeating Malaysia?
a) Australia
b) South Korea
c) Pakistan
d) India
Answer: (d) Australia
2. Name the leading International tennis player who won Indian
Wells BNP Paribas Open 2013 on 17
March 2013.
a) Roger Federer
b) David Ferrer
c) Rafael Nadal
d) Andy murray
Answer: (c) Rafael Nadal
3. Which International Cricket team won the fourth and the final
test against Australia, at Feroz
Shah Kotla Stadium, Delhi to claim the series by 4-0?
a) India
b) Pakistan
c) Bangladesh
d) South Africa
Answer: (a) India
4. Which International Golf player won the third PGA Tour title
2013, Arnold Palmer Invitational at
Bay Hill Club & Lodge; Orlando, Florida on 25 March 2013.
a) Tiger Woods
b) Mike Brannan
c) Gay Brewer
d) Charles Coe
Answer: (a) Tiger Woods
5. Name the Sri lankan Cricket Player who was named as the captain
of the Pune Warriors India for
Indian Premier League (IPL) Season 6 which will begin from 3 April
2013.
a) Angelo Mathews
b) Ajantha Mendis
c) Kumar Sangakkara
d) Mahela Jayawardene
Answer: (a) Angelo Mathews
1. NASA's Swift satellite in the Month of March 2013 discovered
one of the youngest-known
supernova remnants. What is the age of these supernova remnants?
a) Less than 2500 years old
b) 2500 years old
c) 3000 years old
d) Less than 3000 years old
Answer: (a) Less than 2500 years old
2. A team of researchers discovered abundant active bacteria
community in the deepest spot of the
Earth. What is the name of deepest point on Earth?
a) Mariana Trench
b) Mariana Islands
c) The Challenger Deep
d) None of these
Answer: (c) The Challenger Deep
3. Astronomers at the Herschel space observatory in the Month of
March 2013 found some of the
youngest stars ever seen in the Universe. What were these youngest
stars called?
a) Dwarf Stars
b) Protostars
c) Minute Stars
d) Young Stars
Answer: (b) Protostars
4. An unknown huge radio galaxy was discovered by an international
team of astronomers in the
month of March 2013. Which telescope was used to discover this
radio galaxy?
a) ASTRON
b) MSSS
c) All-sky model
d) LOFAR
Answer: (d) LOFAR
5. Mass death of which species occurred on the beach in Coronel
city, around 530 km from Santiago,
Chile, in the third week of March 2013 likely because of the power
generation plants- Bocamina 1 and
2 as well as Colbun?
a) Blue Whales
b) Crabs
c) Prawns
d) Turtles
Answer: (c) Prawns
1. The World Bank in the month of March 2013 barred which company
from doing any business with
it or the projects funded by it for a period of six months?
a) Punj Lloyd Group
b) Lanco Infratech Limited
c) Larsen & Toubro
d) IVRCL Infrastructures & Projects Ltd
Answer: (c) Larsen & Toubro
2. The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) on 6 March 2013
cleared the investment
proposal of which Malaysian budget carrier to launch the new
airline along with Tata Group and
Arun Bhatia's Telestra Tradeplace?
a) Cebu Pacific
b) AirAsia
c) JetStar
d) Tiger Airways
Answer: (b) AirAsia
3. Which confectionary giant was slapped with a notice demanding
250 crore Rupees by the
Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence on the grounds
of excise duty evasion?
a) Cadbury India Ltd
b) Wrigley India
c) Lotte India
d) Perk India Ltd
Answer: (a) Cadbury India Ltd
4. Which telecom company in the month of March 2013 launched high
quality voice service for its
subscribers in Kenya, Rwanda, Malawi and Nigeria in the African
sub-continent?
a) Vodafone
b) Reliance
c) Idea Cellular
d) Bharti Airtel
Answer: (d) Bharti Airtel
5. Microsoft launched the new version of which software for the
businesses running in India? This
software will facilitate sharing the data seamlessly across the
computers and mobiles with the help of
cloud computing technology.
a) MS Office 2009
b) MS Office 365
c) MS Office 2013
d) MS Office 2010
Answer: (b) MS Office 365
1. Which country on 12 March 2013 claimed to have become the first
in the world to extract the
natural gas from frozen methane hydrate successfully off the
central coast?
a) China
b) US
c) Canada
d) Japan
Answer: (d) Japan
2. Which country announced the worst-ever drought in 30 years in
its entire North Island?
