CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ MAY 2011 FIRST EDITION | OSAMA BIN LADEN | ANTI-VIRUS INVENTOR | INFOSYS | BIRTH ANNIVERSARY

1. It was a nerve biting commando operation that led to the
    end of the world's most feared terrorist, Osama Bin Laden.
    US President Barak Obama was stone-faced and Joe Biden
   was fingering his rosary beads when they witnessed the
   operation in Pakistan.

   What was the code name used by the
   US officials for Osama Bin Laden?

2. Which title is adorned by Kate Middleton after being married
   to Prince Charles?

3. Which fictional character created a furore by renouncing his U.S
    citizenship after being caught in the middle of a diplomatic
   row between the U.S and Iran?

4. Which Russian software mogul's son was abducted and later
   freed as a result of an operation recently? He invented a famous
   anti-virus software.

5.On 7th of May we celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of which
   renowned Indian?

6. What is the unit of radiation limit (exposure to  uclear radiation)?

Fukushima plant

7. Who is the newly elected chairman of Infosys?





8. Which renowned writer drew flak by comparing Peru's
    presidential candidates to cancer and AIDS?

9. Which adept filmmaker was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke
     award 2011?

10. What is the peculiarity of the place Arecibo in Puerto Rico?

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ APRIL 2011 SECOND EDITION | ROYAL WEDDING | SAI BABA | PULITZER

Amul Ad featuring the royal wedding

1. The royal wedding of Prince Williams and Kate Middleton
    is at the doorstep. The royal wedding of Queen Elizabeth
    was in 1947 with Philip Mountbatten. What was the wedding
    gift given by Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru to the royal bride?

2. Which royal wedding was the first to be broadcasted live?

3. How is the chemical with molecular formula C9H6Cl6O3S
    better known?

4. Which politician is cartooned in this Amul Ad along with
     Rahul Gandhi for describing Rahul an "Amul Baby" in repartee
     to his statement about the age of the former? 

Identify the politician in this Amul Ad

  
5.Duncan Fletcher has been appointed coach of the Indian cricket
   team. For which country he skippered in the 1983 world cup?

6. Most influential spiritual leader of India Sathya Sai Baba
    passed away. Apart from being a spiritual mentor he has done
    a lot of social service activities like establishment of hospitals,
    universities, water canal projects etc. Nevertheless he was
    criticised severely for his magic tricks to convince the common
    man that he was an incarnation of God. The question is that
    what was his actual name?

Sathya Sai Baba

7. What is the name of the Indian-American whose book on
   cancer 'The Emperor of All Maladies: A biography of Cancer'
   won the coveted 2011 Pulitzer prize in the general non-fiction
    category?

8. Which newspaper won its only Pulitzer for an editorial on the
    debate over health care legislation?

9. What is the name of the first indigenous micro-satellite of
   Singapore launched by India with the aid of its PSLV-C16
   mission?

10. The "suwoni festival" organised as a part of the Rangoli Bihu
   festival exhibits vibrant elephant fights. Bihu is the traditional
   festival of which Indian state?

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