Current Affairs March 2013

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1. Where will begin the work to implement worlds largest solar telescope? Ans. Ladakh 2. Who was the Diplomat and good will Ambassador of India in UNESCO since 2000 he passed away recently? Ans. Madanjeet Singh 3. Who is selected as the new financial services secretary in Finance Ministry? Ans. Rajiv Takru 4. What is IPK, which was recently in news? Ans. International Prototype Kilogram 5. First civil air service of the state Mantra Airlines inaugurated recently belongs to which Indian state? Ans. Jammu and Kashmir 6. Shirani Bandaranayake was recently on news due to impeachment, who is she? Ans. First women Chief Justice of Sri Lanka 7. Indian Government announced the postponement of which law it will come into force from April 2016? Ans. GAAR (General Anti Avoidance Rule) 8. Which country defeated India in the Davis Cup Asia Oceania Group On First Round? Ans. South Korea 9. Who has recently resigned as the Solicitor General of India? Ans. Rohinton Nariman Note: Mohan Parasaran has been appointed as the new Solicitor General of India 10. World Cancer Day is observed on: Ans. February 4

11. Who is appointed as the new Director of Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam? Ans. Vasudeva Rao 12. Who is the veteran Writer and columnist, he released Khuswantnama: The Lessons of My Life on his 98 th birthday? Ans. Khuswant Singh his latest book,

13. The researchers of the University of Missouri found out the largest numb er so far. Ans. Prime Number 14. The newly released book, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Germany is written by: Ans. Anita. B. Pfaff 15. Which team won the Irani Trophy Cricket match, 2013? Ans. Rest of India 16. The 2001 Parliament attack convict . was hanged on February 9? Ans. Mohammad Afzal Guru 17. The recently produced movie based on the life of J.C Daniel, the pioneer of Malayalam cinema industry? Ans. Celluloid 18. The Indian Star legend who was honoured posthumously with the Grammy lifetime achievement Award? Ans. Pandit Ravi Shankar. 19. The renowned Malayalam poet and Kerala Sahitya Academy award winner of 1992 who passed away on 11 February? Ans. D. Vinayachandran 20. Which city has recently hosted the 4th World Telugu Conference? Ans. Tirupati 21. Recently, which country has signed a law that bans Americans from adopting its children? Ans. Russia 22. Recently, Asias first Bio-Safety Level-IV Laboratory is established in which place? Ans. Pune 23. Who is the winner of the luge Asian Championship? Ans. Shiva Keshavan

24. Who is the new Chairman of Tata Group? Ans. Cyrus Mistry 25. Which mobile company is planning to unveil a brand new mobile operating system called Tizen with a smart phone this year? Ans. Samsung 26. The National Institute of Virology is located at which place? Ans. Pune 27. Which scientist of Indian origin has been awarded Canadas highest civilian award The Order of Canada? Ans. Venkatesh Mannar 28. Which state government in India has decided to observe the year 2013 as Information Technology Empowerment Year? Ans. Madhya Pradesh 29. INS Tarkash, a stealth frigate that recently joined the Western fleet is built with the help of which country? Ans. Russia 30. Who is the Chairman of the 14th Finance Commission? Ans. Y.V. Reddy 31. Recently, who has been appointed as Deputy Governor at Reserve Bank of India, succeeding Subir Gokarn? Ans. Urjit Patel 32. Who is the author of the novel titled Bring Up the Bodies? Ans. Hilary Mantel 33. Who was sworn in as the Vice President of America on January 20, Along with President Barack Obama? Ans. Joseph Biden 34. The former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh who merged his Jan Kranti Party with Bharatiya Janata Party recently? Ans. Kalyan Singh 35. Which former Haryana Chief Minister has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in a teachers recruitment scam? Ans. Om Prakash Chautala

36. Where is Srinivasa Ramanujan Institute of Basic Science newly established by the Government of Kerala situated? Ans. Pampady in Kottayam district 37. Which top Indian Scientist has been conferred with the Award for International Scientific Co-operation (2012), instituted by the Chinese Academy of Sciences? Ans. Dr. C.N.R Rao, He is presently the head of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India. 38. Major tea producing nations have recently to form an organization named International Tea Producers Forum, as its headquarters? Ans. Colombo 39. Which Indian Writer is shortlisted for this years man Booker International Prize? Ans. U.R Ananthamurthy 40. Nations second highest gallantry award, Kirti Chakra, has been conferred on . Ans. Major Anup Joseph Manjali 41. Who was chosen for the Nishagandhi Award, instituted by the Tourism Department of Kerala? Ans. Mrunalini Sarabhai 42. The American twins .. and .. clinched a record 13th Grand Slam title by winning the Mens Doubles in the Australian Open 2013. Ans. Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 43. Which renowned playback singer has declined to accept the Padma Bhushan award recently? Ans. S. Janaki 44. India on 27 January test fired the Underwater Ballistic Missile (Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile- SLBM) named ., from an underwater platform in the Bay of Bengal? Ans. K-15 also called B05 45. Which country has recently announced that it had successfully sent a monkey to the space? Ans. Iran 46. Where was the 25th Kerala Science Congress held? Ans. Thiruvananthapuram 47. Who has been appointed as the new U.S secretary of State, after Hilary Clintons resignation? Ans. John Kerry

