CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS- AUGUST-2009 1.

Name the first private firm to be protected by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), which usually guard government installations? Infosys, Software giant 2. Which country will be the first international customer of the Boeing P-8I Poseidon, a variant of the P-8A Poseidon, US Navy's newest maritime Patrol and reconnaissance aircraft showcased by the Boeing Company? India 3. Who won the gold medal in the final of the Men's 100m Freestyle at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Rome? Cesar Cielo Filho(Brazil) 4. Who became Australia's highest test run-scorer on the second day of the third Ashes test against England? Ricky Ponting Ponting passed Allan Border's mark of 11,174 runs (156 Tests). Ponting -11,188 runs (134 Tests) 5. Country which enforced assisted suicide law that will apply to people who help their loved ones die as well as to those who help them die abroad? Britain 6. Name the first Sikh soldiers who are included the security wing of British Queen Elizabeth II? Simranjit Singh and Lance Cpl. Sarvjit Singh They are the first Sikhs to take part in patrols outside the queen's residence and to stand watch over the Crown jewels at the Tower of London across town. 7. Which team won the Audi Cup after beating Manchester United 7-6 in the penalty shootout, after the 90 minutes ended in a 0-0 draw? Bayern Munich 8. Former England Football manager and coach, died at the age of 76 after a long battle with cancer? Bobby Robson He led England to the World Cup semis during his reign from 1982 to 1990. 9. Who breaks world record in 200-meter medley (1:54.10), toppling Michael Phelps' previous world record by 0.13 seconds? Ryan Lochte 10. Who has been appointed as the next Director General (DG) of the Border Security

Force (BSF)? Raman Srivastava 11. Constitutional expert, who was recently appointed Governor of Gujarat, died recently due to liver problems even before he could take up his assignment? Devendra Nath Dwivedi 12. Which country won the Emerging Players Cricket Tournament title, defeating South Africa by 17 runs in the final ? India. Virat Kohli cracked a rollicking century (104)in the final that helped India to win the title. 13. Indian men's doubles pair who won the New Zealand Open Grand Prix title in Auckland, New Zealand? Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas 14. Who won the 100-meter butterfly at the world swimming championships in Rome, setting a World record to become the first swimmer to eclipse the events 50- second barrier? Michael Phelps 15. Asia's first Female President and former President of the Republic of the Philippines who was hailed as a modern-day Joan of Arc died recently due to colon cancer? Corazon Cojuangco Aquino 16. 16th World Junior Women's Team Squash Championship held in Chennai won by ? Egypt. Heba el-Turk and Nour el-Sherbini of Egypt beat Hong Kong 2-0 in the final match. 17. Who won the World Junior Mens Squash Championship title ? Mohamed El Shorbagy (Egypt) 18. Who has set the 38th world record of the world swimming championships in the men's 50-meter backstroke.? Liam Tancock(Britain) 19. Who set the world record in the 50-meter breaststroke at the U.S. Open National Championships? Jessica Hardy She split a time of 29.95 seconds to beat the previous mark of 30.09 set by Yuliya Efimova of Russia at the world championships. 20. Name of the nano satellite which is recently developed by a group of students at IIT Kanpur that provides real-time data on drought, flood, vegetation and forestation? Jugnu.

The nanosatellite costed Rs 2.5 crore to develop and will be handed over to ISRO. Santanu Agrawal, an M Phil student headed the successful team of whiz kids of IIT Kanpur. 21. Bollywood actress who selected Elesh Parujanwala, a Canadian businessman from Toronto, as her future bridegroom from among the three finalists in the reality show broadcast on NDTV Imagine.? Rakhi Sawant 22. Prominent Indian social activist, who has done pioneering work for "development of rural communities", was named along with five others for the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2009, considered as Asia's equivalent of the Nobel Prize. Deep Joshi Other five 2009 Magsaysay awardees: Krisana Kraisintu (Thailand) Yu Xiaogang (China) Antonio Oposa, Jr, (Philippines), Ma Jun (China) Ka Hsaw Wa (Burma) 23. Who is the new Chairman and Managing Director of GAIL (India) Ltd, the country's largest gas transportation company? B C Tripathi 24. The five-match one-day Cricket series between Sri Lanka and Pakistan held in Sri Lanka won by? Srilanka (3-2) Thilan Thushara was named Man of the Series. 25. A prominent Gandhian who made a mark in the history of the national movement by gifting her gold ornaments to Mahatma Gandhi as a 17-year-old, died recently ? Kaumudi teacher Hailed by the Mahatma himself as a symbol of renunciation, Kaumudi voluntarily donated her ornaments to Gandhi during his visit to Vatakara , in Kerala in 1934 26. Who has bagged the prestigious UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize 2009? Khabar Lahariya, a fortnightly newspaper in Hindi run by rural women in Uttar Pradesh won the prestigious award. Nirantar, a non-governmental organisation, which runs "Khabar Lahariya" a fortnightly newspaper in Hindi 27. Noted South Indian actor and national award winner who had been closely associated with pro-Left cultural and intellectual movements in the state of Kerala, died recently ? Murali. He won the state award for the best actor thrice and the national award in 2001 for his performance in Malayalam movie Naithukaran.

