21 June 2012

Current affairs July to August 2010

1. Who was crowned Miss Universe 2010?

- Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete (22)
2. who become the sixth Indian batsman to score 7000 Test runs ?

- Virender Sehwag became the sixth Indian batsman to score 7000 Test runs during his unbeaten knock of 97 on third and final Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo.
3. who won Rajiv Gandhi khel Ratan award ?

-Saina Nehwal, who climbed to No. 2 in world rankings recently following three major title wins in Chennai, Singapore and Indonesia, was the popular choice for the Khel Ratna Award.
4. who has been appointed the chairperson to head the committee that has been constituted to select the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna and Dhyanchand awards apart from Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar for 2010.

- P.T. Usha
5. Who Becomes the first Indian to win on the U.S. PGA Tour ?

- Arjun Atwal became the first Indian and just the sixth Asian-born player to win on the PGA Tour when he secured a one-stroke victory at the Wyndham Championship.
6. Winners of the Australian Open 2010.
- Single :-
Men: Roger Federer (Switzerland) ,Women: Serena Williams (US)
DOUBLES :-
Men: Bob and Mike Bryan (US),Women: Serena & Venus Williams (US) ,Mixed: Cara Black (Zimbabwe) & Leander Paes (India)
7. Who was appointed as Election Commissioner?
- Former bureaucrat Harishankar Brahma
other one is  V.S. Sampath, Election Commissioner
8. Who became Australia’s the first full-time selector after being appointed as National Talent Manager by the Cricket Board?

-Former cricketer Greg Chappell
9. Who has been appointed as National Ambassador of UNICEF ?
- The famous Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra
10. Who will host a quadrilateral summit with leaders of Afghanistan,Pakistan and Tajikistan to discuss the situation in Af-Pak region.

- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
11. Which state bans plastic carry-bags ?
-  Rajasthan
In a major step for environment protection, the Rajasthan government announced a complete ban on the use of plastic carry-bags all over the State from August 1. A notification declared the entire State a “plastic carry-bag-free zone.”
The ban will also apply to manufacture, storage, import, sale and transport of plastic carry-bags.
Violation of the order will attract prosecution under Section 15 of the Environment Protection Act, which prescribes jail for five years or a fine of up to Rs.1 lakh or both. Recurrence of the offence may lead to penalty of Rs.5,000 a day.
12. Which two countryhave agreed to strengthen their respective National Action Plans under the Global Tiger Forum for tiger conservation in a time-bound implementation.
- India and Nepal
13. Who has been selected ‘Businessman of the decade’
- Ratan Tata, Chairman of the TATA group was bestowed with the title of ‘Businessman of the Decade’ during a ceremony held in Mumbai.
Governor of Maharashtra, K. Sankaranarayanan felicitated Ratan Tata with the award at a function organised by Federation of Indo-Israel Chambers of Commerce.
14. Who was the  Indian-American  CEO of an IT company has been sentenced to 20 months imprisonment and ordered to pay over USD 800,000 in restitution for his role in a bribery and kickback scheme.
- Sushil Bansal, 43, President and CEO of Advanced Integrated Technology Corporation.
An Indian-American  CEO of an IT company has been sentenced to 20 months imprisonment and ordered to pay over USD 800,000 in restitution for his role in a bribery and kickback scheme.
15. Who was Darbari and why did CWG OC terminated Darbari’s services ?
- CWG OC terminates Darbari’s services: Acting on the persistent plea of the sports ministry, the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee on Monday terminated the services of its tainted Joint Director General TS Darbari in the wake of the corruption scandal that has rocked the event.
16. Who resigned Commonwealth Games OC treasurer for CWG 3- 14, 2010 Ganes ?
- Anil Khanna quits from Commonwealth Games OC treasurer

17. Who was the Chief Minister undergone a complicated double heart surgery at the Asian Heart Institute recently ?
- Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi
18. What was the Maruti Suzuki new model launched on August 4, 2010 ?
- Maruti Suzuki Alto K10 new model launched at Rs 3 lakh on
19. Who was the World’s oldest Test cricketer died on August 2, 2010 ?