48. The Canadian based telecommunication company, Research in Motion (RIM) Ltd has recently announced the changing of its name to .? Ans. Blackberry 49. Which Malayalam movie Actor has been awarded with Padma Shri this year? Ans. Madhu 50. Which Golf player has recently won his 75 th International Golf title? Ans. Tiger Woods 51. Who was the captain of the Indian team in the ICC Womens Cricket World Cup 2013, held in India? Ans. Mithali Raj 52. The two Public Sector Units (PSU) which were given Maharatna status by the Union Government of India on February 1? Ans. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) and Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) 53. Who becomes the first Iranian leader to visit Egypt since Islamic Revolution of 1979? Ans. Ahmadinejad 54. Who has been honored with the prestigious 2011 National Medal of Technology and Innovation by U.S. President Barack Obama? Ans. Indian American scientist Rangaswamy Srinivasan 55. World's tallest statue of Mahatma Gandhi has been recently unveiled at which place? Ans. Patna, with a towering height of 70 feet 56. Which country won the ICC Women's World Cup, 2013? Ans. Australia 57. Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador/ permanent Representative of India to the United Nations recently? Ans. Asoke Kumar Mukerji 58. What is the Code name given to secret plan for executing Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist Afzal Guru in Tihar Jail on 9th February 2013? Ans. Operation Three Star. 59. Who has been honoured with Frances highest civilian award recently? Ans. Amartya Sen 60. Name given to the Asteroid which Passed near Earth on February 15 2013? Ans. 2012 DA14

61. Which Indian city would host two day Literature festival for 1st time on 23rd and 24th March 2013? Ans. Patna 62. Who won mens Brazil Open 2013? Ans. Rafael Nadal 63. Who won womens Qatar Open 2013 title? Ans. Victoria Azarenka 64. Who won the Rotterdam Open 2013? Ans. Juan Martin del Potro 65. Who is appointed as the new solicitor general of India? Ans. Mohan Parasaran 66. Which company blocked Java on their computers due to security problems? Ans. Apple 67. Who became the first Indian to score a century in Womans Cricket World Cup? Ans. Thirush Kamini 68. Who is appointed as the Chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi? Ans. Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty Note: Chakravarty is a 1970 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer and retired in the rank of Secretary to Government of India. 69. From the latest reports which country emits the largest amount of Carbon dioxide from energy consumption? Ans. USA 70. The Badminton player who won 2012 Swiss Open, Thailand Open and Indonesian Super Series: Ans. Saina Nehwal 71. The winner of Santhosh Trophy 2012: Ans. Services 72. T.N Krishnan who got Veena Foundation Award in 2012 is related to: Ans. Violin 73. Who wrote India My Beloved? Ans. Dominique Lapierre 74. Who was appointed as the Director General of Police of Kerala when Jacob Punnoose retired? Ans. N. Balasubramanyan

75. Who was given Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management 2012? Ans. Tessy Thomas 76. Recently which countries scientists have developed the Worlds first bendable battery? Ans. South Korea 77. Recently, in which country, the Qadri movement was held? Ans. Pakistan 78. Recently, the 10th Knowledge Millennium Summit was inaugurated by President of India in which place? Ans. New Delhi 79. Which is the first Dinosaur fossil that was recently rediscovered in Kolkata? Ans. Taitanosaurus Indicus 80. Who is the current Chairman of University Grants Commission (UGC)? Ans. Ved Prakash 81. Who is worlds oldest marathon runner? Ans. Fauja Singh 82. Who is the quickest Indian and the second quickest in world to score 4000 ODI runs? Ans. Virat Kohli 83. Which country is the host of 2013 Special Olympics World Winter Games? Ans. South Korea 84. Who was the chief guest of India at the 64th Republic Day Parade? Ans. Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck [King of Bhutan] 85. Who has won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2013? Ans. Jeet Thayil 86. Who is dubbed as the The Cleanest and Poorest Chief Minister in India? Ans. Manik Sarkar 87. Who is the winner of the 2013 Australian Open title in womens single category? Ans. Victoria Azarenka 88. Which country will host the 2013 ICC Women World Cup? Ans. India

89. Who is the winner of the 2013 Australian Open title in the mens single category? Ans. Novak Djokovic 90. Recently, Milos Zeman became the first directly elected President of which country? Ans. Czech Republic 91. Who is the oldest person to be chosen for this years Padma Shri Award? Ans. Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan 92. Recently, who has become the youngest National Table Tennis Champion? Ans. Somyajeet Ghosh 93. Who has been appointed as the new Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)? Ans. S. Ramakrishnan 94. Who is the new Director of Intelligence Bureau (IB)? Ans. Syed Asif Ibrahim 95. Which is the new communication satellite launched by NASA on 31 January 2013? Ans. TDRS 96. In which place the 43rd World Economic Forum Summit held from January 23 27? Ans. At Davos-Klosters in Switzerland. 97. Who won 2012 Tipperary International Peace Award Ans. Malala Yousafzai, the teenaged Pakistani school girl shot by a Taliban gunman last year, has been awarded the 2012 Tipperary International Peace Award from Ireland for her courage and determination to speak out in support of equal access to education for children. Malala is the second Pakistani to get the award. In 2007, it was given to late Benazir Bhutto. 98. Indias indigenously developed .. missile was successfully tested on 7th January? Ans. Lakshya. It was launched from the Integrated Test Range ITR, at Odisha.

99. Who was the legendary violinist passed away on January 2013 in Chennai? Ans. M.S. Gopalakrishnan. Known for his mastery of both the Carnatic and Hindustani systems of classical music.

100. Who wrote the Book The Monk as Man, a book about Swami Vivekananda? Ans. The renowned Bengali writer Shankar

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