Why was Arundhati Roy investigated for sedition?

• For committing contempt of court

• For saying that Kashmir is not an integral part of India

• For sympathizing with the Maoists

• For sympathizing with the Maoists

Damon Galgut’s ‘In a Strange Room’ was recently in news for:

• Man Booker Prize shortlist

• Winning the Pulitzer Prize

• Winning the Orange Prize for fiction

• Winning the Orange Prize for fiction

Who was recently in the news when the Supreme Court of India rejected her plea for Euthansia, but paved the way for legalization of passive euthanasia?

• Aruna Shanbaug

• Aruna Roy

• Mary Roy

• Mary Roy

Nagoya Protocol, signed by India on 30th October, 2010 is:

• an international treaty of bilateral investment between India and Japan

• an international treaty to ensure that local produce are exploited only under license and for the common good of the mankind

• an international treaty to ensure that the benefits of natural resources and their commercial derivatives are shared with local communities

• an international treaty to ensure that the benefits of natural resources and their commercial derivatives are shared with local communities

Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, was arrested in which of the following nations?

• U.K

• Sweden

• Denmark

• Denmark

Which of the following are the five countries that have decided to bid for 2017 World Athletics Championships?

• Qatar, USA, China, Sri Lanka and Brazil

• Germany, Britain, Hungary, Qatar and Spain

• Germany, Qatar, India, Spain and China

• Germany, Qatar, India, Spain and China

The recent Tunisian revolution is known as:

• Orange Revolution

• Jasmine Revolution

• Purple Revolution

• Purple Revolution

“The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist’ is a 2010 publication of Harvard University Press of which of the following authors?

• Orhan Pamuk

• J.M Coetzie

• Partha Chatterjee

• Partha Chatterjee

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Who replaced Lalit Modi as the IPL Chairman and Commissioner from this year’s edition of the IPL?

• Chirayu Amin

• Rajiv Shukla

• Ratnakar Shetty

• Ratnakar Shetty

Which one of the following films was officially selected to compete in the Uncertain Regard (A Certain Glance) category at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival?

• Udaan

• My Name is Khan

• Wednesday

• Wednesday