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Some more...
1. Who among the following selected ICC, ODI Player of the Year 2008?
(A) Dale Steyn (South Africa)
(B) Yuvraj Singh (India)
(C) M.S. Dhoni (India)
(D) None of these

2. Who among the following has been taken retirement from International test cricket?
(A) Sourav Ganguly
(B) V.V.S.Laxman
(C) Rahul Dravid
(D) Sachin Tendulkar

3. Who among the following selected ICC, T20 Player of the Year 2008?
(A) Dale Steyn (South Africa)
(B) Yuvraj Singh (India)
(C) M.S. Dhoni (India)
(D) None of these

4. Who won the 2008 Wimbledon Women’s Singles Tennis championship?
(A) Venus Williams
(B) Sarena Williams
(C) Jelena Jankovic
(D) None of these

5. The 2008 Irani Trophy has been won by?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Delhi
(C) Rest of India
(D) None of these

6. Who among the following selected ICC, Test Player of the Year 2008?
(A) Dale Steyn (South Africa)
(B) Yuvraj Singh (India)
(C) M.S. Dhoni (India)
(D) None of these

7. Which game will be played for the first time in Asian Games, 2010?
(A) Kabaddi
(B) T20 Cricket
(C) Kho-Kho
(D) None of these

8. Who is the following achieved a grand double in world championships in Billiards at Banglore in Sept 2008?
(A) Pankaj Advani
(B) Saurav Ghosal
(C) Chetan Anand
(D) None of these

9. Where was the World Paralympics held in Sept. 2008?
(A) New Delhi
(B) London
(C) Beijing
(D) None of these

10. Who won the 2008 Wimbledon Men’s Singles Tennis championship?
(A) Rafel Nadal
(B) Roger Federer
(C) Nenand Zimonjic
(D) None of these

11. Who among the following selected Test Captain of ICC Team 2008?
(A) Ricky Ponting (Australia)
(B) Graeme Smith (S. Africa)
(C) M.S.Dhoni (India)
(D) None of these

12. Who among the following Won ODI Hero Honda Cup 2008?
(A) Australia
(B) India
(C) England
(D) None of these

13. Who won the 2008 French Open Women’s Singles Tennis Tournament?
(A) Maria Sararopa
(B) Jelena Jankovic
(C) Serena Williams
(D) Ana Ivanovic

14. Who among the following Won Border- Gavaskar Trophy 2008?
(A) Australia
(B) India
(C) Pakistan
(D) None of these

15. Who won the 2008 French Open Men’s Singles Tennis Tournament?
(A) Rafal Nadal
(B) Roger Federer
(C) Briton Andy Murray
(D) None of these

16. Who won 2008 US Open men’s single title at New York?
(A) Rafal Nadal
(B) Roger Federer
(C) Briton Andy Murray
(D) None of these

17. Who won the 2008 French Open Men’s Singles Tennis Tournament?
(A) Rafael Nadal
(B) Andy Murray
(C) Roger Federer
(D) None of these

18. Common wealth games 2010 will be held in?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Delhi
(C) Chennai
(D) None of these
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19. Who won US Open women’s single title 2008 at New York?
(A) Maria Sararopa
(B) Jelena Jankovic
(C) Serena Williams
(D) None of these

20. Which country has clinched the highest number of gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, 2008?
(A) The US
(B) China
(C) Russia
(D) None of these

21. Who has won the 2008 Thailand open Women’s Singles Badminton Championship?
(A) Xie Xingfang
(B) Saina Nehwal
(C) Aparna Popat
(D) None of these

22. Who won the 2008 French Open Women’s Singles Tennis Tournament?
(A) Jelena Jankovic
(B) Ana Ivanovic
(C) Serena Williams
(D) None of these

23. Who won Sultan Azian Shah Tournament 2008?
(A) Holand
(B) Argentina
(C) Australia
(D) Germany

24. Which of the following country has won the 2008 Junior Asia Cup Hockey Tournament?
(A) Pakistan
(B) India
(C) South Korea
(D) None of these

25. Who won the ICC under – 19 cricket world cup 2008?
(A) Pakistan
(B) Australia
(C) India
(D) Sri Lanka

Answers :
1. (C) M.S. Dhoni (India)
2. (A) Sourav Ganguly
3. (B) Yuvraj Singh (India)
4. (A) Venus Williams
5. (C) Rest of India
6. (A) Dale Steyn (South Africa)
7. (B) T20 Cricket
8. (A) Pankaj Advani
9. (C) Beijing
10. (A) Rafel Nadal
11. (B) Graeme Smith (S. Africa)
12. (B) India
13. (D) Ana Ivanovic
14. (B) India
15. (A) Rafal Nadal
16. (B) Roger Federer
17. (A) Rafael Nadal
18. (B) Delhi
19. (C) Serena Williams
20. (B) China
21. (A) Xie Xingfang
22. (B) Ana Ivanovic
23. (B) Argentina
24. (B) India
25. (C) India

[P@GALGUY]

1. In the eye donation, which part of the eye is transplanted from the donor ?
(A) Cornea
(B) The whole eye
(C) Lens
(D) Retina

2. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
(A) Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) —Satellite Programme
(B) Falcon—Under-seacable system
(C) Discovery —Space Shuttle
(D) Atlantis —Space Station

3. Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the formation of the following as full States of the Union ?
(A) Sikkim-Arunachal Pradesh-Nagaland-Haryana
(B) Nagaland-Haryana-Sikkim-Arunachal Pradesh
(C) Sikkim-Haryana-Nagaland-Arunachal Pradesh
(D) Nagaland - Arunachal-Pradesh-Sikkim-Haryana

4. Which one of the following is printed on a commonly used flourescent tubelight ?
(A) 220 K
(B) 273 K
(C) 6500 K
(D) 9000 K

5. Which one of the following countries is the first country in the world to propose a carbon tax for its people to address global warming ?
(A) Australia
(B) Germany
(C) Japan
(D) New Zealand

