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With this latest honour the Mozart of Madras joins
Current Affairs Questions and Answers for
February 2010:
1. Which bollywood film is set to become the first
Indian film to hit the Egyptian theaters after a gap of
15 years?
Answer: My Name is Khan.
2. Who becomes the 3rd South African after Andrew
Hudson and Jacques Rudoph to score a century on
Test debut?
Answer: Alviro Petersen
3. Which Northeastern state of India now has four
Chief Ministers, apparently to douse a simmering
discontent within the main party in the coalition?
Answer: Meghalaya
Veteran Congress leader D D Lapang had assumed
office as chief minister on May 13, 2009. He is the chief
minister with statutory authority vested in him.
Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee president,
Lyngdoh now enjoys the rank of Chief Minister. The
others are the two leaders of the United Democratic
Party- State Planning Board chairman Donkupar Roy
and Meghalaya Economic Development Council
chairman J D Rymbai.These three persons will enjoy
the pay, perks and other facilities as that of a chief
minister, but they do not have any constitutional power.
4. Who is appointed as the Secretary of Petroleum
and Natural Gas?
Answer: Sthanunathan Sundareshan
5. Which city of India will host the 12th edition of
South Asian Games (SAF Games) in 2012?
Answer: Delhi
6. Which Indian film won as many as six awards
including the best director award in the Narrative
Feature section of the Los Angeles Reel Film
Festival (LARFF)?
Answer: `Phir Kabhie.
Director V K Prakash and script writer M Sindhuraj have
won the best director and writer awards respectively in
the `Narrative Feature section of the Los Angeles Reel
Film Festival (LARFF) 2009 for the bollywood film `Phir
Kabhie. The film also won awards for the best narrative
feature film, best narrative feature film director( V K
Prakash), best narrative screenplay (M.Sindhuraj), best
original score (Rajat Dholakia and Shantanu Moitra),
best production design (Nitin Desai) and the best
costume design (Bhanu Athaiyah & Simple Kapadia).
7. Indian Music composer, who won two Grammy
awards for his music for the Oscar Award winning
film Slumdog Millionaire at 52nd annual Grammy
Awards on Sunday 31st January, 2010?
Answer: A.R.Rahman. A R Rahman received awards in
the category for best film song and best soundtrack,
both for the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire. He
shares the Grammy with lyricist Gulzar who penned Jai
other Indian music greats like Pandit Ravi Shankar,
Zakir Hussain, Vikku Vinayak and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
who have won a Grammy in the past.
A. R. Rahman also won Two Academy Awards, four
National Film Awards, thirteen Filmfare Awards, a
BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe.
9. Which bank became the first Indian bank to break
into the worlds Top 50 list, according to the Brand
Finance Global Banking 500, an annual international
ranking by UK-based Brand Finance Plc, this year?
Answer: The State Bank of India (SBI).
HSBC retain its top slot for the third year and there are
20 Indian banks in the Brand Finance Global Banking
500.
10. Which country won the African Cup of Nations
soccer tournament for the third consecutive time
with a 1-0 victory over Ghana in the final in Luanda,
Angola?
Answer: Egypt. Egypt won African nations cup for the
seventh time.
11. Who won 72nd Corus Chess Tournament held in
Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands?
Answer: Magnus Carlsen.
This 19 year old Norwegian chess player is coached by
former world champion Gary Kasparov. He is currently
ranked number one in the world. On 26 April 2004
Carlsen became a Grandmaster at the age of 13 years,
148 days, making him the third youngest Grandmaster
in history. At the age of 19 years, 32 days he became
the youngest chess player in history to be ranked world
number one, breaking the record previously held by
Vladimir Kramnik.
12. Which country recently admitted that white
phosphorous was used in attacks on Gaza?
Answer: Israel
White phosphorus (WP) as an incendiary weapon burns
fiercely and can set cloth, fuel, ammunition and other
combustibles on fire. Since World War II, it has been
extensively used as an anti-personnel weapon capable
of causing serious burns or death.
13. Name of the Pop star who was the big winner at
the prestigious Grammy Awards ceremony in Los
Angeles, winning six prizes?
Answer: Beyonce Knowles.She has set a new record
for the most awards won in a single year by a solo
female, and takes her career tally to 16. Beyonce
husband Jay z also won 3 awards.
14. Who has become youngest ever celebrity to win
Grammy awards?
Answer: Taylor Swift
Taylor Swift won best album of the award for Fearless
and she is just 20 years old.
15. Who became the first Indian to win solo Grammy
awards?
Answer: AR Rahman.
He won Grammy awards for Jai Ho song in Slumdog
Millionaire movie.
16. Who is the new Chief Justice of Himachal
Pradesh?
Answer: Justice Kurian Joseph
17. Chief selector of Pakistan Cricket Team who has
resigned from his post taking moral responsibility
of Pakistans shameful performance against
Australia?
Answer: Iqbal Qasim
Pakistan lost all three Tests and the five one-day
matches against Australia.
18. Popular actor, director, and screenwriter who
has acted in more than 300 films in Malayalam, died
on 2 February 2010 due to liver problem?
Answer: Cochin Haneefa
He, aged 58, also acted in Tamil and Hindi Films. He is
the director of super hit Malayalam film Vatsalyam
19. The Hyderabad Cricket Association has decided
not to allow spectators inside the Rajiv International
Cricket Stadium due to the ongoing protests over
Telangana issue for the final of a domestic first-
class cricket competition between South Zone and
West Zone. Which is that tournament?
Answer: The Duleep Trophy
20. The Central Government has formed a five-
member expert committee on Telangana issue on
Feb 3, 2010. The committee is headed by?
Answer: B N Srikrishna, former Supreme Court Judge.
Other members are:
Prof (Dr) Ranbir Singh, Vice Chancellor, National Law
University, Delhi
Dr Abusaleh Shariff, Senior Research Fellow,
International Food Policy Research Institute, Delhi
Dr (Ms) Ravinder Kaur, Professor, Department of
Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT, Delhi
Vinod K Duggal, former Home Secretary.
21. Who is the new President of the Indian Youth
Congress?
Answer: Rajiv Satav, Maharashtra Youth Congress
President.
22. Who won the man of the match award in the 20-
20 Cricket match between New Zealand and
Bangladesh held on 3rd February 2010 at Hamilton?
Answer: Daniel Vettori (New Zealand).
New Zealand won by 10 wickets
23. Indian who has received two Australia Day
Achievement Medals for his contribution to the
society there?
Answer: V.P.Unnikrishnan.
He is the secretary of the Federation of Indian
communities, Queensland (FICQ) and a native of
Kerala. He has been settled in Brisbane for more than
10 years and won the Lord Mayors 2010 Australia Day
Achievement Award recently.
24. In a country in East Asia., a nine-year-old school
girl gave birth by Caesarean section to a healthy
baby boy. Which is that country?
Answer: China
25. Name of the 10-foot-long research rocket
carrying a mouse, two turtles and worms into space
launched by Iran on 02-02-2010?
Answer: Kavoshgar-3
Kavoshgar-3, which means Explorer-3 in Farsi.
26. Which country has refused to grant citizenship
to a man who forced his wife to wear the full Islamic
veil or niqab?
Answer: France
27. Name of the Pakistani neuroscientist trained at
an elite American university has been found guilty
of two charges of attempted murder after she tried
to kill US agents in Afghanistan in 2008?
Answer: Aafia Siddiqui
28. Which sculptors bronze sculpture has been
sold for record 65million pounds at an auction in
London?
Answer: Alberto Giacometti
29. Which Indian publishing house has used the
multimedia print reader (MPR) technology to launch
two new products called The Talking Book and
The Talking Pen?
Answer: Aadarsh Private Limited
According to the company, when the MPR enabled pen
is positioned over a book with MPR codes, it activates
the pre-loaded audio files and readers are also able to
hear the text they are reading.
30. The book written by Taslima Nasrin which is a
compilation of power-packed articles on feminism
and suppression of women across the world?
Answer: No Country for Women.
31. One of the seven emirates of the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) which has discovered a new oilfield
off its coast, and expects to pump the first crude
from it by early next year. Which is that emirate?
Answer: Dubai.
The oil field is the first hydrocarbon discovery in the
emirates territory in 30 years.
32. The Central Government of India has extended
the ban on an Islamic Student organization for two
years recently. Name of that Organization?
Answer: Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI)
33. An American Christian activist, who entered
North Korea illegally on Christmas day to draw
attention to human rights abuses in the country, has
been released by Korean government after showing
sincere repentance for the transgression. Name of
that missionary?
Answer: Robert Park
34. Which country has agreed to accept ground-
based interceptors from the United States as part of
its missile defense system in Eastern Europe?
Answer: Romania
35. Which state became the first State in India to
announce a ban on Bt Brinjal even before the Centre
takes a final decision on the introduction of the
controversial genetically modified crop?
Answer: Uttarakhand
36. Man of the match Winners of ODI Cricket series
between New Zealand and Bangladesh held in New
Zealand.
Answer: First ODI on 5 February 2010:
Jacob Oram (New Zealand) for his 83 runs and 2
wickets.
New Zealand won by 146 runs
Second ODI on 8 February 2010:
Ross Taylor (New Zealand) for his 78 runs.
New Zealand won by 5 wickets
Third ODI on 11 February 2010
MJ Guptill (New Zealand) for his 91 runs. New Zealand
won the match by 3 wickets
New Zealand won the 3-match series 3-0
37. Who has taken over as Director-General of
Income Tax (Investigation), Kochi (Kerala)?
Answer: E.T. Lukose.
38. Indian American author who is currently a
member of Arts and Humanities Committee of US
government appointed by President Barack
Obama.?
Answer: Jhumpa Lahiri
39. Who has been appointed as England captain
after Fabio Capello sacked John Terry of the role
following allegations over his private life
Answer: Rio Ferdinand
40. South African player who scored his 34th Test
hundred in the recent test match against India?
Answer: Jacques Kallis
Kallis, moves level with Sunil Gavaskar and Brian Lara
on 34 Test hundreds only Ricky Ponting (39) and
Sachin Tendulkar (45) have more.
41. Who smashed an unbeaten belligerent 210 as
West Zone created a world record by successfully
chasing down 536 against South Zone to win the
Duleep Trophy?
Answer: Yusuf Pathan
It was the biggest run chase in the history of first class
cricket.
42. Name of the four-year medical course proposed
by the Indian Health Ministry and Medical Council of
India (MCI) which is aimed at meeting the public
health challenges in rural areas?
Answer: Bachelor of Rural Health Care (BHRC). Earlier
it is named as Bachelor of Rural Medicine and Surgery
(BRMS).
The BRMS training will be given in three phases the
first two phases will have the duration of one year each
and the final one will have 18 months. The internship
will have six month duration.
43. Who have been chosen for the G.D. Birla
International Award in art and culture category?
Answer: V.P. Dhananjayan and his wife Shantha
Dhananjayan .
They will receive the award along with two social
workers, Zokhumi Vankung of Mizoram for service to
humanity and Percy Barnevik, a Swiss National, for his
work in the rural areas of Tamil Nadu.
44. Chairman of news and current affairs channel
-Channel Nepal and largest cable operator Space
Time Network, who was shot dead by unknown
assailants in the capital Katmandu?
Answer: Jamim Shah
He was a Nepalese media entrepreneur had two
newspapers (now closed) and a television channel
Channel Nepal, which is the first satellite channel in
Nepal.
45. Which country now joins Chile as the second
country in Latin America to have a cabinet with
gender parity?
Answer: Bolivia.
Bolivias cabinet comprised of 10 men and 10 women.
46. Who is elected as Costa Ricas first female
president?
Answer: Laura Chinchilla
47. Name of the long-range missile successfully
test-fired and launched by India on 07-02-2010 from
Wheeler Island in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of
Orissa.?
Answer: Agni-3.
The missile, which has a range capability of 3500-
kilometers was flight tested by the Defence Research
and Development Organisation (DRDO). This was the
fourth flight test in the Agni-3 series. The missile is 17
meters long and two metres in diameter. It was powered
by a two-stage solid propellant system with a pay load
capability of 1.5 tons.
48. Who became the third South African batsman to
score a century in tests cricket on debut?
Answer: Alviro Peterson
49. Who becomes the first South African batsman to
score 250 plus runs against India in a test innings?
Answer: Hashim Amla
Amlas 253 not out in the first innings of the first test at
Nagpur represents the highest individual innings by a
South African batsman in a test innings against India.
50. Who has been named the captain of the Indian
hockey team for its campaign in the World Cup
Hockey event starting on Feb 28?
Answer: Rajpal Singh.
51. Who won the Asian Tour International golf title
held in Bangkok?
Answer: Gaganjeet Bhullar(India)
Asian Tour International is a golf tournament on the
Asian Tour, played in Thailand. It has been held
annually since 2008.
52. Which country defeated India to win hockey gold
medal in the South Asian Games?
Answer: Pakistan
53. Man of the match Winners of ODI Cricket series
between West Indies and Australia held in Australia:
Answer: First ODI on 7 February 2010 Played at
Melbourne Cricket Ground:
Shane Watson (Australia)for his 59 runs and 1 wicket
Australia won the match by 113 runs
Second ODI on 9 February 2010 Played at Adelaide
Oval:
DE Bollinger (Australia)) for his 4 wickets.
Australia won the match by 8 wickets
Third ODI on 12 February 2010 Played at Sydney
Cricket Ground
Match abandoned due to rain.
Fourth ODI on 14 February 2010 held in Brisbane:
Man of the match: Ricky Ponting (Australia) for his 106
runs.
Result: Australia beat West Indies by 50-runs.
Fifth ODI on 19 February 2010 Played at Melbourne
Cricket Ground.
Man of the match: James Hopes (Australia) for his 57
runs from26 balls & 1 wicket
Australia won the match by 125 runs
Australia won the 5 match series 4-0.
54. Who won the Player of the Series Award in the
ODI Cricket series between West Indies and
Australia held in Australia?
Answer: Ricky Ponting(Australia)
55. Which country announced on February 9,2010
that it had started enriching uranium to the level of
less than 20 percent to meet the countrys fuel
requirements for the reactor producing medical
radioisotopes, after the potential suppliers failed to
provide the fuel under a UN deal?
Answer: Iran
56. Seventeen army men were killed in an avalanche
that buried their training camp of an Indian State on
February 8. That massive avalanche hits which
Indian state?
Answer: Jammu & Kashmir
An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, from
either natural triggers or human activity. Typically
occurring in mountainous terrain, an avalanche can mix
air and water with the descending snow.
57. Which High Court recently struck down a state
law providing 4% reservation in government jobs
and educational institutions and jobs to 15 groups
belonging to the Muslim community.?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
58. Which pairs clinched their first ATP World Tour
doubles Tennis title after a hard-fought 2-6, 6-3, 10-5
victory over Karol Beck and Harold Levy in the final
of $4,42,500 South African Open in Johannesburg?
Answer: Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi
59. Which country recently tightened its immigration
rules to favour higher-skilled workers over
hairdressers and cooks, a revision that will lead
to the rejection of an estimated 20,000 migration
applications from foreign students, including
Indians?
Answer: Australia
60. Who was sworn in as Ukraines new President?
Answer: Viktor Yanukovych
61. Which country cut ties with the British Museum
on Sunday in protest at repeated delays in the loan
to Tehran of an ancient Persian treasure, the Cyrus
Cylinder?
Answer: Iran
The Cyrus cylinder, also known as the Cyrus the Great
cylinder, is a document issued by the Persian ruler
Cyrus the Great in the form of a clay cylinder inscribed
in Akkadian cuneiform The cylinder was created
following the Persian conquest of Babylon in 539 BC,
when Cyrus overthrew the Babylonian king Nabonidus
and replaced him as ruler, ending the Neo-Babylonian
Empire. The text of the cylinder describes Nabonidus as
impious and portrays the victorious Cyrus as pleasing to
the chief Babylonian god Marduk. It goes on to describe
how Cyrus had improved the lives of the citizens of
Babylonia, repatriated displaced peoples and restored
temples and cult sanctuaries.
62. Which country emerged triumphant at the 11th
South Asian Games Womens football tournament,
beating Nepal 3-1 to win the gold medal at the
event?
Answer: India
63. Name of the First 100% spy satellite of India
which will be operational by 2014 to keep an eye on
neighbouring regions?
Answer: Communication-Centric Intelligence Satellite
(CCI-Sat) .
India in October 2001 has already entered the League
of Nations having spy satellites USA, Russia, Japan
and Russia with the launch of the Technology
Experiment Satellite (TES). Besides TES, ISROs
Cartosat series of satellites and the Radar Imaging
Satellite (RISAT)-2 can also be used for surveillance
and espionage.
64. Keralas first digital apartments which offer a
slew of facilities opened recently at?
Answer: Kakkanad(Kochi)
Asset Homes, the new generation builder says its
digital apartment project at Kakkanad is the first such
in the country. The two towers, Silicon Heights and
Cyber Heights, have 90 apartments in a lakh and a half
square feet of area. Some of the features of these
apartments are automatic gates, boom barriers which
open only for the owners, touch-button lobby doors, a
security set-up with more than 40 cameras, wi-fi and
voice-over Internet protocol phone.
65. The Hunted- In search of Home and Hope was
adjudged the best debut film of a Director in the
recently concluded Mumbai International Film
Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation
Films held at the Tata Theatre, N.C.P.A, Mumbai.
Who is the director of the film?
Answer: Shaji Pattanam
Other Awards of Mumbai International Film Festival for
Documentary, Short and Animation Films :
Russian director Alexander Gutmans 17 August won
the Golden Conch for the Best Documentary, while The
Spell directed by Umesh Kulkarni was adjudged the
best fiction film.
Ritu Sarin and Sonam Tenzings documentary The Sun
behind the Clouds won the Silver Conch in the
Documentary above 30 minutes category. Vagabond
A nomad in spirit and in reality and I Found a Thread
jointly shared the Silver Conch award in the
Documentary under 30 minutes category.
In the fiction category, Vinoo Choliparambils Vitthal
won the Silver Conch. Burma VJ- Reporting from a
Closed Country won the Best Film of the Festival
Award for the Producer .
Deepa Bhatias Neros Guests received the Critics
Award and Bejinxed won the Best Student Film award,
instituted by the Indian Documentary Producers
Association.
The V. Shantaram Award for Lifetime Achievement went
to M.V. Krishnaswamy. Sanjay Jangirs Wait and Path
won the Golden Conch in the Best Animation Film
Category.
66. Who won the Man of the Match Award in the first
test between South Africa and India played in
Nagpur (February 6 to 9)?
Answer: Hashim Amla (South Africa). He scored 253
runs in the first innings.
South Africa won by an innings and 6 runs
67. Who won the Man of the Match Award in the
second test between South Africa and India Played
at Eden Gardens, Kolkata (February 14 to 18)?
Answer: Hashim Amla (South Africa).
He scored 114 runs in first innings and remains
unbeaten on 123 in the second innings. He is the fifth
south African player to score a century in both the
innings of a test match.
68. Who won the Player of the series award in the
recently concluded 2 test series between India and
South Africa?
Answer: Hashim Amla (South Africa).
69. Which country won the mens football gold
medal in the South Asian Games held in Dhaka?
Answer: Bangladesh. They thrashed Afghanistan 4-0 to
clinch their second mens title.
70. Which country finished at top in the 11th South
Asian Games held in Bangladesh with a total of 175
medals?
Answer: India.
India proved its supremacy clinching 90 gold, 55 silver
and 30 bronze medals. Pakistan followed in the second
place with 19 gold, 25 silver and 36 bronze medals
while hosts Bangladesh finished at the third with 18
gold, 23 silver and 56 bronze medals.
71. Eminent economist, who was part of the team
that chalked out the first five-year plan of India, died
at the age of 85?
Answer: Dr.K.N.Raj
72. Malayalam cinemas popular lyricist who has
won the prestigious Kerala State Award for the best
lyricist seven times and had written lyrics for about
400 films died recently at the age of 49?
Answer: Gireesh Puthenchery.
73. A series of avalanches that struck (on February
8, 2010) a mountain pass in a country in South-
Central Asia killing at least 167 people. Which is that
country?
Answer: Afghanistan
74. Name of the Iraqi freelance photographer who
worked for Reuters has been released by the US
military after 17 months in detention in Iraq?
Answer: Ibrahim Jassam
75. Which country declared a new food-safety
campaign on 10-02-2010 after contaminated milk
products from an earlier scandal showed up
repackaged in several places around the country,
exposing weaknesses in the countrys promise to
stop such problems from happening again?
Answer: China
76. Which car company has decided to recall
437,763 vehicles globally over a problem with the
drivers airbag inflator?
Answer: Honda Motor Co
77. Who is appointed as the second chief of the
National Investigation Agency (NIA), succeeding R V
Raju who retired on January 31?
Answer: Sharad Chandra Sinha
78. Which country celebrated 31st anniversary of
the 1979 Islamic Revolution on February 11?
Answer: Iran
79. Thirty-two elderly people died in a country in
South America because of a heat wave that has
pushed temperatures to unseasonably high levels.
Which is that country?
Answer: Brazil.
Brazil is the largest country in South America and the
only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas.
80. Name of Indian-origin woman who faced life
sentence after being found guilty of poisoning her
former lover to death, using an ancient Indian herb
in the first such case in Britain in 128 years?
Answer: Lakhvir Kaur Singh.
81. Lawyer, who was defending one of the key
accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks trial,
was shot dead recently in his office?
Answer: Shahid Azmi
Shahid Azmi was representing Fahim Ansari, an Indian
national accused of helping facilitate the attack on
Indias financial capital in November 2008.
82. Which Indian city will host the next South Asian
Games (SAF Games) in 2012?
Answer: Delhi
83. Defender of Brazil who played for Brazil when
they won the World Cup for the first time in Sweden
in 1958 has died from a heart attack at the age of
74?
Answer: Orlando Pecanha
Pecanha was capped 34 times for Brazil and was
regarded as one of Brazils best ever defenders.
84. Which country has recently announced a
permanent suspension of Googles e-mail service
claiming that it will be replaced by a new national
service?
Answer: Iran
85. Former dictator of Uruguay who was sentenced
to 30 years in prison for violating the constitution
when he led a 1973 coup that began 12 years of
dictatorship in Uruguay?
Answer: Juan Maria Bordaberry
86. INDIA has recently signed a civilian nuclear
agreement with a country in New Delhi, similar to
one it had signed earlier with seven other countries
such as the US, France and Russia. Which is that
country?
Answer: Britain
87. In a major terror strike after the November 26,
2008 carnage in Mumbai, nine persons including
four foreigners, all women, were killed and over 40
injured in a bomb blast near the Osho Ashram in a
city of Maharashtra on 13-02-2010. Which is that
city?
Answer: Pune
88. Deputy leader of Burmas National League for
Democracy Party who has been freed from seven
years in detention by the Burma Government?
Answer: Tin Oo
He is a retired general, former commander in chief of
the armed forces of Union of Myanmar, highly
decorated soldier, pro-democracy activist and deputy
leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in
Myanmar.
89. Which country has dissolved the government
and electoral commission, after a row over voter
registration that threatened to derail his nations
fragile peace process?
Answer: Ivory Cost
President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved the government.
90. Name the Indian-American professor hailing
from Andhra Pradesh who was among three people
killed when a woman lecturer allegedly opened fire
during a faculty meeting at a university in Alabama
after learning that she had been denied tenure?
Answer: Gopi K. Podila, chairman of the department of
biological sciences at the University of Alabama in
Huntsville. The other two killed, Maria Davis and Adriel
Johnson, were associate professors of biology.
They were killed by another biology professor, a 42
year-old woman, Amy Bishop, also a professor and one
of the star researchers of the university. She had
opened fire at a biology faculty meeting held to decide
her tenure.
91. Cricketer who has been banned from IPL3 after
he was found guilty of trying to negotiate with
another franchise after his current contract with
Rajasthan Royals was not renewed?
Answer: Ravindra Jadeja
He Played for Rajasthan Royals in the previous
seasons of IPL.
92. Which countries have qualified for the ICC World
Twenty20 Cricket which is to be held in West Indies
this year?
Answer: Afghanistan and Ireland
93. A Georgian luger, who died in a horrific crash
while in training just hours prior to the start of
Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics in Canada?
Answer: Nodar Kumaritashvili.
He was thrown off the sled as it bounced over the rim of
the fast track at the Whistler Sliding Centre at around
90mph and came to a halt after slamming into a pillar.
