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| 301. |
Athletics Coach Purushotham Rai died a day before receiving which award? |
| Answer» On 28th August, 2020 Athletics Coach Purushotham Rai passed away at the age of 79 due to Cardiac Arrest, a day before he was to be conferred with the Dronacharya Award from President Ram Nath Govind in the lifetime category. | |
| 302. |
Arnold Spielberg, a pioneered computer designer & an innovative engineer passed away at what age? |
| Answer» Arnold Spielberg(Full Name- Arnold Meyer Spielberg), a Pioneered computer designer & an innovative engineer passed away at the age of 103 in Los Angeles, California of natural causes. He along with Charles Propster designed(in late 1950s) the GE-225 mainframe computer, while he worked for General Electric. He is the father of filmmaker Steven Spielberg. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on February 6, 1917. | |
| 303. |
Archana Mahanta, who passed away, belonged to which profession? |
| Answer» Veteran Assamese folk singer Archana Mahanta passed away at the age of 72 in Health City hospital, Guwahati, Assam following a brain stroke. She was also a reputed artist of All India Radio(Guwahati). She is the wife of late Khagen Mahanta( known as 'Bihu King') and mother of Angaraag 'Papon' Mahanta, popular Indian singer and founder of the folk-fusion band Papon and The East India Company. | |
| 304. |
H.Vasanthakumar, Member of Parliament-MP(Kanyakumari Lok sabha Constituency), founder and chairman of Vasanth & Co, founder and managing director of Vasanth TV( Tamil channel) passed away, belongs to which political party? |
| Answer» H.Vasanthakumar, Congress Member of Parliament-MP(Kanyakumari Lok sabha Constituency), founder and chairman of Vasanth & Co, founder and managing director of Vasanth TV( Tamil channel) passed away at the age of 70 in Apollo hospital, Chennai, TamilNadu due to COVID-19. He is the first MP from tamilNadu to die due to COVID-19. The Indian businessman and politician from Tamil Nadu was born on April 14, 1950 in Kanyakumari, TamilNadu. | |
| 305. |
Pranab Mukherjee served as the which President of India? |
| Answer» Former President and One of the Country's Senior Most Politicians Pranab Kumar Mukherjee passed away after developing a lung infection at the Army's Research and Referral Hospital, New Delhi, where he was admitted for a Brain Surgery. He had also tested Positive for Coronavirus. Pranab Mukherjee served as the 13th President of India from 2012-2017. He was India's only non-Prime Minister who was the leader of the Lok Sabha. | |
| 306. |
David Capel, who passed away recently belonged to which sport? |
| Answer» David Capel, the former cricket allrounder who played 15 Tests and 23 one-day internationals for England from 1987-1990, has died after a long illness. | |
| 307. |
Oscar winning Jiri Menzel passed away recently. what was his profession? |
| Answer» Oscar-winning Czech film director, Jiri Menzel passed away. He was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia on 23 February 1938. His 1st feature film, 'Closely Watched Trains' won an Academy Award (Oscars) for Best Foreign Language film in 1968. | |
| 308. |
Who is the Father of Indian Radio Astronomy? |
| Answer» Father of India's Radio Astronomy, Prof Govind Swarup passed away. He was born on March 23rd, 1929 in Thakurdwara, United Provinces, British India( Now in Uttar Pradesh). He was the founding director of National Centre for Radio Astrophysics of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. | |
| 309. |
Johnny Bakshi, who passed recently belongs to which profession? |
| Answer» Veteran producer-director, Johnny Bakshi passed away. He mostly worked as a producer, backing films such as Manzilein Aur Bhi Hain, (1974), Raavan, (1984) and Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee (1993). He has also directed two films Daku Aur Police (1992) and Khudai (1994). | |
| 310. |
Jaya Prakash Reddy passed away recently, he belongs to which profession? |
| Answer» Telugu actor Jaya Prakash Reddy passed away. He was working as a sub-inspector of police when he got an opportunity to act in Venkatesh's 1988 film Brahma Puthrudu. He was last seen in Mahesh Babu starrer Sarileru Neekevvaru (2020). | |
| 311. |
Diana Rigg passed away recently, she belonged to which profession? |
| Answer» British Actress who was popularly known for her recent role as Olenna Tyrell in the Game of Thrones series, Dame Diana Rigg passed away. She made her debut at the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1959. She starred alongside Partick Macnee in The Avengers (1965) as a secret agent Emma Peel. | |
| 312. |
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh passes away at Delhi AAIIMS. He belonged to which profession? |
| Answer» Former union minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh died at AIIMS, Delhi on Sunday, a close aide said. Singh died around 11 am due to breathlessness and other complications, Kedar Yadav, who remains by the side of the septuagenarian, told reporters over the phone. | |
| 313. |
Amitabha Ghosh passed away, he was the shortest-serving Governor of the which Institute? |
