1. Dr J.S. Sarma has taken over as which of the following recently?

a) Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) b) c) d) e) Member, Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) Chairman of the Telecom Commission Chairman of Cellular Operators Association of India (CO AI) Chairman of International Telecom Union (ITU)

2. Which of the following became the first member country to formally leave the Commonwealth of Independent States, a trade block formed in 1991 by former Soviet republics recently? a) Armenia b) c) d) e) Belarus Azerbaijan Georgia Ukraine

3. Who was in news recently for the book Branding India An Incredible Story recently? a) Dipankar Gupta b) c) d) e) Shashi Tharoor Amitabh Kant Ashutsoh Mazumdar Prof. Meghnad Desai

4. Who was awarded the Raja Ram Mohan Roy Mission national award 2009 in recognition of his social service and fighting social evils such as untouchability and dowry recently? a) Padamsinha Patil b) c) d) e) P.J. Sudhakar Pawanraje Nimbalkar Ashok Desai M.C. Setalvad

5. According to government of India estimates, rice and wheat production in the crop year ending June 30, 2009 is expected to be around _____ respectively. a) 77.63 million tonne and 49.37 million tonne b) c) d) e) 69.56 million tonne and 98.49 million tonne 99.37 million tonne and 77.63 million tonne 69.56 million tonne and 78.49 million tonne 79.67 million tonne and 102.64 million tonne

6. Who was appointed Indias next High Commissioner to Pakistan recently? a) Sharat Sabharwal b) c) d) e) Dipanjan Mukherjee Sowgat Muzaliid Prasant Kumar Samantray Satyabrata Pal

7. Which of the following statements is/are true about Aishwarya Bachchan in light of recent developments? a) The actress has become the first Indian face of the doll Barbie b) c) d) e) She has her wax statue displayed at Madame Tussauds She is the brand ambassador of Revlon cosmetics and Cartier watches Both (a) and (b) All (a), (b) and (c)

8. Who has taken over as the new Chief of Naval Staff recently? a) Admiral Sushil Kumar b) c) d) e) Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma Admiral Madhvendra Singh Admiral Arun Prakash Admiral Sureesh Mehta

9. Which of the following statements regarding the Indian Premier League Season II is/are true?. I. Adam Gilchirst of Deccan Chargers won the Golden Player of the Year prize . II. R. P. Singh was the Purple Cap Winner III. Mathew Hayden was the Orange Cap Winner a) b) c) d) e) I only I and II II and III III only I, II and III

10. Who is the only Indian woman to have climbed Mount Everest twice? a) Santosh Yadav b) c) d) e) Bachendri Pal Pasang Lhamu Sherpa Junko Tabei Krushna Patil c 6. a 7. a 8. b 9. b 10. a

Answers to the above Questions 1. a 2. d 3. c 4. b 5.

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 countrys 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 Britains 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 worlds 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 Mens 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 Federers 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 Australias 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 Wiwas 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? Queens 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 countrys first deputy woman Prime Minister who had been suffering from pneumonia and Alzheimers 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 click the below link to know the winners http://questionforall.blogspot.com/2009/07/winners-of-10th-edition-of.html 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 governments 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 teams 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 Dhabis 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 Womens 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 womens studies in India, died recently , who set up Indias first Research Centre for Womens Studies at SNDT Womens 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 Womens 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 DevNow which is the tallest Building in the world?

Answer:- Burj tower (828 m) Dubai. Burj Khalifa formerly known as Burj Dubai is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Construction began on 21 September 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed on 1 October 2009. Total cost for the Burj Khalifa project was about US$1.5 billion. Height: Antenna or spire: 828m (2,717 ft). Floor Count: 160 habitable floors plus 46 maintenance levels in the spire and 2 parking levels in the basement. Floor area: 464,511 m2 (5,000,000 sq ft)

2. Name the Indian who was awarded honoris causa by the University of Talca, in Chile.
Answer:-MS Swaminathan

3. Hollywood blockbuster Avatar becomes the fastest movie ever to rake in $1 billion, faster than any other movie in
the history. Who is the director of this blockbuster movie? Answer:- James Cameron

4. Who has been declared as the worst-behaved player to play for the Australia in the last 20 years by The Sunday
Telegraph? Answer:-Ricky Ponting

5. Isaac Schwartz, famous Russian personality who has expired at the age of 86 was associated with?
Answer:-Music

6. Who has been awarded IBN Indian of the Year Award in New Delhi recently?
Answer:-Saina Nehwal

7. Which country has resumed wolf hunting after a gap of 45 years?

Answer:-Sweden

8. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of the I-League?

Answer:- 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.

9. Who has been appointed as "Director-Media to the Prime Minister of India" recently ?
Answer:- Binoy Job

10. Who was named as the Player of the Decade by Goal.com? Bhaichung Bhutia 11. Which country won the seventh World Team Chess Championship held at the Merinos Congress Centre in Bursa,Turkey from January 3rd till 14th, 2010? Russia. Russia won gold, USA won Silver and India got the Bronze medal. 12. One of the most successful R&B(Rhythm and Blue) singers of the 1970s and 80s, passed away recently at the age of 59 after a battle with colon cancer? Teddy Pendergrass The five-time Grammy-nominated singer had chart-topping hits in three different decades with 1978s Close the Door, 1988s Joy and 1991s It Shouldve Been You, plus well-known songs like Love TKO, Two Hearts with Stephanie Mills and Hold Me, a duet with Whitney Houston that featured on Houstons 1985 debut album. 13. Which car has selected as the Car of the Year at ICICI Bank-CNBC-TV18 Overdrive Awards 2010?

Tata Nano. 14. Who has been appointed as one of 13 faith advisers by U.K. Communities Secretary John Denham? Arjan Vekaria, president of the Hindu Forum of Britain. He has been involved in voluntary work with the Hindu Community in the UK for over 35 years. Born in Uganda, Arjan spent part of his childhood in India before migrating to the UK in the 1970s. 15. British hostage who has been released alive after more than two-and-a-half years in captivity in Iraq by Islamic Shia Resistance, a terrorist organization? Peter Moore He was an IT consultant from Lincoln, who was captured in Baghdad in May 2007. Four bodyguards were seized with Mr. Moore. Three were shot dead; the fourth is also thought to have been killed. 16. South Korean steel major which has got final clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests recently for acquiring forest land in Orissa for its $12 billion steel plant project? POSCO POSCO signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Orissa in June 2005 for the 12 million-tone-capacity steel plant to be built in three phases by 2016, with production scheduled to begin by the end of 2011 at the completion of the first phase. 17. The well known Indian expatriate businessman from Abu Dhabi who has purchased the entire 100th floor of Burj Dubai, the world's tallest tower? B R Shetty. He is the founder and managing director of the New Medical Centre (NMC) group of hospitals. 18. The country which officially removed a 22 year old entry ban on foreigners living with HIV/Aids recently?

United States of America (USA). The change came following a US decision in November, removing HIV infection from the definition of communicable disease of public health significance. 19. Which country recently issued an orange alert for heavy fog and snowstorm? China. 20. The 97th Indian Science Congress is held at? University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, from January 3 to 7, 2010. This is the first time that the Indian Science Congress is being held at Thiruvananthapuram. 21. Legendary Wildlife conservationist and author who passed away on 1 January 2010, at his home 'Tiger Haven' in the vicinity of the famous Dudhwa National Park in Uttar Pradesh at the age of 92.? Billy Arjan Singh Singh, regarded as the godfather of the "Save the Tiger" campaign in India was instrumental in establishing the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in 1988.He was decorated with several national and international awards including Padma Shri in 1995 and Padma Bhusan in 2006 and J Paul Getty Wildlife Conservation Award. The Uttar Pradesh government had also conferred the Yash Bharti award on him. 22. Who has been named as chairman of International Pepper Community (IPC) for 2009 2010? V.J. Kurian, Chairman of Spices Board, Ministry of Commerce of the Government of India took over from Mr. Odilson Luiz Ribeiro e Silva as Chairman of IPC at the 37th Session of IPC on 3rd December 2009. 23. The alleged drug lord who was arrested by Mexican police, two weeks after his even more powerful brother was killed in a shootout with troops? Carlos Beltran Leyva Two weeks ago, his brother Arturo, reputed chief of the Beltran Leyva cartel, was killed in a shootout with Mexican marines in the central city of Cuernavaca. 24. Who has won Sri Lanka's first post-war national presidential election defeating former army chief Sarath Fonseka with 57.9% of the popular vote, according to the country's elections commissioner? Mahinda Rajapakse He has won Sri Lanka's first election since Tamil Tiger rebels were defeated after 25 years of civil war and this is his second term in office. 25. On January 28 2010, an International Conference on Afghanistan was held where members of the international community discussed the further progress on the Petersburg agreement from 2001 on the democratization ofAfghanistan after the ousting of the Taliban regime. Where was that conference held? Lancaster House in London. The one-day conference, hosted by the United Kingdom, the United Nations, and the Afghan

government, meant to chart a new course for the future of Afghanistan and brought together foreign ministers and senior representatives from more than 70 countries and international organizations. 26. Which company has been named the 'Technology Pioneer-2010' by the World Economic Forum for developing solar-powered mobile phone base stations, becoming the first Indian telecom infrastructure firm to win the laurel? Vihaan Networks Ltd (VNL), a Shyam Group company. 27. Which team won their sixth Federation Cup title with a 3-0 triumph over Lajong via penalties in an evenly contested final? East Bengal.

28. Who is appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kerala? Ramachandran Thekkedath. He is presently working in the Technology Commercialisation office of the University of Utah atSalt Lake city in the US.

