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1) Who is the new captain of west Indies cricket team replacing Chris Gayle?
A) Daren Sammy.

2) Sundaram Mutual to launch captial protection fund, Sundaram Mutual wholly owned by sundaram finance,has a bouquet of equity and fixed income funds.

3) Fifty percent of the Central Government's Rs.40,000 crore divestment target for 2010-11 would be met within this calendar year.

4) Who was the Disinvestment Secretary?
A) Sumit Bose.

5) Which two nations signed the BIPA and when does it comes to effect?
A) The Bilateral Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (BIPA) between India and Sudan came into effect from Monday (18th Oct 2010) with the exchange of Instuments of ratification (IoR) between two countries. BIPA seeks to promote and protect investments from one country in the other country and it gives thestatus as most favoured nation. So far, India inked BIPA with 79 countries of which 68 are already in force. Sudan is the 69th nations with which the porvisions of the agreement have now come into effect.

6) New telecom licence renewal policy soon.

7) Which biopharmaceutical company to market Biocon insulin product?

A) Bangalore-based Bicon and pfizer a global biopharmaceutical company to market Biocon's insulin and insulin analog products:recombinant human insulin,Glargine ,Aspart and Lispro.

Books:

8) Who were the authors of India,Pakistan and the Bomb" Debating Nuclear Stability in South Asia
A) Sumit Ganguly and S.Paul Kapur.

9) Who is the author of "Bridge" about the life and rise of Barack Obama?
A) David Remnick.

10) Which court rejected the plea to make Property a fundamental right?
A) Supreme court of india, ( The " right to property was deleted by the 44th constitution Amendment in 1978).

11) Which are the two countries to work closely for reforms in United nations?
A) India and Germany, ( both countries were recently elected as non-permanent members to the security council).

12) Which panel Split on Posco Clearences?
A) An Environmental ministry panel was split in a 3:1 opinion for the environment and forest clearence for the posco project in orissa.

13)Which department wants to get the clearence for the neutrino project?
A)Department of Atomic Energy to located the Indian based Neutrino project and which was approved at Bodi west hills in theni district by the Union ministry of environment and forest.
( The proposed massive neutrino detector will be built in cavern set in massive charnockite rock).

14) Which typhoon hit the philippines in 18th Oct 2010? Name the typhoon which hit in 2006 ?
A) Super typhoon Megi hit the northern philippines. typhoon Durian hit in the year 2006.

15) In which nation the covention on biological diversity meeting taken place?
A) Nagoya, Japan under the United nation's Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

16) Which vice-president of the country was moved to vice-chairman of the central millirary commission?
A) China's vice-president Xi Jinping has been appointed as vice-chairman of the country's central millirary commission.

17) Which Biotech launches its indigenously developed cell culture H1N1 influenza vaccine under the band name "HNVAC"?
A) bharat Biotech.

18) Who will inagurate the 21st General meeting of TWAS ( Academy of sciences for the Developing world)?
A) Prime Minster Manmohan Singh to be inagurate the TWAS on 19th Oct 2010 in Hyderabad.

Objective of TWAS: The main objectives of TWAS was to promote science and technology int the least developed countries.
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Current Affairs Questions and Answers of August-2010

1. Renowned Kannada writer and critic who has been appointed the Honourary Chair of ‘Tagore Chair in Indian Literature’ at IGNOU?
Dr U.R. Ananthamurthy

2. 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 Lord's, 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.

3. 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).

4. Reserve Bank recently imposed a penalty of Rs. five lakh on two private sector banks for violating banking regulations. Name of that banks.
ICICI and Standard Chartered Bank.
ICICI Bank, the country’s largest private sector lender, was penalised 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.

5. Which country won the Under-19 European Football Championship (UEFA) held in France?
France.
They beat Spain (2-1) in the final.

6. Who became the first Indian to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics?
Gagan Narang (Shooter).

7. Chief Editor of the mass-circulation Malayalam newspaper Malayala Manorama, passed away recently at the age of 93?
K.M. Mathew.
He was a former Chairman of Press Trust of India. Mathew launched many publications such as the women’s magazine Vanitha in Malayalam and Hindi, the English magazine The Week, the farmer’s magazine Karshakasree, children’s magazines Balarama, Amar Chitra Katha and Kalikudukka in Malayalam and Magic Pot in English and encyclopedic Manorama Yearbook in Malayalam, English, Hindi, Tamil and Bengali.

8. 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

9. Chief information commissioner (CIC) of India who has been appointed as a member of World Bank's access to information appeals board as on July 1, 2010?
Wajahat Habibullah.

10. Red Bull Formula One driver who won the Formula One Hungarian Grand Prix, held in Budapest?
Mark Webber.

11. Who won the Man of the Match award in the third Cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka held in Sri Lanka from August 3, 2010?
VVS Laxman (India). He scored 56 runs in the first innings and scored unbeaten 103runs in second innings.
Result: India won the match by 5 wickets.

12. Who won the Man of the Series award in the Cricket Test series between India and Sri Lanka held in Sri Lanka?
Virender Sehwag

13. 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 Zealand Cricket.

14. Which country becomes the first NATO member to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan amid concerns over US-led alliance’s Afghan war strategy?
The Netherlands.

15. 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.

16. 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 China’s 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.”

17. Which club beat celtic 3-2 in the final to lift the emirates cup for the third time?
Arsenal

18. 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.

19. 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

20. Who has been appointed by Reserve Bank of India as the managing director and chief executive officer of Federal Bank?
Shyam Srinivasan.

21. Chief of Pakistan’s Frontier Constabulary who was killed recently in suicide bomb attack in Peshawar?
Sifwat Ghayoor.

22. Peoples of which African country recently voted in a historic referendum for a new constitution?
Kenya.

23. 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.

24. Which country blacklisted 21 state-owned Iranian companies as part of a growing and coordinated international effort to undercut Tehran's ability to use units in Europe and Asia to facilitate financial transactions and weapons development?
U.S.A

25. 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.

26. 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 mother’s paintings and sent them to London.

27. Supreme Court of which Latin American country recently rules in favor of recognizing same-sex marriage in all 31 states?
Mexico
Mexico Supreme Court ruled in favor of recognizing gay marriage countrywide on August 9, 2010.

28. 25-year-old Romanian woman who weighed 528 pounds (240 kilograms) when she gave birth to a baby girl more than 5 months ago has died recently?
Victoria Lacatus.

Victoria Lacatus, shown arriving by ambulance on Feb. 17, 2010 at a hospital in Bucharest to deliver her first baby, has died of a heart attack.(Photo: Florin Ardelean /ASSOCIATED PRESS)

29. 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.

30. Who is the new president Columbia?
Juan Manuel Santos

31. 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.

32. 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".

33. 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).

34. 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.

35. Which country won the 2nd Asian Men’s 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 Men’s Cup Volleyball Championship by beating South Korea in the final game in Thailand in September 2008.

36. 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 season’s Premier League and the F.A. Cup and raises money for charities and community groups.

