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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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ MAY 2010

1.Laila is the cyclone that caused destruction in the coasts of Andhra Pradesh.What is the name proposed for the next cyclone?
ans: Bandhu

2. Britain elected its new head and it is David Cameroon the new prime minister of Britain. To which party does he belong?
ans: Conservative party

3.Who is the new prime minister of Nigeria?
ans: Goodluck Jonathan

4. ATM founder John Sheperd Baren dead, but the controversy never ends. Which person claims the credit of inventing ATM
ans:James Goodfellow

5.Who was awarded with the lost booker prize and for which work?
ans:J.G.Farrel for the book ‘troubles’

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6.How are green point,nelson Mandela bay, royal bofokeng and ellis park famous?

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7. Which famous game celebrates its 30th birthday?
Ans: Pac-Man

8. Which person from Korea is dignified with securing the topmost IQ in the world?
ans:Kim Yung Yong (IQ=210)

9. Who wrote the book ‘The God delusion’
Ans: Richard Dawkins

10. Present CM of chhatisgarh
ans: Dr. Raman Singh

11. Jessie Jackson was an inspirational SPEAKER who spoke for which politician?
ans: Obama

12. Which famous footballer holds the record of lifting the FIFA world cup both as a captain and as a coach for the first and only time?
Ans: France Beckerboven

13. The president of Germany says he quits repenting on his controversial comment to a media person’s question. Name this leader who is a strong support of the chancellor Angela Marchel?
Ans: Host Choler

14. From which constituency was former Indian cricket captain Mohammed Azzarudeen elected as an MP?
ans: Moradabad,UP

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ APRIL 2010

1..com celebrates its 25th anniversary. Which is the first dot com domain name to be registered?

Ans: symbolics.com

2.SEBI stands for what?

Ans: Securities and Exchange Board of India

3.Who are elected as the prestigious sportspersons of the year 2010 in Laureus World Sports Awards?
Ans: Usain Bolt and Serena Williams

4.USA and Russia concluded a treaty that was a positive step in disarmament movement. It is called START. Expand it.

Ans: Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

5.Nobel Peace Laureate Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi decided not to take part in the general elections. What is the name of her political party?

Ans: National League for Democracy

6.CRPF stands for what?
Ans: Central Reserve Police Force

7.Who won the Vyas Samman for 2009?

Ans: Amar Kant for ‘Inhin Hathiyaron Se’

8.Who won the Moorthidevi award of Bharathiya Jnanapith in the function presided over the President of India, Smt. Prathibha Patil?

Ans: Veerappa Moily for ‘Sree Ramayana Mahanveshanam’

9.Who won the Pritzker prize 2010?This award is known as the nobel prize for architecture.

Ans: Japanese duo Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa

10.Who won the Abel prize 2010 which is awarded in the field of Mathematics? Ans: The famous American number theorist John Torrence Tate

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ MARCH 2010

HAPPY HOLI!

55th filmfare awards

Best actor: Amitab Bachan
Best actress:Vidya Balan
Best film: "3 idoits”
best director :Rajkumar Hirani
best music director:A.R.Rahman[delhi6]
best singer(male): Mohit Chauhan[masakali]
best singers(female):Kavita Seth and Rekha Bhardwaj

*captain of indian hockey team that defeated pakistan in the first match against pakistan?

Ans: Rajpal Singh

*Who substituted the injured Goal keeper Baljeet singh in the match?

Ans:Sreejesh Raveendran

*Which vegetable is thought to be good preventive to breast cancer?

ans:Bittermelon

*BSNL commercially launched the country's first mobile broadband fourth generation Internet access network--Mobile WiMAX in Kerala.What does WiMAX stand for?

Ans: Worldwide Interoperatability for Microwave Access

*Google has launched a tool to help people locate friends and loved ones who might have been affected by Saturday's 8.8.-magnitude earthquake in Chile.
What is its name?

ans:Person finder