Globescan - Compiled by Reshma Majithia

1. A former Austrian cross-country skier, he won the bronze medal in the 50 km at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. He announced his retirement on January 1, 2010 after being suspended on suspicion of blood doping. Identify him
   Tad Elliott
   James Southam
   Kris Freeman
   Christian Hoffmann
   
   
2. Who is the new chief of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)?
   Dr. V. S. Korikanthimath.
   Dr. Mangala Rai
   Dr. S Ayyappan
   Dr. M. A. Khan
   
   
3. Who is the chief minister of Jharkhand?
   Madhu Koda
   Shibu Soren
   Arjun Munda
   Raghubar Das
   
   
4. An Indian economist, he has been appointed as new chief economic advisor in the ministry of finance. Name him.
   Kaushik Basu
   Amartya Sen
   Rajiv Shah
   T.N. Srinivasan
   
   
5. Who has been re-elected as president of the Editors Guild of India for a second term?
   Soni Sangwan
   Shobhna Bhartia
   Arnab Goswami
   Rajdeep Sardesai
   
   
6. Who has been named 'Person of the Year' by Time magazine for 2009 for helping steer the US economy through its darkest days since the great depression?
   Jimmy Carter
   Barack Obama
   Ben Bernanke
   Vladimir Putin
   
   
7. Who has been conferred the second Lokmanya Tilak National Journalist Award by the Kesari Mahratta Trust? The Kesari Mahratta Trust has established this award to recognize the immense contribution of Lokmanya Tilak to Indian journalism and to honour a journalist who has shown similar shades of courage and fearlessness in his journalism.)
   R Jagannathan
   Jaideep Bose
   N. Ram
   Rajdeep Sardesai
   
   
8. ____________ has been named the best picture of 2009 by the National Society of Film Critics
   The Hurt Locker
   Avatar
   District 9
   Julie and Julia
   
   
9. Who is the winner of the FIFA World Player of Year Award for the year 2009?
   Emmanuel Adebayor
   Gianluigi Buffon
   Cristiano Ronaldo
   Lionel Messi
   
   
10. _________ is the Economic Times Global Indian of the Year 2009.
    Arun Sarin
    Keshub Mahindra
    Ram Charan
    Lakshmi Mittal
    
    
11. Who is the new chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)?
    Srikumar Banerjee
    Anil Kakodkar
    Kapil Shah
    Dr R Chidambaram
    
    
12. An American actress and singer, she starred in films Clueless Girl, Interrupted , 8 Mile and Uptown Girls. Recently she passed away after suffering a cardiac arrest at the age of just 32. Identify her ?
    Jeniffer Lopez
    Brittany Murphy
    Kate Elizabeth Winslet
    Donna Air
    
    
13. Who is the current secretary of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)?
    Rajiv Shah
    Neal Kumar Katyal
    Aneesh Paul Chopra
    Vivek Kundra
    
    
14. An Indian film actor, he is one of the most prominent figures in the history of Indian cinema. Recently he has become the brand ambassador for Gujarat. Identify him.
    Naseeruddin Shah
    Shahrukh Khan
    Amitabh Bachchan
    Om Puri
    
    
15. Reliance MediaWorks has acquired a London-based film processing company for an undisclosed amount. Name the company.
    Lions Gate Entertainment
    Paramount Pictures
    DreamWorks
    iLab
    
    
16. An Indian politician and businessman, he is the President of the Indian Olympic Association, Asian Athletics Association and Athletics Federation of India and has catapulted to the top position in the Sportz Power List 2009. Name him
    Sharad Pawar
    Suresh Kalmadi
    Sahadev Yadav
    Brijesh Patel
    
    
17. Who received the CNBC Outstanding Business Leader of the Year Award for 2009?
    Dr Verghese Kurien
    Lakshmi Mittal
    Azim Premji
    Anand Mahindra
    
    
18. A wireless telephony company, it is the third largest GSM company in India after Airtel and Vodafone. It has won ET's Emerging Company of the Year award for 2009. Name the company?
    Idea celular
    BSNL
    Tata Teleservices
    Spice Telecom
    
    
19. Who is the new President of Croatia?
    Franjo Tudman
    Vlatko Pavletic
    Zlatko Tomcic
    Dr. Ivo Josipovic
    
    
20. India's largest utility vehicles and tractor maker has acquired stake in two Australian aerospace companies, Aerostaff Australia and Gippsland Aeronautics for Rs. 1.75 billion. Name the utility maker.
    Hindustan Motors
    Mahindra & Mahindra
    Tata Motors
    Maruti Suzuki
    
    
21. Who has been awarded Georgia's highest decoration, the Order of National Hero of Georgia, for his support in the August 2008 war with Russia?
    John Aronson
    Geoff Davis
    Ciro Rodriguez
    John McCain
    
    
22. On Christmas Day, 2009, a Nigerian national belonging to the Al Qaeda attempted to blow up a US passenger jet, sparking fears of a 9/11 repeat and leading to massive stringency in aviation security procedures around the Western world. The plane was headed to Detroit from?
    London
    Nairobi
    Amsterdam
    Seattle
    
    
23. Who among the following has been ranked among the top five best performing CEOs in the world by Harvard Business Review (management magazine)?
    Anil Ambani
    Mukesh Ambani
    Lakshmi Mittal
    Ratan Tata
    
    
24. Who is the new CEO of Bharti Airtel?
    Sanjay Kapoor
    Manoj Kohli
    Akhil Gupta
    Vijay Srinivasan
    
    
25. Who is the winner of the Brisbane International Title in tennis?
    Robby Ginepri
    Radek Stepanek
    Andy Roddick
    Andre Agassi
    
    
26. India's reputation as a sporting destination was tarnished recently when a much awaited one-day cricket tie between India and Sri Lanka had to be called off due to dangerously poor pitch conditions. Name the venue.
    Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
    Vidarbha Cricket Association, Nagpur
    Nehru Stadium, Indore
    Ferozeshah Kotla Grounds, New Delhi