37. 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.

38. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak nominated 47-year-old former governor of South Gyeongsang, as the new prime minister of South Korea. His name is?
Kim Tae-ho.

39. Which club won the German Super Cup beating Schalke (2-0)?
Bayern Munich.
Bayern also claimed the Super Cup trophy in 1987 and 1990.

40. Chief Justice of Sikkim High Court?
P.D. Dinakaran

41. 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).

42. A radical Muslim cleric, who has been arrested on charges of terrorism by Indonesian anti-terror 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 Indonesia’s president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and foreign embassies.

43. 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.
44. 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)

45. 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.

46. Which country has beaten England 4-0 to win the Champions Trophy field hockey tournament for the third straight year?
Australia.
This is Australia’s third successive hockey Champions Trophy and 11th in all.

47. Which South American countries recently decided to restore diplomatic relations after a face-to-face meeting between the presidents of both countries?
Columbia and Venezuela.

48. Terrorist Osama Bin Laden's 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.

49. 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 Government’s election rule, Aung San Suu Kyi and other arrested leaders will not be allowed to contest the elections.

50. 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.

51. 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.

52. 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.

53. Who won the first gold medal in the inaugural Youth Olympics held in Singapore?
Yuka Sato. (Japan).
She won gold in the women's triathlon event.

54. Who won the Toronto Masters tennis title after defeating Roger Federer in the final?
Andy Murray.

55. Who won the WTA Cincinnati Open tennis title defeating Maria Sharapova in final?
Kim Clijsters.

56. The Commonwealth Games -2010 theme song “'Jiyo Utho Badho Jeeto” is composed by?
A.R.Rahman.

57. 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.

58. Who is the chairman and managing director of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), India's second largest state refiner?
S. Radhakrishnan.

59. 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.

60. 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.

61. Who won the first medal for India in the Youth Olympics by winning silver in the women's 60kg freestyle?
Pooja Dhand ,Wrestler

62. List of Medal Winners from India in the inaugural Youth Olympics held in Singapore.
Silver Medalists:
1. Pooja Dhand (Wrestler) in women's 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)

63. 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.

64. 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 world’s 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.

65. India's parliament on 30-08-2010 approved a bill to open up the country's $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.

66. 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 Iran's first nuclear power plant, which Moscow has promised to safeguard to prevent material at the site from being used in any potential weapons production.

67. Off-spinner who has replaced Graeme Smith as South Africa's Twenty20 captain?
Johan Botha.

68. 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 Don’t 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 Don’t 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.

69. Which club lifted the Spanish Super Cup beating Sevilla (4-0)?
Barcelona.

70. Which club won the 2010 Italian Supercup?
Inter Milan.
They defeated AS Roma (3-1) and lifted the Italian Supercup.

71. 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 men's 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.

72. 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).

73. Who becomes the first Indian golfer to clinch a US PGA Tour title as he lifted the Wyndham Championship trophy?
Arjun Atwal.

74. Who is the winner of Miss Universe 2010?
Jimena Navarrete, Miss Mexico.

75. 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.

76. Which city will host the second edition of the summer Youth Olympic Games to be held in 2014?
Nanjing, China.

77. 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).

78. Who won the child literary award of Sahitya Akademy -2010?
Sippy Pallippuram.
He won the “Kendra Sahitya Akademy” award for his book”Oridathoru Kunjunni”.

79. Who has been selected as the UEFA Club Footballer of the Year in the season 2009-10?
Diego Milito.

80. 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 Pakistan's Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq against Zimbabwe in 1996.

81. Which club beat Inter Milan 2-0 to win the European Super Cup for the first time?
Atletico Madrid.

82. 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.

83. Former WWE(World Wrestling Entertainment)Superstar who died on August 27, 2010 at her mother’s 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.

84. 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.

85. 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.

86. Who won the men's singles world badminton championship, beating Indonesia's Taufik Hidayat 21-13 21-15 in the final?
Chen Jin(China).

87. Who won the women's 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
Men’s Doubles: Cai Yun, Fu Haifeng (China)
Women’s Doubles: Du Jing, Yu Yang (China)
Mixed Doubles:Zheng Bo, Ma Jin (China)

88. 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.

89. 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 Vice-Chairman.

90. The Fake IPL Player whose blog posts hit the headlines during the Indian Premier League’s second season in 2009, revealed his identity on the Times Now news channel recently?
Anupam Mukerji.

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Current Affairs Questions and Answers of JULY-2010

1. Bollywood movie which has been banned recently in Pakistan by government over fears of a terrorist attack and for references Osama Bin Laden?
“Tere Bin Laden”.
Starring Ali Zafar, a pop star from Pakistan, the movie “Tere Bin Laden”
depicts Zafar as a struggling Pakistani journalist who fabricates an interview with a man who shares an uncanny resemblance to Bin Laden.

2. 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.

3. President of an African country has banned the country's football team from international competition for two years following their poor showing at the World Cup-2010. Which is that country?
Nigeria. Nigeria finished bottom of their group in South Africa with just one point from three matches after losing to Argentina and Greece and drawing with South Korea. Hence President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan has banned the country's football team from international competition for two years.

4. Nepal's prime minister resigned recently, bowing to pressure from opposition Maoists who demanded his ouster in parliament and in street protests?
Madhav Kumar Nepal.

5. Who has been sworn in as the 15th president of Philippines?
Benigno Aquino III.

6. Who was named as the new Coach and manager of the English Premier League club ‘Liverpool’?
Roy Hodgson.

7. American talk show hosted by Larry King on CNN holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-running show with the same host in the same time slot which will end its run in the fall of 2010?
Larry King Live.
On July 15, 2010 the New York Daily News reported that Piers Morgan would be the new host of the show comes this fall.

8. Who was sworn in as Germany's 10th President on July 1, 2010?
Christian Wulff.

9. US President Barack Obama has recently declared a state of emergency in Texas. What is the reason?
A federal emergency declared in Texas as Tropical Storm Alex builds to hurricane strength and approaches south Texas and northern Mexico.

10. Who won the Man of the Match award in the fifth ODI Cricket played between Australia and England at London on July 03, 2010?
Man of the match: Shaun Tait (Australia). He took 4 wickets for 48 runs.
Result: Australia won the match by 42 runs.

11. Who won the Man of the Series award in the ODI Cricket Series played between Australia and England at England?
Eoin Morgan
Series Result. England won the 5 match series 3-2.

12. A never-seen-before portrait of Hollywood icon by artiste Andy Warhol has fetched a whopping USD 10 million at an auction held in London as part of the Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction. Name of that Hollywood star?
Elizabeth Taylor.

13. Indian-American who is appointed as assistant administrator for Asia in the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)?
Nisha Desai Biswal

14. Japanese car giant who recently decided to recall 270,000 cars worldwide because of an engine fault?
Toyota Motor Corp.

