PERSONALITIES IN NEWS

01> The former Bangladesh Prime Minister and President of Awami League, was arrested in an extortion case involving take 2.96 crore, she was prime minister during 1996-2001

Sheikh Hasina

02> Who was conferred an honorary degree, Doctor of Arts by the Leads Metropolitan University of U.K. for her outstanding contribution to cultural diversity

Shilpa Shetty.

03> Three month old, has become the youngest permanent account number (PAN) card holder in the country

Ayush Ranjan Raut

04> Mexican Telecom tycoon, who has overtaken microsoft founder Bill gates as the richest person on planet, following the rocketing performance of his telecommunications firm America Marl Aside from American morl

Carlos Slem.

05> On 29 October 2007, when the sensex touched another landmark figure of 20,000 points it enormously swelled the net worth of billionaire Mukesh Ambani, making him the richest person in the world, he surpassed

06> American software Bill gates, Mexican hesiness tycoon Carlo Slum Hela and famous investment guru

Warrent Buffet.


07> Colonel Karuna was arrested for traveling on a forged passport on 2 November 2007 he-has been blamed for attacks against the Tigers since his split from the LTTE in March 2004.


08> Name the 2007 Miss International

Priscila Perales.

09> Author of ‘If Better is possible’ is

John Bchanan.

10> Recently who has been awarded the Eleanor Roosevelt Val Kull medal 2007

Cherie Blair.

11> Author of the book ‘When a tree shook Delhi’ is

Harman Bhatt.

12> Who has written the book ‘Deception : Pakistan, the united states and the global nuclear weapons conspiracy’

Adrian Leuy and Catherine Scott Clark.

13> Name the author of ‘To bill a mocking bird’ who had recently been awarded US Presidential medal of Freedom

Harper Lee.

14> Inside IB and Raw. The Rolling stones that gathered mass’ has been authored by

K. Sankaran Nair.


15> Who had been kept twenty self made millionaires by Forbes Magazine

Sunil Mittal (Airtel Chief)

16> To which personalities of India, American Magazine Newsweek added his eighth extraordinary women

Mayawati (Chief Minister (U.P.).

17> Who had been added in famous environmental champion by Newsweek magazine

Tulsi Tauti and D.P. Dobhal.

18> Which personaliy will establish an organization to protect environment from pollution and its aim to encourage ‘Green Economics’

Prince Charles (United Kingdom)

19> First space visitor of Malaysia, who returned from space safely on 22 October, 2007

Mujaffar Shakur

20> Sahitya Academy Award given to

Amarkant, Bahav Ashrafi, Pradeep Bihari.

21> First lady I.P.S. who took V.R.S. from Police Service

Kiran Bedi.

22> Who is the author of ‘Messiah’s Hand book

Richer Bach

23> Who is the author of “An American witness to India’s Partition

Philips Talbot

24> Who is the author of “The Raj Syndrome”

Subhash Chakravarty

25> Who is the author or “Indian Costume”

Anamika Pathak

26> Who is the author of “Towards Water Wisdom”

Ramaswami R. Iyer

27> Who is the author of “Crime Justice and Society”

Ronald J.Berger

28> Who has written the book “The Great Partition : The making of Indian and Pakistan”?

Yasmin Khan.