29. Winners of Man of the match award in the Tri nation ODI series (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh). Ist ODI held at Dhaka between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka on Jan 4, 2010: Tilakaratne Dilshan (104 runs). Lanka beatBangladesh by 7 wickets. 2nd ODI held at Dhaka between India and Sri Lanka on Jan 5, 2010: Thilan Samaraweera, (105 not out off 106 balls). Lanka won the match by 5 wickets. 3rd ODI held at Dhaka between India and Bangladesh on Jan 7, 2010: M.S.Dhoni, (101 not out off 107 balls). India won the match by 6 wickets. 4th ODI held at Dhaka between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka on Jan 8, 2010: Upul Tharanga, ((118 not out)). Lanka won the match by 9 wickets. 5th ODI held at Dhaka between India and Sri Lanka on Jan 10, 2010: Zaheer Khan, (3wickets for 38 runs). India won the match by 8 wickets. 6th ODI held at Dhaka between India and Bangladesh on Jan 11, 2010: Virat Kohli, (102 not out off 95 balls). India won the match by 6 wickets. 7th ODI(Final of the Tri Nation series) held at Dhaka between India and Sri Lanka on Jan 13, 2010: Nuvan Kulasekhara, (4 wickets for 48 runs). Sri Lanka won the match by 4 wickets. 30. Who won the man of the series award in the Tri nation Tournament (India, Sri Lanka,

Bangladesh) held in Dhaka, Bangladesh? Kumar Sangakkara 31. Name of the new party formed by the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh on his birthday(05-01-2010)? Jan Kranti Party 32. Who became the first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole? Reena Kaushal. She made the historic ski-run as part of an eight-woman Commonwealth team that crossed a 900 km Antarctic ice trek to reach the South Pole to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Commonwealth. 33. Who won the man of the match award in the second test between Australia and Pakistan played at the Sidney Cricket Ground? Michael Hussey (Australia). Australia won by 36 runs. 34. India's first 'Eclipse Cruise' which left from Kochi port, with about 750 'astro tourists' to view the longest annular solar eclipse of the third millennium from Male in Maldives on January 15. Which cruise ship is used for this eclipse cruise? MV Aquamarine. MV Aquamarine is a cruise ship owned and operated by Louis Cruise Lines is the fifth largest cruise operator in the world and the first international cruise line to operate from India.A cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience. 35. Delhi Lt Governor Tejendra Khanna recently gave the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) the go-ahead to prosecute a former Congress M.P in murder and communal rioting cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh carnage. Name of that Former parliamentarian? Sajjan Kumar He is accused of instigating mobs that went on the rampage killing Sikhs across Delhi in 1984 in the wake of the assassination of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi. 36. A 103 feet high Christmas star designed by Kerala based firm has been adjudged the worlds largest Christmas ornamental star by the Guinness Book of World Records. Name of that firm? 'Apple A Day' properties. 37. The scientist of Indian origin who has been given Canada's highest civilian award - the Order of Canada recently? Shrawan Kumar He was honoured for his three decades of pioneering research on workplace injury and the spine at the University ofAlberta. 38. Who won the men's and women's title in the 74th Senior National Badminton Championship at Karmavir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor Complex in Guwahati?

Chetan Anand(Mens title) Trupti Murgunde(women's title) Mens doubles title was won by Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas while the pair of Ashwini Ponnapa and Jwala Gutta bagged the women's doubles. 39. Which High court of India will uphold its bench order that includes the office of the Chief Justice of India within the scope of the Right to Information (RTI) Act and requires judges to declare their assets? The Delhi High Court 40. Name of the only official survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings at the end of World War II, died on 6th January in Nagasaki, Japan at the age of 93? Tsutomu Yamaguchi 41. Who has been appointed as Finance Minister of Japan, replacing Hirohisa Fujii who will step down for health related reasons?

Naoto Kan. He is the deputy prime minister of Japan. 42. A 7.2-magnitude earthquake triggered landslides and a tsunami that struck a country on January 4, 2010, leaving more than 1,000 people homeless. Name of that country? Solomon Islands. Solomon Islands is a country in Melanesia, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. 43. Scientists of which country are developing an electronic device (e-dog) that will sniff out explosives like RDX which remain undetected by existing security equipments? India. 44. PRAVASI BHARATIYA SAMMAN AWARDEES (PBSA)-2010

1 Mr. Mohinder Singh Bhullar Brunei( Darussalam) 2 Mr. Yanktesh Permal Reddy (Fiji) 3 Mr. Ryuko Hira (Japan) 4 (Mrs) Dr. Ruby Umesh Pawankar (Japan) 5 Mr. Suresh Kumar Virmani (Oman) 6 Mr. Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan (South Africa) 7 Dr. Tholisiah Perumal Naidoo (South Africa) 8 Dr. Rajni Kanabar (Tanzania) 9 Mr. Deepak Mittal (Thailand) 10 Dr. Lenny Krishendath Saith (Trinidad & Tobago) 11 Dr. Azad Moopen (U.A.E) 12 Mr. Mani Lal Bhaumik (U.S.A) 13.Mr. Ashok Kumar Mago (U.S.A) 14 Mr. Upendra J. Chivukula (U.S.A) The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman is an award constituted by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs in conjunction with the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, to honor exceptional and meritorious contribution in their chosen field/profession. The award is given by the President of India. 45. Who has been nominated as the Chairman from India of Asian Print Congress? R.Suresh. He is the Chief Executive of S.T.Reddiar&Sons. 46. Which country limited United States military presence in their country recently? Yemen. Yemen warns US military intervention, however welcomes U.S. and foreign troops for training, intelligence and logistical support. 47. Which Russian Website suggested a Conspiracy theory for YSRs Death which involving Ambani brothers? http://exiledonline.com. The Russian website is a magazine which is run by Mark Ames, a journalist and a writer, Ames published an article titled Enemy of Larry Summers Ex-boss Dies in Mysterious Helicopter Crash. The article, which was published on December 31, 2009, unveils a conspiracy against YSR engineered by the loyal partners of Ambani brothers. 48. Which country recently formulated a strict new law under which women who wear fulllength veils (burqa) in public places will have to pay a fine of over 750 Euro? France. Muslim women who wear the full Islamic veil in France will face a possible 750 euros fine, according to a draft bill unveiled by the leader of the parliamentary majority. 49. Who have been selected for Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak for their "conspicuous courage in saving life under circumstances of very great danger to the life of the rescuer"? Rukhsana Kosser Narender Kaushik (posthumously) Rukhsana, a Jammu girl who braved the bullets of Lashkar-e-Taiba militants and killed one of them to save her family.

Narender Kaushik, a resident of Delhi who died while saving people trapped in a fire on March 13 last year. Jeevan Raksha Padak series of awards are given to a person for meritorious act of human nature in saving the life of a person. The award is given in three categories - Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak and Jeevan Raksha Padak. Names of the seven persons who won the Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak Award: Syed Areef Sujauddin (Andhra Pradesh) (posthumously) Umman Antony (Kerala) (posthumously) Rajan Kamble (Maharashtra)( posthumously) Mushtaq Ahmed and Ajaz Ahmed (Jammu and Kashmir) Karambir Singh Kang (Maharashtra) Prachi Santosh Sen (Madhya Pradesh) Jeevan Raksha Padak award is given to 44 persons.

50. Who won the Brisbane International Tennis title beating Justine Henin in the final? Kim Clijsters 51. Which country has become the world's third-largest economy, surpassing Germany and closing rapidly on Japan, according to government and World Bank figures? China 52. Who has been appointed as the new bowling coach of India? Eric Simons, former South African fast bowler. 53. Recipients of the 16th Annual Star Screen Awards : The film 3 Idiots won 8 awards and film Paa won five awards. Best Actor: Amitabh Bachchan (Paa) Best Actress: Vidya Balan (Paa) Best Director: Rajkumar Hirani (3 Idiots) Best Music Director A R Rahman ( Delhi 6 ) Best Film: 3 Idiots Lifetime Achievement Award: Javed Akhtar Best Screenplay Abhijat Joshi, Raju Hirani (3 Idiots) Best Story Imtiaz Ali ( Love Aaj Kal) Best Dialogues AbhijatJoshi, Raju hirani (3 Idiots) Best Lyricist Irshad Kamil For Choor Bazari ( Love Aaj Kal) Best Playback Singer ( Female ) Kavita Seth For Ore Manva ( Wake up Sid ) Best Playback Singer (Male ) Rahat Fateh Ali Khan For Aaj Din Chaya ( Love Aaj Kal) Best Cinematographer Rajiv Ravi ( Dev D) Best Choreographer Bosco Ceaser (3 Idiots) Best Entertainer of the year: Katrina Kaif Best Editing Results Raju Hirani (3 Idiots) Best Special Effects Aladin Best Action Vijayan (Wanted ) Best Child Artist Pratik Katari ( Paa)

Best Cast- Luck By Chance Best Jodi of the decade: Shahrukh Khan and Kajol Ramnath Goenka memorial award: Nandita Das for Firaaq Most Promising Newcomer (Female) Mahi Gill (Dev D) Most Promising Newcomer (Male): Omi Vaidya (Aka Silencer) ( 3 Idiots ) Most Promising Debutante Director: Nandita Das (Firaaq) Best Supporting Actress: Arundhati Nag (Paa) Best Supporting Actor: Rishi Kapoor (Love Aaj Kal) Star plus jodi award: Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan Best Actor in a negative role:Boman Irani (3 Idiots) Best Actress Most Popular Category- Kareena Kapoor ( 3 Idiots ) Best Actor for Most Popular Category: Shahid Kapoor (Kaminey) Best Actor in a comic role: Omi Vaidya (3 Idiots) 54. Which player won the ATP Chennai Open titles with his first-ever win over Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland in the final? Marin Cilic of Croatia. The second-seeded Cilic became the first player after Spanish veteran Carlos Moya's victories in 2004 and 2005 to win back-to-back crowns in South Asia's only ATP event. 55. Who won Qatar Open Tennis title beating Rafael Nadal of Spain in the final held in Doha? Nikolay Davydenko(Russia) He defeated Rafael Nadal of Spain 0-6, 7-6 (8) and 6-4 to win the Qatar Open tennis tournament. 56. Who has been selected for this years Prof. S. Guptan Nair Puraskaram. an award which is instituted for exceptional teachers who make significant contributions to the cultural scene? B. Hridayakumari

57. Name of the leading Iranian nuclear scientist, who has been killed in a bomb blast in Tehran? Massoud Ali-Mohammadi 58. The French film maker who was one of the main figures of the post-war New Wave cinema movement passed away recently in Paris at the age of 89? Eric Rohmer He was the director of the critically acclaimed Tales of Four Seasons His main works include the cycle of films Six Moral Tales. The third, My Night at Maud's, released in 1969, brought him international recognition. 59. Name of Indian-origin man and his two accomplices who have been given long jail sentences for their involvement in a 33 million pounds drug deal which is considered to be UK's largest ever heroin seizure.? Harminder Chana, 32, was sentenced to 17 years,

Abdul Rob, 30, was sentenced to 23 years Atif Khan, 34, was sentenced to 15 and half years. 60. Which country has successfully intercepted a missile defense system, in a test of its advanced air defense capabilities? China 61. Who won the Man of the series award in the Commonwealth Bank ODI cricket series between Australia andPakistan? Ryan Harris (Australia) 62. Which countrys military forces decided to protect the banks in earth quake-hit Haiti? India Para-military Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel have been guarding banks and other vital centres in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, to prevent looting, besides providing security to Indians in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake. 63. Scientist, whose groundbreaking work untangling fundamental genetic processes earned him a Nobel Prize, died at the age of 82?

