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1. 83rd Oscar Award declared in February 2011 for
the best feature film went to the film—
The King’s Speech
2. The Ramon Magsaysay Award 2011 has been
conferred to—
Koul Panha
3. Who was awarded the UNESCO—Guillermo Cano World
Press Freedom Award for 2011 ?
Ahmad Zeidabadi
4. Which Hindi author has been selected for the K.
K. Birla Vyas Samman 2010 for his poetry
collection “Phir Bhi Kuch Rah Jayega” ?
Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari
5. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in the
year 2010 ?
Liu Xiaobo
6. The first Indian to win Nobel Prize was—
Rabindra Nath Tagore
7. Who was awarded the UNESCO Peace Prize 2008 ?
Institute for Justice and Reconciliation
8. Julictte Binoche has begged best actress award
in 63rd International Film Festival of Cannes for the
film—
Certified Copy
9. Who has been awarded the Best Younger Player
Award in FIFA World Cup Football 2010 ?
Andres Iniesta
10. Which Indian Scientist has had the distinction
of receiving not only the Nobel Prize, but also Bharat
Ratna ?
Dr. C. V. Raman
11. With what game is the name of Cara Black
associated ?
Lawn Tennis
12. India successfully launched its first moon
mission Chandrayaan-1 ?
22nd Oct., 2008
13. Which scientist received Shantiswarup
Bhatanagar Award 2009 for Mathematical Sciences ?
Dr. Mitali Mukherjee
14. India’s newly built and tested missile ‘Astra’
is meant for—
Air to air strike
15. Who has been appointed the first woman Prime
Minister of Tobago ?
Kamla Prasad Bissessar
16. Who among the heading the SEBI’s Committee on
Corporate governance?
Narayan Murthy
17. International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected
India’s GDP growth rate for 2010-11 at—
9•5%
18. The person who headed U. N. Weapons Inspectors
in Iraq was—
Hans Blix
19. Who won the Miss Universe 2010 ?
Jinena Navarrete
20. In a historic judgement the Supreme Court asked
the government to link all the rivers by—
2012
21. Which company recently hit the business
headlines for striking a historic natural gas discovery
near Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh ?
Reliance Industries
22. Who became the first Indian women to cross Gobi
Desert in July 2011 ?
Sucheta Kadethanker
23. How many states in the country have been chosen
for a pilot project to introduce a new multipurpose
national Identity Card ?
13
24. Which country along with India has begun its
first ever joint co-ordinated patrols in the Andaman Sea
to check poaching, smuggling and drug trafficking in the
region ?
Indonesia
25. With the admission of two new members into the
European Union on January 1, 2007, the membership of the
organisation has now risen to—
27
26. The famous Akshardham Temple is situated in the
city of—
Gandhi Nagar
27. With the admission of one new nations into the
SAARC countries, the membership of the organisation has
now risen to—
8
28. Which International Telecom Company uses the
baseline ‘Intelligence Everywhere’ ?
Motorola
29. The multinational company which has launched
‘Bio Colour Television’ in Indian market?
Samsung
30. ‘Power’ a new variety of petrol has been
introduced in the market by—
HPCL
31. Who is the new President of the European
Council ?
Herman Van Rompuy
32. Who was awarded the 83rd Oscar Award for the
Best Director on 27th February, 2011?
Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech)
33. Name the magazine which has been circulated on
the board of Indian Airlines after replacing ‘Swagat.’
Darpan
37. Government of India formed a new South-Western
Command of the Indian land army. With this the number of
commands will be raised to—
7
35. Which position did Sachin Tendulkar achieve in
the ICC ranking in August 2011 ?
Third
36. ‘India’s Gateway to the World’ the famous
slogan is of—
VSNL
37. ‘Vision India 2020’ is a book written by—
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
38. The company which sponsored the Wisden Indian
Cricketer of the century is—
Electrolux
39. The centre is planning to set up the National
Institute of Animal Welfare in the state of—
Haryana
40. Britain’s Virgin Atlantic has ended codeshare
agreement with—
Air India
41. Who has been appointed as Chairman of ICC?
Sharad Pawar
42. Laura Chinchilla is—
First Woman President of Costa Rica
43. Where was the COP-15 Summit held in December
2009 ?
Copenhagen
44. Who has been appointed the as Director General
of National Investigation Agency in February 2010 ?
S. C. Sinha
45. Who is the Chief Justice of India ?
Justice Sarosh Homi Kapadia
46. The theme for the 24th National Science Day
2010 was—
Science and Technology Challenge of the 21st
Century—National Perspective
47. Who is the Chief Election Commissioner of India
?
S. Y. Qureshi
48. The first World Hindi Day was celebrated for
the time on—
10th January, 2007
49. Who is the newly elected President of CIC ?
A. N. Tiwari
50. Who is newly appointed President of FICCI ?
Harsh Mariwala
51. Who became the first woman Prime Minister of
Thailand ?
Yingluck Shinawatra
52. The Nobel Laureate who is fighting to liberate
the people of Myanmar is—
Aung San Suukyi
53. "India House" is located in—
London
54. Who was the Chief Guest at the Republic Day
function on January 26, 2011 in New Delhi ?
Susilo Babang Yudhoyono, President of Indonesia
55. Who was the first Prime Minister of England ?
Robert Walpole
56. Name the inventor of ATM who died recently—
John Shepherd Barron
57. What is Fahrenheit 9/11 ?
U S Film-maker Michael Moore’s film which bagged top
prize in May 2004 at the Canves Film Festival
58. What is "NMD" ?
National Missile Defence Space based anti ballistic
missile system being set up by the US
59. Who was the first Caliph ?
Abu Bakr
60. Whose teachings inspired the French Revolution
?
Rousseau
61. D-Day is the day when—
Allied troops landed in Normandy
62. The first airline to allow flyers to surf the
net was—
Singapore Airlines
63. World Computer Literacy Day is celebrated on—
2nd December
64. Fabianism is closely related to—
Democratic Socialism
65. The Bandung Conference was a major milestone in
the history of—
The Non-Aligned Movement
66. Former Soviet President Mr. Mikhail Gorbachev
had become popular for his policy of—
Perestroika
67. Who is popularly known as 'Missile Man of
India' ?
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
68. The abbreviation TRAI stands for—
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
69. ‘Ramadorai Sujatha’ who was recently in news is
a—
Mathematician
70. Who said, " Man is a Social Animal" ?
Aristotle
71. The Government of India in a bid to attract
foreign investments into India has appointed the
Investment Commission which is headed by—
Ratan Tata
72. 'Red Revolution' in China took place in—
1949
73. Who was ruling over Pakistan at the time when
Bangladesh became independent ?
Yahya Khan
74. The present Chairman of the Cauvery Water
Dispute Tribunal is—
Justice N. P. Singh
75. The first unified theatre commanded by the
Indian Defence Forces has been set at—
Andaman Nicobar Islands
76. What is the full form of CMP ?
Common Minimum Programme
77. The motto of CNBC India is—
Profit from it
78. Which country has recently announced of having
built the world’s highest elevated railway line ?
China
79. Who was awarded the 2009 Vyas Samman ?
Amar Kant
80. ‘Daughters of Shame’ is a book written by—
Jasvinder Sanghera |