94. Somalias sports minister who has died in
hospital in Saudi Arabia weeks after he was
critically wounded in a suicide bombing at a medical
graduation ceremony in Mogadishu?
Answer: Saleban Olad Roble
95. Who was elected chairman of the board of
governors of the International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA)?
Answer: Mohamed Shahrul Ikran Yaakob
96. Flagstones from a 1,500-year-old street were
discovered during an excavation in the Old City of
Israel. Where is that city located?
Answer: Jerusalem.
Archaeologists have found a 1,500-year-old Jerusalem
road that was once a bustling through fare used by
throngs of Christian pilgrims and which is depicted on a
famed mosaic map of the Holy Land.
97. Twenty jawans were killed and several others
injured when Maoists attacked a security camp in
West Bengal on 15-02-2010. Where is that camp
located?
Answer: Silda in Paschim Medinipur district.
98. A controversial bronze statue of an American
President as a 10-year-old boy has been removed
recently by Indonesian authorities from a park in the
capital Jakarta due to a public backlash when it was
erected. Who is that president?
Answer: Barack Obama
The statue moved to a nearby elementary school that
Obama once attended.
99. Indian businessman who bought the formerly
British-owned East India Company recently?
Answer: Sanjiv Mehta.
100. Bangladeshs Zia International Airport is to be
renamed after 13th century Sufi saint after deleting
the name of former president Ziaur Rahman. What is
the name of that Sufi Saint?
Answer: Hazarat Shah Jalal.
101. Who became the 35th batsmen in the history of
Test Matches to accumulate 7000 career runs in
Test Matches?
Answer: V.V.S.Laxman
102. The Afghan Taliban leader, who was captured
by U.S. and Pakistani forces in Pakistan on
February 8, 2010, in the southern port city of
Karachi?
Answer: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar
He is a co-founder of the Taliban movement in
Afghanistan.
103. Name of Indias first unmanned submarine
which was successfully tested at Idukki reservoir in
Kerala on 16-02-2010?
Answer: Autonomous Underwater Vehicle- 150.
It was brought from Durgapur in West Bengal. The mini
submarine was developed with the help of Defence
Research and Development Organisation by Central
Mechanical Research Institute scientists.
104. Which country has recently stopped issuing
visas to citizens of 25 European nations?
Answer: Lybia.
Britain was exempted from the ban.
105. Who is appointed as the special envoy to the
Organization of the Islamic Conference by US
President Obama?
Answer: Rashad Hussain.
Obama has appointed a deputy White House counsel
Rashad Hussain to be his representative to the Muslim
world. Organization of the Islamic Conference is an
intergovernmental group with 57 member countries from
the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, Caucasus,
Balkans, Southeast Asia and South Asia .
106. According to a recent Commonwealth report,
presidential polls in an Asian country did not fully
meet key benchmarks for democratic elections.
Which is that country?
Answer: Sri Lanka.
107. Which district in Kerala is all set to be declared
the first fully electrified district in India?
Answer: Palakkad
108. The Operation launched by Afghan and NATO
forces in southern Afghanistans Helmand province
on February 13, 2010, aiming at eradicating Taliban
militants in Marjah district of this region?
Answer: Operation Moshtarak (Operation Together)
109. The celebrated Egyptian pharaoh, who ruled
from around 1351-1334 BC, died of malaria and had
a club foot, according to a new study that used the
latest genetic testing to try and find out more about
his life, and death?
Answer: Tutankhamun
He is often referred to as King Tut , died just nine years
into his reign, which lasted from 1333-1324 BC.
110. Bollywood superstar who has resigned from
the 10-member committee set up by HRD Minister
Kapil Sibal to review the proposed amendments in
Copyright Act following differences with some
members?
Answer: Aamir Khan. Later he withdrew his resignation.
111. Who is appointed as the Chairman of the high
level Empowered Committee to go into all aspects
(except legal and constitutional issues) of the
Maullaiperiyar dam dispute between the States of
Tamil Nadu and Kerala?
Answer: A. S. Anand.
He is the former Chief Justice of India.
112. The government of Kerala recently decided to
constitute a Pay Commission to recommend
revision of scales for government employees and
teachers in the state. The pay commission is
headed by?
Answer: Justice Rajendra Babu.
113. Former foreign secretary who announced his
decision to quit as Prime Minister Manmohan
Singhs special envoy on climate change on 19-02-
2010?
Answer: Shyam Saran
114. The second tiger reserve in Kerala after the
Periyar Tiger Reserve which will be integrated
ecologically with the 960 sq km Anamalai Tiger
Reserve in Tamil Nadu situated at?
Answer: Parambikulam.
The proposed 460.30 sq km Parambikulam tiger
reserve inaugurated on February 17, 2010.
115. Name of the military junta that seized power in
a military coup in the African country Niger?
Answer: Supreme Council for the Restoration of
Democracy (SCRD).
They captured President Mamadou Tandja and his
ministers in a four-hour gun battle
Salou Djibo is the leader of CSRD.
Junta means the ruling council of a military dictatorship.
116. Name of the first domestically made destroyer
which was launched by Irans navy in undisclosed
waters of the Persian Gulf in south Iran on February
19, 2010?
Answer: Jamaran
(A handout photo shows Irans Supreme Leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (2nd R) visiting the countrys
first domestically-made destroyer Jamaran, which was
launched in undisclosed waters of the Persian Gulf in
south Iran February 19, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters)
117. Who won the player of the match award in the
test cricket between Bangladesh and New Zealand
Played at Seddon Park, Hamilton from 15-02-10?
Answer: Martin Guptil(New Zealand)(For his 189 in first
innings, 56 not out in second innings).
New Zealand won the test series 1-0.
118. Who won the awards for the best batting
performance in Test and ODI cricket category in the
ESPN Cricinfo Awards 2009?
Answer: Virender Sehwag (Test)
Sachin Tendulkar(ODI).
Awards:
Best Test Batting Performance:
Virender Sehwag-293 v Sri Lanka, Mumbai
Best Test Bowling Performance
Jerome Taylor-5 for 11 v England, Kingston
Best ODI Batting Performance
Sachin Tendulkar-175 v Australia at Hyderabad
Best ODI Bowling Performance
Shahid Afridi-6 for 38 v Australia at Dubai
Best Twenty20 Batting Performance
Chris Gayle- 88 v Australia at The Oval
Best Twenty20 Bowling Performance
Umar Gul-5 for 6 v New Zealand at The Oval
119. Indias premier international airline, which
recently announced that it will commence daily non-
stop flights from Mumbai to Johannesburg from
April 14,2010?
Answer: Jet Airways.
120. The United Nations (UN) top climate official,
unexpectedly announced that he will resign in July
after Decembers failed summit in Copenhagen
dealt a blow to his climate change ambitions?
Answer: Bonn Yvo de Boer.
121. Who won the first British female Winter
Olympic gold in 30 years with victory in womens
skeleton?
Answer: Amy Williams
122. Name of the Buddhist monk who was
sentenced to seven years imprisonment in Myanmar
for violating immigration laws in relation to a trip he
took to Taiwan, unlawful association, and for failing
to declare foreign currency?
Answer: Gaw Thita.
He was arrested at Yangon International Airport in
August along with seven other monks who were later
released without charge.
123. Who was elected unopposed as the working
chairman of NDA(National Democratic Alliance) till
incumbent Atal Bihari Vajpayee recovers from ill-
health?
Answer: L K Advani
Sharad Yadav has been elected as the convenor.
124. Which film won the 2010 Writers Guilds Award
for original screen play?
Answer: The Hurt Locker
Awards List:
Original Screen Play: Mark Boal (Film:The Hurt Locker)
Adapted Screen Play: Jason Reitman and Sheldon
Turner Based upon the novel by Walter Kirn(Film:Up in
the Air)
Documentary film: The cove (Written by Mark Monroe)
Actor, comedian and singer Jason Alexander, who is
best known for his role as George Costanza on the
television series Seinfeld, presented the 2010 Paddy
Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television to
writer/actor/producer Larry David.
125. Who won Silver Bear for best director for the
film Ghost Writer at 60th Berlin film festival?
Answer: Roman Polanski.
126. Which film won the Golden Bear for best
picture at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival?
Answer: Bal (Honey)
The film is a Turkish-German production directed by
Semih Kaplanoglus
127. Man of the match winners of the 3 ODI (One
Day International) Cricket series between India and
South Africa held in India.
Answer: First ODI Played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium,
Jaipur on 21 February 2010
Man of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (India) (He scored
22 runs and took 2 wickets)
Result: India won the match by 1 runs.
Second ODI Played at Captain Roop Singh Stadium,
Gwalior on 24 February 2010
Man of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (India) (He scored
first double century of ODI cricket)
Result: India won by 153 runs
Third ODI Played at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera,
Ahmedabad on 27 February 2010.
Man of the match: AB de Villiers (South Africa) (He
scored 102 runs form59 balls)
Result: South Africa won by 90 runs
India won the 3-match series 2-1.
128. Man of the match winners of the two 20-20
cricket series between Australia and West Indies
held in Australia.
Answer: First 20-20 cricket Played at Bellerive Oval,
Australia on 21 February 2010:
Man of the match: Shaun Tait (Australia)(He took 3
wickets )
Result: Australia won the match by 38 runs.
Second 20-20 cricket Played at Sydney Cricket Ground
on 23 February 2010:
Man of the match: David Warner (Australia)(He scored
67 runs from 33 balls )
Result: Australia won the match by 8 wickets.
Australia won the 2-match series 2-0.
129. Man of the match winners of the two 20-20
cricket series between England and Pakistan held in
Dubai. .
Answer: First 20-20 cricket Played at Dubai
International Cricket Stadium on 19 February 2010:
Man of the match: Eoin Morgan (England)(He scored 67
runs )
Result: England won by 7 wickets
Second 20-20 cricket Played at Dubai International
Cricket Stadium on20 February 2010:
Man of the match: Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan) (He scored
46 runs from 18balls )
Result: Pakistan won by 4 wickets.
The 2-match series drew 1-1.
130. Who won the Morgan Keegan Tennis
Championships in Memphis beating Sharapova
former Memphis champion Sofia Arvidsson 6-2, 6-1
in final?
Answer: Maria Sharapova
131. Who won the WTA Dubai Tennis title defeating
Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 6-3 7-5 in the final?
Answer: Venus Williams.
132. Which film won six BAFTA Awards in London
including the award of best film?
Answer: Hurt Locker.
BAFTA AWARDS:
Best Film The Hurt Locker
Leading Actor Colin Firth (A Single
Man)
Leading Actress Carey Mulligan (An
Education)
Supporting Actor Christoph Waltz
(Inglourious Basterds)
Supporting Actress MoNique
(Precious)
Outstanding British Film Fish Tank
Outstanding debut by a British writer,
director or producer Duncan Jones (director
Moon)
Director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt
Locker)
Original Screenplay The Hurt Locker
(Mark Boal)
Adapted Screenplay Up In The Air
(Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner)
Film not in the English language A
Prophet
Animated Film Up
Music Up (Michael Giacchino)
Cinematography The Hurt Locker
Editing The Hurt Locker
Production design Avatar
Costume Design The Young Victoria
Sound The Hurt Locker
Special visual effects Avatar
Make-up & hair The Young Victoria
Short animation Mother Of Many
Short film I Do Air
The Orange Rising Star Award (voted for
by the public) Kristen Stewart
133. Who becomes the first woman to win Best
Director award in BAFTA awards?
Answer: Kathryn Bigelow
She is the director of the film Hurt Locker .
134. Name of the New Unmanned Aircraft that can
remain in the air for over 24 hours which has been
added to Israeli Air Force family?
Answer: Eitan
The drone named Eitan meaning Strong in Hebrew is
said to be 24 meters long and 26 meters wide
wingspan. The drone which weighs about 4.5 tones and
it can fly to and from Persian Gulf.
Drone means a pilotless aircraft operated by remote
control.
135. Indias largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki has
recently decided to recall about one lakh units of its
flagship export model to replace a faulty fuel pump
part. Name of that model?
Answer: Maruti A-Star
136. The leader of the Sunni Muslim militant group
Jundullah arrested recently by Iran authorities?
Answer: Abdolmalek Rigi.
137. Who became the first man ever to score a
double century in the 39 years of one-day
international cricket?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar.
He remains unbeaten on 200 from 147 balls, which
include 25 fours and 3 sixes against South Africa.
138. Leaders of 32 countries from Latin America and
the Caribbean, meeting in Mexico, decided to
exclude two countries from membership of a new
organization for countries on the American
continents. Name of that countries?
Answer: United States of America (U.S.A) and Canada.
139. Name of the jailed Cuban dissident on a hunger
strike for 83 days died at the age of 42 on 23-02-
2010?
Answer: Orlando Zapata Tamayo.
This is for the first time since 1972 that an opponent of
the Havana government lost his life during a hunger
protest.
140. Australias fourth-highest wicket-taker, who
has retired from Test cricket after admitting his
body, could no longer handle the demands of the
five-day game?
Answer: Brett Lee.
He took 310 wickets in 76 Tests.
141. Indian Artist who has recently decided to
accept the citizenship of Qatar?
Answer: M F Husain
142. Indian-origin woman who has became the first
woman Leader of the Opposition in the Trinidad and
Tobago parliament, ousting former premier Basdeo
Panday from the post?
Answer: Kamla Persad-Bissessar
143. Which country has swept the Commonwealth
Shooting Championship with a whopping 49
medals?
Answer: India.
India won 23 gold, 17 silver and 9 bronze medals.
England finished a distant second with 31 medals and
badges, while Wales ended third on the table after
winning 13 medals and badges.
144. A massive earthquake has hit a country in
South America on February 27, 2010 killing more
than 700 people while leaving untold numbers
missing and 2 million displaced, wounded or
otherwise affected. Which is that country?
Answer: Chile.
145. A prominent Indian hotelier who has been
presented the Community Award in recognition of
his outstanding philanthropic work in the UK?
Answer: Joginder Sangar
146. Which countrys Supreme Court disallowed kite
flying during the occasion of the spring festival of
Basant?
Answer: Pakistan.
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2010:
1. Who became the first Indian woman to ski to the South
Pole?
Answer: Reena Kaushal.
She made the historic ski-run as part of an eight-woman
Commonwealth team that crossed a 900 km Antarctic ice trek
to reach the South Pole to mark the 60th anniversary of the
founding of the Commonwealth.
2. Delhi Lt Governor Tejendra Khanna recently gave the
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) the go-ahead to
prosecute a former Congress M.P in murder and
communal rioting cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh
carnage. Name of that Former parliamentarian?
Answer: Sajjan Kumar
He is accused of instigating mobs that went on the rampage
killing Sikhs across Delhi in 1984 in the wake of the
assassination of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi.
3. A 103 feet high Christmas star designed by Kerala
based firm has been adjudged the worlds largest
Christmas ornamental star by the Guinness Book of
World Records.
Answer: Name of that firm?
Apple A Day properties.
4. The scientist of Indian origin who has been given
Canadas highest civilian award the Order of Canada
recently?
Answer: Shrawan Kumar
He was honoured for his three decades of pioneering
research on workplace injury and the spine at the University
of Alberta.
5. British hostage who has been released alive after more
than two-and-a-half years in captivity in Iraq by Islamic
Shia Resistance, a terrorist organization?
Answer: Peter Moore
He was an IT consultant from Lincoln, who was captured in
Baghdad in May 2007. Four bodyguards were seized with Mr.
Moore. Three were shot dead; the fourth is also thought to
have been killed.
6. South Korean steel major which has got final clearance
from the Ministry of Environment and Forests recently for
acquiring forest land in Orissa for its $12 billion steel
plant project?
Answer: POSCO
POSCO signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with
Orissa in June 2005 for the 12 million-tone-capacity steel
plant to be built in three phases by 2016, with production
scheduled to begin by the end of 2011 at the completion of
the first phase.
7. The 97th Indian Science Congress is held at?
Answer: University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, from
January 3 to 7, 2010. This is the first time that the Indian
Science Congress is being held at Thiruvananthapuram.
8. Who was named as the Player of the Decade by
Goal.com?
Answer: Bhaichung Bhutia
9. Legendary Wildlife conservationist and author who
passed away on 1 January 2010, at his home Tiger
Haven in the vicinity of the famous Dudhwa National
Park in Uttar Pradesh at the age of 92.?
Answer: Billy Arjan Singh
Singh, regarded as the godfather of the Save the Tiger
campaign in India was instrumental in establishing the
Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in 1988.He was decorated with
several national and international awards including Padma
Shri in 1995 and Padma Bhusan in 2006 and J Paul Getty
Wildlife Conservation Award. The Uttar Pradesh government
had also conferred the Yash Bharti award on him.
10. Who has been named as chairman of International
Pepper Community (IPC) for 2009 2010?
Answer: V.J. Kurian, Chairman of Spices Board, Ministry of
Commerce of the Government of India took over from Mr.
Odilson Luiz Ribeiro e Silva as Chairman of IPC at the 37th
Session of IPC on 3rd December 2009.
11. The alleged drug lord who was arrested by Mexican
police, two weeks after his even more powerful brother
was killed in a shootout with troops?
Answer: Carlos Beltran Leyva
Two weeks ago, his brother Arturo, reputed chief of the
Beltran Leyva cartel, was killed in a shootout with Mexican
marines in the central city of Cuernavaca.
12. Which team won their sixth Federation Cup title with a
3-0 triumph over Lajong via penalties in an evenly
contested final?
Answer: East Bengal.
13. Name of the tallest man-made structure ever built
which officially opened on 4 January 2010?
Answer: Burj Khalifa.
Burj Khalifa formerly known as Burj Dubai is a skyscraper in
Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Construction began on 21
September 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed
on 1 October 2009. Total cost for the Burj Khalifa project was
about US$1.5 billion.
Height:
Antenna or spire: 828m (2,717 ft).
Floor Count: 160 habitable floors plus 46 maintenance levels
in the spire and 2 parking levels in the basement.
Floor area: 464,511 m2 (5,000,000 sq ft)
14. Who is appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the
Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT),
Kerala?
Answer: Ramachandran Thekkedath.
He is presently working in the Technology Commercialisation
office of the University of Utah at Salt Lake city in the US.
15. The well known Indian expatriate businessman from
Abu Dhabi who has purchased the entire 100th floor of
Burj Dubai, the worlds tallest tower?
Answer: B R Shetty. He is the founder and managing director
of the New Medical Centre (NMC) group of hospitals.
16. The country which officially removed a 22 year old
entry ban on foreigners living with HIV/Aids recently?
Answer: United States of America (USA).
The change came following a US decision in November,
removing HIV infection from the definition of communicable
disease of public health significance.
17. Which country recently issued an orange alert for
heavy fog and snowstorm?
Answer: China.
18. Winners of Man of the match award in the Tri nation
ODI series (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh).
Answer:
Ist ODI held at Dhaka between Bangladesh and Sri
Lanka on Jan 4, 2010: Tilakaratne Dilshan (104 runs).
Lanka beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets.
2nd ODI held at Dhaka between India and Sri Lanka
on Jan 5, 2010: Thilan Samaraweera, (105 not out off
106 balls). Lanka won the match by 5 wickets.
3rd ODI held at Dhaka between India and
Bangladesh on Jan 7, 2010: M.S.Dhoni, (101 not out off
107 balls). India won the match by 6 wickets.
4th ODI held at Dhaka between Bangladesh and Sri
Lanka on Jan 8, 2010: Upul Tharanga, ((118 not out)).
Lanka won the match by 9 wickets.
5th ODI held at Dhaka between India and Sri Lanka
on Jan 10, 2010: Zaheer Khan, (3wickets for 38 runs).
India won the match by 8 wickets.
6th ODI held at Dhaka between India and
Bangladesh on Jan 11, 2010: Virat Kohli, (102 not out
off 95 balls). India won the match by 6 wickets.
7th ODI(Final of the Tri Nation series) held at Dhaka
between India and Sri Lanka on Jan 13, 2010: Nuvan
Kulasekhara, (4 wickets for 48 runs). Sri Lanka won the
match by 4 wickets.
19. Who won the man of the series award in the Tri nation
Tournament (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh) held in Dhaka,
Bangladesh?
Answer: Kumar Sangakkara
20. Name of the new party formed by the former Uttar
Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh on his birthday(05-
01-2010)?
Answer: Jan Kranti Party
21. Who won the man of the match award in the second
test between Australia and Pakistan played at the Sidney
Cricket Ground?
Answer: Michael Hussey (Australia). Australia won by 36
runs.
22. Indias first Eclipse Cruise which left from Kochi
port, with about 750 astro tourists to view the longest
annular solar eclipse of the third millennium from Male in
Maldives on January 15. Which cruise ship is used for
this eclipse cruise?
Answer: MV Aquamarine.
MV Aquamarine is a cruise ship owned and operated by
Louis Cruise Lines is the fifth largest cruise operator in the
world and the first international cruise line to operate from
India.A cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for
pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ships
amenities are part of the experience.
24. Name of the only official survivor of both the
Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings at the end of
World War II, died on 6th January in Nagasaki, Japan at
the age of 93?
Answer: Tsutomu Yamaguchi
25. Who has been appointed as Finance Minister of
Japan, replacing Hirohisa Fujii who will step down for
health related reasons?
Answer: Naoto Kan. He is the deputy prime minister of
Japan.
26. A 7.2-magnitude earthquake triggered landslides and
a tsunami that struck a country on January 4, 2010,
leaving more than 1,000 people homeless. Name of that
country?
Answer: Solomon Islands.
Solomon Islands is a country in Melanesia, east of Papua
New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands.
27. Scientists of which country are developing an
electronic device (e-dog) that will sniff out explosives like
RDX which remain undetected by existing security
equipments?
Answer: India.
28. PRAVASI BHARATIYA SAMMAN AWARDEES (PBSA)-
2010
Answer:
1 Mr. Mohinder Singh Bhullar Brunei( Darussalam)
2 Mr. Yanktesh Permal Reddy (Fiji)
3 Mr. Ryuko Hira (Japan)
4 (Mrs) Dr. Ruby Umesh Pawankar (Japan)
5 Mr. Suresh Kumar Virmani (Oman)
6 Mr. Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan (South Africa)
7 Dr. Tholisiah Perumal Naidoo (South Africa)
8 Dr. Rajni Kanabar (Tanzania)
9 Mr. Deepak Mittal (Thailand)
10 Dr. Lenny Krishendath Saith (Trinidad & Tobago)
11 Dr. Azad Moopen (U.A.E)
12 Mr. Mani Lal Bhaumik (U.S.A)
13.Mr. Ashok Kumar Mago (U.S.A)
14 Mr. Upendra J. Chivukula (U.S.A)
The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman is an award constituted by
the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs in conjunction with the
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, to honor exceptional and meritorious
contribution in their chosen field/profession. The award is
given by the President of India.
29. Who has been nominated as the Chairman from India
of Asian Print Congress?
Answer: R.Suresh. He is the Chief Executive of
S.T.Reddiar&Sons.
30. Which country limited United States military presence
in their country recently?
Answer: Yemen.
Yemen warns US military intervention, however welcomes
U.S. and foreign troops for training, intelligence and logistical
support.
31. Which Russian Website suggested a Conspiracy
theory for YSRs Death which involving Ambani
brothers?
Answer: http://exiledonline.com.
The Russian website is a magazine which is run by Mark
Ames, a journalist and a writer, Ames published an article
titled Enemy of Larry Summers Ex-boss Dies in Mysterious
Helicopter Crash. The article, which was published on
December 31, 2009, unveils a conspiracy against YSR
engineered by the loyal partners of Ambani brothers.
32. Which country recently formulated a strict new law
under which women who wear full-length veils (burqa) in
public places will have to pay a fine of over 750 Euro?
Answer: France.
Muslim women who wear the full Islamic veil in France will
face a possible 750 euros fine, according to a draft bill
unveiled by the leader of the parliamentary majority.
33. Who have been selected for Sarvottam Jeevan
Raksha Padak for their conspicuous courage in saving
life under circumstances of very great danger to the life
of the rescuer?
Answer: Rukhsana Kosser
Narender Kaushik (posthumously)
Rukhsana, a Jammu girl who braved the bullets of Lashkar-e-
Taiba militants and killed one of them to save her family.
Narender Kaushik, a resident of Delhi who died while saving
people trapped in a fire on March 13 last year.
