Daily Current Affairs 18th October

1. Father of C programming language has recently died.Name him ?

2. Name the lawyer activist who was recently beaten because of his remarks on Kashmir Issue ?

3. WHich CM has inaugrated a 650 crore Ambedkar Park ?

4. Which company has recently acquired Skype ?

5. Where is IBSA Summit being held 

6. Force India is owned by which two Indian honcho's 

7. Name the Indycar driver who died recently at Las Vegas 300 IndyCar Series Finale

8. Name the movie whose television rights have been sold for a whoping 41 crores .

9. Name the Chairman of Maruti Suzuki 

10. Name the latest protest in New York which is against corruption 

Answers

1. Dennis Ritchie

2. prashant Bhushan

3. Smt Mayadevi

4. Microsoft

5. pretoria 

6. Vijay Mallya and Subroto Roy

7. Dan Wheldon

8. Agneeath

9. RC Bhargava

10. Occupy Wall St.

Daily Current Affairs 14th October

1. Name the Bhutan's king who recently got married ?

2. Name the Hedge Fund Tycoon who has recently been sentenced to 11 years of jail term ?

3. Name the CMD of Air India ?

4. Akash (tablet) is manufactured by which company ?

5. Name the cricketers who are charged for accepting bribe when they were touring England ?

6. Android is owned by which American MNC ?

7. Name the Google Guys ?

8. Name the cricketers who are banned for life by ICC ?

9. Name the NEWS agency which did a sting operation during the England  Pakistan tour to uncover the tainted ?

10. Name the first Blackberry device which was launched in 1999 ?

Answers

1. Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk 

2. Raj Rajaratnam

3. Rohit Nandan

4. DataWind

5. Mohammad Asif,Mohammad Amir and Salman Butt

6. Google

7. Larry Page and Sergey Brin

8. Mohammad Azharuddin,  Ajay Sharma and Hansie Cronje 

9. News Of The World

10.Blackberry 850

Daily Current Affairs 13th October (Beauty Pageant)

1. Who has been crowned Miss Universe 2011 ?

2. Who was crowned Miss World in 2010 ?

3. Who was awarded Miss Earth in 2010 ?

4. Who was awarded Miss International Title ?

5. Miss Universe contest was founded by ?

6. When was the first Miss Universe held and who was crowned at that event ?

7. Who is the current Femina Miss India World ?

8. Name the Miss India who committed suicide in 2004 ?

9. Name the two Indians who have been crowned Miss Universe till date ?

10. Miss Universe Organization is owned by ?

Answers

1. Leila Lopes (Angola)

2. Alexandria Mills (USA)

3. Nicol Faria (India)

4. Elizabeth Mosquera (Venezuela)

5. Pacific Mills

6. 1952 and Armi kuusela (Finland)

7. Kanishtha Dhankhar 

8. Nafisa Joseph 

9. Sushmita Sen and Lara Dutta

10. Donald Trump and NBC Universal

Daily Current Affairs 12th October

1. Which Indian B-school was recently closed down in London ?

2. L.K Advani's rath yatra has started from which place ?

3. Maruti's which plant is facing problems of strike for a long time ?

4. Name Jagjit Singh's wife,who was also a famous ghazal singer ?

5. Who is the president of FICCI ?

6. Name the president of CII ?

7. Who is the current president of ASSOCHAM  ?

8. Name the NASSCOM president ?

9. Name Yash Chopra's latest directorial venture ?

10. Name the founders of Flipkart ?

Answers

1. TASMAC School of Business

2. Chappra

3. Manesar Plant

4. Chitra Singh

5. Harsh Mariwala

6. B Muthuraman

7. Dilip Modi

8. Som Mittal

9. Veer Zaara 

10. Sachin and Binny Bansal

Daily Current Affairs 11th October

1. Which disease has been taking lives of thousands of children in U.P ?

2. Who has won the recently held Japanese Grand Prix ?

3. Apple's Iphone 4S had crossed how many orders on the first day ?

4. Who is India's richest chief minister ?

5. Name the director of much awaited diwali release-Ra.One ?

6. Which Polish PM has won the recent held elections and has won himself second consecutive term ?

7.Who has been named "The Sikh Sportsperson Of The Year " ?