Marshall Nirenberg. 64. Name of the Indian-origin Australian researcher who has been named western Australias Australian of the Year? Professor Ralph Martins. He has been conducting research on Alzheimers disease. 65. Indo-Canadian who was appointed vice president of the University of Toronto, Canada's biggest university? Hargurdeep Saini 66. The Afghan government recently banned the key ingredient of roadside bombs that have emerged as the deadliest weapon used by Taliban fighters against NATO troops in Afghanistan. Name of that fertilizer chemical? Ammonium Nitrate

67. Which Caribbean country has been hit by a massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake on January 12, 2010, killing about 200,000 people? Haiti. 68. Only batsman in world cricket who scored 7000 ODI runs with a strike rate of over 100? Virender Sehwag. Sehwag, the seventh Indian to reach 7000 ODI runs, is the only batsman in world cricket to achieve the milestone with a strike rate of over 100. 69. Who has been chosen as the "ESPN Cricinfo Player of the Decade for the 2000s" by a 38strong panel of experts, including current and former players? Ricky Ponting, captain of Australia 70. Which state has won the Ranji Trophy for a record 39th time by beating Karnataka in a nail-biter of a final atMysore? Mumbai. The hosts Karnataka were chasing a target of 338 for a win, but were bowled out for 331 to give Mumbai a six-run victory on the fourth day of the game.

71. Australia has recently condemned as "deeply offensive" an Indian newspaper cartoon depicting the police as members of the racist Ku Klux Klan over their investigations into the murder of a young Indian man in Australia. Which newspaper published that cartoon? Mail Today, Delhi based news paper. cartoon appeared in the 5 January edition of Delhi's Mail Today 72. Which country took over the mantle of the world's top merchandise exporter from Germany in 2009, according to the latest figures, aided by a global economic crisis that has taken a greater toll on other trading powers? China 73. Which Central Ministers recent remarks on Pandit Nehru's foreign policy became controversial? Shashi Tharoor. He said that while Nehru's foreign policy had taken India to a new level in the international arena, he agreed with criticism that it amounted to a "moralistic running commentary on other countries' behaviour. Later he blamed the media for his "misreported" remarks on the former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's foreign policy. 74. The centurys longest solar eclipse, having totality duration of 11 minutes, 8 seconds (visible in India for 10 minutes, 24 seconds) occurred on which day of January? 15th January, 2010. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon comes directly between the Sun and the Earth, producing a shadow on the Earths surface where the Sun is completely or partially obscured. 75. Who was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award 2009 for his outstanding

contributions and achievements in Banking Sector during the Bharat Samman - Pravasi Awards? Mr. R. Seetharaman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Doha Bank. 76. Who unveiled the Coca-Cola FIFA World Cup Football Trophy 2010 at a glittering function in Kolkata, making Kolkata the only Indian city to showcase the prized trophy? Lothar Matthaus, German football legend. The trophy made of 18-carat gold- 36.8 cm high tall and weighing 6,175 grams. 77. Who is appointed as the new Captain of Kings XI Punjab for IPL 2010? Kumar Sangakkara. The Sri Lankan player replaces Yuvraj Singh who had led the team for the last two seasons 78. Who won the Sydney Medibank International Tennis Womens Title defeating Serena Williams 6-3, 6-2 in the final? Elena Dementieva 79. Who won the Sydney Medibank International Tennis mens Title defeating Richard Gasquet in the final? Marcos Baghdatis 80. Ex-Soldier of China who was elected as governor of Tibet by the regional parliament recently? Padma Choling Choling, a Tibetan who served in the People's Liberation Army from 1969 to 1986 has replaced Qiangba Puncog, whose resignation was endorsed by the regional People's Congress. 81. Who has resigned as president of Hockey India due to the allegations made against him during the recent hockey crisis? A.K. Mattoo 82. FBI had recently used the photo of a Spanish leader for a digitally-altered image showing how Osama Bin Laden might look. Name of that Spanish leader? Gaspar Llamazares

A photo of Bin Laden from 1998 (left) was digitally altered using elements from an image of

Gaspar Llamazares (right) He rejected the United States' apology for the FBI's using a photo of him to create a poster showing what Osama bin Laden might look like today. 83. The Turk, who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981, was released from prison recently after more than 29 years behind bars and proclaimed that he was a messenger of God and that the world would end in this century. Name of that Turkish man? Mehmet Ali Agca 84. The top military chief of al-Qaida in Yemen who was killed by Yemeni warplanes near a desert village borderingSaudi Arabia? Qassim al-Raimi. He is considered the No. 3 leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. 85. The Argentina player who reached the 100-goal mark for Barcelona? Lionel Messi. The Argentina ace, who is still only 22, achieved the landmark in just 188 games for the Catalan club. 86. Who is appointed as the Governor of Maharashtra? K. Sankaranarayanan 87. India Government has decided to withdraw the "deemed" status of how many universities in the country? 44 Centre told the Supreme Court that it has decided to withdraw the deemed status to 44 universities in the country alleging these were being run as family fiefdoms rather than on academic considerations. 88. The winners of the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards, BEST DRAMA: Avatar DIRECTOR: James Cameron Avatar ACTOR (DRAMA): Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart ACTRESS (DRAMA): Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side BEST MUSICAL OR COMEDY: The Hangover ACTOR (MUSICAL OR COMEDY): Robert Downey, Jr. - Sherlock Holmes ACTRESS (MUSICAL OR COMEDY): Meryl Streep - Julie & Julia FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: The White Ribbon ANIMATED FILM: Up SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Mo'Nique - Precious SCREENPLAY: Up in the Air ORIGINAL SCORE: Michael Giacchino - Up ORIGINAL SONG: "The Weary Kind" - Crazy Heart CECIL B. DEMILLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Martin Scorsese 89. Who is the new president of Hockey India?

Vidya Stokes 90. Who won the man of the match award in the third test between Australia and Pakistan played at Bellerive Oval, Hobart? Ricky Ponting (Australia). Australia won by 231 runs. 91. Who won the man of the series award in the three test series between Australia and Pakistan held in Australia? Shane Watson Australia won the 3-match series 3-0 92. National Security Adviser who has been appointed Governor of West Bengal? M.K. Narayanan 93. Which playback singer won the Swaralaya-Kairali Yesudas award ? Sujatha. The award includes a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh, a citation and a statuette designed by Kanayi Kunhiraman. Malayalam Music director M.K Arjunan has been selected for the lifetime achievement award for his contribution in the field of music 94. Name of the eco-friendly vehicle launched by Maruti Suzuki India Ltd during the auto Expo 2010 held in Delhi? Eeco 95. Veteran Communist leader whose unbroken 23-year stewardship of West Bengals Left Front government made him the longest reigning chief minister of an Indian state died recently after a prolonged illness? Jyoti Basu 96. Who won the Man of the Match award in the fourth test match between South Africa and England held inJohannesburg? Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn South Africa won the fourth test by an innings and 74 runs and leveled the series 1-1. 97. Who won the Man of the series award in the four test match series between South Africa and England held in South Africa? South African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher and England off-spinner Graeme Swann shared the man of the series award.

98. Who was elected president of Chile, after a runoff election against former president Eduardo Frei?

Sebastian Pinera 99. Name of the software developed by the students of Indian Institute of Technology-

Madras which won a business plan competition in New York? XEstor The software uses algorithms to store various battery parameters and interfaces with the grid to control the amount of energy supplied and stored in the network. Midhun Saleem, Kaushik Anand, Ashish Dattani, Sriram Kalyanaraman and Vinay Shankar B.K. shared the $20,000 prize. 100. Name of the former Chinese Supreme Court judge who was sentenced to life in prison recently following his conviction for embezzlement and receiving more than half a million dollars in bribes? Huang Songyou 101. Name of Asia's biggest air carrier, which has filed for bankruptcy protection recently, in one of Japan's biggest corporate failures? Japan Airlines Corp. 102. Which players emerged as the most expensive cricketers of the high-profile players auction of the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL)? Kieron Pollard, West Indies all-rounder Shane Bond, New Zealand pacer. 103. Who is the new Director General of the CRPF(Central Reserve Police Force), world's largest para military force ? Vikram Srivastava 104. Who is the new Director General of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)? R. L. Bhatia 105. Which country has overtaken U.S.A to become the biggest car market in the world as government policy initiatives spur demand? China 106. Which country stopped Military Exchanges with U.S.A in response to Washingtons plan to sell a package of arms worth about 6.4 billion U.S. dollars to Taiwan? China 107. Name of the first State-funded Hindu school in Britain which has started its operation in a new building where meditation and yoga will form part of the lessons? The Krishna Avanti Primary School. The school founded in 2008 is the first voluntary aided Hindu faith school in the country and is recognized as the most eco-friendly. It is also Britains first vegetarian State school. 108. Six decades after his death, some of Mahatma Gandhi's ashes have been scattered off the coast of a country on 31-01-2010. Which is that country? South Africa. 109. Which country won the under-19 World Cup Cricket held in New Zealand?