- New Zealand sportsman Eric Tindill.
New Zealand sportsman Eric Tindill, a double international who was the world’s oldest surviving Test cricketer and an All Black, has died aged 99
20. Who received the Lokmanya Tilak Award in 2010 ?
- Sheila Dixit has been received the Lokmanya Tilak Award

21. Who was the 14-year-old the youngest entrant into IIT-Kanpur’s prestigious MSc physics programme ?
- Sahal Kaushik

22. No more time for sorrow’ written by ——————. The author predict that terrorist will set off an atom bomb in the USA by 2013.
- Robert Beeman
23. Who took charge as Chief Eelection Commissioner on July 30, 2010 ?
- S Y Quraishi takes charge as Chief Eelection Commissioner
24. —————– famous Hindi actor who died with heart attack on July 28, 2010

- Ravi Baswani
25. ————- airliner from Karachi carrying 150 people crashed in a ball of flames densely wooded hills above Islamabad
- Private airline Air Blue flight
Pakistani airliner carrying 150 people crashed in a ball of flames July 28, 2010 into densely wooded hills above Islamabad during heavy rain and poor visibility, leaving little hope of survivors.

26. Who was accused in Koda scam ?
- Diamond merchant Manoj Punamia
Manoj Punamia one of the key accused in the Koda scam, was arrested on Saturday night July 24, 2010 at the Mumbai airport when he was returning from a foreign trip.

27. ————— is the missile that India successfully test-fired on July 26, 2010 .
- Interceptor
India successfully test-fires interceptor missile. The indigenously developed interceptor missile, capable of destroying any in-coming hostile ballistic missile, was test-fired from the Integrated Test Range at Wheeler Island off Odisha coast.

28. Who is the Former Goa tourism minister ———— granted bail in a death case on ————- ?
- Former Goa tourism minister Mickky Pacheco, who was remanded to 14-day judicial custody in the Nadia Torrado death case, on July 26, 2010 Monday granted bail by a Goa court.

29. 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) ?
- Batting star Sachin Tendulkar

30. 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 —————–
- July 20, 2010

31. Who is the first Indian-origin woman professor in the institution’s history ?
- 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.

32. Who was chargsheeted on July 20, 2010 for passing secret info to ISI ?

- 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.

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

34. Who is the Former India hockey star attacked umpire ?
- 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.

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

36. Why did TDP made bandh on July 19, 2010 ?
- 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.
37.  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.

38. New Rupee Symbol of India or Indian Rupee Symbol designed by __________?
- IIT post-graduate D Uday Kumar

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

40. What was The world’s only antivirus browser ?
- Epic Browser

41. 2010 ESPY Award Winners (ESPN)
- 2010 ESPY Award Winners:
  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

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


43. Who recieved Arthur Ashe ESPY Courage Award in 2010 ?
- Ed Thomas’s family
44. Who was the Political leader recently booked in a Case/ scam?
- 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.

45. Who is the winner of the Best Young Player Award award in fifa 2010 ?

- Thomas MUELLER

46. Who has been elected as Man of the Match in Fifa World Cup 2010 ?

- Andres INIESTA

47. ——————— is the winner of the adidas Golden Glove award in Fifa World Cup 2010 ?
- Iker CASILLAS

48. Who is the winner of the adidas Golden Shoe award in Fifa World Cup 2010 ?
- Thomas MUELLER

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

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

51. Who won FIFA World Cup 2010 in final ?
- 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.

52. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched ———- Vehicle with ———————- Satellites on July 12, 2010.
- 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.
53. Kadapa district named ———————-?
- 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.

54. YS Rajeshekar Reddy birth anniversary is on  ——————————
- July 8
55. Recently, who was the politician charged in anti-Sikh riots case ?
- 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.