Jeevan Raksha Padak series of awards are given to a person
for meritorious act of human nature in saving the life of a
person. The award is given in three categories Sarvottam
Jeevan Raksha Padak, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak and
Jeevan Raksha Padak.
Names of the seven persons who won the Uttam Jeevan
Raksha Padak Award:
Syed Areef Sujauddin (Andhra Pradesh) (posthumously)
Umman Antony (Kerala) (posthumously)
Rajan Kamble (Maharashtra)( posthumously)
Mushtaq Ahmed and Ajaz Ahmed (Jammu and Kashmir)
Karambir Singh Kang (Maharashtra)
Prachi Santosh Sen (Madhya Pradesh)
Jeevan Raksha Padak award is given to 44 persons.
34. Australia has recently condemned as deeply
offensive an Indian newspaper cartoon depicting the
police as members of the racist Ku Klux Klan over their
investigations into the murder of a young Indian man in
Australia. Which newspaper published that cartoon?
Answer: Mail Today, Delhi based news paper.
cartoon appeared in the 5 January edition of Delhis Mail
Today
35. Which country took over the mantle of the worlds top
merchandise exporter from Germany in 2009, according
to the latest figures, aided by a global economic crisis
that has taken a greater toll on other trading powers?
Answer: China
36. Which Central Ministers recent remarks on Pandit
Nehrus foreign policy became controversial?
Answer: Shashi Tharoor.
He said that while Nehrus foreign policy had taken India to a
new level in the international arena, he agreed with criticism
that it amounted to a moralistic running commentary on other
countries behaviour. Later he blamed the media for his
misreported remarks on the former Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehrus foreign policy.
37. Who won the Brisbane International Tennis title
beating Justine Henin in the final?
Answer: Kim Clijsters
38. Which country has become the worlds third-largest
economy, surpassing Germany and closing rapidly on
Japan, according to government and World Bank
figures?
Answer: China
39. Who has been appointed as the new bowling coach of
India?
Answer: Eric Simons, former South African fast bowler.
40. Recipients of the 16th Annual Star Screen Awards :
The film 3 Idiots won 8 awards and film Paa won five
awards.
Answer:
Best Actor: Amitabh Bachchan (Paa)
Best Actress: Vidya Balan (Paa)
Best Director: Rajkumar Hirani (3 Idiots)
Best Music Director A R Rahman ( Delhi 6 )
Best Film: 3 Idiots
Lifetime Achievement Award: Javed Akhtar
Best Screenplay Abhijat Joshi, Raju Hirani (3 Idiots)
Best Story Imtiaz Ali ( Love Aaj Kal)
Best Dialogues AbhijatJoshi, Raju hirani (3 Idiots)
Best Lyricist Irshad Kamil For Choor Bazari ( Love
Aaj Kal)
Best Playback Singer ( Female ) Kavita Seth For
Ore Manva ( Wake up Sid )
Best Playback Singer (Male ) Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
For Aaj Din Chaya ( Love Aaj Kal)
Best Cinematographer Rajiv Ravi ( Dev D)
Best Choreographer Bosco Ceaser (3 Idiots)
Best Entertainer of the year: Katrina Kaif
Best Editing Results Raju Hirani (3 Idiots)
Best Special Effects Aladin
Best Action Vijayan (Wanted )
Best Child Artist Pratik Katari ( Paa)
Best Cast- Luck By Chance
Best Jodi of the decade: Shahrukh Khan and Kajol
Ramnath Goenka memorial award: Nandita Das for
Firaaq
Most Promising Newcomer (Female) Mahi Gill (Dev
D)
Most Promising Newcomer (Male): Omi Vaidya (Aka
Silencer) ( 3 Idiots )
Most Promising Debutante Director: Nandita Das
(Firaaq)
Best Supporting Actress: Arundhati Nag (Paa)
Best Supporting Actor: Rishi Kapoor (Love Aaj Kal)
Star plus jodi award: Amitabh and Abhishek
Bachchan
Best Actor in a negative role:Boman Irani (3 Idiots)
Best Actress Most Popular Category- Kareena
Kapoor ( 3 Idiots )
Best Actor for Most Popular Category: Shahid Kapoor
(Kaminey)
Best Actor in a comic role: Omi Vaidya (3 Idiots)
41. Which player won the ATP Chennai Open titles with
his first-ever win over Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland
in the final?
Answer: Marin Cilic of Croatia.
The second-seeded Cilic became the first player after
Spanish veteran Carlos Moyas victories in 2004 and 2005 to
win back-to-back crowns in South Asias only ATP event.
42. Who won Qatar Open Tennis title beating Rafael
Nadal of Spain in the final held in Doha?
Answer: Nikolay Davydenko(Russia)
He defeated Rafael Nadal of Spain 0-6, 7-6 (8) and 6-4 to win
the Qatar Open tennis tournament.
43. Who has been selected for this years Prof. S. Guptan
Nair Puraskaram. an award which is instituted for
exceptional teachers who make significant contributions
to the cultural scene?
Answer: B. Hridayakumari
44. Who won the mens and womens title in the 74th
Senior National Badminton Championship at Karmavir
Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor Complex in Guwahati?
Answer: Chetan Anand(Mens title)
Trupti Murgunde(womens title)
Mens doubles title was won by Rupesh Kumar and Sanave
Thomas while the pair of Ashwini Ponnapa and Jwala Gutta
bagged the womens doubles.
45. Which High court of India will uphold its bench order
that includes the office of the Chief Justice of India within
the scope of the Right to Information (RTI) Act and
requires judges to declare their assets?
Answer: The Delhi High Court
46. Name of the leading Iranian nuclear scientist, who has
been killed in a bomb blast in Tehran?
Answer: Massoud Ali-Mohammadi
47. The French film maker who was one of the main
figures of the post-war New Wave cinema movement
passed away recently in Paris at the age of 89?
Answer: Eric Rohmer
He was the director of the critically acclaimed Tales of Four
Seasons His main works include the cycle of films Six Moral
Tales. The third, My Night at Mauds, released in 1969,
brought him international recognition.
48. Name of Indian-origin man and his two accomplices
who have been given long jail sentences for their
involvement in a 33 million pounds drug deal which is
considered to be UKs largest ever heroin seizure.?
Answer: Harminder Chana, 32, was sentenced to 17 years,
Abdul Rob, 30, was sentenced to 23 years
Atif Khan, 34, was sentenced to 15 and half years.
49. Which country has successfully intercepted a missile
defense system, in a test of its advanced air defense
capabilities?
Answer: China
50. Which Caribbean country has been hit by a massive
7.0-magnitude earthquake on January 12, 2010, killing
about 200,000 people?
Answer: Haiti.
51. Only batsman in world cricket who scored 7000 ODI
runs with a strike rate of over 100?
Answer: Virender Sehwag.
Sehwag, the seventh Indian to reach 7000 ODI runs, is the
only batsman in world cricket to achieve the milestone with a
strike rate of over 100.
52. Who has been chosen as the ESPN Cricinfo Player of
the Decade for the 2000s by a 38-strong panel of
experts, including current and former players?
Answer: Ricky Ponting, captain of Australia
53. Which state has won the Ranji Trophy for a record
39th time by beating Karnataka in a nail-biter of a final at
Mysore?
Answer: Mumbai.
The hosts Karnataka were chasing a target of 338 for a win,
but were bowled out for 331 to give Mumbai a six-run victory
on the fourth day of the game.
54. Which country won the seventh World Team Chess
Championship held at the Merinos Congress Centre in
Bursa, Turkey from January 3rd till 14th, 2010?
Answer: Russia.
Russia won gold, USA won Silver and India got the Bronze
medal.
55. One of the most successful R&B(Rhythm and Blue)
singers of the 1970s and 80s, passed away recently at
the age of 59 after a battle with colon cancer?
Answer: Teddy Pendergrass
The five-time Grammy-nominated singer had chart-topping
hits in three different decades with 1978s Close the Door,
1988s Joy and 1991s It Shouldve Been You, plus well-
known songs like Love TKO, Two Hearts with Stephanie
Mills and Hold Me, a duet with Whitney Houston that
featured on Houstons 1985 debut album.
56. Which car has selected as the Car of the Year at ICICI
Bank-CNBC-TV18 Overdrive Awards 2010?
Answer: Tata Nano.
57. Who has been appointed as one of 13 faith advisers
by U.K. Communities Secretary John Denham?
Answer: Arjan Vekaria, president of the Hindu Forum of
Britain.
He has been involved in voluntary work with the Hindu
Community in the UK for over 35 years. Born in Uganda,
Arjan spent part of his childhood in India before migrating to
the UK in the 1970s.
58. The centurys longest solar eclipse, having totality
duration of 11 minutes, 8 seconds (visible in India for 10
minutes, 24 seconds) occurred on which day of January?
Answer: 15th January, 2010.
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon comes directly
between the Sun and the Earth, producing a shadow on the
Earths surface where the Sun is completely or partially
obscured.
59. Who was honored with the Lifetime Achievement
Award 2009 for his outstanding contributions and
achievements in Banking Sector during the Bharat
Samman Pravasi Awards?
Answer: Mr. R. Seetharaman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO),
Doha Bank.
60. Who unveiled the Coca-Cola FIFA World Cup Football
Trophy 2010 at a glittering function in Kolkata, making
Kolkata the only Indian city to showcase the prized
trophy?
Answer: Lothar Matthaus, German football legend.
The trophy made of 18-carat gold- 36.8 cm high tall and
weighing 6,175 grams.
61. Who is appointed as the new Captain of Kings XI
Punjab for IPL 2010?
Answer: Kumar Sangakkara. The Sri Lankan player replaces
Yuvraj Singh who had led the team for the last two seasons
62. Who won the Sydney Medibank International Tennis
Womens Title defeating Serena Williams 6-3, 6-2 in the
final?
Answer: Elena Dementieva
63. Who won the Sydney Medibank International Tennis
mens Title defeating Richard Gasquet in the final?
Answer: Marcos Baghdatis
64. Ex-Soldier of China who was elected as governor of
Tibet by the regional parliament recently?
Answer: Padma Choling
Choling, a Tibetan who served in the Peoples Liberation
Army from 1969 to 1986 has replaced Qiangba Puncog,
whose resignation was endorsed by the regional Peoples
Congress.
65. National Security Adviser who has been appointed
Governor of West Bengal?
Answer: M.K. Narayanan
66. Which playback singer won the Swaralaya-Kairali
Yesudas award ?
Answer: Sujatha. The award includes a cash prize of Rs 1
lakh, a citation and a statuette designed by Kanayi
Kunhiraman.
Malayalam Music director M.K Arjunan has been selected for
the lifetime achievement award for his contribution in the field
of music
67. Name of the eco-friendly vehicle launched by Maruti
Suzuki India Ltd during the auto Expo 2010 held in Delhi?
Answer: Eeco
68. Veteran Communist leader whose unbroken 23-year
stewardship of West Bengals Left Front government
made him the longest reigning chief minister of an Indian
state died recently after a prolonged illness?
Answer: Jyoti Basu
69. Who won the Man of the Match award in the fourth
test match between South Africa and England held in
Johannesburg?
Answer: Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn
South Africa won the fourth test by an innings and 74 runs
and leveled the series 1-1.
70. Who won the Man of the series award in the four test
match series between South Africa and England held in
South Africa?
Answer: South African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher and
England off-spinner Graeme Swann shared the man of the
series award.
71. Who has resigned as president of Hockey India due to
the allegations made against him during the recent
hockey crisis?
Answer: A.K. Mattoo
72. FBI had recently used the photo of a Spanish leader
for a digitally-altered image showing how Osama Bin
Laden might look. Name of that Spanish leader?
Answer: Gaspar Llamazares
A photo of Bin Laden from 1998 (left) was digitally altered
using elements from an image of Gaspar Llamazares (right)
He rejected the United States apology for the FBIs using a
photo of him to create a poster showing what Osama bin
Laden might look like today.
73. The Turk, who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981,
was released from prison recently after more than 29
years behind bars and proclaimed that he was a
messenger of God and that the world would end in this
century. Name of that Turkish man?
Answer: Mehmet Ali Agca
74. The top military chief of al-Qaida in Yemen who was
killed by Yemeni warplanes near a desert village
bordering Saudi Arabia?
Answer: Qassim al-Raimi.
He is considered the No. 3 leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian
Peninsula.
75. The Argentina player who reached the 100-goal mark
for Barcelona?
Answer: Lionel Messi. The Argentina ace, who is still only 22,
achieved the landmark in just 188 games for the Catalan club.
76. Who is appointed as the Governor of Maharashtra?
Answer: K. Sankaranarayanan
77. India Government has decided to withdraw the
deemed status of how many universities in the
country?
Answer: 44
Centre told the Supreme Court that it has decided to withdraw
the deemed status to 44 universities in the country alleging
these were being run as family fiefdoms rather than on
academic considerations.
78. The winners of the 67th Annual Golden Globe
Awards,
Answer: BEST DRAMA: Avatar
DIRECTOR: James Cameron Avatar
ACTOR (DRAMA): Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart
ACTRESS (DRAMA): Sandra Bullock The Blind Side
BEST MUSICAL OR COMEDY: The Hangover
ACTOR (MUSICAL OR COMEDY): Robert Downey, Jr.
Sherlock Holmes
ACTRESS (MUSICAL OR COMEDY): Meryl Streep Julie &
Julia
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: The White Ribbon
ANIMATED FILM: Up
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz Inglourious
Basterds
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: MoNique Precious
SCREENPLAY: Up in the Air
ORIGINAL SCORE: Michael Giacchino Up
ORIGINAL SONG: The Weary Kind Crazy Heart
CECIL B. DEMILLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:
Martin Scorsese
79. Who is the new president of Hockey India?
Answer: Vidya Stokes
80. Who won the man of the match award in the third test
between Australia and Pakistan played at Bellerive Oval,
Hobart?
Answer: Ricky Ponting (Australia). Australia won by 231
runs.
81. Who won the man of the series award in the three test
series between Australia and Pakistan held in Australia?
Answer: Shane Watson
Australia won the 3-match series 3-0
82. Who was elected president of Chile, after a runoff
election against former president Eduardo Frei?
Answer: Sebastian Pinera
83. Name of the software developed by the students of
Indian Institute of Technology-Madras which won a
business plan competition in New York?
Answer: XEstor
The software uses algorithms to store various battery
parameters and interfaces with the grid to control the amount
of energy supplied and stored in the network. Midhun
Saleem, Kaushik Anand, Ashish Dattani, Sriram
Kalyanaraman and Vinay Shankar B.K. shared the $20,000
prize.
84. Name of the former Chinese Supreme Court judge
who was sentenced to life in prison recently following his
conviction for embezzlement and receiving more than
half a million dollars in bribes?
Answer: Huang Songyou
85. Name of Asias biggest air carrier, which has filed for
bankruptcy protection recently, in one of Japans biggest
corporate failures?
Answer: Japan Airlines Corp.
86. Which players emerged as the most expensive
cricketers of the high-profile players auction of the third
edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL)?
Answer: Kieron Pollard, West Indies all-rounder
Shane Bond, New Zealand pacer.
87. Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 2,000-
year-old temple dedicated to a cat goddess. In which
place it is located?
Answer: Alexandria.
The temple was filled with statues of Bastet, a once fearsome
lion-headed goddess whose image changed over time to a
domesticated cat.The temple is the first trace of the royal
quarters of the Ptolemaic dynasty to be revealed in
Alexandria.
88. The author of the hugely popular novel Love Story,
has died of a heart attack at the age of 72. ?
Answer: Erich Segal.
He was an American author, screenwriter, and educator. His
novel The Class (1985), a saga based on the Harvard Class
of 1958, was also a bestseller, and won literary honour in
France and Italy.
89. Nearly 300 people have been killed and hundreds
more wounded in three days of clashes between
Christians and Muslims in a country in West Africa.
Which is that country?
Answer: Nigeria.
90. Who became the fourth batsman and the first Indian
in the world to score five consecutive Test hundreds?
Answer: Gautham Gambhir
Australian legend Don Bradman leads the pack with six
consecutive Tests tons while South African Jacques Kallis
and Pakistans Mohammad Yousuf have also scored five
hundreds in five consecutive matches.
91. Former Australian womens cricket captain, who has
announced her retirement from international cricket after
a 14-year career?
Answer: Karen Rolton. She played over 141 one-day
internationals, scored 4,844 one-day international runs, eight
Test centuries.
92. Which country has the largest number of illiterate
adults in the world according to the Education for All-
Global Monitoring Report by UNESCO?
Answer: India
93. Who has been appointed as Indias new National
Security Advisor?
Answer: Shiv Shankar Menon
94. The ban on pre-paid phones in an Indian state has
been withdrawn recently. Which is that state?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir
The ban was imposed last year after the government cited
security reasons in the state.
95. Who won the Man of the match award in the first test
between India and Sri Lanka held in Chittagong,
Bangladesh?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
India clinched the first Test against Bangladesh with an
emphatic 113-run victory. Tendulkar scored 105 runs in the
first innings.
96. Which country will become the biggest economy by
2020 according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC)
Report?
Answer: China
97. Which country will overtake Japan as the worlds
third largest economy by purchasing power Parity (PPP)
by 2012 according to a report by global accounting firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC)?
Answer: India
98. Which Hollywood film has been banned from cinema
theatres in China to protect the countrys film industry?
Answer: Avatar
99. Name of the Indian Weightlifters who have been given
a life ban by the international weightlifting body after a
second doping offence last year?
Answer: Shailaja Pujari and Vicky Butta
Four other lifters, Harbhajan Singh (Delhi), Rajesh Singh
(Madhya Pradesh), Sunita Rani (Punjab) and A Vijayadevi
(Jharkhand), were banned for four years and fined USD 5,000
each for failing the out-of-competition tests conducted last
year.
100. Who was named as the next Indian Army chief and
will take over his new post after incumbent Gen Deepak
Kapoor retires on March 31.2010?
Answer: Lt-General Vijay Kumar Singh
101. Which Indian Freedom fighters Rs 1 lakh
promissory note unearthed by an octogenarian (a person
whose age is in the eighties) residing in Madhya
Pradeshs Bina town in Sagar district?
Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose
102. Winners of Man of the match award in the 5 ODI
series between Australia and Pakistan held in Australia.
Answer: Ist ODI held at Brisbane on Jan 22, 2010: Cameron
White (105 runs).
Australia won by 5 wickets
2nd ODI held at Sydney on Jan 24, 2010: Shane Watson
(scored 69 runs and took 1 wicket). Australia won by 140 runs
3rd ODI held at Adelaide on Jan 26, 2010: Ryan Harris, (5
wickets for 43 runs). Australia won by 40 runs
4th ODI held in Perth on Jan 29, 2010: Ryan Harris (5 wickets
for 19 runs) Australia beat Pakistan by 135 runs
5th ODI held in Perth on Jan 31, 2010: Clint McKay
(Australia) for his 4 for 35. Australia won by 2 wickets
Australia won the common wealth bank series 5-0.
103. Who won the Man of the series award in the
Commonwealth Bank ODI cricket series between
Australia and Pakistan?
Answer: Ryan Harris (Australia)
104. Which countrys military forces decided to protect
the banks in earth quake-hit Haiti?
Answer: India
Para-military Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)
personnel have been guarding banks and other vital centres
in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, to prevent looting,
besides providing security to Indians in the aftermath of the
devastating earthquake.
105. Scientist, whose groundbreaking work untangling
fundamental genetic processes earned him a Nobel Prize,
died at the age of 82?
Answer: Marshall Nirenberg.
106. Name of the Indian-origin Australian researcher who
has been named western Australias Australian of the
Year?
Answer: Professor Ralph Martins. He has been conducting
research on Alzheimers disease.
107. Indo-Canadian who was appointed vice president of
the University of Toronto, Canadas biggest university?
Answer: Hargurdeep Saini
108. The Afghan government recently banned the key
ingredient of roadside bombs that have emerged as the
deadliest weapon used by Taliban fighters against NATO
troops in Afghanistan. Name of that fertilizer chemical?
Answer: Ammonium Nitrate
109. Which countries demanded U.S. A to cross out Cuba
from the list of terror-sponsor countries.?
Answer: Russia and Spain
110. Who is appointed as the Governor of Andrapradesh?
Answer: ES Lakshmi Narasimhan
111. Veteran socialist leader and Samajwadi Party Rajya
Sabha member who died of heart attack in Allahabad at
the age of 77?
Answer: Janeshwar Mishra.
He was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time in 1977
from Allahabad and became Petroleum Minister in the
Chandra Shekhar government in 1990-91.
113. Which country has agreed to pay the United Nations
around $10m in compensation for damage caused to UN
buildings in Gaza during last years war?
Answer: Israel
114. Who won the International Plato Award by the
International Biographical Centre in Cambridge,
England?
Answer: Dr.K.C.Abraham.
He is the managing director of Kunnath Pharmaceuticals, the
manufacturer of Musli Power Extra.
115. Who is appointed as the chairperson of Prasar
Bharathi?
Answer: Mrinal Pande
She is a renowned journalist who is appointed as the Prasar
Bharati chairperson, a month after previous chairman Arun
Bhatnagars resignation was accepted by the I&B ministry.
116. Who has been presented the prestigious Hotelier of
the Century award of the International Hotel and
Restaurant Association (IH and RA) at a glittering
ceremony held in Belgrade?
Answer: C.P. Krishnan Nair. Chairman of Leela Palaces,
Hotels and Resorts.
117. Name of Indias largest solid fuel booster for
launching heavier satellites using the Geosynchronous
Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-Mk III), successfully
tested on January 24, 2010?
Answer: S200
The successful test makes S200 the third largest solid
booster in the world.
118. Who has been appointed as the second chief of the
National Investigation Agency (NIA), succeeding RV Raju
who retired in Janurary,2010?
Answer: Sharad Chandra Sinha
120. Which High Court of India recently has ruled that
Hindi is not our National Language?
Answer: Gujarat
121. Saddam Husseins notorious cousin and henchman
who was executed on 24-01-10 just days after he was
sentenced to death for the 1988 gassing of thousands of
Kurds, a crime that shocked the world?
Answer: Chemical Ali. His real name is Ali Hassan al-Majid
and he was better known by his nickname Chemical Ali.
122. Who has won Sri Lankas first post-war national
presidential election defeating former army chief Sarath
Fonseka with 57.9% of the popular vote, according to the
countrys elections commissioner?
Answer: Mahinda Rajapakse
He has won Sri Lankas first election since Tamil Tiger rebels
were defeated after 25 years of civil war and this is his
second term in office.
123. On January 28 2010, an International Conference on
Afghanistan was held where members of the international
community discussed the further progress on the
Petersburg agreement from 2001 on the democratization
of Afghanistan after the ousting of the Taliban regime.
Where was that conference held?
Answer: Lancaster House in London.
The one-day conference, hosted by the United Kingdom, the
United Nations, and the Afghan government, meant to chart a
new course for the future of Afghanistan and brought together
foreign ministers and senior representatives from more than
70 countries and international organizations.
124. Which company has been named the Technology
Pioneer-2010 by the World Economic Forum for
developing solar-powered mobile phone base stations,
becoming the first Indian telecom infrastructure firm to
win the laurel?
Answer: Vihaan Networks Ltd (VNL), a Shyam Group
company.
125. Which is the fastest wind gust ever recorded on
Earth according to a review of climate data by the World
Meteorological Organization?
Answer: Cyclone Olivia.
The World Meteorological Organization says a review of
climate data turned up a 253 mph gust recorded in 1996 on
Barrow Island in Australia during Cyclone Olivia. That tops the
231 mph record set atop Mount Washington in 1934.
126. Name of the district in Huston, in Texas State, USA
which is named after father of Indian Nation Mahatma
Gandhi?
Answer: Hill Craft district.
The district is officially named as Mahatma Gandhi district.
Huston city Mayor Annis Parker has officially announced this
on 26-01-2010 in the presence of Indian Consulate General in
Huston Sanjay Arora and many Indians.
127. Which country leads the world in addressing
pollution control and natural resource management
challenges, according to the latest Environmental
Performance Index (EPI)?
Answer: Iceland.
China and India rank 121 and 123 respectively in
Environmental Performance Index.
128. Who is the new president of Honduras?
Answer: Porfirio Lobo Sosa.
He is better known as Pepe Lobo.
