TUESDAY, 3 MARCH 2009

CURRENT AFFAIRS-QUESTIONS & ANSWERS -FEBRUARY-2009

CURRENT AFFAIRS-FEBRUARY-2009

1. Name of the worlds cheapest car launched by Tata Motors in Mumbai? Nano 2. Music wizard A.R.Rahman won Oscars for which categories?

Best Original Score and Best Original Song (Jai Ho) for the film Slum dog Millionaire. 3. Which documentary won the Oscar award for best Documentary (Short)? Smile Pinki, directed by Megan Mylan depicts the tale of an Utharpradesh girl and her fight against the social stigma of a cleft lip.

4. The West Indian Umpire who has officiated in a record 126 tests and 179 ODIs who decided to retire recently from International matches? Steve Bucknor 5. The Indian sound engineer who won Oscar for his brilliant sound mixing works of the film Slum dog Millionaire

Resul Pookutty 6. The new Chief Justice of Madras High Court ? Hemant Laxman Gokhale 7. The telecom sector which started third Generation (3G) mobile services recently in 11 cities of India?

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL)

8. Sri Lankan batsmen who smashed double hundreds during world record stand of 437 for the fourth wicket partnership against Pakistan? Mahela Jayawardhane (240) and Thilan Samaraweera(231)

9. Who won the Miss India Worldwide 2009 title ? Nikkitasha Marhawa, Indian-American from Chicago clinch the 18th Miss India World wide 2009 title. 10. The new money back plan launched by Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)in February 16 ? Jeevan Varsha 11. Who was named Jamaicas Sportsman of the year for 2008 ? Triple Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt. 12. The teenager who acted as the main character of slum dog millionaire ?

Dev Patel 13. Which novel has been chosen as the Romantic Novel of the year 2009? East of the Sun set in 1920s by Welsh author Julia Gregson 14. 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 ? Charles Darwin 15. Who is appointed as coach/manager of Chelsea, the premier league club ? Guus Hiddink, Russian coach 16. Recently the IPL Drug Tribunal has imposed a 12-month ban on a Pakistani Cricket player for consuming a banned substance, Nandralone during the inaugural season of Indian Premiere League. Who is he? Muhammed Asif 17. The new Prime Minister of Zimbzbwe ? Morgan Tsvangirai 18. Newly elected President of Bangladesh ?

Zillur Rahman 19. Noted Hindustani Classical Vocalist who was presented with Bharath Ratna, countrys highest civilian award ?

Bhim Sen Joshi

20. "Slumdog Millionire got how many BAFTA awards (British Academy of film and Television Arts) 7 awards including Best Director, Best Filmetc 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? Acyut-2 22. Name the Indian who awarded a honorary Doctorate of Letters by the University of Cambridge, where he served as the Master of Trinity College for six years. Amartya Sen 23. Who was named African Footballer of the Year 2008? Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor 24. Name the Union Minister for Small Scale Industries in the UPA government who was on charged in a murder case recently ? Mahavir Prasad 25. The two ships, commissioned by the Indian Navy on 16 February 2009, at Chennai, which are the first two in a series of ten water jet Fast Attack Craft (FAC) being built at Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, GRSE, Kolkata ?. INS Carnicobar and INS Chetlat 26. Name the 13-YEAR-OLD boy who has become a father in Britain, his wife is just

15. Alfie Patten. His girlfriend Chantelle Steadman gave birth to Maisie Roxanne in Eastbourne Hospital, East Sussex

27. 17th Dulip Trophy Cricket title is won by? West Zone 28. Which Indian player won BCCI Payer of the year Award? Virender Sehwag (The award is also known as Polly Umrigar Award) 29. The Indian Musician among the four international musicians to be awarded Grammy for their Global Drum project. ? Zakir Hussain, along with musicians Mickey Hart, Sikiru Adepoju and Giovanni Hidalgo, has been awarded the coveted gramophone for The Global Drum in the Best Contemporary World Music Album category. 30. Which players were named joint winners of the Allan Border medal of 2008? Ricky Ponting and Michael Clark 31. Who won the Australian Open junior title ? Yuki Bhambri. He becomes the first Indian to win the Australian Open junior title. He outplayed his German opponent Alexandros-Ferdinandos Georgoudas to win the Junior Boys title in the Australian Open. 32. Who won the Australian Open women singles title of this year ? Serena Williams

