1. Who among the following has been appointed the National Security Adviser by the UPA Government ? (a) Brajesh Mishra (b) J. N. Daxit (c) Soli J. Sorabjee (d) T. K. A. Nair Ans: ( b ) J. N. Daxit
2. Who among the following is the new Chief Minister of Karnataka ? (a) S. M. Krishna (b) Uma Bharti (c) Dharam Singh (d) Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Ans: ( c ) Dharam Singh
3. Who among the following has won the Miss Universe 2004 crown ? (a) Jennifer Hawkins (b) Shandi Finnessey (c) Alba Reyes (d) None of these Ans: ( a ) Jennifer Hawkins
4. A solemn ceremony to mark the 60th Anniversary of D-Day landings of the Allies troops during the Second World War, was held in (a) Pearl Harbour (b) Normandy (c) New York (d) Lisbon Ans: ( b ) Normandy
5. Which of the following cricketers holds the world record of maximum number of sixes in Tests ? (a) Chris Carins (New Zealand) (b) Viv Richards (West Indies) (c) Sachin Tendulkar (India) (d) Wasim Akram (Pakistan) Ans: ( a ) Chris Carins (New Zealand)
6. Who among the following has been appointed the new Chief Justice of India ? (a) Justice Rajendra Babu (b) Justice V. N. Khare (c) Justice R. C. Lahoti (d) None of these Ans: ( c ) Justice R. C. Lahoti
7. Who among the following sports persons got the honour of lighting the Olympic flame at the Major Dhyan Chand Stadium in New Delhi recently ? (a) Anjali Bhagwat (b) Abhinav Bindra (c) Viswanathan Anand (d) K. M. Beenamol Ans: ( a ) Anjali Bhagwat
8. Who among the following has been appointed new chairman of the National Commission for Farmers ? (a) Ajit Singh (b) K. C. Pant (c) Dr. M. S. Swaminathan (d) Sharad Pawar Ans: ( c ) Dr. M. S. Swaminathan
9. Which of the following planets crossed the face of the sun (in transit) after 122 years recently ? (a) Mars (b) Venus (c) Jupiter (d) Saturn Ans: ( b ) Venus
10. Which of the following countries was readmitted to the Commonwealth recently ? (a) Nepal (b) Myanmar (c) Pakistan (d) None of these Ans: ( c ) Pakistan
11. The world governing body of which of the following sports celebrated its 100 years in existence recently ? (a) Football (b) Hockey (c) Badminton (d) Cricket Ans: ( a ) Football
12. Who among the following won the men?s singles title of the French Open 2004 ? (a) Guillermo Coria (b) Roger Federer (c) Andy Roddick (d) Gaston Gaudio Ans: ( d ) Gaston Gaudio
13. Who is India?s first Woman Grand Master in Chess ? (a) Aarthie Ramaswamy (b) Koneru Humpy (c) S. Meenakshi (d) S. Vijayalakshmi Ans: ( b ) Koneru Humpy
14. The age of a tree can be determined by (a) Measuring its height (b) Measuring its diameter (c) Analyzing its sap (d) Counting the annual growth rings of its stem Ans: ( d ) Counting the annual growth rings of its stem
15. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ? Mountains Continents (a) The Rocky : North America (b) The Andes : South America (c) The Alps : Europe (d) The Ural : Africa Ans: ( d ) The Ural : Africa
16. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched ? (a) ?Purna Swaraj? Resolution : 1929 (b) Martyrdom of Sardar Bhagat Singh : 1931 (c) Formation of the Congress Socialist Party: 1939 (d) Simla Confeence : 1940 Ans: ( b ) Martyrdom of Sardar Bhagat Singh : 1931
17. The Lingaraja Temple built during the medieval period is at (a) Bhubaneswar (b) Khajuraho (c) Madurai (d) Mount Abu Ans: ( a ) Bhubaneswar
18. Which one of the following is essentially a solo dance ? (a) Kuchipudi (b) Kathak (c) Manipuri (d) Mohiniattam Ans: ( d ) Mohiniattam
19. The deepest oceanic trench ?Mariana? is located in (a) Atlantic Ocean (b) Arctic Ocean (c) Pacific Ocean (d) Indian Ocean Ans: ( c ) Pacific Ocean
20. Although fog consists of fine drops of water, we cannot see clearly through it because (a) The light rays undergo total internal reflection in the drops (b) Fine drops of water in fog polarize the light (c) The fine drops are opaque to the light (d) The drops scatter most of the light Ans: ( d ) The drops scatter most of the light
21. During the Mughal period, which one of the following were the first to come to India as traders ? (a) Portuguese (b) Dutch (c) Danish (d) English Ans: ( a ) Portuguese
22. Who among the following Delhi Sultans is known for introducing market control mechanism ? (a) Iltutmish (b) Balban (c) Alauddin Khalji (d) Firoze Tughlaq Ans: ( c ) Alauddin Khalji
23. Which one of the following mountain peaks of the Himalayas is NOT in India ? (a) Annapurna (b) Nanda Devi (c) Mt. Kamet (d) Kanchenjunga Ans: ( a ) Annapurna
24. A rift valley is formed mainly due to (a) The forces of tension in the earth?s crust (b) The subsidence of the floor of a river valley (c) The valley formed after the formation of fold mountains (d) The deepening of a valley by ice action Ans: ( a ) The forces of tension in the earth?s crust
25. Who is the author of the book, ?The Man Who Divided India? ? (a) Arun Shourie (b) Dominique Lapierre (c) Rafiq Zakaria (d) Salman Rushdie Ans: ( c ) Rafiq Zakaria
CURRENT AFFAIRS-FEBRUARY-2009 1. Name of the world’s cheapest car launched by Tata Motors in Mumbai? -Nano
2. Music wizard A.R.Rahman won Oscars for which categories? -Best Original Score and Best Original Song (Jai Ho) for the film “Slum dog Millionaire”.
3. Which documentary won the Oscar award for best Documentary (Short)? -Smile Pinki, directed by Megan Mylan depicts the tale of an Utharpradesh girl and her fight against the social stigma of a cleft lip.
4. The West Indian Umpire who has officiated in a record 126 tests and 179 ODIs who decided to retire recently from International matches? -Steve Bucknor
5. The Indian sound engineer who won Oscar for his brilliant sound mixing works of the film “Slum dog Millionaire” -Resul Pookutty
6. The new Chief Justice of Madras High Court ? -Hemant Laxman Gokhale
7. The telecom sector which started third Generation (3G) mobile services recently in 11 cities of India? -Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL)
8. Sri Lankan batsmen who smashed double hundreds during world record stand of 437 for the fourth wicket partnership against Pakistan? -Mahela Jayawardhane (240) and Thilan Samaraweera(231)
9. Who won the Miss India Worldwide 2009 title ?
Nikkitasha Marhawa, Indian-American from Chicago clinch the 18th Miss India World wide 2009 title.
10. The new money back plan launched by Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)in February 16 ?
Jeevan Varsha
11. Who was named Jamaica’s Sportsman of the year for 2008 ?
Triple Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt.
12. The teenager who acted as the main character of “slum dog millionaire ” ? Dev Patel
13. Which novel has been chosen as the Romantic Novel of the year 2009?
“East of the Sun” set in 1920s by Welsh author Julia Gregson
14. Britan’s Royal Mail issued a set of stamps on February-12 to mark the 200th Anniversary of the birth of a famous Scientist? Who is he ?
Charles Darwin
15. Who is appointed as coach/manager of Chelsea, the premier league club ?
Guus Hiddink, Russian coach 16. Recently the IPL Drug Tribunal has imposed a 12-month ban on a Pakistani Cricket player for consuming a banned substance, Nandralone during the inaugural season of Indian Premiere League. Who is he?
Muhammed Asif
17. The new Prime Minister of Zimbzbwe ?
Morgan Tsvangirai
18. Newly elected President of Bangladesh ? Zillur Rahman
19. Noted Hindustani Classical Vocalist who was presented with Bharath Ratna, country’s highest civilian award ?
Bhim Sen Joshi
20. "”Slumdog Millionire “ got how many BAFTA awards (British Academy of film and Television Arts)
7 awards including Best Director, Best Film…etc A.R.Rahman won the BAFTA award for the music of this film.
21. Name of India’s Second humanoid robot which was formally unveiled during Quark-2009, the technical festival at Goa?
Acyut-2 22. Name the Indian who awarded a honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University of Cambridge, where he served as the Master of Trinity College for six years.
Amartya Sen
23. Who was named African Footballer of the Year 2008?
Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor
24. Name the Union Minister for Small Scale Industries in the UPA government who was on charged in a murder case recently ?
Mahavir Prasad
25. The two ships, commissioned by the Indian Navy on 16 February 2009, at Chennai, which are the first two in a series of ten water jet Fast Attack Craft (FAC) being built at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, GRSE, Kolkata ?.
