INDIAN PREMIERE LEAGUE QUIZ
1. Who hit the first century of IPL?
Brendon Mccullam who scored first century in the first match of IPL against Banglore Royal Challengers. He scored 156 runs from only 73 balls, which included 13 sixes and 10 fours.
2. The first century of second version of IPL at South Africa came from?
Ab Devilliers(Delhi Dare Devils)
3. First Six of IPL-09 by?
Abhishek Nayar of Mumbai Indians
4. First super over to determine the winners is used in the match between?
Kolkatta Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals, Rajasthan Royals won that match.
5. First Hatrick of IPL-09 is by?
Yuvraj singh
6. First Four of IPL 2009 is hit by?
Sanath Jayasurya
7. First Man of the match of IPL ?
Brendon Mccullam
8. First Man of the Match of IPL-09?
Sachin Tendulkar
9. First super over of IPL is bowled by?
Kamran Khan, Rajasthan Royals
10. 1000th boundary of IPL 2009 is hit by?
Ab Devilliers against Sreesanth of Mohali Kings IX
11. Only player who took two Hatricks in IPL-2009?
Yuvraj Singh
12. The player other than Yuvraj who made hatrik in IPL-2009?
Rohit Sarma
13. First wicket of IPL 09-Thilan Thushara
14. Orange Cap Holder of DLF IPL 2009(It is given for the player who is the leading run scorer in the match.)?
Mathew Hayden of Chennai Super Kings. He scored 572 runs
15. Orange Cap Holder of DLF IPL 2008?
Shaun Marsh(616 Runs)
16. Purple Cap holder of DLF IPL 2009(It is given for the player who is the leading wicket taker in the match)
R.P.Singh(23 Wickets)
17. Purple Cap holder of DLF IPL 2008?
Sohail Tanvir(22 Wickets)
18. Highest Team Total of IPL 2009?
211 runs by Rajasthan Royals
19. Highest Team Total of IPL-2008?
240 Runs by Chennai Super Kings
20. The only Indian who hit a century in IPL?
Maneesh Pandey (114 Not Out) of Banglore Royal challangers
Only two players have century in IPL-2009, the other is Ab Devilliers(105 Not Out) of Delhi Dare Devils
21. How many players hit century in IPL-2008?
6 Players.
They are
1.Brendon Mccullam(158*)
2.Mike Hussey(116)
3.Andrew Symonds(117*)
4.Shaun Marsh(115)
5.Sanath Jayasurya(114)
6.Adam Gilchrist(109)
22. First match of IPL is between ?
Bangalore Royal Challengers and Kolkata Knight Riders
23. Teams and their Owners:
MUMBAI INDIAN - Mumbai - Mukesh Ambani
ROYAL CHALLANGERS - Bangalore - Vijay Mallya
HYDERABAD DECCAN CHARGERS -Hyderabad - Deccan Chronicle
CHENNAI SUPER KINGS Chennai - India Cements
DELHI DAREDEVILS-Delhi - GMR Infrastructure
MOHALI KINGS XI PUNJAB-Mohali - Preity Zinta
KOLKATA KNIGHT RIDERS -Kolkata - Shahrukh Khan
JAIPUR RAJASTHAN ROYALS-Jaipur - Emerging media
24. The team which have come roaring from the bottom of the table in the first season of the Indian Premier League to be crowned champions in IPL-2
Deccan Chargers
25. The player who hit maximum number of sixes in IPL-09?
Adam Gilchrist(29 Sixes)
26. The batsman who hit maximum number of fours in IPL-09?
Mathew Hayden(60 Fours)
27. The player who hit maximum number of sixes in IPL-08?
Sanath Jayasuriya of Mumbai Indians (31 Sixes)
28. The batsman who hit maximum number of fours in IPL-08?
Gambhir with 68 fours
29. First IPL is won by?
Rajasthan Royals (Captain-Shane Warne)
In the final they beat Chennai super kings)
30. IPL-2009 is held in ?
South Africa
31. IPL-2009 is won by ?
Deccan Chargers, they beat Bangalore Royal Challengers in the final.
32. Man of the match in the final of IPL-2009 ?
Anil Kumble(16 /4 in 4 overs)
33. Semi final teams of IPl-2009?
Delhi Dare Devils, Chennai Super Kings, Bangalore Royal Challengers, Deccan Chargers.
