1. Government approved Proposal to Start International School of Music in Kerala

2. Takehiko Nakao elected as the President Asian Development Bank Board

3. NABARD started Farmer’s Club Scheme in Kargil, Jammu and Kashmir

4. Yash Chopra to be honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award 2013

5. Few more recipients for the 13th Dada Saheb Phalke Academy Awards

6. Prem Chopra will be honoured with the Phalke Senior Actor (Negative Role) Award

7. Mala Sinha will be honoured with the Phalke Icon Cine Artiste Award

8. Rajesh Khanna will be honoured with the first superstar of Indian Cinema Award.

9. Akshay Kumar will be hounoured with Best Actor Award for Rowdy Rathore

10. Dimple Kapadia will get the Phalke Ever Memorable actor award

11. Manoj Bajapi will get the Phalke Excellent Performance award for the film

12. Ajay Devgn, Runa Laila named SAARC ambassadors for HIV/AIDS

13. ̀ Spirit’, the Malayalam film directed by Ranjith has won the P A Backer Foundation

award for best movie in the year 2012.

14. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has proposed to launch a

“National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM)” in 12th Five Year Plan, which will

replace the existing Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY).

15. The ongoing housing scheme of Government of India in the urban slums viz., ‘Rajiv

Awas Yojana (RAY)’ was implemented under pilot phase during the Eleventh Five

Year Plan period

16. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the World Bank have been

implementing a joint National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) in the country

17. Largest Biogas Plant of the World Inaugurated in Finland

18. Chris Gayle Hit Fastest-Ever Century in the History of Cricket during IPL

19. French lawmakers approve same-sex marriage bill

20. Narasimhan Ravi, the director of Kasturi and Sons Limited as well as the

former Editor of The Hindu was unanimously elected as the president of

Editors Guild of India

21. Infant Mortality Rate is 44 per 1000 live births in the country as per Sample

Registration System 2011 report of Registrar General of India.

22. Russia Launched Bio-Satellite (BION-M) Called Orbital Noah's Ark into Space

23. It has projected a recovery of sorts in India's growth to 6.4 per cent in 2013-14

24. ESCAP - Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific

25. Shakuntala Devi, the Indian Mathematician also known as mental calculator

and human computer died on 21 April 2013

26. Giorgio Napolitano Re-elected as the President of Italy to serve a Second Term

27. Abdul Hamid is to be Bangladesh’s 20th president after no other candidate was

nominated in the poll to replace President Zilliur Rahman who died last month,

election authorities said on 22 April.

28. As part of a special tribute, late filmmaker Yash Chopra will be conferred the

title of “Father of Contemporary Indian Cinema” at the Indian Film Festival of

Melbourne (IFFM).

29. The Competent Authority has appointed Smt. Aruna Bahuguna, IPS(AP:1979)

as Special Director General in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)

30. The State Cabinet of Bihar on 16 April 2013 gave its nod to the Home

Department’s proposal to grant 35 percent reservation for women in the

recruitment of constables and sub-inspectors in reserved and unreserved

categories of the state.

31. International Monetary Fund in its latest release on 16 April 2013 of the World

Economic Outlook (WEO) slashed the growth projection of India from its

earlier prediction of 5.9 percent to 5.7 percent for the calendar year 2013.

32. The Union Government projected its growth for the fiscal year 2013-14 to be

6.2-6.7 percent

33. As per the Venezuela’s Presidential election result declared on 14 April 2013,

Nicolas Maduro emerged as the winner

34. President Pranab Mukherjee on 16 April 2013 dedicated Siddheshwar Dham

Temple to the Nation at Solophok in south Sikkim.

35. Eminent Telugu novelist, short story writer, poet and critic Ravuri Bharadwaja

was selected on Wednesday for the prestigious Jnanpith award for the year

2012 for his contribution to Telugu literature.

