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1. Who is the first financial minister of Independent India?
Ans. John Mathai
2. Where is WTO headquartered?

Ans. Geneva
3. Who is the promoter of Wockhardt hospitals?

Ans. Habil Khorkiwala
4. 'Sheer driving pleasure' is the tagline of which company?

Ans. BMW
5. Who created Dilbert, the famous cartoon on the corporate world?

Ans. Scott Adams
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1. Identify this new face in the Corporate India
Ans. Roshni Nadar, the daughter of Shiv Nadar of HCL Computers. She is all set to become the new
executive Director and CEO of HCL .
2. What is the tag Line of Sony?

Ans: Like.no.other
3. Name of the Family Store owned by Kumar Mangalam Birla?

Ans: More
4. Net Safe Credit Card is introduced by which Bank?

Ans: HDFC
5. Founder of Air Decan?

Ans: Captain Gopinath
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1. What is the claim to fame of this sheep?

Ans. It is h , the worlds first cloned animal.
4. A current affairs question. Who is the winner of women Wibledon?

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2. Who wrote V

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forming the foundation of classical mechanics, as well as his law of universal gravitation.
4. Which monument in our country is constructed during the visit of George V?

Ans. !

5. Who authoured ' Build to Last', a management book dealing about the attributes of a true
institutional builder?
Ans.

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1. Identify this ruler

Ans. Queen Victoria, the queen mother who has steered the golden period of England.
2. Who is the first bowler to record a hat trick in world cup?

Ans. Chetan Sharma
3. Who is presently the chancellor of Germany?

Ans. Angela Merkel
4. Where is the internationally renowed Particle Research Institute CERN located?

Ans. Geneva, Switzerland. It is a great place for the fundamental research.
5. Who wrote the Paradise Lost?

Ans. John Milton, the greatest among the victorian poets.
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1. Identify this person. He is the present Minister for Health

Ans: Ghulam Nabi Azad
2. What is Daredevil¶s public identity?

Ans: Matt Murdock
3. In Greek mythology, who is then daughter of King Priam who has the gift of Prophecy?
Ans: Cassandra
4. Who wrote the 'Geeta Govindam'?

Ans: Jayadeva
5. Only three movies have won all the five major Oscars - Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay,
Best Actor, Best Actress. Two are - It Happened One Night and Silence of the Lambs. Which is the
third one?
Ans: Lord of the Rings ± Return of the King
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1. Identify the inspirational lady Ans. Joan of Arc, the
young soul who stood against all the barriers of society to save her country and her fellowmen. She
was tortured to death by slow roast by the papal order.
2. Who were the runners up of the recent UEFA? Ans. Manchester United 3. Identify the incident
Ans. Valantines day 2009.
4. Who wrote the book blind watchmaker

Ans. Richard Dawkins
5. Which counrty is called the sick man of Europe? Ans. Turkey.

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Identify the ad giant
Ans. Sir Martin Sorell of WPP
2.Which Worlds largest motor vehicle company filed bankruptcy in june 1st,2009.
Ans. General Motors

3.Who is the protem Lok Sabha Speaker ?
Ans. Manikrao Gavit
4.Who is the director for the movie Angels and Demons?
Ans. Ron Howard
5.Who is the new brand ambassador for Reebok,India.
Ans. MS Dhoni and Bipasha Basu
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1. Identify the painter

Ans. Manjit Bawa, a renowed painter who has created masterpeises based on various mythological
and semi-mythological events.
2. Who is the Bengali bhati movement guru who preached the oneness of all and submission of
oneself to lord krishna? (Later his followers realised that he himself is an incarnation of Lord
Krishna.)
Ans. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
3. What are illiquid stocks that do not follow SEBI rules called?
Ans. Z stocks
4. What did Graham Yallop do in cricket for the first time?

Answer. He was the first person to wear a helmet
5. This distinguished Indian was born on 28th December 1937 in Surat. He has completed the
Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School, USA. He turned down a job offer from
IBM to join his family business. He started on the floor along with other blue-collar employees,
shoveling limestone and handling the blast furnaces. Today he is the face of his family business
conglomerate and his personal holding is valued at 1 billion US$. Whom are we referring to?
Ans. Ratan Naval Tata.
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1. Identify this famous business man
Ans. Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of the largest furniture

company in the world, IKEA.
2. Where is the sea of Tranquility?

Ans. On the moon
3. The first computer was invented by whom?
Ans. Charles Babbage
4 . Who invented Bakelite?
Ans. Leo Hendrik Baekeland
5. The salamander belongs to which of the following classes of vertebrates?
Ans. Amphibia
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1.Who has won the 2009 UEFA Champions league Final defeating Manchester United?
Ans.FC Barcelona
2. The first retail outlet of Walmart in India a joint venture with Bharti Enterprises has opened in
which Indian city?
Ans. Amritsar.
3.Who is the appointed Union finance Minister of India?

Ans. Pranab Mukherji
4.Against whom did Deccan Chargers won the IPL twenty20 title?
Ans. Bangalore Royal Challengers
5.Whose new retail format is 'Mera World'?

