GK STUDENT

1. What was the result of Australia-West Indies Test Cricket?       A: Australia beat WI to win series 2. Who has been named PGA Tour Player of the year?     A: Tiger Woods 3. World club football crowned by which team?     A: Barcelona 4. Which English football player is accused of bribery?     A: England/CHelsea captain John Terry 5. The car racer Shumacher who is making a return has signed 1       year deal with which company?     A: Mercedes 6. FIFA Goal of the Year Award gone to which person?     A: Cristiano Ronaldo 7. Which Indian cricketer has been honoured with Padmasree?      A: Mahendra Singh Dhoni   8. Which cricket player after Sachin Tendulkar celebrated his 20       year completion in international cricket?     A: Sanath Jayasuriya of Srilanka 9. __________ has been named International Tennis       Federation(ITF) champion for the fifth time with Serena          Williams  taking the women's.     A: Roger Federer   10. Who two won the men

1. What is the name of Reliance BIG Entertainmet and Imagine     Entertainments first project?     A: Mofos 2. Who won the special achievement award of CNN/IBN for 50        years in entertainment?     A: Kamal Haasan 3. What is the name of the British Singer who has been voted the       most listened artiste on the web by Vogue Magazine?     A: Lady Gaya 4. Which Hollywood actress died at 32 who acted in famous       "Clueless & "8 mile"?      A: Brittany Murphy 5. Rani Mukherjee won Best Actress Award for which film?     A: Dil Bole Hadippa 6. Who won the third season of popular TV reality show "Bigg        Boss" and walked away with prize money of Rs 1 crore.     A: Actor Vindu Dara Singh   7. _____satellite radioservice saying it was discontinuing its      operations in India at the end of this year.     A: WorldSpace    8. Which Bollywood actor is set to anchor TV programme on colors      channel named National Bingo Night from 20

1. Which broadcasting corporation in US planned to file for        bankruptcy?     A: Citadel Broadcasting Corp 2. Who will take over charge as CEO of Bank of America       succeeding Kenneth Lewis?      A: Brian Moynihan 3. General Motors Co said who will be the new general manager of      its Buick and GMC brands after his predecessor lasted nine days      on the job?      A: Brian K. Sweeney 4. Kaushik Basu, the newly appointed chief economic advisor in       the union finance ministry, what percent GDP growth is "pretty       achievable" for the country in fiscal 2009-10?     A: 7 to 7.5 percent 5. Which company of Japan plans to build its fifth car plant in      China to cope with mounting competition in the fast-growing auto      market?     A: Honda Motors 6. What is the name of BMW's sports-car launched in India? -     A: Z4 Roadster 7. Which company will manufacture phone for google?     A: HTC   8. Hollywood filmmakers Imagine Enter

1. Which Union Minister has been declared the winner of the prestigious Moortidevi Award, considered the most prestigious literary award in the country after the Bharatiya Jnanpith, for his work ‘Shri Ramayan Mahaniveshanam’?     A: Union law minister and writer Veerappa Moily   2. Who won the UNESCO’s annual Kalinga Prize?    A: Professor Yash Pal of India 3. Which Army Major General is to be court martialled as per JAG's       recommendation following a bribery scam?    A: P.C.Sen 4. Which tax is to be effective from 2010?     A: Tax on perks   5. Name the Governor who was alleged to be in a compromising position with three women in the Raj      Bhavan?     A: Narayan Dutt Tiwari

1. How much amount of money was approved by The US Senate on Saturday for Obama's defence spending bill for the current fiscal.?      A: $626 billion 2. Which nation narrowly approved a $155 billion measure that seeks to create jobs and blunt the impact of the worst recession since the 1930s?     A: The US House of Representatives 3. Japan unveiled a record ______ trillion yen ($1 trillion) budget     for the next fiscal year, reflecting the primeminister's campaign     pledge to boost spending for child support and slash wasteful     outlay for public works.     A: 92.29

1. Who was named the Person of the Year by Time magazine?      A: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke 2. Who is the Chier Executive of Suzuki?      A: Osamu Suzuki 3. Who is the newly appointed chief economic advisor in the union      finance ministry?       A: Kaushik Basu 4. Which film won Best Film Award?      A: Kanchivaram 5. Name of software developed by google for use in its       mobilephone?     A: Android 6. Which committee investigates lapses during 26/11?     A: Pradhan Committee 7. Who is the appointed chief economic advisor in the union finance      ministry?     A: Kaushik Basu 8. Which is the third largest radio broadcasting corporation in US?     A: Citadel Broadcasting Corp 9. Who was the chairman of the award selection board for Moothi         Devi Award?    A: T N Chaturvedi  10. Who is the British secretary of state for business, skills and          innovation?     A: Peter Mandelson 11. Who is the chairman of Bajaj Auto?    

