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Current Affair:Nov 2010

November 12, 2010

The Grande MKII is the name of the car model that was launched recently. This brand belongs to the stable of …
a. Hindustan Motors
b. Tata Motors
c. Maruti Suzuki Ltd.
d. General Motors
What is the name of the organization that has become the first company in India to launch wireless internet services?
a. Reliance Infocomm
b. BSNL
c. Bharti Enterprises
d. Tata Internet Services Limited
Exxon mobile recently announced plans to acquire the rival firm XTO Energy in a deal worth…
a. $21 billion
b. $31 billion
c. $41 billion
d. $21 billion
He became the “World’s Fastest Man” by setting new world records in the 100m and 200m dashes. The person is ...
a. Michael Johnson
b. Asafa Powell
c. Usain Bolt
d. None of these
Nobel Prizes are awarded every year on….
a. 1st December
b. 10th December
c. 15th December
d. 25th December

Answers

1. b. Tata Motors
2. b. BSNL
3. c. $41 billion
4. c. Usain Bolt
5. b. 10th December

November 11, 2010

Dirk Meyer is the chief executive officer of the ….
a. Yahoo.com
b. Google.com
c. Intel
d. Advanced Micro Devices
In order to restore the ailing Japanese economy, the Bank of Japan is pumping out about ….
a. $ 5 trillion
b. $10 trillion
c. $ 15 trillion
d. $20 trillion
Touareg is the name of the car model that belongs to the stable of…
a. General Motors
b. Audi
c. Volkswagen
d. Ford Motors
As per a recent development, Volkswagen is picking up _____stake in Suzuki Motors in a deal worth $2.5billion.
a. 10%
b. 15%
c. 20%
d. 25%
Swach is the name of the water purifier that belongs to …
a. Eureka Forbes
b. Philips
c. Hindustan Unilever
d. Tata Chemicals

Answers

1. d. Advanced Micro Devices
2. b. $10 trillion
3. c. Volkswagen
4. c. 20%
5. d. Tata Chemicals

November 10, 2010

Name the economist who has been appointed as the secretary of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
a. Raghuram Rajan
b. Siddhartha Tiwari
c. Bibek Debroy
d. None of these
The largest tyre manufacturing company of the world is establishing its first factory in India at …
a. Bangalore
b. Hyderabad
c. Chennai
d. Kolkata
Identify the first aerospace SEZ of India from the given options.
a. Indore
b. Belgaum
c. Pune
d. Kochi
Identify the name of the acting chairman of the Company Law Board who was arrested by the CBI in connection with taking bribe of Rs.7 Lakhs recently.
a. R. Vasudevan
b. Manoj Banthia
c. S.S.N.Moorty
d. None of these
Which of the following companies have topped the list of Super 100 companies compiled by Business India magazine recently?
a. ONGC
b. IOC
c. NTPC
d. Reliance Industries Limited

Answers

1. b. Siddhartha Tiwari
2. c. Chennai
3. b. Belgaum
4. a. R. Vasudevan
5. d. Reliance Industries Limited

November 09, 2010

What is the name of the phone model that Google is willing to sell in the coming year directly to the consumers, from the given options?
a. Nexus One
b. Ojas One
c. Shine One
d. Genus One
Name the car model that was entitled Motor Trend magazine’s 2010 “car of the year”.
a. Hyundai i20
b. Ford Fusion
c. Tata Indigo
d. Maruti Swift
This economist has been appointed as the secretary of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Identify him from the given options.
a. Raghuram Rajan
b. Siddhartha Tiwari
c. Bibek Debroy
d. None of these
Beetel is the name of the car brand that belongs to the stable of ….
a. Toyota
b. General Motors
c. Volkswagen
d. Ford Motors
‘Not just for the big boys’, is the tag line that you would associate with this bank.
a. ICICI Bank
b. IDBI Bank
c. Axis Bank
d. Union Bank of India

Answers

1. a. Nexus One
2. b. Ford Fusion
3. c. Bibek Debroy
4. b. General Motors
5. b. IDBI Bank

November 08, 2010

Identify the chairman cum managing director of India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO)?
a. Bharat Karnad
b. Subas Pani
c. Manoj Kohli
d. Rashid Kidwai
Hero Honda was in the news recently as it was celebrating _____year of their existence of joint venturship.
a. 10th
b. 15th
c. 20th
d. 25th
Identify the worth of the deal as per which Berkshire Hathaway is buying Burlington Northern Santa Fe recently.
a. $14 billion
b. $24 billion
c. $34 billion
d. $44 billion
Where would you find the headquarters of Air Asia, one of Asia’s largest budget airlines?
a. Singapore
b. Hong Kong
c. Kuala Lumpur
d. Bangkok
You would associate Shelly Lazarus with …
a. Swarovski
b. Ogilvy & Mather
c. J. Water Thompson
d. None of these

Answers

1. b. Subas Pani
2. d. 25th
3. c. $34 billi
4. c. Kuala Lumpur
5. b. Ogilvy & Mather

Current Affair: Oct 2010

1. The book, “Keeping the Faith”, is written by which of the following authors?

a. Somnath Chatterji

b. Ram Jethmalani

c. Salman Rushdie

d. None of these

2. Dronacharya Award is an award presented by the government of India for excellence in sports coaching.. Which of the following personalities is heading the panel to pick the Dronacharya Awards 2010?

a. Ashok Kumar

b. Jaspal Rana

c. M. S. Gill

d. None of these

3. Which country is hosting the World Billiards Chamionship 2010?

a. Japan

b. Australia

c. Netherland

d. India

4. The Legatum Prosperity Index is the world's only global assessment of wealth and well being. What rank does India posses in the Legatum Prosperity Index ranking 2009?

a. 45th rank

b. 40th rank

c. 30th rank

d. 50th rank

5. In 2009, what rank does India posses in the Per Capita GDP ranking among the 104 countries?

a. 100th

b. 25th

c. 83rd

d. 99^th

6. Which state in India added another feather in its cap to emerge as a steel manufacturing hub? It has serving the market of Japan, South Korea, Pakistan, Turkey and the UAE.

a. Karnataka

b. Tamil Nadu

c. Bihar

d. Rajasthan

7. Who has been awarded the 3rd M.S.Swaminathan 'Best Agricultural Scientist Award'?

a. Dr. Subramaniam Nagarajan

b. Robert Burns

c. A. K. Stevenson

d. Robert Barclay

8. This bank became a Scheduled Bank under the Reserve Bank of India Act on May 11, 1935. It recently celebrated its 89th Founder's Day. Can you name it?

a. Tamilnad Mercantile Bank

b. Royal Bank of Scotland

c. Bank of Baroda

d. None of these

9. School of Engineering and Applied Science of the University of Pennsylvania conferred this personality with the Dean's medal. He has topped Forbes India's rich list at $32 billion. Identify.

a. Mukesh Ambani

b. Ratan Tata

c. Rahul Bajaj

d. Azim Premji

10. Which of the following country is the fi rst in Asia to host Embraer's small jet, The Phenom 100, a light jet developed by Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer?

a. India

b. Singapore

c. Russia

d. Australia

11. In a bid to provide employment to youth of Southern origin Sidi community, which IT major is all set to help create 'Little Africa' in Gujarat on the borders of Gir forest?

a. HCL

b. IBM

c. Wipro

d. Infosys

12. Which of the following is the largest gland in the human body?

a. Liver

b. Adrenal

c. Pituitary

d. Thymus

13. Women's tournament "Kremlin Cup", the successor of "Moscow Ladies Open", was renamed in 1996. Who has won the women's fi nal at the Kremlin Cup 2010?

a. Francesca Schiavone

b. Serena Williams

c. Katrina Adams

d. Elena Baltacha

14. Althingi is the parliament of which of the following countries?

a. Iceland

b. Canada

c. Brazil

d. Bhutan

15. Oceansat-2 is an Indian satellite designed to provide service continuity for operational users of the Ocean Colour Monitor (OCM) instrument on Oceansat-1. NASA signed an agreement with which of the following organisations for the use of the satellite oceansat-2?

a. ISRO

b. European Space

organisation

c. Czech Space office

d. None of these

16. ISRO recently launched a spy satellite designed by the Israeli Aerospace Industries. Name it.

a. RISAT-2

b. INSAT B

c. Cartosat 1

d. Cartosat 2A

17. “Mission Aditya” is associated with which of the following?

a. A ISRO mission to the sun

b. A ISRO mission to the moon

c. A military operation

d. None of these

18. Which company launched a Cell phone Made From Recycled Water Bottles?

a. Motorola

b. Nokia

c. HTC

d. Samsung

19. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a cartel of twelve countries, which hosts regular meetings among the oil ministers of its Member Countries. In which city will you fi nd the headquarters of OPEC?

a. Vienna

b. Geneva

c. Vatican

d. London

20. Who is the chairman of TRAI, the regulator of telecommunicationbusiness?

a. J. S. Sharma

b. J. K. Sharma

c. P. S. Sharma

d. None of these

21. Who is the chief of integrated defense staff?

a. Air Marshal Suresh Chand Mukul

b. General V K Singh

c. Admiral Verma

d. Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston

22. Who is the President of Iraq?

a. Jalal Talabani

b. Jalal Hanid

c. Hamid Ullah

d. Zafar Mohammad

23. Name the oil Rig that is the cause of Oil spill in Gulf of mexico?

a. Deep water Horizon

b. Schoonebeek

c. Zuidwal

d. Vulcan

24. What is the amount that BP will pay as compensation?

a. $20 Billion

b. $30 Billion

c. $18 Billion

d. None of these

25. Who, amongst the following, made the symbol of rupee?

a. D Udaya Kumar

b. Udaya Kumar

c. Udaya Raj

d. Shankar Kumar

26. Which of the following is TRUE about the per capita income?

a. National income divided by the population of the country

b. Average income received by the citizen of a country in a year

c. It is the indicator of the improvement in the economic position of a person

d. All of the above are true

27. Ben Bernanke is the present chairman of …

a. Federal Reserve Bank of America

b. European Central Bank

c. World Bank

d. Asian Development Bank

28. Can you identify the venue of the World Food Summit that took place in the middle of November 2009, from the given options?

a. Berlin

b. Geneva

c. Rome

d. London

29. Also known as the Bible of the English Constitution, Magna Carta, was the Charter of Rights given to the Englishman by …

a. King John

b. King Richard

c. King Edmund

d. None of these

30. Diware temples are linked with…

a. Hinduism

b. Buddhism

c. Jainism

d. Sikhism

31. Which of the following represents the present strength of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)?

a. 21

b. 24

c. 26

d. 28

32. Can you name the academy that the Council for Scientifi c and Industrial Research is going to start, which will award post graduate and doctoral degrees?