6. Which one among the following was set up in pursuance of a definite provision under an Article of the Constitution of India ?
(A) University Grants Commission
(B) National Human Rights Commission
(C) Election Commission
(D) Central Vigilance Commission

7. The number of High Courts in India is—
(A) 22
(B) 24
(C) 21
(D) 25

8. Who among the following was a proponent of Fabianism as a Movement ?
(A) Annie Beasant
(B) A. O. Hume
(C) Michael Madhusudan Dutt
(D) R. Palme Dutt

9. What was Komagata Maru ?
(A) A political party based in Taiwan
(B) Peasant Communist leader of China
(C) A naval ship on voyage to Canada
(D) A Chinese village where Mao Tse Tung began his Long March

10. Which one of the following countries does not border Lithuania ?
(A) Poland
(B) Ukraine
(C) Belarus
(D) Latavia

11. Where are the Balearic islands located ?
(A) Mediterranean Sea
(B) Black Sea
(C) Baltic Sea
(D) North Sea

12. Spanish is not the official language of—
(A) Chile
(B) Colombia
(C) Republic of Congo
(D) Cuba

13. The Constitution (98th Amendment) Act is related to—
(A) Empowering the centre to levy and appropriate tax
(B) The Constitution of National Judicial Commission
(C) Readjustment of electoral Constituencies on the basis of the Population Census 2001
(D) The demarcation of new boundaries between states

14. Which of the following is the correct statement on the basis of Census 2001 ?
(A) Bihar has the highest percentage of Scheduled Castes of its population
(B) The decadal growth of population of India (1999–2001) has been below 20%
(C) Mizoram is the Indian state with the least population.
(D) Puducherry has the highest sex ratio among the Union Territories

15. Where is the volcanic mountain Mount St. Helen located ?
(A) Chile
(B) Japan
(C) Philippines
(D) United States of America

16. The memory of a computer is commonly expressed in terms of Kilobytes or Megabytes. A byte is made up of—
(A) Eight binary digits
(B) Eight decimal digits
(C) Two binary digits
(D) Two decimal digits

17. The Parliament can make any law for the whole or any part of India for implementing International treaties—
(A) With the consent of all the states
(B) With the consent of the majority of the states
(C) With the consent of the State concerned
(D) Without the consent of any State

18. Which one of the following statements about a Money Bill is not correct ?
(A) A Money Bill can be tabled in either House of Parliament
(B) The Speaker of Lok Sabha is the final authority to decide whether a Bill is Money Bill or not
(C) The Rajya Sabha must return within 14 days a Money Bill passed by the Lok Sabha
(D) The President cannot return a Money Bill to the Lok Sabha for reconsideration

19. Which one of the following Muslim rulers was hailed as the Jagadguru by his Muslim subjects because of his belief in secularism ?
(A) Hussain Shah
(B) Zainul Abidin
(C) Ibrahim Adil Shah
(D) Mahmud II

20. The primary function of the Finance Commission in India is to—
(A) Distribute revenue between the Centre and the States
(B) Prepare the Annual Budget
(C) Advise the President on financial matters
(D) Allocate funds to various ministers of the Union and the State Governments

21. When water is heated from 0°C to 10°C, its volume—
(A) Decreases
(B) Does not change
(C) Increases
(D) First decrease and then increase

22. ‘Athlete’s Foot’ is a disease caused by—
(A) Nematode
(B) Fungus
(C) Bacteria
(D) Protozoa

23. If a new State of the Union is to be created, which one of the following Schedules of the Constitution must be amended ?
(A) First
(B) Fifth
(C) Second
(D) Third

24. Antigen is a substance which—
(A) Lowers body temperature
(B) Destroys harmful bacteria
(C) Is used to treat poisoning
(D) Stimulates formation of antibody

25. The Mongols under Chenghis Khan invaded India during the reign of—
(A) Feroz Tughlaq
(B) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
(C) Iltutmish
(D) Balban

26. Who among the following wrote ‘The Communist Manifesto’ along with Karl Marx ?
(A) Emile Durkeim
(B) Friedrich Engels
(C) Robert Owen
(D) Max Weber

27. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ?
(A) Slovenia—Bratislava
(B) Seychelles—Victoria
(C) Sierra Leon—Freetown
(D) Mauritania—Nouakchott

28. Where are Shevroy Hills located ?
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Karnataka
(C) Kerala
(D) Tamil Nadu

29. In human body, which one of the following hormones regulates blood calcium and phosphate ?
(A) Glucagon
(B) Growth hormone
(C) Parathyroid hormone
(D) Thyroxine

30. How do most insects inspire ?
(A) Through Skin
(B) Through gills
(C) By Lungs
(D) By trachael system

31. In human beings, normally in which one of the following parts, does the sperm fertilize the ovum ?
(A) Cervix
(B) Fallopian tube
(C) Lower part of uterus
(D) Upper part of uterus

32. Which one of the following parts of the human brain is the regulating centre for swallowing and vomiting ?
(A) Cerebellum
(B) Cerebrum
(C) Medulla Oblongata
(D) Pons

33. Production of which one of the following is a function of the liver ?
(A) Lipase
(B) Urea
(C) Mucus
(D) Hydrochloric Acid

34. Which one of the following is not a digestive enzyme in the human system ?
(A) Trypsin
(B) Gastrin
(C) Ptyalin
(D) Pepsin

35. Which of the following types of light are strongly absorbed by plants ?
(A) Violet and orange
(B) Blue and red
(C) Indigo and yellow
(D) Yellow and violet

