1. Which journalist unearthed 2G Telecom spectrum scam? Ans: J. Gopalakrishnan (Pioneer newspaper) 2. Where can you read recent leaked documents by Wkileaks? Answer: http://wikileaks.ch/cablegate 3. Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was created in? Answer: 1963 4. India's first double-decker train will run between? Answer: Howrah-Dhanbad 5. The Green Apple award to reward and promote best environmental practices in the world was launched in? Answer: 1994 6. Who built Babri Masjid in Ayodhya? Answer: Mughal emperor Babur genral Mir Baqi 7. Which state has the highest number of pending cases in courts? Answer: Maharashtra 8. Which state has best road infrastructure in India? Answer: Punjab 9. Who won India's first ever medal in rowing in Asian games? Answer: Bajrang Lal Thakar in 2010 Guangzhou games. 10. Which IPC section deals with Sedition? Answer: 124 (A) 11. Sachin Tendulkar's best ever bowling performance in One-day matches? Answer: 5 wickets for 32 runs against Australia in Kochi One day International 12. Wikileaks website was unveiled in? Answer: 2006 13. First weekly newspaper was published in? Answer: Antwerp (Belgium) 14. What is the India's first and only tri-command (Army, Navy and Air Force serve under one commander)? Answer: Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) 15. Indo-Sri Lanka Accord was produced … [Read more...]
August 2: Current affairs
General knowledge of the day: 1. First cell phone call in India was made on: July 31, 1995. It was made by West Bengal chief minister in Kolkata by using Nokia mobile. 2. First Indian mobile ringtone: Saare Jahaan Se Acchha 3. First camera cellphone in India: Nokia 7650 4. Cleanest city in India: Chandigarh. Mysore is in second place. 5. Twitter update: It crossed another milestone. Number of tweets on the site crossed 2,000 crore. 6. Editor death: Malayala Manorama chief editor K M Mathew died. Malayala Manorama is the largest circulated Malayalam newspaper and was established by Varghese Mappila. Mathew was the chief editor of daily from 1973 to till death. The Week and Vanitha are some other famous publications from Malayala Manorama group. 7. Who founded Wikileaks website: Julian Assange 8. On this day in history: August 2 1990: 1 lakh Iraq soldiers invaded Kuwait. 1922: Telephone inventor, Alexander Graham Bell died. 9. Test cricket ranking: Kumara Sangakkara grabbed world number one test batsman status from Virender Sehwag. Sachin Tendulkar is in fourth place. Dale Steyn is the world number one bowler in test cricket. 10. Richardson Owen Williams: He got Noble prize in 1928 for his work on Thermionic Emission. Thomas Alwa Edison first observed the emission of electrons from hot surface. But, Richardson stated that electrons can even escape from within solid if they have enough kinetic energy. Note: Send your quiz questions and answers to Krishna@nalamothuonline.com to publish in this blog. … [Read more...]
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