Copy of a Collection of c.a.2010--2011 by p.m.

A –collection of C.A. (2010—2011) by—P.M .(9831463378). MISCELLANEOUS

Name the indo-American who created a history by becoming the 1st woman governor of South Carolina in USANIKKI HALEY.

Central govt. recently approved the re-named of “Sri Gururamdas jee’’ int. airport as RAJA SANSI AIRPORT (Amritsar).

At present rank of India in world’s nuclear club 6 th (1st –USA, 2nd –FRANCE, 3rd –JAPAN, 4th –RUSSIA, 5th-N.KOREA).

GROMOV – flight research institute is at RUSSIA. Name the (1st woman) new president of Brazil DILMA ROUSSEFF. At present president of Iraq is JALAL TALABANI. VICTOR CHERNOMYRDIN –recently died, was the former P.M. of RUSSIA. Name the new director of IB NEHCHAL SANDHU (In place of –Rajeev mathur). Name the new director of CBI AMAR PRATAP SINGH (In place of –Ashwin Kumar). A Parliamentary panel has found which judge of Calcutta High Court guilty for misappropriation of public funds

& making false statement SOUMITRA SEN. According to FORBES magazine list (2010 dec.)At present world most powerful man HU-JINTAO (President of

China). ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ woman M. OBAMA (First

lady of USA). “WORLD OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS” SOLI S. SORABJEE. New C.M. of Maharashtra PRITHVIRAJ CHAVAN. ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ Andhra PradeshN.KIRAN KUMAR REDDY. Recently, which classical flute exponent has been awarded the highest civilian award of France ‘OFFICER OF THE

LEGIONOF HONOUR AWARD’ 2010 HARIPRASAD CHAURASIA. Name the additional solicitor gen. that has been conferred with ‘SIKH OF THE YEAR 2010’ award for his

outstanding achievement in his profession & betterment of society AMARJIT SING CHANDHOK. Name the well known Hindi film maker who has been awarded with ‘SWISS AMBASSADORS AWARD’2010for his

contribution in promoting ‘BRAND-SWITZERLAND’ through his movie YASH CHOPRA. Name the new chairman of national commission for SC P.L.PUNIA. ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ST RAMESWAR ORAON. Recently, who has been received the ‘GLOBAL VISON AWARD’ for leadership by Asia society MUKESH

AMBANI. ‘TO THE POINT’ is an autobiography of HERCSHELL GIBBS. ‘TAKING THE MICKEY’ is an autobiography of MICKEY ARTHUR (Former coach of S.A.) Name the interim president of Hockey India MARIAMMA KOSHY (In place of Vidya stokes). Recently, the 100TH Birth anniversary of which India born American Astrophysicist who won Noble Prize in 1983

for ‘physics’ was celebrated SUBRAMANIAM CHANDRASEKHER. V.K.SUNGLU – Committee associated with to judge the financial scandal in CWG 2010. Name Indian badminton player who won the ‘YONEX OPEN’Int. Championship in 2010 AJAY JAYRAM. APEC Summit 2010 held at YOKOHAMA (JAPAN). NATO ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ LISBON (PORTUGAL). New logo of CAG design by SIVAM DUA (A student of B.Tech. from ROHTAK, HARYANA). AT present CAG OF India VINOD RAI. Name the 1st CAG of INDIA V.N.RAO. What is the new name of ORISSA ODISHA. ‘MNP’—stands for mobile number portability.

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MNP 1st launch in India at ROHTAK (HARYANA—on 25 th Nov.2010 \ REST of INDIA 20 TH JAN. 2011 .). Winner of DURAND CUP 2010 CHIRAG UNITED (def.JCT\ score- 1—0 \ held at –Ambedkar Stadium N.DELHI). DHRUV SITWAL – associated with which sports BILLIARDS. Name the1st Indian & 8 th player of the world to register two successive century in test cricket Harbhajan

Singh. Zulqarnain Haider – associated with which sports CRICKET (PAKISTAN, W.KEEPER). New football coach of ARGENTINA SARJIO BATISTA INDIRA GANDHI PRIZE for PEACE, DISARMAMENT & DEVLOPMENT 2010 awarded toLULA DESILVA.(ex-

president of BRAZIL) From which year US army will leave Afghanistan 2014. Name the re-elected secretary of INTERPOL RONALD NOBLE. The champions of Delhi half marathon 2010 are GEOFFREY MUTAI (Kenya) & ASELEFECH MERGIA (Ethiopia). The newly built port HAMBANTOTA is at SRILANKA. 41ST IFFI 2010 held at GOA. Recently, who has been awarded with the ‘HINDU BEST FICTION’ award 2010 MANU JOSEPH (Novel—serious

man). What is the rank of INDIRA GANDHI in most powerful woman of the century according to recent ‘TIME

LIST’9 TH .(out of 25 MOTHER TERESSA is in 22nd,1st – MARGARET THATCHER ,UK). The newly built port HAMBANTOTA is at SRILANKA. Which foundation of INDIA will get international green apple award at the HOUSE OF COMMONS in LONDON

recentlyCHIPKO FOUNDATION (UTTRAKHAND). Name the re-elected secretary of INTERPOLRONALD NOBLE. FIFA W.CUP 2014BRAZIL. FIFA W.CUP 2018RUSSIA. FIFA W.CUP 2022QATAR. MISS EARTH 2010 crowned to NICOLE FARIA (INDIA). 100 year’s starship is an exercise of NASA (to send the astronauts to moon). BANDRA-WORLI sea link named after RAJEEV GANDHI. Name the chief of WIKILEAKS JULIAN PAUL ASANGE. At present director of NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONSUBRA SURESH. Who has been appointed chief coach cum technical advisor of M.P. wrestling academySUSIL KUMAR. Recently, which Bollywood actress awarded honorary doctorate by EAST LONDON PREITY ZINTA. ‘INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR TOLERANCE OBSERVE’ on 16 TH Nov. What is ‘TIANHE—1A’ SUPER COMPUTER (CHINA). What is ‘VIJIT’Offshore petrol vessels of Indian coast guard. Which national park of India celebrating its platinum jubilee JIM CORBETT. ’I PREDICT: A CENTURY OF HOPE ……………..& FREEDOM FROM HUNGER’ M.S. SWAMINATHAN. What is’ TAPI’ project a new gas pipeline project among TURKMENISTAN, AFGANISTAN, PAKISTAN, &INDIA. The 11th INDIA—EU summit 2010 held at BRUSSELS (BELGIUM). ON the 1st week of December 2010, name the president who visited INDIANICOLAS SARKOZY (FRANCE). On the 3rd week of December 2010, name the priminister who visited INDIA WEN JIA BAO (CHINA). ON the month of December 2010 INDIA signed a civil nuclear co-operation agreement with FRANCE. ON December 20, 2010 name the president who visited INDIA DIMITRY MEDVEDEV (RUSSIA). The 16th conference of parties (COP) to UNFCCC 2010 held at CANCUN (MEXICO, 11TH DCM.2010). IRAQ gets their new govt. after nine month delay; name the newly elected P.M. of IRAQ NAURI-AL-MALIKI. Name the new brand ambassador of HIMACHAL PRADESHPREITY ZINTA. Name the new chief information commissioner of INDIA SATYANAND MISRA. (In place of A, N.TIWARI). The winner of Asian television award 2010 KARAN THAPAR. In 41st IFFI 2010 which film won the Golden Peacock awardMONER MANUSH.(Dir—GAUTAM GHOSH).

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K. KARUNAKARAN – recently died, was the former C.M. of KERALA. Who was the founder of FACEBOOK MARK ZUCKERBERG. TIME magazine declared person of the year 2010 & also the world youngest billionaires as MARK

ZUCKERBERG. Name new chief of RAW S. K. TRIPATHY. What is’VIJIT’2NDoffshore petrol vessels of Indian coast guard. 2011 —MISS EARTH crowned to NHA TRANG (VIETNAM). Which N.Park is celebrating its platinum jubilee in 2011 JIM CORBETT N.P. S.TENDULKAR score his 50th test century against S.A at – centurian park (S.A) ON 19 TH DCM.2010 . Winner of ASHES series 2010ENGLAND (Def.--AUS). The winner of 21st lalbahadur Sastri hockey tournament 2010AIR INDIA (Def--ONGC). Winner of DAVIS Cup 2010 SERBIA (Def—CZECH REP.). Winner of HONGKONG OPEN championship 2010SAINA NEHWAL (Def—SHIXIAN WANG). 26TH National junior championship 2010 held at BANGALORE. S.P.SETHURAMAN—associated with which sportsCHESS. Winner of 59th senior national volleyball championship 2010Men—T.NADU (Def.--Kerala)./WOMEN—

RAILWAY(Def--KERALA). ON 21ST DCM.2010 Pakistan successfully test fired which medium range ballistic missileGAURI (OR—HATF-5). The winner of national chess champion ship 2010PARIMARJAN NEGI. INDIA recently signed a 30 pact with which countryRUSSIA. The 4th INDO—US health care summit 2010 recently held at JAIPUR. ‘AFRICAN player of the year ‘2010 declared as SAMUL ETO (Cameroon, of Intermilan). Name the Indian actor who has been awarded the highest civilian award of ITALY’KNIGHT’ OR ’Ca valiere of the

or dine al Merito Della Republica Italiana’KABIR BEDI. Name the new chairman of SEBI U.K.SINHA. ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ & MD of BPCLR.K.SINGH. Name the CEO of Prasar Bharti who has been suspended by the ministry of broadcasting for undo favour to

some broadcast company B.S.LALI. Who represent India at the global convention on terrorism which was held at NEWYORK on 1st

DCM.2010UJJWAL NIKAM. What is CRH380A High speed train (CHINA, 486.1 km/hour). Indian Army dedicated 2011 as a year of PERSONNEL DISABLED. UNO declared 2011 as a year of FORESTY & CHEMISTRY. Indian Govt. ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ Year of INDIA—CHINA EXCHANGE. ‘’ Railway ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ Year of GREEN. UNESCO has inscribed which 3 Indian performing art forms in its heritage list MUDIYETTU (Kerala).

CHHAU (West Bengal). KALBELIA (Rajasthan).

Name the Indo—American who has been elected as attorney general of California KAMLA HARRIS. DALAI LAMA the spiritual leader of TIBET, recently conferred an honorary doctorate byJAMIA MILLIA

ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY (DELHI). Which country recently receives 6-F16 aircraft from USAPAKISTAN . Recently, which country launches the electronic passportCHINA .

OBJECTIVE CURRENT AFFAIR(P.M.--9831463378) 1. The winner of DULEEP Trophy 2011SOUTH ZONE (DEF—NORTH ZONE, Held at--Visakhapatnam).2. Benghazi—recently in news is the city of LIBYA.3. On FEB—22, 2011 a powerful earth quake hit which place of NEWZELANDChristchurch.

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4. Recently, FAKHRUDDIN ALI AHMED AWARD FOR NATIONAL INTREGRATION 2008 given toM.J.AKHBAR (JOURNALIST)\ 2009HEMA BHARALI (FREEDOM FIGHTER).

5. FOR the contribution to the analysis of socio-economic relationship & policy instrument, name the person recently awarded by ILO JAYATI GHOSE.

6. RECENTLY, WWF awarded lifetime achievement award to FATEH SINGH RATHORE (to protect the tiger).7. Name the person who replaced RICHARD HOLBROOK (Died), as the UN SPECIAL ENVOY to PAKISTAN &

AFGANISTAN MARC GROSSMAN.8. Name the new chairman of IOCR.S.BUTOLA.9. P.M. MANMOHAN SINGH recently inaugurated the country’s first international container transshipment

terminal atVALLAR PADAM ISLAND (near Kochi).10. Name the new member of BRIC-‘S’SOUTHAFRICA (FEB-19, 2011).11. Name the new president of MAYANMAR THEIN SEIN.12. 2011 ALLANBODER MEDAL win bySHANE WATSON (AUS.).13. The winner of AVANTHA MASTER’S TITLE 2011SHIV SHANKAR CHAURASIA.14. Name the new president of UGANDAYOWERI MUSEVENI (feb-18-2011).15. Name the 1st INDIAN WOMEN to get 1ST SENA MEDAL (gallantry) is MITALI MADHUMITA.

34 TH NATIONAL GAMES 2011 : Host cityJHARKHAND. TOTAL TEAM36. TOTAL ATHLETES8511. TOTAL EVENT444(In-35 Sports). Opening Ceremony12th FEB. Closing Ceremony26th FEB. Officially Inaugurated byM.O.H FAROOK (Governor--JHARKHAND). OATH on behalf of ATHLETESDEEPIKA KUMARI (Archery). Main StadiumBIRSA MUNDA ATHLETICS STADIUM. MASCOTCHHAUA (A Deer in a running motion holding the torch// LITTLE BOY—in local language). Highest GoldSERVICES (70). MEDAL TALLYG-70—S-50—BR.-42=162(SERVICES1ST POSITION).

G-4—S-10—BR.-21=35(WESTBENGAL18TH POSITION). BEST ATHELETE MALEVIRDHAWAL KHADE (Swimming). ‘’ ‘’ FEMALERICHA MISHRA (Swimming).

