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Now which is the tallest Building in the world?

Answer:- Burj tower (828 m) Dubai. Burj Khalifa formerly known as Burj Dubai is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Construction began on 21 September 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed on 1 October 2009. Total cost for the Burj Khalifa project was about US$1.5 billion. Height: Antenna or spire: 828m (2,717 ft). Floor Count: 160 habitable floors plus 46 maintenance levels in the spire and 2 parking levels in the basement. Floor area: 464,511 m2 (5,000,000 sq ft)

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Name the Indian who was awarded honoris causa by the University of Talca, in Chile ?

Answer:- MS Swaminathan Hollywood blockbuster Avatar becomes the fastest movie ever to rake in $1 billion, faster than any other movie in the history. Who is the director of this blockbuster movie? Answer:- James Cameron

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4. Who has been declared as the worst-behaved player to play for the Australia in the last 20 years by The Sunday Telegraph? Answer:-Ricky Ponting 5. Isaac Schwartz, famous Russian personality who has expired at the age of 86 was associated with? Answer:-Music 6. Who has been awarded IBN Indian of the Year Award in New Delhi recently? Answer:- Saina Nehwal 7. Which country has resumed wolf hunting after a gap of 45 years? Answer:- Sweden 8. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of the I-League? Answer:- Mr.Sunando Dhar All India Football Federation officially declared that Mr.Sunando Dhar has been appointed as the new CEO of the I-League and he will join from the month of January.

9. Who has been appointed as Director-Media to the Prime Minister of India recently ? Answer:- Binoy Job

10. Who was named as the Player of the Decade by Goal.com?

Answer:- Bhaichung Bhutia

11. Which country won the seventh World Team Chess Championship held at the Merinos Congress Centre in Bursa, Turkey from January 3rd till 14th, 2010?
Answer:- Russia. Russia won gold, USA won Silver and India got the Bronze medal.

12. One of the most successful R&B(Rhythm and Blue) singers of the 1970s and 80s, passed away recently at the age of 59 after a battle with colon cancer?

Teddy Pendergrass
The five-time Grammy-nominated singer had chart-topping hits in three different decades with 1978s Close the Door, 1988s Joy and 1991s It Shouldve Been You, plus well-known songs like Love TKO, Two Hearts with Stephanie Mills and Hold Me, a duet with Whitney Houston that featured on Houstons 1985 debut album. 13. Which car has selected as the Car of the Year at ICICI Bank-CNBC-TV18 Overdrive Awards 2010? Tata Nano.

14. Who has been appointed as one of 13 faith advisers by U.K. Communities Secretary John Denham? Arjan Vekaria, president of the Hindu Forum of Britain.

He has been involved in voluntary work with the Hindu Community in the UK for over 35 years. Born in Uganda, Arjan spent part of his childhood in India before migrating to the UK in the 1970s.

15. British hostage who has been released alive after more than two-and-a-half years in captivity in Iraq by Islamic Shia Resistance, a terrorist organization?
Peter Moore He was an IT consultant from Lincoln, who was captured in Baghdad in May 2007. Four bodyguards were seized with Mr. Moore. Three were shot dead; the fourth is also thought to have been killed. 16. South Korean steel major which has got final clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests recently for acquiring forest land in Orissa for its $12 billion steel plant project? POSCO

POSCO signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Orissa in June 2005 for the 12 million-tonecapacity steel plant to be built in three phases by 2016, with production scheduled to begin by the end of 2011 at the completion of the first phase.

17. The well known Indian expatriate businessman from Abu Dhabi who has purchased the entire 100th floor of Burj Dubai, the worlds tallest tower?
B R Shetty. He is the founder and managing director of the New Medical Centre (NMC) group of hospitals. 18. The country which officially removed a 22 year old entry ban on foreigners living with HIV/Aids recently? United States of America (USA). The change came following a US decision in November, removing HIV infection from the definition of communicable disease of public health significance. 19. Which country recently issued an orange alert for heavy fog and snowstorm? China.

20. The 97th Indian Science Congress is held at?

University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, from January 3 to 7, 2010. This is the first time that the Indian Science Congress is being held at Thiruvananthapuram. 21. Legendary Wildlife conservationist and author who passed away on 1 January 2010, at his home Tiger Haven in the vicinity of the famous Dudhwa National Park in Uttar Pradesh at the age of 92.? Billy Arjan Singh Singh, regarded as the godfather of the Save the Tiger campaign in India was instrumental in establishing the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve in 1988.He was decorated with several national and international awards including Padma Shri in 1995 and Padma Bhusan in 2006 and J Paul Getty Wildlife Conservation Award. The Uttar Pradesh government had also conferred the Yash Bharti award on him. 22. Who has been named as chairman of International Pepper Community (IPC) for 2009 2010? V.J. Kurian, Chairman of Spices Board, Ministry of Commerce of the Government of India took over from Mr. Odilson Luiz Ribeiro e Silva as Chairman of IPC at the 37th Session of IPC on 3rd December 2009.

23. The alleged drug lord who was arrested by Mexican police, two weeks after his even more powerful brother was killed in a shootout with troops? Carlos Beltran Leyva Two weeks ago, his brother Arturo, reputed chief of the Beltran Leyva cartel, was killed in a shootout with Mexican marines in the central city of Cuernavaca. 24. Who has won Sri Lankas first post-war national presidential election defeating former army chief Sarath Fonseka with 57.9% of the popular vote, according to the countrys elections commissioner? Mahinda Rajapakse He has won Sri Lankas first election since Tamil Tiger rebels were defeated after 25 years of civil war and this is his second term in office. 25. On January 28 2010, an International Conference on Afghanistan was held where members of the international community discussed the further progress on the Petersburg agreement from 2001 on the democratization of Afghanistan after the ousting of the Taliban regime. Where was that conference held? Lancaster House in London. The one-day conference, hosted by the United Kingdom, the United Nations, and the Afghan government, meant to chart a new course for the future of Afghanistan and brought together foreign ministers and senior representatives from more than 70 countries and international organizations. 26. Which company has been named the Technology Pioneer-2010 by the World Economic Forum for developing solar-powered mobile phone base stations, becoming the first Indian telecom infrastructure firm to win the laurel? Vihaan Networks Ltd (VNL), a Shyam Group company.

27. Which team won their sixth Federation Cup title with a 3-0 triumph over Lajong via penalties in an evenly contested final?
East Bengal. 28. Who is appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of the Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kerala?

Ramachandran Thekkedath.

He is presently working in the Technology Commercialisation office of the University of Utah at Salt Lake city in the US.

29. Winners of Man of the match award in the Tri nation ODI series (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh).
Ist ODI held at Dhaka between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka on Jan 4, 2010: Tilakaratne Dilshan (104 runs). Lanka beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets. 2nd ODI held at Dhaka between India and Sri Lanka on Jan 5, 2010: Thilan Samaraweera, (105 not out off 106 balls). Lanka won the match by 5 wickets. 3rd ODI held at Dhaka between India and Bangladesh on Jan 7, 2010: M.S.Dhoni, (101 not out off 107 balls). India won the match by 6 wickets. 4th ODI held at Dhaka between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka on Jan 8, 2010: Upul Tharanga, ((118 not out)). Lanka won the match by 9 wickets. 5th ODI held at Dhaka between India and Sri Lanka on Jan 10, 2010: Zaheer Khan, (3wickets for 38 runs). India won the match by 8 wickets. 6th ODI held at Dhaka between India and Bangladesh on Jan 11, 2010: Virat Kohli, (102 not out off 95 balls). India won the match by 6 wickets. 7th ODI(Final of the Tri Nation series) held at Dhaka between India and Sri Lanka on Jan 13, 2010: Nuvan Kulasekhara, (4 wickets for 48 runs). Sri Lanka won the match by 4 wickets. 30. Who won the man of the series award in the Tri nation Tournament (India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh) held in Dhaka, Bangladesh? Kumar Sangakkara 31. Name of the new party formed by the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh on his birthday(05-01-2010)? Jan Kranti Party

32. Who became the first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole?
Reena Kaushal. She made the historic ski-run as part of an eight-woman Commonwealth team that crossed a 900 km Antarctic ice trek to reach the South Pole to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Commonwealth.

33. Who won the man of the match award in the second test between Australia and Pakistan played at the Sidney Cricket Ground?
Michael Hussey (Australia). Australia won by 36 runs. 34. Indias first Eclipse Cruise which left from Kochi port, with about 750 astro tourists to view the longest annular solar eclipse of the third millennium from Male in Maldives on January 15. Which cruise ship is used for this eclipse cruise? MV Aquamarine. MV Aquamarine is a cruise ship owned and operated by Louis Cruise Lines is the fifth largest cruise operator in the world and the first international cruise line to operate from India.A cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ships amenities are part of the experience.

35. Delhi Lt Governor Tejendra Khanna recently gave the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) the go-ahead to prosecute a former Congress M.P in murder and communal rioting cases related to the 1984 anti-Sikh carnage. Name of that Former parliamentarian?
Sajjan Kumar He is accused of instigating mobs that went on the rampage killing Sikhs across Delhi in 1984 in the wake of the assassination of the then prime minister Indira Gandhi. 36. A 103 feet high Christmas star designed by Kerala based firm has been adjudged the worlds largest Christmas ornamental star by the Guinness Book of World Records. Name of that firm? Apple A Day properties. 37. The scientist of Indian origin who has been given Canadas highest civilian award the Order of Canada recently? Shrawan Kumar He was honoured for his three decades of pioneering research on workplace injury and the spine at the University of Alberta. 38. Who won the mens and womens title in the 74th Senior National Badminton Championship at Karmavir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor Complex in Guwahati? Chetan Anand(Mens title)

Trupti Murgunde(womens title) Mens doubles title was won by Rupesh Kumar and Sanave Thomas while the pair of Ashwini Ponnapa and Jwala Gutta bagged the womens doubles. 39. Which High court of India will uphold its bench order that includes the office of the Chief Justice of India within the scope of the Right to Information (RTI) Act and requires judges to declare their assets? The Delhi High Court 40. Name of the only official survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings at the end of World War II, died on 6th January in Nagasaki, Japan at the age of 93? Tsutomu Yamaguchi 41. Who has been appointed as Finance Minister of Japan, replacing Hirohisa Fujii who will step down for health related reasons? Naoto Kan. He is the deputy prime minister of Japan. 42. A 7.2-magnitude earthquake triggered landslides and a tsunami that struck a country on January 4, 2010, leaving more than 1,000 people homeless. Name of that country? Solomon Islands. Solomon Islands is a country in Melanesia, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. 43. Scientists of which country are developing an electronic device (e-dog) that will sniff out explosives like RDX which remain undetected by existing security equipments? India. 44. PRAVASI BHARATIYA SAMMAN AWARDEES (PBSA)-2010 1 Mr. Mohinder Singh Bhullar Brunei( Darussalam) 2 Mr. Yanktesh Permal Reddy (Fiji) 3 Mr. Ryuko Hira (Japan) 4 (Mrs) Dr. Ruby Umesh Pawankar (Japan) 5 Mr. Suresh Kumar Virmani (Oman)

6 Mr. Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan (South Africa) 7 Dr. Tholisiah Perumal Naidoo (South Africa) 8 Dr. Rajni Kanabar (Tanzania) 9 Mr. Deepak Mittal (Thailand) 10 Dr. Lenny Krishendath Saith (Trinidad & Tobago) 11 Dr. Azad Moopen (U.A.E) 12 Mr. Mani Lal Bhaumik (U.S.A) 13.Mr. Ashok Kumar Mago (U.S.A) 14 Mr. Upendra J. Chivukula (U.S.A) The Pravasi Bharatiya Samman is an award constituted by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs in conjunction with the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, to honor exceptional and meritorious contribution in their chosen field/profession. The award is given by the President of India. 45. Who has been nominated as the Chairman from India of Asian Print Congress? R.Suresh. He is the Chief Executive of S.T.Reddiar&Sons. 46. Which country limited United States military presence in their country recently? Yemen. Yemen warns US military intervention, however welcomes U.S. and foreign troops for training, intelligence and logistical support. 47. Which Russian Website suggested a Conspiracy theory for YSRs Death which involving Ambani brothers? http://exiledonline.com. The Russian website is a magazine which is run by Mark Ames, a journalist and a writer, Ames published an article titled Enemy of Larry Summers Ex-boss Dies in Mysterious Helicopter Crash. The article, which was published on December 31, 2009, unveils a conspiracy against YSR engineered by the loyal partners of Ambani brothers. 48. Which country recently formulated a strict new law under which women who wear full-length veils (burqa) in public places will have to pay a fine of over 750 Euro?

France. Muslim women who wear the full Islamic veil in France will face a possible 750 euros fine, according to a draft bill unveiled by the leader of the parliamentary majority. 49. Who have been selected for Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak for their conspicuous courage in saving life under circumstances of very great danger to the life of the rescuer? Rukhsana Kosser Narender Kaushik (posthumously) Rukhsana, a Jammu girl who braved the bullets of Lashkar-e-Taiba militants and killed one of them to save her family. Narender Kaushik, a resident of Delhi who died while saving people trapped in a fire on March 13 last year. Jeevan Raksha Padak series of awards are given to a person for meritorious act of human nature in saving the life of a person. The award is given in three categories Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak and Jeevan Raksha Padak. Names of the seven persons who won the Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak Award: Syed Areef Sujauddin (Andhra Pradesh) (posthumously) Umman Antony (Kerala) (posthumously) Rajan Kamble (Maharashtra)( posthumously) Mushtaq Ahmed and Ajaz Ahmed (Jammu and Kashmir) Karambir Singh Kang (Maharashtra) Prachi Santosh Sen (Madhya Pradesh) Jeevan Raksha Padak award is given to 44 persons. 50. Who won the Brisbane International Tennis title beating Justine Henin in the final? Kim Clijsters 51. Which country has become the worlds third-largest economy, surpassing Germany and closing rapidly on Japan, according to government and World Bank figures? China

52. Who has been appointed as the new bowling coach of India? Eric Simons, former South African fast bowler. 53. Recipients of the 16th Annual Star Screen Awards : The film 3 Idiots won 8 awards and film Paa won five awards. Best Actor: Amitabh Bachchan (Paa) Best Actress: Vidya Balan (Paa) Best Director: Rajkumar Hirani (3 Idiots) Best Music Director A R Rahman ( Delhi 6 ) Best Film: 3 Idiots Lifetime Achievement Award: Javed Akhtar Best Screenplay Abhijat Joshi, Raju Hirani (3 Idiots) Best Story Imtiaz Ali ( Love Aaj Kal) Best Dialogues AbhijatJoshi, Raju hirani (3 Idiots) Best Lyricist Irshad Kamil For Choor Bazari ( Love Aaj Kal) Best Playback Singer ( Female ) Kavita Seth For Ore Manva ( Wake up Sid ) Best Playback Singer (Male ) Rahat Fateh Ali Khan For Aaj Din Chaya ( Love Aaj Kal) Best Cinematographer Rajiv Ravi ( Dev D) Best Choreographer Bosco Ceaser (3 Idiots) Best Entertainer of the year: Katrina Kaif Best Editing Results Raju Hirani (3 Idiots) Best Special Effects Aladin Best Action Vijayan (Wanted ) Best Child Artist Pratik Katari ( Paa) Best Cast- Luck By Chance

Best Jodi of the decade: Shahrukh Khan and Kajol Ramnath Goenka memorial award: Nandita Das for Firaaq Most Promising Newcomer (Female) Mahi Gill (Dev D) Most Promising Newcomer (Male): Omi Vaidya (Aka Silencer) ( 3 Idiots ) Most Promising Debutante Director: Nandita Das (Firaaq) Best Supporting Actress: Arundhati Nag (Paa) Best Supporting Actor: Rishi Kapoor (Love Aaj Kal) Star plus jodi award: Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan Best Actor in a negative role:Boman Irani (3 Idiots) Best Actress Most Popular Category- Kareena Kapoor ( 3 Idiots ) Best Actor for Most Popular Category: Shahid Kapoor (Kaminey) Best Actor in a comic role: Omi Vaidya (3 Idiots) 54. Which player won the ATP Chennai Open titles with his first-ever win over Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland in the final? Marin Cilic of Croatia. The second-seeded Cilic became the first player after Spanish veteran Carlos Moyas victories in 2004 and 2005 to win back-to-back crowns in South Asias only ATP event. 55. Who won Qatar Open Tennis title beating Rafael Nadal of Spain in the final held in Doha? Nikolay Davydenko(Russia) He defeated Rafael Nadal of Spain 0-6, 7-6 (8) and 6-4 to win the Qatar Open tennis tournament. 56. Who has been selected for this years Prof. S. Guptan Nair Puraskaram. an award which is instituted for exceptional teachers who make significant contributions to the cultural scene? B. Hridayakumari 57. Name of the leading Iranian nuclear scientist, who has been killed in a bomb blast in Tehran? Massoud Ali-Mohammadi

58. The French film maker who was one of the main figures of the post-war New Wave cinema movement passed away recently in Paris at the age of 89? Eric Rohmer He was the director of the critically acclaimed Tales of Four Seasons His main works include the cycle of films Six Moral Tales. The third, My Night at Mauds, released in 1969, brought him international recognition. 59. Name of Indian-origin man and his two accomplices who have been given long jail sentences for their involvement in a 33 million pounds drug deal which is considered to be UKs largest ever heroin seizure.? Harminder Chana, 32, was sentenced to 17 years, Abdul Rob, 30, was sentenced to 23 years Atif Khan, 34, was sentenced to 15 and half years. 60. Which country has successfully intercepted a missile defense system, in a test of its advanced air defense capabilities? China 61. Who won the Man of the series award in the Commonwealth Bank ODI cricket series between Australia and Pakistan? Ryan Harris (Australia) 62. Which countrys military forces decided to protect the banks in earth quake-hit Haiti? India Para-military Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel have been guarding banks and other vital centres in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, to prevent looting, besides providing security to Indians in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake. 63. Scientist, whose groundbreaking work untangling fundamental genetic processes earned him a Nobel Prize, died at the age of 82?

Marshall Nirenberg. 64. Name of the Indian-origin Australian researcher who has been named western Australias Australian of the Year?

Professor Ralph Martins. He has been conducting research on Alzheimers disease. 65. Indo-Canadian who was appointed vice president of the University of Toronto, Canadas biggest university? Hargurdeep Saini 66. The Afghan government recently banned the key ingredient of roadside bombs that have emerged as the deadliest weapon used by Taliban fighters against NATO troops in Afghanistan. Name of that fertilizer chemical? Ammonium Nitrate 67. Which Caribbean country has been hit by a massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake on January 12, 2010, killing about 200,000 people? Haiti. 68. Only batsman in world cricket who scored 7000 ODI runs with a strike rate of over 100? Virender Sehwag. Sehwag, the seventh Indian to reach 7000 ODI runs, is the only batsman in world cricket to achieve the milestone with a strike rate of over 100. 69. Who has been chosen as the ESPN Cricinfo Player of the Decade for the 2000s by a 38strong panel of experts, including current and former players? Ricky Ponting, captain of Australia 70. Which state has won the Ranji Trophy for a record 39th time by beating Karnataka in a nailbiter of a final at Mysore? Mumbai. The hosts Karnataka were chasing a target of 338 for a win, but were bowled out for 331 to give Mumbai a six-run victory on the fourth day of the game. 71. Australia has recently condemned as deeply offensive an Indian newspaper cartoon depicting the police as members of the racist Ku Klux Klan over their investigations into the murder of a young Indian man in Australia. Which newspaper published that cartoon? Mail Today, Delhi based news paper. cartoon appeared in the 5 January edition of Delhis Mail Today

72. Which country took over the mantle of the worlds top merchandise exporter from Germany in 2009, according to the latest figures, aided by a global economic crisis that has taken a greater toll on other trading powers? China 73. Which Central Ministers recent remarks on Pandit Nehrus foreign policy became controversial? Shashi Tharoor. He said that while Nehrus foreign policy had taken India to a new level in the international arena, he agreed with criticism that it amounted to a moralistic running commentary on other countries behaviour. Later he blamed the media for his misreported remarks on the former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehrus foreign policy. 74. The centurys longest solar eclipse, having totality duration of 11 minutes, 8 seconds (visible in India for 10 minutes, 24 seconds) occurred on which day of January? 15th January, 2010. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon comes directly between the Sun and the Earth, producing a shadow on the Earths surface where the Sun is completely or partially obscured. 75. Who was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award 2009 for his outstanding contributions and achievements in Banking Sector during the Bharat Samman Pravasi Awards? Mr. R. Seetharaman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Doha Bank. 76. Who unveiled the Coca-Cola FIFA World Cup Football Trophy 2010 at a glittering function in Kolkata, making Kolkata the only Indian city to showcase the prized trophy? Lothar Matthaus, German football legend. The trophy made of 18-carat gold- 36.8 cm high tall and weighing 6,175 grams. 77. Who is appointed as the new Captain of Kings XI Punjab for IPL 2010? Kumar Sangakkara. The Sri Lankan player replaces Yuvraj Singh who had led the team for the last two seasons 78. Who won the Sydney Medibank International Tennis Womens Title defeating Serena Williams 6-3, 6-2 in the final?

Elena Dementieva 79. Who won the Sydney Medibank International Tennis mens Title defeating Richard Gasquet in the final? Marcos Baghdatis 80. Ex-Soldier of China who was elected as governor of Tibet by the regional parliament recently? Padma Choling Choling, a Tibetan who served in the Peoples Liberation Army from 1969 to 1986 has replaced Qiangba Puncog, whose resignation was endorsed by the regional Peoples Congress. 81. Who has resigned as president of Hockey India due to the allegations made against him during the recent hockey crisis? A.K. Mattoo 82. FBI had recently used the photo of a Spanish leader for a digitally-altered image showing how Osama Bin Laden might look. Name of that Spanish leader? Gaspar Llamazares A photo of Bin Laden from 1998 (left) was digitally altered using elements from an image of Gaspar Llamazares (right) He rejected the United States apology for the FBIs using a photo of him to create a poster showing what Osama bin Laden might look like today. 83. The Turk, who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981, was released from prison recently after more than 29 years behind bars and proclaimed that he was a messenger of God and that the world would end in this century. Name of that Turkish man? Mehmet Ali Agca 84. The top military chief of al-Qaida in Yemen who was killed by Yemeni warplanes near a desert village bordering Saudi Arabia? Qassim al-Raimi. He is considered the No. 3 leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. 85. The Argentina player who reached the 100-goal mark for Barcelona?

Lionel Messi. The Argentina ace, who is still only 22, achieved the landmark in just 188 games for the Catalan club. 86. Who is appointed as the Governor of Maharashtra? K. Sankaranarayanan 87. India Government has decided to withdraw the deemed status of how many universities in the country? 44 Centre told the Supreme Court that it has decided to withdraw the deemed status to 44 universities in the country alleging these were being run as family fiefdoms rather than on academic considerations. 88. The winners of the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards, BEST DRAMA: Avatar DIRECTOR: James Cameron Avatar ACTOR (DRAMA): Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart ACTRESS (DRAMA): Sandra Bullock The Blind Side BEST MUSICAL OR COMEDY: The Hangover ACTOR (MUSICAL OR COMEDY): Robert Downey, Jr. Sherlock Holmes ACTRESS (MUSICAL OR COMEDY): Meryl Streep Julie & Julia FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: The White Ribbon ANIMATED FILM: Up SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds SUPPORTING ACTRESS: MoNique Precious SCREENPLAY: Up in the Air ORIGINAL SCORE: Michael Giacchino Up ORIGINAL SONG: The Weary Kind Crazy Heart CECIL B. DEMILLE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: Martin Scorsese

89. Who is the new president of Hockey India? Vidya Stokes 90. Who won the man of the match award in the third test between Australia and Pakistan played at Bellerive Oval, Hobart? Ricky Ponting (Australia). Australia won by 231 runs. 91. Who won the man of the series award in the three test series between Australia and Pakistan held in Australia? Shane Watson Australia won the 3-match series 3-0 92. National Security Adviser who has been appointed Governor of West Bengal? M.K. Narayanan 93. Which playback singer won the Swaralaya-Kairali Yesudas award ? Sujatha. The award includes a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh, a citation and a statuette designed by Kanayi Kunhiraman. Malayalam Music director M.K Arjunan has been selected for the lifetime achievement award for his contribution in the field of music 94. Name of the eco-friendly vehicle launched by Maruti Suzuki India Ltd during the auto Expo 2010 held in Delhi? Eeco 95. Veteran Communist leader whose unbroken 23-year stewardship of West Bengals Left Front government made him the longest reigning chief minister of an Indian state died recently after a prolonged illness? Jyoti Basu 96. Who won the Man of the Match award in the fourth test match between South Africa and England held in Johannesburg? Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn South Africa won the fourth test by an innings and 74 runs and leveled the series 1-1.

97. Who won the Man of the series award in the four test match series between South Africa and England held in South Africa? South African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher and England off-spinner Graeme Swann shared the man of the series award. 98. Who was elected president of Chile, after a runoff election against former president Eduardo Frei?

Sebastian Pinera 99. Name of the software developed by the students of Indian Institute of Technology-Madras which won a business plan competition in New York? XEstor The software uses algorithms to store various battery parameters and interfaces with the grid to control the amount of energy supplied and stored in the network. Midhun Saleem, Kaushik Anand, Ashish Dattani, Sriram Kalyanaraman and Vinay Shankar B.K. shared the $20,000 prize. 100. Name of the former Chinese Supreme Court judge who was sentenced to life in prison recently following his conviction for embezzlement and receiving more than half a million dollars in bribes? Huang Songyou 101. Name of Asias biggest air carrier, which has filed for bankruptcy protection recently, in one of Japans biggest corporate failures? Japan Airlines Corp. 102. Which players emerged as the most expensive cricketers of the high-profile players auction of the third edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL)? Kieron Pollard, West Indies all-rounder Shane Bond, New Zealand pacer. 103. Who is the new Director General of the CRPF(Central Reserve Police Force), worlds largest para military force ? Vikram Srivastava 104. Who is the new Director General of Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)?

R. L. Bhatia 105. Which country has overtaken U.S.A to become the biggest car market in the world as government policy initiatives spur demand? China 106. Which country stopped Military Exchanges with U.S.A in response to Washingtons plan to sell a package of arms worth about 6.4 billion U.S. dollars to Taiwan? China 107. Name of the first State-funded Hindu school in Britain which has started its operation in a new building where meditation and yoga will form part of the lessons? The Krishna Avanti Primary School. The school founded in 2008 is the first voluntary aided Hindu faith school in the country and is recognized as the most eco-friendly. It is also Britains first vegetarian State school. 108. Six decades after his death, some of Mahatma Gandhis ashes have been scattered off the coast of a country on 31-01-2010. Which is that country? South Africa. 109. Which country won the under-19 World Cup Cricket held in New Zealand? Australia. Australia beat Pakistan by 25 runs in the final. Man of the Match: Josh Hazelwood(Australia). He took 4 wickets for 30 runs. 110. Who won the Australian Open womens Tennis title-2010? Serena Williams She defeated Belgian Justine Henin in the Womens singles final at Australian Open Championship 2010 at Melbourne 111. Who won the 2010 Australian Open Mens title-2010? Roger Federer. He beat Andy Murray 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (13-11) to win the 2010 Australian Open Mens title on Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.

112. Who won the Australian Open mens doubles Tennis title-2010? Bob Bryan (USA) and Mike Bryan (USA). They won their fourth Australian Open doubles title, defeating Daniel Nestor of Canada and Serbian Nenad Zimonjic 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3 in the final. 113. Who won the Australian Open 2010 mixed doubles title? Leander Paes(India) and Cara Black(Zimbabwe) They beat 10th seeds Ekaterina Makarova of Russia and Jaroslav Levinsky of Czechoslovakia 7-5, 6-3 in the final. 114. A member of the victorious US 4x400m womens relay squad at the 2004 Athens Olympics is suspended for four years and all her competitive results since 2001 were disqualified because she used banned anabolic agents and hormones between 2001 and 2004, according to U.S. AntiDoping Agency (USADA). Name of that American sprinter? Crystal Cox

115. Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered a 2,000-year-old temple dedicated to a cat goddess. In which place it is located?
Alexandria. The temple was filled with statues of Bastet, a once fearsome lion-headed goddess whose image changed over time to a domesticated cat.The temple is the first trace of the royal quarters of the Ptolemaic dynasty to be revealed in Alexandria. 116. The ban on pre-paid phones in an Indian state has been withdrawn recently. Which is that state? Jammu and Kashmir The ban was imposed last year after the government cited security reasons in the state. 117. Which country leads the world in addressing pollution control and natural resource management challenges, according to the latest Environmental Performance Index (EPI)? Iceland. China and India rank 121 and 123 respectively in Environmental Performance Index. 118. Who is the new president of Honduras?

Porfirio Lobo Sosa. He is better known as Pepe Lobo. 119. Name of the five ex-army officers, who were hanged at the central jail in Bangladesh for the assassination of Bangladeshs founder president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman 35 years ago? Mohiuddin Ahmed (Ex-Lieutenant Colonel) Bazlul Huda (Former Major) Syed Faruq Rahman (Ex-Lieutenant Colonel) Shahriar Rashid Khan(Ex-Lieutenant Colonel) AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed(Ex-Lieutenant Colonel) 120. Name of the teenage girl who became the latest miracle story of the Haitian earthquake after she was pulled alive from rubble 15 days after the disaster? Darlene Etienne 121. The army chief of India recently ordered disciplinary action leading to court martial against his aide and military secretary for his involvement in a land scam in West Bengals Sukna cantonment. Name of that senior most three-star officer? Lieutenant General Avadesh Prakash. He is the first three-star general of Indian army to face such a situation. 122. The enigmatic, reclusive author of the novel The Catcher in the Rye, who has died at the age of 91? J.D. Salinger (Jerome David Salinger). He was an American author , released his novel The Catcher in the Rye in 1951 which remains widely read and controversial, selling around 250,000 copies a year. 123. Who is reelected for a second four- year term as head of the U.S. central bank Federal Reserve? Ben Bernanke. 124. Who won the Australian Open womens doubles Tennis title-2010 defeating Cara Black and Liezel Huber 6-4, 6-3 in the final? Serena Williams and Venus Williams.

125. Who won the Man of the match award in the first test between India and Sri Lanka held in Chittagong, Bangladesh?
Sachin Tendulkar India clinched the first Test against Bangladesh with an emphatic 113-run victory. Tendulkar scored 105 runs in the first innings. 126. Which country will become the biggest economy by 2020 according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) Report? China 127. Which country will overtake Japan as the worlds third largest economy by purchasing power Parity (PPP) by 2012 according to a report by global accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC)? India 128. Which Hollywood film has been banned from cinema theatres in China to protect the countrys film industry? Avatar 129. Name of the Indian Weightlifters who have been given a life ban by the international weightlifting body after a second doping offence last year? Shailaja Pujari and Vicky Butta Four other lifters, Harbhajan Singh (Delhi), Rajesh Singh (Madhya Pradesh), Sunita Rani (Punjab) and A Vijayadevi (Jharkhand), were banned for four years and fined USD 5,000 each for failing the out-ofcompetition tests conducted last year.

130. The author of the hugely popular novel Love Story, has died of a heart attack at the age of 72. ?
Erich Segal. He was an American author, screenwriter, and educator. His novel The Class (1985), a saga based on the Harvard Class of 1958, was also a bestseller, and won literary honour in France and Italy. 131. Nearly 300 people have been killed and hundreds more wounded in three days of clashes between Christians and Muslims in a country in West Africa. Which is that country?

Nigeria. 132. Who became the fourth batsman and the first Indian in the world to score five consecutive Test hundreds? Australian legend Don Bradman leads the pack with six consecutive Tests tons while South African Jacques Kallis and Pakistans Mohammad Yousuf have also scored five hundreds in five consecutive matches. 133. Former Australian womens cricket captain, who has announced her retirement from international cricket after a 14-year career? Karen Rolton. She played over 141 one-day internationals, scored 4,844 one-day international runs, eight Test centuries. 134. Which country has the largest number of illiterate adults in the world according to the Education for All-Global Monitoring Report by UNESCO? India 135. Which Indian Freedom fighters Rs 1 lakh promissory note unearthed by an octogenarian (a person whose age is in the eighties) residing in Madhya Pradeshs Bina town in Sagar district? Subhash Chandra Bose 136. Winners of Man of the match award in the 5 ODI series between Australia and Pakistan held in Australia. Ist ODI held at Brisbane on Jan 22, 2010: Cameron White (105 runs). Australia won by 5 wickets 2nd ODI held at Sydney on Jan 24, 2010: Shane Watson (scored 69 runs and took 1 wicket). Australia won by 140 runs 3rd ODI held at Adelaide on Jan 26, 2010: Ryan Harris, (5 wickets for 43 runs). Australia won by 40 runs 4th ODI held in Perth on Jan 29, 2010: Ryan Harris (5 wickets for 19 runs) Australia beat Pakistan by 135 runs 5th ODI held in Perth on Jan 31, 2010: Clint McKay (Australia) for his 4 for 35. Australia won by 2 wickets Australia won the common wealth bank series 5-0. 137. Which countries demanded U.S. A to cross out Cuba from the list of terror-sponsor countries.?

Russia and Spain 138. Who is appointed as the Governor of Andrapradesh? ES Lakshmi Narasimhan 139. Veteran socialist leader and Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha member who died of heart attack in Allahabad at the age of 77? Janeshwar Mishra. He was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time in 1977 from Allahabad and became Petroleum Minister in the Chandra Shekhar government in 1990-91. 140. NATIONAL FILM AWARDS. Click the below link to know the recipients of 56th National Film Awards for 2008. http://theonlinegk.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/winners-of-56th-national-film-awards-for2008-feature-films/ 141. Which country has agreed to pay the United Nations around $10m in compensation for damage caused to UN buildings in Gaza during last years war? Israel 142. Who won the International Plato Award by the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England? Dr.K.C.Abraham. He is the managing director of Kunnath Pharmaceuticals, the manufacturer of Musli Power Extra. 143. Who is appointed as the chairperson of Prasar Bharathi? Mrinal Pande She is a renowned journalist who is appointed as the Prasar Bharati chairperson, a month after previous chairman Arun Bhatnagars resignation was accepted by the I&B ministry. 144. Who has been presented the prestigious Hotelier of the Century award of the International Hotel and Restaurant Association (IH and RA) at a glittering ceremony held in Belgrade? C.P. Krishnan Nair. Chairman of Leela Palaces, Hotels and Resorts.

145. Name of Indias largest solid fuel booster for launching heavier satellites using the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-Mk III), successfully tested on January 24, 2010? S200 The successful test makes S200 the third largest solid booster in the world. 146. Who has been appointed as the second chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), succeeding RV Raju who retired in Janurary,2010? Sharad Chandra Sinha 147. WINNERS OF PADMA AWARDS. Click the below link to know the winners of Padma Awards-2010 http://theonlinegk.wordpress.com/2010/02/06/list-of-padma-awardees-2010/ 148. Which High Court of India recently has ruled that Hindi is not our National Language? Gujarat 149. Which is the fastest wind gust ever recorded on Earth according to a review of climate data by the World Meteorological Organization? Cyclone Olivia. The World Meteorological Organization says a review of climate data turned up a 253 mph gust recorded in 1996 on Barrow Island in Australia during Cyclone Olivia. That tops the 231 mph record set atop Mount Washington in 1934. 150. Name of the district in Huston, in Texas State, USA which is named after father of Indian Nation Mahatma Gandhi? Hill Craft district. The district is officially named as Mahatma Gandhi district. Huston city Mayor Annis Parker has officially announced this on 26-01-2010 in the presence of Indian Consulate General in Huston Sanjay Arora and many Indians. 151. Who was named as the next Indian Army chief and will take over his new post after incumbent Gen Deepak Kapoor retires on March 31.2010? Lt-General Vijay Kumar Singh

1. Who is the new President of the Indian Youth Congress? Rajiv Satav, Maharashtra Youth Congress President. 2.Who became the first man ever to score a double century in the 39 years of one-day international cricket? Sachin Tendulkar. He remains unbeaten on 200 from 147 balls, which include 25 fours and 3 sixes against South Africa. 3. South African player who scored his 34th Test hundred in the recent test match against India? Jacques Kallis Kallis, moves level with Sunil Gavaskar and Brian Lara on 34 Test hundreds only Ricky Ponting (39) and Sachin Tendulkar (45) have more. 4. Who smashed an unbeaten belligerent 210 as West Zone created a world record by successfully chasing down 536 against South Zone to win the Duleep Trophy? Yusuf Pathan It was the biggest run chase in the history of first class cricket. 5. Name of the four-year medical course proposed by the Indian Health Ministry and Medical Council of India (MCI) which is aimed at meeting the public health challenges in rural areas? Bachelor of Rural Health Care (BHRC). Earlier it is named as Bachelor of Rural Medicine and Surgery (BRMS). The BRMS training will be given in three phases the first two phases will have the duration of one year each and the final one will have 18 months. The internship will have six month duration. 6. Who won the man of the match award in the 20-20 Cricket match between New Zealand and Bangladesh held on 3rd February 2010 at Hamilton? Daniel Vettori (New Zealand). New Zealand won by 10 wickets 7. In a country in East Asia., a nine-year-old school girl gave birth by Caesarean section to a healthy baby boy. Which is that country? China 8. Name of the 10-foot-long research rocket carrying a mouse, two turtles and worms into space launched by Iran on 02-02-2010? Kavoshgar-3 Kavoshgar-3, which means Explorer-3 in Farsi.

9. Which country has refused to grant citizenship to a man who forced his wife to wear the full Islamic veil or niqab? France 10. Name of the Pakistani neuroscientist trained at an elite American university has been found guilty of two charges of attempted murder after she tried to kill US agents in Afghanistan in 2008? Aafia Siddiqui 11. Which country has agreed to accept ground-based interceptors from the United States as part of its missile defense system in Eastern Europe? Romania 12. Which state became the first State in India to announce a ban on Bt Brinjal even before the Centre takes a final decision on the introduction of the controversial genetically modified crop? Uttarakhand 13. Man of the match Winners of ODI Cricket series between New Zealand and Bangladesh held in New Zealand. First ODI on 5 February 2010: Jacob Oram (New Zealand) for his 83 runs and 2 wickets. New Zealand won by 146 runs Second ODI on 8 February 2010: Ross Taylor (New Zealand) for his 78 runs. New Zealand won by 5 wickets Third ODI on 11 February 2010 MJ Guptill (New Zealand) for his 91 runs. New Zealand won the match by 3 wickets New Zealand won the 3-match series 3-0 14. Who has taken over as Director-General of Income Tax (Investigation), Kochi (Kerala)? E.T. Lukose. 15. Indian American author who is currently a member of Arts and Humanities Committee of US government appointed by President Barack Obama.? Jhumpa Lahiri 16. Who have been chosen for the G.D. Birla International Award in art and culture category? V.P. Dhananjayan and his wife Shantha Dhananjayan . They will receive the award along with two social workers, Zokhumi Vankung of Mizoram for service to humanity and Percy Barnevik, a Swiss National, for his work in the rural areas of Tamil Nadu.

17. Chairman of news and current affairs channel -Channel Nepal and largest cable operator Space Time Network, who was shot dead by unknown assailants in the capital Katmandu? Jamim Shah He was a Nepalese media entrepreneur had two newspapers (now closed) and a television channel Channel Nepal, which is the first satellite channel in Nepal. 18. Which country now joins Chile as the second country in Latin America to have a cabinet with gender parity? Bolivia. Bolivias cabinet comprised of 10 men and 10 women. 19. Who is elected as Costa Ricas first female president? Laura Chinchilla

20. Name of the long-range missile successfully test-fired and launched by India on 07-02-2010 from Wheeler Island in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Orissa.? Agni-3. The missile, which has a range capability of 3500-kilometers was flight tested by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). This was the fourth flight test in the Agni-3 series. The missile is 17 meters long and two metres in diameter. It was powered by a two-stage solid propellant system with a pay load capability of 1.5 tons. 21. Who became the third South African batsman to score a century in tests cricket on debut? Alviro Peterson 22. Leaders of 32 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean, meeting in Mexico, decided to exclude two countries from membership of a new organization for countries on the American continents. Name of that countries? United States of America (U.S.A) and Canada. 23. Name of the jailed Cuban dissident on a hunger strike for 83 days died at the age of 42 on 23-02-2010? Orlando Zapata Tamayo. This is for the first time since 1972 that an opponent of the Havana government lost his life during a hunger protest. 24. Which country has swept the Commonwealth Shooting Championship with a whopping 49 medals? India. India won 23 gold, 17 silver and 9 bronze medals. England finished a distant second with 31 medals and badges, while Wales ended third on the table after winning 13 medals and badges.

25. A massive earthquake has hit a country in South America on February 27, 2010 killing more than 700 people while leaving untold numbers missing and 2 million displaced, wounded or otherwise affected. Which is that country? Chile. 26. A prominent Indian hotelier who has been presented the Community Award in recognition of his outstanding philanthropic work in the UK? Joginder Sangar 27. Which countrys Supreme Court disallowed kite flying during the occasion of the spring festival of Basant? Pakistan. Kite flying is an integral part of the Basant celebration. 28. Who becomes the first South African batsman to score 250 plus runs against India in a test innings? Hashim Amla Amlas 253 not out in the first innings of the first test at Nagpur represents the highest individual innings by a South African batsman in a test innings against India. 29. Who has been named the captain of the Indian hockey team for its campaign in the World Cup Hockey event starting on Feb 28? Rajpal Singh. 30. Who won the Asian Tour International golf title held in Bangkok? Gaganjeet Bhullar(India) Asian Tour International is a golf tournament on the Asian Tour, played in Thailand. It has been held annually since 2008. 31. Which country defeated India to win hockey gold medal in the South Asian Games? Pakistan 32. Man of the match Winners of ODI Cricket series between West Indies and Australia held in Australia: First ODI on 7 February 2010 Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground: Shane Watson (Australia)for his 59 runs and 1 wicket Australia won the match by 113 runs Second ODI on 9 February 2010 Played at Adelaide Oval: DE Bollinger (Australia)) for his 4 wickets. Australia won the match by 8 wickets Third ODI on 12 February 2010 Played at Sydney Cricket Ground

Match abandoned due to rain. Fourth ODI on 14 February 2010 held in Brisbane: Man of the match: Ricky Ponting (Australia) for his 106 runs. Result: Australia beat West Indies by 50-runs. Fifth ODI on 19 February 2010 Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground. Man of the match: James Hopes (Australia) for his 57 runs from26 balls & 1 wicket Australia won the match by 125 runs Australia won the 5 match series 4-0. 33. Who won the Player of the Series Award in the ODI Cricket series between West Indies and Australia held in Australia? Ricky Ponting(Australia) 34. Which country announced on February 9,2010 that it had started enriching uranium to the level of less than 20 percent to meet the countrys fuel requirements for the reactor producing medical radioisotopes, after the potential suppliers failed to provide the fuel under a UN deal? Iran

35. Seventeen army men were killed in an avalanche that buried their training camp of an Indian State on February 8. That massive avalanche hits which Indian state? Jammu & Kashmir An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, from either natural triggers or human activity. Typically occurring in mountainous terrain, an avalanche can mix air and water with the descending snow. 36. Which bollywood film is set to become the first Indian film to hit the Egyptian theaters after a gap of 15 years? My Name is Khan. 37. Who becomes the 3rd South African after Andrew Hudson and Jacques Rudoph to score a century on Test debut? Alviro Petersen 38. Which Northeastern state of India now has four Chief Ministers, apparently to douse a simmering discontent within the main party in the coalition? Meghalaya Veteran Congress leader D D Lapang had assumed office as chief minister on May 13, 2009. He is the chief minister with statutory authority vested in him. Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee president, Lyngdoh now enjoys the rank of Chief Minister. The others are the two leaders of the United Democratic Party- State Planning Board chairman Donkupar Roy

and Meghalaya Economic Development Council chairman J D Rymbai.These three persons will enjoy the pay, perks and other facilities as that of a chief minister, but they do not have any constitutional power. 39. Who is appointed as the Secretary of Petroleum and Natural Gas? Sthanunathan Sundareshan 40. Which city of India will host the 12th edition of South Asian Games (SAF Games) in 2012? Delhi 41. Which Indian film won as many as six awards including the best director award in the Narrative Feature section of the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival (LARFF)? `Phir Kabhie. Director V K Prakash and script writer M Sindhuraj have won the best director and writer awards respectively in the `Narrative Feature section of the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival (LARFF) 2009 for the bollywood film `Phir Kabhie. The film also won awards for the best narrative feature film, best narrative feature film director( V K Prakash), best narrative screenplay (M.Sindhuraj), best original score (Rajat Dholakia and Shantanu Moitra), best production design (Nitin Desai) and the best costume design (Bhanu Athaiyah & Simple Kapadia). 42. Indian Music composer, who won two Grammy awards for his music for the Oscar Award winning film Slumdog Millionaire at 52nd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday 31st January, 2010? A.R.Rahman. A R Rahman received awards in the category for best film song and best soundtrack, both for the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire. He shares the Grammy with lyricist Gulzar who penned Jai ho. With this latest honour the Mozart of Madras joins other Indian music greats like Pandit Ravi Shankar, Zakir Hussain, Vikku Vinayak and Vishwa Mohan Bhatt who have won a Grammy in the past. A. R. Rahman also won Two Academy Awards, four National Film Awards, thirteen Filmfare Awards, a BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe. 43. List of the winners for the major categories of the 52nd Grammy Award 2010: Click the below link to know the winners of Grammy Awards. http://theonlinegk.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/list-of-winners-for-the-majorcategories-of52nd-grammy-awards-2010/ 44. Which bank became the first Indian bank to break into the worlds Top 50 list, according to the Brand Finance Global Banking 500, an annual international ranking by UK-based Brand Finance Plc, this year? The State Bank of India (SBI). HSBC retain its top slot for the third year and there are 20 Indian banks in the Brand Finance Global Banking 500.

