Showing posts with label MOTHET TERESA QUIZ. Show all posts
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ OCTOBER 2010 including books, POLITICS, RECORDS, MOTHET TERESA, DEATH, notorious, APPOINTMENTS, MOVIE and AWARDS



"Looking for peace..."
                                                         
1.     Tony Blair’s memoirs published recently expresses his anguish over the loss of innocent lives in Iraq. The book also reveals that his mindset is on a path of redemption which he thinks would be achieved through his peace efforts in West Asia. Which book reveals these anecdotes?

2.     Sonia Gandhi has been elected unopposed for a record fourth time as the congress president. Which person was replaced by Sonia Gandhi in 1998 after which the leadership stood safe in her hands?

"It's the fourth time.."
                                 
3.     What is special about the birthday celebrations of Walter Breening?

4.     In connection with the death anniversary of Mother Teresa a new cathedral was inaugurated after her. In which place was it built to be the first of its kind in the country?

5.     By which ill-motivated activity Pastor Terry Jones become infamous?

6.     Which person is constructing a mosque at Ground Zero, the place where the WTC stood?

7.     World’s oldest stock certificate has been unearthed by a Dutch history student. It dates back to 1606. Which company issued it?

8.     Who is the present director general of DRDO?

9.     Name the French director who was one of the leaders of the new wave movement in 1950s and directed films viz., Le Beau Serge(first) , Bellany(last). He passed away on 13th September 2010.

10.Which film won the Gold Lion prize in the 67th Venice Film festival? Who directed the film?

"Award winning work"
                                                 
11.This Keralite became famous when a bench of High Court of which he was a member gave a verdict in 1999 banning smoking in public places. He is now promoting “Say no to tobacco” by a documentary named “Battling for epidemic”. Name him?

12.Which Indian parliamentarian’s autobiography is ‘Keeping the faith’?

13.Which video won the MTV award for the best video of the year?

Friday, October 10, 2008

MOTHER TERESA quiz

1.What was the actual name of Mother Teresa?
ans: Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu

2.When and where was she born?
ans: August 27,1910.
in Skopje,Macedonia

3. Why did she reach India?
ans: To teach at St:Mary's High School

4.When did she receive a calling fron God "to serve him among the poorest of the poor"?
ans: while riding a train to Darjeeling to recover from suspected tuberculosis

5.When did she found the order of "Missionaries of Charity"?
ans:1950

6.When did she open Nirmal Hriday?
ans: 1952

7. Which award was won by her in 1962 for humanitarian service?
ans: Padma Shree

8.Which award came into her life in 1971?
ans: Pope John Paul XXIII peace prize

9.Name the award she received in 1972 for promotion of international peace and understanding?
ans: Jawahar Lal Nehru prize

10.In which year she was honoured with nobel prize?
ans: 1979

11. In which year she won Bharat Ratna?
ans: 1980

12. Which award did she secure in 1985?
ans: Medal of Freedom,the highest US civilian award

13. In which year she was honoured with US citizenship?
ans:1996

14. When did she pass away?
ans: September 5,1997

15. When was she beatified?
ans:October 19,2003