Ans. RPG Group
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1.Identify the conquer
Ans. Alexander the great
2.. Which online matrimony site was founded by J. Murugavel, who himself found his wife through
the Internet
Ans. BharatMatrimony.com
3. What author survived a bullet to the throat while fighting in the Spanish Civil War?
Ans. George Orwell

4. Sickly and weak infants were left to die of exposure at the foot of Mt.Taygetus by which famous
warriors?.
Ans. Spartans
5.Which monument in south India was built to commemorate the great Plague?
Ans. Charminar
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Ans. Alaque Padamsee
2.Which company¶s logo is known as swoosh?
Ans. Nike
3. Who wrote 'Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise'?
Ans. Shakespeare
4. Which Indian documentary from india won the Academy award for 2009?
Ans. Smile Pinky
5. The art form in which the artworks, objects are broken up, analyzed, and re-assembled in an
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subject in a greater context is called as?
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Ans. Philip Kotler
2.In Al Ries and Jack Trout¶s book The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing, what¶s the first law about?
Ans. Leadership
3. Who wrote the crime novel "Ten Little Niggers"?
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4. film called Miss India released the same year as Mother India. Who played the title role?
Ans. Nargis Dutt
5. Who would you find in a formicary?
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1.Identify the Logo of a company
Ans. Alcatel Lucent
2.This young visualizer at the D.J.Keymer ad agency in Calcutta created several popular ads for
brands like ICI's anti malarial tablets. he later became world famous thanks to one of his creations
which was subsidized by the West Bengal Roads and Buildings Dept. on a technicality. Name him.
Ans. Satyajit Ray
3. What novel revolves around the tension between Britons and Indians in Chandrapore when a
doctor is put on trial for assault?
Ans. A Passage To India
4. The movie Devdas is based on a novel written by which famous author?

Ans.Sarath Chandra Chattopadhaya
5. Who has the nickname 'laughing philosopher'?
Ans. Democritus
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1.Identify the Flag of a Country
Ans. Greece
2.His first name, which came to him by mistake, was an abbreviation of his intended name, George,
which was misread by hospital officials completing the birth certificate. He was editor of the house
magazine of the Cadillac Motor Co. He went on to form his own agency and was in the habit of
purchasing 100 shares of stock in every new client. Name this ad guru.
Ans. Leo Burnett
3. Bedrock is a fictional place created for which cartoon?
Ans. Flintstones
4. Which film did United Insurance Company insure for Rs 11 lakh in 1998?
Ans. Taal
5. What does "Single undertaking principle" in WTO parlance signify?
Ans. Nothing is agreed unless everything is agreed to
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1.Identify the Entrepreneur

Ans.Anita Roddick,Founder of Body shop
2.Who recently bought stake in Chrysler after it declared bankruptcy?
Ans. FIAT
3. The 1991 novel "Scarlett" by Alexandra Ripley was a sequel to which other novel?
Ans. "Gone With The Wind"
4. What connects Amitabh Bachchan¶s character of Babban in Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag, actress
Kate Bosworth and actor Christopher Walken?
Ans. Heterochromia (the two eyes have different colours)
5. Which of the following treaties explicitly forbids private ownership of the Moon and other celestial
bodies?
Ans. Moon Treaty,1982
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1.Identify the famous personalities
Ans. Lady Diana and John Travolta
2.The name of which Japanese company literally means "three diamonds"?
Ans. Mitsubishi
3. What word connects Citizen Kane and Samuel Taylor Coleridge?
Ans. Xanadu
4. Pankaj Kapur dubbed for Sir Ben Kingsley¶s voice for the Hindi version of Richard Attenborough¶s
Gandhi. But which character did he play in the film?
Ans. Pyarelal(second assistant of Gandhiji)
5. By genetically removing a particular protein, scientists in US have developed cattle that seem to
be resistant to mad cow disease. What is that protein?
Ans. Prion
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1.Identify the freedom fighter

Ans. Lala Lajpat Rai
2.Who's the only real life character to ever feature in a Tintin comic book ?
Ans.Al Capone
3. Which literary character has been played in over fifty films by actors including an Olympic shot-
putter, a U.S. footballer, a British naval officer and the son-in-law of the character's creator?
Ans. Tarzan
4. Karan Johar is producing an animation version of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai with animals replacing the
characters. What is it called?
Ans. Koochie Koochie Hota Hai
5. Deflection of objects moving along the surface of the Earth to the right of the direction of travel in
the Northern hemisphere and to the left of the direction of travel in the Southern hemisphere is due
to:
Ans. Coriolis Effect
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1.What is claim to fame?
Ans. Orkut Büyükkökten. The creator of orkut.
2. This corporate honcho cut his teeth in the hotel industry by managing Hotel Maurya Sheraton in
New Delhi. He was inducted into the board of ITC in 1984, taking charge of the Welcomgroup. He
pioneered the first private sector Degree Institute in Hotel Management- WelcomGroup School of
Hotel Administration, Manipal. Now he is the Chairman of a leading Indian company. Name him.
Ans. Y.C.Deweshwar Reddy
3. What is the name of the young hero in "Treasure Island"?

Ans. Jim Hawkins
4. In Sholay, Hema Malini¶s character was Basanti. In which film was Amitabh¶s taxi called Basanti?
Ans.Khuddar
5. The word 'Marathon' for running 42.195 kilometers of distance comes from:
Ans. The name of the place where the first race of its kind began
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1. Identify the person circled in red.