36. India is set to become the youngest country by 2020

37. The former Governor of Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh, V.S. Ramadevi,

died here on April 17

38. The Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) and the Protocol between

the Republic of India and Malta for the avoidance of double taxation

39. As per the 16th Annual Global CEO survey, Mahatma Gandhi figured among

the top three most admired leaders of the world

40. Indian-Origin Economist Raj Chetty Won John Bates Clark Medal For 2013

41. India and Finland to Explore Solar Energy Applications for Oil and Gas

Projects

42. An Indian scientist and his Taiwanese colleague have discovered a blue super-

giant star located in the constellation Virgo, far beyond our Milky Way Galaxy

43. Union Government approved 285.75 Crore Rupees to Himachal Pradesh under

PMGSY

44. Adam Scott won the 77th Version of Augusta Masters Golf Tournament

45. Dr Hilary Koprowski, a Polish researcher who developed the first successful

oral vaccination for polio died on 11 April 2013 in Philadelphia. He was 96

years of age.

46. The Indian Tennis Players Association (ITPA) Secretary, Karti P

Chidambaram on 14 April 2013 announced that the tennis star player, Sania

Mirza became one of the Vice-Presidents of ITPA.

47. Veteran Film Actor Pran conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year

2012

48. Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh visited Germany from 10 April 2013

to 12 April 2013.

49. AP Government launched GPS-GIS based Emergency Response System Dial

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50. PJ Kurien elected chairman of Asian forum of parliamentarians

51. Union Tourism Minister Shri K. Chiranjeevi inaugurated United Nations

World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Conference on sustainable tourism

development at Hyderabad

52. MoU for Cooperation in the Field of Higher Education Signed Between India

and Germany

53. The Government of India and Government of Russian Federation have signed

on April 10, 2013 in Moscow a Regulation defining the structure, functions and

procedure of the Joint Commission

54. Lalit K Panwar is New Secretary of Minority Affairs

55. Indian Coast Guard Ship H-191, the fifth of the series of twelve Air Cushion

Vehicles (ACVs) was commissioned at Mumbai by Director General Indian

Coast Guard Vice Admiral Anurag G Thapliyal.

56. The Chairman of the Awards Jury of Institute of Company Secretaries of India

(ICSI) along with former Chief Justice of India, Justice M. N. Venkatachaliah

on 5 April 2013 presented the ICSI National Awards for Excellence in

Corporate Governance -2012 to two Best Governed Companies. These two

companies were Indian Oil Corporation Limited and HCL Technologies

Limited.

57. World renowned film critic Roger Ebert died

58. United Nations World Tourism Organisation ( UNWTO) Commission’s

Conference on Sustainable Tourism Development and 25th Joint Meeting of the

UNWTO Commission for East Asia, Pacific and South Asia will be held at

Hyderabad from 12th to 14th of April 2013.

59. The International Council of Pacific Area Travel Writers Association

(PATWA).

PATWA has awarded Gujarat as the “Best Destination for Cultural Festivals”

at a recently held annual ITB Convention in Berlin

60. South Africa hosted the fifth BRICS Summit from 26 to 28 March 2013 at the

Durban International Convention Centre (ICC). This will complete the first

cycle of BRICS summits.

61. Chitra Ramkrishna to take over as NSE chief

62. Navneet Kaur Dhillon was crowned Pond’s Femina Miss India 2013 on 24 March

2013 in the grand finale of 50th edition of the beauty pageant in Mumbai. 20-

year-old Navneet Kaur belongs to Punjab and is a media student at present

63. Justice Retd. Mir Hazar Khan Khoso took oath as the sixth caretaker Prime

Minister of Pakistan on 25 March 2013 in Islamabad. The oath was

administered by President Asif Ali Zardari at the ceremony which was held at

Aiwan-e-Sad

64. The Union government in March 2013 approved a 1500 crore Rupees proposal

for production of more than 2000 rockets for the Pinaka multi- barrel weapons

system.

65. Kartar Lalvani, the NRI entrepreneur was conferred with theHealthcare

Businessman of the Year Award 2013 at the Asian Business Awards ceremony in

Central London on 23 March 2013

66. Dr. C. Chandramouli, Registrar General and Census Commissioner

67. Shri Ajay Maken, Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has said

that his Ministry

68. S. Venkata Mohan of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, here has

won the National Bioscience Award for 2012, awarded by the Department of

Biotechnology

69. Infosys has partnered with India Post to implement and manage a platform that

will transform the latter’s rural operations. Infosys will facilitate India Post’s

Rural Systems Integration (RSI) program.