ICC WORLD CUP 2011

HOST COUNTRIES INDIA, SRILANKA, BANGLADESH. OPENING CEREMONY17TH FEB. 2011(AT—BANGABANDHU NATIONAL STADIUM, BANGALADESH). CLOSINING CEREMONY2ND APRIL 2011. TOTAL TEAM14. MSACOT STUMPY (Elephant). TOTAL MATCH PLAYED49. 1ST MATCH PLYED IND Vs. BANG.(ON 19TH FEB.2011 AT –SHER-E-BANGLA National stadium, MIRPUR). CHAMPION INDIA (2ND TITLE). RUNNER’S UP SRILANKA.

FINAL MATCH STATISTIC

Held betweenINDIA & SRILANKA.

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AT WANKHEDE STADIUM, MUMBAI. ON 2ND APRIL 2011 SRILANKAM.JAYABARDHANE (103*).

K.SANGAKARA (48). TOTAL274/6 IN 50 Over’s. India G. GAMBHIR (97).

M.S.DHONI (91*).V.KOHLI (35).

TOTAL277/4 IN 48.2 Over’s. MAN OF THE MATCHM.S.DHONI (91* in 79 Balls). MAN OF THE TOURNAMENTYUVRAJ SINGH.

TOTAL STATISTIC

Leading Run GettersT.Dilshan (M-9/Inn-9/N.O.-1/Run-500/H.S-144/100-2/50-2). S.Tendulkar (‘’ / ‘’ /-- / Run—482/ H.S.-120/100-2/50-2).

‘’ Wicket Takers S.Afridi (M-9/OVR. -- 74.3/Run-270/Wkt-21/Best-5/16/ Avg-12.85 ). Z.Khan (M-9/OVR.—81.3/Run-394/Wkt-21/Best-3/20/Avg-18.76).

FASTEST 50K.A.POLLARD (W.I) Off 23 Balls vs.—NETHERLAND. ‘’ 100K.J.O’BRIEN (IRE.)Off 50 Balls vs.—ENGLAND. HIGIEST INDIVIDUAL SCORE V. SEHWAG (175 vs. BANGLADESH). ‘’ TEAM ‘’ INDIA (370/4 vs.--BANGLADESH). HAT—TRICKSKEAMER ROACH (W.I vs.NETHERLAND).

L.MALINGA (S.L vs. KENYA). LARGEST VICTORY (BY RUNS) SOUTHAFRICA (231vsNETHERLAND).

‘’ (BY WICKET) N.Z (10Wkt.) vs. KENYA. N.Z (10Wkt.) vs. ZIMBABWE.

PAK. (10Wkt.) vs. WESTINDIES.S.L (10Wkt.) vs. ENGLAND.

BEST ALLROUND PERFORMANCEY.SINGH (IND.—362Runs/15 Wkt/3 Catches in 9 matches). Total Century struck in the tournament 24. ‘’ Wicket fall ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ 731. Most 6 hit by a teamNEWZEALAND (36). ‘’ 6 given by a team ENGLAND (32). Most 4 hit by (individual)T.DILSHJAN(SRI—61 ). ‘’ 6 ‘’ ‘’ ( ‘’ )ROSS TAYLOR(N.Z—14). Most MAN OF THE MATCH AwardYUBRAJ SINGH (4 Vs.—IRE/NETH/W.I/AUS). Fastest 50 by a teamAUS (vs. CANADA in 4.4 over). ‘’ 100 ‘’ ‘’ IND (vs.S.A in 11.4 over). Most DUCK victim claimed by a bowler L.Malinga (S.L—6 in 7 games). Most Catch as a fielderM.Jayabardhane (S.L—8). Best Bowling in an innings KEMER ROACH (W.I—6/27vsNetherland). Poor ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ JAMES ANDERSON (ENG—9.5-0-91-1 vs. INDIA).

CASTROL CRICKET AWARD 2011: CASTROL CRICKETER OF THE YEAR S.TENDULKAR. ‘’ TEST ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ S.TENDULKAR. ‘’ ODI ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ M.S.DHONI. ‘’ BATSMAN ‘’ ‘’ V.SEHWAG. ‘’ BOWLER ‘’ ‘’ H.SINGH. ‘’ IMPACT ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ YUSUF PATHAN.

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‘’ JUNIOR ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ JAYDEV UNADKAT. ‘’ HIGHEST NO.OF CATCH IN TEST RAHUL DRAVID. ‘’ LIFETIME ACHIVEMENT AWARD MOHINDER AMARNATH.

SOME COLOUR REVOLUTION IN RECENT YEARS: Observers have designated democratic protest in different countries by the name of colours, which become a

symbol of democratic upsurge particularly in Eastern Europe & Middle East. Country Name of the revolutions Year

CZECHOSLOVAKIA VELVET 1989. KYRGYZSTAN TULIP 2005. UKRAINE ORANGE 2004. GEORGIA ROSE 2003. SERBIA BULDOZER 2000. EGYPT LOTUS 2011. TUNISIA JASMINE 2010. IRAN GREEN 2009. IRAQ PURPLE 2005. KUWAIT BLUE 2005. LEBANON CEDER 2005.

MISCELLANEOUS C.A . BY P.M--9831463378:1. MAHRU—is a regional festival ofJaisalmer (Rajasthan).2. Name the submarine of Russia which was transfer to India on a 10 year lease in March 2011K—152 NERPA.3. Name the new world tallest statue Statue of Unity (‘Sardar Vallav Bhai Patel’, GUJARAT).4. Name the new civil aviation secretary of IndiaSYED NASIM AHMED ZAIDI.5. At which place INDO—GERMAN technology research center has been inauguratedGurgaon.6. Which country has open world 1st nuclear fuel bank, recentlyRUSSIA.7. What is CHAKSHUAn indigenous developed an aerostat (which could be used in naxal hit areas).8. NIRA RADIA—associated with 2G SCAM.9. What is HYLASAdvance Communication Satellite (Dev.by- ISRO).10. Who has been chosen BBC sports personality of the year TONY MCCOY (Horse Rider).11. Who has been chosen BBC Lifetime achievement sports awardDAVID BECKHAM.12. From which year US army will leave the Afghanistan2014.13. Name LONDON based Indian writer who recently won the UK’s prestigious COSTA - NOVEL awardKISHWAR DESAI

(For her book—‘Witness by night’). 14. Which country recently banned smoking in all public building PERU.15. UAE—declared to become ‘plastic bag free’ by 2013. 16. What is ‘BHARTI’India’s 3 rd research base at Antarctica .(1ST—Dakshin gangotri 1983—84/,2ND—MAITRI,1988).17. VIVEK SHAUQ—recently died, associated with Indian Cinema.18. Name the 1st foreign secretary of Bangladesh & the senior most diplomats recently diedA.H.M.Abdul fateh.19. Suchitra Mitra —recently died, a legendry exponent of Ravindra sangeet. (Padma Shree in --1973).20. Which country will built 70km rail line in Nepal in 2011-12 financial yearsINDIA.21. According to the FORBES, which country will be the best destination for new jobs in 2011INDIA. 22. Name the new director of IIST (Indian Institute Of Space Science &Technology)K.S.DASGUPTA .23. Name the new US ambassador to SIRYA ROBERT FORD.24. Name the new secretary general of SAARCFATHIMATH DHIYANA SAYEED.25. Name the new chief of Indian Air ForceN.A.K BROWNE.26. Name the new vice chief of Indian Air ForceKISHAN Kr.NOHWAR.27. Name the new CEO of PRASAR BHARTIRAJIV TAKRU (in place of –B.S.LALI).28. Name the new (39th) Governor of CALIFORNIAJERRY BROWN (in place of –Arnold Schwarzenegger).

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29. CARLOS-ANDRES-PEREZ recently died, was the former President ofVENEZUELA.30. Name the pioneer of ‘Asian Women Worker’s Movement’—in Britain, recently diedJAYABEEN DESAI.31. The winner of ASIA CUP Football 2011JAPAN.32. What is CHENGDU-J-20Stealth Jet Fighter (CHINA).33. Recently, IAEA’s D.G—YUKIA AMANO awarded HOMIBHABA LIFETIME ACHIVEMENT AWARD toANIL KAKODKAR. 34. Name the governor of Punjab province (PAK), w ho was recently shot dead at Islamabad SALMAN TASER.35. Who become the 1st women to be crowned winner in the reality show ‘BIG BOSS’ Season-4 SWETA TIWARI.36. Name the wonder kid who hold the distinction of being the country’s youngest matriculate at the age of 7

&complete her graduation from lucknow university at the age of 10 SUSHMA VERMA.37. Name top heroin of yesteryears popular film like—Bahen, Nastik, Munimji, and Sargam –recently diedNALINI

JAYAWANT.38. In the history of 77years Ranji trophy, name the team who recently clinched their 1st Ranji trophy RAJASTHAN

(Def--BARODA).39. After the final Sydney test in ASHES, name cricketer of England who recently retired from test cricketPAUL

COLLINGWOOD.40. AIFF, recently declared player of the year 2010 as GAURMANGI SINGH.41. Name the Indian golfer who recently won the first ever European challenge tour eventGagan jit Singh bhullar.42. Name the Australian cricketer who recently declared his retirement from T—20 cricketMichale Clarke.43. Name Indian born global CEO of Citibank has named after an FIR by Gurgaon policeVIKRAM PANDIT.44. Pdt.BHIMSEN JOSHI of KIRANA GHARANA died on 24th JAN.2011.45. At present sports minister of IndiaAJAY MAKEN.46. THE KAPOOR CHANDRA KULISH AWARD associated with JOURNALISM.47. ‘HOW I PLAY GOLF’—is a biography of TIGER WOODS.48. ‘ASTANA’—is a capital of KAZAKHSTAN.49. What is ‘project 15--B’ Defence programme of India. 50. How many Atomic pacts did India signed with France recently5.51. ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ China ‘’ 6.52. In December 2010 India signed fighter aircraft pacts with Russia.53. Rajyasabha passed the historic woman reservation bill on 9 march2010.54. New sheriff of KolkataDr.INDERJIT ROY.55. Who received the sahitya academy award 2010 in HINDI Literature UDAY PRAKASH.56. Name the new train which will be run between KOLKATA-DHAKA SONARTORI EXPRESS.57. Recently, who has been award J L NEHRU AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDINGANGELA MERKEL.58. SUDHIRMAN CUP associated with badminton.59. Who will be the next British high commissioner to INDIAJAMES BEVEN.60. C.K.NAIDU Lifetime achievement award 2010 awarded to SALIM DURANI.61. Name the new president of the Supreme Court BAR association P.H.PAREKH.62. P.M. MANMOHAN SINGH on 12 may 2011 visit to which country AFGANISTAN.63. Winner of SULTAN AZLAN SHAH hockey tournament 2011AUSTRALIA (Def. -- PAK).64. MEHMOOD DHOLPURI—recently died associated with which instrumentHARMONIUM.

1. The winner of METROPLUS PLAY RIGHT AWARD 2011ADITYA SUDERSHAN (PLAY—THE GREEN ROOM).2. Recently who has been selected for the prestigious ‘G.D.BIRLA AWARD ’2011Prof. SUBHASIS CHOUDHURY (IIT,

MUMBAI).3. Who became the oldest Indian WOMEN to climbed Mt.Everest recentlyPREMLATA AGARWAL (JHARHKAND, Age—

45, on—20may, 2011).4. Name first women of ARUNACHAL PRADESH, who recently climbed the Mt.Everest TINA MENA. 5. Name the bollywood singer who has been recently made INDIAN TOBACCO control ambassador SHAAN.

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6. PAKISTAN- recently inaugurated its nuclear plant at CHASMA (IN Punjab province).7. Name the new chairman & MD of BSNLRAKESH KR.UPADHAYA.8. What is ‘SAGA –220’new fastest super computer built BY ISRO.9. Recently which cricketer has been awarded ‘POLLY UMRIGAR ’award 2009-10 SACHIN TENDULKAR.10. ‘KNIGHT OF THE NATIONAL ORDER OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR’—the highest civilian honour of FRANCE recently

awarded to which INDIANSRAHUL BAJAJ (of –BAJAJ AUTO), &BABA KALYANI (MD of –BHARAT FROGE).11. The winner of MISS INDIA WORLD WIDE 2011ANKITA GAZHAN (INDO-AUSTRALIAN).12. ’FROM PRESIDENT TO PRISONER ’the movie belongs to SADDAM HUSSEIN.13.

CNN—IBN AWARD 2010 INDIAN OF THE YEAR—NITISH KUMAR. LIFETIME ACHIVEMENT AWARDM.S. SWAMINATHAN. SPORTS MAN OF THE YEARSUSIL KUMAR. IJNDUSTRIALIST OF THE YEARKUMAR MANGALAM BIRLA. FILM DIRECTOR OF THE YEARSHANKAR.

MANSOOR ALI KLHAN PATAUDI

Born on 5TH Jan, 1941. At Bhopal. Father Iftikar Ali KhanPataudi (8th NAWAB of pataudi). Mother Sajida Sultan. Wife Sharmila Tagore(married on—27thDcm.1969) Children Saif Ali, Soha Ali, Saba Ali. Batsman Right Hand. Bowler Right Hand Medium Pace. Captained of Indian cricket team March—1962. Last test 23RD JAN.1975 (vs.—W.INDIES.At-Mumbai). As a captained test match played 40. Total test match played 46. Win in 9. Total test runs 2793. 100s 6. 50s 16. Top score 203*(vs.—ENG.). Youngest captain of India at the age of21Year77days. India’s 1st ever win overseas against NEWZEALAND under his captaincy in the year1968. Arjun award in 1964. Padmashree in 1967. Arrest in 2005(for poaching BLACKBUCK deer). ICC match referee in 1993—96. 1st president of Indian cricketer’s association in 2002. He was the 9 th & the LAST Nawab of PATAUDI () until 1971, when India abolish royal entitlement through the 26TH

AMENDMENT of Indian constitution. AUTOBIOGRAPHY TIGER’S TALE.

