Current Affairs Questions & Answers- December-2008

1. The terrorist organization in Pakistan which is banned by United Nations in respect of the Mumbai attacks ?

Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), the front organisation of the banned Lashkar-e-Toiba

2. Which Indian player honoured with Doctorate by Dr. M.G.R. Educational and Research Institution University?

Sania Mirza

3. Chief Minister of Maharashtra?

Asok Chavan

4. Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra?

Chhagan Bhujbal

5. The first Indian Badminton player to reach in the top 10 spot of the World Woman Badminton Rankings.?

Saina Nehwal , Currently ranked number 10, Saina is the first Indian woman to reach the singles quarterfinals at the Olympics and the first Indian to win the World Junior Badminton Championships.

6. Which Malayalam poet won the “Mathrubhumi Literacy Prize “?

Akkitham Achyuthan Nampoothirippad

7. The Chief Minister of Maharashtra who resigned from office in the wake up of Mumbai Terrorist Attacks?

Vilas Rao Desmukh

8. The new Defence Secretary of United States?

Robert Gates

9. The Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra who resigned from office in light of the Mumbai carnage?
R.R.Patil

10. The famous football player who visited India and inaugurated “The Indian Football School” in Kolkatta?

Diego Maradona

11. The famous American football player who was sentenced to a total of 33 years in prison on December 5, 2008?




O.J.Simpson

12. Well known cardiologist in Canada, who originally hails from Kerala, has been honoured with the highest award of the American Heart Society and European Society of Cardiology?
Dr Salim Yusuf.


13. The Man of the Series of recently held Srilanka-Zimbabwe One day series held in Zimbabwe?

Ajantha Mendis

14. The new Vice Chancellor of Sri Sankarachatrya Sanskrit University of Kaladi in Kerala?

Dr. J. Prasad

15. Leading NRI entrepreneur who has scripted history by becoming the first Asian deputy speaker of the British House of Lords.

Swraj Paul

16. Name of the film which won the Golden Peacock award and a cash prize of Rs.4 million on the concluding day of the 39th International Film Festival of India in Panaji. ?
“Tulpan”, A Kazakhstan film directed by Sergei Dvortsevoy who also bagged the most promising director's award.
17. Who won the European Footballer of the Year Award-2008 ?
Cristiano Ronaldo, this Portugal Player is playing for Manchester United


18. Britain has launched an International Growth Centre (IGC) described as a 'global brains trust' led by the University of Oxford and the London School of Economics to promote economic growth in developing countries. A noted Indian-origin economist, who has vast experience in the global development policy community, is appointed as the centre's executive director. Who is he?

Gobind Nankani

19. Veteran Malayalam writer who was presented the prestigious Padmaprabha literary prize?

U. A. Khadar, a leading short story writer, was chosen for the honour in view of his outstanding contribution to Malayalam literature. The award was instituted in memory of freedom fighter and Socialist Padmaprabha Gowder.


20. Russian presidential term is extended to how many years?
6 Years
The term of the Russian President is extended from 4 years to 6 years.

21. Name the Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at -- but missed -- President Bush during a news conference in Baghdad, where Bush was making a farewell visit.

Muntadhar al-Zaidi
22. Two Indians have been ranked among the 50 most powerful people in the world by the prestigious US-based magazine Newsweek magazine in a list topped by U.S.President Barack Obama.Who are they?

Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan

23. Who won the World Heavy Weight Title which was held in Zurich ?

Nikolai Valuev of Russia. He defeated, Ivander Holyfield of America

24. Which team won the Federation Cup football Tournament?

Mohan Bagan

25. Name of the Malayalam Writer who won the Kendra Sahithya Academy Award in 2008 for his collection of essays in Malayalam posthumously?

Sri. K. P. Appan. He got this award for his book “Madhuram Ninte Jeevitham”

26. The Indian who is appointed as the Mayor of California?

Dr.Prakash Narayanan (Bihar)
27. Who won the Man of the Series Award in the recently held 2 test match series between India & England?

