CURRENT AFFAIRS JANUARY 2009

1. The new federal agency approved by the Indian Government to combat terror in India
which will be empowered to deal with terror related crimes across states without special
permission from the state ?

National Investigation Agency.

2. Who is appointed as Director General of the newly established National Investigation

Agency (NIA).?

Radha Vinod Raju, Special Director General of Police in Jammu and Kashmir

3. “Man of the series” of recently held One Day series between Australia & South
Africa?

Albie Morkel

4. Who became the country’s youngest international referee, after passing the world body
FIBA’s exam ?

Zanim Mohammed Hashim from Thalassery, Kerala

5. The first Indian to win the prestigious Golden Globe Award for Best Original Music
Score ?

A.R.Rahman for Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire.

Rahman’s song ‘Jai Ho,’ penned by lyricist Gulzar, was nominated for Best Original
Music Score.

6. Which Malayalam Writer won the “Odakkuzhal Award ” ?

K.G.Sankara Pillai

7. Who became the fastest bowler to take 50 wickets in one-day internationals ?

Ajantha Mendis , completed his 50-wicket haul in his 19th one-day international. He
surpassed the record of India's Ajit Agarkar who took 23 matches to reach the milestone.

8. Who has been appointed as the General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor in the
Office of Management and Budget in the upcoming administration of U.S.President
Barack Obama?

Preeta Bansal, Leading Indian-American lawyer

9. Name the Indo-Russian supersonic cruise missile with speeds of Mach 2.5 to 2.8,
which is world's fastest cruise missile and is about three and a half times faster than the
U.S.A's subsonic Harpoon cruise missile?

Brahmos, The acronym 'BrahMos' is perceived as the confluence of the two nations
represented by two great rivers, the Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva of Russia.

10. Who is the Man of the Series in the recently held Zimbabwe –Bangladesh One Day
Series held in Bangladesh?

Shakib Al Hasan

11. The first Bangladesh player to top one of the International Cricket Council's player
rankings?

Shakib Al Hasan He tops the ICC ODI Rankings for all-rounders

12. Jharkhand Chief Minister who resigned from his post following his defeat in the
Tamar assembly by-poll?

Shibu Soren

13. Music Sensation A.R.Rahman won how many Oscar nominations for the film
“Slumdog Millionaire” ?

Three nominations (Music, Songs (Jai Ho, O Saya))

14. Indian sound engineer from Mumbai, born in Kerala, nominated for the Oscars for
Best sound mixing in 'Slumdog Millionaire’?

Rasool Pookutty

15. Which film won most number of Oscar Nominations in 2008?

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” with 13 Oscar nominations.

16. Name the founder and Chairman of Satyam Computers until January 7, 2009 when he
resigned from the Satyam board after admitting to corporate fraud of 7000 crore rupees ?

Ramalinga Raju
17. The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor Sr., who was sentenced to 97
years in prison for charges including torture and conspiracy, according to a federal court
in Florida. ?

Charles McArthur Emmanuel

He also known as Charles "Chuckie" Taylor Jr.
18. Who is BBC African Footballer of the Year 2008

Egyptian footballer Mohamed Aboutrika

19. The new model car launched by Fiat India Automobiles Ltd in India during fist
quarter of 2009.

Fiat Linea

20. Who is the Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab?

Sukhbir Singh Badal

21. The 50th anniversary of the Triumph of a country’s Revolution is observed on this
year January? Which revolution?

Cuban Revolution

22. The Three Indian cricketing legends, who figured among the 55 former players
named in the ICC`s inaugural Hall of Fame list as part of its centenary celebrations ?

Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Bishan Singh Bedi

23. The Chief Financial Officer of Satyam Computers, who was remanded to judicial
custody charged with criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery of accounts.

Srinivas Vadlamani

24. Who is the new President of Ghana?

John Atta Mills

25. Name of the Bacteria developed by Australian Scientists to prevent Dengue Fever by
infecting the dengue mosquito with that bacterium which halves its lifespan?

Wolbachia bacterium

26. Who became the youngest chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir?

Omar Abdulla

27. Who is the deputy chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir?

Tara Chand

28. Which team won the Ranji Trophy for the season 2008-2009?

Mumbai, they beat Utharpradesh to clinch the title.

29. Who is the fifth New Zealand Cricket player to score a century in his debut?

Martin Guptill, he scored 122 runs (not out) against West Indies in his debut match

30. Prem Nazir Award is won by?

Malayalam Actor, Jayaram

31. The fourth Thikkurissi Foundation Award is won by?

Malayalam Actor, Balachandra Menon

32. Dadasaheb Phalke award winner and noted film-maker who died recently at a hospital
in Kolkata after a prolonged illness?

Tapan Sinha

33. The Australian Cricketer who retired recently from international cricket?

Mathew Hayden

34. Which player’s performance is counted as the best ever Test Innings of 2008 selected
by Cricinfo?

Virender Sehwag, his double century against Sri Lanka

Best Bowling performance : Dale Steyn against Australia in Melbourne , he took 5

wicket s for 67 runs.

35. The first player in the history of cricket to score 10,000 runs and 250wickets in both
tests and One Day internationals?

Jacques Kallis
HISTORY

1 Swadeshi Movement was started in the year?

1905
2 Who was the heroine of Quit India Movement?
Aruna Asaf Ali
3 Gandhiji started his Dhandi march from
Sabarmathi
4 Who is considered as the father of History?
Herodotus
5 Vaso-da-Gama disovered India in the year
1498
6 "The King of England who signed ""Magna Carta"" was"
King John II
7 Who was the first leader of All India Trade Union Congress(AITUC)?

Subhash Chandra Bose

8 "Who was known as ""Man of Destiny"" ?"

Napolean Bonapart
9 Which colour was commonly used in Harappan Pottery?
Red

10 The Indian freedom fighter who was known as 'Frontier Gandhi' is

Khan Abdul Gafar Khan

11 Tansen ,a great musician of his times, was in the Court of
Akbar
12 Suez Canal was opened for traffic in the year

1869
13 """Ballot is stronger than the Bullet"" Who said this?"
Abraham Lincoln
14 The first Olympic games was held in

776 BC
15 The All India Muslim League was formed in 1906 at
Dhaka
16 Ankar Vat is a temple in
Combodia
17 John. F.Kennedy was killed in the year
1963
18 The Congress party was formally split into extrimists and moderates at
the Surat session of
1907
19 Indian National Army fought Second World War against

British
20 Modern Olympic games started in 1896 in

Athens
21 Which of the following dynastics was ruling over north India at the time
of Alexander's invasion ?
Nanda
22 The year in which Second World War started

1939
23 Burma, presently Myanmar was separated from British India in the year
1935
24 Who was the designer of the Statue of Liberty in USA ?

Fredric Auguste
25 First common wealth was held at

Hamilton(Canada)
26 The fifth story of Qutabminar was added by which King
Firos sha Tuglaque
27 French revolution began in the year

1789
28 Sanchi portrays the art and sculpture of the
Budhists
29 The 'Master of Greek Comedy' is
Aristophanes
30 The only women ruler of Delhi Sultanate Raziya Sultana was the
daughter of
Ilthumish
31 Where is Black Pagoda
 Konark
32 """Ashta Pradhan"" adorned the court of"
Shivaji
33 Beginning of Saka Era
78 AD
34 Indian Association was founded by

Surendranath Banerjee
35 Holly book of Judans
The Toras
36 The year in which the ship Titanic sank
1912
37 Israel came into existence in the year
1948
38 Who was the founder of city of 'Amritsar' ?
Guru Ramdas
39 Founder of Arya Samaj was

Dayananda Saraswathi
40 The word 'Hindu'as reference to the people of India was first used by
The Arabs
41 The Civilization which developed on the banks of the river Tiber is
known as

Roman
42 In which year was Jesus Christ born ?
BC 4
43 From which country did Fascist party originate

Italy
44 The Harappan Civilization was discovered in the year
1921
45 "The ""East India Company was founded in India durinhg the reighn of"

Akbar
46 Russian revolution took place in the year

1917

47.Who is the father of Indian Renaissance ?

 Raja Ram MohanRay

48.First Deputy Prime Minister of India ?

Sardar Vallabhai Patel

49.Who was the First Prime Minister of India to face the No-Confidence
Motion ?
Jawahar Lal Nehru

50.Who was the last Viceroy of British India ?

Lord Canning

1. Who is the first Indian and the second player after Pakistan's
Javed Miandad to have played in ODIs for 20 years?
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?
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?
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"?
Abbas Kazmi. K P Pawar was appointed Kasab's 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?
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 Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro at
London's O2 Arena?
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?
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 India’s neighbouring country. Which is that
country?
China

9. Name of the rival body formed by the disgruntled members

of the official All India Chess Federation (AICF)?
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?
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?
 Rohan Bopanna (India)and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi(Pakistan).

12. Who has been named European Footballer of the Year to

win the prestigious Ballon d'Or award?
Lionel Messi.
French magazine France Football said that Messi, 22-year-old
Argentinian, and Barcelona playmaker forward beat last
year's 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?
Serena Williams

14. Which scientist had won the first Infosys Prize for
Physical Sciences, which comes with a cash award of Rs 50
lakh?
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”

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?
Yukiya Amano
17. Name of the former Miss Argentina who died after
complications arising from cosmetic surgery on her buttocks?

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 year's International Film Festival of
India (IFFI) that concluded in Goa?
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 ?
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?
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?

Gavin O’Reilly, 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?
“I Can’t Live Without You” (Taiwanese film). The award, a citation
and cash prize of Rs.40 lakh (Rs.4 million), was awarded to the
film’s 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?
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)?
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?
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?
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?
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?
Kochi (Kerala)

29. Which country’s cabinet held meeting on Mount Everest to

raise awareness of the effects of climate change?
Nepal

30. Which country hosted South Asian Football Federation (SAFF)

Cup In 2009?
Bangladesh

31. Former Wimbledon and Australian Open champion who retired

from professional tennis recently?

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?
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?
Eboo Patel, a member of President Barack Obama's 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

collegium's 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?
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?
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?
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?
England. England won the series 2-1. This is England's 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?
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
Council’s 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?

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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
Australia.
Australia won a record 10th men's Champions Trophy hockey title.

45. FIFA Club World Cup-2009 was played from 9 December to 19

December 2009 in which city?
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, 2–1 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?
Kumar Sangakkara. He scored 78 runs from 37 balls. Sri Lanka
won the match by 29 runs.

47. Which country has the world's 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?
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?
The rise of China as an economic superpower.

49. According to a book published in Germany, the cause of the

Holocaust was Hitler’s “obsession with his mother's death after her
treatment for cancer by a Jewish doctor”. Name of that book?
“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?
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 India’s 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?
State Horticulture Mission, Kerala.

52. Which commission’s report was placed in the Lok Sabha on 18-
12-2009 by Minority Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid?
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 President’s Cup after out-punching Frenchman
Nordine Oubaali 8-1 in the fly weight (51kg) finals held in Baku
(Azerbaijan)?
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?
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?
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?
Ronaldinho.
Barcelona’s 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?
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?
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?

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?
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?
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?

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?
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?
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?
New Zealand.
With this win, New Zealand also qualifies for the next year’s 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 Israel’s former
foreign minister over war crimes allegedly committed in Gaza this
year. Name of that Israeli Minister?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
Yegor Gaidar.
He is an economic reformer who served as Russia's acting prime
minister under former Russian president Boris Yeltsin

72. One of the country's top drug kingpins who was killed by the
Mexican Navy special forces in a shootout in the central city of
Cuernavaca recently ?
Arturo Beltrán Leyva. He called himself "The Boss of Bosses" and
was one of Mexico's 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?
Britain

74. Which cricketer blasted the fifth fastest Test century of all time
en route to his 13th Test hundred, shocking Australia’s bowlers on
the second day of the third and final Test at the WACA?
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?
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 début 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?
Sushma Swaraj.

77. Which film won the FIPRESCI award for the best film in the
just concluded 14th International Film Festival of Kerala?
A Fly in the Ashes (an Argentine film directed by Gabriela David)
NETPAC award for the best Malayalam Film: Kerala Café (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?
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 didn't commit?
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?
Mukesh Ambani. He heads India’s 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?

“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?
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?
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 called”Venerable” (meaning
able to be venerated).

84. Who has been appointed as the Director of the All India
Council for Technical Education (AICTE)?
Dr K Sree Krishna Kumar

85. Iran's most senior dissident cleric who is treated as the spiritual
father of Iran's reformists died at the age of 87?
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?
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?
Mehbooba Mufti

88. Who won the women’s singles title in the Syed Modi
International Grand Prix Badminton tournament in Luknow?
Saina Nehwal

89. Who won the men’s singles title in the Syed Modi International
Grand Prix Badminton tournament in Luknow?
Chetan Anand

90. Who won the man of the match award in the first test between
England and South Africa held in Centurion?
Graeme Swann.

91. Who has been appointed as deputy leader of BJP in the Lok
Sabha?
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 32?

Brittany Murphy

93. Who won the man of the match award in the third ODI between
India and Sri Lanka held in Cuttack?
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?
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?
Anirban Lahiri

96. Which country dominated in the Commonwealth Wrestling

championship, which concluded at the PAP Indoor Stadium,
Jalandhar?
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?
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 season’s Champions League
The late England player and manager Bobby Robson received
FIFA’s fair play award, while the presidential award for
contributions to football and society went to Jordan’s Queen Rania.

98. Who won the female equivalent of FIFA’s World Player Of The
Year Award for the fourth consecutive time?
Marta, Brazilian striker.

99. Noted Malayali writer who got this year's Kendra Sahitya
Academy Award for his novel 'Thrikkottoor peruma '?
U A Khader

100. 10th Auto Expo will be held in which city of India?

Delhi. Expo will start from January 5.

101. Who has been appointed to lead the UNDP Global Programme
on Democratic Governance Assessment?
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 Test cricket
due to concerns over his ability to play five-day matches?

Shane Bond

103. Managing director of the EMKE group, who has won elections
to the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry?
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?
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?
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?
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?
‘RS 20 V’ Voevoda intercontinental ballistic missile.

108. Senior Congress leader and governor of Andhra Pradesh who

resigned after an alleged sex scandal?
N.D. Tiwari.