Answers with Hints
1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (D) 6. (C)
7. (C) There are only 21 High Courts in India, whereas the number of States are 28.
8. (A)
9. (C) Komagata Maru was a naval ship which on September 29, 1914 reached Buzz Buzz (Kolkata) harbour where its passengers were fired at.
10. (B) 11. (A) 12. (C) 13. (B) 14. (D)
15. (D) 16. (A) 17. (D) 18. (A) 19. (C)
20. (A) According to Article 280 the Chief Function of the Finance Commission is to make recommendations
to the President regarding the distribution between the Union and the States of the net proceeds which are or may be divided between them.
21. (D)
22. (B) Athlete’s foot disease is caused by fungus. The fungus attacks the dead cells on upper layer of the skin and generates the disease.
23. (A) The subject matter of the First Schedule to the Constitution of India includes names of the States and their territorial jurisdiction, names of Union Territories and their extent covered under Article 1 to 4 of the Constitution of India.
24. (D) Antigen is the substance that inspires the formation of antibodies which, in turn, fight disease in the body.
25. (C) 26. (B)
27. (A) The Capital of Slovenia is Ljubljana.
28. (D) 29. (C) 30. (D) 31. (B) 32. (C) 33. (B)
34. (B) Gastrin is a hormone, which stimulates secretion of gastric juice.
35. (B)

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Some old junk:

The English cricket team pulled out of the ODI series midway in 2008 due to which incident?
1. 26/11 Mumbai attacks
2. Phone threat
3. Earthquake
4. None of these

Name the bank that is ready to launch Bio Metric ATMs.

1. Citi Bank
2. Canara Bank
3. PNB
4. ABN Amro

In the BusinessWeek list of 50 most innovative companies, which company leads the pack?

1. IBM
2. Apple
3. Google
4. DELL

Which automobile company launched a marketing initiative called ‘Ghar Ghar Ki Pehchaan’ for tapping rural markets for its popular mode in 2008?

1. Hyundai
2. Fiat
3. Maruti
4. Ford

What was the highest point that Sensex had reached in the year 2008?

1. 20,100.00
2. 21,206.77
3. 56,00.23
4. None of these

Italian fashion brand Diesel in Oct 2008 announced a joint venture with which company to set up stores in the country?

1. Reliance Brands
2. Adag
3. Reta
4. None of these

The Power of Knowledge' is the tagline of which newspaper?

1. Deccan Herald
2. DNA
3. None of these
4. The Economic Times

Which company calls itself 'The Indian Multinational'?

1. Videocon
2. Sanyo
3. Onkyo
4. LG

"You never forget your first time' is the tagline of which airline?

1. Go Air
2. British Air
3. Emirates
4. Virgin Atlantic

[P@GALGUY]

1. The largest revenue in India is obtained from __________
(A) Railways
(B) Excise Duty
(C) Sales Tax
(D) Direct Taxes
Ans : (B)

2. The tax levied by Central Government and collected by State Government is ________
(A) Stamp Duty
(B) Excise Duty
(C) Income Tax
(D) Gift Tax
Ans : (A)

3. What is the major share in revenue of State Governments?
(A) Stamp Duty
(B) Excise Duty
(C) Sales Tax
(D) Income Tax
Ans : (C)

4. The tax levied by Local Governments i.e. Municipal Corporations and municipalities is ____________
(A) Income Tax
(B) Wealth Tax
(C) House Tax
(D) Gift Tax
Ans : (C)

5. The tax collected by the State Governments and given to local bodies is __________
(A) Income Tax
(B) Wealth Tax
(C) House Tax
(D) Professional Tax
Ans : (D)

6. The period for Call Money is ________
(A) 10 to 15days
(B) 1 to 14 Days
(C) 15 to 30 Days
(D) One Month
Ans : (B)

7. Who regulates the money circulation in India?
(A) State Bank of India
(B) Reserve Bank of India
(C) NABARD
(D) Commercial Banks
Ans : (B)

8. Which of the following is not an organized sector in India?
(A) Nationalised Banks
(B) Regional Rural Banks
(C) Cooperative Banks
(D) Chits and Money lenders
Ans : (D)

9. Who will settle the grievances of customers of banks?
(A) Reserve Bank of India
(B) State Bank of India
(C) Local Courts
(D) Ombuds Men
Ans : (D)

10. Who introduced the Banking Ombudsmen Scheme?
(A) ARBI
(B) SBI
(C) Ministry of Finance
(D NABARD
Ans : (A)

11. When was OMBUDS MEN SCHEME first introduced?
(A) November 2006
(B) October 1981
(C) June 1995
(D) January 1998
Ans : (C)

12. Which was the firth Bank corporated by the Indians? (1881)
(A) Imperial Bank of India
(B) State Bank of India
(C) Avadh Commercial Bank
(D) Reserve Bank of India
Ans : (C)

13. When was the Avadh Commercial Bank established?
(A) 881
(B) 1894
(C) 1898
(D) 1899
Ans : (A)

14. When was Reserve Bank of India established?
(A) 1920
(B) 1925
(C) 1935
(D) 1948
Ans : (C)

15. When was Reserve Bank of India Nationalised?
(A) 1947
(B) 1948
(C) 1949
(D) 1950
Ans : (C)

16. When was Indian Banking Act come into force?
(A) 1948
(B) 1949
(C) 1950
(D) 1951
Ans : (B)

17. Imperial Banks were amalgamated and changed as _________
(A) Reserve Bank of India
(B) Tata Bank of India
(C) Subsidiary Banks
(D) Union Bank of India
Ans : (B)

18. When was Imperial Bank was Changed as State Bank of India?
(A) January 1st 1935
(B) Feb 26 1947
(C) July 1st 1955
(D) July 1st 1959
Ans : (C)

19. How many banks were first nationalised?
(A) 10
(B) 12
(C) 14
(D) 16
Ans : (C)

20. When was the second phase of nationalisation done?
(A) 9th July 1969
(B) 10th July 1968
(C) 16th August 1985
(D) 15th April, 1980
Ans : (D)

21. How many banks were in second phase of nationalisation?
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 7
Ans : (C)

22. Who will act as the banker to the Government of India?
(A) State Bank of India
(B) Reserve Bank of India
(C) NABARD
(D) Nationalised Banks
Ans : (B)

