B.S. Yeddyurappa.
2. India's former ambassador to France, who is assumed charge as India's foreign secretary on 01-08-2011?
Ranjan Mathai.
He succeeds Nirupama Rao, who has been named India's ambassador to the US. He was India's Ambassador to France since January 2007. He was earlier Indian ambassador to Israel from February 1998 to June 2001 and from August 2001 to July 2005 served as the ambassador to Qatar.
3. Ace fighter pilot who took charge as the 23rd chief of the Indian Air Force on 31 July 2011?
Norman Anil Kumar Browne.
He succeeded Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik, who retired from service after a four-decade career. He is also known as "Charlie" Browne,
4. The 14th FINA World Championships were held in?
Shanghai, China.
The 2011 World Championships held from July 16–31, 2011 featured five aquatics disciplines: swimming, water polo, diving, open water, and synchronised swimming. USA tops the medal chart with 17 gold, 6 silver and 9 bronze. China is in the 2nd spot. (15 Gold, 13 Silver, 8 Bronze).
5. The World Junior Squash Championships in July 2012 would be held in?
Cairo, Egypt.
6. Which country retained their title in the WSF Women’s World Junior Team Squash Championship held in Boston?
Egypt.
7. India-focused integrated Energy Company which completed the $350-million acquisition of the oil refinery and inventory of the Stanlow refinery from Shell UK Limited?
Essar Energy plc.
It is a United Kingdom-incorporated, Mauritius-headquartered energy business operating primarily in India.
8. Name of the Hindi feature film which has been selected to the New York City International Film Festival, 2011?
‘The Desire'.
The film is scripted and directed by R. Sarath. Shilpa Shetty and Chinese actor Xia Yu play the lead roles.
9. Man of the match winners of 3 test cricket matches played between England and India in August- 2011.
Third test cricket match between England and India held in Edgbaston, Birmingham from August 10-14:
Player of the match: Alastair Cook (England). He scored 294 runs in the first innings.
Result: England beat India by an innings and 242 runs
Fourth test cricket match between England and India held in Oval, from August 18-22:
Player of the match: Ian Bell (England). He scored 235 runs in the first innings.
Result: England beat India by an innings and 8 runs.
Series Status: England wins the 4 Test series 4-0.
10. Which cricketers shared the Player of the series award in the 4 test cricket series between India and England held in England in 2011?
Stuart Broad (England) and Rahul Dravid (India).
11. Who won the Player of the match award in the only 20-20 cricket match played between India and England held in England in 2011?
Jade Dernbach. (England). He took 4 wickets for 22 runs.
12. Who won Hungarian Grand Prix -2011 title?
Jenson Button.
13. Which country has imposed curbs on the movement of US diplomats and other Embassy staffers in the country, inviting a similar action by the Obama administration on its officials in America?
Pakistan.
14. Which pair has won the Women's doubles title of the City Open Tennis-2011?
Sania Mirza (India) and Yaroslava Shvedova (Kazakhstan).
15. Which club lifted the first Dublin Super Cup title defeating Inter Milan (3-0) in final?
Manchester City.
16. Who became the first footballer to be named for the Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime achievement?
Shabbir Ali.
17. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy?
Soorya Krishnamoorthy.
K.A Francis is appointed as the chairman of Lalit Kala Akademi and Mohammed Ahamed is appointed as the chairman of Folklore Academy.
18. Which country has replaced Iraq as the state most at risk from terrorist attacks, according to a ranking by global analysts Maplecroft?
Somalia.
19. Parliamentary commission of which European country recently has approved a draft law banning women from wearing a burqa?
Italy.
Italy is the latest European country to act against the burqa after France and Belgium banned the wearing of burqa-style Islamic dress in public.
20. Name of the billion-dollar solar-powered spacecraft launched by NASA on August 5, 2011 on a five-year journey to Jupiter?
Juno.
Juno lifted off from Cape Canaveral atop an unmanned Atlas 5 rocket, embarking on a five-year, 1.7 billion-mile journey to the planet Jupiter. The four-ton Juno spacecraft is expected to pull into orbit around Jupiter on July 4, 2016. The spacecraft will orbit Jupiter's poles 30 times to probe the gas giant's origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere, according to NASA.
21. The former prime minister of Ukraine who has been arrested for contempt of court charges during her trial?
Yulia Tymoshenko.
She served as prime minister of Ukraine once in 2005 and again from 2007 to 2010.
22. Who is elected Thailand's first female prime minister on August 5, 2011 following her sweeping election victory?
Yingluck Shinawatra.
23. Who won the Man of the Match award in the only test cricket match between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh held in Harare from August 04-08?
