shaswat wrote:1. Name the person who won the social entrepreneur award 2008. Arbind Singh
2. Who won the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize, 2008? Mohammad ElBaradei
3. Winner(s) of IAAF World Athlete of the Year award? 22-year-old Jamaican Usain Bolt and Russia’s 26-year-old Yelena Isinbayeva were crowned as the Male and Female World Athletes of the Year 2008
4. Who won the UN Human Rights award, 2008? Ramsey Clark
5. India's Chandrayaan won the prestigious international cooperation award by a group. Name this group. ILEWG awards, 2008,
6. Who wrote Imagining India and who has got it's publishing rights? (Sitter ) Nandan Nilekani----- Penguin India
7. Name the writer of the book - Secret Life of Words. Henry Hitchings
8. In which county did ONGC recently struck an offshore block? iran
9. This place is located near Bangalore and will be the first one to host the aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul facility (MRO) in India. Name it. Hosur
10. Name the gulf which was in news recently due to increased cases of sea piracy. gulf of aden
Answers
1. Name the person who won the social entrepreneur award 2008.
Arbind Singh, Executive Director Nidan
2. Who won the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize, 2008?
Mhd. El Baradei, Director General of IAEA
3. Winner(s) of IAAF World Athlete of the Year award?
Sprinter Usain Bolt of Jamaica and pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia
4. Who won the UN Human Rights award, 2008?
Late Benazir Bhutto
5. India's Chandrayaan won the prestigious international cooperation award by a group. Name this group.
International Lunar Exploration Working Group
6. Who wrote Imagining India and who has got it's publishing rights? (Sitter )
Nandan Nilekani, co-chairman Infosys. Penguin India has the rights.
7. Name the writer of the book - Secret Life of Words.
Henry Hitching
8. In which county did ONGC recently struck an offshore block?
Egypt
9. This place is located near Bangalore and will be the first one to host the aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul facility (MRO) in India. Name it.
Hosur
10. Name the gulf which was in news recently due to increased cases of sea piracy.
Gulf of Aden