Current Affairs 2010

81. Who was the first Indian to be honored with the Param Vir Chakra?
Answer: Major Som Nath Sharma
May 30, 2010:
82. Name the first woman Chief Minister of India.
Answer: Sucheta Kriplani
83. Who was the first woman to become the Lt. General of the Indian Army?
Answer: Lt General (Mrs) Punita Arora
84. Name the first Indian who got an Oscar.
Answer: Bhanu Athaiya (Best Costume Designer for Richard Attenborough’s film Gandhi in 1982)
85. Who was the first Indian to be honored by the Royal Society in the field of Science?
Answer: Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose
86. Who was the first woman Governor of India?
Answer: Sarojini Naidu
87. Who was the first Indian musician to receive the Padma Bhusan?
Answer: MS Subbulakshmi
88. 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
89. Name the first man to climb Mt. Everest without oxygen.
Answer: Phu Dorji
90. Who was the first Indian woman to swim across the English Channel?
Answer: Arati Saha
91. Who is the Indian sportsperson to have won the maximum number of international track and field medals?
Answer: P.T.Usha
92. Two Indians have received the Nobel Prize for Physics. Can you name them?
Answer: Chandrasekhar Venkata Raman (1930) and Subramanium Chandrasekhar (1983)
93. Who was the first Indian to get the Nobel Prize?
Answer: Rabindranath tagore (1913)
94. Who is the only Indian to have won an Oscar for lifetime achievement in films?
Answer: Satyajit Ray
95. Name the first President of India.
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad
96. Name the youngest grandmaster in India.
Answer: Parimarjan Negi
97. Topper of prestigious IIT-Joint Entrance Examination 2010.
Answer: Anumula Jithendar Reddy from Madras zone
98. 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
99. Name the Cyclone that hit Bay of Bengal in May 2010 affecting coastal areas of Tamilnadu, AP and Orissa.
Answer: Cyclone Laila
100. Which Indian film-maker will be awarded with Jaeger-LeCoultre honour at venice Film Festival?
Answer: Mani Ratnam
101. Name the CEO of search company Google?
Answer: Eric Schmidt
102. 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
103. 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
104. Which two countries have signed the Nuclear Swap deal with Iran?
Answer: Brazil and Turkey
105. 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
106. 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%)
107. Name the person of Indian origin (PIO) who has been nominated to become US Solicitor General?
Answer: Neal Kumar Katyal
108. 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
109. 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
110. 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