a) The United States of America
b) New Zealand
c) Canada
d) South Africa
Answer: (b) New Zealand
3. Methane Hydrate, also known as Methane clathrates are a kind of
frozen confinements of
molecules of _________ and Methane. Fill in the blank with an
appropriate option.
a) Carbon Dioxide
b) Hydrogen
c) Water
d) Hydrocarbons
Answer: (c) Water
4. What led to worst-ever drought in 30 years in the entire North
Island of the New Zealand?
a) Deforestation
b) Climate Change
c) Depleting water resources
d) Global Warming
Answer: (d) Global Warming
5. Which body is conducting the survey of gas field in the main
island of Japan in Nankai Trough
where extraction of natural gas from frozen methane hydrate was
done successfully?
a) Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC)
b) Ministry of State for the Corporation in Support of
Compensation for Nuclear Damage
c) Ministry of State for Ocean Policy
d) Ministry of State for Science and Technology Policy
Answer: (a) Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation
(JOGMEC)
1. Samsung, the South Korean giant launched which device in
Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall at
Unpacked Events 2013 on 14 March 2013?
a) Samsung Tab 3
b) Samsung Galaxy Camera
c) Samsung Grand 2
d) Samsung Galaxy S4
Answer: (d) Samsung Galaxy S4
2. Which direct broadcast satellite television provider in the
month of March 2013 launched Video
on Demand service for its Tata Sky+ HD subscribers?
a) Tata Sky
b) Airtel Live
c) Videocon DTH
d) Dish TV
Answer: (a) Tata Sky
3. Where did Welspun Energy on 12 March 2013 commissioned Asia’s
largest solar power project of
50 MW?
a) Alwar, Rajasthan
b) Chittorgarh, Rajasthan
c) Jodhpur, Rajasthan
d) Dungarpur, Rajasthan
Answer: (c) Jodhpur, Rajasthan
4. Which company on 11 March 2013 acquired two gaming companies,
Funnel Japan in Japan and
Busan in South Korea?
a) Airtel Games
b) SEGA Games
c) Techno Trax Games
d) Reliance Games
Answer: (d) Reliance Games
5. For what purpose did The Rajasthan State Industrial Development
and Investment Corporation
(RIICO) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South
Korean Trade Promotion
Agency (KOTRA) on 11 March 2013 in New Delhi?
a) For setting up Rajasthan State Industry
b) For setting up Korean Industrial Zone
c) For setting up Trade Promotion Zone
d) None of these
Answer: (b) For setting up Korean Industrial Zone
1. Researchers working on the accurate calculation of the distance
of Milky Way to the nearest galaxy
found the exact distance to our nearest galaxy, Large Magellanic
Cloud (LMC). What is the exact
distance?
a) 163000 light years
b) 175000 light years
c) 183000 light years
d) 150000 light years
Answer: (a) 163000 light years
2. Which country ranked first on list of countries which
distribute spam all over the world, according
to new report of SophosLabs?
a) China
b) India
c) US
d) Spain
Answer: (c) US
3. Which research centre announced that it was developing the
largest magnet of the world? This
largest magnet would weigh 50000 tons.
a) CERN, Geneva
b) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India
c) NASA, US
d) Neutrino Observatory, India
Answer: (b) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India
4. According to the study conducted by University of Minnesota in
the first week of March 2013,
which species of Africa would decline to almost extinction over
the period of coming 20-40 years if
conservation measures were not undertaken?
a) Elephants
b) Wild Cat
c) Wild Lizard
d) Wild Lion
Answer: (d) Wild Lion
5. Which compost plant became first in India to receive carbon
credits worth 25 lakh rupees from the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change?
a) Okhla Compost Plant
b) ROTOPALA Composting Plant
c) Mumbai Compost Plant
d) Kanpur Composting Plant
Answer: (a) Okhla Compost Plant
1. By what basis point, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 19
March 2013 cut the repo rate in its
mid-quarter review of the monetary policy.
A. 25 basis Point
B. 50 Basis Point
C. 15 basis point
D. 35 basis point
Answer: (A) 25 basis Point
2. The Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) on 21 March 2013
cleared Reliance Industries' (RIL)
KG-D6 and NEC-25 blocks for________________
A. Oil and Gas Exploration
B. Oil and Gas Engineering
C. Oil and Gas Filtration
D. Oil and Gas Production
Answer: (A) Oil and Gas Exploration
3. Name the Place where Commercial production of Aishwarya Oil
Field at has started on 23 March
2013.