70. The Minister of Human Resource Development, Dr. M.M. Pallam Raju said

that a National Mission on Teachers and Training will be launched which will

lay down a roadmap to improve the quality of teachers and teaching thereby

improving the educational delivery and learning outcomes in higher education

institutions and added that a sum of Rs 100 crore has been provided in Annual

Plan 2013-14. Arunachal Pradesh in the month of March 2013 became the first

state to introduce e-GPF or electronic GPF

71. The United Nations on 20 March 2013 declared 20 March as the International

Day of Happines

72. Neha Tripathi Won Sixth Leg of Hero Women's Pro Golf Tour 2013

73. India becomes 1st country to successfully test fire Brahmos super sonic cruise

missile on march 20 ‘ 2013

74. Bangladesh president Zillur Rahman dies in Singapore

75. 3-Day International Seminar on Rajasthani Miniature Painting Begins in New

Delhi

76. National Tourism Award to Fatehpur Sikri monuments

77. S. Venkata Mohan a scientist of the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, on

19 March 2013 won the National Bioscience Award for 2012 in Hyderabad

78. Rafael Nadal and Maria Sharapova Won Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open 2013

Titles

79. The Centre has decided to release a relief package of more than Rs 2,892 crore

for seven states. Rs 417.12 crore has been approved for Andhra Pradesh in the

wake of cyclone Nilam

80. Sugathakumari, the Malayalam Poetess Selected For Saraswati Samman 2012

81. Toyo Ito, the Japanese Architect Declared As the Winner of 2013 Pritzker

Architecture Prize

82. 60th National Film Awards Winners

● Best Actor : Irfan Khan for Pan Singh Tomar and Vikram Gokhale for Anumati

(Marathi).

● Best Actress : Usha Jadhav for Marathi film 'Dhag'.

● Best Hindi Feature Film : - Paan Singh Tomar.

● Best Special Effects: Eega

● Best Telugu film: Eega

83. The cardinals of the Roman Catholic church has chosen Argentine Jorge

Bergoglio as their new Pope

84. President Pranab Mukherjee visited Mauritius as the chief guest at the 45th

Independence Day celebrations of Mauritius. During the visit India and

Mauritius agreed that bilateral line of credit must be used as a vehicle to realise

the untapped potential in trade and economic ties and vowed to step up security

cooperation, including anti-piracy operations.

Following documents were signed during the visit:

a) MOU in the field of persons with disabilities and senior citizens

b) MOU in the field of health and medicine

c) MOU in the field of tourism to enhance cooperation

85. Government Launches Major Programme for Pashmina Developers in Ladakh Region

86. The Human Development Index (HDI) was introduced in the first Human Development Report in 1990. Norway, Australia and the United States lead the rankings of 187 countries

87. The UN Human Development Report 2013 was released on 14 March 2013, india’s rank in gender inequality is 132. In India, for every 100000 births, 200 women die during the childbirth or due to complications in childbearing

88. The Union Cabinet on 14 March 2013 cleared a Bill providing for severe punishment for rape, acid attack, stalking and voyeurism more to the point reducing the age of consent for sex to 16 years. The bill which was named the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2013

89. The bill which was named the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2013

90. New Zealand Declared Worst-Ever Drought in 30 Years in North Island

91. Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi Sworn-In As the Prime Minister of Nepal

92. Welspun Energy, the countrys biggest developer of solar projects on 12 March 2013 commissioned Asia’s largest solar power project of 50 MW at Jodhpur district in Rajasthan.

93. Prof. Veer Bhadra Mishra, the Noted Environmentalist Died

94. World's largest space observatory opens in Chile

95. Xi Jinping takes over as China's President

96. Indore to host SAARC journalists' summit

97. Tibetan blogger gets Women of Courage Award

98. Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad airports among top 5 in the world

99. The objectives of Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana (MGPSY) is to encourage and enable overseas Indian workers having Emigration Check Required (ECR) passports going to ECR countries, to (a) save for their return and resettlement, (b) save for their old age and (c) obtain a Life Insurance cover against natural death during the period of coverage.

100. Prof. K.V. Thomas, Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution has announced Rajiv Gandhi National Quality Awards for the year 2011.

The Best of All Award has been won by DAV ACC Senior Secondary Public School, Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh for excellence service standards.