LOCATION OF INDIA’S N—PLANT. (TOTAL--7). NARORA (UP).

KAKRAPUR (GUJARAT).

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TARAPUR(MAHARASHTRA) KAIGA(KARNATAKA). KALPAKKAM(T.NADU). KUDANKULAM(T.NADU). RAWATBHATA(RAJASTHAN).

JAGJIT SINGH

Born on 8th FEB.1941. AtSriGanganagar Bikaner state, (British India). By profession GAZAL Singer. Popularly known as The Gazal King. 1ST AlbumTHE UNFORGETTABLE (1976). Famous poetryNayi Disha (1999), & Sambedna (2002). FatherSardar Amar jit Singh dhiman. MotherBachchan Kaur. WifeChitra Singh. AwardPADMABHUSAN in the year2003. India’s first digitally recorded album ‘BEYOND TIME’ (1987) byGagjit Singh & Chitra Singh. Gagjit Singh was the only composer and singer to have composed & recorded songs which was written by Atal

Behari Vajpayee. Died on 10th OCT.2011, Lelabati Hospital, Mumbai. Famous Albums HOPE, IN SEARCH,IN SIGHT, MIRAGE, VISION, LOVE IS BLIND, CHIRAG, SAJDA.

STEVE JOBS

Born on 24TH FEB.1955. At Sanfransisco, California, US. Original father Abdul Fattah John Jandali (sirya). Original mother Yohan Schieble Adopted father Paul Jobs. Adopted mother Cara Jobs. Nationality American. Occupation Co founder & CEO of ‘APPLE’. Religion Buddhism. Wife Lauren Powell jobs. Children 3 Daughter& 1 Son. Logo of APPLE created on 1978. Leave APPLE INC. in THE YEAR 1985. Created a new company called NeXT in 1986. APPLE took over NeXT in the year 1997. Also the creator of – APPLE II in the year 1977. ‘’ ‘’ ‘’—MACINTOSH ‘’ ‘’ 1984. ‘’ ‘’ ‘’—IMAC ‘’ ‘’ 1998. ‘’ ‘’ ‘’—IPOD ‘’ ‘’ 2001. ‘’ ‘’ ‘’—IFON ‘’ ‘’ 2007. ‘’ ‘’ ‘’—IPAD ‘’ ‘’ 2010. DIED ON 5th OCT.2011 (in home California. age --56).

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE- T—20 (2011)

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Edition 3RD. Held on 23 SEPT —9TH OCT. 2011. Official sponsor NOKIA. Total participant 10. Total match played 23. Winner MUMBAI INDIANS( 1ST TITLE) Runner up RCB. Man of the series Lasith Malinga (M.I, 10wicket). Best batsman \ Golden bat award David Warner (NSW BLUE, 358 RUNS). Most wicket \ Golden wicket award L.Malinga (10wicket). Final held at Chennai. Man of the match in final Harbhajan Singh (3\20 in 4 0vers).

OBJECTIVE C.A1. Name the new train which will be run between KOLKATA—DHAKA SONARTORI EXPRESS.2. Recently who has been awarded J.L.NEHRU AWARD FOR INT.UNDERSTANDING ANGELA MERKEL.3. Name the new chief of INDIAN AIR-FORCENAK BROWNE.4. ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ VICE CHIEF of INDIAN AIR FORCE 5. 2ND AFRICAN—UNION SUMMIT recently held at ADDIS ABABA (ETHIOPIA).6. Name the new British high commissioner to INDIA JAMES BEVEN.7. Name the re—elected chairman of PACM.M.JOSHI.8. SULTAN AZLAN SHAH HOCKEY tournament 2011 win by AUSTRALIA(def--PAKISTAN)9. ON MAY 12, 2011 P.M MANMOHAN SINGH visit to which country AFGANISTAN.10. New president of Supreme Court bar association P.H.PAREKH.11. MEHMOOD DHOLPURI –recently died associated with which instrumentHARMONIUM.12. Name the cricketer recently who has been awarded C.K.NAIDU lifetime achievement award SALIM DURANI.13. Name the new vice chairman of 19th law commissionK.T.S. TULSHI.14. Name the INDO-AMERICAN selected by BARRAK OBAMA for the key post of his administrationVIVEK MURTY

&ISLAM SIDDIQI.15. The winner of crystal award 2011A.R.REHMAN. 16. CRYSTAL AWARD given byWorld economic forum (in the field of ART, CULTURE, RELIGION & BUSINESS).17. IN 2011 kalpana chawla excellence award given to how many people11.18. Former INDIAN captain SOURAV GANGULY awarded honorary doctorate byASSAM UNIVERSITY.19. The winner of SYDNEY PEACE medal 2011JULIAN PAUL ASANGE.20. Winner of MOORTI DEVI AWARD 2011Akkitham Achuthan Namboodiri.21. Name the former speaker of loksabha who recently honour with ‘doctor of laws’ by Punjab universitySomnath

Chatterjee.22. Recently, Punjab university awarded honorary’ doctor of literature’ award toKhuswant Singh.23. On the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of R.N.TAGORE the govt. of W.B awarded ‘’RABINDRA SMRITI PURASKAR

‘’to24. UTPALENDU CHAUDHURY—recently died associated withFOLK SINGER.25. In which year ‘The protection of woman from domestic violence act’ was enacted2005.26. Who has been elected as the chairman of the all important council committee on counter terrorism & two other key

committees Hardeep Singh Puri.27. What is INS DEEPAKFLEET TANKER (of INDIAN NAVY, made by --ITALY).28. The Union govt. recently approved for re-naming of ‘TUTICORIN PORT TRUST’ asV.O.CHIDAMBARANER PORT

TRUST.

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29. S.SUNDER COMMITTEE—recently in news, associated with TO review the motor vehicle act 1988. 30. What is ‘C—130J’Super Hercules transport plane (of USA, recently inducted into INDIAN AIR FORCE).31. ASIA’s biggest air show’ AERO INDIA 2011’YALAHANKA (30 km from Bangalore).32. INDIAN RAILWAY recently inaugurated India’s first ‘GREEN STATION ’atMANWAL(solar energy, Jammu-Udhampur

rail route)33. Name the INDIAN scientist who has been awarded as BHARAT JYOTI AWARD for his contribution to science,

technology &development K.V.RAMAN. 34. SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE AWARD 2011recently awarded to H.M. NAQVI(PAK, Novel—‘HOME BOY’)35. What is ‘KAVERI’5TH Generation fighter air craft.36. A new 3.55km long road, named after the iconic batsman SACHIN TENDULKAR has been recently inaugurated

atGWALIOR.37. 41ST WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM 2011 recently held at DAVOS (SWITZERLAND, Theme’shared norms for a new

reality’).38. Name the new chairman of national commission of minorities WAJAHAT HABIBULLAH.39. Name the 1st female & new foreign minister of Pakistan HENA RABBANI KHAR.40. Recently which state of INDIA launched inter-state ‘HELI-TAXI’ service to attract the tourist HIMACHAL PRADESH.41. The BOOKER prize foundation has created a special prize to honour the work of this much loved novelist ,who has

been shortlisted 5 times but never actually won D.B. BRAIN BRIDGE.42. Name the actor of ‘SAWAN BHADO’ –recently died NAVIN NISCHOL. (Also debut in this film is –REKHA&RANGEET).43. RAVINDRA KAPOOR –recently died (actor), popularly known as GOGA KAPOOR.44. Name the minority affair minister of PAKISTAN, who recently assassinated near ISLAMABAD SHAHBAZ BHATTI.45. At present president of PERU ALAN GARCIA.46. Name the new P.M of PERURASARIO FERNANDEZ.47. Recently, who has been appointed as the non American on the board of ‘BANK OF AMERICA’ by OBAMA MUKESH

AMBANI.48. Name the president who recently awarded the highest award of MAURITIUS—‘GRAND COMMENDER OF THE ORDER

OF THE STAR & THE KEY OF INDIAN OCEAN’MOHAMED NASHEED.49. Name the new chairman of JPC on the 2G SPECTERM issue ,which was created on 4th march 2011 P.C. CHAKO.50. Name the P.M of TUNISIA who recently resigned MD.GHANNOUCHI.51. Name the 1st INDIAN officer to have been inducted into the US ARMY WAR COLLEGE’S ‘HALLOF FAME’V.K SINGH.52. KRISHNA PRASAD BHATTARAJ—recently died was the former P.M of NEPAL.53. BOB CHRISTO—recently died associated with ACTING.54. The massive earth quake & tsunami of JAPAN held on 11 marches, 2011.55. Name the autobiography of I.K.GUJRAL, recently released MATTERS OF DISCRETION: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. 56. The 1st INDIAN FILM with sound was—‘ALAM ARA’ (1931), recently marked the 80th anniversary on 14th march,

2011.57. Recently, which temple of INDIA was given ISO—9001:2008 certification MEENAKSHI TEMPLE (Madurai).58. CHAMELI DEVI JAIN—award was given in the field of out standing woman media person.59. The winner of Chameli Devi jain award 2011 SAHINA K. K.(of –TIME magazine).60. Name the person who recently step down from his position on change of under trading in USA RAJAT GUPTA.

(Chairman of INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS).61. The winner of ‘BIHARI PURASKAR’2010GIRDHAR RATHI (Raj, for his collection of poems—‘ANTA KE SANSHAYA’).62. Recently, who has been honour with’YASHWANT RAO CHAVAN’national award 2011MAHASWETA DEVI(For her

contribution to national integration).63. According to STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SIPRI), at present worlds NO.1 arms

importerINDIA.64. The winner of DEODHAR TROPHY 2011NORTH ZONE (Def—WEST ZONE).65. The winner of V.HAZARE TROPHY 2011JHARKHAND (Def-- GUJARAT).66. The winner of AUSTRALIAN G.P 2011SEBASTIAN VETTAL.

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67. Recently ,the TAMIL—BRAHMI SCRIPT has been found at PATTANAM(TamilNadu)68. The govt. of INDIA recently proposed UNESCO to induct which ‘River Island’ in its Heritage list MAJULI ISLAND.69. What is ‘POLE TO POLE’The INDO—NORWEGIAN meeting titled pole to pole organized by the ministry of earth

science of royal Norwegian embassy was recently held at New Delhi.70. ‘PEARL SQUARE’ -- the placed located at MANAMA (BAHARIN).71. ‘TAHIR SQUARE’ – the placed located at CAIRO (EGYPT).72. ‘GREEN SQUARE’—the placed located at TRIPOLI (LIBYA).73. Name the new president of FICCI HARSH C. MARIWAL.74. ‘FLASH BACK: MY TIME IN BOLLYWOOD & BEYOND’BOB CHRISTO (ACTOR).75. ELIZABETH TAYLOR – recently died, associated with which field FLIM.76. Name the INDIAN ambassador of TURKY recently died RAMINDER SINGH JASSAL.77. Name the re-nounded singer 0f INDIA who recently honour by HOUSE OF COMMONS awardASHA BHOSLE.78. Name the first INDIAN –AMERICAN to be elected to the CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL is AMEYA PAWER.79. After ABHAY kr.SRIVASTAV who has been given additional charge of the chairman-cum –MD of NALCOB.L.BAGRA.80. ‘SITA PURASKAR’ given in the field of HINDI LITERTURE (BY—INDIAN COUNCIL FOR CULTURAL RELATION).81. The winner of SITA PURASKAR 2011DINESH KR. SHUKLA (For his collection of poetry –‘LAL MUNIA Ki DUNIA’).82. Recently, who has been awarded with ‘MOTHER TERESSA AWARD’ for his humanitarian work PREM CHOPRA.83. Name the new chair man of NASSCOM RAJINDER S.POWER.84. Name the chairman of the organizing committee of CWG 2010 ,who has been recently arrested by CBI ON 25th April

2011SURESH KALMADI.85. New coach of INDIAN cricket team DUNCUN FLETCHER.86. Name the former president of SONY & the father of CD (COMPACT DISC), recently died NOORIO OGHA.87. Name the INDO-AMERICAN, who recently won the ‘PULITZER PRIZE’ 2011(IN nonfiction category) SIDDHARTH

MUKHERJEE. (‘THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES, AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF CANCER’).88. The winner of ‘INDU SHARMA KATHA SANMAN’2011VIKASH KR.JHA (Novel--McClukieganj).89. Pantaloon Femina MISS INDIA WORLD 2011win by KANISTHA DHANKAR.90. Name the new chairman of CBFC (central board of film certification)LEELA SAMSON(A noted BHARATNATYAM

dancer).91. Name the INDIAN who has been chosen for South Korean ‘GWANGJU’award for human right 2011BINAYAK SEN.92. Name the new chairman of SBIPRATIP CHAUDHURY.93. US president B.OBAMA recently nominated the two INDIAN AMERICAN to key post of his administration is NISHA

DESAI BISWAL& DEEPA GUPTA. 94. Name the new president of KOSOVOATIFET E JAHJAGA.95. Name the re-elected president of NIGERIAGOODLUCK JONATHAN.96. GLOBAL DIVERSITY AWARD for sports 2011 recently awarded to KAPIL DEV.97. Recently, the FRANCE govt. awarded France’s highest cultural award’ KNIGHT OF ORDER OF ARTS &LETTERS’

toNANDITA DAS.98. ‘YASHWANT RAO CHAVAN AWARD’2010 recently awarded to MAHESWETA DEVI.99. New police commissioner of KOLKATA is RANJIT KR.PACHNANDA.100.What is ‘RAILBANDHU’ Free railway magazine for passenger of rajdhani, satabdi,& Duronto express.

