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1) Which of the following bank has executed an agreement with SBI Lite as an additional bancassurance partner in the life insurance category?

(a) Bank Of Baroda

(b) IDFC First Bank

(c) ICICI Bank

(d) HDFC Bank

(e) Karur Vysya Bank

2) Which company became a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)-registered reporting entity under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) norms?

(a) Huobi

(b) Coinbase

(c) WazirX

(d) CoinDCX

(e) Bitfinex

3) Recently, Which country became a new member of BRICS' New Development Bank (NDB)?

(a) France

(b) Egypt

(c) Scotland

(d) Switzerland

(e) Germany

4) Recently, The Women and Child Development Ministry have celebrated the _________ Poshan Pakhwada from 20th March to 3rd April 2023.

(a) 3^rd

(b) 5^th

(c) 7^th

(d) 6^th

(e) 4^th

5) Which of the following has bagged the International Order for World’s First Zero-Emission Feeder Container Vessel?

(a) Goa Shipyard Limited

(b) Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders

(c) Hindustan Shipyard Limited

(d) Cochin Shipyard Limited

(e) Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers

6) Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski was sentenced to 10 years in prison for being guilty of smuggling money from abroad to finance the anti-government demonstrations.In which year did he receive the Nobel Peace Prize?

(a) 2017

(b) 2022

(c) 2019

(d) 2020

(e) 2021

7) Which of the following state became the first Indian state to launch the PM MITRA mega Textile Park?

(a) Andhra Pradesh

(b) Telangana

(c) Goa

(d) Tamil Nadu

(e) Gujarat

8) Where was Asia's largest tulip garden named ‘The Indira Gandhi Tulip Garden’ opened recently?

(a) Manali

(b) Shimla

(c) Kullu

(d) Srinagar

(e) Ladakh

9) Which state government has unveiled the renovated Dakota DC-3 aircraft for public viewing at the Biju Patnaik International Airport?

(a) Rajasthan

(b) Odisha

(c) Andhra Pradesh

(d) Karnataka

(e) Punjab

10) Which of the following company has announced signing definitive documents for a $500 million investment from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)?

(a) ShopClues

(b) Lenskart

(c) Tata Cliq

(d) Pepperfry

(e) Nykaa

11) RailTel has bagged a______ order from the Centre for C-DAC for supply, installation, integration, testing and commissioning of the IT infrastructure for greenfield datacentres at New Delhi and Bengaluru along with training and support.

(a) ₹345.57-crore

(b) ₹287.57-crore

(c) ₹532.57-crore

(d) ₹167.57-crore

(e) ₹634.57-crore

12) Recently, Bandhan Bank has appointed Ratan Kumar Kesh as its Executive Director (ED) for aperiod of ____ years.

(a) 2

(b) 3

(c) 5

(d) 4

(e) 1

13) Which company has signed a pact with General Motors India for the potential acquisition of the latter’s plant in Talegaon, Maharashtra?

(a) Tata Motors

(b) Maruti Suzuki

(c) Hyundai India

(d) Mahindra & Mahindra

(e) MG Motor India

14) Which bank has sold its stake in Russian joint venture (JV) Commercial Indo Bank LLC (CIBL) to the other venture partner State Bank of India (SBI) for about Rs 121.29 crore?

(a) Canara Bank

(b) IDBI Bank

(c) ICICI Bank

(d) Axis Bank

(e) Punjab National Bank

15) As per the recent report, How many of Adani Power's subsidiaries have been amalgamated?

(a) 8

(b) 7

(c) 5

(d) 6

(e) 9

16) What is the name of the bilateral maritime exercise,that was recently held between the Indian Navy (IN) of India and the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom (UK) in the Arabian Sea?

(a) Bold Kurushetra2023

(b) Agni Warrior2023

(c) SIMBEX2023

(d) Konkan 2023

(e) MITRA SHAKTI2023

17) Recently, The Indian Air Force (IAF) received the ___ regiment of the S-400 `Triumf’ air defence missile system from Russia.

(a) 3^rd

(b) 5^th

(c) 7^th

(d) 8^th

(e) 4^th

18) North Korea has tested a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone called ______, the first weapon of its kind capable of generating a radioactive tsunami that can destroy naval strike groups and major ports.