23. Where is the Head Quarter of Reserve Bank of India?
(A) Mumbai
(B) Delhi
(C) Kolkotta
(D) Ahmedabad
Ans : (A)

24. Who was first governor of Reserve Bank of India?
(A) K. A. Narasimham
(B) V. K. Malhotra
(C) A. K. Vadia
(D) A. B. A Smith
Ans : (D)

25. When was Lead Bank Scheme introduced?
(A) 1967
(B) 1968
(C) 1969
(D) 1974
Ans : (C)

Cheers,

[P@GALGUY]

First Person in India

● First Governor-General of Independent India—Lord Lewis Mountbatten
● Indian Governor-General of Independent India—Chakravarti Rajgopalachari
● Chief of the Indian Armed Forces—General K. M. Carriappa
● Field Marshall—General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
● President—Dr. Rajendra Prasad
● Vice-President—Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
● Prime-Minister—Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
● Non-Congress Prime-Minister—Atal Behari Bajpai
● British Governor-General of Bengal—Warren-Hastings
● Space traveller—S. Leader-Rakesh Sharma
● I. C. S.—Satendra Nath Tagore
● Swimmer who crossed over the English channel by swimming—Mihir Sen
● Raman-Magsaysay awardee—Acharya Vinoba Bhave
● Novel prize winner—Rabindra Nath Tagore
● President of National Congress—Vyomesh Chand Banerjee
● Chairman of Lok Sabha—G. B. Mavlankar
● Chief Election Commissioner—Sukumar Sen
● Indian Chairman in International Court—Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh
● Foreigner awardee of Bharat Ratna—Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
● Leader of the Indian Antarctica Mission—Dr. Syed Zahuv Quasim
● Chief Justice of Supreme Court—Justice Hiralal J. Kaniya
● Awarded with ‘Bharat Ratnas’—Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Chakravarti Rajgopalachari, Sir C. B. Raman
● Posthumally Bharat Ratna Awardee—Lal Bahadur Shastri
● Person awarded Bhartiya-Gyan-Peeth Purskar—G. Shankar Kurup (Malayalam–1965)
● Successful Surgeon who transplanted heart—Dr. P. Venugopal
● Successful heart transplanted person—Devi Ram (1994)
● President of National Human Rights Commission—Justice Rangnath Mishra
● Hindi Literature person-awarded Bhartiya Gyan Peeth Purskar—Sumitra Nandan Pant (1968 )
● Indian who won the World Billiard award—Wilson Jans
● Indian who won the Grammy award—Pt. Ravi Shankar
● Person delivered the Lecture in Hindi in U.N.O.— Atal Behari Bajpai (1977)
● Indian member in British House of Commons— Dada Bhai Naoroji (1892)
● First President of Indian Science Congress—Sir Asutosh Mukherjee
● Mountaineer who scaled Mount Everest 8 times—Sherpa-Augarita
● Writer who was awarded ‘Vyas Samman’—Ramvilas Sharma
● Indian Managing Director of World Bank—Gautam Kazi
● Player awarded ‘Padam Bhusan’—C. K. Naidu
● Indian players played Davis Cup—M. Salim and S. M. Jacob (Singles), A. A. Faiyaz and L. S. Dare (Doubles) (1921)
● Indian player who played the test cricket—K. S. Ranjeet Single (from England)
● Scientist elected for Lok Sabha—Dr. Meghnad Saha
● Scientist awarded Ghanshyam Das Birla award—Prof. Ashish Datta (1991)
● Literature who was awarded Murti Devi Purskar—C. K. Nagraj Rao (1993)
● Person, who became High Commission in Great Britain—V. K. Krishna-Menon
● Indian who was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize—Dr. Safuddin Kichlu (1952)
● First Indian who contested the election for British Parliament—Lal Mohan Ghose
● An Indian, appointed the judge of High Court, during the British period—Ram Prasad Ram
● Indian member of Viceroy Executive Council—Sir. S. P. Sinha
● Chairman of Finance Commission—K. C. Niogi
● Indian member of American Congress—Deleep Singh
● Bowler who made hat-trick in Test Cricket—Harbhajan Singh
● Batsman who made 300 runs in test Cricket—Virendra Sehwag
● First Marshal of Indian Air Force—Arjan Singh
● First Indian who individually won the Gold medel in Olympic games—Abhinav Bindra
● First Indian who won the Bronze medel in Boxing in Olympic games—Vijendra Kumar

Cheers,

[chandraaDa_08]