Saheer Khan

28. Who is selected as the Indian Footballer of the Year-2008?
Baichung Bhutia

29. The new Chief Minister of Delhi?
Sheela Dixit
30. The New Miss World is?

Zenia Sukhinova (Russia)

31. The First runner-up of Miss World 2008?
Parvathy Omanakuttan


32. Chief Minister of Rajasthan?

Ashok Gehlot

33. The former Rwandan army colonel who was sentenced to life in prison by the United Nations tribunal for genocide and crimes against humanity for masterminding the killings of more than half a million people in a 100-day slaughter in 1994?






Theoneste Bagosora.

34. ISRO got 200 Crore profit by making satellite to a European Communication Company. This is the first time ISRO making satellite for a foreign customer. Name the company?

EADS Astrium, a European space company

35. The Intergovernmental Institution for the use of Micro-algae Spirulina against Malnutrition (IIMSAM) has appointed an Indian Actor as its Goodwill Ambassador to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals for eradication of malnutrition and hunger. Who is he?

Sanjay Dutt


36. Who is the new C.E.O and Managing Director of ICICI ?

Chanda Kochar
37. The former Deputy Chairman of F.B.I, otherwise known as "Deep Throat," died recently at the age of 95,who leaked key information to The Washington Post during the Watergate scandal which led to President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974 ?

W. Mark Felt

38. Indian Union Minority Affairs Minister, resigned from office at the centre of a storm triggered by his remarks on the circumstances surrounding Maharashtra ATS chief Hemant Karkare's killing ?

A R Antulay


39. The first batsman in the world who has scored more than 8000 runs at the number 3 position?

Rahul Dravid
40. The country retained top spot in the latest FIFA World Rankings with Germany moving up a place to second.?

Spain

41. The new Prime Minister of Thailand ?

Abhisit Vejjajiva,

Current Affairs Questions & Answers- November-2008

1.Who is appointed as the Chief Coach of Pak Cricket Academy?

Ans: Salim Malik

2.Who won the Man of the Match Award in the recently held 4th test match between India & Australia in Nagpur?

Ans:Ishant Sharma, India won this match by 172 runs

3.The fourth test between India and Australia in Nagpur was an Indian Player’s farewell match. ? Who was he?

Ans:Saurav Ganguly

4.The African singer died recently also known as “Mama Africa," famous also for her fight against apartheid?



Ans: Miriam Makeba



5.Which former Indian Cricket player is recently included in the technical committee of BCCI which is headed by Sunil Gaveskar ?

Ans:Saurav Ganguly

6.Who got “Bharat Ratna”, the prestigious award of India for his contribution to Hindustani Music?

Ans: Bheemsen Joshi

7.Which Indian actress has won the Silver Hugo Award for best actress at the 44th edition of Chicago International Film Festival?

Ans:Preity Zinta, got this award for her performance in Deepa Mehta's “Heaven on Earth”.

8.Who is appointed as the new foreign secretary of United States?

Ans:Hilari Clinton


9.The famous south Indian actor died recently who is excelled in the role of villain characters?

Ans:M.N.Nambiar


10.The new home minister of India?
Ans:P.Chidambaram


11.The home minister resigned from his office owing a moral responsibility for the terror attack that rocked Mumbai killing several people?

Ans: Shivraj Patil


12.The Finance Minister of India?
Ans: Dr.Manmohan Singh

13. Who has been unanimously elected president of the Editors Guild of India. ?

Ans: Rajdeep Sardesai, Editor-in-Chief of the CNN-IBN Network

14. Who is the new king of Bhutan?


Ans: Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck


15. The new surface-to-surface missile successfully test-fired by India from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Balasore in Orissa?
Ans:Shourya

16.The new Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University ?

Ans:Dr.Rajan Gurukkal

17.Which team won the Asian Champions League Football title?

Ans:Gamba Osaka

18.Who is appointed as honorary economic adviser to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh?

Ans:Raghuram Rajan

19.Which state won the National Junior Athletics Title held in Mysore, Karnataka?