28. India Government has approved the acquisition of five Russian early warning choppers in a bid to strengthen the Navy's capabilities to detect airborne and surfacebased maritime threats. Name of that chopper? Kamov-31 29. The last known surviving British soldier to have fought in the First World War trenches, died at the age of 111? Harry Patch 30. The Pakistani Taliban leader who was killed recently in a CIA missile strike? Baitullah Mehsud 31. Who is the first Spanish woman to become the judge of the Supreme Court of United States? Sonia Sotomayor 32. Hockey Test series between India and Belgium is won by? India India clinch the three-match hockey series 2-1 33. Who is appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive of ING Vysya Bank for a period of three years? Shailendra Bhandari 34. Writer-director, Hollywoods youth impresario of the 1980s and 90s who captured the teen and preteen market with such favorites as The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles,Ferris Buellers Day Off and Home Alone, died recently ? John Hughes 35. Which country dominated the Asian Youth Chess Championship, topping seven of the 12 categories as the event concluded at the Tivoli Garden Resort, New Delhi? India. India won a total of eight gold, seven silver and eight bronze. Vietnam won two gold, while Kazakhstan, UAE and Iran won one each 36. Who is appointed as the army chief of Nepal? Lt. Gen. Chhatraman Singh Gurung 37. Indian-American, expert in Intellectual Property, who is appointed for a key post in the US Commerce Department by the president Barack Obama? RO Khanna. He is an expert in Intellectual Property will work to open foreign markets to American technology. 38. Which team won the Italian Super Cup beating Inter Milan in the final by 2-1?

Lazio 39. Which country won the World junior volleyball championship (Under 21) in 2009? Brazil. They beat Cuba in the final. Brazil had won the title in 2001 & 2007 and runners up in 2003 & 2005. Cuba had first time became runners-up in this tournament. India lost in the Semifinals and had to satisfy with the fourth position. 40. The Captain of the Spanish football team Espanyol, who has died from a heart attack at the age of 26? Dani Jarque 41. Who won the Man of the Match award in the fourth Ashes Test ? Marcus North He won Man of the Match for his brilliant hundred in the first innings. 42. Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president who sworn-in as Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab for the second time this year? Sukhbir Singh Badal 43. Which team won the Community Shield football title beating Manchester United 4-1 on penalties at Wembley after the teams drew 2-2 ? Chelsea 44. Sister of former U.S.President John F. Kennedy, who carried on the family's public service tradition by founding the Special Olympics and championing the rights of the mentally disabled, died recently at the age of 88? Eunice Kennedy Shriver 45. Name the bowler played for Holland in the recent Twenty20 World Cup , who is recently included in the Australian team for the 20-20 match against England? Dirk Nannes 46. Name the TV crime show host who faces jail after allegedly ordering murders in a bid to boost television ratings? Wallace Souza He is accused of arranging crimes and then broadcasting exclusive footage of the scenes. 47. One of the most revered guitarists in history and the father of the electric guitar, who passed away at the age of 94. Photo Michael Ochs Archive Getty Les Paul 48. Ashok Chakra, the nations highest peacetime award for gallantry on the eve of Independence Day is given to ? Major Mohit Sharma(Posthumous) ,Major D. Sreeram Kumar