a. Academy of Scientifi c and Innovative Research

b. Academy of Innovative Research

c. Institute of Scientific Research

d. None of these

33. Spirit of Laws, is a famous book written by …

a. Voltaire

b. Jean Jacques Rousseau

c. Montesquieu

d. Diderot

34. Who had initiated the World Wide Web project?

a. Tim Berners-Lee and Lew Kowarski

b. Tim Berners-Lee and Georges Charpak

c. Tim Berners-Lee and Carlo Rubbia

d. Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau

35. Zoozoos are the mascots of Vodafone Essar, created by …

a. JWT

b. Trikaya Grey

c. O&M

d. Rediffusion Y&R

36. Who is known as the ‘Little Corporal”?

a. Adolf Hitler

b. Napolean Bonaparte

c. Saddam Hussain

d. None of these

37. We have recently been reading the term Flea Market. Can you select the option that best suits the word?

a. A flea Market is another name for a near perfect competitive market such as a vegetable market

b. A Flea Market is a market where stolen goods are sold and purchased

c. A Flea market is a market where used and old goods are sold and bartered

d. A Flea Market is a market for insecticides

38. Recently which committee has recommended the implementation of Elimination of standard deduction?

a. Abid Hussain Committee

b. Vijay Kelkar Committee

c. Kiran Karnik Committee

d. Raja Chelliah Committee

39. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has constituted a committee, Takeover Regulations Advisory Committee (TRAC) to review the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations, 1997 (Takeover Regulations) and to suggest suitable recommendations for amendments to the Takeover Regulations as it considers necessary. Can you recognise the chairman of the committee?

a. C Achuthan

b. Deepak Parekh

c. Rangrajan

d. Abid Hussain

40. Tata Power has decided to set up 50 MW solar photovoltaic power project. The intended project will be the largest solar photovoltaic facility in the country. Can you recognise the state where it will be set?

a. Maharastra

b. Gujarat

c. Tamilnadu

d. West Bengal

41. As of July 2010, BSNL and MTNL are the largest in terms of "Wire line subscriber base".

Which among the following is currently the third largest company?

a. Bharti

b. Videocon

c. Reliance

d. Vodafone

42. The Hindu Mela or National mela initiated in Calcutta was largely the product of the efforts of …

a. Rajnarayan Basu

b. Dwijendranath Tagore

c. Nabagopal Mitra

d. All of these

43. Free look period is associated with which of the following?

a. Loans

b. Cars

c. Garments

d. Insurance

44. The Four Asian Tigers are the countries with highly developed economies. They are the fi rst newly industrialised countries, noted for maintaining exceptionally high growth rates and rapid industrialisation between the early 1960s and 1990s. Which among the following country/ regions is not among the "Four Asian Tigers"?

a. Hong Kong

b. Singapore

c. China

d. Taiwan

45. As of August 2010, what is the current number of world heritage sites in India?

a. 26

b. 27

c. 28

d. 29

46. Recently, the Pupils Own Language (POL) Policy made news. It gives the opportunity to the student to study in a language of his choice. Which of the following country has adopted the POL Policy?

a. China

b. Thaliand

c. Malaysia

d. Singapore

47. Political commentators and journalists uses the term Failed State to describe a state perceived as having failed at some of the basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government. Which country ranks no. 2 in the latest Failed States Index?

a. Somalia

b. Chad

c. Tanzania

d. Congo

48. A Nobel laureate who authored the controversial work "The Gospel According to Jesus Christ", died recently. Identify him.

a. Naguib Mahfouz

b. Octavio Paz

c. Joseph Brodsky

d. José Saramago

49. Christ Redeemer has recently been added into the New Seven Wonders of the world. Which country is it located in?

a. Mexico

b. Italy

c. Peru

d. Brazil

50. The following personality was the Director, Human Resources Development in a PSU. He has now become the Chief Managing Director of the same organisation.Name him.

a. MTNL

b. BSNL

c. NTPC

d. BHEL

ANSWERS

1. a. Somnath Chatterji

2. a. Ashok Kumar

3. d. India

4. a. 45th rank

5. c. 83rd

6. a. Karnataka

7. a. Dr. Subramaniam Nagarajan

8. a. Tamilnad Mercantile Bank

9. a. Mukesh Ambani

10. a. India

11 b. IBM

12. a. Liver

13 a. Francesca Schiavone

14. a. Iceland

15. a. ISRO

16. a. RISAT-2

17. a. A ISRO mission to the sun

18. a. Motorola

19. a. Vienna

20. a. J S Sharma

21. a. Air Marshal Suresh Chand Mukul

22. a. Jalal Talabani

23. a. Deep water Horizon

24. b. $20 Billion

25. b. D Udaya Kumar

26. b. Average income received by the citizen of a country in a year

27. a. Federal Reserve Bank of America

28. c. Rome

29. a. King John

30. c. Jainism

31. d. 28

32. a. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research

33. c. Montesquieu

34. d. Tim Berners-Lee and RobertCailliau

35 c. O&M

36. b. Napolean Bonaparte

37. c. A Flea market is a market whereused and old goods are sold and bartered

38. b. Vijay Kelkar Committee

39. a. C Achuthan

40. b. Gujarat

41. a. Bharti

42. d. All of these

43. d. Insurance

44. c. China

45 c. 27

46. a. China

47. b. Chad

48. d. José Saramago

49. d. Brazil

50. b. BSNL

Current Affairs: April 2010

1. What is India's rank in 2010 Environment Protection act?
117
121
134
ANS: 121

2. As per the Macroeconomic and Monetary Development Report by RBI - what is the latest growth rate for Agriculture in 2010-11?
3.7%
3.5%
-1.2%
ANS: 3.5%

3. Which among the following is world's second largest economy as this country retains this title after the latest data's were released recently?
Japan
Russia
China
ANS: Japan

4. Out of 27 members of the European Union, which country is India's biggest trade partner?
UK
France
Germany
ANS:Germany

5. Which city of India will host the 12th edition of South Asian Games (SAF Games) in 2012?
Delhi
Chennai
Mumbai
ANS: Delhi
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Vintage)
6. How many Indian women corporate leaders have made it to the Forbes' list of Asia Pacific's 48 "Heroes Of Philanthropy" released recently
1
4
3
ANS: 4

7. How much assistance was declared by the central Government to provide 16 public sector banks in India to shore up their capital base?
Rs. 12500 Crore
Rs. 16500 Crore
Rs. 20000 Crore
ANS:Rs. 16500 Crore

8. Which of the following countries have won a maximum of Gold medals in recently held 2010 Winter Olympics?
Canada
US
Germany
ANS:Canada

9. Which Day National Maritime Week of every year is celebrated in India.?
April 5
April 20
March 26
ANS: April 5

10. Which of the following team was defeated by Australia recently to win the 2010 Hockey World Cup?
India
Germany
England
ANS: Germany

Name the popular Bollywood actor who was recently awarded the Padma Bhushan award.
a. Saif Ali Khan
b. Shah Rukh Khan
c. Aamir Khan
d. Salman Khan
Which neighboring country recently conducted their sixth presidential election?
a. Nepal
b. Bhutan
c. Bangladesh
d. Sri Lanka
India recently celebrated its … Republic Day this year.a. 50th
b. 60th
c. 55th
d. 65th
Which former Lok Sabha member has replaced Amar Singh as the national general secretary of the Samajwadi party?
a. Mohan Singh
b. Jai Prakash
c. Shailendra Kumar
d. Mahabir Prasad
Which famous snack food chain owner was recently convicted in an attempt-to-murder case along with four others by a Sessions court?
a. Nathus
b. Haldirams
c. Bikanerwala
d. Nirulas
Which company recently launched the recently launched the iPad, a tablet-style computer?a. Sony
b. Samsung
c. Apple
d. Compaq
Name the US novelist remembered for his 1951 bestseller The Catcher in the Rye who recently died at the age of 91.
a. Herman Melville
b. JD Salinger
c. Vladimir Nabokov
d. Richard Bach
The conferment of the prestigious Padma Shri award to this popular Bollywood actor courted many controversies recently . Name him.
a. Shah Rukh Khan
b. Salman Khan
c. Saif Ali Khan
d. Aamir Khan
Who won her fifth Australian Open title recently at Melbourne?
a. Venus Williams
b. Serena Williams
c. Jelena Jankovic
d. Justine Henin
Which famous Indian leader ashes were recently immersed sixty-two years after his assassination?
a. Indira Gandhi
b. Rajiv Gandhi
c. Mahatma Gandhi
d. Feroze Gandhi
Which Indian tennis player recently won his 11th Grand Slam in the Australian open?a. Mahesh Bhupathi
b. Prakash Amritraj
c. Leander Paes
d. Yuki Bhambri
Roger Federer won his … Australian Open crown beating Great Britain’s Andy Murray in Melbourne recently.
a. 3rd
b. 5th
c. 4th
d. 6th
AR Rahman recently bagged two … awards for his foot-tapping number ‘Jai Ho’ and outstanding soundtrack for the film Slumdog Millionaire.
a. Filmfare
b. Grammy
c. Mtv Music awards
d. Star Screen awards
Name the England and Chelsea football skipper who has recently found himself in similar controversies as golfer Tiger Woods.
a. David Beckham
b. Wayne Rooney
c. John Terry
d. Michael Owen
Charged with anti-party activity this Lok Sabha member along with Amar Singh has been expelled by the Samajwadi Party. Name the expelled member.
a. Azam Khan
b. Ram Gopal Yadav
c. Jaya Prada
d. Akhilesh Yadav
The Shiv Sena has recently threatened that it would not allow the screening of this actor’s movie till he apologized for his remarks regretting the absence of Pakistani cricketers in the forthcoming Indian Premier League tournament. Name the actor.
a. Preity Zinta
b. Shilpa Shett
c. Akshay Kumar
d. Shah Rukh Khan
Name the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, a violent Islamist group with close links to Al Qaeeda who has recently been declared dead.
a. Hakimullah Mehsud
b. Mohammed Omar
c. Abdul Jalil
d. Abdul Razaq
Name the Formula One driver who recently got back on track six months after suffering life-threatening head injuries.
a. Michael Schumacher
b. Felipe Massa
c. Rubens Barrichello
d. Jenson Button
Which country has recently decided to suspend accepting student visa applications claiming to have detected education agents misusing the system for sending wrong candidates?
a. USA
b. Australia
c. Canada
d. UK
Which Indian state has recently been in news for its bizarre political situation of having appointed 4 heads of the state?
a. Nagaland
b. Meghalaya
c. Assam
d. Mizoram

Answers

1. c. Aamir Khan
2. d. Sri Lanka
3. b. 60th
4. a. Mohan Singh
5. c. Haldirams
6. c. Apple
7. b. JD Salinger
8. c. Saif Ali Khan
9. b. Serena Williams
10. c. Mahatma Gandhi

11. c. Leander Pae
12. c. 4th
13. b. Grammy
14. c. John Terry
15. c. Jaya Prada
16. d. Shah Rukh Khan
17. a. Hakimullah Mehsud
18. b. Felipe Massa
19. d. Uk
20. b. Meghalaya

Current Affairs: August 2010

1. Who will lead India in women’s hockey World Cup after Veteran goalkeeper Deepika Murthy, who missed the Asian Champions Trophy due to illness
Answer: Surinder Kaur
Veteran goalkeeper Deepika Murthy, who missed the Asian Champions Trophy due to illness, has been included in the Indian women’s hockey team for the forthcoming World Cup, starting August 29 in Rosario ( Argentina) and the Commonwealth Games. Following selection trials held at NIS, Patiala, the teams for both events were declared on Friday. Forward Surinder Kaur from Shahabad has been retained as captain.