Ans:Kerala (35 Gold, 32 silver, 22 Bronze)
Second Place: Tamil Nadu (18 Gold, 16 silver, 16 Bronze)

20.Barack Obama is the ……th president Of United States?
Ans: 44

21. Vice President of United States?

Ans: Joe Biden

21.Noted Bollywood filmmaker, passed away recently who produced one of the most popular serial, “Mahabharat”?




Ans:B.R.Chopra

22.Who has won the gold in the men’s 10 meter air rifle event with a world record score in the World Cup Finals in Bangkok?

Ans: Gagan Narang

23.Indian-American who was appointed to serve on President Barack Obama's official 15-member transition board is?

Ans:Sonal Shah

24.Which film won the 13th Annual Satyajit Ray Award, 2008 in the recent London Film Festival?

Ans: Italian film “MID AUGUST LUNCH”

25.The new president of Zambia?

Ans:Rupiah Banda

26.The Indian Cricketer also known as “Jumbo” who retired from International Career in the recently held test match against Australia in Delhi ?
Ans:Anil Kumble

27. Who got the first “V.K.Krishna Menon” Award ?

Ans:Supreme Court Chief Justice K.G.Balakrishnan

28. Who won the World Junior Badminton Title?
Ans: Saina Nehwal

29. Which Indian Scientist recently got the Commonwealth International Felloship of Rs. 50 Lakhs?
Ans:Sandhya Sukumaran

30. Which Indian batsman completed 6000 runs during the one day series against England?
Ans:Virendra Sehwag

31. The famous pop singer who converts to Islam and changed his name to “Mikaeel”. ?
Ans: Michael Jackson

32.The actor who got the “Panampilly Prathibha Puraskar ” ?
Ans: Mohanlal

33. Which Hindi poet got the 2005 Jnanpith Award recently?

Ans: Kunwar Narayan

34.Jnanpith Award 2006 is shared by 2 writers. Who are they?

Ans: Satya Vrat Shastri (or Satyavrat Shastri), Sanskrit scholar and Ravindra Kelekar, Konkani writer.

35.The new Foreign Secretary of United States?

Ans: Hilary Clinton

36. The winner of National Billiards Championship?

Ans:Pankaj Adwani, he defeated Geeth Sethi, former world champion to clinch the title.

37.The famous dramatist and Oscar-nominated playwright died recently who is best known for his famous play “The Miracle Worker” is,





Ans: William Gibson, his other works are “Two for The Seesaw”, “Golden Boy”

38.The terrorists attacked the Mumbai Hotels Taj, Oberoi Trident, Nariman House on ?

Ans:26 th November 2008

39. The three top Police officers killed in the Mumbai Terrorists attacks are?
1. Hemant Karkare- Maharashtra Anti Terrorist Squad Chief
2. Vijay Salaskar- Mumbai Police "encounter specialist"
3. Ashok Kamte- Additional Police Commissioner

40. The NSG commando who has been killed by the terrorists in the Mumbai attacks?
Ans:Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan

41. The former Prime Minister died recently who will be remembered most for ordering the implementation of the Mandal Commission recommendations favouring reservation for the OBCs in government jobs?



Ans: Viswanath Prathap Singh

42. The terrorist organization who claimed responsibility for the Mumbai attacks?

Ans:Deccan Mujahideen

43. The goal keeper died recently who is considered as one of the best goalkeepers India has ever produced?

Ans:Peter Thankaraj

44.Which Australian player completed 100 test matches in the series against New Zealand?

Ans:Mathew Hayden, he is the 11th Australian player to do so.

45.The new D.G.P of Kerala State?

Ans: Jacob Punnoose

Current Affairs Questions and Answers-October-2008

Current Affairs Questions and Answers-October-2008

1. Which Indian couple got the Right Lively hood Prize-2008 also known as the Alternative Nobel.?



Krishnammal




Ans: - Krishnammal and Sankaralingam Jagannathan(They are the leaders of “Land for the tillers’ movement. They started the movement in 1981. Prize value of Right Lively hood award is Rupees. 1,35,00000)


2. Who got the Navodaya Award?

Ans: M.P.Virendra Kumar

3. The South African China man Spinner who recently retired from International Cricket?

Ans: Paul Adams


4. Which Malayalam Poet got the Ezhuthachan Award for this year?

Ans:Akkitham Achyuthan Namboodiripad

5. The controversial book written by Australian Wicket Keeper Adam Gil Christ?

Ans: “True Colours”.