(a) Baile

(b) Kareal

(c) Haeil

(d) Cheail

(e) Gaile

19) Which company has signed a joint venture agreement with Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) for setting up renewable energy (RE) projects to meet the round-the-clock power requirement of the state-run oil marketing company’s (OMCs) refineries?

(a) Reliance Industries

(b) India Hydrogen Alliance

(c) Larson & Turbo

(d) NTPC Green Energy

(e) Adani Power

20) Which of the following has signed an MoU with the Ministry of Agriculture to extend its support to the various government initiatives to promote millets?

(a) FICCI

(b) APEDA

(c) FSSAI

(d) NAFED

(e) FCI

21) Consider the following statement regarding World Happiness Report. Which of the following statement is incorrect?

(a) Finland tops the ranking for the sixth year in a row with a score of 7.8 and other Norwegian countries like Denmark, Iceland are ranked second and third.

(b) India's rank has certainly improved from 146 to 125 but the country still ranks below its neighbours like Nepal, China, Bangladesh, etc.

(c) Out of the 137 countries, Taliban-ruled Afghanistan has ranked last and is most unhappy according to the report.

(d) The countries are ranked on the basis of healthy life expectancy, GDP per capita, social support, low corruption, generosity in a community where people look after each other, and freedom to make key life decisions.

(e) All of the above

22) Who among the following became the oldest player to have won the Men’s Doubles title at the ATP 2023 Series?

(a) Leander Paes

(b) Rohan Bopanna

(c) Matthew Ebden

(d) Mahesh Bhupathi

(e) Ivan Dodig

23) Recently, Pradeep Sarkarpassed away at the age of 67.He was a renowned _____________.

(a) Journalist

(b) Painter

(c) Director

(d) Politician

(e) Cricketer

24) Consider the following statement regarding the World Bank India report. Which of the following statement is correct?

(i) According to the World Bank India report, only 1 of 11 girls was literate at the time of India's independence, about nine percent.

(ii) And at present, the women's literacy rate has jumped to 77% while India's male literacy rate stands at 84.7%.

(iii) As per the government's National Sample Survey report, Kerala is the most literate state in the country with 92.2%, followed by union territory Lakshadweep (91.85%).

(a) Only (i)

(b) Both (i) and (ii)

(c) Only (ii)

(d) Both (ii) and (iii)

(e) All (i), (ii) and (iii)

25) Every year, World Theatre Day has been celebrated all over the world on 27 March. What is the theme of the 2023 World Theatre Day?

(a) Theatre and Peace

(b) Theatre community

(c) Culture of Theatre

(d) Theatre and a Culture of Peace

(e) None of the above

Answers :

1) Answer: E

Karur Vysya Bank (KVB) has executed an agreement with SBI Lite, the insurance arm of State Bank of India (SBI) as an additional bancassurance partner in the life insurance category.

What is bancassurance?

Bancassurance is a relationship between a bank and an insurance company that is aimed at offering insurance products or insurance benefits to the bank's customers.

This partnership arrangement can be profitable for both companies.

2) Answer: D

CoinDCX, India's leading and most valued crypto company, has become a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)-registered reporting entity under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) norms.

This brings the cryptocurrency exchange operator under PMLA regulations.

Key Highlights :

The government had mandated that Virtual Digital Assets (VDA) service providers such as exchanges, custodians and wallet providers must comply with several regulatory requirements

These requirements include Know Your Customer (KYC) norms, record-keeping, reporting of suspicious transactions, the appointment of a compliance officer and engaging with regulatory authorities to seek guidance on compliance matters.

This would lead to increased accountability and implementation of best practices by the Virtual Digital Assets (VDA) industry.

CoinDCX was also the first exchange to publish proof of reserves.

Recently, it has started offering Decentralised finance (DeFi) services through the Okto wallet app for users worldwide.

3) Answer: B

Egypt officially became a member of BRICS' New Development Bank (NDB) which includes India, Brazil, Russia, China, and South Africa as member countries.

Egypt completed all the necessary procedures to become an eligible member on February 20, 2023.