8. The recent Salman Khan starrer Bodyguard is the remake of which malayalam film ?

9. Which film has won maximum number of Oscars till date ?

10. Halo (game series) is created by ?

Answers

1. Encephalitis

2. Jenson Button

3. 1 million

4. Mayawati

5. Anubhav Sinha

6. Donald Tusk

7. Harbhajan Singh

8. Bodyguard

9. Ben Hur
   Titanic
   Lord of the Rings : Return of the King (all won 11 each)

10. Bungie 

Daily Current Affairs 10th October

1. Which team was the runners-up in Champions League T20-2011 ?

2. Who is the chairman of Champions League T20 ?

3. When was Champions League first held ?

4. Who has been awarded with Man Of The Series Award ?

5. Name the Title sponsor for Champions League T20-2011 ?

6. Name the qualifying tournaments for Champions League T20 2011?

7. Name the three cities where CL T20-2011 were held ?

8. Which Champions League T20 edition was cancelled due to a terrorist attack ?

9. Royal Challengers Bangalore is owned by ?

10. Chennai Super King's home ground is ?

Answers

1. Royal Challenger's Bangalore

2. Shashank Manohar

3. 2009

4. Lasith Malinga

5. Nokia

6. Indian Premier League 2011, Standard Bank Pro20(2010-2011) and KFC Twenty20 Big Bash(2010-2011)

7. Bangalore,Chennai and Hyderabad

8. 2008 (due to Mumbai Terrorist  Attack)

9. Vijay Mallya

10. M.A Chidambaram (chepauk)

LG ICC Awards 2011

ICC Cricketer of The Year: Jonathan Trott (England)

ICC Test Cricketer of The Year: Alastair Cook (England)

ICC ODI Cricketer of The Year: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

ICC Spirit of Cricket Award: MS Dhoni (India)

ICC T20 International Performance of The Year: Tim Southee (New Zealand)

ICC Emerging Player Award: Devendra Bishoo (West Indies)

ICC Associate and Affiliate Cricketer of The Year: Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherlands)

ICC Umpire of The Year: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)

ICC Women's Cricketer of The Year: Stafanie Taylor (West Indies)

LG People's Choice Award: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)

Daily Current Affairs 8th October(F1 Special)

1. In which year was Formula One (F1) inaugrated ?

2. How many teams participate in F1 ?

3. Name the circuit constructed in Greater Noida , UP, India ?

4. Who has designed the Indian Circuit Track ?

5. What is it's length ?

6. Who are the tyre suppliers for F1 ?

7. Who is the current World Champion ?

8. When will the Indian Grand Prix start ?

9. F1 is sanctioned by ?

10. Name the license issued for racing by the authority for F1 ?

Answers

1. 1950

2. 12

3. Buddh International Circuit

4. Hermann Tilke

5. 5.141 Km

6. Pirelle

7. Sebastian Vettel

8. 30th Oct

9. FIA Formula One World Championship

10. Super License

ET Awards 2010-2011

Business Leader of the year: Chanda Kochhar, ICICI Bank

Entrepreneur of the year: Rahul Bhatia, Indigo Airlines

Global Indian of the year: Vikram Pandit, Citi Bank

Policy Change Agent of the year: Nandan Nilekani

Company of the year: Bajaj Auto

Emerging Company of the year: Shree Renuka Sugars

Lifetime Achievement Award: Yaga Venugopal Reddy, Former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India

68th Annual Golden Globe Awards 2011

FILM -->

   
  Drama: The Social Network.

  Comedy: The Kids all right

  Actor Drama: Colin Firth, The king’s Speech.

  Actress Drama: Natalie Portman, Black Swan.

  Supporting Actor: Christian Bale, the Fighter.

  Supporting Actress: Melissa Leo, the Fighter.

  Actor Comedy: Paul Giamatti, Barney’s Version

  Actress Comedy: Annette Bening, The Kids are all right

  Director: David Fincher, The Social Network.

  Animated Film: Toy Story 3

  Foreign Language Film: In a Better World (Denmark).

  Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network.

  Original Score: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network.

TELEVISION -->

  

  Drama: Boardwalk Empire.

   
  Comedy: Glee.

   
  Miniseries/TV Movie: Carlos.

   
  Actor, Drama: Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire.

   
  Actress Drama: Katey Sagal, Sons of Anarchy.

   
  Actor Comedy: Jim Parsons, The Big Bang Theory.

   
  Actress, Comedy: Laura Linney, The Big C.