Originally Posted by P@GALGUY

First Person in India

● First Governor-General of Independent India—Lord Lewis Mountbatten
● Indian Governor-General of Independent India—Chakravarti Rajgopalachari
● Chief of the Indian Armed Forces—General K. M. Carriappa
● Field Marshall—General S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
● President—Dr. Rajendra Prasad
● Vice-President—Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
● Prime-Minister—Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
● Non-Congress Prime-Minister—Atal Behari Bajpai
● British Governor-General of Bengal—Warren-Hastings
● Space traveller—S. Leader-Rakesh Sharma
● I. C. S.—Satendra Nath Tagore
● Swimmer who crossed over the English channel by swimming—Mihir Sen
● Raman-Magsaysay awardee—Acharya Vinoba Bhave
● Novel prize winner—Rabindra Nath Tagore
● President of National Congress—Vyomesh Chand Banerjee
● Chairman of Lok Sabha—G. B. Mavlankar
● Chief Election Commissioner—Sukumar Sen
● Indian Chairman in International Court—Justice Dr. Nagendra Singh
● Foreigner awardee of Bharat Ratna—Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan
● Leader of the Indian Antarctica Mission—Dr. Syed Zahuv Quasim
● Chief Justice of Supreme Court—Justice Hiralal J. Kaniya
● Awarded with ‘Bharat Ratnas’—Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, Chakravarti Rajgopalachari, Sir C. B. Raman
● Posthumally Bharat Ratna Awardee—Lal Bahadur Shastri
● Person awarded Bhartiya-Gyan-Peeth Purskar—G. Shankar Kurup (Malayalam–1965)
● Successful Surgeon who transplanted heart—Dr. P. Venugopal
● Successful heart transplanted person—Devi Ram (1994)
● President of National Human Rights Commission—Justice Rangnath Mishra
● Hindi Literature person-awarded Bhartiya Gyan Peeth Purskar—Sumitra Nandan Pant (1968 )
● Indian who won the World Billiard award—Wilson Jans
● Indian who won the Grammy award—Pt. Ravi Shankar
● Person delivered the Lecture in Hindi in U.N.O.— Atal Behari Bajpai (1977)
● Indian member in British House of Commons— Dada Bhai Naoroji (1892)
● First President of Indian Science Congress—Sir Asutosh Mukherjee
● Mountaineer who scaled Mount Everest 8 times—Sherpa-Augarita
● Writer who was awarded ‘Vyas Samman’—Ramvilas Sharma
● Indian Managing Director of World Bank—Gautam Kazi
● Player awarded ‘Padam Bhusan’—C. K. Naidu
● Indian players played Davis Cup—M. Salim and S. M. Jacob (Singles), A. A. Faiyaz and L. S. Dare (Doubles) (1921)
● Indian player who played the test cricket—K. S. Ranjeet Single (from England)
● Scientist elected for Lok Sabha—Dr. Meghnad Saha
● Scientist awarded Ghanshyam Das Birla award—Prof. Ashish Datta (1991)
● Literature who was awarded Murti Devi Purskar—C. K. Nagraj Rao (1993)
● Person, who became High Commission in Great Britain—V. K. Krishna-Menon
● Indian who was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize—Dr. Safuddin Kichlu (1952)
● First Indian who contested the election for British Parliament—Lal Mohan Ghose
● An Indian, appointed the judge of High Court, during the British period—Ram Prasad Ram
● Indian member of Viceroy Executive Council—Sir. S. P. Sinha
● Chairman of Finance Commission—K. C. Niogi
● Indian member of American Congress—Deleep Singh
● Bowler who made hat-trick in Test Cricket—Harbhajan Singh
● Batsman who made 300 runs in test Cricket—Virendra Sehwag
● First Marshal of Indian Air Force—Arjan Singh
● First Indian who individually won the Gold medel in Olympic games—Abhinav Bindra
● First Indian who won the Bronze medel in Boxing in Olympic games—Vijendra Kumar

Cheers,

First to win individual medal in olympics - KD Jadav in wrestling

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First Woman in India:-

● Prime-Minister—Indira Gandhi
● Woman (India and World) who crossed English Channel through Swimming—Arti Shah
● Governor—Sarojini Naidu (U. P.)
● I. P. S.—Kiran Bedi
● President of National Congress—Anne Besant
● Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission—Rose-William Baithu
● Winner of Nobel Prize—Mother Teresa (for peace)
● Awardee of Miss World—Reeta Farhia
● Awardee of Miss Universe—Sushmita Sen
● Mayer—Tara Charian (Madras-1957)
● Minister in Central Cabinet—Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
● Chief Minister—Sucheta Kriplani
● Parliamentrian—Radhabai Subbarayan (1938 )
● Judge of Supreme Court—Justice Meera Sahaib Fatima Bibi
● Chief Justice of High Court—Justice Leela Seth (Himachal Pradesh)
● Session Judge of the Counting—Anna Chandi (Kerala)
● Mountaineer who climbed (Conquered) the Mt. Everest—Bacchendri Pal
● Awardee of Norman Barlog Prize—Dr. Amrita Patil
● Literature who was awarded the Sahitya Akademi award—Amrita Pritam (1956)
● Honoured with ‘Bharat Ratna’—Indira Gandhi
● Awardee of Lenin peace award—Aruna Asaf Ali
● Awardee of Jananpith Purshkar—Asha Purna Devi (1976)
● Woman who reached ‘Antarctica’—Mahel Musa (1977)
● Woman who reached the North Pole—Pritisu Gupta (1993)
● Woman who travelled All round the world—Ujjawala Patil (1988 ) by Boat
● Chief Engineer—P. K. Tresia Naguli
● Pilot—Flying Officer Sushma Mukhopaddhyaya
● Air Lines Pilot—Capt. Durga Banerjee
● Commander of Boeing 737 Plane—Capt. Saudamini Deshmukh
● Paratrooper of Indian Air Force—Geeta Ghosh
● I. A. S.—Auna George Malhotra
● First television news broadcaster—Pratima Puri
● Participated in mustic programme of U.N.O.—M. S. Subbuluxmi (1966)
● Woman participated in Olympic games—Meri Lila Row (1952)
● Woman who won the medal in Olympic games—Malleshwari (weight lifting—Sydney)
● Woman who won the Gold Medal in Asian games—Kamaljeet Sidhu (1970, 400 metre)
● Woman who won the medal in Commonwealth games—Anil Ghiya and Kawal Thakur Singh (woman Doubles Badminton, 1978
● Medal winner in International Athletic Championship—Anju B. George (2003 Paris)
● Grandmaster winner in Chess—Bhagiya Sri Thispey (1988 )
● One hundred wicket taker in International Cricket—Indulgi (1986)
● Awardee of Arjun Purskar—N. Lamsden (Hockey, 1961)
● Woman who made hat-trick in football—Youlandade-Suza (1978 )
● Awardee of Ashok Chakra—Neerja Bhanot (Posthumously)
● Awardee of Sena Medal—Vimla Devi (1988 )
● Degree of graduation—Kadambni Ganguly (Bose) and Chandramukhi Bose (Kolkata University, 1883)
● Awardee of B. E. degree—Ella-Majumdar (1951)
● M.B.B.S. Degree awardee—Vidhumuti Bose and Virginia Mitter (Kolkata Medical College)
● First Surgeon—Dr. Prema Mukherjee
● Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank—K. J. Udesi (2003)
● Chairman of NABARD—Ranjana Kumar
● D. I. G. (Police)—Kanchan Chaudhry Bhattacharya
● Lieutenant General—Punita Arora
● Chairman of Indian Air lines—Shushma Chawla
● Barrister—Cornonia Sorabji (Allahabad High Court-1923)
● Advocate—Regina Guha
● Ambassador—Vijayalaxmi Pandit (U.S.S.R.-1947)
● Woman who crossed over Gibralter Strait by Swimming—Arati Pradhan
● World Record in Powerlifting—Sumita Laha (1989)
● Represented the nation in all three games (Cricket, Hockey and Basketball)—Shrin Khushro Kiyasa
● First Commercial test Pilot of the world—Capt. Surun Darsi and Capt. Rose Lopar
● Pilot of Indian Air Force—Harita Daoel
● Twice scaled the Mt. Everest—Santosh Yadav
● Ramon Magsaysay Prize awardee—Kiran Bedi
● Heroin awarded Dada Sahaib Phalke Prize—Devika Rani Rorik
● Youngest woman who scaled the Mt. Everest twice—Decky Dolma
● Scientist who was awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award—Ashima Chatterjee
● Foreign Secretary—Chokila Ayyar
● First Chief Secretary of the Country—Nirmla Buch
● First Space traveller—Kalpana Chawla
● Joint Director of C.B.I.—Archana Sunder Lingam
● Winner of Murti Devi Prize—Pratibha Rai
● Woman Contested the Presidential election—Capt. Laxmi Sahgal
● Air Vice-Marshal and Air-Marshal in Indian Air Force—P. Bondyopaddhyay
● Non-military Police Advisor in U.N.O.—Kiran Bedi
● Revenue Secretary—Vinita Rai
● Referee in Boxing—Rajia Sabnam
● First woman of Indian origin who stayed for the longest time in space—Sunita William