15. Madhya Pradesh’s 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.

16. Who has been ranked as the best president of the United States in the Siena College poll that surveyed 238 presidential scholars at colleges and universities? Franklin D Roosevelt.
Barack Obama has been ranked as the 15th best president of the United States.
Obama's immediate predecessor, George W Bush, has been ranked at 39 out of 43 presidents of the US listed in the Siena College poll.

17. Who is the first female president of Kyrgyzstan?
Rosa Otunbayeva.
She is also the first female president of Central Asia.

18. 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 women’s 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)

19. Who won the Wimbledon women's tennis championship-2010 defeating Vera Zvonareva of Russia 6-3, 6-2 in the final?
Serena Williams.
This is her fourth Wimbledon women's tennis championship title and her 13th Grand Slam title.

20. Lebanon's most influential Shia Muslim leader and a figure seen as being a spiritual mentor to Hezbollah , Shi'a Islamist political and paramilitary organisation based in Lebanon, died recently at the age of 75?
Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah.

21. The mastermind behind the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, in which 11 Israeli athletes were killed, died recently?
Abu Daoud. He is also known as Mohammed Oudeh.
On September 5, 1972, Palestinian terrorists killed 11 Israeli athletes who were taken hostage in Munich.

22. Who won the 2010 Wimbledon men's title by defeating Tomas Berdych in straight sets 6–3 7–5 6–4 in the final?
Rafael Nadal. This is his second Wimbledon triumph and eighth grand slam title.

23. Who clinched the Wimbledon mixed doubles championship-2010?
Leander Paes (India) and Cara Black (Zimbabwe).
They beat 11th seeds South African-American pair of Wesley Moodie and Lisa Raymond 6-4, 7-6 (5) in the finals. With this win, Leander Paes now have 12 Grand Slam titles -- six men's doubles and six mixed doubles Grand Slam crowns.

24. Who has been sworn in as new president of Poland?
Bronislaw Komorowski.

25. American geologist who is sentenced to eight years in prison by China for trying to buy data about the Chinese oil industry, a heavy penalty that legal experts said is a warning to foreign businesses and a rebuke to Washington?
Xue Feng.

26. Man of the match winners of MCC Spirit of Cricket Twenty –Twenty Cricket Series 2010 between Pakistan and Australia held in England.
1st T20 held in Edgbaston, Birmingham (neutral venue) on July 5, 2010.
Man of the match: Umar Akmal (Pakistan). He scored 64 runs from 43 balls.
Result: Pakistan won the match by 23 runs.
Second T20 held in Edgbaston, Birmingham (neutral venue) on July 6, 2010.
Man of the match: Mohammad Amir (Pakistan). He scored 21 runs and took 3 wickets.
Result: Pakistan won the match by 11 runs.

Series Result: Pakistan won the series 2-0.

27. 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”

28. ISRO has successfully launched the RH 200 rocket, which had a part of its payload developed by students from a University in Tamil Nadu. Which is that institution?
Vellore Institute of Technology University (VITU).
Students from Vellore Institute of Technology University (VITU) were being guided by Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre to develop a part of the payload as a co-passenger in the RH200 technology demonstrator flight. VITU is a private co-educational research university located in Vellore, Tamil Nadu.

29. American news magazine which has apologised to Indian-Americans following the publication of a column by journalist Joel Stein which reportedly offended and outraged the large community, especially those in New Jersey?
Time Magazine
Joel Stein’s recent humour column ‘My Own Private India’ offended and outraged the large community.

30. Name of the French surgeon who has carried out the world’s 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).

31. Which country sends maximum number of science and Engineering students to America?
India.
According to National Science Foundation, India with 67,800 students accounts for largest number of foreign students in science and engineering in the United States and is followed by China with 53,740 pupils.

32. High Court of which country has banned punishments like caning or beating to women in the name of "fatwa" or Islamic decrees?
Bangladesh.

33. 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.

34. The United Nations has recently recalled its main representative to Sri Lanka following days of protests outside a UN office in Colombo. Name of that UN resident co-ordinator in Sri Lanka?
Neil Buhne.
Protesters are angry about a UN panel investigating alleged war crimes committed during the Sri Lankan government's civil war with the Tamil Tigers.

35. Who becomes the first female Prime Minister of Slovakia?
Iveta Radicova.

36. Which country won the FIFA World Cup Football -2010?
Spain. They beat Netherlands (1-0) in the final.
Spain is the first European team to win a World Cup outside its continent.


37. Which political party has emerged as the third largest party in the Rajya Sabha, relegating the CPI (M) to fourth position?
Bahujan Samaj Party.

38. Name of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle which successfully placed into orbit remote sensing satellite Cartosat-2B and four other satellites after a perfect lift off from the spaceport in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh on July 12, 2010?
PSLV-C-15.

39. Judiciary of which Islamic country has suspended a sentence of stoning to death against a woman for adultery?
Iran.
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two, sentenced in Iran to be stoned to death .She is an Iranian Azeri woman who is on death row in Iran for the crime of adultery, and was originally to be executed by stoning. She was first tried on May 15, 2006, by a court in Tabriz, pleading guilty to the crime of "illicit relationship" with two men, though the incident occurred after the death of her husband. She was sentenced to whipping of 99 lashes, which was carried out.

40. Which country has moved closer to approving female bishops, more than 30 years after its U.S. Episcopal Church began ordaining women?
Britain.
Church of England, the home base of the global Anglican Communion, has moved closer to approving female bishops.

41. Man of the Match winners of MCC Spirit of Cricket Test Series 2010 between Australia and Pakistan?
First Test Played at Lord's, London (neutral venue) from July 13, 2010:
Players of the match Simon Katich (Australia) and Salman Butt (Pakistan).
Katich scored 80 in the first innings and 83 in the second innings. Salman Butt scored 63 in the first innings and 92 in the second innings.
Result: Australia won the match by 150 runs.

Second Test Played at Played at Headingley, Leeds (neutral venue) from July 21, 2010:
Players of the match Mohammad Amir (Pakistan) and Shane Watson. (Australia)
Mohammed Amir took 3 wickets in the first innings and 4 wickets in the second innings. Shane Watson took 6 wickets in the first innings and scored 24 runs in the second innings.
Result: Pakistan won the match by 3 wickets.
Series Result: 2-match Test series had drawn 1-1.

42. Name of the postgraduate student of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) who designed the new symbol for Indian rupee which is recently approved by the union cabinet of India?

D. Udaya Kumar.
New symbol of Indian Rupee

43. 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.

44. 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.

45. 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.

46. Name of the storm that left a trail of destruction and deaths in the Philippines which hit southern China on July 16, 2010?
Typhoon Conson

47. Which countries inked ten cooperation agreements in Beijing on 16 July, 2010 ranging from green energy, culture to the establishment of joint venture on truck and lorries production?
China and Germany.

48. Name of the first made-in-India car from Nissan and the first product to roll out of its Chennai plant with alliance partner Renault?
Nissan Micra.

49. Name the first completely India made web browser which is based on open-source Mozilla Firefox platform developed by a Bangalore-based Indian software startup company Hidden Reflex?
Epic.

