CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ JULY 2011 FIRST EDITION | COMMUNIST PARTY OF CHINA| TREASURE TEMPLE| DELHI BELLY| CRICKET

MARKING THE 90th ANNIVERSARY

1. The communist party of China (CPC) is celebrating the 90^th anniversary of its inception. Mao Zedong is considered to be the greatest leader in the making of China after the Second World War. After the death of Mao Zedong which successor introduced market reforms which helped turn China into the world's second-largest economy?

2. Which dish prepared by the Mumbai-born Chef Floyd Cardoz won the first price in “Top Chef Masters Contest” held in Los Angeles?

3. Which material was officially declared a good bye on 30^th June 2011 in India?

4. Which Indian writer’s latest book is ‘River of Smoke’?

5. Which Indian priest is nominated for the Nobel Prize for peace in recognition of his initiatives to bring harmony among ethnic communities of North East?

6. Which temple of South India has emerged the richest temple in India in view of the recent inventory of thousands of crores of wealth concealed during the age of foreign colonization to prevent massive robbery?

7. Who is the newly elected Charge d’Affaires of the U.S.Embassy after the resignation of Tomithy Roemer?
8. Aamir Khan’s new film ‘Delhi Belly’ is humorously criticized as India’s first X-rated film. Who is the music director of the movie?

9. Name the newly elected coach of Indian hockey team?
10. Identify the duo and what is their new post in cricket?

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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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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ APRIL 2011 FIRST EDITION | APRIL FOOL| ANNA HAZARE| ELIZABETH TAYLOR| INDIA'S CUP OF PRIDE

1. Which technology was introduced by Google to befoolen its Gmail users
on the day of April Fools this year(2011)?


2. Which American author is in the soup for allegedly writing negative remarks
in his book 'Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and hisstruggle with India'?


3. In which state the anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare was born?


4. Who was the top scorer for India in the final match of the ICC World Cup 2011?


5. Which Indian magician was honoured with the Merlin award, known as the
'oscar' for magicians to become the second Indian to bag it after P.C. Sarkar(1996)?


6. Who is the newly elected prime minister of the feud-struck Syria?


7. Which person's achievement was comemmorated by the journey
of Alexander Samokutyaev, Andri Borisenco and Ron Garren?


8. Who is the new president of Haiti, the country which hasn't yet
recovered from the aftermaths of an earthquake?


9. Who stepped down as the army chief of Myanmar?
He kept the nation under his tyranny for two decades.


10. Elizabeth Taylor, the icon of hollywood in the 1960's passed away.
What is the name of her debut movie?


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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 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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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ AUGUST 2010 3RD EDITION

1.      UNO laid foundation to a new organization called UN women in order to strengthen the idea of gender equity. What is the official name of the organization?

2.      The scientists of IIA (Indian Institute of Astrophysics) conducted experiments in Easter Island on the most recent solar eclipse day in order to unveil vital information about the solar corona. To which country does the Easter Island belong?

3.      Which is the first Latin American country to legally permit same sex marriage? 

4.      Which IIT graduate designed the new icon for Indian rupee?

5.      The portrait named ‘8 horses’ was auctioned for 2 crore bucks. Who created this portrait?

6.       Since 2004 Vatican has membership in UNO with a check on the right to vote. What is the terminology for their current status?

7.       Which famous Hindustani classical musician is awarded the Gangubai Hangal prize this year?

8.      The father of black box passed away recently. Name him.  

9.      Who is the union urban development minister who is in charge of themetro projects for states?

10. Muttiah Muralitharan retired from internation cricket recently. Who are the first and last wickets of this legendary bowler?  

Answers

1.      UN Entity for Gender Equality and Women Empowerment

2.      Chile

3.      Argentina

4.      D.Udaykumar

5.      M.F.Hussain

6.      Observer

7.      Bhimsen Joshi

8.      David Warren born in Australia

9.      S.Jaipal Reddy

10.  First wicket – Craig McDermott (Australia)

        Last wicket – Pragyan Ojha(India)



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

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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

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ-GOLDEN GLOBE,PHALKE AWARDS,NEW APPOINTMENTS,NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR,SACHIN TENDULKAR-A QUICK REVIEW JANUARY 2010

1.Who won the dada phalke award?
Ans: V K Moorthy

2. Which movie won the golden globe award for the best movie?
Ans: avatar

3. Best director award in golden globe
Ans: James Cameroon

4. Best actress award in golden globe
ans:Sandra Bullock

5. Who is the chairman of the Unique Identification authority of India ?
ans: Nandan Nilakeni

6. Who is the newly appointed National Security Advisor of India?
Ans: Sivasankar Menon

7. When did a new post for NSA set apart in India? Who is the first National Security Advisor of India?
ans:1998, Brijesh Mishra

8. Who is the first Keralite to be appointed as the NSA
ans: J.N. Deekshith

9. Who is appointed as the Governor of West Bengal
ans: M.K.Narayanan

10. Who is selected as the man of the match in the first test match at Chittagong between India and Bangladesh?
Ans: Sachi Tendulkar

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ NOVEMBER 2009--try to solve the STARRED QUESTIONS

1.Which cricketer holds the record of “the highest score by any ODI captain against Australia”?
Ans: M S Dhoni

2. Who produced the documentary movie ‘Inconvenient Truth’?
ans: Al Gore

3. The book ‘Towards a Socialist Order’ was written by which Indian prime minister? Ans: Jawaharlal Nehru

4.Who won the first Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding?
Ans: U Thant-
He is the first General Secretary of United Nations Organization fron Asia

*5. This famous person was born on November 12. He took charge as the leader of BNHS when the British left India. Name him and what does BNHS stand for?

*6. In 1999, at Budapest the world science congress was organized. The idea of World Science day took its birth there. Which day in November is honoured with this idea?

7. This famous freedom fighter was born on November 11. He was the first Educational Minister of Independent India. Who is he?
Ans: Moulana Abdul Kalam Azad

8. The national football team goalkeeper of Germany committed suicide by leaping onto a train. Name that person.
Ans: Robert Enke

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