Description : Sachin Tendulkar has the second longest One Day International (ODI) career currently. Who holds the record for the longest ODI career spanning 20 years and 272 days? a. Allan Border b. Kapil Dev c. Javed Miandad d. Brian Lara e. Andrew Flintoff
Last Answer : e. None of the above
Description : Who amongst the following cricketers has been chosen for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, 2007 ? (1) Rahul Dravid (2) M.S. Dhoni (3) Sachin Tendulkar (4) Virender Sehwag
Last Answer : M.S. Dhoni
Description : The Nobel Prize for Chemistry for the year 2011 has been awarded to (1) Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess (2) Bruce A. Beutler, Jules A. Hoffmann and Ralph M. Steinman (3) Christopher A. Sims and Thomas J. Sargent (4) Dan Schechtman
Last Answer : Dan Schechtman
Description : The Nobel Prize for Physics for the year 2011 has been awarded to (1) Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess (2) Bruce A. Beutler, Jules A. Hoffmann and Ralph M. Steinman (3) Christopher A. Sims and Thomas J. Sargent (4) Dan Schechtman
Last Answer : Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess
Description : Who was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award (a trophy, citation and Rs. 25 lakh) in 2004 ? (1) Lee Kuan Yew (2) Goh Chok Tong (3) Aung San Suu Kyi (4) Mahathir Mohamed
Last Answer : Goh Chok Tong
Description : Who among the following won the ‘ICC Cricketer of the Year Award’ for the year 2009 ? (1) M.S. Dhoni (2) Gautam Gambhir (3) Mitchell Johnson (4) Tillakaratne Dilshan
Last Answer : Mitchell Johnson
Description : The first Indian to win the ICC ODI Player of the Year (2007) Award is (1) Saurav Ganguly (2) Virender Sehwag (3) Yuvraj Singh (4) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Last Answer : Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Description : The highest wickets taken by a player in his test cricket career is 800. Find out the player. A. Shane Warne (Aus) B. Muralitharan (SL) C. Anil Kumble (Ind) D. G. McGrath (Aus)
Last Answer : ANSWER: B
Description : Prof. Amartya Sen was awarded Nobel Prize for his contribution to the field of (1) food and famines (2) welfare economics (3) Indian economy (4) poverty
Last Answer : welfare economics
Description : Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to (1) Monetary Economics (2) Welfare Economics (3) Econometrics (4) Development Economics
Last Answer : Welfare Economics
Description : He is fastest test century hold, scored 100 runs in just 24 balls vs Zimbabwe in 2004-05 at Cap town, South Africa, find out who? A. Brian Lara (West Indies) B. Don Bradman (Australia) C. Jacques Kallis (South Africa) D. Hanif Mohammad (Pakistan)
Last Answer : ANSWER: C
Description : In test match history 400 is the highest score ever by _______ vs England on 10 April 2004. A. Brian Lara (West Indies) B. M. Hyden (Australia) C. DPMD Jayawardene (Sri-Lanka) D. Gary Sobers (West Indies)
Last Answer : ANSWER: A
Description : Lara In test match history 400 is the highest score ever by _______ vs England on 10 April 2004. A. Brian Lara (West Indies) B. M. Hyden (Australia) C. DPMD Jayawardene (Sri-Lanka) D. Gary Sobers (West Indies)
Description : Kallis He is fastest test century hold, scored 100 runs in just 24 balls vs Zimbabwe in 2004-05 at Cap town, South Africa, find out who? A. Brian Lara (West Indies) B. Don Bradman (Australia) C. Jacques Kallis (South Africa) D. Hanif Mohammad (Pakistan)
Description : Virender Sehwag was in news recently for his score of 293 runs in the first inning of the third test match between India and Sri Lanka in Mumbai. Who has scored the highest number of double centuries in tests for ... b. Rahul Dravid c. Sachin Tendulkar d. Sunil Gavaskar e. Both (1) and (3)
Last Answer : a. Virender Sehwag
Description : International Simon Bolivar Prize was recently awarded to Aung San Suu Kyi by the government of (1) Mauritius (2) China (3) Venezuela (4) Cuba