Brendan Taylor. (Zimbabwe). He scored 71 in first innings and unbeaten 105 runs in second innings.
Result: Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by 130 runs.
Series Status: Zimbabwe wins the One-off Test match.
24. Man of the match winners of 5 ODI cricket matches played between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh held in Zimbabwe in August- 2011.
First ODI played at Harare Sports Club, Harare on Aug 12, 2011:
Player of the Match: Brian Vitori (Zimbabwe). He took 5 wickets for 30 runs.
Result: Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by 4 wickets.
Second ODI played at Harare Sports Club, Harare on Aug 14, 2011:
Player of the Match: Brian Vitori (Zimbabwe). He took 5 wickets for 20 runs.
Result: Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets.
Third ODI played at Harare Sports Club, Harare on Aug 16, 2011:
Player of the Match: Mushfiqur Rahim (Bangladesh). He scored 101 runs.
Result: Zimbabwe beat Bangladesh by 5 runs.
Fourth ODI played at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo on Aug 19, 2011:
Player of the Match: Rubel Hossain (Bangladesh). He took 4 wickets for 31 runs.
Result: Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by 6 wickets.
Fifth ODI played at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo on Aug 21, 2011:
Player of the Match: Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh). He scored 79 runs and took 2 wickets.
Result: Bangladesh beat Zimbabwe by 93 runs.
Series Status: Zimbabwe wins the 5 ODI series 3-2.
25. Who won the player of the series award in the 5 ODI cricket matches played between Zimbabwe and Bangladesh held in Zimbabwe in August- 2011?
Brian Vitori (Zimbabwe).
26. Man of the match winners of 2 T20 International cricket matches played between Australia and SriLanka held in SriLanka in August- 2011.
First T20 International played at Kandy on Aug 6, 2011:
Player of the Match: Tillakaratne Dilshan (SriLanka). He scored unbeaten104 runs from 57 balls.
Result: Sri Lanka beat Australia by 35 runs.
Second T20 International played at Kandy on Aug 8, 2011:
Player of the Match: Ajantha Mendis (SriLanka). He took 6 wickets conceding 16 runs.
Result: Sri Lanka beat Australia by 8 runs.
27. Which club won the Italian Super Cup defeating Inter Milan (2-1) in final?
A.C.Milan.
This is their record sixth Italian Super Cup.
28. Who is the Chairman of the Kerala State Human Rights Commission?
Justice J.B Koshy.
He was the former Chief Justice of Patna High Court.
29. Indian writer whose name has been entered in the Limca Book of Records for the smallest collection of poems and fiction?
Sathar Adhoor.
The books are 101 SMS Stories (40mm x 25mm x 4mm), 101 SMS poems (30mmx25mmx4mm) and 50:50 (16mmx13mmx4mm). Each book has 100 pages in it. 50:50, made out of an A4 paper is a collection of poems and stories weighing two-and-half grams.
30. Man of the match winners of 5 ODI cricket matches played between Australia and Sri Lanka held in Sri Lanka in August- 2011.
First ODI played at Kandy on Aug 10, 2011:
Player of the Match: Mitchell Johnson (Australia). He took 6 wickets for 31 runs.
Result: Australia beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets.
Second ODI played at Hambantota on Aug 14, 2011:
Player of the Match: Ricky Ponting (Australia). He scored unbeaten 90 runs.
Result: Australia beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets.
Third ODI played at Hambantota on Aug 16, 2011:
Player of the Match: Upul Tharanga (SriLanka). He scored 111 runs.
Result: Sri Lanka beat Australia by 78 runs.
Fourth ODI played at Colombo on Aug 20, 2011:
Player of the Match: Xavier Doherty (Australia). He took 4 wickets for 28 runs.
Result: Australia beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets.
Fifth ODI played at Colombo on Aug 22, 2011:
Player of the Match: Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka). He took 3 wickets for 35 runs.
Result: Sri Lanka beat Australia by 4 wickets.
Series Status: Australia wins the 5 ODI series 3-2.
31. Who won the player of the series award in the 5 ODI cricket matches played between Australia and Sri Lanka held in Sri Lanka in August- 2011?
Michael Clarke. (Australia).
32. Indian politician and civil servant who served as the Governor of Tamil Nadu from 1988 to 1990 and as the Governor of Maharashtra from 1993 to 2002, died at Chennai on 10 August 2011?
P.C.Alexander.
His career included extended stints with the United Nations and India's Ministry of Commerce. He was a former principal secretary to Prime Minister Indira Gandhi who had also served under her son Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi briefly. He also served as the Indian High Commissioner to the Court of St. James's. He
His autobiography is Through the Corridors of Power. His other works include “My years with Indira Gandhi”, “The Perils of Democracy”, and “India in the New Millennium”.