BRICS' New Development bank was established in July 2014, after an intergovernmental agreement at the 6th BRICS summit in Fortaleza.

The NBD approved Egypt’s accession in December 2021, while in September 2021 a similar decision was made regarding the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Uruguay and Bangladesh.

Previously, the bank received an “АА+” international credit rating from Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings

South Africa is to host the 15th BRICS Summit which is scheduled to be held in Aug 2023 in Durban, South Africa.

4) Answer: B

The Women and Child Development Ministry will celebrate the 5th PoshanPakhwada from 20th March to 3rd April 2023.

The main aim of the Pakhwada is to raise awareness about the importance of nutrition and promote healthy eating habits through Jan Andolan and Jan Bhagidari.

The theme of the 5th PoshanPakhwada is "Nutrition for All: Together Towards a Healthy India".

It will focus on popularising ‘Shree Anna’- the mother of all grains as a valuable asset to resolve the problem of malnutrition.

The activities during the PoshanPakhwada will also focus on the celebration of SwasthBalakSpardha and popularizing Saksham Anganwadis

Every year, PoshanPakhwada is celebrated in the month of March for 15 days.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development celebrate Poshanmaah in September.

Poshan Abhiyaan was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8th March 2018.

It was launched to improve nutritional outcomes holistically.

5) Answer: D

India’s leading shipbuilder, Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), Cochin received an order from NAVSHUTTLE 1 AS and NAVSHUTTLE 2 AS, Lysaker Norway for the design and construction of 2 Zero Emission Feeder Container Vessels with an option for 2 more vessels.The cost of the project is approximately Rs 550 crore.

The project is one of the world’s first Zero Emission Feeder Container Vessels powered by Hydrogen Fuel Cells with Green Hydrogen.

The order was received from companies in Samskip Group, headquartered in the Netherlands.

The first vessel is expected to be delivered in 28 months and the second in 34 months.

In zero-emission mode, each vessel is expected to achieve around 25,000 tonnes of CO 2 reduction per year.

They will also achieve zero emission operations in ports by using green shore power at the port of call.

The vessel’s deliveries are scheduled from Q3 of 2025 onwards.

6) Answer: B

A Belarusian court sentenced Ales Bialiatski, Belarus’ top human rights advocate and a candidate for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize, to 10 years in prison.

Key Highlights :

The founder of the human rights organisationViasna, Ales Bialiatski was among thousands of Belarusians who were detained amid a brutal crackdown on protests against the continued rule of strongman Alexander Lukashenko following disputed national elections in 2020.

3 years later, a Minsk court found Bialiatski guilty of smuggling money from abroad to finance the anti-government demonstrations.

Two other colleagues from Viasna - ValiantsinStefanovich and UladzimirLabkovich were also sentenced to 9 and 7 years, respectively.

7) Answer: D

India's first PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel (PM MITRA) Park for the textile industry was launched at E. Kumaralingapuram in the Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu.

With a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) inked between the State and the Center, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Shri MK Stalin and Union Textiles Minister Shri Piyush Goyal jointly launched the park.

Key Highlights :

The PM Mitra Mega Textiles Park will give a boost to the local economy of Virudhunagar, an aspirational district in Tamil Nadu.

Under the Virudhunagar PM Mitra project, infrastructure work will be done with an estimated Rs 2,000 crore, which includes a central subsidy of Rs 500 crore.

8) Answer: D

The Indira Gandhi Tulip Garden, Asia's largest tulip garden, opened to the public, nestled between Dal Lake and the Zabarwan hills in Srinagar.

Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha at the opening ceremony stated that about 68 varieties of tulips will bloom in the garden this year.

In addition to 15 lakh tulips of various colours and hues, the garden, also known as Siraj Bagh, has other spring flowers on display, including hyacinths, daffodils, muscari, and cyclamens, according to Inam-ul-Rehman, the garden's in-charge.

The Tulip festival is an annual Spring festival to increase tourism of the Government of J&K.

9) Answer: B

Odisha Chief Minister (CM) Shri Naveen Patnaik unveiled the renovated Dakota DC-3 aircraft of former chief minister Biju Patnaik for public viewing at the Biju Patnaik International Airport Bhubaneswar.