Australia. Australia beat Pakistan by 25 runs in the final. Man of the Match: Josh Hazelwood(Australia). He took 4 wickets for 30 runs. 110. Who won the Australian Open women's Tennis title-2010? Serena Williams She defeated Belgian Justine Henin in the Women's singles final at Australian Open Championship 2010 at Melbourne 111. Who won the 2010 Australian Open Men's title-2010? Roger Federer. He beat Andy Murray 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (13-11) to win the 2010 Australian Open Men's title on Rod Laver Arena inMelbourne. 112. Who won the Australian Open men's doubles Tennis title-2010? Bob Bryan (USA) and Mike Bryan (USA). They won their fourth Australian Open doubles title, defeating Daniel Nestor of Canada and Serbian Nenad Zimonjic 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3 in the final. 113. Who won the Australian Open 2010 mixed doubles title? Leander Paes(India) and Cara Black(Zimbabwe) They beat 10th seeds Ekaterina Makarova of Russia and Jaroslav Levinsky of Czechoslovakia 7-5, 6-3 in the final. 114. A member of the victorious US 4x400m womens relay squad at the 2004 Athens Olympics is suspended for four years and all her competitive results since 2001 were disqualified because she used banned anabolic agents and hormones between 2001 and 2004, according to U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). Name of that American sprinter? Crystal Cox 115. Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 2,000-year-old temple dedicated to a cat goddess. In which place it is located? Alexandria. The temple was filled with statues of Bastet, a once fearsome lion-headed goddess whose image changed over time to a domesticated cat.The temple is the first trace of the royal quarters of the Ptolemaic dynasty to be revealed inAlexandria.

116. The ban on pre-paid phones in an Indian state has been withdrawn recently. Which is that state? Jammu and Kashmir The ban was imposed last year after the government cited security reasons in the state. 117. Which country leads the world in addressing pollution control and natural resource management challenges, according to the latest Environmental Performance Index (EPI)? Iceland. China and India rank 121 and 123 respectively in Environmental Performance Index.

118. Who is the new president of Honduras? Porfirio Lobo Sosa. He is better known as Pepe Lobo. 119. Name of the five ex-army officers, who were hanged at the central jail in Bangladesh for the assassination ofBangladeshs founder president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman 35 years ago? Mohiuddin Ahmed (Ex-Lieutenant Colonel) Bazlul Huda (Former Major) Syed Faruq Rahman (Ex-Lieutenant Colonel) Shahriar Rashid Khan(Ex-Lieutenant Colonel) AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed(Ex-Lieutenant Colonel) 120. Name of the teenage girl who became the latest miracle story of the Haitian earthquake after she was pulled alive from rubble 15 days after the disaster? Darlene Etienne 121. The army chief of India recently ordered disciplinary action leading to court martial against his aide and military secretary for his involvement in a land scam in West Bengal's Sukna cantonment. Name of that senior most three-star officer? Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash. He is the first three-star general of Indian army to face such a situation. 122. The enigmatic, reclusive author of the novel The Catcher in the Rye, who has died at the age of 91? J.D. Salinger (Jerome David Salinger). He was an American author , released his novel The Catcher in the Rye in 1951 which remains widely read and controversial, selling around 250,000 copies a year. 123. Who is reelected for a second four- year term as head of the U.S. central bank Federal Reserve? Ben Bernanke. 124. Who won the Australian Open women's doubles Tennis title-2010 defeating Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6-4, 6-3 in the final? Serena Williams and Venus Williams. 125. Who won the Man of the match award in the first test between India and Sri Lanka held in Chittagong, Bangladesh? Sachin Tendulkar India clinched the first Test against Bangladesh with an emphatic 113-run victory. Tendulkar scored 105 runs in the first innings. 126. Which country will become the biggest economy by 2020 according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) Report? China

127. Which country will overtake Japan as the worlds third largest economy by purchasing power Parity (PPP) by 2012 according to a report by global accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC)? India 128. Which Hollywood film has been banned from cinema theatres in China to "protect" the country's film industry? Avatar 129. Name of the Indian Weightlifters who have been given a life ban by the international weightlifting body after a second doping offence last year? Shailaja Pujari and Vicky Butta Four other lifters, Harbhajan Singh (Delhi), Rajesh Singh (Madhya Pradesh), Sunita Rani (Punjab) and A Vijayadevi (Jharkhand), were banned for four years and fined USD 5,000 each for failing the out-of-competition tests conducted last year. 100. Who was named as the next Indian Army chief and will take over his new post after incumbent Gen Deepak Kapoor retires on March 31.2010? Lt-General Vijay Kumar Singh 130. The author of the hugely popular novel "Love Story," has died of a heart attack at the age of 72. ? Erich Segal. He was an American author, screenwriter, and educator. His novel The Class (1985), a saga based on the Harvard Class of 1958, was also a bestseller, and won literary honour in France and Italy. 131. Nearly 300 people have been killed and hundreds more wounded in three days of clashes between Christians and Muslims in a country in West Africa. Which is that country? Nigeria. 132. Who became the fourth batsman and the first Indian in the world to score five consecutive Test hundreds? Gautham Gambhir Australian legend Don Bradman leads the pack with six consecutive Tests tons while South African Jacques Kallis andPakistan's Mohammad Yousuf have also scored five hundreds in five consecutive matches. 133. Former Australian women's cricket captain, who has announced her retirement from international cricket after a 14-year career? Karen Rolton. She played over 141 one-day internationals, scored 4,844 one-day international runs, eight Test centuries. 134. Which country has the largest number of illiterate adults in the world according to the

Education for All-Global Monitoring Report by UNESCO? India 135. Which Indian Freedom fighters Rs 1 lakh promissory note unearthed by an octogenarian (a person whose age is in the eighties) residing in Madhya Pradesh's Bina town in Sagar district? Subhash Chandra Bose 136. Winners of Man of the match award in the 5 ODI series between Australia and Pakistan held in Australia. Ist ODI held at Brisbane on Jan 22, 2010: Cameron White (105 runs). Australia won by 5 wickets 2nd ODI held at Sydney on Jan 24, 2010: Shane Watson (scored 69 runs and took 1 wicket). Australia won by 140 runs 3rd ODI held at Adelaide on Jan 26, 2010: Ryan Harris, (5 wickets for 43 runs). Australia won by 40 runs 4th ODI held in Perth on Jan 29, 2010: Ryan Harris (5 wickets for 19 runs) Australia beat Pakistan by 135 runs 5th ODI held in Perth on Jan 31, 2010: Clint McKay (Australia) for his 4 for 35. Australia won by 2 wickets Australia won the common wealth bank series 5-0. 137. Which countries demanded U.S. A to cross out Cuba from the list of terror-sponsor countries.? Russia and Spain 138. Who is appointed as the Governor of Andrapradesh? ES Lakshmi Narasimhan 139. Veteran socialist leader and Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha member who died of heart attack in Allahabad at the age of 77? Janeshwar Mishra. He was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time in 1977 from Allahabad and became Petroleum Minister in the Chandra Shekhar government in 1990-91. 141. Which country has agreed to pay the United Nations around $10m in compensation for damage caused to UN buildings in Gaza during last year's war? Israel 142. Who won the International Plato Award by the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England? Dr.K.C.Abraham.

He is the managing director of Kunnath Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of Musli Power Extra. 143. Who is appointed as the chairperson of Prasar Bharathi? Mrinal Pande She is a renowned journalist who is appointed as the Prasar Bharati chairperson, a month after previous chairman Arun Bhatnagar's resignation was accepted by the I&B ministry. 144. Who has been presented the prestigious Hotelier of the Century award of the International Hotel and Restaurant Association (IH and RA) at a glittering ceremony held in Belgrade? C.P. Krishnan Nair. Chairman of Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts. 145. Name of Indias largest solid fuel booster for launching heavier satellites using the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-Mk III), successfully tested on January 24, 2010? S200 The successful test makes S200 the third largest solid booster in the world. 146. Who has been appointed as the second chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), succeeding RV Raju who retired in Janurary,2010? Sharad Chandra Sinha 148. Which High Court of India recently has ruled that Hindi is not our National Language? Gujarat

149. Which is the fastest wind gust ever recorded on Earth according to a review of climate data by the World Meteorological Organization? Cyclone Olivia. The World Meteorological Organization says a review of climate data turned up a 253 mph gust recorded in 1996 on Barrow Island in Australia during Cyclone Olivia. That tops the 231 mph record set atop Mount Washington in 1934. 150. Name of the district in Huston, in Texas State, USA which is named after father of Indian Nation Mahatma Gandhi? Hill Craft district. The district is officially named as Mahatma Gandhi district. Huston city Mayor Annis Parker has officially announced this on 26-01-2010 in the presence of Indian Consulate General in Huston Sanjay Arora and many Indians.

1. Which team win the 3rd ICC T20 World cup in west Indies ?

England beat Australia by 7 wickets Man of the Match Craig Krieswetter 63 (49) Man of the Series Kevin Peterson

2. Who is appointed as the director general of inspection and safety wing of the Indian Air Force (IAF)? Air Marshal Ajay Shriniwas Karnik.

3. First Indian who is selected for the honorary doctorate degree in humane letters by State University of New York?

Amritanandamayi Devi, Hindu spiritual leader. She is selected for this honour in recognition of her wide-ranging humanitarian contributions .In the universitys 164-year history, only two other world leaders, including Tibetan spiritual head the Dalai Lama have been bestowed this award.

4. Who is appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Bank? T.M. Bhasin.

5. Who won the WISPA Indian Challenger squash tournament held at Calcutta Racket Club squash courts on April 17, 2010?

Dipika Pallikal. She defeated Emma Beddoes of England 11-9, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6 in the final.

It was her first WISPA (Womens International Squash Players Association) title.

6. Russia have reached an agreement with a Latin American country to draft plans on the construction of the first nuclear power plant in that country. Which is that country? Venezuela

7. Ten Policemen were killed by Maoist attack in a district in Orissa on 5th April, 2010.Name of that district? Koraput district.

8. Who won the Sony Ericsson Open title held in Miami beating Venus Williams 6-2, 6-1in the final? Kim Clijsters. This is her second Sony Ericsson Open title in Miami.

9. Who defeated Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi 6-2, 7-5 to clinch the Sony Ericsson Open doubles tennis held in Miami? Leander Paes(India) and Czech Lukas Dlouhy (Czech Republic).

10. Who won the Miami Sony Ericsson ATP Masters title? Andy Roddick

He beat Czech Tomas Berdych( 7-5, 6-4) in the final.

