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Quotes Of The Day

"Quotes Of The Day..."

"A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are hooked  first."

-  Chanakya quotes(Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC-275 BC)

Saturday, July 10, 2010

WHO & WHAT OR Which …?

Q. Which Team won the Europa League Title?

Answer: Atletico Madrid won the inaugural final of the Europa League on defeating Fulham at Hamburg. Diego Forlan struck an extra-time goal and secured a 2-1 win.

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Q. Which Company has started up a BPO in Srinagar starting reverse migration of Kashmir?

Answer: Essar Group-run Aegis has started a BPO in Srinagar

Q. Name the company from whose premises toxic leak happened in one of the worst industrial disasters called Bhopal gas tragedy.

Answer: Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) (now defunct)

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Q. Who received 27th Niwano Peace Foundation award on May 13, 2010?

Answer: Ms. Ela Ramesh Bhatt of Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) India who has received a medal and twenty million yen.

The Niwano Peace Foundation Japan established the Niwano Peace Prize to honor and encourage individuals and organizations that have contributed significantly to inter-religious cooperation, thereby furthering the cause of world peace, and to make their achievements known as widely as possible.

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Q. Name the president of MCI – Medical Council of India who is facing graft charges and has to resign.

Answer: Ketan Desai

Ketan Desai was arrested on April 22 by CBI for allegedly accepting bribe to give permission to a Punjab medical college to recruit a fresh batch of students without having requisite infrastructure. MCI controlls Medical Education in India.

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Q. Who was the only surviving terrorist involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks, and is found guilty of murder, conspiracy, and waging war against India recently?

Answer: Ajmal Kasab of Pakistan

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Q. Who is the IAS Topper in UPSC Civil Services Exam 2010 which has been released by UPSC recently?

Answer: SHAH FAESAL

Dr Faesal 26-year-old MBBS graduate, who topped the list of 875 successful candidates, said that he was not only the first Kashmiri to achieve the milestone but also the second Muslim in the history to achieve this feat.

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Q. Who is the Union minister who has offered to resign for his controversial remarks against the home ministry for allegedly stalling some Chinese imports?

Answer: Jairam Ramesh

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Q. What is the real name of character artiste ‘Sambha‘ from super hit film of all times ‘Sholey‘ who passed away recently.

Answer: Mac Mohan

Apart from Sholey Mac Mohan also acted in Amitabh starrers like “Zanjeer”, “Don”, “Shaan” and “Satte Pe Satta”. He was suffering from lung cancer.

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