45. Which country won the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament for the third consecutive time with a 1-0 victory over Ghana in the final in Luanda, Angola? Egypt. Egypt won African nations cup for the seventh time. 46. Who won 72nd Corus Chess Tournament held in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands? Magnus Carlsen. This 19 year old Norwegian chess player is coached by former world champion Gary Kasparov. He is currently ranked number one in the world. On 26 April 2004 Carlsen became a Grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 148 days, making him the third youngest Grandmaster in history. At the age of 19 years, 32 days he became the youngest chess player in history to be ranked world number one, breaking the record previously held by Vladimir Kramnik. 47. Which country recently admitted that white phosphorous was used in attacks on Gaza? Israel White phosphorus (WP) as an incendiary weapon burns fiercely and can set cloth, fuel, ammunition and other combustibles on fire. Since World War II, it has been extensively used as an anti-personnel weapon capable of causing serious burns or death. 48. Name of the Pop star who was the big winner at the prestigious Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, winning six prizes? Beyonce Knowles.She has set a new record for the most awards won in a single year by a solo female, and takes her career tally to 16. Beyonce husband Jay z also won 3 awards. 49. Who has become youngest ever celebrity to win Grammy awards? Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift won best album of the award for Fearless and she is just 20 years old. 50. Who became the first Indian to win solo Grammy awards? AR Rahman. He won Grammy awards for Jai Ho song in Slumdog Millionaire movie. 51. Who is the new Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh? Justice Kurian Joseph 52. Popular actor, director, and screenwriter who has acted in more than 300 films in Malayalam, died on 2 February 2010 due to liver problem? Cochin Haneefa He, aged 58, also acted in Tamil and Hindi Films. He is the director of super hit Malayalam film Vatsalyam

53. The Hyderabad Cricket Association has decided not to allow spectators inside the Rajiv International Cricket Stadium due to the ongoing protests over Telangana issue for the final of a domestic first-class cricket competition between South Zone and West Zone. Which is that tournament? The Duleep Trophy 54. The Central Government has formed a five-member expert committee on Telangana issue on Feb 3, 2010. The committee is headed by? B N Srikrishna, former Supreme Court Judge. Other members are: Prof (Dr) Ranbir Singh, Vice Chancellor, National Law University, Delhi Dr Abusaleh Shariff, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, Delhi Dr (Ms) Ravinder Kaur, Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT, Delhi Vinod K Duggal, former Home Secretary. 55. Which High Court recently struck down a state law providing 4% reservation in government jobs and educational institutions and jobs to 15 groups belonging to the Muslim community.? Andhra Pradesh 56. Who is appointed as the second chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), succeeding R V Raju who retired on January 31? Sharad Chandra Sinha 57. Which country celebrated 31st anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution on February 11? Iran 58. Thirty-two elderly people died in a country in South America because of a heat wave that has pushed temperatures to unseasonably high levels. Which is that country? Brazil. Brazil is the largest country in South America and the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas. 59. Name of Indian-origin woman who faced life sentence after being found guilty of poisoning her former lover to death, using an ancient Indian herb in the first such case in Britain in 128 years? Lakhvir Kaur Singh. 60. Lawyer, who was defending one of the key accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks trial, was shot dead recently in his office? Shahid Azmi Shahid Azmi was representing Fahim Ansari, an Indian national accused of helping facilitate the attack on Indias financial capital in November 2008.

61. Which Indian city will host the next South Asian Games (SAF Games) in 2012? Delhi 62. Defender of Brazil who played for Brazil when they won the World Cup for the first time in Sweden in 1958 has died from a heart attack at the age of 74? Orlando Pecanha Pecanha was capped 34 times for Brazil and was regarded as one of Brazils best ever defenders. 63. Which country has recently announced a permanent suspension of Googles e-mail service claiming that it will be replaced by a new national service? Iran 64. Former dictator of Uruguay who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for violating the constitution when he led a 1973 coup that began 12 years of dictatorship in Uruguay? Juan Maria Bordaberry 65. INDIA has recently signed a civilian nuclear agreement with a country in New Delhi, similar to one it had signed earlier with seven other countries such as the US, France and Russia. Which is that country? Britain 66. In a major terror strike after the November 26, 2008 carnage in Mumbai, nine persons including four foreigners, all women, were killed and over 40 injured in a bomb blast near the Osho Ashram in a city of Maharashtra on 13-02-2010. Which is that city? Pune 67. Which pairs clinched their first ATP World Tour doubles Tennis title after a hard-fought 2-6, 6-3, 10-5 victory over Karol Beck and Harold Levy in the final of $4,42,500 South African Open in Johannesburg? Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi 68. Which country recently tightened its immigration rules to favour higher-skilled workers over hairdressers and cooks, a revision that will lead to the rejection of an estimated 20,000 migration applications from foreign students, including Indians? Australia 69. Who was sworn in as Ukraines new President? Viktor Yanukovych 70. Which country cut ties with the British Museum on Sunday in protest at repeated delays in the loan to Tehran of an ancient Persian treasure, the Cyrus Cylinder? Iran

The Cyrus cylinder, also known as the Cyrus the Great cylinder, is a document issued by the Persian ruler Cyrus the Great in the form of a clay cylinder inscribed in Akkadian cuneiform The cylinder was created following the Persian conquest of Babylon in 539 BC, when Cyrus overthrew the Babylonian king Nabonidus and replaced him as ruler, ending the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The text of the cylinder describes Nabonidus as impious and portrays the victorious Cyrus as pleasing to the chief Babylonian god Marduk. It goes on to describe how Cyrus had improved the lives of the citizens of Babylonia, repatriated displaced peoples and restored temples and cult sanctuaries. 71. Which country emerged triumphant at the 11th South Asian Games Womens football tournament, beating Nepal 3-1 to win the gold medal at the event? India 72. Name of the First 100% spy satellite of India which will be operational by 2014 to keep an eye on neighbouring regions? Communication-Centric Intelligence Satellite (CCI-Sat) . India in October 2001 has already entered the League of Nations having spy satellites USA, Russia, Japan and Russia with the launch of the Technology Experiment Satellite (TES). Besides TES, ISROs Cartosat series of satellites and the Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT)-2 can also be used for surveillance and espionage. 73. Keralas first digital apartments which offer a slew of facilities opened recently at? Kakkanad(Kochi) Asset Homes, the new generation builder says its digital apartment project at Kakkanad is the first such in the country. The two towers, Silicon Heights and Cyber Heights, have 90 apartments in a lakh and a half square feet of area. Some of the features of these apartments are automatic gates, boom barriers which open only for the owners, touch-button lobby doors, a security set-up with more than 40 cameras, wi-fi and voice-over Internet protocol phone. 74. Australias fourth-highest wicket-taker, who has retired from Test cricket after admitting his body, could no longer handle the demands of the five-day game? Brett Lee. He took 310 wickets in 76 Tests. 75. Indian Artist who has recently decided to accept the citizenship of Qatar? M F Husain 76. Indian-origin woman who has became the first woman Leader of the Opposition in the Trinidad and Tobago parliament, ousting former premier Basdeo Panday from the post? Kamla Persad-Bissessar

77. Who won the Player of the series award in the recently concluded 2 test series between India and South Africa? Hashim Amla (South Africa). 78. Which country won the mens football gold medal in the South Asian Games held in Dhaka? Bangladesh. They thrashed Afghanistan 4-0 to clinch their second mens title. 79. Who won Silver Bear for best director for the film Ghost Writer at 60th Berlin film festival? Roman Polanski. 80. Which film won the Golden Bear for best picture at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival? Bal (Honey) The film is a Turkish-German production directed by Semih Kaplanoglus 81. Man of the match winners of the 3 ODI (One Day International) Cricket series between India and South Africa held in India. First ODI Played at Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur on 21 February 2010 Man of the match: Ravindra Jadeja (India) (He scored 22 runs and took 2 wickets) Result: India won the match by 1 runs. Second ODI Played at Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior on 24 February 2010 Man of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (India) (He scored first double century of ODI cricket) Result: India won by 153 runs Third ODI Played at Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad on 27 February 2010. Man of the match: AB de Villiers (South Africa) (He scored 102 runs form59 balls) Result: South Africa won by 90 runs India won the 3-match series 2-1. 82. Man of the match winners of the two 20-20 cricket series between Australia and West Indies held in Australia. First 20-20 cricket Played at Bellerive Oval, Australia on 21 February 2010: Man of the match: Shaun Tait (Australia)(He took 3 wickets ) Result: Australia won the match by 38 runs. Second 20-20 cricket Played at Sydney Cricket Ground on 23 February 2010: Man of the match: David Warner (Australia)(He scored 67 runs from 33 balls ) Result: Australia won the match by 8 wickets. Australia won the 2-match series 2-0. 83. Man of the match winners of the two 20-20 cricket series between England and Pakistan held in Dubai. . First 20-20 cricket Played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 19 February 2010:

Man of the match: Eoin Morgan (England)(He scored 67 runs ) Result: England won by 7 wickets Second 20-20 cricket Played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on20 February 2010: Man of the match: Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan) (He scored 46 runs from 18balls ) Result: Pakistan won by 4 wickets. The 2-match series drew 1-1. 84. Who won the Morgan Keegan Tennis Championships in Memphis beating Sharapova former Memphis champion Sofia Arvidsson 6-2, 6-1 in final? Maria Sharapova 85. Who won the WTA Dubai Tennis title defeating Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 6-3 7-5 in the final? Venus Williams. 86. Which film won six BAFTA Awards in London including the award of best film? Hurt Locker. BAFTA AWARDS: Best Film The Hurt Locker Leading Actor Colin Firth (A Single Man) Leading Actress Carey Mulligan (An Education) Supporting Actor Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) Supporting Actress MoNique (Precious) Outstanding British Film Fish Tank Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer Duncan Jones (director Moon) Director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) Original Screenplay The Hurt Locker (Mark Boal) Adapted Screenplay Up In The Air (Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner) Film not in the English language A Prophet Animated Film Up Music Up (Michael Giacchino) Cinematography The Hurt Locker Editing The Hurt Locker Production design Avatar Costume Design The Young Victoria Sound The Hurt Locker Special visual effects Avatar Make-up & hair The Young Victoria Short animation Mother Of Many Short film I Do Air The Orange Rising Star Award (voted for by the public) Kristen Stewart

87. Which country finished at top in the 11th South Asian Games held in Bangladesh with a total of 175 medals? India. India proved its supremacy clinching 90 gold, 55 silver and 30 bronze medals. Pakistan followed in the second place with 19 gold, 25 silver and 36 bronze medals while hosts Bangladesh finished at the third with 18 gold, 23 silver and 56 bronze medals. 88. Eminent economist, who was part of the team that chalked out the first five-year plan of India, died at the age of 85?

Dr.K.N.Raj89. Malayalam cinemas popular lyricist who has won the prestigious Kerala State Award for the best lyricist seven times and had written lyrics for about 400 films died recently at the age of 49? Gireesh Puthenchery. 90. A series of avalanches that struck (on February 8, 2010) a mountain pass in a country in South-Central Asia killing at least 167 people. Which is that country? Afghanistan 91. Name of the Iraqi freelance photographer who worked for Reuters has been released by the US military after 17 months in detention in Iraq? Ibrahim Jassam 92. Which country declared a new food-safety campaign on 10-02-2010 after contaminated milk products from an earlier scandal showed up repackaged in several places around the country, exposing weaknesses in the countrys promise to stop such problems from happening again? China 93. Which car company has decided to recall 437,763 vehicles globally over a problem with the drivers airbag inflator? Honda Motor Co 94. Deputy leader of Burmas National League for Democracy Party who has been freed from seven years in detention by the Burma Government? Tin Oo He is a retired general, former commander in chief of the armed forces of Union of Myanmar, highly decorated soldier, pro-democracy activist and deputy leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Myanmar. 95. Which country has dissolved the government and electoral commission, after a row over voter registration that threatened to derail his nations fragile peace process? Ivory Cost President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved the government. 96. Name the Indian-American professor hailing from Andhra Pradesh who was among three people killed when a woman lecturer allegedly opened fire during a faculty meeting at a university in Alabama after learning that she had been denied tenure? Gopi K. Podila, chairman of the department of biological sciences at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The other two killed, Maria Davis and Adriel Johnson, were associate professors of biology. They were killed by another biology professor, a 42 year-old woman, Amy Bishop, also a professor and one

of the star researchers of the university. She had opened fire at a biology faculty meeting held to decide her tenure. 97. Bangladeshs Zia International Airport is to be renamed after 13th century Sufi saint after deleting the name of former president Ziaur Rahman. What is the name of that Sufi Saint? Hazarat Shah Jalal. 98. Who became the 35th batsmen in the history of Test Matches to accumulate 7000 career runs in Test Matches? V.V.S.Laxman 99. The Afghan Taliban leader, who was captured by U.S. and Pakistani forces in Pakistan on February 8, 2010, in the southern port city of Karachi? Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar He is a co-founder of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan. 100. Name of Indias first unmanned submarine which was successfully tested at Idukki reservoir in Kerala on 16-02-2010? Autonomous Underwater Vehicle- 150. It was brought from Durgapur in West Bengal. The mini submarine was developed with the help of Defence Research and Development Organisation by Central Mechanical Research Institute scientists. 101. Which country has recently stopped issuing visas to citizens of 25 European nations? Lybia. Britain was exempted from the ban. 102. Who is appointed as the special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference by US President Obama? Rashad Hussain. Obama has appointed a deputy White House counsel Rashad Hussain to be his representative to the Muslim world. Organization of the Islamic Conference is an intergovernmental group with 57 member countries from the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, Caucasus, Balkans, Southeast Asia and South Asia . 103. According to a recent Commonwealth report, presidential polls in an Asian country did not fully meet key benchmarks for democratic elections. Which is that country? Sri Lanka. 104. Which district in Kerala is all set to be declared the first fully electrified district in India? Palakkad

105. Cricketer who has been banned from IPL3 after he was found guilty of trying to negotiate with another franchise after his current contract with Rajasthan Royals was not renewed? Ravindra Jadeja He Played for Rajasthan Royals in the previous seasons of IPL. 106. Which countries have qualified for the ICC World Twenty20 Cricket which is to be held in West Indies this year? Afghanistan and Ireland 107. A Georgian luger, who died in a horrific crash while in training just hours prior to the start of Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics in Canada? Nodar Kumaritashvili. He was thrown off the sled as it bounced over the rim of the fast track at the Whistler Sliding Centre at around 90mph and came to a halt after slamming into a pillar. 108. Somalias sports minister who has died in hospital in Saudi Arabia weeks after he was critically wounded in a suicide bombing at a medical graduation ceremony in Mogadishu? Saleban Olad Roble 109. Who was elected chairman of the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)? Mohamed Shahrul Ikran Yaakob 110. Flagstones from a 1,500-year-old street were discovered during an excavation in the Old City of Israel. Where is that city located? Jerusalem. Archaeologists have found a 1,500-year-old Jerusalem road that was once a bustling through fare used by throngs of Christian pilgrims and which is depicted on a famed mosaic map of the Holy Land. 111. Twenty jawans were killed and several others injured when Maoists attacked a security camp in West Bengal on 15-02-2010. Where is that camp located? Silda in Paschim Medinipur district. 112. A controversial bronze statue of an American President as a 10-year-old boy has been removed recently by Indonesian authorities from a park in the capital Jakarta due to a public backlash when it was erected. Who is that president? Barack Obama The statue moved to a nearby elementary school that Obama once attended. 113. Indian businessman who bought the formerly British-owned East India Company recently? Sanjiv Mehta.

114. The Operation launched by Afghan and NATO forces in southern Afghanistans Helmand province on February 13, 2010, aiming at eradicating Taliban militants in Marjah district of this region? Operation Moshtarak (Operation Together) 115. The celebrated Egyptian pharaoh, who ruled from around 1351-1334 BC, died of malaria and had a club foot, according to a new study that used the latest genetic testing to try and find out more about his life, and death? Tutankhamun He is often referred to as King Tut , died just nine years into his reign, which lasted from 1333-1324 BC. 116. Bollywood superstar who has resigned from the 10-member committee set up by HRD Minister Kapil Sibal to review the proposed amendments in Copyright Act following differences with some members? Aamir Khan. Later he withdrew his resignation. 117. Who is appointed as the Chairman of the high level Empowered Committee to go into all aspects (except legal and constitutional issues) of the Maullaiperiyar dam dispute between the States of Tamil Nadu and Kerala? A. S. Anand. He is the former Chief Justice of India. 118. The government of Kerala recently decided to constitute a Pay Commission to recommend revision of scales for government employees and teachers in the state. The pay commission is headed by? Justice Rajendra Babu. 119. Former foreign secretary who announced his decision to quit as Prime Minister Manmohan Singhs special envoy on climate change on 19-02-2010? Shyam Saran 120. The Hunted- In search of Home and Hope was adjudged the best debut film of a Director in the recently concluded Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films held at the Tata Theatre, N.C.P.A, Mumbai. Who is the director of the film? Shaji Pattanam Other Awards of Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films : Russian director Alexander Gutmans 17 August won the Golden Conch for the Best Documentary, while The Spell directed by Umesh Kulkarni was adjudged the best fiction film. Ritu Sarin and Sonam Tenzings documentary The Sun behind the Clouds won the Silver Conch in the Documentary above 30 minutes category. Vagabond A nomad in spirit and in reality and I Found a Thread jointly shared the Silver Conch award in the Documentary under 30 minutes category.

In the fiction category, Vinoo Choliparambils Vitthal won the Silver Conch. Burma VJ- Reporting from a Closed Country won the Best Film of the Festival Award for the Producer . Deepa Bhatias Neros Guests received the Critics Award and Bejinxed won the Best Student Film award, instituted by the Indian Documentary Producers Association. The V. Shantaram Award for Lifetime Achievement went to M.V. Krishnaswamy. Sanjay Jangirs Wait and Path won the Golden Conch in the Best Animation Film Category. 121. Who won the Man of the Match Award in the first test between South Africa and India played in Nagpur (February 6 to 9)? Hashim Amla (South Africa). He scored 253 runs in the first innings. South Africa won by an innings and 6 runs 122. Who won the Man of the Match Award in the second test between South Africa and India Played at Eden Gardens, Kolkata (February 14 to 18)? Hashim Amla (South Africa). He scored 114 runs in first innings and remains unbeaten on 123 in the second innings. He is the fifth south African player to score a century in both the innings of a test match. 123. The second tiger reserve in Kerala after the Periyar Tiger Reserve which will be integrated ecologically with the 960 sq km Anamalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu situated at? Parambikulam. The proposed 460.30 sq km Parambikulam tiger reserve inaugurated on February 17, 2010. 124. Name of the military junta that seized power in a military coup in the African country Niger? Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (SCRD). They captured President Mamadou Tandja and his ministers in a four-hour gun battle Salou Djibo is the leader of CSRD. Junta means the ruling council of a military dictatorship. 125. Name of the first domestically made destroyer which was launched by Irans navy in undisclosed waters of the Persian Gulf in south Iran on February 19, 2010? Jamaran (A handout photo shows Irans Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (2nd R) visiting the countrys first domestically-made destroyer Jamaran, which was launched in undisclosed waters of the Persian Gulf in south Iran February 19, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters) 126. Who won the player of the match award in the test cricket between Bangladesh and New Zealand Played at Seddon Park, Hamilton from 15-02-10? Martin Guptil(New Zealand)(For his 189 in first innings, 56 not out in second innings). New Zealand won the test series 1-0.

127. Who won the awards for the best batting performance in Test and ODI cricket category in the ESPN Cricinfo Awards 2009? Virender Sehwag (Test) Sachin Tendulkar(ODI). Awards: Best Test Batting Performance: Virender Sehwag-293 v Sri Lanka, Mumbai Best Test Bowling Performance Jerome Taylor-5 for 11 v England, Kingston Best ODI Batting Performance Sachin Tendulkar-175 v Australia at Hyderabad Best ODI Bowling Performance Shahid Afridi-6 for 38 v Australia at Dubai Best Twenty20 Batting Performance Chris Gayle- 88 v Australia at The Oval Best Twenty20 Bowling Performance Umar Gul-5 for 6 v New Zealand at The Oval 128. Indias premier international airline, which recently announced that it will commence daily non-stop flights from Mumbai to Johannesburg from April 14,2010? Jet Airways. 129. The United Nations (UN) top climate official, unexpectedly announced that he will resign in July after Decembers failed summit in Copenhagen dealt a blow to his climate change ambitions? Bonn Yvo de Boer. 130. Who won the first British female Winter Olympic gold in 30 years with victory in womens skeleton? Amy Williams 131. Name of the Buddhist monk who was sentenced to seven years imprisonment in Myanmar for violating immigration laws in relation to a trip he took to Taiwan, unlawful association, and for failing to declare foreign currency? Gaw Thita. He was arrested at Yangon International Airport in August along with seven other monks who were later released without charge. 132. Who was elected unopposed as the working chairman of NDA(National Democratic Alliance) till incumbent Atal Bihari Vajpayee recovers from ill-health?

L K Advani Sharad Yadav has been elected as the convenor. 133. Which film won the 2010 Writers Guilds Award for original screen play? The Hurt Locker Awards List: Original Screen Play: Mark Boal (Film:The Hurt Locker) Adapted Screen Play: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Based upon the novel by Walter Kirn(Film:Up in the Air) Documentary film: The cove (Written by Mark Monroe) Actor, comedian and singer Jason Alexander, who is best known for his role as George Costanza on the television series Seinfeld, presented the 2010 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television to writer/actor/producer Larry David. 134. Who becomes the first woman to win Best Director award in BAFTA awards? Kathryn Bigelow She is the director of the film Hurt Locker . 135. Name of the New Unmanned Aircraft that can remain in the air for over 24 hours which has been added to Israeli Air Force family? Eitan The drone named Eitan meaning Strong in Hebrew is said to be 24 meters long and 26 meters wide wingspan. The drone which weighs about 4.5 tones and it can fly to and from Persian Gulf. Drone means a pilotless aircraft operated by remote control. 136. Indias largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki has recently decided to recall about one lakh units of its flagship export model to replace a faulty fuel pump part. Name of that model? Maruti A-Star 137. The leader of the Sunni Muslim militant group Jundullah arrested recently by Iran authorities? Abdolmalek Rigi. 138. Who has been appointed as England captain after Fabio Capello sacked John Terry of the role following allegations over his private life? Rio Ferdinand 139. Which sculptors bronze sculpture has been sold for record 65million pounds at an auction in London? Alberto Giacometti

140. Which Indian publishing house has used the multimedia print reader (MPR) technology to launch two new products called The Talking Book and The Talking Pen? Aadarsh Private Limited According to the company, when the MPR enabled pen is positioned over a book with MPR codes, it activates the pre-loaded audio files and readers are also able to hear the text they are reading. 141. The book written by Taslima Nasrin which is a compilation of power-packed articles on feminism and suppression of women across the world? No Country for Women. 142. One of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which has discovered a new oilfield off its coast, and expects to pump the first crude from it by early next year. Which is that emirate? Dubai. The oil field is the first hydrocarbon discovery in the emirates territory in 30 years. 143. The Central Government of India has extended the ban on an Islamic Student organization for two years recently. Name of that Organization? Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) 144. An American Christian activist, who entered North Korea illegally on Christmas day to draw attention to human rights abuses in the country, has been released by Korean government after showing sincere repentance for the transgression. Name of that missionary? Robert Park 145. Indian who has received two Australia Day Achievement Medals for his contribution to the society there? V.P.Unnikrishnan. He is the secretary of the Federation of Indian communities, Queensland (FICQ) and a native of Kerala. He has been settled in Brisbane for more than 10 years and won the Lord Mayors 2010 Australia Day Achievement Award recently. 146. Chief selector of Pakistan Cricket Team who has resigned from his post taking moral responsibility of Pakistans shameful performance against Australia? Iqbal Qasim Pakistan lost all three Tests and the five one-day matches against Australia. 1. Former Test captain and fast bowler who is appointed as the new coach of Pakistan Cricket team? He has been given a contract until December 2011 and former Test batsman Ejaz Ahmed will assist Younis as fielding and batting coach.

2. Man of the match winners of the two 20-20 cricket series between Australia and New Zealand held in New Zealand. First 20-20 cricket Played at Westpac Stadium, Wellington on 26 February 2010: Man of the match: Mitchel Johnson (Australia) (He took 3 wickets) Result: Australia won the match by 6 wickets. Second 20-20 cricket Played at Christchurch on 28 February 2010: Man of the match: Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) He scored 116 runs from 87 balls). He is the second player to hit a century in the history of 20-20 cricket. First century belongs to Chris Gayle of West Indies. Result: New Zealand won the match in the super over. Series results:2-match series drawn 1-1 3. Who was appointed to head Irans most prominent rebel Sunni movement, Jundullah, following capture of its former leader Abdolmalek Rigi by security forces? Muhammad Dhahir Baluch 4. One of the top leaders of the Basque separatist group Eta who has been arrested in northwestern France? Ibon Gogeascoechea. A militant group fighting for an independent Basque homeland, Eta has been blamed for more than 820 deaths during its 41-year campaign in Spain. 5. Who is appointed as the new social secretary of U.S. President? Julianna Smoot 6. Who won the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships beating Mikhail Youzhny (7-5, 5-7, 6-3) in the final? Novak Djokovic 7. List of the Awardees for Stree Shakti Puraskar 2008 and 2009. STREE SHAKTI PURASHKAR 2008 Rani Lakshmi Bai Award Dr. Sunita Devi, Haryana Kannagi Award Smt. Maha Jabeen, Andhra Pradesh Rani Gaidinliu Zeliang Award Smt. Jhingubai Shrawan Bolake, Maharashtra Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Award Smt. Hina A. Shah, Gujarat STREE SHAKTI PURASHKAR 2009

Rani Lakshmi Bai Award Dr. M. Vijaya, Karnataka Kannagi Award Smt. Phoolbasan Bai Yadav, Chhattisgarh Rani Gaidinliu Zeliang Award Dr. Ved Kumari Ghai, J&K Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Award Smt. Rashmi Singh, Delhi Rani Rudramma Devi Smt. Sugatha Kumari, Kerala On the occasion of International Womens Day on 8th of March, the Government of India presents national awards called the Stree Shakti Puraskars as a measure of recognition of achievements of individual women in the field of social development. The awardees have been nominated by state governments and selected by a national level Screening Committee. There are six awards instituted in the name of eminent women personalities of Indian history like Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar, Kannagi, Mata Jijabai, Rani Gaidenlou Zeliang, Rani Laxmibai and Rani Rudramma Devi. Each award carries a cash prize of Rs. 3 lakh. 8. England-India Women ODI cricket series held in India won by? India. India won the 5-match series 3-2. 9. Who won the man of the match award in the only 20-20 cricket match between West Indies and Zimbabwe on 28 February 2010 Played at Queens Park Oval, Port of Spain, West Indies? Alexander Graeme Cremer (Zimbabwe). He took 3 wickets for 11 runs. Zimbabwe won the match by 26 runs. 10. Man of the match winners of the ODI Cricket series between Bangladesh and England held in Bangladesh.

1st ODI Played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur on 28 February 2010: Man of the match: Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh). He scored 125 runs Result: England won the match by 6 wickets 2nd ODI Played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur on2 March 2010: Man of the match: Eoin Morgan (England). He scored 110 runs. Result: England won the match by 2 wickets. 3rd ODI Played at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong on5 March 2010: Man of the match: Craig Kieswetter (England). He scored 107 runs. England won the match by 45 runs. England won the 3-match series 3-0

11. Who won the Man of the series award in the3 match ODI cricket series between England and Bangladesh held in Bangladesh? Eoin Morgan (England). 12. Which Club retained the League Cup with a 2-1 victory over Aston Villa at Wembley Stadium in London? Manchester United. 13. 44th International Tourism Bourse held in? Berlin. ITB, one of the worlds largest travel trade shows, is held annually in Berlin, Germany. 14. A survey in a country indicates that the Internet passed to become Second-Most Popular Source of News (After TV). Which is that country? United States of America. Internet outranks print newspapers and radio in popularity as a source of news in USA. Sixty-one percent of Americans said they read news online, while 54 percent said they listen to news on the radio, 50 percent read a local newspaper and just 17 percent read a national newspaper. 15. Name of the Lama who is selected by China as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the countrys top advisory body? Panchen Lama 16. Name of the three judges who has been nominated by ITLOS (International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea) to the arbitration tribunal on the BangladeshIndia maritime boundary dispute. Rudiger Wolfrum of Germany, Tullio Treves of Italy and Ivan Anthony Shearer of Australia. Wolfrum will preside over the tribunal. The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) is an independent judicial body set up by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) to adjudicate disputes arising out of the interpretation and application of the convention. 17. Name of the University in Saudi Arabia which conferred an honorary doctorate on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who described it as an exceptional honour bestowed on him by one of the premier centres of learning in the Arab world? King Saud University. 18. Name of the winter storm that badly ruined the western coast of Europe on 28th February, 2010, battering France and four other countries and killing more than 50 people? Xynthia Earlier the storm, Xynthia had badly ruin France in 1999, when 90 people died. 19. Coach of Ivory Coast who was sacked from his job following their poor showing at this years

African Nations Cup? Vahid Halilhodzic 20. Name of the media tycoon of Indian origin who was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Nepals restive southern plains adjoining the border with India on March 1, 2010? Arun Singhania. He is the publisher of the Nepali daily Janakpur Today, published from southern Nepal. 21. Which company won the Environment Protection Award instituted by the Tamil Nadu & Kerala Mines Safety Association? Kerala Minerals and Metals (KMML), Chavara (Kerala). 22. Who is elected as President of the Indian Association of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgeons (ASCTS) at their annual conference in Delhi? Dr. James Thomas.He is the Vice Chancellor of Padamshree D. Y. Patil University, Navi Mumbai and Professor of Cardiac Surgery at D. Y. Patil Medical College. 23. Indian American who is appointed by Obama Administration to serve on the US Presidents Advisory Committee on the Arts for the prestigious John F. Kennedy Centre for Performing Arts? Amy K. Singh 24. Who is set to become president of the International Cricket Council in 2012? John Howard. Former Prime Minister of Australia. David Morgan, who is currently in the chair, is due to hand over to Indias Sharad Pawar for a two-year period to start in mid-2010. 25. Who won the Billie Jean King Cup beating Kim Clijsters in the final played at Madison Square Garden? Venus Williams. 26. Which state defeated Bengal by 29 runs to lift the Vijay Hazare Trophy for the fourth time? Tamil Nadu 27. Who is elected as representative of Kerala in the five member empowered panel instituted to study the disputes regarding the Mullaperiyar dam? Justice K.T. Thomas 28. Which motor company has announced a recall of 540,000 vehicles across the world to repair faulty brake pedals and fuel gauges?

Nissan Motor Co. It is a multinational automaker headquartered in Japan. 29. Name of the renowned Islamic scholar and founder of Minhaj-ul-Quran, issued a 600-page fatwah, in Islamabad, denouncing terrorism and describing suicide bombers as destined for hell.? Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri. 30. The murder of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Mahajan, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, died in a Thane hospital in Mumbai? Pravin Mahajan. He, serving life imprisonment for killing his brother and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan. 31. Man of the Match Winners of Chappell-Hadlee Trophy ODI Cricket series between New Zealand and Australia held in New Zealand. First ODI played at McLean Park, Napier on 3 March 2010: Man of the match: Ross Taylor (New Zealand). He scored 70 runs. Result: New Zealand won the match by 2 wickets Second ODI played at Eden Park, Auckland on 6 March 2010: Man of the match: Daniel Vettori (New Zealand) He scored 70 runs and took 2 wickets. Result: Australia won by 12 runs. Third ODI played at Seddon Park, Hamilton on 9 March 2010: Man of the match: Brad Haddin (Australia) He scored 110 runs Result: Australia won by 6 wickets. Fourth ODI played at Eden Park, Auckland on 11 March 2010: Man of the match: Cameron White (Australia) He scored 50 runs Result: Australia won by 6 wickets. Fifth ODI played at Westpac Stadium, Wellington on 13 March 2010: Man of the match: Tim Southee (New Zealand). He took 4 wickets. Result: New Zealand won by 51 runs Series: Australia won the 5-match series 3-2 32. Which resort of India has been selected for the prestigious Century International Quality Era Award in the Golden Category for excellence in the Global Tourism Sector announced by Business Initiative Directions (BID), Madrid, Spain? Somatheeram Ayurveda Resort (Resort of Somatheeram Ayurveda Group), Kerala. 33. An Indian-American senior executive who has been chosen by the World Economic Forum for its 2010 class of Young Global Leaders?

Sanjay Gupta

34. Thousands of villagers who came to a popular ashram in northern India for a free meal were caught in a stampede, which left more than 60 dead. Name of that Ashram? Kripalu Maharajs ashram, Uttar Pradesh. 35. Who has been ranked the most trusted name in India in a list of 100 most trusted people compiled by popular magazine Readers Digest? APJ Abdul Kalam .Former President of India. Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata (second) and Kiran Bedi (third place). Infosys co-founder Narayan Murthy (fourth), AR Rahman (fifth) and chess champion Viswanathan Anand (sixth). Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, ranked seventh. Mayawati occupies the last spot in that list. 36. The second driver from India to drive in Formula One, after Narain Karthikeyans stint with Jordan in 2005? Karun Chandhok 37. Man of the Match winners of ODI cricket Series between Zimbabwe and West Indies held in West Indies. First ODI Played at Providence Stadium, Guyana on 04-03-2010Man of the match: Vusimuzi Sibanda (Zimbabwe). He scored 95 runs. Result: Zimbabwe won by 2 runs Second ODI Played at Providence Stadium, Guyana on 06-03-2010Man of the match: Narsingh Deonarine (West Indies). He scored 65 runs. Result: West Indies won by 4 wickets Third ODI Played at Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent on 10-03-2010Man of the match: Darren Sammy (West Indies) He took 4 wickets. Result: West Indies won by 141 runs Fourth ODI Played at Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincenton 12-03-2010 Man of the match: Dwayne Bravo (West Indies) He took 4 wickets. Result: West Indies won 4 wickets. Fifth ODI Played at Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincenton 14-03-2010 Man of the match: Chris Gayle (West Indies) He scored 63 runs. Result: West Indies won 4 wickets. Series: West Indies won the 5-match series 4-1. 38. Who won the Player of the series award in the ODI cricket series between West Indies and Zimbabwe held in West Indies? Chris Gayle (West Indies)

39. Libya has recently decided to impose a total embargo on all economic and commercial exchanges with a country in Western Europe. Which is that country? Switzerland An embargo is the partial or complete prohibition of commerce and trade with a particular country, in order to isolate it. 40. Name of the Malaysian magazine which apologized recently for upsetting Christians after it published an article researched by two Muslims who pretended to be Roman Catholics and took Communion in a church? Al Islam 41. Name of US Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan who regretted his reported remarks that Indians were not the real target of recent terrorist attack in Afghanistan capital Kabul that killed 16 persons, six of them being Indians? Richard Holbrooke. 42. Which actress won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress of 2009? Sandra Bullock She won this award for her 2009 comedy bomb All About Steve. Golden Raspberry Awards, called the Razzies for short, is an annual award ceremony held in Los Angeles to recognize the worst in film. 43. A vast settlement surrounded by a fortified structure believed to be about 4,500 years old and belonging to the Harappan civilisation has been excavated at a village in Kutch district of Gujarat. Which is that village? Shikarpur 44. LIST OF WINNERS OF OSCAR AWARDS -2010 82nd Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 7, 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Here is the list of winners. Best Film: The Hurt Locker (Director: Kathryn Bigelow) Best Director:Kathryn Bigelow(Film:The Hurt Locker) Best Original Screenplay: Mark Boal (Film:The Hurt Locker) Best Actor in a Leading Role: Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart) Best Actress in a Leading Role: Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) Best Actress in a Supporting Role: MoNique (Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire) Best Adapted Screenplay: Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (Screenplay by Geoffrey Fletcher) Best Animated Feature Film: Up (Directed by Pete Docter)

Best Original Song: The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart) Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett (Crazy Heart) Best Original Score: Michael Giacchino (Film:Up) Best Animated Short Film: Logorama (Directed by Nicolas Schmerkin) Best Documentary Short: Music by Prudence (Roger Ross Williams and Elinor Burkett) Best Live Action Short Film:The New Tenants (Joachim Back and Tivi Magnusson) Best Makeup: Star Trek (Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow) Best Art Direction: Avatar (Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg Art Direction; Kim Sinclair Set Decoration) Best Costume Design: The Young Victoria (Sandy Powell) Best Sound Editing: The Hurt Locker (Paul N.J. Ottosson) Best Sound Mixing: The Hurt Locker (Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett) Best Cinematography: Mauro Fiore(Avatar) Best Visual Effects: Avatar (Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones) Best Documentary Feature: The Cove (Louie Psihoyos and Fisher Stevens) Best Film Editing: The Hurt Locker (Bob Murawski and Chris Innis) Best Foreign Language Film: The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos) Argentina (Directed by Juan Jos Campanella) 45. Who became the first female to win a Best Director Oscar award? Kathryn Bigelow (Film: The Hurt Locker) 46. Cricketer who has been suspended for the third edition of Indian Premiere League as he was bargaining for more salary from the franchisees, without getting a clearance from his franchise e Rajasthan Royals for this season? Ravindra Jadeja 47. Three Indians who have been named among Asias eight top power women by American broadcaster CNN? Sonia Gandhi, Congress president, Chanda Kochhar, ICICI Bank head Indra Nooyi, PepsiCo chief executive The list is topped by China-based Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Zhang Yin, followed by Indra Nooyi at the second spot. Sonia is ranked third, while Kochhar is at the fifth slot. 48. A strong earthquake of 5.9 magnitude hit the south eastern part of a Eurasian country on Monday, March 8, 2010 killed several people and injured many more. Which is that country? Turkey. 49. Who has been named the India Abroad Person of the Year 2009 by the ethnic weekly newspaper India Abroad?

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry (2009). Other Winners: India Abroad Award for Lifetime Achievement 2009: Sonny Mehta. India Abroad Publishers Special Awards for Excellence: Madhulika Sikka, Raju Narisetti, Abhijat Joshi. India Abroad Award for Lifetime Service to the Community 2009: Sreedhar Menon. India Abroad Face of the Future 2009: Priyamvada Natarajan. India Abroad Gopal Raju Award for Community Service 2009: South Asian Council for Social Services, Sudha Acharya. 50. Rioters armed with machetes slaughtered more than 200 people on 07-03-2010 as religious violence flared anew between Christians and Muslims in a country in West Africa. Which is that country? Nigeria 51. Legendary painter who surrendered his Indian passport on March 7 to the Indian Embassy in Doha? M F Husain He was recently granted Qatari citizenship. 52. The controversial yet historic Womens Reservation Bill, ensuring 33% reservation to women in Parliament and state legislative bodies, was passed in the Rajya Sabha on? 09-03-2010. 53. Who is appointed as United Nations Police Adviser in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, which makes her the first woman to hold the top rank? Ann-Marie Orler She has been Deputy Police Adviser since 2008. 54. Who has been named as the most influential person in Indian sports in the annual Sports Illustrated Power list?

Sachin Tendulkar 55. Former India captain and legendary all-rounder who was inducted into the Cricket Hall of Fame at a ceremony held at the ICC headquarters in Dubai? Kapil Dev 56. Former chairman of Dena Bank and Press Trust of India who passed away recently after prolonged illness? Pravinchandra V. Gandhi

He was chairman emeritus of the Saurashtra Trust, which publishes the Janmabhoomi group of newspapers and magazines. 57. The corpse of the former Cyprus President has been recovered by police three months after it was mysteriously snatched from the grave in a crime that shocked residents of the Mediterranean island. Name of that President? Tassos Papadopoulos. 58. Which country has recently confirmed the existence of a secret Cold War deal allowing the transit of nuclear-armed US vessels through its ports? Japan 59. The head of Egypts most prestigious seat of Islamic learning al-Azhar, died of a heart attack on 10th of March on a visit to Saudi Arabia at the age of 81? Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi. Al-Azhar, one of the most prominent seats of Sunni Islamic learning in the Muslim world, has schools, universities and other educational institutions across Egypt. 60. Former captains of Pakistan Cricket Team who were banned life time by the Pakistan Cricket Board from the national team as part of a stunning crackdown on player indiscipline? Younus Khan and Mohammad Yousuf Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved-ul Hasan were also handed one-year bans by the PCB who acted on the advice of a report submitted by a six-member inquiry committee set up to investigate the reasons for Pakistans abject showing on their recent tour to Australia. Pak all rounder Shahid Afridi was fined and placed on probation for six months over the incident, while the Akmal brothers, Kamran Akmal and Umar Akmal, were fined at total of five million rupees (40,000) on grounds of indiscipline. 61. Who is elected Chairperson of the Haj Committee of India?