2. Who will lead Indian challenge in Commonwealth Games, Davis Cup
Answer: Somdev Devvarman
India No.1 Somdev Devvarman will lead the country’s challenge in the Oct 3-14 Commonwealth Games men’s tennis event and next month’s Davis Cup World Group play-off tie against Brazil in Chennai.

3. ———————— topped Forbes’ list of ‘Billionaire Universities’ in 2010.
Answer: Harvard
With 62 of its alumni now billionaires, Harvard tops Forbes’ list of ‘Billionaire Universities’ this year, followed by Stanford that boasts of 28 billionaire graduates. The number of Harvard alumni who are billionaires swelled to 62, up from 54 in 2009, “more than any other American university by a long shot,” Forbes said.

4. Maruti Suzuki India launched five CNG models on August 13, 2010. Name them
Answer: Alto, Estilo, WagonR, Eeco and mid-sized sedan SX4
The country’s largest car-maker, Maruti Suzuki India, today launched five of its models in CNG versions, including the best-selling Alto. The other four models introduced with the alternative fuel option are compact cars Estilo and WagonR, multi-purpose vehicle Eeco and mid-sized sedan SX4.

5. British insurer Aviva Plc has rejected a —————- takeover offer for its general insurance business from rival RSA Insurance Group Plc,
Answer: five billion pound
British insurer Aviva Plc has rejected a five billion pound takeover offer for its general insurance business from rival RSA Insurance Group Plc,

6. Jagan to begin next phase of Odarpu yatra in __________
Answer: Jagan to begin next phase of Odarpu yatra in September 2, 2010

7. Ratan Tata refers to Taj as venerable old lady and scheduled to reopen formally on ————
Answer: Tata Group’s flagship property Taj Mahal Palace and Towers, that is scheduled to reopen formally on August 15, almost 2 years after the 26/11 attacks, was described as a venerable old lady by its Chairman Ratan Tata.

8. ________ and _______ are the Two Banks that RBI approves merger.
Answer: BoR with ICICI
The Reserve Bank of India on August 12, 2010 approved the merger of Bank of Rajasthan with ICICI Bank, the country’s largest private sector lender. The merger will come into effect from August 13, 2010.

9. Spain top FIFA Rankings List
Answer: FIFA rankings released on Wednesday for August 11, 2010:
1. Spain (1),
2. Netherlands (2).
3. Brazil (3) 4
4. Germany (4).
5. Argentina (5).
6. Uruguay (6).
7. England (7).
8. Portugal (8).
9. Egypt (9).
10. Chile (10).
11. Italy (11).
12. Greece (12).
13. Serbia (13).
14. Croatia (15).
15. Paraguay (16).
16. Russia (17).
17. Switzerland (18).
18. USA (13).
19. Slovenia (19).
20. Australia (20).

10. Which Country emerged as Asia’s second largest beer producer
Answer: India
India’s beer production surged by 12.3 per cent last year, second only to Vietnam among Asian countries, even as the continent overtook Europe for the first time as the world’s biggest beer-producing area since 1974.

11. Who didn’t get PadmaBhushan Award in 2002 because of CBI case pending against him ?
Answer: Former Union Carbide chairperson Keshub Mahindra
Former Union Carbide chairperson Keshub Mahindra’s name had been recommended for Padma Bhushan in 2002. The government also admitted that Mahindra had turned down the award ostensibly because there was a CBI case pending against him.

12. What is SuperBug ? where UK scientists warn of worldwide spread of Super bug.
Answer: Click here for Answer about SuperBug

13. Who was the Indian-American CEO of an IT company has been sentenced to 20 months imprisonment and ordered to pay over USD 800,000 in restitution for his role in a bribery and kickback scheme.
Answer: Sushil Bansal, 43, President and CEO of Advanced Integrated Technology Corporation.
An Indian-American CEO of an IT company has been sentenced to 20 months imprisonment and ordered to pay over USD 800,000 in restitution for his role in a bribery and kickback scheme.

14. Which ship is responsible for oil spill on the coast of Mumbai?
Answer: Panama ship MSC Chitra, which collided with MSC Khalijia off Mumbai harbour on Aug 7, 2010, tilted further, spilling oil for the third day today as Navy and Coast Guard made hectic efforts to contain the leak.

15. Who was Darbari and why did CWG OC terminated Darbari’s services ?
Answer: CWG OC terminates Darbari’s services: Acting on the persistent plea of the sports ministry, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee on Monday terminated the services of its tainted Joint Director General TS Darbari in the wake of the corruption scandal that has rocked the event.

16. Barack Obama BirthDay is on ?
Answer: Barack Obama born on August 4, 1961.
Barack Hussein Obama is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008.

17. ——————– has been elected as Hockey India president 2010.
Answer: 83-year old Vidya Stokes elected HI president,
Stokes elected as Hockey India (HI) president and Narinder Batra as secretary general. A career politician, 83-year old Vidya Stokes was elected Hockey India president after defeating former national captain Pargat Singh in the much-awaited polls on August 5, 2010. Stokes, who is the interim HI president, won the straight contest by a big margin of 41-21 though the official results will be announced later as per Delhi High Court directives.

18. Who resigned Commonwealth Games OC treasurer for CWG 3- 14, 2010 Ganes ?
Answer: Anil Khanna quits from Commonwealth Games OC treasurer
Anil Khanna resigned from Commonwealth Games OC treasurer. Heads have begun to roll in the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee with the treasurer resigning in wake of allegations that his son’s firm secured contract for laying synthetic courts at tennis stadium.

19. Media doyen and chief editor of Malayala Manorama daily who passed away recently.
Answer: K M Mathew
Media doyen and chief editor of Malayala Manorama daily, K M Mathew, affectionately known as ‘Mathukuttichayan’ among colleagues, passed away at his house in Kottayam district on Aug. 1, 2010 morning. He was 93.

20. Who was the Chief Minister undergone a complicated double heart surgery at the Asian Heart Institute recently ?
Answer: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
The chief minister is undergone a bypass surgery and another surgery to replace an aortic valve with 70-80 percent blocks in two blood vessels.

21. What was the Maruti Suzuki new model launched on August 4, 2010 ?
Answer: Maruti Suzuki Alto K10 new model launched at Rs 3 lakh on

22. Who was the World’s oldest Test cricketer died on August 2, 2010 ?
Answer: New Zealand sportsman Eric Tindill.
New Zealand sportsman Eric Tindill, a double international who was the world’s oldest surviving Test cricketer and an All Black, has died aged 99

23. In Asian Cadet Wrestling Championship Indian wrestlers win nine medals including two golds at Bangkok/ Thailand, two silver and five bronze medals as out of the 10 medals

24. Who received the Lokmanya Tilak Award in 2010 ?
Answer: Sheila Dixit has been received the Lokmanya Tilak Award

25. Who bagged national-ranking table tennis titles ?
Answer: Soumyadeep Roy, Poulomi bag national-ranking table tennis titles.
The Petroleum Sports Promotion Board duo of Soumyadeep Roy and Poulomi Ghatak bagged top honours after dominating wins in the men’s and women’s final respectively at the Indian Oil Servo National-ranking table tennis tournament.

26. Why UAE, Saudi Arabia to block BlackBerry ?
Answer: The UAE will block key features on BlackBerry smart phones, citing national security concerns because the devices operate beyond the government’s ability to monitor their use. Officials in neighboring Saudi Arabia indicated it planned to follow suit. The decision could block email and Web access for hundred of thousands of users in the Mideast commercial hub starting in October. BlackBerry data is encrypted and routed overseas, and the measure could be motivated in part by government fears that the messaging system could be exploited by terrorists or other criminals who cannot be monitored by the local authorities.

27. China launched its fifth orbiter into space on —————–
Answer: August 1, 2010 (Sunday)
China successfully launched its fifth orbiter into space as part of its indigenous satellite navigation and positioning network.
The satellite was launched from the Long March 3I carrier rocket. It was the 126th flight for the country’s Long March series of rockets. The satellite will join another four satellites in orbit to form a network that will eventually consist of 35 satellites

28. Who was the 14-year-old the youngest entrant into IIT-Kanpur’s prestigious MSc physics programme ?
Answer: Sahal Kaushik

29. Mirchi Music Awards Sponsorers which took place on August 1, 2010.
Answer: The title sponsor for the awards event was Uninor. The associate sponsors were TVS Tyres, LIC, Chennai Silks and Chaini-Chaini. While the strength partner was Bharti Cements, the financial partner was Margadarsi Chit Funds. The colour partner was Nippon Paints and the beverage partner was Royal Challenge. The event was supported by The Park. The TV partner of the event was Star Vijay and the print partner was The Times of India.

30. No more time for sorrow’ written by ——————. The author predict that terrorist will set off an atom bomb in the USA by 2013.
Answer: Robert Beeman

31. Who become Australia’s first women Prime Minister replacing Kevin Rudd following a sudden revolt against him.
Answer: Julia Gillard

Current Affair: July 2010 updated

1. Who is the first Indian girl to get Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in Badminton?

Answer: Saina Nehwal

Badminton ace Saina Nehwal to get Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. World No.2 Saina Nehwal has been chosen for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. Saina is the first Indian girl to reach the Olympics singles quarterfinals and the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships.

2. Who took charge as Chief Eelection Commissioner on July 30, 2010 ?

Answer: S Y Quraishi

S Y Quraishi takes charge as Chief Eelection Commissioner

July 28, 2010:

3. —————– famous Hindi actor who died with heart attack on July 28, 2010

Answer: Ravi Baswani

4. ————- airliner from Karachi carrying 150 people crashed in a ball of flames densely wooded hills above Islamabad

Answer: Private airline Air Blue flight

Pakistani airliner carrying 150 people crashed in a ball of flames July 28, 2010 into densely wooded hills above Islamabad during heavy rain and poor visibility, leaving little hope of survivors.

July 26, 2010:

5. Who was accused in Koda scam ?

Answer: Diamond merchant Manoj Punamia

Manoj Punamia one of the key accused in the Koda scam, was arrested on Saturday night July 24, 2010 at the Mumbai airport when he was returning from a foreign trip.