33. Who won the Man of the Match award in the two 20-20 Cricket matches between India and New Zealand? Brendon McCullum 34. Who won Rotterdam Open title after beating world number one Rafael Nadal? Andy Murray of Britain 35. World Cup Cricket 2011 final will be held in which venue ? Wankade Stadium, Mumbai. 36. Japan's Finance Minister who has resigned, amid claims that he was drunk at a recent G7 meeting?

Shoichi Nakagawa

81 ST OSCAR AWARDS- ALL RESULTS

1. ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Penelope Cruz (VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA)

2. WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREEN PLAY) Dustin Lance Black (MILK) 3. WRITING (ADAPTED SCREEN PLAY) Simon Beaufoy (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE) 4. ANIMATED FEATURE FILM Andrew Stanton (WALL-E) 5. SHORT FILM (ANIMATED) Kunio Kato( LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES)

6. ART DIRECTION Donald Graham Burt (Art Direction); Victor J. Zolfo (Set Decoration) (THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON)

7. COSTUME DESIGN Michael O'Connor (THE DUCHESS) 8. MAKE UP Greg Cannom (THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON)

9. CINEMATOGRAPHY Anthony Dod Mantle (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE)

10. SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION) Jochen Alexander Freydank (SPIELZEUGLAND (TOYLAND)

11. ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE Heath Ledger (THE DARK KNIGHT) 12. DOCUMENTARY FEATURE James Marsh and Simon Chinn (MAN ON WIRE) 13. DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Megan Mylan (SMILE PINKI) 14. VISUAL EFFECTS: Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron (THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON) 15. SOUND EDITING Richard King (THE DARK KNIGHT) 16. SOUND MIXING Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE) 17. FILM EDITING Chris Dickens ((SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE) 18. BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM DEPARTURES Japan 19. BEST FEATURE FILM. SLUM DOG MILLIONAIRE

20. BEST DIRECTOR Danny Boyle (SLUM DOG MILLIONAIRE)

21. BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Sean Penn (MILK)

22. BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Kate Winslet (THE READER)

23. JEAN HERSHOLT HUMANITARIAN AWARD (SPECIAL HONOR) Jerry Lewis (Comedic film and humanitarian work)

24. BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

Smile Pinki ( Director-Megan Mylan ) 25. BEST ORIGINAL SONG Jai Ho" from Slumdog Millionaire A. R. Rahman (music), Gulzar (lyrics) 26. BEST ORIGINAL SCORE A. R. Rahman (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE ) You might also like:

SATURDAY, 10 OCTOBER 2009

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSSEPTEMBER-2009

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS- SEPTEMBER-2009

1. Which country won Nehru Cup International Football Tournament 2009? 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? Bhaichung Bhutia, Indian Captain 3. Which scientist is elected as the new President of International Academy of Astronautics (IAA)? 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? 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? 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? Vasim Akram

7. India achieved a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate of how much percentage during April-June 2009? 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? Anand Jon Alexander 9. Who is appointed as the new Air Officer-in-Charge Personnel (AOP)of the Indian Air Force (IAF)? Air Marshal KJ Mathews 10. Country which has been expelled from the Commonwealth after failing to announce plans to hold elections in 2010? 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)? Dr Vijay Kumar Saraswat 12. Who is appointed as the vice chief of Indian Army? 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? Amitabh Bachchan 14. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister who feared dead after his Bell 430 chopper crashlanded about 40 nautical miles east of the Kurnool mountainous area of Andra Pradesh?

Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy 15. The first Iranian female cabinet minister who is appointed since the foundation of the Islamic Republic 30 years?