Ans. Nasser
2. Citibank had one of its earliest International branches in an Indian city. It has been operating in
India since 1902. Name the city and by what name was it known earlier?
Ans. Calcutta. Citibank started as City Bank of New York. From 1962, it was known as First National
City Bank
3.When told he had to pay a large sum of money for a needed operation, who sighed, 'I suppose that
I shall have to die beyond my means?
Ans. Oscar Wilde
4. Speech made by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of the Republic of India to the Indian
Constituent Assembly, on the eve of India's independence, towards midnight on August 14,
1947.Identify the speech
Ans. Tryst With Destiny
5. The Durand line separates which two countries in Asia?
Ans. Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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1.Identify this freedom fighter
2. Identify the incident. The plan for this incident was devised by Ram Prasad Bismil and Ashfaqulla
Khan, in the Arya Samaj Hall and was excuted by Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan, Rajendra Lahiri, Thakur
Roshan Singh, Sachindra Bakshi, Chandrasekhar Azad, Keshab Chakravarthy, Banwari Lal,
Mukundi Lal, Sachindra Nath Sanyal, and Manmathnath Gupta. 3. This organization is also called as
the Hindi Association of the Pacific Coast by the indians in USA and Canada. By what common
name do we know this revolutionary force?
3.What has been the contribution of Pandit Mohan Malviya in the fireld of journalism?
4.Bhagat singh is said to have mentioned to Randhir singh, prison inmate,that he had shaven §

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companions §

§ adding to it that he was § §. He
had supposedly expressed, as last wish before being hanged, the desire to get "amrit" from Panj
Pyare including Randhir Singh and to adorn full 5 K's.However, his last wish, of getting"amrit" from
Panj Pyare was not granted by the British.This version of events was largely discussed by Randhir
Singh himself,that it was Bhagat Singh's meeting with him which compelled Bhagat Singh to pen
down his famous work.What work are we talking about?
5.The former name of this place was Khed.It is known to have witnessed memorable incidents
during its history such as,battle between Tarabai and Dilwarkhan,Mastani Mahal was built in nearby
place.It is located in the north of Pune,Maharashtra.The new name of this city is named after a
famous freedom fighter(also his birth place).Identify this freedom fighter and city which is also known
to have the youth generation with almost 100% literacy.
6.This person,just before being hanged wrote a latter to Gandhi declaring that he believed his
country would be served better by his death. He also requested Gandhi not to ask the
revolutionaries on behalf of the British to µgive up violence¶. This would only serve their intention of
maligning revolutionaries in the eyes of the masses.Whom are we talking about?
7.Who was President of the Indian National Congress when India got its Independence?
8.Identify the statue of famous assasinator.
9.This person called himself as an "Extremist".He once said, his uncompromising stand finally cut
him off from the mainstream of Indian Nationalism.He sought help from Nazi and Japanese embassy
for the liberation of India.Identify him.
10.Identify the veteran freedom fighter.

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1.Ram Prasad Bismil
2.Gadar Party
3.He published the newspaper Abhyodaya.He was also in the board of directors of Hindustan Times
from 1926-1946.
4.'Why I am I Atheist', article written by Bhagat Singh
5.Rajgurunagar named after Shivram Rajguru
6.Sukhdev Thapar
7.Acharya.J.B.Kripalani,President of INC,1947
8.Udham Singh,known for assasination of Micheal O'Dwyer
9.Subhash Chandra Bose
10.Lala Lajpath Rai.
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1.Identify the person who was recently arrested by International Criminal Court
2.7th March NASA launched a spacecraft, a mission to search for Earth like planets.Name the
spacecraft.
3.In which bank did UK govt increased its stake from 43% to 60% ?
4.Mahatma Gandhi's item were auctioned for 1.8 million$.Who was the buyer?
5.Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez nationalized US based food company.Name the company.
6.2009 Australian open Men's singles title was won by?
7.On February 5th Muthiah Murlitharan became highest wicket(503) taker in ODI series surpassing
Wasim akram.Who was his 503rd victim?
8.Slumdog Miilionaire made an historic event in Indian cinema history,A.R.Rahman bagged two
oscars.Name the director of this movie.
9.Identify the President.
10.This animated sitcom became the longest running US primetime television series after Fox
Broadcasting confirms two more seasons.Name the animated series.
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1.Omar Al Bashir, President of Sudan,convicted for mass genocide
2.Keplar Spacecraft
3.Llyods Banking Group
4.Vijay Mallaya,chairman of UB Group
5.Cargill,US based food company
6.Rafal Nadal defeating Roger Federer
7.Gautam Gambhir
8.Danny Boyle
9.Mahinda Rajapaksha
10.The Simpsons.
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Awards:
# Nobel Prizes:
Chemistry - Martin Chalfie, Osamu Shimomura, Roger Y. Tsien

Economics - Paul Krugman
Literature - Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio
Peace - Martti Ahtisaari
Physics - Makoto Kobayashi, Toshihide Maskawa, Yoichiro Nambu
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# The 2008 Pulitzer Prizes were announced on April 7, 2008, the 92nd annual awards.
# 80th Academy Awards:

Best Picture -No Country for Old Men /producers-Scott Rudin, Joel Coen, and Ethan Coen
Best Director -Joel Coen and Ethan Coen/Movie- No Country for Old Men
Best Actor in a Leading Role-Daniel Day-Lewis/Movie-There Will Be Blood
Best Actress in a Leading Role -Marion Cotillard/Movie-La Vie en Rose
Best Actor in a Supporting Role -Javier Bardem/Movie-No Country for Old Men
Best Actress in a Supporting Role-Tilda Swinton/Movie-Michael Clayton
ICC awards 2008:
The fifth ICC awards ceremony was held in Dubai, U.A.E. on 10 September 2008. The Award of The
Twenty20 International Performance of the Year inaugurated.
Award winners were:
Player of the Year: Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies)

Test Player of the Year: Dale Steyn (South Africa)
ODI Player of the Year: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India)
Twenty20 International Performance of the Year: Yuvraj Singh (India)
Emerging Player of the Year: Ajantha Mendis (Sri Lanka)
Umpire of the Year: Simon Taufel (Australia)
Associate Player of the year: Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands)
Spirit of Cricket: Sri Lanka national cricket team
# Magsaysay Awards: Dr.Prakash Amte and his wife Mandakini Amte were awarded the Magsaysay
Award for 'Community Leadership' .
Indian Awards:
# Bharat Ratna: Pandit Bhimsen Joshi (b. 1922) , Hindustani classical vocalist, he belongs to
Karnataka
# Padma Vibhushan: Sachin Tendulkar for his contribution in the field of Sports.
# Padma Bhushan: K. V. Kamath (Trade & Industry), Shiv Nadar(Trade & Industry), Sunita
Williams(Science & Engineering), Vikram Pandit(Trade & Industry).
# Padma Shri:The Padma Shri was awarded to 71 awardees in 2008.
# Dada Sahed Phalke Award: Tapan Sinha has been selected for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for
the year 2008 for his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema on 21 July 2008.
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object in the evening sky.
December 2 - Political crisis in Thailand: After weeks of opposition-led protests, the Constitutional
Court of Thailand dissolves the governing People's Power Party and 2 coalition member parties, and
bans leaders of the parties, including Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat, from politics for 5 years.
As such, Wongsawat promptly resigns and is replaced by Deputy Prime Minister Chaovarat
Chanweerakul as caretaker Prime Minister.
December 4 - Political crisis in Canada: Governor General Michaëlle Jean grants the request of
Prime Minister Stephen Harper to prorogue Parliament until January 26, 2009, averting a motion of
no-confidence by the new opposition coalition led by the Leader of the Opposition Stéphane Dion,
and the New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton, with Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe as a
coalition partner.
December 5 - The remains found in 1991 are finally identified as Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, using
DNA analysis.
December 6 - Riots spread across Greece after a 15-year-old boy is shot dead by a special guard of
the Greek Police.
December 10 - The Channel Island of Sark, a British crown dependency, holds its first fully
democratic elections under a new constitutional arrangement, becoming the last European territory
to abolish feudalism.
December 12 - Switzerland becomes the 25th European country to join the Schengen Agreement,
whereby cross-border passport checks will be abolished.
December 12 - The Moon moves into its nearest point to Earth, called perigee, at the same time as
its fullest phase of the Lunar Cycle. The Moon appears to be 14% bigger and 30% brighter than this
year's other full moons. The next time these 2 events coincide will be in 2016.
December 16 - Ruins of an ancient Wari city are discovered in northern Peru.
December 18 - The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda convicts Théoneste Bagosora and 2
other senior Rwandan army officers of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes and
sentences them to life imprisonment.
December 23 - A military coup d'état is announced in Guinea shortly after the death of long-time
President Lansana Conté.
December 27 - Israel initiates a series of airstrikes against the Gaza Strip, killing at least 375
(including at least 60 civilians) and wounding over 1,700.
December 24 ±Death of Harold Pinter, English playwright, Nobel Laureate.
December 28 - Bangladesh holds its general elections after 2 years of political unrest over the
interim government.
December 31 - An extra leap second (23:59:60) is added to end the year. The last time this occurred
was in 2005.
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November 4 - United States presidential election, 2008: Barack Obama is elected the 44th President
of the United States and Joe Biden is elected the 47th Vice President. Barack Obama becomes the
first African-American President-elect.
November 4 ±Death of Michael Crichton, American author and producer
November 6 - King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan is crowned, having ascended to
the throne in 2006.
November 8 - An accident aboard Russian submarine K-152 Nerpa kills 20.
November 11 - The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 departs on her last voyage from Southampton, UK to
Dubai, UAE. She will become a floating hotel at Palm Jumeirah.
November 19 - Claudia Castillo of Spain becomes the first person to have a successful trachea
transplant using a tissue-engineered organ.
November 20 - The 2008 Prairie meteoroid falls over Canada.
November 22 ± 23 - The APEC Peru 2008 Summit is held in Lima.
November 22 - Frozen water is found on Mars.
November 22 -Rugby league - The New Zealand Kiwis become world champions for the first time as
they defeat the Australian Kangaroos in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup Final 34 to 20 in one of
the biggest upsets in the sport's history.
November 25 - Political crisis in Thailand: Protesters from the People's Alliance for Democracy party
storm into Suvarnabhumi Airport and block flights from taking off. More protesters seize control of
Don Mueang Airport the following day.
November 26 - November 29 - A series of terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India kills 195, and injures at
least 250.
November 27 ±Death of Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Prime Minister
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September 2 - Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda of Japan resigns less than a year after taking office
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September 2 - Political crisis in Thailand: Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej of Thailand declares a
state of emergency in Bangkok.
September 3 - Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani of Pakistan survives an assassination attempt
near Islamabad while on his way to meet the British Leader of the Opposition David Cameron.
September 3 - President's Dimitris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat hold peace talks in Nicosia,
aimed at reunifying Cyprus.
September 6 - Asif Ali Zardari is elected as the President of Pakistan by the Electoral College of
Pakistan.
September 9 - Political crisis in Thailand: The Constitutional Court of Thailand orders Prime Minister
Samak Sundaravej to resign after receiving payment for appearing on a television cooking show.
September 10 - The proton beam is circulated for the first time in the Large Hadron Collider, the
world's largest and the highest-energy particle accelerator, located at CERN, near Geneva, under
the Franco-Swiss border.
September 15 - Following negotiations, President Robert Mugabe and opposition leaders Morgan
Tsvangirai and Arthur Mutambara sign a power-sharing deal, making Tsvangirai the new Prime
Minister of Zimbabwe.
September 15 - Lehman Brothers filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
September 17 - The International Astronomical Union classifies Haumea as the fifth dwarf planet in
the Solar System.
September 21 - President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa resigns after accepting a call by African
National Congress.
September 24 - The Diet of Japan elects Taro Aso as the new Prime Minister of Japan.
September 25 - Kgalema Motlanthe is elected by the National Assembly of South Africa as the
President of South Africa, succeeding Thabo Mbeki.
September 25 - Shenzhou 7, the third manned Chinese spaceflight and the first with three crew
members, is successfully launched. China becomes the third country ever to conduct a spacewalk.
September 27 - Death of Mahendra Kapoor, 74, Indian playback singer, heart attack.
September 28 - SpaceX Falcon 1 becomes the world's first privately developed space launch vehicle
successfully to make orbit.
September 29 - Sultan Salahuddin Owaisi, 72, Indian politician.
September 30 - A Jodhpur temple stampede in western India kills over 224 people, and injures 400.
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August 1 - King George Tupou V is crowned as the new king of Tonga, an event that had been
delayed for over two years following the 2006 Nuku'alofa riots.
August 1- Death of Harkishan Singh Surjeet, 92, Indian politician, cardiac arrest.
August 1- Death of Ashok Mankad, 61, Indian cricketer.
August 3 - A stampede at a Hindu temple at Naina Devi in Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh, India kills
162 and injures 400.
August 6 - President Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi of Mauritania is deposed in a military coup d'état.
August 7 - The 2008 South Ossetia war begins as Georgia and Russia launch a major offensive
inside the separatist region of South Ossetia after days of border skirmishes between the two sides.
August 7- Lacrosse: The Federation of International Lacrosse, the new unified governing body for
the sport, holds its first meeting. The body was formed with the merger of the former governing
bodies for the men's and women's versions, respectively the International Lacrosse Federation and
International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Associations.
August 8±24 - The 2008 Summer Olympics take place in Beijing, China.
August 15 - Pushpa Kamal Dahal (known as Prachanda) is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of the
Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal after the Nepalese monarchy was abolished in May.
August 17 - Michael Phelps surpasses Mark Spitz in Olympic Gold Medals won at a single Olympics,
with 8 gold medals.
August 18 - Pervez Musharraf resigns from the post of President of Pakistan under impeachment
pressure from the coalition government.
August 20 - Spanair Flight 5022, from Madrid to Gran Canaria, skids off the runway and crashes at
Barajas Airport with 172 on board. 154 of them are killed and only 18 survive.[71]
22 - Pirates hijack German, Iranian, and Japanese cargo ships off the coast of Somalia, seven of
such attacks since June 20.
Gerard W. Ford, 83, American co-founder of Ford Modeling Agency, endocarditis.