Cheers,

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OFFICIAL ANSWERS:

The English cricket team pulled out of the ODI series midway in 2008 due to which incident?
1. 26/11 Mumbai attacks
2. Phone threat
3. Earthquake
4. None of these

Name the bank that is ready to launch Bio Metric ATMs.

1. Citi Bank
2. Canara Bank
3. PNB
4. ABN Amro

In the BusinessWeek list of 50 most innovative companies, which company leads the pack?

1. IBM
2. Apple
3. Google
4. DELL

Which automobile company launched a marketing initiative called ‘Ghar Ghar Ki Pehchaan’ for tapping rural markets for its popular mode in 2008?

1. Hyundai
2. Fiat
3. Maruti
4. Ford

What was the highest point that Sensex had reached in the year 2008?

1. 20,100.00
2. 21,206.77
3. 56,00.23
4. None of these

Italian fashion brand Diesel in Oct 2008 announced a joint venture with which company to set up stores in the country?

1. Reliance Brands
2. Adag
3. Reta
4. None of these

The Power of Knowledge' is the tagline of which newspaper?

1. Deccan Herald
2. DNA
3. None of these
4. The Economic Times

Which company calls itself 'The Indian Multinational'?

1. Videocon
2. Sanyo
3. Onkyo
4. LG

"You never forget your first time' is the tagline of which airline?

1. Go Air
2. British Air
3. Emirates
4. Virgin Atlantic

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Places in The News 2008-09

Rome
Rome, the headquarters of food and Agriculture Organization, witnessed FAO Summit on climate, energy and food on June 5, 2008. The representatives from 193 member states of the FAO attended the threeday long summit. All the representatives of various countries stressed on the huge rise in the food production.

Lucknow
Lucknow has become Asia’s first and World’s second city where DNA bank has been set up. Dr. Saeed Ahmed has established this DNA bank in public-private partnership at Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh.

Bonn
The latest round of UN-sponsored climate change negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on climate change was held in Bonn, Germany from June 2 to June 13, 2008. 2000 representatives from 170 countries participated and shared the views in convention.

Dubai
A new 80 storey skyscraper, that will be the world’s first building in motion with revolving floors that make it moveable and an evershifting shape, would be built in Dubai, UAE.

Vienna
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Meeting was organized in Vienna, Austria on October 24, 2008. The member countries of OPEC took decision to curtail its daily production of oil by 1·5 million barrels in order to checkmate the declining crude oil prices.

Beijing
Beijing witnessed the Seventh Asian–Europe Meeting (ASEM) on October 24, 2008. The member countries decided to increase the coordination and cooperation in the field of trade and commerce between European and Asian Countries.

Pune
The third Commonwealth Youth Games were held in Pune from October 12 to 18, 2008. About 2000 athletes from different commonwealth nations participated in nine sporting events.

Washington DC
The meeting of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund was organized in Washington DC on October 12, 2008.

Yangon
The ASEAN–UN International Pledging conference on cyclone Nargis started on May 25, 2008 in Yangon, Myanmar. 360 delegates from across the globe attended the conference. The conference was aimed at providing help and relief to the people of Myanmar, who have been devastated in the cyclone Nargis that rocked the country a few days earlier.

Kobe
The G-8 Environment Ministers meeting was held in Kobe, Japan from May 24 to May 26, 2008. Environmental Ministers from the G-8 member countries and developing nations gathered at Kobe to carry on efforts for a post-Kyoto Protocol Agreement on climate change.

Eindhoven
The 5th European Thermal Science Conference (Eurothern) 2008 was organized in Eindhoven, the Netherlands from May 18 to May 22, 2008. Eurothern is aimed at augmenting cooperation, in Thermal Sciences and Heat Transfer among European countries.

Beijing (China)
The 29th edition of the Olympic Games was held in Beijing (China). These Olympic Games ended on August 24, 2008. 10,708 athletes from across the globe took part in these games. China, the host country, grabbed the first place in medal tally replacing USA.