6. ————— is the missile that India successfully test-fired on July 26, 2010 .

Answer: Interceptor

India successfully test-fires interceptor missile. The indigenously developed interceptor missile, capable of destroying any in-coming hostile ballistic missile, was test-fired from the Integrated Test Range at Wheeler Island off Odisha coast.

7. Who is the Former Goa tourism minister ———— granted bail in a death case on ————- ?

Answer: Former Goa tourism minister Mickky Pacheco, who was remanded to 14-day judicial custody in the Nadia Torrado death case, on July 26, 2010 Monday granted bail by a Goa court.

Currrent Affair: May, June, July 2010- India

1. Who is the Cricketer decided and wants to have his blood used on a page of his autobiography to be released in February next year (Feb 2011) ?
Answer: Batting star Sachin Tendulkar
2. The Andhra Pradesh High Court has granted bail to former Satyam managing director Rama Raju, former chief financial officer Vadlamani Srinivas and three others accused in the multi-crore rupee accounting scam on —————–
Answer: July 20, 2010
2. Who is the first Indian-origin woman professor in the Harvard University's history ?
Answer: Gita Gopinath
Noted academician Gita Gopinath has been named professor of economics at the prestigious Harvard University, becoming the first Indian-origin woman professor in the institution’s history.
3. Who was chargsheeted on July 20, 2010 for passing secret info to ISI ?
Answer: Madhuri Gupta
Delhi Police today chargesheeted disgraced diplomat Madhuri Gupta accusing her of passing secret information to Pakistan’s ISI during her posting in Islamabad. Gupta, who was arrested in April, has been accused of being in touch with two ISI officials, Mubshar Raza Rana and Jamshed.
4. ———————— seed extract has anti-diabetic properties says a pharmacology professor at the University of Montreal’s Faculty of Medicine.
Answer: Cashew seed
Cashew tree products have long been alleged to be effective anti-inflammatory agents, counter high blood sugar and prevent insulin resistance among diabetics.
5. Who is the Former India hockey star attacked umpire ?
Answer: Sunil Ekka
Former India hockey player Sunil Ekka, playing for Army XI, lashed out with his hockey stick at veteran umpire RS Suriya Prakash, leaving the latter seriously injured.
6. Which are the two Trians rammed each other and met to Trian Accident which killed and injuried many people in West Bengal ?
Answer: Uttarbanga Express and Vananchal Express
60 people were killed and over 90 injured when a speeding Uttarbanga Express tore through the rear of Vananchal Express at the Sainthia station in Birbhum district of West Bengal. The train apparently overshot the signal.
7. Why did TDP made bandh on July 19, 2010 ?
Answer: TDP bandh was made to protest the arrest of party chief N Chandrababu Naidu, who began a hunger strike against Maharashtra stopping his visit to the Babhli barrage site.
July 15, 2010:
8. New Rupee Symbol of India or Indian Rupee Symbol represents ?
Answer: A mix of the Devanagri ‘Ra’ and Roman ‘R’, to become the fifth currency in the world to have a distinct identity.
9. New Rupee Symbol of India or Indian Rupee Symbol designed by _______________
Answer: IIT post-graduate D Uday Kumar
10. New Indian Rupee symbol has been revealed by Cabinet on ?
Answer: July 15, 2010
11. Who was Daya Nayak ?
Answer: Daya Nayak is Mumbai’s controversial police officer and encounter specialist.
12. What was The world’s only antivirus browser ?
Answer: Epic Browser
13. 2010 ESPY Award Winners (ESPN)
Answer:
1.    BEST MALE ATHLETE: Drew Brees, NFL
2.    BEST FEMALE ATHLETE: Lindsey Vonn, Skiing
3.    BEST PLAY: Brett Favre, Vikings
4.    ESPY PERSEVERANCE AWARD: George Karl, Nuggets
5.    BEST CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE: Drew Brees
6.    BEST BREAKTHROUGH ATHLETE: Chris Johnson, Tennessee
7.    BEST RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE: Isner vs. Mahut at Wimbledon
8.    BEST UPSET: Northern Iowa shocks No. 1 Kansas, Men’s Basketball
9.    BEST MOMENT: Landon Donovan World Cup vs. Algeria
10.    BEST TEAM: New Orleans Saints
11.    UNDER PRESSURE AWARD: Landon Donovan World Cup vs. Algeria
12.    BEST SPORTS MOVIE: The Blind Side
13.    BEST COACH/MANAGER: Phil Jackson, Los Angeles Lakers
14.    BEST NFL PLAYER: Drew Brees, New Orleans
15.    BEST MLB PLAYER: Albert Pujols, St. Louis
16.    BEST NBA PLAYER: Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers
17.    BEST DRIVER: Jimmie Johnson
18.    BEST NBA PLAYER: Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers
19.    BEST WNBA PLAYER: Diana Taurasi, Phoenix
20.    BEST FIGHTER: Floyd Mayweather
21.    BEST MALE GOLFER: Phil Mickelson
22.    BEST FEMALE GOLFER: Lorena Ochoa
23.    BEST MALE TENNIS PLAYER: Roger Federer
24.    BEST FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER: Serena Williams
25.    BEST MALE COLLEGE ATHLETE: John Wall, Kentucky Basketball
26.    BEST FEMALE COLLEGE ATHLETE: Maya Moore, Connecticut Women’s Basketball
27.    BEST MALE ACTION SPORT ATHLETE: Shaun White, Snowboard
28.    BEST FEMALE ACTION SPORT ATHLETE: Torah Bright, Snowboarding
29.    BEST JOCKEY: Calvin Borel
30.    BEST MALE ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY: Steve Cash
31.    BEST FEMALE ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY: Amy Palmiero-Winters
32.    BEST BOWLER: Walter Ray Williams Jr.
33.    BEST MALE US OLYMPIC ATHLETE: Shaun White, Snowboarding
34.    BEST FEMALE US OLYMPIC ATHLETE: Lindsey Vonn, Skiing
35.    BEST MLS PLAYER: Landon Donovan, Los Angeles
36.    BEST TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETE: Usain Bolt
14. Who recieved Arthur Ashe ESPY Courage Award in 2010 ?
Answer: Ed Thomas’s family
15. —————– is the youngest professor at IIT-B
Answer: Dr Tathagat Tulsi
Patna-born child prodigy Dr Tathagat Tulsi has taken up a job as professor at Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay at the age of 22.
16. Who was the Political leader recently booked in a Case/ scam?
Answer: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, his deputy S K Modi and several other ministers
A case has been filed against Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, his deputy S K Modi and several other ministers in an alleged Rs 11,412 crore scam, involving irregularities related to fraudulent withdrawals and corruption.
17. Who is the winner of the Best Young Player Award award in fifa 2010 ?
Answer: Thomas MUELLER
24. Who has been elected as Man of the Match in Fifa World Cup 2010 ?
Answer: Andres INIESTA
18. —————— is the winner of the adidas Golden Glove award in Fifa World Cup 2010 ?
Answer: Iker CASILLAS
19. Who is the winner of the adidas Golden Shoe award in Fifa World Cup 2010 ?
Answer: Thomas MUELLER
20. ______________ is the winner of the adidas Golden Ball award in 2010 ?
Answer: Diego FORLAN
21. who took places of Runner-Up, third and Fourth Places in Fifa World Cup 2010 ?
Answer: Runners-Up: Netherlands, Third: Germany, Fourth: Uruguay
22. Who won FIFA World Cup 2010 in final ?
Answer: Spain
Spain beat Holland 1-0 to win maiden FIFA World Cup 2010 Andres Iniesta secured the maiden World Cup for Spain by scoring the only goal of an enthralling final against the Netherlands four minutes from the end of extra-time.
23. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched ———- Vehicle with ———————- Satellites on July 12, 2010.
Answer: PSLV-C-15 Vehicle, 5 satellites
Isro launches PSLV-C-15 with 5 satellitesThe Indian Space Research Organization today launched the PSLV-C-15 carrying five satellites, including remote sensing Cartosat-2B, and Studsat, built by engineering students of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.
24. Kadapa district named ———————-
Answer: YSR district
Andhra Pradesh government on July 8, 2010 renamed Kadapa district as YSR district on the birth anniversary of late chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, who was popularly known by his initials.
25. YS Rajeshekar Reddy birth anniversary is on ——————————
Answer: July 8
26. Who is the Congress MP high command warning resumed his controversial ‘Odarpu yatra’ in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh on July 8, 2010 ?
Answer: Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy
26. Recently, who was the politician charged in anti-Sikh riots case ?
Answer: Senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar
A Delhi court framed charges of murder and rioting against Senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and others in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which six persons were killed in Sultanpuri on july 7, 2010.
27. The holiday court concept was bring up by ?
Answer: Justice Eqbal
The holiday court concept was mooted by Justice Eqbal at the meeting of Union law minister M Veerappa Moily with Chief Justices and law secretaries from south India. Impressed, Moily said he would introduce it at the national level too.
28. As working couples are facing difficulties while fighting for divorce or child custody battles in family courts, the Madras High Court has announced ———————– will function in the city from ———————- .
Answer: “holiday courts” will function in the city from July 10, 2010.
29. Name the Jamaican triple Olympic champion who is going to retair on 2016 Olympics.
Answer: Usain Bolt