33. Who is the new Finance Minister of Thailand?
Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala.
He is a Thai economist and politician. From 2003 to 2011 he was the Secretary-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Thailand and Chairman of the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF).
34. The World Chess Championship 2012 will be held in?
Moscow, Russia.
It will be a match between the current world champion Viswanathan Anand of India and Boris Gelfand of Israel, winner of the Candidates tournament.
35. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of Kerala Press Academy?
N. P. Rajendran.
He is the Deputy Editor of Mathrubhumi, leading Malayalam news paper. Press Academy is a joint venture of the Government of Kerala, Kerala Union of Working Journalists and Indian Newspaper Society.
36. Which country has frozen approval of new railway projects and halted some bullet train manufacturing, stepping up an overhaul of its controversial high-speed network after a July collision that killed 40 people?
China.
37. Winner of Nehru Trophy Boat Race, billed as the country's biggest water sporting event, held at Punnamada Lake in Kerala is?
Devas Chundan.
Kollam Jesus Boat Club own Devas Chundan. Nehru Trophy Boat Race is held in the Punnamada Lake near Alappuzha, Kerala, The race conducted on the second Saturday of August every year is a major tourist attraction.
38. Prominent Bollywood actor who made his Bollywood debut in 1953 with the film Jeevan Jyoti, died on 14 August 2011 due to chronic renal failure?
Shammi Kapoor.
He received the Filmfare Best Actor Award in 1968 for his performance in Brahmachari and Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for Vidhaata in 1982.
39. Prime Minister of Nepal who resigned on August 14, 2011, over failure to reach consensus on moving forward with the country's peace process.
Jhalanath Khanal.
40. World Badminton Championship-2011 is held in?
London, England.
China is the overall winner of World Badminton Championship-2011.The tournament started in 1977 and was held once every three years until 1983.
41. Winners of Gold medal in the BWF World Championships-2011(World Badminton Championship-2011.
Men's singles: Lin Dan (China)
Women's singles: Wang Yihan (China)
Men's doubles: Cai Yun, Fu Haifeng (China)
Women's doubles: Wang Xiaoli, Yu Yang (China)
Mixed doubles: Zhang Nan, Zhao Yunlei (China).
42. Who became the first Indian pair to enter the semi-finals of the World Badminton Championship-2011?
Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa.
They won a bronze medal for India in the prestigious event after a gap of 28 years.
43. Who is the new Chairman and Managing Director of Air India Ltd for three years?
Rohit Nandan.
44. Who has been appointed as the new vice-chancellor of the Calicut University, Kerala?
Dr M Abdul Salam.
45. Who is the winner of 50th World Junior Chess Championship held in Chennai?
Swiercz Dariusz. (Poland)
46. Who is crowned as the World Junior Girls Chess champion-2011?
Cori T Deysi.(Peru)
She is the first South American player to win World Junior Girls Chess championship.
47. Who becomes the first player ever to face 30000 deliveries in Test cricket?
Rahul Dravid.
48. Music Director who is a recipient of National Film Awards twice and Kerala State Film Awards five times, died at Chennai on August 18, 2011 due to a heart attack?
Johnson.
He has composed music for more than 300 Malayalam films. Johnson won the National Film Award for Best Background Score for the films Ponthan Mada (1994) and Sukrutham (1995). Johnson is the only composer to receive this rarely given award twice. His first national award for “Ponthan Mada”, not only for background score but also for Best Music Composer. He has received three Kerala State Film Award for Best Music Director, for the films Ormakkayi (1982), Vadakkunokkiyantram and Mazhavil Kavadi (1989), and Angane Oru Avadhikkalathu (1999). He was awarded the Kerala State Film Award for Best Background Music for the films Sadayam (1992) and Sallapam (1996).
49. Which club won the Goa Super Cup -2011 beating Dempo Sports Club in the tie breaker?
Sporting Club de Goa
50. Which country won the FIFA Under-20 World Cup-2011 held in Bogota, Colombia?
Brazil.
Brazil defeated Portugal, 3-2, in extra time.
51. The Indian pair who won Cincinnati Open doubles Tennis title-2011?
Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes.
They defeated Michael Llodra (France) and Serb Nenad Zimonjic (Serbia) in the final.
52. Who won the Cincinnati Open Tennis Men’s Title-2011?
Andy Murray. (Britain).
He won the Cincinnati Open when his opponent in the final, Serbia's world number one Novak Djokovic, retired injured.
53. Who won the Cincinnati Open Tennis Women’s Title-2011?
Maria Sharapova.
She defeated Serbia's Jelena Jankovic in the final.