INS Carnicobar and INS Chetlat
26. Name the 13-YEAR-OLD boy who has become a father in Britain, his wife is just 15.
Alfie Patten. His girlfriend Chantelle Steadman gave birth to Maisie Roxanne in Eastbourne Hospital, East Sussex
27. 17th Dulip Trophy Cricket title is won by? West Zone
28. Which Indian player won BCCI Payer of the year Award?
Virender Sehwag (The award is also known as Polly Umrigar Award)
29. The Indian Musician among the four international musicians to be awarded Grammy for their ‘Global Drum’ project. ?
Zakir Hussain, along with musicians Mickey Hart, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo, has been awarded the coveted gramophone for ‘The Global Drum’ in the Best Contemporary World Music Album category.
30. Which players were named joint winners of the Allan Border medal of 2008?
Ricky Ponting and Michael Clark
31. Who won the Australian Open junior title ?
Yuki Bhambri. He becomes the first Indian to win the Australian Open junior title. He outplayed his German opponent Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas to win the Junior Boys title in the Australian Open.
32. Who won the Australian Open women singles title of this year ? Serena Williams
33. Who won the Man of the Match award in the two 20-20 Cricket matches between India and New Zealand?
Brendon McCullum 34. Who won Rotterdam Open title after beating world number one Rafael Nadal? Andy Murray of Britain 35. World Cup Cricket 2010 final will be held in which venue ?
Delhi
36. Japan's Finance Minister who has resigned, amid claims that he was drunk at a recent G7 meeting?
Shoichi Nakagawa
81 ST OSCAR AWARDS- ALL RESULTS
1. ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Penelope Cruz (VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA)
2. WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREEN PLAY)
Dustin Lance Black (MILK)
3. WRITING (ADAPTED SCREEN PLAY)
Simon Beaufoy (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE)
4. ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Andrew Stanton (WALL-E)
5. SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) Kunio Kato( LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES)
6. ART DIRECTION
Donald Graham Burt (Art Direction); Victor J. Zolfo (Set Decoration) (THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON)
7. COSTUME DESIGN Michael O'Connor (THE DUCHESS) 8. MAKE UP
Greg Cannom (THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON)
9. CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anthony Dod Mantle (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE)
10. SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) Jochen Alexander Freydank (SPIELZEUGLAND (TOYLAND)
11. ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE
Heath Ledger (THE DARK KNIGHT)
12. DOCUMENTARY FEATURE James Marsh and Simon Chinn (MAN ON WIRE)
13. DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Megan Mylan (SMILE PINKI)
14. VISUAL EFFECTS: Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron (THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON)
15. SOUND EDITING Richard King (THE DARK KNIGHT) 16. SOUND MIXING Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE)
17. FILM EDITING Chris Dickens ((SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE) 18. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM DEPARTURES – Japan
19. BEST FEATURE FILM.
SLUM DOG MILLIONAIRE
20. BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle (SLUM DOG MILLIONAIRE)
21. BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Sean Penn (MILK)
22. BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Kate Winslet (THE READER) 23. JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD (SPECIAL HONOR)
Jerry Lewis (Comedic film and humanitarian work)
24. BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Smile Pinki –( Director-Megan Mylan )
25. BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman (music), Gulzar (lyrics) 26. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
A. R. Rahman (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE )
CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS- MAY 2009
1. Who has become the first person in the World to have a full face transplant?
Connie Culp Connie Culp after face transplantation
Connie was shot by her husband, who also shot himself afterwards, but both of them survived. She lost her nose and needed tracheotomy to be able to breathe and the whole surgery took 22 hours. Connie Culp-Earlier Photo
2. Name the Delhi-based automotive tyre maker, which announced the acquisition of Dutch-tyre firm Vredestein Banden BV, a subsidiary of Russia’s largest tyre manufacturer Amtel-Vredestein which went bankrupt last month. Apollo Tyres Ltd
3. Who is reappointed as Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO) for a second term of four years as from 1 September 2009?
Pascal Lamy 4. The South Korean blogger who was arrested in January and accused by the government of spreading false information about the worsening global economy, was acquitted recently? Park Dae-sung, as a financial blogger, he published posts in his blog named Minerva 5. Who has been selected as the new Chief Coach for the Indian Men's Hockey team? Jose Brasa of Spain
6. Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav recently rejected the Maoist led government's decision to sack the army chief, pushing the country further into political crisis that threatens to derail the two-and-half-year-old peace process. Name the army chief? Rukmangat Katuwal 7. First concert of A.R.Rahman after winning the Oscar award was held in? Kozhikkode (Kerala) on May 3 8. The 16-year-old Delhi boy, who has won his second International Tennis Federation (ITF) title by defeating South African opponent Raven Klaasen at the DLTA complex on Saturday (May 2)? Yuki Bhambri
9. Name the Sri Lankan journalist and editor, who was assassinated on 8 January of this year, has been named as the laureate of the 2009 World Press Freedom Prize by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Lasantha Wickrematunge
10. Who won his record fourth Rome Masters title, beating defending champion Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal
11. Former South Korean President who committed suicide by leaping to his death from a hill behind his house?
Roh Moo-Hyun Roh, who was president from 2003 to 2008. Roh's death came amid an investigation into a bribery scandal that had tarnished his reputation
12. A British charity fundraiser who won the "best job in the world" i.e., caretaker of an Australian tropical island — after an innovative marketing campaign that highlighted the power of social media?
Ben Southal
13. Name the chief of the Anti Crime Cell of Indonesia who is arrested recently for a murder case?
Ansari Azhar
14. Who is appointed as the Country Director of Western Union Financial services for its India operations ? Kiran Shetty
15. Who has won the Chess Oscar for the third time, the game's most prestigious annual award? Viswanathan Anand
16. Who was sworn in as South Africa's new president?
Jacob Zuma He becomes fourth democratically-elected president of the country since the end of apartheid in 1994. 17. Which country won the gold medal in the recurve team event of the archery World Cup Stage II at Porec, Croatia?
India. India’s fearsome threesome of Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee and Mangal Singh Champia defeated Russian Federation by 220 points to 218.
Italy won the bronze beating China 221-219.
18. Who won the Spanish Grand Prix Car race title? Britain's Jenson Button
19. The First South Indian(Malayalee) who has been appointed as the secretary of Supreme Court of India ?
M.P.Bhadran
20. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of ICICI prudential Life?
V.Vaidyanathan
21. Indian-origin anti-apartheid activist who has been inducted into South African President Jacob Zuma's cabinet, taking the number of people from the community in the government to seven. Maggie Govender
22. Who won Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year award, recently ? Steven Gerrard
23. Which team rallied for a 4-1 victory against Athletic Bilbao for its record 25th Spanish King’s Cup title?
Barcelona
24. In a case prosecuted by the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, a federal judge sentenced an investment adviser, age 38, of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, to ten years in federal prison on federal mail and wire fraud for defrauding his investment advisory clients. Who is he ?
Amit Mathur
25. Which team won the Copa Italia Football title ?
Lazio
Lazio beat Sampdoria(6-5)
26. The new model car launched by Maruti in May-2009?
Ritz 27. Britain's first Muslim minister resigned from office Seeking to clear his name from media accusations of breaching his ministerial code over expenses? Shahid Malik
28. Which team won the 18th English Premiere league title 2009 by holding off Arsenal to a draw?
Manchester United
29. India’s largest direct-to-home service and part of the biggest media conglomerate, Zee Group which announced their association with ‘Microsoft Xbox 360 Arcade’, the next generation video gaming and entertainment system on their platform?
Dish TV
30. Former South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce president who has been elected Vice President of Federation of International Film Producers Association [FIAF] for 2009 – 2011?
P.V Gangadharan, It is for the first time an Indian arrives in the prestigious position
31. LTTE(Liberation Tigers o f Tamil Eelam) leader who was killed by Sri Lankan Army ?
Velupillai Prabhakaran
32. Who sets world record over 150 meters in 14.35 seconds on the streets of Manchester?
Usain Bolt, the reigning world record holder at 100m and 200m, sets the world record over 150 meters
33. The first British Speaker to be forced out of office in over 300 years because of his handling of a scandal on MPs'expenses? Michael Martin
34. Self-styled god man of Kerala who was sentenced to 16 years of rigorous imprisonment and a penalty of Rs 2,10,000 for raping two minor girls?
Santhosh Madhavan (Swamy Amrutha Chaithanya) 35. Who is the new Prime Minister of Kuwait?
Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammed al-Ahmed al-Sabah
36. The only Indian who hit a century in IPL?
Maneesh Pandey (114 Not Out) of Bangalore Royal challengers Only two players have century in IPL-2009, the other is Ab Devilliers(105 Not Out) of Delhi Dare Devils
37. Orange Cap Holder of DLF IPL 2009(It is given for the player who is the leading run scorer in the match.)? Mathew Hayden of Chennai Super Kings. He scored 572 runs
38. Purple Cap holder of DLF IPL 2009(It is given for the player who is the leading wicket taker in the match)
R.P.Singh(23 Wickets) 39. Man of the match in the final of IPL-2009 ?
Anil Kumble(16 /4 in 4 overs)
40. IPL-2009 is held in ? South Africa 41. IPL-2009 is won by ? Deccan Chargers, they beat Bangalore Royal Challengers in the final.