31. Who won Wimbledon mixed doubles title ?
Answer: Paes-Black
Paes-Black won Wimbledon mixed doubles titleLeander Paes notched up his 12th Grand Slam title after he and Cara Black beat Wesley Moodie and Lisa Raymond 6-4, 7-6(5) to win the Wimbledon mixed doubles title.
32. Who was the cricketer recently got maaried on July 4, 2010 with his childhood girlfriend ?
Answer: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Dhoni ties knot with longtime friend Sakshi in Dehradun on Sunday July 4, 2010 in a private ceremony attended only by family members and close friends, including a few of his team-mates.
33. Recently Bharat bandh in 2010 took place on ? why Bharat bandh is observing ?
Answer: Bharat Bandh took place on July 5 called by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against price rise and announced for a 24-hour nationwide shutdown (Bharat Bandh).
34. Who reached WorldCup Semi finals in 2010 ?
Answer: Uruguay
Uruguay reached the World Cup semifinals for the first time since 1970, beating Ghana 4-2 on penalties.
35. When was IGI’s swanky Terminal 3 inaugurated and by whom ?
Answer: On July 3, 2010 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated IGI’s swanky Terminal 3.
PM inaugurates IGI’s swanky Terminal 3The new terminal at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, the 6th largest in the world, can cater to 34 million passengers annually.
36. Who was the former minister surrenderd on July 3, 2010 in connection with the death case of Nadia Torrado (Friend) ?
Answer: Former Goa minister Pacheco surrenders on Nadia death case
Nadia death case: Former Goa minister Pacheco surrendersFormer Goa tourism minister Francisco “Mickky” Pacheco, charged with culpable homicide following the death of Nadia Torrado, was underground for nearly a month as the police began to look for him.
37. Which party demanded marriageable age of girls and boys to be lowered to 15 and 17 respectively in Haryana.
Answer: Jat Mahasabha, khap representative
According to Om Prakash Mann, Haryana president of All India Jat Mahasabha, the demand will be discussed at a sarv khap panchayat on July 17 at Meham Chaubisi Chabutara in Rohtak. The demand was raised at a meeting of khap representatives at Dhanana village.
38. Who was the IPL chief suspended and filed Rs 1200 crore fraud case by BCCI ?
Answer: Lalit Modi
39. One of the TRS MP arrested for alleged inflammatory speeches recently on July 2, 2010.
Answer: TRS MP Vijayashanthi arrested for alleged inflammatory speeches
40. Who awarded 13-time Grammy and two-times Oscar ?
Answer: Gustavo Santaolalla
41. Which Government banned a school textbook after growing outcry by Muslims over an “objectionable” illustration depicting about Prophet Mohammed ?
Answer: Nepal
The Nepal government banned a school textbook after growing outcry by Muslims over an “objectionable” illustration depicting Prophet Mohammed as a woman-like figure and containing “erroneous interpretations” of Islam. Mohammad Nizamuddin, senior vice-president of the Muslim Association Nepal, said that the books gave wrong information about Prophet Mohammed, erroneously describing him as the “founder of Islam”.
42. Who was the first matriculate from the tribe in forests Orissa ?
Answer: Baya Mankidia
Baya Mankidia (16) trekked 13kms daily and fought odds to do Orissa’s Mankidia nomadic tribe.
43. In 2010 which was declared as the fourth best among the top 10 luxury trains of the world by the travel magazine Conde Nast.
Answer: Palace on Wheels
Palace on Wheels has been declared the fourth best among the top 10 luxury trains of the world by the travel magazine Conde Nast.
44. CEO of Deutsche Bank
Answer: Anshu Jain
45. Which country is planning to build the world’s largest seawater desalination plant ?
Answer: Israel
46. Recently Archaeologists have found a 3,500-year-old town buried under the earth in the country’s northeastern region
Answer: Egyptian town
Archaeologists have found a 3,500-year-old Egyptian town buried under the earth in the country’s northeastern region of the Nile delta.
47. Which Two Countries had started talks on N-Ties ?
Answer: India, S Korea
48. Housing scheme Sahbhagita Awas Yojna was officially launched by ?
Answer: CM Ashok Gehlot
The public-private partnership module for affordable housing scheme Sahbhagita Awas Yojna’, was officially launched on June 19, 2010.
49. AICC president Sonia Gandhi’ s Birthday is on ?
Answer: June 19
50. Who was the PM want to hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after the end of the G20 summit
Answer: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced on Friday he will hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after the end of the G20 summit.
51. Who are the persons have hands in Railway Recruitment Board 2010 Paper Leakage ?
Answer: The son of S M Sharma, chairman of the Railway Recruitment Board, Mumbai, who allegedly used the funds acquired by leaking exam papers to buy a Mitsubishi Pajero. The other accused are A K Jagannathan, former assistant divisional rail manager, and his son Srujan.
52. Who was the Tollywood director recently married on June 18, 2010 ?
Answer: Tollywood director Surender Reddy
Recently Tollywood director Surender Reddy tied the knot with Deepa.
53. Who was the Bollywood Actress married at the age of 41 years on June 18, 2010 ?
Answer: Manisha
The 41-year-old actress Manisha is set to tie the knot with businessman Samrat Dahal, 33.
54. What was the World Cup song in 2010 ? and by whom it was sanged ?
Answer: World Cup song “Waka Waka,”
World Cup song “Waka Waka,” was sang by Columbian pop queen Shakira and is to sing for a Bollywood film in future.
55. Which government has restricted access to the social networking site, Facebook, in Mantralaya.
Answer: The Maharashtra government has restricted access to the social networking site, Facebook, in Mantralaya.
India on June 18, 2010 successfully test-fired its indigenously developed, nuclear-capable, ballistic missile Prithvi-II from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, about 15 km from here off the Orissa coast.
56. Which are the countries supported Chinese for IPO
Answer: Singapore, Kuwait and Qatar
Three countries-Singapore, Kuwait and Qatar-have come forward with offers to buy huge quantities of shares in the Agriculture Bank of China to help it become the world’s biggest IPO. They have made it possible for the Chinese bank to send out a reassuring signal to investors by booking about 20% of the $23 billion offer in advance.
57. Recent studies revealed that Neurological disorders and stunted growth in kids were improved or cured by Using …………… milk.
Answer: Camel
58. Which country is against Pak-China nuclear deal ?
Answer: India
59. Which was the Mobile Company who took more than 600,000 orders ?
Answer: iPhone 4
Apple Inc said that it and its phone company partners took orders for more than 600,000 iPhone 4s in one day, the highest number it’s ever seen. The companies stopped taking orders for shipment by the June 24 launch day in the US.
60. What was the campaign launched by CM Narendra Modi recently ?
Answer: Kanya Kelavni campaign from N Guj villages
The three-day long Swarnim Shala Pravesh Utsav began in the state on June 17, 2010 with chief minister Narendra Modi launching the Kanya Kelavni Abhiyan (campaign for educating girls) in the remote villages in Rupanivas Koreti and Mamana in Vav taluka in Banaskantha district.
61. Asia Cricket Cup 2010 was started on ?
Answer: June 15, 2010
The Asia Cup is an international One Day International cricket tournament. It was originally scheduled to be held every two years.
62. Which Teams has been Participating in Asia Cup 2010 Cricket Matches?
Answer: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh
63. On whom Complaint filed in Bhopal gas case.
Answer: Arjun Singh
A complaint has been filed in a Bhopal court against ex-MP CM Arjun Singh for allegedly releasing Warren Anderson in a wrong manner after the gas tragedy.
64. Who won in Germany vs Australia fifa world cup 2010 ?
Answer: Germany won by 4-0 against Australia
65. Who was the Former Goa tourism minister was booked/ suspected for a womans death recently?
Answer: Mickky Pacheco
Former Goa tourism minister Francisco “Mickky” Pacheco was booked by the police on Thursday as the main accused in the ‘unnatural death’ of Nadia Joelle Torrado.
66. When did the Broadband spectrum auction ends and is the total revenue of the government from sale of spectrum for both 3G and BWA stands at ?
Answer: Broadband spectrum auction ended on June 11, 2010. Govt gets Rs 38,300 crore, The total revenue of the government from sale of spectrum for both 3G and BWA stands at over Rs 1.06 lakh crore, more than thrice the earlier projection of Rs 35,000 crore by the finance minister.
67. Whose death took place on the opening day of the World Cup (June 11, 2010) ?
Answer: Zenani Mandela,
The 13-year-old great grand daughter of South Africa’s iconic leader Nelson Mandela was killed in a car crash
68. Who has been presented the FIFA 2010 Song Waka Waka ?
Answer: The Colombian singer Shakira
69. Which country announced new flexible policy on sex change in passports?
Answer: US (Beginning from June 10, when an applicant presents a certification from an attending medical physician that the applicant has undergone clinical treatment for gender transition, the passport will reflect the new gender.)
70. When will 19th FIFA World Cup, the premier international football tournament is scheduled to take place?
Answer: from 11 June to 11 July 2010 in South Africa
71. What is the Official Song for FIFA world cup 2010 ?
Answer: Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) in English and “Waka Waka (Esto es África)” in Spanish
72. Winners of the Micromax IIFA Awards 2010
Answer: Best Film : Vidhu Vinod Chopra – 3 Idiots
Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male)
Amitabh Bachchan – Paa
Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female)
Kareena Kapoor – 3 Idiots & Vidya Balan – Paa
Best Direction :
Rajkumar Hirani – 3 Idiots
Best Performance in a Comic Role
Sanjay Dutt – All The Best
Best Performance in a Negative Role
Boman Irani – 3 Idiots
Best Performance in Supporting Role (Male)
Sharman Joshi – 3 Idiots
Best Performance in Supporting Role (Female)
Divya Dutta – Delhi 6
Best Debut of the year (Male)
Omi Vaidya – Jackie Bhagnani
Best Debut of the year (Female)
Jacqueline Fernandez – Mahie Gill
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Kavita Seth – Ek Tara (Wake Up Sid)
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Shaan – Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh (3 Idiots)
Best Music Direction
Pritam – Love Aaj Kal
Best Lyrics
Swanand Kirkire – 3 Idiots
Best Story
Abhijat Joshi, Raj Kumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra – 3 Idiots
Habitat For Humanity Ambassadorship
Salman Khan
IIFA outstanding contribution to Hindi Cinema (Male)
J. Om Prakash
IIFA outstanding contribution to Hindi Cinema (Female)
Zeenat Aman
Outstanding Achievement by an Indian Internationally
Anil Kapoor
IIFA Green Global Award
Vivek Oberoi
Technical Awards Winners
Best Screenplay
Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra (3 Idiots)
Best Cinematography
C.K. Muraleedharan (3 Idiots)
Best Dialogue
Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi (3 Idiots)
Best Background Score
Sanjay Wandrekar, Atul Raninga, Shantanu Moitra (3 Idiots)
Best Editing
Rajkumar Hirani (3 Idiots)
Best Sound Recording
Bishwadeep Chatterjee, Nihal Ranjan Samel (3 Idiots)
Best Song Recording
Bishwadeep Chatterjee, Sachi K Sanghvi (3 Idiots)
Best Sound Re-recording
Anup Dev (3 Idiots)
Best Choreography
Bosco Martis, Caesar Gonsalves (Love Aaj Kal)
Best Costume Designing
Anahita Shroff Adajania, Dolly Ahluwalia (Love Aaj Kal)
Best Art Direction
Sabu Cyril (Aladin)
Best Special Effects (Visual)
Charles Darby – Eyecube Labs (Aladin)
Best Action
Shyam Kaushal (Kaminey)
Best Make up Artist
Christien Tinsley, Domini Till (Paa)
73. Who is the Malayalam novelist died recently on June 2, 2010 ?
Answer: Kovilan
Kovilan won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi award in 1972 and 1977 and the Kendra Sahitya Akademi award in 1998 besides Vayalar award in 1999. He was also a member of the Kendra Sahitha Akademi.
Kovilan had written 11 novels 12 collections of short stories besides articles and a play. His novels includes, Thakarnna Haridayangal (1946), A minus B(1959), Tharavadu (1963), Ezhamedangal (1965), Thazhvarakal (1969), Thottangal (1970) and Thattakam (1995) among others.
74. Who won World Team Table Tennis Championship this year 2010?
a. China
b. Moscow
c. Singapore
d. None