   
  Actor, Miniseries/TV Movie: Al Pacino, You Don’t Know Jack.

   
  Actress, Miniseries/TV Movie: Claire Danes, Temple Grandin.

53rd Annual Grammy Awards 2011

Album of the Year: Arcade Fire – The Suburbs

Record of the Year: Lady Antebellum – “Need You Now” 

Best New Artist: Esperanza Spalding

Song of the Year: Lady Antebellum – “Need You Now”

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Train – “Hey, Soul Sister (Live)

Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals: Herbie Hancock, Pink, India.Arie, Seal, Konono No. 1, Jeff Beck and Oumou Sangare – “Imagine”

Best Dance Recording: Rihanna – “Only Girl (In the World)”

Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: The Black Keys – “Tighten Up”

Best Hard Rock Performance : Them Crooked Vultures – “New Fang”

Best Rock Song: Neil Young – “Angry World”

Best Alternative Music Album: The Black Keys – Brothers

Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals: Sade – “Soldier of Love”

Best Contemporary R&B Album: Usher – Raymond v. Raymond

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration: Jay-Z and Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”

Best Rap Song: Jay-Z and Alicia Keys – “Empire State of Mind”

Best Rap Album: Eminem – Recovery

Best Country Collaboration With Vocals: Zac Brown Band and Alan Jackson – “As She’s Walking Away”

Best Country Song: Lady Antebellum – “Need You Now”

Best Country Album: Lady Antebellum – Need You Now

Best Americana Album: Mavis Staples – You Are Not Alone

Best Traditional Blues Album: Pinetop Perkins and Willie “Big Eyes” Smith – Joined at the Hip

58th National Film Awards 2011

Best Feature Film --> Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam)
 
Best Director --> Vetrimaran for Aadukalam (Tamil)

Best Actor --> Dhanush for Aadukalam (Tamil) and Salim Kumar for Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam)

Best Actress --> Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar for Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi) and Saranya Ponvannan for Thenmerkku Paruvakkatru (Tamil)

Best Supporting Actor --> J. Thambi Ramaiah for Mynaa (Tamil)

Best Supporting Actress --> Sukumari for Namma Gramam (Tamil)

Best Hindi Film --> Do Dooni Char

Best Kannada Film --> Puttakkana Highway

Best Malayalam Film --> Veettilekkulla Vazhi

Best Tamil Film --> Thenmerkku Paruvakkatru

Special Mention --> Aadukalam (Tamil)

Special Jury Award --> Kabira Khada Bazaar Mein (Hindi)

Best Cinematography --> Madhu Ambat for Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam)

Best Screenplay (Original) --> Vetrimaran for Aadukalam (Tamil)

Best Audiography --> Kaamod Kharade for Ishqiya (Hindi)

Best Editing --> TE Kishore for Aadukalam (Tamil)

Best Production Design --> Sabu Cyril for Enthiran (Tamil)

Best Special Effects --> V. Srinivas & M. Mohan for Enthiran (Tamil)

Best Choreography --> Dinesh Kumar for Aadukalam (Tamil)

Best Music Direction (songs) --> Vishal Bhardwaj for Ishqiya (Hindi)

Best Music Direction (background score) --> Issak Thomas Kottakapally for Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam)

Best Male Playback Singer --> Suresh Wadkar for Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (Marathi)

Best Female Playback Singer --> Rekha Bhardwaj for Ishqiya (Hindi)

Best Lyrics --> Vairamuthu for Thenmerkku Paruvakkatru (Tamil)

Special Jury Award --> Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (Marathi)

Daily Current Affairs 8th October (Nobel Prize)

1. Name the youngest  Nobel Laureate ?

2. Name the oldest Nobel Laureate ?

3. Which two Nobel Laureates have declined the Nobel Prize ?

4. Name the Nobel Laureates who have been forced by authorities to decline the Nobel Prize

5. Name the Nobel Laureates who have been under arrest at the time of the award ?

6. Name the people with multiple Nobel Prizes ?

7. The will of the which Swedish chemist has led to establishement of Nobel  prizes and what did he invent ?

8. Where are the prestigious Nodel prize ceremony held ?

9. Which family has received the maximum number of Nobel prizes ?

10. What all is awarded as the Nobel prize ?

Answers

1. Lawrence Bragg

2. Rita Levi-Montalcini

3. Jean Paul Satre and Le Duc Tho

4. Richard Kuhn , Adolf Butenandt ,Gerhard Domagk and Boris Pasternak

5. Carl von Ossietzky, Aung San Suu Kyi and Liu Xiaobo

6. J. Bardeen,M. Curie,L. Pauling and F. Sanger 

7. Alfred Nobel

8. The Peace Prize is awarded in Oslo, Norway, while the other prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden. 