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? Jesse Ryder(New Zealand). New Zealand won the series by 2-0. 17. Lok Sabha Secretary General who was recently given a year's extension by Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar? P.D.T. Acharya 18. Who took over charge as Additional General Manager, Southern Railway? 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? Priyanka Chopra. 21. U.S.President Barack Obama's 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) Van Jones 22. Who has topped the list of world's 10 top earning cricketers compiled by Forbes magazine ? 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 World's TopEarning 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?

Harcharan Singh Brar 24. National Film Awards for the year 2007-2008 Visit the below link http://questionforall.blogspot.com/2009/10/winners-of-national-film-awardsforyear.html 25. Who has become the second Indian after Geet Sethi to win the Worlds Billiards Championship? 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? Ricky Ponting 27. The first African country to qualify for the 2010 World Cup Football which is to be held in South Africa? Ghana 28. Which country leads world in foreign weapons sales in the year 2008? 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? 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.? 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? 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 Sudan's draconian morality laws?

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)? 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?

Geethu Anna Jose 35. Venezuela recognized the independence of two countries on September 10, 2009. Name that countries. 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? "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?

A.R.Rahman 38. Former Taiwan President who has been found guilty of corruption and sentenced to life in prison? 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? Raman. The film is directed by Dr.Biju. 40. Which footballer won the annual VP Sathyan Memorial Award? 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? 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? 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? 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.

Juan Almeida Bosque 45. World's 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? Gertrude Baines 46. Which country will host the 6th SAF football matches scheduled for December 115 of this year? 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? 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? Churchill Brothers, Goa They beating local giant Mohun Bagan 2-0 49. Nat West One day cricket series between England and Australia won by ? 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? 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?

Hannan Binth Hashim. She has prepared a research paper titled Absolute Theory of Zero' which questions the accuracy of many existing theories like Albert Einstein's 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?

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, India's second-highest civilian honor. 53. Which film won the Golden Lion for best picture at the Venice film festival? "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? 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 ? P.T.Usha. 56. Noted football commentator who was found dead in his hotel a day after the final of the IFA Shield? Noel De Lima Leitao 57. French photographer who was one of France's giants of photography, particularly famous for his images of post-war Paris in the 1940s and 1950s died recently at the age of 99? Willy Ronis 58. Who has been named as one of the two Anglo Indian nominees to the Lok Sabha -- taking Kerala's strength in the Lower House of the Indian Parliament to 21? Charles Dias. 59. Which country won the tri-nation Compaq Cup (One Day Cricket Series) held in Sri Lanka? 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)? 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. Kerala 62. Who won US Open Mens Double Title? 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? 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? 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 men's title? 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? 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? Mr Subroto Chattopadhyay 68. Name of the Olympic medal-winning boxer who has been found dead by his manager? 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? 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? Tirupati laddoo 71. Name of the most expensive bike so far launched in India by the Japanese bike giant Yamaha?

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.? Shri M. C. Ramadas 73. Who is named as Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. He will be named the 93rd Prime Minister of Japan. 74. Indonesia's most wanted Islamist militant, who was killed in a police shoot-out in Central Java of Indonesia ? Noordin Mohammad Top. 75. Who is now officially the tallest man walking the planet by the Guinness World Records?

(REUTERS Andrew Winning) 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? 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? Arun Majumdar 78. Footballer of Argentina who signed a two-year contract extension with Barcelona until the summer of 2016. 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? Jawaharlal Nehru and Rabindranath Tagore 80. Which TV series won the 2009 Emmy award for best comedy? 30 Rock. 81. Which TV series won the 2009 Emmy award for best drama? Mad Men 82. Who is the new captain of Delhi Dare Devils Team ? Gautham Gambhir 83. The Indian tennis star who has confirmed Indian team berth in the Davis Cup World Group after he ousted South Africa's Rik Voest in the reverse singles match of the Davis Cup tie ? 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? Yugratna Srivastav 85. Who are the winners of Durand Cup-2009?

