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Who has stepped down as president of Egypt on 11-02-2011and handed over power to army capitulating under mass protests?
Hosni Mubarak.
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Which film earned best film award and six other categories at British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards? (BAFTA)?
"The King's Speech"
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Which state will host the 35th National Games of India?
Kerala, It will be held in 2012.
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Who has been appointed as the first woman secretary general of SAARC?
Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed.
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Pakistani cricketers who were banned by InternationalCricket Council for spot fixing in match against England?Salman Butt,Mohammad Asif & Mohammad Amir
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Which countries signed 6 agreements on16-12-10 in the fields of green technology, hydrological data of common rivers,media exchanges?
India and China
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Who has become the first man in the history of Cricket to achieve fifty test cricket centuries?
Sachin Tendulkar
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Noted Malayalam writer who has won Kendra Sahithya Academy Award-2010 for his travelogue book 'Haimavathabhoovil'?
M.P. Veerendrakumar.
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Which country conducted successful experiment of fastest Train of World on 4-12-10?China.Train traveled from Beijing to Shingai in 5 hrs at 486 Km/h.
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Which country recently banned newspapers, publishers and website-owners from using foreign words - particularly English ones?
China.
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Noted Iranian filmmaker who has been sentenced for 6 years in jail and barred from directing and producing movies for next 20-years?
Jafar Panahi.
* 34th National Games 2011 of India is held in which city?
Ranchi city of Jharkhand state from February 12, 2011 to February 26, 2011
* Which state of India tops in atrocities against Dalits according to latest crime figures released by National Crime Records Bureau ?
Uttar Pradesh
* On 11-02-11 International Container Trans-shipment Terminal, was dedicated to Nation by Manmohan Singh. Where is it located?Vallarpadam, Kochi (Kerala)
* New York City Economic Development Corporation has invited which IIT from India to submit a proposal for establishing campus in New York?
IIT, BOMBAY
* Who has been appointed as the Secretary of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs of India?D K Mittal.
* Who has been appointed as Finance Secretary of India?
Ms Sushma Nath.
She succeeds Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla, who retired on January 31, 2011.
* New scheme introduced by Postal Department of India on 12-02-11 which allows sender of mail to affix his/her picture in place of stamp?
"My Stamp".
* Which Asian country has got 216.6 million US dollars from International Monetary Fund for strengthening economy and macro-economic management?Sri Lanka
* South Korean firm which got conditional clearance from Environmental Ministry of India to start $12 billion steel mill project in Orissa?
POSCO
* Name of the one man committee appointed by the Indian government to look into the 2G spectrum allocation procedures?
Justice Shivraj Patil.
* Which professional football club has won its 15th consecutive league game beating Hercules,tying50year-old Spanish record set by Real Madrid?Barcelona
* Who won Australian Open Men's singles title-2011 defeating World No.5 Andy Murray in the final?
Novak Djokovic (Serbia).
* Which state has been voted the top travel and tourism destination in India by a poll conducted by the Outlook Traveller magazine?
Kerala.
* Which country lifted the Asian Cup Football for a record fourth time beating Australia (1-0) in final?
Japan.
* Who won Australian Open women's doubles Tennis Title-2011?
Gisela Dulko (Argentina) and Flavia Pennetta (Italy).
* Who won Australian Open Women's singles title-2011 defeating China's Li Na in the final?
Kim Clijsters (Belgium.)
* The government has decided to issue biometric PAN cards to taxpayers across the country to weed out the problem of duplicate and fake ones.
* New York court has summoned Urban Development Minister of India in connection with1984 anti-Sikh riots case in Delhi. Name of that minister?Kamal Nath
* Name of the Italian-built fleet tanker, which was commissioned into the Navy by Defence Minister A. K. Antony on January 21, 2011?
INS Deepak.
* Co-Founder of Google who will be the new CEO of Google Inc. from April 4, 2011?
Larry Page.
* Which district of Kerala became second totally electrified district in India ?Thrissur.Palakkad of Kerala is first ever totally electrified district.
