** On whom Complaint filed in Bhopal gas case.

Answer: Arjun Singh

June11, 2010:

** Who was the Former Goa tourism minister was booked/ suspected for a womans death recently?

Answer: Mickky Pacheco

Former Goa tourism minister Francisco “Mickky” Pacheco was booked by the police on Thursday as the

main accused in the ‘unnatural death’ of Nadia Joelle Torrado.

** When did the Broadband spectrum auction ends and is the total revenue of the government from

sale of spectrum for both 3G and BWA stands at ?

Answer: Broadband spectrum auction ended on June 11, 2010. Govt gets Rs 38,300 crore, The total

revenue of the government from sale of spectrum for both 3G and BWA stands at over Rs 1.06 lakh crore,

more than thrice the earlier projection of Rs 35,000 crore by the finance minister

** Whose death took place on the opening day of the World Cup (June 11, 2010) ?

Answer: Zenani Mandela,

The 13-year-old great grand daughter of South Africa’s iconic leader Nelson Mandela was killed in a car

crash

** Who has been presented the FIFA 2010 Song Waka Waka ?

Answer: The Colombian singer Shakira

** Which country announced new flexible policy on sex change in passports?

Answer: US (Beginning from June 10, when an applicant presents a certification from an attending medical

physician that the applicant has undergone clinical treatment for gender transition, the passport will reflect

the new gender.)

** When will 19th FIFA World Cup, the premier international football tournament is scheduled to take

place?

Answer: from 11 June to 11 July 2010 in South Africa

** What is the Official Song for FIFA world cup 2010 ?

Answer: Waka Waka (This Time for Africa) in English and “Waka Waka (Esto es África)” in Spanish

** Who is the Malayalam novelist died recently on June 2, 2010 ?

Answer: Kovilan

Kovilan won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi award in 1972 and 1977 and the Kendra Sahitya Akademi award in

1998 besides Vayalar award in 1999. He was also a member of the Kendra Sahitha Akademi.
Kovilan had written 11 novels 12 collections of short stories besides articles and a play. His novels includes,

Thakarnna Haridayangal (1946), A minus B(1959), Tharavadu (1963), Ezhamedangal (1965), Thazhvarakal

(1969), Thottangal (1970) and Thattakam (1995) among others.

3. Who won World Team Table Tennis Championship this year 2010?

a. China

b. Moscow

c. Singapore

d. None

Answer: C - Singapore end China’s 19-year reign in World Team Table Tennis Championship

2. Who was appointed as the officiating secretary of the Athletics Federation of India till the

Commonwealth Games (October 30) ?

Answer: Ravinder Chaudhary

1. Name the singer who can sing in 11 languages!
Answer: Anaida

May 31, 2010:

67. Who was the famous Indian musician in charge of the opening music at the Summer Olympics in

Atlanta in 1996?

Answer: Ustad Zakir Hussain

66. Who was the first Indian to participate in the Olympic Games?

Answer: Norman G Pritchard

65. Which famous Indian actor was honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994?

Answer: Dilip Kumar

64. Who was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services?

Answer: Satyendranath Tagore

63. Who was the first Indian to be honored with the Param Vir Chakra?

Answer: Major Som Nath Sharma

First Governor General of India

Warren Hastings was the first Governor General of India. He occupied this position from 1773 to 1784.
Hastings was born at Churchill, Oxfordshire. He joined the British East India Company in 1750 as a clerk. In
1757, Warren Hastings became the British Resident of Murshidabad and in 1761 he was appointed to the
Calcutta council. Warren Hastings went back to England in 1764. He returned to India in 1769 as a member
of the Madras council and was made Governor of Bengal in 1772. In 1773, Hastings was appointed the first
Governor-General of India.
Warren Hastings extended and consolidated the control of East India Company established by Robert Clive.
He was a patron of Indian learning and took a keen interest in Indian literature and philosophy. Warren
Hastings was instrumental in the translation of Bhagvad Gita into English.

One round of http://www.thecolorsofindia.com/interesting-facts/sports/first-indian-

athlete-to-win-a-medal-in-world-athletics-championship.html

4. Who is the new IPL Commissionaire?

Answer: Chirayu Amin

Chirayu Amin has joined as the new IPL commissioner after the removal of lalit Modi. Mr. Amin is Baroda
Cricket Association president and he also heads a company known as Alembic Chemicals

6. Who has issued fatwa – saying that it is illegal for women to work?

Answer: Darul Uloom Deoband

Darul Uloom Deoband the Sunni Muslim seminary had this fatwa issued by a bench of three clerics

13.Who received 27th Niwano Peace Foundation award on May 13, 2010?

