Current Affairs march 2009

1. Women’s Cricket World Cup -2009 won by?

England. They beat New Zealand in the Final by 4 wickets Nicki Shaw was named player of the match and Claire Taylor is the player of the tournament.
The first tournament was held in England in 1973 which also won by England. India never won the World Cup

2. Women’s Cricket World Cup -2009 is held in ?

Australia.

Next world cup is in 2013 which will be held in India.

3. Who won the Man of the Match award in the first Test between India and New Zealand at Hamilton, New Zealand?

Sachin Tendulkar

4. Name the Hungarian Prime Minister resigned after facing mounting criticism over his government's handling of the country's economic crash.

Ferenc Gyurcsany

5. Who is reinstated as chief justice of Pakistani Supreme Court after a series of protests and political turmoil

Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry

6. First elected female state premier in its history of Australia after a vote in Queensland. ?

Anna Bligh

7. Name the Sudanese opposition leader who has been released from prison, having been detained for two months for calling on Omar al-Bashir, Sudan's president, to hand himself over to the International Criminal Court (ICC).?

Hassan al-Turabi

8. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Chief who recently visited India to discuss the security situation in South Asia.?
Leon Penetta

9. Former Indian captain who equalled Mark Waugh's world record of 181 Test catches in opening day of the first Test against New Zealand at Seddon Park in Hamilton?
Rahul Dravid

10. Which country will host the second version of IPL, i.e. IPL-2009?

South Africa

11. Who has been selected for the 18th Aravindan Award instituted by the Chalachithra Film Society?

Marathi film-maker Paresh Mokashi

12. British reality TV star died at the age of 27 with cervical cancer, who became famous after appearing on the UK’s Big Brother reality Show?

Jade Gudi

13. Who won World Boxing Association (WBA) International and World Boxing Organisation (WBO) Inter-Continental lightweight titles in this year?

British boxer Amir Khan

14. Who became Madagascar's acting president after the army ended a months-long power struggle and swept him to power?

Andry Rajoelina, he is only 34-year-old.


15. Who is appointed as the new chief of the Indian Air Force?

Air Marshal PV Naik

16. Name the computer institute of Kerala which has made an entry into the Limca Book of Records for the largest number of students in a single centre?

Sree Sankaracharya Computer Centre (SSCT), in Kannur district

17. Who has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the United States of America?

Meera Shankar

18. Name the Indian-American who last week was appointed Federal Chief Technology Officer by President Barack Obama

Vivek Kundra,

He was reinstated to his job by Barack Obama at the White House, five days after he went on leave following Federal Bureau of Investigation's raids at his previous office, in a corruption case related to employees working there. He returned to the job after it became clear that he was not the 'target of investigations.

19. Name the Indian-American who is appointed as Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs Washington by U.S.President Barack Obama?

Richard Verma

20. Name the Monster like father who held his Daughter as Sex-Slave Prisoner in Cellar for 24 years and gave birth to 7 children?

Joseph Fritzl

21. Country which has been suspended by The African Union from the continental body, saying the replacement of the island nation's president by an army-backed politician constitutes a coup.

Madagascar


22. Who was unanimously re-elected to North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament recently?

Kim Jong Il

23. The Russian Mobile Company which launched its CDMA-based mobile services in Kerala circle after Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan?

MTS, (Mobile Tele Systems)
MTS brand is under Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited which is a joint venture company between Sistema (LSE: SSA) of Russia and Shyam Group of India

24. Which Tennis Player has won WTA Player of the Year award-2009?

Serena Williams. This is her Second WTA Player of the Year award. She won the same in 2002.

25. The first person to be certified as a survivor of both US atomic bombings at the end of the Second World War?

Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a 93-year-old Japanese man who was in Hiroshima on a business trip on 6 August 1945 when a US B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on the city.



26. Which Indian will replace football star David Beckham, who has been endorsing Motorola as its global brand ambassador?
A.R.Rahman.

It is learnt that Rahman has been paid a whopping Rs.28 Crore for this particular endorsement deal. This makes him the highest paid Indian celebrity for any such product.

27. Who won the 20-20 Cricket series between South Africa and Australia in
South Africa ?

South Africa
(They beat Australia by 2-0).

28. Who is appointed as the Second Deputy Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia?

Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz

29. Who are the winners of Indian Open Badminton Title in 2009 ?

Men’s Single Title- Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia)
Women’s Single Title- Pi Hongyan ( France)


30. First national female judge of Dubai?
Judge Ibtisam Rashid Badwawi

31. New Prime Minister of Israel ?

Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel's Likud party

32. Who is appointed as Administrator of the United Nationals Development Programme(UNDP)?

Helen Clark

33. Who is named to the “Order of Companions of O R Tambo in Gold”, one of the highest state honours of South Africa?

Cuban President Fidel Castro

34. Who is the new Prime Minister of Malaysia ?
Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak

35. The US billionaire who roared into space aboard a Russian rocket, making history as the first tourist to make the epic journey twice?

Charles Simonyi

36. The country which re-enters NATO's (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) military command after more than 40 years?

France
37. Who has been appointed as the new Captain of Sri Lankan Cricket Team?

Kumar Sangakkara

38. Who wins Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book Award for Europe and South Asia region ?

Jhumpa Lahiri for her book 'Unaccustomed Earth'

39. Who purchased Mahatma Gandhi’s personal belongings which include Gandhiji’s iconic round-rimmed spectacles, a pocket watch, a pair of sandals, a plate and bowl and letters of authenticity for USD 1.8 million at an auction in New York from the owner, James Otis?

Vijay Mallya.

40. Palestinian Prime Minister who submitted his resignation in a move that could help usher in a power-sharing deal between Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas and his rivals in the militant group Hamas?

Salam Fayyad

41. Home Secretary of India?

Gopala Krishna Pillai. He would assume charge after Madhukar Gupta, the present Home Secretary, retires on March 31. At present G.K. Pillai is the Commerce Secretary.

42. The president of Guinea-Bissau, who was assassinated by the military in a retaliatory attack for the killing of the army chief of the volatile and drug-corrupted west African state?.

Jo Bernardo Vieira

43. Fast bowler who has announced his retirement from international cricket after eight years of service for South Africa?

Andre Nel

44. The son of the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath , 46 years after his mother gassed herself while he slept?
Nicholas Hughes

(source:http://questionforall.blogspot.com/)