56. The holiday court concept was bring up by ?
- 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.

57. 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 ———————-  ?
- “holiday courts” will function in the city from July 10, 2010.

58.  Name the Jamaican triple Olympic champion who is going to retair on 2016 Olympics.

- Usain Bolt

59. Who won World Cup final in 2010 ?
- Netherlands
Netherlands beat Uruguay 3-2 to reach World Cup final. Netherlands pushed Uruguay aside with a 3-2 victory to reach their third World Cup final and set up an all-European clash with Spain or Germany.
60. Who won Wimbledon mixed doubles title ?
- 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.

61. Who was the cricketer recently got married on July 4, 2010 with his childhood girlfriend?

- 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.

62. Recently Bharat bandh in 2010 took place on ? why Bharat bandh is observing ?
- 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).
63. Who reached WorldCup Semi finals in 2010 ?
- Uruguay
Uruguay reached the World Cup semifinals for the first time since 1970, beating Ghana 4-2 on penalties.

64. When was IGI’s swanky Terminal 3 inaugurated and by whom ?
- 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.

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

66. Who has been appointed as CEO of Symphony Service Corporation ?
- Sanjay Dhawan
67. What is the current number of world heritage sites in India as of August 2010?
- 28th Number
68. 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
69. How many goals are scored in the World Cup Football-2010?
- 145 including 101 in the group stage.
70. Which team scored maximum number of goals in World Cup Football-2010?Germany. They scored 16 goals.
Netherlands second with 12 goals.
71. Awards of FIFA World Cup Football-2010.
The Adidas Golden Shoe Award – Thomas Mueller (Germany)
Adidas Golden Ball Award – Diego Forlan (Uruguay) [The award is given to the Player of the tournament.]
Adidas Golden Glove Award – Iker Casillas (Spain) [The award is given for best goal keeper]
Best Young Player Award – Thomas Mueller (Germany)
The FIFA Fair Play Award – Spain.
Last Man of the Match – Andres Iniesta (Spain)
Diego Forlan (Uruguay)
72. Who has been appointed as CEO of Tulip Telecom Ltd ?
-Mr.Sanjay Jain
73. Who has been named world’s highest paid athlete ?

- Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova
74. Who has been chosen winner of Indian Idol 5 ?

- Sreeram Chandra
Indian Idol 5 Winner Mynampati Sreeram Chandra is a professional singer from Hyderabad who sings for Telugu film industry.Sreeram Chandra won Indian Idol Season 5 on August 15, 2010 which was announced by Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan in Indian Idol 5 final results.
75. Which two state  decided to dismantle bunkers set up by their police forces on either side of the border between them as a confidence building measure to resolve a violent boundary row.
- Assam and Arunachal Pradesh
76. 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.
77.  Who has been sworn in as the 15th president of Philippines?
- Benigno Aquino III.
78. Who was named as the new Coach and manager of the English Premier League club ‘Liverpool’?- Roy Hodgson.
79. Who was sworn in as Germany’s 10th President on July 1, 2010?- Christian Wulff.
80.  Indian-American who is appointed as assistant administrator for Asia in the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)?- Nisha Desai Biswal
81.  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.
82. Who is the first female president of Kyrgyzstan?

Rosa Otunbayeva. (born August 23, 1950)
She is also the first female president of Central Asia.
83. Who has been sworn in as new president of Poland?Bronislaw Komorowski.
84. 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”
85. Who becomes the first female Prime Minister of Slovakia?Iveta Radicova.
86. 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.
87. 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).
88. 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.
89. 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.
90.  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.
91. 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.
92. 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.
93. Which social networking website officially announced that it had surpassed 500 million users around the world?Face book.
Face Book launched in February 2004.
94. 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.
95. 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.
96. 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.
97. 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.
98. 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).
99. 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.
100. Who was named coach of the Brazil national soccer team, replacing the fired Carlos Dunga?Mano Menezes.
101. 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)