Mohsina Kidwai, AICC general secretary. She would be the first woman Chairperson of the Haj Committee of

India Hasan Ahmed and Aboo Bucker were elected as Vice-Chairpersons. 62. Who has been named Laureus World Sportsman of the Year for the second year running? Usain Bolt, Jamaican sprinter 63. American tennis player who won Laureus World Sportswoman of the year for the third time? Serena Williams. Other Winners : Belgian tennis player Kim Clijsters earned the award for the Comeback of the Year British driver Jenson Button won the Breakthrough of the Year Award after winning his first Formula 1 title Brawn GP earned the award for the Team of the Year after almost going out of business in the offseason. Stephanie Gilmore of Australia was named World Action Sportsperson of the Year Swimmer Natalie du Toit of South Africa earned the Laureus Disability award 64. Which cricket Players autographed ticket to watch IPL action on the big screens of theatres across the country was auctioned and fetched Rs 11 lakh? Sachin Tendulkar 65. Pennsylvania woman known to authorities as Jihad Jane who has been charged in federal court with using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters to carry out murders and violent attacks overseas? Colleen R. LaRose. LaRose is one of the first American females to be charged with a terrorism offense in the U.S. 66. One of the most wanted terrorists in Southeast Asia and a senior figure in the militant group Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) who was killed in a police raid in Pamulang, Jakarta on 9 March 2010 on the outskirts of Jakarta by Detachment 88, Indonesias special counter-terrorism unit? Dulmatin. He was one of the masterminds behind the 2002 Bali bombings in Indonesia which killed 202 people, including seven U.S. and 88 Australian citizens 67. The Union information and broadcasting ministry of India has prohibited transmission and re-transmission of a channel with effect from 7pm on March 12 to 7pm on March 21 through cable television networks and any other platforms throughout the country. Which is that channel? Fashion TV. The central government made a ban on the repeated telecast of Fashion TV for showing topless women. 68. Mexican telecommunications titan who tops Forbes list of worlds richest people, with a net worth of $53.5bn?

Carlos Slim Helu (Photo courtesy AP)He beat Bill Gates and Warren Buffett for the top spot on Forbes magazines annual list of billionaires, becoming the first person from outside the U.S. to lead the rankings in 16 years. Indians Mukesh Ambani (4th spot) and Lakshmi Mittal (5th spot) figured in that list. 69. Who became the first Chief Minister of any state to be questioned in a criminal complaint of mass murder after he and his administration were accused of aiding and abetting riots in one area in Ahmedabad? Narendra Modi, Gujarat 70. India has recently opened its 23rd Cultural Relations centre named The Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC)in which Country? Bangladesh. The centre has opened in Dhaka naming it after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and acknowledging her contribution to Bangladesh`s 1971 Liberation War. 71. Who became the first ever Palestinian woman, who takes the governors post in the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) which was established in 1994? Laila Ghannam. She is the first female governor for Palestine. 72. Who has been named the Best Living Director according to a poll conducted by the U.S. Magazine PASTE? Martin Scorsese He is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. He is the founder of the World Cinema Foundation, a recipient of the AFI Life Achievement Award for his contributions to the cinema and has won awards from the Oscars, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Directors Guild of America. He won the Academy Award for Best Director for the film The Departed. 73. Who was named Africas footballer of the year-2009? Didier Drogba. Drogba, the Ivory Coast captain and Chelsea striker received the 2009 award from the African Football Confederation. He previously won the award in 2006. 74. Indian cricketer who has been named the Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)? Sachin Tendulkar. 75. Which country finished the 8th position in the recently concluded Hockey World Cup -2010? India

76. Who have been elected Secretaries of the Congress Party in the Lok Sabha? Mr. Suresh Kalmadi and Mr.Kodikunnil Suresh. Santosh Bagrodia is the new Secretary of Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) in the Rajya Sabha. 77. India signed some major defence deals with a country on March 12, 2010 and as part of these defence and energy deals, that country will build 16 nuclear reactors in India. Which is that country? Russia. 78. Doha resident and dedicated bird photographer who has scored a major achievement with a photo taken in Qatar recently being chosen as among the top five out of 39,387 entries in BirdGuides online Photo of the Year 2009.? Dileep Kumar. 79. Who has been declared World Statesman of the year 2010 by the Appeal of Conscience Foundation? Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime minister, India 80. Which country won mens World Cup hockey-2010? Australia. Australia beat Germany 2-1 in the final. 81. Man of the match winners of Two test cricket series between England and Bangladesh held in Bangladesh: First test played at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong from March 12, 2010: Man of the match: Graeme Swann (England). He took 5 wickets in both the innings (Total: 10 wickets)of the test. He scored 32 runs in the second innings. Result: England won the match by 181 runs. Second test played at Played at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur from March 20, 2010: Man of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh). He scored 49 runs and took 4 wickets in first innings of the test. Then in the second innings, he scored 96 runs. Result: England won the match by 9 wickets Series: England won the 2-match series 2-0 82. Who won the Player of the series award in the two test cricket series between England and Bangladesh held in Bangladesh? Graeme Swann (England). 83. Who won the season-opening Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix? Fernando Alonso. Ferraris Spanish driver Fernando Alonsos first triumph since he won the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix for Renault.

84. The worlds shortest man, who was just 74.6cm (2ft 5in) tall, has died recently in Rome at the age of 21? He Pingping. His name Pingping means wine bottle. He was, according to the Guinness World Records, the worlds shortest man who was able to walk. 85. Which Indian city host FICCI Frames-2010, a three-day mega media and entertainment industry event which is inaugurated by Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan on March 16, 2010? Mumbai. FRAMES, the signature event of the FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry ) is a three day global convention covering the entire gamut of Media & Entertainment like Films, Broadcast (TV & Radio), Digital Entertainment, Animation, Gaming, Visual Effects, etc. 86. Who is the only Indian who figured in the list of the most influential outside the ruling families in the UAE, published by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) ? M A Yousuf Ali. He is the Managing Director of Emke Group which owns Lulu retail network. 87. Name of the supersonic anti-ship cruise missile which has been successfully test-fired by the Indian Navy on March 21, 2010? BrahMos supersonic anti-ship cruise missile. 88. Name of Indian Coast Guard Ship, the first of the new generation Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) which was commissioned by AK Antony, Defence Minister on March 17,2010? Vishwast The ship, equipped with the most advanced navigational and communication sensors, has been designed and built indigenously by M/s Goa Shipyard Limited. 89. Emergency has been declared recently in an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean after a massive cyclone cyclone Tomas forced thousands of people to flee their homes. Which is that nation? Fiji 90. New Chief Justice of Kerala High Court? Justice Chelameswar. 91. The new car factory set up by Nissan of Japan with its French partner, Renault, located in? Oragadam in Kanchipuram district near Chennai, Tamilnadu. They launched their Chennai plant on March 17,2010.

92. Which country claimed overall title in the fifth Commonwealth Boxing Championships held in Delhi? India. India created history by winning six gold medals at the Commonwealth Boxing Championship. Olympics Bronze medalist Vijender Singh wins the Gold medal at the 75 kg category. Amandeep Singh (49kg), Suranjoy Singh (52kg), Dinesh Kumar (81kg), Paramjeet Samota(91+ kg) and Jai Bhagwan (60 kg)- all won gold in their respective categories to give India as many as six gold medals for the first time. 93. Name of the play by William Shakespeare, that has been for more than 280 years considered to be a hoax, is finally up to be included in a new series of the Bards work by his publisher? The Double Falsehood 94. One of Italys most wanted a Mafia suspects who has been arrested after being tracked down via his Facebook account? Pasquale Manfredi. He, adopted the nickname Scarface, is a suspected boss of the ferocious Ndrangheta mafia organisation from the Calabria region in southern Italy. He logged on to the social networking site Facebook so often detectives were able to trace his hideout using sophisticated electronic tracking equipment. 95. Name of the new planet which is orbiting a distant star in our Milky Way every 95 days discovered 1,500 light years from Earth? Corot-9b The planet was detected by the CoRoT space telescope operated by the French space agency, CNES. 96. Man of the Match winners of Trans-Tasman Trophy -test cricket series between Australia and New Zealand held in New Zealand from March 19, 2010. First test played at Basin Reserve, Wellington from March 19,2010: Man of the Match: Michael Clark(Australia). He scored 168 runs in the first innings. Result: Australia won the match by 10 wickets. Second test played at Seddon Park, Hamilton from March 27, 2010: Man of the Match: Mitchell Johnson(Australia). He took 4 wickets in the first innings and 6 wickets in the second innings. Result: Australia won the match by 176 runs Series Australia won the 2-match series 2-0 97. Name of American retail giant recently apologized for a public announcement at their southern New Jersey store that directed all black people to leave immediately. Walmart. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large, discount department stores. It is the worlds largest public corporation by revenue, according to the 2008 Fortune Global 500

98. Name of the five personalities who have been nominated to the Rajya Sabha by Indian President Pratibha Patel? 1.Javed Akhtar, Lyricist and poet. 2. Mani Shankar Aiyar, former Union Minister. 3. Ram Dayal Munda, former Vice-Chancellor of Ranchi University. 4. Bhalchandra Mungekar, former Vice-Chancellor of Mumbai University and a former Planning Commission member. 5. B. Jayashree, an eminent theatre person from Karnataka. 99. The worlds largest watch and jewelry fair opened March 18,2010 in ? Basel, Switzerland. BaselWorld the World Watch and Jewellery Show, opened its doors from March 18 to 25, 2010. 100. Student of Indian origin who has won the third place in Americas Americas oldest and most prestigious pre-college science competition, the Intel Science Talent Search.? Akhil Mathew. Akhil won the award for his math project on Deligne categories, a setting for studying a wide range of algebraic structures with ties to theoretical physics. Erika DeBenedictis, 18, of Albuquerque, N.M., won the top award of $100,000 from the Intel Foundation for her project developing a software navigation system to help improve spacecraft travel through the solar system. Second prize went to David Liu, 18, of Saratoga, Calif., for his work to develop a system to recognize and understand digital images. 101. On March 18, 2010 the United Nations rejected a US-backed effort to impose a total ban on fishing and trading of a species of tuna fish. Which is that fish? Atlantic Bluefin tuna. The fish is also known as the northern bluefin tuna, giant bluefin tuna.

102. Which country temporarily recalled its ambassador to Libya, following comments credited to Libyan President, Maummar Gaddafi which advised that Nigeria should be partitioned into two nations along Christian and Muslim lines, to avert frequent sectarian violence? Nigeria. 103. Former Iranian vice president and prominent reform activist convicted of spreading propaganda against the ruling clerical establishment, sentenced to one year in prison? Hossein Marashi. 104. Former Prime Minister of Nepal and the President of the Nepali Congress, a major political party in Nepal, died at the age of 85 on March 20, 2010? Girija Prasad Koirala. He was Prime Minister of Nepal four times, serving from 1991 to 1994, 1998 to 1999, 2000 to 2001, and from 2006 to 2008.

105. Which cities have been added to the IPL family as new franchises for the fourth season of the Indian Premiere League to be played in 2011? Pune and Cochin Sahara won the bid for Pune with a price of Rs 1,702 crore for 10 years while Randezvous Sports got Kochi with a Rs 1,533.32 crore bid.

106. Name of the tropical cyclone which hit the northern coast of Australia on March 21, 2010 causing power outages and damaging homes? Cyclone Ului 107. China has recently restored email services and access to 32 blocked internet sites in one of its province, eight months after ethnic clashes broke out in the northwestern province. Name of that Province? Xinjiang 108. Which country passed the most sweeping health-care legislation in four decades, rewriting the rules governing medical industries and ensuring that tens of millions of uninsured citizens will get medical coverage? U.S.A. 109. Who won her 12th career title with a 6-2 6-4 demolition of second seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark at the Indian Wells WTA tournament on March 21, 2010? Jelena Jankovic 110. Who won his first Masters 1000 title by upsetting seventh-seeded American Andy Roddick 7-6 7-6 in the final of the Indian Wells ATP tournament on March 21, 2010? Ivan Ljubicic 111. One of the founders of the Naxalite movement of the 1960s in West Bengal, who committed suicide on March 23, 2010? Kanu Sanyal He was found hanging in his residence in his native village at Siliguri(North Bengal).He was one of the key leaders of the 1967 peasant uprising in Naxalbari village that gave birth to the Maoist movement in India. 112. Who will assume charge as chairman of the Appellate Tribunal for Forfeited Property (ATFP) on April 8,2010? Justice Jacob Benjamin Koshy.

113. Who is appointed as Captain Of Pakistan cricket team for Twenty20 World Cup in West Indies? Shahid Afridi 114. A letter penned by dictator, wishing for a truly cordial relationship between Britain and Germany, has fetched 8,000 pounds at an auction in London. Name of that dictator. Adolf Hitler 115. Which state won the national sub junior Wushu championship? Manipur 116. Who is set to become the second India footballer to play overseas after Baichung Bhutia, with the striker nearing a deal with USAs Major League Soccer club Kansas City Wizards? Sunil Chetri . He became the first Indian and eighth Asian citizen to play in Major League Soccer. He will also be the first Asian to play for the Kansas City Wizards. 117. Name of the tiny island claimed for years by India and Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal has disappeared recently beneath the rising seas? New Moore Island to the Indians and South Talpatti Island to the Bangladeshis. 118. Eminent Pakistani journalist who was awarded South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Lifetime Achievement Award at SAARC Festival of Literature at New Delhi? Hamid Mir 119. The first woman in 4 years to become judge of Supreme Court? Gyan Sudha Mishra. 120. Mexicos King of Heroin who is allegedly responsible for running thousands of pounds of heroin into Southern California each year has been arrested recently? Jose Antonio Medina. 121. Who has been named as the BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) Innovator of the Year, winning 10,000 in recognition of his work on Solexa sequencing, the high speed genome sequencing technology that is revolutionising bioscience? Professor Shankar Balasubramanian 122. Name of Indias indigenously developed ballistic missiles which are successfully test-fired on 27-03-2010 from different locations off the Orissa coast, adding more firepower to the armed forces of India? Prithvi-II and Dhanush

123. Indian Weightlifting Federation recently handed life bans on three Weight lifters in a move to cleanse weightlifting from the menace of doping. They are? Vicky Bhatta (56kg), 2006 Commonwealth Games silver medallist. G Damodaran (105kg) and Rajesh Kumar Singh (94kg). 124. Who is the richest Asian in Britain for the year 2010 with an estimated wealth of 17 billion pound according to the Asian Rich List 2010, brought out by Eastern Eye, a publication of the Asian Media & Marketing Group? Lakshmi Mittal. He is the owner of the worlds largest steel company ArcelorMittal. 125. Name of Indias indigenously developed, nuclear-capable, short range ballistic missile (SRBM) successfully test-fired on 28-03-2010 from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Wheeler Island, about 100 km from the Orissa coast? Agni-1. Weighing 12 tonnes, the 15 metre tall Agni-1, which can carry payloads weighing up to one tonne, has already been inducted into the Indian Army. 126. Who won an incident-packed Australian Grand Prix Formula 1 title after the leading Red Bull of Sebastian Vettel slid out of the race with brake failure? Jenson Button 127. Who is appointed as chairperson of the National Advisory Council (NAC)? Sonia Gandhi, Congress president. Gandhi, who is also the chairperson of the ruling UPA (United Progressive Alliance), will enjoy the rank of cabinet minister. 128. Name of the Canadian province which is the first in North America to ban the niqab a topto-toe dress worn by Muslim women? Quebec province. 129. Who was named as coach of the Ivory Coast for the 2010 World Cup Football finals in South Africa? Sven-Goran Eriksson, Former England football manager. 130. Which country has successfully flight tested a prototype of the Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) on 29-03-2010? India.

Light Combat Helicopter (LCH), designed and developed by the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) can operate at high altitudes up to 6,000 metres or 18,000 feet. 131. With which neighbor country, India has created a Joint River Commission? Bangladesh 132. From which country India is getting K 152 nerpa submarines? Russia 1. Which team win the 3rd ICC T20 World cup in west Indies ?

England beat Australia by 7 wickets Man of the Match Craig Krieswetter 63 (49) Man of the Series Kevin Peterson 2. Who is appointed as the director general of inspection and safety wing of the Indian Air Force (IAF)? Air Marshal Ajay Shriniwas Karnik. 3. First Indian who is selected for the honorary doctorate degree in humane letters by State University of New York? Amritanandamayi Devi, Hindu spiritual leader. She is selected for this honour in recognition of her wide-ranging humanitarian contributions .In the universitys 164-year history, only two other world leaders, including Tibetan spiritual head the Dalai Lama have been bestowed this award. 4. Who is appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Bank? T.M. Bhasin. 5. Who won the WISPA Indian Challenger squash tournament held at Calcutta Racket Club squash courts on April 17, 2010? Dipika Pallikal. She defeated Emma Beddoes of England 11-9, 11-8, 9-11, 11-6 in the final. It was her first WISPA (Womens International Squash Players Association) title. 6. Russia have reached an agreement with a Latin American country to draft plans on the construction of the first nuclear power plant in that country. Which is that country? Venezuela 7. Ten Policemen were killed by Maoist attack in a district in Orissa on 5th April, 2010.Name of that district? Koraput district.

8. Who won the Sony Ericsson Open title held in Miami beating Venus Williams 6-2, 6-1in the final? Kim Clijsters. This is her second Sony Ericsson Open title in Miami. 9. Who defeated Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi 6-2, 7-5 to clinch the Sony Ericsson Open doubles tennis held in Miami? Leander Paes(India) and Czech Lukas Dlouhy (Czech Republic). 10. Who won the Miami Sony Ericsson ATP Masters title? Andy Roddick He beat Czech Tomas Berdych( 7-5, 6-4) in the final. 11. Who won Formula ones Malaysian grand prix held in Sepang, Malaysia? Sebastian Vettel. (Germany) He is Red Bull Formula One driver 12. Name of the six Indian entrepreneurs who have been selected to attend the two-day Presidential Summit on entrepreneurship starting April 26 in Washington, which will be hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama? Irfan Alam, Shahnaz Husain, Ramachandra Kavil, Shaffi Mather, Shaheen Mistri and Sirajuddin Qureshi. 13. Name of South African white supremacist leader who has been killed on his farm in the countrys north-west by two farm workers after a dispute over unpaid wages? Eugene Terreblanche. Mr. Terreblanche, who campaigned for a separate white homeland, came to prominence in the early 1980s. 14. Legendary fast bowler, regarded as one of the greatest English cricketers of the 20th century, who died at the age of 91 recently? Sir Alec Victor Bedser. He was the chairman of selectors for the English national cricket team, and the president of Surrey County Cricket Club. In 51 Test matches for England he took 236 wickets. 15. Kerala STATE Film Awards. Best Actor:Mammootty Kerala State Film Awards 2010 or List of Winners of Kerala State Film Awards for the year 2009 declared. Mammooty won the best actor award for his remarkable performance in the films Pazhassi Raja, Paleri Manikyam and Kutty Shrank. Best Actress award went to Swetha Menon for depicting the character Cheeru in the film Paleri Manikyam : Oru Pathira Kolapathakathinte Katha

Best Actress:Swetha Menon Pazhassi Raja , multilingual biopic magnum opus film directed by T. Hariharan, and written by M.T. Vasudevan Nair won 8 awards and Paleri Manikyam : Oru Pathira Kolapathakathinte Katha (Director:Ranjith) based on a Malayalam novel by T. P. Rajeevan with the same name, won 4 awards. Interestingly Padmashree Mammooty acted lead roles in these two films. Kerala State Film Awards, the most prestigious film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala were started in the year 1969 and the awards were managed directly by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. HERE IS THE FULL LIST OF WINNERS OF KERALA STATE FILM AWARDS 2009: Actor: Mammootty (Pazhassi Raja, Paleri Manikyam, Kutty Shrank) Actress: Swetha Menon (Paleri Manikyam : Oru Pathira Kolapathakathinte Katha) Director: Hariharan (Pazhassi Raja) Script Writer: M T Vasudevan Nair ((Pazhassi Raja) Best Film Paleri Manikyam oru Pathira Kolapathakathinte Katha Second Best Movie Raamanam Popular Film: Ividam Swargamaanu(Directed By Roshan Andrews) Best New Director P Sukumar( Film: Swantham lekhakan) Music: Mohan sithara (Soofi Paranja Katha ) Singer (male): Yesudas (Film: Madya venal Music: Kaithapram Viswanathan) Singer (female): Sriya goshal (Film :Banaras, Music: M. Jayachandran) Background Music: Rahul Raj( Rithu) Choreography: Dinesh Kumar( Sagar Alias Jackey) Supporting Actor: Manoj K Jayan ( Pazhassi raja ) Supporting Actress: Pathma priya (pazhassi raja) Child artist: Niveditha (brahmaram) Comedian: Suraj venjaran mood (Ivar Vivahitharayal) Editor: Sreekar prasad (pazhassi raja) Special Jury Award: Jagathi Sreekumar Costume Designer Natarajan(pazhassi raja) Dubbing Artist Shoby Thilakan(pazhassi raja) Child Film: Kesu Sound Recordist: N Harikumar ( Patham Nilayile Theevandi) Art Director: Muthuraj (Pazhassi Raja) Lyricist : Rafiq Ahmed ( Soofi Paranja Katha) Cameraman: KG Jayan ( Soofi Paranja Katha) Story: Sashi Paravoor (Kadaksham) Documentary: Ezhuthatha Kathukal

16. In a state in eastern India, Maoist Naxalite insurgents killed 76 Paramilitary soldiers of CRPF (Central Reserve Police Force) on April 6, 2010. Which is that state? Chhattisgarh. 17. Who is appointed as brand ambassador for the Mega Tennis Event organized by All India Tennis Association (AITA) which is aimed at the development of sport in the country? Sania Mirza. 18. In a significant step in taking their bilateral relations to a new level, India has signed an agreement with a neighbouring country to establish a hotline between prime ministers of the two countries. Which is that country? China. Under the agreement, dedicated phone lines will be set up in the prime ministers office of the two countries. 19. Capital of Thailand, which was placed under a state of emergency on April 7, 2010 as Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva sought to prevent weeks of anti-government protests turning violent after demonstrators stormed parliament? Bangkok. 20. Opposition leaders in a country in Central Asia had seized power and had taken control of security headquarters, state television and various government buildings of that country recently. Which is that country? Kyrgyzstan. 21. Which countries have recently agreed a solution to a long-running disagreement over the height of Mount Everest? Nepal and China. As per the agreement, the official overall height of Everest is now designated as 8,848m. Nepal also recognises Chinas claim that the rock height of Everest is 8,844m. 22. Which country has recently ordered its TV channels not to use any English acronyms, (such as GDP for gross domestic product) in a bid to preserve the purity of its language? China. 23. Name of Europes spacecraft which has launched on April 8, 2010 from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on a mission to map the Earths ice cover. Cryosat-2. From its polar orbit, CryoSat-2 will send back data leading to new insights into how ice is responding to

climate change and the role it plays in our Earth system. It is a copy of a spacecraft that was destroyed on launch in 2005. 24. Former vice chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University who is appointed as a member of National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities Education (NCMEI)? Dr.Cyriac Thomas. This appointment is for a period of five years. Justice M S A Siddiqui is the chairman of NCMEI. Mohinder Singh, former member of National Commission for Religious and Linguistic Minorities is the third member of the full three-member commission. 25. Name of the rocket made in India, launching of which failed on 15th April, 2010 as the two Indian cryogenic engines got failed during the launch? GSLV D-3. (GSLV-Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle) The GSLV-D3 was carrying a communication satellite GSAT-4 and others weighing more than two tones. 26. Which countries have signed an agreement to boost cooperation in the education sector on 8th April 2010? India and Australia. The agreement was signed in Melbourne between Australias Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister Julia Gillard and Indias Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal. 27. Name of the non nuclear weapons programme developed by United States , which consists of new generation of high-speed weapons that are intended to strike anywhere on Earth within an hour? Prompt Global Strike (PGS). Prompt Global Strike (PGS) is a United States military initiative to develop a system capable of a precision conventional weapon strike anywhere in the world in 1 hour just as a nuclear attack can currently be carried with intercontinental ballistic missiles. 28. Who has entered the Limca Book co Records for electronically preserving a large collection of photographs? Josekutty Panackal. He is the senior news photographer of Malayala Manorama, leading newspaper of Kerala. The Limca Book of records states Panackal has a collection of 31,795 news photographs as of May 31, 2009 all shot by himself over eight years. 29. Sri Lankan Cricketer who has won the parliamentary general election under the ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) from his native Matara district recently? Sanath Jayasurya.

30. Polish President who died along with 130 others when their plane crashed while coming in for a landing in western Russia on April 10, 2010? Lech Kaczynski. There were no survivors on the Soviet-era Tupolev, which was taking the president, his wife and staff to events marking the 70th anniversary of the massacre of thousands of Polish officers by Soviet secret police. 31. Alleged mastermind of arms-drop case of Purulia who was arrested at his home in Copenhagen on April 9, 2010? Kim Peter Davy. He is expected to be extradited to India to face trial. The Purulia arms drop case was an infamous incident in which unauthorised arms were dropped from an Antonov An-26 aircraft in Purulia district in the state of West Bengal in India on 17 December 1995. A Latvian aircraft dropped a large consignment of arms including several hundred AK-47 rifles and more than a million rounds of ammunition over a large area in Jhalda, Ghatanga, Belamu, Maramu villages of Purulia district on the night of 17 December 1995. 32. Which country is building a new airport near Mount Everest with the apparent purpose of turning the Chinese side of the tallest peak into a climbers paradise? China. The airport has been named the Peace Airport. 33. Which country has revoked its decision to give the contract of printing Machine-Readable Passports (MRPs) to India? Nepal. 34. Who is appointed as the Chief Justice of the High Court of Sikkim? Justice Barin Ghosh. 35. Which country won the World Circle Style Kabaddi Championship defeating Pakistan in the final held in Ludhiana? India. India won the title with a prominent margin of 58-24 points. 36. Who became Wisden Cricketer of the Year for the second time in a row, beating off competition from England captain Andrew Strauss and Sri Lankan Tillakaratne Dilshan? Virender Sehwag. Sehwag apart, English wicketkeeper Matt Prior, spinner Graeme Swann, batsman Graham Onions, pacer Stuart Broad and Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke were the Five Cricketers of the Year chosen by the magazine. 37. Which country is decided to conduct its first ever U.S.-styled televised election debates on April 22 and April 29 which will telecast on Britains Channel 4 News.? Britain.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the Labour Party, Conservative leader David Cameron and Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats will take audience questions on issues such as crime and health care. This is Britains first-ever national televised election debate. 38. Which country has decided to lodge a formal complaint in the United Nations against remarks by President Barack Obama of the United States that Washington could use nuclear weapons against them? Iran 39. Who has been appointed as the 14th Judge Advocate General JAG of the Indian Army? Major General C.S. Nair. He will take charge on May 1. 40. Name of the new head for Afghanistans Independent Election Commission (IEC) appointed by Afghan President Hamid Karzai? Fazel Ahmad Manavi 41. Government of Indias Minister of State for External Affairs, who resigned recently over allegations of corruption in winning a cricket league franchise (IPL Kochi team)? Shashi Tharoor. 42. Who has been chosen for the Kerala States prestigious Raja Ravi Varma award? C. N. Karunakaran. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 1.25 lakh. The award, instituted by the State Government, is given annually to persons who have made outstanding contributions to the field of painting and sculpture in the State. 43. Who claim title at the Chinese Formula One Grand Prix held in Shanghai? Jenson Button, McLarens British driver. 44. Agricultural scientist who became the first Cuban to win the U.S.-based Goldman Environmental Prize, also known as the green Nobel? Humberto Rios Labrada. The award is considered as worlds biggest award for grassroots environmentalism. 45. Who won the Monte Carlo Masters Tennis Title defeating Fernando Verdasco( 6-0, 6-1)in the final? Rafael Nadal. This is his 6th straight Monte Carlo Masters title 46. The first Malayalam playback singer and the actress who acted in the first Malayalam talkie Balan died recently at the age of 86? M. K. Kamalam.

47. Who has been named the new Chief Minister of Meghalaya? Mukul Sangma. 48. Some 2,000 villagers from a city in Maharashtra on April 19, 2010 attacked the Coca-Cola unit and ransacked its pumping station in protest against water crisis in their region. Which is that city? Thane. Villagers from Thanes Vada attacked the Coca-Cola unit which directly draws water from the Vaitarna Dam for production of their various drinks. 49. Former Supreme Court Justice who will represent Tamil Nadu on the five-member committee constituted by the apex court to review the safety of the Mullaperiyar Dam? A.R. Lakshmanan. 50. President of the International Olympic Committee from 1980 to 2001, who has died in Barcelona recently? Juan Antonio Samaranch. He was heading the IOC for 21 years for the longest tenure after that of the bodys founding father, Baron Pierre de Coubertin. 51. Who is the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka? Dissanayake Mudiyansalage Jayaratne. He is the senior most leader of the ruling Freedom Party. 52. Former Argentine de facto president and army chief who was sentenced to 25 years in prison after being found guilty of ordering torture and illegal detentions during his 1982-1983 rule? Reynaldo Bignone. 53. A pioneering voice of the American civil rights movement whose crusade for racial justice and gender equality spanned more than six decades, died recently at Howard University Hospital? Dorothy Irene Height. She was an American administrator, educator, and social activist. She was the president of the National Council of Negro Women for forty years, and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004. 54. Name of the two presidents who have been announced as winners of the 2010 Champions of the Earth Awards, which is the United Nations highest award for environmental leadership? Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo, President of Guyana. Mr. Mohamed Nasheed, President of the Maldives.

55. Who was unanimously elected as the Speaker of Sri Lanka? Chamal Rajapaksa. He is Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksas older brother. 56. The president of Medical Council of India (MCI)who was arrested by CBI for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs two crore to grant recognition to a medical college in Punjab. Dr. Ketan Desai. 57. Indias first marina which was inaugurated by Defense Minister A K Antony on 25th April 2010 is located at? Bolghaty Island, Kochi, Kerala. This marina of international standards is run by Ocean Blue can accommodate 34 yachts and a 3 story marina house. 58. Which team won the third edition of Indian Premiere League (2010)? Chennai Super Kings. They defeated Mumbai Indians by 22 runs in the final held in Mumbai. Man of the Match: Suresh Raina( He scored 57 runs from 35 balls and took one wicket.) 59. Which state emerged overall champions in the seventh National Junior Youth Athletic Championships at the Nehru Stadium in Coimbatore? Haryana. Haryana won six gold, six silver and one bronze medals to relegate Maharashtra (6-5-3) to the runners-up position. Hosts Tamil Nadu with six gold, four silver and six bronze medals were overall third. 60. Who has been named the new interim chairman of the Indian Premier League (IPL)? Chirayu Amin. BCCI suspended Lalit Modi from his post as chairman and commissioner of IPL, over allegations of financial irregularities, match-fixing and rigging of bids. 61. Manchester United and England striker who won the Professional Footballers Association player of the year award? Wayne Rooney. 62. Indian diplomat and second secretary with the Indian High Commission in Islamabad who has been arrested after her alleged involvement was found in passing sensitive Indian government information to the Pakistan based Inter- Services Intelligence (ISI)? Madhuri Gupta. 63. Name of Indias first stem cell based product developed by Stempeutics Research Pvt. Ltd., a group company of Manipal Education & Medical Group? Stempeucel-CLI.

64. The 16th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit is held in ? Bhutan. The summit held in the Bhutanese capital Thimphu on April 28-29, 2010 Bhutan is hosting the summit for the first time since the regional body was established in 1985. 65. Which country formally marked completion of the worlds longest seawall on April 27, 2010? South Korea. The 33.9 kilometre Saemangeum seawall encloses 401 square kilometres of seawater built in a reclaimed tidal flat in Gunsan, North Jeolla Province, nearly 20 years after launching of the project. 66. The former drug-running dictator of Panama ousted by a US invasion in 1989, who has been flown from America to Paris where he will face trial on fresh money laundering charges? Manuel Noriega. He is a Panamanian politician and soldier. He was military dictator of Panama from 1983 to 1989. The 1989 invasion of Panama by the United States removed him from power; he was captured, detained as a prisoner of war, and flown to the United States. He has been extradited to France from the United States. 67. Who has been declared the winner of Sudans first democratic presidential election in 24 years? Omar Hassan al-Bashir. Omar al-Bashirs victory was widely expected after his most credible challengers pulled out of the race to protest alleged fraud. The International Criminal Court, which has issued an arrest warrant against him for war crimes in Darfur. 68. Country which has won its bid for the worlds largest telescope to be constructed on its shores? Chile. The 42-metre European Extremely Large Telescope will be built in Chiles north 3,060 meters (10, 040 feet) above sea level on a mountain known as Armazonas. Armazonas is located in the central part of the Atacama Desert. 69. Who has become the first woman to climb the worlds peaks over 8,000 metres when she scaled Mount Annapurna in Nepal? Oh Eun-sun. She is a South Korean female mountaineer. Italys Reinhold Messner was the first man to achieve the feat. 70. Name of the Indian-origin man who has received one of South Africas highest honours the Order of the Baobab in Silver? Imtiaz Sooliman He started the Gift of the Givers Foundation more than a decade ago, received the Order of the Baobab in Silver from South African President Jacob Zuma .

71. Which country lifted its a decades-old travel ban on HIV-positive foreigners from visiting the country? China. 72. Who has been given additional charge of Governor of Rajasthan following the demise of former governor Prabha Rau? Shiva Raj Patel. He is the current Governor of Punjab. 73. The Supreme Court of India recently dismissed all cases registered against South Indian film actress and activist of her alleged remarks on pre-marital sex. Name of that actress? Khusboo 74. Name of Indias first indigenously-built stealth warship which was commissioned by defence minister A.K. Antony at the naval dockyard in Mumbai on April 29, 2010? INS Shivalik. INS Shivalik is the one and only Ship to use high-strength steel developed and produced in India. This ship is made to bypass the detection from normal radar and surveillance equipments. The ship is named on the high hills of Shivalik Mountains in Himalayas. 75. Who is also the current chairman of SAARC? Lyonchhen Jigmi Y.Thinley, Prime Minister of Bhutan. 76. Who topped the list of Britains richest people according to the annual Sunday Times Rich List survey? Lakshmi Mittal, British-based steel magnate. 77. The second edition of Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) will be held in? South Africa. The tournament will be held from September 10 to 26, 2010. 78. Former vice president of India who died recently ? Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (23 October 1923 15 May 2010) was the 11th Vice-President of India. 79. Governor of Rajasthan who died recently ? Mrs Prabha Rau died on 26 April 2010 80. Who becomes the 3rd South African after Andrew Hudson and Jacques Rudoph to score a century on Test debut? Alviro Petersen

81. Who is appointed as the Secretary of Petroleum and Natural Gas? Sthanunathan Sundareshan 82. Which city of India will host the 12th edition of South Asian Games (SAF Games) in 2012? Delhi 83. Which Indian film won as many as six awards including the best director award in the Narrative Feature section of the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival (LARFF)? `Phir Kabhie. Director V K Prakash and script writer M Sindhuraj have won the best director and writer awards respectively in the `Narrative Feature section of the Los Angeles Reel Film Festival (LARFF) 2009 for the bollywood film `Phir Kabhie. The film also won awards for the best narrative feature film, best narrative feature film director( V K Prakash), best narrative screenplay (M.Sindhuraj), best original score (Rajat Dholakia and Shantanu Moitra), best production design (Nitin Desai) and the best costume design (Bhanu Athaiyah & Simple Kapadia). 84. Which countrys Supreme Court disallowed kite flying during the occasion of the spring festival of Basant? Pakistan. Kite flying is an integral part of the Basant celebration. 85. Which bank became the first Indian bank to break into the worlds Top 50 list, according to the Brand Finance Global Banking 500, an annual international ranking by UK-based Brand Finance Plc, this year? The State Bank of India (SBI). HSBC retain its top slot for the third year and there are 20 Indian banks in the Brand Finance Global Banking 500. 86. Which country won the African Cup of Nations soccer tournament for the third consecutive time with a 1-0 victory over Ghana in the final in Luanda, Angola? Egypt. Egypt won African nations cup for the seventh time. 87. Who won 72nd Corus Chess Tournament held in Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands? Magnus Carlsen. This 19 year old Norwegian chess player is coached by former world champion Gary Kasparov. He is currently ranked number one in the world. On 26 April 2004 Carlsen became a Grandmaster at the age of 13 years, 148 days, making him the third youngest Grandmaster in history. At the age of 19 years, 32 days he became the youngest chess player in history to be ranked world number one, breaking the record previously held by Vladimir Kramnik.

88. Which country recently admitted that white phosphorous was used in attacks on Gaza? Israel White phosphorus (WP) as an incendiary weapon burns fiercely and can set cloth, fuel, ammunition and other combustibles on fire. Since World War II, it has been extensively used as an anti-personnel weapon capable of causing serious burns or death. 89. Name of the Pop star who was the big winner at the prestigious Grammy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, winning six prizes? Beyonce Knowles.She has set a new record for the most awards won in a single year by a solo female, and takes her career tally to 16. Beyonce husband Jay z also won 3 awards. 90. Who is the new Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh? Justice Kurian Joseph 91. Popular actor, director, and screenwriter who has acted in more than 300 films in Malayalam, died on 2 February 2010 due to liver problem? Cochin Haneefa He, aged 58, also acted in Tamil and Hindi Films. He is the director of super hit Malayalam film Vatsalyam 92. The Hyderabad Cricket Association has decided not to allow spectators inside the Rajiv International Cricket Stadium due to the ongoing protests over Telangana issue for the final of a domestic first-class cricket competition between South Zone and West Zone. Which is that tournament? The Duleep Trophy 93. The Central Government has formed a five-member expert committee on Telangana issue on Feb 3, 2010. The committee is headed by? B N Srikrishna, former Supreme Court Judge. Other members are: Prof (Dr) Ranbir Singh, Vice Chancellor, National Law University, Delhi Dr Abusaleh Shariff, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, Delhi Dr (Ms) Ravinder Kaur, Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT, Delhi Vinod K Duggal, former Home Secretary. 94. Indian who has received two Australia Day Achievement Medals for his contribution to the society there? V.P.Unnikrishnan.

He is the secretary of the Federation of Indian communities, Queensland (FICQ) and a native of Kerala. He has been settled in Brisbane for more than 10 years and won the Lord Mayors 2010 Australia Day Achievement Award recently. 95. In a country in East Asia., a nine-year-old school girl gave birth by Caesarean section to a healthy baby boy. Which is that country? China 96. Name of the 10-foot-long research rocket carrying a mouse, two turtles and worms into space launched by Iran on 02-02-2010? Kavoshgar-3 Kavoshgar-3, which means Explorer-3 in Farsi. 97. Which country has refused to grant citizenship to a man who forced his wife to wear the full Islamic veil or niqab? France 98. Name of the Pakistani neuroscientist trained at an elite American university has been found guilty of two charges of attempted murder after she tried to kill US agents in Afghanistan in 2008? Aafia Siddiqui 99. Which sculptors bronze sculpture has been sold for record 65million pounds at an auction in London? Alberto Giacometti 100. Which Indian publishing house has used the multimedia print reader (MPR) technology to launch two new products called The Talking Book and The Talking Pen? Aadarsh Private Limited According to the company, when the MPR enabled pen is positioned over a book with MPR codes, it activates the pre-loaded audio files and readers are also able to hear the text they are reading. 101. The book written by Taslima Nasrin which is a compilation of power-packed articles on feminism and suppression of women across the world? No Country for Women. 102. One of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) which has discovered a new oilfield off its coast, and expects to pump the first crude from it by early next year. Which is that emirate?

Dubai. The oil field is the first hydrocarbon discovery in the emirates territory in 30 years. 103. The Central Government of India has extended the ban on an Islamic Student organization for two years recently. Name of that Organization? Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) 104. An American Christian activist, who entered North Korea illegally on Christmas day to draw attention to human rights abuses in the country, has been released by Korean government after showing sincere repentance for the transgression. Name of that missionary? Robert Park 105. Which country has agreed to accept ground-based interceptors from the United States as part of its missile defense system in Eastern Europe? Romania 106. Which state became the first State in India to announce a ban on Bt Brinjal even before the Centre takes a final decision on the introduction of the controversial genetically modified crop? Uttarakhand 107. Who has taken over as Director-General of Income Tax (Investigation), Kochi (Kerala)? E.T. Lukose. 108. Indian American author who is currently a member of Arts and Humanities Committee of US government appointed by President Barack Obama.? Jhumpa Lahiri 109. Who has been appointed as England captain after Fabio Capello sacked John Terry of the role following allegations over his private life? Rio Ferdinand 110. South African player who scored his 34th Test hundred in the recent test match against India? Jacques Kallis Kallis, moves level with Sunil Gavaskar and Brian Lara on 34 Test hundreds only Ricky Ponting (39) and Sachin Tendulkar (45) have more. 111. Who smashed an unbeaten belligerent 210 as West Zone created a world record by successfully chasing down 536 against South Zone to win the Duleep Trophy? Yusuf Pathan It was the biggest run chase in the history of first class cricket.