109. Which country launched the world’s fastest train service

covering a distance of 1,068 kms at the average speed of 350 kms
an hour?
China

110. Which journal has won the award for the best journal in the
cooperative sector in India?
‘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.
Peter's Basilica in Vatican City?
Susanna Maiolo.

112. Sri Lankan all rounder who completed his 20 years in

international cricket?
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?
Feroz Shah Kotla stadium, Delhi

114. Who was sworn-in as the new Governor of Andhra Pradesh

following ND Tiwari's resignation in the wake of a controversy over
a sting operation purportedly showing him in with three women?
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?
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)?
Nicolaus Copernicus.
Copernicus's 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?
India and Russia

118. An Israeli former nuclear technician who, citing his opposition

to weapons of mass destruction, revealed details of Israel's nuclear
weapons program to the British press in 1986 was arrested "by
Jerusalem Police?

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 People's Republic of China for drug
trafficking?
Akmal Shaikh.
Shaikh was the first national of today's 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?

Vishnuvardhan

121. Who won the man of the match award in the third test between
England and South Africa held in Durban?
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 year's prestigious Lokmanya
Tilak National Journalist award?
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?
Nathan Hauritz (Australia) He bagged five wickets as Australia beat
Pakistan by 170 runs.

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Who becomes the first Indian to make a fifty while batting at No.9
against Australia?
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
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?
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?
Ponmudi hills in Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala

5. Who has been inducted as SP of the prestigious National

Investigation Agency (NIA)?
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?
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?
Lalit Modi, the Indian Premier League chief.

8. China's keystone space scientist, widely acclaimed as the

country's "father of space technology" and "king of rocketry", died
of illness recently at the age of 98?
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?
Jaipur's 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?
‘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?
Sibi Kumaramangalam

12. Who is appointed as the chief justice of Himachal Pradesh?

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?
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?
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?
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?
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.

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?
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?
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?
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?
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?

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?
Sebastian Vettel

24. Who is the Chairman of the International Jury of 33rd

International Film Festival held at Cairo?
Adoor Gopalakrishnan.

25. Which Indian film won the Silver Award at the just concluded
33rd Cairo International Film Festival?
“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.
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?

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?
Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan

29. Who won the Man of the Series Award in the ODI Cricket Series
between Bangladesh and Zimbabwe?
Abdur Razzak (Bangladesh). Bangladesh won the 5 match series 4-
1
30. Which country’s 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?
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 year's Ranji Trophy
cricket Season for skipping a match against Jammu and Kashmir in
Srinagar citing security reasons?
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?
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?
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?
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 Vietnam's central coast on

November-2, 2009, unleashing heavy rains and winds and forcing
more than 80,000 people to evacuate.
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?
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 scientist’s team recently has identified the

old ancestor of the world’s most infamous predator, Tyrannosaurus
rex which is a dinosaur. Name of that 165-million-year-old
dinosaur lived during the middle Jurassic Period?
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?
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?
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 Xavier's 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?
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?
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?
Major Nidal Malik Hasan

43. Eminent public health expert of Kerala who passed away

recently at the age of 71?
Dr. C.R. Soman

44. Renowned scientist and former Director of UGC who has been
selected for the prestigious Kalinga Prize 2009.?

Professor Yash Pal. The award is given by UNESCO for

popularisation of science.

45. Which country won gold medal in men’s kabbadi, in the third
Asian Indoor Games in Vietnam?
India

46. Who is appointed as the new captain of Kolkatta Knight Rider’s

Team for IPL-3?
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?
‘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?
Pohang Steelers of South Korea. The title was Pohang's 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?
Glen Mills

50. Who won the Man of the Match award in the second ODI
between New Zealand and Pakistan held in Abudabi?
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?
Sarathy

52. Who won the Man of the series award of recently concluded
ODI series between India and Australia?
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?
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 women's tennis title with a
comfortable 4-0 win over the United States in Reggio Calabria.?
Italy

55. India's 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?
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?
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?
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?
T.R. Chidambaram

59. Who won the Swiss Indoors Tennis title beating Roger Federer
in the final?

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?
Andra Pradesh
Guru Sai Dutt (Andra Pradesh) beat Ram C. Vijay (Kerala) in the
boys’ final
Sikki Reddy, Girl’s Champion

61. Who was chosen for the C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement
Award 2008-2009 by BCCI (Board of Control of Cricket in India)?
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?
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?
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?
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 MLA’s are Shishir Shinde, Ram Kadam, Ramesh
Wanzale and Vasant Gite

65. First Muslim lady who will serve as minister in the Maharashtra
government?
Fauzia Khan

66. Man of the Match of third ODI between Pakistan and New
Zealand held in Abudabi on November 9, 2009?
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 India's first medal in the 18th Asian Athletics
Championships held in Guangzhou?
Kavita Raut. She won a bronze in women's 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?
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. India’s first Aerospace SEZ (Special Economic Zone) launched

in?
Belgaum, Karnataka. Aerospace and engineering major QuEST
Global launched the country's 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?
‘Farming our Future’ Direction: Venu Nair

71. Who has been appointed Pakistan captain for the Test tour of
New Zealand?
Mohammad Yousuf
Vice Captain: Kamran Akmal

72. Who won India's first Gold medal in the 18th Asian Athletics
Championships held in Guangzhou?
Om Prakash Singh. He won the men's shot put gold for India.

73. Goalkeeper of Germany who committed suicide by stepping in

front of a train in Hanover?
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?
John Allen Muhammad

75. Who is appointed as the head of United States Agency for

International Development?
Rajiv Shaw

76. Who has been chosen for this year’s K.R. Narayanan Award?
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?
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.
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?
Andy Warhol

80. Sri Lanka's armed forces chief who has resigned from his post
just months after helping secure the defeat of the Tamil Tiger
rebels?
Gen Sarath Fonseka

81. Who has been selected for Ezhuthachan puraskaram-2009,

highest literary honour of Kerala State?
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 Men's Champions Challenge tournament in Salta, Argentina?
Rajpal Singh. The tournament will take place from December 6 to
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?

"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2"

84. Who was sworn as the first Punjabi-American (Sikh) mayor of

Yuba City in U.S.A?
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?
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?
New Zealand

87. Who is the Man of the series of the 20-20 series between
Pakistan and New Zealand held in Dubai?
Shahid Afridi. Pakistan won the series 2-0.

88. Who has clinched the Australian Masters Golf Title held in
Melbourne?
Tiger Woods

89. Which country chosen as host for the Asia-Pacific Economic

Cooperation (APEC) meetings held from February to November
2009?
Singapore

90. The 2011 meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation

(APEC) will be held in?
Honolulu

91. National junior athletics championships from November 20 to

24 held in?
Warangal, Andrapradesh

92. What is the highest score of India in a test cricket match on a

single day?
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?

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?
Rahul Dravid.

95. Who is appointed as the chief of Defence Staff of Sri Lanka?

Roshan Gunathilleke
96. Who is appointed as Australia's batting coach for the upcoming
cricket season?
Justin Langer

97. President of India, Pratibha Patil recently nominated five noted

personalities to Rajya Sabha. Who are they?
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?
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?
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?
Alappuzha and Pathnamthitta

101. Who becomes first Sri Lankan player to score a century in

India since 1997?
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?
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?
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 Iraq's vice presidents who vetoed the country's new
election law recently, throwing into fresh doubt the feasibility of
holding crucial national balloting in January ?
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?
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?
Hameed Karzai

107. Who has been chosen for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize
of 2009 for Peace, Disarmament and Development?
Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh Prime Minister.

108. The 32 teams qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup Football:
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?

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.
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?
Mukesh Ambani, Reliance Industries Chairman.

112. Which Indian film has bagged five awards at the South Asian
International Film Festival held in New York?
'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?
Photo:AP
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?
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 women's team title in the 19th Asian Table
Tennis Championships held in Lucknow?
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?
Catherine Ashton, Britain

117. Which team won their second successive Russian Premier

League title?
Rubin Kazan

118. Two Pakistani men accused of providing logistical support for

last year's deadly terror attacks in Mumbai, India, were arrested in
Italy. Name of that terrorists?
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?
Kerala.

120. Constitution bench to consider the Mullaperiyar dam dispute

between Tamil Nadu and Kerala has been formed recently. The
bench consists of?
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?
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?
“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?
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?
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?
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?
Larissa Ramos, Nineteen-year-old Brazilian beauty.

127. Who is the Brand Ambassador of Kerala Hockey?

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)?
Usain Bolt, Jamaica
Sanya Richard, USA

129. India’s nuclear-capable intermediate range and surface-to-

surface missile which was test—fired for the first time on 23rd of
Novmber-2009?
Agni II

130. Who won the Artist of the Year Award at the 37th American
Music Awards (AMAs) beating out Michael Jackson?
Taylor Swift. She won five awards while Jackson got 4 awards.

131. Who was the oldest person to ever climb Mt Everest?

Min Bahadur Sherchan, 78 years old became the oldest person to
conquer the world's 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?
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?
Shri Deepak Krishan

134. Secretary Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs who is appointed

as Secretary of Ministry of Shipping?
K Mohandas.

135. SEBI (Stock Exchange Board of India )has served an amended

notice to a major Indian company asking why it shouldn't 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?
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?
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?
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 Rouge's 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. Iran's best-selling newspaper, which has been banned for

publishing a picture of a temple belonging to the outlawed Bahai
sect.?
Hamshahri.

139. Who became the fourth highest run getter in Test cricket,
surpassing former Australian captain, Allan Border?
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?
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?
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?
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.?
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?
Umar Akmal, a blistering 129 (160b, 21x4, 2x6) 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?
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?
Ford Ikon

147. Who was awarded the man of the match in the second test
match between India and Sri Lanka played at Kanpur?
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 India's 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?
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?
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?
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?
China

152. Which company has been awarded the 2009 CII

(Confederation of Indian Industry) National Award for Energy
Efficient Unit?
Piramal Healthcare's 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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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 Pradesh's Karimnagar district
before he could begin his "fast unto death" for a separate Telangana
state?
K Chandrasekhara Rao.

162. Whop will be the new partner of Mahesh Bhupathi in doubles

for the next tennis season?

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.

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2009

1. In which place of Kerala, one of the worst boat tragedies in its

history occurred, after Kerala Tourism Development Corporation’s
new double-decker 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

ancestor—a 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

Strauss-Kahn 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, 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’.
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 One’s 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
protein-making machinery within cells, research that’s 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 Germany’s 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 “India’s best
big state” for their overall performance and significant contribution
to the development of the state?
Kerala.
“India’s 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

October-2009. 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 Slovakia’s 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 Galileo’s 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 Foundation’s 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

championship-2009?
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 Europe’s 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?
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 Women’s tennis title-2009?

Francesca Schiavone of Italy. She beat Olga Govortsova of Belarus
in the final.

103. Who won the Kremlin Cup Men’s 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 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 Castro’s 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 Raúl, 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 Belgium’s 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 women’s 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 year’s ranking of the
world’s most prosperous countries announced by the UK-based
economic think-tank 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 NASA’s 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. India’s 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 world’s 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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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
India’s 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 crash-landed 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 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?
Harcharan Singh Brar

24. National Film Awards for the year 2007-2008

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film-awardsfor-year.html

25. Who has become the second Indian after Geet Sethi to win the
World’s 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 India’s historic participation in
the America’s 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 1-15 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 year’s 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 Men’s Double Title?

Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy
They won the Grand Slam title after defeating Mahesh Bhupathi
and Mark Knowles in the US Open men’s doubles final. This is 10th
Grant slam title for Leander Paes.

63. Who won the US Open Women’s 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 Women’s 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
women’s 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 year’s 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 world’s
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. Britain’s Indian-origin Business Minister, who is set to step

down, appointed as the UK’s 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 Gandhiji’s 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 women’s singles title in the Yonex Czech
international badminton championship?
Trupti Murgunde

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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)?

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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 EVENT’S 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 MEN’S 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 SURFACE-
BASED 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, HOLLYWOOD’S YOUTH

IMPRESARIO OF THE 1980S AND ’90S WHO CAPTURED
THE TEEN AND PRETEEN MARKET WITH SUCH
FAVORITES AS “THE BREAKFAST CLUB,” SIXTEEN
CANDLES”,”FERRIS BUELLER’S 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 NATION’S 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 MEN’S 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)

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS- JULY-

2009

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS- JULY-2009

1. India's first "sea bridge" which was officially opened in Mumbai,

which is 5.6-kilometre (3.5-mile) long covers from?
Bandra to Worli Sea

It is hoped that the 16.5-billion-rupee (340-million-dollar) eight-

lane freeway will help cut the 40-minute journey between the
suburbs of Bandra and Worli to just eight minutes and will ease
chronic congestion on the city's notoriously choked roads. Sea Link
was inaugurated by the ruling Congress party Chief Sonia Gandhi
and named after her late husband and former Prime Minister Rajiv
Gandhi.

2. The only known survivor of the crash of the Yemeni airliner

clung to wreckage in the Indian Ocean carrying 153 people (142
passengers, 11 crew members)?
Baya Bakari, 13.year old girl

3. The Commission probing the 1992 demolition of Babri Masjid in

Ayodhya which submitted its report to Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh recently?
Liberhan Commission

4. India's ambassador to China, who is appointed as the next

foreign secretary of India ?
Nirupama Rao
5. Former England cricket captain who retired from all forms of
professional cricket recently?
Michael Vaughan

6. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has recently

invited a musician from India to join its roster of voting members.
(i.e. Oscar Academy Membership). Name that musician?

A.R. Rahman

7. Confederations Cup champions who ousted Spain from the first

place at FIFA world Football ranking, after one year of leadership?
Brazil

8. Veteran Japanese diplomat who was elected as new director-

general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)?
Yukiya Amano

9. The state of USA which was declared a fiscal emergency recently

as the Legislature continued struggling with a budget for the cash-
strapped state?
California
10. Air Marshal of Southern Air Command chief, who has been
appointed as Honorary Air aide de camp (ADC) to President
Pratibha Patel?

S. Radhakrishnan

11. Famous Indian painter whose one painting was auctioned for a
record $2 million at Christie’s in June 2008 passed away recently
due to a cardiac ailment?

