1. Who among the following has been appointed the National Security Adviser by the UPA Government ?

(a) Brajesh Mishra

(b) J. N. Daxit
(c) Soli J. Sorabjee
(d) T. K. A. Nair
Ans: (b) J. N. Daxit

2. Who among the following is the new Chief Minister of Karnataka ?

(a) S. M. Krishna
(b) Uma Bharti
(c) Dharam Singh
(d) Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
Ans: (c) Dharam Singh

3. Who among the following has won the Miss Universe 2004 crown ?
(a) Jennifer Hawkins
(b) Shandi Finnessey
(c) Alba Reyes
(d) None of these
Ans: (a) Jennifer Hawkins

4. A solemn ceremony to mark the 60th Anniversary of D-Day landings of the Allies troops during the
Second World War, was held in
(a) Pearl Harbour
(b) Normandy
(c) New York
(d) Lisbon
Ans: (b) Normandy

5. Which of the following cricketers holds the world record of maximum number of sixes in Tests ?
(a) Chris Carins (New Zealand)
(b) Viv Richards (West Indies)
(c) Sachin Tendulkar (India)
(d) Wasim Akram (Pakistan)
Ans: (a) Chris Carins (New Zealand)

6. Who among the following has been appointed the new Chief Justice of India ?
(a) Justice Rajendra Babu
(b) Justice V. N. Khare
(c) Justice R. C. Lahoti
(d) None of these
Ans: (c) Justice R. C. Lahoti

7. Who among the following sports persons got the honour of lighting the Olympic flame at the Major
Dhyan Chand Stadium in New Delhi recently ?
(a) Anjali Bhagwat
(b) Abhinav Bindra
(c) Viswanathan Anand
(d) K. M. Beenamol
Ans: (a) Anjali Bhagwat

8. Who among the following has been appointed new chairman of the National Commission for Farmers ?
(a) Ajit Singh
(b) K. C. Pant
(c) Dr. M. S. Swaminathan
(d) Sharad Pawar
 Ans: (c) Dr. M. S. Swaminathan

9. Which of the following planets crossed the face of the sun (in transit) after 122 years recently ?
(a) Mars
(b) Venus
(c) Jupiter
(d) Saturn
Ans: (b) Venus

10. Which of the following countries was readmitted to the Commonwealth recently ?
(a) Nepal
(b) Myanmar
(c) Pakistan
(d) None of these
Ans: (c) Pakistan

11. The world governing body of which of the following

sports celebrated its 100 years in existence recently ?
(a) Football
(b) Hockey
(c) Badminton
(d) Cricket
Ans: (a) Football

12. Who among the following won the men?s singles title of the French Open 2004 ?
(a) Guillermo Coria
(b) Roger Federer
(c) Andy Roddick
(d) Gaston Gaudio
Ans: (d) Gaston Gaudio

13. Who is India?s first Woman Grand Master in Chess ?

(a) Aarthie Ramaswamy
(b) Koneru Humpy
(c) S. Meenakshi
(d) S. Vijayalakshmi
Ans: (b) Koneru Humpy

14. The age of a tree can be determined by

(a) Measuring its height
(b) Measuring its diameter
(c) Analyzing its sap
(d) Counting the annual growth rings of its stem
Ans: (d) Counting the annual growth rings of its stem

15. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?

Mountains Continents
(a) The Rocky : North America
(b) The Andes : South America
(c) The Alps : Europe
(d) The Ural : Africa
Ans: (d) The Ural : Africa

16. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched ?

(a) ?Purna Swaraj? Resolution : 1929
(b) Martyrdom of Sardar Bhagat Singh : 1931
 (c) Formation of the Congress Socialist Party: 1939
(d) Simla Confeence : 1940
Ans: (b) Martyrdom of Sardar Bhagat Singh : 1931

17. The Lingaraja Temple built during the medieval period is at

(a) Bhubaneswar
(b) Khajuraho
(c) Madurai
(d) Mount Abu
Ans: (a) Bhubaneswar

18. Which one of the following is essentially a solo dance ?

(a) Kuchipudi
(b) Kathak
(c) Manipuri
(d) Mohiniattam
Ans: (d) Mohiniattam

19. The deepest oceanic trench ?Mariana? is located in

(a) Atlantic Ocean
(b) Arctic Ocean
(c) Pacific Ocean
(d) Indian Ocean
Ans: (c) Pacific Ocean

20. Although fog consists of fine drops of water, we cannot see clearly through it because
(a) The light rays undergo total internal reflection in the drops
(b) Fine drops of water in fog polarize the light
(c) The fine drops are opaque to the light
(d) The drops scatter most of the light
Ans: (d) The drops scatter most of the light

21. During the Mughal period, which one of the following were the first to come to India as traders ?
(a) Portuguese
(b) Dutch
(c) Danish
(d) English
Ans: (a) Portuguese

22. Who among the following Delhi Sultans is known for introducing market control mechanism ?
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Balban
(c) Alauddin Khalji
(d) Firoze Tughlaq
Ans: (c) Alauddin Khalji

23. Which one of the following mountain peaks of the Himalayas is NOT in India ?
(a) Annapurna
(b) Nanda Devi
(c) Mt. Kamet
(d) Kanchenjunga
Ans: (a) Annapurna

24. A rift valley is formed mainly due to

(a) The forces of tension in the earth?s crust
(b) The subsidence of the floor of a river valley
 (c) The valley formed after the formation of fold mountains
(d) The deepening of a valley by ice action
Ans: (a) The forces of tension in the earth?s crust

25. Who is the author of the book, ?The Man Who Divided India? ?
(a) Arun Shourie
(b) Dominique Lapierre
(c) Rafiq Zakaria
(d) Salman Rushdie
Ans: (c) Rafiq Zakaria

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 2010 final will be held in which venue ?

Delhi

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 AND ANSWERS- MAY 2009

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.

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
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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS- APRIL 2009

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS- APRIL 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

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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 2010 final will be held in which venue ?

Delhi

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 )

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WEDNESDAY, 11 FEBRUARY 2009

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

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WEDNESDAY, 14 JANUARY 2009

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,

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MONDAY, 8 DECEMBER 2008

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

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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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SATURDAY, 4 OCTOBER 2008

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

Current Affairs: AUGUST-2008

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 Organization, 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