* Pratip Chaudhuri has taken over the chairmanship of SBI .He succeeds R Sridharan, who was the acting chairman after O P Bhatt retired on 31/03/2011
* Sudanese Islamist opposition leader who has been arrested by security forces after he called for Tunisia-style uprising in country?
Hassan al-Turabi.
* Who has been chosen for the prestigious Moortidevi Award of the Bharatiya Jnanpith for 2009?
Akkitham Achuthan Namboodiri.
* Which country has set up a new committee with China to handle economic issues arising from a major trade pact the two sides signed last year?
Taiwan
* India's first hi-tech dairy farm in the government sector is inaugurated on January 21, 2011. Where is it located?
Kulathupuzha, Kerala.
* Who is appointed as the new chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?
Sudhir Chandra.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Friday, April 22, 2011
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Tata Steel Vice-Chairman B. Muthuraman has been elected new President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
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New president of FICCI : Harsh Mariwala. 2) President of ASSOCHAM - Dilip Modi 3)Chairperson of National Commission for Minorities:Wajahat habibullah
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CHINA will host the next BRICS ( Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa) summit on 14th April.
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Who established a record for longest women's Grand Slam match,needing 4 hours, 44minutes to win fourth round of Australian Open?
Francesca Schiavone.
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Indian-American&former B-2stealth bomber engineer,sentenced by US court to 32 years for selling American military secrets to China?Noshir Gowadia.
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Which Indian multinational conglomerate corporation announced acquisition of US-based Columbian Chemicals Company (CCC)recently?Aditya Birla Group
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Indian-American physician Siddhartha Mukherjee has won the prestigious 2011 Pulitzer Prize in the general non-fiction category.
*
Five-time Oscar-winning composer who wrote the music for 12 James Bond movies, died recently in New York?
John Barry.
*
New Prime Minister of Nepal ?
Jhalanath Khanal.He became third communist Prime Minister of Nepal after the monarchy was abolished here in 2008.
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Which country won 15th Asian Junior Team Squash Championships held in Colombo?India.India lifts the title for first time since its inception in 1981
Tata Steel Vice-Chairman B. Muthuraman has been elected new President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
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New president of FICCI : Harsh Mariwala. 2) President of ASSOCHAM - Dilip Modi 3)Chairperson of National Commission for Minorities:Wajahat habibullah
*
CHINA will host the next BRICS ( Brazil, Russia, India, China & South Africa) summit on 14th April.
*
Who established a record for longest women's Grand Slam match,needing 4 hours, 44minutes to win fourth round of Australian Open?
Francesca Schiavone.
*
Indian-American&former B-2stealth bomber engineer,sentenced by US court to 32 years for selling American military secrets to China?Noshir Gowadia.
*
Which Indian multinational conglomerate corporation announced acquisition of US-based Columbian Chemicals Company (CCC)recently?Aditya Birla Group
*
Indian-American physician Siddhartha Mukherjee has won the prestigious 2011 Pulitzer Prize in the general non-fiction category.
*
Five-time Oscar-winning composer who wrote the music for 12 James Bond movies, died recently in New York?
John Barry.
*
New Prime Minister of Nepal ?
Jhalanath Khanal.He became third communist Prime Minister of Nepal after the monarchy was abolished here in 2008.
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Which country won 15th Asian Junior Team Squash Championships held in Colombo?India.India lifts the title for first time since its inception in 1981
Thursday, April 7, 2011
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Coal India Limited (CIL) has bagged the 'Century International Quality ERA Award (CQE)' in the Gold Category given by Business Initiative Directions
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Bengali writer Mahasweta Devi was conferred the Yashwantrao Chavan National Award 2010 "for her contribution to national integration.
*
Who is named African player of the year-2010?
Samuel Eto.
The 29-year-old Cameroon and Inter Milan striker won this award for a record fourth time
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Which country trained elite police force in Bangladesh accused of extra-judicial killings &human rights violations,according to WikiLeaks?