Tyeb Mehta

12. Prime minister of Croatia and leader of the centre-right

Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) who resigned recently?

Ivo Sanader

13. Who won the Wimbledon Women's Singles title 2009 after
defeating Venus Williams in the final?
Serena Williams

14. Who has taken charge as the new Secretary of the Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting (MIB) from July 6, 2009.
Raghu Menon

15. Who won the Wimbledon Men's Singles title 2009 after
defeating Andy Roddick in the final?
Roger Federer. He becomes the first man to win 15 grand slams,
and to regain the world No 1 ranking.

16. Who won Wimbledon Women's doubles title 2009?

Venus Williams and Serena Williams. They beat Samantha Stosur
and Rennae Stubbs of Australia

17. Who won Wimbledon men's doubles title 2009?

Daniel Nestor of Canada and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia won
Wimbledon men's doubles title 2009. They beat top-seeded
American twins Bob and Mike Bryan in the final.

18. The Organisation of American States (OAS) recently expelled a

country in reaction to last week's military coup that ousted its
President Manuel Zelaya. Which is that country?

Honduras
19. American court has recently banned publication of a Swedish
book promoted as a sequel to JD Salinger's “The Catcher in the
Rye”. ? Name that book and its author?
“60 Years Later: Coming through the Rye” written by Fredrik
Colting

20. Who became the first woman Prime Minister of Croatia?

Jadranka Kosor

21. The person who served as US defence secretary during the

Vietnam War and the Cuban Missile Crisis, has died recently at the
age of 93?
Robert McNamara

22. Who won the mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon 2009?

Mark Knowles of the Bahamas and Anna-Lena Groenefeld of
Germany.
They beat top-seeded Leander Paes of India and Cara Black of
Zimbabwe 7-5, 6-3, in the final.

23. Pakistan Cricket player and one of its cricketing pioneers, who
bowled the first delivery and took the first wicket in the country’s
inaugural Test match died recently after battling prostate cancer?
Khan Mohammad

24. Who is appointed as Director (Projects) of GAIL India?

Mr R D Goyal

25. French Tennis Player, who was banned by ATP Tour for betting
on matches, found dead in stairwell of his Paris apartment ?

Mathieu Montcourt

26. City of Australia which has decided to ban the sale and use of
bottled water to act for the preservation of the environment?
Bundanoon

27. Player of Manchester United’s who has joined Real Madrid for
$70 million?
Cristiano Ronaldo

28. Versatile Actor who was inducted into the Territorial Army as
Honorary Lieutenant Colonel.

Mohanlal
This Malayalam Superstar has won four national awards and the
second recent high-profile personality after Kapil Dev to don the
Territorial Army uniform.
Lt Col Mohan Lal will be working with the Kerala based 122
Infantry Battalion of the Territorial Army (TA).

29. Name the first pilot from Kerala of the Royal Air Force (Later
Indian Air Force) and the First Head Of Training Team of The
Indian National Defence Academy who died recently?
Moorkoth Ramunni

30. Fifteen-year-old girl of Toronto who broke the world record in

the women's 50-metre breaststroke at the world championships
swimming trials?
Amanda Reason

31. Who sets new world record in 100 meter backstroke and first
ever to go under 52 sec (51.94 seconds) at the U.S. national
championships.
Aaron Peirsol

32. Global fast food Company which has apologized to Hindus for
running an advertisement in Spain that showed an Indian goddess
Lakshmi about to eat a beef burger?
Burger King
33. Who is elected as president of Indonesia for the second term?
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

34. Former Australian coach John Buchanan has criticized some of

the present and former Indian cricket stars like Sourav Ganguly,
Yuvraj Singh, Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and Harbhajan
Singh in his recently-published book. Name of that book.
"The Future of Cricket: The Rise of Twenty20."

35. The Cricket Team which have boycotted the series against
Bangladesh because of an outstanding contractual dispute with its
Cricket board?
West Indies Cricket Team

36. Who will remain captain of the German national team for the
2010 World Cup in South Africa?
Michael Ballack

37. Who sets new world record in 100 meter butterfly at the U.S.
national championships in 50.22 seconds, lowering Ian Crocker's
mark of 50.40 set at the 2005 world championships in Montreal?
Michael Phelps

38. Which country finished at the first position at the 5th South
Asian Shooting Championship bagging 21 gold medals out of 24
gold medals?
India

39. Player turned coach who has been named the India under-16
football coach for the Asian qualifiers to be held in Abu Dhabi in
October 2009.
C.M. Ranjith

40. The world's most famous bell ringing out the hours on the
world's most famous clock, celebrated its 150th anniversary on July
11, 2009 in London?
Big Ben

41. The former boxing champion and one of the most amazing
boxer of his generation, who has been found dead in a Brazilian
hotel room recently?

Arturo Gatti
42. Who sets new world record in 200 meter backstroke at the U.S.
national championships?
Aaron Peirsol

43. Indian Squash player who won the third WISPA title of her
career when she defeated home favourite Low Wee Wern in the
final of the $ 16,000 NSC series event on Saturday in Kuala
Lumpur in Malaysia
Joshna Chinappa

44. Who wins Newport Hall of Fame Tennis championships ATP

Title?
Rajeev Ram

45. Renowned Marathi actor to win Maharashtra government's

best actor award consecutively for three years, died recently in
Pune after prolonged illness?
Neelu Phule

46. A distinguished conductor and his wife have recently died at

the Dignitas suicide clinic in Switzerland. He was conductor
emeritus of the BBC Philharmonic among many other great
achievements, and Lady Downes, 74, was a former ballet dancer
and choreographer. Who are they?
Sir Edward Downes and Joan

47. Second cricket test between Srilanka and Pakistan at Colombo

won by?
Srilanka
Man of the match: Fawad Alam
Sri Lanka won the first test match on the last day of the match.

48. Former prime minister of Poland and European Parliament

member since 2004, who has been elected president of the
European Parliament?
Jerzy Buzek

49. Who is appointed as the new defence secretary of India?

Pradeep Kumar
50. First test between West Indies and Bangladesh held in July is
won by?
Bangladesh

51. Indian Scientist and National Research Professor at the

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research who has
been nominated for the prestigious Royal Medal by the Royal
Society, London.
Prof. C.N.R. Rao,

52. England all-rounder who decided to retire from test cricket

after the ashes series against Australia?

Andrew Flintoff

53. Who has become the first Indian batsman in over four years to
head the batting rankings in test matches by ICC?
Gautam Gambhir

54. Canadian comedian of Indian parents, came from Kolkatta,

who has been ranked among the Top 10 Earning Comedians in the
world by Forbes?
Russell Peters

55. Carnatic music exponent and film playback singer in many

Indian languages, popularly referred as one of the “female trinity of
Carnatic music” who passed away at the age of 90?
Damal Krishnaswamy Pattammal (D.K.Pattammal)

56. Chairman of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization who

resigned from his post?
Gholam Reza Aghazadeh

57. The space shuttle of NASA descended safely to Earth, ending a

successful 16-day assembly mission to the international space
station ?

Endeavour

58. Summit of the Non-Allied Movement in 2012 will take place in?
Iran.

59. Former India cricket captain who has been awarded an

Honorary Fellowship by the University of Lancashire.
Sourav Ganguly

60. Name the club of Argentina which won the Libertadores Cup
beating Brazil's Cruzeiro by two goals to one?
Estudiantes

61. The Middlesex University in Hendon, London, has conferred an

Indian music director with an honorary doctorate. Who is he?
A.R.Rahman

62. Name the 112th element which has been officially added to the
Periodic Table, earlier named as Ununbium?
Copernicium.
The element with symbol "Cp" is named in honor of astronomer
Nicolaus Copernicus. This name is expected to be officially
endorsed by IUPAC in January 2010, after six months for
discussion.

63. Lt Governor of the Union Territory of Puducherry?

Iqbal Singh

64. New Governors of States of India

Uttar Pradesh-B.L. Joshi

Gujarat-Devendra Nath Dwivedi
Assam-Syed Sibtey Razi
Jharkhand-K Sankaranarayanan
Uttrakhand- Margaret Alva
Hariyana-Jagannath Pahadia

65. “The most trusted man in America," who was the pioneering
television news anchor died recently at the age of 92?
Walter Cronkite

66. First World War veteran who became the world's oldest man
last month died at the age of 113.
Henry Allingham

67. Srilankan bowler who retired from test cricket after the test
match against Pakistan?
Chaminda Vas

68. Womens hockey champions trophy won by?

Argentina. They beat Australia (4-3) in the final

69. India agreed to enter into an understanding on end-use

monitoring agreement recently with a country that will pave the
way for greater defence cooperation. Which country?
United States of America

70. Second test of Ashes held at Lord’s won by?

England. This is for the first time in 75 years that England has won
the Ashes at Lord's. They beat Australia by 115 runs in the second
Test
Man of the Match: Andrew Flintoff (five wickets for 92 runs)

71. The solar eclipse witnessed on the month of July 2009 was the
longest total solar eclipse during the 21st century, not to be
surpassed until June 2132. It lasted a maximum of 6 minutes and
39 seconds off the coast of Southeast Asia, causing tourist interest
in eastern China, Japan, India and Nepal. Which day it witnessed?
July 22, 2009

72. The second Indian archer to win a Youth World Championship

title after bagging gold in the girls' Cadet Recurve category in the
11th edition of the tournament at Ogden (Utah), USA?
Deepika Kumari

73. The Airlines apologized for frisking former Indian President

Abdul Kalam at the Indira Gandhi International Airport when he
was going on a visit to the US this April?
Continental Airlines of U.S.A

74. Hindustani music legend who mesmerized audiences with her

melodious voice for over six decades, died recently?
Gangubai Hangal

75. Test Cricket Series between West Indies and Bangladesh won
by ?
Bangladesh.(2-0)
Man of the Match: Shakib Al Hasan

76. Who was awarded the Mahatma Gandhi International Award

for Reconciliation and Peace?
Aung San Suu Kyi, the Myanmarese pro-democracy activist and
leader,

77. Who becomes the first ever black Miss England?

Rachel Christie

78. Former Peruvian president who was sentenced to seven and a

half years in prison on corruption charges.
Alberto Fujimori

79. Who is named as new LTTE chief?

Selvarasa Pathmanathan

80. Who became the youngest player (12 years old) ever to play in
professional football when he came on as a substitute for Aurora in
a Bolivian Clausura championship match?
Mauricio Baldivieso

81. Who becomes the highest ever Australian run scorer in first
class cricket surpassing the record of the legendary Sir Donald
Bradman?
Justin Langer

82. Two piano works recently have been identified as the creation
of a legendary musician which has long been in the possession of
the International Mozarteum Foundation in the Austrian city of
Salzburg. Name that musician?
Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.)

83. Newly elected President of Kyrgyzstan?

Kurmanbek Bakiyevi

84. Which country has won the team tech gold medal in
synchronized swimming at the world championships?
Russia.
Russia has won both gold medals in synchro at the last three
Olympics.

85. Test Cricket series between Srilanka and Pakistan held is won
by?
Sri Lanka won the series by 2-0.
Man of the series:Nuvan Kulasekhara
Man of the match of third test: Kumar Sangakkara. Third Test
ended in a draw.

86. Who received the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament
and Development for 2007?
Bill Gates, on behalf of “Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation” for
their exemplary philanthropic work across the world and in India
especially in the area of health.

87. One of the world's largest optical telescopes, installed on a

mountain in the Canary Islands, which is extremely powerful and
will be able to spot some of the faintest, most distant objects in the
Universe?

Great Canary Telescope

With a main mirror 10.4 metre across, it will effectively be the
largest telescope for visible and infrared light in the world.

88. India’s first nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine at the

naval dockyard, Visakhapatnam which is launched by Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur on July
26,2009?
INS Arihant

89. Eminent music director and sitarist composed the musical

scores for about 40 films in Hindi, Marathi, and Malayalam who
blended Indian classical and Western music in his work, was a
disciple of Pandit Ravi Shankar died at the age of 73?
Bhaskar Chandavarkar

90. Who won ITF Lexington Challenger Tennis title?

Sania Mirza

91. Which country won CONCACAF Gold Cup Football title beating
U.S.A (5-0) in the final?
Mexico

92. Who has been awarded the 2009 Amnesty International

Ambassador of Conscience award?
Aung San Suu Kyi

93. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister who resigned after a senior
PDP leader alleged in the state assembly that he was involved in the
2006 sex scandal, a charge dismissed by him as false?
Omar Abdullah

94. Who win gold in the women's 200 metres individual medley at
the World Championships?
Ariana Kukors(U.S.A)

95. Who won women's 100 metres butterfly final at the world
swimming championships?
Sarah Sjostrom(Sweden)

96. Veteran Malayalam actor, who won critical acclaim for the ease
with which he portrayed villainous roles in Malayalam and Tamil
cinema died at the age of 55?
Rajan P.Dev
97. Charismatic Jaipur royal, a three-time MP and who was once
named as ”World’’s Ten Most Beautiful Women” by ”Vogue”
magazine, died here today following a prolonged illness.?
Rajmata Gayatri Devi

98. Sports Awards 2009:

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna:
M.C. Marykom (boxer),
Vijender Kumar (boxer)
Sushil Kumar (wrestling)

Arjuna Award:

Mangal Singh Champia (archery), Sinimol Paulose (athletics),

Saina Nehwal (badminton), L. Saritha Devi (boxing), Tania
Sachdeva (chess), Gautam Gambhir (cricket), Ignatius Tirkey
(hockey), Surinder Kaur (hockey), Pankaj Shirsat (kabaddi), B.
Prabhu (physically challenged), Satish Joshi (rowing), Ranjan
Sodhi (shooting), Poulami Ghatak (table tennis), Yogeshwar Dutt
(wrestling), G.L. Yadav (yatching)

Dronacharya Award:
Baldev Singh (hockey), Jaidev Bisht (boxing), Satpal (wrestling),
Pullela Gopichand (badminton) and Udaikumar (kabaddi).

