CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ January 2011 FIRST EDITION

The new decade has sprouted out and there is no dearth for events in the world. Wish you all a happy new decade and as usual I have a new set of Questions for you. Have them.

1. Which famous European river is under the threat of highly toxic red sludge that ruptured from a dam 165 km south west of Budapest?

2. Which Australian opera legend was hailed as ‘La stupenda’ and ‘voice of the century’ after her death following an illness at the age of 83?

3. HP launched the industry’s first ePrint-enabled and web-connected printers for business. The customers can print from mobile device using HP’s ePrint technology. What does HP stand for?

4. Y.M. Deosthalee is the whole-time director and Chief Financial officer of which Engineering and Construction major?

5. Australia is envisaging a dire situation as the floods triggered by tropic cyclone forced the evacuation of a major town of Queensland. What is the name given to the cyclone which caused a disaster whose damage bill running into several billions of dollars?

6. In which channel did you see Richard Madly recently and related to what occasion?

7. Who is the first Muslim to play for Australia in test cricket?

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8. Which Urdu poet waspenalised by the Gujarat Urdu Sahitya Academy for including a defamatory paragraph on Narendra Modi in the foreword to his book of poems ‘Abhi Zinda Hoon Main’ ( I am still alive)?

9. Which country became the first former soviet republic to adopt the euro from January, 2011?

10. Who directed the recently released 3 dimentional movie Gulliver’s travels?

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ AUGUST 2010 SECOND EDITION

1. The British petroleum company is on the hook in the wake of the hazardous oil spill took place in the Gulf of Mexico. Who is the CEO of BP?

2. These two famous characters’ 70th anniversary was celebrated in 2010. They were earlier called Jasper and Jinx. Their debut was through “Puss gets the boot” in 1940. Who are they and name their founders?

3. Sonia Gandhi laid the foundation stone of the 8.8 km long Rohtang tunnel that would be the longest tunnel in the world at its altitude. Near which tourist resort is it located?

4. Which lady is the president of Kyrgyzstan who also holds the record of the first woman president from central Asia?

5. Indira Gandhi International airport at Delhi is the 6th largest airport in the world. The first four in the list of largest airports are located in Asia viz., Dubai, Beijing, Singapore and Bangkok. Where is the fifth largest on located? As a matter of fact, it’s outside Asia.

6. Name the author of the book “The birthday boys” who passed away on 2nd July 2010 in the age of 77. She was nominated for the booker prize for a record 5 times but destined to lose.

7. The eminent Russian mathematician who proved the Poincare conjecture rejected a $ 1 million prize considered equivalent to the Nobel Prize stating that he got the flame from the US math whiz Richard Hamilton who first suggested a program for the solution. Name him.

8. A strong 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific nation of Vanuatu last July. Fortunately the chance of Tsunami was ruled out. What is the name of its capital city?

9. Who has the kudos of compiling the book ‘The Agronomy and economy of important tree crops of developing world’ which is the first e-book on agriculture in the world?

10. Which island observed 30th of March as Indian Arrival day since Indian servants were transported to that place in 1845 following the abolition of slavery in the British Empire?

Answers

1. Tony Hayward

2. Tom & Jerry.

Founders William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

7 Oscars- first 1943 for the yanker doodle mouse.

3. Manali in Himachal Pradesh

4. Roza Otunbayeva

5. Mexico city

6. Beryl Bainbridge

7. Grigory Perelman

8. Port Villa

9. K.P. Prabhakaran Nair

10. Trinidad and Tobago

Readers Quiz

1.Paul the world cup fame octopus foreteller has set to retire from his “experiments with fortune”. In which aquarium does this mollusk live?

2. India’s first Pico satellite (weighing less than 1 kg) designed, developed and tested by students was launched with PSLV-C15. What is the name of the satellite?


3. ‘Spind Pigmi’ as its second name indicates is the smallest species of a family in the marine animals’ kingdom. To which family of species do they belong?


4. “The face of the world would have changed, if the nose of ____________ were a bit smaller”. Renowned French mathematician and philosopher Blais Pascal made this comment about which personality?


5. Drug watch was a TV show aimed at discouraging the youth of the consumption and sale of drugs. In which channel was this broadcasted?


6. Identify the country from the clues:


a. drunk tea first


b. grant channel connects its two rivers


c. ‘divine threshold of peace’


d. Marco Polo has visited this country.


