National film awards 2011 winners list Quiz

Best Actor: Girish Kulkarni for Deool Best Actress: Vidya Balan, The Dirty Picture Best Film: Deool and Pyaari Best Children’s Film: Chillar Party Best Director: Gurvinder Singh for Anhe Ghorey Da Daan Best Female Playback Singer: Rupa Ganguly Best Male Playback Singer: Anand Bhate for Bal Gandharva Best Feature Film, shared: Devur (Marathi) & Byari (Kannada) Best Debut Film by a director: Aranya Kaandam (Tamil)

Indian Railways Quiz

1. When was the 1st Rail Budget presented? John Mathai presented the first Railway Budget for independent India in November 1947.
 2.Which train runs between India and Pakistan? Samjhauta Express
 3.The world's longest railway platform is in India. Where is it? Kharagpur
 4.Which Indian train won the world Heritage Status from UNESCO? Darjeeling Himalayan Railways
 5.Name the luxury train launched by the Indian Railways in Rajasthan Palace on wheels
 6.Which train has the longest run in terms of distance and time on Indian Railways network? Vivek Express
 7. Where is the longest railway tunnel in India of about 6.5 km situated? Konkan Railway
 8.Who is the Railway minister of India? Mukul Roy
 9.Where did India's first metro rail start? Kolkata
 10.India's first train ran between Bombay and Thane

Current affairs on 04.03.2012

1.Bikram Singh is the New Army Chief.He succeeds General V K Singh who retires on May 31 2012.
2.Polls to elect new assemblies in 5 states came to an end on Saturday. Uttar Pradesh recorded an all time high turn out of 59.16 percent.
3.At least 14 people were killed when two passenger trains collided head-on in southern Poland late on Saturday in one of the country's worst train crashes in more than 20 years.
4.Veteran Indian tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi clinched his 50th career title and his first with Rohan Bopanna when the duo outwitted Poles Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski to lift the Dubai Tennis Cup.
5.State run NTPC plans to invest Rs.25000 crore in two Odisha power projects.
6.China's defence spending will record a double-digit increase of 11.2 per cent, taking the budget to USD 106.4 billion this year compared to USD 92 billion in 2011.
7. Red planet Mars will be brightest and closest it can get to earth for the next 3 years on Sunday.
8.A report from CyberMedia Research has indicated that a total of 183 million mobiles were sold in calendar year 2011, representing a 10 per cent growth over 2010.

Presidents of India -- In Serial Order -- Quiz

India had 11 Presidents since independence.Here is a list of all Presidents in the serail order.

1. Dr. Rajendra Prasad -- 26 January 1950 to 13 May 1962
2.Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan --13 May 1962 to 13 May 1967
3.Dr. Zakir Husain -- 13 May 1967 to 3 May 1969
4.Shri Varahagiri Venkata Giri -- 3 May 1969 to 20 July 1969 and 24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974
5.Dr. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed -- 24 August 1974 to 11 February 1977
6.SHRI Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy-- 25 July 1977 TO 25 July 1982
7.Giani Zail Singh -- 25 July 1982 to 25 July 1987
8.Shri R Venkataraman -- 25 July 1987 to 25 July 1992
9.Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma -- 25 July 1992 to 25 July 1997
10.Shri K. R. Narayanan -- 25 July 1997 to 25 July 2002
11.DR. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam -- 25 July 2002 to 25 July 2007

National Film Awards 2008 Winners -- Quiz

The Best Feature Film -- Antaheen, a Bengali film

The best actor award -- Upendra Limaye for the Marathi movie Jogva.
Here is a list of the winners of the National Film Awards 2008, This will be particularly useful for those who are preparing for bannk exams and other competitive exams.


Best Director --- Bala, Tamil Film, NAN Kadavul

Best Actress Award -- Priyanka Chopra ,Fashion

Best Male Playback Singer-- Hariharan

Best Female Playback Singer -- Shreya Ghoshal

The best supporting actress award -- Kangana Ranaut for the movie Fashion.

Best Supporting Actor -- Arjun Rampauul.

Kannada film Gubbachigalu received the Best Children’s Film Award.