Answer: C - Singapore end China’s 19-year reign in World Team Table Tennis Championship
75. Who was appointed as the officiating secretary of the Athletics Federation of India till the Commonwealth Games (October 30) ?
Answer: Ravinder Chaudhary
76. Name the singer who can sing in 11 languages!
Answer: Anaida
May 31, 2010:
77. Who was the famous Indian musician in charge of the opening music at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta in 1996?
Answer: Ustad Zakir Hussain
78. Who was the first Indian to participate in the Olympic Games?
Answer: Norman G Pritchard
79. Which famous Indian actor was honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994?
Answer: Dilip Kumar
80. Who was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services?
Answer: Satyendranath Tagore
81. Who was the first Indian to be honored with the Param Vir Chakra?
Answer: Major Som Nath Sharma
May 30, 2010:
82. Name the first woman Chief Minister of India.
Answer: Sucheta Kriplani
83. Who was the first woman to become the Lt. General of the Indian Army?
Answer: Lt General (Mrs) Punita Arora
84. Name the first Indian who got an Oscar.
Answer: Bhanu Athaiya (Best Costume Designer for Richard Attenborough’s film Gandhi in 1982)
85. Who was the first Indian to be honored by the Royal Society in the field of Science?
Answer: Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose
86. Who was the first woman Governor of India?
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
87. Who was the first Indian musician to receive the Padma Bhusan?
Answer: MS Subbulakshmi
88. Name the living Indian legend who has found a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for having sung in almost 20 languages for over 1,825 ms and working with 165 composers.
Answer: Lata Mangeshkar
89. Name the first man to climb Mt. Everest without oxygen.
Answer: Phu Dorji
90. Who was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel?
Answer: Arati Saha
91. Who is the Indian sportsperson to have won the maximum number of international track and field medals?
Answer: P.T.Usha
92. Two Indians have received the Nobel Prize for Physics. Can you name them?
Answer: Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman (1930) and Subramanium Chandrasekhar (1983)
93. Who was the first Indian to get the Nobel Prize?
Answer: Rabindranath tagore (1913)
94. Who is the only Indian to have won an Oscar for lifetime achievement in films?
Answer: Satyajit Ray
95. Name the first President of India.
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
96. Name the youngest grandmaster in India.
Answer: Parimarjan Negi
97. Topper of prestigious IIT-Joint Entrance Examination 2010.
Answer: Anumula Jithendar Reddy from Madras zone
98. Which are the BRIC countries?
a. Brazil, Russia, India, and China
b. Botswana, Rwanda, Ivory Coast, and Croatia
c. Bangladesh, Romania, Indonesia, and Cambodia
Answer: a – Brazil, Russia, India, and China
99. Name the Cyclone that hit Bay of Bengal in May 2010 affecting coastal areas of Tamilnadu, AP and Orissa.
Answer: Cyclone Laila
100. Which Indian film-maker will be awarded with Jaeger-LeCoultre honour at venice Film Festival?
Answer: Mani Ratnam
101. Name the CEO of search company Google?
Answer: Eric Schmidt
102. ICICI Bank has announced merger of another Indian Bank with itself in an all swap deal- name the bank and its promoters.
Answer: Bank of Rajasthan / Promoters – Tayal family
103. Name the BBC Radio DJ who has been suspended for floating the rumor that Queen is dead.
Answer: Danny Kelly who has played the national anthem and declared that Queen Elizabeth has just now died
104. Which two countries have signed the Nuclear Swap deal with Iran?
Answer: Brazil and Turkey
105. Which country has blocked Facebook for holding an online competition to draw Prophet Mohammed
Answer: Pakistan – the Facebook in Pakistan has been blocked till 31 May as the competition is considered blasphamous
106. Which state among the northern Indian states spends most as a percentage of its GDP on Education?
Answer: Bihar (5.7%) followed by UP (3.67%)
107. Name the person of Indian origin (PIO) who has been nominated to become US Solicitor General?
Answer: Neal Kumar Katyal
108. The 3G telecom auctions by Government have earned Government much more than expected 35000 crore netting amount 67710 crore. Which company won auction in most of 22 circles? (a) RCom (b) Airtel (c) Vodaphone (d) Aircel (e) a,b,d (f) all above
Answer: (e) a,b,d - RCom, Airtel and Aircel won in 12 circles followd by Vodaphone in 9 circles
109. Who is Miss USA 2010?
Answer: Rima Fakih, Arab-American a 24-year old Lebanese immigrant, is believed to be the first Muslim to win the pageant
110. Name the child artist who has been nominated under ‘Best actor’ category in Film-fare awards giving competition to Shah Rukh Khan. His new movie Bumm Bumm Bole has been released recently.
Answer: Darsheel Safary
111. Which country won the Thomas Cup title for Badminton in 2010? – (a) Indonesia (b) Malaysia (c) China (d) India
Answer: China
China beat Indonesia 3-0 to win fourth consecutive Thomas Cup title at Kuala Lumpur.
112. Who won the Madrid Masters men’s tournament in 2010?
Answer: Rafael Nadal
Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open an ATP World Tour Masters with €2,835,000 prize money has been won by Rafael Nadal, who beat Roger Federer 6-2, 7-6 (7/5).
113. Which country won the World Twenty-20 cricket final?
Answer: England
England beat arch rivals Australia
114. Who is CEO of Yahoo?
Answer: Carol Bartz
61- year-old Carol Bartz is one of the most successful female CEO ever in IT companies.
115. Which Indian IT company is associated with FIFA World Cup 2010 as one of the sponsors? (a) TCS (b) Infosys (c) CTS (d) Mahindra Satyam
Answer: (d) Mahindra Satyam
116. Name the first Indian women who has been named as full professor at Harward University.
Answer: Gita Gopinath
Gita Gopinath, Indian-origin associate professor at Harvard University’s Department of Economics, has been appointed a full professor. She is first Indian women to do so and only third women in the whole world.
117. Name the Hindu right wing organisation against whom the charges have been filed by National Investigation Agency (NIA) for the 2009 Diwali-eve blast that killed two people in Goa’s Margao town.
Answer: Sanatan Sanstha
118. Which Indian actress / model has created controversy recently by sporting a Ek Onkar (God is one) tattoo on her nape. The tatto has been opposed by Sikh community leaders in India.
Answer: Mandira Bedi
119. Name the volcano whose dense cloud of drifting volcanic ash is causing many European airports to shut down for days and affecting air traffic worldwide.
Answer: Eyjafjallajokul
The April 14 eruption at Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokul volcano forced most countries in northern Europe to shut their airspace between April 15-20. More than 100,000 flights and an estimated 10 million travelers worldwide were affected costing airlines more than $2 billion.
It erupted in April for the first time in nearly two centuries. During its last eruption, starting in 1821, its emissions rumbled on for two years.
120. Who was India’s most wanted man suspected of having organized the 1993 Mumbai bombings, figures third on the Forbes’ Most Wanted Fugitives list topped?
Answer: Dawood Ibrahim
121. Name the countries which agree on a nuclear fuel swap aimed at easing concerns from the West that Iran might build a bomb.
Answer: Brazil, Iran and Turkey
122. Who is the new director of barc?
Answer: RK sinha appointed as new director of barc
123. Who was the 11th Vice-President of India who passed away recently on May 15, 2010?
Answer: Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, 87-year-old Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was died suffering from lung and chest infection
124. Popular South Indian actress who is willing to join DMK Party?
Answer: Khushboo
125. Who Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) 2010 Award Finalist for Northern California ?
Answer: Roamware CEO Bobby Srinivasan, Bobby Srinivasan was selected as a finalist for his extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities from more than one hundred nominations by a panel of independent judges. Award recipients will be announced at a special gala event on June 12, 2010 at the San Jose Fairmont Hotel.
126. Who is the latest actress who refused to work with Shiney Ahuja the actor allegedly accused for raping his maid.
Answer: Vaishali Desai in film Shaunya a horror flick produced by Puja Bedi. Vaishali Desai is a former Miss India and has made her debut in Kal Kissne Dekha opposite Jackie Bhagnani.
127. Which Team won the Europa League Title?
Answer: Atletico Madrid won the inaugural final of the Europa League on defeating Fulham at Hamburg. Diego Forlan struck an extra-time goal and secured a 2-1 win.
128. Which Company has started up a BPO in Srinagar starting reverse migration of Kashmir?
Answer: Essar Group-run Aegis has started a BPO in Srinagar
129. Name the company from whose premises toxic leak happened in one of the worst industrial disasters called Bhopal gas tragedy.
Answer: Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) (now defunct)
130.Who received 27th Niwano Peace Foundation award on May 13, 2010?
Answer: Ms. Ela Ramesh Bhatt of Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) India who has received a medal and twenty million yen.
The Niwano Peace Foundation Japan established the Niwano Peace Prize to honor and encourage individuals and organizations that have contributed significantly to inter-religious cooperation, thereby furthering the cause of world peace, and to make their achievements known as widely as possible.
131. Name the president of MCI – Medical Council of India who is facing graft charges and has to resign.
Answer: Ketan Desai
Ketan Desai was arrested on April 22 by CBI for allegedly accepting bribe to give permission to a Punjab medical college to recruit a fresh batch of students without having requisite infrastructure. MCI controlls Medical Education in India.
132. Who was the only surviving terrorist involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, and is found guilty of murder, conspiracy, and waging war against India recently?
Answer: Ajmal Kasab of Pakistan
133. Who is the IAS Topper in UPSC Civil Services Exam 2010 which has been released by UPSC recently?
Answer: SHAH FAESAL
Dr Faesal 26-year-old MBBS graduate, who topped the list of 875 successful candidates, said that he was not only the first Kashmiri to achieve the milestone but also the second Muslim in the history to achieve this feat.
134. Who is the Union minister who has offered to resign for his controversial remarks against the home ministry for allegedly stalling some Chinese imports?
Answer: Jairam Ramesh
135. What is the real name of character artiste ‘Sambha‘ from super hit film of all times ‘Sholey‘ who passed away recently.
Answer: Mac Mohan
Apart from Sholey Mac Mohan also acted in Amitabh starrers like “Zanjeer”, “Don”, “Shaan” and “Satte Pe Satta”. He was suffering from lung cancer.
136. What is the name of panel that is being setup to look into Telangana issue?
Answer: Srikrishna committee
Srikrishna committee or panel has been set up to study the demand for separate Telangana
137. Who has issued fatwa – saying that it is illegal for women to work?
Answer: Darul Uloom Deoband
Darul Uloom Deoband the Sunni Muslim seminary had this fatwa issued by a bench of three clerics
138. What is Khap Panchayat?
Answer: Khap panchayats or caste councils are the local Panchayat’s in Haryana villages which have come into lime light due to their diktats (or fatwa) prohibiting same ‘gotra’ marriages’. They are run as a separate courts or adalats where judgement are given by Khap Panchs. The Hindu Marriage Act however does not prohibits same caste marriage. Most political parties support Khap Panchayats.
139. Who is the new IPL Commissionaire?
Answer: Chirayu Amin
Chirayu Amin has joined as the new IPL commissioner after the removal of lalit Modi. Mr. Amin is Baroda Cricket Association president and he also heads a company known as Alembic Chemicals.
140. Who is the British Prime Minister after Gordon Brown?
Answer: David Cameron
The 43-year-old Cameron becomes Britain’s youngest prime minister in almost 200 years. The last was Lord Liverpool at 42.
141. Who is the new Chief Justice of India?
Answer: Justice S H Kapadia,
Justice S H Kapadia (62-year-old), the most senior judge of the Supreme Court, was on Wednesday sworn in as the 38th Chief Justice of India by President Pratibha Patil
142. Who won World Chess Championship against Veselin Topalov in 2010?
Answer: Viswanathan Anand