42. UEFA Cup, European trophy, which has been won by a Ukrainian team for the first time in the history of Ukrainian football?
Shakhtar
43. Name the Malawi's President who has been sworn in for a second five-year term recently ?
Bingu wa Mutharika
44. Name THE WORLD'S oldest blogger, Spanish great-grandmother who had a global following, has died at the age of 97. Maria Amelia Lopez, According to the AP, her first post on December 23, 2006 said that her grandson, who is very stingy, gave her a blog for her birthday. Her site had more than 1.5 million hits. Their blog address: http://www.amis95.blogspot.com/
45. Veteran communist leader who has been sworn in as the Nepal’s new prime minister?
Madhav Kumar Nepal
46. Veteran freedom-fighter and soldier of the INA, who served as the driver of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, died at his house at Mathil, near Payyanur in Kannur district of Kerala? A Chindan Nair
47. Who is appointed as the next chief of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)? Charles F. Bolden Jr Bolden is a former astronaut who was involved in several critical missions for the US Space Agency. 48. Who was re-elected to the largely ceremonial post of German president recently for a second five-year term? Horst Kohler
49. An American scientist whose work helped lead to the development of the anti-impotency drug Viagra, died at the age of 92 in Seattle? Robert F Furchgott
50. Who won the Monaco Grand Prix Car race title?
Jenson Button(Britain)
51. Name the Civil rights activist, who was given bail by the Supreme Court, walked free from Raipur jail after two years of incarceration? Binayak Sen
52. The country which started its first new overseas military base(named as Peace Camp) since the end of the colonial era at Abudabi of UAE(United Arab Emirates)
France 53. Who has been appointed the new Pro-Vice- Chancellor of the Kerala University? J.Prabhash
54. New President of Mongolia? Tsakhiaglin Elbegdorj(Democratic Party)
55. Prasar Bharati Chairman who resigned recently because he was "dissatisfied" with the functioning of the Board? Arun Bhatnagar 56. Man of the series of Natwest series between England and West Indies? Stuart Broad England won the series by (2-0)
57. Who wins 2009 Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement? Alice Munro This Canadian short story writer will get prize worth £60,000. It was first awarded to Ismail Kadare in 2005 and then to Chinua Achebe in 2007.
58. New US Ambassador to India?
Timothy J Roemer
59. Who became etched in football history as the first Asian footballer to have played in the final of Champions League?
Park J-sung
60. Champions League-2009 is won by ?
Barcelona. Barcelona beat Manchester United highlights in the final by 2-0
61. Who is appointed as the Deputy Chief Minister of TamilNadu ?
M.K.Stalin
62. Who is appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Kerala State ?
Neela Gangadharan 63. Who has been named winner of the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Award (2008) for the second time, following her sensational gold medal winning performance at the Beijing Olympics
Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia’s Pole Vault player)
64. Who has won the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009 final?
Kavya Shivashankar, a 13-year-old student from Olathe, Kansas, whose parents migrated to the United States from India.
1. Who has become the first person in the World to have a full face transplant?
Connie Culp Connie Culp after face transplantation
Connie was shot by her husband, who also shot himself afterwards, but both of them survived. She lost her nose and needed tracheotomy to be able to breathe and the whole surgery took 22 hours.
Connie Culp-Earlier Photo
2. Name the Delhi-based automotive tyre maker, which announced the acquisition of Dutch-tyre firm Vredestein Banden BV, a subsidiary of Russia’s largest tyre manufacturer Amtel-Vredestein which went bankrupt last month. Apollo Tyres Ltd
3. Who is reappointed as Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO) for a second term of four years as from 1 September 2009? Pascal Lamy 4. The South Korean blogger who was arrested in January and accused by the government of spreading false information about the worsening global economy, was acquitted recently? Park Dae-sung, as a financial blogger, he published posts in his blog named Minerva 5. Who has been selected as the new Chief Coach for the Indian Men's Hockey team? Jose Brasa of Spain
6. Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav recently rejected the Maoist led government's decision to sack the army chief, pushing the country further into political crisis that threatens to derail the two-and-half-year-old peace process. Name the army chief? Rukmangat Katuwal 7. First concert of A.R.Rahman after winning the Oscar award was held in? Kozhikkode (Kerala) on May 3 8. The 16-year-old Delhi boy, who has won his second International Tennis Federation (ITF) title by defeating South African opponent Raven Klaasen at the DLTA complex on Saturday (May 2)? Yuki Bhambri
9. Name the Sri Lankan journalist and editor, who was assassinated on 8 January of this year, has been named as the laureate of the 2009 World Press Freedom Prize by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Lasantha Wickrematunge
10. Who won his record fourth Rome Masters title, beating defending champion Novak Djokovic Rafael Nadal
11. Former South Korean President who committed suicide by leaping to his death from a hill behind his house?
Roh Moo-Hyun Roh, who was president from 2003 to 2008. Roh's death came amid an investigation into a bribery scandal that had tarnished his reputation
12. A British charity fundraiser who won the "best job in the world" i.e., caretaker of an Australian tropical island — after an innovative marketing campaign that highlighted the power of social media?
Ben Southal
13. Name the chief of the Anti Crime Cell of Indonesia who is arrested recently for a murder case? Ansari Azhar
14. Who is appointed as the Country Director of Western Union Financial services for its India operations ? Kiran Shetty
15. Who has won the Chess Oscar for the third time, the game's most prestigious annual award? Viswanathan Anand
16. Who was sworn in as South Africa's new president?
Jacob Zuma He becomes fourth democratically-elected president of the country since the end of apartheid in 1994.
17. Which country won the gold medal in the recurve team event of the archery World Cup Stage II at Porec, Croatia?
India. India’s fearsome threesome of Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee and Mangal Singh Champia defeated Russian Federation by 220 points to 218.
Italy won the bronze beating China 221-219.
18. Who won the Spanish Grand Prix Car race title? Britain's Jenson Button
19. The First South Indian(Malayalee) who has been appointed as the secretary of Supreme Court of India ?
M.P.Bhadran 20. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of ICICI prudential Life?
V.Vaidyanathan
21. Indian-origin anti-apartheid activist who has been inducted into South African President Jacob Zuma's cabinet, taking the number of people from the community in the government to seven. Maggie Govender
22. Who won Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year award, recently ? Steven Gerrard
23. Which team rallied for a 4-1 victory against Athletic Bilbao for its record 25th Spanish King’s Cup title?
Barcelona
24. In a case prosecuted by the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, a federal judge sentenced an investment adviser, age 38, of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, to ten years in federal prison on federal mail and wire fraud for defrauding his investment advisory clients. Who is he ?
Amit Mathur
25. Which team won the Copa Italia Football title ? Lazio
Lazio beat Sampdoria(6-5)
26. The new model car launched by Maruti in May-2009?
Ritz 27. Britain's first Muslim minister resigned from office Seeking to clear his name from media accusations of breaching his ministerial code over expenses?
Shahid Malik
28. Which team won the 18th English Premiere league title 2009 by holding off Arsenal to a draw?
Manchester United
29. India’s largest direct-to-home service and part of the biggest media conglomerate, Zee Group which announced their association with ‘Microsoft Xbox 360 Arcade’, the next generation video gaming and entertainment system on their platform?
Dish TV
30. Former South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce president who has been elected Vice President of Federation of International Film Producers Association [FIAF] for 2009 – 2011?
P.V Gangadharan, It is for the first time an Indian arrives in the prestigious position
31. LTTE(Liberation Tigers o f Tamil Eelam) leader who was killed by Sri Lankan Army ?
Velupillai Prabhakaran
32. Who sets world record over 150 meters in 14.35 seconds on the streets of Manchester?
Usain Bolt, the reigning world record holder at 100m and 200m, sets the world record over 150 meters
33. The first British Speaker to be forced out of office in over 300 years because of his handling of a scandal on MPs'expenses?
Michael Martin
34. Self-styled god man of Kerala who was sentenced to 16 years of rigorous imprisonment and a penalty of Rs 2,10,000 for raping two minor girls? Santhosh Madhavan (Swamy Amrutha Chaithanya) 35. Who is the new Prime Minister of Kuwait?
Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammed al-Ahmed al-Sabah
36. The only Indian who hit a century in IPL?
Maneesh Pandey (114 Not Out) of Bangalore Royal challengers Only two players have century in IPL-2009, the other is Ab Devilliers(105 Not Out) of Delhi Dare Devils
37. Orange Cap Holder of DLF IPL 2009(It is given for the player who is the leading run scorer in the match.)? Mathew Hayden of Chennai Super Kings. He scored 572 runs
38. Purple Cap holder of DLF IPL 2009(It is given for the player who is the leading wicket taker in the match)
R.P.Singh(23 Wickets) 39. Man of the match in the final of IPL-2009 ?
Anil Kumble(16 /4 in 4 overs)
40. IPL-2009 is held in ? South Africa 41. IPL-2009 is won by ? Deccan Chargers, they beat Bangalore Royal Challengers in the final.
42. UEFA Cup, European trophy, which has been won by a Ukrainian team for the first time in the history of Ukrainian football?
