Thursday, October 20, 2011

Current Affairs from the Month October 2011 Part:-1


1. Which former Ranji Player died after falling from train at Vaikom in Kottayam? K.R.Krishna Varma



2. Name the 69-year-old who collapsed and died minutes after fulfilling his life-long ambition of climbing Africa's highest mountain peak, Mount Kilimanjaro. Alistair Cook



3. Which Bollywood movie have been watched by over 1.3 lakh Chinese since its Mandarin version release? Aamir Khan's 3 Idiots



4. Which Asian Advertising congress is coming back to India after 8 years? Ad Asia (October 31st to November 3rd 2011)



5. Name the education technology solution launched by Texas Instruments in association with CORE Education and Technologies to facilitate a better learning experience for students in classrooms across India. STEMpower



6. Who has been honoured with Dr.B.Saroja Devi award recently? Dr.Vyjayanthimala



7. Who is set to receive Mahatma Gandhi peace prize2011 in South Africa? Dalai Lama



8. Name the rocket and navigation satellite launched by Russia after August's space ship crash. Soyuz-2 rocket launched a GLONASS navigation satellite




9. Which company has struck natural gas reserves in its first well drilled in the offshore Mannar basin in Sri Lanka? Cairn India



10. Name the person who has been conferred at the 2011 Telstra NSW Business Women's Award for her contribution to world's first green steel manufacturing process. Veena Sahajwalla



11. Which Indian shuttler finished runner-up in Czech International Open? Arundhati Pantawane



12. Which IAS officer has joined as Prime Minister's principal secretary? Pulok Chatterjee



13. Name the trio who received Nobel Medicine Prize for immune system research. Bruce Beutler of USA, Jules Hoffmann Luxembourg and Ralph Steinman Canada



14. Which FM radio channel has taken initiative to make Goddess Durga idol out of bio-degradable and recyclable waste material in Kolkata? OYE 104.8 FM



15. Who is called as the Gandhian of Brazil? Lia Diskin



16. Who is the inventor of the implantable cardiac pacemaker which keeps the heartbeat in a regular rhythm? Wilson Greatbatch



17. Who has been voted as 2nd most powerful business-woman in US? Indra Nooyi



18. Name the world's cheapest laptop launched in India. Aakash



19. Name the  famous television personality of CBS News channel's program called "60 minutes" retired recently? Andy Rooney



20. Which UAE telecom giant recently launched 4G mobile broadband network in UAE? Etisalat



21. Who retired as the CEO of Hyundai Motor co. recently? Yang Seung-suk



22. Name the planetary scientist who worked for NASA recently died? Micheal J.Drake



23. Rest of India Team won the Irani Cup 2011. Irani Cup is associated with which game? Cricket




24. What is the financial strength rating retained for ICICI Bank while SBI's rating is downgraded from 'C-' to 'D+' by Moody's? C-                                              



25. Who has been selected to create the theme music for the London Olympics 2012? Scottish rocker Mark Ronson



26. Name the Afghan President who was in India for a two-day visit. Hamid Karzai



27. Who has been appointed as Chairman of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation? Sudhir Vasudeva



28. Name the MD and VP, Nokia India, who has been assigned global role to head India, Middle East and Africa region. D.Shivakumar



29. Name the company which has launched apps for iPad and Android phones recently. Adobe



30. Who has shot a film in 47 days titled 'Facebook'? RP.Patnaik



31. Who won the 2011 Nobel prize in chemistry? Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman for his discovery of quasicrystals



32. Name the Apple co-founder who passed away recently. Steve Jobs



33. Name the Ashes hero who died at the age of 52. Former England fast bowler, Graham Dilley



34. Name the three Indian boxers who have qualified for London Olympics 2012? Jai Bhagwan, L.Devendro Singh and Manoj Kumar