The DC-3 aircraft bearing registration number VT-AUI belonged to the erstwhile Kalinga Airlines, founded by Biju Patnaik, who was known to be a daredevil pilot.

The iconic Dakota (DC-3) aircraft (VT-AUI) was brought from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport  (NSCBI) in Kolkata to Bhubaneswar on January 18, 2023.

10) Answer: B

Indian eyewear startup Lenskart Solutions Pvt announced signing definitive documents for a $500 million investment from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).

The transaction includes both primary and secondary shares, making ADIA one of the largest shareholders in Lenskart.

The ADIA has reportedly acquired a 10 per cent stake in Lenskart, which has been valued at $4.2 billion.

Lenskart, which uses technology and supply chain automation to directly sell glasses and contact lenses to consumers, was co-founded in 2010 by Peyush Bansal, who is also its chief executive officer.

11) Answer: B

RailTel has bagged a ₹287.57-crore order from the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) for supply, installation, integration, testing and commissioning of the IT infrastructure for greenfield datacentres at New Delhi and Bengaluru along with training and support.

The datacentres will facilitate C-DAC in building up its capacity for secure, big data enterprise applications.

The C-DAC is the premier R&D organisation of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).

The delivery period of the project is 300 days, RailTel said in a statement.

The C-DAC is undertaking creation of this greenfield, turnkey project to build a suite of Big Data enterprise Applications.

12) Answer: B

Bandhan Bank has appointed Mr Ratan Kumar Kesh as the Executive Director (ED) of the bank.

His appointment will be effective from March 31, 2023 for a period of 3 years.

He has also been appointed as a Key Managerial Personnel of the Bank for a period of 3 years.

13) Answer: C

Hyundai India has signed a pact with General Motors India for the potential acquisition of the latter’s plant in Talegaon, Maharashtra.

The American company had signed a deal with Great Wall Motors in January 2020 to sell the plant, but the deal fell through June, 2022 as the Chinese carmaker did not receive the required approvals from the Indian government in time.

Key Highlights :

General Motors stopped production at the Talegaon plant in 2020.

The plant, established in 2008, has the capacity to produce 130,000 cars and 160,000 engines per year.

14) Answer: A

Canara Bank has sold its stake in Russian joint venture (JV) Commercial Indo Bank LLC (CIBL) to the other venture partner State Bank of India (SBI) for about Rs 121.29 crore.

CIBL, incorporated in 2003, is a joint venture in Russia between SBI (60%) and Canara Bank (40%).

The Canara bank entered into the agreement for sale on November 11, 2022.

15) Answer: D

Adani Power has amalgamated its 6 subsidiaries, including Adani Power (Mundra), with itself.

An amalgamation of 6 wholly-owned subsidiary companies of Adani Power Ltd (APL) -

1. Adani Power Maharashtra Ltd (APML)
2. Adani Power Rajasthan Ltd (APRL)
3. Udupi Power Corporation Ltd (UPCL)
4. Raipur Energen Ltd (REL)
5. Raigarh Energy Generation Ltd (REGL)
6. Adani Power (Mundra) Ltd (APMuL) - with APL was sanctioned by the Ahmedabad-bench of the National Company Law Tribunal on February 8, 2023.

The company will publish financial statements for FY 2022-23 based on amalgamation and will also recast comparative period numbers in compliance with applicable accounting standards.

16) Answer: D

The annual bilateral maritime exercise between the Indian Navy (IN) of India and the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom (UK), Konkan 2023, was held from 20  to 22 Mar 23 off the Konkan coast in the Arabian Sea.

Participants :

Indian Navy : Indian Naval Ship (INS) Trishul, a guided missile frigate

Royal Navy : HMS Lancaster, a Type 23 guided missile frigate

Key Highlights :

The joint drill by the two navies demonstrated operational readiness, enhancing interoperability and improving the ability to conduct joint operations.

The exercises covered all domains of maritime operations, air, surface, and subsurface.

This included gunnery shoots on surface inflatable target ‘Killer Tomato’, helicopter operations, anti-air and anti-submarine warfare drills, Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS), ship manoeuvres and exchange of personnel.