9. Curie Family

10. Each recipient, or laureate, receives a gold medal, a diploma, and a sum of money which depends on   the  Nobel Foundation's income that year. 

Top Indian Companies CEO / Heads (Conglomerates)

Mars Group  Dharmendra shekhar ojha (CMD)

Aditya Birla Group  Kumar Mangalam Birla (Chairman)

Bharti Enterprises   Sunil Bharti Mittal (Chairman & Group CEO)

Bajaj Group    Rahul Bajaj (CMD)

Essar Group  Shashi Ruia (Chairman)

Essel Group  Subhash Chandra (Chairman)

Godrej Group   Adi Godrej (Chairman)

ITC Limited   Y.C. Deveshwar (Chairman)

Jaypee Group Jaiprakash Gaur (Chairman)

Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T)   A. M. Naik (CMD)

Mahindra Group  Keshub Mahindra (Chairman)

Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group   Anil Ambani (Chairman)

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Mukesh Ambani  (CMD)

JSW Group  Sajjan Jindal (Chairman)

Sahara India Pariwar  Subrata Roy (Chairman)

Tata Group   Ratan Tata (Chairman)

United Breweries Group or UB Group   Dr. Vijay Mallya (Chairman)

Videocon  Venugopal Dhoot (Chairman)

 Wadia Group  Nusli Wadia (Chairman)

Daily Current Affairs 7th October (PMs/Presidents)

1. Who is the prime minister of Canada ?

2. Who is the prime minister of Bangladesh ?

3. Name the president of China ?

4. Who is the prime minister of Japan ?

5. Name the Malaysian prime minister ?

6. Name the prime minister of Australia ?

7. Who is the president of France ?

8. Who is the Russian prime minister ?

9. Name the president of Pakistan ?

10. Name the president of Greece ?

Daily Current Affairs 6th October (Steve Job's Special)

                    Steve Jobs Special


1. How much was Steve's salary as the CEO of Apple ?
    $1 

2. Name Steve's biological parents ?
    Joanne Simpson and Abdulfattah Jandali

3. What was Steve's net worth ?
    $8 billion(approx)

4. Name the other founders of Apple ?
    Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne

5.Who is the new CEO of Apple ?
   Tim Cook  

6. Steve Jobs has served as the top executive in two companies simultaneously. Name them ?
    Apple and Pixar

7. Name the college from which Steve dropped out ?
    Reed College

8. When was Apple established ?
    1st April 1976

9. What was Apple's first slogan ?
    Byte Into An Apple

10. What was Apple's first logo ?
     Sir Issac Newton sitting under an apple tree

Daily Current Affairs 5th October

Your Daily Dose Of GK/Current Affairs (First's Special) 

1. Who was the first man to go in Space ?

     Yuri Gagrin (former USSR)  

2. Who is the first man to set foot on Moon ?

     Neil Armstrong (USA) 

 
3. Who is the first man to walk in Space ? 

     Alexei Leonov (former USSR)

4. Who were the first men to climb Mt Everest ?

    Tenzing Norgay (India) & Edmund Hillary (USA)

5. Who is the first women to climb Mt Everest ?  

     Junko Taibei (Japan) 

6. Who is the first man to sail round the World ? 

     Ferdinand Magellan (Portugal)

7. Who the first US President ?  

     George Washington 

8. Who was the first prime minister of England  

     Sir Robert Walpole

9. Who was the first lady president of a country  

     Srimavo Bhandarnaike (Sri Lanka) 

10. Name the first Space tourist ?

      Dennis Tito (USA)

CEO's --> Auto Sector

Maruti Suzuki India Limited --> Shinzo Nakanishi (MD and CEO)

Mahindra & Mahindra Limited --> Keshub Mahindra (Chairman)

Tata Motors Limited --> Carl Peter Forster (CEO)

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG(BMW) --> Norbert Reithofer (CEO)

FIAT --> Sergio Marchionne (CEO)