Shakhtar 43. Name the Malawi's President who has been sworn in for a second five-year term recently ?
Bingu wa Mutharika
44. Name THE WORLD'S oldest blogger, Spanish great-grandmother who had a global following, has died at the age of 97.
Maria Amelia Lopez, According to the AP, her first post on December 23, 2006 said that her grandson, who is very stingy, gave her a blog for her birthday. Her site had more than 1.5 million hits. Their blog address: http://www.amis95.blogspot.com/ 45. Veteran communist leader who has been sworn in as the Nepal’s new prime minister?
Madhav Kumar Nepal
46. Veteran freedom-fighter and soldier of the INA, who served as the driver of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, died at his house at Mathil, near Payyanur in Kannur district of Kerala? A Chindan Nair
47. Who is appointed as the next chief of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)? Charles F. Bolden Jr Bolden is a former astronaut who was involved in several critical missions for the US Space Agency. 48. Who was re-elected to the largely ceremonial post of German president recently for a second five-year term? Horst Kohler
49. An American scientist whose work helped lead to the development of the anti- impotency drug Viagra, died at the age of 92 in Seattle? Robert F Furchgott
50. Who won the Monaco Grand Prix Car race title?
Jenson Button(Britain)
51. Name the Civil rights activist, who was given bail by the Supreme Court, walked free from Raipur jail after two years of incarceration? Binayak Sen
52. The country which started its first new overseas military base(named as Peace Camp) since the end of the colonial era at Abudabi of UAE(United Arab Emirates) France 53. Who has been appointed the new Pro-Vice- Chancellor of the Kerala University? J.Prabhash
54. New President of Mongolia? Tsakhiaglin Elbegdorj(Democratic Party)
55. Prasar Bharati Chairman who resigned recently because he was "dissatisfied" with the functioning of the Board? Arun Bhatnagar
56. Man of the series of Natwest series between England and West Indies? Stuart Broad England won the series by (2-0)
57. Who wins 2009 Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement? Alice Munro This Canadian short story writer will get prize worth £60,000. It was first awarded to Ismail Kadare in 2005 and then to Chinua Achebe in 2007.
58. New US Ambassador to India?
Timothy J Roemer
59. Who became etched in football history as the first Asian footballer to have played in the final of Champions League? Park J-sung
60. Champions League-2009 is won by ?
Barcelona. Barcelona beat Manchester United highlights in the final by 2-0
61. Who is appointed as the Deputy Chief Minister of TamilNadu ?
M.K.Stalin
62. Who is appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Kerala State ?
Neela Gangadharan
63. Who has been named winner of the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year Award (2008) for the second time, following her sensational gold medal winning performance at the Beijing Olympics Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia’s Pole Vault player)
64. Who has won the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee 2009 final?
Kavya Shivashankar, a 13-year-old student from Olathe, Kansas, whose parents migrated to the United States from India 65. MINISTERS OF 15TH LOK SABHA AND THEIR PORTFOLIOS Click the below link to know Ministers and their portfolios of 15th Lok Sabha. http://questionforall.blogspot.com/2009/06/ministers-of-15th-lok-sabha-and- their.html
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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS- APRIL 2009
CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS- APRIL 2009
1. The 21st Arab League (AL) summit to discuss a package of major issues, including the Palestinian cause, the peace process in the Middle East, improvement of inter-Arab relations and the situation in Sudan was held at ?
Doha, capital of Qatar
2. G-20 Summit which is the world's 20 largest developed and developing nations meeting was held at?
London
3. Lawyer from the Maharashtra Service Legal Authority, who had been appointed to represent Mumbai terror attack accused Ajmal Amir Kasab and withdrew from the case later in response of several protests.
Anjali Wghmare
4. Maruti Suzuki has decided to stop two selling models, from 11 cities, including the four metros, from 2010 due to tighter emission norms. Which are they?
Maruti-800 and Omni
5. Former cricket player of Pakistan who was appointed as an adviser to the Chinese Cricket Association? Javed Miandad
6. Bollywood actor and politician who has been appointed the General Secretary of Samajwadi Party.
Sanjay Dutt
7. Name the Thai citizen who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for insulting the king of Thailand and his family by posting edited photos of the monarchy on the Internet?
Suwicha Thakho
8. At the time of its final broadcast on September 18, 2009, the teleserial which will have spanned 72 years and more than 15,700 episodes on television and radio?
Guiding Light
9. Mahatma Gandhi is remembered in a very special way in a small village in India by worshipping his idol in a temple? Where is it?
The temple at Bhatra Village in Sambalpur town in Orissa
10. England All rounder who made the first hat-trick of his international career in the recent One Day series against West Indies?
Andrew Flintoff
11. Name the Slovakia's president who wins second term in office after defeating the first woman to reach a runoff vote? Ivan Gasparovic
12. Who won the Sony Ericsson Open final by beating Serena Williams which is held in Miami?
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus
13. Who was the 'man of the series' in the Test series against New Zealand which India won 1-0 to script a series win in that country after 41 years?
Gautham Gambhir 14. India signed three pacts with a gulf country for strengthening cooperation in science and technology, education and culture as they pledged to contribute to each other's well being and prosperity. Which is that country?
Kuwait 15. Kiran Sikri, a consumer who was penalised by a bank in India despite cancelling her loan. After her complaint, she was awarded a compensation of Rs.25,000/-by the Consumer Commission which found the bank guilty of deficiency of service in that case. Name that Bank?
ICICI
16. The country in which state of emergency declared recently by its Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, with troops firing shots into the air in an attempt to control anti- government protesters, some of whom stormed the country's interior ministry?
Thailand
17. Who is appointed as the new President and CEO of Mahindra Life space Developers?
Anita Arjundas
18. Country which regained the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey title after a 13-year gap, defeating hosts Malaysia 3-1 in the final of the five-nation tournament?
India
19. Which IT Company won the bid for India's fourth largest software exporter Satyam Computer?
Tech Mahindra, the IT arm of auto major Mahindra and Mahindra. Tech Mahindra's winning bid was of Rs.1,757 Crore ($351.4 million) for 31 percent stake in the scam-tainted IT giant “Satyam”
20. Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza lifted her first WTA title of the year, teaming up with a Chinese Player to clinch the women's doubles trophy at the USD 220,000 MPS Group Championships in Florida. Who is she?
Chia-Jung Chuang
21. Who became the first Indian sports personality to be featured at the Madame Tussaud's wax museum in London? Sachin Tendulkar
22. Recently a German Luxury carmaker has launched a Limited Edition of its E- Class cars in India? Name the Company?
Mercedes Benz
The Mercedes Benz E-Class Limited Edition is priced at Rs 43.4 Lakh (Ex-Showroom, Delhi).
23. The First Dog who joined US President Barack Obama and his family at the White House on April 14, 2009? Bo
24. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) recently launched its much awaited white-labelled credit card in tie up with an Indian Bank? Which Bank?
Corporation Bank
25. Who is selected as the captain of The Wisden Test XI of 2008, which recognises the best Test cricketers and endorses Test cricket as the highest, most skilled form of the game.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the team includes Indians Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan.
26. The journalist who threw a shoe at Home Minister P Chidambaram at a press conference protesting against the minister's reply on his question on CBI's clean chit to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 Sikh riots case?
Jarnail Singh, a senior reporter of Dainik Jagran
27. The Indian Company which managed to buy its French partner Group Danone's 50% stake in ABI Holdings, which controls 51% equity interest in biscuit major Britannia Industries.
The Nusli Wadia group
Nusli N Wadia, is the chairman of Britannia Industries,
28. Who is re-appointed as Fiji’s interim prime minister despite a Court of Appeal’s decision last week declaring his 2006 military coup illegal?
Commodore Frank Bainimarama
29. Leading Afghan rights activist who was killed by Taliban cowards after leaving meeting in Kandahar, Afghanistan? Sitara Achakzai
30. Rifle-shooter who won the gold in the three position event in the Chongwon World Cup in South Korea, becoming the first Indian to win two medals in a single ISSF World Cup?
Gagan Narang
31. Which Zimbabwe captain named as the new coach of England Cricket Team for the recent series against West Indies and the Ashes? Andy Flower
32. Who is appointed as the new US Ambassador to India?
Tim Roemer
33. Which country’s teams are qualified for the next World Cup Cricket in 2011?
Canada, Kenya, Holland, Ireland
34. Name the American Journalist who was accused with charges amounting to Espionage for the U S, and was sentenced to eight years in Prison by the Judicial Council of IRAN last week?
Rooksana Saberi
35. Which Tennis player who won his 5th straight Monte Carlo Masters Trophy, also known as "Open Barcelona", more commonly known as the "Godó Trophy"?
Rafel Nadal
36. Name the British Tv Actress who committed suicide after the last episode of her teleserial “Belonging” which was present on BBC Wales? Stephanie Parker
37. Who has been appointed as the new Supreme Court Registrar of India?
Ashok Menon
38. Who is the 16th Chief election commissioner of India?
Naveen Chawla
39. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev removed the head of the powerful military intelligence agency recently after he opposed sweeping reforms of the country's lumbering armed forces. Who is he?