34. Who is selected as the Player of the tournament in IPL-09?
Adam Gilchrist
35. Man of the match in the final of IPL-2008 ?
Yusuf Pathan, 56 Runs & 3 Wickets
36. Semi final teams of IPl-2008?
Chennai Super Kings, Rajasthan Royals, Mohali Kings XII Punjab, Delhi Dare Devils
37. Who is selected as the Player of the tournament in IPL-08?
Man of the Series
Shane Watson - 474 Runs & 17 Wickets
38. Kingfisher Fair Play Award of IPL-2008 is won by?
Chennai Super Kings
39. Kingfisher Fair Play Award of IPL-2009 is won by?
Mohali Kings XI Punjab
40. The team which positions the last spot in both Fair play award and winning points standings of IPL-2009?
Kolkata Knight Riders
41. The team that plunged to the lowest Indian Premier League total (i.e 58 runs)?
Rajasthan Royals against Bangalore Royal Challengers
42. The lowest Team total of IPL-2008?
67 Runs,
Kolkata Knight Riders were bundled out for 67 in 15.2 overs against Mumbai Indians.
43. Most number of Man of the Match awards in IPL-2008 won by?
Shaun Marsh, Mohali Kings XI Punjab
44. The three batsmen who aggregated 500 plus runs in the first version of IPL?.
Shaun Marsh (616),
Delhi Daredevils’ Gautam Gambhir (534)
Mumbai Indians’ Sanath Jayasuriya (514)
45. Who holds the record of most number of sixes in an innings in IPL-08?
Brendon Mc Cullum
46. Which team conceded most number of extras in IPL-2008?
Kolkatta Knight Riders , 28 Extras against Deccan Chargers.
47. Highest Partnership for any wicket in IPL is between?
Adam Gilchrist and V.V.S.Laxman, partnership of 155* runs against Mumbai Indians in IPL-08
48. Most catches in an innings of IPL is taken by?
Sachin Tendulkar (4 catches against Kolkata Knight Riders in IPL-08)
49. Most number of catches in IPL2008 is taken by?
Suresh Raina (10 Catches)
50. Highest Partnership in IPL-09 is between which players?
NV Ojha, GC Smith, of Rajasthan Royals (135 Runs) against Punjab
51. Which team conceded most number of extras in IPL-2009?
Chennai Super Kings, 26 extras against Mumbai Indians
52. Who became the first player to take a hat-trick in the Indian Premier League?
Laxmipathy Balaji of Chennai Super Kings against Punjab Kings XI in IPL-08
He took 5 wickets for 24 runs in his four over spell.
53. List of Players who took Hat-tricks in IPL.
Laxmipathy Balaji(2008)
Amit Mishra(2008)
Makhaya Ntini((2008)
Yuvraj Singh(2 Hat-tricks in 2009)
Rohit Sarma(2009)
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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS- APRIL 2009
CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS- APRIL 2009
1. The 21st Arab League (AL) summit to discuss a package of major issues, including the Palestinian cause, the peace process in the Middle East, improvement of inter-Arab relations and the situation in Sudan was held at ?
Doha, capital of Qatar
2. G-20 Summit which is the world's 20 largest developed and developing nations meeting was held at?
London
3. Lawyer from the Maharashtra Service Legal Authority, who had been appointed to represent Mumbai terror attack accused Ajmal Amir Kasab and withdrew from the case later in response of several protests.
Anjali Wghmare
4. Maruti Suzuki has decided to stop two selling models, from 11 cities, including the four metros, from 2010 due to tighter emission norms. Which are they?
Maruti-800 and Omni
5. Former cricket player of Pakistan who was appointed as an adviser to the Chinese Cricket Association?
Javed Miandad
6. Bollywood actor and politician who has been appointed the General Secretary of Samajwadi Party.
Sanjay Dutt
7. Name the Thai citizen who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for insulting the king of Thailand and his family by posting edited photos of the monarchy on the Internet?
Suwicha Thakho
8. At the time of its final broadcast on September 18, 2009, the teleserial which will have spanned 72 years and more than 15,700 episodes on television and radio?
Guiding Light
9. Mahatma Gandhi is remembered in a very special way in a small village in India by worshipping his idol in a temple? Where is it?
The temple at Bhatra Village in Sambalpur town in Orissa
10. England All rounder who made the first hat-trick of his international career in the recent One Day series against West Indies?
