CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS- MAY 2009

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS- MAY 2009

1. Who has become the first person in the World to have a full face transplant?
Connie CulpConnie Culp after face transplantationConnie was shot by her husband, who also shot himself afterwards, but both of them survived. She lost her nose and needed tracheotomy to be able to breathe and the whole surgery took 22 hours.Connie Culp-Earlier Photo

2. Name the Delhi-based automotive tyre maker, which announced the acquisition of Dutch-tyre firm Vredestein Banden BV, a subsidiary of Russia’s largest tyre manufacturer Amtel-Vredestein which went bankrupt last month. Apollo Tyres Ltd

3. Who is reappointed as Director-General of World Trade Organisation (WTO) for a second term of four years as from 1 September 2009?
Pascal Lamy

4. The South Korean blogger who was arrested in January and accused by the government of spreading false information about the worsening global economy, was acquitted recently?
Park Dae-sung, as a financial blogger, he published posts in his blog named Minerva

5. Who has been selected as the new Chief Coach for the Indian Men's Hockey team?
Jose Brasa of Spain

6. Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav recently rejected the Maoist led government's decision to sack the army chief, pushing the country further into political crisis that threatens to derail the two-and-half-year-old peace process. Name the army chief?
Rukmangat Katuwal

7. First concert of A.R.Rahman after winning the Oscar award was held in?
Kozhikkode (Kerala) on May 3

8. The 16-year-old Delhi boy, who has won his second International Tennis Federation (ITF) title by defeating South African opponent Raven Klaasen at the DLTA complex on Saturday (May 2)?
Yuki Bhambri

9. Name the Sri Lankan journalist and editor, who was assassinated on 8 January of this year, has been named as the laureate of the 2009 World Press Freedom Prize by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).Lasantha Wickrematunge

10. Who won his record fourth Rome Masters title, beating defending champion Novak DjokovicRafael Nadal