Current Affairs : January 2010: 3

1. Haiti faced unprecedented earthquake recently which seems to be the second worst earthquake in history. What is the official language of the island nation?
a. English
b. French
c. Spanish
d. Louisiana Creole
2. How much have the game administers agreed to pay to the Indian male hockey team to bring the players back to practice for the upcoming World Cup?
a. 50 lakhs to be disbursed among players
b. 2 crore to be disbursed among the players
c. 2 lakhs per player
d. None of the above
3. Sri Lanka defeated India in the Idea Cup final at Mirpur. Who was the skipper of the winning side?
a. Chanaka Welegedara
b. Nuwan Kulasekara
c. Kumar Sangakkara
d. Tillakaratne Dilshan
4. The internet search-engine giant Google has indicated that it will shut down its operations in … following a string of reported cyber attacks on its services.
a. Thailand
b. China
c. Bangladesh
d. India
5. Who is the sponsor of Hockey India?
a. Pepsi
b. Coca Cola
c. Sahara
d. Nike
6. Which judicial post in India came under purview of the Right to Information (RTI)
Act with a judgment by the Delhi High Court?
a. Chief Justice of India
b. Supreme Court judges
c. Chief Justices of States
d. Bar Association members
7. Who did Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa accused for instigating farmers to take to the streets with regard to acquisition of land for the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project?
a. Rahul Gandhi
b. Medha Patekar
c. HD Deve Gowda
d. SM Krishna
8. For which crime were 21 Indians detained in China’s Shenzhen region recently?
a. Poaching
b. Diamond smuggling
c. Ethnic violence
d. Stealing cars
9. In accordance with a Supreme Court judgment, which authority will probe the fake encounter killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh by the Gujarat police in 2005?
a. Special Investigation Team
b. A retired judge of Gujarat High Court
c. A sitting judge of Supreme Court
d. Central Bureau of Investigation
10. Which country is putting efforts to be the world’s first nation to build a nuclear-powered spacecraft for interplanetary flights?
a. Russia
b. The USA
c. China
d. France
11. Name this former Indian prime minister who is currently embroiled in a controversy because of his public abuses to Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa.
a. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
b. HD Deve Gowda
c. Inder Kumar Gujral
d. Chandra Shekhar
12. The premier of which neighbouring country made a visit to India recently?
a. Nepal
b. Bhutan
c. Pakistan
d. Bangladesh
13. Which of these ministers, whose middle name can be called “tweet”, has denied the fact that he criticised Jawaharlal Nehru’s foreign policy at a seminar?
a. Naveen Jindal
b. Rahul Gandhi
c. Shashi Tharoor
d. None of the above
14. Name this player of the Indian cricket team who is the top tax payer at Rs 1.5 crore for the last quarter of 2009.
a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. Virendra Sehwag
c. MS Dhoni
d. Rahul Dravid
15. Which Indian city became the first destination outside US and Europe to host the ‘Marathon Flame’ as part of 7th Standard Chartered … Marathon?
a. Delhi
b. Mumbai
c. Kolkata
d. Chennai
16. The solar eclipse on January 15, which provided people to watch sun in the form of a ring, has been given the name … by scientists.
a. Mauni’s ring
b. Mauni’s beads
c. Bailey’s ring
d. Bailey’s beads
17. Filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan has been conferred a DLitt by ….
a. Mumbai University
b. Kerala University
c. University of Delhi
d. Jawaharlal Nehru University
18. Despite the failure of Copenhagen, green activists are already mobilising support for the Earth Day on April 22. In which year was the Earth Day observed for the first time?
a. 1970
b. 1975
c. 1980
d. 1985
19. India is ready to review a 1950 treaty with a neighbouring country, which is ….
a. Pakistan
b. Nepal
c. Myanmar
d. Sri Lanka
20. The Haiti earthquake has killed at least five lakh people, making it the second-worst in history. Which earthquake, taking 8.6 lakh lives, is recorded as the deadliest one?
a. Ardabil, Iran, 893
b. Aleppo,Syria, 1138
c. Shanxi, China, 1556
d. Off Sumatra, 2004
21. This exam might become a year-round exam, enabling candidates to attempt it at their will.
a. CAT
b. AIEEE
c. IIT-JEE
d. CBSE PMT
22. The Centre is ready to bear 90 per cent of cost of rejuvenation of water bodies in this region, which is crying for separate statehood.
a. Harit Pradesh, Western UP
b. Gorkhaland
c. Bundelkhand
d. Telangana
23. A film on LK Advani has completely blacked out his RSS connections. Who has made the film?
a. Filmmaker Prakash Jha
b. Actor-politician Shatrughn Sinha
c. Actor-politician Hema Malini
d. Daughter Pratibha Advani
24. This actor is set to replace Tobey Maguire as Spiderman, according to media reports. Name him.
a. Daniel Radcliffe
b. Robert Pattinson
c. Matt Damon
d. None of the above
25. National Security Advisor MK Narayanan has been named as the new Governor of…
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. West Bengal
c. Orissa
d. Bihar

Answers

1. b. French
2. d. None of the above (Correct answer: 1 crore to be disbursed among the players)
3. c. Kumar Sangakkara
4. b. China
5. c. Sahara
6. a. Chief Justice of India
7. c. HD Deve Gowda
8. b. Diamond smuggling
9. d. Central Bureau of Investigation
10. a. Russia
11. b. HD Deve Gowda
12. d. Bangladesh

13. c. Shashi Tharoor
14. a. Sachin Tendulkar
15. b. Mumbai
16. d. Bailey’s beads
17. b. Kerala University
18. a. 1970
19. b. Nepal
20. c. Shanxi, China, 1556
21. a. CAT
22. c. Bundelkhand
23. d. Daughter Pratibha Advani
24. c. Robert Pattinson
25. b. West Bengal

Current Affairs : January 2010: 2

1. An Indian student was recently stabbed to death in this country, which has lately been in news for a series of alleged racial attacks on Indian students. Name the country.
a. UK
b. USA
c. Australia
d. Canada

2. Al-Qaeda threats have recently forced Britain and the US to close their embassies in this country.
a. Pakistan
b. Afghanistan
c. Iraq
d. Yemen.

3. Name the world’s tallest building 160-story, 2,717-foot, that officially opened in Dubai recently.
a. Emirates Tower
b. Burj Khalifa
c. Bruj Dubai
d. Jumeirah Lake Towers

4. Name the former police chief of Haryana who, after being convicted of molesting a 14-year-old girl, would be stripped of his police medal.
a. AS Anand
b. SP Singh
c. SPS Rathore
d. DV Sharma

5. Recently, in which city in India 18 medical students, including some interns, were arrested on charges of ragging and were expelled from the hostel?
a. Bangalore
b. Delhi
c. Mumbai
d. Chennai

6. The Supreme Court recently declined to quash an attempt to murder case registered against this spiritual.
a. Baba Ramdev
b. Asaram Bapu
c. Sai Baba
d. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

7. In which state five police personnel, including an IPS officer were suspended recently, for allegedly attending a Christmas-eve party thrown by gangsters?
a. Karnataka
b. Maharasthra
c. Kerela
d. Andhra Pradesh

8. Neetu Singh, a final-year editing student at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, was picked up by the city police on charges of anti-national activity, taken to Mumbai and deported to Nepal. She is a citizen of which neighboring country?
a. Bhutan
b. Nepal
c. Pakistan
d. Sri Lanka

9. Which chief minister in India has introduced a Bill making voting compulsory in all local body elections in his state?
a. Narendra Modi
b. Sheila Dixit
c. Omar Abdullah
d. Maywati

10. Which popular football club of the English Premier league suffered a humiliating defeat against Leeds United at the Football Association (FA) Cup soccer match at Stamford Bridge in London?
a. Arsenal
b. Liverpool
c. Chelsea
d. Manchester United

11. A partially charred body of an Indian youth was found in …, Australia days after another youth was stabbed to death.
a. New South Wales
b. Victoria
c. Northern Territory
d. Western Australia

12. Recently a meeting of eight recognised political parties was called by the Home Minister P Chidambaram to discuss the Telangana issue. What was the conclusion at the meeting?
a. Unanimous decision that Telangana can not be made a separate state
b. Majority decision that Telangana can not be made a separate state
c. No consensus, and hence no conclusion, was reached
d. Decision that Telangana be separated from the existing Andhra Pradesh

13. Who has been named as the national president of the new political outfit, Jan Kranti Party, floated by former BJP leader, Kalyan Singh? The national president is also the son of Kalyan Singh.
a. Sameer singh
b. Bhola Singh
c. Rajveer Singh
d. Hemant Singh

14. With which neighbouring country has India decided to settle outstanding issues relating to water sharing and protection of banks of the common rivers?
a. Nepal
b. Bhutan
c. China
d. Bangladesh

15. Britain is facing extremely cold weather conditions; it is supposed to be its worst winters in 30 years. What has the phenomenon come to be popularly called?
a. Snowy Winters
b. Snow and Frost
c. Total Stop
d. Big Freeze

16. Which place in Sri Nagar came in limelight recently as terrorists engaged in gun battle for a whole day with the police?
a. Chasm-e-Shahi
b. Lal Chowk
c. Charar-E- Sharif
d. None of the above

17. For which programme has the Union ministry of environment and forests has rejected an aid from the World Bank?
a. Saving mahogany trees
b. Saving natural habitat of rhinoceros
c. Tiger conservation
d. Gangatic dolphin conservation

18. Who has been taken up the task to revive relations with the Southern African nation Zambia?
a. Vice-President Hamid Ansari
b. Union external affairs minister SM Krishna
c. Home minister P Chidambaram
d. President Pratibha Patil

19. Which country has decided to introduce controversial ethnicity and gender-based profiling at its airports, apparently for security reasons?
a. Germany
b. United Kingdom
c. Australia
d. Egypt