Answer: Ms. Ela Ramesh Bhatt of Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) India who has received a

medal and twenty million yen.

The Niwano Peace Foundation Japan established the Niwano Peace Prize to honor and encourage

individuals and organizations that have contributed significantly to inter-religious cooperation, thereby

furthering the cause of world peace, and to make their achievements known as widely as possible.

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May 31, 2010:

67. Who was the famous Indian musician in charge of the opening music at the Summer Olympics in

Atlanta in 1996?

Answer: Ustad Zakir Hussain

66. Who was the first Indian to participate in the Olympic Games?

Answer: Norman G Pritchard

65. Which famous Indian actor was honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1994?

Answer: Dilip Kumar

64. Who was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Services?

Answer: Satyendranath Tagore

63. Who was the first Indian to be honored with the Param Vir Chakra?

Answer: Major Som Nath Sharma

May 30, 2010:

62. Name the first woman Chief Minister of India.

Answer: Sucheta Kriplani

61. Who was the first woman to become the Lt. General of the Indian Army?

Answer: Lt General (Mrs) Punita Arora

60. Name the first Indian who got an Oscar.

Answer: Bhanu Athaiya (Best Costume Designer for Richard Attenborough’s film Gandhi in 1982)

59. Who was the first Indian to be honored by the Royal Society in the field of Science?

Answer: Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose

58. Who was the first woman Governor of India?

Answer: Sarojini Naidu

May 29, 2010:

57. Who was the first Indian musician to receive the Padma Bhusan?

Answer: MS Subbulakshmi

56. Name the living Indian legend who has found a place in the Guinness Book of World Records for

having sung in almost 20 languages for over 1,825 ms and working with 165 composers.

Answer: Lata Mangeshkar

55. Name the first man to climb Mt. Everest without oxygen.

Answer: Phu Dorji

54. Who was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel?

Answer: Arati Saha

May 28, 2010:

53. Who is the Indian sportsperson to have won the maximum number of international track and field

medals?

Answer: P.T.Usha

52. Two Indians have received the Nobel Prize for Physics. Can you name them?

Answer: Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman (1930) and Subramanium Chandrasekhar (1983)

51. Who was the first Indian to get the Nobel Prize?

Answer: Rabindranath tagore (1913)

May 27, 2010:

50. Who is the only Indian to have won an Oscar for lifetime achievement in films?

Answer: Satyajit Ray

49. Name the first President of India.

Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad

48. Name the youngest grandmaster in India.

Answer: Parimarjan Negi

May 26, 2010:

47. Topper of prestigious IIT-Joint Entrance Examination 2010.

Answer: Anumula Jithendar Reddy from Madras zone

46. Which are the BRIC countries?

a. Brazil, Russia, India, and China

b. Botswana, Rwanda, Ivory Coast, and Croatia

c. Bangladesh, Romania, Indonesia, and Cambodia

Answer: a – Brazil, Russia, India, and China

May 20, 2010

45. Name the Cyclone that hit Bay of Bengal in May 2010 affecting coastal areas of Tamilnadu, AP

and Orissa.

Answer: Cyclone Laila

44. Which Indian film-maker will be awarded with Jaeger-LeCoultre honour at venice Film Festival?

Answer: Mani Ratnam

43. Name the CEO of search company Google?

Answer: Eric Schmidt

42. ICICI Bank has announced merger of another Indian Bank with itself in an all swap deal- name

the bank and its promoters.

Answer: Bank of Rajasthan / Promoters – Tayal family

41. Name the BBC Radio DJ who has been suspended for floating the rumor that Queen is dead.

Answer: Danny Kelly who has played the national anthem and declared that Queen Elizabeth has just now

died

40. Which two countries have signed the Nuclear Swap deal with Iran?

Answer: Brazil and Turkey

39. Which country has blocked Facebook for holding an online competition to draw Prophet

Mohammed

Answer: Pakistan – the Facebook in Pakistan has been blocked till 31 May as the competition is considered

blasphamous

38. Which state among the northern Indian states spends most as a percentage of its GDP on

Education?