99. One day cricket series between West Indies and Bangladesh
won by ?
Bangladesh (2-0)

100. Who won gold in the 200- meter freestyle final at the world
swimming championships in Rome?
Paul Biedermann
He won in a world record time of 1 minute, 42 seconds, ahead of
previous record-holder Michael Phelps

101. Who is appointed as the captain of 20-20 Team of Pakistan?

Shahid Afridi
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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS- JUNE-

2009

1. Who has been appointed as the Chief of the Indian Air Force with
effect from the afternoon of May 31, 2009?

Air Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik

2. Who is appointed as the first woman Speaker of the Lok Sabha in
2009?

Meira Kumar
3. Who was elected as BJP's Parliamentary party leader after the
recent elections in 2009?

L K Advani
4. Noted Malayalam writer and poetess, who earned fame for her
works in English, passed away recently, leaving behind a rich
treasure of poems and stories of love?
Kamala Das (also known as Kamala Surayya)
5. In which state FIFA will set up Soccer Academy for the first time
in India?

Kerala
6. Which team won the French League title for the first time since
1999.

Bordeaux
7. Which country’s air jet vanished over the Atlantic Ocean carrying
216 passengers and 12 crew members after flying into a strong
thunderstorm over the Atlantic Ocean and signaling it had an
electric problem?

France
Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330, carrying 228 people from
Rio de Janeiro to Paris vanished over the Atlantic Ocean and no
one survived.
8. American President Barack Obama recently ushered the second
car giant of the world into bankruptcy protection and put the
government behind the wheel of the company ?

General Motors Corp

9. Scottish singing sensation, who rose to fame on reality show
“Britain’s Got Talent” but lost to dance group Diversity in the final,
was admitted to a private clinic for treatment for exhaustion
(emotional breakdown)?

Susan Boyle
10. The last survivor of the legendary ocean liner Titanic, which
sank on its maiden voyage in April 1912 after striking an iceberg in
the North Atlantic?

Millvina Dean.
She aged 97 who died in England recently earlier known as
Elizabeth Gladys Dean
11. Former senior diplomat who has been appointed as Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton's special adviser for nonproliferation and
arms control?

Robert J. Einhorn
12. Kerala state Film Awards-2009
13. Organization of American States (OAS) recently agreed to lift
the ban on a country after 47 years? Which is that country?

Cuba
14. Defence Minister of Australia who resigned recently, after
saying he did not fully comply with the ministerial code of conduct.

Joel Fitzgibbon
15. American Actor who has been found dead in a Bangkok hotel
room, whose extensive record of on-screen appearances included
the movie Kill Bill and the TV show Kung Fu, was apparently found
in a closet with a cord around his neck and around parts of his
body?

David Carradine
16. Grammy Award winner, who dubbed the “Queen of the Blues,”
died recently in her native Chicago following complications from
her May 19th surgery for gastrointestinal bleeding?

Koko Taylor
17. Who is appointed as the new Home Secretary of India ?

G.K. Pillai (Gopal Krishna Pillai)

18. The J.C. Daniel Award for 2008 instituted by Kerala
Government is won by?
K. Ravindranathan Nair, popularly known as General Pictures
Ravi.
19. Who is appointed as the General Manager of State Bank of
India, Kerala Circle?

V. Ramamoorthy.
20. Presidential candidate and minister in Guinea-Bissau who was
shot dead when armed men stormed into his house?

Baciro Dabo
21. Who is the leader of the Indian Arctic expedition team?

Dr.Muhammad Hatha
22. Who wins French Open women's singles title 2009?

Svetlana Kuznetsova She won her second Grand Slam title beating
top-ranked Dinara Safina 6-4, 6-2 in the French Open final.
23. Which country becomes the first nation other than the hosts to
qualify for the 2010 World Cup Football in South Africa after they
beat Uzbekistan 1-0?

Japan
24. Indian scientists recently have cloned the world’s second
buffalo just three months after the first one died of pneumonia
within a week of birth. What is the name of that buffalo?

Garima
The calf, named Garima, was born at 11 a.m. at the National Dairy
Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, and weighed 43 kg. The first
cloned buffalo was born on February 6.
25. Who has won Formula One's Turkish Grand Prix ?

Jenson Button
He won the Turkish Grand Prix for his sixth victory in seven
Formula One Car races.
26. Who wins French Open Men's Singletitle 2009?

Roger Federer
Roger Fedrer defeated Robin Soderling in straight sets [6-1, 7-6, 6-
4] to clinch the 2009 French Open Men’s Single title at Roland
Garro
Roger Federer has become the second man, after Pete Sampras to
win the maximum number of Grand Slams.
Roger Federer is the first man since Andre Agassi to win all 4
Grand Slams and 6th player to do so. Ironically, this is Federer’s
first win at the French Open.

27. CPI-M leader and Party State Secretary of Kerala who is

included in the charge sheet filed by the Central Bureau of
Investigation (CBI) as one of the eight accused in the Rs.300 crore
(Rs.3 billion) SNC Lavalin corruption scam?

Pinarayi Vijayan
The Kerala state governor R S Gavai has allowed the prosecution
proceedings against Pinarayi vijayan who was the power minister
in the E K Nayanar cabinet during 1996.
28. Eminent playwright and theatre artist, one of the greatest
stalwarts of the Indian stage, was known for blending theatre, folk
art and poetry in his works, died of a heart attack in a city hospital
in Bhopal recently?

Habib Tanvir
29. Who was unanimously elected as the new Deputy Speaker of
Lok Sabha by a voice vote?

Karia Munda(B.J.P)
30. Which country has become the world's second biggest military
spender behind the United States of America(U.S.A)?

China
31. Who is appointed as Australia’s next High Commissioner to
India?

Peter Varghese
32. Who has been appointed as the managing director of
Volkswagen Group Sales India Private Limited?

Maik Stephan
33. Mohun Bagan, one of the oldest football club of India recently
suspended its captain for six months from playing for the club,
citing "violation of rules and regulations”. Name that captain ?

Baichung Bhutia
34. Which oil company decided to pay compensation to late
Nigerian writer Ken Saro Wiwa’s family and those of the other
eight Ogoni leaders executed along with him in 1995 by the late
General Sani Abacha military junta?
Royal Dutch Shell
35. Which word is selected as the millionth word of the English
Language?

Web 2.0
"Web 2.0" refers to what is perceived as a second generation of web
development and web design. It is characterized as facilitating
communication, information sharing, interoperability, user-
centered design and collaboration on the World Wide Web. The
term "Web 2.0" was coined by Darcy DiNucci in her article
"Fragmented Future,"
in 1999.
36. Name the Jamaican sprinter who won the Laureus World
Sportsman of the Year award for his record-breaking performance
in the Beijing Olympics.

Usain Bolt
37. Name the Portuguese footballer and Manchester United winger
who set a world record transfer fee of 80 million pound (130
million U.S. dollars) as he signed a six-year deal with Real Madrid
Club ?

Cristiano Ronaldo
38. Which is the 112th element on the Periodic table?

Ununbium
Ununbium, element 112, has recently been added to the periodic
table,
Ununbium was first created on February 9, 1996 by Sigurd
Hofmann at the Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt,
Germany.Ununbium is not the element's official name; the
temporary moniker was given by IUPAC (International Union of
Pure and Applied Chemistry) and comes from "ununbi", or "one
one two" in Latin.
39. Which Foreign university conferred Former Indian President A
P J Abdul Kalam with honorary Doctorate of Laws for distinction in
public service?
Queen’s University Belfast, a prominent varsity based in Northern
Ireland
40. Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister who
decided to resign over a conflict about the reappointment of the
president of government-owned Japan Post, Yoshifumi Nishikawa?

Kunio Hatoyama
41. Senior Nepali Congress leader and the country’s first deputy
woman Prime Minister who had been suffering from pneumonia
and Alzheimer’s died recently at the age of 65 ?

Shailaja Acharya
42. Newly elected President of Iran ?

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
43. A 136-year-old stamped envelope known to collectors as "The
Ice House Cover" carries a rare stamp of former American
President. Name that President?

Abraham Lincoln
It was stolen from an Indiana collector in 1967, surfaced 39 years
later in Chicago and was sold at auction by the Robert A. Siegel
Auction Galleries, Inc., in New York.
44. Winners of 10th edition of International Indian Film Academy
(IIFA) Awards

45. Who are the champions of 63rd Santosh Trophy Football title?

Goa
Goa defeated 29 time champions West Bengal by 2-4 in the final
46. Who won the WinWInD Golden Boot Award for the Top scorer
P. C. Riju (Striker, Tamil Nadu)
47. Player of the Tournament of Santosh Trophy?

P. Muthu (Striker, Tamil Nadu)

48. Which team won the Fair-play Award of Santosh Trophy ?

Goa
49. Which is the most commonly misspelt word in the English
language, according to a new study by market research company
www.OnePoll.com?

Definitely
Flummoxed people regularly writing it as "definately".
The Top 10 most commonly misspelt words in the study by
www.OnePoll.com were:
1 Definitely (Definately);
2 Sacrilegious (Sacreligious);
3 Indict (Indite);
4 Manoeuvre (Maneouvre);
5 Bureaucracy ( Beaurocracy);
6 Broccoli (Brocolli);
7 Phlegm (Phleghm);
8 Prejudice ( Predjudice);
9 Consensus (Conscensus);
10 Unnecessary (Unecessary).
50. America's new army chief in Afghanistan over to run the war in
Afghanistan under fire over abusive treatment and interrogation of
detainees in Iraq, according to human rights investigators.

Gen Stanley MacChrystal

51. Bollywood actor who has been detained after having been
accused of rape by his maid servant aged 19?

Shiney Ahuja
52. The Chinese waitress who stabbed to death a communist party
official Deng Guida, who was trying to rape her, has been released
recently by a court in Hubei province in China?
Deng Yujiao
53. Mogadishu's(Somalia) police chief, , who was killed when
government forces attempted to dislodge the insurgents from
positions in south Mogadishu?

Colonel Ali Saed

54. Somalia's Security Minister who has been killed in a suicide car
bomb attack north of the capital Mogadishu?

Omar Hashi Aden

55. Name the Kathakali maestro who excelled in depicting women
characters in classical theatre, has been selected for the Kerala
government’s highest award for Kathakali artistes which carrying a
cash award of Rs one lakh and a citation ?

Kottakkal Sivaraman
56. The IPL coach of Kolkata Knight Riders who was expelled by
the team management after their team’s poor performance in the
second IPL?

John Buchanan
57. Chelsea striker who has been bannedby European football body
UEFA for 6 years for his Champions League semi-final outburst?

Didier Drogba
58. Who is elected as the new President of Abu Dhabi’s prestigious
India Social & Culture Centre (ISCC)?
Y. Sudhir Kumar Shetty
59. The sarod maestro who died recently in San Francisco,
following a prolonged kidney ailment?

Ustad Ali Akbar Khan

60. Who has been chosen by the legendary sports stars of the
Laureus World Sports Aacdemy as the 2009 Laureus World
Comeback of the Year?

'King of the Ring’ Vitali Klitschko

61. The world's oldest man, who has died at his home in southern
Japan on June 19, 2009 at the age of 113?

Tomoji Tanabe,
62. Champions of ICC 20-20 Cricket World cup?

Paksitan, they beat Sri Lanka in the final

Man of the match in the final: Shahid Afridi
Man of the series: Tilakaratne Dilshan
63. Who won ICC 20-20 Women’s World cup?

England, they beat New Zealand in the final

Player of the Match: Katherine Brunt.
Player of the Series: Claire Taylor
64. “Satyam Computers” now renamed by Tech Mahindra as:

Mahindra Satyam
65. Ace woman shuttler who scripted history by becoming the first
Indian to win a Super Series tournament after clinched the
Indonesian Open title with a stunning victory over higher ranked
Chinese Lin Wang in Jakarta?

Saina Nehwal
66. The island which expanded its powers of self-rule on its
national day in a move many residents see as a step toward
independence from Denmark?

Greenland
67. Who is appointed as captain of Bangladesh Cricket Team for
the forthcoming tours of West Indies and Zimbabwe?

Mashrafe Mortaza
Shakib Al Hasan, the world's No.1 allrounder in ODIs, has been
named the vice-captain.
68. Who is appointed as the new governor of Karnataka ?

Hans Raj Bhardwaj

69. Which country won bronze medal in the light-weight women's
Quadruple Sculls in the World Cup 2, held at Munich (Germany)?

India
70. Who is the New Chief Minister of Uttarakhand

Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank

71. Who is appointed as the Chairman of National Authority for
Unique Identity?

Nandan Nilekani, the Infosys Chief

72. Who is appointed as the United States Special Representative to
Muslim Communiites by the Obama administration ?

Farah Pandith
73. Greek musician Yanni, who dedicated his new song 'Changes' to
a Bollywood actress.Who is she ?

Mallika Sherawat
74. The second statue of India's independence hero Mahatma
Gandhi is unveiled in a country recently. Where is it?

Britain. (Leicester in southeast England)

75. Pop Sensation who died of lethal levels of potent medicines and
drugs at the age of 50?

Michael Jackson
76. One of the pioneers of women’s studies in India, died recently ,
who set up India’s first Research Centre for Women’s Studies at
SNDT Women’s University and served as its first director ?
Dr Neera Desai
77. An emerging Indian-American leader in California who has
been selected for the prestigious White House Fellow for the year
2009-2010?

Anish Mahajan
78. Who is the new prime minister of Lebanon?

Saad Hariri
79. Popular Malayalam Film Director and one of the best
scriptwriters that Malayalam cinema ever produced, died recently?

A.K.Lohitha Das
80. which country won the inaugural Women’s Champions
Challenge II hockey title with a thumping 6-3 win over Belgium in
the final?

India (Rani Rampal of India hit 4 goals in the final)

81. Class 11 student of Kerala who won a silver medal at the World
School Athletics championship held in Estonia in northern Europe.
Binish K. Shaji
82. Which country won the Confederations Cup football title of
2009?

Brazil. They beat the United States 3-2 and win the Confederations
Cup for the third time.
83. Who wins Golden Ball as Confederations Cup best player?

Kaka, Brazilian midfielder

84. Only three Indian greats who figure in the International Cricket
Council's 55-strong Hall of Fame list, which has 22 Englishmen?

Left-arm spin wizard Bishen Singh Bedi ,

Prolific opener Sunil Gavaskar
Champion all-rounder Kapil Dev

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1. Who has become the first person in the World to have a full face
transplant?