Current affairs June to July 2010

1. Who designed new symbol of Indian Rupee ?

Bombay IIT post-graduate Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam(Native of TAMIL NADU).
Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam is the designer of the Indian rupee symbol. He is an assistant professor at IIT Guwahati. His design was selected from among five short listed symbols. Udaya Kumar explained that the design is based on the Indian tricolour.
D.Udaya Kumar was born on 10 October 1978 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Age:
31 in 2010
Alma mater:
IDC, IIT Bombay (PhD)
IDC, IIT Bombay (MDes)
Anna University (B.Arch.)
Occupation: Assistant professor, IIT Guwahati
Known for: The designer of Indian rupee symbol (2010)
2. Who is honored with Top Photography award 2010 ?
Karnataka Forest officer M N Jayakumar honored with Top photography award by the UNESCO-affiliated International Federation of Photographic Art.
3. Which Indian cricketer honored with rank of Honorary Group by Indian Air Force (IAF) ?
Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar
4. Who is Current director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ?
Ashwani Kumar (since August 2, 2008)
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Court of which country has ordered the authorities to restore the Facebook, social networking site? Pakistan
9. Which Indian cricketer got married on July 4, 2010 with his childhood girlfriend?

Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Dhoni ties knot with longtime friend Sakshi Rawat on Sunday July 4, 2010 in a private ceremony attended only by family members and close friends, including a few of his team-mates at Dehradun.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. Which country recently filed a lawsuit with the International Court of Justice to halt Japanese whaling for ‘‘scientific research’’ in Antarctic waters? Australia.
14. 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.
15. 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
16. 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.
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. Who is India’s youngest IIT professor ?

Dr. Tathagat Tulsi (born 9 September 1987 in Patna) has taken up a job as youngest professor at Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay at the age of 22 Year.
He completed high school at the age of 9, had a B.Sc at 10, an M.Sc in Physics at 12, and a PhD in Quantum Computing from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, at 21. In 2003, Time named him among the world’s seven most gifted youngsters. Now, at age 22, Patna-born prodigy Tathagat Avtar Tulsi has become possibly the youngest assistant professor at IIT.
Tulsi will teach Physics at IIT Bombay from July 19, having chosen the institute over Waterloo University, Canada, and the Indian Institute of Science Education & Research (IISER), Bhopal, both of which had offered him jobs.
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 Managing director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation or DMRC ?
Ans. Dr. E. Sreedharan
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.
92. Who is has been appointed President of Obopay, Inc, a global mobile payments service provider?
Deepak Chandnani
93. 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.
94. 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.
95. 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.
96. Prime Minister of Japan who steps down over failure to honour election promises including relocation of Okinawa’s US air base?Yukio Hatoyama.
97. Who is appointed as chairman of Nasscom for 2010-11?
Harsh Manglik
98. Who is crowned as Miss Tibet 2010 ?
Tenzin Norzon (23 year), a resident of Varanasi.
99. Who won the Lost Man Booker Prize 2010 ?
J. G. Farrell  for his novel ‘Troubles’.
100. 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.
101. Who is current managing Director of State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur (SBBJ) ?
Ans. Mr. Supratik Chatterjee
102. 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.
103. Who won World Chess Championship against Veselin Topalov in 2010?
Viswanathan Anand from India is the world chess champion. He defeated Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria.
104. Who won 2010 Wimbledon mixed doubles title?
Leander Paes & Cara Black won 2010 Wimbledon mixed doubles title. Leander 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 2010 Wimbledon mixed doubles title.
105. Which Indian train was declared as the fourth best among the top 10 luxury trains of the world by the travel magazine ‘Conde Nast’?
Palace on Wheels has been declared the fourth best among the top 10 luxury trains of the world in 2010 by the travel magazine ‘Conde Nast’.
106. Which country is planning to build the world’s largest seawater desalination plant?
Israel
107. Who is the new British Prime Minister after Gordon Brown?
David Cameron. The 43-year-old Cameron becomes Britain’s youngest prime minister in almost 200 years. The last was Lord Liverpool at 42.
108. Who is the new IPL Commissioner?
Chirayu Amin. Chirayu Amin has joined as the new IPL commissioner after the dismissal of Lalit Modi. Mr. Amin is Baroda Cricket Association president and he also heads a company known as Alembic Chemicals.
109. Who has issued a fatwa saying that it is illegal for women to work?
Darul Uloom Deoband, the Sunni Muslim seminary had this fatwa issued by a bench of three clerics.
110. What is the name of panel that is being setup to look into Telangana issue?
Srikrishna committee or panel has been set up to study the demand for separate Telangana.
111. What is the real name of character artist “Samba” from super hit film “Sholey” who passed away recently.
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.
112. Who is the Union minister who has offered to resign for his controversial remarks against the home ministry for allegedly stalling some Chinese imports?
Jairam Ramesh
113. Who is the IAS Topper in UPSC Civil Services Exam 2010 which has been released by UPSC recently?
Dr Shah 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.
114. 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?
Ajmal Kasab of Pakistan
115. Name the president of MCI – Medical Council of India who is facing graft charges and has to resign.
Ketan Desai. He 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.
116. Who is popular South Indian actress who is willing to join DMK Party?