A. Rajasthan
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Orissa
D. Andhra Pradesh
Answer: (A) Rajasthan
4. As per RBI mid-quarter review of the monetary policy, the
reverse repo rate changed from the
earlier 6.5 Percent. What is the new Reverse repo rate?
A. 6.5 Percent
B. 5.5 Percent
C. 6.7 Percent
D. 6.75 Percent
Answer: (D) 6.75 Percent
5. Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited
(SPMCIL) signed the Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Economic Affairs
(DEA), Ministry of Finance on 25
March 2013. What is the set ambitious Sales target made by the
Company in 2013-14 fiscal year?
A. 3407 Crore Rupees
B. 3510 Crore Rupees
C. 3210 Crore Rupees
D. 3256 Crore Rupees
Answer: (A) 3407 Crore Rupees
1. Which Team won the General Sparrow Centenary Polo Cup-2013
played at Jaipur Polo Ground on
2 March 2013 by defeating Sailors team?
a) Sona Polo Team
b) Jaipur Riders
c) Elestina Gold Team
d) Garcha polo team
Answer: (a) Sona Polo Team
2. Which top seeded tennis player Defeated David Ferrer to Win ATP
Mexican Open 2013 Tennis
Tournament?
a) Rafael Nadal
b) Roger Federer
c) Novak Djokovic
d) Mahesh Bhupati
Answer: (a) Rafael Nadal
3. Name the Female Indian Cyclist won a Bronze medal in the final
of women's juniors of 500m cycle
event in Asian Cycling Championship on 7 March 2013 in New Delhi.
a) Kamaljeet Sandhu
b) Neha Agarwaal
c) Poulomi Ghatk
d) Deborah
Answer: (d) Deborah
4. Which Indian female veteran golfer, on 6 March 2013 won her
second title in the fourth leg of
Hero Women`s pro golf tour 2013 in Mumbai.
a) Smriti Mehra
b) Sharmila Nicollet
c) Ankita Das
d) Saba anjum Karim
Answer: (a) Smriti Mehra
5. Which female top seeded Badminton player won the women’s
singles title in the All England
Open Badminton Championships 2013 at the National Indoor Arena,
Birmingham, England on 10
March 2013?
a) Tine Baun
b) Saina Nehwal
c) Jwala Dutta
d) Ashwini Ponaapa
Answer: (a) Tine Baun
1. The US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) lifted import alert
on the Hyderabad-based
antibiotics facility of which leading pharmaceutical research
company of India?
a) Ranbaxy
b) Aurobindo Pharma
c) Cadila Healthcare
d) Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
Answer: (b) Aurobindo Pharma
2. Which feature was added by Google to its Google Play India Page
which allows you to download or
rent movies?
a) Google Play Movies
b) Play My Movie
c) Rent a Movie
d) Watch My Movie
Answer: (a) Google Play Movies
3. Which largest education company of India, on 26 March 2013
announced completion of the sale of
its entire 50% stake in Eurokids International Limited?
a) IndiaCan
b) Oxfam India
c) Everonn Education limited
d) Educomp Solutions Ltd
Answer: (d) Educomp Solutions Ltd
4. Which insurance giant was fined 30 million Pound by the
Financial Services Authority (FSA) over AIA
bid in March 2013?
a) ICICI Lombard
b) Reliance Insurance
c) Prudential
d) AIG Vyasya
Answer: (c) Prudential
5. Apple in the month of March 2013 bought which indoor GPS
mapping firm for 20 million dollars?
a) BlueNav
b) DirectRoute
c) wifiSLAM
d) Topo
Answer: (c) wifiSLAM
1.The US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) lifted import alert
on the Hyderabad-based
antibiotics facility of which leading pharmaceutical research
company of India?
a) Ranbaxy
b) Aurobindo Pharma
c) Cadila Healthcare
d) Glenmark Pharmaceuticals
Answer: (b) Aurobindo Pharma
2. Which feature was added by Google to its Google Play India Page
which allows you to download or
rent movies?
a) Google Play Movies
b) Play My Movie
c) Rent a Movie
d) Watch My Movie
Answer: (a) Google Play Movies
3. Which largest education company of India, on 26 March 2013
announced completion of the sale of
its entire 50% stake in Eurokids International Limited?
a) IndiaCan
b) Oxfam India
c) Everonn Education limited
d) Educomp Solutions Ltd
Answer: (d) Educomp Solutions Ltd
4. Which insurance giant was fined 30 million Pound by the
Financial Services Authority (FSA) over AIA
bid in March 2013?