112. Name of the four-year medical course proposed by the Indian Health Ministry and Medical Council of India (MCI) which is aimed at meeting the public health challenges in rural areas? Bachelor of Rural Health Care (BHRC). Earlier it is named as Bachelor of Rural Medicine and Surgery (BRMS). The BRMS training will be given in three phases the first two phases will have the duration of one year each and the final one will have 18 months. The internship will have six month duration. 113. Who have been chosen for the G.D. Birla International Award in art and culture category? V.P. Dhananjayan and his wife Shantha Dhananjayan . They will receive the award along with two social workers, Zokhumi Vankung of Mizoram for service to humanity and Percy Barnevik, a Swiss National, for his work in the rural areas of Tamil Nadu. 114. Chairman of news and current affairs channel -Channel Nepal and largest cable operator Space Time Network, who was shot dead by unknown assailants in the capital Katmandu? Jamim Shah He was a Nepalese media entrepreneur had two newspapers (now closed) and a television channel Channel Nepal, which is the first satellite channel in Nepal. 115. Which country now joins Chile as the second country in Latin America to have a cabinet with gender parity? Bolivia. Bolivias cabinet comprised of 10 men and 10 women. 116. Name of the long-range missile successfully test-fired and launched by India on 07-02-2010 from Wheeler Island in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Orissa.? Agni-3. The missile, which has a range capability of 3500-kilometers was flight tested by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). This was the fourth flight test in the Agni-3 series. The missile is 17 meters long and two metres in diameter. It was powered by a two-stage solid propellant system with a pay load capability of 1.5 tons. 117. Who won the Asian Tour International golf title held in Bangkok? Gaganjeet Bhullar(India) Asian Tour International is a golf tournament on the Asian Tour, played in Thailand. It has been held annually since 2008. 118. Which High Court recently struck down a state law providing 4% reservation in government jobs and educational institutions and jobs to 15 groups belonging to the Muslim community.? Andhra Pradesh

119. Which pairs clinched their first ATP World Tour doubles Tennis title after a hard-fought 2-6, 6-3, 10-5 victory over Karol Beck and Harold Levy in the final of $4,42,500 South African Open in Johannesburg? Rohan Bopanna and Aisam Qureshi 120. Which country recently tightened its immigration rules to favour higher-skilled workers over hairdressers and cooks, a revision that will lead to the rejection of an estimated 20,000 migration applications from foreign students, including Indians? Australia 121. Who was sworn in as Ukraines new President? Viktor Yanukovych 122. Which country cut ties with the British Museum on Sunday in protest at repeated delays in the loan to Tehran of an ancient Persian treasure, the Cyrus Cylinder? Iran The Cyrus cylinder, also known as the Cyrus the Great cylinder, is a document issued by the Persian ruler Cyrus the Great in the form of a clay cylinder inscribed in Akkadian cuneiform The cylinder was created following the Persian conquest of Babylon in 539 BC, when Cyrus overthrew the Babylonian king Nabonidus and replaced him as ruler, ending the Neo-Babylonian Empire. The text of the cylinder describes Nabonidus as impious and portrays the victorious Cyrus as pleasing to the chief Babylonian god Marduk. It goes on to describe how Cyrus had improved the lives of the citizens of Babylonia, repatriated displaced peoples and restored temples and cult sanctuaries. 123. Which country emerged triumphant at the 11th South Asian Games Womens football tournament, beating Nepal 3-1 to win the gold medal at the event? India 124. Name of the First 100% spy satellite of India which will be operational by 2014 to keep an eye on neighbouring regions? Communication-Centric Intelligence Satellite (CCI-Sat) . India in October 2001 has already entered the League of Nations having spy satellites USA, Russia, Japan and Russia with the launch of the Technology Experiment Satellite (TES). Besides TES, ISROs Cartosat series of satellites and the Radar Imaging Satellite (RISAT)-2 can also be used for surveillance and espionage. 125. Keralas first digital apartments which offer a slew of facilities opened recently at? Kakkanad(Kochi) Asset Homes, the new generation builder says its digital apartment project at Kakkanad is the first such in the country. The two towers, Silicon Heights and Cyber Heights, have 90 apartments in a lakh and a half

square feet of area. Some of the features of these apartments are automatic gates, boom barriers which open only for the owners, touch-button lobby doors, a security set-up with more than 40 cameras, wi-fi and voice-over Internet protocol phone. 126. The Hunted- In search of Home and Hope was adjudged the best debut film of a Director in the recently concluded Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films held at the Tata Theatre, N.C.P.A, Mumbai. Who is the director of the film? Shaji Pattanam Other Awards of Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films : Russian director Alexander Gutmans 17 August won the Golden Conch for the Best Documentary, while The Spell directed by Umesh Kulkarni was adjudged the best fiction film. Ritu Sarin and Sonam Tenzings documentary The Sun behind the Clouds won the Silver Conch in the Documentary above 30 minutes category. Vagabond A nomad in spirit and in reality and I Found a Thread jointly shared the Silver Conch award in the Documentary under 30 minutes category. In the fiction category, Vinoo Choliparambils Vitthal won the Silver Conch. Burma VJ- Reporting from a Closed Country won the Best Film of the Festival Award for the Producer . Deepa Bhatias Neros Guests received the Critics Award and Bejinxed won the Best Student Film award, instituted by the Indian Documentary Producers Association. The V. Shantaram Award for Lifetime Achievement went to M.V. Krishnaswamy. Sanjay Jangirs Wait and Path won the Golden Conch in the Best Animation Film Category. 127. Which country won the mens football gold medal in the South Asian Games held in Dhaka? Bangladesh. They thrashed Afghanistan 4-0 to clinch their second mens title. 128. Which country finished at top in the 11th South Asian Games held in Bangladesh with a total of 175 medals? India. India proved its supremacy clinching 90 gold, 55 silver and 30 bronze medals. Pakistan followed in the second place with 19 gold, 25 silver and 36 bronze medals while hosts Bangladesh finished at the third with 18 gold, 23 silver and 56 bronze medals. 129. Eminent economist, who was part of the team that chalked out the first five-year plan of India, died at the age of 85? Dr.K.N.Raj

130. Malayalam cinemas popular lyricist who has won the prestigious Kerala State Award for the best lyricist seven times and had written lyrics for about 400 films died recently at the age of 49? Gireesh Puthenchery. 131. Name of the Iraqi freelance photographer who worked for Reuters has been released by the US military after 17 months in detention in Iraq? Ibrahim Jassam 132. Which country declared a new food-safety campaign on 10-02-2010 after contaminated milk products from an earlier scandal showed up repackaged in several places around the country, exposing weaknesses in the countrys promise to stop such problems from happening again? China 133. Which car company has decided to recall 437,763 vehicles globally over a problem with the drivers airbag inflator? Honda Motor Co 134. Who is appointed as the second chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), succeeding R V Raju who retired on January 31? Sharad Chandra Sinha 135. Which country celebrated 31st anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution on February 11? Iran 136. Thirty-two elderly people died in a country in South America because of a heat wave that has pushed temperatures to unseasonably high levels. Which is that country? Brazil. Brazil is the largest country in South America and the only Portuguese-speaking country in the Americas. 137. Name of Indian-origin woman who faced life sentence after being found guilty of poisoning her former lover to death, using an ancient Indian herb in the first such case in Britain in 128 years? Lakhvir Kaur Singh. 138. Lawyer, who was defending one of the key accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks trial, was shot dead recently in his office? Shahid Azmi Shahid Azmi was representing Fahim Ansari, an Indian national accused of helping facilitate the attack on Indias financial capital in November 2008.

139. Defender of Brazil who played for Brazil when they won the World Cup for the first time in Sweden in 1958 has died from a heart attack at the age of 74? Orlando Pecanha Pecanha was capped 34 times for Brazil and was regarded as one of Brazils best ever defenders. 140. Which country has recently announced a permanent suspension of Googles e-mail service claiming that it will be replaced by a new national service? Iran 141. Former dictator of Uruguay who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for violating the constitution when he led a 1973 coup that began 12 years of dictatorship in Uruguay? Juan Maria Bordaberry 142. INDIA has recently signed a civilian nuclear agreement with a country in New Delhi, similar to one it had signed earlier with seven other countries such as the US, France and Russia. Which is that country? Britain 143. Deputy leader of Burmas National League for Democracy Party who has been freed from seven years in detention by the Burma Government? Tin Oo He is a retired general, former commander in chief of the armed forces of Union of Myanmar, highly decorated soldier, pro-democracy activist and deputy leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Myanmar. 144. Which country has dissolved the government and electoral commission, after a row over voter registration that threatened to derail his nations fragile peace process? Ivory Cost President Laurent Gbagbo dissolved the government. 145. Name the Indian-American professor hailing from Andhra Pradesh who was among three people killed when a woman lecturer allegedly opened fire during a faculty meeting at a university in Alabama after learning that she had been denied tenure? Gopi K. Podila, chairman of the department of biological sciences at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. The other two killed, Maria Davis and Adriel Johnson, were associate professors of biology. They were killed by another biology professor, a 42 year-old woman, Amy Bishop, also a professor and one of the star researchers of the university. She had opened fire at a biology faculty meeting held to decide her tenure.

146. A Georgian luger, who died in a horrific crash while in training just hours prior to the start of Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics in Canada? Nodar Kumaritashvili. He was thrown off the sled as it bounced over the rim of the fast track at the Whistler Sliding Centre at around 90mph and came to a halt after slamming into a pillar. 147. Somalias sports minister who has died in hospital in Saudi Arabia weeks after he was critically wounded in a suicide bombing at a medical graduation ceremony in Mogadishu? Saleban Olad Roble 148. Who was elected chairman of the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)? Mohamed Shahrul Ikran Yaakob 149. Flagstones from a 1,500-year-old street were discovered during an excavation in the Old City of Israel. Where is that city located? Jerusalem. Archaeologists have found a 1,500-year-old Jerusalem road that was once a bustling through fare used by throngs of Christian pilgrims and which is depicted on a famed mosaic map of the Holy Land. 150. A controversial bronze statue of an American President as a 10-year-old boy has been removed recently by Indonesian authorities from a park in the capital Jakarta due to a public backlash when it was erected. Who is that president? Barack Obama The statue moved to a nearby elementary school that Obama once attended. 151. Indian businessman who bought the formerly British-owned East India Company recently? Sanjiv Mehta. 152. Bangladeshs Zia International Airport is to be renamed after 13th century Sufi saint after deleting the name of former president Ziaur Rahman. What is the name of that Sufi Saint? Hazarat Shah Jalal. 153. Who became the 35th batsmen in the history of Test Matches to accumulate 7000 career runs in Test Matches? V.V.S.Laxman 154. The Afghan Taliban leader, who was captured by U.S. and Pakistani forces in Pakistan on February 8, 2010, in the southern port city of Karachi? Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar He is a co-founder of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan.

155. Which country has recently stopped issuing visas to citizens of 25 European nations? Lybia. Britain was exempted from the ban. 156. Who is appointed as the special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference by US President Obama? Rashad Hussain. Obama has appointed a deputy White House counsel Rashad Hussain to be his representative to the Muslim world. Organization of the Islamic Conference is an intergovernmental group with 57 member countries from the Middle East, Africa, Central Asia, Caucasus, Balkans, Southeast Asia and South Asia . 157. According to a recent Commonwealth report, presidential polls in an Asian country did not fully meet key benchmarks for democratic elections. Which is that country? Sri Lanka. 158. Which district in Kerala is all set to be declared the first fully electrified district in India? Palakkad 159. The Operation launched by Afghan and NATO forces in southern Afghanistans Helmand province on February 13, 2010, aiming at eradicating Taliban militants in Marjah district of this region? Operation Moshtarak (Operation Together) 160. The celebrated Egyptian pharaoh, who ruled from around 1351-1334 BC, died of malaria and had a club foot, according to a new study that used the latest genetic testing to try and find out more about his life, and death? Tutankhamun He is often referred to as King Tut , died just nine years into his reign, which lasted from 1333-1324 BC. 161. Who is appointed as the Chairman of the high level Empowered Committee to go into all aspects (except legal and constitutional issues) of the Maullaiperiyar dam dispute between the States of Tamil Nadu and Kerala? A. S. Anand. He is the former Chief Justice of India. 162. The government of Kerala recently decided to constitute a Pay Commission to recommend revision of scales for government employees and teachers in the state. The pay commission is headed by? Justice Rajendra Babu.

163. The second tiger reserve in Kerala after the Periyar Tiger Reserve which will be integrated ecologically with the 960 sq km Anamalai Tiger Reserve in Tamil Nadu situated at? Parambikulam. The proposed 460.30 sq km Parambikulam tiger reserve inaugurated on February 17, 2010. 164. Name of the military junta that seized power in a military coup in the African country Niger? Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (SCRD). They captured President Mamadou Tandja and his ministers in a four-hour gun battle Salou Djibo is the leader of CSRD. Junta means the ruling council of a military dictatorship. 165. Indias premier international airline, which recently announced that it will commence daily non-stop flights from Mumbai to Johannesburg from April 14,2010? Jet Airways. 166. The United Nations (UN) top climate official, unexpectedly announced that he will resign in July after Decembers failed summit in Copenhagen dealt a blow to his climate change ambitions? Bonn Yvo de Boer. 167. Who won the first British female Winter Olympic gold in 30 years with victory in womens skeleton? Amy Williams 168. Name of the Buddhist monk who was sentenced to seven years imprisonment in Myanmar for violating immigration laws in relation to a trip he took to Taiwan, unlawful association, and for failing to declare foreign currency? Gaw Thita. He was arrested at Yangon International Airport in August along with seven other monks who were later released without charge. 169. Who was elected unopposed as the working chairman of NDA(National Democratic Alliance) till incumbent Atal Bihari Vajpayee recovers from ill-health? L K Advani Sharad Yadav has been elected as the convenor. 170. Which film won the 2010 Writers Guilds Award for original screen play? The Hurt Locker Awards List: Original Screen Play: Mark Boal (Film:The Hurt Locker)

Adapted Screen Play: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner Based upon the novel by Walter Kirn(Film:Up in the Air) Documentary film: The cove (Written by Mark Monroe) Actor, comedian and singer Jason Alexander, who is best known for his role as George Costanza on the television series Seinfeld, presented the 2010 Paddy Chayefsky Laurel Award for Television to writer/actor/producer Larry David. 171. Who won Silver Bear for best director for the film Ghost Writer at 60th Berlin film festival? Roman Polanski. 172. Which film won the Golden Bear for best picture at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival? Bal (Honey) The film is a Turkish-German production directed by Semih Kaplanoglus 173. Who won the Morgan Keegan Tennis Championships in Memphis beating Sharapova former Memphis champion Sofia Arvidsson 6-2, 6-1 in final? Maria Sharapova 174. Who won the WTA Dubai Tennis title defeating Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 6-3 7-5 in the final? Venus Williams. 175. Which film won six BAFTA Awards in London including the award of best film? Hurt Locker. BAFTA AWARDS: Best Film The Hurt Locker Leading Actor Colin Firth (A Single Man) Leading Actress Carey Mulligan (An Education) Supporting Actor Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds) Supporting Actress MoNique (Precious) Outstanding British Film Fish Tank Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer Duncan Jones (director Moon) Director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker) Original Screenplay The Hurt Locker (Mark Boal) Adapted Screenplay Up In The Air (Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner) Film not in the English language A Prophet Animated Film Up Music Up (Michael Giacchino) Cinematography The Hurt Locker Editing The Hurt Locker Production design Avatar Costume Design The Young Victoria Sound The Hurt Locker Special visual effects Avatar Make-up & hair The Young Victoria Short animation Mother Of Many Short film I Do Air The Orange Rising Star Award (voted for by the public) Kristen Stewart 176. Who becomes the first woman to win Best Director award in BAFTA awards?

Kathryn Bigelow She is the director of the film Hurt Locker . 177. Name of the New Unmanned Aircraft that can remain in the air for over 24 hours which has been added to Israeli Air Force family? Eitan The drone named Eitan meaning Strong in Hebrew is said to be 24 meters long and 26 meters wide wingspan. The drone which weighs about 4.5 tones and it can fly to and from Persian Gulf. Drone means a pilotless aircraft operated by remote control. 178. The leader of the Sunni Muslim militant group Jundullah arrested recently by Iran authorities? Abdolmalek Rigi. 179. Leaders of 32 countries from Latin America and the Caribbean, meeting in Mexico, decided to exclude two countries from membership of a new organization for countries on the American continents. Name of that countries? United States of America (U.S.A) and Canada. 180. Indian-origin woman who has became the first woman Leader of the Opposition in the Trinidad and Tobago parliament, ousting former premier Basdeo Panday from the post? Kamla Persad-Bissessar 181. Which country has swept the Commonwealth Shooting Championship with a whopping 49 medals? India. India won 23 gold, 17 silver and 9 bronze medals. England finished a distant second with 31 medals and badges, while Wales ended third on the table after winning 13 medals and badges. 182. A prominent Indian hotelier who has been presented the Community Award in recognition of his outstanding philanthropic work in the UK? Joginder Sangar 1. Who is appointed Australias first women prime minister ?

Julia Eileen Gillard (born 29 September 1961) is the 27th and current Prime Minister of Australia. 2. Who has been appointed the Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India? Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia. He will be taking over from incumbent Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan on May 12.

3. Name of the fourth woman judge of Supreme Court of India? Gyan Sudha Mishra, Former Jharkhand High Court Chief Justice. 4. Name of the bill passed by the Lok Sabha on April 30, 2010 which provides for setting up a special court for speedy disposal of environmental cases? The National Green Tribunal Bill. The Tribunal will be located in Bhopal and will have at least 10 judicial members. The Tribunal will have four benches across the country. 5. The 48-year-old Football club of India which will be disbanded at the end of current I-League season with focus of the parent company shifting towards developing talent at school level. Mahindra United Football Club. 6. Which communist country marked the 35th anniversary of the end of its war with a grand military parade through the former Saigon, with the government basking more in its economic achievements than its historic military defeat of the United States? Vietnam. The cost of the Vietnam War was huge for the United States. More than fifty eight thousand Americans died in combat, and it damaged the United States economy. 7. Name the nine Indians who figured in Time magazines annual list of 100 most influential people? 1. Manmohan Singh: Manmohan Singh is placed at 19th spot in the Leaders list headed by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. 2. Sachin Tendulkar: Sachin Tendulkar gets the 13th place among 25 Heroes headed by former US president Bill Clinton who is recognised for his work as a fund-raiser and anti-poverty activist. 3. Amartya Sen: Economist Amartya Sen is 20th on the Thinkers list. 4.Perumalsamy Namperumalsamy : Sixth placed among heroes, Perumalsamy Namperumalsamy, 70, was recognised for performing cataract surgery at the Aravind Eye Care Hospitals since 1976 and having treated 3.6 million surgeries to date a new one every 15 minutes. 5. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: He gets the 16th spot among heroes for donating $2 million to support health insurance coverage for 100,000 Indian villagers and another $10 million for creating the 1,400-bed Mazumdar-Shaw Cancer Centre in Bangalore. 6. Atul Gwande: Indian-American doctor and Harvard professor Atul Gwande is fifth on the list of thinkers for his contribution to medicine.

7. Chetan Bhagat: Chetan Bhagat, author of bestsellers, One Night @ the Call Centre and Five Point Someone is the lone Indian in the list of artists headed by extravagantly outfitted singer Lady Gaga. 8. Rahul Singh. He in 22nd place is recognised for his relief work in Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that hit on Jan 12. 9. Sanjit Bunker Roy: Humanitarian worker, Sanjit Bunker Roys Barefoot College has trained more than three million people for jobs in the modern world. 8. Who is appointed as the fourth woman judge in the history of the Supreme Court of India since its inception in 1959? Justice Syan Sudha Misra. She is the first Supreme Court woman judge since Justice Ruma Pal retired in June 2006. Justice Fathima Beevi, was the first woman judge of the Supreme Court from Oct 10, 1989, to April 29, 1992 Justice Sujata Manohar became an apex court judge Nov 8, 1994. She retired Aug 27, 1999. Justice Ruma Pal was the third woman Supreme Court judge, from Jan 28, 2000, to June 6, 2006. 9. Which High Court of India has the highest representation of women in the judiciary, with 8 women judges? Delhi High Court. The Bombay High Court comes a close second with 7 women judges. 10. Which player won the Football Writers Association Footballer of the Year 2010 award? Wayne Rooney. 11. Karnataka food and civil supplies minister who resigned from the cabinet on 02-05-10, charged with raping his friends wife five months ago in Shimoga? Haratal Halappa. 12. Which country has been ranked first in the list of dirty dozen spam relaying countries, accounting for over more than 13 per cent of worlds total junk mails, sent during the first quarter of the year, according to a new study? U.S.A. India has been ranked second in the list while China has successfully pulled itself out of the list.

13. Name of the veteran Indian diplomat who has been appointed Assistant Secretary-General for UNs Peacekeeping Operations? Atul Khare 14. Name of the Special Court Judge who handed death sentence to the Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab for the Mumbai terror attacks? M L Tahaliyani. He has been promoted as the Principal Sessions Judge of the City civil and sessions Court in Mumbai. 15. Euro-region ministers recently agreed to a 110 billion-Euro ($146 billion) rescue package for which country to prevent a default and stop the worst crisis in the currencys 11-year history? Greece. 16. The leader of the anti-Zionist Neturei Karta group in Jerusalem, noted for serving as Minister for Jewish Affairs in Yasser Arafats Palestinian government who died on May 2, 2010, aged 86? Moshe Hirsch. 17. Who has won the Rome Masters Tennis title for the fourth time? Rafael Nadal. He defeated the Serbian player Novak Djokovic 7-6, 6-2 in the final. 18. Name of the worlds oldest person who has died a week before her 115th birthday? Kama Chinen. She is a Japanese woman on the southern island of Okinawa who witnessed three centuries, born on May 10, 1895, according to the Gerontology Research Group, which tracks individuals of extremely old age. 19. First Indian-origin Sikh to be knighted this year by the Queen for his services to the administration of justice in the United Kingdom, has been chosen for the Pride of Sikh Community Award? Sir Mota Singh QC 20. The Indian Company which has been barred from doing any business with World Bank for violating procurement guidelines, for a period of three years, beginning January 11, 2010? Videocon Industries Ltd. World Bank has blacklisted this Indian company for three years, ending January 11, 2013. 21. Who resigned as Indias chief football coach following his differences with All India Football Federation (AIFF) secretary general Alberto Colaco? Bob Houghton

22. Which state won the overall title of National senior Federation Cup Athletic Championship held in Ranchi? Kerala. Kerala won the overall title with 11 gold medals (1 silver, 3 bronze) followed by Haryana (6) and Uttar Pradesh (5). 23. Which developing country offers the best conditions for maternity in the world, according to a report entitled The State of the World Mothers 2010, released by the Save the Children NGO? Cuba. 24. Name of the 1932 Pablo Picasso painting of his mistress which has sold for $106.5 million US, a world record price for any work of art at auction? Nude, Green Leaves and Bust Nude Green Leaves, and Bust, a 1932 painting by Pablo Picasso, sold for more than $100 million US at Christies auction house. (Christies, New York/Associated Press) 25. Indian-born business administration scholar who is set to become the tenth Dean of Harvard Business School (HBS)? Dr Nitin Nohria. 26. Which team clinched the I-League title for the fourth time after beating Lajong FC 1-0, with one round of the countrys premier football league still to go? Dempo Sports Club. 27. Which club won the Coppa Italia (Italian FA Cup beating Roma in the final (1-0)? Inter Milan. Diego Milito hit the goal for Inter Milan. 28. Which club clinched their ninth French League title beating Rennes (3-1)? Olympique de Marseille. Olympique de Marseille is a French professional football club which became the first and only French club to win the UEFA Champions League in 1993. 29. Name of the American weekly news magazine hard hit by the internet and the recession, has been put up for sale by its owner, the Washington Post Company?

Newsweek. This weekly is the second largest news weekly magazine in the U.S published in four English language editions and 12 global editions written in the language of the circulation region.

30. President of Nigeria died on May 5, 2010 at the age of 58 after more than five months of battling with a heart ailment? Umaru YarAdua. He is the first university-educated president of Nigeria. He was declared the winner of the controversial Nigerian presidential election held on 21 April 2007, and was sworn in on 29 May 2007. He was a member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan has been sworn in as President in a ceremony in the capital Abuja. 31. Who won a landmark ruling in the countrys highest court in a dispute with his brother over how to split the riches from the familys gas business? Mukesh Ambani. Indias Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Mukesh Ambani in his long-running feud with his brother Anil Ambani over supplies from a huge natural gas discovery. 32. Who is sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Britain? David Cameron. (Conservative Party) He will head the government which is formed by the coalition between the Conservative Party and the leftleaning Liberal Democrats. 33. Who is the Deputy Prime Minister of Britain? Nick Clegg (Liberal Democrats) 34. For the first time in the history of UK elections, two Indian-origin women have been elected to the House of Commons. Who are they? Priti Patel and Valerie Vaz. Priti Patel of Conservative party was elected from the Witham constituency and she has become the first Asian Woman MP (Member of Parliament) in Britain. Valerie Vaz of Labour party was elected from Walsall South constituency. 35. Largest Beaver Dam recently discovered in Canada using Google satellite technology located in? Northern Albertas Wood Buffalo National Park. Ecologist Jean Thie located the 2,788-foot (850-meter) dam using Google Earth and NASA technology and the dam stretches more than eight football fields long.

36. Which are the first countries to have country codes in Arabic scripts using a system that will also allow web addresses in Chinese, Thai and Tamil scripts? Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Internet regulator ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) recently enabled full web addresses in non-Latin characters. 37. A ban on which African country competing at the next two African Nations Cup finals was formally lifted by the Confederation of African Football recently, ratifying an agreement brokered by FIFA in Zurich? Togo 38. Which country has recently initiated steps to build its first indigenous civilian transport aircraft? India. Government has set up a 15-member high-power committee (HPC) on National Civil Aircraft Development with former ISRO chief G Madhavan Nair as its Chairman for management and development of the key project. 39. Which club won English soccers Premier League after an 8-0 home win over Wigan Athletic in the final round of games? Chelsea. Manchester United finishes second. 40. Who is sworn in as Costa Ricas first female president? Laura Chinchilla. She has become the third female president in Central America. 41. Who is named as Captain of the Indian Cricket Team on the tour to Zimbabwe from May 28 for the tri series involving Sri Lanka? Suresh Raina 42. Who retained World Chess Championship title by winning a thrilling 12th and final game, beating Veselin Topalov of Russia? Viswanathan Anand Besides being the first Asian to win the World Championship in 2000, Anand now has the distinction of creating a hat trick with three World Championship titles in 2007, 2008 and 2010.

43. Which country became the fifth major emitter of Green House Gases after the US, China, the European Union and Russia? India. Indias greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions increased by 41.66 percent between 1994 and 2007 making it the fifth major emitter to contribute to global warming. 44. BSNL, the state-owned telecom operator in India, recently has banned the Chinese telecom equipment makers from the bidding for the GSM projects in the northern and eastern zones in India. Name those companies. Huawei and ZTE. According to security assessments of Huawei Technologies put together by RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) of India, the Chinese firm not only shares ties with the Chinese security establishment but is also suspected to be a part of its intelligence set-up. RAW clearly point out that PLA (People Liberation Army) remains a customer of that company and has become more involved with it. 45. The first Hindi film which has been selected to be screened in the Un Certain Regard Section of the Cannes film festival? Udan. The film is debut film of director Vikramaditya Motwane. The last Indian film to make it to the Golden Palm Award category was Swam (Malayalam). Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festivals Official Selection. 46. Who was declared the winner of the Philippine presidential elections? Benigno Aquino. Former president Joseph Estrada finished in second place. 47. The Central Government of India recently appointed five independent directors for Air India. Who are they? M.A. Yousafali, prominent Malayalee industrialist in Gulf countries. Anand Mahindra, vice-chairman and MD of Mahindra group. Fali Major, former Air Force head. Harshvardhan Niyothiya, Ambuja reality chairman. Amith Mithra, FiCCI secretary general. 48. Who has been selected J.C Daniel award for the year 2009? K.S Sethumadhavan.

He is the renowned film director from early 60s to late 80s. The J.C Daniel award has been instituted by the State government as a part of Kerala State Film awards, since 1992. 49. Indian Government has given in principle approval for the setting-up of the Indian National Defence University in Haryana. The university is to be set up in which district of Haryana? Binola in Gurgaon district of Haryana 50. Who is the first Muslim woman to serve in a British cabinet? Sayeeda Warsi. 51. Which dealer of Maruti Cars ranked first in the country in Maruti sales? Indus Motors, a Maruti dealer based in Kerala and Chennai. 52. The World Newspaper Conference from June 7-10 scheduled in Beirut (Lebanon) has been called off because? The Lebanese host organization could not meet its financial commitments. 53. Which country recently announced that it has successfully carried out a nuclear fusion experiment in a further development of cutting-edge nuclear technology? North Korea. 54. Who is the new Chief Justice of Delhi High Court? Justice Dipak Misra 55. The Chief of Shri Ram Sena who was caught on camera for accepting bribe to hold riots in Karnataka? Pramod Muthalik. A sting operation carried out by TV channel Headlines Today and Tehelka magazine reveals that the Sena and its leader Muthalik are willing to stage riots for a price of Rs.60 Lakh in Bangalore or Mangalore. 56. New Zealand cricketer who has retired from all forms of cricket recently? Shane Bond Shane Bond played only 18 tests and took 87 wickets. However, Bond represented New Zealand in 82 ODI matches and bagged 147 wickets at an impressive average of 20.88 maintaining an economy rate of 4.28 which is enviable for a pacer today. He achieved his career-best figure 6 for 21 against Australia in 2003 world cup.

57. The former Vice-President of India and three-time Chief Minister of Rajasthan in the past who died at the age of 86 following cardiac arrest? Bhairon Singh Shekhawat He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and completed his tenure as 11th Vice-President. (August 2002-July 2007). He served as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan state three times, from 1977 to 1980, 1990 to 1992, and 1993 to 1998. 58. Which club won the F.A. Cup title defeating Portsmouth 1-0 in the final at Wembley Stadium, England? Chelsea. Didier Drogba scored his 37th goal of the season to give Chelsea a 1-0 victory over Portsmouth in the F.A. Cup final. 59. Which country won the twenty 20 World Cup Cricket-2010 beating Australia by seven wickets in the final? England. This is their first victory at an ICC limited-overs tournament. Player of the match: Kieswetter (England). Player of the series: Kevin Pietersen (England). 60. Which countries were named joint champions of the 19th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup after the final was abandoned because of heavy rain in northern Malaysia? India and South Korea. 61. Which club beat Siena 1-0 to seal its fifth consecutive Serie A title? Inter Milan. 62. n a brazen attack, Maoists on 17th May, 2010, blew up a bus killing at least 50 people, including 20 Special Police Officers. The attack took place in? Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. 63. Name of the nuclear capable intermediate range missile successfully test fired by India on 17-05-2010 with a range of over 2,000 km, from a launch site in Orissa? Agni-II 64. Who country took over the G15 groups rotating presidency from Iran in the 14th summit of the G15 developing countries ended in Tehran? Sri Lanka.

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, is the new president of G15 Groups. 65. Underworld don and Indias most wanted fugitive, who figures third on Forbes Most Wanted list that has been topped by Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden? Dawood Ibrahim. He is the mastermind of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts 66. Which country won ICC Womens twenty 20 World Cup Cricket-2010 beating New Zealand in the final? Australia. Player of the match: A Perry (Australia Women) Player of the series: NJ Browne (New Zealand Women) 67. First Arab-American to Claim Miss USA Title? Rima Fakih 68. A French court has ordered the release of an Iranian man convicted of killing exiled former Iranian Prime Minister Shapour Bakhtiar nearly two decades ago. Name that Iranian murderer? Ali Vakili Rad. Vakili was convicted in 1994 of the bloody stabbing death of Bakhtiar and his personal secretary at Bakhtiars suburban Paris villa in August 1991. 69. Bank of Rajasthan, one of the oldest private sector banks in the country, recently announced that it would merge with a private sector bank. Which is that Private sector Bank? ICICI. 70. Veteran Indian film director who is to be honored with the Jaeger-LeCoultre Glory to the Filmmaker award at the 67th Venice International Film Festival to be held in September, 2010? Mani Ratnam. 71. Indian students who won the Third Place Grand Award for Team Projects in Engineering: Electrical and Mechanical, at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in the United States? Manosij Ghosh Dastidar and Anarta Roy. The needle designed by the two Kolkata students is a low cost single-shot hypodermic syringe aimed at preventing re-use of disposable syringes especially in poor nations without much regulation. 72. Which country has recently banned Facebook, Wikipedia, Twitter and YouTube? Pakistan

73. Top Indian American attorney who ascended to the post of acting solicitor general May 17, as Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan vacated the post? Neal Katyal. 74. The cyclonic storm developed on 17th May, 2010 in the Bay of Bengal from a persistent area of convection killing many people in South India? Laila. The cyclone caused heavy destruction in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh & Karnataka. Laila is an Urdu name, meaning Night. 75. Man of the match winners of 20-20 Cricket Series between West Indies and South Africa held in West Indies. First 20-20 played at Antigua 0n 19-05-2010- Ryan McLaren (South Africa). He took 5 wickets for 19 runs. South Africa won the match by 13 runs. Second 20-20 played at Antigua 0n 20-05-2010- Johan Botha (South Africa). He took 3 wickets and scored 23 runs. South Africa won the match by 1 run. Series: South Africa won the 2-match series 2-0 76. Which club won their fifth Spanish Kings Cup title by beating Atletico Madrid 2-0 in the final? Sevilla. 77. Gorkha leader and president of the Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League (ABGL) who was stabbed to death by unidentified men during clashes by rival Gorkha groups in the hill town of Darjeeling? Madan Tamang. 78. The official anthem of the 2010 FIFA World Cup is? Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) sung by Shakira and Freshlyground. 79. The US Director of National Intelligence has announced his resignation after frequent clashes with White House officials? Dennis Blair. 80. Which Asian country launched a new spacecraft recently on a two-year mission to study the planet Venus and its climate? Japan. A rocket carrying the Venus climate orbiter called Akatsuki blasted off from a Japanese space center in Kagoshima, southern Japan.

81. Who becomes the first male Indian Player in 13 years to qualify for the main draw at French Open Tennis-2010? Somdev Devvarman. 82. An Air India Express flight flying on the Dubai-Mangalore route burst in to flames when it missed a safe landing on a table top runway in Mangalore airport killing 166 passengers on 2205-2010. Name of that airliner? Boing 737-800. An airliner is a large fixed-wing aircraft for transporting passengers and cargo. Such planes are owned by airlines. Mangalore airport was opened on 25 December 1951 and it is formerly known as Bajpe Airport. 83. Name of the American mountain climber who, on May 22, 2010, became the youngest person to climb Mount Everest? Jordan Romero. He was 13 years 10 months 10 days old when he reached the summit. 84. Who is the youngest Indian to conquer the Mount Everest? Arjun Vajpai. He achieved this feat at an age of 16 years, 11 months and 18 days. He broke the record set by the Krishna Patil of Maharashtra who climbed the summit at the age of 19. 85. Name of the Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer who holds the record for reaching the summit of Mount Everest more times than any other person? Apa Sherpa He has climbed the mountain twenty times as of May 2010. 86. Which football club won the Champions League with a 2-0 victory over Bayern Munich in the final? Inter Milan 87. Man of the Match winners of ODI Cricket Series between West Indies and South Africa held in West Indies. First ODI played on 22 May 2010: Man of the match: Hashim Amla. (South Africa) He scored 102 runs. South Africa won the match by 66 runs (D/L method)

Second ODI played on 24 May 2010: Man of the match: Hashim Amla. (South Africa).He scored 92 runs. South Africa won the match by 17 runs. Third ODI played on 28 May 2010: Man of the match: AB de Villiers (South Africa).He scored 70 runs. Fourth ODI played on 30 May 2010: Man of the match: Hashim Amla. (South Africa)He scored 129 runs. South Africa won the match by 7 wickets. 88. Which film won the coveted Golden Palm award at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival? Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. This Thai film about a man dying of kidney failure that left many puzzling over its meaning, won the Palme dOr at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. 89. Man of the Match winners of 20-20 Cricket Series between New Zealand and Sri Lanka held in U.S.A. First 20-20 played on 22 May 2010: Man of the match: Scott Styris. (New Zealand) He took 3 wickets for 10 runs. New Zealand won the match by 28 runs. Second 20-20 played on 23 May 2010: Man of the match: Nuwan Kulasekhara. (Sri Lanka) He took 3 wickets for just 4 runs. Sri Lanka won the match by 7 wickets. Series 2-match series drawn 1-1. Man of the Series: Daniel Vettori (New Zealand) 90. Who has been elected the first woman prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago after her fiveparty coalition swept to victory in snap elections in the former British colony? Kamla Persad-Bissessar. 91. Who is the third woman ever and the first Indian after Nobel laureate Amartya Sen to become a tenured professor at Harvard Universitys high-brow economics department? Gita Gopinath. 92. Who has been named Pakistans Test and ODI cricket captain ahead of a busy summer which takes in the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka and then six Tests, five ODIs, as well as four T20Is, in England

against Australia and the hosts? Shahid Afridi. 93. Who won the man of the match award in the first test cricket match between Bangladesh and England held in Lords from May 27-31, 2010? Steven Finn. (England). He took 4 wickets in the first innings and 5 wickets in the second. England won the match by 8 wickets. 94. Who won the man of the match award in the ODI cricket match between India and Zimbabwe in the Triangular series held in Zimbabwe on May 28, 2010? Brendan Taylor. (Zimbabwe). He scored 81 runs. Result: Zimbabwe won the match by 6 wickets. 95. Who won the man of the match award in the ODI cricket match between India and Sri Lanka in the Triangular series held in Zimbabwe on May 30, 2010? Rohit Sarma. (India). He scored 101 runs. Result: India won the match by 7 wickets. 96. At least 120 passengers are feared killed and 160 injured after suspected Maoists derailed 13 coaches of Mumbai-bound Gyaneshwari Express leading to a collision with a goods train in a state in eastern India. Which is that state? West Bengal. The incident took place in West Midnapore district of West Bengal. 97. Suspected Islamist militants attacked two mosques packed with hundreds of worshippers in an Islamic country on 28-05-2010 killing at least 80 people while attending salatul-jumah (Friday Prayer) at their local mosques. Which is that Islamic nation? Pakistan. The mosques were located in the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. Pakistan, a Muslim-majority nation whose longtime struggle with sectarianism has been exacerbated by the violent rise of the Sunni extremist Taliban and al-Qaida movements. 98. State of emergency has been declared in a country in Central America after a powerful eruption at the southern Pacaya volcano killed a television journalist and forced the international airport to close. Which is that country? Guatemala

99. The 2016 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as Euro 2016, will be held in? France. 100. Who resigned as Jharkhand chief minister after failing to get the support of Congress and its ally JVM (P) ahead of trust vote in the assembly? Shibu Soren 101. The British chief secretary to the Treasury resigned recently after revelations about his parliamentary expenses allegedly passed on to his long-term partner? David Laws. 102. Name of the social networking site which is temporarily blocked by Bangladesh on 29-052010 after a man was arrested for uploading content onto it deemed offensive? Facebook 103. Who became the first Indian batsman to make Century in International Twenty-20 match ? Suresh Raina is the first Indian batsman and third overall to crack a Twenty20 international century after making a breezy 60-ball 101 against South Africa in a World Cup match in St. Lucia? West Indies captain Chris Gayle (117 from 57 balls against South Africa) and Brendon McCullum of New Zealand (116 from 56 balls against Australia) are the other two batsmen to have scored a century in the shortest format of the game.

1.

Who designed new symbol of Indian Rupee ?

Bombay IIT post-graduate Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam(Native of TAMIL NADU). Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam is the designer of the Indian rupee symbol. He is an assistant professor at IIT Guwahati. His design was selected from among five short listed symbols. Udaya Kumar explained that the design is based on the Indian tricolour. D.Udaya Kumar was born on 10 October 1978 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Age: 31 in 2010 Alma mater: IDC, IIT Bombay (PhD) IDC, IIT Bombay (MDes) Anna University (B.Arch.) Occupation: Assistant professor, IIT Guwahati Known for: The designer of Indian rupee symbol (2010) 2. Who is honored with Top Photography award 2010 ?

Karnataka Forest officer M N Jayakumar honored with Top photography award by the UNESCO-affiliated International Federation of Photographic Art. 3. Which Indian cricketer honored with rank of Honorary Group by Indian Air Force (IAF) ? Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar 4. Who is Current director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ? Ashwani Kumar (since August 2, 2008) 5. Name of the super computer developed by China that runs at more than one quadrillion (one thousand million million) calculations per second, making it the fastest one in the country? Xingyun. Xingyun, has been developed in Tianjin, and works at double the speed of Tianhe-1, the previous fastest machine in China. 6. Which country attacked a flotilla of ships in international waters carrying food, medicine and other aid to Gaza, killing at least 10 civilians on board? Israel A flotilla of ships is a formation of small warships that may be part of a larger fleet. 7. Name of the powerful tropical storm hit in Central America which killed more than 100 people in floods and mudslides? Agatha. Tropical Storm Agatha was a weak, but catastrophic tropical cyclone that brought widespread floods to much of Central America. 8. Court of which country has ordered the authorities to restore the Facebook, social networking site? Pakistan 9. Which Indian cricketer got married on July 4, 2010 with his childhood girlfriend? Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Dhoni ties knot with longtime friend Sakshi Rawat on Sunday July 4, 2010 in a private ceremony attended only by family members and close friends, including a few of his team-mates at Dehradun.

10. German President who unexpectedly resigned on 31 May due to a storm over comments he made about military action abroad? Horst Koehler. It was the first time in German history that a president has resigned.

11. India recently signed three MoUs with an Asian country to expand cooperation, under which leading Indian firms Infosys and Wipro committed to undertake projects in that country. Which is that country? China. Under the agreement, Wipro will set up a plant that will manufacture high pressure precision hydraulic cylinders, and an R&D facility will be established to enable this centre. Infosys will set up an education centre at Jiaxing to develop software talent in huge numbers to meet its growing business demand. 12. Top financial chief of Al Qaeda, and was considered by American intelligence officials to be the organizations No. 3 leader, behind Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, who was killed in an American missile strike in Pakistans tribal areas in the last two weeks? Mustafa Abu al-Yazid. 13. Which country recently filed a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice to halt Japanese whaling for scientific research in Antarctic waters? Australia. 14. Man of the match winners of Triangular ODI Cricket Series (India-Sri Lanka-Zimbabwe) held in Zimbabwe. Third ODI between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka played on June 1, 2010: Man of the match: Suraj Randiv (Sri Lanka). He took 3 wickets for 23 runs. Result: Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 9 wickets. Fourth ODI between Zimbabwe and India played on June 3, 2010: Man of the match: Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe). He scored 74 runs. Result: Zimbabwe beat India by 7 wickets. Fifth ODI between India and Sri Lanka played on June 5, 2010: Man of the match: Dinesh Chandimal (Sri Lanka). He scored 111 runs. Result: Sri Lanka beat India by 6 wickets. Sixth ODI between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka played on June 7, 2010: Man of the match: Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe). He scored 119 runs. Result: Zimbabwe beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets. Final of the Triangular Series between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka played on June 9, 2010. Man of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka). He scored 108 runs. Result: Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 9 wickets. 15. Who won the Man of the series award in the triangular series held in Zimbabwe (IndiaZimbabwe-Sri Lanka)? Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe).

He has already received 3 Man of the Match awards in this tournament, has been named as the Man of the Series 16. Presidents rule was imposed in a state in eastern India on 01-06-2010 two days after resignation of its chief minister and none of the three major political parties in that state showing willingness to form an alternate government. Which is that state? Jharkhand. Jharkhand was placed under presidents rule for the second time less than six months after Shibu Sorens second stint as Chief Minister. The Centre imposed Presidents rule in Jharkhand for the first time on 19 Jan 2009, when Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) chief Shibu Soren resigned as CM after he lost the Tamar Assembly by-election to Gopal Krishna Patar (Jharkhand Party) by more than 9,200 votes. 17. Tata Motors recently inaugurated the worlds cheapest car, the Nanos, manufacturing facility in Gujarat. Where is it located? Sanand. 18. Who has been appointed as chairman of National Human Rights Commission? K.G. Balakrishnan, former chief justice of India. 19. Who is appointed as new Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Petronet LNG, the nations largest liquefied natural gas importer? Ashok Kumar Balyan. 20. Who has been appointed as Head of Audi India (car) effective July 1st, 2010? Michael Perschke. 21. Frances most prestigious newspaper which is likely to put on sale its group operations, which include the newspaper, its website and its television listings? Le Monde. 22. Which airline has apologized for a picture in a company magazine that showed a boarding pass in the name of Osama bin Laden? British Airways The image of the fake boarding pass in the name of Osama bin Laden appeared in LHR News, a biweekly publication for British Airways employees at London Heathrow airport. 23. Who is Japans new Prime Minister? Naoto Kan. 24. The government declared an organisation which is believed to be a shadow outfit of banned Students Islamic Movement of India and Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayiba as a terrorist

organisation on June 4, 2010. Which is that organisation? Indian Mujahideen. 25. Man of the Match winners of ODI Cricket Series between West Indies and South Africa held in West Indies. Fifth ODI played on 3 June 2010: Man of the match: Jacques Kallis. (South Africa) He scored 57 runs and took 1 wicket. Result: South Africa beat West Indies by 1 wicket Series Result: South Africa won the series 5-0. 26. Who won the Man of the series award in the 5 match ODI cricket series between West Indies and South Africa held in West Indies? Hashim Amla. He scored 402 runs in the series. 27. The 3rd International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala were held at? Thiruvananthapuram. (From June 11 to 15) 28. Indian American technocrat who has been nominated by the Obama administration for the post of Director of the National Science Foundation? Subra Suresh. He is an IIT graduate, currently the dean of the School of Engineering and the Vannevar Bush Professor of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). 29. Who became the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam title, beating Samantha Stosur in the French Open-2010 final? Francesca Schiavone. 30. Goa Tourism Minister who recently resigned from the Cabinet over allegations about involvement in the death of a woman friend? Fransisco Pacheco 31. Indian- American who won the 83rd Scripps National Spelling Bee Contest held in Washington? Anamika Veeramani. 32. Who won French Open Mens title-2010, defeating Robin Soderling in the final? Rafael Nadal. He beats Robin Soderling 6-4, 6-2 and 6-4 to win his fifth French Open title at Roland Garros.

