Monday, October 26, 2009

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ LATEST WHO'S WHO

1. Reserve Bank Governor
ά:Dr.D.Subbarao

2.Bhupindar Singh Hooda
ά:CM Arunachal Pradesh

3.Lee Hsien Loong is currently the Prime Minister of Singapore

4.Lee Myung-Bak-
ά:South Africa president

5.Australian prime minister

ά:Kevin Rudd

6. Prime Minister of Thailand
ά:Abhisit Vejjajiva

7. Japan's Prime Minister
ά:Yukio Hatoyama

8. Zimbabwean Prime Minister
ά:Morgan Tsvangirai

9. Argentine President
ά:Ms Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

10. Palestinian Prime Minister
ά:Salam Fayyad

11. Brazilian President
ά:Lula da Silva

12. Prime Minister Trinidad and Tobago
ά: Patrick Manning

*STARRED QUESTION OF PREVIOUS QUIZ (IDENTIFY THE PERSON)*

Dorji Khandu
=CM Arunachal Pradesh


Sunday, October 25, 2009

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ OCTOBER 2009

1.Who is the newly elected chairman of ISRO? Which post was he holding?

ans: K.Radhakrishnan, He was the chairman of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)


2.A website has its name WWITV excluding the prefix and extensions. What is abbreviated in them?
ANS: World Wide Internet Television

3.Who is set to take over as the Chief Minister of Maharashtra?
Ans: Ashok Chavan

4.Which famous cricketer’s wife died here at Chennai on her way to Singapore?
Ans: Wasim Akram’s wife Huma Akram

5.Melinda is the part of a renowned foundation with her husband. Identify the person.
Ans: Bill Gates

6.Queen’s batten relay is associated with which ceremony?
Ans: Commonwealth Games



*REAEDERS' QUESTION*

IDENTIFY THIS PERSONALITY






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Sunday, October 11, 2009

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ OCTOBER (plenty of awards...october rocks for G.K collectors)

1.Who bagged the Man Booker Prize for the current year and for which book?
Ans: Hilary Mantle for ‘Wolf Hall’

2.IPI award for excellence in journalism was awarded to which lady?
Ans: Bidisha Ghoshal, The Week(Mumbai)

3.This person was the chairman of National Knowledge Commission. Now he holds the post of advisor to PM (IT,communication, basic facilities etc.). Name this person(with white foolscap HAIR and black bulgan)
ans: Sam Pitroda

4.Who is the first Israeli woman to get a Nobel prize?
ANS: Ada Yonath ,
She is the fourth woman in the world to get a nobel prize for Chemistry

5.Which marine being is chosen as the National Aquatic Animal of India?
Ans: Dolphin

6.Who was the awarded the Nobel prize for literature 2009?
Ans: Hertha Mueller
ATTEMPT THIS QUESTION. iF u aRE a rEGULAR gOOGLE vISTOR u wILL dEFINITELY cRACK iT!
The logos of Google are relevant and fantastic.
Hats off to Mr.Dennis Google....
On what occasion google introduced this logo?

Thursday, October 8, 2009

MAHATMA GANDHI QUIZ -a tribute to the great "GANDHIJI"

1. The prime minister of which country has decided to write a book on Gandhi?
Ans: Britain

2.Who many days did Gandhi spend in prison?
ANS:2338

3.Gandhi had to witness the death of two dearest companions while he was in prisoned in Aga Khan Palace. Who were they?
Ans: Mahadev Desai ans Kasturba

4.“Do or Die” was the slogan for which movement?
Ans: Quit India

5.Which were the ‘words’ in consideration for the 1942 movement before Quit was coined?
Ans: Get out and Retreat , Because of the disrespect in the word ‘get out’ it was rejected by Gandhi.

6.Gandhi went to South Africa in order to appear in court as an advocate in favour of a company. Name it.
ans: Dada Abdullah and company

7.Who compelled Gandhi in having the non-vegetarian food?
Ans: Shek Methab

8.Porbander was named as Sudamapuri in remembrance to which character in the Hindu epic? Ans: Kuchelan

9.“Gandhi is the lightning of truth to India given by the God”. Who said this?
Ans: Rabindranath Tagore

10.Gandhi was forced out of the train for traveling in first class compartment. This is the incident of racial discrimination that Gandhi had to face in South Africa. What is the name of the railway station after which this incident was named?
Ans: Maritsberg

11.The person who assisted Gandhi in Champaran Sathyagraha later became the president of India. Name him
ans:Dr. Rajendra Prasad

12.What is the name of the newspaper published by Gandhi in South Africa?
Ans:Indian Opinion

13.Gandhi began an Ashram in South Africa as a tribute to a renowned writer. What was its name?
Ans: Tolstoy Farm

14.Who gave Gandhi the idea of Charka as a symbol of the struggle for Independence?
Ans: Gangabahan Majumdar

15.How did Mountbatten describe Gandhi?
Ans: On man peace brigade

16.The first biography of Gandhi in any Indian language was in Malayalam. Name the author? Ans: Ramakrishnapillai

17.Where was Gandhi when India was declared Independent?
Ans: Navakhali

18.Dandi yathra began from which location?
ans: Sabarmathi Ashram, Ahmedabad

19.On which day Gandhi was assassinated?
Ans: Friday


20.Who was the Grand Father of Gandhi and in what name he is known?
Ans: Uttam Chand Gandhi, known as Otha Gandhi

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

CURRENT AFFAIRS OCTOER 2009 WITH A SALUTE TO THE FATHER OF MY NATION "Mahatma Gandhi"




1.How are Charles Kao, Willard Boyle & George Smith famous in current affairs?

Ans: They won the nobel prize for physics 2009

2.Which country became the runners-up in the champions trophy 2009 and who were the winners?

Ans: New Zealand ans Australia

3.Which organization introduced a new stamp of Gandhiji in remembrance to his birthday on 2nd October?

Ans: UNO

3.Dan Brown’s new book gets mixed reactions. The reactions range from loud praise to angry criticism. Name this book?

Ans: The lost symbol
Other books from Dan Brown
Digital Fortress
Deception Point
Angels and Demons
Da Vinci Code

4.Which is the only state in South India that does not have Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalas?

ans: Tamil Nadu,

This is a current affair because this fact was repeated by Kapil Sibel during his visit to Tamil Nadu. He requested Karunanidhi to look into this scheme.

*5.Which top class institute’s technical fest and arts fest are known as ‘Shaastra’ and ‘Saarang’ respectively?

answer to previous question

Byalalu is the place in Karnataka where the Rf antenna for the reception of signals from Chandrayaan was established.