Andrew Flintoff
11. Name the Slovakia's president who wins second term in office after defeating the first woman to reach a runoff vote?
Ivan Gasparovic
12. Who won the Sony Ericsson Open final by beating Serena Williams which is held in Miami?
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus
13. Who was the 'man of the series' in the Test series against New Zealand which India won 1-0 to script a series win in that country after 41 years?
Gautham Gambhir
14. India signed three pacts with a gulf country for strengthening cooperation in science and technology, education and culture as they pledged to contribute to each other's well being and prosperity. Which is that country?
Kuwait
15. Kiran Sikri, a consumer who was penalised by a bank in India despite cancelling her loan. After her complaint, she was awarded a compensation of Rs.25,000/-by the Consumer Commission which found the bank guilty of deficiency of service in that case. Name that Bank?
ICICI
16. The country in which state of emergency declared recently by its Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, with troops firing shots into the air in an attempt to control anti-government protesters, some of whom stormed the country's interior ministry?
Thailand
17. Who is appointed as the new President and CEO of Mahindra Life space Developers?
Anita Arjundas
18. Country which regained the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey title after a 13-year gap, defeating hosts Malaysia 3-1 in the final of the five-nation tournament?
India
19. Which IT Company won the bid for India's fourth largest software exporter Satyam Computer?
Tech Mahindra, the IT arm of auto major Mahindra and Mahindra.
Tech Mahindra's winning bid was of Rs.1,757 Crore ($351.4 million) for 31 percent stake in the scam-tainted IT giant “Satyam”
20. Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza lifted her first WTA title of the year, teaming up with a Chinese Player to clinch the women's doubles trophy at the USD 220,000 MPS Group Championships in Florida. Who is she?
Chia-Jung Chuang
21. Who became the first Indian sports personality to be featured at the Madame Tussaud's wax museum in London?
Sachin Tendulkar
22. Recently a German Luxury carmaker has launched a Limited Edition of its E-Class cars in India? Name the Company?
Mercedes Benz
The Mercedes Benz E-Class Limited Edition is priced at Rs 43.4 Lakh (Ex-Showroom, Delhi).
23. The First Dog who joined US President Barack Obama and his family at the White House on April 14, 2009?
Bo
24. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) recently launched its much awaited white-labelled credit card in tie up with an Indian Bank? Which Bank?
Corporation Bank
25. Who is selected as the captain of The Wisden Test XI of 2008, which recognises the best Test cricketers and endorses Test cricket as the highest, most skilled form of the game.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the team includes Indians Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan.
26. The journalist who threw a shoe at Home Minister P Chidambaram at a press conference protesting against the minister's reply on his question on CBI's clean chit to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 Sikh riots case?
Jarnail Singh, a senior reporter of Dainik Jagran
27. The Indian Company which managed to buy its French partner Group Danone's 50% stake in ABI Holdings, which controls 51% equity interest in biscuit major Britannia Industries.
The Nusli Wadia group
Nusli N Wadia, is the chairman of Britannia Industries,
28. Who is re-appointed as Fiji’s interim prime minister despite a Court of Appeal’s decision last week declaring his 2006 military coup illegal?
Commodore Frank Bainimarama
29. Leading Afghan rights activist who was killed by Taliban cowards after leaving meeting in Kandahar, Afghanistan?
Sitara Achakzai
30. Rifle-shooter who won the gold in the three position event in the Chongwon World Cup in South Korea, becoming the first Indian to win two medals in a single ISSF World Cup?
Gagan Narang
31. Which Zimbabwe captain named as the new coach of England Cricket Team for the recent series against West Indies and the Ashes?
Andy Flower
32. Who is appointed as the new US Ambassador to India?
Tim Roemer
33. Which country’s teams are qualified for the next World Cup Cricket in 2011?
Canada, Kenya, Holland, Ireland
34. Name the American Journalist who was accused with charges amounting to Espionage for the U S, and was sentenced to eight years in Prison by the Judicial Council of IRAN last week?
Rooksana Saberi
35. Which Tennis player who won his 5th straight Monte Carlo Masters Trophy, also known as "Open Barcelona", more commonly known as the "Godó Trophy"?
Rafel Nadal
36. Name the British Tv Actress who committed suicide after the last episode of her teleserial “Belonging” which was present on BBC Wales?