1. Italy won the last FIFA world cup. Who is the present coach of Italy? A: Marcello Lippi 2. Who defeated Saina Nehwal in the World Super Series? A: Juliane Schenk,Germany 3.Which country is set to host the 2010 FIFA world cup football? A: South Africa 4. Which team consequently for the second time won the Davis Cup Tennis Championship this year? A: Spain 5. Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been banned for two one-day international matches for his team's slow over rate in second ODI against Sri Lanka. Who will lead India in the next two matches in the series? A: Virender Sehwag 6: Which nation did India defeat in Challenger Trophy Hockey to win the cup? A: Argentina 7: Who has been voted by Associated Press as athlete of the year? A: Tiger Woods 8. What was the result of Pakistan – New Zealand Test Cricket Series? A: Drawn 9: On which stadium ground India scored 414 runs to achieve its highest score in One Day International Cricket? A: Rajkot. The opponent

1. What is the name of Iran’s much improved version of medium-ranged missile which was test fired in December? A: Sejil-2 2. Which country agreed to give India Uranium if disarmament obligations are met? A: Australia 3. Which place will host Bollywood’s Global Awards for 2011? A: Toronto 4. Kenyan environmentalist who was nominated the UN messenger of peace? A: Wangari Mathai 5. Tahawwur Rana, suspect of 26/11 attacks had been denied bail by a Court in US on the fear that he may flee country. Which state’s Court? A: California 6. Who is the person sentenced by US Court in December in connection with ill content E Mail about Bush? A: Vikram Buddhi 7. Australia, Africa, India and China walked out of the Copenhagen summit saying that the richer countries is trying to wreck the Kyoto protocol which needs to be discussed. Which year was Kyoto protocol made? A: 1997 8. Italian Prime Minister who was smacked in the face during a rally in Milan? A: Silvio Berlusconi 9. Who is t

1. Indian intelligence tracked the code name of ISI for fake Indian currency. It was called ‘Chappal’. What is the name of fake US Dollar? A: Achaar 2. How many MPs filed petition to impeach Chief Justice P.D.Dinakaran? A: 75 3. Who was the Army Major arrested on accusation of murder of a 15 year old female in Nepal during the Maoist insurgency? A: Neeranjan Basnith. 4. India test fired Dhanush Missile. How much weight can it carry? A: 500 kgs. It is a surface to surface missile and recognised as ‘Prithvi’s Naval form. It can travel upto 350 kms. 5. Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi who retired in December was the Grandson of a famous nationalist. Who was he? A: Mahathma Gandhi 6. Maharashtra Government initiated action against Mumbai Police Commissioner who accused fellow officers of inaction on 26/11 attacks? What is his name? A: Hasan Gafoor 7. What is the name of Goan MP who made remarks in connection with the Russian rape victim in Goa and ultimately criticised her

1. Who is the director of the 3D movie ‘Avatar’? A: James Camerone 2. In Fox News Channel in US, a TV show was aired in which the Indian Doctors were termed ‘discount doctors’ which raised much hue and cry. Who was the TV anchor in this spoof? A: Glenn Beck 3. In Bahamas International Film Festival in December which actor was given the award for lifetime achievement? A: Johnny Depp 4. Which Hollywood actor acted in a short film in India last December against trafficking in women and children? A: Lindsay Lohan 5. Kayeen Aldorino has been crowned Miss World for the year 2009. Indian beauty Pooja Chopra finished in which place? A: 9th 6. Top 20 movies in India were surveyed during the 40th International Film Festival in Goa. Which movie reached the pinnacle of movies and directed by whom? Ans: Hrithik Katak’s ‘Megha Dhakka Tara’

1. Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan unveiled German Carmaker Fox Wagon’s model which has won European Car of the Year Award for the first time in India. What is the name of the car? A: Polo 2. Yahoo agreed with which big giant relating to internet search and advertisement? A: Microsoft 3. Which chipmaker company is being sued by US authorities accused of anti-competitive measures? A: Intel

1. Paul Samuelson was the first American who won Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences. In how many languages does his best selling book ‘Economics:An Introductory Analysis ’ translated? A: 40 2. Which company owns the Times Now news channel? A: Bennet Coleman & Co. Services 3. Who is the foreign secretary of India? A: Nirupama Rao 4. Who is the director of CIA(Central Intelligence Agency) belonging to the United States of America? Ans: Leon E Panatta 5. Time magazine unveiled the name of the ‘person of the year 2009’. What is his name? Ans: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke

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