General Valentin Korabelnikov
40. Who is appointed as the new chief and managing director (CMD) of Air India
Mr. E.K. Bharat Bhushan
41. Who defeated I-League champions Churchill Brothers by 2-1 in the one-off Super Cup tie at the Devilal Sports Complex in Gurgaon on 26th April and won their third trophy of the season?
Mohun Bagan
42. Who was named as the English Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Player of the Year for the first time despite starting just 12 league games this season?
Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)
43. Bollywood actor once called “the Clint Eastwood of the East” because of his maverick roles and manly swagger, died recently at Bangalore? Feroz Khan
44. World Cup Cricket -2011 final will be held in?
Wankade Stadium, Mumbai The cricket world cup will be held in 3 countries. 29 matches in India, 12 matches in Sri Lanka, 8 matches in Bangladesh.
45. Indian Premiere League(IPL)-2009 Facts:
First Six of IPL 09-Abhishek Nayar First Four (Boundary) of IPL 09-Sanath Jayasurya First wicket of IPL 09-Thilan Thushara First Man of the Match of IPL 09-Sachin Tendulkar First Century of IPL 09-AB de villiers
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CURRENT AFFAIRS-QUESTIONS & ANSWERS -MARCH-2009 CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS-MARCH-2009
1. 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 Cup
2. Women’s Cricket World Cup -2009 is held in ?
Australia.
Next world cup is in 2013 which will be held in India.
3. Who won the Man of the Match award in the first Test between India and New Zealand at Hamilton, New Zealand?
Sachin Tendulkar
4. Name the Hungarian Prime Minister resigned after facing mounting criticism over his government's handling of the country's economic crash. Ferenc Gyurcsany 5. Who is reinstated as chief justice of Pakistani Supreme Court after a series of protests and political turmoil
Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry
6. First elected female state premier in its history of Australia after a vote in Queensland. ?
Anna Bligh
7. Name the Sudanese opposition leader who has been released from prison, having been detained for two months for calling on Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president, to hand himself over to the International Criminal Court (ICC).? Hassan al-Turabi
8. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Chief who recently visited India to discuss the security situation in South Asia.? Leon Penetta
9. Former Indian captain who equalled Mark Waugh's world record of 181 Test catches in opening day of the first Test against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton? Rahul Dravid
10. Which country will host the second version of IPL, i.e. IPL-2009?
South Africa
11. Who has been selected for the 18th Aravindan Award instituted by the Chalachithra Film Society?
Marathi film-maker Paresh Mokashi
12. British reality TV star died at the age of 27 with cervical cancer, who became famous after appearing on the UK’s Big Brother reality Show?
Jade Gudi
13. Who won World Boxing Association (WBA) International and World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Inter-Continental lightweight titles in this year?
British boxer Amir Khan
14. Who became Madagascar's acting president after the army ended a months- long power struggle and swept him to power? Andry Rajoelina, he is only 34-year-old.
15. Who is appointed as the new chief of the Indian Air Force?
Air Marshal PV Naik
16. Name the computer institute of Kerala which has made an entry into the Limca Book of Records for the largest number of students in a single centre?
Sree Sankaracharya Computer Centre (SSCT), in Kannur district
17. Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the United States of America?
Meera Shankar
18. Name the Indian-American who last week was appointed Federal Chief Technology Officer by President Barack Obama Vivek Kundra,
He was reinstated to his job by Barack Obama at the White House, five days after he went on leave following Federal Bureau of Investigation's raids at his previous office, in a corruption case related to employees working there. He returned to the job after it became clear that he was not the 'target of investigations.
19. Name the Indian-American who is appointed as Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs Washington by U.S.President Barack Obama?
Richard Verma
20. Name the Monster like father who held his Daughter as Sex-Slave Prisoner in Cellar for 24 years and gave birth to 7 children? Joseph Fritzl
21. Country which has been suspended by The African Union from the continental body, saying the replacement of the island nation's president by an army-backed politician constitutes a coup.
Madagascar
22. Who was unanimously re-elected to North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament recently?
Kim Jong Il
23. The Russian Mobile Company which launched its CDMA-based mobile services in Kerala circle after Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan?
MTS, (Mobile Tele Systems) MTS brand is under Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited which is a joint venture company between Sistema (LSE: SSA) of Russia and Shyam Group of India
24. Which Tennis Player has won WTA Player of the Year award-2009?
Serena Williams. This is her Second WTA Player of the Year award. She won the same in 2002.
25. The first person to be certified as a survivor of both US atomic bombings at the end of the Second World War?
Photograph Jemal Countess/ WireImage
Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a 93-year-old Japanese man who was in Hiroshima on a business trip on 6 August 1945 when a US B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on the city.
26. Which Indian will replace football star David Beckham, who has been endorsing Motorola as its global brand ambassador? A.R.Rahman. It is learnt that Rahman has been paid a whopping Rs.28 Crore for this particular endorsement deal. This makes him the highest paid Indian celebrity for any such product.
27. Who won the 20-20 Cricket series between South Africa and Australia in South Africa ?
South Africa (They beat Australia by 2-0).
28. Who is appointed as the Second Deputy Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia?
Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz
29. Who are the winners of Indian Open Badminton Title in 2009 ?
Men’s Single Title- Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia) Women’s Single Title- Pi Hongyan ( France) 30. First national female judge of Dubai? Judge Ibtisam Rashid Badwawi
31. New Prime Minister of Israel ?
Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel's Likud party
32. Who is appointed as Administrator of the United Nationals Development Programme(UNDP)?
Helen Clark
33. Who is named to the “Order of Companions of O R Tambo in Gold”, one of the highest state honours of South Africa? Cuban President Fidel Castro 34. Who is the new Prime Minister of Malaysia ? Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak
35. The US billionaire who roared into space aboard a Russian rocket, making history as the first tourist to make the epic journey twice?
Charles Simonyi
36. The country which re-enters NATO's (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) military command after more than 40 years?
France 37. Who has been appointed as the new Captain of Sri Lankan Cricket Team?
Kumar Sangakkara
38. Who wins Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book Award for Europe and South Asia region ?
Jhumpa Lahiri for her book 'Unaccustomed Earth'
39. Who purchased Mahatma Gandhi’s personal belongings which include Gandhiji’s iconic round-rimmed spectacles, a pocket watch, a pair of sandals, a plate and bowl and letters of authenticity for USD 1.8 million at an auction in New York from the owner, James Otis?
Vijay Mallya.
40. Palestinian Prime Minister who submitted his resignation in a move that could help usher in a power-sharing deal between Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas and his rivals in the militant group Hamas?
Salam Fayyad
41. Home Secretary of India?
Gopala Krishna Pillai. He would assume charge after Madhukar Gupta, the present Home Secretary, retires on March 31. At present G.K. Pillai is the Commerce Secretary.
42. The president of Guinea-Bissau, who was assassinated by the military in a retaliatory attack for the killing of the army chief of the volatile and drug-corrupted west African state?.
Jo Bernardo Vieira
43. Fast bowler who has announced his retirement from international cricket after eight years of service for South Africa?
Andre Nel 44. The son of the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath , 46 years after his mother gassed herself while he slept? Nicholas Hughes
Sylvia Plath with her son Nicholas Hughe. He was only a baby when she committed suicide.
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CURRENT AFFAIRS-QUESTIONS & ANSWERS -FEBRUARY-2009
CURRENT AFFAIRS-FEBRUARY-2009 1. Name of the world’s cheapest car launched by Tata Motors in Mumbai?
Nano
2. Music wizard A.R.Rahman won Oscars for which categories?
Best Original Score and Best Original Song (Jai Ho) for the film “Slum dog Millionaire”. 3. Which documentary won the Oscar award for best Documentary (Short)?
Smile Pinki, directed by Megan Mylan depicts the tale of an Utharpradesh girl and her fight against the social stigma of a cleft lip.
4. The West Indian Umpire who has officiated in a record 126 tests and 179 ODIs who decided to retire recently from International matches?
Steve Bucknor
5. The Indian sound engineer who won Oscar for his brilliant sound mixing works of the film “Slum dog Millionaire” Resul Pookutty
6. The new Chief Justice of Madras High Court ?
Hemant Laxman Gokhale
7. The telecom sector which started third Generation (3G) mobile services recently in 11 cities of India?
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) 8. Sri Lankan batsmen who smashed double hundreds during world record stand of 437 for the fourth wicket partnership against Pakistan?
Mahela Jayawardhane (240) and Thilan Samaraweera(231)
9. Who won the Miss India Worldwide 2009 title ?
Nikkitasha Marhawa, Indian-American from Chicago clinch the 18th Miss India World wide 2009 title. 10. The new money back plan launched by Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)in February 16 ?
Jeevan Varsha
11. Who was named Jamaica’s Sportsman of the year for 2008 ?
Triple Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt.
12. The teenager who acted as the main character of “slum dog millionaire ” ?
Dev Patel
13. Which novel has been chosen as the Romantic Novel of the year 2009?
“East of the Sun” set in 1920s by Welsh author Julia Gregson
14. Britan’s Royal Mail issued a set of stamps on February-12 to mark the 200th Anniversary of the birth of a famous Scientist? Who is he ?
