CURRENT AFFAIRS 2011 MEGA CROSSWORD PUZZLE[solved]

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1.How is leptospirosis better known?

2. One of the greatest realistic painters of the post war era, Lucian Freud died in London on 20 July. Who was his renowned grandfather?

3.Identify the person(only surname needed)

4.Which Pakistani film directed by Shoaib Mansoor deals with the rights of women and treads no-go areas like homosexuality and the life of eunuchs which forced both Hollywood and bollywood films to take the backseat at the box office?

5. A book written by criminal lawyer R.K.Anand makes a close encounter with ___________?

6. Identify the person (surname not required)

7. The person who fought to bring to light the true story behind 2G scam, Dr.Subramanian Swamy is the president of which political party?

8. Indira Gandhi was posthumously awarded ‘Swadhinata Sammanona’. It is the highest honour of which country?

9. To which South Korean company can I relate ‘Life’s Good’?

10. In which movie Prakash Jha casted Deepika Padukone as Amitabh Bachchan’s daughter mainly because she is tall like Big B?

11. Dalai Lamas are the spiritual gurus of which plateau region in Asia?

12. Jackson is the capital of which southern US state?

27. Which modulation technique used in communication field uses the frequency range 87.5 to 108.0 MHz? (Only abbreviation)

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13. Who is the spouse of Rupert Murdoch?

14.Which Indian city has been chosen for hosting the global biodiversity meet next year?

15. The famous Indian cricket Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi who died recently was related to which animal to show his prowess in the game?

16. Who is the author of ‘Last Man in Tower’ which narrates suspense filled story of money, power, luxury and deprivation?(surname only)

17. The Ramganga national park was later renamed as __________ national park.

18. Which card game played on printed deck of cards was developed by Marle Robbins?

19. In which Bollywood movie in which the late Shammi Kapoor played the main role will you hear the song “Jhoomta Masoom, Mast Mahina"?

20. Which cricketer delivered a speech in Lord’s cricket ground that was accepted by a standing ovation which is now dubbed MCC spirit of cricket speech? I want the nick name of the person?

21. If Germans call it ‘Frosch’ and in Sanskrit it is called ‘plava’…..what is its name in English?

22. Identify the name of the currency to which the coin (in figure) belongs?

23. What is the name of the first chapter of Qu’ran? (avoid hyphen)

24. What was the name given to the prime ministers appointed to the Chattrapatis of Maratha Empire?

25. For the work in which language Indira Goswami won the Jnanapita award?

26. Kaziranga national park is famous for which species?

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS QUIZ JULY 2011

Dustin Moskovitz

1. To which private held company would you relate Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes?

Chris Hughes

2. Which Indian businessman was dubbed ‘Indian Bill Gates’ by BBC for becoming India’s richest man from 1999 to 2005?

3. Which country holds the top position in the exports sector from African continent?

Africa

4. Name the world’s largest business federation representing more than three million businesses and organizations?

5. Which product had the name ‘Brad’s drink’ during its introduction?

6. The slogan "Go Beyond Borders" belongs to which Cable news channel in the world?

7. Which global banking and financial services company purchased the investment-banking and trading divisions of Lehman Brothers, a United States financial conglomerate that had filed for bankruptcy in times of the global financial crisis of 2008-2009?

Lehman Brothers

8. Which multinational corporation is founded by Fredrik Idestam
   Leo Mechelin?

Leo Mechelin

Fredrik Idestam

       9. Identify the stock exchange from the emblem

BSX

 10. Warren E. Buffett who visited India with an eye to invest in the subcontinent is the CEO of which company?

Warren E. Buffett

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ JUNE 2011 FIRST EDITION | M.F.HUSAIN | STRAUSS-KAHN | NIIRA RADIA | AIRTEL

Master of colours

1.     Eminent Indian M.F.Husain passed away while in exile in London. Some of his paintings have been criticized as anti-Hindu. Which movie directed by M.F.Husain, for which A.R.Rahman played score and soundtrack received widespread protests from Muslim organizations alleging the presence of blasphemous contents?



Identify the movie



2.     Who won the Man booker International prize for the year 2011?

3.     What is ANNA 4?

4.     Christine Lagarde announced her candidature for the post of Director General of International Monetary Fund to succeed Dominique Strauss-Kahn.

Hopes to succeed

    

Which post is she having at present?

5.     Name the Indian lady residing in USA who was arrested on suspicion of sending obscene emails to her teacher but was later found not guilty?

6.     Which mobile software maker entered into a 5 year deal with  

       Airtel for providing value added service in African countries?

7.     What is so haunting about Grimsvoth?

8.     The Delhi high court stayed the release and circulation of ‘Close Encounter with Niira Radia’,

Behind the bars?

    

       the book on the corporate lobbyist. Name the author?

9.     Which website is seeking a world heritage site tag on the view that it is predestined to become the first ever digital world heritage site carrying the ancient idea of common and free knowledge into the third millennium?

