SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY QUIZ | BIOLOGY | IT | PHYSICS | MEDICINE

1. When somebody says that Adolf Hitler and Woody Allen were claustrophobic you should believe them.
   Dan Brown's Robert Langdon is also a claustrophobiac. But what the hell is this claustrophobia?

2. You might have heard of s-spectrum controversy. s-band refers to a range of frequencies in the microwave region. Which range of frequencies is denoted by s-band?

3. Eduardo Saverin is the co-founder of which web-based network?

4. The family name Spheniscidae includes which beautiful species?

5. What is the name of the new book written by the famous metaphysicist Stephen Hawking?

6. Which German geophysicist proposed the theory of continental drift that
     explains how the disintegration of land mass occured from the initial pangea?

7. In 1971 which famous invention was made by James Fergason?

8. Which two scientists are credited with the invention of ethernet?

9. Which disease is medically known as Lateral epicondylitis?
     [clue: He is the only man to score double ton in ODI's]

10. What is the meaning of the congenital defect named DEXTROCARDIA?
     [You won't hear heart beats of a dextrocardiac person if you don't understand its meaning]

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ DECEMBER SECOND EDITION

 1.Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov were awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize for physics. Which path breaking invention led to this honour?

                                

2.    Which language unknown to the external world so far was discovered by ‘Enduring Voices’ of National Geographic channel?

3.    Who won the Nobel Prize for literature this year to become the first Latin American to win the former after 1990?

                        

                                                                                        

4.    The Forbes magazine conducted a survey to find out the list of influential women in the world. According to them, the most influential lady of this year is………….?

5.    The BASIC group of large developing nations is striving hard to win the crucial support of AOSIS on the climate change debate. What does AOSIS stand for?

6.    Who won this year’s ‘Finance Minister of the year for Asia’ award given by ‘Emerging Markets’, the daily newspaper of record for the world bank and IMF?

7.    A new collection of Nelson Mandela’s private papers that reveals his agony and pang at missing his family while in prison and his wariness at being idolized has been published. Name the book.

               

                          

8.    The prayers from every nook and corner of the world converged into the San Jose mine and eventually the world rejoiced on the escape of all miners who were entrapped in the Chilean mine. The 71 cm diameter escape shaft was completed from a tent city. What is the name of that place?

                                 

9.    Which country would carry out a landmark field trial by releasing GM (genetically modified) mosquitoes designed to combat dengue fever by the end of the year?

10. People of which country held ceremonies to cap its capital _______ ‘s millennium celebrations? King Ly Thai moved the capital to _________ in 1010 A.D and called it Thang Long (‘Soaring Dragon’), symbolysing the desire for independence after a millennium of Chinese domination?

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ OCTOBER 2010 THIRD EDITION

1.     The United Kingdom ended its long summering row with Iran over one of the its most prized possessions of Persian provenance, a terracotta document written by a Persian king 2500 years ago and described as the first charter of human rights. What’s the name of that invaluable Babylon document which is now handed over to Tehran from the British museum?

                                   

                                 

2.     Who won the Jnanapith award for the year 2007 for his exquisite contribution to the Indian poetry through his mother-tongue? He is a phenomenal lyricist and has been honored with National award as well.

3.     Even 3 decades after the Vietnam War, this country bears the headache of clearing a huge number of unexploded ordnance (UXO) dropped by USA during the war. Name the world’s most bombed country whose tonnage of dropped bombs exceeds the same in the entire Europe during Second World War?

4.     Which two countries signed the Artic border pact ending a 40 year dispute over an energy rich area in the Barents Sea?

5.     In which country was the 2800 year old burial chamber belonging to the priest Karakhamun (755 B.C) uncovered by a team led by Dr. Elena Pischikova?

6.     World’s largest wind farm is located in which place?

7.     Which is the world’s biggest solar powered boat?

8.     The gene which is supposed to be the root cause of myopia (Short sightedness) has been discovered by biologists. What’s the name given to that gene?

9.     Amir Khan Production’s PEEPLI [Live] has been elected as the Indian entry to the Oscar award nomination for the best foreign movie. Who is the director of the movie?

10.Which movie made Gloria Stewart famous? She died at the age of 100 recently. She is the oldest academy award nominee for acting.

11.How did Tembhali village in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra reach headlines?

12.Who wrote the book ‘Obama Wars’?

13.Who is UK’s first Asian judge who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II earlier this year and received the Pride of India award for 2010?

14.Britain’s labour party showed an extraordinary streak of boldness by replacing Gordon Brown as its leader and electing a young, left-of centre person. He is the youngest leader in the party’s modern history overtaking Tony Blair by few months. Name this person in news who is a non-Marxist son of a Marxist theorist?

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ AUGUST 2010 FIFTH EDITION

1.      The blackberry service is in point black for not disclosing the contents of their message and e-mail services to the security agencies. You would have come across the name of their manufacturers as RIM. Expand RIM: 

2.      ‘Alo Presidente’ is the weekly broadcast of which country’s president and name him?

3.      Which is the first Indian made web browser which has the kudos of being the only browser having an in-built anti-spyware system? 

4.      Who is the first canonized woman saint of India whose birthday centenary was celebrated recently?

5.      Who directed the movie ‘Expendables’ starred by fire-branded actors like Jetly, Bruce Willis and Statham?

6.      Felipe Calderon is the president of which country? 

7.      The superbug controversy was evoked by the discovery of NDM-1 bacteria. Expand it.

8.      Where is the largest clock in the world located?

9.       Which controversial place is associated with the zip code 10048?

10.  Who is the prime minister of Spain?

Answers

1.Research in Motion

2.Hugo Chavez(venezuela)

3.Epic

4.St. Alphonsa

5.Sylvester Stallone

6.Mexico

7.New Delhi Metallo-beta-lactamase

8.Atop Abraj Al-Bail towers, Macca,Saudi

9.Freedom tower,Newyork city where World trade centre stood.(9/11)

10.Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

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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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SWINE FLU DISASTER

Every year viruses(biological) come out to compete with the
medical technology.
The Swine Flu is the latest disease prevailing around the world.
Scientifically the H1N1 virus is the microorganism that causes this disease.
The disease was first reported in Mexico. Now a days there is not need to find out the vector that speads the disease.The increased rate of migration can be the reason for this spreading.
Just like the Chikun gunya fever it shows the symptoms only after a week's time and if not treated soon will result in Pneumonia.
Worst cases may lead to death too.
High comsuption of non-vegetarian food has increased the
export and import of eatable fleshy animals like pig,chicken,
cattles etc. Unsafe methods of preserving flesh can be the source of disease causing micro-organisms.
Why are people so particular in having flesh?
In the present situation scientists seldom encourage
non-vegetarian meals.
Vegetables are not harmful to the body nor the cradle of
cholestrol.
How to keep away from Swine Flu?
There are no particular precautions that
can be taken now.
* Have vegetarian food at least until the rain dries up.
* Wash your body thoroughly after reaching home.
* If you are so particular in having non-veg..ensure
that the item is fresh and devoid of diseases.