Globescan - Compiled by Reshma Majithia

1. Who has been elected as the second vice-chair of G-24 nations
   Pranab Mukherjee
   Montek Singh Ahluwalia
   P. Chidambaram
   A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
   
   
2. Who won the ‘Entrepreneur of the year award ‘for the year 2009. The award aims to recognise and reward individual excellence and exemplary achievement in the genres of business, sports, entertainment, media, social welfare and justice, science and technology, arts and polititcs.
   Robert Fraser
   Keith T. Brown
   Ajay Bijji
   Arbind Singh
   
   
3. Who has been recognised as India Youth Icon for Technology by the inaugural India Youth Icon Awards .The awards recognize outstanding achievement across categories, including entertainment, entrepreneurship, sports, arts, media, social justice, politics and technology.
   Gautam Gambhir
   Sachin Bhatia
   Rahul Gandhi
   Rahul Dravid
   
   
4. Who has been presented the 2008 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development on September 30, 2009.
   ElBaradei
   Anug suu kyi
   Ratan Tata
   Al Gore
   
   
5. Who is the new President of Forbes
   Jim Spanfeller
   Harry S. Truman
   Michelle Smith
   Michael Smith
   
   
6. An American Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and producer, he wrote for many popular and award-winning sitcoms, such as Taxi, Cheers and Fraiser He passed away on November 13, 2009. Name him
   Dan Schneider
   David Lloyd
   Jerry Bruckheimer
   Fred Savage
   
   
7. Who was conferred the Giants International Award for excellence in business and industry, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the hospitality industry
   Rahul Bajaj
   Deepak Parekh
   C P Krishnan Nair
   Keshub Mahindra
   
   
8. The executive director and chief economist with CRISIL, India’s leading ratings, research, risk and policy advisory company, he is all set to become the fourth deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India. Name him
   Mohan Resi
   Mr. Aditya Puri
   Deepak Parekh
   Dr. Subir Gokarn
   
   
9. Who has been appointed commissioner of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA), an American organization for female professional golfers.
   Michael Whan
   Arnold Palmer
   Rick Rhoden
   Matthew Adams
   
   
10. One of the world’s best known umpires, he stood in 92 tests and 172 one-day internationals, including three World Cup finals between 1983-2005. He passed away on October 28,2009. Identify him
    Ram Babu Gupta
    Michael Vaughan
    David Morgan
    David Shepherd
    
    
11. Who is the new chairman of CRISIL (India)
    Mr Narayanasami
    Mr S.V. Arumugham
    Deven Sharma
    Dr. Ramachandran
    
    
12. Who is the new President and CEO of GE India
    Anish Shah
    Tejpreet Singh Chopra
    John Krenicki
    John Flannery
    
    
13. Who has been appointed Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service in the US Department of Commerce by president Obama
    Suresh Kumar
    Nick Rathod
    John Podesta
    Arti Rai
    
    
14. Who has been appointed the new managing director of Zee entertainment
    Subhash Chandra
    Punit Goenka
    Mr.Jiten Hemdev
    Mr. Harish Sharma
    
    
15. A member of the Board of Directors and President and Chief Financial Officer of one of the world’s largest steel companies, he has been ranked in the Fortune magazine’s list of 40 rising business stars.
    Aditya Mittal
    Lakshmi Mittal
    Sajjan Jindal
    S K Roongta
    
    
16. Who is the new Managing Director of Tata Steel Ltd
    Koushik Chatterji
    B. Muthuraman
    Mr. H.M Nerurkar
    Mr. Somdeb Banerjee
    
    
17. An IT services provider for rural and microfinance institutions in India has bagged the national winner of 2009 Dell small business excellence award. Name it
    Carmic
    Aka
    Ekgaon
    Creative spark
    
    
18. Who was sworn in the chief minister of Haryana for a second term on October 25, 2009.
    Om Prakash Verma
    Jagannath Pahadia
    Bhupinder Singh Hooda
    Om Prakash Chautala
    