a) ICICI Lombard
b) Reliance Insurance
c) Prudential
d) AIG Vyasya
Answer: (c) Prudential
5. Apple in the month of March 2013 bought which indoor GPS
mapping firm for 20 million dollars?
a) BlueNav
b) DirectRoute
c) wifiSLAM
d) Topo
Answer: (c) wifiSLAM
1. Which organisation launched the highly successful Chandrayaan-1
lunar mission in October 2008?
a) Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre
b) National Mesosphere Stratosphere-Troposphere Radar Facility
c) National Remote Sensing Agency
d) Indian Space Research Organisation
Answer: (d) Indian Space Research Organisation
2. Population of which species Increased in Kaziranga National
Park despite poaching, according to the
recent census which ended on 26 March 2013?
a) Great One-horned Rhinoceros
b) The Bengal Tiger
c) The Black Buck
d) Giant Alligator
Answer: (a) Great One-horned Rhinoceros
3. In the last week of March 2013, two new ______ species called
Enyalioides were discovered from
Cordillera Azul National Park. Fill in the blank with an
appropriate option.
a) Chameleon
b) Wild Ants
c) Woodlizard
d) Butterflies
Answer: (c) Woodlizard
4. India and the US in the Month of March 2013 agreed for
cooperation on future missions to
_________ and __________ after successful collaboration in
Chandrayaan-1 lunar mission. Fill in the blanks with appropriate options.
a) Moon and Mars
b) Mars and Pluto
c) Moon and Mercury
d) Mercury and Mars
Answer: (a) Moon and Mars
5. Name the two Enyalioides species which were discovered from
Cordillera Azul National Park in the
last week of March 2013.
a) Enyalioides Shaughnessy and Enyalioides Laticeps
b) Enyalioides Azulae and Enyalioides Binzayedi
c) Enyalioides Oshaughnessyi and Enyalioides Shaughnessy
d) Enyalioides Azulae and Enyalioides Laticeps
Answer: (b) Enyalioides Azulae and Enyalioides Binzayedi
1) Who is selected for the prestigious Jnanpith award for the year
2012?
Ans. Ravuri Bharadhwaja for his contributions to Telugu
literature.
2) Recently, who was re-elected for a second term as IAEA Chief?
Ans. Yukiya Amano
3) Where was India‟s first all Women Post Office inaugurated
recently?
Ans. New Delhi
4) Who scored the fastest debut century in test cricket recently?
Ans. Shikhar Dhawan
5) Malala Yousafzai has recently signed a deal to publish her
autobiography. Name
the title?
Ans. I Am Malala
6) Indian President was the Chief Guest at the Independence Day
celebrations
ofwhich country during March 2012?
Ans. Mauritius
7) Who has been elected as the new Pope of the Catholic Church?
Ans. Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina & he has chosen the
name "Francis‟
8) Which film was adjudged best feature filmin the 60th National
Film Awards?
Ans. Paan Singh Tomar (Hindi) directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia
9) The 5th BRICS summit was recently held at?
Ans. Durban, South Africa (March 26-27).The member states of BRICS
are
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
10) The code name given to the entire plan of the execution of
Afsal Guru, the
parliament attack convict:
Ans. Operation Three Star
11) Which country will host ICC World T20 2014?
Ans. Bangladesh
12) Who is elected as the President of Venezuela recently?
Ans. Nicolas Maduro
13) The President of Bangladesh who passed away recently?
Ans. Zillur Rahman
14) Who are the three personalities recently selected by the
Indian Parliamentary
Group for the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award?
Ans. Arun Jaitley (2010), Karan Singh (2011) and Sharad Yadav
(2012)
15) Which team won the Santosh Trophy Football tournament 2013
held in
Kerala?
Ans. Services
16) Who was honoured with Indira Gandhi Peace Prize recently?
Ans. Ela Bhatt, founder of the Self Employed Women‟s Association
(SEWA), was
presented with the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and
Development
for the year 2011 by the President of India, Pranab Mukherjee.
17) Who was crowned the Femina Miss India 2013?
Ans. Navneet Kaur Dhilon
18) When is the First International Happiness Day celebrated?
Ans. 20th March 2013
19) Who is chosen for Saraswati Samman award 2013?
Ans. Sugathakumari (Malayalam Poet)
20) Which former British Prime Minister popularly known as the
"Iron
Lady‟ passed away on April 8?