| Answer» The shortest-serving Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Amitabha Ghosh passed away. He had served as the 16th Governor of the Reserve Bank of India for 21 days between January 15, 1985, to February 4, 1985. It was a stop-gap arrangement when Amitabha Ghosh was serving as a deputy governor of RBI and waiting to hand over charge to the 17th RBI Governor R N Malhotra. | |
| 314. |
Chanesh Ram Rathiya, who passed away, belonged to which profession? |
| Answer» Veteran Congress leader and former Chhattisgarh minister, Chanesh Ram Rathiya passed away due to COVID-19. He was elected as an MLA for the first time in 1977 from Dharamjaigarh constituency in the then undivided Madhya Pradesh. | |
| 315. |
Sadashiv Raoji Patil, who passed away recently was related to which sport? |
| Answer» Former India player Sadashiv Raoji Patil, who played one Test match, passed away at his residence in Kolhapur . He was 86. A fast bowling all-rounder, Patil featured in 36 First-Class matches for Maharashtra from 1952-1964, scoring 866 runs and taking 83 wickets. He had also captained Maharashtra in the Ranji Trophy. | |
| 316. |
Ashok Gasti, who passed away recently, he belonged to which profession? |
| Answer» Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka, Ashok Gasti passed away due to COVID-19. He was born in 1965 and belonged to Raichur district, Karnataka. The first-time he took oath as Rajya Sabha MP on July, 2020. He is credited for organising the BJP in Raichur district. | |
| 317. |
PR Krishnakumar, who passed away, he belonged to which profession? |
| Answer» Tamil Nadu based prominent Indian Ayurveda physician, PR Krishna Kumar passed away. He was the Founder and Managing Director of the iconic Coimbatore Arya Vaidya Pharmacy (AVP) as well as the Chancellor of the renowned Avinashilingam University in Coimbatore. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri award in 2009 for his contribution to medicine. | |
| 318. |
Who was RBI's shortest service governor, who recently passed away? |
| Answer» On September 15, 2020 Amitabha Ghosh, former governor of RBI passed away at the age of 90. | |
| 319. |
What was the name of the author of "Forrest gump", who recently passed away? |
| Answer» American novelist and journalist Winston Groom, the author of "Forrest Gump", passed away at the age of 77 at Alabama, USA. | |
| 320. |
Ashalata Wabgaonkar passed away recently, she belonged to which profession? |
| Answer» Renowned Marathi, Hindi films and stage actress Ashalata Wabgaonkar passed away. She acted in several Marathi films and plays. In Bollywood, she starred in films such as 'ApneParaye', 'WohSaat Din', 'NamakHalaal', 'Zanjeer' and others. | |
| 321. |
Bhupesh Pandya, who passed away recently, belonged to which profession? |
| Answer» Theatre personality and Bollywood actor Bhupesh Pandya, who is best known for his role in Ayushmann Khurrana's debut film 'Vicky Donor' has passed away. He was an alumnus of National School of Drama (NSD). | |
| 322. |
Suresh Angadi passed away, he was the minster of state of which department? |
| Answer» Union Minister of State for Railways, Suresh Angadi has passed away after he contracted coronavirus disease. He is the first member of the Union Cabinet to die due to coronavirus. Suresh Angadi was a four-time Lok Sabha MP from Karnataka's Belagavi constituency. He was elected in 2004, 2014 and 2019. | |
| 323. |
Dean Jones passed away, he belonged to which profession? |
| Answer» Former Australian cricketer and renowned commentator, Dean Jones passed away. He made his debut for Australia in a Test match in the West Indies in 1984. He played 52 Tests and 164 ODIs for Australia between 1984 and 1994 before venturing into the commentary. He scored almost 9500 international runs. | |
| 324. |
S. P . Balasubramaniam passed away, he was known for his legendary career in which profession? |
| Answer» Legendary singer S.P. Balasubramaniam has passed away. He made his singing debut in 1966 with Telugu movie Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna. He has sung over 40,000 songs in as many as 16 languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi. S.P. Balasubramaniam bagged his first national award for Sankarabharanam. The second time he won the National award for his first Hindi song, Tere Mere Beech Mein in the film Ek Duuje Ke Liye. | |
| 325. |
Sekhar Basu passed away, he was the receiver of which award? |
| Answer» Veteran Atomic Scientist and Former Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission(AEC), Sekhar Basu passed away due to COVID-19. He served as the Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and as director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). He was born on September 20, 1952, in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. | |
| 326. |
Dr Isher Judge Ahluwalia passed away, she was a famous person of which field? |
| Answer» Renowned economist, Dr Isher Judge Ahluwalia passed away. She served as the director and then the chairperson of Delhi-based Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) for a total of 15 years and built ICRIER into a leading global think tank. She was awarded the third-highest civilian award Padma Bhushan in 2009 for her services in the field of education and literature. | |