    
19. Which movie has been selected as India’s official entry to the Oscars in the Foreign Film Category
    Harishchandrachi Factory (Marathi)
    Shwaas (Marathi)
    Ghajini (Hindi)
    New York (Hindi)
    
    
20. Who has been awarded legion de Honor, the highest French award for expansion of French language in Rajasthan and also for laying foundation of Indo-French friendship events in both countries.
    Kermit Lynch
    Suzanne Cory
    Jane Goodall
    Dr. Asha Pandey
    
    
21. __________ is the new High Commissioner of India to New Zealand
    Amit Goswami
    Admiral Sureesh Mehta
    Swraj Paul
    Aswath Damodaran
    
    
22. Who has been reelected President of Afghanistan for a second term
    Hamid Karzai
    Burhanuddin Rabbani
    Mohammed Omar
    Sibghtulla Mojaddedi
    
    
23. A French novelist and playwright, her novel Trois Femmes Puissantes (Three Powerful Women) won the 2009 Prix Goncourt. The Prix Goncourt is a prize in French literature, given by the academia Goncourt to the author of the best and most imaginative prose work of the year. Name her
    Nancy Huston
    Beatrice Hammer
    Marie NDiaye
    Françoise Sagan
    
    
24. Who has won the Lifetime achievement award at this year’s World Food Award for his contribution to the food industry.
    Avinash Patel
    Gulam Noon
    Parmjit Dhanda
    Keith Vaz
    
    
25. Who is the acting CEO of JET
    Nikos Kardassis
    Steve Forte
    Naresh Goyal
    Wolfgang Prock-Schauer
    
    
26. Who became the mayor of New York for the third time on November 3, 2009.
    Rudy Giuliani
    Michael Bloomberg
    Edward Koch
    David Dinkins
    
    
27. Who was awarded a honoris causa (an honorary degree) by the University of Talca at a recent function in Chile for his contribution to the breeding research programmes of the three key products worldwide- wheat, rice and potato. The degree is conferred as a way of honoring a distinguished visitor's contributions to a specific field, or to society in general
    M. S. Swaminathan
    Kurien Verghese
    Suneel Kateriya
    Devinder Sharma
    
    
28. An American R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, actress and model, she won a trio of trophies at the MTV Europe music awards in Berlin on November 5, 2009. Name her
    Katy Perry
    Beyonce Knowles
    Mariah Carey
    Janet Jackson
    
    
29. Who is the new President of Association of Indian Magazines
    Paresh Nath
    Tarun Rai
    Pradeep Guha
    Mitrajit Bhattacharya
    
    
30. __________ has bagged an award for 'Brand Excellence in Internet Business' in November 2009.
    Worldpaypal.net
    TimesofMoney
    Click&Buy
    ChronoPay
    
    
31. An Indian politician, communist, he has been the chief minister of West Bengal since 2000 and stepped into his tenth year in office on November 6, 2009. Name him.
    Raman Singh
    Manik Sarkar
    Ramesh Pokhriyal
    Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
    
    
32. A former Indian cricketer and current cricket analyst, he is popularly known as Jimmy, he has been chosen for the CK Nayadu Lifetime achievement award.
    Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
    Mohammad Azharuddin
    Mohinder Amarnath
    Yograj Singh
    
    
33. Who has been honoured for his lifetime contribution to the Asian pay TV industry at the 16th convention of the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) on November 6, 2009.
    Subhash Chandra
    Rajesh Sawhney
    Lalit Modi
    Jagjit Singh Kohli
    
    
34. Who has been appointed as Germany’s new ambassador to India
    Bernd Mutzelberg
    Thomas Matussek
    Gunter Pleuger
    Burkina Faso
    
    
35. Who has been elected the President of Advertising Agencies Association of India (AAAI).
    Colvyn Harris
    Sam Balsara
    Mark Turim
    Ravi Deshpande
    
    
36. Who has been named as the world’s most powerful person in finance by business magazine Forbes
    Ben Bernanke
    Tim Geithner
    Sheila Bair
    Elizabeth Warren