Stephanie Parker
37. Who has been appointed as the new Supreme Court Registrar of India?
Ashok Menon
38. Who is the 16th Chief election commissioner of India?
Naveen Chawla
39. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev removed the head of the powerful military intelligence agency recently after he opposed sweeping reforms of the country's lumbering armed forces. Who is he?
General Valentin Korabelnikov
40. Who is appointed as the new chief and managing director (CMD) of Air India
Mr. E.K. Bharat Bhushan
41. Who defeated I-League champions Churchill Brothers by 2-1 in the one-off Super Cup tie at the Devilal Sports Complex in Gurgaon on 26th April and won their third trophy of the season?
Mohun Bagan
42. Who was named as the English Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Player of the Year for the first time despite starting just 12 league games this season?
Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)
43. Bollywood actor once called “the Clint Eastwood of the East” because of his maverick roles and manly swagger, died recently at Bangalore?
Feroz Khan
44. World Cup Cricket -2011 final will be held in?
Wankade Stadium, Mumbai
The cricket world cup will be held in 3 countries.
29 matches in India, 12 matches in Sri Lanka, 8 matches in Bangladesh.
45. Indian Premiere League(IPL)-2009 Facts:
First Six of IPL 09-Abhishek Nayar
First Four (Boundary) of IPL 09-Sanath Jayasurya
First wicket of IPL 09-Thilan Thushara
First Man of the Match of IPL 09-Sachin Tendulkar
First Century of IPL 09-AB de villiers
1. The 21st Arab League (AL) summit to discuss a package of major issues, including the Palestinian cause, the peace process in the Middle East, improvement of inter-Arab relations and the situation in Sudan was held at ?
Doha, capital of Qatar
2. G-20 Summit which is the world's 20 largest developed and developing nations meeting was held at?
London
3. Lawyer from the Maharashtra Service Legal Authority, who had been appointed to represent Mumbai terror attack accused Ajmal Amir Kasab and withdrew from the case later in response of several protests.
Anjali Wghmare
4. Maruti Suzuki has decided to stop two selling models, from 11 cities, including the four metros, from 2010 due to tighter emission norms. Which are they?
Maruti-800 and Omni
5. Former cricket player of Pakistan who was appointed as an adviser to the Chinese Cricket Association?
Javed Miandad
6. Bollywood actor and politician who has been appointed the General Secretary of Samajwadi Party.
Sanjay Dutt
7. Name the Thai citizen who was sentenced to 10 years in prison for insulting the king of Thailand and his family by posting edited photos of the monarchy on the Internet?
Suwicha Thakho
8. At the time of its final broadcast on September 18, 2009, the teleserial which will have spanned 72 years and more than 15,700 episodes on television and radio?
Guiding Light
9. Mahatma Gandhi is remembered in a very special way in a small village in India by worshipping his idol in a temple? Where is it?
The temple at Bhatra Village in Sambalpur town in Orissa
10. England All rounder who made the first hat-trick of his international career in the recent One Day series against West Indies?
Andrew Flintoff
11. Name the Slovakia's president who wins second term in office after defeating the first woman to reach a runoff vote?
Ivan Gasparovic
12. Who won the Sony Ericsson Open final by beating Serena Williams which is held in Miami?
Victoria Azarenka of Belarus
13. Who was the 'man of the series' in the Test series against New Zealand which India won 1-0 to script a series win in that country after 41 years?
Gautham Gambhir
14. India signed three pacts with a gulf country for strengthening cooperation in science and technology, education and culture as they pledged to contribute to each other's well being and prosperity. Which is that country?
Kuwait
15. Kiran Sikri, a consumer who was penalised by a bank in India despite cancelling her loan. After her complaint, she was awarded a compensation of Rs.25,000/-by the Consumer Commission which found the bank guilty of deficiency of service in that case. Name that Bank?
ICICI
16. The country in which state of emergency declared recently by its Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, with troops firing shots into the air in an attempt to control anti-government protesters, some of whom stormed the country's interior ministry?
Thailand
17. Who is appointed as the new President and CEO of Mahindra Life space Developers?
Anita Arjundas
18. Country which regained the Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey title after a 13-year gap, defeating hosts Malaysia 3-1 in the final of the five-nation tournament?
India
19. Which IT Company won the bid for India's fourth largest software exporter Satyam Computer?
Tech Mahindra, the IT arm of auto major Mahindra and Mahindra.