35. Which country has won first victory in UNESCO vote? Palestine



36. Who won the Showjumping Open title on the opening day of the South India Equestrian championship? Hrishika Basappa



37. Name the application launched by Monster India for Facebook users. BeKnown



38. What is the annual inflation as of September 2011 in Sri Lanka? 7.2per cent



39. Name the Galaxy version mobile launched by Samsung India. Galaxy Y



40. Which countries President have offered hindi films to be shot at the picturesque country? Austrian President



41. Which four teams entered semi-finals in Champions League Twenty-20 cricket? Somerset, Mumbai Indians, New South Wales and Royal Challengers Bangalore



42. Name the Swedish poet who won 2011 Nobel in literature. Tomas Transtromer



43. Name the Sanskrit scholar and a former director of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan who passed away recently. Mathoor Krishnamurthi



44. Whose museum was inaugurated in Austria recently? Schwarzenegger

45. Name the 3 women who share the Nobel Peace Prize 2011.  Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen for work on women's rights



46.Who booked the finals berth in Champions League Twenty 20 cricket tournament 2011? Royal Challengers Bangalore



47.Name the Lord Mayor of London who will be on a 5-day visit to India from October 10th 2011 to strengthen economic ties between India and the UK. Lord Mayor Michael Bear



48.Name the 2 British banks which included in the list of 12 whose credit ratings were downgraded by Moody's.

Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds TSB



49. Who is set to play against Royal Challengers Bangalore in Champions League Twenty 20 finals? Mumbai Indians



50. Which company is in talks to buy out Ericsson's mobile phone venture? Sony Coporation



51. Which company has Research In Motion, maker of Blackberry phones planning to buy to provide photo, video and social-network tools for smartphones and computers? Ireland's NewBay



52. Which magazine has given Priyanaka Chopra India's Best Dressed title? People Magazine



53. Name the actor who is set to be honoured with the Kalidas Samman. Anupam Kher



54. Name the brand under which Orient fans is all set to enter domestic home appliances market. Orient Actus



55. Which is the new web programming language launched by google? Dart



56. which company is the first to sell a Ultrabook less than $1000. Acer S3 Ultrabook priced at $899



57. Which software was officially stopped by Microsoft Recently? Zune HD



58. What is the new feature announced by Research In Motion(RIM) which allow users of some blackberry phones to share contact information,documents and multimedia content? Tag



59. What is the new feature released by google in Chrome browser which allows any two computer to connect each other using chrome browser? Chrome Remote new Desktop



60. What is the name of the Microsoft's new Mobile OS? Mango



61. Who won the Japanese Grand Prix? Jenson Button



62. Who became Formula One's youngest double world champion after finishing third at Japanese Grand Prix? Sebastian Vettel



63. What is the new movie and also the 100th film of Jackie Chan? 1911



64. What is the name of the Taiwanese movie filmed which is based on true story of Seediq tribes in Taiwan? Warriors of the Rainbow:Seediq bale



65. When and where was the first Busan International Film festival was held? 1996 in Busan



66. Which Asian film director was honoured by "Asian Filmmaker of the Year award" in Busan International Film Festival 2011? Tsui Hark



67.What is the name of the new book released by Chetan Bhagat? Revolution 2020



68. Name India's longest tunnel opened in Jammu and Kashmir recently. Pir Panjal railway tunnel (10.96km)



69. When is the IPL 5 scheduled for 2012? April 4th to May 27th 2012



70. What is the degraded debt rating of Spain as per Standard and Poor's? AA- from AA



71. Name the British CEO whom Olympus sacked recently. Michael Woodford



72. Who is set to replace Liam Fox as UK defence minister? Philip Hammond



73. Name the Italian Prime Minister who survived confidence vote. Silvio Berlusconic



74. Where was the world's largest blind symbol unveiled?  A yellow banner with three black spots was unveiled at Vienna's St.Stephen's Cathedral