11. Who won Formula ones Malaysian grand prix held in Sepang, Malaysia? Sebastian Vettel. (Germany) He is Red Bull Formula One driver

12. Name of the six Indian entrepreneurs who have been selected to attend the two-day Presidential Summit on entrepreneurship starting April 26 in Washington, which will be hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama?

Irfan Alam, Shahnaz Husain, Ramachandra Kavil, Shaffi Mather, Shaheen Mistri and Sirajuddin Qureshi.

13. Name of South African white supremacist leader who has been killed on his farm in the countrys northwest by two farm workers after a dispute over unpaid wages? Eugene Terreblanche. Mr. Terreblanche, who campaigned for a separate white homeland, came to prominence in the early 1980s.

14. Legendary fast bowler, regarded as one of the greatest English cricketers of the 20th century, who died at the age of 91 recently?

Sir Alec Victor Bedser. He was the chairman of selectors for the English national cricket team, and the president of Surrey County Cricket Club. In 51 Test matches for England he took 236 wickets.

15. Kerala STATE Film Awards.

Best Actor:Mammootty

Kerala State Film Awards 2010 or List of Winners of Kerala State Film Awards for the year 2009 declared. Mammooty won the best actor award for his remarkable performance in the films Pazhassi Raja, Paleri Manikyam and Kutty Shrank. Best Actress award went to Swetha Menon for depicting the character Cheeru in the film Paleri Manikyam : Oru Pathira Kolapathakathinte Katha

Best Actress:Swetha Menon

Pazhassi Raja , multilingual biopic magnum opus film directed by T. Hariharan, and written by M.T. Vasudevan Nair won 8 awards and Paleri Manikyam : Oru Pathira Kolapathakathinte Katha (Director:Ranjith) based on a Malayalam novel by T. P. Rajeevan with the same name, won 4 awards. Interestingly Padmashree Mammooty acted lead roles in these two films. Kerala State Film Awards, the most prestigious film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala were started in the year 1969 and the awards were managed directly by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. HERE IS THE FULL LIST OF WINNERS OF KERALA STATE FILM AWARDS 2009:

Actor: Mammootty (Pazhassi Raja, Paleri Manikyam, Kutty Shrank) Actress: Swetha Menon (Paleri Manikyam : Oru Pathira Kolapathakathinte Katha)

Director: Hariharan (Pazhassi Raja) Script Writer: M T Vasudevan Nair ((Pazhassi Raja) Best Film Paleri Manikyam oru Pathira Kolapathakathinte Katha

Second Best Movie Raamanam Popular Film: Ividam Swargamaanu(Directed By Roshan Andrews) Best New Director P Sukumar( Film: Swantham lekhakan) Music: Mohan sithara (Soofi Paranja Katha ) Singer (male): Yesudas (Film: Madya venal Music: Kaithapram Viswanathan)

Singer (female): Sriya goshal (Film :Banaras, Music: M. Jayachandran) Background Music: Rahul Raj( Rithu) Choreography: Dinesh Kumar( Sagar Alias Jackey) Supporting Actor: Manoj K Jayan ( Pazhassi raja ) Supporting Actress: Pathma priya (pazhassi raja) Child artist: Niveditha (brahmaram)

Comedian: Suraj venjaran mood (Ivar Vivahitharayal) Editor: Sreekar prasad (pazhassi raja) Special Jury Award: Jagathi Sreekumar Costume Designer Natarajan(pazhassi raja) Dubbing Artist Shoby Thilakan(pazhassi raja)

Child Film: Kesu Sound Recordist: N Harikumar ( Patham Nilayile Theevandi) Art Director: Muthuraj (Pazhassi Raja) Lyricist : Rafiq Ahmed ( Soofi Paranja Katha)

Cameraman: KG Jayan ( Soofi Paranja Katha) Story: Sashi Paravoor (Kadaksham)

Documentary: Ezhuthatha Kathukal

16. In a state in eastern India, Maoist Naxalite insurgents killed 76 Paramilitary soldiers of CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) on April 6, 2010. Which is that state? Chhattisgarh.

17. Who is appointed as brand ambassador for the Mega Tennis Event organized by All India Tennis Association (AITA) which is aimed at the development of sport in the country? Sania Mirza.

18. In a significant step in taking their bilateral relations to a new level, India has signed an agreement with a neighbouring country to establish a hotline between prime ministers of the two countries. Which is that country?

China. Under the agreement, dedicated phone lines will be set up in the prime ministers office of the two countries.

19. Capital of Thailand, which was placed under a state of emergency on April 7, 2010 as Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva sought to prevent weeks of anti-government protests turning violent after demonstrators stormed parliament? Bangkok.

20. Opposition leaders in a country in Central Asia had seized power and had taken control of security headquarters, state television and various government buildings of that country recently. Which is that country? Kyrgyzstan.

21. Which countries have recently agreed a solution to a long-running disagreement over the height of Mount Everest? Nepal and China.

As per the agreement, the official overall height of Everest is now designated as 8,848m. Nepal also recognises Chinas claim that the rock height of Everest is 8,844m.

22. Which country has recently ordered its TV channels not to use any English acronyms, (such as GDP for gross domestic product) in a bid to preserve the purity of its language? China.

23. Name of Europes spacecraft which has launched on April 8, 2010 from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on a mission to map the Earths ice cover. Cryosat-2. From its polar orbit, CryoSat-2 will send back data leading to new insights into how ice is responding to climate change and the role it plays in our Earth system. It is a copy of a spacecraft that was destroyed on launch in 2005.

24. Former vice chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University who is appointed as a member of National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities Education (NCMEI)? Dr.Cyriac Thomas. This appointment is for a period of five years. Justice M S A Siddiqui is the chairman of NCMEI. Mohinder Singh, former member of National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities is the third member of the full three-member commission.

25. Name of the rocket made in India, launching of which failed on 15th April, 2010 as the two Indian cryogenic engines got failed during the launch? GSLV D-3. (GSLV-Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle) The GSLV-D3 was carrying a communication satellite GSAT-4 and others weighing more than two tones.

26. Which countries have signed an agreement to boost cooperation in the education sector on 8th April 2010? India and Australia. The agreement was signed in Melbourne between Australias Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Julia Gillard and Indias Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal.

27. Name of the non nuclear weapons programme developed by United States , which consists of new generation of high-speed weapons that are intended to strike anywhere on Earth within an hour? Prompt Global Strike (PGS). Prompt Global Strike (PGS) is a United States military initiative to develop a system capable of a precision conventional weapon strike anywhere in the world in 1 hour just as a nuclear attack can currently be carried with intercontinental ballistic missiles.

28. Who has entered the Limca Book co Records for electronically preserving a large collection of photographs? Josekutty Panackal.

He is the senior news photographer of Malayala Manorama, leading newspaper of Kerala. The Limca Book of records states Panackal has a collection of 31,795 news photographs as of May 31, 2009 all shot by himself over eight years.

29. Sri Lankan Cricketer who has won the parliamentary general election under the ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) from his native Matara district recently? Sanath Jayasurya.

30. Polish President who died along with 130 others when their plane crashed while coming in for a landing in western Russia on April 10, 2010?

Lech Kaczynski. There were no survivors on the Soviet-era Tupolev, which was taking the president, his wife and staff to events marking the 70th anniversary of the massacre of thousands of Polish officers by Soviet secret police.

31. Alleged mastermind of arms-drop case of Purulia who was arrested at his home in Copenhagen on April 9, 2010?

Kim Peter Davy. He is expected to be extradited to India to face trial. The Purulia arms drop case was an infamous incident in which unauthorised arms were dropped from an Antonov An-26 aircraft in Purulia district in the state of West Bengal in India on 17 December 1995. A Latvian aircraft dropped a large consignment of arms including several hundred AK-47 rifles and more than a million rounds of ammunition over a large area in Jhalda, Ghatanga, Belamu, Maramu villages of Purulia district on the night of 17 December 1995.

32. Which country is building a new airport near Mount Everest with the apparent purpose of turning the Chinese side of the tallest peak into a climbers paradise? China. The airport has been named the Peace Airport.

33. Which country has revoked its decision to give the contract of printing Machine-Readable Passports (MRPs) to India? Nepal.

34. Who is appointed as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Sikkim? Justice Barin Ghosh.

35. Which country won the World Circle Style Kabaddi Championship defeating Pakistan in the final held in Ludhiana?

India. India won the title with a prominent margin of 58-24 points.

36. Who became Wisden Cricketer of the Year for the second time in a row, beating off competition from England captain Andrew Strauss and Sri Lankan Tillakaratne Dilshan? Virender Sehwag. Sehwag apart, English wicketkeeper Matt Prior, spinner Graeme Swann, batsman Graham Onions, pacer Stuart Broad and Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke were the Five Cricketers of the Year chosen by the magazine.

37. Which country is decided to conduct its first ever U.S.-styled televised election debates on April 22 and April 29 which will telecast on Britains Channel 4 News.? Britain. Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the Labour Party, Conservative leader David Cameron and Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats will take audience questions on issues such as crime and health care. This is Britains first-ever national televised election debate.

38. Which country has decided to lodge a formal complaint in the United Nations against remarks by President Barack Obama of the United States that Washington could use nuclear weapons against them? Iran

39. Who has been appointed as the 14th Judge Advocate General JAG of the Indian Army? Major General C.S. Nair. He will take charge on May 1.

40. Name of the new head for Afghanistans Independent Election Commission (IEC) appointed by Afghan President Hamid Karzai? Fazel Ahmad Manavi

41. Government of Indias Minister of State for External Affairs, who resigned recently over allegations of corruption in winning a cricket league franchise (IPL Kochi team)? Shashi Tharoor.

42. Who has been chosen for the Kerala States prestigious Raja Ravi Varma award? C. N. Karunakaran. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 1.25 lakh. The award, instituted by the State Government, is given annually to persons who have made outstanding contributions to the field of painting and sculpture in the State.

43. Who claim title at the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix held in Shanghai? Jenson Button, McLarens British driver.

44. Agricultural scientist who became the first Cuban to win the U.S.-based Goldman Environmental Prize, also known as the green Nobel?

Humberto Rios Labrada. The award is considered as worlds biggest award for grassroots environmentalism.

