CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ JULY 2010 ROUND UP

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2010

Best director => Mathieu Amalric(French) movie- “on tour”
Best actor => Javier Bardem(Spain) movie- “Biutiful”
Best actress => Juliette Binoche(French) movie- “Certified copy”

Readers' Quiz

1. In the Cannes film festival 2010 which Thai director was awarded the Palme d’or top prize?

2.Scientist recently decoded genes that can control ageing. What is the name given to them?

3.Who is the youngest to circumnavigate the globe solo, non-stop, without help?

4.Who is the first Indian to circumnavigate globe solo?

5.NASA is set to fly a plasma powered superfast rocket to save an asteroid. It is named as VASIMR. Expand it.

6. New largest unit of data storage has been found out by scientists. What is its terminology?

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Answers

1.Apichatpong Weerasethakui

for the movie

“Uncle Boonmee who can recall his past lives”

2.Methuselah

3.Jessica Watson, born in Australia, almost 17 years old

4.A naval officer called Cdr. Dilip Donde.

5.Variable Specific Impulse Magneto-plasma Rocket.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ JULY REVIEW

1. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) USA’s report which year has been chosen as the warmest ever in recorded history?

2. In which place the first ever ATM that dispenses gold has been built?

3. Which day is observed as World Zoo noses day?

4. Who wrote the novel ‘The monochrome madonna’ which has a murder mystery unraveling thread?

5. Which country got the first Arabic Domain name “.misr” written using Arabic letters?

6. Which country won the Twenty 20 world cup for women in the year 2010?

7. Who is the author of the book Orientalism, Empire and National Culture?

8.GAGAN is the most advanced technology aiding navigation. Expand it?

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Answers

1. 2010

2. Abu Dhabi, Dubai

3. July 6

4. Kalpana Swaminathan

5. Egypt

6. Australia,England bagged the same for men.

7.Michael S Dodson

8.GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation

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