50. French striker who retired from international football on July 15, 2010 after making 123 appearances and scoring a record 51 goals for France?
Thierry Henry.

51. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has exhumed the 180-year-old grave of South American Freedom hero to see if he was poisoned by Colombian enemies. Name of that Venezuelan military and political leader?
Simon Bolivar.

52. Which country clinched the three-Test hockey series against Belgium after winning the third match 6-0 played at Wellington, Brussels?
India.
India clinched the test series 2-0. One match ended in draw.

53. One of the Seven Wonders of the World which was voted as the most popular Asian Attractions at the Asian Attractions Awards Ceremony, held during the Asian Attractions Expo 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia?
Taj Mahal, India.
The award is given by the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA).

54. Name of the UK-built solar-powered plane has smashed the endurance record for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)?
Zephyr.
The plane has been developed by the defence and research company Qinetiq. The UAV has been under development for a number of years at Qinetiq.

55. 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.

56. Name of the two passenger trains which collided at the Sainthia station in Birbhum district on West Bengal on July 19, 2010, killing at least 63 people and leaving over 100 injured?
Uttarbanga Express and Vananchal Express.
The collision occurred 191 km from Howrah at 02:00 am (IST) when the Uttarbanga Express, traveling from New Cooch Behar to Sealdah, hit the Bhagalpur–Ranchi Vananchal Express which was just leaving Sainthia railway station. The impact destroyed the three rear compartments of the Vananchal Express.

57. Who won the 63rd Rangaswami Cup Senior National Men's Hockey Championship by defeating Haryana 3-2 in the final played at the Aishbagh Stadium, Mumbai?
Mumbai.
This is the fourth time that Mumbai won the tournament since its inception in 1928. Mumbai had clinched the cup in 1940, 1944 and 1989 by beating Delhi, Gwalior and Punjab respectively.
Alden D'Souza of Mumbai was adjudged the Man-of-the-Match.

58. Indian cricket star Sachin Tendulkar has recently denied reports that drops of his blood will be imbued in a special edition of a new biography. Name of that biography?
“The Tendulkar Opus”.

59. The Coach of Indian Women's Hockey Team, who has resigned on 21st July, 2010 after allegation of sexual harassment by a junior player in the Women’s Hockey Team?
MK Kaushik

60. The remains of former dictator of Romania and his wife Elena have been exhumed for DNA testing on 21, July 2010, amid claims they may actually have been buried elsewhere. Name of that communist dictator who ruled the country with an iron hand from 1965 to 1989?
Nicolae Ceausescu. He and his wife were executed by firing squad after a revolt by Romanians that marked the fall of communism.

61. United Nations Court recently ordered retrial of former Prime Minister of Kosovo on murder and torture charges related to the country’s 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.

62. Which social networking website officially announced that it had surpassed 500 million users around the world?
Face book.
Face Book launched in February 2004.

63. Sri Lankan off-spinner who became the first bowler in the history of Test cricket to take 800 wickets?
Muttiah Muralitharan.
He became the first bowler in the history of Test cricket to get to 800 Test wickets when he took the final Indian wicket of Pragyan Ojha in the first Test between India and Sri Lanka at Galle.

64. Who has been named chairperson of the selection committee for this year’s (2010) National Sports Awards?
P T Usha.
Ashok Kumar will be head of the panel to pick the Dronacharya awardees.

65. 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.

66. A country on the northern coast of South America recently breaks diplomatic relations with Columbia. Which is that country?
Venezuela.

67. 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.

68. Who was named coach of the Brazil national soccer team, replacing the fired Carlos Dunga?
Mano Menezes.

69. 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.

70. Name of the autobiography of former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee which describes Chatterjee's views on the bitter period in his last days of his parliamentary career?
'Keeping the Faith: Memoirs of a parliamentarian'.

71. Who became the first Indian woman referee to officiate in men's football match?

Maria Rebello.
She took charge of Delhi's Santosh Trophy battle against Madhya Pradesh and became the first female referee to officiate in the National Football Championship.

72. 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.

73. Falling into step with the United States, European nations significantly broadened economic sanctions against a country on July 26, 2010. Which is that country?
Iran.

74. The Khmer Rouge leader who was announced guilty by the UN backed war crimes court has been sentenced to 35 years of imprisonment?

Kaing Guek Eav (Duch).
He is a former leader in the Khmer Rouge communist movement, which ruled Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979. He is best known for heading the Khmer Rouge special branch and running the infamous Tuol Sleng (S-21) prison camp in Phnom Penh. He was convicted of crimes against humanity, murder, and torture for his role in the Cambodian Holocaust and sentenced to 35 years' imprisonment.

75. New Chief Election Commissioner of India?
S. Y. Qureshi.

76. Name of the passenger jet which has crashed on July 28, 2010 in a heavily wooded area outside Islamabad in Pakistan killing all 152 people on board?
Airbus 321.
The plane was owned by the private airline known as Airblue.

77. Name of the website which released over 75,000 secret US military reports covering the war in Afghanistan?
WikiLeaks.
WikiLeaks (sometimes Wikileaks) is an international organization that publishes anonymous submissions and leaks of otherwise unavailable documents while preserving the anonymity of sources. Its website, launched in 2006, is run by The Sunshine Press. Within a year of its launch, the site claimed a database that had grown to more than 1.2 million documents.

78. Who became the ninth Indian cricketer to score a century in his first Test innings (on debut) in the second Test match between India and Sri Lanka at the SSC in Colombo?
Suresh Raina.

79. In a historic vote on 28th July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution regarding water. What is that?
“Clean water and sanitation are fundamental human rights”
Supported by 33 countries, it was Bolivia that finally presented the UN General Assembly with a specific proposal for the resolution. This week, 122 of the 163 UN member states present voted for its approval. The remaining 41 countries - almost exclusively from the industrialized north - abstained from the vote.

80. Who is selected for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award (2010), the country’s highest sporting honour?
Saina Nehwal, Ace shuttler.

81. 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).

82. The Bangladeshi government has recently ordered mosques and libraries across the country to remove all books written by a controversial Islamic scholar. Name of that Islamic author?
Syed Abul Ala Maududi.
Born in India, the Pakistani scholar is considered the most prominent theorist of radical Islam in modern South Asian history.

83. The Uruguay striker who won the golden ball in the 2010 World Cup, visited Kolkata recently?
Diego Forlan.

84. A top leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug gang who has been killed while resisting arrest in a military raid?
Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel.

85. Indian batsman who scored his fifth double century in the Test match against Sri Lanka?
Sachin Tendulkar.
He equalled West Indian Brian Lara's record of 19 scores of 150-plus.

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More Current Affair Questions and Answers of 2010


1. 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) ?

Answer: Batting star Sachin Tendulkar

2. 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 multi-crore rupee accounting scam on —————–
Answer: July 20, 2010

2. Who is the first Indian-origin woman professor in the Harvard University's history ?
Answer: 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 institution’s history.