45. Who won the Monte Carlo Masters Tennis Title defeating Fernando Verdasco( 6-0, 6-1)in the final?

Rafael Nadal. This is his 6th straight Monte Carlo Masters title

46. The first Malayalam playback singer and the actress who acted in the first Malayalam talkie Balan died recently at the age of 86? M. K. Kamalam.

47. Who has been named the new Chief Minister of Meghalaya? Mukul Sangma.

48. Some 2,000 villagers from a city in Maharashtra on April 19, 2010 attacked the Coca-Cola unit and ransacked its pumping station in protest against water crisis in their region. Which is that city? Thane.

Villagers from Thanes Vada attacked the Coca-Cola unit which directly draws water from the Vaitarna Dam for production of their various drinks.

49. Former Supreme Court Justice who will represent Tamil Nadu on the five-member committee constituted by the apex court to review the safety of the Mullaperiyar Dam? A.R. Lakshmanan.

50. President of the International Olympic Committee from 1980 to 2001, who has died in Barcelona recently?

Juan Antonio Samaranch. He was heading the IOC for 21 years for the longest tenure after that of the bodys founding father, Baron Pierre de Coubertin.

51. Who is the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka?

Dissanayake Mudiyansalage Jayaratne.

He is the senior most leader of the ruling Freedom Party.

52. Former Argentine de facto president and army chief who was sentenced to 25 years in prison after being found guilty of ordering torture and illegal detentions during his 1982-1983 rule? Reynaldo Bignone.

53. A pioneering voice of the American civil rights movement whose crusade for racial justice and gender equality spanned more than six decades, died recently at Howard University Hospital?

Dorothy Irene Height. She was an American administrator, educator, and social activist. She was the president of the National Council of Negro Women for forty years, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004.

54. Name of the two presidents who have been announced as winners of the 2010 Champions of the Earth Awards, which is the United Nations highest award for environmental leadership? Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo, President of Guyana.

Mr. Mohamed Nasheed, President of the Maldives.

55. Who was unanimously elected as the Speaker of Sri Lanka? Chamal Rajapaksa. He is Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksas older brother.

56. The president of Medical Council of India (MCI)who was arrested by CBI for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs two crore to grant recognition to a medical college in Punjab. Dr. Ketan Desai.

57. Indias first marina which was inaugurated by Defense Minister A K Antony on 25th April 2010 is located at? Bolghaty Island, Kochi, Kerala. This marina of international standards is run by Ocean Blue can accommodate 34 yachts and a 3 story marina house.

58. Which team won the third edition of Indian Premiere League (2010)? Chennai Super Kings. They defeated Mumbai Indians by 22 runs in the final held in Mumbai. Man of the Match: Suresh Raina( He scored 57 runs from 35 balls and took one wicket.)

59. Which state emerged overall champions in the seventh National Junior Youth Athletic Championships at the Nehru Stadium in Coimbatore? Haryana.

Haryana won six gold, six silver and one bronze medals to relegate Maharashtra (6-5-3) to the runners-up position. Hosts Tamil Nadu with six gold, four silver and six bronze medals were overall third.

60. Who has been named the new interim chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL)? Chirayu Amin.

BCCI suspended Lalit Modi from his post as chairman and commissioner of IPL, over allegations of financial irregularities, match-fixing and rigging of bids.

61. Manchester United and England striker who won the Professional Footballers Association player of the year award? Wayne Rooney.

62. Indian diplomat and second secretary with the Indian High Commission in Islamabad who has been arrested after her alleged involvement was found in passing sensitive Indian government information to the Pakistan based Inter- Services Intelligence (ISI)? Madhuri Gupta.

63. Name of Indias first stem cell based product developed by Stempeutics Research Pvt. Ltd., a group company of Manipal Education & Medical Group?

Stempeucel-CLI.

64. The 16th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit is held in ? Bhutan. The summit held in the Bhutanese capital Thimphu on April 28-29, 2010 Bhutan is hosting the summit for the first time since the regional body was established in 1985.

65. Which country formally marked completion of the worlds longest seawall on April 27, 2010? South Korea. The 33.9 kilometre Saemangeum seawall encloses 401 square kilometres of seawater built in a reclaimed tidal flat in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, nearly 20 years after launching of the project.

66. The former drug-running dictator of Panama ousted by a US invasion in 1989, who has been flown from America to Paris where he will face trial on fresh money laundering charges?

Manuel Noriega. He is a Panamanian politician and soldier. He was military dictator of Panama from 1983 to 1989. The 1989 invasion of Panama by the United States removed him from power; he was captured, detained as a prisoner of war, and flown to the United States. He has been extradited to France from the United States.

67. Who has been declared the winner of Sudans first democratic presidential election in 24 years? Omar Hassan al-Bashir. Omar al-Bashirs victory was widely expected after his most credible challengers pulled out of the race to protest alleged fraud. The International Criminal Court, which has issued an arrest warrant against him for war crimes in Darfur.

68. Country which has won its bid for the worlds largest telescope to be constructed on its shores?

Chile. The 42-metre European Extremely Large Telescope will be built in Chiles north 3,060 meters (10, 040 feet) above sea level on a mountain known as Armazonas. Armazonas is located in the central part of the Atacama Desert.

69. Who has become the first woman to climb the worlds peaks over 8,000 metres when she scaled Mount Annapurna in Nepal? Oh Eun-sun. She is a South Korean female mountaineer. Italys Reinhold Messner was the first man to achieve the feat.

70. Name of the Indian-origin man who has received one of South Africas highest honours the Order of the Baobab in Silver? Imtiaz Sooliman

He started the Gift of the Givers Foundation more than a decade ago, received the Order of the Baobab in Silver from South African President Jacob Zuma .

71. Which country lifted its a decades-old travel ban on HIV-positive foreigners from visiting the country? China.

72. Who has been given additional charge of Governor of Rajasthan following the demise of former governor Prabha Rau?

Shiva Raj Patel. He is the current Governor of Punjab.

73. The Supreme Court of India recently dismissed all cases registered against South Indian film actress and activist of her alleged remarks on pre-marital sex. Name of that actress? Khusboo

74. Name of Indias first indigenously-built stealth warship which was commissioned by defence minister A.K. Antony at the naval dockyard in Mumbai on April 29, 2010?

INS Shivalik. INS Shivalik is the one and only Ship to use high-strength steel developed and produced in India. This ship is made to bypass the detection from normal radar and surveillance equipments. The ship is named on the high hills of Shivalik Mountains in Himalayas.

75. Who is also the current chairman of SAARC? Lyonchhen Jigmi Y.Thinley, Prime Minister of Bhutan.

76. Who topped the list of Britains richest people according to the annual Sunday Times Rich List survey? Lakshmi Mittal, British-based steel magnate.

77. The second edition of Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) will be held in? South Africa. The tournament will be held from September 10 to 26, 2010.

78. Former vice president of India who died recently ?

Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (23 October 1923 15 May 2010) was the 11th Vice-President of India.

79. Governor of Rajasthan who died recently ? Mrs Prabha Rau died on 26 April 2010

80. Who becomes the 3rd South African after Andrew Hudson and Jacques Rudoph to score a century on Test debut? Alviro Petersen

81. Who is appointed as the Secretary of Petroleum and Natural Gas?

Sthanunathan Sundareshan

82. Which city of India will host the 12th edition of South Asian Games (SAF Games) in 2012? Delhi

83. Which Indian film won as many as six awards including the best director award in the Narrative Feature section of the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival (LARFF)? `Phir Kabhie. Director V K Prakash and script writer M Sindhuraj have won the best director and writer awards respectively in the `Narrative Feature section of the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival (LARFF) 2009 for the bollywood film `Phir Kabhie. The film also won awards for the best narrative feature film, best narrative feature film director( V K Prakash), best narrative screenplay (M.Sindhuraj), best original score (Rajat Dholakia and Shantanu Moitra), best production design (Nitin Desai) and the best costume design (Bhanu Athaiyah & Simple Kapadia).

84. Which countrys Supreme Court disallowed kite flying during the occasion of the spring festival of Basant? Pakistan.

Kite flying is an integral part of the Basant celebration.

85. Which bank became the first Indian bank to break into the worlds Top 50 list, according to the Brand Finance Global Banking 500, an annual international ranking by UK-based Brand Finance Plc, this year? The State Bank of India (SBI).

HSBC retain its top slot for the third year and there are 20 Indian banks in the Brand Finance Global Banking 500.

86. Which country won the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament for the third consecutive time with a 1-0 victory over Ghana in the final in Luanda, Angola? Egypt. Egypt won African nations cup for the seventh time.

87. Who won 72nd Corus Chess Tournament held in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands? Magnus Carlsen. This 19 year old Norwegian chess player is coached by former world champion Gary Kasparov. He is currently ranked number one in the world. On 26 April 2004 Carlsen became a Grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 148 days, making him the third youngest Grandmaster in history. At the age of 19 years, 32 days he became the youngest chess player in history to be ranked world number one, breaking the record previously held by Vladimir Kramnik.

88. Which country recently admitted that white phosphorous was used in attacks on Gaza? Israel

White phosphorus (WP) as an incendiary weapon burns fiercely and can set cloth, fuel, ammunition and other combustibles on fire. Since World War II, it has been extensively used as an anti-personnel weapon capable of causing serious burns or death.

89. Name of the Pop star who was the big winner at the prestigious Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, winning six prizes? Beyonce Knowles.She has set a new record for the most awards won in a single year by a solo female, and takes her career tally to 16. Beyonce husband Jay z also won 3 awards.

90. Who is the new Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh?

Justice Kurian Joseph

91. Popular actor, director, and screenwriter who has acted in more than 300 films in Malayalam, died on 2 February 2010 due to liver problem? Cochin Haneefa He, aged 58, also acted in Tamil and Hindi Films. He is the director of super hit Malayalam film Vatsalyam

92. The Hyderabad Cricket Association has decided not to allow spectators inside the Rajiv International Cricket Stadium due to the ongoing protests over Telangana issue for the final of a domestic first-class cricket competition between South Zone and West Zone. Which is that tournament? The Duleep Trophy

93. The Central Government has formed a five-member expert committee on Telangana issue on Feb 3, 2010. The committee is headed by?

B N Srikrishna, former Supreme Court Judge.

