CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ DECEMBER 2010 FIRST EDITION

1. Which Guinness world record was handed over from Ken Chaplin of Canada to the Pakistani soldier Muhammad Yousuf Jamil with a single day effort? 
    
2. What is common to Guadalupe Fur Seal, the bridled nail tail wallaby and the Banyan tree rat?
   
   
3. What is special about the number 782474317884? The clue you can take before clicking the answer link is that this number belongs to ‘Ranjana Sonawne’.
   
   
4. Google’s instant search technology helps netizen know the best possible search results. Which string should prefix the first term to prevent Google from guessing the search results?
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
5. After 60 years of litigation an interim verdict has come for the Ayodhya title suit case. Which general of the Mughal emperor Zahir-ud-Din Babar built the mosque in Ayodhya and in which year? 
    
6. The Nepal government appointed Khagendra Thapamagar, a seventeen year old Guinness world record winner as the goodwill ambassador to promote tourism in the country. What is the peculiarity of the record? 
    
7. Name the lady, the once brilliant scientist dubbed ‘Lady Qaeda’ by the US tabloids, guilty of the attempted murder of US military officers in Afghanistan in 2008? She got 80 year jail term.
   
   
8. Which commonwealth country has introduced Wi-Fi facility for its entire area?
   
   
9. How did Louise Pattern’s latest novel ‘Good as gold’ attract the media?
   
   
10. Which is the first Indian newspaper to introduce a “speaking advertisement”?

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ OCTOBER 2010 SECOND EDITON including Turkey politics, New appointments, Tiger population, Awards, China's moon mission

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1.     The Turkish voters have backed a constitutional reform which aims at abridging the powers vested in military by making armed forces more accountable to civil courts. This package was led by the Turkish prime minister.

                                      

           Name him?

2.     Which national park in Madhya Pradesh is reported to have lost its entire tiger population by the end of September 2010?

"Endangered!"

                                    

3.     Who is the chairman of PTI (Press trust of India)?

4.     Which international world cup competition will be hosted by India at Chennai in 2011?

5.     Former CMD of Goodyear India and founder trustee of Chennai Willington Corporation Foundation passed away recently. Name him?

6.     Who secured the Dada Saheb Falke award this year?

7.     IAF’s gigabyte digital information grid was dedicated to the nation by A.K.Antony in its quest to achieving a capability for network centric operation in collaborations with BSNL, HCL and CISCO. What is the name of the network?

8.     Who won the lifetime achievement award given by the Indian Journalist association?

9.     The Archaeological survey of India has made a good progress in the restoration and conservation of a temple in Cambodia through a 17 crore project which made the temple complex accessible and safe to the tourists. Name the temple which was built by Jayavarman VII in 12^th century?

10.What is the name of the new moon mission project of China?

11.Which movie won the national award (India) for the best film as well as the best director?

12.Who is the chairman of ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulation)?

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ JUNE LAST WEEK 2010

1. We all know that the FIFA World Cup theme song was sung by Shakira. In which country was she born?

Ans: Colombia

2. What is the official name of the ball used in FIFA world Cup 2010?

Ans: Jabulani

3. What is the theme of the year of biodiversity?

Ans: “Many Species,One planet , One future”

4. In which country would you find the musical instrument Vuvuzela?

Ans: South Africa

5. India has been ranked as a “Tier II watch list” country in the 2010 Trafficking in Persons(TIP) report stating that the country do not fully comply with the TVPA minimum standards. What does TVPA stand for?

Ans: Trafficking Victims Protection Act

6. Who is re-elected to the post of president of Swimming Federation of India (SFI)?
Ans: Digamber V. Kamat (Goa Chief Minister)

7. Recent researches suggest that the AIDS fighting antiretroviral drug combination given to pregnant and breastfeeding women can prevent vertical HIV transmission (Transmission to infants). HAART is a term very much related in this context. Expand HAART.
Ans: Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy

8. Which part of the body is used by Harbour Seal to track fishes?
Ans: Whiskers

9. The Portuguese Nobel laureate who wrote the famous book ‘The Blind’ passed away recently. He was a member of the Portuguese Communist Party. He was honoured with the pinnacle of literature ‘The Nobel prize’ in 1998. Name him.
Ans: Jose Saramago

10. Japanese researchers created a baby robot with 600 sensors attached around its body to stimulate the behaviour and development of a real infant. Name it.
Ans: Noby (Nine month Old Baby)

11. In which place would you find the ‘Jawara’ people
ans: Andaman

12. Who was honoured with the inaugural Classical Tamil Award instituted by the Tamil Nadu government?
Ans: Asko Parpola

Works: Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions, his magnum opus is Deciphering the Indus Script.

13. Which single celled organism has the major role in causing deaths due to malarial infection?
Ans: Plasmodium Falciparum

14. Who wrote the controversial The Gospel according to Jesus Christ which was denied the acknowledgement for an award in Portugal? This incident led to the exile of the author.

Ans: Jose Saramago

15. June 20 is celebrated as?
Ans:World Refugees Day across the globe.

16. Who wrote the book Jewish Portraits, Indian frames
ans: Joel Silliman

17.The year 2010 is declared as what by UNO?

Ans: Year of Biodiversity

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