| 327. |
Syeda Anwara Taimur passed away. She was first and only woman CM of which state? |
| Answer» Assam's first and only woman chief minister, Syeda Anwara Taimur passed away. A four-time Congress MLA beginning with her first election in 1972, Taimur held portfolios like education before becoming chief minister for a brief period from December 6, 1980, to June 30, 1981. She was nominated for a Rajya Sabha term in 1988. She joined the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) in 2011. | |
| 328. |
Veteran Social activist Pushpa Bhave passes away at 81, she was also known by which name? |
| Answer» Veteran social activist Prof Pushpa Bhave, also known as the Iron Lady of Mumbai, has passed away following a prolonged illness. She was 81. Bhave has been associated with the Rashtra Seva Dal and democratic movements since her student days. She was also an academician and an intellectual, who fought for the rights of common citizens. She had taken part in the Samyukta Maharashtra movement and the Goa liberation movement. | |
| 329. |
Mishti Mukherjee passed away, she belonged to which profession? |
| Answer» Bollywood actress Mishti Mukherjee, who has featured in many Hindi, Bengali and Telugu films, and music videos has passed away. Besides featuring in major Bengali projects, Mishti made her debut in Bollywood with the film Life Ki Toh lag Gayi in 2012 and worked as the lead actress in Subhash Ghai's 2014 film Kaanchi: The Unbreakable?. | |
| 330. |
KK Usha passed away, she was the first woman Chief Justice of which state? |
| Answer» Former Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court, Justice KK Usha, passed away. She served as a judge from 1991 to 2000. And when she was appointed Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court from 2000 to 2001, Justice Usha became the first woman to join the High Court Judiciary from the Bar and became a Chief Justice. | |
| 331. |
Avinash Kharshikar passed away at 68, he belonged to which profession? |
| Answer» Avinash Kharshikar has passed away at the age of 74 at his residence. The actor was one of the most prominent actors of the Indian film industry. Renuka Shahane took to social media to offer her condolences on the passing away of the veteran actor. Fans of the star were grieved as they too joined in the condolences messages for the now-departed film star. | |
| 332. |
MLA Pradeep Maharathy passed away, he belongs to which political party? |
| Answer» Minister and veteran Biju Janata Dal MLA Pradeep Maharathy passed away on Sunday, weeks after he tested positive for COVID-19. He was 66. He was undergoing treatment in a city-based private hospital and his health condition deteriorated in the past few days. He is survived by wife, son and daughter. | |
| 333. |
Haji Hussain Ansari died at 73. He belonged to which state? |
| Answer» Jharkhand's minority welfare minister Haji Hussain Ansari died on Saturday at a hospital in Ranchi, official sources said. He was 73. Mr Ansari, a senior JMM leader, was admitted to the Medanta hospital around two weeks back after being diagnosed with COVID-19. | |
| 334. |
Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan passed away, he was the president of which political party? |
| Answer» Union minister of consumer affairs, food and public distribution, Ram Vilas Paswan passed away. He was born on 5 July 1946. He was also the president of the Lok Janshakti Party, eight-time Lok Sabha member and current Rajya Sabha MP. | |
| 335. |
Cricketer Najeeb Tarakai passed away, he belonged to which nation? |
| Answer» Afghanistan right-handed batsman, Najeeb Tarakai passed away in a road accident. He played 12 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) for Afghanistan, after making his international debut in the 2014 T20 World Cup. He played his only one-day international against Ireland in 2017. | |
| 336. |
Vishal Anand passed away, he belonged to which profession? |
| Answer» Veteran Bollywood actor, Vishal Anand has passed away. He came to fame with 1976 super-hit song and film 'Chalte Chalte'. His real name was Bhishmam Kohli. He has appeared in 11 Hindi films during his acting careers like Hindustan Ki Kasam and Taxi Driver. Apart from acting, Anand had also directed and produced a few films, including Chalte Chalte. | |
| 337. |
Ashwani Kumar passed away, he was a well known person of which field? |
| Answer» Former Governor of Manipur and Nagaland, and ex-CBI Director, Ashwani Kumar passed away. He was born at Nahan in Sirmaur district and joined the Indian Police Force in 1973. He was allotted the Himachal Pradesh cadre and while working as the District Superintendent of Police at Shimla in 1985, he was inducted in the newly created Special Protection Group (SPG), where he worked till 1990. | |
| 338. |
Scientist Mario Molina passed away, he was the winner of which award? |
| Answer» Mario Jose Molina, the only Mexican scientist to receive the Nobel Prize, passed away. He was born on 19th March 1943 in Mexico City, Mexico. He shared the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Frank Sherwood Rowland of the United States(US) and Paul Crutzen of the Netherlands for their 1970 research on the damage to the Ozone layer. | |