Other members are:

Prof (Dr) Ranbir Singh, Vice Chancellor, National Law University, Delhi

Dr Abusaleh Shariff, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, Delhi

Dr (Ms) Ravinder Kaur, Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT, Delhi Vinod K Duggal, former Home Secretary.

94. Indian who has received two Australia Day Achievement Medals for his contribution to the society there? V.P.Unnikrishnan. He is the secretary of the Federation of Indian communities, Queensland (FICQ) and a native of Kerala. He has been settled in Brisbane for more than 10 years and won the Lord Mayors 2010 Australia Day Achievement Award recently.

95. In a country in East Asia., a nine-year-old school girl gave birth by Caesarean section to a healthy baby boy. Which is that country?

China

96. Name of the 10-foot-long research rocket carrying a mouse, two turtles and worms into space launched by Iran on 02-02-2010? Kavoshgar-3 Kavoshgar-3, which means Explorer-3 in Farsi.

97. Which country has refused to grant citizenship to a man who forced his wife to wear the full Islamic veil or niqab? France

98. Name of the Pakistani neuroscientist trained at an elite American university has been found guilty of two charges of attempted murder after she tried to kill US agents in Afghanistan in 2008? Aafia Siddiqui

99. Which sculptors bronze sculpture has been sold for record 65million pounds at an auction in London? Alberto Giacometti

100. Which Indian publishing house has used the multimedia print reader (MPR) technology to launch two new products called The Talking Book and The Talking Pen? Aadarsh Private Limited According to the company, when the MPR enabled pen is positioned over a book with MPR codes, it activates the preloaded audio files and readers are also able to hear the text they are reading.

101. The book written by Taslima Nasrin which is a compilation of power-packed articles on feminism and suppression of women across the world? No Country for Women.

102. One of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which has discovered a new oilfield off its coast, and expects to pump the first crude from it by early next year. Which is that emirate?

Dubai. The oil field is the first hydrocarbon discovery in the emirates territory in 30 years.

103. The Central Government of India has extended the ban on an Islamic Student organization for two years recently. Name of that Organization? Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI)

104. An American Christian activist, who entered North Korea illegally on Christmas day to draw attention to human rights abuses in the country, has been released by Korean government after showing sincere repentance for the transgression. Name of that missionary? Robert Park

105. Which country has agreed to accept ground-based interceptors from the United States as part of its missile defense system in Eastern Europe?

Romania

106. Which state became the first State in India to announce a ban on Bt Brinjal even before the Centre takes a final decision on the introduction of the controversial genetically modified crop? Uttarakhand

107. Who has taken over as Director-General of Income Tax (Investigation), Kochi (Kerala)? E.T. Lukose.

108. Indian American author who is currently a member of Arts and Humanities Committee of US government appointed by President Barack Obama.? Jhumpa Lahiri

109. Who has been appointed as England captain after Fabio Capello sacked John Terry of the role following allegations over his private life? Rio Ferdinand

110. South African player who scored his 34th Test hundred in the recent test match against India? Jacques Kallis Kallis, moves level with Sunil Gavaskar and Brian Lara on 34 Test hundreds only Ricky Ponting (39) and Sachin Tendulkar (45) have more.

111. Who smashed an unbeaten belligerent 210 as West Zone created a world record by successfully chasing down 536 against South Zone to win the Duleep Trophy? Yusuf Pathan It was the biggest run chase in the history of first class cricket.

112. Name of the four-year medical course proposed by the Indian Health Ministry and Medical Council of India (MCI) which is aimed at meeting the public health challenges in rural areas?

Bachelor of Rural Health Care (BHRC). Earlier it is named as Bachelor of Rural Medicine and Surgery (BRMS). The BRMS training will be given in three phases the first two phases will have the duration of one year each and the final one will have 18 months. The internship will have six month duration.

113. Who have been chosen for the G.D. Birla International Award in art and culture category? V.P. Dhananjayan and his wife Shantha Dhananjayan . They will receive the award along with two social workers, Zokhumi Vankung of Mizoram for service to humanity and Percy Barnevik, a Swiss National, for his work in the rural areas of Tamil Nadu.

114. Chairman of news and current affairs channel -Channel Nepal and largest cable operator Space Time Network, who was shot dead by unknown assailants in the capital Katmandu? Jamim Shah

He was a Nepalese media entrepreneur had two newspapers (now closed) and a television channel Channel Nepal, which is the first satellite channel in Nepal.

115. Which country now joins Chile as the second country in Latin America to have a cabinet with gender parity?

Bolivia. Bolivias cabinet comprised of 10 men and 10 women.

116. Name of the long-range missile successfully test-fired and launched by India on 07-02-2010 from Wheeler Island in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Orissa.? Agni-3. The missile, which has a range capability of 3500-kilometers was flight tested by the Defence Research and Development

Organisation (DRDO). This was the fourth flight test in the Agni-3 series. The missile is 17 meters long and two metres in diameter. It was powered by a two-stage solid propellant system with a pay load capability of 1.5 tons.

117. Who won the Asian Tour International golf title held in Bangkok? Gaganjeet Bhullar(India) Asian Tour International is a golf tournament on the Asian Tour, played in Thailand. It has been held annually since 2008.

118. Which High Court recently struck down a state law providing 4% reservation in government jobs and educational institutions and jobs to 15 groups belonging to the Muslim community.?

Andhra Pradesh

119. Which pairs clinched their first ATP World Tour doubles Tennis title after a hard-fought 2-6, 6-3, 10-5 victory over Karol Beck and Harold Levy in the final of $4,42,500 South African Open in Johannesburg? Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi

120. Which country recently tightened its immigration rules to favour higher-skilled workers over hairdressers and cooks, a revision that will lead to the rejection of an estimated 20,000 migration applications from foreign students, including Indians? Australia

121. Who was sworn in as Ukraines new President?

Viktor Yanukovych

122. Which country cut ties with the British Museum on Sunday in protest at repeated delays in the loan to Tehran of an ancient Persian treasure, the Cyrus Cylinder?

Iran The Cyrus cylinder, also known as the Cyrus the Great cylinder, is a document issued by the Persian ruler Cyrus the Great in the form of a clay cylinder inscribed in Akkadian cuneiform The cylinder was created following the Persian conquest of Babylon in 539 BC, when Cyrus overthrew the Babylonian king Nabonidus and replaced him as ruler, ending the NeoBabylonian Empire. The text of the cylinder describes Nabonidus as impious and portrays the victorious Cyrus as pleasing to the chief Babylonian god Marduk. It goes on to describe how Cyrus had improved the lives of the citizens of Babylonia, repatriated displaced peoples and restored temples and cult sanctuaries.

123. Which country emerged triumphant at the 11th South Asian Games Womens football tournament, beating Nepal 3-1 to win the gold medal at the event? India

124. Name of the First 100% spy satellite of India which will be operational by 2014 to keep an eye onneighbouring regions? Communication-Centric Intelligence Satellite (CCI-Sat) . India in October 2001 has already entered the League of Nations having spy satellites USA, Russia, Japan and Russia with the launch of the Technology Experiment Satellite (TES). Besides TES, ISROs Cartosat series of satellites and the Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT)-2 can also be used for surveillance and espionage.

125. Keralas first digital apartments which offer a slew of facilities opened recently at? Kakkanad(Kochi) Asset Homes, the new generation builder says its digital apartment project at Kakkanad is the first such in the country. The two towers, Silicon Heights and Cyber Heights, have 90 apartments in a lakh and a half square feet of area. Some of the features of these apartments are automatic gates, boom barriers which open only for the owners, touch-button lobby doors, a security set-up with more than 40 cameras, wi-fi and voice-over Internet protocol phone.

126. The Hunted- In search of Home and Hope was adjudged the best debut film of a Director in the recently concluded Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films held at the Tata Theatre, N.C.P.A, Mumbai. Who is the director of the film? Shaji Pattanam

Other Awards of Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films :

Russian director Alexander Gutmans 17 August won the Golden Conch for the Best Documentary, while The Spell directed by Umesh Kulkarni was adjudged the best fiction film.

Ritu Sarin and Sonam Tenzings documentary The Sun behind the Clouds won the Silver Conch in the Documentary above 30 minutes category. Vagabond A nomad in spirit and in reality and I Found a Thread jointly shared the Silver Conch award in the Documentary under 30 minutes category.

In the fiction category, Vinoo Choliparambils Vitthal won the Silver Conch. Burma VJ- Reporting from a Closed Country won the Best Film of the Festival Award for the Producer .

Deepa Bhatias Neros Guests received the Critics Award and Bejinxed won the Best Student Film award, instituted by the Indian Documentary Producers Association.

The V. Shantaram Award for Lifetime Achievement went to M.V. Krishnaswamy. Sanjay Jangirs Wait and Path won the Golden Conch in the Best Animation Film Category.

127. Which country won the mens football gold medal in the South Asian Games held in Dhaka? Bangladesh. They thrashed Afghanistan 4-0 to clinch their second mens title.

128. Which country finished at top in the 11th South Asian Games held in Bangladesh with a total of 175 medals? India. India proved its supremacy clinching 90 gold, 55 silver and 30 bronze medals. Pakistan followed in the second place with 19 gold, 25 silver and 36 bronze medals while hosts Bangladesh finished at the third with 18 gold, 23 silver and 56 bronze medals.

129. Eminent economist, who was part of the team that chalked out the first five-year plan of India, died at the age of 85? Dr.K.N.Raj

130. Malayalam cinemas popular lyricist who has won the prestigious Kerala State Award for the best lyricist seven times and had written lyrics for about 400 films died recently at the age of 49? Gireesh Puthenchery.

131. Name of the Iraqi freelance photographer who worked for Reuters has been released by the US military after 17 months in detention in Iraq? Ibrahim Jassam

132. Which country declared a new food-safety campaign on 10-02-2010 after contaminated milk products from an earlier scandal showed up repackaged in several places around the country, exposing weaknesses

in the countrys promise to stop such problems from happening again? China

133. Which car company has decided to recall 437,763 vehicles globally over a problem with the drivers airbag inflator? Honda Motor Co

134. Who is appointed as the second chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), succeeding R V Raju who retired on January 31? Sharad Chandra Sinha

135. Which country celebrated 31st anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution on February 11? Iran

136. Thirty-two elderly people died in a country in South America because of a heat wave that has pushed temperatures to unseasonably high levels. Which is that country? Brazil. Brazil is the largest country in South America and the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas.