Ford Motor Company --> Alan R. Mulally (President & CEO)

Honda Motor Company Ltd --> Takanobu Ito (CEO)

 

Hyundai Motor Company --> Chung Mong-koo (Chairman and CEO)

Mercedes-Benz --> Dieter Zetsche 

Suzuki Motor Corporation --> Osamu Suzuki

Toyota Motor Corporation --> Akio Toyoda 

 Bajaj Auto --> Rahul Bajaj (Chairman)

 TVS Motor Company --> K N Radhakrishnan (President & CEO)

 

CEO --> IT Companies

Wipro Limited --> T. K. Kurien (CEO)

Infosys Limited --> S.D. Shibulal (CEO & MD)

HCL Technologies Ltd. --> Vineet Nayar (CEO)

Mahindra Satyam --> Gurnani

Tata Consultancy Services Limited (TCS) --> N. Chandrasekaran

   

Heads/CMD's Of Maharatna

Indian Oil Corporation Limited, or IndianOil--> Ranbir Singh Butola (CMD)

NTPC Limited (formerly National Thermal Power Corporation)--> Arup Roy Choudhury (CMD)

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL)--> Chandra Shekhar Verma (Chairman)

ONGC--> Sudhir Vasudeva(CMD)


 

List of Maharatna, Navratna and Miniratna

Maharatna

1.     Coal India Limited

2.     Indian Oil Corporation Limited

3.     NTPC Limited

4.     Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Limited

5.     Steel Authority of India Limited

Navratna CPSEs

1.     Bharat Electronics Limited

2.     Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited

3.     Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

4.     GAIL (India) Limited

5.     Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

6.     Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited

7.     Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited

8.     National Aluminium Company Limited

9.     NMDC Limited

10. Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited

11. Oil India Limited

12. Power Finance Corporation Limited

13. Power Grid Corporation of India Limited

14. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited

15. Rural Electrification Corporation Limited

16. Shipping Corporation of India Limited

 

Miniratna Category - I

1.         Airports Authority of India

2.       Antrix Corporation Limited

3.       Balmer Lawrie & Co. Limited

4.       Bharat Dynamics Limited

5.        BEML Limited

6.       Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited

7.        Bridge & Roof Company (India) Limited

8.       Central Warehousing Corporation

9.       Central Coalfields Limited

10.   Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited

11.     Cochin Shipyard Limited

12.   Container Corporation of India Limited

13.      Dredging Corporation of India Limited

14.      Engineers India Limited

15.       Ennore Port Limited

16.      Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited

17.       Goa Shipyard Limited

18.      Hindustan Copper Limited

19.      HLL Lifecare Limited

20.    Hindustan Newsprint Limited

21.      Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited

22.     Housing & Urban Development Corporation Limited

23.     India Tourism Development Corporation Limited

24.     Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corporation Limited

25.     IRCON International Limited

26.     KIOCL Limited

27.     Mazagaon Dock Limited

28.     Mahanadi Coalfields Limited

29.     Manganese Ore (India) Limited

30.    Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemical Limited

31.      Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited

32.     MMTC Limited

33.     MSTC Limited

34.     National Fertilizers Limited

35.     National Seeds Corporation Limited

36.     NHPC Limited

37.     Northern Coalfields Limited

38.     Numaligarh Refinery Limited

39.     ONGC Videsh Limited

40.    Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited

41.      Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Limited

42.     RITES Limited

43.     SJVN Limited

44.     Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited

45.     South Eastern Coalfields Limited

46.     State Trading Corporation of India Limited

47.     Telecommunications Consultants India Limited

48.     THDC India Limited

49.     Western Coalfields Limited

50.     WAPCOS Limited

 

Miniratna Category-II

51.       Bharat Pumps & Compressors Limited

52.     Broadcast Engineering Consultants (I) Limited

53.     Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited

54.     Ed.CIL (India) Limited

55.      Engineering Projects (India) Limited

56.     FCI Aravali Gypsum & Minerals India Limited

57.      Ferro Scrap Nigam Limited

58.     HMT (International) Limited

59.     HSCC (India) Limited

60.    India Trade Promotion Organisation

61.      Indian Medicines & Pharmaceuticals Corporation Limited

62.     M E C O N Limited

63.     National Film Development Corporation Limited

64.     National Small Industries Corporation Limited

65.     P E C Limited

      66.     Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Limited