33. Which building has been certified as the worlds furthest leaning manmade tower by the Guinness World Records? The Capital Gate tower in Abu Dhabi. 34. Who has been sworn in as the 15th president of the Philippines? Benigno Aquino III 35. Which states won the 27th National Youth Basketball Championships held in Tamil Nadu from June 1-8? Punjab, Kerala. Punjab and Kerala won the competition in the boys and girls divisions respectively. In the final, Kerala beat Utharpradesh. Punjab beat Chhatisgarh in the boys event. 36. Which countries signed seven agreements covering spheres of legal, womens affairs, cultural, power and electricity on June 9, 2010? India and Sri Lanka. The signed agreements are listed below. First agreement is the renewal of Memorandum of Understanding on small scale enterprises. The second and third agreements were on Transfer of Sentenced Prisoners and on Mutual Legal Assistance on Criminal Matters. Other agreements are The MOU on Setting up of a Womens Trade Facilitation Centre and Community Learning Centre, Renewal of Cultural Exchange Programmes and Interconnection of Electricity Grids . The Memorandum of Understanding on Talaimannar-Madhu Railway Line. 37. The UN Security Council voted recently to impose a fourth round of sanctions on an Islamic nation over a nuclear program the West suspects is aimed at developing the means to build atom bombs. Which is that country? Iran. 38. Which country decided to freeze a contract to sell S-300 missile systems to Iran after the United Nations Security Council imposed a fourth round of sanctions on the Islamic Republic? Russia 39. Which country recently decided to ban people under 18 years of age from climbing Mount Everest? China.

40. The rocket of which country carrying a satellite for studying Global Climatic Change and Greenhouse Effect exploded in flight after the successful take-off on June 10,2010? South Korea 41. The managing director of Rs 8,000-crore Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) that owns countrys largest food brand Amul, resigned recently amid a controversy over cancellation of two board meetings? B.M. Vyas. 42. Which country has successfully designed, developed & carried out the user trials of laser guided bomb kits on June, 2010? India. The Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a laboratory of Indias Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Bangalore has successfully tested the user trials of laser guided bomb kits at Pokhran with the participation of the IAF (Indian Air Force). 43. Which company bought Infotel Broadband, the only company to win a national license in the broadband wireless spectrum auction of India? Reliance Industries. Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries agreed to pay Rs 4,800 crore ($1.02 billion) to buy 95% stake in Infotel. 44. Who has been appointed the new Chief Justice of the Madras High Court in Chennai? M.Y. Iqbal 45. U.S.President Barack Obama recently has agreed to write the foreword for a book named Conversations with Myself. The book is written by? Nelson Mandela. The book draws on Mr. Mandelas journals from the early 1960s, his diaries written while in prison, speeches and recorded conversations. 46. Former minister of New Zealand who used his official credit card for watching pornographic movies while he stayed in hotels during his tenure as minister for building and construction in 2007-08? Shane Jones. He admitted using his ministerial credit card to charter a plane and buy wine, magazines and books and pornographic movies when he stayed at hotels. Jones had spent about USD 5,000 on his credit card. 47. Which country decided to introduce a Mother Teresa commemorative coin to mark the nuns birth centenary in August, 2010? India

48. Man of the match winners of Twenty-20 Cricket series between India and Zimbabwe held in Zimbabwe: First 20-20 played at Harare sports club on 12 June 2010: Man of the match: Pragyan Ojha. (He took 2 wickets for 11 runs (4overs)) Result: India won by 6 wickets. Second 20-20 played at Harare sports club on 13 June 2010: Man of the match: Suresh Raina. (He scored 72 runs) Result: India won by 7 wickets. Man of the series: Suresh Raina Series Results: India won the series 2-0. 49. Former President of Switzerland who is elected as President of the United Nations General Assembly for its 65th session in 2010? Joseph Deiss. 50. Which Indian origin painters painting named Saurashtra on 10th June, 2010 obtained a record amount of USD 3,486,965 at the famous auction house Christies in London, United Kingdom? Syed Haider Raza 51. Which country signed an agreement with Iran on June 13, 2010 to go ahead with a $US7.6 billion gas pipeline between the two countries? Pakistan. The deal was signed between the two countries in Turkey. Under the terms of the deal, Iran will provide 750m cubic feet of gas per day to Pakistan. The line should become operational by 2015. 52. Who won the Yonex-Sunrise India Open Grand Prix badminton tournament held in India beating Wong Mew Choo of Malaysia in the final? Saina Nehwal (India) 53. Who is Indias youngest IIT professor ? Dr. Tathagat Tulsi (born 9 September 1987 in Patna) has taken up a job as youngest professor at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay at the age of 22 Year. He completed high school at the age of 9, had a B.Sc at 10, an M.Sc in Physics at 12, and a PhD in Quantum Computing from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, at 21. In 2003, Time named him among the worlds seven most gifted youngsters. Now, at age 22, Patna-born prodigy Tathagat Avtar Tulsi has become possibly the youngest assistant professor at IIT.

Tulsi will teach Physics at IIT Bombay from July 19, having chosen the institute over Waterloo University, Canada, and the Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Bhopal, both of which had offered him jobs. 54. Man of the Match winners of Asia Cup ODI Cricket series held in Sri Lanka. First ODI between Pakistan and Sri Lanka on June 15, 2010. Man of the match: Shahid Afridi (He scored 109 runs from 76 balls and took 1 wicket) Result: Sri Lanka won by 16 runs Second ODI between Bangladesh and India on June 16, 2010. Man of the match: Gautham Gambhir (He scored 82 runs) Result: India won by 6 wickets Third ODI between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka on June 18, 2010. Man of the match: Tilakaratne Dilshan (He scored 71 runs from 76 balls and took 3 wickets) Result: Sri Lanka won by 126 runs Fourth ODI between Pakistan and India on June 19, 2010. Man of the match: Gautham Gambhir (He scored 83 runs) Result: India won by 3 wickets Fifth ODI between Pakistan and Bangladesh on June 21, 2010. Man of the match: Shahid Afridi (He scored 124 runs from 60 balls and took 1 wicket) Result: Pakistan won by 139 runs Sixth ODI between India and Sri Lanka on June 22, 2010. Man of the match: Farveez Maharoof (Sri Lanka) (He took 5 wickets) Result: Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Seventh ODI (FINAL) between India and Sri Lanka on June 24, 2010. Man of the match: Dinesh Karthik (India) (He scored 66 runs) Result: India won by 81 runs India won the Asia Cup -2010 beating Sri Lanka in the final. 55. Who won the Man of the series award in the Asia Cup-2010 held in Sri Lanka? Shahid Afridi. He got this award for his 2 centuries in the series. 56. Despite voices of protest in India, a set of 12 paintings by an Indian Nobel laureate, sold off for a whopping 1.6 million pounds at an auction house in London recently. Name of that Nobel laureate? Rabindranath Tagore.

57. Which country decided to investigate the alleged misuse of funds in the Indian governments flagship program called Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)? Britain. The United Kingdom., through its Department for International Development, funds 2 percent of SSA. It has provided 1,500 crore Indian rupees out of the total budget of 50,000 crore Indian rupees. The inquiry initiated following reports in the British media about millions of pounds of aid for education and the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan that has disappeared into the depths of corruption without any benefit to the poor children. 58. Who tops in the Forbes list of the worlds self-made female billionaires? Wu Yajun, This Chinese lady stands as the first richest self-made woman in the world with a wealth of $3.9 billion, according to Forbes. . Others in the list, compiled by Forbes magazine, are as follows, depicted by the name, nationality, industry, and net worth in dollars: 1. Rosalie Mera, Spanish, Clothing, 3.5 billion 2. Elena Baturina, Russian, Construction, 2.9 billion 3. Doris Fisher, American, Clothing, 2.4 billion 4. Xiu Li Hawken, UK citizen, property development, 2.4 billion 5. Oprah Winfrey, American, Media, 2.4 billion 6. Giulana Benetton, Italian, Clothing, 2.1 billion 7. Chu Lam Yiu, Chinese, Flavourings and fragrances, 2.1 billion 8. Zhang Xin, Chinese, property development, 2 billion 9. Yan Cheung, Chinese, Waste paper, 1.7 billion 10. Meg Whitman, American, Internet commerce, 1.3 billion 11. Chan Laiwa, Chinese, property development, 1.1 billion 12. Lei Jufang, Chinese, Medicines, 1.1 billion 13. J.K. Rowling, British, Books, 1 billion (ANI) 59. European Union recently has imposed new sanctions on an Islamic nation, including curbs on equipment sales for its vital oil and gas industries, in protest at its disputed nuclear programme. Which is that country? Iran. 60. Which country has won an interim ruling over the United States ban on its poultry exports from World Trade Organisation? China. The WTO interim ruling said the US import ban on Chinas poultry violates Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures.

61. More than 138 people have been killed and over 1750 injured due to the Kyrgyz-Uzbek ethnic clash in a Central Asian nation. Which is that nation? Kyrgyzstan. 62. Government of which country recently apologized to the families of 329 victims of the 1985 Air India Kanishka bombing and decided to pay further compensation to them? Canada. The decision comes after the John Major Commission report on the causes of the bombing blasted the government and its various agencies for failing to stop the plot hatched by Khalistani elements seeking revenge for the 1984 army action at the Golden Temple. All 329 people aboard Kanishka flight 182 from Montreal to Delhi were killed when it was blown off mid-air near the Irish coast June 23, 1985. 63. Portuguese Nobel literature laureate who died on June 18, 2010 at his home on the Spanish Canary Island of Lanzarote? Jose Saramago. He is the first Portuguese writer awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1998 for novels that combine Surrealist experiments pragmatism and a kind of sardonic farmer. Saramagos 1982 novel, Baltasar and Blimunda, was the first to be widely translated, and his work began attracting international attention. In 1991, his novel The Gospel According to Jesus Christ, which depicts a very flawed, human Jesus, was condemned by the Catholic Church and the Portuguese government ordered the removal of The Gospel According to Jesus Christ from the European Literary Prizes shortlist, claiming the work was religiously offensive. Saramago complained of censorship and moved to Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, Spain, where he resided until his death. 64. The indigenously developed, nuclear-capable, ballistic missile successfully test fired by India on 18th June, 2010 from a launch complex of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur-onsea? Prithvi-II 65. In a span of 14 years, a country has carried out its first firing squad execution with the dismissal of the convicted murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner. Which is that country? U.S.A. In 1985, Ronnie Lee Gardner was convicted for murdering a lawyer while trying to run away from court where he was facing charges against another murder conducted in 1984. In the last 33 years, Ronnie Lee Gardner has become the third person to be executed by firing squad shooting. 66. The United Nations recently decided to launch US$71 million humanitarian appeal to assist more than one million people affected by the ethnic clashes in a country in Central Asia. Which is that country? Kyrgyzstan.

67. Iran recently hanged Pakistan-based Jundallah terror groups chief whose outfit was responsible for killing 153 people, including some top Revolutionary Guard commanders. Name of that leader of the Pakistan-based Jundallah group? Abdolmalek Rigi. Rigi, whose Sunni Baloch group Jundallah (soldiers of God) is closely linked to Taliban and active in Irans Sistan-Balochistan province bordering Pakistan, was charged with 79 counts of various crimes. 68. Indian badminton ace who won the second Super Series title of her career by winning the Singapore Open with a straight-game triumph over qualifier Tzu Ying Tai (China) in the finals? Saina Nehwal. 69. Which country tops the list of nations named in Foreign Policy Magazines annual index of failed states.? Somalia. Somalia is followed by four other African nations Chad, the Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Democratic Republic of Congo in the top five. 70. Frances broadcasting watchdog has instructed satellite operator Eutelsat SA to stop broadcasting an Arab channel because some programs violate French laws against promoting racial hatred and religious violence. Name of that channel? Al-Aqsa The Islamist movement Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, runs Al-Aqsa TV. 71. Who is elected as the new President of Columbia? Juan Manuel Santos 72. Which country is elected as President of United Nations Human Rights Council? Thailand. Cuba is elected as Vice President of United Nations Human Rights Council. 73. Chairman of Railway Recruitment Board, Mumbai who was arrested by Central Bureau of Investigation in Hyderabad in connection with a multi-crore Railway Recruitment Board scam? S. N. Sharma. 74. Which country has enriched 17 kg of uranium to 20 percent purity despite new international sanctions? Iran.

75. Indian-American who has bagged the Republican nomination for South Carolinas gubernatorial elections to be held in November? Nikki Haley. If elected in the November elections, Haley would be the first Indian American female and also the first ever female governor of South Carolina. 76. First-ever edition of the World Classical Tamil Conference held in? Coimbatore The conference held from 23rd June10 to 27th June10. The chairman of the conference is Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M.Karunanidhi. Tamil Internet Conference also is organized along the Tamil conference. 77. Who won the man of the match award in the only ODI Cricket between Ireland and Australia played at Dublin, England on June 17, 2010? James Hopes. (Australia) He took 5 wickets for 14 runs. Result: Australia won the match by 39 runs. 78. Man of the Match winners of ODI Cricket between Australia and England. First ODI played at Southampton on June 22, 2010. Man of the match: Eoin Morgan (England). He scored 105 runs from 85 balls. Result: England won the match by 4 wickets. Second ODI played at Cardiff on June 24, 2010. Man of the match: Stuart Broad (England). He took 4 wickets for 44 runs. Result: England won the match by 4 wickets. Third ODI played at Manchester on June 27, 2010. Man of the match: Graeme Swan (England). He took 4 wickets for 37 runs. Result: England won the match by 1 wicket. Fourth ODI played at Manchester on June 30, 2010. Man of the match: Ryan Harris (Australia). He took 5 wickets for 32 runs. Result: Australia won the match by 78 runs. 79. Indian Cricketer who is to be given an honorary rank in the Indian Air Force in recognition of his contribution to the nation and to encourage young people to join up? Sachin Tendulkar. Indian President Pratibha Patil had agreed to confer the rank of group captain on Tendulkar in Indian Airforce. 80. Who is the Managing director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation or DMRC ?

Ans. Dr. E. Sreedharan 81. Who is named as the new commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, replacing General Stanley McChrystal? General David Patraeus. 82. Which country recently has banned YouTube, Yahoo and 7 other sites for offending Quran? Pakistan. The sites banned are Yahoo, MSN, Bing, YouTube, Hotmail, Amazon and Google. 83. G-20 Summit which is the fourth meeting of the G-20 heads of government, in discussion of the global financial system and the world economy took place at? The Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The summit held during June 2627, 2010. 84. Career diplomat who is appointed as the new ambassador to Iraq by U.S.President Barack Obama? James Jeffrey. He, serves as the current US ambassador to Turkey, will replace Christopher Hill as his ambassador to Iraq at a critical juncture in the seven-year war. 85. Who won Indonesia Open Super Series 2010 badminton title? Saina Nehwal. She completed a spectacular hat-trick of titles by clinching the Indonesia Open Super Series with a threegame triumph over Japans Sayaka Sato in the final at Jakarta. This was Sainas third successive title. She has won the Indian Open Grand Prix and the Singapore Open Super Series Tournament. 86. The film technician who has been included in the Oscar Voting committee by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences? Resul Pookutty. 87. Which country hosted the G8 summit -2010 held from June 25 27, 2010? Canada. The summit held at the Deerhurst Resort in Huntsville. 88. Which country will host the next Group of Eight (G8) summit in 2011? France. France to host next G8 summit in Nice. 89. Who is the new prime minister of Czech Republic? Petr Necas.

90. Which countries signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement on June 27, 2010? India and Canada. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the first Indian Head of the Government to visit Canada after I K Gujrals trip 16 years ago, and his counterpart Stephen Harper hailed the signature of the nuclear agreement. 91. Indian origin doctor held guilty of manslaughter and causing grievous bodily harm on patients at an Australian hospital who was sentenced to seven years in prison? Jayant Patel. 92. Who is has been appointed President of Obopay, Inc, a global mobile payments service provider? Deepak Chandnani 93. Which organization has been awarded the Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Award, the highest award for environmental initiative in India, for its unique Project Green Hands that has revitalised vast tracts of fallow countryside in Tamil Nadu? Isha Foundation. It is a Coimbatore-based spiritual organisation led by seer Jaggi Vasudev. 94. Putting commercial interests above national pride, cricket board of which country recently decided to skip the inaugural cricket tournament in the Asian Games in China? India. BCCI has announced that it will not send a cricket team from India, in both men and women categories, for the 2010 Asian Games which will be held in Guangzhou, from November 12 to 27 because of the international schedule. 95. One of the most prolific writers of contemporary Indian Literature who won the Kendra Sahitya Academy award in 1998 and the Kerala Sahitya Academy award in 1972 and 1977 died recently due to respiratory problems? Kovilan. His real name is V.V.Ayyappan. He was also a recipient of the Kerala state governments highest literary honour Ezhuthachan Puraskaram in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Malayalam literature. 96. Prime Minister of Japan who steps down over failure to honour election promises including relocation of Okinawas US air base? Yukio Hatoyama. 97. Who is appointed as chairman of Nasscom for 2010-11? Harsh Manglik

98. Who is crowned as Miss Tibet 2010 ? Tenzin Norzon (23 year), a resident of Varanasi. 99. Who won the Lost Man Booker Prize 2010 ? J. G. Farrell for his novel Troubles. 100. The United. States military recently has found $1 trillion worth of mineral deposits in a landlocked country in South-Central Asia. Which is that country? Afghanistan. 101. Who is current managing Director of State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur (SBBJ) ? Ans. Mr. Supratik Chatterjee 102. Mexican singer who was murdered while on a national tour at the weekend, just hours after denying reports of his death? Sergio Vega. The 40-year-old singer is popularly known as El Shaka. 103. Who won World Chess Championship against Veselin Topalov in 2010? Viswanathan Anand from India is the world chess champion. He defeated Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria. 104. Who won 2010 Wimbledon mixed doubles title? Leander Paes & Cara Black won 2010 Wimbledon mixed doubles title. Leander Paes notched up his 12th Grand Slam title after he and Cara Black beat Wesley Moodie and Lisa Raymond 6-4, 7-6(5) to win the 2010 Wimbledon mixed doubles title. 105. Which Indian train was declared as the fourth best among the top 10 luxury trains of the world by the travel magazine Conde Nast? Palace on Wheels has been declared the fourth best among the top 10 luxury trains of the world in 2010 by the travel magazine Conde Nast. 106. Which country is planning to build the worlds largest seawater desalination plant? Israel 107. Who is the new British Prime Minister after Gordon Brown?

David Cameron. The 43-year-old Cameron becomes Britains youngest prime minister in almost 200 years. The last was Lord Liverpool at 42. 108. Who is the new IPL Commissioner? Chirayu Amin. Chirayu Amin has joined as the new IPL commissioner after the dismissal of Lalit Modi. Mr. Amin is Baroda Cricket Association president and he also heads a company known as Alembic Chemicals. 109. Who has issued a fatwa saying that it is illegal for women to work? Darul Uloom Deoband, the Sunni Muslim seminary had this fatwa issued by a bench of three clerics. 110. What is the name of panel that is being setup to look into Telangana issue? Srikrishna committee or panel has been set up to study the demand for separate Telangana. 111. What is the real name of character artist Samba from super hit film Sholey who passed away recently. Mac Mohan. Apart from Sholey Mac Mohan also acted in Amitabh starrers like Zanjeer, Don, Shaan and Satte Pe Satta. He was suffering from lung cancer. 112. Who is the Union minister who has offered to resign for his controversial remarks against the home ministry for allegedly stalling some Chinese imports? Jairam Ramesh 113. Who is the IAS Topper in UPSC Civil Services Exam 2010 which has been released by UPSC recently? Dr Shah Faesal, 26 year-old MBBS graduate, who topped the list of 875 successful candidates, said that he was not only the first Kashmiri to achieve the milestone but also the second Muslim in the history to achieve this feat. 114. Who was the only surviving terrorist involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, and is found guilty of murder, conspiracy, and waging war against India recently? Ajmal Kasab of Pakistan 115. Name the president of MCI Medical Council of India who is facing graft charges and has to resign.

Ketan Desai. He was arrested on April 22 by CBI for allegedly accepting bribe to give permission to a Punjab medical college to recruit a fresh batch of students without having requisite infrastructure. MCI controlls Medical Education in India. 116. Who is popular South Indian actress who is willing to join DMK Party? Khushboo 117. Who Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2010 Award Finalist for Northern California? Roamware CEO Bobby Srinivasan, Bobby Srinivasan was selected as a finalist for his extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities from more than one hundred nominations by a panel of independent judges. Award recipients will be announced at a special gala event on June 12, 2010 at the San Jose Fairmont Hotel. 118. Who is the latest actress who refused to work with Shiney Ahuja the actor allegedly accused for raping his maid? Vaishali Desai in film Shaunya a horror flick produced by Puja Bedi. Vaishali Desai is a former Miss India and has made her debut in Kal Kissne Dekha opposite Jackie Bhagnani. 119. Which Team won the Europa League Title? Atletico Madrid won the inaugural final of the Europa League on defeating Fulham at Hamburg. Diego Forlan struck an extra-time goal and secured a 2-1 win. 120. Which Company has started up a BPO in Srinagar starting reverse migration of Kashmir? Essar Group-run Aegis has started a BPO in Srinagar. 121. Name the company from whose premises toxic leak happened in one of the worst industrial disasters called Bhopal gas tragedy. Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) 122. Who received 27th Niwano Peace Foundation award on May 13, 2010? Ms. Ela Ramesh Bhatt of Self-Employed Womens Association (SEWA) India who has received a medal and twenty million yen. The Niwano Peace Foundation Japan established the Niwano Peace Prize to honor and encourage individuals and organizations that have contributed significantly to inter-religious cooperation, thereby furthering the cause of world peace, and to make their achievements known as widely as possible.

123. Name the countries which agree on a nuclear fuel swap aimed at easing concerns from the West that Iran might build a bomb. Brazil, Iran and Turkey 124. Which Indian celebrity has created controversy recently by sporting a Ek Onkar (God is one) tattoo on her nape. The tatto has been opposed by Sikh community leaders in India. Mandira Bedi 125. Name the first Indian women who have been named as full professor at Harward University. Gita Gopinath 126. Which Sri Lankan bowler retired recently from Test cricket ? Muttiah Muralitharan Test Debut 28 August 1992 v. Australia Last Test 18 July 2010 v India Muttiah Muralitharan (born 17 April 1972), often referred to as Murali, is a Sri Lankan cricketer, who was rated the greatest Test match bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers Almanack in 2002. He retired from Test cricket in 2010, registering his 800th and final wicket on 22 July 2010 from his final ball in his last test match. Muralitharan is the highest wicket-taker in both Test cricket and in One Day Internationals (ODIs). He took the wicket of Gautam Gambhir on 5 February 2009 in Colombo to surpass Wasim Akrams ODI record of 502 wickets. Muralitharan became the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket when he overtook the previous record-holder Shane Warne on 3 December 2007. Muralitharan had previously held the record when he surpassed Courtney Walshs 519 wickets in 2004, but he suffered a shoulder injury later that year and was then overtaken by Warne. 127. Name the singer who can sing in 11 languages?

Anaida

128. Winners of the Micromax IIFA Awards 2010 List of IIFA Awards Best Film : Vidhu Vinod Chopra 3 Idiots Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male) : Amitabh Bachchan Paa Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female) : Kareena Kapoor 3 Idiots & Vidya Balan Paa

Best Directer : Rajkumar Hirani 3 Idiots Best Performance in a Comic Role : Sanjay Dutt All The Best Best Performance in a Negative Role : Boman Irani 3 Idiots Best Performance in Supporting Role (Male) : Sharman Joshi 3 Idiots Best Performance in Supporting Role (Female) : Divya Dutta Delhi 6 Best Debut of the year (Male) : Omi Vaidya Jackie Bhagnani Best Debut of the year (Female) : Jacqueline Fernandez Mahie Gill Best Playback Singer (Female): Kavita Seth Ek Tara (Wake Up Sid) Best Playback Singer (Male) : Shaan Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh (3 Idiots) Best Music Directer : Pritam Love Aaj Kal Best Lyrics : Swanand Kirkire 3 Idiots Best Story : Abhijat Joshi, Raj Kumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra 3 Idiots Habitat For Humanity Ambassadorship : Salman Khan IIFA outstanding contribution to Hindi Cinema (Male) : J. Om Prakash IIFA outstanding contribution to Hindi Cinema (Female) : Zeenat Aman Outstanding Achievement by an Indian Internationally : Anil Kapoor IIFA Green Global Award : Vivek Oberoi Technical Awards Winners Best Screenplay : Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra (3 Idiots) Best Cinematography : C.K. Muraleedharan (3 Idiots) Best Dialogue : Rajkumar Hirani, Abhijat Joshi (3 Idiots) Best Background Score : Sanjay Wandrekar, Atul Raninga, Shantanu Moitra (3 Idiots) Best Editing : Rajkumar Hirani (3 Idiots) Best Sound Recording : Bishwadeep Chatterjee, Nihal Ranjan Samel (3 Idiots) Best Song Recording : Bishwadeep Chatterjee, Sachi K Sanghvi (3 Idiots) Best Sound Re-recording : Anup Dev (3 Idiots) Best Choreography : Bosco Martis, Caesar Gonsalves (Love Aaj Kal) Best Costume Designing : Anahita Shroff Adajania, Dolly Ahluwalia (Love Aaj Kal) Best Art Direction : Sabu Cyril (Aladin) Best Special Effects (Visual) : Charles Darby Eyecube Labs (Aladin) Best Action : Shyam Kaushal (Kaminey) Best Make up Artist : Christien Tinsley, Domini Till (Paa) 129. Who is the Malayalam novelist died recently on June 2, 2010 ? Kovilan Kovilan won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi award in 1972 and 1977 and the Kendra Sahitya Akademi award in 1998 besides Vayalar award in 1999. He was also a member of the Kendra Sahitha Akademi.

Kovilan had written 11 novels 12 collections of short stories besides articles and a play. His novels includes, Thakarnna Haridayangal (1946), A minus B(1959), Tharavadu (1963), Ezhamedangal (1965), Thazhvarakal (1969), Thottangal (1970) and Thattakam (1995) among others. 130. Who won World Team Table Tennis Championship this year 2010? C Singapore end Chinas 19-year reign in World Team Table Tennis Championship 1. Who was crowned Miss Universe 2010? - Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete (22)

2.

who become the sixth Indian batsman to score 7000 Test runs ?

Virender Sehwag became the sixth Indian batsman to score 7000 Test runs during his unbeaten knock of 97 on third and final Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo.

3.

who won Rajiv Gandhi khel Ratan award ?

-Saina Nehwal, who climbed to No. 2 in world rankings recently following three major title wins in Chennai, Singapore and Indonesia, was the popular choice for the Khel Ratna Award. 4. who has been appointed the chairperson to head the committee that has been constituted to select the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna and Dhyanchand awards apart from Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar for 2010. - P.T. Usha 5. Who Becomes the first Indian to win on the U.S. PGA Tour ? - Arjun Atwal became the first Indian and just the sixth Asian-born player to win on the PGA Tour when he secured a one-stroke victory at the Wyndham Championship. 6. Winners of the Australian Open 2010. - Single :Men: Roger Federer (Switzerland) ,Women: Serena Williams (US) DOUBLES :Men: Bob and Mike Bryan (US),Women: Serena & Venus Williams (US) ,Mixed: Cara Black (Zimbabwe) & Leander Paes (India) 7. Who was appointed as Election Commissioner? - Former bureaucrat Harishankar Brahma

other one is V.S. Sampath, Election Commissioner 8. Who became Australias the first full-time selector after being appointed as National Talent Manager by the Cricket Board? -Former cricketer Greg Chappell 9. Who has been appointed as National Ambassador of UNICEF ? - The famous Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra 10. Who will host a quadrilateral summit with leaders of Afghanistan,Pakistan and Tajikistan to discuss the situation in Af-Pak region. - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev 11. Which state bans plastic carry-bags ? - Rajasthan In a major step for environment protection, the Rajasthan government announced a complete ban on the use of plastic carry-bags all over the State from August 1. A notification declared the entire State a plastic carry-bag-free zone. The ban will also apply to manufacture, storage, import, sale and transport of plastic carry-bags. Violation of the order will attract prosecution under Section 15 of the Environment Protection Act, which prescribes jail for five years or a fine of up to Rs.1 lakh or both. Recurrence of the offence may lead to penalty of Rs.5,000 a day. 12. Which two countryhave agreed to strengthen their respective National Action Plans under the Global Tiger Forum for tiger conservation in a time-bound implementation. - India and Nepal 13. Who has been selected Businessman of the decade - Ratan Tata, Chairman of the TATA group was bestowed with the title of Businessman of the Decade during a ceremony held in Mumbai. Governor of Maharashtra, K. Sankaranarayanan felicitated Ratan Tata with the award at a function organised by Federation of Indo-Israel Chambers of Commerce. 14. Who was the Indian-American CEO of an IT company has been sentenced to 20 months imprisonment and ordered to pay over USD 800,000 in restitution for his role in a bribery and kickback scheme.

- Sushil Bansal, 43, President and CEO of Advanced Integrated Technology Corporation. An Indian-American CEO of an IT company has been sentenced to 20 months imprisonment and ordered to pay over USD 800,000 in restitution for his role in a bribery and kickback scheme. 15. Who was Darbari and why did CWG OC terminated Darbaris services ? - CWG OC terminates Darbaris services: Acting on the persistent plea of the sports ministry, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee on Monday terminated the services of its tainted Joint Director General TS Darbari in the wake of the corruption scandal that has rocked the event. 16. Who resigned Commonwealth Games OC treasurer for CWG 3- 14, 2010 Ganes ? - Anil Khanna quits from Commonwealth Games OC treasurer 17. Who was the Chief Minister undergone a complicated double heart surgery at the Asian Heart Institute recently ? - Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi 18. What was the Maruti Suzuki new model launched on August 4, 2010 ? - Maruti Suzuki Alto K10 new model launched at Rs 3 lakh on 19. Who was the Worlds oldest Test cricketer died on August 2, 2010 ? - New Zealand sportsman Eric Tindill. New Zealand sportsman Eric Tindill, a double international who was the worlds oldest surviving Test cricketer and an All Black, has died aged 99 20. Who received the Lokmanya Tilak Award in 2010 ? - Sheila Dixit has been received the Lokmanya Tilak Award 21. Who was the 14-year-old the youngest entrant into IIT-Kanpurs prestigious MSc physics programme ? - Sahal Kaushik 22. No more time for sorrow written by . The author predict that terrorist will set off an atom bomb in the USA by 2013. - Robert Beeman

23. Who took charge as Chief Eelection Commissioner on July 30, 2010 ? - S Y Quraishi takes charge as Chief Eelection Commissioner 24. famous Hindi actor who died with heart attack on July 28, 2010 - Ravi Baswani 25. - airliner from Karachi carrying 150 people crashed in a ball of flames densely wooded hills above Islamabad - Private airline Air Blue flight Pakistani airliner carrying 150 people crashed in a ball of flames July 28, 2010 into densely wooded hills above Islamabad during heavy rain and poor visibility, leaving little hope of survivors. 26. Who was accused in Koda scam ? - Diamond merchant Manoj Punamia Manoj Punamia one of the key accused in the Koda scam, was arrested on Saturday night July 24, 2010 at the Mumbai airport when he was returning from a foreign trip. 27. is the missile that India successfully test-fired on July 26, 2010 . - Interceptor India successfully test-fires interceptor missile. The indigenously developed interceptor missile, capable of destroying any in-coming hostile ballistic missile, was test-fired from the Integrated Test Range at Wheeler Island off Odisha coast. 28. Who is the Former Goa tourism minister granted bail in a death case on - ? - Former Goa tourism minister Mickky Pacheco, who was remanded to 14-day judicial custody in the Nadia Torrado death case, on July 26, 2010 Monday granted bail by a Goa court. 29. Who is the Cricketer decided and wants to have his blood used on a page of his autobiography to be released in February next year (Feb 2011) ? - Batting star Sachin Tendulkar 30. The Andhra Pradesh High Court has granted bail to former Satyam managing director Rama Raju, former chief financial officer Vadlamani Srinivas and three others accused in the multicrore rupee accounting scam on

- July 20, 2010 31. Who is the first Indian-origin woman professor in the institutions history ? - Gita Gopinath Noted academician Gita Gopinath has been named professor of economics at the prestigious Harvard University, becoming the first Indian-origin woman professor in the institutions history. 32. Who was chargsheeted on July 20, 2010 for passing secret info to ISI ? - Madhuri Gupta Delhi Police today chargesheeted disgraced diplomat Madhuri Gupta accusing her of passing secret information to Pakistans ISI during her posting in Islamabad. Gupta, who was arrested in April, has been accused of being in touch with two ISI officials, Mubshar Raza Rana and Jamshed. 33. seed extract has anti-diabetic properties says a pharmacology professor at the University of Montreals Faculty of Medicine. - Cashew seed Cashew tree products have long been alleged to be effective anti-inflammatory agents, counter high blood sugar and prevent insulin resistance among diabetics. 34. Who is the Former India hockey star attacked umpire ? - Sunil Ekka Former India hockey player Sunil Ekka, playing for Army XI, lashed out with his hockey stick at veteran umpire RS Suriya Prakash, leaving the latter seriously injured. 35. Which are the two Trians rammed each other and met to Trian Accident which killed and injuried many people in West Bengal ? - Uttarbanga Express and Vananchal Express 60 people were killed and over 90 injured when a speeding Uttarbanga Express tore through the rear of Vananchal Express at the Sainthia station in Birbhum district of West Bengal. The train apparently overshot the signal. 36. Why did TDP made bandh on July 19, 2010 ? - TDP bandh was made to protest the arrest of party chief N Chandrababu Naidu, who began a hunger strike against Maharashtra stopping his visit to the Babhli barrage site.

37. New Rupee Symbol of India or Indian Rupee Symbol represents ? Answer: A mix of the Devanagri Ra and Roman R, to become the fifth currency in the world to have a distinct identity. 38. New Rupee Symbol of India or Indian Rupee Symbol designed by __________? - IIT post-graduate D Uday Kumar 39. New Indian Rupee symbol has been revealed by Cabinet on ? Answer: July 15, 2010 40. What was The worlds only antivirus browser ? - Epic Browser 41. 2010 ESPY Award Winners (ESPN) - 2010 ESPY Award Winners: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. BEST MALE ATHLETE: Drew Brees, NFL BEST FEMALE ATHLETE: Lindsey Vonn, Skiing BEST PLAY: Brett Favre, Vikings ESPY PERSEVERANCE AWARD: George Karl, Nuggets BEST CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE: Drew Brees BEST BREAKTHROUGH ATHLETE: Chris Johnson, Tennessee BEST RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE: Isner vs. Mahut at Wimbledon BEST UPSET: Northern Iowa shocks No. 1 Kansas, Mens Basketball BEST MOMENT: Landon Donovan World Cup vs. Algeria BEST TEAM: New Orleans Saints UNDER PRESSURE AWARD: Landon Donovan World Cup vs. Algeria BEST SPORTS MOVIE: The Blind Side BEST COACH/MANAGER: Phil Jackson, Los Angeles Lakers BEST NFL PLAYER: Drew Brees, New Orleans BEST MLB PLAYER: Albert Pujols, St. Louis BEST NBA PLAYER: Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers BEST DRIVER: Jimmie Johnson BEST NBA PLAYER: Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers BEST WNBA PLAYER: Diana Taurasi, Phoenix BEST FIGHTER: Floyd Mayweather BEST MALE GOLFER: Phil Mickelson BEST FEMALE GOLFER: Lorena Ochoa BEST MALE TENNIS PLAYER: Roger Federer BEST FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER: Serena Williams BEST MALE COLLEGE ATHLETE: John Wall, Kentucky Basketball BEST FEMALE COLLEGE ATHLETE: Maya Moore, Connecticut Womens Basketball BEST MALE ACTION SPORT ATHLETE: Shaun White, Snowboard BEST FEMALE ACTION SPORT ATHLETE: Torah Bright, Snowboarding BEST JOCKEY: Calvin Borel BEST MALE ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY: Steve Cash BEST FEMALE ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY: Amy Palmiero-Winters BEST BOWLER: Walter Ray Williams Jr. BEST MALE US OLYMPIC ATHLETE: Shaun White, Snowboarding BEST FEMALE US OLYMPIC ATHLETE: Lindsey Vonn, Skiing BEST MLS PLAYER: Landon Donovan, Los Angeles BEST TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETE: Usain Bolt

42. Who was the former minister surrenderd on July 3, 2010 in connection with the death case of Nadia Torrado (Friend) ? - Former Goa minister Pacheco surrenders on Nadia death case Nadia death case: Former Goa minister Pacheco surrendersFormer Goa tourism minister Francisco Mickky Pacheco, charged with culpable homicide following the death of Nadia Torrado, was underground for nearly a month as the police began to look for him. 43. Who recieved Arthur Ashe ESPY Courage Award in 2010 ? - Ed Thomass family 44. Who was the Political leader recently booked in a Case/ scam? - Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, his deputy S K Modi and several other ministers A case has been filed against Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, his deputy S K Modi and several other ministers in an alleged Rs 11,412 crore scam, involving irregularities related to fraudulent withdrawals and corruption. 45. Who is the winner of the Best Young Player Award award in fifa 2010 ? - Thomas MUELLER 46. Who has been elected as Man of the Match in Fifa World Cup 2010 ? - Andres INIESTA 47. is the winner of the adidas Golden Glove award in Fifa World Cup 2010 ? - Iker CASILLAS 48. Who is the winner of the adidas Golden Shoe award in Fifa World Cup 2010 ? - Thomas MUELLER 49. ______________ is the winner of the adidas Golden Ball award in 2010 ? -: Diego FORLAN 50. who took places of Runner-Up, third and Fourth Places in Fifa World Cup 2010 ? - Runners-Up: Netherlands, Third: Germany, Fourth: Uruguay 51. Who won FIFA World Cup 2010 in final ?

- Spain Spain beat Holland 1-0 to win maiden FIFA World Cup 2010 Andres Iniesta secured the maiden World Cup for Spain by scoring the only goal of an enthralling final against the Netherlands four minutes from the end of extra-time. 52. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched - Vehicle with Satellites on July 12, 2010. - PSLV-C-15 Vehicle, 5 satellites Isro launches PSLV-C-15 with 5 satellitesThe Indian Space Research Organization today launched the PSLVC-15 carrying five satellites, including remote sensing Cartosat-2B, and Studsat, built by engineering students of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. 53. Kadapa district named -? - YSR district Andhra Pradesh government on July 8, 2010 renamed Kadapa district as YSR district on the birth anniversary of late chief minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, who was popularly known by his initials. 54. YS Rajeshekar Reddy birth anniversary is on - July 8 55. Recently, who was the politician charged in anti-Sikh riots case ? - Senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar A Delhi court framed charges of murder and rioting against Senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar and others in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case in which six persons were killed in Sultanpuri on july 7, 2010. 56. The holiday court concept was bring up by ? - Justice Eqbal The holiday court concept was mooted by Justice Eqbal at the meeting of Union law minister M Veerappa Moily with Chief Justices and law secretaries from south India. Impressed, Moily said he would introduce it at the national level too. 57. As working couples are facing difficulties while fighting for divorce or child custody battles in family courts, the Madras High Court has announced will function in the city from - ? - holiday courts will function in the city from July 10, 2010.

58. Name the Jamaican triple Olympic champion who is going to retair on 2016 Olympics. - Usain Bolt 59. Who won World Cup final in 2010 ? - Netherlands Netherlands beat Uruguay 3-2 to reach World Cup final. Netherlands pushed Uruguay aside with a 3-2 victory to reach their third World Cup final and set up an all-European clash with Spain or Germany. 60. Who won Wimbledon mixed doubles title ? - Paes-Black Paes-Black won Wimbledon mixed doubles titleLeander Paes notched up his 12th Grand Slam title after he and Cara Black beat Wesley Moodie and Lisa Raymond 6-4, 7-6(5) to win the Wimbledon mixed doubles title. 61. Who was the cricketer recently got married on July 4, 2010 with his childhood girlfriend? - Mahendra Singh Dhoni Dhoni ties knot with longtime friend Sakshi in Dehradun on Sunday July 4, 2010 in a private ceremony attended only by family members and close friends, including a few of his team-mates. 62. Recently Bharat bandh in 2010 took place on ? why Bharat bandh is observing ? - Bharat Bandh took place on July 5 called by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against price rise and announced for a 24-hour nationwide shutdown (Bharat Bandh). 63. Who reached WorldCup Semi finals in 2010 ? - Uruguay Uruguay reached the World Cup semifinals for the first time since 1970, beating Ghana 4-2 on penalties. 64. When was IGIs swanky Terminal 3 inaugurated and by whom ? - On July 3, 2010 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated IGIs swanky Terminal 3. PM inaugurates IGIs swanky Terminal 3The new terminal at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, the 6th largest in the world, can cater to 34 million passengers annually. 65. Who was the former minister surrenderd on July 3, 2010 in connection with the death case of Nadia Torrado (Friend) ?

- Former Goa minister Pacheco surrenders on Nadia death case Nadia death case: Former Goa minister Pacheco surrendersFormer Goa tourism minister Francisco Mickky Pacheco, charged with culpable homicide following the death of Nadia Torrado, was underground for nearly a month as the police began to look for him. 66. Who has been appointed as CEO of Symphony Service Corporation ? - Sanjay Dhawan 67. What is the current number of world heritage sites in India as of August 2010? - 28th Number 68. Who is the Congress MP high command warning resumed his controversial Odarpu yatra in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh on July 8, 2010 ? Answer: Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy 69. How many goals are scored in the World Cup Football-2010? - 145 including 101 in the group stage. 70. Which team scored maximum number of goals in World Cup Football-2010? Germany. They scored 16 goals. Netherlands second with 12 goals. 71. Awards of FIFA World Cup Football-2010. The Adidas Golden Shoe Award Thomas Mueller (Germany) Adidas Golden Ball Award Diego Forlan (Uruguay) [The award is given to the Player of the tournament.] Adidas Golden Glove Award Iker Casillas (Spain) [The award is given for best goal keeper] Best Young Player Award Thomas Mueller (Germany) The FIFA Fair Play Award Spain. Last Man of the Match Andres Iniesta (Spain) Diego Forlan (Uruguay) 72. Who has been appointed as CEO of Tulip Telecom Ltd ? -Mr.Sanjay Jain 73. Who has been named worlds highest paid athlete ? - Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova 74. Who has been chosen winner of Indian Idol 5 ?

- Sreeram Chandra Indian Idol 5 Winner Mynampati Sreeram Chandra is a professional singer from Hyderabad who sings for Telugu film industry.Sreeram Chandra won Indian Idol Season 5 on August 15, 2010 which was announced by Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan in Indian Idol 5 final results. 75. Which two state decided to dismantle bunkers set up by their police forces on either side of the border between them as a confidence building measure to resolve a violent boundary row. - Assam and Arunachal Pradesh 76. The inventor of the black box flight data recorder who died at the age of 85 at a nursing home in Melbourne? - David Warren. He is widely credited with creating the prototype of the flight data recorder, or black box, an advance in aviation that was partly inspired by the death of his father in a plane crash when he was 8. 77. Who has been sworn in as the 15th president of Philippines? - Benigno Aquino III. 78. Who was named as the new Coach and manager of the English Premier League club Liverpool? - Roy Hodgson. 79. Who was sworn in as Germanys 10th President on July 1, 2010? - Christian Wulff. 80. Indian-American who is appointed as assistant administrator for Asia in the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)? - Nisha Desai Biswal 81. Madhya Pradeshs Health Minister who resigned recently after being charged with the allegations that some of his close relatives were involved in the killing of a youth over a land dispute near his home town Gwalior? - Anoop Mishra. 82. Who is the first female president of Kyrgyzstan? Rosa Otunbayeva. (born August 23, 1950) She is also the first female president of Central Asia.