3. Who was chargsheeted on July 20, 2010 for passing secret info to ISI ?
Answer: Madhuri Gupta
Delhi Police today chargesheeted disgraced diplomat Madhuri Gupta accusing her of passing secret information to Pakistan’s 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.


4. ———————— seed extract has anti-diabetic properties says a pharmacology professor at the University of Montreal’s Faculty of Medicine.
Answer: 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.

5. Who is the Former India hockey star attacked umpire ?
Answer: 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.

6. Which are the two Trians rammed each other and met to Trian Accident which killed and injuried many people in West Bengal ?
Answer: 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.

7. Why did TDP made bandh on July 19, 2010 ?
Answer: 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.
July 15, 2010:

8.  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.

9. New Rupee Symbol of India or Indian Rupee Symbol designed by _______________
Answer: IIT post-graduate D Uday Kumar

10. New Indian Rupee symbol has been revealed by Cabinet on ?
Answer: July 15, 2010

11. Who was Daya Nayak ?
Answer: Daya Nayak is Mumbai’s controversial police officer and encounter specialist.

12. What was The world’s only antivirus browser ?
Answer: Epic Browser

13. 2010 ESPY Award Winners (ESPN)
Answer:
1.    BEST MALE ATHLETE: Drew Brees, NFL
2.    BEST FEMALE ATHLETE: Lindsey Vonn, Skiing
3.    BEST PLAY: Brett Favre, Vikings
4.    ESPY PERSEVERANCE AWARD: George Karl, Nuggets
5.    BEST CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE: Drew Brees
6.    BEST BREAKTHROUGH ATHLETE: Chris Johnson, Tennessee
7.    BEST RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE: Isner vs. Mahut at Wimbledon
8.    BEST UPSET: Northern Iowa shocks No. 1 Kansas, Men’s Basketball
9.    BEST MOMENT: Landon Donovan World Cup vs. Algeria
10.    BEST TEAM: New Orleans Saints
11.    UNDER PRESSURE AWARD: Landon Donovan World Cup vs. Algeria
12.    BEST SPORTS MOVIE: The Blind Side
13.    BEST COACH/MANAGER: Phil Jackson, Los Angeles Lakers
14.    BEST NFL PLAYER: Drew Brees, New Orleans
15.    BEST MLB PLAYER: Albert Pujols, St. Louis
16.    BEST NBA PLAYER: Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers
17.    BEST DRIVER: Jimmie Johnson
18.    BEST NBA PLAYER: Kobe Bryant, LA Lakers
19.    BEST WNBA PLAYER: Diana Taurasi, Phoenix
20.    BEST FIGHTER: Floyd Mayweather
21.    BEST MALE GOLFER: Phil Mickelson
22.    BEST FEMALE GOLFER: Lorena Ochoa
23.    BEST MALE TENNIS PLAYER: Roger Federer
24.    BEST FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER: Serena Williams
25.    BEST MALE COLLEGE ATHLETE: John Wall, Kentucky Basketball
26.    BEST FEMALE COLLEGE ATHLETE: Maya Moore, Connecticut Women’s Basketball
27.    BEST MALE ACTION SPORT ATHLETE: Shaun White, Snowboard
28.    BEST FEMALE ACTION SPORT ATHLETE: Torah Bright, Snowboarding
29.    BEST JOCKEY: Calvin Borel
30.    BEST MALE ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY: Steve Cash
31.    BEST FEMALE ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY: Amy Palmiero-Winters
32.    BEST BOWLER: Walter Ray Williams Jr.
33.    BEST MALE US OLYMPIC ATHLETE: Shaun White, Snowboarding
34.    BEST FEMALE US OLYMPIC ATHLETE: Lindsey Vonn, Skiing
35.    BEST MLS PLAYER: Landon Donovan, Los Angeles
36.    BEST TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETE: Usain Bolt

14. Who recieved Arthur Ashe ESPY Courage Award in 2010 ?
Answer: Ed Thomas’s family

15.  —————– is the youngest professor at IIT-B
Answer: Dr Tathagat Tulsi
Patna-born child prodigy Dr Tathagat Tulsi has taken up a job as professor at Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay at the age of 22.

16. Who was the Political leader recently booked in a Case/ scam?
Answer: 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.

17. Who is the winner of the Best Young Player Award award in fifa 2010 ?
Answer: Thomas MUELLER

24. Who has been elected as Man of the Match in Fifa World Cup 2010 ?
Answer: Andres INIESTA

18. —————— is the winner of the adidas Golden Glove award in Fifa World Cup 2010 ?
Answer: Iker CASILLAS

19. Who is the winner of the adidas Golden Shoe award in Fifa World Cup 2010 ?
Answer: Thomas MUELLER

20. ______________ is the winner of the adidas Golden Ball award in 2010 ?
Answer: Diego FORLAN

21.  who took places of Runner-Up, third and Fourth Places in Fifa World Cup 2010 ?
Answer: Runners-Up: Netherlands, Third: Germany, Fourth: Uruguay

22. Who won FIFA World Cup 2010 in final ?
Answer: 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.

23. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched ———- Vehicle with ———————- Satellites on July 12, 2010.
Answer: PSLV-C-15 Vehicle, 5 satellites
Isro launches PSLV-C-15 with 5 satellitesThe Indian Space Research Organization today launched the PSLV-C-15 carrying five satellites, including remote sensing Cartosat-2B, and Studsat, built by engineering students of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

24. Kadapa district named ———————-
Answer: 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.

25. YS Rajeshekar Reddy birth anniversary is on  ——————————
Answer: July 8

26. 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

26. Recently, who was the politician charged in anti-Sikh riots case ?
Answer: 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.

27. The holiday court concept was bring up by ?
Answer: 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.

28. 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 ———————-  .
Answer: “holiday courts” will function in the city from July 10, 2010.

29.  Name the Jamaican triple Olympic champion who is going to retair on 2016 Olympics.
Answer: Usain Bolt

31. Who won Wimbledon mixed doubles title ?
Answer: 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.

32. Who was the cricketer recently got maaried on July 4, 2010 with his childhood girlfriend ?
Answer: 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.

33. Recently Bharat bandh in 2010 took place on ? why Bharat bandh is observing ?
Answer: 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).

34. Who reached WorldCup Semi finals in 2010 ?
Answer: Uruguay
Uruguay reached the World Cup semifinals for the first time since 1970, beating Ghana 4-2 on penalties.

35. When was IGI’s swanky Terminal 3 inaugurated and by whom ?
Answer: On July 3, 2010 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh  inaugurated IGI’s swanky Terminal 3.
PM inaugurates IGI’s swanky Terminal 3The new terminal at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, the 6th largest in the world, can cater to 34 million passengers annually.

36.  Who was the former minister surrenderd on July 3, 2010 in connection with the death case of Nadia Torrado (Friend) ?
Answer: 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.