49. Keerthi Chakra Awardees: 1.Major Amit Oscar Fernandes of 7 Maratha Light Infantry. 2.Major Deepak Tewari of Electronics and Mechanical Engineers Corps serving with 14 Rashtriya Rifles in Kashmir. 3.Paratrooper Shabir Ahmed Malik. 4.Naik Rishikesh Gurjar of 10 Rashtriya Rifles (Rajput). 50. Coach of West Indies who was sacked by the West Indies Cricket board ahead of the Champions Trophy? John Dyson 51. American who was sentenced to seven years in prison but then deported after swimming to the lakeside home of detained Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi? John William Yettaw 52. Zimbabwe's player who equaled Saeed Anwar's record highest individual one-day international score of 194 in the match against Bangladesh? Charles Coventry 53. Chinese ace who is poised to become the first player in World Badminton Championship history to win three successive men's singles titles? Lin Dan 54. Who won the Rogers Cup doubles title beating Max Mirnyi and Andy Ram in Montreal. Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles. 55. Who won Britain's first ever World Championship heptathlon gold medal at the 12th IAAF World Athletics Championships? Jessica Ennis 56. Who broke the world record at the 12th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Berlin after running the 100 meter sprint in just 9.58 seconds? Usain Bolt 57. Who broke the world record at the 12th IAAF World Athletics Championships in Berlin after running the 200 meter sprint in just 19.19seconds? Usain Bolt 58. Who won women's shot put gold at the 12th World Athletic Championships in Berlin? Valerie Vili from New Zealand 59. Who becomes the first farmer of India to receive pension implemented by a state?

N. Krishna Kurup. He is the first farmer to receive pension which is implemented by Government of Kerala 60. Who won the Cincinnati Open Tennis title after beating top-ranked Russian Dinara Safina in the final ? Jelena Jankovic 61. Scottish tennis player has won the Montreal Masters event in Canada beating Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro in the final? Andy Murray 62. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former president of South Korea who was crucial in promoting the country's "Sunshine Policy" aiming at a detente with North Korea died recently? Kim Dae Jung 63. Who is the Man of the series of One Day cricket series between Zimbabwe and Bangladsesh ? Tamim Iqbal(Bangladesh).Bangladesh won the series by 4-1. 64. Who captured the World Athletics Championships gold medal in the women's 100 meters to claim the title of "World's Fastest Woman" Shelly-Ann Fraser 65. Who remains the world's most powerful woman for 2009, according to a ranking published by Forbes magazine? Angela Merkel, German Chancellor The list of the hundred women includes Sonia Gandhi (13), Chanda Kochhar, CEO of ICICI Bank, India. 66. Ninety-six-year-old, a Florida resident of Indian origin who becomes the world's oldest blogger.? Randall Butisingh 67. Who is appointed as new Pak Taliban chief? Hakimullah Mehsud 68. Who won the Man of the Match in the final test of Ashes held at The Ovalin 2009? Jonathan Trott became man of the match for his maiden century (119) in the debut Ashes Test match. England won the Ashes (2-1) . Man of the Series: Andrew Strauss (England) Michael Clark (Australia)

69. Ethiopian Olympic Champion who won the gold medal in the 5000m and 10000m race in Berlin, marking the first time an athlete has ever won distance double at the IAAF World Athletics Championships? Kenenisa Bekele 70. The controversial book written by former union minister and B.J.P leader Jaswant singh that eulogising Mohd Ali Jinnah ? Jinnah - India, Partition, Independence Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) expelled Jaswant Singh from the primary membership of the party days after the release of his book praising Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. 71. Who won the Rogers Cup Women singles title beating Maria Sharapova in the final? Elena Dementieva 72. Who won the Cincinnati Open Mens Tennis title after beating Novak Djokovic in the final? Roger Federer 73. Which team lifts the Spanish Supercup football title? Barcelona They beat Athletic Bilbao 3-0 in the final 74. Who won the Miss Universe 2009 title? Stefania Fernandez, Miss Venezuela 75. Who has been appointed director of the Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala? Paul Sebastian 76. Which team won the 2009 Santiago Bernabeu Trophy by defeating Norwegian side Rosenborg (4-0) in the final ? Real Madrid 77. One of the most influential and longest-serving senators in the history of America who dies at the age of 77? Edward Kennedy. He is the brother of former US president John F Kennedy. 78. Who becomes the first left-arm spinner to claim 300 Test wickets? Daniel Vettori(New Zealand) 79. Which country has become Japan's largest trading partner recently ? China 80. Who will be appointed as the Guwahati chief justice.? Justice Kurian Joseph