August 25²August 28 - Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado for U.S. presidential
election.
August 26 - Russia unilaterally recognizes the independence of Georgian breakaway republics

Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Krishna Kumar Birla, 89, Indian industrialist and politician, after brief illness
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July 5 - Tennis: Venus Williams defeats Serena Williams in the final of The Championships,
Wimbledon 7-5, 6-4.
July 6- Tennis: Rafael Nadal defeats Roger Federer in the final of The Championships, Wimbledon
6-4, 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-7(8), 9-7.
July 7 - A suicide-bomber drives an explosives-laden automobile into the front gates of the Indian
embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing 58 and injuring over 150.
July 7±9 - 34th G8 summit held in Tōyako, Hokkaidō in Japan.
July 10 - Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljube Boškoski is acquitted of all charges by a UN
Tribunal accusing him of war crimes.
July 15±20 - World Youth Day takes place in Sydney, Australia. Pope Benedict XVI appears at the
event.
July 20 - Gliding: Laurent Couture (World Class), Michael Buchthal (Standard Class) and Matthias
Sturm (Club Class) won the gold medals in the 30th FAI World Gliding Championships in Rieti, Italy.
July 21 - Radovan Karadžić, the first president of the Republika Srpska, is arrested in Belgrade,
Serbia on allegations of war crimes, following a 12-year long manhunt.
July 22 - The United Progressive Alliance led government in India survives a crucial no-confidence
vote based on disagreements between Indian National Congress and Left Front over the Indo-US
nuclear deal.
July 23 - Ram Baran Yadav is sworn in as Nepal's first President.

