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Current Affairs March 2012

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1. How many teams are playing in World Series Hockey (WSH) tournament 2012 ? Ans:- 8 franchisee-based teams 2. Where in India was the inaugural World Series Hockey tournament held? Ans:- Chandigarh 3. Who has been appointed as brand ambassador of RASNA (fruit drink maker)? Ans:- Genelia D’souza 4. Who will be appointed the next Indian Army chief ? Ans:- Lieutenant General Bikram Singh (as the successor to General VK Singh) 5. Who won the ATP Dubai Open 2012 men’s singles title? Ans:- Roger Federer(Switzerland) 6. Who won the ATP Dubai Open 2012 Women’s singles title? Ans:- Agnieszka Radwańska(Poland) 7. Who won men’s doubles title of the ATP Dubai Open 2012 ? Ans:- Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna (India) 8. Who won the ATP Dubai Open 2012 Women’s doubles title ? Ans:- Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond (USA) 9. Which Chinese Electric company have started office in India? Ans:- Shangai Electric 10. Who won Women World Cup Kabaddi championship on March 4, 2012 ? Ans:- I

Indian Premier League (IPL 5) 2012- T20 Cricket

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 The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a professional cricket league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. Indian Premier League (IPL) launched by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The First season of IPL started on 18 April 2008. The fifth season is set to start on 4 April 2012 in Chennai and end on 27 May 2012. This season the number of teams in the league went from 10 to 9 with the termination of Kochi Tuskers Kerala. A View:-  Countries:-   India Administrator:-   BCCI Headquarter:-   Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Format:-   Twenty20 1st IPL :-   In 2008 Tournament format:-   Double round-robin and Knockout Number of teams:-   9 Team in 2012 Current champion :-   Chennai Super Kings Most successful:-   Chennai Super Kings (2 titles) Qualification:-   Twenty20 Champions League Most Runs :-   Suresh Raina (1813, Chennai Super Kings) Most wickets :-   RP Singh (64, M