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? 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? Far Eastern Economic Review 88. Name of India's 16th remote sensing satellite successfully launched by ISRO through its space carrier Plar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in just twenty minutes? Oceansat-2. ISRO's 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? Kavalam Narayana Panicker 90. The much anticipated small car for India which was unveiled in Delhi by Ford Motor Company? Ford Figo 91. Who is the new director of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, (UNESCO)?

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? 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? Islam A. Siddiqui 94. India's maiden spacecraft, which has discovered water on the lunar surface? Chandrayaan-1 95. First mixed-gender university of Saudi Arabia which opened recently? King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) 96. Who is the chairman of Subordinate Legislation Committee of Indian Loksabha? P.Karunakaran , M.P from Kerala 97. Which country won the 23rd Asian Women's Basketball Championships held in Chennai, India? 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? 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? 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? 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? Shriti Vadera 102. Who was elected as regional chairman (Kerala)of the Indian Newspaper Society for 2009-10? P.V.chandran 103. Which political party retained power in Portuguese elections recently ? 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 country's recent general elections? 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? 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 ? 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? Trupti Murgunde Disclaimer: The author claims full ownership of all articles herein but doesn't claim ownership of all photos posted on this site. If the respective copyright owners wish for their photos to be taken down, feel free to e-mail me or leave a comment and these will be taken down immediately. You might also like:

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1. In which place of Kerala, one of the worst boat tragedies in its history occurred, after Kerala Tourism Development Corporations new doubledecker boat Jalakanyaka carrying 74 tourists capsized that claimed 45 lives on September 30,2009? 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? 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? 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? 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 ? Rao Birender Singh 6. Former 100 meter world champion who has announced his retirement recently from international competition. 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? 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? 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?

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? China 11. In which place of India, geologists recently have found a cluster of dinosaur eggs, said to be about 65 million years old?

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? "Ardi" Picture courtesy J. H. Matternes via Science/AAAS 13. Turkish journalist who threw a shoe at IMF chief Dominique StraussKahn in Istanbul ahead of key meetings on the economic crisis, as rallies set to bring thousands into the streets got underway? 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? Roman Polanski 15. Who became the third batsman to reach 12,000 one-day international (ODI) runs? Ricky Ponting Other two are Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya.

16. Who won Pan Pacific Open tennis title-2009? 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? The United Nations 18. Which country will host the 2016 Olympics? 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?

Photo by Kubik 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, nonCongress 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. 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?

Basava Premanand 22. Who has won Formula Ones Japanese Grand Prix 2009 title? 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?

Diego Forlan 24. Who won Nobel Prize for physics in 2009? 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? 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? 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? 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?

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? Sam Pitroda. He is now the Chairman National Knowledge Commission. 30. Who won Nobel Prize for Chemistry-2009? 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 proteinmaking machinery within cells, research thats being used to develop new antibiotics. 31. Who won Man Booker Prize Award-2009?

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 Gandhi's house in South Africa for an amount of $377,029 outbidding other bidders including Indians? 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? 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 Africa's national police chief

who went on trial accused of corruption.

Photo:AFP 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? 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 women's billiards title-2009 is won by? Meenal Thakur. She defeated her younger sister Anuja Chandra in the final. 37. Who won Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine -2009? 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? 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? 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? 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? 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? 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 magazine's World Test Player of the Year 2009 award?

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? 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? 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? 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? 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.

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? Rasool Pookutty 50. Pope Benedict XVI canonized five new saints on 11th of October2009. Name the five saints. 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? 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? Wallace Souza 53. Who has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize? Barack Obama, US President. 54. Canada's first space tourist and also the world's first Space Clown who returned from International Space station on October 11, 2009? Guy Laliberte 55. Who is the new President of International Academy of Astronautics? G Madhavan Nair. (Former ISRO Chairman) 56. Who won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences? 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? Sujata Koirala

58. Name of the previously unreleased song by Michael Jackson which was unveiled to the world almost four months after the star's death? "This Is It" 59. Sweden striker who announced his retirement from International Football recently? 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? 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? Ronaldinho, Brazilian Striker 62. New Zealand all-rounder who retired from Test cricket to prolong his career in the shorter formats of the game? Jacob Oram 63. Who is the new director of National Cricket Academy of India? Sandeep Patel 64. Indian footballer who was a part of the 1956 Melbourne Olympics squad that finished fourth, which is India's best finish in Olympic football, died recently?