July 25 - A series of seven bomb blasts rock Bangalore, India killing 2 and injuring 20 and on the
next day, a series of bomb blasts in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, kills 45 and injures over 160 people.
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June 7 -Tennis: Ana Ivanović defeats Dinara Safina in the final of the French Open 6-4, 6-3. Ivanović
becomes the first Serbian women to win a Grand Slam and the first Serbian to hold World Number 1.
June 8 - Tennis: Rafael Nadal defeats Roger Federer in the final of the French Open 6-1, 6-3, 6-0.
June 10 - Fire engulfs Sudan Airways Flight 109 after landing in Khartoum, killing 44.
June 11 - The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope is launched.
June 12 - Ireland votes to reject the Treaty of Lisbon, in the only referendum to be held by a
European Union member state on the treaty.
June 14 ± September 14 - Expo 2008 was held in Zaragoza in Spain, with the topic of "Water and
sustainable development".
June 16 - Golf: Tiger Woods won the 2008 U.S. Open Golf Championship over Rocco Mediate in an
eighteen hole playoff, which they were tied at even par. This forced a sudden death playoff on the
seventh hole, and Tiger Woods made a par to Rocco Mediate bogey. Tiger Woods birdied the 72nd
hole in regulation in order to force this playoff on Monday. This was Tiger Woods 65th PGA Tour win
for his career and the fourteenth major championship of his career. However, an injury Woods
suffered earlier in the year forced him to end his season after knee surgery following the win.
June 18- Basketball: The Boston Celtics won their seventeenth NBA Championship by defeating the
Los Angeles Lakers in six games in the 2008 NBA Finals. Paul Pierce was named Finals MVP.
June 22 - Typhoon Fengshen hits the Philippines and capsizes the ferry MV Princess of the Stars,
leaving hundreds dead or missing.
June 27 - Sam Manekshaw, 94, Indian field marshal and chief of Army Staff, bronchopneumonia.
June 27 - President Robert Mugabe is reelected with 85.5% of the vote in the second round of the
controversial Zimbabwean presidential election.
June 27 - After three decades as the Chairman of Microsoft Corporation, Bill Gates steps down from
daily duties to concentrate on philanthropy.
June 29 - Football (Soccer): The Spanish national football team defeated Germany 1 - 0 in the final
of the 2008 UEFA European Football Championships.
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May 3 - Over 133,000 in Burma/Myanmar are killed by Cyclone Nargis, the deadliest natural disaster
since the Boxing Day Tsunami in 2004.
May 5- President Pratibha Patil presents Padma Vibhushan awards to Pranab Mukherjee, Sachin
Tendulkar and Asha Bhosle.
May 7 - Dmitry Medvedev is sworn in as the President of Russia.
May 11 - Burma/Myanmar holds a constitutional referendum.
May 12 - Over 69,000 are killed in central south-west China by the Chengdu quake, an earthquake
measuring 8.0Mw. The epicenter is 90 kilometers (55 miles) west-northwest of the provincial capital
Chengdu, Sichuan province.
May 13 - A series of bomb blasts kills at least 63 and injures 216 in Jaipur, India.
May 14 - NASA announces the discovery of Supernova remnant G1.9+0.3
May 14 ±Death of Arthur Burks, 92, American mathematician and computer pioneer, died of
Alzheimer's disease.
May 15 - An oil pipeline explodes in Ijegun, Nigeria, killing 100.
May 15 ±Death of Willis Lamb (b. 1913), physicist, winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics.
May 19 ±Death of Vijay Tendulkar, 80, Indian playwright, died of myasthenia gravis
May 21- Football - Manchester United of England wins the UEFA Champions League, defeating
another English side Chelsea by penalty shootout 6-5, after a draw of 1-1 at the final.
May 23 - The Union of South American Nations, a supranational union, is created by a union
between the Andean Community and Mercosur.
May 23 - The International Court of Justice awards Middle Rocks to Malaysia and Pedra Branca to
Singapore, ending a 29-year territorial dispute between the two countries.
May 23- Prithvi II, a nuclear-capable, 350-km range surface-to-surface ballistic missile, is
successfully test-fired.
May 25 - NASA's Phoenix spacecraft becomes the first spacecraft to land on the northern polar-
region of Mars.
May 25- The Bhartiya Janta Party comes to power in Karnataka. In the assembly elections held
earlier in the week, BJP win 110 seats. Congress is second with 80.
May 28 - The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal is established after the Assembly votes
overwhelmingly in favor of abolishing the country's 240-year-old monarchy. Girija Prasad Koirala
becomes temporary Head of state.
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April 3- Communist Party of India (Marxist) elects Prakash Karat as its general secretary for another
term.
April 5 ± Death of Charlton Heston, 84, American Academy Award±winning actor (Ben-Hur, Ten
Commandments), NRA president, died of pneumonia.
April 8 - Sark dismantles its feudal system to comply with the European Convention on Human
Rights. The Privy Council approved the Sark law reforms, and the first elections under the new law
will be held in December 2008 and the new chamber will first convene in January 2009.
April 10 - Assembly elections in Nepal: Maoists win a plurality of seats in the Assembly in the first
election in Nepal in nine years.
April 13 ± Death of John Wheeler (b. 1911), theoretical physicist, coined the terms black hole and
worm hole.
April 16 ± Death of Edward Norton Lorenz (b. 1917), mathematician and meteorologist, coined the
term butterfly effect.
April 22 - Surgeons at London's Moorfields Eye Hospital perform the first operations using bionic
eyes, implanting them into two blind patients.
April 24 ±Death of Trilochan Singh, 85, Indian field hockey player, member of the gold medal-
winning 1948 Summer Olympics team.
April 27- According to the UK-based independent consultancy firm Brand Finance Tata is one of the
largest global brands. Tata is ranked 57th among top 100 brands.
April 27 - The Taliban attempts to assassinate Afghan President Hamid Karzai in a military parade in
Kabul.
April 27 - In Polo - Chile defeats Brazil in order to take the 2008 Polo World Championship in
México. The host country took bronze medal over Spain.
April 28 - India sets a world record by sending 10 satellites into orbit in a single launch.
April 29 ± Death of Albert Hofmann, 102, Swiss researcher, chemist and discoverer of LSD died of
heart attack.
April 30- Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C9) successfully puts all the 10 satellites into orbit by
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March 2 - 2008 Russian presidential election: Dmitry Medvedev is elected President of Russia with
about 70% of the vote. He is scheduled to succeed Vladimir Putin in May.
March 3- Central government of India launches Dhan Laxmi scheme in seven states. Under this
scheme an insurance cover of Rs 1 lakh would be provided for the girl child at her birth. The scheme
aims to improve the girl-child ratio.
March 3- Death of Norm O'Neill, 71, Australian cricketer of throat cancer
March 5- S. M. Krishna resigns from his post of Maharashtra Governor.
March 9- J. P. Chalasani is appointed the new chief executive of the Reliance Power, an Anil
Dhirubhai Ambani Group company.
March 8 - The general election of Malaysia. It is historical as the ruling coalition, Barisan
Nasional won with a slight majority in the Parliament and with the wake of the active Opposition
parties, never in the history of over 50 years in Malaysia that Barisan Nasional suffered such great
losses on five states.
March 9 - First European Space Agency Automated Transfer Vehicle, a cargo spacecraft for the
International Space Station, launches from Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana.
March 9 - The governing PSOE led by current Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero wins
the Spanish general election.
March 10 Lance Mackey wins Iditarod Dog Sled Race for a second time.
March 14- Hyderabad International Airport is inaugurated.
March 14 - Demonstrations by Tibetan separatists turn violent as rioters target government and Han
Chinese-owned buildings.
March 19 - An exploding star halfway across the visible universe becomes the farthest known object
ever visible to the naked eye.
March 19- Death of Sir Arthur C. Clarke, 90, Sri Lankan/British was a science fiction author
March 24- The Sixth Pay Commission recommends increase in the salaries of all government
employees by 40%.
March 24 - Bhutan holds its first-ever general elections.
March 25 - A 414 square kilometer (160 mi.2) chunk of Antarctica's Wilkins Ice Shelf disintegrates,
leaving the entire shelf at risk.
March 25 - African Union and Comoros forces invade the rebel-held island of Anjouan.
March 25 - Yousaf Raza Gillani becomes the 27th Prime Minister of Pakistan
March 26- Tata Motors buys two British automobile manufacturing companies, Jaguar and Land
Rover, from Ford, their American owners.
March 27- Communist Party of India (CPI) re-elects A. B. Bardhan as the general secretary for the
fourth consecutive term.
March 29 - Presidential and parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe.
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February 2 - Rebels attack the capital of Chad, N'Djamena.