129. Name of the five ex-army officers, who were hanged
at the central jail in Bangladesh for the assassination of
Bangladeshs founder president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
35 years ago?
Answer: Mohiuddin Ahmed (Ex-Lieutenant Colonel)
Bazlul Huda (Former Major)
Syed Faruq Rahman (Ex-Lieutenant Colonel)
Shahriar Rashid Khan(Ex-Lieutenant Colonel)
AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed(Ex-Lieutenant Colonel)
130. Name of the teenage girl who became the latest
miracle story of the Haitian earthquake after she was
pulled alive from rubble 15 days after the disaster?
Answer: Darlene Etienne
131. The army chief of India recently ordered disciplinary
action leading to court martial against his aide and
military secretary for his involvement in a land scam in
West Bengals Sukna cantonment. Name of that senior
most three-star officer?
Answer: Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash.
He is the first three-star general of Indian army to face such a
situation.
132. The enigmatic, reclusive author of the novel The
Catcher in the Rye, who has died at the age of 91?
Answer: J.D. Salinger (Jerome David Salinger). He was an
American author , released his novel The Catcher in the Rye
in 1951 which remains widely read and controversial, selling
around 250,000 copies a year.
133. Who is reelected for a second four- year term as
head of the U.S. central bank Federal Reserve?
Answer: Ben Bernanke.
134. Who won the Australian Open womens doubles
Tennis title-2010 defeating Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6-
4, 6-3 in the final?
Answer: Serena Williams and Venus Williams.
135. Who is the new Director General of the CRPF(Central
Reserve Police Force), worlds largest para military
force ?
Answer: Vikram Srivastava
136. Who is the new Director General of Indo Tibetan
Border Police (ITBP)?
Answer: R. L. Bhatia
137. Which country has overtaken U.S.A to become the
biggest car market in the world as government policy
initiatives spur demand?
Answer: China
Answer: South Africa.
141. Which country won the under-19 World Cup Cricket
held in New Zealand?
Answer: Australia.
Australia beat Pakistan by 25 runs in the final.
Man of the Match: Josh Hazelwood(Australia). He took 4
wickets for 30 runs.
142. Who won the Australian Open womens Tennis title-
2010?
Answer: Serena Williams
She defeated Belgian Justine Henin in the Womens singles
final at Australian Open Championship 2010 at Melbourne
143. Who won the 2010 Australian Open Mens title-2010?
Answer: Roger Federer.
He beat Andy Murray 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (13-11) to win the 2010
Australian Open Mens title on Rod Laver Arena in
Melbourne.
144. Who won the Australian Open mens doubles Tennis
title-2010?
Answer: Bob Bryan (USA) and Mike Bryan (USA).
They won their fourth Australian Open doubles title, defeating
Daniel Nestor of Canada and Serbian Nenad Zimonjic 6-3, 6-
7 (5), 6-3 in the final.
145. Who won the Australian Open 2010 mixed doubles
title?
Answer: Leander Paes(India) and Cara Black(Zimbabwe)
They beat 10th seeds Ekaterina Makarova of Russia and
Jaroslav Levinsky of Czechoslovakia 7-5, 6-3 in the final.
146. A member of the victorious US 4400m womens
relay squad at the 2004 Athens Olympics is suspended
for four years and all her competitive results since 2001
were disqualified because she used banned anabolic
agents and hormones between 2001 and 2004, according
to U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Name of that
American sprinter?
Answer: Crystal Cox

138. Which country stopped Military Exchanges with

U.S.A in response to Washingtons plan to sell a package
of arms worth about 6.4 billion U.S. dollars to Taiwan?
Answer: China
139. Name of the first State-funded Hindu school in
Britain which has started its operation in a new building
where meditation and yoga will form part of the lessons?
Answer: The Krishna Avanti Primary School. The school
founded in 2008 is the first voluntary aided Hindu faith school
in the country and is recognized as the most eco-friendly. It is
also Britains first vegetarian State school.
140. Six decades after his death, some of Mahatma
Gandhis ashes have been scattered off the coast of a
country on 31-01-2010. Which is that country?

Current Affairs Questions With Answers of
December 2009:
1. Who is the first Indian and the second player after
Pakistans Javed Miandad to have played in ODIs
for 20 years?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar
2. The person who prosecutors alleged worked as a
Nazi guard at the Sobibor death camp, accused of
helping to murder nearly 28,000 Jews at this camp,
went on trial in country court in Munich, southern
Germany on November 30, 2009?
Answer: John Demjanjuk.
Mr Demjanjuk, who is 89 and was deported from the US
in May, entered the courtroom in a wheelchair. If found
guilty, Mr Demjanjuk could be sentenced to 15 years in
jail.
3. Who has been elected as the new president of
Honduras in the recent elections?
Answer: Porfirio Lobo of the right of centre National
party has been elected as president of Honduras. He
defeated his nearest rival, Elvin Santos of the ruling
Liberal party, winning 56 per cent of the vote.
4. The lawyer for 26/11 Mumbai terror attack
accused Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, who was
sacked by Special Judge M.L. Tahaliyani for non-
cooperation?
Answer: Abbas Kazmi. K P Pawar was appointed
Kasabs new lawyer in place of Kazmi.
5. Who has been given the award for Cricketer of the
year as well as test batsman of the year in Ceat
cricket awards 2008 /09?
Answer: Gautham Gambhir
Other Award winners are:
ODI Batsman of the Year Virender Sehwag (India)
Test Bowler of the year Mitchell Johnson (Australia)
ODI Bowler of the year Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka)
Spirit of Cricket Award Thilan Samaraweera (Sri
Lanka)
300 Wickets Felicitation Award Harbhajan Singh
(India)
Lifetime Achievement Award EAS Prasanna (India)
Team of the year: Australia
6. Who won the ATP World Tour Finals title with a
straight sets victory over Argentinas Juan Martin
del Potro at Londons O2 Arena?
Answer: Nikolay Davydenko
7. Which film declared as the best film in the last 96
years after an innovative on-line contest T20 of
Indian Cinema launched by the Entertainment
Society of Goa (ESG), co-host of the International
Film festival of India (IFFI), in commemoration of the
IFFI-09?
Answer: Meghe Dhaka Tara, a Bengali film by director
Ritwik Ghatak.
The top 20 films selected are:
Meghe Dhaka Tara Ritwik Ghatak (Bengali, 1960)
Charulata Satyajit Ray (Bengali, 1964)
Pather Panchali Satyajit Ray (Bengali, 1955)
Sholay- Ramesh Sippy (Hindi, 1975)
Do Bigha Zameen Bimal Roy (Hindi, 1953)
Pyaasa Guru Dutt (Hindi, 1957)
Bhuvan Shome Mrinal Sen (Hindi, 1969)
Garam Hawa M S Sathyu (Hindi, 1973)
Mother India Mehboob Khan (Hindi, 1957)
Ghattashradha Girish Kassarvali (Kannada, 1977)
Elippathayam Adoor Gopalakrishnan (Malayalam,
1981)
Mughal-e-Azam K Asif (Hindi, 1960)
Nayagan Mani Ratnam (Tamil, 1987)
Kaghaz Ke Phool Guru Dutt (Hindi, 1959)
Apu Triology (Pather Panchali 1955, Aparajito 1956,
Apur Sansar 1959) Satyajit Ray (Bengali)
Sant Tukaram Vishnupant Govind Damle, Sheikh
Fattelal (Marathi, 1936)
Jaane Bhi Do Yaro Kundan Shah (Hindi, 1983)
Guide Vijay Anand (Hindi, 1965)
Madhumati Bimal Roy (Hindi, 1958)
Anand Hrishikesh Mukherjee (Hindi, 1971)
8. Jammu and Kashmir has stopped work on a road
project under the National Rural Employment
Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) in Demchok in south-
east Leh in Ladakh after the objection of Indias
neighbouring country. Which is that country?
Answer: China
9. Name of the rival body formed by the disgruntled
members of the official All India Chess Federation
(AICF)?
Answer: Chess Association of India.
President: Sri Naveen Kumar Wal, U.P.
Vice Presidents: Sri Raja Climax (Tamilnadu),
10. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of the
I-League?
Answer: Mr.Sunando Dhar
All India Football Federation officially declared that
Mr.Sunando Dhar has been appointed as the new CEO
of the I-League and he will join from the month of
January.
11. Which pair clinched their third ATP Challenger
doubles title of the season after defeating Jarkko
Nieminen and Henri Kontinen 6-2, 7-6 in the final of
the Helsinki event in Finland?
Answer: Rohan Bopanna (India)and Aisam-ul-Haq
Qureshi(Pakistan).
12. Who has been named European Footballer of the
Year to win the prestigious Ballon dOr award?
Answer: Lionel Messi.
French magazine France Football said that Messi, 22-
year-old Argentinian, and Barcelona playmaker forward
beat last years winner Cristiano Ronaldo into second
place by a massive margin 473 points to 233.
13. Which Tennis player has been fined $175,000
and put on probation for two years by the
International Tennis Federation for her foul-
mouthed tirade at the US Open?
Answer: Serena Williams
14. Which scientist had won the first Infosys Prize
for Physical Sciences, which comes with a cash
award of Rs 50 lakh?
Answer: Thanu Padmanabhan. He is an Indian
theoretical physicist, currently the Distinguished
Professor at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy
and Astrophysics, (IUCAA) at Pune, India
15. Malayalam-Tamil actress who won the
prestigious Golden Lamp Tree award for the best
short film at the IFFI in Goa for her directorial debut
Kelkkunundo
Answer: Geetu Mohandas. The award carries Rs. 5
lakhs and the film Kelkkunundo was selected from
among 206 films from 26 countries.
16. Veteran Japanese diplomat who was elected
new director-general of the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA) in a closely contested
election?
Answer: Yukiya Amano
17. Name of the former Miss Argentina who died
after complications arising from cosmetic surgery
on her buttocks?
Answer: Solange Magnano.
Solange Magnano, a mother of twins who won the
crown in 1994, died of a pulmonary embolism after
three days in critical condition following a gluteoplasty in
Buenos Aires.
18. Malayalee director who won the Vasudha award
for the best environmental film at this years
International Film Festival of India (IFFI) that
concluded in Goa?
Answer: Sanjeev Sivan
The award was for his movie Underground Inferno
produced by News and Entertainment Television, which
he co-directed with Umesh Agarwal. The movie shared
the award with Meltdown in Tibet directed by Micheal
Beckley and the award carries Rs.3 lakhs.
19. Who has been appointed as Director-Media to
the Prime Minister of India recently ?
Answer: Binoy Job
20. Which car has managed to beat even the entry
entrants and scored the highest in the entry mid-
size segment according to J.D. Power Asia Pacific
2009 India initial quality study released recently?
Answer: Ford Ikon
21. Who has been elected the first President of the
World Association of Newspapers and News
Publishers (WAN-IFRA), the organization created by
the July merger of the World Association of
Newspapers and IFRA, the research and service
organization for the news publishing industry?
Answer: Gavin OReilly, the Chief Executive Officer of
Ireland-based Independent News & Media PLC.
22. Which film was awarded the prestigious Golden
Peacock for best film at the 40th International Film
Festival of India (IFFI) at Goa?
Answer: I Cant Live Without You (Taiwanese film).
The award, a citation and cash prize of Rs.40 lakh (Rs.4
million), was awarded to the films director Leon Dai.
23. Who was awarded the prestigious Silver
Peacock for best director at the 40th International
Film Festival of India (IFFI) at Goa?
Answer: Ounie Leconte. She won the award for her
French-South Korean film A Brand New Life.
Special Jury award went to the Georgian filmmaker
George Ovashvili for his film The Other Bank
24. Who won the Lifetime Achievement Award
instituted for the first time by the Kerala State
Chalachitra Academy at the International Film
Festival of Kerala (IFFK)?
Answer: Mrinal Sen. He is an acclaimed Bengali film
maker who made significant contributions to
international cinema.
25. Name of a new force which will be created by the
Indian Navy to protect Naval bases and border the
coastline areas?
Answer: Sagar Prahari Bal (SPB).
SPB will comprise of 1000 personnel and will have 80
fast interception crafts for sea front patrolling.
26. Who was named the Sports Illustrated
Sportsperson of the Year-2009?
Answer: Saina Nehwal.
This shuttler became the first Indian to win a Super
Series title with her triumph in Indonesian event in June
and also earned a place into the top-10 zone this year.
27. Who has won the sports category of CNN-IBN
Indian of the year 2009?
Answer: Saina Nehwal.
28. Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal
Mission (JNNURM) has selected which city for its
award for the Best Solid Waste Management City
from among 63 cities where JNNURM projects have
been implemented?
Answer: Kochi (Kerala)
29. Which countrys cabinet held meeting on Mount
Everest to raise awareness of the effects of climate
change?
Answer: Nepal
30. Which country hosted South Asian Football
Federation (SAFF) Cup In 2009?
Answer: Bangladesh
31. Former Wimbledon and Australian Open
champion who retired from professional tennis
recently?
Answer: Amelie Mauresmo.
At her retirement Mauresmo was ranked 21st in the
world, after winning only one title in 2009.
32. Who is appointed as the Fielding consultant of
the Indian Cricket Team for a three week period?
Answer: Mike Young.
He was the fielding consultant of Australian Cricket
Team for last nine years.
33. Who won the prestigious Grawemeyer Award in
Religion from the Louisville Presbyterian
Theological Seminary and the University of
Louisville?
Answer: Eboo Patel, a member of President Barack
Obamas faith advisory council became the first Muslim
to win this prestigious award.
Patel won the prize for his 2007 autobiography Acts of
Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle
for the Soul of a Generation.
34. Central Government has recently rejected the
Supreme Court collegiums move to elevate to the
apex court Karnataka High Court Chief Justice in
the wake of allegations of land grabbing against him
and his family. Name of that High Court Chief
Justice?
Answer: P D Dinakaran
35. From December 7, 2009, environment ministers
and officials met in a European City for the United
Nations climate conference to thrash out a
successor to the Kyoto protocol. Which is that city?
Answer: Copenhagen, Denmark.
One hundred-and-ninety-two countries have signed the
climate change convention. More than 15,000 officials,
advisers, diplomats, protestors and journalists attended
the meet, joined by heads of state.
36. The First Cyber Forensic and Digital Analysis
Centre in India has started functioning in which
city?
Answer: Thiruvananthapuram(Kerala)
The centre is functioning at the Police Headquarters in
Thiruvananthapuram
37. Which team became only the third team to beat
South Africa in a home one-day cricket series after
the final match in Durban was abandoned because
of rain?
Answer: England. England won the series 2-1. This is
Englands first ever ODI series victory in and against
South Africa.
Paul Collingwood was named man of the series for his
all-round performances, scoring 275 runs and claiming
five wickets in an impressive international renaissance.
38. Who won the man of the match award in the
third test between India and Sri Lanka held at
Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai?
Answer: Virendra Sehwag. He scored 293 runs in the
first innings.
India won the third test match by an innings and 24 runs
and became the number one test team in the
International Cricket Councils rankings. This is the first
time that India has topped the ICC Test rankings since
they were introduced in 2002.
39. Who won the Player of the series award in the
recently held 3 test matches between India and Sri
Lanka?
Answer: Virendra Sehwag.
He scored 491 runs in the series at an average of 123
at a strike rate of 108.
40. Who was elected as President of Bolivia for
another five-year term winning 62.5 percent of the
national vote and 78.5 percent in La Paz?
Answer: Evo Morales
41. Legendary actress who charmed Indian
audiences with her performances in Anarkali and
Taj Mahal died on the 6th of December 2009 due
to cardiac arrest?
Answer: Bina Rai. She was a leading actress primarily
of the black and white era of Hindi cinema and won the
Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in
the film, Ghunghat (1960).
42. India signed a broad-based civil nuclear
agreement with a country on the 7th of December
2009 which will ensure transfer of technology and
uninterrupted uranium fuel supplies to its nuclear
reactors and inked three pacts in the defence
sector. Which is that country?
Answer: Russia. Under the agreement four new
nuclear reactors would be set up by Russia in
Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu and a site for the fifth one
has been identified in West Bengal.
43. Which country have retained the Davis Cup after
taking an unassailable 3-0 lead in the final against
the Czech Republic by winning the doubles?
Answer: Spain
44. Which country has claimed consecutive
Champions Trophy titles, scoring four unanswered
second-half goals to beat Germany 5-3 in the final in
Melbourne?
Answer: Australia.
Australia won a record 10th mens Champions Trophy
hockey title.
45. FIFA Club World Cup-2009 was played from 9
December to 19 December 2009 in which city?
Answer: Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)
It was the sixth FIFA Club World Cup which was won by
European champions Barcelona, who came from behind
to defeat the South American entrants, Estudiantes, 21
after extra time.
46. Which player won the Man of the match award in
the first 20-20 Cricket match between India and Sri
Lanka held in Nagpur on 9th December 2009?
Answer: Kumar Sangakkara. He scored 78 runs from
37 balls. Sri Lanka won the match by 29 runs.
47. Which country has the worlds lowest fertility
rate, with an average of one child per woman
according to the latest population survey conducted
by Population Reference Bureau (PRB), an
organization of the United States?
Answer: Taiwan.
According to the survey, Taiwan registered only eight
births per 1,000 population, the lowest level in the world.
48. Which was the most read news story of the past
decade, surpassing the Iraq War and the attacks of
Sept. 11, according to an analysis by a U.S.-based
media tracking group?
Answer: The rise of China as an economic superpower.
49. According to a book published in Germany, the
cause of the Holocaust was Hitlers obsession with
his mothers death after her treatment for cancer by
a Jewish doctor. Name of that book?
Answer: November 9: How World War One Led To the
Holocaust
The book is written by the German author, Joachim
Riecker. According to the book, the Nazi leader believed
that the Jewish doctor Eduard Bloch poisoned his
mother and the anger, anguish and resentment led to
the genocide with the death toll that spawns between 11
million and 17 million people.
50. Nuclear-capable ballistic missile of India
successfully test fired at 11.31 am on December 13,
2009 from the Offshore Patrol Vehicle INS Subhadra
of the Orissa coast?
Answer: Dhanush
Dhanush has a payload capacity of 500 kg and is
capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear
warheads. It can hit both sea and shore-based targets.
The missile, which has liquid propellant, is the naval
version of Indias indigenously developed surface-to-
surface Prithvi missile system. Dhanush is developed
by Defence Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO).
51. Best State Pavilion Award of International
Flower show held in Bangalore from 5th to 9 th
December 2009 won by?
Answer: State Horticulture Mission, Kerala.
52. Which commissions report was placed in the
Lok Sabha on 18-12-2009 by Minority Affairs
Minister Salman Khurshid?
Answer: Rangnath Mishra Commission.
The report of the National Commission for Religious and
Linguistic Minorities, headed by former Chief Justice of
India Rangnath Mishra has recommended 10 per cent
reservation for Muslims and five per cent for other
minorities in government jobs and favoured Scheduled
Caste status for Dalits in all religions.
53. Who became the first Indian boxer to clinch a
gold medal at the inter-continental Presidents Cup
after out-punching Frenchman Nordine Oubaali 8-1
in the fly weight (51kg) finals held in Baku
(Azerbaijan)?
Answer: Suranjoy Singh.
54. Who will be honored with a Lifetime
Achievement Award from the Recording Academy
the day before the Grammy Awards take place on
January 30?
Answer: Michael Jackson. He will be the posthumous
recipient of a special Lifetime Achievement Grammy
Award and he has won 13 Grammy Awards previously.
55. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has
severed ties with private security firm, whose
employees helped load the drone aircraft tasked
with killing targets in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Name of that private security agency?
Answer: Blackwater Worldwide.
Xe Services LLC), still usually referred to as
Blackwater, is a private military company founded as
Blackwater USA in 1997 by Erik Prince and Al Clark.
Blackwater has a wide array of business divisions,
subsidiaries, and spin-off corporations but the
organization as a whole has courted much controversy.
56. Which player has been named World Player of
the Decade by prestigious British magazine World
Soccer?
Answer: Ronaldinho.
Barcelonas Lionel Messi has been named Player of the
Year by the same magazine.
57. Who is the doubles partner of Indian tennis star
Sania Mirza for the Australian Open commencing
next month?
Answer: Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain.
58. Which player won the Man of the match award in
the second 20-20 Cricket match between India and
Sri Lanka held in Mohali?
Answer: Yuvraj Singh. He took 3 wickets and scored 60
runs from 25 balls. India won the match by 6 wickets.
Man of the Series: Kumar Sangakkara.
59. Who has been named as the Miss World-2009?
Answer: Kaiane Aldorino (Gibraltar)
60. Who was recently sentenced to four years and
nine months in prison and an additional three years
of supervised release by a US court for posting hate
messages in 2006 against former president George
Bush and calling for bombings of American
infrastructure?
Answer: Vikram Buddhi.
61. Which country won the fifth South Asian
Football Federation (SAFF) Cup title, by beating
defending champions Maldives 3-1 via the penalty
shoot-out in Dhaka?
Answer: India.
Arindam Bhattacharya (Indian Goalkeeper) was named
the Most Valuable Player of the Tournament
Fair Play Award: Bangladesh
62. Which Bollywood film is going to set a record in
the Guinness Book of World Records as the only
film in the world featuring the real-life father son
duo in a role reversal on-screen?
Answer: Paa. The film is directed by Balki.
Real-life father and son Amitabh and Abhishek
Bachchan are all set to enter the Guinness Book of
World Records for being the only father-son acting duo
to have played reversed roles on screen in Paa.
63. Which country has begun talks with Russia and
a United Nations arms control committee about
strengthening Internet security and limiting military
use of cyberspace?
Answer: U.S.A
64. Prime Minister of Italy is recovering in hospital
after an assault left his face covered in blood
following a rally in Milan?
Answer: Silvio Berlusconi.
The alleged attacker, Massimo Tartaglia who has a
history of mental illness, has been charged with
throwing the souvenir.
65. Which country won the Champions Challenge
hockey tournament in Salta, Argentina beating
rivals Pakistan in the final by four goals to two?
Answer: New Zealand.
With this win, New Zealand also qualifies for the next
years six-nation Champions Trophy. India won the
bronze medal with a last minute goal over Argentina (3-
2).
Sardar Singh (India) named as Player of the
Tournament and Kyle PONTIFEX (New Zealand) was
distinguished as Goal-keeper of the Tournament.
66. A British court has issued an arrest warrant for
Israels former foreign minister over war crimes
allegedly committed in Gaza this year. Name of that
Israeli Minister?
Answer: Tzipi Livni.
Israel has reacted angrily to the issuing by a British
court of an arrest warrant for the former Israeli Foreign
Minister, Tzipi Livni.
67. Who won the man of the match award in the first
ODI between India and Sri Lanka held in Rajkot on
15-12-2009?
Answer: Virendra Sehwag. He scored 146 runs from
102 balls. India won the match by three runs.
68. Indian American who has been sentenced to 12
years in prison by a Texas court and ordered to pay
$68 million in restitution for his involvement in an
elaborate rogue internet pharmacy scheme?
Answer: Rakesh Jyoti Saran.
69. Name of the upgraded version of a surface-to-
surface Long-Range Missile successfully launched
by Iran on 16th December 2009?
Answer: Sajjil-2.
The solid-fuel, high-speed Sajil-2 missile has great
maneuverability and can access targets more than
2,000 kilometers (1,242 miles) away, making Israel and
U.S. military bases in the Gulf reachable.
70. Former BJP leader and Member of Parliament
who resigned from the post of Public Accounts
Committee (PAC) chairman by sending his
resignation letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira
Kumar?
Answer: Jaswant Singh
71. Former Russian prime minister and one of the
leading architects of free market reforms in post-
Soviet Russia, died at the age of 53?
Answer: Yegor Gaidar.
He is an economic reformer who served as Russias
acting prime minister under former Russian president
Boris Yeltsin
72. One of the countrys top drug kingpins who was
killed by the Mexican Navy special forces in a
shootout in the central city of Cuernavaca recently ?
Answer: Arturo Beltrn Leyva. He called himself The
Boss of Bosses and was one of Mexicos three most-
wanted drug lords, came after a four-hour battle at a
condominium complex in Cuernavaca.
73. Which country decided to phase out 300-year-
old tradition of paying by cheque in favour of more
modern payment methods?
Answer: Britain
74. Which cricketer blasted the fifth fastest Test
century of all time en route to his 13th Test hundred,
shocking Australias bowlers on the second day of
the third and final Test at the WACA?