75. Which technology major acquired Skype for $8.5 billion? Microsoft



76. Which Gazal maestro passed away recently? Jagjit Singh



77. What is the name of weather satellite launched in india on 12th Oct 2011? PSLV-C18 carrying Megha-Trophiques



78. Name the Indo-French tropical satellite carried by PSLV-c18? Megha-Trophiques



79. Which two Indian sports persons is given the Lieutenant Colonel rank by the Army? M S Dhoni and Abhinav Bindra



80. Which UK Based company is setting up investment banking operations in India teaming up with Motilal Oswal? Investec



81. Which is new variant of verito car launched by Mahindra targeting corporate professionals and businessmen? Verito Executive



82. Name the event  that will be organised by Nasscom in Mysore on October 15? Mysore 2.0 Conference



83. Which company is going to buy 45% stake in  West Bengal's Haldia Petrochemicals(HPL) project? The Chatterjee Group(TCG)



84. Which company bagged a Rs.4,000 crore contract for setting up a thermal power plant in Andhra Pradesh from singareni Collieries Company? BHEL



85. Who won the Nobel Prize for Economics 2011? Thomas Sargent and Christopher Sims



86. Who has been appointed as chairman of HAL? R.K.Tyagi



87. Name the HCL tablet launched in India, priced at Rs.10,490. X1



88. Name the first tennis player other than Federer or Nadal to finish a year as No.1 since Andy Roddick of USA in 2003. Novak Djokovic



89. On which company has Sebi imposed Rs.5 lakh penalty recently? Pantaloon Retail



90. Name the car launched by Hyudai priced at around 2.69 lakhs. Eon



91. Which country has temporarily banned Samsung from selling its Galaxy tablet computer? Australia



92. Name the Ex-Chief Minister of Karnataka who was arrested recently. B.S.Yeddyurappa



93. Name the 3D animation film Shemaroo Entertainment which is set to release online. Super K



94. Who is set to head special purpose vehicle called the GST Network? Nandan Nilekani



95. Which business has NIIT sold to Skillsoft for $110 million? Element K



96. Who has been appointed as commissioner for the AFC Champions League final? FIFA badge holder Gautam Kar



97. Name the men's and women's singles National champions who won the Fenesta National Championship. Yuki Bhambri and Rutuja Bhonsle



98. Name the Indian golfer who finished 2nd in the Hero Indian Open golf tournament. Chiragh Kumar



99. Name the Indian women's discus thrower who qualified for London Olympics after clinching gold medal at an event of the Fling Throw Meet in Portland, USA. Krishna Poonia



100. Upon whose name a highway leading south out of the capital in Grenada is set to be renamed? Kirani James Boulevard



101. Which director is set to make film on mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan? Roger Spottiswoode



102. Name the team which won the Durand Cup? Churchill Brothers



103. Name the Lord Mayor of London who will be on a 5-day visit to India from October 10th 2011 to strengthen economic ties between India and the UK. Lord Mayor Michael Bear



104. Which country has won first victory in UNESCO vote? Palestine



105. Which card has HDFC Bank set to bring back? Diner's Card



106. Name the summit that is scheduled at Pretoria, South Africa. India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Summit



107.Name the 100 year old Indian who set a Guinness record of being oldest person to complete a full-distance marathon in Toronto. Fauja Singh



108. Which tennis player is out of top three ranks for the first time since 2003? Roger Federer



109. Name the bollywood female actor who is set to spread breast cancer awareness. Sonam Kapoor



110. Name the Indianapolis 500 winner who died in a crash involving 15 cars during the IndyCar Series Las Vegas Indy 300 auto race in Las Vegas. Dan Wheldon



111. Who won the men's lightweight doubles sculls gold in the Asian rowing championship at Hwacheon? Shokender Tomar and Sonu Lakshminarain



112. Name the first motorcycle launched by Hero MotoCorp under the Hero brand name. Impluse



113. Which Award was Tata Group conferred by Swiss recently? Swiss Ambassador's Award for Exceptional Leadership



114. Name the app launched by NavGaurd for BlackBerry to enter Middle East market. NavTrack


115. Which disease have scientist claimed to have mapped in Nepalese capital accurately using latest gene sequencing technology and Google Earth? Typhoid

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