SAHITYA ACADEMY AWARD 2011 TOTAL AWARDEE –24, IN LITERATURE. BENGALI BAANI BASU (‘KHANA MIHIRER DHIPI’). HINDIUDAY PRAKASH (collection of short stories—‘MOHAN DAS’). ENGLISH ESTHER DAVID (‘BOOK OF RACHEL’). URDU SHEEN KAFF NIZAM(collection of poems – ‘gumshuda dair Ki gunjti’ )

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PHALKE RATNA AWARD 2011 ACTOR DHARMENDRA. LEGENDRY ACTRESS AWARD ASHA PAREKH. MOST OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE RANI MUKHERJEE (N.K.JESSICA). MOST MEMORABLE PERFORMANCE PRIYANKA CHOPRA (7 KHOON MAFF). BEST PERFORMANCE RANVEER SINGH & ANUSHKA SHARMA (BAND BAJJA BARAT).

OBJECTIVE CURRENT AFFAIR (BY –P.M\9831463378) 1. Prince Williams recently married with Kate Middleton at London’s west minister abbey on 29th April 2011.2. Recently who has been chosen for HINDU SAREGAMA M.S.SUBHALAXMI AWARD 2011NISHA .P. RAJAGOPAL.3. Name chairman of INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADI GODREJ.4. Name the new chairman of MICROSOFT INDIA BHASKAR PRAMANIK.5. Name the last maharaja of Jaipur recently died Brigadier SWAI BHAWANI SINGH.6. President B.OBAMA has nominated which INDO-AMERICAN as his envoy to the African country DJIBOUTIGEETA

PASSI.7. Name the Indian footballer who recently launched his football team called ‘UNITED SIKKIM ’BAICHUNG BHUTIYA.8. SACHIN BHOUMIC –recently died associated with which fieldSCREENPLAY WRITER (KRISH, KOI MIL GAYA, and

ARADHANA).9. BRITAIN ‘s national postal service ‘ROYAL MAIL’—is issuing a first class postal stamp to honour which INDIAN

SUBROTO RAY (Chief of SAHARA group ).10. New chairman of INFOSYS K.V.KAMATH.11. Name the cricketer of NEWZEALAND who recently declared his retirement from T-20 cricket DANIEL VETTORI.12. Recently, who has been appointed as the chair man of selectors of SRILANKAN cricket boardDelip Mendis.13. What was the theme of BRICS summit 2011BOARD VISION SHARED PROSPERITY.14. Recently N.B.UNIVERSITY awarded D.LITT AWARD to USTAD AMJAD ALI KHAN.15. Name the new tourism ambassador of NEPALKAILASH KHER.16. Name the new production house recently launched by A.R. REHMAN Y.M.MOVIES.17. New foreign secretary of INDIA RANJAN MATHAI.18. Winner of 65th SANTOSH TROPHY 2011BENGAL (Def.—MANIPUR.)19. New chief of IMFCHRISTINE LAGARDE.20. 150TH birth anniversary of R.N.TAGORE celebrated on 7th may 2011.21. Name the captain of ZIMBABWE recently resign ELTON CHIGUMBURA.22. Name the new ODI captain of ENGLANDALASTAIR COOK.23. ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ T-20 ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ STUART BROAD.24. Name the first KASHMIRI WOMEN to win election in the valley for the 1st timeASHA JEE.25.Which district of INDIA become the 1st district of solar street light in villageSIRSA(HARYANA).

ICC—AWARDS 2011: ICC Cricketer of the year JONATHAN TROTT (ENG). ‘’ Test ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ALASTAIR COOK (ENG). ‘’ ODI ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ K.SANGAKARA (SRI). ‘’ T–20 performance of the year TIM SOUTHEE (N.Z). ‘’ Emerging player of the year DEVENDRA BISHOO (W.I). ‘’ Spirit of Cricket Award M.S.DHONI (IND). ‘’ Umpire of the year Aleem Dar (Pakistan) ‘’ Woman Cricketer of the year STEPHANIE TAYLOR (W.I). ‘’ Associate player of the year Ryan ten Doeschate (Netherland). ‘’ PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD K. SANGAKARA (SRI).

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GYANPITH AWARD 2011 (Highest Literary Award): It is the highest literary award of India. It is presented by BHARTIYA GYANPITH a trust founded by SAHU JAIN family he publishers of ‘The Times of India’ Newspaper.1st—1965 G. Shankar Kurup (Malayalam).

1st in Bengali –1966 Tarashankar Bandhopadhya (Bengali). –1971 Vishnu Dey. –1976 Ashapurna Devi. –1991 Subhas Mokhopadhya (for --padatik). –1996 Mahasweta Devi.

In —2005 Kunwar Narayan (Hindi). ‘’ —2006 Ravindra Kelkar (Konkani, given in 2010). ‘’ —2006 Satyabrata Sastri (Sanskrit ‘’ ‘’ 2010). ‘’ —2007 ONV Kurup (Malayalam given in 2010). ‘’ —2008 Akhlaq Khan Shahryar (Urdu ‘’ ‘’ ). ‘’ -- 2009 Amar Kant (Hindi ‘’ 2011). ‘’ --2009 Shrilal Shukla (‘’ 2011). ‘’ --2010 Chandrasekhar Kambara (In Kannad Language in 2011).

Economics Times Corporate Excellence Awards 2010 :

Business Leader of the year Aditya Puri (HDFC Bank). Business women of the year Zia Moody (AZB Partners). Entrepreneur of the year Navendra Murkumbi (Renuka Sugars). Global Indian of the year Nitin Nooria (Dean of HAVARD Business school.). Business Reformer of the year Kapil Sibal (Minister of HRD). Company of the year L&T. Emerging Company of the year Cadila Health Care. Lifetime Achievement Award R.C.BHARGAV (Non executive chairman of Maruti Suzuki).

MISS WORLD\ UNIVERSE 2009---10---2011 The winner of Miss World 2011 IVIAN SARCOS(VENEZUELA) The winner of Miss World 2010 Alexandria Mills (USA).

2009 Kaine Aldorino (Gibraltar) The Winner of Miss Universe 2011 Leila Lopes(ANGOLA) The winner of Miss Universe 2010 Jimena Navaratee (Mexico).

o 2009 Stefanie Fernandez (Venezuela). 56 TH -IDEA FILMFARE AWARD 2011 Best actor SRK (MY NAME IS KHAN). Best actress KAJOL (MY NAME IS KHAN). Best film DABANGG. Best director KARAN JOHAR (MY NAME IS KHAN). Best supporting actor RONIT ROY (UDAAN). Best supporting actress KAREENA KAPOOR (WE ARE FAMILY). Best music director SAJID-WAJID (DABANGG). Best play back singer male RAHAT FATEH ALI KHAN (ISHQIYA). Best play back singer female MAMTA SHARMA (DABBANG)&SUNIDHI CHAUHAN(TEES MAAR KHAN).

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Best film (critics) UDAAN. Best actor (critics) RISHI KAPOOR (DO DUNI CHAR). Best actress (critics) VIDYA BALAN (ISHQIYA). R.D.BURMAN music award SNEHA KHANWALKAR (LSD). Lifetime achievement award MANNA DEY. Best story UDAAN.

OSCAR AWARD 2011 BEST ACTOR COLIN FIRTH (THE KING’S SPEECH). BEST ACTRESS NATALIE PORTMAN (BLACK SWAN). BEST PICTURE THE KING’S SPEECH BEST DIRECTOR TOM HOOPER (THE KING’S SPEECH). BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR CHRISTIAN BALE (THE FIGHTER). BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS MELISSA LEO (THE FIGHTER). BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMIN A BETTER WORLD (DENMARK). BEST MUSIC TOY STORY 3. BEST ANIMATED FEATURE TOY STORY 3. BEST ANIMATED SHORT THE LOST THING. BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORTS STRANGER NO MORE.

GRAMMY AWARD 2011 RECORD OF THE YEAR NEED YOU NOW. SONG OF THE YEAR THE SUBURBS, ARCADE FIRE. ALBUM OF THE YEAR NEED YOU NOW (LADYANTEBELLUM).

BAFTA AWARD 2011 BEST ACTOR COLIN FIRTH (THE KING’S SPEECH). BEST ACTRESS NATALIE PORTMAN (BLACK SWAN). BEST PICTURE THE KING’S SPEECH. BEST DIRECTOR DAVID FINCHER (THE SOCIAL NETWORK). BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR GEOFFERY RUSH (THE KING’S SPEECH).

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESSMELISSA LEO (THE FIGHTER). BEST ANIMATED FEATURE TOY STORY 3.

GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD 2011 BEST ACTOR (DRAMA) COLIN FIRTH (THE KING’S SPEECH). BEST ACTOR (COMEDY) PAUL GIAMATTI (BERNEY’S VERSION). BEST ACTRESS (DRAMA) NATALIE PORTMAN (BLACK SWAN). BEST ACTRESS (COMEDY) ANNETTE BENING (THE KID’S ARE ALL RIGHT). BEST PICTURE (DRAMA) THE SOCIAL NETWORK. BEST PICTURE (COMEDY) THE KID’S ARE ALL RIGHT. BEST DIRECTOR DAVID FINCHER (THE SOCIAL NETWORK). BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR CHRISTIAN BALE (THE FIGHTER). BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS MELISSA LEO (THE FIGHTER). BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM IN A BETTER WORLD (DENMARK). BEST ANIMATED FEATURE TOY STORY 3.

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ASIAN GAMES 2010 1ST ASIAN GAMES HELD AT NEW DELHI (1951). 15TH ASIAN GAMES 2006 HELD AT DOHA (QATAR). 16TH ASIAN GAMES 2010 HELD AT GUANGZHOU (CHINA). 17TH ASIAN GAMES 2014 WILL BE HELD AT INCHEON (SOUTH KOREA). MASCOT LEE YANGYANG MOTTO THRILLING GAMES, HARMONIOUS ASIA. TOTAL NATIONS 45. TOTAL ATHLETES 9704. EVENT 476(IN 42 SPORTS). OPENING CEREMONY HELD ON 12TH Nov. CLOSING CEREMONY 27TH Nov. OFFICIALLY INAUGURATED BY WEN JIA BAO. ATHLETE’S OATH FU HAI FENG (BADMINTON STAR). TORCH LIGHTER HE Chong (SPRING BOARD PLAYER). MAIN STADIUM HAIXINSHA ISLAND (GUANGZHOU). GUANGZHOU SITUATED ON THE BANK OF RIVER PEARL. AS AN INDIAN WHO CARRY THE FLAG IN OP.CEREMONY GAGAN NARANG. AS AN INDIAN WHO CARRY THE FIAG IN CLOSING CEREMONY VIJENDRA SINGH. INDIA’S RANK 6TH. 1ST GOLD MEDAL AS AN INDIAN PANKAJ ADVANI. 1ST SILVER MEDAL AS AN INDIAN GAGAN NARANG. MOST VALUABLE PLAYER LIN DAN (BADMINTON, CHINA). INDIA’S MEDAL TALLY G—14, SL—17, BR—33, =64(TOTAL).

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

MOON WALK MICHAEL JACKSON.BLA BLA BLACK SHIP THOMAS EDISON.FREEDOM IN EXIL DALAI LAMA.LONG EARLY WORK TO FREEDOM NELSON MANDELA.CHILD OF CHANGE GARY KASPORAV.RAGMALA Pdt. RAVI SHANKER. MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY CHARLI CHAPLIN.DAUGHTER OF EAST BENJIR BHUTTO.FARE WELL TO CRICKET DON BRADMAN.BEATING THE FIELD ON MY STORY B.C.LARA.ALL ROUND THE VIEW IMRAN KHAN.MY EARLY YEARS FIEDEL CASTRO.NUMBER EINS OLIVER KANN.THE PLAYER BORIS BAKER.THE INSIDER P.V.NARSHIMA RAO.CHRONICALS BOB DILAN.OFF THE RECORD MICHAEL OWEN.ALLWAYS BEING BORN MRINAL SEN.MEMORIES OF A MYRAID –MOGAMBO OMRISH PURI.UPALABDHI MAMTA BANNERJEE.AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN UNKNOWN INDIAN NIROD C. CHOUDHURI.LEARNING TO FLY VICTORIA BECKHAM.