Answer: Chris Gayle
75. Which films won the prestigious golden crow
pheasant award for best feature film at 14th edition
of International Film Festival of Kerala 2009 [11-18
December, 2009] which was held in south Indian city
of Trivandrum?
Answer: Indonesian film Fishing Platform directed by
Ravi Bharwani and Iranian film About Elly directed by
Asghar Farhadi jointly won the award.
True Noon, a Tajik film directed by Nosir Saidov won
the best director prize whereas South African director
Madoda Mcayiyana won best dbut director prize for his
film My Secret Sky.
76. Who becomes the first female politician to be
appointed as the leader of the opposition in Lok
Sabha?
Answer: Sushma Swaraj.
77. Which film won the FIPRESCI award for the best
film in the just concluded 14th International Film
Festival of Kerala?
Answer: A Fly in the Ashes (an Argentine film directed
by Gabriela David)
NETPAC award for the best Malayalam Film: Kerala
Caf (a film comprising 10 short films; produced by
Ranjith)
FIPRESCI award for the best Malayalam Film: Patham
Nilayile Theevandi (directed by Joshy Mathew)
78. Who won the man of the match award in the
second ODI between India and Sri Lanka held in
Nagpur?
Answer: Tillakaratne Dilshan. He scored 123 runs off
113 balls and Sri Lanka won the match by 3 wickets.
Dilshan became the first and only batsman this year to
register ten hundreds in international cricket 6 in Tests
and 4 in ODIs.
79. Name of the Florida inmate who has become the
longest-serving prisoner to be exonerated using
DNA evidence and he was released from a Florida
prison, where he had spent 35 years for a crime he
didnt commit?
Answer: James Bain.
A court-mandated DNA test proved Bain was wrongly
convicted of sexual assault in 1974.
80. Who has been ranked among top five best
performing CEOs in the world by the prestigious
Harvard Business Review?
Answer: Mukesh Ambani. He heads Indias most
valuable company Reliance Industries,
81. Name of the book in which the first history of
Clinton scandal has been written and the same book
also alleges that Clinton had an affair with Susan
McDougal of Whitewater infamy?
Answer: The Death of American Virtue
In this book, former White House intern Monica
Lewinsky says former President Bill Clinton lied under
oath when describing their romantic encounters. The
author of the book is, Ken Gormley
82. Who was elected unanimously as the National
President of BJP?
Answer: Nitin Gadkari
83. Name of the two pops who were declared
venerable by Pope Benedict XVI-the first step on the
road to canonization as saints for both men?
Answer: Pope John Paul II and Pope Pius XII.
Pius XII, the Pope who led the Church during the
Second World War (he was Pope from 1939 to 1958),
and John Paul II (Pope from 1978 to 2005) are now
officially to be calledVenerable (meaning able to be
venerated).
84. Who has been appointed as the Director of the
All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE)?
Answer: Dr K Sree Krishna Kumar
85. Irans most senior dissident cleric who is treated
as the spiritual father of Irans reformists died at the
age of 87?
Answer: Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri.
86. Who won the man of the match award in the
third test between Australia and West Indies held at
the WACA Ground?
Answer: Chris Gayle. He also named the man of the
series.
Australia beat West Indies by 35 runs in third Test and
won the series 2-0.
87. President of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
who has been denied a visa by Pakistan for
attending a conference to be held in Islamabad?
Answer: Mehbooba Mufti
88. Who won the womens singles title in the Syed
Modi International Grand Prix Badminton
tournament in Luknow?
Answer: Saina Nehwal
89. Who won the mens singles title in the Syed
Modi International Grand Prix Badminton
tournament in Luknow?
Answer: Chetan Anand
90. Who won the man of the match award in the first
test between England and South Africa held in
Centurion?
Answer: Graeme Swann.
91. Who has been appointed as deputy leader of
BJP in the Lok Sabha?
Answer: Gopinath Munde, Former Maharashtra deputy
chief minister.
92. American actress who gained fame in movies
like 8 Mile and Just Married, died at the age of Test cricket due to concerns over his ability to play
32?
Answer: Brittany Murphy
93. Who won the man of the match award in the
third ODI between India and Sri Lanka held in
Cuttack?
Answer: Ravindra Jadeja . He took 4 wickets for
32runs. India won the match by 7 wickets.
94. Who has been awarded the honorary life
membership of the Professional Golf Tour of India?
Answer: Jeev Milkha Singh, top golfer of India.
95. Who has been named as its Rolex Player of the
Year 2009 by the Professional Golf Tour of India?
Answer: Anirban Lahiri
96. Which country dominated in the Commonwealth
Wrestling championship, which concluded at the
PAP Indoor Stadium, Jalandhar?
Answer: India.
India won 7 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze medals and
clinched the team championship trophy.
97. Who has been named Fifa World Footballer of
the Year-2009?
Answer: Lionel Messi.(Club:Barcelona)
He becomes the first Argentine to win this award.
Cristiano Ronaldo was honoured for scoring the best
goal of 2009, a 40-meter shot against Porto in last
seasons Champions League
The late England player and manager Bobby Robson
received FIFAs fair play award, while the presidential
award for contributions to football and society went to
Jordans Queen Rania.
98. Who won the female equivalent of FIFAs World
Player Of The Year Award for the fourth consecutive
time?
Answer: Marta, Brazilian striker.
99. Noted Malayali writer who got this years Kendra
Sahitya Academy Award for his novel Thrikkottoor
peruma ?
Answer: U A Khader
100. 10th Auto Expo will be held in which city of
India?
Answer: Delhi. Expo will start from January 5.
101. Who has been appointed to lead the UNDP
Global Programme on Democratic Governance
Assessment?
Answer: John Samuel.
He is a renowned policy researcher, democracy activist
and the International Director of Actionaid.
102. New Zealand pace bowler who has retired from
five-day matches?
Answer: Shane Bond
103. Managing director of the EMKE group, who has
won elections to the Abu Dhabi Chamber of
Commerce and Industry?
Answer: M.A. Yusuf Ali.
104. Name of the mega public sector undertakings
which got greater financial and operational
autonomy after the government accorded the
Maharatna status to these firms to help them
emerge as global giants?
Answer: ONGC, SAIL and NTPC.
ONGC-Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
SAIL-Steel Authority of India Ltd.
NTPC-National Thermal Power Corporation.
105. Who won the man of the match award in the
fourth ODI between India and Sri Lanka held in
Kolkata?
Answer: Gautham Gambhir . He scored unbeaten 150
runs.. India won the match by 7 wickets.
106. Indian cricketers who included in the All
star2009-The Test XI of 2009 selected by the cricket
expert Peter Roebuck?
Answer: Virender Shewag
Sachin Tendulkar
Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Dhoni is selected as captain of the team.
Other Members: Andrew Strauss(England), Kumar
Sangakkara(Sri Lanka), A.B. de Villiers(South Africa),
Daniel Vettori (vice-captain)(New Zealand), Mitchell
Johnson(Australia), Graeme Swann(South Africa),
Mohammad Asif(Pakistan), Dale Steyn(South Africa).
12th Man : Thilan Samaraveera(Sri Lanka).
107. Name of the intercontinental ballistic missile
successfully test launched by Russia?
Answer: RS 20 V Voevoda intercontinental ballistic
missile.
108. Senior Congress leader and governor of
Andhra Pradesh who resigned after an alleged sex
scandal?
Answer: N.D. Tiwari.
109. Which country launched the worlds fastest
train service covering a distance of 1,068 kms at the
average speed of 350 kms an hour?
Answer: China
110. Which journal has won the award for the best
journal in the cooperative sector in India?
Answer: Matsya, the journal brought out by
Matsyafed, Kerala won the award for the second
consecutive year.
Matsyafed also won the Matsya Sahakar Seva Award
for the best cooperative institution in the fisheries sector
in the country.
111. Name of the woman who attacked Pope
Benedict XVI at Christmas Eve Midnight Mass, 24
December 2009, inside St. Peters Basilica in
Vatican City?
Answer: Susanna Maiolo.
112. Sri Lankan all rounder who completed his 20
years in international cricket?
Answer: Sanath Jayasuriya.
The 40-year-old Jayasuriya played his first international
cricket against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket
Ground on Dec 26, 1989.
113. The fifth and the final ODI between India and Sri
Lanka was abandoned due to dangerous playing
conditions.. Where was the match scheduled?
Answer: Feroz Shah Kotla stadium, Delhi
114. Who was sworn-in as the new Governor of
Andhra Pradesh following ND Tiwaris resignation in
the wake of a controversy over a sting operation
purportedly showing him in with three women?
Answer: ES Lakshmi Narasimhan.
115. Which country sent army troops with shields
and batons to evict some 4,000 ethnic Hmong
asylum seekers y and send them back to Laos
despite strong objections from the U.S.A?
Answer: Thailand
116. The remains of which Renaissance astronomer,
excavated in 2005 by archaeologists in north-
eastern Poland, are to be re-buried next year (i.e.
.after 467 years)?
Answer: Nicolaus Copernicus.
Copernicuss skull and leg bones were discovered
during excavations by Polish archaeologists four year
ago at the Frombork Cathedral, in the town where
Copernicus made key observations.
117. Which countries decided to invest $600 million
to set up a joint venture (JV) to produce a medium
lift transport aircraft for their armed forces?
Answer: India and Russia
118. An Israeli former nuclear technician who, citing
his opposition to weapons of mass destruction,
revealed details of Israels nuclear weapons
program to the British press in 1986 was arrested
by Jerusalem Police?
Answer: Mordechai Vanunu.
After revealing the secrets, he was transported to Israel
and ultimately convicted in a secret trial. Vanunu spent
18 years in prison, including more than 11 years in
solitary confinement. Released from prison in 2004, he
became subject to a broad array of restrictions on his
speech and movement. On 28 December 2009, Mr.
Vanunu was once again arrested by Jerusalem Police
in a hotel in the capital following an alleged meeting with
his girlfriend, a Norwegian national.
119. The British national who was convicted and
executed on 29 December 2009 in the Peoples
Republic of China for drug trafficking?
Answer: Akmal Shaikh.
Shaikh was the first national of todays EU Member
States to be executed in China in over 50 years.
120. Popular Kannada actor died of cardiac arrest in
Mysore at the age of 59?
Answer: Vishnuvardhan
121. Who won the man of the match award in the
third test between England and South Africa held in
Durban?
Answer: Graeme Swann. He finished with 5-54 as
England beat South Africa by an innings and 98 runs in
the second Test
122. Who has been chosen for this years
prestigious Lokmanya Tilak National Journalist
award?
Answer: N Ram, Editor-in-Chief of the Hindu
Vir Sanghvi of Hindustan Times was the recipient of
the Tilak award in 2009.
123. Who won the man of the match award in the
first test between Australia and Pakistan held at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground?
Answer: Nathan Hauritz (Australia) He bagged five
wickets as Australia beat Pakistan by 170 runs.
Current Affairs November 2009 Questions and
Answers:
1. Who becomes the first Indian to make a fifty while
batting at No.9 against Australia?
Answer: Praveenkumar. He became the first batsman
from India to post a fifty on Indian soil while batting at
No.9 position
2. The Income Tax department recently conducted
nationwide raids at 70 addresses linked to former
Jharkhand Chief Minister
Answer: who has possessing assets worth Rs 2000
crores. Name of that former Jharkhand CM who is now
a MP?
Madhu Koda
3. Chief Minister V. S. Achuthanandan of Kerala laid
foundation for States first Border Security Force
(BSF) unit in which place?
Answer: Kainur village in Thrissur district.
4. A modern space science complex of international
standards is to be set up by Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) in South India. Where is it?
Answer: Ponmudi hills in Thiruvananthapuram District,
Kerala
5. Who has been inducted as SP of the prestigious
National Investigation Agency (NIA)?
Answer: T.K. Rajmohan
6. Who won the Man of the Match award in the third
One Day International Cricket between India and
Australia held in Delhi?
Answer: Yuvraj Singh. India beat Aussies by 6 wickets
7. Who has claimed the top slot as the highest tax
payer in the country for the current fiscal?
Answer: Lalit Modi, the Indian Premier League chief.
8. Chinas keystone space scientist, widely
acclaimed as the countrys father of space
technology and king of rocketry, died of illness
recently at the age of 98?
Answer: Tsien Hsue-shen.
He has also gone by the name of Qian Xuesen
9. The massive fire at which depot of Indian Oil
Corporation destroys Rs 1000 crore, ruins several
lives?
Answer: Jaipurs Indian Oil Corporation depot
10. Which documentaries have been recently
nominated for the prestigious 5th CMS
VATAVARAN, environment and wildlife film festival,
held at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi?
Answer: My Purple Sunbird directed by Sunil Raj
Kaanam Life Story of a Midland Hill by Babu
Kambrath
11. Indian who was elected as member of the Italian
Democratic Party National assembly?
Answer: Sibi Kumaramangalam
12. Who is appointed as the chief justice of
Himachal Pradesh?
Answer: Justice Kurian Joseph. He is the senior most
judge of the Kerala High Court
13. Who has been appointed first Goodwill
Ambassador of the Smile Train, an international
charity that provides free cleft lip and palate surgery
to children in need?
Answer: Aishwarya Rai Bachan
14. The Supreme Court Collegium headed by Chief
Justice of India KG Balakrishnan has dropped the
name of Karnataka High Court Justice from the list
of those recommended for elevation to the Supreme
Court. Name of that justice?
Answer: Justice PD Dinakaran
15. Name of the typhoon, the fourth in a month,
which has hit Manila in the Philippines bringing with
it heavy rain, flooding and a tropical storm?
Answer: Typhoon Mirinae.
Typhoon Ketsana was the first to hit this region at the
end of September. About 420 people died in that storm
and tens of thousands of people are still living in
shelters after their homes washed away. This was
followed up by Typhoon Parma that killed over 430
people and destroyed 55,000 houses. Typhoon Lupit
was the third typhoon to hit the area last week.
16. Who emerged as the winner of Airtel Delhi Half
Marathon in the male category?
Answer: Deriba Merga of Ethiopia.
Marry Kitney succeeded in winning the title in women
category. Around 30,000 people participated in the
Airtel Delhi half Marathon 2009.
17. Name the Jammu Kashmir braveheart who
killed a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist has been
appointed as the Special Police Officer (SPO) in the
Jammu Kashmir police force recently.
Answer: Rukhsana Kausar.
Rukhsana, who hails from Kalsi village in upper
Shahdhara area of Rajouri district, 180 km north of
Jammu, had grappled with LeT terrorists who entered
her home, grabbed an AK-47 from one and shot him
dead. The terrorist killed was Abu Osama, LeT
commander.
18. Kerala High Court Judge who resigned from his
post on 2nd November 2009 citing personal
reasons?
Answer: Justice V Giri.
He was the first permanent judge of Kerala High court
who resigned from his post. Justice K P Dandapani is
the only judge of the Kerala High Court to have resigned
before him. But he was not permanent at that time.
19. Which public sector company has won SCOPE
AWARD for Excellence and Outstanding
contribution to Public Sector Management Special
Institutional (Turnaround) Category 2007-08?
Answer: Heavy Engineering Corporation Ltd, Ranchi
20. Who won the Man of the Match award in the
fourth One Day international Cricket match between
India and Australia held in Mohali?
Answer: Shane Watson. He scored 49 runs and took 3
wickets.
Australia won the match by 24 runs.
21. American company which is a major lender to
hundreds of thousands of small and medium-sized
businesses, filed for bankruptcy recently, as the
global financial crisis left it unable to fund itself and
the recession clobbered its loans?
Answer: CIT Group Inc
Bankruptcy is also a blow for the U.S. government,
which invested $2.33 billion in CIT in December through
the Troubled Asset Relief Program and will likely lose
most of it.
22. Who won the WTA championship-2009 held in
Doha?
Answer: Serena Williams. She defeated her sister and
defending champion Venus 6-2 7-6(4) in the WTA
Championships final in Doha.
23. Who is the winner of Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2009
Race?
Answer: Sebastian Vettel
24. Who is the Chairman of the International Jury of
33rd International Film Festival held at Cairo?
Answer: Adoor Gopalakrishnan.
25. Which Indian film won the Silver Award at the
just concluded 33rd Cairo International Film
Festival?
Answer: Mudhal Mudhal Mudhal Varai (Tamil Film)
directed by Krishnan Seshadri Gomatam
26. The legendary French anthropologist and
philosopher who passed away recently in his Paris
home at the age of 100.
Answer: Claude Levi-Strauss. One of his more
influential fields of study involved the observation of
tribes in Brazil and North America.
27. Who has been conferred the Fellow Membership
of the Kolkata-based National Institute of Personnel
Management?
Answer: Dr George Sleeba, Chairman and Managing
Director of FACT, Kerala
28. Who was re-elected president of the United Arab
Emirates for a second five-year term?
Answer: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan
29. Who won the Man of the Series Award in the ODI
Cricket Series between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe?
Answer: Abdur Razzak (Bangladesh). Bangladesh won
the 5 match series 4-1
30. Which countrys central bank bought 200 metric
tons of gold from the International Monetary Fund
last month, in the first major move by a major
central bank to diversify its foreign-exchange
reserves?
Answer: India.
Reserve Bank of India bought 200 metric tons of gold to
manage its foreign-exchange reserves.
31. Which team was banned by BCCI from this
years Ranji Trophy cricket Season for skipping a
match against Jammu and Kashmir in Srinagar
citing security reasons?
Answer: Services.
The Services cricket team is a domestic cricket team in
the Elite Group of the Ranji Trophy, the main domestic
competition in India.
32. Which country made the fifth lowest total in one-
day cricket by making only 44 runs to their
account?
Answer: Zimbabwe.
Bangladesh bowlers demolished Zimbabwe for 44 runs
in the fourth ODI match, the fifth lowest total in one-
dayers. Nazmul Hossain, who started the slide with his
2 wickets for 10 runs and took a brilliant catch, was
adjudged the man of the match
33. Who has won the World Junior girls chess
championship at Puerto Madryn in Argentina on
November 3, 2009?
Answer: Soumya Swaminathan. She is from Pune,
India.
34. Who won the Man of the Match award in the first
ODI of the Cool & Cool Cup at Abu Dhabi between
New Zealand and Pakistan?
Answer: Shahid Afridi. He won this award for his
70runs and 2 wickets for 46.Pakistan won the match by
a whooping margin of 138 runs.
35. The tropical Storm which slammed Vietnams
central coast on November-2, 2009, unleashing
heavy rains and winds and forcing more than 80,000
people to evacuate.
Answer: Mirinae. The death toll from Tropical Storm
Mirinae in central Vietnam has risen to 109.
36. Which African country establishes satellite
medical link with India recently?
Answer: Sierra Leone. Officially the Republic of Sierra
Leone, is a country in West Africa has launched a
satellite link-up known as telemedicine so that doctors in
this country can seek advice from their colleagues in
India.
37. A British-German scientists team recently has
identified the old ancestor of the worlds most
infamous predator, Tyrannosaurus rex which is a
dinosaur. Name of that 165-million-year-old
dinosaur lived during the middle Jurassic Period?
Answer: Proceratosaurus, the two-legged meat-eater
would have measured about 3m long and weighed up to
60kg.
38. Which state won Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha
Mitra Award-07 for the best contribution in tree
planting activities and Indira Priyadarshini Vriksha
Mitra Award-08 for increasing forest & tree cover in
the State?
Answer: Kerala
39. Twelve-year-old boy who made a World record in
inter-school cricket by smacking a mammoth 439 in
the prestigious Harris Shield tournament at the MB
Union Cricket Club grounds, Cross Maidan?
Answer: Sarfaraz Khan..
Harris Shield is the tournament in which Sachin
Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli piled up a world record 664
runs for the third wicket in February 1988, helping their
school, Shardashram Vidyamandir, to score 748 for 2 in
122 overs against St Xaviers School at Azad Maidan.
40. Who won the Man of the Match award in the fifth
ODI cricket match between India and Australia held
on 5th November, 2009 at Uppal, Hyderabad?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar. He scored 175 runs and
that was his 45 th ODI century. Australia won the match
by 3 runs.
41. Fugitive former Thailand Prime minister who
was appointed as economic advisor to the
Cambodian government, in a move that adds to
tensions between the countries?
Answer: Thaksin Shinawatra
42. Name the U.S. Army psychiatrist who has killed
13 people and wounded 30 others in a bloody
rampage at the Fort Hood military base in Texas?
Answer: Major Nidal Malik Hasan
43. Eminent public health expert of Kerala who
passed away recently at the age of 71?
Answer: Dr. C.R. Soman
44. Renowned scientist and former Director of UGC
who has been selected for the prestigious Kalinga
Prize 2009.?
Answer: Professor Yash Pal. The award is given by
UNESCO for popularisation of science.
45. Which country won gold medal in mens
kabbadi, in the third Asian Indoor Games in
Vietnam?
Answer: India
46. Who is appointed as the new captain of Kolkatta
Knight Riders Team for IPL-3?
Answer: Saurav Ganguly
Coach: David Whatmore
Wasim Akram selected as mentor for the Kolkata Knight
Riders.
47. A never-seen-before Charlie Chaplin film was
recently found in a nitrate film tin by a man who
bought it on eBay for 3.20. Name of that previously
unseen Charlie Chaplin movie which could be worth
up to 40,000?
Answer: Charlie Chaplin in Zepped
48. Which team claims the 2009 AFC Champions
League title with a 2-1 victory over Al Ittihad at the
National Stadium in Tokyo?
Answer: Pohang Steelers of South Korea. The title was
Pohangs third continental triumph (following Asian Club
Championship wins in 1997 and 1998) and means they
become the most successful team in Asian football
history.
49. Coach of triple Olympic and World
Championship gold medalist Usain Bolt and
president of the Racers Track Club, who has
resigned after 22 years as head of the Jamaican
national track and field team?
Answer: Glen Mills
50. Who won the Man of the Match award in the
second ODI between New Zealand and Pakistan
held in Abudabi?
Answer: Brendan McCullum. He scored 131 runs (His
second ODI century) and New Zealand beat Pakistan
by 64 runs.
51. Name of the online reservation system of Kerala
Road Transport Corporation inaugurated by Chief
Minister V.S. Achuthanandan recently?
Answer: Sarathy
52. Who won the Man of the series award of recently
concluded ODI series between India and Australia?
Answer: Shane Watson. Australia won the seven
match series by 4-2. The last match abandoned due to
rain.
Man of the Match of Sixth ODI: Doug Bollinger.
Australia won that match in Guwahati
53. Which country won the Asia Cup hockey
championship-2009 for women held in Bangkok?
Answer: China.
China inflicted a 5-3 defeat on India to regain the trophy.
China had won the trophy last in 1989 at Hong Kong.
54. Which country won the Fed Cup womens tennis
title with a comfortable 4-0 win over the United
States in Reggio Calabria.?
Answer: Italy
55. Indias National Academy of Letters, Sahitya
Akademi, recently signed a MoU (Memorandum of
Understanding) with a digital technology leader to
institute the Tagore Literature Awards named after
the legendary Shri Rabindranath Tagore. Name that
electronics giant?
Answer: Samsung. The award will recognize the best
of literary contributions by writers in 8 Indian languages
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Punjabi,
Telugu and Bodo
56. Who is re-elected unopposed as the president of
Asian Athletic Association (AAA) in Guangzhou,
China, to serve his third consecutive term at the
office?
Answer: Suresh Kalmadi, Indian Olympic Association
chief. He was elected for another four-year term (2009-
13)
57. Who won the Charlottesville Challenger ATP
(Association of Tennis Professionals) Challenger
tournament?
Answer: Kevin Kim (U.S.A). He beat Somdev
Devvarman in the final.
58. Who is the new Director of ISRO Inertial Systems
Unit (IISU), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala?
Answer: T.R. Chidambaram
59. Who won the Swiss Indoors Tennis title beating
Roger Federer in the final?
Answer: Novak Djokovic. He beat Roger Federer in his
own backyard to win the Swiss Indoors final 6-4 4-6 6-2
in Basle.
60. Which state won the South Zone inter-state
badminton championship held in Andra Pradesh?
Answer: Andra Pradesh
Guru Sai Dutt (Andra Pradesh) beat Ram C. Vijay
(Kerala) in the boys final
Sikki Reddy, Girls Champion
61. Who was chosen for the C.K. Nayudu Lifetime
Achievement Award 2008-2009 by BCCI (Board of
Control of Cricket in India)?