101. Former CBI Director Ashwani Kumar appointed Nagaland Governor 102. Uhuru Kenyatta won Kenya Presidency 103. President of India, Sh. Pranab Mukherjee, Confers Rani Lakshimibai Award to

‘Spirit of Nirbhaya’ National ‘Stree Shakti Puruskar’ Conferred to Five Women Achievers

104. Nicolas Maduro sworn in as the Interim President of Venezuela 105. World Bank Barred Larsen &Turbo for six Months over Forgery 106. India and Portugal inked a Social Security Agreement (SSA). About 75,000

Indians are living in Portugal, most of them are working as professionals and self-employed.

107. Barack Obama Signed Into Law the Violence against Women Act Reauthorization 2013

108. On the occasion of the International Women`s Day on March 8, the Union Minister of Communications & IT Sh. Kapil Sibal inaugurated India`s First All Women Employees Post Office at Shastri Bhawan,

109. Deborah from India Won a Bronze Medal in Asian Cycling Championship 2013

110. India Tourism Film “Find What You Seek” Gets First Prize at 11th Golden City Gate Awards

111. Shri Kapil Sibal,Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology has launched the portal of National Internet Registry (NIR) which will be the next generation platform for internet revolution

BUDGET 2013-14 PRACTICE MCQs

1)Pavan Kumar Bansal represents, which of the following Constituencies? 1. Amritsar ans:3 2. Ahmedabad 3. Chandigarh

4. Sangrur 2)Which of the following state has been bought into the railway net work for the first time? 1. Manipur ans: 4 2. Assam 3. Tripura 4. Arunachal Pradesh 3)According to Railway Budget Freight earning to go by? 1. 7% 2. 8% ans:3 3. 9% 4. 10% 4)Which of the following is true? Ans:4 1. Steep increase in input costs have been met with hike in Freight rates 2. Indian Railways is aware of the problems of the IRCTC website, and will create a next generation e-ticketing system by end of this year, Bansal said. 3. Aadhar can be helpful for Railways in much respect, from booking tickets to tracking pension of rail employees. 4. All the above 5)Railway Minister has said that a special luxury coach, with the best of ameneties, will run, in selected trains and named it as? Ans:1 1. Anubhuti 2. Safety 3. Vikas 4. Samardh 6)The amount allocated by Planning commi-ssion (budgetary support to Railways)? 1. 3.19 lakhs 2. 4.19 lakhs ans: 3 3. 5.19 lakhs 4. 6.19 lakhs 7)Which of the following is true about Indian Railways? Ans:4 1. Railways were first introduced to India in 1853 from Bombay to Thane. 2. In 1951 the systems were nationalized as one unit, the Indian Railways 3. Indian Railways is the worlds ninth largest commercial or utility employer 4. All the above 8)The Rail Neer Bottling plants would be set up in ans:2 1. Vijayawada, Mumbai, Lalitput, Bilaspur, Patna, Ahmedabad 2. Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Vijayawada, Nagpur, Lalitpur, Bilaspur 3. Bilaspur, Vijayawada, Kolkata, Nanded, Lalitpur, Jaipur

4. Nanded, Kolkata, Vijayawada, Ludhiana, Lalitpur, Jaipur 9)Which of the following is/are true as per new Railway budget? Ans:4 1. Year hike of 5% of charges proposed for 10 years 2. In future, ticket charge may be indexed to fuel price 3. Train protection warning in automatic systems will be introduced 4. All the above 10)How much percentage of RPF vacancies reserved for women? Ans:1 1. 10% 2. 15% 3. 20% 4. 25% 11)Which of the following is true about recent General Budget 2013-14? Ans:4 1. The total expenditure for 2013-14 is the Rs 16, 65, 297 2. The plan expenditure is the Rs 5, 55, 322 crore 3. Non-plan expenditure Rs 11, 09, 975crore 4. All the above 12)Which of the following is true? Ans:4 1. Chidambaram presented the his eighth Annual budget in Parliament, second highest by any other in the country 2. It was 82nd Budget, which includes interim and special-situation budgetary proposals 3. Former Prime Minister Morarji Desai presented budget for 10 times. 4. All the above 13)How much is allocated for Nirbhaya fund? Ans:3 1. Rs 800 crore 2. Rs 900 crore 3. Rs 1000 crore 4. Rs 1100 crore 14)How many private radio FM stations will be covered in this financial year? 1. 289 ans:1 2. 290 3. 291 4. 292 15)The first Independent India’s budget was presented by? 1. Morarji Desai ans:2 2. Shankumham chetty 3. Deshmukh 4. Nehru 16)Income limit for tax saving Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings scheme is raised to Rs 12 lakh