Charles Darwin 15. Who is appointed as coach/manager of Chelsea, the premier league club ?
Guus Hiddink, Russian coach 16. Recently the IPL Drug Tribunal has imposed a 12-month ban on a Pakistani Cricket player for consuming a banned substance, Nandralone during the inaugural season of Indian Premiere League. Who is he?
Muhammed Asif
17. The new Prime Minister of Zimbzbwe ?
Morgan Tsvangirai
18. Newly elected President of Bangladesh ?
Zillur Rahman
19. Noted Hindustani Classical Vocalist who was presented with Bharath Ratna, country’s highest civilian award ? Bhim Sen Joshi
20. "”Slumdog Millionire “ got how many BAFTA awards (British Academy of film and Television Arts)
7 awards including Best Director, Best Film…etc A.R.Rahman won the BAFTA award for the music of this film.
21. Name of India’s Second humanoid robot which was formally unveiled during Quark-2009, the technical festival at Goa?
Acyut-2
22. Name the Indian who awarded a honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University of Cambridge, where he served as the Master of Trinity College for six years.
Amartya Sen 23. Who was named African Footballer of the Year 2008?
Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor
24. Name the Union Minister for Small Scale Industries in the UPA government who was on charged in a murder case recently ?
Mahavir Prasad
25. The two ships, commissioned by the Indian Navy on 16 February 2009, at Chennai, which are the first two in a series of ten water jet Fast Attack Craft (FAC) being built at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, GRSE, Kolkata ?.
INS Carnicobar and INS Chetlat
26. Name the 13-YEAR-OLD boy who has become a father in Britain, his wife is just 15.
Alfie Patten. His girlfriend Chantelle Steadman gave birth to Maisie Roxanne in Eastbourne Hospital, East Sussex
27. 17th Dulip Trophy Cricket title is won by? West Zone
28. Which Indian player won BCCI Payer of the year Award?
Virender Sehwag (The award is also known as Polly Umrigar Award)
29. The Indian Musician among the four international musicians to be awarded Grammy for their ‘Global Drum’ project. ?
Zakir Hussain, along with musicians Mickey Hart, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo, has been awarded the coveted gramophone for ‘The Global Drum’ in the Best Contemporary World Music Album category. 30. Which players were named joint winners of the Allan Border medal of 2008?
Ricky Ponting and Michael Clark
31. Who won the Australian Open junior title ?
Yuki Bhambri. He becomes the first Indian to win the Australian Open junior title. He outplayed his German opponent Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas to win the Junior Boys title in the Australian Open.
32. Who won the Australian Open women singles title of this year ? Serena Williams
33. Who won the Man of the Match award in the two 20-20 Cricket matches between India and New Zealand?
Brendon McCullum 34. Who won Rotterdam Open title after beating world number one Rafael Nadal? Andy Murray of Britain 35. World Cup Cricket 2010 final will be held in which venue ?
Delhi
36. Japan's Finance Minister who has resigned, amid claims that he was drunk at a recent G7 meeting? Shoichi Nakagawa
81 ST OSCAR AWARDS- ALL RESULTS
1. ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Penelope Cruz (VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA)
2. WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREEN PLAY)
Dustin Lance Black (MILK)
3. WRITING (ADAPTED SCREEN PLAY)
Simon Beaufoy (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE)
4. ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Andrew Stanton (WALL-E)
5. SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) Kunio Kato( LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES)
6. ART DIRECTION
Donald Graham Burt (Art Direction); Victor J. Zolfo (Set Decoration) (THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON)
7. COSTUME DESIGN Michael O'Connor (THE DUCHESS)
8. MAKE UP
Greg Cannom (THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON)
9. CINEMATOGRAPHY
Anthony Dod Mantle (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE)
10. SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) Jochen Alexander Freydank (SPIELZEUGLAND (TOYLAND)
11. ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE
Heath Ledger (THE DARK KNIGHT)
12. DOCUMENTARY FEATURE James Marsh and Simon Chinn (MAN ON WIRE)
13. DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Megan Mylan (SMILE PINKI)
14. VISUAL EFFECTS: Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron (THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON) 15. SOUND EDITING Richard King (THE DARK KNIGHT) 16. SOUND MIXING Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE)
17. FILM EDITING Chris Dickens ((SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE) 18. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM DEPARTURES – Japan
19. BEST FEATURE FILM.
SLUM DOG MILLIONAIRE
20. BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle (SLUM DOG MILLIONAIRE)
21. BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Sean Penn (MILK)
22. BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Kate Winslet (THE READER)
23. JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD (SPECIAL HONOR)
Jerry Lewis (Comedic film and humanitarian work)
24. BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Smile Pinki –( Director-Megan Mylan ) 25. BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire – A. R. Rahman (music), Gulzar (lyrics) 26. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
A. R. Rahman (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE )
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WEDNESDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 2009
Current Affairs Questions & Answers- January -2009
CURRENT AFFAIRS JANUARY 2009
1. The new federal agency approved by the Indian Government to combat terror in India which will be empowered to deal with terror related crimes across states without special permission from the state ?
National Investigation Agency.
2. Who is appointed as Director General of the newly established National Investigation Agency (NIA).?
Radha Vinod Raju, Special Director General of Police in Jammu and Kashmir
3. “Man of the series” of recently held One Day series between Australia & South Africa?
Albie Morkel
4. Who became the country’s youngest international referee, after passing the world body FIBA’s exam ?
Zanim Mohammed Hashim from Thalassery, Kerala 5. The first Indian to win the prestigious Golden Globe Award for Best Original Music Score ?
A.R.Rahman for Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire. Rahman’s song ‘Jai Ho,’ penned by lyricist Gulzar, was nominated for Best Original Music Score.
6. Which Malayalam Writer won the “Odakkuzhal Award ” ?
K.G.Sankara Pillai
7. Who became the fastest bowler to take 50 wickets in one-day internationals ?
Ajantha Mendis , completed his 50-wicket haul in his 19th one-day international. He surpassed the record of India's Ajit Agarkar who took 23 matches to reach the milestone.
8. Who has been appointed as the General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Management and Budget in the upcoming administration of U.S.President Barack Obama? Preeta Bansal, Leading Indian-American lawyer
9. Name the Indo-Russian supersonic cruise missile with speeds of Mach 2.5 to 2.8, which is world's fastest cruise missile and is about three and a half times faster than the U.S.A's subsonic Harpoon cruise missile?
Brahmos, The acronym 'BrahMos' is perceived as the confluence of the two nations represented by two great rivers, the Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva of Russia.
10. Who is the Man of the Series in the recently held Zimbabwe –Bangladesh One Day Series held in Bangladesh?
Shakib Al Hasan
11. The first Bangladesh player to top one of the International Cricket Council's player rankings?
Shakib Al Hasan He tops the ICC ODI Rankings for all-rounders
12. Jharkhand Chief Minister who resigned from his post following his defeat in the Tamar assembly by-poll?
Shibu Soren
13. Music Sensation A.R.Rahman won how many Oscar nominations for the film “Slumdog Millionaire” ?
Three nominations (Music, Songs (Jai Ho, O Saya))
14. Indian sound engineer from Mumbai, born in Kerala, nominated for the Oscars for Best sound mixing in 'Slumdog Millionaire’? Rasool Pookutty
15. Which film won most number of Oscar Nominations in 2008?
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” with 13 Oscar nominations.
16. Name the founder and Chairman of Satyam Computers until January 7, 2009 when he resigned from the Satyam board after admitting to corporate fraud of 7000 crore rupees ?
Ramalinga Raju 17. The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor Sr., who was sentenced to 97 years in prison for charges including torture and conspiracy, according to a federal court in Florida. ?
Charles McArthur Emmanuel He also known as Charles "Chuckie" Taylor Jr. 18. Who is BBC African Footballer of the Year 2008
Egyptian footballer Mohamed Aboutrika
19. The new model car launched by Fiat India Automobiles Ltd in India during fist quarter of 2009.
Fiat Linea
20. Who is the Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab?
Sukhbir Singh Badal 21. The 50th anniversary of the Triumph of a country’s Revolution is observed on this year January? Which revolution?
Cuban Revolution
22. The Three Indian cricketing legends, who figured among the 55 former players named in the ICC`s inaugural Hall of Fame list as part of its centenary celebrations ?
Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Bishan Singh Bedi
23. The Chief Financial Officer of Satyam Computers, who was remanded to judicial custody charged with criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery of accounts.
Srinivas Vadlamani
24. Who is the new President of Ghana?
John Atta Mills
25. Name of the Bacteria developed by Australian Scientists to prevent Dengue Fever by infecting the dengue mosquito with that bacterium which halves its lifespan?
Wolbachia bacterium
26. Who became the youngest chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir?
Omar Abdulla
27. Who is the deputy chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir?
Tara Chand 28. Which team won the Ranji Trophy for the season 2008-2009?
Mumbai, they beat Utharpradesh to clinch the title.