Answer: Mohinder Amarnath
62. 124 people have been killed by floods and
mudslides in El Salvador after the Central American
nation was battered by a Hurricane. Name of that
storm?
Answer: Hurricane Ida
63. Who won the Man of the Match award in the first
ODI between South Africa and Zimbabwe held at the
Willowmoore Park, Benoni, South Africa, 8th of
November 2009?
Answer: Tatenda Taibu. He remains unbeaten on 103
runs. South Africa won the match by 45 runs
64. On the first day of the new Maharashtra
assembly, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS)
legislators roughed up a member of Samajwadi
Party for taking the oath of office in Hindi. Name of
that SP member?
Answer: Abu Asim Azmi. Maharashtra Legislative
Assembly suspended four Maharashtra Navnirman
Sena members for four years on charges of assaulting
Samajwadi Party MLA Abu Asim Azmi. The suspended
MLAs are Shishir Shinde, Ram Kadam, Ramesh
Wanzale and Vasant Gite
65. First Muslim lady who will serve as minister in
the Maharashtra government?
Answer: Fauzia Khan
66. Man of the Match of third ODI between Pakistan
and New Zealand held in Abudabi on November 9,
2009?
Answer: Mohammad Aamer (Pakistan). He made 73
runs and took two wickets.
New Zealand won the match by 7 runs. They also won
the 3-match series 2-1.
67. Who won Indias first medal in the 18th Asian
Athletics Championships held in Guangzhou?
Answer: Kavita Raut. She won a bronze in womens
500m race on the opening day of the 18th Asian
Athletics Championship
68. Which bank has won the Great Mind Challenge
Award for implementing the most innovative
solution for business?
Answer: Federal Bank. Federal Bank is the first bank in
the country to receive this award and the award has
been introduced by IBM for the first time in India for
business development initiatives.
69. Indias first Aerospace SEZ (Special Economic
Zone) launched in?
Answer: Belgaum, Karnataka. Aerospace and
engineering major QuEST Global launched the
countrys first aerospace Special Economic Zone for
development and manufacture of aerospace precision
engineering products.
70. Which documentary has been selected for the
Recycling Fond award at the 36th International
Festival of Sustainable Development Films-
ekotopfilm 2009?
Answer: Farming our Future Direction: Venu Nair
71. Who has been appointed Pakistan captain for
the Test tour of New Zealand?
Answer: Mohammad Yousuf
Vice Captain: Kamran Akmal
72. Who won Indias first Gold medal in the 18th
Asian Athletics Championships held in Guangzhou?
Answer: Om Prakash Singh. He won the mens shot
put gold for India.
73. Goalkeeper of Germany who committed suicide
by stepping in front of a train in Hanover?
Answer: Robert Enke
74. The sniper whose murderous shooting spree in
the fall of 2002 left at least 10 dead in Washington,
was executed by lethal injection at a Virginia state
prison?
Answer: John Allen Muhammad
75. Who is appointed as the head of United States
Agency for International Development?
Answer: Rajiv Shaw
76. Who has been chosen for this years K.R.
Narayanan Award?
Answer: N.Ram, Editor-in-Chief of Hindu.
He has won this award for his outstanding contribution
to journalism in India. Instituted by the K.R. Narayanan
Foundation in memory of the late President, the award
is to honour individuals who have excelled in various
fields.
77. Who has been selected for the K. R. Narayanan
Pravasi Ratna award?
Answer: M. A. Yusuf Ali, UAE-based industrialist won
this award for his contribution to the cause of NRIs.
K. R. Narayanan Kala Puraskaram award went to
Malayalam film Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja
78. Most-wanted cocaine kingpin of Mexico who had
been ranked by Forbes magazine as one of the most
powerful people in the world.
Answer: Joaquin Guzman. He ranked 41 on Forbes
powerful list.
79. A Michael Jackson portrait has sold for $812,000
(507,500) at an auction in Los Angeles. The artist of
that portrait is?
Answer: Andy Warhol
80. Sri Lankas armed forces chief who has resigned
from his post just months after helping secure the
defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels?
Answer: Gen Sarath Fonseka
81. Who has been selected for Ezhuthachan
puraskaram-2009, highest literary honour of Kerala
State?
Answer: Sugathakumari. She is a renowned poet and
social activist. She has won this award for her valuable
contribution to Malayalam poetry.
82. Who has been named captain of the Indian
hockey team for the FIH Mens Champions
Challenge tournament in Salta, Argentina?
Answer: Rajpal Singh. The tournament will take place
from December 6 to 13.
83. The Video game collected $550 million in 5 days,
which has beaten largest worldwide box-office
opening, held by Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince, which tallied $394 million over its first five
days?
Answer: Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
84. Who was sworn as the first Punjabi-American
(Sikh) mayor of Yuba City in U.S.A?
Answer: Kashmir Singh Gill
Yuba City is known as the first Punjabi village in U.S.A
85. Which country leads medals in the 18th Asian
Athletics Championships held in Guangzhou, China
in 2009?
Answer: China (47 Medals, 18 Gold, 19 Silver, 10
Bronze)
India occupies the sixth position(12 Medals, 1 gold, 4
Silver, 7 bronze).
47 Nations participated in the event.
86. The country which have reached the World Cup
finals for the second time in their history with
victory over Bahrain in their qualifying play-off?
Answer: New Zealand
87. Who is the Man of the series of the 20-20 series
between Pakistan and New Zealand held in Dubai?
Answer: Shahid Afridi. Pakistan won the series 2-0.
88. Who has clinched the Australian Masters Golf
Title held in Melbourne?
Answer: Tiger Woods
89. Which country chosen as host for the Asia-
Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings
held from February to November 2009?
Answer: Singapore
90. The 2011 meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic
Cooperation (APEC) will be held in?
Answer: Honolulu
91. National junior athletics championships from
November 20 to 24 held in?
Answer: Warangal, Andrapradesh
92. What is the highest score of India in a test
cricket match on a single day?
Answer: 443/1 in the second day of the third test match
against Sri Lanka in Mumbai.
93. Which country won FIFA Under-17 World Cup?
Answer: Switzerland. They defeated hosts and
defending champions Nigeria 1-0 in the final.
94. Who became the second Indian to complete
11,000 Test runs in the recent test match against Sri
Lanka?
Answer: Rahul Dravid.
95. Who is appointed as the chief of Defence Staff of
Sri Lanka?
Answer: Roshan Gunathilleke
96. Who is appointed as Australias batting coach
for the upcoming cricket season?
Answer: Justin Langer
97. President of India, Pratibha Patil recently
nominated five noted personalities to Rajya Sabha.
Who are they?
Answer: 1.HK Dua, Eminent journalist.
2.AK Ganguly, Former Chairman of Hindustan Lever
Limited.These two will replace Film Actor Hema Malini
and Journalist Chandan Mitra, whose term has come to
an end.
3. Javed Akhtar, Lyricist and poet
4. Prof CNR Rao (Chairman of the scientific advisory
council to the PM)
5. G Madhavan Nair, Former ISRO chairman.
98. Which Consumer electronics and durables major
recently announced the inauguration of its split air-
conditioner manufacturing line at its Sriperumbudur
facility?
Answer: Samsung.
The AC manufacturing unit in India is the fifth in the
world for Samsung.
99. According to the Open Doors 2009 report, which
country has sent more than one lakh students to
USA for the academic year 2008-09?
Answer: India.
India retained its position as the top place of origin for
international students in the US.
China remained in second place.
100. Which District panchayats of Kerala have won
the Nirmal Grama Puraskaram instituted by the
Union government for their efforts in maintaining
high level of public hygiene?
Answer: Alappuzha and Pathnamthitta
101. Who becomes first Sri Lankan player to score a
century in India since 1997?
Answer: Tilakaratne Dilshan
102. Ace straw picture craftsman from India who
has been invited to take part in the five day Mode
Heim Handwerk fair at Munich from November 25?
Answer: Kiran Rajendran. This is the first time that
straw pictures from India will get the opportunity to be
displayed in an international gallery.
103. The 11th International Meeting of the
Communist and Workers Parties jointly hosted by
the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and
the Communist Party of India (CPI) took place in?
Answer: New Delhi.
Communist leaders from around the world met there on
November 20-22, 2009 to discuss how to intensify
popular struggles
104. One of Iraqs vice presidents who vetoed the
countrys new election law recently, throwing into
fresh doubt the feasibility of holding crucial national
balloting in January ?
Answer: Tariq Hashimi. Iraq has two vice Presidents:
Adil Abd Al-Mahdi and Tariq Hashimi.
105. Sri Lankan player who scored a classy double
century in the first test match against India in
Ahmedabad?
Answer: Mahela Jayawardhene He scored 275 runs
and it was his sixth double century.
He won the Man of the match Award of that match.
106. Who has been declared elected in the
presidential elections of Afghanistan, which was
held on 20th August, this year?
Answer: Hameed Karzai
107. Who has been chosen for the prestigious Indira
Gandhi Prize of 2009 for Peace, Disarmament and
Development?
Answer: Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister.
108. The 32 teams qualified for the 2010 FIFA World
Cup Football:
Answer: South Africa (Host), Ghana, Ivory Coast,
Japan, Australia, South Korea, North Korea, England,
Netherlands, Spain, Serbia, Italy, Denmark, Germany,
Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, United States, Mexico ,
Switzerland, Slovakia, Argentina, Honduras , New
Zealand, Nigeria, Cameroon, Algeria, Greece, Slovenia,
Portugal, France, Uruguay.
109. Who won the first Maliyama Foundation
Award?
Answer: Irom Sharmila The award will be given to her
for her crusade against human rights violations and for
repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958.
110. The 1,500m champion of Beijing Olympics-
2008, who has been stripped of his gold medal after
a failed drugs test.
Answer: Rashid Ramzi. The Moroccan-born runner
who competes internationally for Bahrain was the only
gold medalist from Beijing caught using performance-
enhancing drugs
111. Who is the richest man in India with USD 32
billion in net worth followed by steel tycoon
Lakshmi Mittal and Anil Ambani, according to the
Forbes annual rich list for the country?
Answer: Mukesh Ambani, Reliance Industries
Chairman.
112. Which Indian film has bagged five awards at
the South Asian International Film Festival held in
New York?
Answer: Manjaadikkuru. The Malayalam film bagged
five awards including the ones for Best Film, Best
Direction, Best Script, Best Cinematography and Best
Debutante Talent. The film is directed by Anjali Menon
113. Who has chosen as first full-time president of
European Union?
Answer: Herman Van Rompuy, Belgian Prime Minister
114. The cricketer who has reached the milestone in
his career by completing a phenomenal 30,000 runs
in international cricket during the Test against Sri
Lanka?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar. He became the first
batsman to complete 30,000 international runs when he
scored his 35th run in the second innings against Sri
Lanka. He slammed his 43rd Test century in that match.
115. Which country won womens team title in the
19th Asian Table Tennis Championships held in
Lucknow?
Answer: China. The beat Singapore 3-1 in the final
while host India finished seventh.
116. Who has been named as High Representative
(Chief) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy of
European Union?
Answer: Catherine Ashton, Britain
117. Which team won their second successive
Russian Premier League title?
Answer: Rubin Kazan
118. Two Pakistani men accused of providing
logistical support for last years deadly terror
attacks in Mumbai, India, were arrested in Italy.
Name of that terrorists?
Answer: Mohammad Yaqub Janjua and Aamer Yaqub
Janjua
119. Which state of India won the national Junior
Athletics Championship held at Warangal for the
13th consecutive time?
Answer: Kerala.
120. Constitution bench to consider the Mullaperiyar
dam dispute between Tamil Nadu and Kerala has
been formed recently. The bench consists of?
Answer: The five-judge bench would be presided by
Justice DK Jain. Justice Mukundakam Sharma, RM
Lodha, D Sudharshan Reddy and Deepak Varma would
be the other members.
121. Who has been named as the Secretary of the
International Monetary Fund by its Managing
Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn?
Answer: Siddharth Tiwari, Indian economist.
122. Which is the inaugural film of the 40th edition
of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in
Panaji, Goa, on Nov 23, 2009?
Answer: Wheat, Chinese historical drama was the
inaugural film.
123. Who is the Man of the match of the second ODI
between South Africa and England at Super Sport
Park, Centurion on 22-11-2009?
Answer: Paul Collingwood. He scored unbeaten 105
after took two wickets and held a superb catch as
England beat South Africa by 7-wickets.
124. Which state crowned champions in the 55th
National School Games held in Amritsar?
Answer: Kerala. Kerala won 76 medals, including 28
gold, 28 silver and 19 bronze.
Hosts Punjab came second in the medal tally with 24
gold medals and 10 bronze.
125. A long-running inquiry commissioned by the
Indian government to investigate the destruction of
the disputed structure Babri Masjid in Ayodhya in
1992. In November 2009, a day after a newspaper
published the allegedly leaked contents of the
report, the report was tabled in the Indian
parliament by the Home Minister, P. Chidambaram.
Name of that commission?
Answer: Liberhan Commission
126. Who has been crowned Miss Earth 2009 which
was held on November 22 at the Boracay beach
resort in Aklan province, central Philippines?
Answer: Larissa Ramos, Nineteen-year-old Brazilian
beauty.
127. Who is the Brand Ambassador of Kerala
Hockey?
Answer: Suresh Gopi, Malyalam Superstar.
128. Which athletes were crowned as the Male and
Female World Athletes of the Year 2009 by
International Athletic Foundation (IAF)?
Answer: Usain Bolt, Jamaica
Sanya Richard, USA
129. Indias nuclear-capable intermediate range and
surface-to-surface missile which was testfired for
the first time on 23rd of Novmber-2009?
Answer: Agni II
130. Who won the Artist of the Year Award at the
37th American Music Awards (AMAs) beating out
Michael Jackson?
Answer: Taylor Swift. She won five awards while
Jackson got 4 awards.
131. Who was the oldest person to ever climb Mt
Everest?
Answer: Min Bahadur Sherchan, 78 years old became
the oldest person to conquer the worlds highest peak
132. China executed two people recently for their
roles in a tainted milk powder scandal in which at
least six children died and more than 300,000
became sick. Who are they?
Answer: Zhang Yujun and Geng Jinping.
Zhang Yujun was executed for endangering public
safety and Geng Jinping was executed for producing
and selling toxic food
133. Who has taken over as General Manager,
Southern Railway on 21st November 2009?
Answer: Shri Deepak Krishan
134. Secretary Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs
who is appointed as Secretary of Ministry of
Shipping?
Answer: K Mohandas.
135. SEBI (Stock Exchange Board of India )has
served an amended notice to a major Indian
company asking why it shouldnt be barred from
accessing the stock markets under the rules on
fraudulent and unfair trade practices and the gains
it made of Rs.513 crore not be disgorged. Which is
that company?
Answer: Reliance Industries (RIL). SEBI has issued an
amended notice to Mukesh Ambani-led RIL on insider
trading.
136. Who became the first woman president to fly in
a fighter jet, the Sukhoi-30MKI of the Indian Air
Force?
Answer: Pratibha Patil, Indian President
137. Prosecutors in the genocide trial of a former
Khmer Rouge prison chief demanded a 40-year jail
sentence recently for a man they described as
responsible for snuffing out innocent lives and
spreading terror across Cambodia. Name of that Jail
Chief?
Answer: Kaing Guek Eav. He is also known as Duch
(pronounced DOIK) oversaw the torture and execution
of about 16,000 men, women and children during the
Khmer Rouges 1975-79 rule. Some 1.7 million
Cambodians died of torture, execution, disease and
starvation under the Khmer Rouge.
The Khmer Rouge was the name given to the followers
of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, the totalitarian
ruling party in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol
Pot, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan.
138. Irans best-selling newspaper, which has been
banned for publishing a picture of a temple
belonging to the outlawed Bahai sect.?
Answer: Hamshahri.
139. Who became the fourth highest run getter in
Test cricket, surpassing former Australian captain,
Allan Border?
Answer: Rahul Dravid. Border took 156 Tests to reach
11,174 Test runs at an average of 50.56. Dravid
reached 11182 runs in 136 Tests at an average of
53.50,
Tendulkar 161 matches 12917 runs average of
54.76
Lara -131 matches 11953 runs average of 52.88
Ponting 136 matches 11345 runs average of
55.88
140. Who has been appointed as chairman of
Atomic Energy Commission of India?
Answer: Srikumar Banerjee. He is a leading expert in
Materials and Technology in the country and director of
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)
141. The son of a Philippines clan boss who was
charged with murder recently after the massacre of
at least 57 people in last week of November-2009?
Answer: Andal Ampatuan Jr, a local mayor in
Maguindanao province.
142. The United States of America has reached an
agreement to station an American antimissile
defense system on a country in Central Europe
recently. Which is that country?
Answer: Poland.
United States and Poland have agreed terms for
stationing US troops in Poland so that the deployment
of US Patriot missiles can start next year.
143. The search engine which apologized recently
for results of image search of Michelle Obama, first
lady of U.S.?
Answer: Google.
In November, when someone typed Michelle Obama
in the popular search engine Google, one of the first
images that came up was a picture of the American first
lady altered to resemble a monkey.
144. Pakistan player who hits century on debut in
the first test match against New Zealand in
Dunedin?
Answer: Umar Akmal, a blistering 129 (160b, 214,
26) on debut. He won the Man of the Match award, but
Pakistan lost that match by 32 runs.
145. The French Parliament has unanimously
adopted the civil nuclear agreement with an Asian
Country. Which is that country?
Answer: India.
146. Which car has been ranked No. 1 in the mid-
size entry segment (228 PP/100), according to the
2009 J.D. Power Asia Pacific India Vehicle
Dependability Study released recently?
Answer: Ford Ikon
147. Who was awarded the man of the match in the
second test match between India and Sri Lanka
played at Kanpur?
Answer: Sreesanth. He was declared Man of the Match
for his 6 wicket haul.
India beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 144 runs in that
match and it was Indias 100th test win in all, their first
being way back in 1952 against England.
148. Former Indian Volleyball team captain who has
been selected for the 21st Jimmy George
Foundation award, 2009, for his contributions to
sports?
Answer: Tom Joseph
149. Iranian authorities have confiscated the Nobel
Peace Prize medal awarded to Iranian lawyer-
activist in 2003 for her work as a lawyer and human
rights activist. Name of that Nobel laureate?
Answer: Shirin Ebadi
150. The Commonwealth Heads of Government
Meeting (CHOGM), leaders from 51 Commonwealth
countries began a three-day summit started on
November 27, 2009, held in?
Answer: Port of Spain
151. Which country n launched its fifth spy satellite
on 28th November 2009 in a bid to boost its ability
to independently gather intelligence?
Answer: China
152. Which company has been awarded the 2009 CII
(Confederation of Indian Industry) National Award
for Energy Efficient Unit?
Answer: Piramal Healthcares Digwal, India,
manufacturing division.
153. Who was awarded the man of the match in the
first test match between Australia and West Indies
played at Brisbane?
Answer: Ben Hilfenhaus. This Australian bowler took 3
wickets in the first innings and claimed two in the
second innings. Australia beat West Indies by an
innings and 65 runs.
154. Who becomes the youngest West Indian to
score a Test century on debut?
Answer: Adrian Barath At just 19 years and 228 days,
Barath became the seventh youngest batsman in Test
history to post a century on debut. He had scored 104 of
West Indies total of 154 in the second innings.
155. Who was adjudged Man of the Match in the
third ODI between South Africa and England played
at Cape Town on November 27, 2009?
Answer: AB de Villiers (South Africa). He scored 121
off 85 balls and South Africa won the match by 112
runs.
156. Which Indian city will be the venue of the 97th
Indian Science Congress?
Answer: Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
96th Indian Science Congress held at NEHU in Shillong,
Meghalaya.
157. In November 2009, more than 50 employees of a
nuclear plant of India were affected due to high radiation
levels. A water cooler for supplying water for the
employees was contaminated with tritiated water.
Where is that nuclear plant?
Kaiga nuclear power station situated at Kaiga in Uttar
Kannada district in Karnataka, India.
158. The African nation which has been admitted
into the Commonwealth of Nations, becoming the
54th member of the organization of mostly former
British colonies?
Answer: Rwanda
159. Who was adjudged Man of the Match in the
fourth ODI between South Africa and England
played at Port Elizabeth on November 29, 2009?
Answer: James Anderson (England). He took five
wickets and England won the match by 7 wickets.
160. Which country decided to sign civil nuclear
deal with India recently?
Answer: Canada. India and Canada have agreed on a
civil nuclear deal that will enable New Delhi to access
Canadian nuclear technology and uranium after a gap
of 34 years. The deal is likely to be signed when
Manmohan Singh goes to Canada to attend the G20
summit in June, 2010.
161. Chief of Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) who
was sent to jail for 14 days after his arrest in Andhra
Pradeshs Karimnagar district before he could begin
his fast unto death for a separate Telangana
state?
Answer: K Chandrasekhara Rao.
162. Whop will be the new partner of Mahesh
Bhupathi in doubles for the next tennis season?
Answer: Max Mirnyi of Belarus. Bhupathi and Mirnyi
had enjoyed a successful partnership in the past when
the two won the 2002 US Open and also reached the
Wimbledon final in 2003. Mark Knowles was his earlier
partner which ended in the semifinals of the ATP World
Tour Finals.
General Knowledge or Current Affairs Questions
and Answers of October 2009:
1. In which place of Kerala, one of the worst boat
tragedies in its history occurred, after Kerala
Tourism Development Corporations new double-
decker boat Jalakanyaka carrying 74 tourists
capsized that claimed 45 lives on September
30,2009?
Answer: Periyar Reservoir at Thekkady
2. Name the place where a powerful Pacific Ocean
earthquake spawned towering tsunami waves which
hit on September 29 that killing more than 113
people and leaving dozens of workers missing?
Answer: Samoa Islands in the central South Pacific
3. Name of the Tropical Storm that hits Philippines
on September 26, 2009 killing 246 people and
causing massive flooding in the region?
Answer: Ketsana
4. Name the top American official at the U.N.
mission in Afghanistan who has been ordered out of
the country after he disagreed with superiors over
how to deal with widespread fraud charges from the
presidential election in Afghanistan?
Answer: Peter Galbraith
5. Former Haryana chief minister (from March to
November 1967), who was also a former cabinet
minister in 1980-84 and held various portfolios
including agriculture, rural development as well as
food and supplies died recently ?
Answer: Rao Birender Singh
6. Former 100 meter world champion who has
announced his retirement recently from
international competition.
Answer: Kim Collins
7. Eminent singer who has been selected for the
Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the year 2007 which
carries a Cash Prize of Rs. 10 lakh, a Swaran Kamal
and a Shawl?
Answer: Shri Manna Dey
8. Which company has agreed to arrange 2.2 million
tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) per year that
NTPC (National Thermal Power Corporation) Ltd will
use to fuel its southern India plant at Kayamkulam,
Kerala which is currently running on naphtha?
Answer: Petronet LNG
9. A rare 507 carat white diamond, considered being
among the top 20 largest high quality rough
diamonds ever found worldwide was discovered
recently from which place?
Answer: The Cullinan Mine near Pretoria in South
Africa. The diamond is discovered by the Mining group
Petra Diamond, London-listed Company.
10. Which country celebrated 60years of Communist
rule with a spectacular military and civilian parade
through the centre of its capital city?
Answer: China
11. In which place of India, geologists recently have
found a cluster of dinosaur eggs, said to be about
65 million years old?
Answer: A village in Ariyalur District of Tamil Nadu.
12. Nick name of the oldest known fossil skeleton of
a human ancestora female Ardipithecus ramidus
specimen which has been found recently?
Answer: Ardi
13. Turkish journalist who threw a shoe at IMF chief
Dominique Strauss-Kahn in Istanbul ahead of key
meetings on the economic crisis, as rallies set to
bring thousands into the streets got underway?
Answer: Selcuk Ozbek
14. Legendary Film director who was arrested in
Switzerland for the rape of then 13-year-old
Samantha Geimer on a 31-year-old international
arrest warrant as he arrived to attend the Zurich
Film Festival?
Answer: Roman Polanski
15. Who became the third batsman to reach 12,000
one-day international (ODI) runs?
Answer: Ricky Ponting
Other two are Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya.