The book has controversial remarks about Indian players Sachin Tendulkar, Saurav Ganguly and Harbhajan Singh

6. Who is appointed as the C.E.O (Chief Executive Officer) of Vizhinjam International Seaport Ltd?

Ans: L.Radhakrishnan



7. Anil Kumble surpassed a record of Kapil Dev in the recently held third test against Australia in New Delhi. Which record?

Ans: Kumble played 132 test matches for India which is the second highest in terms of number of test matches played by an Indian player. He surpassed Kapil’s record of 131 matches in the Delhi test. Sachin holds the record of playing most number of test matches



8. Who won the World Chess Championship in 2008?

Ans:Viswanathan Anand.

This is his 3 rd World Chess Title and this time he beat Russia’s Vladimir Kramnik.to clinch the title.


9.Who is the new Vice Chancellor of Kerala University ?
Ans:Dr. A.Jayakrishnan

10. Which Malayalam actor won the Satyan Award?

Ans:Jagathy Sreekumar



11. Who is elected as the new President of Maldives in the recently held democratic elections?
Ans: Mohamed Anni Nasheed.



Mohamed Anni Nasheed







12. Name of India’s mission to moon project?

Ans:Chandrayan -1

13. Chandrayan -1 is launched in?

Ans: 2008 October-22.

14. Name the other countries who successfully launched their moon mission programs?

Former Soviet Union, United States, European Space Agency, China and Japan. India joined the elite group and has the 6th place.

15.Who won the Man of the Match Award in the recently held second test match between India and Australia ?

Ans: Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
He captained India in that match at Mohali and India beat Australia by 320 runs.



16.The name of the Pension Scheme introduced by the Government of Kerala for the farmers of the state ?
Ans:Kisan Abhimaan

Currrent Affairs-September-2008

1. Who is the new Reserve Bank Governor of India ?

Ans:-D.Subba Rao


2. Who is elected as the President of Pakistan ?

Ans: - Asif Ali Sardari

3. Who won the U.S.Open Tennis Mixed Double Title ?


Ans:-Leander Paes and Cara Black The fifth seeded Indo-Zimbabwean pair beat the American-British pairing of Liezel Huber and Jamie Murray 7-6, 6-4 in the final

4. Which recent commission’s report exonerated Mr. Narendra Modi from the Godhra Massacre in Gujarat ?

Ans:-Nanavathi Commission.

5. Who is elected as the new chairman of P.T.I.(Press Trust of India )

Ans:-E.V.Chitnis, Eminent physicist Professor

6. Who is the Vice Chairman of P.T.I. ?

Ans:-Vijayakumar Chopra. He is the editor in Chief of Hindu Samachar Group.


7. Who is the new chairman of BCCI’s selection Committee?

Ans:-Krishnanachari Srikanth.

8. Who is appointed as the coach of Indian Hockey Men’s Team?

Ans:-Harender Singh


9. How many teams will participate in Euro Cup-2016?

Ans:-24, Now only 16 Teams participate in Euro.


10. The new name of UEFA Cup?

Ans:-EUROPA League


11. Euro Cup-2012 will be held in?


Ans:-Ukraine & Poland


12. The Hollywood Actor who died recently due to Cancer, acted in the film “Colour of Money”?

Ans:-Paul Newman. He got Oscar Award for Best actor for the film Colour of Money.

13. Who won the Singapore Grand Pre Formula One Title in 2008 ?

Ans:-SPAIN'S Fernando Alonso

Current Affairs: AUGUST-2008

1. Who won the Miss World-2008 Title ?

Diana Mendosa(Venuseula)

2.Who were the champions of Junior Asia Cup Hockey Tournament ?

India

3.Which freedom fighter's birthday is decided to be treated as "National Education Day "

Maulana Abdul Kalam Asad, November-11

4.Who won the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for 2006 ?

Tapan Sinha

5.By how much margin, UPA government won the No confidence motion in Parliament ?