Ans. Margaret Thatcher. She was the longest serving British prime
minister
(1979-1990) of the 20th century and is the only woman to have held
the office.
1. Who is the winner of Australian Open 2013 Women's title ?
Answer: Victoria Azarenka
2. Who is the winner of Australian Open 2013 men's title ?
Answer: Novak Djokovic
Did you know who are the winners of Australian Open 2012 ?
3. Who is the chief guest of 2013 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas ?
Answer: Rajkeswur Purryag, President of Mauritius (Held in Kochi)
4. Who is the chief guest of republic day 2013 ?
Answer: Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck, King of Bhutan
5. Who is first female President of South Korea ?
Answer: Park Guen-hye
6. Who is the first female Chief Justice of Sri Lanka ?
Answer: Shirani Bandaranayake (recently impeached)
7. Who is the winner of DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2013
?
Answer: Jeet Thayil (book - Narcopolis)
8. Which is the Longest Railway Tunnel in India?
Answer: Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel (Banihal railway tunnel)
9. Where did the World Economic Forum annual meeting held ?
Answer: Davos, Switzerland
10. Who has been conferred won Keerthi Chakra (the second highest
among
peace time gallantry awards of the country) ?
Answer: Major Anoop Joseph
11. Which Indian scientist conferred with China's top science
award ?
Answer: CNR Rao
12. Who is the winner of Ranji Trophy 2012-2013 ?
Answer: Mumbai
13. Which country recently test fired Hatf-9 (Nasr) missile ?
Answer: Pakistan
14. Who is the new Chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi ?
Answer: Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty
15. Who is the new President of Sahitya Akademi ?
Answer: Dr. Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
16. Who is appointed as the next Permanent Representative of India
to the United
Nations ?
Answer: Asoke Kumar Mukerji
17. Who is the worlds oldest Marathon runner ?
Answer: Fauja Singh
OSCAR Winners 2013 (85th Academy Awards Winners)
17. Which film won this year's Best Picture Oscar ?
Answer: Argo
18. Which actor won this year's Best Actor (in a Leading Role)
Oscar ?
Answer: Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln)
19. Which actress won this year's Best Actress (in a Leading Role)
Oscar ?
Answer: Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)
20. Who won this year's Best Director Oscar ?
Answer: Ang Lee (Life of Pi)
21. Who is the first person to win Best Actor Oscar thrice ?
Answer: Daniel Day-Lewis
22. What is the theme of 2013 International Women’s Day (march 8)
?
Answer: A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence
against women
23. New Governor of Nagaland ?
Answer: Ashwani Kumar
24. New Governor of Kerala ?
Answer: Nikhil Kumar
25. New Governor of Odisha ?
Answer: S C Jamir
26. Who is the new President of Kenya ?
Answer: Uhuru Kenyatta
27. Who is the new Prime Minister ( Premier of the People's
Republic of
China) of China ?
Answer: Li Keqiang
28. Who is the new Pope?
Answer: Pope Francis
29. What is the name of India's first regional navigational
satellite ?
Answer: IRNSS-1
30. Who scored fastest hundred on debut in test cricket ?
Answer: Shikhar Dhawan
31. Where is India's first all women post office inaugurated on
women's day ?
Answer: Delhi
32. What is the theme of 2013 world water day (march 22) ?
Answer: Water Cooperation
33. Which year is declared by UN as International Year of Water
Cooperation ?
Answer: 2013
34. Who is the winner of 2013 miss India ?
answer: Navneet Kaur Dhillon
35. who is the winner of 2013 Saraswati Samman ?
Answer: Sugathakumari (Manalezhuthu)
36. Who is recently reelected as IAEA (International Atomic Energy
Agency)
Director general ?
Answer: Yukiya Amano
37. Who is the new Prime Minister of Nepal ?
Answer: Khil Raj Regmi
38. Who is the first female Prime minister of UK who recently passed
away ?
Answer: Margaret Thatcher
39. Who is the new pm of North Korea ?
Answer: Pak Pong-ju
40. Who is the new venezuela president ?
Answer: Nicolas Maduro
41. Who is the new president of Bangladesh ?
Answer: Abdul Hamid
42. What is the theme of 2013 World Earth day (April 22) ?
Answer: The face of climate change
43. Who is the new Governor of Jammu and Kashmir ?
answer: Narinder Nath Vohra
44. Who is the new president of ADB (Asian Development Bank) ?
Answer: Takehiko Nakao
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