29. Who is the fifth New Zealand Cricket player to score a century in his debut?
Martin Guptill, he scored 122 runs (not out) against West Indies in his debut match
30. Prem Nazir Award is won by?
Malayalam Actor, Jayaram
31. The fourth Thikkurissi Foundation Award is won by?
Malayalam Actor, Balachandra Menon
32. Dadasaheb Phalke award winner and noted film-maker who died recently at a hospital in Kolkata after a prolonged illness?
Tapan Sinha
33. The Australian Cricketer who retired recently from international cricket?
Mathew Hayden
34. Which player’s performance is counted as the best ever Test Innings of 2008 selected by Cricinfo?
Virender Sehwag, his double century against Sri Lanka
Best Bowling performance : Dale Steyn against Australia in Melbourne , he took 5 wicket s for 67 runs.
35. The first player in the history of cricket to score 10,000 runs and 250wickets in both tests and One Day internationals? Jacques Kallis
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Current Affairs Questions & Answers- December-2008
1. The terrorist organization in Pakistan which is banned by United Nations in respect of the Mumbai attacks ?
Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), the front organisation of the banned Lashkar-e-Toiba
2. Which Indian player honoured with Doctorate by Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institution University?
Sania Mirza
3. Chief Minister of Maharashtra?
Asok Chavan
4. Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra?
Chhagan Bhujbal
5. The first Indian Badminton player to reach in the top 10 spot of the World Woman Badminton Rankings.?
Saina Nehwal , Currently ranked number 10, Saina is the first Indian woman to reach the singles quarterfinals at the Olympics and the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships.
6. Which Malayalam poet won the “Mathrubhumi Literacy Prize “?
Akkitham Achyuthan Nampoothirippad 7. The Chief Minister of Maharashtra who resigned from office in the wake up of Mumbai Terrorist Attacks?
Vilas Rao Desmukh
8. The new Defence Secretary of United States?
Robert Gates
9. The Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra who resigned from office in light of the Mumbai carnage? R.R.Patil
10. The famous football player who visited India and inaugurated “The Indian Football School” in Kolkatta?
Diego Maradona
11. The famous American football player who was sentenced to a total of 33 years in prison on December 5, 2008?
O.J.Simpson
12. Well known cardiologist in Canada, who originally hails from Kerala, has been honoured with the highest award of the American Heart Society and European Society of Cardiology? Dr Salim Yusuf.
13. The Man of the Series of recently held Srilanka-Zimbabwe One day series held in Zimbabwe?
Ajantha Mendis
14. The new Vice Chancellor of Sri Sankarachatrya Sanskrit University of Kaladi in Kerala?
Dr. J. Prasad
15. Leading NRI entrepreneur who has scripted history by becoming the first Asian deputy speaker of the British House of Lords.
Swraj Paul
16. Name of the film which won the Golden Peacock award and a cash prize of Rs.4 million on the concluding day of the 39th International Film Festival of India in Panaji. ? “Tulpan”, A Kazakhstan film directed by Sergei Dvortsevoy who also bagged the most promising director's award. 17. Who won the European Footballer of the Year Award-2008 ? Cristiano Ronaldo, this Portugal Player is playing for Manchester United
18. Britain has launched an International Growth Centre (IGC) described as a 'global brains trust' led by the University of Oxford and the London School of Economics to promote economic growth in developing countries. A noted Indian-origin economist, who has vast experience in the global development policy community, is appointed as the centre's executive director. Who is he?
Gobind Nankani
19. Veteran Malayalam writer who was presented the prestigious Padmaprabha literary prize? U. A. Khadar, a leading short story writer, was chosen for the honour in view of his outstanding contribution to Malayalam literature. The award was instituted in memory of freedom fighter and Socialist Padmaprabha Gowder.
20. Russian presidential term is extended to how many years? 6 Years The term of the Russian President is extended from 4 years to 6 years.
21. Name the Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at -- but missed -- President Bush during a news conference in Baghdad, where Bush was making a farewell visit.
Muntadhar al-Zaidi 22. Two Indians have been ranked among the 50 most powerful people in the world by the prestigious US-based magazine Newsweek magazine in a list topped by U.S.President Barack Obama.Who are they?
Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan
23. Who won the World Heavy Weight Title which was held in Zurich ?
Nikolai Valuev of Russia. He defeated, Ivander Holyfield of America
24. Which team won the Federation Cup football Tournament?
Mohan Bagan
25. Name of the Malayalam Writer who won the Kendra Sahithya Academy Award in 2008 for his collection of essays in Malayalam posthumously?
Sri. K. P. Appan. He got this award for his book “Madhuram Ninte Jeevitham”
26. The Indian who is appointed as the Mayor of California?
Dr.Prakash Narayanan (Bihar) 27. Who won the Man of the Series Award in the recently held 2 test match series between India & England?
Saheer Khan
28. Who is selected as the Indian Footballer of the Year-2008? Baichung Bhutia
29. The new Chief Minister of Delhi? Sheela Dixit 30. The New Miss World is?
Zenia Sukhinova (Russia)
31. The First runner-up of Miss World 2008? Parvathy Omanakuttan
32. Chief Minister of Rajasthan?
Ashok Gehlot
33. The former Rwandan army colonel who was sentenced to life in prison by the United Nations tribunal for genocide and crimes against humanity for masterminding the killings of more than half a million people in a 100- day slaughter in 1994? Theoneste Bagosora.
34. ISRO got 200 Crore profit by making satellite to a European Communication Company. This is the first time ISRO making satellite for a foreign customer. Name the company?
EADS Astrium, a European space company
35. The Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-algae Spirulina against Malnutrition (IIMSAM) has appointed an Indian Actor as its Goodwill Ambassador to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals for eradication of malnutrition and hunger. Who is he?
Sanjay Dutt
36. Who is the new C.E.O and Managing Director of ICICI ?
Chanda Kochar 37. The former Deputy Chairman of F.B.I, otherwise known as "Deep Throat," died recently at the age of 95,who leaked key information to The Washington Post during the Watergate scandal which led to President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974 ?
W. Mark Felt
38. Indian Union Minority Affairs Minister, resigned from office at the centre of a storm triggered by his remarks on the circumstances surrounding Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare's killing ?
A R Antulay
39. The first batsman in the world who has scored more than 8000 runs at the number 3 position? Rahul Dravid 40. The country retained top spot in the latest FIFA World Rankings with Germany moving up a place to second.?
Spain
41. The new Prime Minister of Thailand ?
Abhisit Vejjajiva,
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Current Affairs Questions & Answers- November-2008
1.Who is appointed as the Chief Coach of Pak Cricket Academy?
Ans: Salim Malik
2.Who won the Man of the Match Award in the recently held 4th test match between India & Australia in Nagpur?
Ans:Ishant Sharma, India won this match by 172 runs
3.The fourth test between India and Australia in Nagpur was an Indian Player’s farewell match. ? Who was he?
Ans:Saurav Ganguly
4.The African singer died recently also known as “Mama Africa," famous also for her fight against apartheid? Ans: Miriam Makeba
5.Which former Indian Cricket player is recently included in the technical committee of BCCI which is headed by Sunil Gaveskar ?
Ans:Saurav Ganguly
6.Who got “Bharat Ratna”, the prestigious award of India for his contribution to Hindustani Music?
Ans: Bheemsen Joshi
7.Which Indian actress has won the Silver Hugo Award for best actress at the 44th edition of Chicago International Film Festival?
Ans:Preity Zinta, got this award for her performance in Deepa Mehta's “Heaven on Earth”.
8.Who is appointed as the new foreign secretary of United States?
Ans:Hilari Clinton 9.The famous south Indian actor died recently who is excelled in the role of villain characters?
Ans:M.N.Nambiar
10.The new home minister of India? Ans:P.Chidambaram
11.The home minister resigned from his office owing a moral responsibility for the terror attack that rocked Mumbai killing several people?
Ans: Shivraj Patil
12.The Finance Minister of India? Ans: Dr.Manmohan Singh
13. Who has been unanimously elected president of the Editors Guild of India. ?
Ans: Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief of the CNN-IBN Network
14. Who is the new king of Bhutan? Ans: Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck
15. The new surface-to-surface missile successfully test-fired by India from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Balasore in Orissa? Ans:Shourya
16.The new Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University ?
Ans:Dr.Rajan Gurukkal
17.Which team won the Asian Champions League Football title?
Ans:Gamba Osaka
18.Who is appointed as honorary economic adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh?
Ans:Raghuram Rajan
19.Which state won the National Junior Athletics Title held in Mysore, Karnataka? Ans:Kerala (35 Gold, 32 silver, 22 Bronze) Second Place: Tamil Nadu (18 Gold, 16 silver, 16 Bronze)
20.Barack Obama is the ……th president Of United States? Ans: 44
21. Vice President of United States?
Ans: Joe Biden
21.Noted Bollywood filmmaker, passed away recently who produced one of the most popular serial, “Mahabharat”?
Ans:B.R.Chopra
22.Who has won the gold in the men’s 10 meter air rifle event with a world record score in the World Cup Finals in Bangkok?