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NOTHING VENTURE NOTHING WIN SIR EDMOND HILARY.TIGER OF SNOW TENGING NORGAY.CUTTING EDGE JAVED MIANDAD.CRICKET DELIGHTFUL MUSHTAQ ALI.MY EXPERIMENT WITH TRUTH MAHATMA GANDHI.AZHAR – THE AUTHORISED AUTOBIOGRAPHY Md. AZHARUDDIN.BONVENTURE & THE FLASING BLADES GARY SOBER.JEVANER JALSAGHAR MANNA DEY.GET UP LET’S GO POPE JOHN PAUL II.THE TUNNEL OF TIME R.K. LAKSHMAN.WINGS OF FIRE A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM.SPAUN OUT SHANE WARNE.TRUE COLOURS OF MY LIFE/ WALKING TO VICTORY ADAM GILCHRIST.BEHIND THE SHADES TONY BLAIR.LIVING HISTORY HILARY CLINTON.MY LIFE BILL CLINTON.LOVE & LITTLE MALICE KHUSWANT SINGH.JIVAN SMRITI R.N.TAGORE.I AM MARADONA DEIGO MARADONA.BEYOND THE LAST BLUE MOUNTAIN J.R.D.TATA.WHERE ART THOU M.F.HUSSAIN

ON BALANCE LILA SETH.MY LIFE & THE BEAUTIFUL GAME PELE.THE LAMP IS LIFE RUSKIN BOND.DOWN TO CRICKET GRAHAM POLLOCK.ZED ZAHIR ABBAS.MASTER CLASS VIV RICHARDS.WITH TIME TO SPARE DAVID GOWER.HEART OF A LION COURTNY WALSE.STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART KAPIL DEV. THE STRUGGLE IN MY LIFE NELSON MANDELA.BACK TO THE MARK DENIS LILY.

GOLDEN GIRL P. T. USHA.BEING MYSELF MARTINA NAVRATILOVA.MY LIFE & GAME BEYON BORG.GOAL DHYANCHAND.MY SIDE DAVID BECKHAM.AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY J.L.NEHRU.MY PRESIDENTIAL YEARS R. VENKAT RAMAN.PATH TO POWER MARGARET THACHER.HELEN’s JOURNAL HELLEN KILLER.MEIN KAMPF ADLOF HITLER.GRETEST OF ALL TIME Md. ALI.SABARE AAMI NAMI KANAN DEVI.STANDING MY GROUND MATHEW HAYDEN.

SAHARA SPORTS AWARD 2010

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SPORTS MAN OF THE YEAR SUSIL KUMAR (WRESTLING). SPORTS WOMAN OF YEAR M.C. MARY KOM (BOXING). TEAM OF THE YEAR DAVIS CUP. BEST YOUNG ACHIVER (MALE) ASHER NORIA (SHOOTING). BEST YOUNG ACHIVER (FEMALE) SOUMYA SWAMINATHAN (CHESS). BEST MALE ATHLETE OF CWG GAGAN NARANG (SHOOTING). BEST FEMALE ATHLETE OF CWG DIPIKA KUMARI (ARCHERY). MEMORABLE MOMENT OF THE YEAR V.ANAND (CHESS). CRICKETER OF THE YEAR (MALE) S.TENDULKAR. CRICKETER OF THE YEAR (FEMALE) MITHALI RAJ (CRICKET). ICON OF THE MILLENIUM AWARD S. TENDULKAR. OUT STANDING PERFORMANCE IN OTHER SPORTS SURONJAY SINGH(BOXING), A.SARATH KAMAL(T.T.),

PANKAJ ADVANI(BILLIARDS), OM PRAKASH SINGH (ATHLETES), MONOHAR TOPNO(HOCKEY), S.H.HAMID (FOOTBALL), Y.SINGH(COACH OF SUSIL KUMAR).

LEGEND AWARD GURBACHAN SINGH RANDHAWA (ATHLETE).

FACT ON TEST CRICKET: 1ST Test match held at MELBOURN.

Vs AUS VS ENG. Year 1877.

Captain of Australia DAVE GAGRI.England JAMES LILIWHITE JR.

INDIA’S 1 ST TEST:

VSENGLAND. INLONDON. ON28TH JUNE, 1932. WIN BYENG (By—158 runs) It was a 3 day’s test match.

RECORD’S OF TEST CRICKET:

Highest score in an innings by a team Srilanka (952/6 dec.)Vs. India—1997—98. Lowest ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ Newzealand (26) Vs. Eng –1954—55. Highest score (individual) in an innings B.Lara (W.I 400*) Vs. Eng –2003—04. Best bowling ( ‘’ ) ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ Jim Laker (Eng.53/10) Vs. Aus.—1956.

TEST AGAINST AT YEAR

1ST AUS (Vs.) ENG -- MELBOURN -- 1877. 100TH AUS (Vs.) ENG --SYDNEY -- 1908 200TH SA (Vs.) ENG -- JO’BURG- 1930. 300TH ENG (VS.) AUS --LORDS-- 1948. 400TH PAK (Vs.) IND --KARACHI -- 1955. 500TH AUS (Vs.) W.I --MELBOURN-- 1960—61. 600TH AUS (VS.) ENG --ADELAIDE-- 1966. 700TH ENG (VS) AUS --NOTTINGHAM -- 1972.

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800TH AUS (VS.)ENG --MELBOURN -- 1977. 900TH W.I (VS.) ENG --BRIDGETOWN-- 1981. 1000TH PAK (VS.) N.Z --HYDERABAD-- 1984. 1100TH ENG (VS.) W.I --MANCHESTER -- 1988. 1200TH SA (VS.) IND --DURBAN-- 1992. 1300TH ENG (VS.) W.I --BIRMINGHAM-- 1995. 1400TH SA (VS) PAK --JO’BURG-- 1998. 1500TH ENG (VS.) W.I --BIRMINGHAM-- 2000. 1600TH PAK (VS.) N.Z --LAHORE-- 2002. 1700TH ENG (VS. ) N.Z --LORDS-- 2004. 1800TH SA (VS.) N.Z --CAPETOWN-- 2006. 1900TH N.Z (VS.) W.I --NAPIER-- 2008. 2000TH ENG (VS.) IND --LORDS-- 2011.

RECENT CHANGED CHIEF MINISTERS:

MAHARASHTRAPrithvi Raj Chavan. ANDHRA PRADESH N.Kiran Kumar Reddy. ARUNACHAL Jarbom Gamlin.(AT PRESENT—NABAM TUKI) KERALAOommen Chandy. PUDUCHERYN.Rangaswami. TAMILNADUJaylalita. KARNATAKA Sadanand Gowda. WESTBENGALM.Bannerjee. UTTARAKHANDB.C.Khanduri.

58 TH NATIONAL AWARD 2011 (of the year 2010): Best Actor Dhanus (adukalam) & salim Kumar(adaminde makan

Abu). ‘’ Actress Mitali jagtap(Baboo band baaja)&Saranya

Ponvannan(Thenmerku paruvakaatru) ‘’ Director Vetrimaaran (Adukalam). ‘’ Film Adaminde makan Abu(Malayalam) ‘’ Music Vishal bhardwaj(Ishqiya) ‘’ Playback Male Suresh Wadkar ‘’ ‘’ Female Rekha bhardwaj ‘’ Bengali Film Ami Adu ‘’ Supporting Actress Sukumari(Namma graman) ‘’ ‘’ Actor Thambi ramaiah(Mynaa) ‘’ Film providing wholesome entertainment Dabangg ‘’ Hindi Film Do Dooni Chaar ‘’ English film Memories in march(Rituparna ghose) ‘‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’social Issues Champion(marathi) ‘ ’ Nargis dutta award for national integrationMoner manush (Gautam ghose)

‘Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Director Baboo band baaja(Dir--) Best Children Film Hejjegalu

TENDULKAR’S AWARDS: Padma Bhusan 2008.

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Padma Shri 1999. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 1997–98. Arjun Award 1994. Wisden Cricketer 1997, 2011 Player of the Tournament World Cup 2003. Maharashtra Bhusan 2001.

IPL 2011 (4 TH ): Orange Cup CHRIS GAYLE Purple Cup LASITH MALINGA Winner CSK Runner up RCB Man of the Match in Final MURLI VIJAY(CSK) Rising star of the year IQBAL ABDULLAH(KKR) Best individual performance PAUL VALTHATY(k-11-punjab) Maximum catches K.POLLARD(MI) IPL 2011 GOLDEN Player awardCHRIS GAYLE Kingfisher fair play award CSK

MAN BOOKER MAN BOOKER INT.

Constituted in 1968. 2005.

Awarded in Each & every year As a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Awarded to Any Living Author from C.W. Countries and Republic of Ireland.

Any Living Author of any Nationality.

1st Awarded P.N. Newby (UK, for ‘Something to answer for’).

Ismail Kadare (Albania).

Man Bookerinternational prize 2011 PHLIP ROTH(USA) Booker PRIZE 2011 JULIAN BERNS(UK ‘THE SENSE OF AN ENDING ’) The winner of ‘Abel Prize’ 2011 JOHN WILLARD MILNOR(USA)

DIFFERENT SUMMITS IN (2011-2010- 2009)

G-8 Summit 2009 held at - LAQUILA (ROME / ITALY)G-8 Summit 2010 held at - HUNTSVILLE(CANADA)G-8 Summit 2011 will be held at - FRANCE

2012 - USA2013 - UK2014 - RUSSIA

15th NAM (non aligned movement) 2009 held at - - SHARM-AL-SEIKH( EGYPT)16th NAM summit 2012 will be held at - TEHRAN( IRAN )World Tiger summit 2010 held at - RANATHAMBORE(RAJAST)World Tiger summit 2011 will be held at -

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2012 - BANGLADESHG-20 Meeting 2009 held at - PITTSBURG (USA)G-20 Meeting 2010held at - CANADA (Toronto in June) S.KOREA

(SEOUL in Nov.)G-20 Meeting 2011 will be held at - FRANCE 2012 -MEXICO 15th ASEAN Summit 2009 held at - THAILAND (cha am& hua hin dist.)16th & 17th ASEAN Summit 2010 will be held at - HANOI

18TH 2011 - JAKARTA (may-7-8) INDONESIA19th 2011 - BALI (21-23 oct) INDONESIA

4th EAS 2009(east Asia summit) held at - THAILAND5th EAS 2010 held at - HANOI (VIETNAM)6th 2011 -JAKARTA(INDONESIA)10th INDIA-EU Summit 2009 held at - NEWDELHI11th INDIA-EU Summit 2010 -BRUSSELS(BELGIUM)12TH 2011 -INDIAAPEC Summit 2009 held at - SINGAPORE APEC Summit 2010 -YOKOHAMA(JAPAN) 2011 -HAWAII41st CHOGM 2009 held at - PORT OF SPAIN42ND CHOGM 2012 will be held at - SYDNEY

-SAARC Summit 2008 held at - COLUMBOSAARC Summit 2010 held at - THIMPU (BHUTAN)SAARC Summit 2011 will be held at - MALE (MALDEEP)97th Indian science congress 2010 held at - - THIRUVANANTHAPURAM98th Indian science congress 2011 will be held at - CHENNAI99TH 2012 -BHUBANESWARBRIC Summit 2010 held at - BRASILA (BRAZIL)BRIC Summit 2011 will be held at - CHINA(SANYA)BRIC 2012 -INDIAG-15th Summit 2010 held at - TEHRANG-15th Summit 2011 -

2012 -COLOMBOSCO Summit 2010 held at - TASHKENTSCO Summit 2011 -KAZAKHSTAN

2012 -CHINAASIA Security Summit 2010 held at - ISTANBUL

2011 -SINGAPOREWorld Classical Tamil Conference 2010 held at - COIMBATORE ASIA EUROPE Summit 2010 - BRUSSELSINT.AIDS CONFERENCE 2010 - AUSTRIA 2011 -ROME 2012 -USACLIMATE CHANGE CONF.2010- TIANJIN (CHAINA oct.) - CANCUN (MEXCIO )

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NATO SUMMIT 2010 held at - LISBON(PORTUGAL)

DADASAHEB PHALKE AWARD HISTORY: Dadasaheb Phalke award instituted in 1969. It is the highest cinema award of India. The award comprises a Swarna Kamal, a cash prize of ` 10 lakh and a Shawl.1st 1969 Devika Rani.

2008 V.K.Murty. 2009 D.Ramanaidu (Film Maker)

2010 K. BALACHANDRA (Tamil film maker). Winner of (National Bravery AWARD) 2011:

TOTAL 23(9-GIRLS & 14 BOYS) Sanjay Chopra Award 2010 PRIYANSHU JOSHI(UTTARAKHAND)Geeta ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ JISMI.P.M(KERALA)

Bapu Gandhian ‘’ ‘’ VISHNU DAS K(KERALA),MONIS KHAN(M.P),IPI BASAR(AURUNACHAL)

FIFA WORLD CUP 2010: Held at South Africa. Opening Ceremony 11th June. Inaugurated by Jacob Juma (President). Total Team 32. Official Song Waka Waka (Shakira). Official Mascot ZAKUMI (Green Hair Leopard, ZA-South Africa KUMI—10 Language). Ball Name Jabulani (Manuf. By Addidas). Jabulani Means Brings Joy To Every One. Winner Spain (1-0). Runner up Netherland. Golden Boot Thomas Mueller (5 Goal) (Germany). Top Player Diego Forlan (Uruguay) (Golden Ball). Best Young Player Thomas Mueller.