16. Who won Pan Pacific Open tennis title-2009?
Answer: Maria Sharapova
She won the Toray Pan Pacific Open title when Jelena
Jankovic retired because of an arm injury in the first set.
17. Marking the International Day of Non-Violence,
which organization has recently released a stamp of
Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of his 140th birth
anniversary?
Answer: The United Nations
18. Which country will host the 2016 Olympics?
Answer: Brazil.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will host the 2016 Summer
Olympic Games.
Brazil will also host the World Cup Football-2014
19. The last surviving leader of the ill-fated 1943
Warsaw ghetto revolt against the Nazis, died at the
age of 90?
Answer: Marek Edelman
During the World War II, he co-founded the Jewish
Combat Organization. He took part in the 1943 Warsaw
Ghetto Uprising, becoming its leader after the death of
Mordechaj Anielewicz. He also took part in the city-wide
1944 Warsaw Uprising.
20. Expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh is leading a
non-BJP, non-Congress group of MPs in Parliament,
which seeks to play the role of a critical
opposition. Name that group of Independent MPs
who have come together due to commonality of
issues.
Answer: The Lok Morcha
21. The doyen of Indian rationalist movement, a
vocal atheist, skeptic and caustic critic of Sathya
Sai Baba, died on October 4th 2009 at the Abhirami
Hospital in Coimbatore?
Answer: Basava Premanand
22. Who has won Formula Ones Japanese Grand
Prix 2009 title?
Answer: Sebastian Vettel
23. Who has won the European Golden Shoe for the
second time after scoring 32 goals for Atletico
Madrid in the Spanish league this season?
Answer: Diego Forlan
24. Who won Nobel Prize for physics in 2009?
Answer: The Nobel Prize in physics will be awarded to
Americans.
1. Charles K. Kao,
2. Willard S. Boyle and
3. George E. Smith.
Kao was honored for discovering how to transmit light
signals long distance through hair-thin glass fibers.
Boyle and Smith received the prize for opening the door
to digital cameras by inventing a sensor that turns light
into electrical signals
25. Who was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of
Greece after his party PASOK won recent
Parliamentary Elections?
Answer: George Papandreou. His party, i.e. the
Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) has won 160
out of 300 seats
26. Which country won the Champions Trophy
Cricket title-2009 held in South Africa?
Answer: Australia. They beat New Zealand in the final
by 6 wickets
Man of the Match in the Final: Shane Watson (For his
match-winning innings of unbeaten 105 of 129 balls)
Man of the Series: Ricky Ponting
27. List the name of scientists who are selected for
2009 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for Science
and Technology which is given to scientists below
45 years of age, for their outstanding scientific
contributions made primarily in India during the last
5 years proceeding the year of the Prize?
Answer: Biological Sciences:
1. Dr Amitabh Joshi, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for
Advanced Scientific Research, Banglore and
2. Dr Bhaskar Saha, National Centre for Cell Science,
Pune.
Chemical Sciences:
3. Dr Charusita chakravarty, Indian Institute of
Technology Delhi, New Delhi and 4.Dr Narayanaswamy
Jayaraman, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean & Planetary Sciences:
5. Dr S K Satheesh, Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore.
Engineering Sciences:
6. Dr Giridhar Madras, Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore and
7.Dr Jayant Ramaswamy Haritsa, Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore.
Mathematical Sciences:
8. Dr Venapally Suresh, University of Hyderabad,
Hyderabad
Medical Sciences:
9. Dr Santosh Gajanan Honavar, L V Prasad Eye
Institute, Hyderabad
Physical Sciences:
10. Dr Rajesh Gopakumar, Harish-Chandra research
Institute, Allahabad and
11. Dr Abhishek Dhar, Raman Research Institute,
Bangalore
Shri Prithviraj Chavan also gave away CSIR Young
Scientist Award 2009
28. One of the main orchestrators of the Rwandan
1994 genocide who has been arrested in Kampala,
the Ugandan capita?
Answer: Idelphonse Nizeyimana
Known as the Butcher of Butare, Nizeyimana is accused
of being one of the top four men who directed the
1994 genocide in Rwanda. He is believed to have
ordered the execution of Rosalie Gicanda, the Queen of
Rwanda and the head of the Tutsi tribe.
29. Who has been appointed as the Advisor to Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh on Infrastructure,
Innovation and Information?
Answer: Sam Pitroda. He is now the Chairman National
Knowledge Commission.
30. Who won Nobel Prize for Chemistry-2009?
Answer: 1. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (USA)
2. Thomas Steitz (USA)
3. Ada Yonath (Israel)
Ada is the first woman to receive it since 1964
Award is given for creating detailed blueprints of
ribosomes, the protein-making machinery within cells,
research thats being used to develop new antibiotics.
31. Who won Man Booker Prize Award-2009?
Answer: Hilary Mantel. This British novelist won the
award for her gripping 16th century tale titled Wolf Hall
32. Name the French Tourism Company which
bought Mahatma Gandhis house in South Africa for
an amount of $377,029 outbidding other bidders
including Indians?
Answer: Voyageurs du Monde. The company plans to
turn the property into a Gandhi museum in line with its
philosophy of investing in heritage properties worldwide
and Gandhiji lived in the house from 1908 to 1910.
33. Which animal has been declared as National
Aquatic Animal by Government of India?
Answer: Dolphin
GANGA DOLPHIN, locally known as Sauns has been
declared as National Aquatic Animal. In India, they live
more in Ganga River.
34. The former head of Interpol and South Africas
national police chief who went on trial accused of
corruption.
Answer: Jackie Selebi
Mr Selebi is accused of taking money and gifts from a
notorious alleged gangster, Glenn Agliotti,
35. Who won National Snooker Championship title-
2009?
Answer: Pankaj Adwani. He defeated Saurabh Kothari
in final.
Pankaj Adwani also won the National Billiards Title-
2009 defeating Geet Sethi in a nerve-wracking final.
36. National womens billiards title-2009 is won by?
Answer: Meenal Thakur. She defeated her younger
sister Anuja Chandra in the final.
37. Who won Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine
-2009?
Answer:
1. Elizabeth H. Blackburn (U.S.A)
2. Carol W. Greider (U.S.A)
3. Jack W. Szostak (U.S.A)
They got this award for discovering how chromosomes
protect themselves as cells divide, work that has
inspired experimental cancer therapies and may offer
insights into aging.
38. Which team won the Irani Trophy Cricket title for
2009-10?
Answer: Rest of India. They won the title on the basis
of their first innings lead against Renji Trophy
Champions Mumbai as a wet outfield ruled out any play
on the last day of the match
39. Who has been selected for the 24th Indira
Gandhi Award for National Integration for the year
2008?
Answer: Balraj Puri.He is a leading political
commentator and eminent journalist.
40. Which country tops the list of the countries with
the highest quality of life according to the annual
Human Development Index, unveiled by the U. N.
Development Program?
Answer: Norway. According to this index, Norway is the
best country in the world in which to live.
Niger comes in last position and India ranks 134th out of
182 countries in the world.
41. Who won Nobel Prize-in literature of this year?
Answer: The award is given to Germanys Herta
Mueller, a Romanian-born writer honored for work that
with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of
prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed.
42. Which state won IBN 7 Diamond state award for
Indias best big state for their overall performance
and significant contribution to the development of
the state?
Answer: Kerala.
Indias best small state award is won by Goa.
The award is given by IBN 7 network in partnership with
Outlook magazine.
43. Winner of The Wisden Cricketer magazines
World Test Player of the Year 2009 award?
Answer: Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh all rounder
44. The tropical storm that hits Japan on October 8
killing two people and shuttering factories, closing
schools and stranding commuters and travelers at
airports and train stations?
Answer: Typhoon Melor
45. According to the QS/Times Higher Education
rankings, which university retained the top position
among the top 100 varsities of the world?
Answer: Harvard University (U.S.A).
None of the Indian universities figure among the top 100
varsities of the world
Second spot-Cambridge University (Britain)
46. Which team won the NKP Salve Challenger
Trophy of 2009?
Answer: India Red
India Red, under the captaincy of S Badrinath defeated
Mahendra Singh Dhoni-led India Blues by 7 wickets in
the final.
47. One of the greatest writers of Gothic fiction who
has given funeral 160 years after his mysterious
death?
Answer: Edgar Allan Poe He has been honoured with a
second funeral service on October 10, 2009.
48. Boyzone singer, who has been found dead at the
age of 33 while on holiday with his partner Andrew in
Mallorca.
Answer: Stephen Gately
49. Indian sound engineer who was recently
inducted into the Motion pictures Academy, the
members of which can cast their votes for the list of
Oscar nominees?
Answer: Rasool Pookutty
50. Pope Benedict XVI canonized five new saints on
11th of October-2009. Name the five saints.
Answer: 1. Jozef De Veuster, better known as Father
Damien was a Roman Catholic priest from Belgium and
he won recognition for his ministry to people with
leprosy
2. Zygmunt Szczesny Felinski, a Polish bishop who kept
championing Catholicism after Russia shut down Polish
churches in retaliation for the Polish uprising against
Russia in Warsaw in 1861.
3. Jeanne Jugan, a French nun who set up an order that
runs homes for destitute around the world.
4. Francisco Coll y Guitart, a Spaniard who founded an
order of Dominicans in the 19th century.
5. Rafael Arnaiz Baron, a Spaniard, who wrote
extensively about spirituality before his death at age 27.
51. Countries which have signed a historic peace
agreement recently ending a century of hostility
hostility that stemmed from the World War One
mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman forces?
Answer: Turkey and Armenia
52. A former TV crime show host and state legislator
accused of commissioning killings to boost ratings
turned him in to authorities and was jailed on
homicide and drug trafficking charges?
Answer: Wallace Souza
53. Who has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace
Prize?
Answer: Barack Obama, US President.
54. Canadas first space tourist and also the worlds
first Space Clown who returned from International
Space station on October 11, 2009?
Answer: Guy Laliberte
55. Who is the new President of International
Academy of Astronautics?
Answer: G Madhavan Nair. (Former ISRO Chairman)
56. Who won the Nobel Prize in Economic
Sciences?
Answer: Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson for their
work in economic governance.
Ostrom was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in
Economic Sciences since it was founded in 1968.
57. The Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal?
Answer: Sujata Koirala
58. Name of the previously unreleased song by
Michael Jackson which was unveiled to the world
almost four months after the stars death?
Answer: This Is It
59. Sweden striker who announced his retirement
from International Football recently?
Answer: Henrik Larsson. Larsson retired in 2002 but
returned to international action two years later.
60. Who are the co-winners of the 2009 Right
Livelihood Award, known as Alternative Nobel, for
their work in campaigning against nuclear weapons,
protecting the rain forests of Congo and raising
awareness about climate change?
Answer:
1. Alyn Ware of New Zealand
2. Rene Ngongo of the Democratic Republic of Congo
(DRC)
3. David Suzuki of Canada
4. Catherine Hamlin of Australia who won the award for
treating women in Ethiopia suffering from obstetric
fistula.
61. Who has received the 2009 Golden Foot award?
Answer: Ronaldinho, Brazilian Striker
62. New Zealand all-rounder who retired from Test
cricket to prolong his career in the shorter formats
of the game?
Answer: Jacob Oram
63. Who is the new director of National Cricket
Academy of India?
Answer: Sandeep Patel
64. Indian footballer who was a part of the 1956
Melbourne Olympics squad that finished fourth,
which is Indias best finish in Olympic football, died
recently?
Answer: Keshto Pal
65. India has signed a civil nuclear pact with which
country that encourages and support scientific
technical and commercial co-operation for mutual
benefit in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy?
Answer: Argentina. Argentina has become the seventh
country, following US, France, Russia, Kazakhstan,
Namibia and Mongolia, with which India has signed a
civil nuclear agreement.
66. Argentina qualified for the 2010 World Cup in
South Africa following a 1-0 away victory over arch
rival Uruguay in Montevideo. Who scored that goal
for Argentina?
Answer: Mario Bolatti.He scored the goal in the 84th
minute.
67. Who is appointed as the new member of the
Supreme Court Collegium after retirement of the
second senior most apex court judge Justice B N
Agarwal?
Answer: Justice R V Raveendran.
Supreme Court Collegium, headed by Chief Justice K G
Balakrishnan, has Justices H S Kapadia, Tarun
Chatterjee and Altamas Kabir as the members.
68. India recently signed the Military Technical
Cooperation Agreement with which country?
Answer: Russia.
India and Russia signed two defence deals at the
conclusion of the Sixth Meeting of the India Russia
Inter Governmental Commission on Military Technical
Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC). The first agreement would
be on extending the military technical cooperation for
ten years from 2011 to 2020 and the second relates to
after-sales product support for defence equipment of
Russian origin.
69. Countries which are qualified for World Cup-
Football 2010 as the 20th and 21st nations for the
32-team World Cup, scheduled for next June in
South Africa?
Answer: Switzerland and Slovakia.
This is Slovakias first World Cup. They achieved the
landmark by beating Poland 1-0
70. Who has been appointed as the captain of the
Australia Twenty20 team?
Answer: Michael Clark
Vice Captain: Cameron White
71. Indian-American billionaire who has been
featured in Forbes annual list of Americas 200 Best
Small Companies among eight self-made stars who
have built tidy empires in an array of industries?
Answer: Bharat Desai
72. The Country which decided to celebrate the
400th anniversary of Galileos telescope and the
U.N.-designated International Year of Astronomy
recently?
Answer: Vatican
73. The first African country to win the under-20
World Cup Football after beating four-time
champions Brazil 4-3 in a penalty shoot out in the
final held in Cairo.
Answer: Ghana
74. Veteran Journalist, publisher social activist and
a pioneer in bringing out evening dailies in
Malayalam died at a private hospital in Kozhikode in
Kerala.
Answer: Theruvath Raman
75. Who has been named as the AIFF (All India
Football Federation) Player of the Year-2009?
Answer: Subrata Paul. Paul has thus become the first
goalkeeper to win this award which started in 1992.
76. Who is elected as the new president of the All
India Football Federation?
Answer: Prafool Patel
General Secretary of AIFF: Alberto Colaco
77. Who is the new world champion in Formula
One?
Answer: Jenson Button
78. Russian gymnast, who won a bronze medal at
world championships in London, died y in a car
crash recently?
Answer: Yury Ryazanov
79. Who becomes the youngest ever recipient of the
Order of Jamaica, one of the countrys highest
honours, at a ceremony in the capital Kingston?
Answer: Usain Bolt
80. Who was re-elected as President of Indonesia
securing nearly 61 per cent of the vote, ahead of his
nearest rival and ex-president Megawati
Sukarnoputri?
Answer: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
81. Who is the Vice President of Indonesia?
Answer: Boediono
82. A man who worked for years as a nurses aide in
Maryland and Pennsylvania who has been crowned
as a king in Uganda recently?
Answer: Charles Wesley Mumbere
83. Which trains collided in Uttar Pradeshs Mathura
city killing 23 people on October 23, 2009?
Answer: Goa Express and Mewar Express,
84. Who was confirmed as the next Lucasian
Professor of Mathematics on 19 October 2009, to
succeed Stephen Hawking on 1 November 2009?
Answer: Michael Boris Green. He is a British physicist
and one of the pioneers of string theory.
85. Which country has begun operating an
earthquake monitoring station at the foot of Mount
Everest in a bid to learn more about the worlds
highest peak?
Answer: China
86. Recipients of UN Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization (UNESCO)-Madanjeet Singh
Prize-2009 for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-
Violence?
Answer: Franois Houtart of Belgium and Abdul Sattar
Edhi of Pakistan
Franois Houtart won this award for his life-long
commitment to world peace, human rights and the
promotion of tolerance. Abdul Sattar won this award for
his life-long efforts to ameliorate the conditions of the
most disadvantaged groups in Pakistan and South Asia.
The prize money comprises of $100,000 which is to be
shared equally between them.
87. The broadcaster which has bagged the
broadcast rights for cricket to be played in India
over the next four years starting April 2010?
Answer: Nimbus Communications Ltd. They own the
Neo Sports and Neo Cricket channels. Nimbus will pay
the BCCI well over Rs 2,000 core for airing all the
matches organized by the board in India from 2010 to
2014.
88. American scientist who had worked for the
White House and NASA was arrested by the United
States authorities recently, charged with attempted
spying for Israel?
Answer: Stewart David Nozette.
89. Who is the Prime Minister of Pakistan-occupied
Kashmir?
Answer: Raja Farooq Haider Khan
90. Indian American philanthropist brothers who
won the Northern Virginia Community Foundations
community leader award for 2009?
Answer: Sudhakar V. Shenoy and Suresh V. Shenoy
91. Who bagged the PSPB Sports Person of the
Year award for 2008-09?
Answer: Saina Nehwal
World billiards champion Pankaj Advani and cricketer
Virender Sehwag shared the Sports Person of the Year
award for 2007-08.
92. The Director of National Institute for Ocean
Technology (NIOT)?
Answer: Dr. M.A.Atmanand
93. Who was named New Zealand cricketer of the
year-2009?
Answer: Daniel Vettori. He was also honoured with all-
rounder and most successful first class bowler award.
94. Which party emerged victorious in all assembly
elections held in the three states of Maharashtra,
Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh?
Answer: Indian National Congress
95. Who has denied having written a foreword
attributed to him in the autobiography by Congo
Republic President Denis Sassou-Nguesso?
Answer: Nelson Mandela
96. Which team clinches Champions League T20
Cricket title-2009?
Answer: New South Wales Blues. They beat Trinidad
and Tobago in the final by 41 runs
97. Which state won the National Interstate Athletic
championship-2009?
Answer: Kerala
98. Coach of New Zealand Cricket Team who has
resigned from his position following a review of the
performance of the side after their return from the
Champions Trophy?
Answer: Andy Moles
99. The only Indian film which is included in the
competition section of the 54th Valladolid
International Film Festival which began on October
23
Answer: Rithu (Malayalam Film) which is directed by
National Award winner Syamaprasad,
Valladolid, one of Europes oldest film festivals.
100. The only Indian Film Director who is included in
the judges panel of 11th International Film Festival
at Mumbai which starts from October-29?
Answer: Shaji N Karun.
101. New name of Orissa?
Answer: Orissa will soon be known as Odisha and the
name Oriya language too will be changed from Oriya to
Odia.
102. Who won the Kremlin Cup Womens tennis
title-2009?
Answer: Francesca Schiavone of Italy. She beat Olga
Govortsova of Belarus in the final.
103. Who won the Kremlin Cup Mens tennis title-
2009?
Answer: Mikhail Youzhny(Russia). He beat Janko
Tipsarevic of Serbia in the final.
104. Who won the Moto Grant Pix World
Championship-2009?
Answer: Valentino Rossi (Italy)
105. Which country won the seven-match hockey
Test series against Canada in Canada?
Answer: India. India won the series 6-0.
106. Fifteenth ASEAN summit which ends With
Pledge to Build Flexible Community held in?
Answer: 15th Summit of the Association of Southeast
Asian Nations (ASEAN) during October 23-25 in two
well-known adjoining beach resorts of Cha-am and Hua
Hin in Thailand.
Association of Southeast Nations has 10 members
Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,
the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam
which met with dialogue partners Australia, China, India,
Japan, New Zealand, and South Korea for an East Asia
Summit.
107. Former Cuban President Fidel Castros
younger sister who has just revealed that she was
for years a spy for the CIA.?
Answer: Juanita Castro.
The revelations come in a new memoir, Fidel and Ral,
My Brothers: The Secret History
108. Who won Stockholm Open Tennis title -2009?
Answer: Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis. He captured his
first title of 2009 with a straight set victory over
Belgiums Olivier Rochus.
109. Mongolian Prime Minister who tenders
resignation citing health reasons?
Answer: Bayar Sanjaa
110. Which country has stopped issuing visas to
Canadian citizens amid rising tensions between the
two governments?
Answer: Libya
111. Who has been appointed the deputy chief
minister of Maharashtra for the third time?
Answer: Chhagan Bhujbal
112. 21-year-old womens 100-meter sprint
champion who has been banned from competition
for life after testing positive for banned drugs at the
China National Games?
Answer: Wang Jing
113. Who has been appointed as chairman and
managing director (MD) of Punjab National Bank?
Answer: K R Kamath
114. Which footballer has won the award for the
best player of Spanish league 2008-2009?
Answer: Lionel Messi
115. A Taliban car bomb killed 89 Pakistanis and
wounded hundreds more at a bazaar in Pakistan
took place hours after the US Secretary of State
touched down for a diplomatic visit in Islamabad.
Venue of that car bomb attack?
Answer: Meena Bazaar, in Peshawar
116. The former England umpire, who has died at
the age of 68 after a long battle with cancer?
Answer: David Shepherd
117. Name of the controversial book written by
Andre Agassi in which he admits that he used the
drug crystal meth or ice in the middle of his highly
lucrative tennis career?
Answer: Open
118. Man of the Match of first ODI between India and
Australia held in Baroda?
Answer: Michael Hussey
119. Man of the Match of second ODI between India
and Australia held in Nagpur?
Answer: Mahendra Singh Dhoni
120. Who will be the new deputy governor of the
Reserve Bank of India?
Answer: Subir Gokarn
121. Name of the last work of Michael Jackson ,a
documentary which released recently ?
Answer: This is it
122. Who has been elected as the first Asian
American woman president of the 75-year-old
American College of Chest Physicians?
Answer: Dr Kalpalatha K Guntupalli
123. Which country takes the lead in this years
ranking of the worlds most prosperous countries
announced by the UK-based economic think-tank
the Legatum Institute on 27 October?
Answer: Finland.
The top three includes two other small liberal
democracies, Switzerland and Sweden.
Zimbabwe is in the last spot.
124. Toronto-based folk singer who died after
coyotes pounced on her during a solo hike in Cape
Breton national park in Canada?
Answer: Taylor Mitchell
Coyote is a member of the dog family found in low
deserts and valleys.
125. Name of NASAs first rocket since 1981, which
has launched successfully on 28th of October 2009?
Answer: Ares 1-X
126. United Nations torture investigator who was
barred from Zimbabwe and sent back to South
Africa after a night in Harare airport?
Answer: Manfred Nowak
127. Indias second-largest public sector lender
which plans to buy a majority stake in Dana Bank,
bank in Kazakhstan, for an estimated $24 million,
which would be its first overseas acquisition?
Answer: Punjab National Bank
128. Name of the worlds largest and most
expensive cruise ship which has set sail recently for
Miami from the Finnish shipyard where it was built?
Answer: Oasis of the Seas
129. The Malayalam Superstar who is elected as the
goodwill ambassador of Kerala athletics?
Answer: Mohan Lal
Superstar Mammootty had been hailed as the brand
ambassador of volleyball in Kerala.
130. Eminent scientist who took over as the
chairman of the Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO)?
Answer: K Radhakrishnan
131. Who is the new Director of Vikram Sarabahi
Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram?
Answer: P.S. Veeraraghavan, a rocket technologist.
132. Due to security reasons, India has recently
issued an order to ban all pre-paid mobile phones in
a state. Which is that state?
Answer: Jammu and Kashmir.
133. A collection of letters from British poet sold at
auction for $459,110.67, exceeding the highest pre-
sale estimates by more than $160,000 and selling
for more than any other letters or manuscript by a
British Romantic poet. Name of that Poet?
Answer: Lord George Byron
134. Haiti Prime Minister who was removed from
office by the Haitian Senate?
Answer: Michele Pierre-Louis
135. An Indian-American who has been appointed
as Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director
General of the United States and Foreign
Commercial Service in the US Department of
Commerce?
Answer: Suresh Kumar
Current Affairs September 2009 Questions and
Answers:
1. Which country won Nehru Cup International
Football Tournament 2009?
Answer: India
India defeated Syria by 5-4 (penalty shootout) in the
finals on August 31, 2009.
Goal-keeper Subroto Paul, who saved three penalties to
become Indias saviour, was awarded the man of the
match of the final.
India won this cup two times, 2007 & 2009.
2. Who won the Man of the Tournament award of
Nehru Cup Football title-2009?
Answer: Bhaichung Bhutia, Indian Captain
3. Which scientist is elected as the new President of
International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)?
Answer: Dr. Madhavan Nair, Chief of Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO).
4. Who is the new Air Officer Commanding in-Chief
of Southern Air Command of India?
Answer: Air Marshal Sumit Mukerjee. He is the only
pilot in the history of IAF to have commanded units with
the Mig-21,Mig-23U, Mig-25, Mig-27 and Mig-29 aircraft.