Last Answer : Venezuela
Description : Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development - 2012 was awarded to : (1) Sunita Williams (2) Chanda Kochhar (3) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (4) Tereza Fajksova
Last Answer : Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Description : Novelist, Mr. Salman Rushdie was awarded “Knighthood” by (1) Queen Elizabeth II (2) Prince Charles (3) Mr. Gordon Brown (4) Mrs. Margaret Thatcher
Last Answer : Queen Elizabeth II
Description : Nobel Prizes are awarded annually at (1) Stockholm (2) Washington (3) Geneva (4) Oslo
Last Answer : Oslo
Description : Which India-born scientist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Astrophysics? (1) Prof. Chandrashekhar (2) Sir C.V. Raman (3) Satyendra Nath Bosh (4) Vikram Sarabhai
Last Answer : Prof. Chandrashekhar
Description : Who of the following pairs of Nobel Laureates in Physics was awarded 2010 Nobel Prize? (1) John C Mather, George F. Smoot (2) Albert Fert, Peter Grunberg (3) David Gross, Frank Wilczek (4) Andre Geim, Konstantin Novoselov
Last Answer : Andre Geim, Konstantin Novoselov
Description : Who, of the following, was awarded “Ashok Chakra” on 26th January, 2009 ? (a) Hemant Karkare (b) M.C. Sharma (c) Gajendra Singh (d) Vijay Salaskar (1) a and b (2) a, b and d (3) a, b and c (4) All of the above
Last Answer : All of the above
Description : Which one of the following cricketers has been awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for the year 2007? (1) Sachin Tendulkar (2) Saurav Ganguly (3) M.S. Dhoni (4) Virender Sehwag
Description : The Nobel Prize, 2005 for Literature has been awarded to (1) Robert J. Aumann and Thomas C. Schelling (2) Robert H. Grubbs and Richard R. Schrock (3) Harold Pinter (4) Barry J. Marshall and J Robin Warren
Last Answer : Harold Pinter
Description : Who among the following former Chiefs of Army Staff had been awarded the ‘Mahavir Chakra’ twice ? (1) General K.M. Cariappa (2) General K.S. Thimmayya (3) General A.S. Vaidya (4) General S.H.F.J. Man-ekshaw
Last Answer : General A.S. Vaidya
Description : Who among the following is a famous Chief Election Commissioner of India who has been awarded Mag-saysay award ? (1) Sukumar Sen (2) M. S. Gill (3) J. M. Lingdoh (4) S. L. Sakdhar
Last Answer : J. M. Lingdoh
Description : Which ex-U.S. President has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize-2002 ? (1) John F. Kennedy (2) William Jefferson Clinton (3) Jimmy Carter (4) Franklin D. Rossevelt
Last Answer : Jimmy Carter
Description : Who was awarded the Nobel Prize for inventing the microchip? (1) Jack St. Clair Kilby (2) Eric Cornell (3) Carl Wieman (4) Wolfgang Ketterle
Last Answer : Jack St. Clair Kilby
Description : Who amongst the following was awarded Nobel Prize for developing the technology used in integrated circuits used in PCs? (1) Robert F. Furchgott (2) Horst L. Stormer (3) Jack Kilby (4) John a. Pople
Last Answer : Jack Kilby
Description : The ‘Global 500’ awards are given for outstanding achievement in which one of the following fields? (1) Literature (2) Medicine (3) Environmental Protection (4) Promotion of International Peace
Last Answer : Environmental Protection
Description : In the 53rd National Film Awards, the award for ‘Best Feature Film’ has gone for (1) ‘Kaalpurush – Memories in the Mist’ (2) ‘Rang De Basanti’ (3) Parzania (4) Paheli
Last Answer : ‘Kaalpurush – Memories in the Mist’
Description : Which of the following international prizes/awards is given for outstanding contribution in the field of journalism ? (1) Booker Prize (2) Pulitzer Prize (3) Sakharov Prize (4) Sullivan Award
Last Answer : Pulitzer Prize
Description : He scored 15645 runs in his test career with the average of 54.32 in 194 test matches. He is the highest run scorer in test cricket history. A. RT Ponting (Australia) B. Jack Kallis (Republic of South Africa) C. Tendulkar (India) D. Brian Lara (West Indies)