Current affairs and GK questions

Vivek Express

 Current affairs & General knowledge questions: 1. What is the name of India's longest train service?  2. In which year, decimal system replaced the Anna? 3. Who was the first Chief Minister of Assam? 4. Who is the new CEO of IBM? 5. Who is the only driver to be posthumously awarded the F1 driver's title? 6. Who is the first female head of state in Latin America to win a second term in power? 7. Who is the winner of 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature? 8. Who is the founder of State Bank of Mysore? 9. Which film is India's official entry for next year's Oscars? 10. Who is the Marathon race world record holder? 11. First African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize? 12. Who is the winner of 2011 Booker Prize? 13. Who scored the fastest goal in the history of Barcelona-Real Madrid football games? Quiz answers: 1. Vivek Express (Dibrugarh-Kanyakumari). Train takes 82.5 hours to travel 4,286 km. 2. 1957. 3. Gopinath Bordoloi. 4. Virginia Rometty. 5. Jochen Rindt (1970). 6. Argentina President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. 7. Tomas Transformer (Sweden). 8. M. Visvesvaraya. 9. Malayalam movie "Adaminte Makan Abu". 10. Patrick Makau (Kenya). 11. Kenyan woman Wangari Maathai (2004 Nobel Peace Prize). 12. Julian Barnes for The Sense of an Evening. 13. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid).  … [Read more...]

Current affairs for KBC 4

  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 … [Read more...]