37. Which party demanded marriageable age of girls and boys to be lowered to 15 and 17 respectively in Haryana.
Answer: Jat Mahasabha, khap representative
According to Om Prakash Mann, Haryana president of All India Jat Mahasabha, the demand will be discussed at a sarv khap panchayat on July 17 at Meham Chaubisi Chabutara in Rohtak. The demand was raised at a meeting of khap representatives at Dhanana village.

38. Who was the IPL chief suspended and filed Rs 1200 crore fraud case by BCCI ?
Answer: Lalit Modi

39. One of the TRS MP arrested for alleged inflammatory speeches recently on July 2, 2010.
Answer: TRS MP Vijayashanthi arrested for alleged inflammatory speeches

40.  Who awarded 13-time Grammy and two-times Oscar ?
Answer: Gustavo Santaolalla

41.  Which Government banned a school textbook after growing outcry by Muslims over an “objectionable” illustration depicting about Prophet Mohammed ?
Answer: Nepal
The Nepal government banned a school textbook after growing outcry by Muslims over an “objectionable” illustration depicting Prophet Mohammed as a woman-like figure and containing “erroneous interpretations” of Islam. Mohammad Nizamuddin, senior vice-president of the Muslim Association Nepal, said that the books gave wrong information about Prophet Mohammed, erroneously describing him as the “founder of Islam”.

42.  Who was the first matriculate from the tribe in forests Orissa ?
Answer: Baya Mankidia
Baya Mankidia (16) trekked 13kms daily and fought odds to do Orissa’s Mankidia nomadic tribe.

43.  In 2010 which was declared as the fourth best among the top 10 luxury trains of the world by the travel magazine Conde Nast.
Answer: Palace on Wheels
Palace on Wheels has been declared the fourth best among the top 10 luxury trains of the world by the travel magazine Conde Nast.

44. CEO of Deutsche Bank
Answer: Anshu Jain

45. Which country is planning to build the world’s largest seawater desalination plant ?
Answer: Israel

46. Recently Archaeologists have found a 3,500-year-old town buried under the earth in the country’s northeastern region
Answer: Egyptian town
Archaeologists have found a 3,500-year-old Egyptian town buried under the earth in the country’s northeastern region of the Nile delta.


47. Which Two Countries had started talks on N-Ties ?
Answer: India, S Korea

48. Housing scheme Sahbhagita Awas Yojna was officially launched by ?
Answer: CM Ashok Gehlot
The public-private partnership module for affordable housing scheme Sahbhagita Awas Yojna’, was officially launched on June 19, 2010.

49. AICC president Sonia Gandhi’ s Birthday is on ?
Answer: June 19

50. Who was the PM want to hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after the end of the G20 summit
Answer: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced on Friday he will hold bilateral talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after the end of the G20 summit.

51. Who are the persons have hands in Railway Recruitment Board 2010 Paper Leakage ?
Answer: The son of S M Sharma, chairman of the Railway Recruitment Board, Mumbai, who allegedly used the funds acquired by leaking exam papers to buy a Mitsubishi Pajero. The other accused are A K Jagannathan, former assistant divisional rail manager, and his son Srujan.

52. Who was the Tollywood director recently married on June 18, 2010 ?
Answer: Tollywood director Surender Reddy
Recently Tollywood director Surender Reddy tied the knot with Deepa.

53. Who was the Bollywood Actress married at the age of 41 years on June 18, 2010 ?
Answer: Manisha
The 41-year-old actress Manisha is set to tie the knot with businessman Samrat Dahal, 33.

54. What was the World Cup song in 2010 ? and by whom it was sanged ?
Answer: World Cup song “Waka Waka,”
World Cup song “Waka Waka,” was sang by Columbian pop queen Shakira and is to sing for a Bollywood film in future.

55. Which government has restricted access to the social networking site, Facebook, in Mantralaya.
Answer: The Maharashtra government has restricted access to the social networking site, Facebook, in Mantralaya.
 India on June 18, 2010 successfully test-fired its indigenously developed, nuclear-capable, ballistic missile Prithvi-II from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, about 15 km from here off the Orissa coast.

56. Which are the countries supported Chinese for IPO
Answer: Singapore, Kuwait and Qatar
Three countries-Singapore, Kuwait and Qatar-have come forward with offers to buy huge quantities of shares in the Agriculture Bank of China to help it become the world’s biggest IPO. They have made it possible for the Chinese bank to send out a reassuring signal to investors by booking about 20% of the $23 billion offer in advance.

57. Recent studies revealed that Neurological disorders and stunted growth in kids were improved or cured by Using …………… milk.
Answer: Camel

58. Which country is against Pak-China nuclear deal ?
Answer: India

59.  Which was the Mobile Company who took more than 600,000 orders ?
Answer: iPhone 4
Apple Inc said that it and its phone company partners took orders for more than 600,000 iPhone 4s in one day, the highest number it’s ever seen. The companies stopped taking orders for shipment by the June 24 launch day in the US.

60. What was the campaign launched by CM Narendra Modi recently ?
Answer: Kanya Kelavni campaign from N Guj villages
The three-day long Swarnim Shala Pravesh Utsav began in the state on June 17, 2010 with chief minister Narendra Modi launching the Kanya Kelavni Abhiyan (campaign for educating girls) in the remote villages in Rupanivas Koreti and Mamana in Vav taluka in Banaskantha district.

61. Asia Cricket Cup 2010 was started on ?
Answer: June 15, 2010
The Asia Cup is an international One Day International cricket tournament. It was originally scheduled to be held every two years.

62. Which Teams has been Participating in Asia Cup 2010 Cricket Matches?
Answer: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh

63. On whom Complaint filed in Bhopal gas case.
Answer: Arjun Singh
A complaint has been filed in a Bhopal court against ex-MP CM Arjun Singh for allegedly releasing Warren Anderson in a wrong manner after the gas tragedy.

64. Who won in Germany vs Australia fifa world cup 2010 ?
Answer: Germany won by 4-0 against Australia

65. Who was the Former Goa tourism minister was booked/ suspected for a womans death recently?
Answer: Mickky Pacheco
Former Goa tourism minister Francisco “Mickky” Pacheco was booked by the police on Thursday as the main accused in the ‘unnatural death’ of Nadia Joelle Torrado.

66. When did the Broadband spectrum auction ends and is the total revenue of the government from sale of spectrum for both 3G and BWA stands at ?
Answer: Broadband spectrum auction ended on June 11, 2010. Govt gets Rs 38,300 crore, The total revenue of the government from sale of spectrum for both 3G and BWA stands at over Rs 1.06 lakh crore, more than thrice the earlier projection of Rs 35,000 crore by the finance minister.

67. Whose death took place on the opening day of the World Cup (June 11, 2010) ?
Answer: Zenani Mandela,
The 13-year-old great grand daughter of South Africa’s iconic leader Nelson Mandela was killed in a car crash

68. Who has been presented the FIFA 2010 Song Waka Waka ?
Answer: The Colombian singer Shakira

69. Which country announced new flexible policy on sex change in passports?
Answer: US (Beginning from June 10, when an applicant presents a certification from an attending medical physician that the applicant has undergone clinical treatment for gender transition, the passport will reflect the new gender.)