137. Name of Indian-origin woman who faced life sentence after being found guilty of poisoning her former lover to death, using an ancient Indian herb in the first such case in Britain in 128 years? Lakhvir Kaur Singh.

138. Lawyer, who was defending one of the key accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks trial, was shot dead recently in his office?

Shahid Azmi Shahid Azmi was representing Fahim Ansari, an Indian national accused of helping facilitate the attack on Indias financial capital in November 2008.

139. Defender of Brazil who played for Brazil when they won the World Cup for the first time in Sweden in 1958 has died from a heart attack at the age of 74? Orlando Pecanha Pecanha was capped 34 times for Brazil and was regarded as one of Brazils best ever defenders.

140. Which country has recently announced a permanent suspension of Googles e-mail service claiming that it will be replaced by a new national service?

Iran

141. Former dictator of Uruguay who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for violating the constitution when he led a 1973 coup that began 12 years of dictatorship in Uruguay? Juan Maria Bordaberry

142. INDIA has recently signed a civilian nuclear agreement with a country in New Delhi, similar to one it had signed earlier with seven other countries such as the US, France and Russia. Which is that country? Britain

143. Deputy leader of Burmas National League for Democracy Party who has been freed from seven years in detention by the Burma Government?

Tin Oo He is a retired general, former commander in chief of the armed forces of Union of Myanmar, highly decorated soldier, pro-democracy activist and deputy leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Myanmar.

144. Which country has dissolved the government and electoral commission, after a row over voter registration that threatened to derail his nations fragile peace process? Ivory Cost President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved the government.

145. Name the Indian-American professor hailing from Andhra Pradesh who was among three people killed when a woman lecturer allegedly opened fire during a faculty meeting at a university in Alabama after learning that she had been denied tenure? Gopi K. Podila, chairman of the department of biological sciences at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The other two killed, Maria Davis and Adriel Johnson, were associate professors of biology.

They were killed by another biology professor, a 42 year-old woman, Amy Bishop, also a professor and one of the star researchers of the university. She had opened fire at a biology faculty meeting held to decide her tenure.

146. A Georgian luger, who died in a horrific crash while in training just hours prior to the start of Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics in Canada? Nodar Kumaritashvili.

He was thrown off the sled as it bounced over the rim of the fast track at the Whistler Sliding Centre at around 90mph and came to a halt after slamming into a pillar.

147. Somalias sports minister who has died in hospital in Saudi Arabia weeks after he was critically wounded in a suicide bombing at a medical graduation ceremony in Mogadishu? Saleban Olad Roble

148. Who was elected chairman of the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)? Mohamed Shahrul Ikran Yaakob

149. Flagstones from a 1,500-year-old street were discovered during an excavation in the Old City of Israel. Where is that city located? Jerusalem. Archaeologists have found a 1,500-year-old Jerusalem road that was once a bustling through fare used by throngs of Christian pilgrims and which is depicted on a famed mosaic map of the Holy Land.

150. A controversial bronze statue of an American President as a 10-year-old boy has been removed recently by Indonesian authorities from a park in the capital Jakarta due to a public backlash when it was erected. Who is that president? Barack Obama The statue moved to a nearby elementary school that Obama once attended.

151. Indian businessman who bought the formerly British-owned East India Company recently? Sanjiv Mehta.

152. Bangladeshs Zia International Airport is to be renamed after 13th century Sufi saint after deleting the name of former president Ziaur Rahman. What is the name of that Sufi Saint? Hazarat Shah Jalal.

153. Who became the 35th batsmen in the history of Test Matches to accumulate 7000 career runs in Test Matches?

V.V.S.Laxman

154. The Afghan Taliban leader, who was captured by U.S. and Pakistani forces in Pakistan on February 8, 2010, in the southern port city of Karachi? Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar He is a co-founder of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan.

155. Which country has recently stopped issuing visas to citizens of 25 European nations? Lybia. Britain was exempted from the ban.

156. Who is appointed as the special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference by US President Obama? Rashad Hussain.

Obama has appointed a deputy White House counsel Rashad Hussain to be his representative to the Muslim world. Organization of the Islamic Conference is an intergovernmental group with 57 member countries from the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, Caucasus, Balkans, Southeast Asia and South Asia .

157. According to a recent Commonwealth report, presidential polls in an Asian country did not fully meet key benchmarks for democratic elections. Which is that country? Sri Lanka.

158. Which district in Kerala is all set to be declared the first fully electrified district in India? Palakkad

159. The Operation launched by Afghan and NATO forces in southern Afghanistans Helmand province on February 13, 2010, aiming at eradicating Taliban militants in Marjah district of this region? Operation Moshtarak (Operation Together)

160. The celebrated Egyptian pharaoh, who ruled from around 1351-1334 BC, died of malaria and had a club foot, according to a new study that used the latest genetic testing to try and find out more about his life, and death? Tutankhamun He is often referred to as King Tut , died just nine years into his reign, which lasted from 1333-1324 BC.

161. Who is appointed as the Chairman of the high level Empowered Committee to go into all aspects (except legal and constitutional issues) of the Maullaiperiyar dam dispute between the States of Tamil Nadu and Kerala? A. S. Anand. He is the former Chief Justice of India.

162. The government of Kerala recently decided to constitute a Pay Commission to recommend revision of scales for government employees and teachers in the state. The pay commission is headed by? Justice Rajendra Babu.

163. The second tiger reserve in Kerala after the Periyar Tiger Reserve which will be integrated ecologically with the 960 sq km Anamalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu situated at?

Parambikulam. The proposed 460.30 sq km Parambikulam tiger reserve inaugurated on February 17, 2010.

164. Name of the military junta that seized power in a military coup in the African country Niger? Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (SCRD). They captured President Mamadou Tandja and his ministers in a four-hour gun battle Salou Djibo is the leader of CSRD. Junta means the ruling council of a military dictatorship.

165. Indias premier international airline, which recently announced that it will commence daily non-stop flights from Mumbai to Johannesburg from April 14,2010?

Jet Airways.

166. The United Nations (UN) top climate official, unexpectedly announced that he will resign in July after Decembers failed summit in Copenhagen dealt a blow to his climate change ambitions? Bonn Yvo de Boer.

167. Who won the first British female Winter Olympic gold in 30 years with victory in womens skeleton? Amy Williams

168. Name of the Buddhist monk who was sentenced to seven years imprisonment in Myanmar for violating immigration laws in relation to a trip he took to Taiwan, unlawful association, and for failing to declare foreign currency? Gaw Thita. He was arrested at Yangon International Airport in August along with seven other monks who were later released without charge.

169. Who was elected unopposed as the working chairman of NDA(National Democratic Alliance) till incumbent Atal Bihari Vajpayee recovers from ill-health? L K Advani Sharad Yadav has been elected as the convenor.

170. Which film won the 2010 Writers Guilds Award for original screen play? The Hurt Locker

Awards List:

Original Screen Play: Mark Boal (Film:The Hurt Locker) Adapted Screen Play: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Based upon the novel by Walter Kirn(Film:Up in the Air) Documentary film: The cove (Written by Mark Monroe)

Actor, comedian and singer Jason Alexander, who is best known for his role as George Costanza on the television series Seinfeld, presented the 2010 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television to writer/actor/producer Larry David.

171. Who won Silver Bear for best director for the film Ghost Writer at 60th Berlin film festival? Roman Polanski.

172. Which film won the Golden Bear for best picture at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival?

Bal (Honey) The film is a Turkish-German production directed by Semih Kaplanoglus

173. Who won the Morgan Keegan Tennis Championships in Memphis beating Sharapova former Memphis champion Sofia Arvidsson 6-2, 6-1 in final? Maria Sharapova

174. Who won the WTA Dubai Tennis title defeating Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 6-3 7-5 in the final? Venus Williams.

175. Which film won six BAFTA Awards in London including the award of best film? Hurt Locker. BAFTA AWARDS:

Best Film The Hurt Locker Leading Actor Colin Firth (A Single Man) Leading Actress Carey Mulligan (An Education) Supporting Actor Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) Supporting Actress MoNique (Precious) Outstanding British Film Fish Tank Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer Duncan Jones (director Moon) Director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) Original Screenplay The Hurt Locker (Mark Boal)

Adapted Screenplay Up In The Air (Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner) Film not in the English language A Prophet Animated Film Up Music Up (Michael Giacchino) Cinematography The Hurt Locker Editing The Hurt Locker Production design Avatar Costume Design The Young Victoria Sound The Hurt Locker

Special visual effects Avatar Make-up & hair The Young Victoria Short animation Mother Of Many Short film I Do Air The Orange Rising Star Award (voted for by the public) Kristen Stewart

176. Who becomes the first woman to win Best Director award in BAFTA awards?

Kathryn Bigelow

She is the director of the film Hurt Locker .

177. Name of the New Unmanned Aircraft that can remain in the air for over 24 hours which has been added to Israeli Air Force family? Eitan The drone named Eitan meaning Strong in Hebrew is said to be 24 meters long and 26 meters wide wingspan. The drone which weighs about 4.5 tones and it can fly to and from Persian Gulf. Drone means a pilotless aircraft operated by remote control.

178. The leader of the Sunni Muslim militant group Jundullah arrested recently by Iran authorities? Abdolmalek Rigi.

179. Leaders of 32 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean, meeting in Mexico, decided to exclude two countries from membership of a new organization for countries on the American continents. Name of that countries?

United States of America (U.S.A) and Canada.

180. Indian-origin woman who has became the first woman Leader of the Opposition in the Trinidad and Tobago parliament, ousting former premier Basdeo Panday from the post? Kamla Persad-Bissessar

181. Which country has swept the Commonwealth Shooting Championship with a whopping 49 medals? India. India won 23 gold, 17 silver and 9 bronze medals. England finished a distant second with 31 medals and badges, while Wales ended third on the table after winning 13 medals and badges.

182. A prominent Indian hotelier who has been presented the Community Award in recognition of his outstanding philanthropic work in the UK?

ong>182. A prominent Indian hotelier who has been presented the Community Award in recognition of his outstanding philanthropic work in the UK? Joginder Sangar
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