Britain
*
13 year old boy who made a history in school cricket on 22-12-10 when he scored 498 runs in Harris Shield tournament in Mumbai?
Arman Jaffer
*
Which PSU (Public Sector Undertaking) has been conferred with MOU Excellence Award to facilitate PSU's performance during 2008-09?
Cochin Shipyard
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Winner of "The Biggest Loser Asia-2", a popular weight-loss reality TV series which was conducted in Malaysia's Putrajaya?
Viveganandam Deveraj.
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China has unveiled plans to link up Tibet and Xinjiang, its two far-western frontier regions, with a new railway network.
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SEBI has cleared the acquisition of Cairn India by NRI billionaire Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Resources.
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Who was the lone Indian to win a title in Tata Open India International badminton challenge held at Cricket Club of India on 25-12-2010?
PC Thulasi.
*
Former Venezuelan president,who nationalised oil industry and then survived a coup attempt by leader Hugo Chavez,died in Miami?
Carlos Andres Perez.
*
Who became the first cricketer, other than wicket-keepers, to take 200 catches in Test cricket?
Rahul Dravid.
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Mobs of which Caribbean country killed more than 45 Voodoo priests, accusing them for using "black magic" to spread cholera?
Haiti.
*
Human Rights activist who was sentenced to life imprisonment after being held guilty of sedition&conspiracy for his links with Maoists?
Binayak Sen.
*
China has conducted its first flight test of its Black Eagle stealth fighter on 11 January 2011. Name of that stealth fighter?
The Chengdu J-20
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Who has been named FIFA's 2010 Women's World Player of the Year?
Marta Vieira da Silva (Brazil).
*
Maharashtra CM has appointed a 2-member committee to investigate Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam.Members are?
J.C. Patil & P Subramaniam
Coal India Limited (CIL) has bagged the 'Century International Quality ERA Award (CQE)' in the Gold Category given by Business Initiative Directions
*
Bengali writer Mahasweta Devi was conferred the Yashwantrao Chavan National Award 2010 "for her contribution to national integration.
*
Who is named African player of the year-2010?
Samuel Eto.
The 29-year-old Cameroon and Inter Milan striker won this award for a record fourth time
*
Which country trained elite police force in Bangladesh accused of extra-judicial killings &human rights violations,according to WikiLeaks?
Britain
*
13 year old boy who made a history in school cricket on 22-12-10 when he scored 498 runs in Harris Shield tournament in Mumbai?
Arman Jaffer
*
Which PSU (Public Sector Undertaking) has been conferred with MOU Excellence Award to facilitate PSU's performance during 2008-09?
Cochin Shipyard
*
Winner of "The Biggest Loser Asia-2", a popular weight-loss reality TV series which was conducted in Malaysia's Putrajaya?
Viveganandam Deveraj.
*
China has unveiled plans to link up Tibet and Xinjiang, its two far-western frontier regions, with a new railway network.
*
SEBI has cleared the acquisition of Cairn India by NRI billionaire Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Resources.
*
Who was the lone Indian to win a title in Tata Open India International badminton challenge held at Cricket Club of India on 25-12-2010?
PC Thulasi.
*
Former Venezuelan president,who nationalised oil industry and then survived a coup attempt by leader Hugo Chavez,died in Miami?
Carlos Andres Perez.
*
Who became the first cricketer, other than wicket-keepers, to take 200 catches in Test cricket?
Rahul Dravid.
*
Mobs of which Caribbean country killed more than 45 Voodoo priests, accusing them for using "black magic" to spread cholera?
Haiti.
*
Human Rights activist who was sentenced to life imprisonment after being held guilty of sedition&conspiracy for his links with Maoists?
Binayak Sen.
*
China has conducted its first flight test of its Black Eagle stealth fighter on 11 January 2011. Name of that stealth fighter?
The Chengdu J-20
*
Who has been named FIFA's 2010 Women's World Player of the Year?
Marta Vieira da Silva (Brazil).
*
Maharashtra CM has appointed a 2-member committee to investigate Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society scam.Members are?
J.C. Patil & P Subramaniam
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