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1. Which four teams had qualified for the semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2009
being held at South Africa?

Answer: Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand and England

2. Which Indian Wicket Keeper took his first One Day International Wicket in ICC
Champions Trophy 2009?

Answer : Mahendra Singh Dhoni

3. Which renowned singer has been nominated for Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 2007
for his contribution in the field of Indian Cinema?

Answer : Manna Dey

4. Who has been selected for Wildlife Photographer Award 2009?

Answer : Vivek R Sinha

5. Who will be succeeding Lt Gen Noble Thamburaj as Army Vice-Chief?

Answer : Lieutenant General P C Bhardwaj

6. Which company has launched a set of premium pens costing Rs.11.3lakh 241 miles
traveled by Mahatma Gandhi during the Salt March?

Answer: Mont Blanc

7. Who recently received the Indira Gandhi National Award for Peace from President
Pratibha Patil?

Answer: Mohamed ElBaradei (Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency)

8. In which country was High-quality 507 carat white diamond found?

Answer: South Africa

9. Who will be receiving Billboard's Rising Star?

Answer: Gaga

10. Which Tennis player won the Pan Pacific Tennis Tournament in Tokyo?

Answer: Maria Sharapova

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11. Which team won the second semifinal match between New Zealand and Pakistan in
the ICC Champions Trophy 2009?

Answer: New Zealand

12. Who is Karnataka High Court Chief Justice?

Answer: P.D.Dinakaran

13. Which Premier Institute is assisting KSRTC in recruiting Officers?

Answer: IIM Bangalore

14. Who is the Managing Director of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation?

Answer: Gaurav Gupta

15. Who recently visited Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya, Bihar?

Answer: Nguyen Thi Doan (Vietnamese Vice-President)

16. Who has won the Miss World Malaysia 2009 crown?

Answer: Thanuja Ananthan

17. Which famous Hollywood star is facing a $2 million lawsuit by a bank for breaching
a contract?

Answer: Nicolas Cage

18. Which city will host the 2016 Olympic Games?

Answer: Rio De Janiero

19. Which American Singer had come to India to record an International album with
Adnan Sami?

Answer: Jermaine Jackson (Elder Brother of Michael Jackson)

20. In which country was Indonesia’s Komodo dragon originated?

Answer: Australia

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21. Which Indian consumer durable company has decided to buy Elcoteq, a Finnish firm
for $73 million?

Answer: Videocon Industries

22. Who is the president of Commonwealth Games Federation?

Answer: Michael Fennell

23. Which Formula One Champion has joined Ferrari Team for the 2010 Season?

Answer: Fernando Alonso

24. Which Australian Cricketer became the 3rd batsman to pass 12,000 ODI runs?

Answer: Ricky Ponting

25. Which pharmacy company has bought anticholestral rights for$39 million?

Answer: Lupin Laboratories

26. Which company will be raising $20 million through Qualified Institutional
Placement?

Answer: Gammon

27. Which metal company has plans to raise $1.25 billion?

Answer: Sesagoa

28. Which two Indian companies are in the Forbes Asia's fabulous 50 list?

Answer: Reliance Industries and Infosys

29. Which automobile company is planning to launch electric cars in India?

Answer: General Motors

30. According to International Monetary Fund (IMF) at what percentage does the Lankan
Economy grow?

Answer: 3.5 percent

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31. Which Indian Public Sector company is planning to invest Rs.25000 crore despite a
dip in the profit?

Answer: National Aluminum Company (NALCO)

32. Who is the current chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India?

Answer: J.S. Sharma

33. Who is the Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission?

Answer: Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia

34. Who has succeeded has Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister after the sad demise of
Y.S.Rajashekar Reddy?

Answer: K.Rosaiah

35. Who is the current Managing director of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited?

Answer: Kuldeep Goyal

36. Which Healthcare company has announced a five year outsourcing deal with HCL
Infosystems for implementing software solutions?

Answer: Fortis Healthcare

37. Who is the current minister for Corporate Affairs?

Answer: Salman Khurshid

38. Who is the executive chairman of Mind Tree Company?

Answer: Ashok Soota

39. Which company has been acquired by Mind tree recently?

Answer: Kyocera Wireless India.

40. Who is the Managing Director of Kyocera Wireless India?

Answer: Raghava Nagabhushanam

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41. Which two teams entered the final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2009?

Answer: Australia and New Zealand

42. Who won the final match of ICC Champions Trophy 2009?

Answer: Australia

43. Which Formula One driver is all set to drive the Red Bull racing car on Bandra-Worli
sea link on 11th October, 2009?

Answer: David Coulthard

44. Who is the current CFO of Grasim Industries?

Answer: Adesh Gupta

45. Which South Indian Cement manufacturing company has raised Rs.3100 crore in debt
through consortium of bankers?

Answer: Dalmia Cements

46. Who is the managing director of Dalmia Cements?

Answer: Puneet Dalmia

47. Which cement manufacturing company has raised Rs.300 crore through issue of Non-
Convertible Debentures?

Answer: ACC

48. Which company has acquired 80% stake in Ismart-Timex, a leading Srilankan BPO
firm?

Answer: Aegis BPO (Essar group)

49. Which Indian Software Company has secured a $50 million deal from Saudi
Telecom?

Answer: Tech Mahindra

50. Which Indian BPO firm has bagged a 600 crore deal from Idea Cellular?

Answer: Aditya Birla Minacs (Subsidiary of Aditya Birla Nuvo)

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51. Who is current CEO of Microsoft?