India and the UK agreed to new agreements on maritime information sharing.

UK agreed to join India's Information Fusion Centre in Gurugram.

The UK will be deploying a Carrier Strike Group in the Indian Ocean region in 2023.

17) Answer: A

Indian Air Force (IAF) has received the 3rd regiment of the S-400 `Triumf’ air defence missile system from Russia and this will be deployed along the Pakistan border.

Russia delivered the first two systems to India in December 2021 and April 2022, respectively, and the country intends to deliver the remaining two systems by the end of 2023.

About S-400 :

It has a range of up to 400 km and it has a tracking capability of almost 600 kms.

Almost 100 personnel of the IAF have undergone training in Russia on the S-400 air defence system.

18) Answer: C

North Korea has tested a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone called ‘Haeil’ (meaning “tsunami” in Korean) the first weapon of its kind capable of generating a radioactive tsunami that can destroy naval strike groups and major ports.

Key Highlights :

The drone cruised underwater at a depth of 80 to 150 metres (260-500 ft) for over 59 hours during the test.

The drone can be towed by a surface ship for operation, and can be deployed at any coast or port.

The United States (US) and South Korea completed an 11-day exercise that included their biggest field training in years, and are preparing another round of joint naval drills that will reportedly involve a U.S. aircraft carrier.

19) Answer: D

State-run NTPC Green Energy (NGEL) has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with the Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) for setting up of renewable energy (RE) projects to meet the round-the-clock power requirement of the state-run oil marketing company’s (OMCs) refineries.

NGEL is a subsidiary of the country’s largest power generator NTPC, which through NGEL, has set an ambitious target of building a renewable generation portfolio of 60 gigawatts (GW) over the next decade to aggressively pursue its green energy business.

The signing of this JV agreement between the two Maharatna companies will enable the power behemoth and India’s largest OMC to meet the government’s clean energy targets in their respective core businesses.

Last month, NTPC completed the procedure of transferring its RE assets to NGEL.

Genco’s green energy arm has also announced plans to raise up to ₹9,000 crore to repay an outstanding debt liability as well as to raise fresh loans.

20) Answer: D

Agriculture marketing co-operative NAFED has signed an MoU with the Ministry of Agriculture to extend its support on the various government initiatives to promote millets, under which start-ups will get additional market access to sell their products.

Under the collaboration, NAFED will set up a Millet Corner in all its retail outlets (NAFED bazaars), install Millet Vending Machines (MVMs) in Delhi and its adjoining places such as Gurugram and Noida.

Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has directed NAFED to contribute and promote the “International Year of the Millet 2023” (IyoM-23) on a global scale.

21) Answer: B

On 20th March every year, the world celebrates World Happiness Day and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network releases an annual report named World Happiness Report.

The reports measure global happiness on several standards which include national and international aspects.

Despite improvement in India's ranking in the report is still very low and many small neighbours of India are ranked above.

India's ranking is 126.

The report speaks for countries' level of happiness based on the responses of a nationally representative sample of people about the levels of satisfaction in life these days.

Finland tops the ranking for the sixth year in a row with a score of 7.8 and other Norwegian countries like Denmark, Iceland are ranked second and third.

In the list of top 10, other countries are Israel, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Luxembourg and New Zealand.

The countries are ranked on the basis of healthy life expectancy, GDP per capita, social support, low corruption, generosity in a community where people look after each other, and freedom to make key life decisions.

Out of the 137 countries, Taliban-ruled Afghanistan has ranked last and is most unhappy according to the report.

Other regions at the bottom of the list include Lebanon, Zimbabwe, the Democratic Republic of Congo, etc.

The report adds that these countries have high-level of corruption and low life expectancy.

India's rank has certainly improved from 136 to 126 but the country still ranks below its neighbours like Nepal, China, Bangladesh, etc.

Despite being the fastest-growing economy in the world, India has consistently ranked low in the index and several people have even raised questions on how India can rank lower than countries in crises.

For more than a year now, Russia and Ukraine are fighting each other but when it comes to happiness, the countries are ranked above India, i.e. 70th Russia and 92nd Ukraine.

According to the report, both countries have seen increased benevolence during 2020 and 2021.