Chandigarh
The Directorate of Economics and Statistics (Statistical cell) declared Chandigarh as the city of the highest per capita income in the country in its report of the ‘Annual Statistics of State Domestic Product/Per Capita Income’ released on September 16, 2008.

Rawanda
Rawanda, an African nation, decided to adopt English as its language of international communication and as the language taught in its schools. Rawanda abandoned French as one of its official languages. The government of Rawanda made this decision public on October 14, 2008.

Dushanbe (Tajikistan)
Dushanbe remained in news for hosting the one day summit of the Shanghai Corporation Organisation (SCO) on August 28, 2008.

Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh)
The IAS and allied services probationers trained at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie will now be trained at the ‘Dr. Marri Chenna Reddy HRD Institute' in Hyderabad.

Kathmandu (Nepal)
Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, hosted the two day power summit 2008 during September 23–24, 2008. This power summit, 2008 was organized by PTC, India. 300 delegates from India, Nepal and other countries participated in this summit and shared their views. The Summit was aimed at preparing the roadmap for harnessing 10,000 MW of power in the upcoming 10 years in Nepal.

Islamabad (Pakistan)
A huge and severe blast took place at the Marriot Hotel in Islamabad on September 20, 2008. The blast, caused by an explosives-Laden truck, claimed the lives of 53 people. More than 250 people were seriously injured in the blast. A number of foreign nationals including the Czech Republic envoy to Pakistan also lost their lives in the blast.

Mainz
The 13th Gren Keleasing Rapid World Chess Championship was held in Mainz, Germany. Defending Champion Viswanathan Anand of India claimed this Chess Championship beating Norwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen by a 3–1 margin on August 4, 2008 at Mainz.

Krishnapatnam
Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh has been developed as a modern deep water and high production port to fulfil the requirement of increasing trade and commerce in the region. Krishnapatnam port will become the largest container terminal in India by 2011.

Akwali (Rajasthan)
The Geological Survey of India has set up a Core Library of minerals at Akwali village in Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan. This is the first library of its type in the country.

Nha Trang
The 57th edition of the Miss Universe contest, 2008 was hosted by Nha Trang (Vietnam). Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza claimed the crown of Miss Universe, 2008 beating 15 final contestants from the countries across the globe on July 14, 2008.

New Delhi
The first Meeting of SAARC Ministers of Science and Technology was organised in New Delhi on September 16, 2008. During the meeting, a declaration of the Ministers to promote Science and Technology in the development of the region was adopted. The meeting agreed to put into operation The SAARC Science Caravan that went into an expedition to all SAARC member countries to promote science and technology amongst the people of the region.

Iceland
The Global Peace Index Survey declared Iceland as the most peaceful country in the world. The survey was published on May 20, 2008.

New Delhi
New Delhi hosted the third India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) summit. The IBSA summit concluded on October 15, 2008. The leaders of the three developing countries agreed to enhance cooperation among the three member countries of IBSA in various socio-economical fields.

Kashmir
Kashmir came into news when it was connected from rest of the country by the Railways on October 11, 2008 when Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh flagged off the first ever train in the Kashmir Valley at the Nowgam station of Srinagar, Kashmir. The Kashmir Rail Link Project costs Rs. 11,200 crore. This rail link project was aimed at increasing transport facilities and promoting tourism environment in the valley.

Sanand
Sanand (25 km away from Ahmedabad) came into news when the Gujarat government allocated 1,100 acres land to Tata Motors for its Nano Car Project at the prevailing market price. An agreement in this regard was signed on October 7, 2008 between Tata Group and the Gujarat Government.

Wenchuan County
Wenchuan County in Sichuan province in South Western China was the epicentre of the earthquake which struck China on May 12, 2008, killing around 1 lakh people.

Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg (Russia) was the place where the foreign ministers of Russia, China and India met for the eighth time to take a common stand on major global issues. The grouping is known as the RIC troika.

Mt. Everest
Mt. Everest came into news when Olympic flame reached the top of 8,848 metre mountain peak on May 8, 2008 by the climbers comprising both Chinese and Tibetans.

Labutta
Labutta is a town of Myanmar situated in the low-lying Arrawaddy (Irrawaddy) delta. It was the worst hit area by the cyclone ‘Nargis’ which struck southern Coast of Myanmar on May 3, 2008. The tidal waves washed away the homes in the entire town.

Heixiazi Island
Russia and China signed boundary pact and unveiled the boundary markers between Russia and China for the border’s eastern section on Heixiazi Island on October 14, 2008.

Baglihar
450 Megawatt Baglihar power project at Chanderkote in Ramban district of Jammu was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on October 10, 2008.

Lima
In Lima (The capital of Peru) the APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit) was held in the month of November 2008.

Mumbai
Terror wreaked havoc killing around 200 people in last week of November 2008 when foreign-sent terrorists captured Taj Mahal Hotel, Nariman House and Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) on 27 November, 2008 which were liberated after 62-hour Operation Tornado launched by Indian security forces.

Kilinochchi
Fierce battle raged between Tamil Tigers and Sri Lankan forces near Kilinochchi which is the administrative headquarters and the bastion of LTTE. Sri Lankan Army has claimed that it is close to capturing this LTTE base.

Denver
Denver is a place in the U.S.A. where historic convention of Democratic Party of the U. S. A. was held in which Barack Obama, (now President of America) an African-American black negro accepted his historic nomination for presidency of World’s most powerful country on August 29, 2008.

Singur
Irked at constant intimidation of its work-force by those opposed to the Tata Nano Car Project at Singur (Bengal) where Tata Industries have already invested Rs. 1500 crore, Tata threatened to pull out and thus evacuated its manpower from Singur.

Kandhamal
Kandhamal district of Orissa witnessed communal flare-up after a senior leader of an organisation was shot dead, triggering reaction against a particular community in which a number of people were killed and hundreds of people were displaced.

S. Ossetia
It is the break away province of Georgia, which owes its allegiance to Russia. Encouraged by the U.S.A. and its European allies, Georgia attacked S. Ossetia in order to absorb it which Russia foiled by making fiercest attack on Georgia causing thousand of casualties.