70.  When will 19th FIFA World Cup, the premier international football tournament is scheduled to take place?
Answer: from 11 June to 11 July 2010 in South Africa

71. What is the Official Song for FIFA world cup 2010 ?
Answer: Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) in English and “Waka Waka (Esto es África)” in Spanish

72. Winners of the Micromax IIFA Awards 2010
Answer: 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 Direction :
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 Direction
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)

73. Who is the Malayalam novelist died recently on June 2, 2010 ?
Answer: 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.

74. Who won World Team Table Tennis Championship this year 2010?
a. China
b. Moscow
c. Singapore
d. None
Answer: C - Singapore end China’s 19-year reign in World Team Table Tennis Championship

75. Who was appointed as the officiating secretary of the Athletics Federation of India till the Commonwealth Games (October 30) ?
Answer: Ravinder Chaudhary

76. Name the singer who can sing in 11 languages!
Answer: Anaida
May 31, 2010:

77. Who was the famous Indian musician in charge of the opening music at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta in 1996?
Answer: Ustad Zakir Hussain
78. Who was the first Indian to participate in the Olympic Games?
Answer: Norman G Pritchard
79. Which famous Indian actor was honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994?
Answer: Dilip Kumar
80. Who was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services?
Answer: Satyendranath Tagore
81. Who was the first Indian to be honored with the Param Vir Chakra?
Answer: Major Som Nath Sharma
May 30, 2010:
82. Name the first woman Chief Minister of India.
Answer: Sucheta Kriplani
83. Who was the first woman to become the Lt. General of the Indian Army?
Answer: Lt General (Mrs) Punita Arora
84. Name the first Indian who got an Oscar.
Answer: Bhanu Athaiya (Best Costume Designer for Richard Attenborough’s film Gandhi in 1982)
85. Who was the first Indian to be honored by the Royal Society in the field of Science?
Answer: Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose
86. Who was the first woman Governor of India?
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
87. Who was the first Indian musician to receive the Padma Bhusan?
Answer: MS Subbulakshmi
88. Name the living Indian legend who has found a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for having sung in almost 20 languages for over 1,825 ms and working with 165 composers.
Answer: Lata Mangeshkar
89. Name the first man to climb Mt. Everest without oxygen.
Answer: Phu Dorji
90. Who was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel?
Answer: Arati Saha
91. Who is the Indian sportsperson to have won the maximum number of international track and field medals?
Answer: P.T.Usha
92. Two Indians have received the Nobel Prize for Physics. Can you name them?
Answer: Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman (1930) and Subramanium Chandrasekhar (1983)
93. Who was the first Indian to get the Nobel Prize?
Answer: Rabindranath tagore (1913)
94. Who is the only Indian to have won an Oscar for lifetime achievement in films?
Answer: Satyajit Ray
95. Name the first President of India.
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
96. Name the youngest grandmaster in India.
Answer: Parimarjan Negi
97. Topper of prestigious IIT-Joint Entrance Examination 2010.
Answer: Anumula Jithendar Reddy from Madras zone
98. Which are the BRIC countries?
a. Brazil, Russia, India, and China
b. Botswana, Rwanda, Ivory Coast, and Croatia
c. Bangladesh, Romania, Indonesia, and Cambodia
Answer: a – Brazil, Russia, India, and China
99. Name the Cyclone that hit Bay of Bengal in May 2010 affecting coastal areas of Tamilnadu, AP and Orissa.
Answer: Cyclone Laila
100. Which Indian film-maker will be awarded with Jaeger-LeCoultre honour at venice Film Festival?
Answer: Mani Ratnam
101. Name the CEO of search company Google?
Answer: Eric Schmidt
102. ICICI Bank has announced merger of another Indian Bank with itself in an all swap deal- name the bank and its promoters.
Answer: Bank of Rajasthan / Promoters – Tayal family
103. Name the BBC Radio DJ who has been suspended for floating the rumor that Queen is dead.
Answer: Danny Kelly who has played the national anthem and declared that Queen Elizabeth has just now died
104. Which two countries have signed the Nuclear Swap deal with Iran?
Answer: Brazil and Turkey
105. Which country has blocked Facebook for holding an online competition to draw Prophet Mohammed
Answer: Pakistan – the Facebook in Pakistan has been blocked till 31 May as the competition is considered blasphamous
106. Which state among the northern Indian states spends most as a percentage of its GDP on Education?
Answer: Bihar (5.7%) followed by UP (3.67%)
107. Name the person of Indian origin (PIO) who has been nominated to become US Solicitor General?
Answer: Neal Kumar Katyal
108. The 3G telecom auctions by Government have earned Government much more than expected 35000 crore netting amount 67710 crore. Which company won auction in most of 22 circles? (a) RCom (b) Airtel (c) Vodaphone (d) Aircel (e) a,b,d (f) all above
Answer:  (e) a,b,d - RCom, Airtel and Aircel  won in 12 circles followd by Vodaphone in 9 circles
109. Who is Miss USA 2010?
Answer: Rima Fakih, Arab-American a 24-year old Lebanese immigrant, is believed to be the first Muslim to win the pageant
110. Name the child artist who has been nominated under ‘Best actor’ category in Film-fare awards giving competition to Shah Rukh Khan. His new movie Bumm Bumm Bole has been released recently.
Answer: Darsheel Safary
111. Which country won the Thomas Cup title for Badminton in 2010? – (a) Indonesia (b) Malaysia (c) China (d) India
Answer: China
China beat Indonesia 3-0 to win fourth consecutive Thomas Cup title at Kuala Lumpur.
112. Who won the Madrid Masters men’s tournament in 2010?
Answer: Rafael Nadal
Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open an ATP World Tour Masters with €2,835,000 prize money has been won by Rafael Nadal, who beat Roger Federer 6-2, 7-6 (7/5).
113. Which country won the World Twenty-20 cricket final?
Answer: England
England beat arch rivals Australia
114. Who is CEO of Yahoo?
Answer: Carol Bartz
61- year-old Carol Bartz  is one of the most successful female CEO ever in IT companies.
115. Which Indian IT company is associated with FIFA World Cup 2010 as one of the sponsors? (a) TCS (b) Infosys (c) CTS (d) Mahindra Satyam
Answer: (d) Mahindra Satyam
116. Name the  first Indian women who has been named as full professor at Harward University.
Answer: Gita Gopinath
Gita Gopinath, Indian-origin associate professor at Harvard University’s Department of Economics, has been appointed a full professor. She is first Indian women to do so and only third women in the whole world.
117. Name the Hindu right wing organisation against whom the charges have been filed by National Investigation Agency (NIA) for the 2009 Diwali-eve blast that killed two people in Goa’s Margao town.
Answer: Sanatan Sanstha
118. Which Indian actress / model 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.
Answer: Mandira Bedi
119. Name the volcano whose dense cloud of drifting volcanic ash is causing many European airports to shut down for days and affecting air traffic worldwide.
Answer: Eyjafjallajokul
The April 14 eruption at Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokul volcano forced most countries in northern Europe to shut their airspace between April 15-20. More than 100,000 flights and an estimated 10 million travelers worldwide were affected costing airlines more than $2 billion.
It erupted in April for the first time in nearly two centuries. During its last eruption, starting in 1821, its emissions rumbled on for two years.
120. Who was India’s most wanted man suspected of having organized the 1993 Mumbai bombings, figures third on the Forbes’ Most Wanted Fugitives list topped?
Answer: Dawood Ibrahim
121. Name the countries which agree on a nuclear fuel swap aimed at easing concerns from the West that Iran might build a bomb.
Answer: Brazil, Iran and Turkey
122. Who is the new director of barc?
Answer: RK sinha appointed as new director of barc
123. Who was the 11th Vice-President of India who passed away recently on May 15, 2010?
Answer: Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, 87-year-old Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was died suffering from lung and chest infection
124. Popular South Indian actress who is willing to join DMK Party?
Answer: Khushboo
125. Who Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) 2010 Award Finalist for Northern California ?
Answer: 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.
126. Who is the latest actress who refused to work with Shiney Ahuja the actor allegedly accused for raping his maid.
Answer: 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.
127. Which Team won the Europa League Title?
Answer: 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.
128. Which Company has started up a BPO in Srinagar starting reverse migration of Kashmir?
Answer: Essar Group-run Aegis has started a BPO in Srinagar
129. Name the company from whose premises toxic leak happened in one of the worst industrial disasters called Bhopal gas tragedy.
Answer: Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) (now defunct)
130.Who received 27th Niwano Peace Foundation award on May 13, 2010?
Answer: Ms. Ela Ramesh Bhatt of Self-Employed Women’s 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.
131. Name the president of MCI – Medical Council of India who is facing graft charges and has to resign.
Answer: Ketan Desai
Ketan Desai 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.
132. 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?
Answer: Ajmal Kasab of Pakistan
133. Who is the IAS Topper in UPSC Civil Services Exam 2010 which has been released by UPSC recently?
Answer: SHAH FAESAL
Dr 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.
134. Who is the Union minister who has offered to resign for his controversial remarks against the home ministry for allegedly stalling some Chinese imports?
Answer: Jairam Ramesh
135. What is the real name of character artiste ‘Sambha‘ from super hit film of all times ‘Sholey‘ who passed away recently.
Answer: 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.
136. What is the name of panel that is being setup to look into Telangana issue?
Answer: Srikrishna committee
Srikrishna committee or panel has been set up to study the demand for separate Telangana
137. Who has issued fatwa – saying that it is illegal for women to work?
Answer: Darul Uloom Deoband
Darul Uloom Deoband the Sunni Muslim seminary had this fatwa issued by a bench of three clerics
138. What is Khap Panchayat?
Answer: Khap panchayats or caste councils are the local Panchayat’s in Haryana villages which have come into lime light due to their diktats (or fatwa) prohibiting same ‘gotra’ marriages’. They are run as a separate courts or adalats where judgement are given by Khap Panchs. The Hindu Marriage Act however does not prohibits same caste marriage. Most political parties support Khap Panchayats.
139. Who is the new IPL Commissionaire?
Answer: Chirayu Amin
Chirayu Amin has joined as the new IPL commissioner after the removal of lalit Modi. Mr. Amin is Baroda Cricket Association president and he also heads a company known as Alembic Chemicals.
140. Who is the British Prime Minister after Gordon Brown?
Answer: David Cameron
The 43-year-old Cameron becomes Britain’s youngest prime minister in almost 200 years.  The last was Lord Liverpool at 42.
141. Who is the new Chief Justice of India?
Answer: Justice S H Kapadia,
Justice S H Kapadia (62-year-old), the most senior judge of the Supreme Court, was on Wednesday sworn in as the 38th Chief Justice of India by President Pratibha Patil
142. Who won World Chess Championship against Veselin Topalov in 2010?
Answer: Viswanathan Anand

