Current Affairs January 2013
More Current Affairs Questions
1.The direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme, which started in 20 districts on ----------- on a pilot basis.
1st January 2013
2nd January 2013
3rd December 2012
30th December 2012
2. Who has been awarded with prestigious Aryabhatta Award for the year 2010 by the Astronautical Society of India (ASI) in the last week of December 2012 ?
Saraswat
Dr Ballal,
Muthunayagam
R S Shettian
3.Who has been awarded with prestigious Aryabhatta Award for the year 2011 by the Astronautical Society of India (ASI) in the last week of December 2012
Muthunayagam
Punaroor
R S Shettian
Saraswat
4.Who among the following was honoured with Canada's Highest Civilian Award – "The Order of Canada" in the last week of December 2012 ?
Venkatesh Mannar
Pratibha Ray
Shihab Ghanem
Brian Williams
5.Who took over as Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in the first week of January 2013 ?
S. Ramakrishnan
D.K. Jain
S. Raman
P. S. Veeraraghavan
6. Who took over as the Director of Intelligence Bureau on 1 January 2013 ?
Nehchal Sandhu
Kamal Nath
Swatanter Kumar
S.A Asif Ibrahim
7. Earth's oldest fossils from 3.5 bn yrs ago discovered recently in which of the following country ?
India
Australia
China
USA
8. Chief Justice of India (CJI) Inaugurated First Fast-Track Court for dealing with the crimes against females on 2 January 2013 in which of the following place ?
Delhi
Hyderabad
Mumbai
Chennai
9. Who was appointed as the chairman of the 14th finance commission ?
D.K. Jain
Vijay L. Kelkar
YV Reddy
A.M. Khusro
10. Who has been appointed as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India on 3 Jan 2013 ?
Urjit Patel
Ranjit Sinha
Chitra Ramkrishna
Alok Joshi
11. Recently Which state government has launched the " public services Delivery System" for citizens under Right to Public Service Act, 2012 ?
Andhra Pradesh
Kerala
Tamilnadu
Odisha
12. Who among the following was sworn in as Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court ?
Justice Amitava Roy
Arun Kumar Mishra
Justice Yatindra Singh
D Murugesan
13. Who among the following was appointed as the Deputy Managing Director of India Yamaha Motor on 2 January 2012 ?
Ranjit Sinha
Masaki Asano
Anil Dev Singh
Ravi Narain
14. US President Barack Obama has signed into law the annual defence policy Bill, authorising how many billions in defence spending for 2013 ?
$ 635
$ 533
$633
$ 630
15. Which state government has announced its plan of launching a Kanyadan Scheme for Bride participants of Mass Marriages ?
Haryana
Andhra Pradesh
Gujarat
Tamilnadu
16. As per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index who among the following is the 18th richest person of the world in 2012 ?
Anil Ambani
Lakshmi Mittal
Mukesh Ambani
Sunil Mittal
17. Which Transport Corporation was awarded with the Lowest Accident Rate Award for 2012 ?
The Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC)
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC)
Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC)
Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC)
18. Padma Bhushan M.S. Gopalakrishnan, died on 3 January 2012 at the age of 82. Who is he ?
Artist
Violinist
Film director
Singer
19. Who among the following became the 19th Most Followed Leader on Twitter ?
PM Manmohan Singh
Sonia Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi
Mamata banerjee
20. Who has received the "Tipperary International Peace Award 2012" ?
Binayak Sen
Dr Sima Samar
Hillary Clinton
Malala Yousafzai
21.The 18th National Level Meeting between Myanmar and India was held on 28 -29 December, 2012 in which of the following place ?
New Delhi
Naypyidaw
Jaipur
Hyderabad
22. Who was bagged the International Cricketer of the Year Award ?
Virat Kohli
Sachin Tendulkar
MS Dhoni
Virender Sehwag
23. The 11th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) was held on 7-9 January, 2013 in which of the following city ?
New Delhi
Jaipur
Kochi
Hyderabad
24. Who among the following won Brisbane International Tennis Title on 6 Jan 2013 ?
Grigor Dimitrov
Roger federer
Nicole Vaidisova
Andy Murray
25. Who has been appointed as Chairman of the 20th Law Commission of India ?
P.V. Reddy
Montek Singh Ahluwalia
D.K. Jain
L. Venkatrama Aiyar
Answers:
1) 1 6) 4 11) 4 16) 3 21) 1
2) 3 7) 2 12) 1 17) 1 22) 1
3) 4 8) 1 13) 2 18) 2 23) 3
4) 1 9) 3 14) 3 19) 1 24) 4
5) 1 10) 1 15) 1 20) 4 25) 3
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