83. Who has been sworn in as new president of Poland? Bronislaw Komorowski. 84. Which fish has been declared as the state fish of Kerala? Pearl spot, a costly fish variety known for its unique taste is locally known as Karimeen 85. Who becomes the first female Prime Minister of Slovakia? Iveta Radicova. 86. Which countries conducted a major spy exchange on chartered planes at an airport in Vienna, Austria on July 9, 2010? Russia and U.S.A. This is the biggest spy swap since the Cold War. 87. Name of the French surgeon who has carried out the worlds first-ever successful transplant of an entire face, which include the eyelids and tear ducts? Dr.Laurent Lantieri. The 12-hour procedure was performed on June 26 and 27 at the Henri-Mondor public hospital in Creteil. The patient (identified only as Jerome) was a 35-year-old man whose face had been ravaged by neurofibromatosis (Also known as Elephant man Disease). 88. The Cabinet of India on 15-07-2010 approved acquisition of a government-owned Indian bank by the State Bank of India. Which is that bank? State Bank of Indore. Cabinet also gave its approval to introduce a Bill in the Parliament for making amendments in the State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959, to remove references of State Bank of Indore. 89. Which country became the first Latin American country recently to legalize same-sex marriage? Argentina. Argentina has become the first country in Latin America to legalise gay marriage after the Senate voted in favour. 90. Which American company is set to unveil the dual-purpose car-cum-plane vehicle called The Flying Car which can travel up to 725 kilometres in the air at a speed of more than 115 kilometers per hour? -Terrafugia Transition. The first vehicle is expected to roll off the production line in early 2011, but with a hefty price tag of 130,000.

91. Man of the Match winners of Test Cricket Series 2010 between India and Sri Lanka held in Sri Lanka? - First Test Played at Galle International Stadium from July 18, 2010: Man of the match: Lasith Malinga(Sri Lanka). He scored 64 runs in the first innings and took 5 wickets in the second innings. Result: Sri Lanka won the match by 10 wickets. - Second Test Played at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo from July 26, 2010: Man of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka). He scored 219 runs in the first innings and remains not out on 42 in second innings. Result: Match drawn. 92. United Nations Court recently ordered retrial of former Prime Minister of Kosovo on murder and torture charges related to the countrys 1998-99 war with Serbia. Name of that former Prime Minister? Ramush Haradinaj The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in Hague has ordered a retrial of former Kosovan Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, two years after he was acquitted of murder, rape and torture charges during the Kosovo War in 1998. 93. Which social networking website officially announced that it had surpassed 500 million users around the world? Face book. Face Book launched in February 2004. 94. Former Gujarat Minister of State for Home who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recently in connection with the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case? Amit Shah. 95. South African umpire who has announced his retirement from umpiring after the end of the second Test between Pakistan and Australia played at Leeds? - Rudi Koertzen Rudi is 61 years old and started officiating in international cricket from 1992. His first Test and ODI was against India in 1992. Koertzen went on to umpire in 106 Tests, and a record of 209 ODIs and 14 Twenty20 internationals. 96. Indian-origin Professor of Linguistics at the University of Oxford who has been elected as Fellow of the British Academy, the national academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences? - Prof. Aditi Lahiri.

97. Who became the first Indian woman referee to officiate in mens football match? Maria Rebello. She took charge of Delhis Santosh Trophy battle against Madhya Pradesh and became the first female referee to officiate in the National Football Championship. 98. Arjuna Award Winners-2010. - Krishna Punia (athletics), Joseph Abraham (athletics), Dinesh Kumar (boxing), Parimarjan Negi (chess), Jhulan Goswami (cricket), Deepak Mondal (football), Sunil Chettri (football), Rajiv Tomar (wrestling), Sandeep Singh (hockey), Jasjit Kaur (hockey), Jajseer Singh (Paralympics), Dinesh (kabaddi), Kapil Dev (volleyball), Rehan Poncha (swimming), Sanjeev Rajput (shooting). 99. Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWF) recently suspended Sports Authority of India (SAI) coach after Sydney Olympic bronze medalist Karnam Malleswari alleged sexual harassment by him on junior lifters. Name of that coach? Ramesh Malhotra. 100. Who was named coach of the Brazil national soccer team, replacing the fired Carlos Dunga? Mano Menezes. 101. The new body created by the United Nations which will seek to improve the situation of women and girls around the world is officially known as? U.N. Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women It will be referred to as U.N. Women. U.N. Women will become operational on January 1, 2011. UN Women merges and will build on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system which focus exclusively on gender equality and womens empowerment. They are 1. Division for the Advancement of Women (DAW, established in 1946) 2. International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW, established in 1976) 3. Office of the Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women (OSAGI, established in 1997) 4. United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM, established in 1976) 1. Which Indian Cricketer was conferred with the Indian Air Forces (IAF) honorary rank of group captain on 3rd September 2010 ? - Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar Group Captain of Indian Air Force: One More Record
Sachin Tendulkar is also the first sportsperson who was conferred a Indian Air Force (IAF) Honorary Group Captain. Sachin Tendulkar is also the first individual to receive the Indian Air Force (IAF) Honorary Group Captain from a non-aviation background. Sachin Tendulkar Group Captain of Indian Air Force has

achieved this without any military or aviation background. This is also a unique feet by Sachin Tendulkar Group Captain of Indian Air Force. However, in 2008, Kapil Dev was conferred with the honorary rank of Lieutenant Colonel of the Territorial Army. Sachin Tendulkar Group Captain Indian Air Force was taken into the Indian Air Force as the brand ambassador of Indian Air Force by the IAF Air Chief Marshal PV Naik. So the Air Force auditorium today witnessed a rare Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Tendulkar Group Captain Indian Air Force and Sachin Tendulkar brand ambassador of Indian Air Force. 2. First Indian wrestler who won gold at World Wrestling Championships in Moscow ? - Sushil kumar Sushil kumar became the first Indian wrestler to win gold at a senior world championship after outclassing Alan Gogaev of Russia 3-1 in straight rounds in the final of the 66 kg freestyle category at the Olympiskiy Sports Centre in Moscow. Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday announced out-of-turn promotion and a cash award of Rs.10 lakh for Sushil Kumar Solanki and employed as a Assistant Commercial Manager, who won the gold medal in the 66 kg freestyle competition at the FILA 2010 World Wrestling Championships and PM Manmohansingh Congratulated sushil kumar for winning gold medal in world wrestling championships 2010 3. In India, where the first unique identification number has been distributed? - Tembhali, with a population of 1,098, became the first Aadhar (UID) village in the country. Click here for More Information on UID Number 4. Who becomes first Indian to get UID number ? - Ranjana Sonawane of Tembhli village becomes first Indian to get UID number 5. Man of the Match winners of Test Cricket series between England and fourth held in England.

First test match played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham from July 29 to August1. Man of the Match: James Anderson (England). He took 5 wickets in the first innings and 6 wickets in second innings. Result: England won the match by 354 runs. Second test match played at Edgbaston, Birmingham from August 6 to August 9. Man of the Match: Graeme Swann (England) He took 6 wickets in the second innings. Result: England won the match by 9 wickets. Third test match played at Kennington Oval, London from August 18 to August 21. Man of the Match: Mohammad Amir (Pakistan).He took 5 wickets in the second innings. Result: Pakistan won the match by 4 wickets.

Fourth test match played at Played at Lords, London from August 26 to August 29. Man of the Match: Stuart Broad (Pakistan).He scored 169 runs in first innings took 2 wickets in the second innings. Result: England won by an innings and 225 runs. Series Result: England won the series 3-1. 6. Who won the Man of the series award in the 4 test cricket series between Pakistan and England held in England in 2010? Jonathan Leonard Trott (England) and Mohammad Amir (Pakistan). 7. Reserve Bank recently imposed a penalty of Rs. 5 lakh on two private sector banks for violating banking regulations. Name of that banks. ICICI and Standard Chartered Bank. ICICI Bank, the countrys largest private sector lender, was penalized for violating Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti Money Laundering (AML) norms. Standard Chartered Bank, which is a leading foreign bank in India, was fined for not providing information, within the stipulated time, on a foreign currency loan it had arranged for an offshore special purpose vehicle. 8. Who becomes the first Indian to qualify for London Olympics ? - Gagan Narang ( Shooter) A day after he was overlooked for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, shooter Gagan Narang won the bronze in the 10 metre air rifle event at the World Championship in Munich and became the first Indian to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics. World No.2 Narang shot 597 in the qualifying and 102 in the final round for a total of 699 to win the bronze. Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra finished a disappointing 25th and failed to qualify for the final round. 9. Bollywood film director and producer who was conferred an Honorary Doctorate Degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at a ceremony in London recently? - Yash Chopra 10. Chief information commissioner (CIC) of India who has been appointed as a member of World Banks access to information appeals board as on July 1, 2010? - Wajahat Habibullah. 11. Who is nominated as the ICC (International Cricket Council) Vice-President for the period 2010-12? - Alan Isaac. He is currently the chairman of New Zea-land Cricket.

12. Which country becomes the first NATO member to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan amid concerns over US-led alliances Afghan war strategy? - The Netherlands. 13. Who became the most-capped Test cricketer in the world after taking field for his 169th match? - Sachin Tendulkar He overtakes former Australian captain Steve Waugh as Most-capped Test Cricketer in the World. 14. Winners of Raman Magsaysay Award -2010 - The seven awardees that come from Bangladesh, China, Japan, and the Philippines are: 1. Tadatoshi Akiba (Japan): He is being recognized for his principled and determined leadership in a sustained global campaign to mobilize citizens, pressure governments, and build the political will to create a world free from the perils of nuclear war. He received Ramon Magsaysay Award for his advocacy for nuclear disarmament. 2. Christopher Bernido and Ma. Victoria Carpio-Bernido (Philippines): They are being recognized for their purposeful commitment to both science and nation, ensuring innovative, low-cost, and effective basic education even under Philippine conditions of great scarcity and daunting poverty. 3. Huo Daishan (China): He is being recognized for his selfless and unrelenting efforts, despite formidable odds, to save Chinas great river Huai and the numerous communities who draw life from it. 4. A.H.M. Noman Khan (Bangladesh): He is being recognized for his pioneering leadership in mainstreaming persons with disabilities in the development process of Bangladesh 5. Pan Yue and Fu Qiping (China): They are being recognized for their exemplary vision and zeal, as public servants at two levels of the state bureaucracy, in advocating the inseparability of development and the environment in uplifting the lives of the Chinese people. 15. Who became the second Indian shooter to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics after finishing sixth in the 50m rifle prone event at the ISSF World Championships in Munich, Germany? - Hariom Singh. 16. Malaysia recently tightened visa requirements for tourists from 6 countries after many foreigners took advantage of easy entry procedures by overstaying. The countries are? - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan 17. Who has been appointed by Reserve Bank of India as the managing director and chief executive officer of Federal Bank? - Shyam Srinivasan.

18. Chief of Pakistans Frontier Constabulary who was killed recently in suicide bomb attack in Peshawar? - Sifwat Ghayoor. 19. Indian Playback singer & National award winner who died recently on Sep. 12, 2010 ? - Swarnalatha died with heart attack. Swarnalatha, 37 year old was a South Indian film playback singer has been singing since 1989 with many music directors. She has rendered songs in Tamil, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Urdu, Badaga. Swarnalatha won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her rendition of the famous song Porale Ponnuthayi from the film Karuththamma. 20. States of India recently rejected a draft bill proposed by Central Government to amend the Constitution. The bill is concerned with? - Goods and Services Tax (GST). States rejected a draft bill on Goods and Services Tax (GST) over a clause giving the Centre power to veto their decision. States feared that giving veto power to the Union Finance Minister on state GST would dilute their fiscal autonomy. 21. Which country blacklisted 21 state-owned Iranian companies as part of a growing and coordinated international effort to undercut Tehrans ability to use units in Europe and Asia to facilitate financial transactions and weapons development? - U.S.A 22. Who is elected as president of Hockey India at its maiden elections? - Vidya Stokes Narinder Batra is elected as Secretary-General of Hockey India (HI). Vidya Stokes defeated Pargat Singh in the election. 23. Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan, has been accused that he had given a helping hand to steal paintings of an internationally famous Pakistani artist. Name of that artist? - Laila Shahzada Shaheen, daughter of Laila, has filed a petition to the Pakistan court stating that, Mr.Zardari and her own Brother together stole 93 of her mothers paintings and sent them to London. 24. Supreme Court of which Latin American country recently rules in favor of recognizing samesex marriage in all 31 states? - Mexico Mexico Supreme Court ruled in favor of recognizing gay marriage countrywide on August 9, 2010.

25. Name of the Two Panamanian cargo ships which collided on August 7, 2010off the Mumbai coast causing oil spill from one of the vessels? - MSC Chitra and MV Khalijia-III. Chitra, heading towards Mundra port in Gujarat, was loaded with dry cargo containers while Khalijia had 30,000 tons of steel coils. 26. Who is the new president Columbia? - Juan Manuel Santos 27. President of which country had shoes thrown at him as he attended a political rally in Birmingham, Britain on August 7, 2010? - Pakistan. Asif Ali Zardari, President of Pakistan insulted in Britain when an unidentified man threw shoes pointing towards him during a public meeting. 28. The satellite by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) which will be launched in 2012 to study the solar corona the outermost region of the Sun? - Aditya After the successful launch of the moon mission, Chandrayaan-1 (ISRO) is gearing up for a mission to the sun called Mission Aditya. 29. Which state becomes the overall champion of 50th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships held in Patiala? - Kerala. Kerala state retained the team championships with 8 gold, 7 silver and 3 bronze medals, closely followed by hosts Punjab (7-4-5) and Haryana (7-3-5). 30. Which state won the 64th Santosh Trophy national football championship-2010? - West Bengal. Bengal defeated Punjab 2-1 to win the 64th Santosh Trophy national football championship after 11 years and it was a record 30th win for Bengal. 31. Which country won the 2nd Asian Mens Cup Volleyball Championship held in Iran beating china in the final? - Iran. Eight Asian teams took part in the competition. Iran won the first edition of the Asian Mens Cup Volleyball Championship by beating South Korea in the final game in Thailand in September 2008. 32. Which club beat Chelsea 3-1 to win the Community Shield, 2010? - Manchester United.

The Community Shield is usually contested by the winners of the previous seasons Premier League and the F.A. Cup and raises money for charities and community groups. 33. Who becomes the first Indian woman to clinch gold at the World Shooting Championships when she won the 50m rifle prone event on August 8, 2010 equaling the world record in the process? - Tejaswini Sawant. Ewa Joanna Nowakowska (Poland) won the silver medal and Olga Dovgun (Kazakhstan) secured the bronze medal. The championship held in Munich, Germany. 34. Vice president of International Cricket Council (ICC) for the period of 2010-2012? Alan Isaac Isaac was the nomination of Cricket Australia (CA) and New Zealand Cricket (NZC) (NZC). He is currently the chairman of New Zealand Cricket (NZC). 35. A radical Muslim cleric, who has been arrested on charges of terrorism by Indonesian antiterror police from West Java in August 9, 2010? Abu Bakar Bashir. According to Indonesian police,71-year-old, Abu Bakar Bashir was actively involved in a terrorist training camp uncovered in the Indonesian province of Aceh this year and appointed the notorious terrorist Dulmatin as field commander. He planned for killing the Indonesias president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and foreign embassies. 36. Man of the Match winners of Triangular ODI Cricket series(India,Sri Lanka, New Zealand) held in Sri Lanka. First ODI between India and New Zealand played at Dambulla on Aug 10, 2010: Man of the Match: Ross Taylor. (New Zealand). He scored 95 runs. Result: New Zealand won the match by 200 runs. Second ODI between Sri Lanka and New Zealand played at Dambulla on Aug 13, 2010: Man of the Match: Upul Tharanga. (Sri Lanka) He scored 70 runs. Result: Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets. Third ODI between Sri Lanka and India played at Dambulla on Aug 16, 2010: Man of the Match: Virender Sehwag. (India) He scored unbeaten 99 runs. Result: India won by 6 wickets. Forth ODI between Sri Lanka and New Zealand played at Dambulla on Aug 19, 2010: Man of the Match: No match played. Result: No result Fifth ODI between Sri Lanka and India played at Dambulla on Aug 22, 2010:

Man of the Match: Thisara Perera (Sri Lanka). He took 5 wickets. Result: Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets Sixth ODI between India and New Zealand played at Dambulla on Aug 25, 2010: Man of the Match: Virender Sehwag. (India) He scored 110 runs. Result: India won by 105 runs. Final between Sri Lanka and India played at Dambulla on Aug 28, 2010: Man of the Match: Tillakaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka). He scored 110 runs Result: Sri Lanka won Triangular Series beating India in the final by 74 runs. 37. Who won the Player of the series award in the triangular ODI cricket series(India, Sri Lanka, New Zealand) held in Sri Lanka? Virender Sehwag. (India) 38. Indian-American and a former B-52 stealth bomber engineer who faces life imprisonment after a US federal jury convicted him of selling sensitive cruise missile technology and other classified information to China for $110,000? Noshir S Gowadia. He was found guilty of five criminal offences of providing China the design of a cruise missile exhaust system enabling a Chinese cruise missile to prevent detection by infrared missiles. 39. Which country has beaten England 4-0 to win the Champions Trophy field hockey tournament for the third straight year? Australia. This is Australias third successive hockey Champions Trophy and 11th in all. 40. Which South American countries recently decided to restore diplomatic relations after a faceto-face meeting between the presidents of both countries? Columbia and Venezuela. 41. Terrorist Osama Bin Ladens former cook and driver who has been sentenced to 14 years in prison by a Guantanamo Bay tribunal? Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi. Qosi, who served as cook, bodyguard and driver to Osama bin Laden from 1996 to 2001, was captured in December 2001 in the Tora Bora Mountains in Afghanistan. He had admitted conspiracy and providing support for terrorism. 42. Elections have been declared recently in an Asian country after a gap of 20 years. Which is that country? Myanmar. The last democratic election in Myanmar was held in 1990, but the elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi was not allowed to take over. Military Junta is heading the country for the last 50 years. According to the Military

Governments election rule, Aung San Suu Kyi and other arrested leaders will not be allowed to contest the elections. 43. Inaugural Summer Youth Olympics started from August 14 to August 26, 2010 held in? Singapore. The games are planned to be held every four years in staggered summer and winter events consistent with the current Olympic Games format. The Youth Olympic Games will feature athletes between the ages of 14 and 18. 44. Who has been awarded the Ashok Chakra, the highest peacetime gallantry award of India on the eve of 64th Independence Day? Major Laishram Jyotin Singh. He sacrificed his life in the February terror attack in Kabul this year. Other Awards: President awarded two Kirti Chakras (Posthumous) to Capt Davinder Singh Jass and Shri Vinod Kumar Choubey, Superintendent of Police, Chhattisgarh. 45. A shoe was hurled at Chief Minister of an Indian state by a suspended police officer, during the Independence Day function, 2010. Who is that chief Minister? Omar Abdullah, Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. 46. Who won the first gold medal in the inaugural Youth Olympics held in Singapore? Yuka Sato. (Japan). She won gold in the womens triathlon event. 47. Who won the Toronto Masters tennis title after defeating Roger Federer in the final? Andy Murray. 48. Who won the WTA Cincinnati Open tennis title defeating Maria Sharapova in final? Kim Clijsters. 49. The Commonwealth Games -2010 theme song Jiyo Utho Badho Jeeto is composed by? A.R.Rahman. 50. Spokesperson and editor-in-chief of Wikileaks, website which released over 75,000 secret US military reports covering the war in Afghanistan? Julian Paul Assange. He is an Australian internet activist best known for his involvement with Wikileaks website. He is considered as the owner and founder of WikiLeaks.

51. Who is the chairman and managing director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), Indias second largest state refiner? S. Radhakrishnan. 52. Which country topped the medal chart with a total of 51 medals 30 gold, 16 silver and five bronze in the inaugural youth Olympics held in Singapore? China. Russia (18-14-11) and South Korea (11-4-4) were placed second and third, respectively, in the medals tally. 53. Number of medals won by India in the recently concluded inaugural youth Olympics? 8 Medals. (Six silver and two bronze.) India finished 58th among the 84 countries that won medals. 54. Who won the first medal for India in the Youth Olympics by winning silver in the womens 60kg freestyle? Pooja Dhand ,Wrestler 55. List of Medal Winners from India in the inaugural Youth Olympics held in Singapore. - Silver Medalists: 1. Pooja Dhand (Wrestler) in womens 60kg freestyle. 2. Arjun (Discus Throw) 3. Prannoy Sunil Kumar(Badminton-Singles) 4. Shiva Thapa (Boxing-54Kg) 5. Yuki Bhambri (Tennis-Singles) 6. Pooja Dhanda (Wrestling- 60 Kg. female) Bronze Medalists: 1. Vikas Krishnan (Boxing-60Kg). 2. Satyawart Kadian((Wrestling- 100 Kg. freestyle) 56. Presidents of which countries have adopted a joint declaration condemning terrorism and the regional drug trade as threats to peace and security? Russia, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. 57. Suspected Russian arms dealer who will be sent from Thailand to the United States, where he faces federal charges of conspiring to sell weapons to a terrorist organization? Viktor Bout. He sometimes called the Merchant of Death, is alleged to be one of the worlds most active black market arms traders, with an international network of 30 front companies, a fleet of cargo planes, and ready access to stockpiles of Russian arms.

58. Indias parliament on 30-08-2010 approved a bill to open up the countrys $150 billion nuclear power market, sealing legislation crucial for the entry of U.S. firms. Name of that bill? The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill. It is also known as Nuclear Liability Bill. 59. Iran opened its first nuclear power plant on 21-08-2010 at? Bushehr. Despite UN sanctions, Iranian and Russian engineers have begun loading fuel into Irans first nuclear power plant, which Moscow has promised to safeguard to prevent material at the site from being used in any potential weapons production. 60. Off-spinner who has replaced Graeme Smith as South Africas Twenty20 captain? Johan Botha. 61. Indian Origin British actress who won Emmy awards for Best Supporting Actress trophy for her role of Kalinda Sharma, a bisexual private investigator in The Good wife? - Archie panjabi. The 62nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards took place on August 29, 2010 at Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles, California. The awards were presented by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Here is the complete list of the winners of Emmy awards- 2010. Actor, Comedy Series: Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory, CBS. Actress, Comedy Series: Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie, Showtime. Supporting Actor, Comedy Series: Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family, ABC. Supporting Actress, Comedy Series: Jane Lynch, Glee, Fox. Directing for a Comedy Series: Ryan Murphy, Glee, Fox. Miniseries: The Pacific, HBO. Made-for-TV Movie: Temple Grandin, HBO. Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Aaron Paul, Breaking Bad, AMC. Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife, CBS. Actor, Miniseries or Movie: Al Pacino, You Dont Know Jack, HBO. Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Claire Danes, Temple Grandin, HBO. Directing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: Mick Jackson, Temple Grandin, HBO. Supporting Actor, Miniseries or Movie: David Strathairn, Temple Grandin, HBO. Supporting Actress, Miniseries or Movie: Julia Ormond, Temple Grandin, HBO. Directing, Drama Series: Steve Shill, Dexter, Showtime. Directing, Variety, Music or Comedy Special: Bucky Gunts, Vancouver 2010 Winter Games Opening Ceremony, NBC. Variety, Music or Comedy Series: The Daily Show, Comedy Central. Reality Competition Program: Top Chef, Bravo.

Writing for Comedy Series: Steven Levitan, Christopher Lloyd, Modern Family, ABC. Writing, Drama Series: Matthew Weiner and Erin Levy, Mad Men, AMC. Writing, Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special: Adam Mazer, You Dont Know Jack, HBO. Writing, Variety, Music or Comedy Special: 63rd Annual Tony Awards, CBS. Drama Series: Mad Men, AMC. Comedy Series: Modern Family, ABC. Actor, Drama Series: Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad, AMC. Actress, Drama Series: Kyra Sedgwick, The Closer, TNT. 62. Which club lifted the Spanish Super Cup beating Sevilla (4-0)? Barcelona. 63. Which club won the 2010 Italian Supercup? Inter Milan. They defeated AS Roma (3-1) and lifted the Italian Supercup. 64. Kenyan runner who made history, setting a new world record in the 800-meters in the event at an international meet in Berlin, Germany? David Rudisha. He broke the mens 800m world record in a time of one minute 41.09 seconds at an IAAF World Challenge meeting in Berlin. The previous record of 1:41:11 set by another Kenyan-born athlete, Wilson Kipketer had stood since 1997. 65. The first domestically built un-manned or drone bomber which is unveiled by Iran recently? Karrar. UCAV Karrar is said to be having the capacity of carrying four cruise missiles. UCAV-Unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV). 66. Who becomes the first Indian golfer to clinch a US PGA Tour title as he lifted the Wyndham Championship trophy? Arjun Atwal. 67. Who is the winner of Miss Universe 2010? Jimena Navarrete, Miss Mexico. 68. Which city becomes the second city in India to have a World Trade Centre and joins the global network of World Trade Centres currently located in 100 countries? Bangalore. Mumbai is the first Indian city to have a World Trade centre.

69. Which city will host the second edition of the summer Youth Olympic Games to be held in 2014? Nanjing, China. 70. Name of the three Indian writers who have been selected as fellow of the prestigious cultural institution Sahitya Akademi? Khushwant Singh (Veteran journalist) Kedarnath Singh(Hindi writer) Chandra Nath Mishra Amar(Maithili writer). 71. Who won the child literary award of Sahitya Akademy -2010? Sippy Pallippuram. He won the Kendra Sahitya Akademy award for his bookOridathoru Kunjunni. 72. Who has been selected as the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year in the season 2009-10? Diego Milito. 73. English batsmen who set a world record eighth wicket partnership in the fourth test cricket match against Pakistan held in Lords ? Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad. Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad scored 184 runs and 169 runs respectively. The pair broke the previous mark of 313 set by Pakistans Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq against Zimbabwe in 1996. 74. Which club beat Inter Milan 2-0 to win the European Super Cup for the first time? Atletico Madrid. 75. Konkani litterateur and Jnanpith Award winner who played a key role in the founding of the Konkani Bhasha Mandal, which lead the literary campaign for the recognition for Konkani as a full-fledged language, died at the age of 85? Ravindra R. Kelekar. He has authored nearly 100 books in the Konkani language, including Amchi Bhas Konkaneech, Shalent Konkani Kityak, Bahu-bhashik Bharatant Bhashenche Samajshastra and Himalayant. He has been awarded with the Padma Bhushan (2008), the Gomant Sharada Award of Kala Academy, the Sahitya Akademi Award (1976), and the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship (2007), the highest award of the Sahitya Akademi. He has also been awarded with the Jnanpith Award for the year 2006, the first ever in Konkani language. 76. Former WWE(World Wrestling Entertainment)Superstar who died on August 27, 2010 at her mothers home in Florida at the age of 48?

Luna Vachon. Her real name is Gertrude Vachon and she wrestled for the WWE from 1993 to 2000. 77. Pakistani Cricket players who have been provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council charging them with match fixing? Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Aamer. Test captain of Pakistan, Salman Butt and fast bowlers Aamer and Asif were all named in a News of the World report which alleged they were involved in a spot-fixing scam by bowling deliberate no-balls in the Test match with England in exchange for cash. 78. McLaren driver who won the Belgian Grand Prix? Lewis Hamilton The Belgian Grand Prix is an automobile race, part of the Formula One World Championship. 79. Who won the mens singles world badminton championship, beating Indonesias Taufik Hidayat 21-13 21-15 in the final? Chen Jin(China). 80. Who won the womens singles world badminton championship beating compatriot third seeded Wang Xin 21-11, 19-21, 21-13 in the final? Lin Wang(China) Other Winners of World Badminton Title-2010 Mens Doubles: Cai Yun, Fu Haifeng (China) Womens Doubles: Du Jing, Yu Yang (China) Mixed Doubles:Zheng Bo, Ma Jin (China) 81. Name of the Volcano which erupted for the very first time after 400 years in the island North Sumatra of Indonesia? Mount Sinabung Volcano ( Gunung Sinabung). The volcano situated in the Karo Plateau and has been considered dead since the 1600s. But after Mount Sinabung showed the first signs of activity, the government of Indonesia coordinated an immediate evacuation to ensure the safety of more than 12,000 villagers. 82. Who is elected as Chairman of the board of directors of the Press Trust of India (PTI)? Vineet Jain, Managing Director of the Times of India Group. M.P. Veerendrakumar, Chairman and Managing Director of the Mathrubhumi Group, was elected ViceChairman. 83. The Fake IPL Player whose blog posts hit the headlines during the Indian Premier Leagues second season in 2009, revealed his identity on the Times Now news channel recently? Anupam Mukerji.

84. Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court? P.D. Dinakaran 85. Peoples of which African country recently voted in a historic referendum for a new constitution? - Kenya. 86. Who is the new chief justice of Bangladesh ? - ABM Khairul Haque will formally take over as chief justice from Sep 30. He will serve just eight months until May 17, 2011 when he goes on mandatory retirement. 87. Which Pakistani minister resigned after criticizing army ? Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi Pakistans federal minister for defense production Abdul Qayyum Khan Jatoi accused the army of killing several high-profile Pakistani figures, including former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and ethnic Baluch tribal leader Nawab Akbar Bugti. Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani later summoned Jatoi to explain his comments. He told reporters Sunday the minister made his statements in his personal capacity, and within five or six hours he resigned. 88. Who won the Champions League Twenty20 tournament 2010? -Chennai Super Kings won the Champions League Twenty20 tournament, defeating Eastern Cape Warriors by eight wickets in the final on 26 September 2010. Match Summary M.Vijay was declared Player of the Match for his match winning knock of 58 runs off 53 balls. R.Ashwin was declared Player of the Series for his 13 wickets in the tournament. M.Vijay has been awarded Golden Bat for scoring most number of Runs 294. R.Ashwin has been awarded Golden Wicket for picking up most number of wickets that is 13 wickets. Warriors received the runners-up cheque of US$1.3 million. Chennai Super Kings received the winner cheque of US$2.5 million. Warriors 128/7 in 20 Overs D.Jacobs- 34 , C.Thyssen 25 M.Muralitharan- 4-0-16-3 R.Ashwin 4-0-16-2 CSK 132/2 in 19 Overs M.Vijay- 58 , M.Hussey 51* M.Ntini- 4-0-30-1 N.Boje 4-0-29-1 89. Which Pension scheme launched by Pranab Mukherjee ?

- Sri Pranab Mukherjee launches LICs Swavalamban Pension scheme on 26th September,2010 90. Which Social Networking site infected by Virus on 25 September 2010 ? - Google owned social networking site Orkut has been attacked by Bom Sabado worm. In Portugese, Bom Sabado means Good Saturday 91. Who is winner of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2010 ? - Professor Sandeep Verma of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur (IIT-K) has been named for the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology 2010 in chemical sciences. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology is awarded annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research for outstanding contribution in chemistry, biology, physics, engineering, geology, mathematics and medicines. 92. Who won the US Open title in US Open final 2010 ? - Rafael Nadal beat Novak Djokovic by 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2. 93. Renowned Kannada writer and critic who has been appointed the Honorary Chair of Tagore Chair in Indian Literature at IGNOU? - Dr U.R. Ananthamurthy 94. Which US actor died recently in Las Vegas ? - Tony Curtis ( June 3, 1925 September 29, 2010 ), who appeared in more than 100 films including Some Like It Hot and The Defiant Ones, dies in Las Vegas. 95. How many militants are killed in an operation by Russian forces ? - 14 Islamist militants in Dagestan by Russian forces. 96. which Americanevolutionary biologist who died recently on 8 september 2010 ? - Professor George Christopher williams (May 12, 1926 September 8, 2010) Williams was a professor emeritus of biology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He was best known for his vigorous critique of group selection. The work of Williams in this area, along with W. D. Hamilton, John Maynard Smith and others led to the development of a gene-centric view of evolution in the 1960s. 97. An Indian nuclear scientist and a chemical engineer, who died recently on September 5, 2010 ? -Homi Nusserwanji Sethna 98. Who is the present Chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India or TRAI? - Dr. J. S. Sharma.

99. who is the winner of Singapore Grand Prix 2010 ? - Fernando Alonso 100. what decision has given by allahabad high court on ayodhya ? -Allahabad High Court in India gives its verdict on the Ayodhya title suits, amid fears that the ruling could spark unrest. They decide to split the site into three portions between Hindus and Muslims. 1.Which Indian won four gold medals in Commonwealth Games 2010 ? - Shooter Gagan Narang 2.who is Man of the Series between India Australia cricket Series recently held in India ? - Sachin Tendulkar (403) runs in 2 test match. 3. Former Argentine football star and the last surviving player from the first World Cup in 1930, died recently at the age of 100? Francisco Varallo. 4. Name of the new book written by famous Physicist Stephen Hawking in which he says that God did not create the universe, because gravity means it would have happened on its own? The Grand Design. 5. French scientists recently revealed the secret behind the best free kick ever in international football which resulted in a stunning goal against France in 1997. The free kick was taken by a Brazilian Player. Who is he? Roberto Carlos. Carlos free kick from 115ft in the Tournai de France, which seemingly headed for the corner flag but suddenly curved like a banana to land in the net, has been written off by many as only an incredible lucky chance. Even the French goalkeeper Fabien Barthez made no move thinking it would go safely clear. The physicists computed the trajectory and decided it was all down to a phenomenon known as the spinning ball spiral. 6. The University of Alberta based in Edmonton, Canada will honor an Indian agriculture scientist with an honorary doctorate to recognize his contribution to food security in the world. Name of that Indian Scientist? M. S. Swaminathan.

7. Who is the first sportsperson who was conferred an Indian Air Force (IAF) Honorary Group Captain? Sachin Tendulkar. He is also the first individual to receive the Indian Air Force (IAF) Honorary Group Captain from a nonaviation background. He was taken into the Indian Air Force as the brand ambassador of Indian Air Force by the IAF Air Chief Marshal PV Naik. 8. The 18-year-old fast bowler from Pakistan who is removed from the list of nominees for the ICCs emerging player of the year 2010 award due to spot-fixing allegations against him? Mohammad Amir. Another Pakistan bowler Mohammad Asif is also removed from the list of nominees for the ICCs test player of the year due to spot-fixing allegations against him. 9. Which country approved fresh economic sanctions against Iran on September 3, 2010 after the United Nations asked Tokyo to tighten restrictions against Tehran over its controversial nuclear enrichment program? Japan. 10. Name of the 2-year-old Indonesian boy who smoked up to 40 cigarettes a day, recently quit his habit after a month-long rehabilitation? Ardi Rizal The childs parents allowed the boy to smoke because he throws tantrums and hits his head against the wall when they refuse to give him a cigarette. After a month of rehabilitation, Ardi Rizal is now free from his addicting habit. Kak Seto, the psychologist, used childhood play therapy to bring the boy back to health. 11. Name of the 15 year boy who has been offered a place at Britains prestigious Cambridge University? Arran Fernandez. He was educated at home by his father, Neil. He was offered an undergraduate place at Cambridges Fitzwilliam College after passing the universitys entrance exam. He would be the youngest Cambridge undergraduate since William Pitt the Younger, who became prime minister, attended at the same age in 1773.

12. Name of the three Pakistan Cricket players who have been suspended by International Cricket Council (ICC) due to Lords spot-fixing outrage, under the provisions of the AntiCorruption Code? Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif. 13. Name of the apex body constituted by Indian Government for the welfare of tribals in the country? National Council for Tribal Welfare (NCTW). NCTW headed by Prime Minister, would have 18 members, including the Ministers of Tribal Affairs; Finance; Agriculture; Home Affairs; Health & Family Welfare; Environment & Forests; Human Resource Development (HRD); Rural Development; Woman and Child Development; Culture; Mines; Coal and Power; the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission; Chief Ministers of Schedule V and Schedule VI States; two experts to be nominated by the Prime Minister for a period of two years and Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, as Member Secretary. 14. Who is appointed as Indias 14th Central Vigilance Commissioner? P.J.Thomas. He is the former secretary of telecom. 15. Eggs and shoes were hurled at Tony Blair (former British Prime Minister) by anti-war activists, in Dublin (Ireland) where he was signing copies of his new book. What is the name of that book? A Journey His autobiography A Journey details his accounts of life in the Downing Street, including the Iraq war and the 9/11 terrorist attacks. 16. The Basque separatist group which has declared a permanent ceasefire in Spain recently? Eta Eta is blamed for killing more than 800 people in its four-decade fight for independence for the Basque region of northern Spain and south-west France. 17. Name of the cruise missile which was successfully test-fired recently as part of trials by the Indian Army from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur off Orissa coast? BrahMos

The missile can fly at 2.8 times the speed of sound carrying conventional warheads up to 300 kg for a range of 290 km and can effectively engage ground targets from an altitude as low as 10 metres. Developed in a joint venture with Russia, the sophisticated BrahMos cruise missile is capable of being launched from submarines, ships, aircraft and land based Mobile Autonomous Launchers (MAL). 18. Indian athlete who smashed Shiny Wilsons 15-year-old national record en route to fifth place in the 800 metres at the Continental Cup athletics meet in Split, Croatia? Tintu Luka. 19. Pakistan batsman Yasir Hameed, who played with the Pakistan team in the Test series against England, allegedly told a British tabloid newspaper that some of his teammates were cheats. Name of that news paper which came out with the sting operation on Pakistan cricketers? News of the World 20. Indian nuclear scientist and a chemical engineer, who remained the head of Atomic Energy Commission of India during Indias first nuclear test in Pokhran in 1974 died recently at the age of 86? Homi N. Sethna Sethna was the director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) during 1966-72, when the plan for the construction of Indias largest research reactor, Dhruva was conceived. 21. Name of the planned robotic spacecraft by NASA to probe the outer corona of the sun which will approach to within 8.5 solar radii (5.9 million kilometers) to the surface of the sun? Solar Probe Plus. With a proposed launch date of 2018, Solar Probe Plus will carry a variety of scientific instruments to measure the solar wind and the Suns magnetic field. The space craft will also sport a new carbon-composite heat shield capable of withstanding over 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit. The new shield will protect the probe from both heat and radiation as it makes the closest-ever approach to our Sun. 22. Which country has decided to extend the life spans of the countrys 17 nuclear plants by an average of 12 years while alternative energy sources are developed? Germany 23. About 26 persons were killed in the twin-illicit toddy tragedy (Hooch Tragedy) in a district in Kerala on September 2010. Which is that district?

Malappuram. 24. All India trade unions called for general strike on September 7, 2010 against the anti-people policies of the Indian Government. On the same day itself, a public sector nationwide general strike took place in a European country to protest the governments efforts to reform the pension system. Which is that country? France. 25. Who has been officially declared as the shortest living man by Guinness World Records? Edward Nino Hernandez (Columbia) This 24-year old man is only 68.6 cm tall and weighs 10 kg. 26. South Indian actor who died at Chennai on 8th September 2010 due to massive heart attack? Murali. Murali, son of Kannada film director G.Siddalingiah, started his acting career in Kannada films. His first Tamil film was Poovilangu. directed by Amirjan. After the success of the film he did Pagal Nilavu which was the first Tamil film of director Mani Rathnam. Some of his hit films are Puthu Vasantham, Porkalam, Vetri Kodi Kattu, Poomani, En Asai Machan, Anandam and Samuthiram. He got an award from the State government for his acting in director Bharathirajas Kadal Pookkal. 27. Who is named as the Chairman of Hotel Leela Venture Ltd, an Indian hotel company based in Mumbai? Vivek Nair. Dinesh Nair is likely to take over as vice chairman. The hotel company which has six deluxe hotels, located in Mumbai, Bangalore, Kovalam, Udaipur, Goa and Gurgaon was founded by C. P. Krishnan Nair. Vivek Nair is the eldest son of Captain Nair, 28. Man of the Match winners of 20-20 Cricket series between Pakistan and England held in England. Man of the match of First 20-20 Cricket International played on 5th September 2010: Michael Yardy (England). He scored 35 runs (26 balls) and took 1 wicket. Result: England beat Pakistan by 5 wickets. Man of the match of Second 20-20 Cricket International played on 7th September 2010:

Tim Bresnan. (England) He took 3 wickets for 10 runs. Result: England beat Pakistan by 6 wickets. England won the series 2-0. 29. Which countrys parliament has recently approved constitutional reforms which will enable its President to seek a third term and will give him sweeping powers over formerly independent institutions? Sri Lanka. 30. The state of U.S.A which has banned foreign outsourcing to countries like India in a wave of protectionism in the economic crisis? Ohio State. 31. One of the most successful woman weightlifters in India who has tested positive a second time in the doping test during the trials for the Delhi Commonwealth Games? Sanamacha Chanu Chanu, who won three gold at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester gets life ban after testing positive during the trials for the Delhi Commonwealth Games. Chanu had earlier tested positive, for a diuretic, at the Athens Olympics in 2004. 32. Legendary veteran film producer from Andhra Pradesh who has been conferred the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 2009? Dr. D. Rama Naidu. The award consists of a Swarna Kamal, a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakhs and a shawl. 33. Malayalam film actor, screenwriter and director who has acted in around 50 films and directed a dozen of Malayalam movies, passed away recently due to kidney-related diseases? Venu Nagavally. Venus first movie as a director was Sukhamo Devi (1986). Later he directed the super hit movies Lal Salam, Aey Auto, Aayirappara etc. Venu has also written scripts for a few movies including the Priyadarshan directed blockbuster movie Kilukkam. His first movie as a script writer was Ee Ganam Marakkumo. 34. Bharatiya Janata Party leader who was sworn in as Chief Minister of Jharkhand for the third time at the Raj Bhavan on 11-09-2010? Arjun Munda.

Hemant Soren and Sudesh Mahto were sworn in as Deputy Chief Ministers. 35. Who won the US Open mens doubles title-2010 beating Indias Rohan Bopanna and AisamUl-Haq Qureshi of Pakistan in final(7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-4) ? Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan 36. Man of the Match winners of ODI cricket Series (5 matches) between England and Pakistan held in England. Man of the match of First ODI Cricket played on Sep 10, 2010: Steve Davies (England). He scored 87 runs (67 balls) Result: England beat Pakistan by 24 runs Man of the match of Second ODI Cricket played at Leeds on Sep 12, 2010: Andrew Strauss (England). He scored 126 runs (134 balls) Result: England beat Pakistan by 4 wickets. Man of the match of Third ODI Cricket played at Kennington Oval, London on Sep 17, 2010: Umar Gul (Pakistan). He took 6 wickets for 42 runs. Result: Pakistan beat England by 23 runs Man of the match of Fourth ODI Cricket played at Lords, London on Sep 20, 2010: Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan). He scored 44 runs from 20 balls. Result: Pakistan beat England by 38 runs. Man of the match of Fifth ODI Cricket played at Southampton on Sep 22, 2010: Eoin Morgan (England). He scored 107 runs from 101 balls. Result: England beat Pakistan by 121 runs. Series Result: England won the series 3-2. 37. Who won the Player of the Series Award in the ODI cricket series between Pakistan and England held in England? Andrew Strauss 38. Who became the first Indian wrestler to win a gold medal in the World Wrestling Championship in Moscow by beating Russias Gogaev Alan in the final match?