During 2022, benevolence grew sharply in Ukraine but fell in Russia.

22) Answer: B

Rohan Bopanna becomes the oldest player to have won the Men’s Doubles title at the ATP 2023 Series.

While another Tennis player Carlos Alcaraz was honoured with the World’s No. 1 Rank in the Men’s Singles category.

Both these great players have been awarded in the ATP Tournament 2023 series by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

He collectively won the trophy with his tennis ally Matthew Ebden of Australia.

With their mutual efforts, they defeated the leading pair of Dutchman Wesley Koolhof and Briton Neal Skupski by 6-3, 2-6, 10-8 results in order to claim their Men’s Doubles title together and this was the first of its kind in the current season.

23) Answer: C

Renowned writer, director and ad filmmaker, Pradeep Sarkar passed away in Mumbai, Maharashtra at the age of 67.

About Pradeep Sarkar :

Sarkar was born in Kolkata, West Bengal on 30 April 1955.

He began his career with Vinod Chopra Productions, the production company of director and producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra.

He produced the critically-acclaimed Parineeta, which won the acclaimed National Film Award in the Best Debut Film of a Director category.

His famous Bollywood movies included ‘Parineeta’, LagaChunari Mein Daag’, Mardaani and Helicopter Eela.

He had also worked on several web series like ‘Cold Lassi Aur Chicken Masala’, ‘Forbidden Love’ and ‘Arranged Marriage’.

Awards & Honors :

Pradeep Sarkar received the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director at the 53rd National Film Awards 2006 for his film Parineeta.

Sarkar also won the Best Debutant Director in Screen Awards and the Hottest Young Director in Stardust Awards in 2006.

24) Answer: E

The literacy rate of Indian women has grown over the years.

According to the World Bank India report, only 1 of 11 girls was literate at the time of India's independence, about nine percent.

And at present, the women's literacy rate has jumped to 77% while India's male literacy rate stands at 84.7%.

As per the government's National Sample Survey report, Kerala is the most literate state in the country with 92.2%, followed by union territory Lakshadweep (91.85%).

The third-most literate state in the country is Mizoram (91.33%). Whereas Bihar has the lowest literacy rate in India at 61.8%, followed by Arunachal Pradesh at 65.3% and Rajasthan at 66.1%.

However, around 12.6% of students drop out of school in India, and 19.8% discontinued education at the secondary level.

The number is significantly higher for girls as they get married early and in many communities educating girls is not even a priority and is seen as an unnecessary cost.

Globally, 1.8 million girls get married underage.

In India, the literacy rate, including the female literacy rate is abysmally low in rural areas and in some pockets of urban areas.

The literacy rate in rural India is 67.77% as compared to 84.11% in urban India.

The Ministry of Education launched Samagra Shiksha Scheme in 2018-19 that envisaged the school as a continuum from preschool, primary, upper primary, and secondary to senior secondary levels.

Besides, the centrally sponsored scheme of Adult Education – Saakshar Bharat was also launched to improve the literacy rate among adults.

The scheme was implemented in the rural areas of 404 districts in 26 states and one Union Territory, which had an adult female literacy rate of 50% and below as per Census 2001.

The National Statistical Office (NSO) consists of the Central Statistical Office (CSO) and the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO).

25) Answer: D

On 27th March ,World Theatre Day 2023 is celebrated all over the world.

It is an international day observed annually all over the world on the 27th of March every year.

The theme for World Theatre Day 2023 is "Theatre and a Culture of Peace."

World Theatre Day celebrates the importance of theatre arts as it continues to move, entertain, teach and change us.

In 534 B.C Poet, tragedian, and author Thespis arrives in Athens with his troupe and performs in the marketplace.

In 55 B.C Rome’s First Stone Theatre - Pompey the Great builds the first permanent stone theatre in Rome.

In 1585, Widely regarded as the world’s oldest theatre in world, the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, Italy, is inaugurated with a performance of Sophocles’ “Oedipus the King.”

In 1962, First World Theatre Day - For the first time, World Theatre Day is celebrated by ITI centers, ITI Cooperating Members, theatre professionals and organizations, theatre academies, and theatre lovers all over the world on March 27.