Toyako
The 34th G 8 Summit 2008 was organised in Japan’s Toyako city situated on the northern island of Hokkaido prefecture from July 7 to July 9, 2008.

Surat
Panic gripped Surat—the diamond hub of India—when a number of live bombs were discovered and defused by the security forces on July 29 and 30, 2008; thereby saving it from big human tragedy.

Singapore
ASEAN Regional Forum meeting was held in Singapore in the last week of July 2008.

Yongbyon
The Cooling tower at the Yongbyon complex suspected to be the nerve centre of North Korea’s plutonium based nuclear weapons programme, was brought down on June 27, 2008 by the country as part of its commitment to international community to end its nuclear programme.

Jeddah
The meeting of oil producing and consuming countries was held in Saudi Arabia’s port city of Jeddah on June 22, 2008 to evolve a mechanism that would regulate oil prices.

Gingee
Gingee Taluk of Villupuram district (TN) came into news when two rock art sites, two caverns with Jaina bed and dolmens were discovered within a radius of 25 km on the hillocks behind the Gingee’s fort (Villupuram, TN).

Merseille
This is the place in France where 9th India-European Union Summit was held in last week of September 2008.

Godhra
Godhra came into news when Nanavati Commission submitted first part of its report, on the train fire burning in Godhra (2002); in September 2008.

New Delhi
The national capital of India was rocked by a number of blasts which occurred in the second week of September 2008 causing a number of casualties.

Jiuquan
China successfully launched its Shenzhou-7 space-craft from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Gansu province on September 25, 2008.

Preah Vihar Temple Site
Tension was created between Cambodia and Thailand regarding claim on an ancient temple—Preah Vihear temple site–245 km north of Cambodian capital Phnom Penh in July 2008, which regional neighbours feared could turn violent.

Colombo
The 15th SAARC Summit was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on August 2-3, 2008. It concluded with the SAARC leaders expressing deep concern over the serious threat posed by terrorism to the peace, stability and security of the region and emphasizing the need for strongest possible cooperation in fighting terror and trans-national organised crime.

Pozanan (Poland)
It is a place in Poland where United Nations Talks on climate change were held recently from December 1 to 2, 2008.

Harare
The cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe killed more than 575 people and infected over 12,700 others with Capital Harare, the worst affected area in recent times.

Bangladesh
Elections were held in Bangladesh in the last week of December 2008 after seven year, in which Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League emerged victorious and Sheikh Hasina became the new Prime Minister of Bangladesh.

Greece
Fierce riots erupted recently in Greece due to the public anger on Government failure to control economic recession, rising unemployment and poverty.

Santiago De Cuba
The 15 member nations Caribbean bloc (Caricom) summit was held in Santiago de Cuba in the second week of December 2008.

Belgaum
Curtains came down on the Sino-Indian Joint Military exercise and Training Hand-in-Hand on December 12, 2008 in Belgaum. The exercise began on December 6, 2008.

Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska
The New NAS satellite data shows that more than two trillion tonnes of land ice have melted in Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska since 2003.

Pushep
A small village in Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiris hills, Pushep was selected for setting up a Neutrino Observatory (INO) by the Atomic Energy Commission.

Kalpakkam
Kalpakkam Nuclear Power plant in Tamil Nadu was declared as ‘no fly zone’ by the Union Government of India just to prevent any 9/11 kind of aggression on this sensitive atomic centre.

Guwahati (Assam)
Guwahati, Assam witnessed serial blasts on New Year’s day in which five persons including a boy and a woman killed and 50 persons were injured. The Police belived that United Liberation Front of Asom was behind these attacks.

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Johannesburg (Sourth Africa)
The 58th Miss World contest was organized in Johannesburg on December 13, 2008. Russian beauty Ksenya Sukhinova emerged as the winner of the contest. South Africa became the first country to have hosted this contest for six times.

Muridke
The Pakistan government on January 25, 2009, took full control of the headquarters of Jamat-Ud-Dawa situated at Muridke (near Lahore). The Jamat-Ud-Dawa is blamed to have a pivotal role in Mumbai terror attacks.

Mumbai
The Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2009 men’s race was held in Mumbai on January 18, 2009 in which Keny’s Kenneth Mungara emerged champion.

Global Vipassana Pagoda
Global Vipassana Pagoda is the world’s largest stone dome in Gorai near Mumbai. It has been modeled on the lines of Shwe Dagon Pagoda in Yangon. The dome standing at an imposing 325 feet with a diameter of 25 feet is in its final stages of completion. There are no supporting pillars for the dome.

Mullaithivu
Dealing a devastating blow to LTTE Sri Lankan troops on January 25, 2009, captured the garrison town of Mullaithivu which was the last strong hold of the LTTE with the military asserting that 25 year old ethnic conflict was now practically over.

Ezhimala
Ezhimala in Kerala came into the news when Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh inaugurated the Naval Academy of Ezhimala on January 8, 2009. The inaugural function of the Naval academy at Ezhimala was attended by the defence minister Mr. A. K. Antony, the chief of the naval staff Admiral Sureesh Mehta and the Chief Minister of Kerala. Ezhimala is located near Kannur district of Kerala. This naval academy will be the largest naval academy of Asia.

Pilkhana
Bangladesh Rifles headquarters in Pilkhana (Dhaka) recently came into news when a mutiny broke out in the border force with renegade soldiers holding their top officers hostage and killing them over an apparent salary dispute.

Swat Valley
In order to buy peace in the troubled Swat Valley in North West Frontier Province, the Pakistani government has done an agreement with Maulana Sufi Muhammad—the head of the banned tahreek Nifaz-Sharia Mohammadi to implement the Islamic Justice System in big chunk of NWFP.

Nithari
The first verdict in the gruesome Nithari killings which involved the brutal murder of 19 children came in February 2009. These killings evoked so much interest and widespread notice across the country.

Cheers,