[shankla]

National Current Affairs...

[study_hard]

Answers for MAY:

1. Which company bought Electronic Data Systems for $13.9 billions?- Hewlett Packard
2. What is G1.9 + 0.3?- Youngest known supernova in milky way galaxy
3. CNET Networks was bought by?- CBS Corporation
4. Who was awarded the lifetime career achievement award at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.- Manoel de Oliveira
5. The Phoenix Lander which arrived successfully at Mars, landed at which region of Vastitas Borealis?- Green Valley
6. The first complete DNA sequence of a woman was deciphered by which medical center? Leiden University medical centre
7. Usain Bolt broke whose record recently? Asafa Powell

[study_hard]

Answers for JUNE:

1. Which of these have been recently declared as extinct:
a) White Tiger b)Orangutan c)Carribean Monk Seal d)Golden Walrus

2. Who won the French Open 2008 and whose record did he equal? Rafael Nadal, Bjorn Borg

3. Name the national anthem adopted by Kosovo (composer - Mendi Menxhiqi). Europe

4. Which country legalized same sex marriage?
a) India b) Pakistan c) Uganda d)Norway

5. Name the traditional abode of the King of Nepal. Narayanhiti Palace

6. Who defeated whom at the finals of 2008 US Open Golf Championship? Tiger Woods defeated Rocco Mediate

7. On which country did the US lift its sanctions, imposed since the 2003 Cocktail Wars ? Cuba

8.Which bank of Iran got its assets frozen by the EU? Bank Melli, Iran's largest bank

9. ICANN stands for?
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
10. Who won the 2008 European Championship in football? Spain

11. Which cyclist suffered a 2 years ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sports? Floyd Landis

[zat]

Originally Posted by study_hard

Sorry puys was busy with JMET. :1eye:

2 sets for today hence...

MAY

1. Which company bought Electronic Data Systems for $13.9 billions? HP
2. What is G1.9 + 0.3? youngest known supernova remnant
3. CNET Networks was bought by? CBS
4. Who was awarded the lifetime career achievement award at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. Clint Eastwood
5. The Phoenix Lander which arrived successfully at Mars, landed at which region of Vastitas Borealis? Green Valley
6. The first complete DNA sequence of a woman was deciphered by which medical center? Leiden University Medical Center
7. Usain Bolt broke whose record recently?
He broke Asaafa Powell's and Michael Johnson's record in 100m and 200m respectively, both in Beijing Olympics in Aug, 2008

By the way best of luck study_hard! hope u get through to a good college! And study hard! :tongue:

[study_hard]

JULY:

1. Which life giving compound was announced to be discovered by NASA in the atmosphere of Mercury?
2. Successor of Sunil Gavaskar at the ICC?
3. Who beat whom at the Wimbeldon Women's/Men's final this year?
4. Who won the Asia Cup Cricket Tournament this year?
5. The member nations of the G8 have agreed to decrease the emissions of green house gases by __ % by 2050.
6. Miss Universe 2008 - name & place.
7. Which Pakistani player was tested positive for a banned substance during T20?
8. 2010 World Cup Hockey will be hosted by?
9. Who was elected the President of Nepal this year?
10. Who won the Tour de France 2008?
11. Which Indian writers (name the books also) which featured in the list of Man Booker prize 2008 for fiction?

[study_hard]

Originally Posted by zat

By the way best of luck study_hard! hope u get through to a good college! And study hard! :tongue:

Thanks a lot buddy
Luck is all what I need, even a bit would do.
Loads of luck to you too!
Btw do you belong to Gzbd?

[redsand123]

this is my take puys
[quote=study_hard;1301448]JULY:

1. Which life giving compound was announced to be discovered by NASA in the atmosphere of Mercury?
2. Successor of Sunil Gavaskar at the ICC?
3. Who beat whom at the Wimbeldon Women's/Men's final this year?
4. Who won the Asia Cup Cricket Tournament this year?srilanka
5. The member nations of the G8 have agreed to decrease the emissions of green house gases by __ % by 2050.
6. Miss Universe 2008 - name & place.
7. Which Pakistani player was tested positive for a banned substance during T20?mohammad sami
8. 2010 World Cup Hockey will be hosted by?india
9. Who was elected the President of Nepal this year?ram baran yadava
10. Who won the Tour de France 2008? carlos sastre
11. Which Indian writers (name the books also) which featured in the list of Man Booker prize 2008 for fiction?aravind adiga(white tiger),amitav gosh(sea of poppies)[/quote]

[poojadatta]

Answers
1. As per the recent study conducted by the US Census Bureau and Boston Consulting Group, by the year ………., the world will face deficit of around 56 million skilled manpower but India would be the only country with a surplus of manpower.
(a) 2020
(b) 2011
(c) 2019
(d) 2015

2. Which of the following is the Union minister of state for labour and employment
(a) Oscar Fernandes
(b) Antony
(c) George Fernandes
(d) Shivraj Patil

3. Recently, MOSTLY MEN, were crushed to death and several others injured in a stampede caused by a rush of devotees in the …………………. temple in the 15th century Mehrangarh Fort on a hillock on the first day of Navaratri festival.
(a) Chamunda Devi
(b) Naina Devi
(c) Nanda Devi
(d) None of these

4. What is the full form of “NPPA”
(a) National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority
(b) National Product Pricing Authority
(c) National Pharmaceutical Pricing Agency
(d) National Pharmaceutical Pricing Administration

5. Which of the following is used for treatment of malaria ?
(a) sulphamethoxazole
(b) salbutamol sulphate
(c) potassium penicillin V
(d) benzathine penicillin G

6. Which of the following is the MD of SBI Life Insurance
(a) Uday Shankar Roy
(b) Sriprakash Jaiswal
(c) Shivshankar Menon
(d) JM Panchal

7. …………. will start mobile operations in the North East recently. It will initiate its Rs 200-crore rollout in a phased manner, starting with Assam.
(a) Tata Teleservices
(b) Reliance Communication
(c) BSNL
(d) MTNL

8. Who has been recently appointed as the ONGC Chairman?
(1) R.S. Sharma (2) Subir Raha (3) Bimal Jalan (4) G.N. Bajpai

9. “Growth is Life” is a punchline associated with
(1) LIC (2) Reliance Industries Ltd. (3) Tata AIG (4) K.K. Birla Group

10. Which of the following countries is not a member of the SAARC?
(1) China (2) India (3) Sri Lanka (4) Pakistan

[tarunceo]

Originally Posted by study_hard

JULY:

1. Which life giving compound was announced to be discovered by NASA in the atmosphere of Mercury?
2. Successor of Sunil Gavaskar at the ICC?is it haroon laloyd
3. Who beat whom at the Wimbeldon Women's/Men's final this year?men-nadal winner vs federer,women venus winner vs serena
4. Who won the Asia Cup Cricket Tournament this year?Sri lanka
5. The member nations of the G8 have agreed to decrease the emissions of green house gases by __ % by 2050.
6. Miss Universe 2008 - name & place.Dayana from venezuela
7. Which Pakistani player was tested positive for a banned substance during T20?mohd. sami
8. 2010 World Cup Hockey will be hosted by?India
9. Who was elected the President of Nepal this year?
10. Who won the Tour de France 2008? Carlos sastre
11. Which Indian writers (name the books also) which featured in the list of Man Booker prize 2008 for fiction?

-Amitav ghosh for sea of poppies

[Abhishek_fr_CAT]

Can someone upload some info or document which contains information about all the big pharma companies of the world like Teva, Merck, Pfizer etc. and the takeovers they have completed in the recent past?

Thanx in advance,
Abhishek