Current Affairs GK January - 2013
1. Which Indian state approved Girl and Youth Policy 2013 recently ?
Ans: Rajasthan
2. Which Indian scientist was awarded with Canada’s Highest Civilian Award – "the Order of Canada" recently ?
Ans: Venkatesh Mannar
3. Who took over as the Director of Intelligence Bureau (IB) on 1 January 2013 ?
Ans: Syed Asif Ibrahim
4. Who is the Chairman of 14 finance Commission ?
Ans: Y.V. Reddy (Note:- 13th Finnance Commission chairman- Vijay Kelkar)
5. Where in India CJI Altamas Kabir inaugurated the first fast-track court on 2 January 2013 for dealing with the crimes against females ?
Ans: Saket Court Complex, Delhi
6. Who has been appointed as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India ?
Ans: Urjit Patel
7. Who was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court ?
Ans: Justice Amitava Roy, (He replaced chief justice Arun Kumar Mishra)
8. Which Indian nationalised bank has launched MobiCash Easy, a mobile wallet offering facilities such as bill payment, fund transfer, DTH & mobile recharge?
Ans: State Bank of India
9. Which indian State announced "Kanyadan Scheme" for Bride participants of Mass Marriages ?
Ans: Haryana Government
10. Who retained his rank as the richest Indian of the world ?
Ans: Mukesh Ambani (MD of Reliance Industries) - 18th richest person of the world
11. Who became first country in Asia to order chemical castration of child rapist ?
Ans: South Korea
12. Who became the 4th cricketer to surpass 13,000 runs in Test Cricket?
Ans: Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
13. Who was awarded Ireland’s prestigious Tipperary International Peace Prize for 2012 ?
Ans: Malala Yousafzai for her courage and determination
14. Who became the first woman to win 5 Crore Rupees on Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC-6) Game Show ?
Ans: Sunmeet Kaur(Punjab)
15. Where was held 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) on 7-9 January 2013 ?
Ans: Kochi, Kerela
16. Which city in Rajasthan has banned mobile girls from using cellphones, dancing and signing at weddings ?
Ans: Udaipur
17. Who was the chief Guest at the 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas(NRI Day) being held in Kochi ?
Ans: Rajkeswur Purryag (Mauritius President)
18. Which indian state chief ministher resigned after withdrawal of support by JMM ?
Ans: In Jharkhand CM Arjun Munda resigned recently
19. Who is appointed as MD of IBM India?
Ans: Vanitha Narayanan
20. Who was arrested for delivering Hate Speech ?
Ans: Akbaruddin Owaisi (MLA of MIM)
21. Where was held India-pakistan Flag meeting ?
Ans: Chakan-Da-Bagh, Poonch (J&K)
22. Who won the Aircel Chennai Open men’s singles title 2013 ?
Ans: Janko Tipservic
Australian Open-2013
23. Who won Ranji trophy 2012-13 ?
Ans: Mumbai(40th Time) defeating Saurashtra
24. Who won the Australian Open mens singles title 2013 ?
Ans: Novak Djokovic (Djokovic won his 3rd consecutive Australian Open title and overall 4th title.
25. Who won the Australian Open womens singles title 2013 ?
Ans: Victoria Azarenka ( 2nd Australian Open title & 15th Career title)
26. Who won the Australian Open Mixed Doubles Title 2013 ?
Ans: Jarmila Gajdosova and Mathew Ebden
27. Who won the Australian Open mens Doubles Title 2013 ?
Ans: Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan
28. Who won the Australian Open womens Doubles Title 2013 ?
Ans: Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci
29. How many countries are participating in the Gujarat Global Investors meet 2013?
Ans: 16 Countries
30. Who became the youngest men’s National Table Tennis champion in India?
Ans: Soumyajit Ghosh
31. Which Telecome company launched Free Roaming Service ‘One Nation, One Rate’ for voice, sms and data in India ?
Ans: Aircel
32. Which movie was won Best film Award at 19th Colors Screen Awards ?
Ans: Paan Singh Tomar
33. Which movie won Best picture & Best Director Award at Golden Globe Awards -2013 ?
Ans: AGRO
34. Where in India 18th Yuva Mahotsav was held recently?
Ans: Pernem
35. Who has been appointed as new vice-president of Indian National Congress ?
Ans: Rahul Gandhi
36. Who became the quickest Indian cricketer to score 4000 runs ?
Ans: Virat Kohli
37. Who was the chief guest at the 64 Republic Day parade for the year 2013 ?
Ans: Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (Bhutan King)
38. Who is appointed as the National President of BJP (Bhartiya Janata Party) ?
Ans: Rajnath Singh
39. Who has been appointed as the Party President of Shiv Sena ?
Ans: Uddhav Thackeray
40. Who has been choosen for Lifetime Achievement Award at the Jaipur international Film Festival ?
Ans: Sharmila Tagore
41. The oldest marathon runner of the world, who announced his retirement recently ?
Ans: Fauja Singh (101 Year Old)
42. Name of the playback singer, who refused to accept the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award -2013 ?