Answer: Steve Ballmer

52. Which three Americans won the Nobel Prize for discovering Telomerase and
Theenzyme for the year 2009?

Answer: Elizabeth Blackburn (USA), Jack Szostak (USA), Carol Greider (USA)

53. Who won the Nobel Prize in the field of Literature for the year 2009?

Answer: Herta Muller (Romania)

54. Who won the Nobel Prize for the year 2009 for their studies of the structure of the
Ribosomes?

Answer: Venkataraman Ramakrishnan (India), Thomas steitz (USA), Ada Yonath (Israel)

55. Who won the Nobel Prize for the year 2009 for inventing the first imaging technology
using a digital sensor?

Answer: Charles Kao (British-American), Willard Boyle (Canadian), George Smith (US)

56. Which day is celebrated as World Post Day?

Answer: 9th October

57. Who won the 2009 Nehru Cup International Football Tournament which was recently
held in India?

Answer: India

58. Who captained Indian team in the 2009 Nehru Cup International Tournament?

Answer: Baichung Bhutia

59. Who is the chief of Indian Army?

Answer: General Deepak Kapoor

60. Which company has announced a 1:1 bonus after a long time?

Answer: Reliance Industries Limited

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61. Who is the chief of Indian Navy?

Answer: Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma

62. Who is the chief of Indian Air Force?

Answer: Air Chief Marshal P.V.Naik

63. Which country's economy is the largest economy in Asia?

Answer: China

64. Which country's economy is the second largest economy in Asia?

Answer: Japan

65. Which country's economy is the third largest economy in Asia?

Answer: India

66. Which largest engineering company has raised $600 million through Qualified
Institutional Placement (QIP) and Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds?

Answer: Larsen & Turbo

67. Who has been appointed as the new Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA)?

Answer: Ashok Desai

68. Who is the CEO of Edserv, a Chennai based Education and placement firm?

Answer: S.Giridharanmpleton

69. Which company has tied up with McAfee to provide integrated security solutions?

Answer: Verizon

70. Who is appointed as the Managing Director of SAB Miller?

Answer: Paolo Lanzarotti

71. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of Jet Airways?

Answer: Nikos Kardassis

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72. Who has been appointed as the CEO of British Midland International?

Answer: Wolfgang Prock-Schauer

73. Which Indian cricketer has been appointed by World Sport Group (WSG) to its
player management division?

Answer: Gautam Gambhir

74. Which Chinese mobile handset manufacturer has tied up with Reliance
Communications to sell high-end and Dual Sim handsets in India?

Answer: China WirelessTechnologies

75. Who is the chairman of Templeton Asset Management?

Answer: Mark Mobius

76. Who is the CEO of Reliance Capital Limited?

Answer: Sam Ghosh

77. Which shipyard company has got the nod from Coastguard and Indian Navy to bid for
orders worth $1.2 billion?

Answer: Pipavav Shipyard

78. Who is the Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers?

Answer: M.K.Alagiri

79. Who is the chairman and Managing Director of National Fertilizers Limited?

Answer: V.K.Sharma

80. Which bank received the Tamilnadu state award for meritorious service in the SME
sector?

Answer: Indian Bank

81. Who is the Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Bank?

Answer: M.S. Sundara Rajan

82. Who is the COO of Godrej?

Answer: Bobby Agarwal

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83. Which UAE based handset manufacturer is planning to enter Indian Market?

Answer: Spark Mobiles

84. Which real estate player is planning to raise Rs.900 crore through IPO?

Answer: Prestige Estates

85. What is the name of insurance company which is a joint venture between Allahabad
Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Karnataka Bank, Dabur Investment Corp, Sompo Japan
Insurance?

Answer: Universal Sompo General Insurance Company Limited

86. Who is the president of Russia?

Answer: Dmitry Medvedev

87. Who is the first woman receive the Nobel Prize in the field of Economics?

Answer: Elinor Ostrom

88. Which company has launched sports car named as Z4 Roadster?

Answer: BMW India

89. What is the name of the car which was recently launched by General motors?

Answer: Chevrolet Cruze

90. Which company has bagged the contract from Unitech Wireless to supply GSM
network?

Answer: Nokia Siemens Network

91. Which Global IT and Consultancy firm has bagged the contract from postal
department to modernize the post offices across the country?

Answer: Accenture

92. Who is the Managing Director and CEO of Axis Bank?

Answer: Shikha Sharma

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93. Who is the chairman of 13th Finance Commission?

Answer: Vijay Kelkar

94. Who is the CEO of Oracle?

Answer: Larry Ellison

95. Who is the chairman and Managing Director of Central bank of India?

Answer: S.Sridhar

96. Which public sector bank has launched a pre-paid gift card?

Answer: Central Bank of India.

97. Which foreign bank has recently got nod from RBI to list on Stock Exchanges?

Answer: Standard Chartered Bank

98. Who is the president of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry?

Answer: Harsh Pati Singhania

99. Who has been recently appointed as Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal?

Answer: Sujata Koirala

100. Which tennis star has got a wild card entry to the Australian Open Tournament?

Answer: Justin Henin

101. Which Pakistani diplomat died of electric shock recently?

Answer: M.K.Afridi

102. Who has won the Nobel Peace Prize award for the year 2009?

Answer - Barack Obama (US President)

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