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? 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? 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? 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? 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? 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? Michael Clark Vice Captain: Cameron White 71. Indian-American billionaire who has been featured in Forbes annual list of America's 200 Best Small Companies among "eight self-made stars who have built tidy empires in an array of industries"?

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? 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. 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. Theruvath Raman 75. Who has been named as the AIFF (All India Football Federation) Player of the Year-2009? 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? Prafool Patel General Secretary of AIFF: Alberto Colaco 77. Who is the new world champion in Formula One? Jenson Button 78. Russian gymnast, who won a bronze medal at world championships in London, died y in a car crash recently? Yury Ryazanov 79. Who becomes the youngest ever recipient of the Order of Jamaica, one of the country's highest honours, at a ceremony in the capital Kingston? 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? Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono 81. Who is the Vice President of Indonesia? Boediono 82. A man who worked for years as a nurse's aide in Maryland and Pennsylvania who has been crowned as a king in Uganda recently? Charles Wesley Mumbere 83. Which trains collided in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura city killing 23 people on October 23, 2009? 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? 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 world's highest peak? China 86. Recipients of UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)-Madanjeet Singh Prize-2009 for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence? 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? 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? Stewart David Nozette. 89. Who is the Prime Minister of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir? Raja Farooq Haider Khan 90. Indian American philanthropist brothers who won the Northern Virginia Community Foundations community leader award for 2009? Sudhakar V. Shenoy and Suresh V. Shenoy 91. Who bagged the PSPB Sports Person of the Year award for 2008-09? 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)? Dr. M.A.Atmanand 93. Who was named New Zealand cricketer of the year-2009? 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?

Indian National Congress 95. Who has denied having written a foreword attributed to him in the autobiography by Congo Republic President Denis Sassou-Nguesso? Nelson Mandela 96. Which team clinches Champions League T20 Cricket title-2009? New South Wales Blues. They beat Trinidad and Tobago in the final by 41 runs 97. Which state won the National Interstate Athletic championship2009? 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? 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 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 October29? Shaji N Karun. 101. New name of Orissa? 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? Francesca Schiavone of Italy. She beat Olga Govortsova of Belarus in the final. 103. Who won the Kremlin Cup Mens tennis title-2009? Mikhail Youzhny(Russia). He beat Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia in the final. 104. Who won the Moto Grant Pix World Championship-2009? Valentino Rossi (Italy) 105. Which country won the seven-match hockey Test series against Canada in Canada? India. India won the series 6-0. 106. Fifteenth ASEAN summit which ends With Pledge to Build Flexible Community held in? 15th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during October 23-25 in two well-known adjoining beach resorts of Chaam 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.? 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? 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? Bayar Sanjaa 110. Which country has stopped issuing visas to Canadian citizens amid rising tensions between the two governments? Libya 111. Who has been appointed the deputy chief minister of Maharashtra for the third time? 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? Wang Jing 113. Who has been appointed as chairman and managing director (MD) of Punjab National Bank? K R Kamath 114. Which footballer has won the award for the best player of Spanish league 2008-2009? 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?

Meena Bazaar, in Peshawar 116. The former England umpire, who has died at the age of 68 after a long battle with cancer? 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?

Open 118. Man of the Match of first ODI between India and Australia held in Baroda? Michael Hussey 119. Man of the Match of second ODI between India and Australia held in Nagpur?

Mahendra Singh Dhoni 120. Who will be the new deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India? Subir Gokarn 121. Name of the last work of Michael Jackson ,a documentary which released recently ? 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? 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 thinktank the Legatum Institute on 27 October? 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?