Sushil Kumar. 39. On September 5, 2010, the U.S. Postal Service issued a 44-cent stamp commemorating a Roman Catholic nun who served the sick and destitute of India for nearly 50 years. Name of that nun? Mother Teresa. The U.S. Postal Services Mother Teresa stamp was released on September 5, 2010, the 13th anniversary of Mother Teresas death, designed by award-winning artist Thomas Blackshear II. Mother Teresa was made an honorary U.S. citizen in 1996. She founded the Missionaries of Charity in 1950 and won Nobel Peace Prize in 1979. 40. The celebrated French film director and a founding father of the Nouvelle Vague (New Wave) movement who died recently at the age of 80? Claude Chabrol. Chabrol is best known for 1960s and 70s thrillers such as The Unfaithful Wife, The Butcher and This Man Must Die. 41. Which country won Womens Hockey World Cup 2010 defeating Netherlands in final? Argentina. Argentina beat Netherlands by 3-1 in the final. Carla Rebecchi scored well in both halves and Noel Barrionuevo converted Argentinas first penalty corner into goal. England won the third place, defeating Germany by 2-0. India scored ninth position in the women world cup championship. 42. Who won U.S. open 2010 Women singles title defeating Russian Tennis star Vera Zvonareva in straight sets 6-2, 6-1 in final? Kim Clijsters. She became the first ever woman to clinch the two consecutive title since Venus Williams. 43. Spanish Ferrari driver and two-time world champion who won the Italian Grand Prix (Formula One title)? Fernando Alonso. This is his third Formula One title of the season. 44. Who has been selected as the Best Indian Footballer of the Year-2010 by the Football Players Association of India?

Muhammed Rafi (Kerala). Odafe Onyeka Okolie of Nigeria was crowned the best foreign footballer. Jaoquim Abranches was named to the young players award and his coach Armando Colaco was the best coach. National team goalkeeper Subrata Paul, who plays for Pune FC, won the fans player award. 45. Which country won their first world championship basketball title since 1994 with a 81-64 victory over Turkey in Istanbul? U.S.A. It was Americas fourth world crown and comes two years after they won the Olympic title in Beijing. 46. The second round of direct peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) was held at? The Red Sea resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt) on 14 September, 2010. 47. Who became the 3rd person to complete a Career Golden Slam and the 16th Person to complete the Career Grand Slam with the U.S .Open Mens title 2010 win? Rafael Nadal. He won the U.S .Open Mens title 2010 beating Novak Djokovic in final. Nadal now holds 9 Grand Slam titles winning 5 French Opens, 2 Wimbledons, 1 Australian Open and 1 US Open. Career Golden Slam Winners: Rafael Nadal, Andre Agassi, Steffi Graf. Key: Winning all four Grand Slam tournaments during a career is termed a Career Grand Slam, while winning all four Grand Slam tournaments and the Olympic Gold in Tennis during a career is termed as a Career Golden Slam. 48. Who won U.S. Open womens doubles title defeating American Liezel Huber and Nadia Petrova of Russia (2-6 6-4 7-6) in the final? Vania King (U.S.A) and Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan). 49. Voters of which country recently approved constitutional reforms which will help its candidacy for the European Union? Turkey. 50. Winners of 57th National Film Awards:

National Film Awards-2010 which is presented to the best of Indian Cinema released during the year 2009 was announced on 15th September-2010 Amitabh Bachchan won the award for Best Actor for his outstanding performance in the film Paa. This is his third national award. Actress Anannya Chatterjee won the best actress award for her role in the Bengali film Abohoman. Malayalam film Kutty Srank directed by Shaji. N.Karun won 6 awards. The full list of the Winners at the 57th National Film Awards is given below. Best Actor Amitabh Bachchan (Paa) Best Actress Ananya Chatterjee (Abohoman) Best Director Rituparno Ghosh (Abohoman) Best Film Kutty Srank (Malayalam) Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment 3 Idiots Nargis Dutt award for Best Film with Social Message Delhi-6 Best Childrens Film Putaani Party (kannada) Keshu(Malayalam) Best Screen Play: Harikrishnan, PF Mathews(Kutty Srank-Malayalam) Best Music Amit Trivedi (Dev D) Best Playback Singer (Male) Rupam Islam (Mahanagar) Best Playback Singer (Female) Nilanjana Sarkar (Housefull) Best Background Score Illayaraja(Film-Pazhassiraja) Best Lyrics Award Swanand Kirkere (Behti Hawa Sa -3 Idiots) Best Supporting Actor Farooque Sheikh (Lahore) Best Supporting Actress Arundhati Naag (Paa) Best Film on Social Awareness Well Done Abba Best Cinematography Anjali Shukla (Kutty Srank) Best Choreography K Shivashankar (Magadheera) Best Audiography Resul Pookutty (Pazhassi Raja (film)) Best Special Effects Kamal Kannan (Magadheera)(Telugu) 51. After weeks of widespread protests and national strikes, which country has voted to pass a new bill that will increase the retirement age from 60 to 62, and the pension age from 65 to 67?

France. 52. Name of the book written for children by U.S.President Barack Obama before he took office in January, 2009 which will be released on November 16, 2010? Of Thee I Sing: A Letter to My Daughters Obama, who has written two bestselling books, Dreams from My Father, and The Audacity of Hope, was inspired to do the book through his experience as the father of two daughters. 53. Who becomes the first woman to receive the Sword of Honour, a rare honour awarded to the best trainee at the Officers Training Academy, ever since they started commissioning lady officers in 1992? Divya Ajithkumar. (Tamil Nadu) 54. England all-rounder who announced his retirement from all forms of cricket recently after years of battling injury? Andrew Flintoff. He played 79 Tests and compiled 3845 runs (ave 31.77) and claimed 226 wickets. In 141 one-dayers, Flintoff scored 3394 runs (ave 32.01) and took 169 wickets. Flintoff is only the seventh player to have batted on all five days of a Test match, achieving this feat at Mohali against India. 55. Pratibha Patil, President of India, recently laid the foundation for the Asian Textiles Museum in a country in Southeast Asia. Which is that country? Cambodia. The museum, to be constructed by December 2011, is being funded by the Indian Council of Cultural Relations. The museum will display fabric and textiles from the member countries of the Mekong Ganga Cooperation: India, Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, in one place for the first time. 56. Bollywood Super Star who is appointed as Brand Ambassador of Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd, Indias leading paint manufacturer? Shahrukh Khan. 57. A country in North America has celebrated the countrys 200th anniversary of independence from Spain on September 16, 2010. Which is that country? Mexico.

58. Prominent Pakistani politician and Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leader, who was stabbed to death outside his home in London recently? Imran Farooq. 59. Name of the three Indian-Americans who are appointed by President Barack Obama to the Presidents Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders? Farooq Kathwari, Amardeep Singh and Sunil Puri. 60. Who is the new Foreign minister of Japan? Seiji Maehara. 61. The International Atomic Energy Agency has given its approval for the first nuclear reactor in a country mainly in North Africa. Which is that country? Egypt 62. The prime accused in the multi-crore fake stamp paper case, who has been sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment in a 2001 case by a special court on September 18, 2010? Abdul Karim Telgi. 63. Veteran playback singer and Indian classical musician who has been chosen for the prestigious Sree Chithira Thirunal Award for 2010? KJ Yesudas. 64. China suspended ministerial-level exchanges with an Asian Country following a number of disagreements that include the detainment of a fisherman two weeks ago by that country. Which is that country? Japan. 65. Indian woman boxer who won the World Boxing Championship title in Bridgetown beating Steluta Duta of Romania 16-6 in the final? M C Mary Kom. Mary Kom is the only boxer to have won a medal in each one of the six World Championships and she is the First women boxer from India to have won Five World Titles consecutively. 66. Who has been convicted of committing perjury in the June 1985 bombing of the Air India Kanishka flight 182 from Montreal to Delhi in which all 329 people on board were killed?

Inderjit Singh Reyat. 67. 16-year-old Indian origin teenager has been crowned Americas Perfect Teen? Anysha Panesar Americas Perfect Teen is a beauty pageant for young women and teens who pursue a career in modeling or acting. 68. The ace Indian shooter who won a Gold medal in the final of Double Trap event at World Cup in Izmir, Turkey? Ronjan Sodhi. 69. England pace bowler who retired from international cricket on 20-09-10 after a nine-year international career that included 22 Test appearances? Ryan Sidebottom. 70. Who has been unanimously elected as the chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for the year 2010-11? Vijay Jawaharlal Darda. He is Rajya Sabha MP and chairman and MD of the Lokmat Group of newspapers. 71. Prime Minister of Somalia who announced his resignation on September 21, 2010 after a weeks-long dispute with President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed? Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke. 72. Which country is listed as the third most powerful country in the world after USA and China according to Global Governance 2025 jointly issued by the National Intelligence Council (NIC) of USA and the European Unions Institute for Security Studies (EUISS).? India. 73. Which country has emerged as the richest country in the world with per capita income of U.S. $ 90,149 in 2010, according to figures posted on the website of the prestigious US business publication, Global Finance? Qatar. Luxembourg occupies the second spot. The third spot went to Norway followed by Singapore ($52,840) and Brunei.

74. An American company, which had launched designer shoes carrying pictures of Hindu deities recently apologised to the Hindu community and immediately withdrew shoes from the market. Name of that shoe company? The Converse shoe company. The shoes named after guitar legend late Jimi Hendrix carried images of Hindu Gods and Goddesses. 75. The first Indian-origin provincial minister in Canada, who died in Calgary on September 21, 2010 after a prolonged battle with leukemia? Sindi Hawkins (earlier Satinder Kaur Ahluwalia). 76. Who has been honoured with the 2010 World Statesman Award by the Appeal of Conscience Foundation, an interfaith coalition which promotes mutual understanding, tolerance and peace? Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India. 77. Name of the strongest tropical storm which hit in China & Taiwan on September, 2010 killing many people? Typhoon Fanapi. 78. Famous Malayalam poet and lyricist from Kerala who won Jnanpith Award, the highest literary award in India for the year 2007? O.N.V.Kurup. He is the fifth Keralite to win this award. Earlier awardees were G Shankara Kurup, SK Pottakkadu, Thakazhi Siva Sankara Pillai and M.T. Vasudevan Nair. 79. Who has been elected President of The Indian Newspaper Society for the year 2010-11 at its 71st Annual General Meeting? Kundan R. Vyas. (Janmabhoomi Group). Hashish Bagger (India Today) is the Deputy President, K. N. Talk Kumar (Prajavani) is the Vice President and Rakesh Sharma (Hindustan Times, Patna) is the Honorary Treasurer of the Society for the year 201011.V. Shankaran is the Officiating Secretary General of the Society. 80. Indias indigenously developed nuclear capable ballistic missile which failed to take off during a user trial on September 24, 2010? Prithvi-II.

Manufacturing defect is being suspected for the aborted launch. 81. Pakistani neuroscientist who was sentenced to 86 years of imprisonment by a US federal court in Manhattan after she was convicted of trying to kill U.S. Army soldiers and FBI agents in Afghanistan two years ago? Aafia Siddiqui. 82. Who is the 12th woman to be executed in the United States since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976? Teresa Lewis. She plotted with her young lover to kill her husband and stepson for insurance money, became the first woman executed in Virginia in nearly 100 years. The last woman to be executed in the Virginia state was Virginia Christian, who died in the electric chair in 1912. Lewis was also the first woman to be executed in the U.S. since Frances Newton in 2005 in the state of Texas. 83. Googles social networking website Orkut has been attacked by a virus on September 25, 2010. Name that virus? Bom Sabado Bom Sabado is a Portuguese world it means Good Saturday in English. 84. Pakistan Federal Minister for Defence Production who has resigned after his controversial anti-army and judiciary remarks? Abdul Qayyum Jatoi. 85. Name the Nine scientists who were chosen for the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2010 for their achievement in the field of science and technology? Biological Sciences: 1. Sanjeev Galande of National Centre for Cell Science, Pune (Presently at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune) 2. Shubha Tole of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. 3. Dr.Swapan K Pati: Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, 4. Dr.Sandeep Verma, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

Physical Sciences: 5. Dr Umesh Vasudeo Wagmare: Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore 6. Dr Kalobaran Maiti: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai. Engineering Sciences: 7. Dr.G K Ananthasuresh, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. 8. Dr.Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay of Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata Medical Sciences: 9. Dr.Mitali Mukerji, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi The Prize was instituted in 1957 by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in honour of its founder Director. 86. Which firm won the award for Science &Technology Innovations for Rural Development 2009? Indian Oil Corporation Ltds Research and Development Centre, Faridabad. The award is given by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). 87. Name of the rescue capsule which has been prepared in Chile for the thirty three miners who remain trapped underground? Phoenix. The Fnix (Phoenix) capsules were three metallic containers that were used for the rescue of 33 trapped miners after the 2010 Copiap mining accident. The steel capsule is 54 centimeters in diameter and 2.5 meters long. It is equipped with communication system and a supply of oxygen. The capsule is designed to carry 1 person at a time and will take about 1520 minutes to reach the surface. The 2010 Copiapo mining accident occurred on 5 August 2010, when part of the San Jose copper-gold mine in the Atacama Desert near Copiap, Chile, collapsed, leaving 33 men trapped 700 metres (2,300 ft) below ground. The miners survived underground for a record 69 days. 88. Which countries have signed a series of agreements to boost energy co-operation during a ceremony to open an oil pipeline between the countries On September 27, 2010? China and Russia.

89. Who has been appointed as Secretary General of the Lok Sabha? T K Viswanathan. 90. Rajya Sabha MP and a well-known developmental economist who served as Indian ambassador to Belgium and the European Union in the early 1990s, died recently at the age of 73? Arjun Kumar Sengupta. He was the executive director and special advisor of the International Monetary Fund from 1985 to 1990, and went on to become the ambassador of India to Belgium and the European Union 1990-1993. He was a member and member-secretary of the Planning Commission 1993-1998. 91. Who has won the Singapore Grand Prix Formula one motor race? Fernando Alonso He is currently racing for Ferrari alongside Felipe Massa. 92. Which team won the Airtel Champions League T20 tournament 2010 held at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa? Chennai Super Kings. They defeated Warriors by eight wickets in the final. Ravichandran Ashwin (Chennai Super Kings) won the Man of the series and Golden Ball award. He picked 13 wickets in the tournament. Murali Vijay (Chennai Super Kings) won Golden Bat award. He was the highest run-getter of the Champions League T20 tournament. He scored 294 runs in the tournament. 93. Who has been elected as Chairman of the International Atomic Energy Board of Governors for the term 2010-2011? Ansar Parvez. He is currently the Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission. This is for the third time Pakistan is bestowing the chairmans post of IAEA. It held this office in 1962-63 and 1986-87. 94. Which states police women helpline has won the award from the International Association of Women Police? Kerala. The round-the-clock helpline introduced by the Kerala police for giving timely assistance and guidance for women and children in distress has won international award. Inspector General of Police B. Sandhya received the award at the Annual IAWP Training Conference held at Minneapolis in the United States.

95. who won first gold medal for India in Commonwealth Games 2010 ? - Shooter Abhinav Bindra, Gagan Narang 96. Actress who played an elderly shipwreck survivor in the film Titanic, died recently at the age of 100? Gloria Stuart. 97. Dmitry Medvedev, Russias president, recently sacked the Moscow mayor, who had become the target of corruption allegations in state-controlled media after he criticised the president this month. Name of that Mayor? Yuri Luzhkov. 98. Who has been appointed as the Convener for South Zone by the Board of Control for Cricket in India? TC Mathew. He is currently the Secretary of Kerala Cricket Association (KCA). He is the first Malayali who has been appointed as the Convener for South Zone by BCCI. 99. Which counters Supreme Court orders the countrys parliament back to work, ruling that the self-declared absence of politicians is unconstitutional. - The Supreme Court of Iraq 100. who bans Sayeeda Warsi, Baroness Warsi, Britains first female Muslim cabinet minister, from attending Global Peace and Unity, Europes largest multicultural gathering. Nick Clegg takes the side of Baroness Warsi ? - David Cameron 101. The Prime Minister of Barbados, who dies of pancreatic cancer recently ? -David Thompson, ( Freundel Stuart being sworn in as the new Prime Minister. ) 102. Who sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Barbados ? - Freundel Stuart 103. The 17th ASEAN Summit opens in ? - Hanoi, Vietnam

104. Who becomes Mayor of Piran (Slovenia) ? - Ghana-born doctor Peter Bossman ,the first black mayor of a town in the so-called former Eastern Bloc of Europe. 105. The National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka announces that Commonwealth gold medal winning boxer _______ has failed a drugs test taken during the 2010 Commonwealth Games. - Manju Wanniarachchi 106. which country announces to withdraw some of its troops from Afghanistan in 2011. -France 107. Who is winner of recently held Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix? - Fernando Alonso 108. Which of the following software giants has designed worldwide telescope a computer programme, which enables you to study even the universe and zoom the outer space? - Microsoft 109. Your Place In The Sky is the slogan of which of the following Airline company? - Air India 110. How many member states are there in Commonwealth Nations? - 54 111. Who is the author of recently published book Aftertaste? - Nandita Devidayal 112. who is the Union Minister of Mines? - Bijoy Krishna Handique 113. Who is director of the recently released famous hollywood movie Inception? - Christopher Nolan 114. Which of following country is named after a tree? - Brazil

115. Who is the Chief Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister? - Kaushik Basu, C. Rangrajan is the Chairman of the Economic Advisory Counsil 116. President Pratibha Patil will give a National Award to the Headmaster of a madarsa (Orgram Chatuspalli High Madarasa) in West Bengals Bardhaman district. The madarsa has distinguished itself in being secular. Who is the headmaster of this Madarsa? - Anwar Hossain 117. Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu is the birth name of which of the following great personality? - Mother Teresa 118. Commonwealth Games are going to be held in New Delhi from this October 2010. In which year, the first commonwealth games took place? - 1930 119. Which animal will soon be declared a national heritage animal of India in order to step up measures for its protection? Elephant. 120.Who has been elected as the chairman of The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI)? Rajiv Dube.

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who won 1st gold medal in Rowing for India in Asian games 2010 ?

Bajrang Lal Takhar in rowing event Indias Bajrang Lal Thakkar created history when he clinched the first ever gold in rowing for India in the mens single sculls event. The Indian Army officer, starting in lane 3, led the 2000m race right from the start and went on to take gold with a timing of 7:04.78. Chinese Taipeis Wang Ming Hui (7:07.33) took the silver while Iraqs Haeider Hamarasheid (7:10.10) won the bronze with a third place finish in the event. Bajrang Lal Thakkar had also won the gold medal at the Asian Championships in Korea last year. He had also become the first Indian to win a silver medal at the Doha Asian Games in 2006. 2. Sixty years after it first went to court, which high court has recently pronounced judgment in the Ayodhya dispute, a political, historical and socio-religious debate in India? The Allahabad High Court. The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has pronounced judgment in the Ayodhya title suit.

3. What is the Ayodhya Verdict? The Allahabad High Court ruled that the 2.77 acres (1.12 ha) of Ayodhya land be divided into 3 parts, with 1/3 going to construction of the Ram temple, 1/3 going to the Islamic Sunni Waqf Board and the remaining 1/3 going to the Hindu religious denomination Nirmohi Akhara. 4. The spokesperson of the Congress party who represented the Lottery Mafia (Megha Distributors) in Kerala High court while his party was engaged in a strong political campaign against the Lottery mafia? Abhishek Manu Singhvi. Kerala congress leaders lodged a complaint against him to the Congress high command and the issue was handed over to disciplinary committee for action. In the latest developments, Singhvi has been barred from briefing media as Congress spokesperson till the decision on him comes. 5. The Pakistan Cricket Board chairman who has recently apologised to the England and Wales Cricket Board as well as the England cricketers over comments made regarding the third ODI Cricket at the Oval? Ijaz Butt. On September 19 he attacked the England cricket team during a press conference, accusing them of a conspiracy to defraud Pakistan cricket by accepting their own bribes. 6. Who has been appointed as Kerala regional chairman of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS)? P V Chandran. Managing Editor of Mathrubhumi (A leading Malayalam language newspaper in Kerala). 7. Which country successfully launched their second robotic mission, ChangE-2, to the Moon? China. China launched its second unmanned Moon mission on October 1, 2010, sending the ChangE II probe on a five-day journey to reach lunar orbit. ChangE-1 launched in 2007, and orbited the Moon for 16 months before being intentionally crashed on to the lunar surface. 8. Who has been appointed as Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)? K. Vijay Kumar. 9. Who is appointed as Chief Executive Officer and President of HP (Hewlett-Packard)? Leo Apotheker. 10. Which team won the 32nd Federation Cup defeating Mohun Bagan by 1-0 in the final? East Bengal.

11. Name of the new political party formed by Pervez Musharraf, Pakistans former president and military chief? All Pakistan Muslim League. 12. The commander of Ecuadors police force who has resigned in the wake of a police rebellion that took the countrys president hostage for 12 hours? General Freddy Martinez. 13. Which country recently apologized for a 1946-1948 research study in which people in Guatemala were intentionally infected with sexually transmitted diseases? United States. The U.S. government apologized to Guatemala on October 1, 2010 for a study 60 years ago in which American scientists deliberately infected Prisoners in that country with syphilis. 14. Who 1st gold medal for India in Asian Games 2010 - Pankaj Advani wins 1st gold medal for India in Asian Games 2010 in Mens Billiards. Click Here :- Medals won by India in Asian Games 2010 15. Nobel Prize 2010 Winners List: Physiology or Medicine: Robert G Edwards was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for his work in vitro fertilization (IVF). Due to his efforts, worlds first test tube baby (Louise Brown) was born during 1978. Physics: Nobel Prize in Physics 2010 was awarded jointly to Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene Chemistry: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2010 was awarded jointly to Richard F. Heck, Ei-ichi Negishi and Akira Suzuki for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis. Literature: Nobel Prize 2010 in Literature was awarded to Mario Vargas Llosa. As an author, he became internationally popular through his novel La ciudad y los perros (1963; The Time of the Hero, 1966 Peace: Nobel Peace Prize 2010 was awarded to Liu Xiaobo for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China. Economics: Nobel Prize for economics -2010 was awarded jointly to Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides for their analysis of markets with search frictions. More Detail :-Nobel Prize Winners 2010 16. Which city will host the 98th edition of Indian Science Congress to be held for five days from January 3, 2011? Chennai. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the Congress, hosted by the SRM University. The theme of the Congress would be Quality Education and Excellence in Scientific Research in Indian Universities.

17. Which country has hosted a UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting? China. The meeting held in Tianjin, China from 4 October 2010. 18. Who has won the first gold medal of 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi? Augustina Nkem Nwaokolo. (Nigeria) The weightlifter won gold medal in the womens 48kg division. 19. Who won the first gold medal for India in the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010? Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang (Shooters). 20. Man of the match winners of the two test cricket series between India and Australia: First Test match between Australia and India held in Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, MohaliChandigarh from October 1, 2010: Man of the Match: Zaheer Khan. He took 5 wickets in first innings and 3 wickets in second innings. Result: India beat Australia by 1 wicket. Second Test match between Australia and India held in M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Karnataka from October 9, 2010: Man of the Match: Sachin Tendulkar. He scored 214 runs in the first innings and unbeaten 53 runs in the second innings. 21. Who won the player of the series award in the two test cricket matches between India and Australia held in India on October 2010? Sachin Tendulkar. 22. German auto-maker Volkswagen has started a new media innovation with talking newspaper advertisements in two mainstream newspapers of India to launch of its new Vento sedan. Name that news papers which carried the speaking advertisement? The Times of India, The Hindu. The back page of the newspaper carried an advertisement of their new luxury sedan, Vento. The Back page ad on the side was fitted with a black box which when light falls on it starts speaking about the car. The estimated cost of this ad is around 6 Crore. 23. Who has been selected for Vallathol Puraskaram-2010, an award given to the Malayalam writers for their contribution to the language? Vishnu Narayanan Nampoothiri. He is one of the most famous poets of contemporary Malayalam literature. The award comprises of a cash prize of Rs. 1, 11,011 and a citation. 24. Who won the ICC Cricketer of the year- 2010 award?

Sachin Tendulkar. Here is the List of ICC Award winners-2010 Test player of the year: Virender Sehwag (India) Test team of the year: India ODI player of the year: AB de Villiers (South Africa) ODI team of the year: Australia ICC Emerging player of the year: Steven Finn (England) Best T20 performance of the year: Brendon McCullum (New Zealand) Spirit of Cricket award: New Zealand ICC Associate player of the year: Ryan ten Doeschate Umpire of the year: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) Womens Cricketer of the Year: Shelley Nitschke (Australia) LG peoples choice award: Sachin Tendulkar (India) 25. Name of the famous South African smoking chimpanzee dies of old age recently? Charlie. He picked up his smoking habit from watching the people who had come to watch him at a small zoo in Bloemfontein, South Africa. 26. Who is named as the worlds most powerful woman-2010 according to an index put together by business magazine Forbes? Michelle Obama. (Wife of U.S.President Barack Obama) 27. Name of the three Indian women who find a spot on the Forbes list of 100 most powerful women in the world? Indra Nooyi, Chennai-born PepsiCo CEO came in at No 6 Shikha Sharma, Axis Bank CEO came in at No.89 Chanda Kochhar, ICICI Bank Managing Director & CEO came in at No.92. 28. Who has been elected as the new Chairman of the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC)? Sajen Peter. 29. The United Nations has declared year 2010 as? The international year of biodiversity (IYB). 30. Which city will host the first Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC-2010) and exhibition to be held form December 27 to 31, 2010? Thiruvananthapuram.

The congress will be held at Kerala University Campus, Kariavattom, Thiruvananthapuram on December 27 to 31. 31. Who has bagged the Vayalar award for the year 2010? Prof. Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri. The award comprising of a cash award of Rs 25,000 and plaque went to Charulatha, an anthology of poems authored by him. He recently bagged the Vallathol award instituted by the Vallathol Sahitya Samiti. 32. Name of the first 3D stereoscopy documentary about planets which was released recently at Kozhikkode, Kerala? The Universe It is a 50-minute 3D stereoscopy documentary directed by Sathish Gopal. 33. Name of the two franchises which have been thrown out of the Indian Premier League by BCCI over ownership issues? Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab. 34. Who became the first cricketer to complete 14,000 runs in Test cricket? Sachin Tendulkar. He had taken 171 tests to achieve this record. 35. Controversial New Zealand television journalist, whose racist remarks about Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit caused outrage in India, resigned recently from TVNZ? Paul Henry. 36. Who became Indias first woman in 52 years to win a gold medal in athletics in the Commonwealth Games? Krishna Pooniya. (Haryana) She is the second Indian athlete after Milkha Singh (1958, Cardiff) to garner a gold in track and field events. 37. Who has been appointed as the new director of Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Rothak, Haryana? Dr P Rameshan. 38. On October 12 2010, the United Nations General Assembly elected five countries to two-year seats on the Security Council. Name those countries? Colombia, India, Germany, Portugal, and South Africa. These countries will begin their terms on January 1, 2011. The new non-permanent members will replace Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, and Uganda, whose terms end on December 31, 2010.

39. An Afghan woman whose nose was cut off by her husband under the Talibans authoritarian rule was honored recently at an event in California, where she unveiled her new prosthetic nose for the first time. Name of that woman? Aisha. She received the Enduring Heart award at a benefit for the Grossman Burn Foundation the Los Angelesbased organisation that paid for her surgery. 40. British author and journalist who has won the prestigious Man Booker Prize 2010? Howard Jacobson. He has been bestowed with the prize for his book, The Finkler Question. 41. Who has been presented with the 2010 Mahatma Gandhi Peace Award by Hindu Foundation of Australia for bringing the Parliament of the Worlds Religions (PWR) to Melbourne in 2009? John Brumby. He is Australian Labor Party politician, and the 45th Premier of Victoria. 42. Nepalese teenager who has been named the worlds smallest man according to Guinness Book of World Records? Khagendra Thapa Magar He is the shortest man in the world, measuring 0.67 m (2 ft 2 12 in). 43. Man of the match winners of ODI cricket series between New Zealand and Bangladesh held in Bangladesh in October-2010. First One Day International Cricket held in Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka on October 5, 2010: Player of the Match: Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh). He scored 58 runs and took 4 wickets. Result: Bangladesh beat New Zealand by 9 runs (D/L method) Second ODI-Match abandoned Third ODI held in Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka on October 11, 2010. Player of the match: Suhrawadi Shuvo (Bangladesh).He took 3 wickets for 14 runs. Result: Bangladesh beat New Zealand by 7 wickets. Fourth ODI Cricket held in Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka on October 14, 2010: Player of the Match: Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh). He scored 106 runs and took 3 wickets. Result: Bangladesh beat New Zealand by 9 runs. Fifth ODI Cricket held in Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka on October 17, 2010: Player of the match: Rubel Hossain. He took 4 wickets for 25 runs. Result: Bangladesh beat New Zealand by 3 runs.

SERIES RESULT: Bangladesh wins the 5 ODI series 4-0. 44. Who won the Player of the series award in the 5 ODI cricket series between New Zealand and Bangladesh held in Bangladesh in October 2010? Shakib Al Hasan(Bangladesh). 45. Who is appointed as the head of the two-member high-level committee set up to probe the alleged financial irregularities in the Commonwealth Games (CWG)-2010 held at Delhi? VK Shunglu. He was the Former Comptroller and Auditor General of India. VK Shunglu committee has been entrusted with the task of probing the entire Commonwealth Games Scam. Shantanu Consul, Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training, has been appointed as the second member of the high-level committee (HLC). 46. Which country won 2010 FIVB Mens World Volleyball Championships beating Cuba in final? Brazil. 47. Name of the longest railway tunnel in the world which is completed recently? Gotthard Base Tunnel (Switzerland) It is a 57 km (35.4 mi) railway tunnel located in Swiss Alps with a total of 151.84 km (94.3 mi) of tunnels, shafts and passages. Its construction begun in 1996 and is expected to be operational by the end of 2017. Previously the longest railway tunnel in the world was the Seikan rail tunnel in Japan, which is 53.9 km long, but the Gotthard Base Tunnel beats that record. 48. A shoe was thrown at a Hurriyat leader in October 21, 2010 at a function where Kashmiri separatists as well as Naxal and Khalistan sympathisers came together under one platform to air their grievances. Name of that leader who is the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat (freedom) Conference (G)? Syed Ali Shah Geelani 49. The medium altitude long endurance Unmanned Arial Vehicle (UAV) which successfully test fired on 15/10/2010 in Hosur (Tamil Nadu), being developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment, a premier Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) lab? Rustom. 50. French-American mathematician who explored a new class of mathematical shapes known as fractals, died recently at the age of 85 in Cambridge? Benoit Mandelbrot. He is known as the father of fractal geometry. His seminal book, The Fractal Geometry of Nature, published in 1982. The fractal geometry he developed would be used to measure natural phenomena like clouds or coastlines that once were believed to be unmeasurable.

51. Contrasting with the jubilation of rescue of 33 miners in Chile, an explosion in a coal mine in an Asian country on October 16, 2010 killed 37 miners. Which is that country? China. 52. Who won Shanghai Masters tennis mens doubles beating Polands Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in the final? Leander Paes (India) and Jurgen Melzer (Austria) 53. Who won the Shanghai Masters Tennis Title-2010 beating Roger Federer (6-3, 6-2) in final? Andy Murray. 54. Man of the Match winners of T20 international Cricket between South Africa and Zimbabwe held in South Africa in October 2010. First T20 played at Bloemfontein on October 8, 2010: Man of the Match: Graeme Smith. (South Africa) He scored 58 runs from 29 balls. Result: South Africa beat Zimbabwe by 7 wickets. Second T20 played at Kimberley on October 10, 2010: Man of the Match: JP Duminy (South Africa). He scored 96 runs from 54 balls. Result: South Africa beat Zimbabwe by 8 runs. Series Result. South Africa won the T20 Series (2-0). 55. Man of the Match winners of One Day international Cricket Series between South Africa and Zimbabwe held in South Africa in October 2010: First ODI played at Bloemfontein on October 15, 2010: Man of the Match: Colin Ingram (South Africa). He scored 124 runs. Result: South Africa beat Zimbabwe by 64 runs. Second ODI played at Potchefstroom on October 17, 2010: Man of the Match: Juan Theron (South Africa). He took 5 wickets for 44 runs. Result: South Africa beat Zimbabwe by 8 wickets. Third ODI played at Benoni on October 22, 2010: Man of the Match: JP Duminy (South Africa). He scored 129 runs. Result: South Africa beat Zimbabwe by 272 runs. Series Result: South Africa won the ODI series (3-0). 56. Who won the Man of the Series Award in the 3ODI cricket series between South Africa and Zimbabwe held in South Africa in October 2010? AB de Villiers. (South Africa).

57. Who has been appointed vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Communist Party of China (CPC)? Xi Jinping, Vice President of China. 58. Name of the super typhoon which has struck the northern Philippines with heavy rain and winds of up to 260km/h (162mph) on October 18, 2010? Typhoon Megi. The name Megi means catfish in the Korean language. It was the first typhoon of 2010 in the Pacific Basin to achieve Super typhoon status, and the first in the Western Pacific since Nida in 2009. It made landfall early on October 18 in northeastern Luzon (the largest and most economically and politically important island in the Philippines). After passing Luzon Island, Megi quickly regained strength in the South China Sea, before weakening and losing its eyewall structure. 59. Who has been selected as new captain of West Indies Cricket Team until the end of the Digicel Series 2011? Darren Sammy. Brendan Nash has been appointed be Sammys Test vice Captain. Chris Gayle was the former captain of West Indies Cricket team. 60. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on October 20, 2010 approved the implementation of a scheme for women on pilot basis in selected 52 districts during the remaining period of 11th Five Year Plan at a total cost of Rs 1000 crore. Name of that scheme? Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY). Under the scheme, each of the pregnant and lactating women will receive a total cash incentive of Rs. 4,000 in three installments. This will be between the periods from the second trimester of pregnancy till the infant attains the age of six months. 61. Man of the Match winners of One Day International cricket series between India and Australia held in India in October 2010. First ODI abandoned. Second ODI played at Visakhapatnam on October 20, 2010: Man of the Match: Virat Kohli. He scored 118 runs from 121 balls. Third ODI abandoned. Series Result: India won the 3 ODI cricket Series (1-0). 62. Saudi prince who has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Britain for murdering his servant in a hotel in London? Saud Bin Abdulaziz Bin Nasir Al Saud.

He is the grandson of Saudi Arabias King Abdullah.The court convicted the prince of beating and strangling his servant Bandar Abdullah Abdulaziz at the Landmark Hotel on February 15, after having reportedly abused the victim for weeks. 63. Pakistan`s former president who died in Rawalpindis Combined Military Hospital on Oct 20, 2010 following a long illness? Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari. He was the eighth President of Pakistan from November 14, 1993 until December 2, 1997. 64. Motor Company which will recall about 1.53 million vehicles, especially in the U.S. and Japan, to resolve problems on the braking system and fuel injection pump? Toyota Motor Corporation. 65. The founder of Penthouse magazine, a magazine containing nude photos of beautiful women, died in Texas recently due to complications related to cancer? Bob Guccione. The magazine was founded in 1965 in the United Kingdom. At the height of his success he was considered to be one of the richest men in the United States. He was once listed in the Forbes 400 ranking of wealthiest people. 66. United States has announced one of the largest weapons sales in its history, worth nearly $60 billion, to an Arab country of the Middle East recently. Which is that country? Saudi Arabia. 67. Which country has announced two billion dollars security assistance for Pakistan to help it plan for its defence needs? United States of America. 68. According to a survey conducted by digitalmarket measurement service ComScore Media Metrix, which country has the most active users of social networking websites? Russia. Israel ranked second with an average of 9.2 hours per visitor, followed by Turkey with 7.6 hours. The most popular sites for Russians are VKontakte, which has 27.8 million visitors each month, followed by Odnoklassniki with 16.7 million visitors. 69. Which global telecommunications company has been imposed with hefty fine of INR 11,218 crore by the Indian Income Tax department recently? Vodafone. As per the CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes), the tax imposition is due to Vodafones takeover of Hutchinson Essar in 2007.

70. At least 200 people have died in a cholera outbreak in earthquake-shattered Caribbean country recently. Which is that country? Haiti. 71. Name of the 46 year old school teacher who was banned for life by The General Teaching Council of England citing his incompetence as a teacher? Nisar Ahmed Nisar Ahmed had been the head of studies at the Hungerford, John OGaunt Community Technology College Berkshire for almost two years, from September 2007 to January 2009.Past records reveal that 13 teachers had been banned before on incompetency issues but they had all been barred from teaching for a fixed period of time. Nisar Ahmed is the very first to be banned without a time limit. 72. Who is the only Indian batsman and current cricketer named in ESPN-Cricinfos all-time Test World XI? Sachin Tendulkar. Tendulkar has been chosen at number four batting position along with legends like Don Bradman, Vivian Richards, Garry Sobers and Shane Warne. Others in the World XI were Jack Hobbs, Len Hutton, Adam Gilchrist, Malcolm Marshall, Wasim Akram and Dennis Lillee. 73. The Supreme Court on October 25, 2010 dismissed the petition of international tennis star challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict refusing his claim for Rs 28.5 lakh tax exemption, which he maintained was paid to his father in return for training him. Name of that tennis player? Mahesh Bhupathi 74. India has signed an agreement with an Asian country on October 25, 2010 to boost trade and investment, marking the end of trade negotiations that began in early 2007. Which is that country? Japan. 75. Nine million Pound lottery winner of Britain who became bored after he gave up his job following his lottery win has drunk himself to death recently. Name of that lottery winner? Keith Gough. Mr. Gough and his wife Louise won 9million in 2005 and splashed out on a top-of-the-range BMW, racehorses and an executive box at Aston Villa Football Club. 76. At least 113 people were killed and leaving more than 500 missing after a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake slammed on a country in Southeast Asia on October 26, 2010. Which is that country? Indonesia.

77. Which is the most corrupt country according to the ranking of global corruption index, a Transparency International report? Somalia. Afghanistan remains the worlds second most corrupt country and Pakistan dropped to 34th from 42nd in the ranking of global corruption index. Denmark, New Zealand and Singapore tied for first place as the most principled nations. India, recently hit by the Commonwealth Games scam, has fared poorly. It has slipped from 84th position to 87th. 78. Former Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq who has been sentenced to death by the Iraqi High Tribunal for playing a prominent role in eliminating religious parties during the time of Saddam Hussains regime? Tariq Aziz 79. The octopus, who shot to fame during this years football World Cup in South Africa for his flawless record in predicting game outcomes died recently in Germany? Paul. 80. Which will be the first state in India to introduce Mobile Number Portability? Haryana. The launch of MNP will be made on 25th of November. With the help of Mobile Number portability (MNP), subscriber will have the facility to change their mobile operator without changing the current number. 81. Hockey India president who resigned from her post on October 27,2010 as per her commitment made to the Union Sports Minister to step down after the Commonwealth Games.? Vidya Stokes. 82. Man of the match winners of two Twenty 20 Cricket match between South Africa and Pakistan held in Abu Dhabi in October 2010. 1st Twenty20 International played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium on October 26, 2010: Man of the match: JP Duminy (South Africa). He scored 41 runs. Result: South Africa beat Pakistan by 6 wickets 2nd Twenty20 International played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium on October 27, 2010: Man of the Match: Juan Theron(South Africa). He took 4 wickets for 27 runs. Result: South Africa beat Pakistan by 6 wickets Series Result: South Africa wins the 2 T20I series 2-0. 83. Man of the match winners of 5match ODI Cricket series between South Africa and Pakistan held in Abu Dhabi in October 2010.

1st ODI played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium on October 29, 2010: Man of the match: Lonwabo Tsotsobe (South Africa). He took 4 wickets for 27 runs. Result: South Africa beat Pakistan by 8 wickets 2nd ODI played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium on October 31, 2010: Man of the match: Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan). He scored 109 runs from 72 balls (7 fours, 10 sixes) and took 1 wicket. Result: Pakistan beat South Africa by 1 wicket 84. Who won Man of the match award in the Only T20 International Cricket between Australia and Sri Lanka held in Perth (Australia) on October 31, 2010? Suraj Randiv (Sri Lanka). He took 3 wickets for 25 runs. Result: Sri Lanka beat Australia by 7 wickets. 85. Who is appointed as the chef-de-mission of Indias contingent for Asian Games in China? Abhay Singh Chautala. He is the Vice-President of the Indian Olympic Association and President of the Indian Boxing Federation. Asian Games are scheduled to be held from November 12 to 27 in the city of Guangzhou, China. 86. Which countries have signed six pacts on October 27, 2010, with the accord for implementing the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) from July 1, 2011 being the centrepiece? India and Malaysia. 87. Former president of Argentina who arguably remained the most potent political force in the country from 2003-2007, died unexpectedly of an apparent heart attack? Nestor Kirchner. He was the husband of current President Cristina Fernandez. 88. Name of the IPL-style Twenty20 Cricket tournament announced by Cricket Australia? Big Bash Bash Twenty20 League(BBL). 89. Which Indian Cricketers bat fetched the highest bid of Rs. 42 lakh at a glittering sports auction in Mumbai? Sachin Tendulkar. 90. Who is the Miss World 2010 winner? Alexandria Mills (U.S.A). He became the first woman in US who won this title after long 20 years.

91. Name of the three judges who has pronounced judgment in the Ayodhya Dispute between Hindus and Muslims? - Justice S U Khan, Justice Sudhir Agarwal and Justice D V Sharma. 92. A book from Jane Austen has amassed 139,250 pounds at an auction held in Britain. This is calculated to be 150,000 times more than its original price. Which is the book? -Pride and Prejudice 93. In a survey conducted by YouGov and AOL UK who emerged as the highly influential and role model in the world? -Baroness Margaret Thatcher, Former British prime minister 94. Several christians were killed and wounded in a rescue attempt to end a hostage drama at a church in Iraq. US and Iraq forces cooperated to the rescue. What is the name of the church? - Sayidat al-Nejat 95.What is the name of the rocket launched by China which is its sixth orbiter? Beidou 96.What is the name of the emergency planning committee meeting chaired by UK Prime Minister for a review of security at airport? -Cobra committee 97. Which country has planned a national census after 10 years in which number of childs in the nation will be a prime aspect in view of the nations One child policy? -China. 98. Kyrgyzstan will form a new parliament comprising of five political parties. Which political party had the most number of votes? -Ata Zhurt 99. Who was elected the new president of Brazil? -Dilma Rousseff 100.Name the person who created history by becoming the first woman Governor of South Carolina? -Nikki Haley 101. Name the successor of Paul the Octopus? -Paul

102.Who has topped the 2010 Forbes list of the Worlds Most Powerful People? -Chinas President Hu Jintao 103. Which stateperson has received 60000 fans on Facebook debut? -UK Queen Elizabeth 104. G20 summit is being held at____? Seoul, South Korea 105. A law was passed by a nation by which the retiring age of employees was increased from 60 to 62 despite massive strikes and protests against same. Which is the nation? - France 106. Which nation has drafted a new law which will mandate household with dog as pet to limit its number to one? - China 107. Who has been renamed French Prime Minister? - Francois Fillon 108. Who is the new head of Britains Armed Forces? - General Sir David Richards 109. Which court has made a landmark ruling which orders divorced couple to split their assets equally? - Hong Kong 110. President of which nation became the top names of the world in an Annual Global Language Monitor Survey? - China 111. Who is the chief of WTO? - Pascal Lamy 112. who has been appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Nexus Venture Partners ? - K.G.Subramanian 113. Who won the Thailand Open Tennis title 2010 beating Finlands world number 60 Jarkko Nieminen in the final? Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. 1. Who has been crowned Miss Earth Talent 2010 ?

