SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY QUIZ

1. The place Copenhagen appeared recently in Headlines for the summit regarding Global Warming. Which element is named after that place?
ans: Hafnium

2. STM and AFM are the recently developed new generation instruments utilized for advanced laboratory experimentations. What do STM and AFM stand for?
ans: Scanning Tunneling Microscope and Atomic Force Microscope

3. Which product of coal has the largest quantity of carbon in it?
ans: Anthracite

4. Which chemical is the major ingredient of Superglue?
ans:Alphacyano Acrolene

5.P300 waves are used in what sort of fingerprinting method?
ans:Brain Fingerprinting

6.The death caused by the absence of oxygen in the respiratory organs is called?
ans: asphyxiation

READERS QUESTION
7. You might have watched the movies of the Simran, a gorgeous figure in the South Indian Film Industry. What you have to comment down is the expansion of SIMRAN.

8.Which is the fastest missile ship in the world?
ans: INS Prahar

9.Which part of a cell produces protein?
ans:Ribosome

10.Which two scientists are credited with the invention of microprocessor?
ans: Federico Faggin and Ted Hoff
[Disclaimer:The questions are collected from the quiz conducted by STIC,CUSAT in connection with National Science day.This is just a sharing platform and no claim exists on the publisher]

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ FEBRUARY 2010

1. Which Indian cricketer has been banned from playing in the IPL for one year? The ban was handed out on the account of his not signing the renewal contract with the Rajasthan Royals and he was found guilty of negotiating a larger financial contract with other IPL franchises.
Ans: Raveendra Jadeja

2. All The teams playing in IPL hosts podium for at least one match but one. But this team doesn’t get that advantage owing to the political instability that may lead to insecure management of the contest.Name the team
Ans: Deccan Chargers

3. The Opening Ceremonies of Vancouver winter olympics began under a pall, hours after the death of a luge racer from the former Soviet state of Georgia in a practice-run accident . What is his name?
ans: Nodar Kumaritashvili.

4. Prime Minister of Ukraine, the apparent loser in Ukraine's presidential election, declared Saturday night that she would not concede, denouncing the results as having been tainted by widespread fraud.
Can you name her?

Ans: Yulia V. Tymoshenko.

5. Who is the program director of the World Bank's global tiger initiative
ans: Keshav Varma

ANSWERS TO THE READERS QUESTIONS OF LAST WEEK

1. Kumbha Mela is described as the world’s largest religious gathering with almost 10 million people offering their prayers near the Ganges. Once in how many years is it celebrated and at which place does it commence?

Ans:3,Haridwar

2. Sharukh Khan’s new film ‘My Name Is Khan’ has been released despite the impediments in Mumbai. After a long time Khan-Kajol-Karan team joins hands together at silver screen for MNIK. Who is the screenplay writer of this film?

Ans: Shibani Kashyap

3. To which game Rahil Gangjee is associated with?

Ans: Golf

TODAY'S Q

Nokia has released its new version in India.Its picture is given below.

Identify the version and comment down your answer.

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ FEBRUARY 2010 -POLITICS,KUMBHA MELA,SHARUKH KHAN,RAHIL GANGJEE in readers quiz.

1. Costa Rica has elected its first woman president, marking another political milestone for women in Latin America. What's her name?

Ans:Laura Chinchilla

2. The Obama goverment has a lot of Indians in their venerable offices. The US President has appointed an Indian American Pulitzer-winning author to his Committee on Arts and Humanities.Name her.

ans:Jhumpa Lahiri

3. Former Netherlands captain has been appointed president of the joint Netherlands-Belgium. Who is he?

ans:Ruud Gullit

4. Nigeria's Vice President took over as acting President in place of ailing president Umaru Musa Yar'Adua recently. Name the current person in power.

ans:Goodluck Jonathan

5.An Eminent economist who helped set the country on its post-independence path of a planned economy passed away recently. Who is that famous reformist economist?

ans:Kakkadan Nandanath Raj, known as K.N.Raj

READERS QUESTIONS
6. Kumbha Mela is described as the world’s largest religious gathering with almost 10 million people offering their prayers near the Ganges. Once in how many years is it celebrated and at which place does it commence?

7. Sharukh Khan’s new film ‘My Name Is Khan’ has been released despite the impediments in Mumbai. After a long time Khan-Kajol-Karan team joins hands together at silver screen for MNIK. Who is the screenplay writer of this film?

8. To which game Rahil Gangjee is associated with?

COMMENT DOWN YOUR ANSWERS.

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ FEBRUARY 2010 - STRIKER(MOVIE),YOUTUBE,ROGER FEDERER,ACER,WINTERSTORM.

1.The first bollywod movie to be released in Youtube is striker. Who is the director of that movie?

ans: Chandan Arora

cast: Siddharth, Ankur Vikal, Vidya Malwade, Aditya Pancholi

2. ‘Acer’ has set to launch its new smart phone based on android in India. The peculiarity of this phone is that its core is Qualcomm Snapdragon processor the first of its kind to reach the markets. What is its name?

ans: Liquid

3. Who is the author of the book “the politician”?

ans: Andrew Young

4. Roger Federer clinched the Australian open title. Whom did he defeat?

Ans: Andy Murray

5. Which place in US is under a state of emergency as a winter storm forecasters described as "extremely dangerous" spread across the area with potentially record-breaking snow totals and gale-force winds?

Ans: Maryland

Answer to the previous quiz(click here to view)

The people are Susanna Maiolo, the woman who knocked down the pope recently and Mehmet Ali Agca who attempted to assassinate Pope John Paul II