81. Which player was named the European Club Player of the Year 2009? Lionel Messi of Barcelona 82. Which team won the UEFA Supercup defeating Shakhtar Donetsk (1-0)? Barcelona 83. Who crowned the first ever Miss Bollywood UK at a gala event in Birmingham ? Reena Patel 84. Indians who won the mixed doubles title at the Chinese Taipei Grand Prix Gold badminton? Jwala Gutta and Valiyaveetil Diju 85. Who won the Man of the Series in the test series between Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Thilan Samaraveera(Sri Lanka) Sri Lanka Won the series(2-0) *********************************************************************** *

PSC QUESTIONS
Here is a list of Science Questions , most of them were asked for many PSC Exams and other competitive exams. 1.The lense which is used in Photography is....... Convex Lense 2.The Gas used for artificial ripening of green fruits? Acetylene 3.Which is the rarest element? Astatine 4.Magnetic field is measured by.......... Flux Meter 5.The working of a Rocket is based on the principle of ? Newton's Law 6.The minimum volume of water is at a temperature of ......... Degree Celsius 4 7.Light emitted by sun reaches earth in about 8 minutes 8.Electricity was invented by Michael Faraday 9.The human heart beat per minute at an average is 72 10.Time difference between IST and GMT is 5.30hrs

11.Which country built the first nuclear power station? Russia 12.Plaster of Paris is made from Gypsm 13.Meningitis is a disease which affects the Brain 14.The year in which Pluto was discovered ? 1930 15.White Coal is Hydro-Electricity 16.Purest crystalline form of Carbon Diamond 17.Valcanisation was conducted by Good Year 18.What is the melting point of Diamond? 4000 Degree Celsius 19.Which of the following is not a natural polymer ? (a)Cellulose (b)Plastic (c)Rubber (d)Silk Answer:-(a)Cellulose 20.During Sleep Blood Pressure is reduced 21.Filteration of wastes from the blood in human body is done by Kidney 22.An astronant in an earth satellite will observe the sky as Black 23.The virus of AIDS affects the growth of T cells in Blood 24.Which of the following is a semi conductor ? (a)Copper (b)Germanium (c)Silver (d)Zirconium Answer:-Germanium 25.A hole is made in a brass plate and it is heated , the size of the hole will First increases and then decrease 26.Sugar can be tested in a Diabetic patient by Benedict's test 27.The sex of a child before birth can be determined by Amniocentesis 28.Plants growing in dark areas are called Scatophyte 29.The resting time of heart during the interval of each compression is called

Diastol 30.'Utopia Planitia' is a place in which planet/satellite Mars 31.The organism which have nervous system but do not have brain Hydra 32.Antitoxins is used against Diptheria obtained from Horse 33.The satellite which discovered the Ozon layer Nimbus-7 34.Osteomalaria is caused due to the deficiency of which Vitamin ? Vitamin D 35.The sea breeze and land breeze are caused by difference in Heating of land and sea 36.The Red blood cells (RBC) is also called as Erythrocyctes 37.Quinine is an alkaloid that cures which disease ? Malaria 38.Boiling point of water in the Farenheat scale is 212 Degree 39.The most essential component of a refrigerator is Compressure 40.The planet which is often called the earth twin is Venus 41.What does C.N.G. stands for Compressed Natural Gas 42."Which sphere is known as ""Chemosphere"" ?" Ozonosphere 43.Magnesite is Magnesium Carbonate 44.Which of the follwing is known as Ramanujan Numeral 1729 45.Normal Blood Pressure of man is 80/120 mm HG 46.The deficiency of Iron in man may result in Anaemia 47.The largest gland in Human body is Liver 48.Fossils are usually found in Sedimenary Rock 49.Acetyl Salicilic Acid is commonly known as Aspirin 50.Which is known as white coal Hydro Electricty P o s ted by M eenaks hi at 21:47 0 CO M M EN TS Lab els : S C IEN C E Q U ES TION S , S C IEN C E Q U IZ

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