Tech Mahindra's winning bid was of Rs.1,757 Crore ($351.4 million) for 31 percent stake in the scam-tainted IT giant “Satyam”
20. Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza lifted her first WTA title of the year, teaming up with a Chinese Player to clinch the women's doubles trophy at the USD 220,000 MPS Group Championships in Florida. Who is she?
Chia-Jung Chuang
21. Who became the first Indian sports personality to be featured at the Madame Tussaud's wax museum in London?
Sachin Tendulkar
22. Recently a German Luxury carmaker has launched a Limited Edition of its E-Class cars in India? Name the Company?
Mercedes Benz
The Mercedes Benz E-Class Limited Edition is priced at Rs 43.4 Lakh (Ex-Showroom, Delhi).
23. The First Dog who joined US President Barack Obama and his family at the White House on April 14, 2009?
Bo
24. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) recently launched its much awaited white-labelled credit card in tie up with an Indian Bank? Which Bank?
Corporation Bank
25. Who is selected as the captain of The Wisden Test XI of 2008, which recognises the best Test cricketers and endorses Test cricket as the highest, most skilled form of the game.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the team includes Indians Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan.
26. The journalist who threw a shoe at Home Minister P Chidambaram at a press conference protesting against the minister's reply on his question on CBI's clean chit to Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in the 1984 Sikh riots case?
Jarnail Singh, a senior reporter of Dainik Jagran
27. The Indian Company which managed to buy its French partner Group Danone's 50% stake in ABI Holdings, which controls 51% equity interest in biscuit major Britannia Industries.
The Nusli Wadia group
Nusli N Wadia, is the chairman of Britannia Industries,
28. Who is re-appointed as Fiji’s interim prime minister despite a Court of Appeal’s decision last week declaring his 2006 military coup illegal?
Commodore Frank Bainimarama
29. Leading Afghan rights activist who was killed by Taliban cowards after leaving meeting in Kandahar, Afghanistan?
Sitara Achakzai
30. Rifle-shooter who won the gold in the three position event in the Chongwon World Cup in South Korea, becoming the first Indian to win two medals in a single ISSF World Cup?
Gagan Narang
31. Which Zimbabwe captain named as the new coach of England Cricket Team for the recent series against West Indies and the Ashes?
Andy Flower
32. Who is appointed as the new US Ambassador to India?
Tim Roemer
33. Which country’s teams are qualified for the next World Cup Cricket in 2011?
Canada, Kenya, Holland, Ireland
34. Name the American Journalist who was accused with charges amounting to Espionage for the U S, and was sentenced to eight years in Prison by the Judicial Council of IRAN last week?
Rooksana Saberi
35. Which Tennis player who won his 5th straight Monte Carlo Masters Trophy, also known as "Open Barcelona", more commonly known as the "Godó Trophy"?
Rafel Nadal
36. Name the British Tv Actress who committed suicide after the last episode of her teleserial “Belonging” which was present on BBC Wales?
Stephanie Parker
37. Who has been appointed as the new Supreme Court Registrar of India?
Ashok Menon
38. Who is the 16th Chief election commissioner of India?
Naveen Chawla
39. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev removed the head of the powerful military intelligence agency recently after he opposed sweeping reforms of the country's lumbering armed forces. Who is he?
General Valentin Korabelnikov
40. Who is appointed as the new chief and managing director (CMD) of Air India
Mr. E.K. Bharat Bhushan
41. Who defeated I-League champions Churchill Brothers by 2-1 in the one-off Super Cup tie at the Devilal Sports Complex in Gurgaon on 26th April and won their third trophy of the season?
Mohun Bagan
42. Who was named as the English Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) Player of the Year for the first time despite starting just 12 league games this season?
Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)
43. Bollywood actor once called “the Clint Eastwood of the East” because of his maverick roles and manly swagger, died recently at Bangalore?
Feroz Khan
44. World Cup Cricket -2011 final will be held in?
Wankade Stadium, Mumbai
The cricket world cup will be held in 3 countries.
29 matches in India, 12 matches in Sri Lanka, 8 matches in Bangladesh.
45. Indian Premiere League(IPL)-2009 Facts:
First Six of IPL 09-Abhishek Nayar
First Four (Boundary) of IPL 09-Sanath Jayasurya
First wicket of IPL 09-Thilan Thushara
First Man of the Match of IPL 09-Sachin Tendulkar
First Century of IPL 09-AB de villiers
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