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Current Affairs Question and Answers of June-2010

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Court of which country has ordered the authorities to restore the Facebook, social networking site?
Pakistan

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Top financial chief of Al Qaeda, and was considered by American intelligence officials to be the organization’s No. 3 leader, behind Osama bin Laden and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, who was killed in an American missile strike in Pakistan’s tribal areas in the last two weeks?
Mustafa Abu al-Yazid.

9. Which country recently filed a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice to halt Japanese whaling for ‘‘scientific research’’ in Antarctic waters?
Australia.

10. 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.

11. Who won the Man of the series award in the triangular series held in Zimbabwe (India-Zimbabwe-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

12. President's 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 president’s rule for the second time less than six months after Shibu Soren’s second stint as Chief Minister. The Centre imposed President's 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.

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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 government's highest literary honour Ezhuthachan Puraskaram in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Malayalam literature.

16. Prime Minister of Japan who steps down over failure to honour election promises including relocation of Okinawa's US air base?
Yukio Hatoyama.

17. Tata Motors recently inaugurated the world's cheapest car, the Nano's, 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 nation's 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. France's 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 Japan’s 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 Men’s 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 world’s ‘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 boy’s event.

36. Which countries signed seven agreements covering spheres of legal, women's 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 Women's 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 country’s 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 India's 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. Mandela’s 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 nun’s 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 painter’s painting named “Saurashtra” on 10th June, 2010 obtained a record amount of USD 3,486,965 at the famous auction house Christie’s 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. 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.

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 government’s 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 world's 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 China's 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. Saramago's 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 Prize's 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-on-sea?
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 group's 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 Iran's 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 Magazine's 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. France's 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 Carolina's 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 first female prime minister of Australia?

Julia Gillard.

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 26–27, 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 three-game triumph over Japan’s Sayaka Sato in the final at Jakarta. This was Saina’s 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 Gujral's 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.

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Current Affairs Question and Answers of May-2010


1. Who became 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?
Suresh Raina.
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.

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 magazine’s 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 Roy's 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 friend's 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 world's 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 UN's 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 currency’s 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 Arafat's 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 world's 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 India's 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 Christie's auction house. (Christie's, 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 country's 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 Yar'Adua.
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 People's 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 country’s highest court in a dispute with his brother over how to split the riches from the family’s gas business?
Mukesh Ambani.
India's 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 left-leaning 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 Alberta's 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 soccer’s 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 Rica's 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.
India’s 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 Festival's 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. In 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. Which country took over the G15 group’s 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 India's 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 Women’s 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 Bakhtiar's 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 King's 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 22-05-2010. 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 d’Or 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 five-party 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 University’s high-brow economics department?
Gita Gopinath.

92. Who has been named Pakistan's 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 29-05-2010 after a man was arrested for uploading content onto it deemed offensive?
Facebook

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