Saturday, July 3, 2010

Current Affairs/ General Knowledge Questions

** Which Two Countries had started talks on N-Ties ?

Answer: India, S Korea

** 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.

** AICC president Sonia Gandhi’ s Birthday is on ?

Answer: June 19

** 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.

** 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.

** 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.

** 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.

** 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.

** 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.

** 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.

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

** Which country is against Pak-China nuclear deal ?

Answer: India

** 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.

** 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.

** 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.

** Which Teams has been Participating in Asia Cup 2010 Cricket Matches?

Answer: India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh

** 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.

** Who won in Germany vs Australia fifa world cup 2010 ?

Answer: Germany won by 4-0 against Australia

** 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.

** 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.

** 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

** Who has been presented the FIFA 2010 Song Waka Waka ?

Answer: The Colombian singer Shakira

** 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.)

** 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

** 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

** 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)

** 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.

** 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

** Who was appointed as the officiating secretary of the Athletics Federation of India till the Commonwealth Games (October 30) ?

Answer: Ravinder Chaudhary

** Name the singer who can sing in 11 languages!
Answer:
Anaida

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