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? 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? 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? 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?

Oasis of the Seas

129. The Malayalam Superstar who is elected as the goodwill ambassador of Kerala athletics? 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)?

K Radhakrishnan 131. Who is the new Director of Vikram Sarabahi Space Centre (VSSC), Thiruvananthapuram? 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? 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? Lord George Byron 134. Haiti -- Prime Minister who was removed from office by the Haitian

Senate? 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? Suresh Kumar

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5.Who won the DadaSaheb Phalke award in 2008? Tapan Sinha 6.Who won the Indira Gandhi peace prize in 2008? Mohammed El Baradei 7.Who won the Booker prize in 2008? Aravind Adiga Posted by krishna at 7:05 PM 0 comments Labels: list of Awards won in 2008 February 2009December 2008Home ecretary General, UN---Ban ki moon Director General,WHO---Margarret Chan Head, UNICEF----Ann Veneman Head, FAO---Jacqueous Diouff Head,IAEA---Mohammed El Baradei President, World Bank--Robert Zoellik Managing Director, IMF--Dominique Strauss Kahn Secretary General, NATO--Jaap De Hoop Scheffer Secretary General,ASEAN--Surin Pitsuwan Secretary General ,OPEC--Abdellah Salim El Badri Chairman,SAARC-----Mahindra Rajapakse Secretary General ,Commonwealth--Kamlesh Sharma Posted by krishna at 8:53 PM 0 comments Labels: Heads of Various World organizations--Latest who's who--Quiz

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1) Rajendra Prasad (1950- 1962) 2) Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan (1962-1967) 3) Zakir Hussain (1967-1969) 4) Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1969- 1974) 5) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1974-1977) 6) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1977- 1982) 7) Zail Singh (1982- 1987) 8) Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1987-1992) 9) Shankar Dayal Sharma (1992- 1997) 10) Kocheril Raman Narayanan (1997- 2002) 11) Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (2002- 2007) 12) Pratibha Patil (2007- ) **********************************************

Vice Presidents of india

1) Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan (1952-1962) 2) Zakir Hussain (1962-1967) 3) Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1967- 1969) 4) Gopal Swarup Pathak (1969- 1974) 5) Basappa Danappa Jatti (1974- 1979) 6) Mohammad Hidayatullah (1979-1984) 7) Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1984-1987) 8) Shankar Dayal Sharma (1987- 1992) 9) Kocheril Raman Narayanan (1992-1997) 10) Krishan Kant (1992- 1997) 11) Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (2002- 2007) 12) Mohammad Hamid Ansari (2007- ) **********************************************

Prime Ministers of India

1) Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964) 2) Lal Bahadur Shastri (1964-1966) 3) India Gandhi (1966-1977, 1980- 1984) 4) Morarji Desai (1977- 1979) 5) Charan Singh (1979- 1980) 6) Rajiv Gandhi (1984- 1989) 7) Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1989- 1990) 8) Chandra Shekhar (1990- 1991) 9) Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao (1991- 1996) 10) Atal Behari Vajpayee (1996, 1998- 2004) 11) Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda (1996- 1997) 12) Inder Kumar Gujral (1997- 1998) 13) Manmohan Singh (2004- ) **********************************************

Speakers of Lok Sabha

1) Ganesh Mavalankar (1952-1956) 2) Madabhooshi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar (1956- 1962) 3) Hukam Singh (1962-1967) 4) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1967- 1969, 1977) 5) Gurdial Singh Dhillon (1969- 1975) 6) Bali Ram Bhaghat (1976-1977) 7) Kawdoor Sadananda Hegde (1977-1980) 8) Balaram Jakhar (1980- 1989) 9) Rabi Ray (1989- 1991) 10) Shivraj Patil (1991-1996) 11) Purno Albert Sangma (1996-1998) 12) Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi (1998-2002) 13) Manohar Joshi (2002- 2004) 14) Somnath Chatterjee (2004-2009) 15) Meira Kumar (2009- )

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