Answer: Bihar (5.7%) followed by UP (3.67%)

37. Name the person of Indian origin (PIO) who has been nominated to become US Solicitor

General?

Answer: Neal Kumar Katyal

36. The 3G telecom auctions by Government have earned Government much more than expected

35000 crore netting amount 67710 crore. Which company won auction in most of 22 circles? (a)

RCom (b) Airtel (c) Vodaphone (d) Aircel (e) a,b,d (f) all above

Answer: (e) a,b,d - RCom, Airtel and Aircel won in 12 circles followd by Vodaphone in 9 circles

May 18, 2010:

35. Who is Miss USA 2010?

Answer: Rima Fakih, Arab-American a 24-year old Lebanese immigrant, is believed to be the first Muslim to

win the pageant

May 17, 2010:

34. Name the child artist who has been nominated under ‘Best actor’ category in Film-fare awards

giving competition to Shah Rukh Khan. His new movie Bumm Bumm Bole has been released

recently.

Answer: Darsheel Safary

33. Which country won the Thomas Cup title for Badminton in 2010? – (a) Indonesia (b) Malaysia (c)

China (d) India

Answer: China

China beat Indonesia 3-0 to win fourth consecutive Thomas Cup title at Kuala Lumpur.

32. Who won the Madrid Masters men’s tournament in 2010?

Answer: Rafael Nadal

Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open an ATP World Tour Masters with €2,835,000 prize money has been won by

Rafael Nadal, who beat Roger Federer 6-2, 7-6 (7/5).

31. Which country won the World Twenty-20 cricket final?

Answer: England

England beat arch rivals Australia

30. Who is CEO of Yahoo?

Answer: Carol Bartz

61- year-old Carol Bartz is one of the most successful female CEO ever in IT companies.

29. Which Indian IT company is associated with FIFA World Cup 2010 as one of the sponsors? (a)

TCS (b) Infosys (c) CTS (d) Mahindra Satyam

Answer: (d) Mahindra Satyam

28. Name the first Indian women who has been named as full professor at Harward University.

Answer: Gita Gopinath

Gita Gopinath, Indian-origin associate professor at Harvard University’s Department of Economics, has been

appointed a full professor. She is first Indian women to do so and only third women in the whole world.

27. Name the Hindu right wing organisation against whom the charges have been filed by National

Investigation Agency (NIA) for the 2009 Diwali-eve blast that killed two people in Goa’s Margao town.

Answer: Sanatan Sanstha

26. Which Indian actress / model has created controversy recently by sporting a Ek Onkar (God is

one) tattoo on her nape. The tatto has been opposed by Sikh community leaders in India.

Answer: Mandira Bedi

25. Name the volcano whose dense cloud of drifting volcanic ash is causing many European airports

to shut down for days and affecting air traffic worldwide.

Answer: Eyjafjallajokul
The April 14 eruption at Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokul volcano forced most countries in northern Europe to shut

their airspace between April 15-20. More than 100,000 flights and an estimated 10 million travelers

worldwide were affected costing airlines more than $2 billion.

It erupted in April for the first time in nearly two centuries. During its last eruption, starting in 1821, its

emissions rumbled on for two years.

23. Who was India’s most wanted man suspected of having organized the 1993 Mumbai bombings,

figures third on the Forbes’ Most Wanted Fugitives list topped?

Answer: Dawood Ibrahim

22. Name the countries which agree on a nuclear fuel swap aimed at easing concerns from the West

that Iran might build a bomb.

Answer: Brazil, Iran and Turkey

21. Who is the new director of barc?

Answer: RK sinha appointed as new director of barc

May 15, 2010:

20. Who was the 11th Vice-President of India who passed away recently on May 15, 2010?

Answer: Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, 87-year-old Bhairon Singh Shekhawat was died suffering from lung

and chest infection

May 14, 2010:

19. Popular South Indian actress who is willing to join DMK Party?

Answer: Khushboo

18. Who Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) 2010 Award Finalist for Northern

California ?

Answer: Roamware CEO Bobby Srinivasan, Bobby Srinivasan was selected as a finalist for his

extraordinary success in the areas of innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their

businesses and communities from more than one hundred nominations by a panel of independent judges.

Award recipients will be announced at a special gala event on June 12, 2010 at the San Jose Fairmont

Hotel.

