Current Affairs J2013

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CURRENT AFFAIRS 2013: ONE

1. What is AESD?2. What is expanded form of UID?3. Who is the founder of Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA)?4. Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009 came into being on _________.5. What is the name of the last novel of the Harry Potter series written by J.K. Rowling?6. What is RAW?7. What is OMC?8. What are the expanded forms of ISBN and ISSN?9. What is API Index?10. What is Salman Rushdies autobiography in which he narrates his life during the fatwa years?11. What is GPS?12. What is Indias indigenous navigational system that is proposed to be developed?13. Who is the Union Agricultural Minister of India?14. Who is the cabinet Minister in charge of Commerce, Industry and Textiles?15. Who is the chairperson of the UGC?16. Who is the Union Rural Development Minister of India?17. Who is the Vice Chancellor of IGNOU?18. What is NPCIL?19. What is MGNREGS?20. What is DBT?21. What is IFTTT?22. What is NUALS?23. What is ICHR?24. What is RMSA?25. What is NABARD?26. When do we celebrate Pravasi Bharatiya Divas?27. How many High Courts are there in India?28. Who is the Chairperson of the 28 th Law Commission of India?29. When do we celebrate the National Girl Child Day?30. Who is the Union minister of Women and Child Development?31. Which Indian writers novel has been short-listed for the 2013 International Booker Prize?32. Which are the six regional headquarters of the UGC?33. Which two personalities were chosen by the Central Election Commission as its Brand ambassadors in 2011?34. In ODIs, how many centuries did Sachin Tendulkar make?35. What is UNDOF?36. Which is the longest running play in the world?37. Who is the first author to win an Academy Award as well as a Nobel?38. When do we celebrate Ozone Day?39. What is the name of Indias most recent communication satellite launched from French Guyana in 2012?40. Which typhoon hit Philippines in 2012?41. What is CPCB?42. What is carbon footprint?43. What is a WMO survey?44. In which portion of the atmosphere is the ozone layer mainly found?45. The concept ofcloud computing relates to ______.46. What is CITES?47. Which country is the world topper in global pneumonia mortality rate?48. Which country became a non-member observer state of the UN in 2012?49. In which country was the 21st ASEAN Summit held?50. In which year was the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act passed in the Parliament?51. What is DoT?


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52. With regard to higher education, what is GER?53. In which year was the Wildlife (Protection) Act passed in India?54. What are GM foods?55. What does Greendex survey deal with?56. Who is the current CAG of India?57. What is EDI?58. What is LOC?59. What is NSA? Who is the Chief of NSA?60. The Kargil War was fought in the year ________.61. Indo-China War was fought in the year _________.62. Who is Indias Defence Minister?63. Who is the draftsman of the Indian Constitution?64. What is RTI?65. Who is the founder of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan?66. Who is the Union Minister for Science and Technology?67. What is IGCAR?68. What is BARC? Who is the Director?69. Who is called Milkman of India?70. Who is Indias father of Green Revolution?71. What is BHEL?72. What position does India hold in wind power production in the world?73. Who is Union Minister for New and renewable Energy Resources?74. What is FOSS?75. Who is the founder of FSM (Free Software Movement)?76. Which Indian got Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism?77. Founder of Outlook magazine.78. What is PTI?79. What is AP?80. What is ANI?81. What is APA?82. Who is Chairman of Press Council of India?83. Who is the Director of the film Midnights Children?84. What is CBFC?85. What is RBI?86. Who is the Chief Election Commissioner of India?87. Chairman of the Planning Commission88. What is ICMR?89. Name the seven sister states of the Northeast with their capitals.90. Which is the highest arch dam in Asia?91. Who is the secretary of the UN?92. Who is the founder of Narmada Bachao Andolan?93. In which year was Aung San Suu Kyi awarded the Nobel Prize, which she accepted in 2012?94. Which is the largest refugee population in India?95. Name the historian who is part of the subaltern Studies group collective who wrote Elementary Aspects of Peasant Insurgency in

Colonial India.

96. Which mobile company launched an emergency alert service for the subscribers in Odisha, Bengal and Kolkata on 1 February 2013The service is directed towards the women primarily.

97. Which is the premier organisation that represents and sets the tone for public policy for the Indian software industry?98. Thirty Indian software product companies joined hands to form their own new association, marking a break-up with the IT industry

body NASSCOM. What is the name of this newly formed association?

99. ICICI Bank, the largest private sector bank of India, partnered with Aircel to announce the launch of their mobile banking service.What is the name of this mobile banking service?