STADIUM USED IN FIFA WORLD CUP 2010: Soccer City Johannes Burg. Moses Mabhida Std. Durban. Cape Town Cape Town. Ellis Park Johannes Burg. Loftus Versfeld Pretoria. Free State Bloemfontein. Peter Mokaba Polo Kwane. Royal Bofokeng Rusten Burg. Mbombela Nelspruit. Nelson Mandela Port Elizabeth (Bay).

LAUREUS SPORTS AWARDS 2011 (Highest International Award): Sports Man RAFAEL NADAL

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‘’ Woman LINDSEY VONN(USA, ski champion ) ‘’ Team SPAIN’S W.CUP-- SQUAD Comeback VALENTINO ROSSI(ITALY.BIKERACE) LIFETIME ACIVEMENT AWARD ZINEDINE ZIDANE(FRANCE)

3 biggest Astrologer of FIFA World Cup 2010 PAUL – (Octopus) Germany. MANI – (Parrot) Singapore. HARRY – (Crocodile) Australia. According to global hunger index 2010 rank of India 67 th .

o 2011 45th According to corruption perception index 2010 rank of India 87 th .

2011 According to global peace index 2010 rank of India 128 th .

o 2011 135th . According to human development index 2010 rank of India 119 th .

2011134TH out of--187(1st--NORWAY)RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD

Established in April 1957 .By The trustees of the Rockefeller Brother Fund (RBP) which was based in New York.This prize was created in the name of Late President of Philippine Ramon Magsaysay.At present President of this foundation C.T.Abella.The award was given in 6 categories

Government Service . Public Service . Community Leadership . Emergent Leadership . Peace and International Understanding . Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Art .

Prize Money $ 50,000 .Magsaysay winner as an Indian Total 18.1st 1958 Vinoba Bhabe (CL)1st 2009 Deep Joshi (CL)Ramon Magsaysay award 2011

This year the award has been given to 5 individuals & 1 organization. HARISH HANDE INDIA. NILEEMA MISHRA INDIA. HASANAIN JUAINI INDONESIA. KOUL PANHA COMBODIA. TRI MUMPUNI INDONESIA. Alternative Indigenous development foundation(AIDF)

.THE NOBEL PRIZE :

The Nobel Prize is given under the will of Alfred Bernhard Nobel who died in 1896. He was famous Swedish Chemist and Engineer who discover—Nitroglycerin (C3H5N3O3) and it use in manufacture of Dynamite.

This prize is given each year in 6 fields on 10 th December , the death anniversary of the founder, and the festival day of the foundation.

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The Nobel Prize for — i) Peace, ii) Physics, iii) Chemistry, iv) Medicine, v) Literature. This ware started in the year 1901.

The Nobel Prize for the “Economics” was institute in 1967 by the Swedish Bank (Sverges Risks bank). Only “Peace” was given from “Sweden”, Apart from “Peace” all categories were from “Oslo”, the capital of

Norway.1st Nobel Prize winner in —I) Literature Sully Prudhomme (France, 1901). II) Peace i) J.H.Dunant (Switzerland, 1901). ii) Frederic Passy (France, 1901). III) Physics W.C.Roeutgen (Germany, 1901).IV) Medicine E.V.Behring (Germany, 1901).V) Chemistry J.H.Vanthoff (Netherland, 1901).VI) Economics i) Ranger Frish (Norway, 1969).

ii) Jan Tinbergen (Netherland, 1969).Twice I) Physics i) 1956 & ii) 1972 JHON BARDEEN (Same Subject). II) Chemistry i) 1958 & ii) 1980 FREDERIC SANGER (Same Subject)

III) Physics 1903 & Chemistry 1911 MADAM CURIE (Different Subject). IV) Chemistry 1954 & Peace 1962 LINUS PAULING (Different Subject).

INDIAN NOBEL LAUREATES: Rabindranath Tagore (Literature) 1913 Gitanjali (Also 1st in Asia). C.V.Raman (Physics) 1930 Raman Effect. HarGovind Khorana (Medicine) 1968 Genetic Code. Mother Teresa (Peace) 1979. Subramaniyam Chandrasekhar (Physics) 1983 Ch’ Karlimit. Amartya Sen. (Economics) 1998 Welfare Economics.

NOBEL PRIZE WINNER 2011 MEDICINE B.A.BEULTER (USA), JULES A.HOFFMAN (LUXEMBURG), RALPH M.STEINMAN (CANADA). PHYSICS SAUL PERLMUTTER, Prof.Brain Schmidt & Prof. Adam Reiss. CHEMISTRY Daniel Schechtman (Israel). PEACE Ellen Johnson Serleaf (Liberia), Leymah Gbowee (Liberia) & Tawakkul Karman (Yemen). ECONOMICS.Thomas Sergent, & Christopher.A.Sims (USA). LITERATURE Tomas Transtromer (Swedish).

GRAND SLAM AWARD 2011 AT A GLANCE

EVENTS NAME MEN’S SINGLE WOMEN’S SINGLE MEN’S DOUBLE

AUSTRALIAN OPEN

NOVAK DJOKOVIC (SERBIA) defeated Andy Murray (UK).

KIM CLIJISTER (BEL) defeated Justice LI NA (CHINA).

BRYAN BROTHER(USA)defeated MAHESH BHUPATI&L.PAES(INDIA)

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FRENCH OPEN RAFAEL NADAL(SPAIN)defeated-Roger Federer(SWITZERLAND)

LI NA (CHINA)defeated-Francesca Schiavone(Italy)

WOMEN’S DOUBLE’SAndrea Hlavachova&Lucie Hradecki (CzechRep.)defeated-SANIA MIRZA(IND.)ELENA VESNINA(RUSSIA)

WIMBLEDON NOVAK DJOKOVIC(SERBIA)Defeated-R. NADAL(Spain)

PETRA KVITOVA(Czech R.)Defeated- MARIA SARA-POVA(Russia)

MIXED DOUBLE’SJ.MELZER(Aus) & I.BENESOVA(Czech)Defeated-M.BHUPATI(Ind)& ELENA VESNINA(Russia)

US-OPEN NOVAK DJOKOVIC(SERBIA)defeatedRAFAEL NADAL(SPAIN)

SAMANTHA STOSUR(Aus)defeated-SERENA WILLI-AMS(USA)

COMMONWEALTH—WRITER’S PRIZE (2011) BEST BOOKAMINATTA FORNA (Sierra Leonean, British born, Novel—‘THE MEMORY OF LOVE’).

BEST 1ST BOOKCRAIG CLIFF (Newzeland,a collection of short stories –‘A MAN MELTING’).(Common Wealth Writers- prize is awarded by Commonwealth foundation since 1987, for the fiction works by the writers only from the Commonwealth member countries).

SPORTING EVENTS ICC T-20 W.CUP 2012SRILANKA.

2014BANGLADESH. 2016INDIA.

FIFA W.CUP (MALE) 2014BRAZIL. 2018RUSSIA. 2022QATAR.

FIFA W.CUP (FEMALE) 2011GERMANY. 2015CANADA. 2019JAPAN.

ICC W.CUP 2015AUSTRALIA &NEWZEALAND (JOINTLY). 2019ENGLAND

HOCKEY W.CUP 2014NETHERLAND.

IIFA AWARD 2011 (Toronto,canada): Best Film DABANGG ‘’ Director KARAN JOHAR ‘’ Actor SRK(MY NAME IS KHAN) ‘’ Actress ANUSHKA SHARMA(BAND BAAJA BARAT) ‘’ Supporting Actor ARJUN RAMPAL(RAAJNEETI) ‘’ ‘’ Actress PRACHI DESAI (ONCE UPON A TIME IN MUMBAI)

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‘’ Comedian RITESH DESHMUK(HOUSEFULL) ‘’ Negative Role SONU SOOD (DABANGG). ‘’ Music SAJID-WAJID & LALIT PANDIT(DABANGG) ‘’ Male Playback Singer RAHAT FATEH ALI KHAN(DABANGG) ‘’ Female ‘’ ‘’ MAMTA SHARMA (DABANGG) ‘’ Debut Male RANVEER SINGH(BAND BAAJA BARAT) ‘’ ‘’ Female SONAKSHI SINGHADABANGG) IIFA Green Global Award PRIYANKA CHOPRA Outstanding Achievement by an Indian Internationally IRFAN KHAN Outstanding contribution to Indian cinemaDHARMENDRA &SHARMILA TAGORE. LIFETIME ACHIVEMENT AWARD ASHA BHOSLE

PADMABIBHUSHAN 2011:2ND HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARD (TOTAL--13)

VIJAY KELKER (PUBLIC AFFAIR). MONTEK SINGH AHLUWALIA (PUBLIC AFFAIR). AZIM PREMJI(TRADE) O.N.V.KURUP (LITERATURE). L.C.JAIN (PUBLIC AFFAIR).PADMA BHUSHAN 2011:3RD HIGHEST (TOTAL--31)

SHASHI KAPOOR (CINEMA). WAHEEDA REHMAN ( ‘’ ). ARPITA SINGH (PAINTING). S.P.BALASUBRAMANIAM (SINGING). C.V. CHANDRASEKHER (CLASSICAL DANCE).PADMA SHREE 2011:4TH HIGHEST (TOTAL--85)

INDIRA HINDUJA (MEDICINE). USHA UTHUP (SINGING). TABU (CINEMA). KAJOL ( ‘’ ). IRFHAN KHAN ( ‘’ ). SUSIL KUMAR (SPORTS). V.V.S.LAXMAN ( ‘’ ). GAGAN NARANG ( ‘’ ). KRISHNA POONIA ( ‘’ ). HARBHAJAN SINGH ( ‘’ ).

ICC ODI DREAM TEAM 2011: S.TENDULKAR (IND). S.SEHWAG (IND). KAPIL DEV (IND). B.LARA (W.I). VIV RICHARDS (W.I). R.PONTING (AUS). G.Mc GRATH (AUS).

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GILCHRIST (AUS). W.AKRAM (PAK). ALLAN DONALD (SA). 12TH MAN—MICHAEL BEVAN (AUS).

ICC TEST TEAM 2011: ALASTAIR COOK (ENG). JONATHAN TROTT (ENG). STUART BROAD (ENG). GRAEMEE SWANN (ENG). JAMES ANDERSON (ENG). HASIM AMLA (SA). A.B.DEVILLERS (SA). J.KALLIS (SA). DALE STEYN (SA). K.SANGAKARA (SL/ Capt +wk). S.TENDULKAR (IND). 12TH MAN ZAHEER KHAN (IND).

SARASWATI SAMMAN: Saraswati Sanman was instituted in 1991 by K.K.BIRLA foundation & this prize was given in the field of literature. 1ST AWARDEE1991—HARIVANSH RAI BACHCHAN (For his autobiography in 4 volume). Prize Money7.5 lakh. 2011S.L.BHYRAPPA (Novel—‘MANDRA’).

VYAS SAMMAN: Vyas Sanman was instituted in 1991 by K.K.BIRLA foundation & this prize was also given in the field of literature

annually. 1ST AWARDEE1991—Dr. RAM VILASH SHARMA.(For his NOVEL—‘BHARAT KE PRACHIN BHASA PARIVAR AUR

HINDI’).Prize Money 2.5 lakh. 2010V.P.TIWARI (For his collection of poems ‘PHIR BHI KUCH RAHE JAYEGA’).

ABEL PRIZE: The Abel prize is an international prize presented annually by the king of Norway one or more outstanding

mathematicians. This prize is named after Norwegian mathematicians NEILS HENRIK ABEL (1802--1829). This prize is also known as ‘MATHEMATICIANS NOBEL’. Prize Money1 million US dollar. 1ST AWARDED in 2003(JEAN PIERRE SERRE, FRANCE). 2011JOHN WILLARD MILNOR (USA).