Ans: Sreeramamurthy Janaki
43. Which two Rajasthani has been named for Padma Shri award 2013 ?
Ans: (1) Bajrang Lal Takhar (Sikar) - Indian Rover & Silver medal winner at the 2006 Asian Games. (2) Shakir Ali (Jaipur) - Mugal and Parisian Painting expert
44. Who won Sa Re Ga Ma Pa - 2012 at a grand finale in Mumbai ?
Ans: Jasraj Joshi from Pune
45. Name of Controversial Movie of Kamal Haasan, Which was banned by Madras High Court recently ?
Ans: Vishwaroopam
Ans: Rajasthan
2. Which Indian scientist was awarded with Canada’s Highest Civilian Award – "the Order of Canada" recently ?
Ans: Venkatesh Mannar
3. Who took over as the Director of Intelligence Bureau (IB) on 1 January 2013 ?
Ans: Syed Asif Ibrahim
4. Who is the Chairman of 14 finance Commission ?
Ans: Y.V. Reddy (Note:- 13th Finnance Commission chairman- Vijay Kelkar)
5. Where in India CJI Altamas Kabir inaugurated the first fast-track court on 2 January 2013 for dealing with the crimes against females ?
Ans: Saket Court Complex, Delhi
6. Who has been appointed as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India ?
Ans: Urjit Patel
7. Who was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court ?
Ans: Justice Amitava Roy, (He replaced chief justice Arun Kumar Mishra)
8. Which Indian nationalised bank has launched MobiCash Easy, a mobile wallet offering facilities such as bill payment, fund transfer, DTH & mobile recharge?
Ans: State Bank of India
9. Which indian State announced "Kanyadan Scheme" for Bride participants of Mass Marriages ?
Ans: Haryana Government
10. Who retained his rank as the richest Indian of the world ?
Ans: Mukesh Ambani (MD of Reliance Industries) - 18th richest person of the world
11. Who became first country in Asia to order chemical castration of child rapist ?
Ans: South Korea
12. Who became the 4th cricketer to surpass 13,000 runs in Test Cricket?
Ans: Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
13. Who was awarded Ireland’s prestigious Tipperary International Peace Prize for 2012 ?
Ans: Malala Yousafzai for her courage and determination
14. Who became the first woman to win 5 Crore Rupees on Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC-6) Game Show ?
Ans: Sunmeet Kaur(Punjab)
15. Where was held 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) on 7-9 January 2013 ?
Ans: Kochi, Kerela
16. Which city in Rajasthan has banned mobile girls from using cellphones, dancing and signing at weddings ?
Ans: Udaipur
17. Who was the chief Guest at the 11th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas(NRI Day) being held in Kochi ?
Ans: Rajkeswur Purryag (Mauritius President)
18. Which indian state chief ministher resigned after withdrawal of support by JMM ?
Ans: In Jharkhand CM Arjun Munda resigned recently
19. Who is appointed as MD of IBM India?
Ans: Vanitha Narayanan
20. Who was arrested for delivering Hate Speech ?
Ans: Akbaruddin Owaisi (MLA of MIM)
21. Where was held India-pakistan Flag meeting ?
Ans: Chakan-Da-Bagh, Poonch (J&K)
22. Who won the Aircel Chennai Open men’s singles title 2013 ?
Ans: Janko Tipservic
Australian Open-2013
23. Who won Ranji trophy 2012-13 ?
Ans: Mumbai(40th Time) defeating Saurashtra
24. Who won the Australian Open mens singles title 2013 ?
Ans: Novak Djokovic (Djokovic won his 3rd consecutive Australian Open title and overall 4th title.
25. Who won the Australian Open womens singles title 2013 ?
Ans: Victoria Azarenka ( 2nd Australian Open title & 15th Career title)
26. Who won the Australian Open Mixed Doubles Title 2013 ?
Ans: Jarmila Gajdosova and Mathew Ebden
27. Who won the Australian Open mens Doubles Title 2013 ?
Ans: Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan
28. Who won the Australian Open womens Doubles Title 2013 ?
Ans: Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci
29. How many countries are participating in the Gujarat Global Investors meet 2013?
Ans: 16 Countries
30. Who became the youngest men’s National Table Tennis champion in India?
Ans: Soumyajit Ghosh
31. Which Telecome company launched Free Roaming Service ‘One Nation, One Rate’ for voice, sms and data in India ?
Ans: Aircel
32. Which movie was won Best film Award at 19th Colors Screen Awards ?
Ans: Paan Singh Tomar
33. Which movie won Best picture & Best Director Award at Golden Globe Awards -2013 ?
Ans: AGRO
34. Where in India 18th Yuva Mahotsav was held recently?
Ans: Pernem
35. Who has been appointed as new vice-president of Indian National Congress ?
Ans: Rahul Gandhi
36. Who became the quickest Indian cricketer to score 4000 runs ?
Ans: Virat Kohli
37. Who was the chief guest at the 64 Republic Day parade for the year 2013 ?
Ans: Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (Bhutan King)
38. Who is appointed as the National President of BJP (Bhartiya Janata Party) ?
Ans: Rajnath Singh
39. Who has been appointed as the Party President of Shiv Sena ?
Ans: Uddhav Thackeray
40. Who has been choosen for Lifetime Achievement Award at the Jaipur international Film Festival ?
Ans: Sharmila Tagore
41. The oldest marathon runner of the world, who announced his retirement recently ?
Ans: Fauja Singh (101 Year Old)
42. Name of the playback singer, who refused to accept the prestigious Padma Bhushan Award -2013 ?
Ans: Sreeramamurthy Janaki
43. Which two Rajasthani has been named for Padma Shri award 2013 ?
Ans: (1) Bajrang Lal Takhar (Sikar) - Indian Rover & Silver medal winner at the 2006 Asian Games. (2) Shakir Ali (Jaipur) - Mugal and Parisian Painting expert
44. Who won Sa Re Ga Ma Pa - 2012 at a grand finale in Mumbai ?
Ans: Jasraj Joshi from Pune
45. Name of Controversial Movie of Kamal Haasan, Which was banned by Madras High Court recently ?
Ans: Vishwaroopam