    10. Connect:

        (a) TGV     (b) ICE 3     (c) Shinkansen    (d) Siemens Velaro     (e)   CRH380A


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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 AUGUST 2010 SIXTH EDITION

"A rare blend of tennis and beauty"

1.     Which tennis beauty has been United Nations Development Project Goodwill Ambassador, concerned specifically with the Chernobyl Recovery and Development Programme since 2007?

Ans: Maria Sharapova

2.     Who is the first person in history to walk to both north and South Pole?

Ans: Robert Swan (British Explorer)

3.     Which country did China overtake to become the second largest economic power in the world?

Ans: Japan

4.     Skoda is the car making company of which country?

Ans: Czech Republic

5.     German car maker Mercedes-Benz launched a new E-class in India; a four seater priced at Rs. 64.50 lakh. What is the name given to this luxury car which is equipped with ‘Air Cap’ and has 272 hp of power?

Ans: Cabriolet

6.     Who is the chief executive of the UK based oil major ‘Cairn Energy’?

Ans: Bill Gammell

7.      This former Israeli soldier had to change her Facebook privacy settings because she posted pictures of herself on duty posing next to handcuffed, blindfolded Palestinians that provoked outrage?

Ans: Eden Abergil

8.     Farmers came out with strong protest in UP against the new Expressway project saying that it would adversely affect the eco-system. This project was earlier known as Taj project. What is the present name of this project which evoked wide violence in its provinces?

Ans: Yamuna Expressway Project

9.     Who is the chairman of the Nalanda Mento Group (NMG) that is awaiting a resurrection of its ancient glories after being approved in the parliament?

Ans: Amartya Sen (Nobel laureate Economics)

10.Which country launched Vanguard 2010 a major air defense exercise along its eastern coast in order tosecure its territories and improve communication between different military regions?

Ans: China

11.World’s highest railway line was opened in July 2006. Which places are connected by this line running at an altitude of 5000 metres?

Ans: Qinghai province (China) to Lhasa (Tibet)

12.Who is the new Chief Election commissioner of India?

Ans: S.Y.Quraishi

13.The opposition parties are making a row over the AFSPA bill in the parliament saying that the bill will give undesirable freedom to the soldiers in the Kashmir valley. Expand AFSPA:

Ans: Armed Forces Special Powers Act

14.Which Haitian American hip-hop singer plans to seek the presidency of the earthquake battered country?

Ans: Wyclef Jean

15.Which country recently conducted a vote for approval of its new constitution that curtails the power of an imperial style presidency and paves the way for much needed reforms in the country?

Ans: Kenya

16.Who is the president of Kenya?

Ans: Mwai Kibaki

17.In which museum at Times square(New York) would you find the black suited wax statue of Shah Rukh Khan?

Ans: Madame Tussads

18. Who is the president of Bolivia?

Ans: Evo Morales

19.Japan’s PM, Naoto Kan and his cabinet recently shunned a visit to a war shrine that bears the memoirs of the second world war on the 65^th anniversary of the end of the former.What is the name of the shrine?

Ans: Yasukuni War Shrine,Tokyo

20.Who is the president of Tajikistan?

Ans: Emomali Rakhmon

21.Who was honoured with the outstanding parliamentarian award of 2009? Ans:Murali Manohar Joshi (BJP),

Mohan Singh of SP(2008),

Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi(2007).

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ AUGUST 2010 FOURTH EDITION

1.     Twitter recently had a JavaScript related problem and we now have a similar mess on Orkut. The service seems to have been hit by a worm injected by few Brazilian hackers. Name the worm?

2.     Huawei a famous telecom company is alleged of stealing trade secrets from the American giant Motorola. From which country does this telecom company hail?

3.     The international court of justice says that Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence in February 2008 did not violate international law. From which country did they secede?

4.     Who are ther winners of Ramnath Goenka Award this year?

5.     Which popular politician was given the Lokamanya Tilak Award this year?

6.     8^th international sand sculpture championship was held in Berlin. Which renowned Indian sand artist won the first prize ?

7.      Marc Mezvinsky was in news for becoming the new person in the life of which ex-president’s daughter?

8.      Who is the present chief of ICRC(International Committee of the Red Cross)?

9.     What is the mascot of ICC world cup 2011?

10. Which Indian born scientist working at HP labs in California proposed a solution to the crux ‘is P=NP?’ $1 million being one of the seven NP problems issued by Clay Mathematics institute?

 ANSWERS

1.      Bom Sabado.

2.      China

3.      Serbia

4.      1. journalist of the year in print category-Siddharth Varadarajan(The Hindu) 2.broadcast category-Arnab Goswami(Times now) 3.Journalism in courage-shekhar gupta (Indian Express)

5.      Sheila Dikshit

6.      Sudarsan Patnaik

7.      Bill Clinton. Marc Mezvinsky was married to Chelsea, the daughter of Bill Clinton and Hilary Clinton

8.      Jacob Kellenberger

9.      Stumpy elephant

10. Vinay Deolalikar

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