Current Affairs March 2011

1. which team has won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 ?- IndiaTwenty-eight years on from the match that transformed the history of world cricket, India recaptured the crown that Kapil Dev and his men first lifted at Lord’s in 1983, and this time they did it in their very own back yard. An iron-willed 97 from Gautam Gambhir was matched for intensity by the finest captain’s innings since Ricky Ponting at Johannesburg eight years ago, as Mahendra Singh Dhoni trumped a poetic century from Mahela Jayawardene to pull off...

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Sports Current Affairs 2011

Current Affairs [March 2011]ICC WC 2011 off to spectacular start The ICC cricket world cup is on in full swing. The fourteen teams have all played their group stages and 8 teams qualified to the knockout stages. The teams that played in quarterfinals were West Indies, India, England, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Among these only four teams made it to the Semis where Pakistan and India played each other at Mohali and Srilanka and New Zealand played against each other in Colombo. The semi...

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International Current Affairs 2011

Current Affairs [March 2011]Earthquake and Tsunami strike Japan A powerful earthquake of 8.9 magnitude struck Japan on its north eastern coast on 11/3/2011. The earthquake resulted in a massive tsunami that caused wide scale destruction and loss of thousands of lives. Cars, ships and buildings were all swept away by the rampaging waters of the Tsunami which struck about 400km (250 miles) north-east of Tokyo. The port city of Sendai in Miyagi prefecture was one of the worst affected. Ten metre waves struck the city deluging...

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Current Affairs

MARCH-2009 73. Women’s Cricket World Cup -2009 won by?England. They beat New Zealand in the Final by 4 wickets Nicki Shaw was named player of the match and Claire Taylor is the player of the tournament.The first tournament was held in England in 1973 which also won by England. India never won the World Cup74. Women’s Cricket World Cup -2009 is held in ?Australia.Next world cup is in 2013 which will be held in India.75. Who won the Man of the Match award in the first Test between India and New Zealand at Hamilton, New Zealand?Sachin...

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