from? 1. Rs 8 lakh ans:3 2. Rs 9 lakh 3. Rs 10 lakh 4. Rs 11 lakh 17)Which of the following is true? Ans:4 1. Rs 532 crore to make post offices part of core banking 2. Proposal to launch inflation indexed bonds or inflation indexed national security certificates to protect savings from inflation 3. India’s first women’s bank as a PSU proposed, Rs 1000 crore working capital announced 4. All the above 18)How much amount is allocated for Drinking water and Sanitation? 1. Rs 80, 194 crore ans:1 2. Rs 81, 194 crore 3. Rs 82, 194 crore 4. Rs 83, 195 crore 19)In which of the following place an Institute for agricultural Bioteechnology will be set up? 1. Patiala 2. Ahmedabad and:3 3. Ranchi 4. Patna 20)As per Economic Survey the India’s economy expected to grow between 6.1% to 1. 6.5% 2. 6.6% 3. 6.7% ans:3 4. 6.8% 21)Inflation expected to fall between 6.2% and by March? 1. 6.6% 2. 6.7% ans:1 3. 6.8% 4. 6.9% 22)As per survey report, which of the following sector amounted for the largest share? 1. Health 2. Sports ans:3 3. Education 4. Employment 23)A8ording to survey, the food inflation mainly driven by 1. Cereal Prices ans:1

2. Subsidies 3. Oil 4. None of these 24)As per Economic Survey, which of the following is true about Indian Tourism? 1. The Indian tourism sector needs an urgent image makeover and higher investment in infrastructure, including through Public-Private Partnership 2. Global tourist arrivals are expected to increase by 43 million every year on an average from 2010 to 2030. ans:3 1. Only 1 correct 2. Only 2 correct 3. Both correct 4. Both wrong 25)Which of the following is true as per Economic survey, tabled in the parliament? Ans:4 1. As per 12th Five Year Plan approach paper, Indias travel and tourism sector is estimated to create 78 jobs per million rupees of investment compared to 45 jobs per million rupees in the manufacturing sector 2. As per Tourism Satellite A8ount (TSA) data 2009-10, the contribution of tourism to Indias GDP was 6.8 per cent (3.7 per cent direct and 3.1 per cent indirect) and its contribution to total employment generation was 10.2 percent 3. At present Indian Tourism has a paltry share of 0.64 per cent in world tourist arrivals 4. All the above 26)Who among the following is the Chief advisor to the Finance Minister? 1. Rangarajan ans:2 2. Raghuram Rajan 3. Kaushik Basu 4. Shome 27) The Economic Survey says that the Fiscal Deficit in Financial Year 2013, to be contained at? 1. 5.1% 2. 5.2% ans:3 3. 5.3% 4. 5.4% 28)Fiscal Consolidation road map says that deficit at 3% by Financial year? 1. 2014 2. 2015 ans:4 3. 2016 4. 2017

112 India’s BARC developing world’s largest magnet 113 At the ABP News-IPSOS Best City Survey and Awards 2013 event in New Delhi

on 6 March 2013, Nagpur won the award for most liveable Indian city. Delhi was declared as the best city for primary education and roads. Nagpur won the award for most liveable Indian city for top health care services, green cover as well as best public transport. Rajkot was declared as the city with the best law and order.

114 President Shri Pranab Mukherjee here today conferred the first ever Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony, 2012 on Sitar Maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar at Rashtrapati Bhawan.

115 The United States has selected the 23-year-old Delhi gang rape victim for the International Women of Courage Award. By michelle obama

116 The Parliamentary Award Committee selected BJP leader 2010- Arun Jaitley, 2011-Congress MP Karan Singh and 2012-JD(U) MP Sharad Yadav for Outstanding Parliamentarian Award

117 India Proposed Hydrocarbon Pipeline from Kazakhstan 118 India ranked third on list of countries which distribute spam all over the world,

after US and China, as per the new report of SophosLabs. SophosLabs is the Sophos’s global network of threat analysis centres.