100. What is SEBI?


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Answers

1. Aadhar Enabled Service Delivery. It was launched on Oct. 20, 2012 in Dudu, Rajasthan. Nandan Nilkeni is the Chairperson of AESD.2. Unique Identification3. Kailesh Satyarthi. BBA works in more than 162 countries.4. 1 April 20105. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows6. Research and Analysis Wing. Mr. Alok Joshi is the Head of RAW.7. Oil Marketing Company8. International Standard Book Number, International Standard Serial Number9. Academic Performance Index. It is a part of PBAS (Performance Based Appraisal System)10. Joseph Anton (Joseph Conrad and Anton Chekhov. Joseph Anton was also the pseudonym he used during this time.)11. Global Positioning System. It is the global navigational service of the US.12. Gagan13. Sharad Pawar14. Anand Sharma15. Ved Prakash16. Jairam Ramesh17. Gopinath Pradhan18. National Power Corporation of India Ltd19. Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme20. Direct Benefit Transfer. It is aadhar-linked and the pilot project was launched in East Godavari Dist, Andhra Pradesh, in 201221. if-this-then-that. It is a service that enables customers to connect channels (i.e. Facebook, Evernote, Weather, Dropbox, etc.) with

personally created or publicly shared profiles known as recipes.

22. National University of Advanced Legal Studies (at Kochi)23. Indian Council for Historical Research24. Rashtriya Madhyamik Siksha Abhiyan. It is a scheme introduced by the MHRD (Ministry of Human Resource Development) for the acces

and improvement of quality at the secondary and higher secondary stages.

25. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development. NABARD was established on the recommendation of Sivaraman Committee, 198226. 9 January. On the same day, Mahatma Gandhi returned from South Africa.27. 2128. Justice Jain29. January 24th. It is celebrated since 2008.30. Krishna Tirath31. UR Ananthamurthy32. a) Pune b) Bhopal c) Kolkata d) Hyderabad e) Bangalore & f) Guwahati. Head Office of the UGC is in New Delhi33. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, APJ Abdul Kalam34. 4935. United Nations Disengagement Observer Force. It is a peacekeeping force established by UN Security Council on 31 May 1971.36. Agatha Christies The Mousetrap37. GB Shaw38. 16 September39. G-SAT 1040. Bopha41. Central Pollution Control Board. CPCB is concerned with Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974; Air (Prevention and Con

of Pollution) Act, 1981; WQM (Water Quality Monitoring), etc.

42. It is the measure of the amount of greenhouse gases (especially CO 2) produced by the daily activities of a person, organization, product oevent.

43. World Metereological Organization survey related to aspects of the environment44. Lowest portion of the Stratosphere, from approx. 20-30 km.45. Networking (Best example internet)46. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora47. India48. Palestine49. Cambodia. ASEAN is Association of South east Asian Nations50. 2012


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51. Department of Telecommunications52. Gross Enrolment Ratio53. 197254. Genetically Modified foods55. Greendex (Green index) survey is a global survey on sustainable consumption. i.e., on how consumer choices affect the environment56. Vinod Rai (Comptroller and Auditor General)57. Education Development Index (20 indicators have been followed, esp. access, infrastructure, teacher availability and outcome). It is

determined by HRD and NUEPA (national University of Education, Planning and Administration.

58. Line of Control59. National Security Advisor. Shivshankar Menon.60. 199961. 196262. A.K. Antony63. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar64. Right to Information Act (2005)65. Aruna Roy (RTI campaigner, IAS 1968-74, present member of NAC National Advisory Council, got 2000 Ramon Magsaysay Award for

community leadership)

66. Vayalar Ravi67. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research68. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (Director P.R. Vasudeva Rao)69. Verghese Kurien. Father of White Revolution, Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (AMUL)70. Dr M.S. Swaminathan (The father of Green revolution in the world is Norman Borlaug)71. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited72. Fifth (first is China. Suzion is a major company in wind power production in India)73. Farookh Abdullah74. Free and Open Source Software75. Richard Stallman (1983)76. P. Sainath (2007). The award is Asias equivalent for Nobel Prize.77. Vinod Mehta78. Press Trust India79. Associated Press (world's oldest and largest newsgathering organization)80. Asian News International81.

American Press Agency

82. Justice Markandey Katju (Formerly a judge in the Supreme Court)83. Deepa Mehta (script by Salman Rushdie)84. Central Board of Film Certification85. Reserve Bank of India (present governor D. Subbarao. Former governor V. Venugopala Reddy)86. V. Sampath87. Dr. Manmohan Singh (Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia)88. Indian Council of Medical Research89. Seven sister states: Arunachal PradeshItanagar, AssamDispur, ManipurImphal, MeghalayaShillong, MizoramAizwal, Nagaland

Kohima, TripuraAgartala

90. Idukki dam91. Ban ki Moon (South Korea)92. Medha Patkar93. 199194. Tibetan. Sri Lankan Tamils come next.95. Ranajit Guha96. Bharti Airtel97. NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Services Companies)98. Indian Software Product Industry Round Table or iSpirit99. Mobile Money100. Securities and Exchange Board of India

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