Connie Culp
Connie Culp after face transplantation

Connie was shot by her husband, who also shot himself afterwards,
but both of them survived. She lost her nose and needed
tracheotomy to be able to breathe and the whole surgery took 22
hours.
Connie Culp-Earlier Photo

2. Name the Delhi-based automotive tyre maker, which announced

the acquisition of Dutch-tyre firm Vredestein Banden BV, a
subsidiary of Russia’s largest tyre manufacturer Amtel-Vredestein
which went bankrupt last month.
Apollo Tyres Ltd

3. Who is reappointed as Director-General of World Trade

Organisation (WTO) for a second term of four years as from 1
September 2009?

Pascal Lamy
4. The South Korean blogger who was arrested in January and
accused by the government of spreading false information about
the worsening global economy, was acquitted recently?
Park Dae-sung, as a financial blogger, he published posts in his
blog named Minerva
5. Who has been selected as the new Chief Coach for the Indian
Men's Hockey team?
Jose Brasa of Spain

6. Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav recently rejected the

Maoist led government's decision to sack the army chief, pushing
the country further into political crisis that threatens to derail the
two-and-half-year-old peace process. Name the army chief?
Rukmangat Katuwal
7. First concert of A.R.Rahman after winning the Oscar award was
held in?
Kozhikkode (Kerala) on May 3
8. The 16-year-old Delhi boy, who has won his second International
Tennis Federation (ITF) title by defeating South African opponent
Raven Klaasen at the DLTA complex on Saturday (May 2)?
Yuki Bhambri

9. Name the Sri Lankan journalist and editor, who was

assassinated on 8 January of this year, has been named as the
laureate of the 2009 World Press Freedom Prize by the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO).
Lasantha Wickrematunge

10. Who won his record fourth Rome Masters title, beating
defending champion Novak Djokovic
Rafael Nadal

11. Former South Korean President who committed suicide by

leaping to his death from a hill behind his house?

Roh Moo-Hyun
Roh, who was president from 2003 to 2008. Roh's death came
amid an investigation into a bribery scandal that had tarnished his
reputation

12. A British charity fundraiser who won the "best job in the world"
i.e., caretaker of an Australian tropical island — after an innovative
marketing campaign that highlighted the power of social media?

Ben Southal

13. Name the chief of the Anti Crime Cell of Indonesia who is
arrested recently for a murder case?

Ansari Azhar

14. Who is appointed as the Country Director of Western Union

Financial services for its India operations ?
Kiran Shetty

15. Who has won the Chess Oscar for the third time, the game's
most prestigious annual award?
Viswanathan Anand

16. Who was sworn in as South Africa's new president?

Jacob Zuma
He becomes fourth democratically-elected president of the country
since the end of apartheid in 1994.

17. Which country won the gold medal in the recurve team event of
the archery World Cup Stage II at Porec, Croatia?

India.
India’s fearsome threesome of Jayanta Talukdar, Rahul Banerjee
and Mangal Singh Champia defeated Russian Federation by 220
points to 218.

Italy won the bronze beating China 221-219.

18. Who won the Spanish Grand Prix Car race title?
Britain's Jenson Button

19. The First South Indian(Malayalee) who has been appointed as

the secretary of Supreme Court of India ?

M.P.Bhadran

20. Who has been appointed as the Managing Director and CEO of
ICICI prudential Life?

V.Vaidyanathan

21. Indian-origin anti-apartheid activist who has been inducted

into South African President Jacob Zuma's cabinet, taking the
number of people from the community in the government to seven.

Maggie Govender

22. Who won Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year

award, recently ?
Steven Gerrard

23. Which team rallied for a 4-1 victory against Athletic Bilbao for
its record 25th Spanish King’s Cup title?

Barcelona

24. In a case prosecuted by the United States Attorney for the

District of Massachusetts, a federal judge sentenced an investment
adviser, age 38, of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, to ten years in
federal prison on federal mail and wire fraud for defrauding his
investment advisory clients. Who is he ?

Amit Mathur

25. Which team won the Copa Italia Football title ?

Lazio
Lazio beat Sampdoria(6-5)

26. The new model car launched by Maruti in May-2009?

Ritz
27. Britain's first Muslim minister resigned from office Seeking to
clear his name from media accusations of breaching his ministerial
code over expenses?

Shahid Malik

28. Which team won the 18th English Premiere league title 2009
by holding off Arsenal to a draw?

Manchester United

29. India’s largest direct-to-home service and part of the biggest

media conglomerate, Zee Group which announced their association
with ‘Microsoft Xbox 360 Arcade’, the next generation video
gaming and entertainment system on their platform?

Dish TV

30. Former South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce president

who has been elected Vice President of Federation of International
Film Producers Association [FIAF] for 2009 – 2011?

P.V Gangadharan, It is for the first time an Indian arrives in the

prestigious position

31. LTTE(Liberation Tigers o f Tamil Eelam) leader who was killed

by Sri Lankan Army ?
Velupillai Prabhakaran

32. Who sets world record over 150 meters in 14.35 seconds on the
streets of Manchester?

Usain Bolt, the reigning world record holder at 100m and 200m,
sets the world record over 150 meters

33. The first British Speaker to be forced out of office in over 300
years because of his handling of a scandal on MPs'expenses?

Michael Martin

34. Self-styled god man of Kerala who was sentenced to 16 years of

rigorous imprisonment and a penalty of Rs 2,10,000 for raping two
minor girls?

Santhosh Madhavan (Swamy Amrutha Chaithanya)

35. Who is the new Prime Minister of Kuwait?
Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammed al-Ahmed al-Sabah

36. The only Indian who hit a century in IPL?

Maneesh Pandey (114 Not Out) of Bangalore Royal challengers

Only two players have century in IPL-2009, the other is Ab
Devilliers(105 Not Out) of Delhi Dare Devils

37. Orange Cap Holder of DLF IPL 2009(It is given for the player
who is the leading run scorer in the match.)?
Mathew Hayden of Chennai Super Kings. He scored 572 runs

38. Purple Cap holder of DLF IPL 2009(It is given for the player
who is the leading wicket taker in the match)

R.P.Singh(23 Wickets)
39. Man of the match in the final of IPL-2009 ?

Anil Kumble(16 /4 in 4 overs)

40. IPL-2009 is held in ?

South Africa
41. IPL-2009 is won by ?
Deccan Chargers, they beat Bangalore Royal Challengers in the
final.

42. UEFA Cup, European trophy, which has been won by a

Ukrainian team for the first time in the history of Ukrainian
football?

Shakhtar

43. Name the Malawi's President who has been sworn in for a
second five-year term recently ?
Bingu wa Mutharika

44. Name THE WORLD'S oldest blogger, Spanish great-

grandmother who had a global following, has died at the age of 97.

Maria Amelia Lopez,

According to the AP, her first post on December 23, 2006 said that
her grandson, who is very stingy, gave her a blog for her birthday.
Her site had more than 1.5 million hits.
Their blog address: http://www.amis95.blogspot.com/

45. Veteran communist leader who has been sworn in as the

Nepal’s new prime minister?
Madhav Kumar Nepal

46. Veteran freedom-fighter and soldier of the INA, who served as

the driver of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, died at his house at
Mathil, near Payyanur in Kannur district of Kerala?
A Chindan Nair

47. Who is appointed as the next chief of NASA (National

Aeronautics and Space Administration)?
Charles F. Bolden Jr
Bolden is a former astronaut who was involved in several critical
missions for the US Space Agency.
48. Who was re-elected to the largely ceremonial post of German
president recently for a second five-year term?
Horst Kohler

49. An American scientist whose work helped lead to the

development of the anti-impotency drug Viagra, died at the age of
92 in Seattle?
Robert F Furchgott

50. Who won the Monaco Grand Prix Car race title?

Jenson Button(Britain)

51. Name the Civil rights activist, who was given bail by the
Supreme Court, walked free from Raipur jail after two years of
incarceration?
Binayak Sen

52. The country which started its first new overseas military
base(named as Peace Camp) since the end of the colonial era at
Abudabi of UAE(United Arab Emirates)
France
53. Who has been appointed the new Pro-Vice- Chancellor of the
Kerala University?
J.Prabhash

54. New President of Mongolia?

Tsakhiaglin Elbegdorj(Democratic Party)

55. Prasar Bharati Chairman who resigned recently because he was

"dissatisfied" with the functioning of the Board?
Arun Bhatnagar

56. Man of the series of Natwest series between England and West
Indies?
Stuart Broad
England won the series by (2-0)

57. Who wins 2009 Man Booker International Prize for lifetime
achievement?
Alice Munro
This Canadian short story writer will get prize worth £60,000.
It was first awarded to Ismail Kadare in 2005 and then to Chinua
Achebe in 2007.

58. New US Ambassador to India?

Timothy J Roemer

59. Who became etched in football history as the first Asian

footballer to have played in the final of Champions League?
Park J-sung

60. Champions League-2009 is won by ?

Barcelona.
Barcelona beat Manchester United highlights in the final by 2-0

61. Who is appointed as the Deputy Chief Minister of TamilNadu ?

M.K.Stalin

62. Who is appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Kerala State ?

Neela Gangadharan

63. Who has been named winner of the Laureus World

Sportswoman of the Year Award (2008) for the second time,
following her sensational gold medal winning performance at the
Beijing Olympics

Yelena Isinbayeva (Russia’s Pole Vault player)

64. Who has won the prestigious Scripps National Spelling Bee
2009 final?

Kavya Shivashankar, a 13-year-old student from Olathe, Kansas,

whose parents migrated to the United States from India
65. MINISTERS OF 15TH LOK SABHA AND THEIR PORTFOLIOS

Click the below link to know Ministers and their portfolios of 15th
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2009

1. The 21st Arab League (AL) summit to discuss a package of major

issues, including the Palestinian cause, the peace process in the
Middle East, improvement of inter-Arab relations and the situation
in Sudan was held at ?

Doha, capital of Qatar

2. G-20 Summit which is the world's 20 largest developed and

developing nations meeting was held at?

London

3. Lawyer from the Maharashtra Service Legal Authority, who had

been appointed to represent Mumbai terror attack accused Ajmal
Amir Kasab and withdrew from the case later in response of several
protests.

Anjali Wghmare

4. Maruti Suzuki has decided to stop two selling models, from 11

cities, including the four metros, from 2010 due to tighter emission
norms. Which are they?

Maruti-800 and Omni

5. Former cricket player of Pakistan who was appointed as an

adviser to the Chinese Cricket Association?
Javed Miandad

6. Bollywood actor and politician who has been appointed the

General Secretary of Samajwadi Party.

Sanjay Dutt

7. Name the Thai citizen who was sentenced to 10 years in prison

for insulting the king of Thailand and his family by posting edited
photos of the monarchy on the Internet?

Suwicha Thakho
8. At the time of its final broadcast on September 18, 2009, the
teleserial which will have spanned 72 years and more than 15,700
episodes on television and radio?

Guiding Light

9. Mahatma Gandhi is remembered in a very special way in a small

village in India by worshipping his idol in a temple? Where is it?

The temple at Bhatra Village in Sambalpur town in Orissa

10. England All rounder who made the first hat-trick of his
international career in the recent One Day series against West
Indies?

Andrew Flintoff

11. Name the Slovakia's president who wins second term in office
after defeating the first woman to reach a runoff vote?

Ivan Gasparovic

12. Who won the Sony Ericsson Open final by beating Serena
Williams which is held in Miami?
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus

13. Who was the 'man of the series' in the Test series against New
Zealand which India won 1-0 to script a series win in that country
after 41 years?

Gautham Gambhir

14. India signed three pacts with a gulf country for strengthening
cooperation in science and technology, education and culture as
they pledged to contribute to each other's well being and
prosperity. Which is that country?

Kuwait
15. Kiran Sikri, a consumer who was penalised by a bank in India
despite cancelling her loan. After her complaint, she was awarded a
compensation of Rs.25,000/-by the Consumer Commission which
found the bank guilty of deficiency of service in that case. Name
that Bank?

ICICI

16. The country in which state of emergency declared recently by its

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, with troops firing shots into the
air in an attempt to control anti-government protesters, some of
whom stormed the country's interior ministry?

Thailand
17. Who is appointed as the new President and CEO of Mahindra
Life space Developers?

Anita Arjundas

18. Country which regained the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey title
after a 13-year gap, defeating hosts Malaysia 3-1 in the final of the
five-nation tournament?

India

19. Which IT Company won the bid for India's fourth largest
software exporter Satyam Computer?

Tech Mahindra, the IT arm of auto major Mahindra and Mahindra.

Tech Mahindra's winning bid was of Rs.1,757 Crore ($351.4

million) for 31 percent stake in the scam-tainted IT giant “Satyam”

20. Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza lifted her first WTA title of the
year, teaming up with a Chinese Player to clinch the women's
doubles trophy at the USD 220,000 MPS Group Championships in
Florida. Who is she?

Chia-Jung Chuang

21. Who became the first Indian sports personality to be featured at

the Madame Tussaud's wax museum in London?
Sachin Tendulkar

22. Recently a German Luxury carmaker has launched a Limited

Edition of its E-Class cars in India? Name the Company?

Mercedes Benz

The Mercedes Benz E-Class Limited Edition is priced at Rs 43.4

Lakh (Ex-Showroom, Delhi).
23. The First Dog who joined US President Barack Obama and his
family at the White House on April 14, 2009?

Bo

24. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) recently launched its

much awaited white-labelled credit card in tie up with an Indian
Bank? Which Bank?

Corporation Bank

25. Who is selected as the captain of The Wisden Test XI of 2008,

which recognises the best Test cricketers and endorses Test cricket
as the highest, most skilled form of the game.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the team includes Indians Virender

Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan.

26. The journalist who threw a shoe at Home Minister P

Chidambaram at a press conference protesting against the
minister's reply on his question on CBI's clean chit to Congress
leader Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 Sikh riots case?

Jarnail Singh, a senior reporter of Dainik Jagran

27. The Indian Company which managed to buy its French partner
Group Danone's 50% stake in ABI Holdings, which controls 51%
equity interest in biscuit major Britannia Industries.