19 votes

6.Who is elected as the first president of Nepal in the recently held elections ?

Rambaran Yadav.

7. Who got 8 gold medals in swimming which includes 7 world records in the recent Beijing Olympics ?

Michael Phelps

8.Which country got maximum gold medals in the Beijing Olympics-2008 ?

China-51 Gold Medals-First Place

U.S.A-36 Gold Medals-Second Place

Russia-23 Gold Medals-Third Place

9.Which Indian got Olympics bronze medal for Wrestling in the recent Beijing Olympics ?

Ans: Sushil Kumar

Sushil thus became the second Indian wrestler after K D Jadhav who won a bronze in the 1952 Helsinki Games to win an Olympic medal.

10.Name the part formed by the Telgu Superstar "chiranjeevi" ?

Prajarajyam

11.Who is the newly elected Chief Minister of Jharkhand ?

Sibu Soren

12.Who is the newly elected Prime Minister of Nepal ?

Pushpa Kamal Dahal( Prachanda)

13.Which Indian got Olympics bronze medal for Boxing in the recent Beijing Olympics ?

Vijender Kumar

14. Who is the new director of Indian Space Research Organisation, Sri Harikokotta ?

M. Chandradathan

15.Who is the first Vice chancellor of Ambedkar University ?

Syam B. Menon.

16.The first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games ?


Ans:Abhinab Bindra, an Indian shooter from Zirakpur, Mohali, Punjab and is the current World and Olympic champion in the 10 m Air Rifle event. India's first gold medal since 1980, when the Men's Field Hockey Team won the gold

CURRENT AFFAIRS-QUESTIONS & ANSWERS JULY 2008

 CURRENT AFFAIRS-QUESTIONS & ANSWERS JULY 2008

1.Who is elected as the new president of Russia ?

Dmitri Medvedev

2. Who is the Chief Minister of Meghalaya ?

Dr. Donkupar Roy Sworn in as Chief Minister on 19.03.2008

3.India defeated ------in the recently held under-19 Worldcup Cricket Final in malaysia on March-2, 2008.

South Africa

4.Who is the newly elected Prime Minister of Pakisthan ?

Yousaf Raza Gillani

5.Who is the men's single winner of Australian Open Tennis in 2008?

Novak Djokovic from Serbia

Runner-up: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France)

6.Who is the women's single winner of Australian Open Tennis in 2008?

Maria Sharapova (Russia)
Runner-up: Ana Ivanovic (Serbia)


SPORTS

Men's Grandsam Results-2007-2008
2008
Australian Open
WINNER-Novak Djokovic
RUNNER-UP Jo-Wilfried Tsonga


2007
U.S. Open
WINNER-Roger Federer
RUNNER-UP- Novak Djokovic

Wimbledon
WINNER- Roger Federer
RUNNER-UP-Rafael Nadal

French Open
WINNER- Rafael Nadal
RUNNER-UP-Roger Federer

Australian Open
WINNER-Roger Federer
RUNNER-UP -Fernando Gonzalez

Women's Grandsam Results 2007-2008

2008

Australian Open
WINNER-Maria Sharapova
RUNNER-UP -Ana Ivanovic

2007
U.S. Open
WINNER-Justine Henin
RUNNER-UP -Svetlana Kuznetsova

Wimbledon
WINNER-Venus Williams
RUNNER-UP -Marion Bartoli

French Open
WINNER-Justine Henin
RUNNER-UP -Ana Ivanovic

Australian Open
WINNER-Serena Williams
RUNNER-UP -Maria Sharapova


NOBEL PRIZE-2007

Medicine-
1.Mario R. Capecchi,
2.Sir Martin J. Evans and
3.Oliver Smithies "for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells".


Physics
1.Albert Fert and
2.Peter Grünberg "for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance".


Peace
1.Al Gore, Jr. and
2. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change".


Economic Sciences

1.Leonid Hurwicz,
2. Eric S. Maskin and
3. Roger B. Myerson "for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory".



Literature

Doris Lessing, "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny".


Chemistry
Gerhard Ertl "for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces."