Current affairs and quiz questions for KBC 4:
1. Who is the first Indian woman shooter to win gold medal at the World Championships?
Answer: Tejaswini Sawant. She won gold medal in 50 m rifle prone event. She even equalled the world record in the event.
2. Who directed the top two all-time box-office hit movies?
Answer: James Cameron (Avatar & Titanic). Avatar collected $ 273 crore while Titanic collected $ 183 crore.
3. Which Indian cricketer scored highest number of triple centuries?
Answer: Virender Sehwag. No other Indian cricketer scored even a single triple century.
4. Who is the only bowler to take 800 wickets in test cricket history?
Answer: Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)
5. Who is the director of 3 idiots which is the biggest box office hit in the Indian movie history?
Answer: Rajkumar Hirani
(KBC tip: You should have complete idea on recent Bollywood movies, casting and technicians. South Indians face problems in facing Bollywood questions.)
6. In the movie Ghajini, hero suffers from which psychological illness?
Answer: Anterograde Amnesia.
7. Which Purana contains Lalitha Sahasranamam?
Answer: Brahmanda Purana.
8. What are the two new teams in the 2011 Indian Premier League (IPL)?
Answer: Pune & Kochi.
9. Which stadium will host 2011 ICC Cricket world cup final?
Answer: Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. PCA ground in Mohali will host one semi-final.
10. Who was the first cricketer to receive Arjuna Award?
Answer: Saleem Durani in 1961.
11. When were EVMs (electronic voting machine) used for the first time in an Indian election?
Answer: Parur assembly by-election (Kerala) in 1982 and in Shadnagar assembly (Andhra Pradesh) in 1983. But, according to Election commission of India website, EVM was first used in 16 segments in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi in 1998 Assembly elections.
12. Who was the first Asian to win Nobel Prize?
Answer: Rabindranath Tagore in 1913 (Literature). Tagore was not only the first Indian but he was the first Asian to receive Nobel prize.
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