119 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died on 5 March 2013 at a military hospital in Caracas at the age of 58 due to Cancer

120 Mukul Manda Sangma(congress) Sworn-In As the Chief Minister of Meghalaya 121 The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee was on 4 March 2013 conferred with

the Liberation War Honour Award by the President of Bangladesh, Zillur Rahman. The award was conferred upon him for his contribution to 1971 war

122 The government will implement the modified version of General Anti-Avoidance Rules(GAAR) from April 1, 2016, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said his Budget speech

Union Budget 2013 Highlights

123 India must make tough spending choices, finance minister P Chidambaram said on 28 February, 2013

124 Fiscal deficit seen at 5.2 point of GDP in 2012/13 ● Fiscal deficit seen at 4.8 point of GDP in 2013/14

SUMMARY OF ECONOMIC SURVEY 2012-13

125 Indian economy is likely to grow between 6.1% to 6.7% in 2013-14 126 Dr. Raghuram G. Rajan, Chief Economic Adviser

OSCAR AWARDS 2013

127 Argo' won the Best Picture 128 Best Director trophy for 'Life of Pi' 129 British actor Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) 130 best actress - Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook)

131 Animated Short Film: "Paperman."

Cinematography: "Life of Pi." 5. Visual Effects: "Life of Pi."

132 Justice Usha Mehra Commission on 22 February 2013 submitted its report to on the 16 December 2012 Delhi gang-rape incident to the Union Government of India

133 Two bomb blasts took place in Dilsukhnagar, the busy shopping area of Hyderabad, the Capital City of Andhra Pradesh on 21 February 2013.

134 Viswanathan Anand won Grenke Chess Classic Trophy 135 T. S. Vijayan, the former LIC chief took over as the Chairman of the Insurance

Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) on 21 February 2013 136 Ratan Tata, the former head of Tata Group was awarded the life time

achievement award 2012 by Ernst & Young on 21 February 2013 137 First India-Japan Maritime Affairs Dialogue was held in New Delhi 138 Justice Yarabati Bhaskar Rao was sworn in as the new Lokayukta of

Karnataka 139 The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the fourth GRIHA

National Conference on Green Design at a function at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi

140 he Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (M/oHUPA), Government of India is organizing a two day International conference on “Inclusive Urban Planning” on 18-19th February 2013 at Vigyan Bhavan,Newdelhi

141 The 17th Convocation of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences was held in Bangalore

142 Former president Mohamed Nasheed seeks refuge in Indian embassy 143 World’s first complete bionic man named “Rex” 144 The President of India has appointed Shri Kalyan Kumar Chakravarty, as

Chairman of Lalit Kala Akadem 145 India and Japan held talks to Strengthen Cooperation in Tourism Sector 146 Operation Three Star: Code name given to secret plan for executing Jaish-e-

Mohammad terrorist Afzal Guru in Tihar Jail on 9 February 2013. 147 Pakistan on 11 February 2013 successfully test fired short range surface-to-

surface missile Hatf IX (NASR). 148 Second Meeting of Joint Committee Of Business Development Cooperation

Between India And Colombia 149 Indian Coast Guard Ship `Rajratan, the fifth of a series of eight Inshore Patrol

Vessels (IPVs) was commissioned by Director General Indian Coast Guard, Vice Admiral MP Muralidharan in Kolkata.

150 North Korea has sparked alarm around the world by testing a nuclear bomb 151 Protocol for Amending DTAA signed between India and Sweden

152 Indo-French space cooperation is all set to soar to new heights with the scheduled launch of a satellite to study changes in the environment soon after the visit of French President Francois Hollande.

153 NASA to launch world's largest solar sail in 2014 154 Finance Minister P Chidambaram launched Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings

Scheme in Mumbai 155 Ministry of Civil Aviation launched Monthly Bi-lingual Shubh Yatra Magazine 156 National Conference on e-Governance at Jaipur 157 Indian badminton player Saina Nehwal and coach Pullela Gopichand have

agreed to support the Andhra Pradesh Government’s energy conservation mission.

158 BioAsia event is an event promoted annually by Andra Pradesh Government with the support of Government of India

159 India Water Expo Ahmedabad 2013 160 Entrepreneurship Summit 2013 will be held in IIT Bombay 161 An Advanced Light Helicopter Mk-IV army version 'Rudra' was handed over

by Dr RK Tyagi, Chairman, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to Lt Gen Narendra Singh, Deputy Chief of Army Staff (P & S), Indian Army during AERO India 2013 at Yelahanka Air Base, Bangalore.

