You Are On Question Answer Bank SET 311
15552. Name of the famous South African smoking chimpanzee dies of old age recently?
Answer: Charlie.
15553. Who is named as the world"s most powerful woman-2010 according to an index put together by business magazine Forbes?
Answer: Michelle Obama.
15554. Name of the three Indian women who find a spot on the Forbes list of 100 most powerful women in the world?
Answer: Indra Nooyi
15555. Who has been elected as the new Chairman of the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC)?
Answer: Sajen Peter.
15556. The United Nations has declared year 2010 as?
Answer: The international year of biodiversity (IYB).
15557. Which city will host the first Indian Biodiversity Congress (IBC-2010) and exhibition to be held form December 27 to 31, 2010?
Answer: Thiruvananthapuram.
15558. Who has bagged the Vayalar award for the year 2010?
Answer: Prof. Vishnu Narayanan Namboothiri.
15559. Name of the first 3D stereoscopy documentary about planets which was released recently at Kozhikkode, Kerala?
Answer: “The Universe”
15560. Name of the two franchises which have been thrown out of the Indian Premier League by BCCI over ownership issues?
Answer: Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab.
15561. Who became the first cricketer to complete 14,000 runs in Test cricket?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar.
15562. Controversial New Zealand television journalist, whose racist remarks about Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit caused outrage in India, resigned recently from TVNZ?
Answer: Paul Henry.
15563. Who became India’s first woman in 52 years to win a gold medal in athletics in the Commonwealth Games?
Answer: Krishna Pooniya. (Haryana)
15564. Who has been appointed as the new director of Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Rothak, Haryana?
Answer: Dr P Rameshan.
15565. On October 12 2010, the United Nations General Assembly elected five countries to two-year seats on the Security Council. Name those countries?
Answer: Colombia, India, Germany, Portugal, and South Africa.
15566. An Afghan woman whose nose was cut off by her husband under the Taliban"s authoritarian rule was honored recently at an event in California, where she unveiled her new prosthetic nose for the first time. Name of that woman?
Answer: Aisha.
15567. British author and journalist who has won the prestigious Man Booker Prize 2010?
Answer: Howard Jacobson.
15568. Who has been presented with the 2010 Mahatma Gandhi Peace Award by Hindu Foundation of Australia for bringing the Parliament of the World"s Religions (PWR) to Melbourne in 2009?
Answer: John Brumby.
15569. Nepalese teenager who has been named the world"s smallest man according to Guinness Book of World Records?
Answer: Khagendra Thapa Magar
15570. Who won the Player of the series award in the 5 ODI cricket series between New Zealand and Bangladesh held in Bangladesh in October 2010?
Answer: Shakib Al Hasan(Bangladesh).
15571. Who is appointed as the head of the two-member high-level committee set up to probe the alleged financial irregularities in the Commonwealth Games (CWG)-2010 held at Delhi?
Answer: VK Shunglu.
15572. Which country won 2010 FIVB Men’s World Volleyball Championships beating Cuba in final?
Answer: Brazil.
15573. Name of the longest railway tunnel in the world which is completed recently?
Answer: Gotthard Base Tunnel (Switzerland)
15574. A shoe was thrown at a Hurriyat leader in October 21, 2010 at a function where Kashmiri separatists as well as Naxal and Khalistan sympathisers came together under one platform to air their grievances. Name of that leader who is the Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat (freedom) Conference (G)?
Answer: Syed Ali Shah Geelani
15575. The medium altitude long endurance Unmanned Arial Vehicle (UAV) which successfully test fired on 15/10/2010 in Hosur (Tamil Nadu), being developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment, a premier Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) lab?
Answer: Rustom.
15576. French-American mathematician who explored a new class of mathematical shapes known as "fractals," died recently at the age of 85 in Cambridge?
Answer: Benoit Mandelbrot.
15577. Contrasting with the jubilation of rescue of 33 miners in Chile, an explosion in a coal mine in an Asian country on October 16, 2010 killed 37 miners. Which is that country?
Answer: China.
15578. Who won Shanghai Masters tennis men"s doubles beating Poland"s Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in the final?
Answer: Leander Paes (India) and Jurgen Melzer (Austria)
15579. Who won the Shanghai Masters Tennis Title-2010 beating Roger Federer (6-3, 6-2) in final?
Answer: Andy Murray.
15580. Who won the Man of the Series Award in the 3ODI cricket series between South Africa and Zimbabwe held in South Africa in October 2010?
Answer: AB de Villiers. (South Africa).
15581. Who has been appointed vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Communist Party of China (CPC)?
Answer: Xi Jinping, Vice President of China.
15582. Name of the “super typhoon” which has struck the northern Philippines with heavy rain and winds of up to 260km/h (162mph) on October 18, 2010?
Answer: Typhoon Megi.
15583. Who has been selected as new captain of West Indies Cricket Team until the end of the Digicel Series 2011?
Answer: Darren Sammy.
15584. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on October 20, 2010 approved the implementation of a scheme for women on pilot basis in selected 52 districts during the remaining period of 11th Five Year Plan at a total cost of Rs 1000 crore. Name of that scheme?
Answer: Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY).
15585. Saudi prince who has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Britain for murdering his servant in a hotel in London?
Answer: Saud Bin Abdulaziz Bin Nasir Al Saud.
15586. Pakistan`s former president who died in Rawalpindi"s Combined Military Hospital on Oct 20, 2010 following a long illness?
Answer: Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari.
15587. Motor Company which will recall about 53 million vehicles, especially in the U.S. and Japan, to resolve problems on the braking system and fuel injection pump?
Answer: Toyota Motor Corporation.
15588. The founder of Penthouse magazine, a magazine containing nude photos of beautiful women, died in Texas recently due to complications related to cancer?
Answer: Bob Guccione.
15589. United States has announced one of the largest weapons sales in its history, worth nearly $60 billion, to an Arab country of the Middle East recently. Which is that country?
Answer: Saudi Arabia.
15590. Which country has announced two billion dollars security assistance for Pakistan to help it plan for its defence needs?
Answer: United States of America.
15591. According to a survey conducted by digitalmarket measurement service ComScore Media Metrix, which country has the most active users of social Networking websites?
Answer: Russia.
15592. Which global telecommunications company has been imposed with hefty fine of INR 11,218 crore by the Indian Income Tax department recently?
Answer: Vodafone.
15593. Who is the only Indian batsman and current cricketer named in ESPN-Cricinfo"s all-time Test World XI?
Answer: Sachin Tendulkar.
15594. 5 lakh tax exemption, which he maintained was paid to his father in return for training him. Name of that tennis player?
Answer: Mahesh Bhupathi
15595. Nine million Pound lottery winner of Britain who became bored after he gave up his job following his lottery win has drunk himself to death recently. Name of that lottery winner?
Answer: Keith Gough.
15596. Former Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq who has been sentenced to death by the Iraqi High Tribunal for playing a prominent role in eliminating religious parties during the time of Saddam Hussain’s regime?
Answer: Tariq Aziz
15597. The octopus, who shot to fame during this year"s football World Cup in South Africa for his flawless record in predicting game outcomes died recently in Germany?
Answer: Paul.
15598. Which will be the first state in India to introduce Mobile Number Portability?
Answer: Haryana.
15599. Hockey India president who resigned from her post on October 27,2010 as per her commitment made to the Union Sports Minister to step down after the Commonwealth Games.?
Answer: Vidya Stokes.
15600. Who won Man of the match award in the Only T20 International Cricket between Australia and Sri Lanka held in Perth (Australia) on October 31, 2010?
Answer: Suraj Randiv (Sri Lanka)
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