The Nusli Wadia group

Nusli N Wadia, is the chairman of Britannia Industries,

28. Who is re-appointed as Fiji’s interim prime minister despite a

Court of Appeal’s decision last week declaring his 2006 military
coup illegal?

Commodore Frank Bainimarama

29. Leading Afghan rights activist who was killed by Taliban

cowards after leaving meeting in Kandahar, Afghanistan?
Sitara Achakzai

30. Rifle-shooter who won the gold in the three position event in
the Chongwon World Cup in South Korea, becoming the first
Indian to win two medals in a single ISSF World Cup?

Gagan Narang

31. Which Zimbabwe captain named as the new coach of England

Cricket Team for the recent series against West Indies and the
Ashes?
Andy Flower

32. Who is appointed as the new US Ambassador to India?

Tim Roemer

33. Which country’s teams are qualified for the next World Cup
Cricket in 2011?

Canada, Kenya, Holland, Ireland

34. Name the American Journalist who was accused with charges
amounting to Espionage for the U S, and was sentenced to eight
years in Prison by the Judicial Council of IRAN last week?

Rooksana Saberi

35. Which Tennis player who won his 5th straight Monte Carlo
Masters Trophy, also known as "Open Barcelona", more commonly
known as the "Godó Trophy"?
Rafel Nadal

36. Name the British Tv Actress who committed suicide after the
last episode of her teleserial “Belonging” which was present on BBC
Wales?

Stephanie Parker

37. Who has been appointed as the new Supreme Court Registrar of
India?
Ashok Menon

38. Who is the 16th Chief election commissioner of India?

Naveen Chawla

39. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev removed the head of the

powerful military intelligence agency recently after he opposed
sweeping reforms of the country's lumbering armed forces. Who is
he?

General Valentin Korabelnikov

40. Who is appointed as the new chief and managing director

(CMD) of Air India

Mr. E.K. Bharat Bhushan

41. Who defeated I-League champions Churchill Brothers by 2-1 in

the one-off Super Cup tie at the Devilal Sports Complex in Gurgaon
on 26th April and won their third trophy of the season?

Mohun Bagan

42. Who was named as the English Professional Footballers'

Association (PFA) Player of the Year for the first time despite
starting just 12 league games this season?
Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)

43. Bollywood actor once called “the Clint Eastwood of the East”
because of his maverick roles and manly swagger, died recently at
Bangalore?

Feroz Khan

44. World Cup Cricket -2011 final will be held in?

Wankade Stadium, Mumbai

The cricket world cup will be held in 3 countries.
29 matches in India, 12 matches in Sri Lanka, 8 matches in
Bangladesh.

45. Indian Premiere League(IPL)-2009 Facts:

First Six of IPL 09-Abhishek Nayar

First Four (Boundary) of IPL 09-Sanath Jayasurya
First wicket of IPL 09-Thilan Thushara
First Man of the Match of IPL 09-Sachin Tendulkar
First Century of IPL 09-AB de villiers

CURRENT AFFAIRS-QUESTIONS & ANSWERS -MARCH-2009

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS-MARCH-2009

1. Women’s Cricket World Cup -2009 won by?

England. They beat New Zealand in the Final by 4 wickets Nicki

Shaw was named player of the match and Claire Taylor is the
player of the tournament.
The first tournament was held in England in 1973 which also won
by England. India never won the World Cup

2. Women’s Cricket World Cup -2009 is held in ?

Australia.

Next world cup is in 2013 which will be held in India.

3. Who won the Man of the Match award in the first Test between
India and New Zealand at Hamilton, New Zealand?

Sachin Tendulkar

4. Name the Hungarian Prime Minister resigned after facing

mounting criticism over his government's handling of the country's
economic crash.
Ferenc Gyurcsany
5. Who is reinstated as chief justice of Pakistani Supreme Court
after a series of protests and political turmoil

Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry

6. First elected female state premier in its history of Australia after

a vote in Queensland. ?

Anna Bligh

7. Name the Sudanese opposition leader who has been released

from prison, having been detained for two months for calling on
Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president, to hand himself over to the
International Criminal Court (ICC).?
Hassan al-Turabi

8. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Chief who recently visited

India to discuss the security situation in South Asia.?
Leon Penetta

9. Former Indian captain who equalled Mark Waugh's world record

of 181 Test catches in opening day of the first Test against New
Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton?
Rahul Dravid

10. Which country will host the second version of IPL, i.e. IPL-
2009?

South Africa

11. Who has been selected for the 18th Aravindan Award instituted
by the Chalachithra Film Society?

Marathi film-maker Paresh Mokashi

12. British reality TV star died at the age of 27 with cervical cancer,
who became famous after appearing on the UK’s Big Brother reality
Show?
Jade Gudi

13. Who won World Boxing Association (WBA) International and

World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Inter-Continental lightweight
titles in this year?

British boxer Amir Khan

14. Who became Madagascar's acting president after the army

ended a months-long power struggle and swept him to power?
Andry Rajoelina, he is only 34-year-old.

15. Who is appointed as the new chief of the Indian Air Force?

Air Marshal PV Naik

16. Name the computer institute of Kerala which has made an entry
into the Limca Book of Records for the largest number of students
in a single centre?

Sree Sankaracharya Computer Centre (SSCT), in Kannur district

17. Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the
United States of America?

Meera Shankar

18. Name the Indian-American who last week was appointed

Federal Chief Technology Officer by President Barack Obama
Vivek Kundra,

He was reinstated to his job by Barack Obama at the White House,

five days after he went on leave following Federal Bureau of
Investigation's raids at his previous office, in a corruption case
related to employees working there. He returned to the job after it
became clear that he was not the 'target of investigations.

19. Name the Indian-American who is appointed as Assistant

Secretary for Legislative Affairs Washington by U.S.President
Barack Obama?

Richard Verma

20. Name the Monster like father who held his Daughter as Sex-
Slave Prisoner in Cellar for 24 years and gave birth to 7 children?
Joseph Fritzl

21. Country which has been suspended by The African Union from
the continental body, saying the replacement of the island nation's
president by an army-backed politician constitutes a coup.

Madagascar

22. Who was unanimously re-elected to North Korea's rubber-

stamp parliament recently?

Kim Jong Il

23. The Russian Mobile Company which launched its CDMA-based

mobile services in Kerala circle after Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan?

MTS, (Mobile Tele Systems)

MTS brand is under Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited which is
a joint venture company between Sistema (LSE: SSA) of Russia and
Shyam Group of India

24. Which Tennis Player has won WTA Player of the Year award-
2009?

Serena Williams. This is her Second WTA Player of the Year award.
She won the same in 2002.

25. The first person to be certified as a survivor of both US atomic

bombings at the end of the Second World War?

Photograph Jemal Countess/ WireImage

Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a 93-year-old Japanese man who was in

Hiroshima on a business trip on 6 August 1945 when a US B-29
dropped an atomic bomb on the city.

26. Which Indian will replace football star David Beckham, who
has been endorsing Motorola as its global brand ambassador?
A.R.Rahman.
It is learnt that Rahman has been paid a whopping Rs.28 Crore for
this particular endorsement deal. This makes him the highest paid
Indian celebrity for any such product.

27. Who won the 20-20 Cricket series between South Africa and
Australia in
South Africa ?

South Africa
(They beat Australia by 2-0).

28. Who is appointed as the Second Deputy Prime Minister of

Saudi Arabia?

Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz

29. Who are the winners of Indian Open Badminton Title in 2009 ?

Men’s Single Title- Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia)

Women’s Single Title- Pi Hongyan ( France)
30. First national female judge of Dubai?
Judge Ibtisam Rashid Badwawi

31. New Prime Minister of Israel ?

Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel's Likud party

32. Who is appointed as Administrator of the United Nationals

Development Programme(UNDP)?

Helen Clark

33. Who is named to the “Order of Companions of O R Tambo in

Gold”, one of the highest state honours of South Africa?
Cuban President Fidel Castro
34. Who is the new Prime Minister of Malaysia ?
Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak

35. The US billionaire who roared into space aboard a Russian

rocket, making history as the first tourist to make the epic journey
twice?

Charles Simonyi

36. The country which re-enters NATO's (North Atlantic Treaty

Organisation) military command after more than 40 years?
France
37. Who has been appointed as the new Captain of Sri Lankan
Cricket Team?

Kumar Sangakkara

38. Who wins Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book Award for
Europe and South Asia region ?

Jhumpa Lahiri for her book 'Unaccustomed Earth'

39. Who purchased Mahatma Gandhi’s personal belongings which

include Gandhiji’s iconic round-rimmed spectacles, a pocket watch,
a pair of sandals, a plate and bowl and letters of authenticity for
USD 1.8 million at an auction in New York from the owner, James
Otis?

Vijay Mallya.

40. Palestinian Prime Minister who submitted his resignation in a

move that could help usher in a power-sharing deal between
Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas and his rivals in the
militant group Hamas?

Salam Fayyad

41. Home Secretary of India?

Gopala Krishna Pillai. He would assume charge after Madhukar

Gupta, the present Home Secretary, retires on March 31. At present
G.K. Pillai is the Commerce Secretary.

42. The president of Guinea-Bissau, who was assassinated by the

military in a retaliatory attack for the killing of the army chief of the
volatile and drug-corrupted west African state?.

Jo Bernardo Vieira

43. Fast bowler who has announced his retirement from

international cricket after eight years of service for South Africa?

Andre Nel

44. The son of the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath , 46 years
after his mother gassed herself while he slept?
Nicholas Hughes

Sylvia Plath with her son Nicholas Hughe. He was only a baby
when she committed suicide.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS-QUESTIONS & ANSWERS -FEBRUARY-

2009

CURRENT AFFAIRS-FEBRUARY-2009
1. Name of the world’s 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 Jamaica’s 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. Britan’s 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, country’s 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 Film…etc

A.R.Rahman won the BAFTA award for the music of this film.

21. Name of India’s 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 )

Current Affairs Questions & Answers- January -2009

CURRENT AFFAIRS JANUARY 2009

1. The new federal agency approved by the Indian Government to combat terror in India
which will be empowered to deal with terror related crimes across states without special
permission from the state ?

National Investigation Agency.

2. Who is appointed as Director General of the newly established National Investigation

Agency (NIA).?

Radha Vinod Raju, Special Director General of Police in Jammu and Kashmir

3. “Man of the series” of recently held One Day series between Australia & South
Africa?

Albie Morkel

4. Who became the country’s youngest international referee, after passing the world body
FIBA’s exam ?

Zanim Mohammed Hashim from Thalassery, Kerala

5. The first Indian to win the prestigious Golden Globe Award for Best Original Music
Score ?

A.R.Rahman for Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire.

Rahman’s song ‘Jai Ho,’ penned by lyricist Gulzar, was nominated for Best Original
Music Score.

6. Which Malayalam Writer won the “Odakkuzhal Award ” ?

K.G.Sankara Pillai
7. Who became the fastest bowler to take 50 wickets in one-day internationals ?

Ajantha Mendis , completed his 50-wicket haul in his 19th one-day international. He
surpassed the record of India's Ajit Agarkar who took 23 matches to reach the milestone.

8. Who has been appointed as the General Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor in the
Office of Management and Budget in the upcoming administration of U.S.President
Barack Obama?

Preeta Bansal, Leading Indian-American lawyer

9. Name the Indo-Russian supersonic cruise missile with speeds of Mach 2.5 to 2.8,
which is world's fastest cruise missile and is about three and a half times faster than the
U.S.A's subsonic Harpoon cruise missile?

Brahmos, The acronym 'BrahMos' is perceived as the confluence of the two nations
represented by two great rivers, the Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva of Russia.

10. Who is the Man of the Series in the recently held Zimbabwe –Bangladesh One Day
Series held in Bangladesh?

Shakib Al Hasan
11. The first Bangladesh player to top one of the International Cricket Council's player
rankings?

Shakib Al Hasan He tops the ICC ODI Rankings for all-rounders

12. Jharkhand Chief Minister who resigned from his post following his defeat in the
Tamar assembly by-poll?

Shibu Soren

13. Music Sensation A.R.Rahman won how many Oscar nominations for the film
“Slumdog Millionaire” ?

Three nominations (Music, Songs (Jai Ho, O Saya))

14. Indian sound engineer from Mumbai, born in Kerala, nominated for the Oscars for
Best sound mixing in 'Slumdog Millionaire’?

Rasool Pookutty

15. Which film won most number of Oscar Nominations in 2008?

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” with 13 Oscar nominations.

16. Name the founder and Chairman of Satyam Computers until January 7, 2009 when he
resigned from the Satyam board after admitting to corporate fraud of 7000 crore rupees ?
Ramalinga Raju
17. The son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor Sr., who was sentenced to 97
years in prison for charges including torture and conspiracy, according to a federal court
in Florida. ?

Charles McArthur Emmanuel

He also known as Charles "Chuckie" Taylor Jr.

18. Who is BBC African Footballer of the Year 2008

Egyptian footballer Mohamed Aboutrika

19. The new model car launched by Fiat India Automobiles Ltd in India during fist
quarter of 2009.

Fiat Linea

20. Who is the Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab?

Sukhbir Singh Badal

21. The 50th anniversary of the Triumph of a country’s Revolution is observed on this
year January? Which revolution?

Cuban Revolution

22. The Three Indian cricketing legends, who figured among the 55 former players
named in the ICC`s inaugural Hall of Fame list as part of its centenary celebrations ?

Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar and Bishan Singh Bedi

23. The Chief Financial Officer of Satyam Computers, who was remanded to judicial
custody charged with criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery of accounts.

Srinivas Vadlamani

24. Who is the new President of Ghana?

John Atta Mills

25. Name of the Bacteria developed by Australian Scientists to prevent Dengue Fever by
infecting the dengue mosquito with that bacterium which halves its lifespan?

Wolbachia bacterium

26. Who became the youngest chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir?

Omar Abdulla

27. Who is the deputy chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir?

Tara Chand

28. Which team won the Ranji Trophy for the season 2008-2009?

Mumbai, they beat Utharpradesh to clinch the title.

29. Who is the fifth New Zealand Cricket player to score a century in his debut?

Martin Guptill, he scored 122 runs (not out) against West Indies in his debut match

30. Prem Nazir Award is won by?

Malayalam Actor, Jayaram

31. The fourth Thikkurissi Foundation Award is won by?

Malayalam Actor, Balachandra Menon

32. Dadasaheb Phalke award winner and noted film-maker who died recently at a hospital
in Kolkata after a prolonged illness?