ICC AWARDS 2011 ICC player of the year JONATHAN TROTT(ENG) ‘’ TEST player of the year ALASTAIR COOK(ENG) ‘’ ODI ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ K.SANGAKARA(SL) ‘’ UMPIRE ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ALEEM DAR(PAK) ‘’ WOMEN player of the year STEPHANIE TAYLOR(WI)

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‘’ SPRITE OF CRICKET of the year M.S.DHONI(IND) ‘’ t—20 performance of the year TIM SOUTHEE(N.Z) ‘’ PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD K.SANGAKARA ICC EMERGING player of the year DEVENDRA BISHOO(WI)

OBJECTIVE C.A.1. Recently IIT Kharagpur awarded an honorary doctorate degree to which Indian Sunil Bharti Mittal2. Recently De-Montfort University of UK awarded an honorary doctorate degree to which IndianM S Dhoni.3. Name the 1st Indian to receive the ‘special book award’ for his contribution to Chinese studies, translation,

&cultural exchange B.R.Deepak (Translate—88clasical Chinese poems in Hindi).4. Ustad AZIZ UDDIN KHAN recently died associated withJAIPUR GHARANA.5. Name the re-elected president of ESTONIA TOOMAS HENDRIK.6. Name new D.G of BSFU.K. BANSAL.7. ‘’ ‘’ D.G of SSBPRANAY SAHAY (SSB-sashtra seema BAL).8. SANTI SWARUP BHATNAGAR prize 2011 recently awarded to how many scientist11.9. Name the 1st African women to win NOBLE PEACE PRIZE recently diedWANGARI MATHAI (KENYA).10. Name the former president of Afghanistan, who has been killed in a suicide bombing at his home in Kabul

recentlyBURHANUDDIN RABBANI.11. Name the ‘GRAND FATHER OF INDIAN TENNIS’ recently diedSUMANT MISRA.12. Name the 1st female P.M. of DENMARK, recently appointedHELLE THORNING SCHMIDT.13. P.M. Manmohan Singh recently visits to Bangladesh on the crucial issue of TEESTA RIVER agreement on 6 th

&7 th sept. 14. Name the 3 new district recently created by UTTAR PRADESH73rd –Prabudhanagar (H.Q--Shamli), 74th—

Panchasheel (H.Q--Harpur), 75th –Bhim nagar (H.Q—Sambhal).15. Recently, who has been awarded the ‘HRIDAYANATH’ award 2011 LATA MANGESKER.16. Recently, RAJEEVGANDHI prize for technology in education awarded to AZIM PREMZI.17. Recently, which 4 cricketer inducted into ICC hall of fame (2011)Alan Davidson(AUS)

i. Belinda Clarke(AUS,women) ii. Curtly Ambrose(W.I)

iii. Lt.Frederick Spofforth(AUS)18. The winner of Singapore grand prix 2011 SEBASTIAN VETTEL.19. The winner of Italian grand prix 2011SEBASTIAN VETTEL.20. Which film is the INDIA’S official entry for OSCAR 2011ADAMINDE MAKAN ABU (Malayalam).21. The winner of FIFA U-20 world cup 2011 win byBRAZIL.22. The winner of HUNGERIAN G.P 2011JENSON BUTTON.23. The winner of NAMURA CUP (GOLF) 2011 AUSTRALIA.24. Which footballer has been named as ‘brand ambassador’ for 2014 FIFA W.CPELE.25. Name new chairman of press trust of INDIAM.P.VEERENDRAKUMAR.26. Name the ACT. Which was introduce in LOKSABHA on 5th AUG.2011LOK PAL BILL.27. The winner of national snooker title 2011ADITYA MEHTA(def—Alok Kumar)28. ‘UEFA’ best player in EUROPE recently awarded to L.MESSI.29. Name the 1st women of the world who recently climbed world 14 peaks without oxygenGERLINDE

KULTENBRUNNER (AUS).30. Name 1st women of the world who recently run a warship SARAH WEST (UK).31. Name the kashmiri writer & poet who recently bagged the prestigious ‘sahitya academy ’in children literature

categoryGULAM NABI AATISH.32. The number of people selected for ‘sahitya academy’ award in children literature category is 5.33. 19th NATIONAL CHILDREN SCIENCE CONGRESS 2011 recently held at JAIPUR.

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34. What was the theme of 19th national children science congress 2011LAND RESOURCES—SAVE FOR THE FUTURE.

35. 13th World championship in athletics (2011)org. by IAAF, recently held at DAEGU(S.KOREA) 36. New chairman of CBDTM.C.JOSHI.37. New D.G of DOORDARSHANTRIPURARI SHARAN.38. New P.M of JAPANYOSHIHIKO NODA.39. New P.M of NEW GUINEAPETER O’NEIL.40. The highest award of LIBERIA(WEST AFRICA, capital—Monrovia) ‘KNIGHT GRAND COMMANDER’ recently

awarded to which INDIANSARDAR UPJIT SINGH SACHDEVA.41. Name the person who played an important role in negotiating the Darjeeling Gorkha hill council agreement in

1980’s recently died isINDER JIT.42. CLYDE DUNCAN—recently died associated with which sportsCRICKET(W.I)43. Name the former president of INDIAN hockey federation recently diedBALRAJ AHER.44. Name the debut film of SHAMMI KAPOOR, recently diedJEEVAN JYOTI (1953).45. Name the former Indian batsman & the secretary of Bihar—Jharkhand cricket association recently died

RAMESH SAXENA.46. What is ‘PROJECT SANGAM’A new software project for defence pensioners.47. What is ‘PRAHAR’SURFACE TO SURFACE MISSILE(range-150km,launched by-DRDO).48. INDIA recently signed a civil nuclear co—operation agreement with SOUTH KOREA.49. INDIA recently signed a defence co—operation agreement with MONGOLIA.50. Name the 1st INDIAN women who recently cross GOBI DESERTSUCHETA(of-pune,age-33)51. Name the 2nd INDIAN women grandmaster after Koneru HumpyHARIKA DRONAVALLI.52. RAHUL DRAVID becomes the 1st cricketer of the world who recently completes 400 int. catches by getting out of

MATT PRIOR (ENG).

RECENT CHANGED GOVERNOR’S TAMIL NADU K.ROSAIYA. M.PRAM NARESH YADAV. MIZORAMVAKHOM PURSHOTTAM. JHARKHANDSAYEED AHMED.. GOAK.SHANKARNARAYANAN. KERELAM.O.H.FAROOK.

GLOBAL PEACE INDEX 2011 GPI Produce by the institute for economic & peace, it is the world leading measure of global peacefulness. It

measure on ongoing domestic & international conflict, safety,& security in society &militarization in 153 countries. 1st—ICELAND. INDIA—134 TH . SOMALIA—153RD (LAST).

WORLD LARGEST NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS (by-output capacity) 1st—KASHIWAZAKI (JAPAN). 2ND—ULJIN (S.KOREA). 3RD—YONGGWANG (S.KOREA). 4TH--ZAPORIZHZHIA (UKREIN). 5TH—GRAVELINES (FRANCE). 6TH—PALUEL (FRANCE). 7TH--CATTENOM (FRANCE).

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8TH--BRUCE (CANADA). 9TH—OI (JAPAN). 10TH—FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI (JAPAN)

AT PRESENT ‘EURO’ USED COUNTRIES ANDORRA,KOSOVO,AUSTRIA,BELJIUM,CYPRUS,FINLAND,FRANCE,GERMANY,GREECE,IRELAND,ITALY,SPAIN,SLOVENI

A,SLOVAKIA,SAN MARINO,PORTUGAL,NETHERLAND,MONTENEGRO,MONACCO,MALTA,LUXEMBERG,VATICAN CITY,ESTONIA(1ST JAN,2011—LAST country to used ‘EURO’ AS THEIR CURRENCY.)

WOMEN C.M’s OF INDIA 1ST—SUCHETA KRIPALINI (UP). 2ND—NANDINI SATPATI (ORISSA). 3RD—SASHIKALA KAKODKAR (GOA). 4TH—ANWAR TAIMOR (ASSOM). 5TH--JANKI RAMCHANDRAN (T.N). 6TH--JAYLALITHA (T.N). 7TH—RAJINDRA KAUR BHATTAL (PUNJAB). 8TH--RABRI DEVI (BIHAR). 9TH—SUSMA SWARAJ (DELHI). 10TH—SHILA DIKSHIT (DELHI). 11TH—UMA BHARTI (M.P). BASUNDHARA RAJE (RAJASTHAN). 14TH—MAMTA BANNERJEE (W.B). MAMTA BANNERJEE Become the 1st –woman C.M.of westbengal, 14th Woman C.M of INDIA.

SOUTH SUDAN Independent on9th JULY, 2011. CapitalJUBA. LanguageENGLISH. PresidentSALVA KIR MAYARDIT. CurrencySOUTH SUDANEES POUND.

USTAD RAHIM FAHIMUDDIN KHAN DAGAR Born on1927. AtALWAR, RAJASTHAN. Exponent of DHRUPAD (vocalist). AwardPADMABHUSHAN IN—2008. SANGEET NATAK ACADEMY RATNA IN 2010.

ARJUN AWARD WINNER’S 2011 1—ZAHIRKHAN (CRICKET),2—RAHUL BANNERJEE(ARCHERY),3—PREEJA SRIDHARAN (ATHLETICS),4—VIJAS GOWDA(ATHLETICS)5—ASIS KUMAR (GYMNASTICS),6—RAKESH KUMAR(KABBADI),7—TEJASWINI BAI(KABBADI),8—RAJPAL SINGH(HOCKEY),9—SANJAY KUMAR(VOLLEYBALL),10--SUNIL CHETTRI(FOOTBALL),11--RAVI KUMAR(WEIGHTLIFTING),12--RAVINDRA SINGH(WRESTLING),13—JWALA GUTTA(BADMINTON),14—SURONJAY(BOXING),15—TEJASWINI SAWANT(SHOOTING),16—VIRDHAWAL KHADE(SWIMMING),17—W.SANDHYA RANI DEVI(SWIMMING),18—SOMDEV DEV BARMAN(L.TENNIS),PRASANT KARMAKAR(ATHLETICS).

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DRONACHARYA AWARD WINNER’S 2011 (Given to the coach in different game) I.VENKATESHWARA RAO(BOXING) DEVENDRA KR. RATHORE (GYMNASTICS). RAMPHAL (WRESTLING). DR.KUNTAL ROY (ATHLETICS, LIFETIME ACHIVEMENT AWARD). RAJINDRA SINGH (HOCKEY, LIFETIME ACHIVEMENT AWARD).

DHAN CHAND AWARD WINNER’S 2011 SHABIR ALI (FOOTBALL). SUSHIL KHOLI (SWIMMING). RAJ KUMAR (WRESTLING).

COPA AMERICA 2011 CHAMPIONURUGUAY (SCORE—3-0). RUNNER UPPARAGUAY. Best player of the tournamentLUIS SUAREZ (URUGUAY). Yong player of the tournamentSEBASTIAN COATES (URUGUAY). Best goalkeeper of the tournamentJUSTO VILLER (PARAGUAY).

ANNA HAZARE Born on 15TH JUNE 1957. At BHINGAR, MAHARASHTRA. FATHER BABU RAO HAZARE. MOTHERLAKSHMI BAI HAZARE. FAMOUS ASKISHAN BABURAO HAZARE. INFLUNCED BYGANDHIJI & VIVEKANANDA. PADMA BHUSHAN IN 1992. PADMASHREE IN 1990. MOVEMENT1) WATER SHAD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES.

o 2) RIGHT TO INFORMATION MOVEMENT.o 3) ANTI CORRUPTION MOVEMENT.

M.F.HUSSEIN DIED ON9TH JUNE, 2011. TITLEPICASSO OF INDIA. AUTOBIOGRAPHYWHERE ART THOU. 1ST FLIMTHROUGH THE EYE’S OF A PAINTER. TAKEN THE NATIONALITY OF QATER. FAMOUS PAINTINGBATTLE OF GANGA & YAMUNA,BEAUTIFICATION, THEIF OF BAGHDAD,AGGNI,SUNHERA

SANSAR,SATI—SAVITRI—MEENAKSHI SERIES,UMBRELLA,GAJAGAMINI,BHARATMATA,SARASWATI(controversial).

AMY WINEHOUSE Died on 23rd July, 2011. By professionPOP singer. NationalityBritish. Grammy in the year2005.

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For’BACK TO BACK’ 1st albumFRANK(2003)

INDIAN GRAND PRIX 2011 Held on 30TH October, 2011. AtGreater Noida (UP\24 km from DELHI). Total laps60. Circuit nameBUDDHA INTERNATIONAL. Circuit designerHERMANN TILKE (GERMANY). Circuit length5.14 KM. Race length 308.4 KM. Official sponsorAIRTEL. WinnerSEBASTIAN VETTEL. Some famous drivers & their teams SEBASTIAN VETTEL— RED BULL. MARK WEEBER— ‘’. LEWIS HAMILTON—MCLAREN. JENSON BUTTON— ‘’. FERNANDO ALONSO—FERRARI. FELIPE MASSA— ‘’. MICHAEL SCHUMACHER—MERCEDES. ADRIAN SUTIL—SAHARA FORCE INDIA. NARAIN KARTHIKEYEN—HISPANIA. KARUN CHANDHOK—LOTUS.

MUAMMAR GADDAFI Born on June, 1942. AtSIRTE (LIBYA). Political party ARAB SOCIALIST UNION. Died on 20th OCT.2011. AtIn-between SIRTE & MISRATA (LIBYA). Spouse 1) Fatiah—al—noori (1969-1970).

o 2) Safia—al—brasai (1971-2011). Children10-sons\ 2-daughters.

HINDU LITERATURE PRIZE 2011(FOR FICTION) WinnerRAHUL BHATTACHARYA. FOR’THE SLY COMPANY OF PEOPLE WHO CARE.’ Occupation Cricket journalist.

FEDERATION CUP2011 EDITION33RD. FINAL HELD ATSALTLAKE STADIUM. ON29TH SEPT.2011. WinnerSALGAOCAR (After a gap of –14years). Runner upEAST-BENGAL (score—3-1).

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ASIAN HOCKEY TOURNAMENT 2011 Men Held on—11september, 2011. ATORDOS (CHINA). Winner—INDIA (score—4—2). Runner up—Pakistan. Women Held on—10thseptember AT—ORDOS (CHINA). Winner—S.KOREA (score—5--3). Runner up--CHINA

ROGER’S CUP 2011(L.Tennis). MEN SINGLENOVAK DJOKOVIC (Serbia, def—Mardy fish, USA). WOMEN SINGLESERENA WILLIAMS (USA, def—SAMANYHA STOSUR, aus).

