Showing posts with label Venus Williams. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Venus Williams. Show all posts

Sunday, March 28, 2010

General Knowledge Quiz 2010 - 60

1.      What is the full form ‘Core’ in Core banking solutions?
a)Central Organization for Rural Employees
b)Centralized Online Realtime Electronic
c)Centralized Online Realtime Exchange
d)Connected Organizations for a Responsible Economy
e)none
2.      Which is the first State in the country to announce a ban on Bt brinjal even before the Central government takes a final decision?
a)Gujarat    b)Uttarakhand    c)Madhya Pradesh     d)Karnataka   e)none
3.      Who has been named the 2009 WTA (Women Tennis Association) player of the year?
a)Serena Williams    b)Kim Clijsters    c)Elena Dementieva    d)Venus Williams   e)none
4.      Which country has agreed to pay the United Nations around $10m in compensation for damage caused to UN buildings in Gaza during last year's war?
a)US     b)Israel    c)Iran    d)North Korea   e)none
5.      Which North Eastern state has four Chief Ministers?
a)Sikkim     b)Arunachal Pradesh     c)Manipur    d)Meghalaya   e)Assam
6.      Who wrote the book ‘No Country for Women’?
a)Aung San Suu Kyi    b)Sonia Gandhi    c)Taslima Nasrin    d)Sushma Swaraj   e)none
7.      Recently which country became second in Latin America to have a cabinet with gender parity(equal number of women and men)?
a)Chile    b)Argentina    c)Brazil     d)Peru   e)Bolivia
8.      Who has been appointed as the new chief of National Investigation Agency(NIA)?
a)Radha Vinod Raju     b)V S Tiwari    c)Ashwin Kumar   d)Sharad Chandra Sinha   e)none
9.      Expand CASA, term used in banking?
a)Capital Account Savings Account
b)Current Analysis Savings Account
c)Cost Analysis Strategy Assessment
d)Current Account Savings Account
e)none
10. Which of the following has became the first Indian automobile company to produce one million cars in a year?
a)Tata Motors    b)Mahindra & Mahindra    c)Hyundai    d)Maruthi Suzuki    e)none
11. Which country has launched its domestically designed and developed guided missile destroyer “Jamaran”?
a)Iran    b)North Korea    c)India   d)China   e)Turkey
12. Reena Kaushal has created history by becoming the first Indian women to ski _________?
a)North Pole     b)South Pole    c)both a & b    d)Mount Everest    e)none
13. According to a report by global consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), India could become the world’s third largest economy by purchasing power parity (PPP), overtaking Japan in _____?
a)2012   b)2015    c)2020   d)2025   e)none
14. ‘The Road Ahead’ is a book written by _________?
a)Bill Gates     b)Warren Buffet     c)Carlos Slim    d)Bill Clinton   e)none
15. Vikram Srivastava ia appointed as the new Director General of ______________?
a)Border security Force    b)Assam Rifles     c)Central Industrial Security Force   d)Indo-Tibetan Border Police    e) Central Reserve Police Force
16. Which Country has banned the 2D version of the movie ‘Avatar’?
a)Iran     b)India     c)North Korea    d)Srilanka    e)China
17. Which state having the largest number of people below the poverty line (BPL), a/c to the latest figures?
a)Bihar    b)Uttar Pradesh    c)Orissa   d)Jharkhand    e)none
18. Which state is the second largest state-economy in India after Maharashtra?
a)Tamilnadu    b)Gujarat    c)Uttar Pradesh    d)Karnataka    e)Andhra Pradesh
19. Which of the following Country has the largest oil Reserves and largest exporter of Petroleum in the World?
a)Canada      b)Venezuela    c)Russia    d)Saudi Arabia    e)Iran
20. Presently Kaushik Basu holds which of the following position?
a)Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council
b)Finance Secretary
c)Chief Economic Advisor
d)Revenue Secretary
e)none of these

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Tennis Grand Slams Scorecards 2009








AUSTRALIAN OPEN




Men's Singles - Finals
Rafael Nadal ESP (1)
Winner
7
3
77
3
6
Roger Federer SUI (2)
5
6
63
6
2


Women's Singles - Finals
Dinara Safina RUS (3)
0
3
Serena Williams USA (2)

6
6


Men's Doubles - Finals
Mahesh Bhupathi IND (3)
Mark Knowles BAH (3)
6
5
0

Bob Bryan USA (2)
Mike Bryan USA (2)
Winner
2
7
6


Women's Doubles - Finals
3
3

Serena Williams USA (10)
Venus Williams USA (10)
Winner
6
6


Mixed Doubles - Finals
3
1

Winner
6
6






Junior Boys' Singles - Finals
Yuki Bhambri IND (1)
Winner
6
6

3
1


                                                       FRENCH OPEN 2009




Men's Singles - Finals Men's Singles - Finals




Robin Soderling SWE (23)



1
61
4

Roger Federer SUI (2)

6
77
6


Women's Singles - Finals




Dinara Safina RUS (1)
4
2



6
6


Men's Doubles - Finals




Lukas Dlouhy CZE (3)
Leander Paes IND (3)

3
6
6

6
3
2




Mixed Doubles - Finals




Liezel Huber USA (1)
Bob Bryan USA (1)


5
77
110

7
65
07

                                                    WIMBELDON OPEN



Gentlemen's Singles - Finals

Andy Roddick USA (6)
7
66
65
6
14

Roger Federer SUI (2)
Winner
5
78
77
3
16



Ladies' Singles - Finals

Venus Williams USA (3)
63
2

Serena Williams USA (2)
Winner
77
6




Gentlemen's Doubles - Finals

Bob Bryan USA (1)/
Mike Bryan USA (1)
67
77
63
3

Daniel Nestor CAN (2)/
Nenad Zimonjic SRB (2)
Winner
79
63
77
6





Ladies' Doubles - Finals

Serena Williams USA (4)/
Venus Williams USA (4)
Winner
77
6

Samantha Stosur AUS (3)/
Rennae Stubbs AUS (3)
64
4





Mixed Doubles - Finals

Leander Paes IND (1)/
Cara Black ZIM (1)
5
3

Winner
7
6









                                                                   US OPEN





Men's Singles - Finals
  Roger Federer SUI (1)

6
65
6
64
2

  Juan Martin Del Potro ARG (6)
Winner

3
77
4
77
6




Women's Singles - Finals
  Caroline Wozniacki DEN (9)

5
3

  Kim Clijsters BEL 
Winner

7
6

Men's Doubles - Finals
  Lukas Dlouhy CZE (4)
  
Leander Paes IND (4)
Winner
3
6
6

  Mahesh Bhupathi IND (3)
  
Mark Knowles BAH (3)
6
3
2

Women's Doubles - Finals
  Cara Black ZIM (1)
  
Liezel Huber USA (1)
2
2

  Serena Williams USA (4)
  
Venus Williams USA (4)
Winner
6
6
Mixed Doubles - Finals
  Carly Gullickson USA
  
Travis Parrott USA 
Winner
6
6

  Cara Black ZIM (2)
  
Leander Paes IND (2)
2
4