Nicole Faria Indias Nicole Faria has been crowned Miss Earth Talent 2010 after beating 17 other contestants at a talent competition in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Ms. Faria, a 20-year-old girl from Bangalore, won the title at the talent show with a scintillating belly dance that combines Oriental and Middle Eastern style. 2. Who has been appointed as the General Secretary (GS) of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) with effect from November 1, 2010? Kushal Das. 3. Who are the joint winners of 25th Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration Award? Oscar Award winning music composer A R Rahman and the Ramkrishna Mission Ashram at Narainpur in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh received the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration-2010. The award carries a citation and a cash prize of Rs 500,000. 4. For the first time in nearly 20 years a commercial airliner from a European Country has flown into Iraqi capital Baghdad. Which is that country? France. A plane operated by Frances Aigle Azur landed in Baghdad on October 31, 2010 becoming the first flight from a European airline to arrive in the city since a 1990 international embargo on Iraq. 5. The UN biodiversity meeting which has agreed a 10-year plan aimed at preserving nature held in? Nagoya, Japan. 6. who becomes the first Test batsmen to reach 50 centuries ? - Sachin Tendulkar 50th historic hundred that he struck against South Africa in the opening Test at Centurion, on December 19, 2010. Read More Here 7. Who becomes the most hated French president in more than 50 years according to a recent French poll? Nicolas Sarkozy. 8. Classical flute exponent who will be conferred the Chevalier dans lOrdre des Arts et des Lettres, the highest civilian award in France, by the French government for his contribution to music? Hariprasad Chaurasia

9. Prime Minister of Somalia? Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. 10. China on November 1, 2010 launched its sixth satellite that will become part of its satellite navigation and positioning network Name of that satellite? The Beidou or Compass navigation satellite. It launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province, southwest China. The Beidou will join Chinas other five satellites already in orbit to form a network or system that will eventually consist of 35 orbiters. 11. Which team created a unique record in the match against Rajasthan by getting all out for a meager 21 runs, the lowest total by any team in the Ranji Trophy matches? Hyderabad. Debutant Deepak Chahar (Rajasthans 18-year-old medium-pacer) made an amazing debut by claiming 8 wickets, his bowling reads 7.3-2-10-8 in this match. The previous Ranji record was set in the first season (1934-35), when Southern Punjab were bowled out for 22 chasing 114 against Northern India in Amritsar. 12. Who has won the World Professional Billiards title-2010 for the ninth time in his career? Mike Russell. He beat Indias Dhruv Sitwala in the final to claim the 6,000 winners cheque and the trophy. 13. Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords who resigned recently following his suspension from the House over his expenses claims? Swraj Paul. House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. 14. Which countries signed defense agreements on November 2, 2010 that promised cooperation including the creation of a joint expeditionary force, shared use of aircraft carriers and combined efforts to improve the safety and effectiveness of their nuclear weapons? France and Britain. 15. The South Africa fast bowler who has announced his retirement from international cricket on November 2, 2010? Makhaya Ntini. He was the first ethnically black player to play for the South African team. He is the third South African to take 300 Test wickets after Shaun Pollock and Allan Donald. On the 17 December 2009 he played his 100th Test, becoming the only black South African cricketer to reach that mark. He took 390 wickets in Tests and 266 wickets in ODIs.

16. Who has been posted as DGP of Fire and Rescue Services of Kerala? Siby Mathews. 17. Who has bagged The Hindu Best Fiction Award 2010 which was instituted by The Hindu Literary Review as a prelude to celebrating its 20th year in 2011? Manu Joseph. His novel Serious Men bagged the award which carries a cash prize of Rs.5 lakh and a plaque. The Hindu is the name of the newspaper which has established the prize. 18. Who has been presented lifetime achievement award at the Global Indian Music Awards(GIMA) 2010? - Lata Mangeshkar 19. Man of the Match winners of One Day International Cricket Series between Australia and Sri Lanka held in Australia in November 2010. First ODI played at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on November 3, 2010: Man of the Match: Angelo Mathews. (Sri Lanka) He scored 77 runs. Result: Sri Lanka beat Australia by 1 wicket. Second ODI played at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Sydney on November 5, 2010: Man of the Match: Upul Tharanga. (Sri Lanka) He scored 86 runs. Result: Sri Lanka beat Australia by 29 runs (D/L method). Third ODI played at Brisbane Cricket Ground on November 7, 2010: Man of the Match: Clint McKay. (Australia) He took 5 wickets for 33 runs. Result: Australia beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets. Series Result: Sri Lanka won 3 ODI series 2-1. 20. Who won the Player of the Series Award in the 3 ODI Cricket series between Australia and Sri Lanka held in Australia in November 2010? Lasith Malinga. (Sri Lanka). 21. Man of the match winners of 5match ODI Cricket series between South Africa and Pakistan held in Abu Dhabi in November 2010. 3rd ODI played at Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium, Dubai on November 2, 2010: Man of the match: Hashim Amla (South Africa). He scored 119 runs from 126 balls. Result: South Africa beat Pakistan by 2 runs. 4th ODI played at Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium, Dubai on November 5, 2010: Man of the match: Younus Khan (Pakistan). He scored 73 runs. Result: Pakistan beat South Africa by 1 wicket. 5th ODI played at Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium, Dubai on November 8, 2010:

Man of the match: Jacques Kallis (South Africa). He scored 83 runs and took 3 wickets. Result: South Africa beat Pakistan by 57 runs. SERIES RESULT: South Africa wins the 5 ODI series 3-2. 22. Who won the Player of the Series Award in the 5match ODI Cricket series between South Africa and Pakistan held in Abu Dhabi? Hashim Amla. (South Africa) 23. Indian-American who has created the history on November 3, 2010 by becoming first woman to won the South Carolina Governor seat in United States midterm polls? Nikki Haley. 24. Who has been appointed the interim president of the Hockey India? Mariamma Koshy. She is the head of Hockey Kerala. 25. The Ace Shooter who was Indias flag-bearer at the opening ceremony of the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou, China? Gagan Narang. He became the fifth shooter to carry the national flag at the opening ceremony of a mega event like the Asian Games. 26. National Centre for Molecular Materials (NCMM), the first of its kind Institute in the country will be established at? Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. 27. Who has been named the most powerful person in the world by Forbes, ahead of US President Barack Obama who is ranked second among 68 people? Hu Jintao, Chinese President. Congress President Sonia Gandhi ranks 9th on the Forbes 2010 list of the Worlds Most Powerful People. Manmohan Singh comes in at number 18. Indias business tycoons Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata and head of ArcelorMittal, Lakshmi Mittal also make the list. 28. The Qatar-based and state-owned broadcast network which is all set to launch its English news channel in India over the next three or four weeks? Al Jazeera. 29. Man of the Match winners of 3 Test Cricket series between India and New Zealand held in India on November 2010. First test played at Ahmedabad on November 4, 2010:

Man of the match: Harbhajan Singh. (India)He scored 69 in first innings and 115 in second innings. Result: India drew with New Zealand. Second test played at Hyderabad on November 12, 2010: Man of the match: Brendon McCullum (New Zealand). He scored 225 runs in second innings. Result: India drew with New Zealand. Third test played at Nagpur on November 20, 2010: Man of the match: Rahul Dravid (India). He scored 191runs in first innings. Result: India beat New Zealand by an innings and 198 runs. SERIES RESULT: India wins the 3 Test series 1-0. 30. Who won the Player of the series award in the three Test Cricket series between India and New Zealand held in India on November 2010? Harbhajan Singh (India). 31. Which country has decided to open its Consulate at Bali to strengthen its commercial ties with Indonesia? India. 32. Name of the worlds most active and dangerous volcano which erupted with renewed ferocity in Indonesia on 05-11-2010 killing more than 100 peoples? Mount Merapi. Mount Merapi is an active stratovolcano located on the border between Central Java and Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It is the most active volcano in Indonesia and has erupted regularly since 1548. The name Merapi could be loosely translated as Mountain of Fire. 33. Which country has closed its airspace for Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), the countrys national flag carrier, for failing to get the required renewal of permission in time? Russia. Pakistan also imposed ban on Russian aircraft flying from Pakistani airports on November 30,2010 .The decision was taken following the crash of the ill-fated Russian cargo plane close to Karachi Airport just minutes after take-off that left 12 people dead including eight Russians on board. 34. Name of the woman who believed to be the worlds oldest person died at the age of 114 in the French Caribbean island of St. Barts? Eugenie Blanchard. She at the age of 114 years, 261 days was the oldest living person at the time of her death. She became the recognised titleholder upon the death of Japanese super centenarian Kama Chinen on 2 May 2010. 35. Who wins Hong Kong Open 2010 ?

- Saina Nehwal Ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal rallied to register a scintilliating three-game victory over Shixian Wang of China to clinch her third Super Series title of the year at the Hong Kong Open in Wanchai Devember 12.. 36. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight tested the indigenously designed and developed aircraft jet engine during the Flying Test Bed (FTB) Trials at Gromov Flight Research Institute (GFRI), Moscow, Russia on November 4,2010. Name of that Engine? GTRE GTX-35VS Kaveri. (Kaveri Engine). An indigenous Indian design, the Kaveri was intended to power production models of the HAL Tejas fighter, originally called the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), but it was officially de-linked from HAL Tejas program in September, 2008. Kaveri Engine is an afterburning turbofan being developed by the Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), a lab under the DRDO in Bangalore, India. N.B: Turbofan is a type of aircraft jet engine based around a gas turbine engine. 37. Which country has imposed sanctions on Pakistan-based terror groups Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) on November 4, 2010? U.S.A. 38. Which country has been ranked at 119th position on the Human Development Index? India. The Human Development Index which measures a countrys progress in development of its economy, people and other aspects. Among the 169 countries, Norway, Australia and New Zealand were at the top position. Meanwhile, Niger, Democratic Republic of Congo and Zimbabwe were at the bottom of the list. 39. Which country has recently signed $10 billion (nearly Rs.44, 000 crore) worth deals with U.S.A for creating more than 50,000 jobs back in the U.S? India. 40. Former Chief Minister of West Bengal who died recently at his south Kolkata residence after a prolonged illness? Siddhartha Shankar Ray. He was Education Minister of Government of India during 1967-1972. He was also the ambassador of India to the United States of America. He served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal from 1972 to 1977. 41. Name of the Indian who has been elected as member of Advisory Committee on Budgetary and Administrative Questions (ACABQ) an affiliated body of U.N. General Assembly? Ms.Namgya C Khampa. (Representing India from the Asian region)

ACABQ, the 16-member advisory body, plays a crucial role in keeping the UNs financial house in order, including supervision of its overall budget of 22 billion dollar. Besides India, Japan and China were also elected from the Asian regions three open seats. Pakistan contested from the Asian region but could not make it. 42. Name of the Indian who has been elected as member Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC) an affiliated body of U.N. General Assembly? Vinod Rai (Represents India from the Asian group). IAAC recommended by acclamation the three-year appointment of Mr. Rai (from the Asian group); Vadim Vadimovich Dubinkin of Russia (from the Eastern Europe group); Adrian Patrick Strachan of Jamaica (from the Latin America-Caribbean group).Their terms of office begin on January 1, 2011.IAAC of the United Nations is established as a subsidiary body of the General Assembly to serve in an expert advisory capacity and to assist the General Assembly in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities. 43. In which country worlds tallest statue of Jesus unveiled on November 21, 2010? Poland. The statue of Jesus stands at 36 metres (118 feet) is located in Swiebodzin, western Poland. 44. Wicket Keeper of Pakistan Cricket Team who has retired from international cricket and sought political asylum in Britain amid alleged threats from match-fixers? Zulqarnain Haider. Haider left the Pakistan team in Dubai and flew to London after claiming he had been offered money to lose matches against South Africa. 45. British Royal family has created a profile on a social networking site on Nov 8, 2010. Which is that social networking site? Face book. 46. Chief Minister of Maharashtra who resigned on November 9,2010from his post following Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam? Ashok Chavan. 47. Secretary of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) who resigned in the wake of allegations of corruption in Commonwealth Games? Suresh Kalmadi. 48. Who became the first enlisted Sikh soldier to complete basic training in US Army since 1984 while maintaining his turban and unshorn hair? Simran Preet Singh Lamba.

49. Who has been named the brand ambassador for the 2011 cricket World Cup that would be co-hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh? Sachin Tendulkar. 50. The trial of eight police officers charged with the murder of prominent human rights activist in the Democratic Republic of Congo has started recently. Name of that human rights activist who was killed in June, 2010? Floribert Chebeya. He was also the head of the charity Voice of the Voiceless 51. Man of the Match Winners of Two Test Cricket matches between South Africa and Pakistan held in U.A.E in November 2010: First test match played at Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium, Dubai from November 12, 2010: Man of the Match: Younus Khan (Pakistan). He scored 35 runs in first innings and 131(not out) in second innings. Result: Pakistan drew with South Africa. Second test match played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi from November 20, 2010: Man of the Match: AB de Villiers (South Africa). He scored 278 runs in first innings and 25 runs in second innings. Result: Pakistan drew with South Africa. 52. Who won the Player of the series award in the Two Test Cricket matches between South Africa and Pakistan held in U.A.E in November 2010? Jacques Kallis (South Africa). 53. Who has become the first Christian woman in Pakistan to be sentenced to death for blasphemy? Asia Bibi. Asia, who worked with many other local Muslim women on the farm of Muslim landowner, was pressured to renounce Christianity and accept Islam. Asia allegedly responded by telling the Muslim women that Christ died on the cross for our sins. She added that Jesus is alive and Our Christ is the true prophet of God. This provoked the Muslim women in the farm. Later some coworkers complained to a cleric that Bibi made derogatory comments about Muhammad. A mob came to her house, beating her and members of her family before she got rescued by the police. The police were under pressure from this Muslim mob, including clerics. She spent more than a year in jail. In November 2010 Naveed Iqbal, judge at the at court of Sheikhupura, Punjab, totally ruled out that there was any false implication, saw no mitigating circumstances, and sentenced her to death by hanging. Additionally, a fine of an equivalent of $1,100 was imposed. Blasphemy is irreverence toward holy personages, religious artifacts, customs, and beliefs.

54. The Nobel Peace Prize winner and pro-democracy leader of Burma who has been released by Myanmars military government recently? Aung San Suu Kyi. This 65-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate, whose latest period of detention spanned 7 1/2 years, has come to symbolise the struggle for democracy in the Southeast Asian nation ruled by the military since 1962. 55. Who won the first gold of the 16th Asian Games by winning the mens Changquan title in wushu? Yuan Xiaochao (China). 56. Information Technology and Communications Minister of India who resigned over his alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum allocation scam? A Raja The 2G spectrum allocations caused an alleged loss of Rs1.76 lakh crore to the Government, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has stated in a damning report. 57. Which Asian country along with 40 other countries has been elected to the board of the new UN agency to promote equality for women? India. The board to have representatives from 10 African countries, 10 Asian countries, four Eastern European countries, six Latin American and Caribbean countries and five countries from Western Europe. Asian Countries elected to the board of U.N.Women are Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Republic of Korea and Timor The agency will be headed by Chiles former president Michelle Bachelet and is expected to be fully operational in January 2011. 58. Indian environmentalist who has been named as one of the seven most powerful feminists in the world, according to a compilation in Forbes magazine? Vandana Shiva 59. Renowned Indian-origin academician who has been named alongside US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman among the seven most powerful economists in the world, according to a compilation in Forbes magazine? Raghuram Rajan. 60. Who was given the additional charge of the telecom ministry held by A Raja, who recently resigned facing allegations of scam in 2G spectrum allocation? Kapil Sibal.

He was also given the additional charge of Ministries of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, which fell vacant after incumbent Prithviraj Chavan was made Chief Minister of Maharashtra. V Narayansamy, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, was given additional charge of Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), which also fell vacant after Chavans departure. 61. Man of the match winners of 3 Test Cricket series between West Indies and Sri Lanka held in Sri Lanka in November 2010. First test played at Galle International Stadium, Galle from November 15, 2010: Player of the Match: Chris Gayle (West Indies). He scored 333 runs in first Innings. Result: Sri Lanka drew with West Indies. Second test played at R.Premadasa Stadium (Khettarama), Colombo from November 23, 2010: Player of the Match: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka). He scored 150 runs in first innings. Result: Sri Lanka drew with West Indies. 62. Which country decided to pay millions of pounds in compensation to former Guantanamo Bay detainees following weeks of negotiations between lawyers for the government and the former prisoners? Britain. 63. Which company recently decided to shut down its match box manufacturing unit in Chennai (i.e. Chennai plant of Wimco) and has given voluntary retirement to all its employees? ITC. The matchbox business, undertaken by the Chennai unit, would be outsourced to the small-scale sector as the production of matchboxes had become unviable due to the excise-duty disadvantage. 64. Which magazine has won the International Press Institute (IPI) India Award for Excellence in Journalism, 2010 for its outstanding journalistic work done during 2009? TEHELKA magazine. 65. Two-day NATO summit, a meeting of the heads of state and heads of government of NATO held in? Lisbon, Portugal. The summit also known as the 2010 Lisbon summit held on 19 and 20 November 2010. NATOs new strategic concept, NATO operations in Afghanistan and relations with Russia and other major issues discussed in that summit. 66. Name of a Jupiter-like extra solar planet orbiting the star HIP 13044, about 2,000 light years away from the Earth located on the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy discovered recently by Astronomers? HIP 13044b. Its discovery was announced on November 18, 2010. The study that led to the discovery of the planet was performed by a team from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy.

67. Who has been ranked by the Time magazine as the 9th most powerful woman of the past century, a list that also includes Mother Teresa? Indira Gandhi. Besides Gandhi, only Mother Teresa, who is ranked 22nd, from India included in the list. The list of 25 Most Powerful Women of the Past Century is topped by Jane Addams, an outspoken advocate for womens suffrage, who was the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. 68. Name of a long-haired Chihuahua who becomes the smallest police dog in world? (Momo, a seven-year-old Chihuahua, poses during a police dog examination held at Koriyama, western Japan) Momo The seven-year-old long-haired Chihuahua qualified as a search-and-rescue dog employed by police in Nara prefecture, western Japan. Most search and rescue dogs are German Shepherds. Police are hoping that Momo can be used for search and rescue operations for disasters like earthquakes. Momo is Japanese for Peach. Chihuahua is the smallest breed of dog and is named after the state of Chihuahua in Mexico. 69. National Award winning cinematographer from Kerala who recently passed away in Chennai on Monday due to Alzheimers. Mankada Ravi Varma. He served as cinematographer for noted Directors like Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Aravindan and PN Menon. He won two National Awards for cinematography, one for Adoor Gopalakrishnans Swayamvaram in 1972. In 2000, he won it for his documentary, Kalamandalam Gopi. He won seven Kerala State Film Awards in various categories. In 1984, he directed his first film, Nokkukuthi, which won him another National Award and a State award. It was based on a poem by noted Malayalam poet, M Govindan. He also directed Kunjikoonan in 1989. 70. Which country launched a massive spy satellite on 21-11-2010 for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)? U.S.A. The satellite was launched through Delta 4 carrier rocket -on behalf of NRO, the U.S. administration which manages spy satellites- from UAL (United Launch Alliance, a Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint-venture), and it departed from the USAFs installation in Cape Canaveral (Florida). 71. Who was elected as President of the Karnataka State Cricket Association? Anil Kumble. Kumbles men won 23 out of the 24 posts and he defeated current president Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar by 43 votes.

Former fast bowler Jawagal Srinath elected as Secretary. Former India seamer Venkatesh Prasad, who was elected vice president along with Roger Binny. 72. Who has been crowned the 2010 Male World Athlete of the Year at the World Athletics Gala in Monte Carlo? David Rudisha. (Kenya). He is a Kenyan middle distance runner and world record holder in the 800 metres with a time of 1:41.01. Rudisha holds four of the ten fastest times for this event. In November 2010, at the age of 21, he became the youngest ever athlete to win the IAAF World Athlete of the Year award. He also won the Kenyan Sportsman of the Year award. 73. Who has been crowned the 2010 Female World Athlete of the Year at the World Athletics Gala in Monte Carlo? Blanka Vlasic (Croatia). She is the current Croatian record holder in high jump, and also the current World Champion both indoors and outdoors. Her personal best jump of 2.08 m was set on 31 August 2009 and is the second highest height cleared in the history of the event. 74. A woman, who has helped almost 12000 women and girls find their way out from sex slavery, has been chosen as the CNN Hero of the Year 2010. Name of that woman? Anuradha Koirala. She and her group (Maiti Nepal) have helped more than 12,000 victims of Nepals sex trafficking business. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Maiti Nepal which has provided more than a shelter for these girls and young women. 75. More than 378 people were killed in a stampede in a country in Southeast Asia during the final day of the annual Water Festival held in its capital city on November 2010. Which is that country? Cambodia. 76. Chief Minister of Andra Pradesh who resigned on November 24, 2010 citing his inability to withstand the work-pressure because of his age? K. Rosaiah. The 78-year-old leader had taken over as the chief minister on Sep 3 last year following the death of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in a helicopter crash. 77. Who becomes the 16th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh after Rosaiah resigns citing personal reasons? Kiran Kumar Reddy.

78. India recently decided to set up two test ranges for radar-based electronic warfare (EW) systems. The two test ranges will come up at? Chitradurga in Karnataka and Tandur in Andhra Pradesh. 79. The chief executive officer of LIC Housing Finance who has been arrested by CBI in connection with an alleged multi-crore housing finance racket? Ramachandran Nair. 80. Who is appointed as the new chief executive of LIC Housing Finance after RR Nairs arrest by the CBI in connection with the multi-crore housing loan fraud? V K Sharma. 81. Who has been selected for the prestigious Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2010? Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazilian President. Mr. Lula was selected for the award for promoting strong ties among developing countries, promoting inclusive growth and for his contribution to the cause of India-Brazil partnership. 82. Which country won the gold medal in Mens football of Asian Games-2010? Japan. They defeated United Arab Emirates 1-0 in the final in Guangzhou. The only goal was score by Yuki Saneto in the 74th minute. Bronze medal was won by Korea who got it after defeating Iran 4-3. 83. Who won the man of the match award in the first test cricket match (Ashes) played between Australia and England held in Brisbane Cricket Ground, Australia from November 25,2010? Alastair Cook (England). He scored 65 in first innings and scored unbeaten 235 in second innings. Result: Australia drew with England. 84. South Korean Defense Minister who has resigned from his post following widespread criticism that the country has not been adequately responding to continued provocation by North Korea? Kim Tae-young. 85. A Walther air pistol of which James Bond actor has fetched $415,875 at Christies auction house in London on 25-11-2010? Sean Connery. The pistol was used in promotional shots featuring star Sean Connery for the 1963 film From Russia with Love. This is a world record for a James Bond gun. 86. The Delhi court on November 27, 2010, ordered registration of FIR against a Hurriyat leader and an Indian writer for allegedly making anti-India speeches.

Who are they? Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Arundhati Roy. 87. Indias indigenously developed 20th nuclear reactor became operational in the southern state of Karnataka on 27th November 2010, making it the sixth country in the world to have over 20 nuclear power plants in operation. Where is that nuclear power plant located in Karnataka? Kaiga. The 220 MW capacity Unit 4 of the Kaiga Atomic Power Station started at Kaiga in the state, taking the total installed atomic power capacity in the country to 4780 MW. 88. Which country introduced new English language Test from November 29, 2010 for nonEuropean migrants who apply for a visa to enter or remain in that country as a partner or spouse of that countrys citizen or person settled there? Britain. Applicants should pass an English language test with a UK Border Agency-approved test provider. The list of approved test providers and further guidance is available on the UK Border Agencys website. 89. Which country has introduced its first ever electronic passport that contains micro chipped information and is designed to foil forgers? China. 90. Who won the Man of the match award in the first ODI cricket between India and New Zealand held in Guwahati on November 28, 2010? Virat Kohli (India). He scored 105 runs. Result: India beat New Zealand by 40 runs. 91. Who beat Rafael Nadal in three sets to win the ATP World Tour Finals for a fifth time? Roger Federer. Federer is the first man since Ivan Lendl and Pete Sampras to have won the year-end championship five times. 92. The 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference was held in? Cancun, Mexico, from 29 November to 10 December 2010. 93. A quantum physicist worked with the Iranian Atomic Energy Commission who was killed in Bomb attack by unidentified assailants on November 29, 2010? Majid Shahriari. He specialised in neutron transport, a phenomenon that lies at the heart of nuclear chain reactions in bombs and reactors. The killers had attached bombs his car and detonated them from a distance.

94. Literary critic and Malayalam writer, who has won the Kerala States highest literary honour,Ezhuthachan award-2010? Dr M Leelavathi. 95. Employees of which broadcaster conducted two-day strike over pension changes that has caused widespread disruption to the broadcasters programmes? BBC. (British Broadcasting Corporation). 96. List of Important Sports Result 2010. - Click Here Important Sports Results 2010 97. Nobel Prizes are awarded every year on ? - 10th December 98. First woman president of Brazil, the biggest nation in South America? Dilma Rousseff. She won the presidential elections defeating conservative candidate Jose Serra. She was the candidate of Workers Party (PT). 99. Who has appointed as the chief executive officer of LIC Housing Finance with effect from November 25 ? - VK Sharma appointed as the chief executive officer of LIC Housing Finance. 100. Who has been appointed as Chief Strategy Officer for EMCs government business ? - Kamalkar Kaul 101. Who has been crowned Mazza Miss India New York 2010 ? - Sabrina Bachai aged 23 of Long Island 102. Former Russian prime minister died recently who served as prime minister in the 1990s as the country emerged from communism and developed as a market economy? Viktor Chernomyrdin.

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Congress Veteran Karunakaran passes away Veteran congress leader Karunakaran finally breathed his last after a prolonged bout of illness. He was 92 and is survived by his daughter Padmaja Venugopal and son K Muraleedharan. He was a four time CM of Kerala and is affectionately called Leader by his admirers. He was known to be a master tactician and often played the role of troubleshooter for his party.

Premji Donates 8,846 crores to improve education in India Aziz Premji . Chairman of WIPRO will transfer 213 million equity shares valued at 8846 crores to an irrevocable trust for charity. This will add a lot of muscle to the Aziz Premji Foundation which was set up few years back in its quest to improve the standard of education. The foundation will focus on providing quality education in rural India and the the government has also pitched in to open the Aziz Premji foundation where higher education will be provided.

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Leslie Nielson passes away Beloved actor Leslie Nielson best remember as bumbling police detective Lt. Frank Drebin of the Naked Gun series of movies, passed away recently aged 84 from complications arising as a result of Pneumonia. He was surrounded on his death bed y his loving wife, friends and long time agent. Leslie Nielson had over a 60 year long career in motion pictures which started back in the 1950s. He was initially cast as a leading man in serious movies such as The Forbidden Planet and Poseidon Adventure. The former flopped while the latter was a big success in its time. However, Nielson soon found his forte in comedy movies when he first acted in the 1980 comedy motion picture, Airplane. The movie was a huge hit and Nielsons popularity as a comedy actor soared. He then appeared in a number of comedy movies, the most famous of them being the Naked Gun series, all of which were big hits. Some of these were repossessed, Dracula- dead and loving it and Spy hard. Leslie was married thrice in his lifetime and has two daughters with his second wife. I-phone versus Google Android Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Inc. recently praised the operating system on Googles smart phones. The operating system called Android was further praised by Mr. Wozniak who said that these phones had more features to offer as compared to the I-phone. He however, further added that while Googles smart phones offer people more number of choices, Apple I-phones on the other hand were much better in terms of quality.

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Michael Kirk Douglas diagnosed with throat cancer Michael Kirk Douglas, winner of three Golden Globes and two Academy Awards, was diagnosed with throat cancer in August this year. He received the AFI (American Film Institute) Life Achievement Award in 2009. The 65-year-old actor, a heavy smoker, was informed of his condition labeled as Stage 4 cancer after his doctors appointment for an extremely sore throat. Douglas who is to undergo chemotherapy and radiation is optimistic about his chances for recovery Archie Panjabi Recently 62nd Emmy awards were held and the best part was to hear about actress Archie Panjabi from the Indian-origin who has won the award for best supporting actress in the movie The Good Wife. Her performance has been rated to be the best in the international release recognized as Bend it like Beckham. Many others were nominated for the same designation but because the best performance deserves to be on the top hence the results proved it and Archie Panjabi took the award. Anil Aggarwal to overtake Mukesh Ambani It was Anil Aggarwal who laid the foundation of Vedanta Resources Corporation, a UK based corporation and all by the virtue of it that he has been designated as the non-resident Indian billionaire. By this effort he has become the largest promoter of a corporate house thus overtaking Mukesh Ambani. Pallava Bagla Pallava Bagla from India has won the David Perlman Award for Excellence in Science Journalism by American Geophysical Union (AGU). Pallav won this award for his articles on the impact of change in climate on the Himalayan glaciers. Bagla is an author and freelancer for BBC and the likes. His latest book is Destination Moon: Indias Quest for Moon, Mars and beyond.

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Fidel Castro Fidel Castro a Cuban revolutionary visited Havana scientific facility; it was his first public appearance. The former Cuban President, now 83, who went into seclusion four years back after falling ill looked healthy said the reports.

Roman Polanski The Swiss government rejected US governments request to extradite Roman Polanski where he is charged with unlawful sex with a minor on the ground that the US authorities failed to provide confidential testimony about Polanskis sentencing procedure in 1977-1978. Polanski, who has been held under house arrest in Switzerland since December, has been declared a free man by the Swiss authorities. However, the American prosecutors vowed to continue their pursuit of the film director.

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Former CJI K G Balakrishnan is appointed as Chairman of National Human Rights Commission. O P Bhatt has been elected as Chairman , Indian Bankers Association for the year 2010-11. Tenzin Norzon, a resident of Varanasi crowned as Miss Tibet 2010. J G Farrell won the Lost Man Booker Prize for his novel Troubles. Sachin Tendulkar conferred with Indian Air Forces honorary rank of Group Captain. Till now 21 persons have been granted honorary ranks by the IAF. The first person was Raja of Jawhar- Raja Yaswant Rao in 1994. Tendulkar is the first sportsperson to be conferred with this honour. Sharad Pawar will be 7th President of ICC. He become 2nd Indian after Jagmohan Dalmia to occupy the position. He succeeded David Morgan. Wrestler and 1970s Asian Games Gold medalist, Chandagi Ram Kaliram died.

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Gita Gopinath an Indian origin associate professor at Harvard Univ has been appointed a full professor, the first Indian woman in the Institutions history to ge given this appointment. Former Vice President of India, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat died. Rima Fakih was crowned Miss USA 2010. She became the first ever muslim American Miss USA. She is of Lebanese muslim descent. Singer Christina Aguilera was named Ambassador against hunger by the United Nations World Food Programme. Rushanara Ali became first person of Bangladesh origin to be elected to the British Parliament. David Cameron elected Prime Minister of Britain. Nick Clegg became the Dy Prime Minister. Britain gets first coalition govt since World War-II. It is between Conservative and Liberal Democrats. Justice S H Kapadia sworn as new Chief Justice of India. Hari S Bhartia elected as President of Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) for 2010-11. Jessica Watson became the youngest person to sail unassisted around the world in a yatch.

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Justice Gyan Sudha Mishra was sworn in as Judge of Supreme Court of India. She became the 4th women judge to be elevated to the Supreme Court of India. Justice S H Kapadia will be next Chief Justice of India. Mukul Sangma shown in as Meghalaya Chief Minister. Polands President Lech Kaczynski died in a air crash at Moscow. Juan Antonia Samaranch, Former President of International Olympic Committee (IOC) died.

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Rajan Bharti Mittal appointed President FICCI. Major Dimple Singla became first women army officer in the country who has been sentenced to imprisonment for corruption. Bhubneshwar Kalita has been choosen as the Chef de Mission of the Indian contingent at Commonwealth Games 2010. Cricketer Kapil Dev has been inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame. Former Supreme Court judge P V Reddy appointed as Chairman, Law Commission of India. Lt Gen V K Singh appointed as new Army Chief.

Sonia Gandhi appointed head of National Advisory Council. NAC advice the govt on policy matters, monitor flagship programmes and prepare the ground for other pro-poor legislatures. Lyricist Javed Akhtar, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Dr Ram Dayal Munda, Dr Balchandra Mungekar and Kannada Actress B Jayashree are among other persons nominated to Rajya Sabha. Austrian base jumper Felix Baumgartnar will became the first person to leaps from the edge of space at a height of 37 km above earths surface. He become the first man to break the speed of sound hitting a top speed of about 11000km/hr. He will jump on 11 April 2010. Katie Spotz became the youngest person to complete a solo journey across the Atlantic Ocean. Girija Prasad Koirala, Nepal Ex Prime Minister died. He was 5th time Nepal PM.

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Horst Kochler , Germany President visit India in Feb 2010. Abdullah Gul, Turkey President visit India in Feb 2010. Economist Kokkadan Nandanath Raj, who made a significant contribution in the preparation of first Five Year Plan(1951-56) died. Sharad Chandra Sinha is appointed as Director General of National Investigation Agency(NIA). Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian President visit India in Feb 2010. Muhammad Shahrul Ikram Yaakob of Malaysia appointed Chairman, International Atomic Energy Agency. Govt appointed R S Pandey as its mediator for talk with NSCN(IM) in Nagaland to carry forward the peace process. Former Justice P V Reddy will be appointed as Chairman, Law Commission of India. Ram Baran Yadav, Nepal President visit India in Feb 2010. It was the first visit by Yadav to any foreign country after taking over as Nepals President. Yadav is the first President of Nepal since monarchy ended in 2008. India extended $ 250 million soft line of credit to Nepal. Rajinder Singh became first non-white and also first Asian member of the right wing British National Party, after it amended its constitution to allow black and Asian to be its member. Amitabh Bachan became the brand ambassador of Gujarat state. Amnesty International, the global human right organization has appointed Salid Shetty as its next Secy General from June 2010. He will be the first Indian to head the organization. Shah Rukh Khan & Kajol become the first Indian bollywood actors to ring the opening bell of the worlds biggest stock exchange NASDAQ. Rajiv Satav appointed President, Indian Youth Congress. Katrina Kaif awarded with 2009 Excellence in Performing Arts Award established by ASSOCHAM. M H Hussain, famous painter accepted citizenship of Qatar.

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Billy Arjan Singh, wildlife conservationist and Padma Shri awardee died. P D Dinakaran, Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court faces impeachement motion. The process was initiated in the Parliament. He is the first High Court Chief Justice against whom impeachment motion have been initiated. Justice V Ramaswami is the only judge to have faced impeachment proceedings in parliament. Justice V S Sirpurkar appointed to head a three member panel to look into allegation of land grab and misconduct against Chief Justice P D Dinakaran in the wake of impeachment motion initiated against him in Parliament. Fahmida Mirza is the first woman Speaker of Pakistan National Assembly. Ricky Ponting, Australian cricket team captain, has been named as ESPN Cricinfo Player of the Decade for 2000. Jyoti Basu, former West Bengal Chief Minister, died. Mrinal Pande, appointed as Chairman, Prasar Bharti Board. Lee Myung Bak, South Korea President was the Chief Guest at 2010 Republic Day Parade. Shiv Shankar Menon is appointed as National Security Advisor. Vikram Srivastava appointed as Director General of CRPF(Central Reserve Police Force). Ranjit Kumar Bhatia appointed as Director General of ITBP (Indo Tibetan Border Police).

Medals won by India in Asian Games 2010

Gold Medals 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Billiard Sports ADVANI Pankaj Mens English Billiards Singles Gold medal Rowing TAKHAR Bajrang Lal Mens Single Sculls Gold medal Athletics SINGH Sudha Womens 3000m Steeplechase Gold medal Athletics SREEDHARAN Preeja Womens 10,000m Gold medal Tennis Somdev Devvarman / SINGH Mens Doubles Gold Medal Shooting SODHI Ronjan Mens Double Trap Gold medal Somdev Devvarman won Gold medal in Tennis Mens Singles for India Ashwini Chidananda won Gold medal in womens 400m hurdles event Joseph Abraham won Gold medal in mens 400m hurdles event Krishan Vikas won Gold medal in Mens 60kg Boxing India Kabaddi India won the Mens Gold medal India Kabaddi India won the Womens Gold medal India Athletics India won the Womens 4 x 400m Relay Gold medal Vijender Singh Mens 75kg Boxing Gold medal

Silver Medals 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Billiard Sports India Mens Snooker Team Silver medal Shooting Shooting Gagan Narang Silver medal Shooting Womens 10m Air Pistol Team Silver medal Shooting Mens 10m Air Rifle Team Silver medal India achieved Silver medal in the Rowing Mens Four India achieved Silver medal in the Rowing Lightweight Mens Four India Sandhyarani Wangkhem achieved Silver medal in the Wushu Womens Sanshou 60kg Golf Mens Team Silver Medal Indian Team won Silver medal in Rowing Mens Eight Sailing Open Match Racing Silver Medal Kavita Raut Athletics Womens 10,000m Silver Medal Tennis Sania Mirza / VARDHAN Mixed Doubles Silver Medal Tarundeep Rai won Silver medal in Archery Mens Individual Dinesh Kumar won Silver medal in Mens 81kg Boxing India Boxing VIROTHU Santhosh Kumar won the Mens 64kg Silver medal India Athletics SREEDHARAN Preeja won the Womens 5000m Silver medal India Boxing SINGH Manpreet won the Mens 91kg Silver medal

Bronze Medals 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. Shooting KUMAR Vijay Mens 10m Air Pistol Bronze medal Billiard Sports KUMAR Alok Mens 8-Ball Pool Singles Bronze medal Artistic Gymnastics Ashish Kumar Mens Floor event Bronze medal Chess Dronavalli Harika Womens Individual Bronze medal Swimming Virdhawal Vikram Mens 50m Butterfly event Bronze medal Wushu Mens Sanshou 60kg event Bimoljit Singh Mayanglambam Bronze medal India KUMAR Vijay achieved Bronze medal in the Shooting Mens 25m Center Fire Pistol India KHADE Virdhawal Vk achieved Bronze medal in the Swimming Mens 50m Butterfly India Bimoljit Singh Mayanglambam achieved Bronze medal in the Wushu Mens Sanshou 60kg Billiard Sports Aditya Snehal Mehta Mens Snooker Singles Bronze Medal Rowing Womens Pair - Pratima Puhana , Pramila Prava Minz won Bronze medal Shooting Mens Trap Team Bronze medal Shooting Mens Double Trap Team Bronze medal Squash Saurav Ghosal Mens Individual Sania Mirza won Bronze Medal in Tennis Womens Singles Ravinder Singh won Bronze Medal in Wrestling Mens Greco-Roman 60 kg Sunilkumar Rana won Bronze Medal in Wrestling Mens Greco-Roman 66 kg Krishna Poonia won Bronze in Athletics Womens Discus Throw Pramila Ganapathy Gudandda won Bronze in Athletics Womens Heptathlon In Boxing Chungneijang Mary Kom Hmangte Womens 48-51kg won the Bronze medal In Boxing Suranjoy Singh Mayengbam Mens 52kg Bronze medal

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In Boxing Kavita Goyat Womens 69-75kg Bronze medal In Boxing Paramjeet Samota Mens +91kg Bronze medal In Squash Mens Team won Bronze medal In Squash Womens Team won Bronze medal In Womens 800m event of Track and Field Tintu Luka won Bronze medal Mausam Khatri won Bronze medal in Wrestling Mens Freestyle 96 kg India won Bronze medal in Mens Hockey match India Roller Sports PANCHAL Avani Bhar.. won the Pairs Skating Bronze medal India Athletics RAUT Kavita won the Womens 5000m Bronze medal India Boxing GOYAT Kavita won the Womens 69-75kg Bronze medal India Chess India won the Mens Team Bronze medal India Roller Sports YAMA Anup Kumar won the Mens Single Free Skating Bronze medal

Indian Gold Medal winners in CWG 2010

1. Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang Mens 10m Air Rifle (Pairs)Shooting |Date October 5 2. Anisa Sayyed and Rani Sarnobat - Womens 25m Pistol (Pairs) Shooting |Date October 5 3. Ravinder Singh Mens 60kg Repechage Wrestling-Greco-Roman |Date October 5 4. Anil Kumar Mens 96kg Repechage Wrestling-Greco-Roman |Date October 5 5. Sanjay Kumar Mens 74kg Repechage Wrestling-Greco-Roman |Date October 5 6. Renu Bala Chanu Yumnam Womens 58kg Category Weightlifting |Date October 6 7. Ravi Kumar Katulu- Mens 69kg Category Weightlifting |Date October 6 8. Anisa Sayyed- Womens 25m Pistol Shooting |Date October 6 9. Omkar Singh- Mens 50m Pistol Shooting |Date October 6 10. Rajender Kumar Mens 55kg Repechage Wrestling-Greco-Roman |Date October 6 11. Gagan Narang- Mens 10m Air Rifle Shooting |Date October 6 12.Omkar Singh and Gurpreet Singh Mens 10m Air Pistol (Pairs) Shooting |Date October 7 13 Gurpreet Singh and Vijay Kumar- Mens 25m Rapid Fire Pistol (Pairs) Shooting |Date October 7 14. Geeta Rani Womens 55kg Repechage Wrestling-Freestyle |Date October 7 15. Alka Tomar- Womens 59kg Repechage Wrestling-Freestyle |Date October 8 16. Dola Banerjee, Deepika Kumar and Bombayala Laishram- Womens Recurve Team Archery | Date October 8

17. Gagan Narang and Imran Hassan Khan- Mens 50m Rifle 3 Positions (Pairs) Shooting |Date October 8 18. Omkar Singh Mens 10m Air Pistol Shooting |Date October 8 19. Anita Kumari Womens 67kg Repechage Wrestling-Freestyle |Date October 8 20. Vijay Kumar Mens 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Shooting |Date October 9 21. Vijay Kumar and Harpreet Singh- Mens 25m Centrefire Pistol (Pairs) Shooting |Date October 9 22. Gagan Narang- Mens 50m Rifle 3 Positions Shooting |Date October 9 23. Yogeshwar Dutt- Mens 60kg Repechage Wrestling-Freestyle |Date October 9 24. Narsingh Panch Yadav- Mens 74kg Repechage Wrestling-Freestyle |Date October 9 25. Deepika Kumari- Womens Recurve Individual Archery |Date October 10 26. Rahul Banerjee- Mens Recurve Individual Gold Medal Match Archery |Date 10October 27. Harpreet Singh- Mens 25m Centrefire Pistol (Singles) Shooting |Date October 10 28. Somdev Devvarman- Mens Singles Gold Medal Match Tennis |Date October 10 29. Sushil Kunar- Mens 66kg Repechage Wrestling-Freestyle |Date October 10 30. Krishna Poonia Discus throw (women) |Date October 1131. Heena Sindhu and Anuraj Singh Womens pairs 10m air pistol event |Date October 12 32. Manjeet Kaur, Sini Jose, Ashwini Chidananda Akkunji and Mandeep Kaur Womens 4 x 400m Relay |Date October 12 33. Suranjoy Mayengbam Fly Weight 52kg Boxing event |Date October 1334. Manoj Kumar Light Welter Weight 64kg Boxing event |Date October 13 35. Paramjeet Samota Super Heavy Weight +91kg Boxing event |Date October 13 36. Sharath Kamal and Subhajit Saha Table Tennis mens doubles final |Date October 13 37. Ashwini Ponnappa and Jwala Gutta Badminton doubles |Date October 14 38. Saina Nehwal Badminton Singles |Date October 14