BHUPEN HAZARIKA Born on8th SEP.1926. ATSADIA (ASSAM). Occupation Musician, singer, poet, filmmaker,& lyricist. 1ST PLAYBACK ININDRAMALATI (2nd assamees movie1939, at the age of --12). PADMABHUSAN2001. DADASAHEB PHALKE1992. ASOM RATNA2009. SANGEET NATAK ACADEMY2009. President of Assam sahitya sabha1993. 1ST INDIAN music director for best music internationally for the movieRUDAALI (At the ASIA pacific int.film festival,

JAPAN, 1993). All INDIA CRITIC ASSOCIATION AWARD for best performing FOLK artist in 1979. Award for the best regional film CHAMELI MEMSAB (1975). DIED ON 5TH NOVEMBER, 2011.

SUPER CUP 2011 (FOOTBAL) WinnerEAST—BENGAL. Runner up SALGAOCAR.

IRANI TROPHY 2011 (CRICKET) WINNERREST OF INDIA. RUNNER UPRAJASTHAN.

NDTV AWARD 2011 LIFETIME ACHIVEMENTAWARDDEV ANAND& RAHUL DRAVID. INDIAN OF THE YEARAWARDANNA HAZARE& ARVIND KEJRIWAL. INDIAN HERO’S AWARDM.S.DHONI.

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PETER RORBUCK Born on6th MARCH 1957. ATOXFORD, ENG. ROLEBATSMAN.(Somerset 2nd eleven) DIED ON 12TH Nov., 2011. ATNEWLANDS, CAPETOWN, SOUTHAFRICA. AUTOBIOGRAPHYSOMETIME I FORGOT TO LAUGH (2005). FAMOUS BOOKSSLICE OF CRICKET (1982).

IN IT TO WIN IT—the Australian cricket supremacy(2006) Great innings (1990). Tangled up in white (1990).

MALLOJULA KOTESHWARA RAO Born on 26TH Nov.1956. ATPEDAPALLY (VILL), DIST—KARIMNAGAR, ANDHRAPRADESH. NATIONALITYINDIAN. OTHERS NAMEKISHENJI, PRAHLAD, MURALI, RAMJI, & SRIDHAR. OCCUPATIONMAOIST. ORGANIZATIONCOMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MAOIST). SPOUSESUJATA. DIED ON24YH Nov.2011 (W.B, INDIA).

DEV ANAND Born on 26TH September, 1923. ATGURDASPUR, PUNJAB, BRITISH INDIA. FULL NAMEDHARAMDEV PISHORI ANAND. OCCUPATIONACTOR, PRODUCER, & DIRECTOR. SPOUSEKALPANA KARTICK (1954--2011). AUTOBIOGRAPHYROMANCING WITH LIFE. PADMABHUSAN IN 2001. DADASAHEB PHALKE2002. PHALKE RATNA AWARD2010. RASTRIYA GAURAV AWARD2010. KISHORE KUMAR SANMAN IN 2011(BY—GOVT.OF M.P). NDTV LIFETIME ACHIVEMENT AWARD2011. FIRST MOVIEHUM EK HAIN (1946). LAST MOVIECHARGE SHEET (2011). DIED ON 3RD.DECEMBER 2011,LONDON(4TH DCM.2011 BY INDIAN TIME).

DURAND CUP 2011 : Founded in1888. 1st match played b/wROYAL SCOT FUSILERS VS HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. AtSHIMLA. M.BAGAN win18 E.BENGAL win18 Edition of 2011 is 124TH. Winner CHURCHILL BROTHER. Runner upPRAYAG UNITED.

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Objective CA 1. After the death of OSAMA BIN LADEN name the new leader of AL-QAEDA AYMAN –AL –ZAWAHRI (EGYPT).2. Recently who has been conferred the prestigious DRDO scientist of the year 2010 as GOKUL RANJAN PANDA.3. What is the new name of HERO HONDA COMPHERO MOTO crop Ltd.4. The winner of I-LEAGUE title 2010—2011Salgaocar.5. Name the senior investigative journalist of the ‘MIDDAY’, who recently shot dead at Mumbai JYOTIRMAY DE (JD).6. Which two INDIAN shooters confirmed their place for 2012 LONDON OLYMPIC recently A.BINDRA & VIJAY KR.7. Winner of sudhir man cup 2011CHINA (Def--Denmark).8. At present world NO.1 Golf player LUKE DONALD (UK).9. On the month of OCT.2012 which city of INDIA will host a major conference on Bio diversity HYDRABAD.10. At present total GRANDSLAM win by R.NADAL10.11. At present total GRAND SLAM win by R.FEDERER 16.12. BCCI has instituted which award for the best INDIAN player in every test series between INDIA—WESTINDIES is

DILIP SARDESAI AWARD.13. Name the 3timesCM of HARYANA who was recently died BHAJAN LAL.14. After the retirement of Sushma Nath, name the new Finance secretary of INDIA R.S.GUJRAL.15. UN chief BAN KI MOON recently appointed which INDIAN as the head of its change management team to make the

global organization work more efficient ATUL KHARE.16. At present world shortest man JUNREY BALAWING (PHILLIPINE, 23.5 INCHES TALL).17. What is ‘INS KABRA’INDIA’S LATEST WARSHIP (Named after an island of Andaman & Nicobar).18. Which country recently launched 6 GLONASS (Global navigational satellite)RUSSIA.19. Which IT company recently completed its 100 year on 16th June 2011IBM.20. Name the new secretary general of FICCIRAJIV KUMAR.21. Recently which two political figure of INDIA recently awarded an honorary degree by WOLVERHAMPTON university

(UK)PRANAB MUKHERJEE &ARUN JETHLY.22. Recently university of WOLVERHAMPTON awarded honorary doctorate in science to N.RAM.23. Recently ECB awarded ‘player of the year ’to Jonathan Trott.24. Recently WIPA ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ CHRIS GAYLE.25. ‘’ SA ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ J.KALLIS.26. Name the writer of ‘BANDIT QUEEN’ recently died 27. Name the youngest INDIAN to climbed world 4th highest peak Mt.LHOTSE28. Recently who has been appointed AFRICA’S 1st cricket development ambassador MAKAHA NTINI.29. Name the designer of 2012 LONDON OLYMPIC TORCH EDWARD BARBER &JAY OSGERBAY..30. Which country will host 2013 foreign minister meeting INDIA.31. NAME the new CVC of INDIAPRADEEP KUMAR.32. New DG of FAO JOSE GRAZIANO DESILVA (BRAZIL).33. Name the new coach of INDIAN HOCKEY TEAM M.JACK NOBBS (AUS).34. INDIAN 1ST BIO-CULTURAL PRK is proposed to b developed at BHUBANESWAR.35. The winner of world food prize 2011J.A.KUFOR (GHANA)& LULA DESILVA(BRAZIL).36. ‘ANUVRAT AHINSHA INT. PEACE AWARD’2011 recently awarded to T.C.DAFREEN.37. Ustad ASAD ALI KHAN recently passed away, associated with which instrument RUDRA VEENA.38. NATARAJA RAMKRISHNA –recently died associated with which classical dance KUCHIPUDI.39. INDIA’S new ambassador to UA NIRUPAMA RAO.40. Name the 1st women executive editor of ‘THE NEWYORK TIMES’ recently appointed on June 2011JIL ABRAMSON.41. Name the two INDIAN women sprinter who was suspended after fail in dope test in CWG MANDEEP KAUR &SINE

JOSE. 42. Name the oldest living cricketer of WET INDIES, recently died ESMOND KENTISH (94).43. Name the RE-Elected chief of FIFASEPP BLATER.

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44. Name the 14th year old INDO-AMERICAN who recently won the Prestigious SPELLING BEE CHAMPIONSHIP IN MARY LAND, USA--.SUKANYA ROY.

45. Name the new president of PERU OLLANTA HUMALA.46. Name the P.M. OF PORTUGAL PEDRO PASSOS COELLHO.47. New secretary general of NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHT COMMISSION Dr.RAJEEV SHARMA.48. Name the INDIAN recently who has been presented with a ‘SHEILD OF HONOUR’ by the OXFORD

UNIVERSITYSHAHNEZ HUSSEIN (For popularized ayurved world wide).49. Name the new DEFENCE secretary of INDIA SASHIKANT SHARMA.50. Winner of RAJEEV GANDHI khel ratna 2010—11 GAGAN NARANG.

. RECENT BOOKS & AUTHOR ‘LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS’BOBBY JINDAL. ‘GLOBAL CRISIS, RECESSION &UNEVEN RECOVERY ‘Y.V.REDDY. ‘FROM GREEN TO EVERGREEN REVOLUTION ‘M.S.SWAMINATHAN. ‘MERI EKAYAVAN KAVITAYEN ‘ATAL .B. VAJPAYEE. ‘TO THE POINT’ HERCSHELL GIBBS. ‘TAKING THE MICKEY’ MICKEY ARTHUR (Former coach of S.A.) “WORLD OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS” SOLI S. SORABJEE “Magic Seeds” V.S. Naipaul. “Imaginary Homeland” Salman Rushdie‘ THE GRAND DESIGN’STEPHEN HAWKINGS & L.MLODINOW. ‘OF THEE I SING- A LETTER TO MY DAUGHTERS’BARAK OBAMA. DECISION POINTG.W. BUSH. LUKA &THE FIRE OF LIFE SALMAN RUSHDI. ‘LITERARY OCCASION ‘V.S.NAIPAUL. ‘MR.OLIVER’S DAIRY ‘RUSKIN BOND. ‘FLIGHT TO PARLIAMENT’ RAJES PAILOT THE FALL OF A SPARROW’ SALIM ALI. ‘INDIRA GANDHI RETURNS’ KHUSWANT SINGH. ‘SONGS OF BLOOD &SWORD –A DAUGHTER’S MEMOIR’ FATIMA BHUTTO Mein Kampf Adolf Hitle r Siddon Rock Glenda Guest Solo Rana Dasgupta I PREDICT: A century of hope towards an era of harmony with nature & freedom from hunger

M.S.SWAMINATHAN. Convenient action—Gujarat response to challenges on climate changes NARENDRA MODI. The Emperor of all maladies—A biography of cancer SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE. THEY CALL ME A TERRORIST NIELS HOLCK. STRATEGIC VICTORY FIDEL CASTRO. THE CRIMSON THRONE SUDDHIR KAKKAR. SEASON OF FLIGHT MANJUSHREE THAPA. BEFORE MEMORY FADES FALI.S.NARIMAN. THE RE—DISCOVERY OF INDIA MEGHNAD DESAI. MAKERS OF MODERN INDIA RAMCHANDRA GUHA. STANDING MY GROUND MATHEW HAYDEN. INDIAN AGRICULTER –PERFORMANCE & CHALLENGES M.S.SWAMINATHAN. WITNESS BY NIGHTKISHWAR DESAI. THE LAST SALUTE TO PRESIDENT BUSH MUNTEZER –AL-ZAIDI. PHIR BHI KUCH RAHE JAYEGA VISWANATH PRASAD TIWARI.

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ANTE KE SANSHAYAGIRDHAR RATHI. LAL MUNIA Ki DUNIADINESH KR. SHUKLA. MANDRAS.L.BHYRAPPA. McCLUKIEGANGVIKAS KR. JHA. SUCH A LONG JOURNEY ROHINTON MISTRY. A FINE BALANCE ROHINTON MISTRY. FAMILY MATTER’SROHINTON MISTRY. KASHMIR & BEYOND: 1966—84KARAN SINGH. INTERPRETING THE INDIAN ECONOMY P.CHIDAMABRAM. GOOD BYE COLOUMBUSPHLIP ROTH. RIVER OF SMOKE AMITAV GHOSE. THE LAST MAN IN TOWER ARVIND ADIGA. HIS MAGESTY OPPONENTSUGATA BOSE. Close encounter with NIRA RADIAR.K.ANAND.

VARIOUS OPERATION’S & EXERCISE IN 2009 & 2010& 2011

1. EXERCISE TROPEX 2009 – A military exercise of Indian army on Gujarat coast 2. OP. CAST LEAD -- Israeli military taken action against Hamas group of Palestine

during December in 2008.3. EXERCISE YUDHA ABHYAS 2009 - An Indo – us joint military exercise held at Indian army base,

Babina range, UP in 2009 .4. OP. LIGHTNING STRIKE / EQUVERAN – A joint exercise of Indian & Maldivian troops held at belgum (Karnataka)

in 2009. 5. OP. RAKSHAK 2009 – It’s a 24 hours drill organized in coastal tamilnadu to test the

efficiency of security forces against infiltration.6. EXERCISE MILAN - Indian navies multi country exercise which was recently held at

port Blair to build mutual confidence between the navies of Asia pacific region. 7. EXERCISE BOLD-KURUKSHETRA 2010 - A joint military exercise of India-Singapore held at babina range (UP)

near Jhansi in March 2010.8. OP. TRITON - A series of exercise designed to test the security of Kerala coast9. EXERCISE GARUDA 2010 - An Indo-French & Singapore joint air force exercise held at

France in June 2010 after a gap of 4 year.10. EXERCISE INDRA DHANUS - A joint exercise by the INDO-UK air force held at kalai- konda

west Bengal 2010.11. EXERCISE INDRA 2010 A joint military India-Russia held at Uttarakhand, focusing on

counter terrorism operation. 12. EXERCISE NOMADIC ELIPHANT 2010 A joint military exercise of India & Mongolian troops held at belgum,

Karnataka 2010 for counter insurgency ending.13. OP.SAIYAM An operation done by Indian Army to dispose scrape

ammunition which was imported between 1999-2004 in Ludhiana.

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