2008 Current Events and Awards
Quiz covering major events and achievements from 2008 including Nobel Prizes, ISRO space missions, literary awards, and political milestones
Questions
What is the full form of “ASEM”?
- Asia-Europe Meeting
- Asia, South America, Europe Meet
- Andaman Sea Environment Meet
- Atlanta Sea Environment Meet
What is the full form of “IBEX”?
- Interstellar Boundary Explorer Mission
- Interstellar Boundary Explorer Medium
- Interstellar Boundary Explanation Mission
- None of these
What is the full form of “TMC”?
- Terrain Mapping Camera
- Terrain Mapping Change
- Terrain Medium Camera
- None of these
What is the full form of “MIP”?
- Moon Impact Probe
- Moon Impact Public
- Mercury Impact Probe
- None of these
What is the full form of “ISTRAC”?
- ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network
- ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Change Network
- Indian Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network
- None of these
What is the full form of “GFP”?
- Green Fluorescent Protein
- Glow Fluorescent Protein
- Green Fibre Protein
- None of these
Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier of France received the Nobel Prize 2008 for which of the following works?
- Discovery of the virus that causes AIDS
- Work in the cause of cervical cancer
- Work on conflict resolution
- None of these
Researchers use GFP to track which of the following processes?
- The development of brain cells
- The growth of tumours
- The spread of cancer cells
- All of the above
Name the second person French writer after novelist Claude Simon to have won the Nobel Prize in 2008?.
- Jean Marie Gustave le Clezio
- Osamu Shimomura
- Martin Chalfie
- Roger Tsien
Japan's Osamu Shimomura and Americans Martin Chalfie and Roger Tsien shared the Nobel prize 2008 for which of the following works?
- Work on Green Fluorescent Protein
- Discovery of the virus that causes AIDS
- Work in the cause of cervical cancer
- Work on conflict resolution
Name the debutant Indian novelist who won the Man Booker Prize, one of the world's most prestigious literary awards, for his novel The White Tiger.
- Aravind Adiga
- Salman Rushdie
- Kiran Bedi
- None of these
It was only the _____ time in the Booker's 40-year history that a first time writer had claimed the award, and at 33, Adiga is also one of its youngest winners.
- third
- second
- first
- fifth
A book by Rashmi Uday Singh on vegetarian food bagged the Gourmand World Cookbook Award. Name the book.
- Around the World in 80 Plates
- The White Tiger
- Anandamath
- None of these
Harald zur Hausen of Germany received the Nobel Prize 2008 for which of the following works?
- Work in the cause of cervical cancer
- Discovery of the virus that causes AIDS
- Work on Green Fluorescent Protein
- None of these
The first-ever Sino Indian military combat exercise on Indian soil with counter-terrorism as its primary thrust area was held at
- Belgaum
- Bellary
- Bangalore
- Belapur
Barack Obama Hussein is the _____ President of USA.
- 44th
- 45th
- 41st
- 40th
A 32-metre antenna to track the lunar spacecraft Chandrayaan-1 through its voyage was set up at _____ in Karnataka.
- Byalalu
- Bellary
- Bangalore
- Belapur
Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari received Nobel Prizes, 2008 in which of the following categories?
- Peace
- Medicine
- Physics
- None of these
Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari received the Nobel Prize 2008 for which of the following works?
- Work on conflict resolution
- Work in the cause of cervical cancer
- Discovery of the virus that causes AIDS
- None of these
Indian classical vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi was been honoured with the
- Bharat Ratna in 2008
- Nobel Prize in 2008
- Padma Sri in 2008
- None of these
_______ is the highest civilian award of India.
- Bharat Ratna
- Arjuna Award
- Padma Sri
- Padma Vibhushan
___________ received the first V.K. Krishna Menon Award for his fearless fight against corruption in the judicial system and for espousing social causes.
- Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan
- Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh
- Smt. Sonia Gandhi
- Atal Behari Bajpayee