7. What is actual name of this series whose Indian version is called “Chooha billi chor police”?

Readers Quiz Answers
1. Sealife Aquarium,Oberhausen,Germany
2.STUDSAT
3.Shark,25 cm length
4.Cleopatra
5.BBC
6.China
7.Tom & Jerry

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 FEBRUARY 2010

1. Which Indian cricketer has been banned from playing in the IPL for one year? The ban was handed out on the account of his not signing the renewal contract with the Rajasthan Royals and he was found guilty of negotiating a larger financial contract with other IPL franchises.
Ans: Raveendra Jadeja

2. All The teams playing in IPL hosts podium for at least one match but one. But this team doesn’t get that advantage owing to the political instability that may lead to insecure management of the contest.Name the team
Ans: Deccan Chargers

3. The Opening Ceremonies of Vancouver winter olympics began under a pall, hours after the death of a luge racer from the former Soviet state of Georgia in a practice-run accident . What is his name?
ans: Nodar Kumaritashvili.

4. Prime Minister of Ukraine, the apparent loser in Ukraine's presidential election, declared Saturday night that she would not concede, denouncing the results as having been tainted by widespread fraud.
Can you name her?

Ans: Yulia V. Tymoshenko.

5. Who is the program director of the World Bank's global tiger initiative
ans: Keshav Varma

ANSWERS TO THE READERS QUESTIONS OF LAST WEEK

1. Kumbha Mela is described as the world’s largest religious gathering with almost 10 million people offering their prayers near the Ganges. Once in how many years is it celebrated and at which place does it commence?

Ans:3,Haridwar

2. Sharukh Khan’s new film ‘My Name Is Khan’ has been released despite the impediments in Mumbai. After a long time Khan-Kajol-Karan team joins hands together at silver screen for MNIK. Who is the screenplay writer of this film?

Ans: Shibani Kashyap

3. To which game Rahil Gangjee is associated with?

Ans: Golf

TODAY'S Q

Nokia has released its new version in India.Its picture is given below.

Identify the version and comment down your answer.

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ FEBRUARY 2010 -POLITICS,KUMBHA MELA,SHARUKH KHAN,RAHIL GANGJEE in readers quiz.

1. Costa Rica has elected its first woman president, marking another political milestone for women in Latin America. What's her name?

Ans:Laura Chinchilla

2. The Obama goverment has a lot of Indians in their venerable offices. The US President has appointed an Indian American Pulitzer-winning author to his Committee on Arts and Humanities.Name her.

ans:Jhumpa Lahiri

3. Former Netherlands captain has been appointed president of the joint Netherlands-Belgium. Who is he?

ans:Ruud Gullit

4. Nigeria's Vice President took over as acting President in place of ailing president Umaru Musa Yar'Adua recently. Name the current person in power.

ans:Goodluck Jonathan

5.An Eminent economist who helped set the country on its post-independence path of a planned economy passed away recently. Who is that famous reformist economist?

ans:Kakkadan Nandanath Raj, known as K.N.Raj

READERS QUESTIONS
6. Kumbha Mela is described as the world’s largest religious gathering with almost 10 million people offering their prayers near the Ganges. Once in how many years is it celebrated and at which place does it commence?

7. Sharukh Khan’s new film ‘My Name Is Khan’ has been released despite the impediments in Mumbai. After a long time Khan-Kajol-Karan team joins hands together at silver screen for MNIK. Who is the screenplay writer of this film?

8. To which game Rahil Gangjee is associated with?

COMMENT DOWN YOUR ANSWERS.

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ JANUARY 2010 "SRILANKA","INDIA vs BANGLADESH","AUSTRALIAN OPEN TENNIS","WORLD ECONOMICS FORUM","CHEMICAL ALI" and PADMASREE

1.Mahinda Rajpakse is again elected as the president of Srilanka.Whom did he defeat in the election?
Ans: Sarath Fonseka

2.India bagged a series victory against Bangladesh. Who is the Man of the series?
Ans: Zaheer Khan

3.Who are first Chinese women to reach the Semi-finals of Australian open Tennis?
Ans: Lee Na and Sheng Ji

4. 40th World Economic Forum commenced. Which is the venue of this forum where important discussions regarding Global Financial Crisis is being conducted?
Ans:Davos (Switzerland)

5.Ali Hasan Al Majid was hung to death few days ago. How is he better known?
ans: Chemical Ali

6. Winners of Padmasree for Sports
a. Ramakanth Achhrekhar
b. Igneous Tirky
c. Virender Sehwag
d. Saina Nehwal
e. Vijendar Singh
f. Narein Karthikeyan