May 13, 2010:

17. Who is the latest actress who refused to work with Shiney Ahuja the actor allegedly accused for

raping his maid.

Answer: Vaishali Desai in film Shaunya a horror flick produced by Puja Bedi. Vaishali Desai is a former
Miss India and has made her debut in Kal Kissne Dekha opposite Jackie Bhagnani.

16. Which Team won the Europa League Title?

Answer: Atletico Madrid won the inaugural final of the Europa League on defeating Fulham at Hamburg.

Diego Forlan struck an extra-time goal and secured a 2-1 win.

15. Which Company has started up a BPO in Srinagar starting reverse migration of Kashmir?

Answer: Essar Group-run Aegis has started a BPO in Srinagar

27. Name the Hindu right wing organisation against whom the charges have been filed by National

Investigation Agency (NIA) for the 2009 Diwali-eve blast that killed two people in Goa’s Margao town.

Answer: Sanatan Sanstha

28. Name the first Indian women who has been named as full professor at Harward University.

Answer: Gita Gopinath

30. Who is CEO of Yahoo?

Answer: Carol Bartz

61- year-old Carol Bartz is one of the most successful female CEO ever in IT companies.

32. Who won the Madrid Masters men’s tournament in 2010?

Answer: Rafael Nadal

Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open an ATP World Tour Masters with €2,835,000 prize money has been won by

Rafael Nadal, who beat Roger Federer 6-2, 7-6 (7/5).

31. Which country won the World Twenty-20 cricket final?

Answer: England
England beat arch rivals Australia

34. Name the child artist who has been nominated under ‘Best actor’ category in Film-fare awards

giving competition to Shah Rukh Khan. His new movie Bumm Bumm Bole has been released

recently.

Answer: Darsheel Safary

33. Which country won the Thomas Cup title for Badminton in 2010? – (a) Indonesia (b) Malaysia (c)

China (d) India

Answer: China

China beat Indonesia 3-0 to win fourth consecutive Thomas Cup title at Kuala Lumpur.
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BRahmos
India got brahmos (brahamputra and moscow(russia) river moskow) combination.

India's brahmos is the only missile that can launched from all three places water , space, land.
It's supersonic and powerful than america's best missile.

5/9/09
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Stamp of indian people
India's bhojpuri singer Manoj Tiwari had it's name in the stamp of netherland(holland).

India's bapu Mahatama Gandhi's stamp was made in more than 90 countries including us, uk, spain, african
countries. He was a real champ.

5/9/09
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democracy and population
India got second largest population and largest democracy.

5/9/09
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Religion
Four religion originated in India
1) sikhism
2) jainism
3) buddhism
4) hinduism

5/9/09
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Number System
Number system originated in India.
Aryabhatt gave 0 (zero)
The number system from here is taken to gulf and then to west but originated in India.

6/10/09
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World Heaven
kashmir is known as heaven on earth.

Mar 30
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shushruta(fracture, plastic surgery)
Indians were the first to do treatment of plasic surgery, fracture etc 2000 years before by shushruta
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India
Write anything about India that u wanna share with everyone?

4/18/09
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BADMINTON
Badminton was a sport originated in India and was called Poona.
It was taken to a place in england called badminton and thus called badminton.

4/18/09
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Chess
Chess is a national game of Russia
Chess originated in India and was called astapada
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Sanskrit
All the european languages are derived from Sanskrit.

4/18/09
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tajmahal
2009
India TAJMAHAL tops the list of seven wonder of the world.
In voting of the top wonder of world the votes from outside India was greater than India.

4/22/09
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spy satellite
India launched it's spy satellite from sriharikota on 20th AApril . India is now seventh nation to do so. It's
called risat.

4/22/09
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India had fastest Yudhpot. samudri laraku.

speed sabse jada tej hai india ke laraku jahaj ki.

5/9/09
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Trigonometry
Trigonometry, Calculus originated from India.

5/9/09
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food items
India
1) first producer in cauliflower , banana, milk, pulses, spices, cashewnut, tea, mango in the whole world.
2) India is 6the largest producer of inland fishing.
3) India is 2 largest producer of onion and 3 largest in cabbage.

5/9/09
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Area(sq km)
India is 6th largest country in the world at present though got parted in 1947 into bangaladesh, pakistan,
srilanka, nepal, bhutan.