February 4 - Iran opens its first space center and launches a rocket to space.
February 4 - A Palestinian suicide bomber kills one and wounds thirteen in a Dimona, Israel
shopping center.
February 5 - U.S. stock market indices plunge more than 3% after a report showed signs of
economic recession in the service-sector. The S&P 500 fell 3.2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average
fell 370 points.
5 February - The Orissa government decides to provide a monthly pension of Rs. 200 to HIV positive
persons under the State-sponsored µMadhu Babu Pension Yojana.¶
February 5±6 - A tornado outbreak, the deadliest in 23 years, kills 58 in the Southern United States.
February 7 - Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Anbumani Ramadoss dedicates to the nation
the first in-vitrofertilisation (IVF) facility in the public sector set up at the All-India Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi.
February 12 - PDVSA, a state oil company in Venezuela, suspends sales of crude oil to ExxonMobil,
in response to a legal challenge by them.
February 13 - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of Australia delivers a formal apology to the Stolen
Generations.
February 15 - The Election Commission issues notice to Congress president Sonia Gandhi seeking
her response to an allegation that she had incurred disqualification as member of Parliament under
Article 102(1)(d) of the Constitution for accepting the Order of Leopold from the King of Belgium in
November 2006.
February 17 - Kosovo formally declares independence from Serbia, with support from some
countries but opposition from others.
February 18 - The British government introduces emergency legislation temporarily to nationalize
Northern Rock, the fifth largest mortgage bank in the UK, due to the bank's financial crisis.
February 18 - A general election is held in Pakistan, delayed from January 8 due to riots in the wake
of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Opposition parties, including Bhutto's, take more than half of
the seats, while PresidentPervez Musharraf's party suffers a huge defeat.
February 19 - Fidel Castro announces his resignation as President of Cuba, effective on February
24.
February 19 - Viswapati Trivedi becomes the Joint Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the National
Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL).
February 20 - United States Navy destroys a spy satellite containing toxic fuel by shooting it down
with a missile launched from USS Lake Erie in the Pacific Ocean.
February 22 - Former Building Society Northern Rock is the first bank in Europe to be taken in to
state control due to the US subprime mortgage financial crisis.
February 24 - Raúl Castro is unanimously elected as President of Cuba by the National Assembly.
February 24: Football (soccer) - Japan won Women's East Asian Cup 2008 by three straight wins
over South Korea, North Korea, and China.
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January 1 - Cyprus, Malta, and Akrotiri and Dhekelia adopt the Euro
January 1 - Slovenia takes over the presidency of the European Union as the first of new member
states.
January 2 - The price of petroleum hits $100 per barrel for the first time.
January 7: Auto racing - McLaren unveils their 2008 Formula 1 car.
January 8 - An attempted assassination of Maldivian president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom is thwarted
after a Boy Scout grabbed the attacker's knife. The Boy Scout was injured, but after a scuffle ensued
police arrested the attacker.
January 14 - At 19:04:39 UTC, the MESSENGER space probe is at its closest approach during its
first flyby of the planet Mercury.
January 15 - Whale Fishing Controversy-Federal Court of Australia orders a Japanese whaling
company to stop research whaling within their Exclusive Economic Zone.
January 17 - Bobby Fischer, American-Icelandic chess grandmaster, Died. He is icon of American
Chess in 1970s.
January 19: Tennis - 2008 Australian Open, Australia's Lleyton Hewitt beats Marcos Baghdatis of
Cyprus in the 3rd round qualifier in a marathon 5-set match which took almost 5 hours. The match
ended at 4:33am local time after the match was delayed until just before midnight, making it the
latest ever finish for an Australian Open match.
January 21 - Stock markets around the world plunge amid growing fears of a U.S. recession, fueled
by the 2007 subprime mortgage crisis.
January 22 - Russia stages the largest naval exercise since the fall of the Soviet Union in the Bay of
Biscay. The Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, along with 11 support vessels and 47 long-
range bomber aircraft, practiced strike tactics off the coast of France and Spain, and test-launched
nuclear-capable missiles on foreign waters.
January 22 - Heath Ledger, Australian actor, died. He is remembered eternally for his roles in
Batman, The dark Knight and Broke Back Mountain
January 23 - Thousands of Palestinians cross into Egypt, as the border wall with Gaza in Rafah is
blown up by militants.
January 24 - A peace deal ends the Kivu war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
January 24 - Iraqi Parliament adopts a new national flag, removing three stars associated with the
Baath Party; a permanent design is expected within the next year.
January 25 - China's worst snowstorm since 1954 kills 133, delays traffic, and causes massive
power outages in central and southern parts of the country.
January 26: Tennis - Maria Sharapova beat Serbian Ana Ivanović in the Australian Open to capture
her third major
January 29 - Iran's judiciary sentences to prison 54 Bahá'í religion followers for charity work.
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2.Which European country has recently joined