5. Who is appointed as the Flag Officer
Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Naval
Command?
Answer: Vice-Admiral K.N. Sushil
6. Who will act as a bowling consultant for the
Kolkata Knight Riders during the third edition of the
Indian Premier League (IPL) next year?
Answer: Vasim Akram
7. India achieved a Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
growth rate of how much percentage during April-
June 2009?
Answer: 6.1%
8. The Indian-American fashion designer who
charged with sexually assaulting seven girls was
sentenced to 59 years of imprisonment on Aug 31?
Answer: Anand Jon Alexander
9. Who is appointed as the new Air Officer-in-
Charge Personnel (AOP)of the Indian Air Force
(IAF)?
Answer: Air Marshal KJ Mathews
10. Country which has been expelled from the
Commonwealth after failing to announce plans to
hold elections in 2010?
Answer: Fiji
11. Distinguished scientist and the man in charge of
the development of missile and strategic systems in
the country, who is appointed as the chief of the
Defence Research and Development
Organisation(DRDO)?
Answer: Dr Vijay Kumar Saraswat
12. Who is appointed as the vice chief of Indian
Army?
Answer: Lt General P C Bhardwaj
13. Bollywood Actor who has been appointed by
Life insurance Company Max New York Life as the
brand ambassador for Max Vijay, a brand
specifically targeted at providing financial inclusion
to the underprivileged masses?
Answer: Amitabh Bachchan
14. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister who feared dead
after his Bell 430 chopper crash-landed about 40
nautical miles east of the Kurnool mountainous area
of Andra Pradesh?
Answer: Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy
15. The first Iranian female cabinet minister who is
appointed since the foundation of the Islamic
Republic 30 years?
Answer: Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi
Iranian parliament approves Marzieh as new health
minister despite opposition from hardline MPs and
clerics.
16. Who won the Man of the Series Award in the
recent 20-20 cricket series between Sri Lanka and
New Zealand which is held in Sri Lanka?
Answer: Jesse Ryder(New Zealand).
New Zealand won the series by 2-0.
17. Lok Sabha Secretary General who was recently
given a years extension by Lok Sabha Speaker
Meira Kumar?
Answer: P.D.T. Acharya
18. Who took over charge as Additional General
Manager, Southern Railway?
Answer: Shri A.K. Gupta
19. Athletes who won $1 million Golden League
jackpot which is given by IAAF (International
Association of Athletics Federations) to anyone who
wins all six of the premier European meets?
(All gold Yelena Isinbayeva, Kenenisa Bekele and
Sanya Richards Getty Images)
Answer:Yelena Isinbayeva, Kenenisa Bekele and
Sanya Richards
20. Who is the new Brand Ambassador of popular
Levis Jeans?
Answer: Priyanka Chopra.
21. U.S.President Barack Obamas adviser and an
administration official specializing in
environmentally friendly green jobs with the White
House Council on Environmental Quality who
resigned amid controversy over past inflammatory
statements?
(Photo:Carlos)
Answer: Van Jones
22. Who has topped the list of worlds 10 top
earning cricketers compiled by Forbes magazine ?
Answer: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Indian skipper
Raking in USD 10 million, Dhoni is at the top of the
chart followed by Tendulkar at the second spot with
earnings worth USD 8 million in the list of The Worlds
Top-Earning Cricketers . While Yuvraj Singh and Dravid
are at the third and fourth spot, respectively, Ganguly
and Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting share the sixth
place.
23. Former Chief Minister of Punjab and former
governor of Haryana and Orissa , who died recently
after a prolonged illness?
Answer: Harcharan Singh Brar
25. Who has become the second Indian after Geet
Sethi to win the Worlds Billiards Championship?
Answer: Pankaj Advani
He beat defending champion Mark Russel 2030-1253 to
win the World Professional Billiards Championship-
2009. Geet Sethi won the title in 1992.
26. Australian Cricket player who retired from
international Twenty20 cricket recently?
Answer: Ricky Ponting
27. The first African country to qualify for the 2010
World Cup Football which is to be held in South
Africa?
Answer: Ghana
28. Which country leads world in foreign weapons
sales in the year 2008?
Answer: United States of America. America accounted
for more than two-thirds of foreign weapons sales in
2008.
29. Who participated as the chief guest at the 19th
Independence Day celebrations of Tajikistan which
was held at Dushanbe?
Answer: Pratibha Patil, President of India
30. Reserve Bank recently decided to introduce
polymer banknotes of which denomination whose
life span would be 4 times the normal currency
notes and would be difficult to imitate.?
Answer: Rs 10
Polymer notes were first introduced in Australia to
safeguard against counterfeiting of currency
31. The Sri Lankan government has ordered a senior
United Nations diplomat to leave the country after
accusing him of partiality towards the Liberation
Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Name of that spoke
person of UNICEF?
Answer: James Elder, an Australian national.
32. Woman journalist of Sudan convicted of public
indecency for wearing trousers outdoors was freed
recently despite her own desire to serve a month in
prison as protest against Sudans draconian
morality laws?
Answer: Lubna Hussein
33. Name of the Buddha statue gifted by Mahatma
Gandhi to one of his Irish friend, which was sold in
London in the auction for Rs 5.47 lakh (6,840
pounds)?
Answer: Bodhisattva.
The statue was possibly of the Bodhisattva of
compassion Avalokitesvara, a seated 13-inch-high
bronze Buddha statue.
Gandhiji gave this statue to his Irish friend Emma
Harker when she volunteered for relief work among the
poor in flooded areas of Bihar and Orissa.
34. Who was the captain of Indian team for the 23rd
FIBA Asia Women Basketball Championship held in
Chennai?
Answer: Geethu Anna Jose
35. Venezuela recognized the independence of two
countries on September 10, 2009. Name that
countries.
Answer: South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Earlier, Russia and Nicaragua also recognized
independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
36. New York Governor David Paterson recently
signed into law a bill that bans use of a word in
documents used by state agencies, public
authorities and municipalities when referring to
persons of Asian or Pacific islander heritage. Which
word?
Answer: Oriental
37. Indian Musician who has been invited to perform
live along with the famous Pussycat Dolls a pop
girl group and dance ensemble- on the occasion of
the Indias historic participation in the Americas
world famous Polo Cup?
Answer: A.R.Rahman
38. Former Taiwan President who has been found
guilty of corruption and sentenced to life in prison?
Answer: Chen Shui-bian
39. Indian film which is included in the Festival of
festival section in the Cairo International film
festival that will commence on the tenth of
November?
Answer: Raman. The film is directed by Dr.Biju.
40. Which footballer won the annual VP Sathyan
Memorial Award?
Answer: Mohanraj
Chennai-based, Kerala Sports Persons Association
(KESPA) has picked Tamil Nadu footballer Mohanraj for
this award.
41. Former president of BCCI who served as the
chairman of the national selection committee
(including when Sachin Tendulkar was first picked
in the Indian team in 1989) died at the age of 73
following a prolonged illness recently?
Answer: Raj Singh Dungarpur
42. High Court Lawyer, who has been appointed
Assistant Solicitor General of India for conducting
Central government cases other than the cases of
income tax and the Railway Department before the
High Court?
Answer: T.P.M. Ibrahim Khan
43. An island of Mexico which was clearly visible on
national and international maps until the middle of
the 20th century has gone missing now?
Answer: Bermeja Island. This island is strategically
important as it could give Mexico a claim to millions of
dollars worth of oil deposits.
44. Cuban revolutionary leader, who has died in
Havana at the age of 82, had been among only three
surviving rebel leaders who still bore the honorary
title Commander of the Revolution.
Answer: Juan Almeida Bosque
45. Worlds oldest person, a woman who was born
in 1894 died in California at the age of 115 gained a
measure of fame when she voted for Barack Obama
for U.S. president?
Answer: Gertrude Baines
46. Which country will host the 6th SAF football
matches scheduled for December 1-15 of this year?
Answer: Bangladesh. Eight teams of South Asian
countries will take part in these matches.
47. First Indian to reach semi-finals of World Boxing
Championships and fist Indian to win a medal in the
same event?
Answer: Vijender Kumar
He won Bronze medal in the World Boxing
Championships and becomes the first Indian to do so.
48. Which club won their maiden IFA Shield football
tournament title?
Answer: Churchill Brothers, Goa
They beating local giant Mohun Bagan 2-0
49. Nat West One day cricket series between
England and Australia won by ?
Answer: Australia. They won the series 6-1.
50. Who has been selected for this years
Mathrubhumi Literary Award of Rs.2 Lakhs
instituted by the Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi?
Answer: Kovilan
51. Name of the 14-year-old astrophysicist from
Kozhikode, Kerala who recently participated in the
NASA space camp where a model rocket designed
by her was launched?
Answer: Hannan Binth Hashim.
She has prepared a research paper titled Absolute
Theory of Zero which questions the accuracy of many
existing theories like Albert Einsteins Theory of
relativity and the Big Bang Theory.
52. An American agronomist, humanitarian, and
Nobel laureate who has been deemed the father of
the Green Revolution died at the age of 95, on
September 12, 2009?
Answer: Norman Borlaug.
He was one of only six people to have won the Nobel
Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the
Congressional Gold Medal. He was also a recipient of
the Padma Vibhushan, Indias second-highest civilian
honor.
53. Which film won the Golden Lion for best picture
at the Venice film festival?
Answer: Lebanon
Hard-hitting Israeli war movie Lebanon is directed by
Samuel Maoz
Best Actor Award: Colin Firth
Best Actress Award: Ksenia Rappoport
54. Who won the Silver Lion prize for best director
at the Venice film festival?
Answer: Shirin Neshat
She won this award for the film Women without Men,
based on a banned book about Iran in the 1950s.
55. Basava Sri award instituted by Murugha mutt
won by ?
Answer: P.T.Usha.
56. Noted football commentator who was found
dead in his hotel a day after the final of the IFA
Shield?
Answer: Noel De Lima Leitao
57. French photographer who was one of Frances
giants of photography, particularly famous for his
images of post-war Paris in the 1940s and 1950s
died recently at the age of 99?
Answer: Willy Ronis
58. Who has been named as one of the two Anglo
Indian nominees to the Lok Sabha taking Keralas
strength in the Lower House of the Indian
Parliament to 21?
Answer: Charles Dias.
59. Which country won the tri-nation Compaq Cup
(One Day Cricket Series) held in Sri Lanka?
Answer: India.
India beat Sri Lanka in the final by 46 runs. New
Zealand was the third team.
Sachin Tendulkar won Man of the Match Award for his
138 runs in final.
Man of the Series: Sachin Tendulkar
60. Who is appointed as the Managing Director of
Agri co-operative National Agricultural Cooperative
Marketing Federation of India Limited (NAFED)?
Answer: C V Ananda Bose
61. The India Today Group has recently adjudged
which state of India as the best State with regard to
the law and order situation.
Answer: Kerala
62. Who won US Open Mens Double Title?
Answer: Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy
They won the Grand Slam title after defeating Mahesh
Bhupathi and Mark Knowles in the US Open mens
doubles final. This is 10th Grant slam title for Leander
Paes.
63. Who won the US Open Womens title 2009?
Answer: Kim Clijsters
She beat 19-year-old Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark,
7-5, 6-3, in the final.
She become the first unseeded woman to win the US
Open and the first mother to win a major title since
1980.
64. Who Clinch US Open Womens Doubles Title?
Answer: Serena Williams and Venus Williams
They took over top seeds Cara Black of Zimbabwe and
Liezel Huber of the United States in straight sets of 6-2,
6-2 to clinch the womens doubles title at US Open.
65. Who won US Open mens title?
Answer: Juan Martin del Potro
Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina battled back to beat
five-times champion Roger Federer 3-6, 7-6, 4-6, 7-6, 6-
2 in the final
66. A juror in the fashion designer Anand Jon rape
trial who was fined $1,000 and sentenced to 120
hours of community service for trying to strike up a
romance with Sanjana, the sister of Anand Jon who
was sentenced to 59 years?
Answer: Alvin Dymally
67. Who has been selected by the Audit Bureau of
Circulations (ABC) to head the operations of the
organisation as the Chairman for the period of 2009-
10?
Answer: Mr Subroto Chattopadhyay
68. Name of the Olympic medal-winning boxer who
has been found dead by his manager?
Answer: Darren Sutherland
Sutherland has won a bronze medal for Ireland at the
2008 Beijing Olympics.
69. Who will be the chairman of the Fourth Finance
Commission constituted by the Government of
Kerala?
Answer: Dr.M.A.Umman
70. Name of the sacred food offered to devotees at
the Lord Venkateswara Temple in Andhra Pradesh
which has been awarded geographical copyright
that bars others from naming or marketing the
sweetmeat preparation under the same name?
Answer: Tirupati laddoo
71. Name of the most expensive bike so far
launched in India by the Japanese bike giant
Yamaha?
Answer: Yamaha VMAX
This 1,680cc super bike VMAX, priced at Rs. 20 lakh
(ex-showroom Delhi).
72. Person from Kerala who has been honored with
the highest award of Bharat Scouts and Guides
Silver Elephant Award 2007-08.?
Answer: Shri M. C. Ramadas
73. Who is named as Japans new Prime Minister
Answer: Yukio Hatoyama. He will be named the 93rd
Prime Minister of Japan.
74. Indonesias most wanted Islamist militant, who
was killed in a police shoot-out in Central Java of
Indonesia ?
Answer: Noordin Mohammad Top.
75. Who is now officially the tallest man walking the
planet by the Guinness World Records?
(REUTERS Andrew Winning)
Answer: Sultan Kosen 27, from Turkey was recognized
as the tallest person(8 foot 1 inch (2.47 meter)) in the
world on September 17,2009.
76. Who is the new Accountant General of Kerala
State?
Answer: Maha Lekshmi Menon
77. Indian American technocrat who has been
appointed by U.S.President Barack Obama to a key
administration post dealing with energy research?
Answer: Arun Majumdar
78. Footballer of Argentina who signed a two-year
contract extension with Barcelona until the summer
of 2016.
Answer: Lionel Messi
79. The Indians who have figured in a list of 60
most influential foreigners who have played a
profound role in shaping the way over 1.2-billion
people of modern China think and live?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru and Rabindranath Tagore
80. Which TV series won the 2009 Emmy award for
best comedy?
Answer: 30 Rock.
81. Which TV series won the 2009 Emmy award for
best drama?
Answer: Mad Men
82. Who is the new captain of Delhi Dare Devils
Team ?
Answer: Gautham Gambhir
83. The Indian tennis star who has confirmed Indian
team berth in the Davis Cup World Group after he
ousted South Africas Rik Voest in the reverse
singles match of the Davis Cup tie ?
Answer: Somdev Dewarman
Indian team has made into World Group playoff after a
long period of 11 years.
84. Name of 13-year-old girl from Lucknow who
addressed the United Nations Climate Change
Summit in New York?
Answer: Yugratna Srivastav
85. Who are the winners of Durand Cup-2009?
Answer: Churchill Brothers. They beat Mohun Bagan in
the final. Churchill Brothers had earlier won the trophy in
2007
86. Name of Indian-origin woman who was
sentenced to 33 years in jail one of the longest jail
terms handed out to a woman in Britain for
murdering her two teenaged daughters in a frenzied
knife attack at her home in Cambridgeshire?
Answer: Rekha Kumari-Baker
87. The 63-year-old magazine, which has covered
business and politics since World War II, will shut
down in December 2009, struggling with losses as
readers and advertisers move to the Internet?
Answer: Far Eastern Economic Review
88. Name of Indias 16th remote sensing satellite
successfully launched by ISRO through its space
carrier Plar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in just
twenty minutes?
Answer: Oceansat-2.
ISROs Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C14
successfully launched the 960 kg Indian remote sensing
satellite Oceansat-2 and six nano satellites for
international customers into a polar Sun Synchronous
Orbit (SSO). This was the fifteenth successful flight of
PSLV.
89. Who has been selected for this years Vallathol
Award which carries a purse of Rs.1,11,111 and
citation?
Answer: Kavalam Narayana Panicker
90. The much anticipated small car for India which
was unveiled in Delhi by Ford Motor Company?
Answer: Ford Figo
91. Who is the new director of United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization,
(UNESCO)?
Answer: Irina Bokova, Bulgarian diplomat
92. The adventurers who set a new world record
after successfully landing on Mount Everest 16,800
ft above sea level?
Answer: Ramesh Chandra Tripathi, Leo Dickinson and
Ralph Mitchell.
They jumped from an altitude of 20,000 ft to land at the
worlds highest drop zone, near Mount Everest.
93. A prominent Indian American agricultural
scientist, who has been nominated for the post of
the Chief Agricultural Negotiator in the Office of the
U.S. Trade Representative by the US President
Barack Obama?
Answer: Islam A. Siddiqui
94. Indias maiden spacecraft, which has discovered
water on the lunar surface?
Answer: Chandrayaan-1
95. First mixed-gender university of Saudi Arabia
which opened recently?
Answer: King Abdullah University of Science and
Technology (KAUST)
96. Who is the chairman of Subordinate Legislation
Committee of Indian Loksabha?
Answer: P.Karunakaran , M.P from Kerala
97. Which country won the 23rd Asian Womens
Basketball Championships held in Chennai, India?
Answer: China. They beat South Korea in the final
98. Indian who won bronze medal in the freestyle 74
kg category in the prestigious World Wrestling
Championship held in Denmark?
Answer: Ramesh Kumar
India made history in wrestling after a gap of 32 years,
when Ramesh Kumar won bronze medal in World
Wrestling Championship.
99. Who was elected president of the Indian
Newspaper Society for 2009-10, at the 70th annual
general meeting of the INS?
Answer: T. Venkattram Reddy. He is the chairman of
the Hyderabad-based Deccan Chronicle.
100. Who will head the Committee of Privileges
which has been reconstituted by Lok Sabha
Speaker Meira Kumar?
Answer: P.C.Chacko, M.P.from Kerala
101. Britains Indian-origin Business Minister, who
is set to step down, appointed as the UKs
representative to G-20?
Answer: Shriti Vadera
102. Who was elected as regional chairman
(Kerala)of the Indian Newspaper Society for 2009-
10?
Answer: P.V.chandran
103. Which political party retained power in
Portuguese elections recently ?
Answer: Center-left Socialist Party.
Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates is the main
leader of this party.
104. German Chancellor who recorded a resounding
triumph in her countrys recent general elections?
Answer: Angela Merkel
105. Indian-American Human rights activist who has
won the American Courage Award for her human
rights work in India and the United States?
Answer: Mallika Dutt
106. Name of the limited-series pen by Pen-makers
Mont Blanc inspired by Gandhijis iconic Dandi
March in 1930 to protest against the British salt
tax ?
Answer: Mahatma Gandhi Limited Edition-241 series
(MGLE-241)
This pen costs Rs 11.39 lakh.
107. Who won the womens singles title in the
Yonex Czech international badminton
championship?
Answer: Trupti Murgunde
Current Affairs for February 2009:
1. Name of the worlds cheapest car launched by Tata
Motors in Mumbai?
Answer: Nano
2. Music wizard A.R.Rahman won Oscars for which
categories?
Answer: 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)?
Answer: 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?
Answer: Steve Bucknor
5. The Indian sound engineer who won Oscar for his
brilliant sound mixing works of the film Slum dog
Millionaire
Answer: Resul Pookutty
6. The new Chief Justice of Madras High Court ?
Answer: Hemant Laxman Gokhale
7. The telecom sector which started third Generation
(3G) mobile services recently in 11 cities of India?
Answer: 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?
Answer: Mahela Jayawardhane (240) and Thilan
Samaraweera(231)
9. Who won the Miss India Worldwide 2009 title ?
Answer: 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 ?
Answer: Jeevan Varsha
11. Who was named Jamaicas Sportsman of the year
for 2008 ?
Answer: Triple Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt.
12. The teenager who acted as the main character of
slum dog millionaire ?
Answer: Dev Patel
13. Which novel has been chosen as the Romantic
Novel of the year 2009?
Answer: East of the Sun set in 1920s by Welsh
author Julia Gregson
14. Britans 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 ?
Answer: Charles Darwin
15. Who is appointed as coach/manager of Chelsea, the
premier league club ?
Answer: 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?
Answer: Muhammed Asif
17. The new Prime Minister of Zimbzbwe ?
Answer: Morgan Tsvangirai
18. Newly elected President of Bangladesh ?
Answer: Zillur Rahman
19. Noted Hindustani Classical Vocalist who was
presented with Bharath Ratna, countrys highest civilian
award ?
Answer: Bhim Sen Joshi
20. Slumdog Millionire got how many BAFTA awards
(British Academy of film and Television Arts)
Answer: 7 awards including Best Director, Best Film
etc.,
A.R.Rahman won the BAFTA award for the music of
this film.
21. Name of Indias Second humanoid robot which was
formally unveiled during Quark-2009, the technical
festival at Goa?
Answer: 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.
Answer: Amartya Sen
23. Who was named African Footballer of the Year
2008?
Answer: 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 ?
Answer: 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 ?.
Answer: INS Carnicobar and INS Chetlat
26. Name the 13-YEAR-OLD boy who has become a
father in Britain, his wife is just 15.
Answer: 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?
Answer: West Zone
28. Which Indian player won BCCI Payer of the year
Award?
Answer: 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. ?
Answer: 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?
Answer: Ricky Ponting and Michael Clark
31. Who won the Australian Open junior title ?
Answer: 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 ?
Answer: Serena Williams
33. Who won the Man of the Match award in the two 20-
20 Cricket matches between India and New Zealand?
Answer: Brendon McCullum
34. Who won Rotterdam Open title after beating world
number one Rafael Nadal?
Answer: Andy Murray of Britain
35. World Cup Cricket 2011 final will be held in which
venue ?
Answer: Wankade Stadium, Mumbai.
36. Japans Finance Minister who has resigned, amid
claims that he was drunk at a recent G7 meeting?
Answer: 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 OConnor (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 )
Some General Knowledge/ Current affairs Questions
with Answers 2009:
1. How many minutes does it take for the suns rays to
reach earth?
Answer: 8.4
2. Who is the author of the book Sahibs Who Loved
India ?
Answer: Khushwant Singh
3. On what river is Rome built on?
Answer: The Tiber
4. Who received the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace,
Disarmament and Development ?
Answer: Mohamed ElBradei
5. What is the longest river in North America?
Answer: The Mississippi-Missouri
6. Which country will be setting up a world Biggest
Telescope ?
Answer: China
7. Which is the capital city of Zimbabwe?
Answer: Harare
8. At which place was G-20 Summit held?
Answer: Washington
9. How many toes do most reptiles have on each foot?
Answer: 3
10. Lisbon Treaty is the treaty accepted / adopted by
the members of which of the following organizations
recently?
Answer: European Union
11. What does the term I.M.F means?
Answer: International Monetary Fund
12. Beri-Beri is the deficiency disease caused by the
vitamin
Answer: B1
13. Which is the longest river of the world?
Answer: Nile
14. Who has been appointed as President of Zambia?
Answer: Rupia Banda
15. Who invented television?
Answer: John baird
16. Who is the Pepsico Chief ?
Answer: Indira Nooyi
17. How many bones are there in a new born baby?
Answer: 300
18. Fehmida Mizza is a woman speaker of National
Assembly of
Answer: Pakistan
19. What is the capital of Bulgaria?
Answer: Sofia
20. Who is called the Grand Old Man Of India?
Answer: Dadabhai Naoroji
21. Author of & quot God of Small Things
Answer: Arundathi Roy
22. Cabinet Mission came to India in which year?
Answer: 1946
23. Whats the scientific name for fingers and toes?
Answer: Falange
24. Which five year plan has the objective Garibi
Hatao ?
Answer: fifth
25. What comes to your mind when you see the word &
quot XYLOGRAPHY?
Answer: Engraving in wood
26. Which river is declared as national river ?
Answer: Ganga
27. What does Tauromachy indicate?
Answer: Art of Bull fighting
28. No country for old men is a
Answer: film

29. Which city is called silver platter city in India

Answer: Bangalore
30. Hathigumbha inscription belongs to
Answer: Kharavela
31. He thought that his mother was not happy him
Answer: with
32. Do you really agree
Answer: / No error
33. ENDEAVOUR find the synonym
Answer: attempt
34. FABULOUS find the antonym
Answer: prudence
35. The soldiers fought courageously . The enemy
troops