Ans: Gagan Narang
23.Indian-American who was appointed to serve on President Barack Obama's official 15-member transition board is?
Ans:Sonal Shah 24.Which film won the 13th Annual Satyajit Ray Award, 2008 in the recent London Film Festival?
Ans: Italian film “MID AUGUST LUNCH”
25.The new president of Zambia?
Ans:Rupiah Banda
26.The Indian Cricketer also known as “Jumbo” who retired from International Career in the recently held test match against Australia in Delhi ? Ans:Anil Kumble
27. Who got the first “V.K.Krishna Menon” Award ?
Ans:Supreme Court Chief Justice K.G.Balakrishnan
28. Who won the World Junior Badminton Title? Ans: Saina Nehwal
29. Which Indian Scientist recently got the Commonwealth International Felloship of Rs. 50 Lakhs? Ans:Sandhya Sukumaran
30. Which Indian batsman completed 6000 runs during the one day series against England? Ans:Virendra Sehwag
31. The famous pop singer who converts to Islam and changed his name to “Mikaeel”. ? Ans: Michael Jackson
32.The actor who got the “Panampilly Prathibha Puraskar ” ? Ans: Mohanlal
33. Which Hindi poet got the 2005 Jnanpith Award recently? Ans: Kunwar Narayan
34.Jnanpith Award 2006 is shared by 2 writers. Who are they?
Ans: Satya Vrat Shastri (or Satyavrat Shastri), Sanskrit scholar and Ravindra Kelekar, Konkani writer.
35.The new Foreign Secretary of United States?
Ans: Hilary Clinton
36. The winner of National Billiards Championship?
Ans:Pankaj Adwani, he defeated Geeth Sethi, former world champion to clinch the title.
37.The famous dramatist and Oscar-nominated playwright died recently who is best known for his famous play “The Miracle Worker” is, Ans: William Gibson, his other works are “Two for The Seesaw”, “Golden Boy”
38.The terrorists attacked the Mumbai Hotels Taj, Oberoi Trident, Nariman House on ?
Ans:26 th November 2008
39. The three top Police officers killed in the Mumbai Terrorists attacks are? 1. Hemant Karkare- Maharashtra Anti Terrorist Squad Chief 2. Vijay Salaskar- Mumbai Police "encounter specialist" 3. Ashok Kamte- Additional Police Commissioner
40. The NSG commando who has been killed by the terrorists in the Mumbai attacks? Ans:Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan
41. The former Prime Minister died recently who will be remembered most for ordering the implementation of the Mandal Commission recommendations favouring reservation for the OBCs in government jobs?
Ans: Viswanath Prathap Singh 42. The terrorist organization who claimed responsibility for the Mumbai attacks?
Ans:Deccan Mujahideen
43. The goal keeper died recently who is considered as one of the best goalkeepers India has ever produced?
Ans:Peter Thankaraj
44.Which Australian player completed 100 test matches in the series against New Zealand?
Ans:Mathew Hayden, he is the 11th Australian player to do so.
45.The new D.G.P of Kerala State?
Ans: Jacob Punnoose
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Current Affairs Questions and Answers-October-2008
Current Affairs Questions and Answers-October-2008
1. Which Indian couple got the Right Lively hood Prize-2008 also known as the Alternative Nobel.? Krishnammal
Ans: - Krishnammal and Sankaralingam Jagannathan(They are the leaders of “Land for the tillers’ movement. They started the movement in 1981. Prize value of Right Lively hood award is Rupees. 1,35,00000)
2. Who got the Navodaya Award?
Ans: M.P.Virendra Kumar
3. The South African China man Spinner who recently retired from International Cricket?
Ans: Paul Adams
4. Which Malayalam Poet got the Ezhuthachan Award for this year?
Ans:Akkitham Achyuthan Namboodiripad 5. The controversial book written by Australian Wicket Keeper Adam Gil Christ?
Ans: “True Colours”.
The book has controversial remarks about Indian players Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly and Harbhajan Singh
6. Who is appointed as the C.E.O (Chief Executive Officer) of Vizhinjam International Seaport Ltd?
Ans: L.Radhakrishnan
7. Anil Kumble surpassed a record of Kapil Dev in the recently held third test against Australia in New Delhi. Which record?
Ans: Kumble played 132 test matches for India which is the second highest in terms of number of test matches played by an Indian player. He surpassed Kapil’s record of 131 matches in the Delhi test. Sachin holds the record of playing most number of test matches
8. Who won the World Chess Championship in 2008?
Ans:Viswanathan Anand.
This is his 3 rd World Chess Title and this time he beat Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik.to clinch the title.
9.Who is the new Vice Chancellor of Kerala University ? Ans:Dr. A.Jayakrishnan
10. Which Malayalam actor won the Satyan Award? Ans:Jagathy Sreekumar
11. Who is elected as the new President of Maldives in the recently held democratic elections? Ans: Mohamed Anni Nasheed.
Mohamed Anni Nasheed
12. Name of India’s mission to moon project?
Ans:Chandrayan -1
13. Chandrayan -1 is launched in?
Ans: 2008 October-22. 14. Name the other countries who successfully launched their moon mission programs?
Former Soviet Union, United States, European Space Agency, China and Japan. India joined the elite group and has the 6th place.
15.Who won the Man of the Match Award in the recently held second test match between India and Australia ?
Ans: Mahendra Singh Dhoni. He captained India in that match at Mohali and India beat Australia by 320 runs.
16.The name of the Pension Scheme introduced by the Government of Kerala for the farmers of the state ? Ans:Kisan Abhimaan
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Currrent Affairs-September-2008
1. Who is the new Reserve Bank Governor of India ?
Ans:-D.Subba Rao
2. Who is elected as the President of Pakistan ?
Ans: - Asif Ali Sardari
3. Who won the U.S.Open Tennis Mixed Double Title ? Ans:-Leander Paes and Cara Black The fifth seeded Indo-Zimbabwean pair beat the American-British pairing of Liezel Huber and Jamie Murray 7-6, 6-4 in the final
4. Which recent commission’s report exonerated Mr. Narendra Modi from the Godhra Massacre in Gujarat ?
Ans:-Nanavathi Commission.
5. Who is elected as the new chairman of P.T.I.(Press Trust of India )
Ans:-E.V.Chitnis, Eminent physicist Professor
6. Who is the Vice Chairman of P.T.I. ?
Ans:-Vijayakumar Chopra. He is the editor in Chief of Hindu Samachar Group.
7. Who is the new chairman of BCCI’s selection Committee?
Ans:-Krishnanachari Srikanth.
8. Who is appointed as the coach of Indian Hockey Men’s Team?
Ans:-Harender Singh
9. How many teams will participate in Euro Cup-2016?
Ans:-24, Now only 16 Teams participate in Euro.
10. The new name of UEFA Cup?
Ans:-EUROPA League 11. Euro Cup-2012 will be held in?
12. The Hollywood Actor who died recently due to Cancer, acted in the film “Colour of Money”?
Ans:-Paul Newman. He got Oscar Award for Best actor for the film Colour of Money.
13. Who won the Singapore Grand Pre Formula One Title in 2008 ?
Ans:-SPAIN'S Fernando Alonso
Current Affairs: AUGUST-2008
1. Who won the Miss World-2008 Title ?
Diana Mendosa(Venuseula)
2.Who were the champions of Junior Asia Cup Hockey Tournament ?
India
3.Which freedom fighter's birthday is decided to be treated as "National Education Day "
Maulana Abdul Kalam Asad, November-11
4.Who won the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 2006 ? Tapan Sinha
5.By how much margin, UPA government won the No confidence motion in Parliament ?
19 votes
6.Who is elected as the first president of Nepal in the recently held elections ?
Rambaran Yadav.
7. Who got 8 gold medals in swimming which includes 7 world records in the recent Beijing Olympics ?
Michael Phelps
8.Which country got maximum gold medals in the Beijing Olympics-2008 ?
China-51 Gold Medals-First Place
U.S.A-36 Gold Medals-Second Place
Russia-23 Gold Medals-Third Place
9.Which Indian got Olympics bronze medal for Wrestling in the recent Beijing Olympics ?
Ans: Sushil Kumar
Sushil thus became the second Indian wrestler after K D Jadhav who won a bronze in the 1952 Helsinki Games to win an Olympic medal.
10.Name the part formed by the Telgu Superstar "chiranjeevi" ?
Prajarajyam 11.Who is the newly elected Chief Minister of Jharkhand ?
Sibu Soren
12.Who is the newly elected Prime Minister of Nepal ?
Pushpa Kamal Dahal( Prachanda)
13.Which Indian got Olympics bronze medal for Boxing in the recent Beijing Olympics ?
Vijender Kumar
14. Who is the new director of Indian Space Research Organization, Sri Harikokotta ?
M. Chandradathan
15.Who is the first Vice chancellor of Ambedkar University ?
Syam B. Menon.
16.The first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games ?
Ans:Abhinab Bindra, an Indian shooter from Zirakpur, Mohali, Punjab and is the current World and Olympic champion in the 10 m Air Rifle event. India's first gold medal since 1980, when the Men's Field Hockey Team won the gold