Khushboo
117. Who Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2010 Award Finalist for Northern California?
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.
118. Who is the latest actress who refused to work with Shiney Ahuja the actor allegedly accused for raping his maid?
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.
119. Which Team won the Europa League Title?
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.
120. Which Company has started up a BPO in Srinagar starting reverse migration of Kashmir?
Essar Group-run Aegis has started a BPO in Srinagar.
121. Name the company from whose premises toxic leak happened in one of the worst industrial disasters called Bhopal gas tragedy.
Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL)
122. Who received 27th Niwano Peace Foundation award on May 13, 2010?
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.
123. Name the countries which agree on a nuclear fuel swap aimed at easing concerns from the West that Iran might build a bomb.
Brazil, Iran and Turkey
124. Which Indian celebrity 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.
Mandira Bedi
125. Name the first Indian women who have been named as full professor at Harward University.

Gita Gopinath
126. Which Sri Lankan bowler retired recently from Test cricket ?

Muttiah Muralitharan
Test Debut – 28 August 1992 v. Australia
Last Test – 18 July 2010 v India
Muttiah Muralitharan (born 17 April 1972), often referred to as Murali, is a Sri Lankan cricketer, who was rated the greatest Test match bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack in 2002. He retired from Test cricket in 2010, registering his 800th and final wicket on 22 July 2010 from his final ball in his last test match.
Muralitharan is the highest wicket-taker in both Test cricket and in One Day Internationals (ODIs). He took the wicket of Gautam Gambhir on 5 February 2009 in Colombo to surpass Wasim Akram’s ODI record of 502 wickets. Muralitharan became the highest wicket-taker in Test cricket when he overtook the previous record-holder Shane Warne on 3 December 2007. Muralitharan had previously held the record when he surpassed Courtney Walsh’s 519 wickets in 2004, but he suffered a shoulder injury later that year and was then overtaken by Warne.
127. Name the singer who can sing in 11 languages?
Anaida

128. Winners of the Micromax IIFA Awards 2010
List of IIFA Awards
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 Directer : 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 Directer : 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)
129. Who is the Malayalam novelist died recently on June 2, 2010 ?
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.

130. Who won World Team Table Tennis Championship this year 2010?
C – Singapore end China’s 19-year reign in World Team Table Tennis Championship

Current affairs May to June 2010


1. Who is appointed Australia’s first women prime minister ?

Julia Eileen Gillard (born 29 September 1961) is the27th and current Prime Minister of Australia.
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. n 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. Who 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
103. Who became the first Indian batsman to make Century in International Twenty-20 match ?
Suresh Raina is 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?
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.

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