Tapan Sinha

33. The Australian Cricketer who retired recently from international cricket?

Mathew Hayden

34. Which player’s performance is counted as the best ever Test Innings of 2008 selected
by Cricinfo?

Virender Sehwag, his double century against Sri Lanka

Best Bowling performance : Dale Steyn against Australia in Melbourne , he took 5

wicket s for 67 runs.

35. The first player in the history of cricket to score 10,000 runs and 250wickets in both
tests and One Day internationals?

Jacques Kallis

Current Affairs Questions & Answers- December-2008

1. The terrorist organization in Pakistan which is banned by United

Nations in respect of the Mumbai attacks ?

Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), the front organisation of the banned

Lashkar-e-Toiba

2. Which Indian player honoured with Doctorate by Dr. M.G.R.

Educational and Research Institution University?

Sania Mirza

3. Chief Minister of Maharashtra?

Asok Chavan

4. Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra?

Chhagan Bhujbal

5. The first Indian Badminton player to reach in the top 10 spot of

the World Woman Badminton Rankings.?

Saina Nehwal , Currently ranked number 10, Saina is the first

Indian woman to reach the singles quarterfinals at the Olympics
and the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton
Championships.

6. Which Malayalam poet won the “Mathrubhumi Literacy Prize “?

Akkitham Achyuthan Nampoothirippad

7. The Chief Minister of Maharashtra who resigned from office in

the wake up of Mumbai Terrorist Attacks?

Vilas Rao Desmukh

8. The new Defence Secretary of United States?

Robert Gates

9. The Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra who resigned from

office in light of the Mumbai carnage?
R.R.Patil

10. The famous football player who visited India and inaugurated
“The Indian Football School” in Kolkatta?

Diego Maradona

11. The famous American football player who was sentenced to a

total of 33 years in prison on December 5, 2008?
O.J.Simpson

12. Well known cardiologist in Canada, who originally hails from

Kerala, has been honoured with the highest award of the American
Heart Society and European Society of Cardiology?
Dr Salim Yusuf.

13. The Man of the Series of recently held Srilanka-Zimbabwe One

day series held in Zimbabwe?

Ajantha Mendis

14. The new Vice Chancellor of Sri Sankarachatrya Sanskrit

University of Kaladi in Kerala?

Dr. J. Prasad

15. Leading NRI entrepreneur who has scripted history by

becoming the first Asian deputy speaker of the British House of
Lords.

Swraj Paul

16. Name of the film which won the Golden Peacock award and a
cash prize of Rs.4 million on the concluding day of the 39th
International Film Festival of India in Panaji. ?
“Tulpan”, A Kazakhstan film directed by Sergei Dvortsevoy who
also bagged the most promising director's award.
17. Who won the European Footballer of the Year Award-2008 ?
Cristiano Ronaldo, this Portugal Player is playing for Manchester
United
18. Britain has launched an International Growth Centre (IGC)
described as a 'global brains trust' led by the University of Oxford
and the London School of Economics to promote economic growth
in developing countries. A noted Indian-origin economist, who has
vast experience in the global development policy community, is
appointed as the centre's executive director. Who is he?

Gobind Nankani

19. Veteran Malayalam writer who was presented the prestigious

Padmaprabha literary prize?

U. A. Khadar, a leading short story writer, was chosen for the

honour in view of his outstanding contribution to Malayalam
literature. The award was instituted in memory of freedom fighter
and Socialist Padmaprabha Gowder.

20. Russian presidential term is extended to how many years?

6 Years
The term of the Russian President is extended from 4 years to 6
years.

21. Name the Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at -- but missed --
President Bush during a news conference in Baghdad, where Bush
was making a farewell visit.

Muntadhar al-Zaidi
22. Two Indians have been ranked among the 50 most powerful
people in the world by the prestigious US-based magazine
Newsweek magazine in a list topped by U.S.President Barack
Obama.Who are they?

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Bollywood superstar

Shahrukh Khan

23. Who won the World Heavy Weight Title which was held in
Zurich ?
Nikolai Valuev of Russia. He defeated, Ivander Holyfield of
America

24. Which team won the Federation Cup football Tournament?

Mohan Bagan

25. Name of the Malayalam Writer who won the Kendra Sahithya
Academy Award in 2008 for his collection of essays in Malayalam
posthumously?

Sri. K. P. Appan. He got this award for his book “Madhuram Ninte
Jeevitham”

26. The Indian who is appointed as the Mayor of California?

Dr.Prakash Narayanan (Bihar)

27. Who won the Man of the Series Award in the recently held 2
test match series between India & England?

Saheer Khan

28. Who is selected as the Indian Footballer of the Year-2008?

Baichung Bhutia

29. The new Chief Minister of Delhi?

Sheela Dixit
30. The New Miss World is?

Zenia Sukhinova (Russia)

31. The First runner-up of Miss World 2008?

Parvathy Omanakuttan

32. Chief Minister of Rajasthan?

Ashok Gehlot
33. The former Rwandan army colonel who was sentenced to life in
prison by the United Nations tribunal for genocide and crimes
against humanity for masterminding the killings of more than half
a million people in a 100-day slaughter in 1994?

Theoneste Bagosora.

34. ISRO got 200 Crore profit by making satellite to a European

Communication Company. This is the first time ISRO making
satellite for a foreign customer. Name the company?

EADS Astrium, a European space company

35. The Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-algae

Spirulina against Malnutrition (IIMSAM) has appointed an Indian
Actor as its Goodwill Ambassador to achieve the United Nations
Millennium Development Goals for eradication of malnutrition and
hunger. Who is he?

Sanjay Dutt

36. Who is the new C.E.O and Managing Director of ICICI ?

Chanda Kochar
37. The former Deputy Chairman of F.B.I, otherwise known as
"Deep Throat," died recently at the age of 95,who leaked key
information to The Washington Post during the Watergate scandal
which led to President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974 ?

W. Mark Felt

38. Indian Union Minority Affairs Minister, resigned from office at

the centre of a storm triggered by his remarks on the circumstances
surrounding Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare's killing ?

A R Antulay

39. The first batsman in the world who has scored more than 8000
runs at the number 3 position?

Rahul Dravid
40. The country retained top spot in the latest FIFA World
Rankings with Germany moving up a place to second.?

Spain

41. The new Prime Minister of Thailand ?

Abhisit Vejjajiva,

Current Affairs Questions & Answers- November-2008

1.Who is appointed as the Chief Coach of Pak Cricket Academy?

Ans: Salim Malik

2.Who won the Man of the Match Award in the recently held 4th
test match between India & Australia in Nagpur?

Ans:Ishant Sharma, India won this match by 172 runs

3.The fourth test between India and Australia in Nagpur was an

Indian Player’s farewell match. ? Who was he?
Ans:Saurav Ganguly

4.The African singer died recently also known as “Mama Africa,"

famous also for her fight against apartheid?

Ans: Miriam Makeba

5.Which former Indian Cricket player is recently included in the

technical committee of BCCI which is headed by Sunil Gaveskar ?

Ans:Saurav Ganguly

6.Who got “Bharat Ratna”, the prestigious award of India for his
contribution to Hindustani Music?

Ans: Bheemsen Joshi

7.Which Indian actress has won the Silver Hugo Award for best
actress at the 44th edition of Chicago International Film Festival?

Ans:Preity Zinta, got this award for her performance in Deepa

Mehta's “Heaven on Earth”.
8.Who is appointed as the new foreign secretary of United States?

Ans:Hilari Clinton

9.The famous south Indian actor died recently who is excelled in

the role of villain characters?

Ans:M.N.Nambiar

10.The new home minister of India?

Ans:P.Chidambaram

11.The home minister resigned from his office owing a moral

responsibility for the terror attack that rocked Mumbai killing
several people?

Ans: Shivraj Patil

12.The Finance Minister of India?

Ans: Dr.Manmohan Singh

13. Who has been unanimously elected president of the Editors

Guild of India. ?

Ans: Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief of the CNN-IBN Network

14. Who is the new king of Bhutan?

Ans: Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck

15. The new surface-to-surface missile successfully test-fired by

India from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Balasore in Orissa?
Ans:Shourya

16.The new Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University ?

Ans:Dr.Rajan Gurukkal

17.Which team won the Asian Champions League Football title?

Ans:Gamba Osaka

18.Who is appointed as honorary economic adviser to Prime

Minister Manmohan Singh?

Ans:Raghuram Rajan

19.Which state won the National Junior Athletics Title held in

Mysore, Karnataka?

Ans:Kerala (35 Gold, 32 silver, 22 Bronze)

Second Place: Tamil Nadu (18 Gold, 16 silver, 16 Bronze)

20.Barack Obama is the ……th president Of United States?

Ans: 44

21. Vice President of United States?

Ans: Joe Biden

21.Noted Bollywood filmmaker, passed away recently who

produced one of the most popular serial, “Mahabharat”?

Ans:B.R.Chopra

22.Who has won the gold in the men’s 10 meter air rifle event with
a world record score in the World Cup Finals in Bangkok?

Ans: Gagan Narang

23.Indian-American who was appointed to serve on President

Barack Obama's official 15-member transition board is?

Ans:Sonal Shah

24.Which film won the 13th Annual Satyajit Ray Award, 2008 in
the recent London Film Festival?

Ans: Italian film “MID AUGUST LUNCH”

25.The new president of Zambia?

Ans:Rupiah Banda

26.The Indian Cricketer also known as “Jumbo” who retired from

International Career in the recently held test match against
Australia in Delhi ?
Ans:Anil Kumble

27. Who got the first “V.K.Krishna Menon” Award ?

Ans:Supreme Court Chief Justice K.G.Balakrishnan

28. Who won the World Junior Badminton Title?

Ans: Saina Nehwal

29. Which Indian Scientist recently got the Commonwealth

International Felloship of Rs. 50 Lakhs?
Ans:Sandhya Sukumaran

30. Which Indian batsman completed 6000 runs during the one
day series against England?
Ans:Virendra Sehwag

31. The famous pop singer who converts to Islam and changed his
name to “Mikaeel”. ?
Ans: Michael Jackson

32.The actor who got the “Panampilly Prathibha Puraskar ” ?

Ans: Mohanlal

33. Which Hindi poet got the 2005 Jnanpith Award recently?

Ans: Kunwar Narayan

34.Jnanpith Award 2006 is shared by 2 writers. Who are they?

Ans: Satya Vrat Shastri (or Satyavrat Shastri), Sanskrit scholar and
Ravindra Kelekar, Konkani writer.
35.The new Foreign Secretary of United States?

Ans: Hilary Clinton

36. The winner of National Billiards Championship?

Ans:Pankaj Adwani, he defeated Geeth Sethi, former world

champion to clinch the title.

37.The famous dramatist and Oscar-nominated playwright died

recently who is best known for his famous play “The Miracle
Worker” is,

Ans: William Gibson, his other works are “Two for The Seesaw”,
“Golden Boy”

38.The terrorists attacked the Mumbai Hotels Taj, Oberoi Trident,

Nariman House on ?

Ans:26 th November 2008

39. The three top Police officers killed in the Mumbai Terrorists
attacks are?
1. Hemant Karkare- Maharashtra Anti Terrorist Squad Chief
2. Vijay Salaskar- Mumbai Police "encounter specialist"
3. Ashok Kamte- Additional Police Commissioner

40. The NSG commando who has been killed by the terrorists in
the Mumbai attacks?
Ans:Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan

41. The former Prime Minister died recently who will be

remembered most for ordering the implementation of the Mandal
Commission recommendations favouring reservation for the OBCs
in government jobs?

Ans: Viswanath Prathap Singh

42. The terrorist organization who claimed responsibility for the

Mumbai attacks?
Ans:Deccan Mujahideen

43. The goal keeper died recently who is considered as one of the
best goalkeepers India has ever produced?

Ans:Peter Thankaraj

44.Which Australian player completed 100 test matches in the

series against New Zealand?

Ans:Mathew Hayden, he is the 11th Australian player to do so.

45.The new D.G.P of Kerala State?

Ans: Jacob Punnoose

Current Affairs Questions and Answers-October-2008

Current Affairs Questions and Answers-October-2008

1. Which Indian couple got the Right Lively hood Prize-2008 also
known as the Alternative Nobel.?

Krishnammal

Ans: - Krishnammal and Sankaralingam Jagannathan(They are the

leaders of “Land for the tillers’ movement. They started the
movement in 1981. Prize value of Right Lively hood award is
Rupees. 1,35,00000)

2. Who got the Navodaya Award?

Ans: M.P.Virendra Kumar

3. The South African China man Spinner who recently retired from
International Cricket?

Ans: Paul Adams

4. Which Malayalam Poet got the Ezhuthachan Award for this

year?

Ans:Akkitham Achyuthan Namboodiripad

5. The controversial book written by Australian Wicket Keeper

Adam Gil Christ?

Ans: “True Colours”.

The book has controversial remarks about Indian players Sachin

Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly and Harbhajan Singh

6. Who is appointed as the C.E.O (Chief Executive Officer) of

Vizhinjam International Seaport Ltd?

Ans: L.Radhakrishnan

7. Anil Kumble surpassed a record of Kapil Dev in the recently held

third test against Australia in New Delhi. Which record?

Ans: Kumble played 132 test matches for India which is the second
highest in terms of number of test matches played by an Indian
player. He surpassed Kapil’s record of 131 matches in the Delhi test.
Sachin holds the record of playing most number of test matches

8. Who won the World Chess Championship in 2008?

Ans:Viswanathan Anand.

This is his 3 rd World Chess Title and this time he beat Russia’s
Vladimir Kramnik.to clinch the title.

9.Who is the new Vice Chancellor of Kerala University ?

Ans:Dr. A.Jayakrishnan

10. Which Malayalam actor won the Satyan Award?

Ans:Jagathy Sreekumar

11. Who is elected as the new President of Maldives in the recently

held democratic elections?
Ans: Mohamed Anni Nasheed.

Mohamed Anni Nasheed

12. Name of India’s mission to moon project?

Ans:Chandrayan -1
13. Chandrayan -1 is launched in?