20. A prominent leader of a known party resigned from all party posts recently citing health reasons. Name him and the party.
a. Kalyan Singh, Bhartiya Janta Party
b. Amar Singh, Samajwadi Party
c. PA Sangma, Nationalist Congress Party
d. Jyotiraditya Scindia, Indian National Congress

21. ‘Indian students should not be leaving the country for courses like hairstyling; there are many good institutes for such courses in India’. Who made this comment recently in the wake of murder of Indian student Nitin Garg?
a. Union minister for external affairs SM Krishna
b. Minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor
c. Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal
d. Australia’s high commissioner to India Peter Verghese

22. Who has written the book ‘Return to Almora’?
a. Ruskin Bond
b. Mark Tully
c. RK Pachauri
d. Sunita Narain

23. Who is the author of the book ‘Managed Chaos’?
a. Arun Jaitley
b. Arun Shourie
c. Kpil Sibal
d. Premshankar Jha

24. Former hockey captain Zafar Iqbal has expressed regret that at a time when the country is about to host the Hockey World Cup, the nation’s attention is hooked on to the forthcoming hockey elections. Which city will host the World Cup, starting February 28?
a. New Delhi
b. Bangalore
c. Hyderabad
d. Kolkata

25. This star expressed his eagerness to be depicted as the face of Gujarat tourism, following which Chief Minister Narendra Modi has waived off tax on his latest movie. Name the star and the film.
a. Aamir Khan, ‘3 Idiots’
b. Salman Khan, ‘Veer’
c. Ranbir Kapoor, ‘Rocket Singh’
d. Amitabh Bachchan, ‘Paa’

26. Shibu Soren has won the confidence motion in Jharkhand Assembly with … votes.
a. 44
b. 45
c. 46
d. 47

27. IPL has listed 51 players from outside India for its January 19 auction. How many players from Australia have been listed?
a. 9
b. 10
c. 11
d. 12

28. This player, the bowling consultant of Kolkata Knight Riders, will be shortly taking a week-long training camp for the team. Name him.
a. Javagal Sreenath
b. Wasim Akram
c. Shane Warne
d. None of the above

29. This city now has the world’s tallest hotel. Name it.
a. Milan
b. Dubai
c. Jakarta
d. Brisbane

30. This state government has approved a Rs 30,000 crore steel plant project of ArcelorMittal. Name it.
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Karnataka
d. Maharashtra

Answers

1. c. Australia
2. d. Yemen
3. b. Burj Khalifa
4. c. SPS Rathore
5. c. Mumbai
6. b. Asaram Bapu
7. b. Maharashtra
8. b. Nepal
9. a. Narendra Modi
10. d. Manchester United
11. a. New South Wales
12. c. No consensus, and hence no conclusion, was reached
13. c. Rajveer Singh
14. d. Bangladesh
15. d. Big freeze

16. b. Lal Chowk
17. c. Tiger conservation
18. a. Vice-President Hamid Ansari
19. b. United Kingdom
20. b. Amar Singh, Samajwadi Party
21. a. Union minister for external affairs SM Krishna
22. c. RK Pachauri
23. d. Premshankar Jha
24. a. New Delhi
25. d. Amitabh Bachchan, Paa
26. b. 45
27. c. 11
28. b. Wasim Akram
29.b. Dubai
30.c. Karnataka

Current Affairs : January 2010: 1

… actor, Vishnuvardhan died of cardiac arrest. Frenzied fans, who could not pay tribute to the icon due to surging crowd, went berserk and threw stones which did not spare even the wife of the deceased.
a. Tamil
b. Kannada
c. Telugu
d. Malyalam
Name the head of All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) who was sworn in as a minister in Jharkhand Assembly alongside Shibu Soren as the chief minister.
a. Sudesh Mahato
b. Raghubar Das
c. Aditya Swaroop
d. Yashwant Sinha
N Ram, editor-in-chief of newspaper ‘The Hindu’, has been conferred the second Lokmanya Tilak National Journalist Award by the Kesari Mahratta Trust. Who was the recipient of the first award in 2009?
a. Barkha Dutt, NDTV
b. Rajdeep Sardesai, CNN-IBN
c. Govind Singh, ‘Amar Ujala’
d. Vir Sanghvi, ‘Hindustan Times’
Name the barrister of Indian-origin, who has been appointed as the Recorder by Queen Elizabeth in the United Kingdom.
a. Kalyani Kaul
b. Arpita MAjumdar
c. CV Ramanna Rao
d. Austin Joseph
Which country does the al Qaeda suspect, charged with trying to blow up a United States airliner, belong to?
a. Egypt
b. Iraq
c. Nigeria
d. Ghana
Why has a constitutional amendment bill been tabled in the legislature Parliament in Nepal?
a. To extend term of the present government
b. To make Nepal a Hindu state
c. To define boundaries of Nepal’s constituencies
d. To allow people of authority to take oath in their mother tongue
Recently Japan showed its keenness for India to ratify a treaty. Which treaty is it?
a. Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty
b. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
c. Cebu Declaration on East Asian Energy Security
d. None of the above
The Union tourism ministry has launched an initiative on ‘safe and honourable tourism’ which would essentially promote the cause of protecting ….
a. Women
b. Children
c. Women and children
d. Beggers
According to a survey by Hotels.com, an accommodation website, which is the most favourite building of the world among the international travelers?
a. Taj Mahal
b. Statue of Liberty
c. Empire State Building
d. Eiffel Tower
An Indian Airline’s plane from Kathmandu, bound to Delhi, was hijacked in December 1999 by terrorists demanding release of their friends. Where did the terrorists take the plane?
a. Back to Kathmandu, Nepal
b. Delhi, India
c. Kandhar, Afghanistan
d. Peshawar, Pakistan
The ODI between India and Sri Lanka at Firoz Shah Kotla, Delhi was cancelled due to bad condition of the pitch. Where was a match between the same countries cancelled due to same reason in 1997?
a. Kanpur
b. Indore
c. Hyderabad
d. Chennai
The by-election to the Pennagaram Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu was postponed as some political parties said that the current schedule was close to Pongal festival. Who is the chief electoral officer of Tamil Nadu?
a. Naresh Gupta
b. Shekhar Channe
c. Pooja Kulkarni
d. Ajit Srivastava
According to the US magazine, ‘Entertainment Weekly’, who/what is “the greatest entertainer of the decade”?
a. Harry Potter
b. YouTube
c. Facebook
d. Friends, serial on Star World
Which country’s top legislature has adopted an amendment to the renewable energy law mandating electricity grid companies to buy all the power produced by renewable energy generators?
a. United Kingdom
b. Germany
c. China
d. Japan
With which country will the DRDO tie-up to develop the Kaveri aero engine?
a. Switzerland
b. France
c. United States
d. Australia
The Danish police had to fire at a person who had attacked the cartoonist who had made the controversial cartoon of Prophet Mohammad. Name him. What was the attacker’s nationality?
a. Somalia
b. Iraq
c. Lebanon
d. Libya
‘Three Idiots’, the recent movie directed by Rajkumar Hirani, is at the center of controversy due to credit placement to the author Chetan Bhagat, from whose book ‘Five Point Someone’ the movie is inspired. Which other film is based on one of Chetan Bhagat’s works?
a. ‘Love Aaj Kal’
b. ‘Aloo Chat’
c. ‘Hello’
d. ‘Chai, Paani etc’
The environment and forest ministry has cleared this 56,400 crore project and has allowed it to acquire 2,900 acres of forestland to this project. Name it.
a. Vedanta
b. Posco
c. Tata Nano
d. Arcelor Mittal
The BJP has stated that in the year 2010 it will keep a watch on the Congress on … issues.
a. 5
b. 7
c. 9
d. 10
MK Alagiri had requested to be allowed to speaking in Tamil in the Parliament, as he is neither comfortable with Hindi, nor with English. Which ministry does he head?
a. Mines
b. Shipping
c. Chemicals and fertilisers
d. Overseas Indian affairs
Who is the author of newly-released ‘A Tale of Two Revolts: India 1857 & the American Civil War’?
a. Ramachandra Guha
b. Rajmohan Gandhi
c. William Dalrymple
d. Sumit Sarkar
Who is the author of ‘We Must Have No Price’, which scrutinizes several scams and takes up issue of internal security?
a. Mani Shankar Aiyer
b. Arun Jaitley
c. Sitaram Yechury
d. Arun Shourie
A court in this country has set aside government’s ban on Christians using the name of Allah, saying that Christians have the Constitutional right to the word. Which country are we talking about?
a. Indonesia
b. Malaysia
c. Pakistan
d. Oman
Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu has scored a first. What is it?
a. She has become the first person to ski to the South Pole
b. She has become the first Indian to ski to the South Pole
c. She has become the first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole
d. She has become the first Indian woman to skydive onto the South Pole
Salman Rushdie’s visit to this site has angered the Muslim clerics, 21 years after the Fatwa against him over Satanic Verses. Name the monument he visited in a hush-hush manner.
a. Jama Masjid, Delhi
b. Taj Mahal, Agra
c. Ajmer Sharif
d. Haji Ali, Mumbai
Billy Arjan Singh, who passed away on January1 this year, was the man behind ….
a. Kanha National Park
b. Dudhwa National Park
c. Kaziranga National Park
d. Sariska Bird Sanctuary
This state has enacted a legislation, which makes voting in local body polls mandatory. We are talking about ….
a. Gujarat
b. Maharashtra
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Karnataka
The Harvard Business Review has named this Indian among the world’s five best performing CEOs. Whom are we talking about?
a. Sunil Bharti Mittal
b. Shiv Nadar
c. Anil Ambani
d. Mukesh Ambani
The Indian team won 16 out of 21 gold medals in the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships. In which city was the Championship held?
a. Jalandhar
b. Ludhiana
c. Amritsar
d. Karnal
Who is the author of ‘The Rediscovery of India’?
a. Rahul Gandhi
b. Priyanka Gandhi
c. Gurcharan Das
d. Meghnad Desai

Answers

1. b. Kannada
2. a. Sudesh Mahato
3. d. Vir Sanghvi, ‘Hindustan Times’
4. a. Kalyani Kaul
5. c. Nigeria
6. d. To allow people of authority to take oath in their mother tongue
7. b. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
8. c. Women and children
9. d. Eiffel Tower
10. c. Kandhar, Afghanistan
11. b. Indore
12. a. Naresh Gupta
13. a. Harry Potter
14. c. China
15. b. France

16. a. Somalia
17. c. ‘Hello’
18. b. Posco
19. d. 10
20. c. Chemicals and fertilisers
21. b. Rajmohan Gandhi
22. d. Arun Shourie
23. b. Malaysia
24. c. She has become the first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole
25. b. Taj Mahal, Agra
26. b. Dudhwa National Park
27. a. Gujarat
28. d. Mukesh Ambani
29. a. Jalandhar
30. d. Meghnad Desai

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