Current Affairs January 2013

1.      The Astronautical Society of India selected Dr. A.E. Muthunayagam and Dr. V.K. Saraswat for Aryabhatta Award 2010 and 2011

2.      National Comminttee on Direct Cash Transfers started roll-out of the Direct Cash Benefits in 20 selected dirstricts of the country on 01 January 2013

3.      Union Government constrituted the 14^th Finance Commission under Former Reserve Bank Governor Yaga Venugopal Reddy.

4.      Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir inaugurated the first fast track court in Saket Court Complex, Delhi for dealing with the crime against femailes.

5.      VSSC Director – S. Ramakrishnan. He replaced P.S. Veeraraghavan and carries four decades of experience in Rocketry.

6.      The government of Odisha lauched the much-sought after public services Delivery System for citizens for citizens under the Odisha Right to Public Service Act, 2012.

7.      Justice Amitava Roy was sworn in as the Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court.

8.      Tipperary International Peace Prize for 2012 was awarded to Malala Yousafzai for her courage and determination.

9.      Urijit Patel was appointed as the Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank.

10.  As per the survey held by the Economist Intelligence, the sister company of The Economy, Switzerland was declared as the best place to be born in the World.

GK and Current Affairs January 2013

NICK NAME OF INDIAN CITIES

Golden city                                 Amritsar

Manchester of India               Ahmedabad

City of seven islands               Mumbai

Queen of Arabian sea            Cochin

Space city India                         Bangalore

Garden city of India                Bangalore

Silicon valley of India              Bangalore

Electronic city of India            Bangalore

Pink city                                       Jaipur

Gateway of India                     Mumbai

Twin cities of India                   Hyderabad and Secunderabad

City of Festivals                         Madurai

Deccan Queen                          Pune

City of buildings                        Kolkata

Dakshin Queen                         Godavari

Old Ganga                                   Godavari

Egg bowls of India                    Andhra Pradesh

Soya region                                Madhya Pradesh

Manchester of the south     Coimbator

Venice of the east                   Alappuzha

Sorrow of Bengal                     Damodar river

Sorrow of Bihar                         Kosi river

Blue mountains                        Nilgiri

Queen of the mountains      Mussoorie

Sacred river                                Ganga

City of castles                            Kolkata

State of five rivers                   Punjab

City of weavers                         Panipat

City of lakes                                Srinagar

Steel city of India                     Tatanagar (Jamshedpur)

City of temples                         Varanasi

Manchestor of the north      Kanpur

Heaven of India                        Jammu and Kashmir

STATES FIRST IN PRODUCTION

States First in Production Coffee                                           Karnataka
Coriander	Rajasthan
Cotton	Gujarat
Highest Rice production State	West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh
Highest Sugar Cane Production State in India	Uttar Pradesh
Plantain	Maharashtra
Saffron	Jammu Kashmir
Sandalwood	Karnataka
Spices Garden	Kerala
Tea	Andhra Pradesh
Tobacco	Andhra Pradesh
Wheat	Uttar Pradesh

One word

Killing oneself	suicide
Killing one's wife	uxoricide
Killing one's son or daughter	filicide, prolicide
Killing one's sister	sororicide
Killing one's parent(s)	parenticide
Killing one's mother	matricide
Killing one's husband	mariticide, viricide
Killing one's father	patricide
Killing one's brother	fratricide
Killing close relative	parricide
Killing an infant	infanticide
Killing a friend	amicicide
Killing a foetus	foeticide
Destruction of a culture	ethnocide

Selected Questions from Kerala PSC Previous Questions

1. When was first Atom bomb explored? 1945
2. The largest land locked country in area – Kazakhstan
3. Martin Luther King was assassinated in – 1968
   
4. River Indus originates from – Kailas range
5. Phalke Award is given to persons of which field? Film
6. During whose reign Kalidasa lived? Chandragupta II
7. The coin rupia was first issued by – Muhammad-bin Tughlaq
8. The Industrial Revolution was to begin first in – England
9. The first college was in Kerala was set up at – Kottayam CMS college
10. The diameter of sun is how many times greater than of earth – 109
11. World’s Largest production of plastic goods is – USA
12. Worlds biggest Museum is situated in – London
13. India’s first war of independence took place in - 1857
14. The atmosphere layer closest to earth is called – troposphere
15. The first women’s college in Kerala was set up at - Thiruvananthapuram