Ans: 2008 October-22.

14. Name the other countries who successfully launched their moon
mission programs?

Former Soviet Union, United States, European Space Agency,

China and Japan. India joined the elite group and has the 6th
place.

15.Who won the Man of the Match Award in the recently held
second test match between India and Australia ?

Ans: Mahendra Singh Dhoni.

He captained India in that match at Mohali and India beat
Australia by 320 runs.

16.The name of the Pension Scheme introduced by the Government

of Kerala for the farmers of the state ?
Ans:Kisan Abhimaan

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Current Affairs Questions & Answers- November-2008

CURRENT AFFAIRS-QUESTIONS & ANSWERS -MARCH-2009

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS- MAY 2009

Currrent Affairs-September-2008

1. Who is the new Reserve Bank Governor of India ?

Ans:-D.Subba Rao

2. Who is elected as the President of Pakistan ?

Ans: - Asif Ali Sardari

3. Who won the U.S.Open Tennis Mixed Double Title ?

Ans:-Leander Paes and Cara Black The fifth seeded Indo-

Zimbabwean pair beat the American-British pairing of Liezel
Huber and Jamie Murray 7-6, 6-4 in the final

4. Which recent commission’s report exonerated Mr. Narendra

Modi from the Godhra Massacre in Gujarat ?

Ans:-Nanavathi Commission.

5. Who is elected as the new chairman of P.T.I.(Press Trust of India

)

Ans:-E.V.Chitnis, Eminent physicist Professor

6. Who is the Vice Chairman of P.T.I. ?

Ans:-Vijayakumar Chopra. He is the editor in Chief of Hindu

Samachar Group.

7. Who is the new chairman of BCCI’s selection Committee?

Ans:-Krishnanachari Srikanth.

8. Who is appointed as the coach of Indian Hockey Men’s Team?

Ans:-Harender Singh

9. How many teams will participate in Euro Cup-2016?

Ans:-24, Now only 16 Teams participate in Euro.

10. The new name of UEFA Cup?

Ans:-EUROPA League

11. Euro Cup-2012 will be held in?

Ans:-Ukraine & Poland

12. The Hollywood Actor who died recently due to Cancer, acted in
the film “Colour of Money”?

Ans:-Paul Newman. He got Oscar Award for Best actor for the film
Colour of Money.

13. Who won the Singapore Grand Pre Formula One Title in 2008 ?

Ans:-SPAIN'S Fernando Alonso

1. Who won the Miss World-2008 Title ?

Diana Mendosa(Venuseula)

2.Who were the champions of Junior Asia Cup Hockey

Tournament ?

India

3.Which freedom fighter's birthday is decided to be treated as

"National Education Day "

Maulana Abdul Kalam Asad, November-11

4.Who won the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 2006 ?

Tapan Sinha

5.By how much margin, UPA government won the No confidence

motion in Parliament ?

19 votes
6.Who is elected as the first president of Nepal in the recently held
elections ?

Rambaran Yadav.

7. Who got 8 gold medals in swimming which includes 7 world

records in the recent Beijing Olympics ?

Michael Phelps

8.Which country got maximum gold medals in the Beijing

Olympics-2008 ?

China-51 Gold Medals-First Place

U.S.A-36 Gold Medals-Second Place

Russia-23 Gold Medals-Third Place

9.Which Indian got Olympics bronze medal for Wrestling in the

recent Beijing Olympics ?

Ans: Sushil Kumar

Sushil thus became the second Indian wrestler after K D Jadhav

who won a bronze in the 1952 Helsinki Games to win an Olympic
medal.

10.Name the part formed by the Telgu Superstar "chiranjeevi" ?

Prajarajyam

11.Who is the newly elected Chief Minister of Jharkhand ?

Sibu Soren

12.Who is the newly elected Prime Minister of Nepal ?

Pushpa Kamal Dahal( Prachanda)

13.Which Indian got Olympics bronze medal for Boxing in the

recent Beijing Olympics ?

Vijender Kumar

14. Who is the new director of Indian Space Research Organisation,

Sri Harikokotta ?

M. Chandradathan

15.Who is the first Vice chancellor of Ambedkar University ?

Syam B. Menon.

16.The first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic

Games ?

Ans:Abhinab Bindra, an Indian shooter from Zirakpur, Mohali,

Punjab and is the current World and Olympic champion in the 10
m Air Rifle event. India's first gold medal since 1980, when the
Men's Field Hockey Team won the gold

1.Who is elected as the new president of Russia ?

Dmitri Medvedev

2. Who is the Chief Minister of Meghalaya ?

Dr. Donkupar Roy Sworn in as Chief Minister on 19.03.2008

3.India defeated ------in the recently held under-19 Worldcup Cricket Final in malaysia
on March-2, 2008.

South Africa

4.Who is the newly elected Prime Minister of Pakisthan ?

Yousaf Raza Gillani

5.Who is the men's single winner of Australian Open Tennis in 2008?

Novak Djokovic from Serbia

Runner-up: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France)

6.Who is the women's single winner of Australian Open Tennis in 2008?

Maria Sharapova (Russia)

Runner-up: Ana Ivanovic (Serbia)

Padma Awards, the country’s highest civilian awards, will be given

in in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan
and Padma Shri. The awards are announced on the occasion of
Republic Day every year. This year’s award list consist of Six Padma
Vibhushans, 43 Padma Bhushans and 81 Padma Shris

Padma Vibhushan:
Padma Vibhushan is India's second highest civilian honour. It
consists of a medal and a citation and is awarded by the President
of India. It was established on 2 January 1954. It ranks behind the
Bharat Ratna, is awarded to recognize exceptional and
distinguished service to the nation in any field, including
government service.

Winners of Padma Vibhushan:

1.Ebrahim Alkazi (Art) :He is a famous Indian theatre director, who
was the founding head of the India's premier theatre training
institute, National School of Drama, New Delhi.

2.Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman (Art): He is a famous mridangam

player won Padmashri in 1988 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi
award in the field of mridangam drumming in 1992.

3.Zohra Segal (Art): Sheis a stage and film actress, who started her
career as dancer with legendary dancer Uday Shankar in 1935, and
worked with him for the next eight years. She was awarded the
Padma Shri in 1998, Kalidas Samman in 2001, and in 2004, the
Sangeet Natak Akademi awarded her the Sangeet Natak Akademi
Fellowship for lifetime achievement.

4.Yaga Venugopal Reddy (Public Affairs) : He is an IAS officer of

the 1964 batch who served as Governor of the Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) from 6 September 2003 until 5 September 2008.

5.Dr. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (Science and Engineering): He

is a structural biologist at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular
Biology in Cambridge, England. He received the 2009 Nobel Prize
in Chemistry "for studies of the structure and function of the
ribosome".

6.Prathap Chandra Reddy (Trade and Industry) : He is a doctor

and businessman who founded the first corporate chain of
hospitals in India, the Apollo Hospitals Group in 1983.

Padma Bhushan:
The Padma Bhushan award is established in 2nd January 1954 by
the President of India. It stands third in the hierarchy of civilian
awards, after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but
comes before the Padma Shri. It is awarded to recognize
distinguished service of a high order to the nation, in any field.

Winners of Padma Bhushan

1. Ilaiyaraaja (Art)
2. Aamir Khan (Art)
3. Akbar Padamsee (Art)
4. Allah Rakha Rahman (Art)
5. Pandit Chhannulal Mishra (Art)
6. Kumudini Lakhia (Art)
7. Kuzhur Narayana Marar (Art)
8. Prof. Madhusudan Amilal Dhaky (Art)
9. Mallika Sarabhai (Art)
10. Prof. (Dr.) Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana (Art)
11. Pandit (Dr.) Puttaraj Gavai (Art)
12. Ram Kumar (Art)
13. Shrinivas Vinayak Khale (Art)
14. Ustad Sultan Khan (Art)
15. B.K. Chaturvedi (Civil Service)
16. Moosa Raza (Civil Service)
17. Dr. P.R. Dubhashi (Civil Service)
18. Fareed Zakaria (Journalism)
19. Anil Bordia (Literature and Education)
20. Prof. Bipan Chandra (Literature and Education)
21. G.P. Chopra (Literature and Education)
22. Prof. Mohammad Amin (Literature and Education)
23. Prof. Satya Vrat Shastri (Literature and Education)
24. Prof. Tan Chung (Literature and Education)
25. Prof. Belle Monappa Hegde (Medicine)
26. E.T. Narayanan Mooss (Medicine)
27. Dr. Noshir M. Shroff (Medicine)
28. Dr. Panniyampilly Krishna Warrier (Medicine)
29. Dr. Ramakant Madanmohan Panda (Medicine)
30. Prof. (Dr.) Satya Paul Agarwal (Medicine)
31. Prof. Abhijit Sen (Public Affairs)
32. Sailesh Kumar Bandyopadhyay (Public Affairs)
33. Sant Singh Chatwal (Public Affairs)
34. Prof. Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj (Science and Engineering)
35. Prof. Bikash Chandra Sinha (Science and Engineering)
36. Jagdish Chandra Kapur (Science and Engineering)
37. Dr. Balagangadharanatha Swamiji (Social Work)
38. Eknath Rao alias Balasaheb Vikhe Patil (Social Work)
39. Capt. C.P. Krishnan Nair (Trade and Industry)
40. Dr. Kushal Pal Singh (Trade and Industry)
41. Manvinder Singh Banga alias Vindi Banga (Trade and Industry)

42. Narayanan Vaghul (Trade and Industry)

43. S.P. Oswal (Trade and Industry)

Padma Shri:
This is an award given by the Government of India generally to
Indian citizens to recognize their distinguished contribution in
various spheres of activity including the Arts, Education, Industry,
Literature, Science, Sports, Medicine, Social Service and public life.

Winners of Padma Shri

1. Gulam Mohammed Mir (Public Service)

2. Rekha (Art)
3. Arjun Prajapati (Art)
4. Arundhati Nag (Art)
5. Carmel Berkson (Art)
6. Ustad F. Wasifuddin Dagar (Art)
7. Gul Bardhan (Art)
8. Haobam Ongbi Ngangbi Devi (Art)
9. Hari Uppal (Art)
10. K. Raghavan (Art)
11. Guru Mayadhar Raut (Art)
12. Mukund Lath (Art)
13. Nemai Ghosh (Art)
14. Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi (Art)
15. Rajkumar Achouba Singh (Art)
16. Dr. Ram Dayal Munda (Art)
17. Resul Pokutty (Art)
18. Saif Ali Khan (Art)
19. Dr. Shobha Raju (Art)
20. Sumitra Guha (Art)
21. Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar (Art)
22. D.R. Karthikeyan (Civil Service)
23. Dr. Ranjit Bhargava (Environment Protection)
24. Arun Sarma (Literature and Education)
25. Prof. Arvind Kumar (Literature and Education)
26. Bertha Gyndykes Dkhar (Literature and Education)
27. Prof. Govind Chandra Pande (Literature and Education)
28. Prof. Hamidi Kashmiri (Literature and Education)
29. Prof. (Dr.) Hermann Kulke (Literature and Education)
30. Janaki Ballav Shastri (Literature and Education)
31. Dr. Jitendra Udhampuri (Literature and Education)
32. Dr. Lal Bahadur Singh Chauhan (Literature and Education)
33. Lalzuia Colney (Literature and Education)
34. Maria Aurora Couto (Literature and Education)
35. Dr. (Smt.) Rajalakshmi Parthasarathy alias Y.G. Parthasarathy
(Literature and Education)
36. Prof. Ramaranjan Mukherji (Literature and Education)
37. Dr. Ranganathan Parthasarathy (Literature and Education)
38. Fr. Romuald D’Souza (Literature and Education)
39. Prof. Sadiq-Ur-Rahman Kidwai (Literature and Education)
40. Sheldon Pollock (Literature and Education)
41. Dr. Surendra Dubey (Literature and Education)
42. Dr. Anil Kumar Bhalla (Medicine)
43. Dr. Arvinder Singh Soin (Medicine)
44. Dr. B. Ramana Rao (Medicine)
45. Dr. Jalakantapuram Ramaswamy Krishnamoorthy (Medicine)
46. Dr. K.K. Aggarwal (Medicine)
47. Prof. Kodaganur S. Gopinath (Medicine)
48. Dr. Laxmi Chand Gupta (Medicine)
49. Dr. Philip Augustine (Medicine)
50. Dr. Rabindra Narain Singh (Medicine)
51. Dr. Vikas Mahatme (Medicine)
52. Dr. Rafael Iruzubieta Fernandez (Public Affairs)
53. Prof. M.R. Satyanarayana Rao (Science and Engineering)
54. Prof. (Dr.) Palpu Pushpangadan (Science and Engineering)
55. Prof. Ponisseril Somasundaran (Science and Engineering)
56. Prof. Pucadyil Ittoop John (Science and Engineering)
57. Dr. Vijay Prasad Dimri (Science and Engineering)
58. Dr. Vijaylakshmi Ravindranath (Science and Engineering)
59. Anu Aga (Social Work)
60. Ayekpam Tomba Meetei (Social Work)
61. Deep Joshi (Social Work)
62. Dr. J.R. Gangaramani (Social Work)
63. Kranti Shah (Social Work)
64. Dr. Kurian John Melamparambil (Social Work)
65. Baba Sewa Singh (Social Work)
66. Sudha Kaul (Social Work)
67. Dr. Sudhir M. Parikh (Social Work)
68. Ignace Tirkey (Sports)
69. Kumar Ram Narain Karthikeyan (Sports)
70. Ramakant Vithal Achrekar (Sports)
71. Saina Nehwal (Sports)
72. Vijender Singh (Sports)
73. Virendra Sehwag (Sports)
74. Dr. Alluri Venkata Satyanarayana Raju (Trade and Industry)
75. Dr. B. Raveendran Pillai (Trade and Industry)
76. Deepak Puri (Trade and Industry)
77. Irshad Mirza (Trade and Industry)
78. Brig. Dr. Kapil Mohan (Trade and Industry)
79. Dr. Karsanbhai Khodidas Patel (Trade and Industry)
80. T.N. Manoharan (Trade and Industry)
81. Venu Srinivasan (Trade and Industry)