8-11 March 2014 – Current Affairs 1) What is the name of the new political party floated by the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy recently? – Jai Samaikyandhra Party (N Kiran Kumar Reddy, who quit as Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister in protest against its division to create Telangana, had announced formation of the new party on 6 March 2014. The name of this new party was announced on 10 March 2014 as Jai Samaikyandhra Party – JSP) …………………………………………………………………………………………… 2) Which state was ranked as the most industry-friendly state in a Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu study sponsored by the Planning Commission? – Haryana (This study shows that Haryana, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh are the top three industry-friendly states in the country. Orissa occupied fourth positioned whereas fifth place was given to Andhra Pradesh. Bihar ranks sixth, while Kerala, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Nagaland followed it. Among the bottom five states West Bengal, Maharashtra, Assam, Goa and Jharkhand occupied top five places respectively. This study was commissioned by the Planning Commission in 2013 and consultancy firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu was asked to rate states based on certain parameters that would help them improve the regulatory ecosystem for the manufacturing sector. However the report was not officially released due to Mode Code of Conduct imposed by the Election Commission) …………………………………………………………………………………………… 3) The first ever analysis of how students have performed in Class XII boards, after the Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) format came into effect across CBSE schools, shows that students who chose to skip the 2011 board exams have, in their 2013 Class XII boards, outperformed those who appeared for boards in Class X. In which year was CCE first introduced by the CBSE? – 2009 (CCE was introduced in 2009 and 2011 by the CBSE and Class X board exams was made optional in a bid to decrease stress levels among students and to usher in a more rounded evaluation technique. Many protested, arguing that this would relax academic rigour in the school system. A CCE report released by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on four years of implementation of the novel evaluation methodology says that students who skipped the board’s Class X exams have done better- both in terms of high marks and mean marks) …………………………………………………………………………………………… 4) What is the name of the Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel which was formally commissioned into the Indian Navy on 7 March 2014? – INS Sumedha (It is a Naval Offshore Patrol Vessel (NOPV) designed and built by Goa Shipyard Ltd (GSL), which was formally commissioned into the Indian Navy by Vice-Admiral Anil Chopra, Flag Office and Commander-in-Chief, East at Mormugao (Goa). The vessel is suitable for monitoring sea lanes of communication and defence of offshore oil installations and it will help meet the increasing requirement of the Indian Navy for undertaking ocean surveillance and surface warfare operations to prevent infiltration and transgression of maritime sovereignty) …………………………………………………………………………………………… 5) Sri Lanka on 8 March 2014 regained the Asia Cup trophy with a comfortable five-wicket victory over defending champions Pakistan. This was Sri Lanka’s ……Asia Cup title – 5th (Sri Lanka earlier won this cup on four occasions – in 1986, 1997, 2004 and 2008. With this title win Sri Lanka also equaled India’s record of winning the title five times. Pakistan has won Asia Cup on two occasions, 2000 and 2012) …………………………………………………………………………………………… 6) Which team won the 68th edition of National Football Championship for the Santosh Trophy on 9 March 2014? – Mizoram (Mizoram won its maiden Santosh Trophy title by thrashing Railways by 3-0 in the finals. 68th Santosh Trophy was held at Siliguri in West Bengal) …………………………………………………………………………………………… 7) One civilian worker was killed and two were injured in an accident at the under-construction nuclear submarine at the shipbuilding centre of Eastern Naval Command (ENC) in Visakhapatnam on 8 March 2014. This nuclear submarine belonged to which class? – Arihant Class (The under-construction nuclear submarine was a follow-up of the Navy’s warship INS Arihant. The incident took place when the pressure of the hydraulic tank of the Arihant class submarine was being tested and the tank’s lid fell on the workers at the shipbuilding centre) …………………………………………………………………………………………… 8) A Navy commander died and two personnel had to be hospitalized on 7 March 2014 following an accident on board an Indian Navy destroyer undergoing trials at the Mumbai Port Trust, weeks before it joined the naval fleet. This destroyer ship belonged to which class? – Kolkata Class (The accident is a major setback for the Navy as the Kolkata-class destroyer, called P 15 A, was to be inducted in April 2014 as the most advanced, indigenous warship in its fleet. Already running four years behind schedule, the Kolkata is the first of its class and is to be followed by the Chennai and the Kochi classes which are under construction as part of a Rs 15,000-crore project. Three more advanced P 15 B destroyers have been planned thereafter) …………………………………………………………………………………………… 9) Who won the senior men’s National Snooker title on 6 March 2014? – Pankaj Advani (Advani of Petroleum Sports Promotion Board (PSCB) capped a brilliant run with a break of 139 to beat Kamal Chawla of the Railways 6-3 in the final and regain the senior men’s National snooker title. In the women’s championship Vidya Pillai retained her National snooker crown in the women’s section with a hard-fought 4-3 win over team-mate Chitra Magimairaj) …………………………………………………………………………………………… 10) What is the name of another book written by Wendy Doniger, whose publisher on 10 March 2014 said it will not reprint this book until an acceptable resolution pertaining to the alleged controversies in this book are found? – “On Hinduism” (Dina Nath Batra of Shiksha Bachao Andolan Samiti had sent a legal notice to book’s publisher Aleph Book Company on 3 March 2014 alleging that there were several objectionable passages in Doniger’s book that offended the sensitivities of the Hindu community)
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