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3.Which supersonic missile was test fired by India in the Bay of Bengal?
4.World bank has banned which Indian IT company to do business with it for a span of 8 years due
to data theft and paying bribes to the World Bank's staffs?
5. NIA Bill, 2008 and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment (UAPA) Bill, 2008 were
recently approved in Indian Parliament in awake of terror attacks.Who presented these anti-terror
bills?
6.The first Indian who was recently conferred the honorary citizenship of Singapore by its
Government.Identify him.
7.Shareholder of which troubled financial services firm have given their approval for the merger with
banking major Well Fargo?
8. Who received the"Ballon d'Or", often referred to as theEuropean Footballer of the Year award for
the year 2008.
9.Which country was recently voluterily suspended from OPEC countries since it became a net
impoter of oil?
10.Identify the dramatist who died recently.
Answers:
1.The Google doodle came up when LHC was launched
2. Switzerland,it became 25th nation to join Schengen agreement
3.Brahmos
4.Satyam Computers
5.It was Presented by P.Chidambaram,Home Minister of India
6.Ratan Tata,in recognition of his abiding business relationship with the island nation and his
contribution to the growth of high-tech sectors in Singapore.
7.Wachovia Corporation
8.Christiano Ronaldo
9.Indonesia.
10.Harold Pinter,Nobel Laureate for Literature in the year 2005
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3.Who is the first Indian saint to get canonized?
4.Who is the Last King of Nepal?

5.Who was elected as President for Zimbabwe in a controversial election?
6.Who succeeded Bill Gates as Chief Software Architect of Microsoft?
7.To whom was Dada Saheb Phalke Award conferred for the year 2008?
8.According to UN,2008 was observed as_____year.
9.Identify the Athlete.
10.What was conducted between May 15th and May 25th of 2008 in Himachal Pradesh?
Answers for Current Affairs 2008

1.This is 5 billion currency note printed due to hyperinflation in Zimbabwean economy
2.Ford,an American based Automobile giant
3.St.Alphonsa.She is canonized by Pope Benedict the XVI.
4.King Gyanendra
5.Robert Mugabe
6.Ray Ozzie.He was formerly best known for his role in creating Lotus Notes
7.Tapan Sinha,Bengali Film Director
8.Year of Sanitation
9.Michael Phelps, most gold medals won at a single Olympics with the eight golds in Beijing 2008
10.Tibetan Olympics,since Tibetans were not allowed to participate in Beijing Olympics 2008.

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