162 Mukul Mudgal Committee-probe into global retail giant Wal-Mart's lobbying activities in the US for entry into India,

163 Tata Group Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata along with eight Indian-Americans has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Engineering

164 India's per capita income rises to Rs 5,729 per month 165 The 3rd National Community Radio (CR) Sammelan is being organised at

Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi 166 The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, will preside over the two-day

Conference of Governors on February 11 and 12, 2013 167 UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi today launched universal Child Health

Screening and Early Intervention Service at Palghar town in Thane district of Maharashtra on February 6.

168 100 year old rubber tree attracts tourists in Arunachal 169 Asia’s largest and one of the most important military aviation exhibitions in the

world, Aero India-2013 got started in Bengaluru 170 Smt. Krishna Tirath, Minister for Women & Child Development will

inaugurate the second regional consultation on formulating a national Plan of Action for improving Child Sex Ratio in the country, at Hyderabad

171 India will host the next meeting of BASIC Environment Ministers. The meeting will be held in Chennai on February 15-16, 2013.

172 Michael Clarke, the Australian captain won the fourth Allan Border Medal in Melbourne

173 Michael Clarke also won the Test cricketer of the year award 174 The Indian Railways is hosting the 10th International Heavy Haul Association

(IHHA) Conference in New Delhi 175 President Pranab Mukherjee has officially inaugurated the 27th Surajkund fair

176 India is expected to overtake US as second largest coal consumer in 2024, according to BP World Energy Outlook 2030.

177 Lalji Singh, scientist and Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University, has been selected for the prestigious Dr. Y. Nayudamma Memorial Award for 2012

178 US President Barack Obama, presented the prestigious National Medal of Technology and Innovation to eminent Indian-American Rangaswamy Srinivasan for his ground-breaking work with laser.

179 GAIL accorded Maharatna status 180 John Kerry sworn in as U.S. Secretary of State 181 Milos Zeman won the Czech Republic Presidential Election 2013 182 P.R. Vasudeva Rao became the Director of the Indira Gandhi Centre for

Atomic Research (IGCAR) at Kalpakkam on 31 January 2013. 183 The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011 was passed by the Lok Sabha on 27th

December, 2011 184 India and Australia agreed to Concentrate on Energy and Food Security 185 World Press Freedom Index 2013 186

Finland has distinguished itself as the country that most respects media freedom. It is followed by the Netherlands and Norway.

187 Mumbai won its 40th Ranji Trophy after defeating Saurashtra in Final 188 India celebrated its 64th Republic Day 189 Independence day- The impressive march-past was watched by Chief Guest,

King of Bhutan Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk. 190 Mizoram GDP higher than national average 191 Aquaria India 2013 at Vijayawada 192 India on January 27 successfully test-fired the underwater ballistic missile, K-

15 (code-named B05), off the Visakhapatnam coast, marking en end to a series of developmental trials.

193 Aiming to attract first-time stock market investors, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram will launch the much-awaited Rajiv Gandhi Equity Savings Scheme (RGESS) in Mumbai on February 9.

194 Victoria Azarenka has won back-to-back Australian Open titles, beating Li Na 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in a dramatic final that contained a break for fireworks and two medical timeouts.

195 State Bank of India set to open second branch in China 196 China successfully tests jumbo air-freighter 197 World’s first cloned buffalo gives birth to calf in Karnal 198 The Centre has constituted three new High Courts in the northeast —

Meghalaya, Manipur and Tripura 199 On the occasion of Republic Day, 2013, the Hon’ble President of India has

awarded President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Services and Police Medal for Meritorious Services to following Railways Protection Force(RPF)/Railway Protection Special Force (RPSF) officers and personnel

President Police Medal for Distinguished Services : 1. Shri Deepak Chaturvedi, Assistant Security Commissioner, RPF, North Western Railway, Jaipur. Police Medal for Meritorious Service : 1. Shri D.B.Kasar/DIG/SER 2. Shri A.K.Ray/DSC/CR 3. Shri A.N.Mishra/DIG/RB 4. Shri Birendra Kumar/DIG/ECR 5. Shri R.C.Joshi/IPF/NCR 6. Shri Rajeshwar Prasad/ASIPF/NCR