54. Who became the first bowler to take three one-day international hat-tricks?
Lasith Malinga. (Sri Lanka).
He took hat trick against Australia on August 22nd, 2011 in the last match of the five-ODI series played in Colombo. He bowled Mitchell Johnson, trapped John Hastings lbw and bowled Xavier Doherty. He became the first and only bowler to take three hat-tricks in any form of international cricket.
55. Who has stepped down as the president of Standard & Poor’s, United States-based financial services company?
Deven Sharma.
He has been with Standard & Poor’s since 2006 when he was named executive vice president. He will remain with the company through the end of 2011. His sudden resignation comes on the heels of the S&P downgrading the U.S. government debt from AAA to AA+.
56. Citibank executive who has been appointed as the new president of Standard & Poor’s?
Douglas Peterson.
57. Name of the large and powerful Atlantic hurricane that left extensive flood and wind damage along its path through the Caribbean, the United States East Coast and as far north as Atlantic Canada in 2011?
Hurricane Irene.
58. Who becomes the first judge in India’s history against whom an impeachment motion was passed in the Rajya Sabha?
Justice Soumitra Sen.
He was the former justice of Calcutta High Court.
59. Who is elected as the convener of Scheduled Cast and Scheduled Tribe Forum in Lok Sabha?
Kodikunnil Suresh.
60. Who was elected chairman of the Board of Directors of Press Trust of India (PTI)?
M.P. Veerendra Kumar.
He is the chairman and managing director of the Mathrubhumi group of newspapers.
R Lakshmipathy, Publisher of the Tamil daily Dinamalar, was elected vice-chairman.
61. Name of the two Indians who have made it to the top ten in the list of most powerful women of the world released by the Forbes magazine?
Sonia Gandhi and Indra Nooyi.
Congress party president Sonia Gandhi figures as the seventh and Indian-American Indra Nooyi, the head of soft drink giant PepsiCo, has been ranked fourth.
62. Who topped the Forbes list of the world's most powerful women, which is dominated by politicians, businesswomen and leaders in media and entertainment?
Angela Merkel, German Chancellor.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was second, followed by Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
63. Who has resigned as Chief Executive Officer of Apple, American Multinational Corporation?
Steve Jobs.
Jobs has been elected Chairman of the Board.
64. Who is appointed as the new CEO of Apple?
Tim Cook.
65. The Japanese Prime Minister, who announced his resignation on August 26,2011 amid widespread criticism of his handling of the aftermath of the 11 March tsunami and the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant?
Naoto Kan.
66. Who is appointed as the new Governor of Kerala?
M O H Farooq.
Farooq will be replacing RS Gavai on the expiry of his term.
67. Both Houses of Parliament of India passed a resolution conveying the sense of the House on the Lokpal Bill on?
August 27, 2011.
On 27 August 2011, a special and all exclusive session of Parliament was conducted and a resolution was unanimously passed after deliberations in both the houses of Indian Parliament by sense of the house. The resolution, in principle, agreed on the following subjects and forwarded the Bill to related standing committee for structure and finalise a report:
• A citizen charter on the bill
• An appropriate mechanism to subject lower bureaucracy to Lokpal.
• The establishment of Lokayuktas (ombudsmen at state level) in states.
68. Malayalam Film which is selected to the prestigious Busan International Film Festival 2011, South Korea?
‘Melvilasam’
The film is directed by Madhav Ramadasan
The film festival previously known as Pusan International Film Festival, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia
69. Which club won the European Super Cup-2011 held in Monaco?
Barcelona.
Barcelona defeated the Europa League winners Porto 2-0.
70. Red Bull Formula One driver who won the Belgian Grand Prix 2011?
Sebastian Vettel.
71. Who is elected as the seventh president of Singapore?
Tony Tan.
He was the Former Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore.
72. Who becomes the 35th prime Minister of Nepal?
Dr. Baburam Bhattarai.
Bhattarai, vice-chairman of UCPN-Maoist, is the fourth Prime Minister of Republic Nepal.
73. Prime Minister of Japan?
Yoshihiko Noda.
Japan's parliament has backed Yoshihiko Noda as the country's sixth prime minister in five years.
74. New governors of Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Kerala and Mizoram:
Governor of Tamil Nadu- K Rosaiah. He is the former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Governor of Madhya Pradesh: Ram Naresh Yadav. He was the former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
Governor of Jharkhand: Syed Ahmed. He was the Former minister of Maharashtra.
Governor of Kerala: MOH Farook. He was the former Governor of Jharkhand.
Governor of Mizoram: Vakkom Purushothaman. He had earlier served as lieutenant governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Maharashtra governor K Sankaranarayanan will hold additional charge of Goa for the remainder of his term.
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