| 339. |
Eddie Van Halen, who was passed away was a renowned person of which field |
| Answer» Musician Eddie Van Halen, the Guitar virtuoso whose blinding speed, control and innovation propelled his band Van Halen into one of hard rock's biggest groups and became elevated to status of rock god, has died .He was 65. | |
| 340. |
Captain Carlton Chapman passed away, he belonged to which sports? |
| Answer» Former Indian football captain, Carlton Chapman passed away. He was born on 13th April 1971 in Bengaluru, Karnataka. He announced his retirement from professional Football in 2001. He was the captain of the Indian team when India won the South Asian Football Federation Gold Cup in 1997. He was a leading midfielder played for Indian from 1995 to 2001. He joined Quartz FC, Kozhikode as the technical director in 2017. | |
| 341. |
Vijay Reddy passed away, he belonged to which profession? |
| Answer» Sad news coming in from the Kannada film industry. As per reports in The Hindu, veteran film director B. Vijaya Reddy, better known as Vijay in the Kannada film industry is no more. Director Vijay passed away in Chennai and was 84 years old when he breathed his last. Director Vijay is most remembered for his collaboration with Dr. Rajkumar to deliver some of his finest films. | |
| 342. |
Environment Minister C M Chang passed away, he belonged to which state? |
| Answer» Nagaland's environment minister, C M Chang passed away due to COVID-19. He was a retired IAS officer and former Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (2009-13). He was elected to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly from 51 Noksen constituencies under Tuensang district in 2013 and later retained the same seat in 2018 on Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) ticket. | |
| 343. |
Charlie Moore passed away, he won which championship in Olympics? |
| Answer» The 400-meter hurdles champion at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, Charlie Moore passed away. He won the 400 hurdles in the rain in 1952 in 50.8 seconds to tie the Olympic record he set in the quarterfinals. He also earned a silver medal in Helsinki on the United States' 1,600-meter relay team. After the Olympics, he set a world record of 51.6 in the 440 hurdles at the British Empire Games in London. | |
| 344. |
Cricketer John R Reid passed away, he belonged to which country? |
| Answer» Former New Zealand cricket all-rounder, John Richard Reid passed away. He was also New Zealand's oldest surviving Test player. He was the first cricketer to lead New Zealand to a Test victory. | |
| 345. |
Shoba Naidu passed away, she belonged to which profession? |
| Answer» Renowned Kuchipudi dancer, Shobha Naidu passed away. Her major achievements include choreography and presentation of Ballets Vipranarayana, Kalyana Srinivasam and many others, in which she was the main protagonist and portrayed various roles like Satyabhama, Devadevaki, Padmavathi, Mohini, Sai Baba, and Goddess Parvati which won her great appreciation. Some of the famous awards won by her includes, Padma Shri in 2001, Sangeet Natak Akademi in 1991. | |
| 346. |
Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz passed away, he belonged to which country? |
| Answer» Veteran Politician and former prime minister of Turkey, Mesut Yilmaz has passed away. He was the Chief of the now-dysfunctional centre-right Motherland Party or ANAP from 1991 to 2002. He served as prime minister of Turkey three times in the 1990s. His first two prime-ministerial terms lasted for just one month, in 1991 and then in 1996, while the third term was from June 1997 to January 1999. | |
| 347. |
Bhanu Athaiya passed away, she was the winner of which award? |
| Answer» The first Indian to win the Oscar award, Bhanu Athaiya passed away. She won the Best Costume Design Oscar for her work in the 1982 film Gandhi, directed by Richard Attenborough. In 2012, Athaiya returned her Oscar to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for safekeeping. | |
| 348. |
Sooronbai Jeenbekov resigned, he was the president of which nation? |
| Answer» Kyrgyzstan President, Sooronbai Jeenbekov has resigned from his post, following 10 days of unrest caused by protesters who have demanded his removal from office. On 4th October 2020, he was re-elected as the President in Parliamentary election, causing political turmoil throughout the country. | |
| 349. |
Kishore Bhimani passed away, he was related to which sports? |
| Answer» Veteran sports journalist and Cricket commentator, Kishore Bhimani passed away. He was a leading cricket commentator in the Eighties and Nineties and is best remembered for being on the air during the tied Test of 1986 between India and Australia in Chepauk, Chennai. He had received a lifetime achievement award for his decades-long contribution in the fields of media and commentary in 2013. | |
| 350. |
Akkitham passed away, he belonged to which profession? |
| Answer» Legendary Malayalam poet and Jnanpith laureate, Mahakavi Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri passed away. He has penned more than 46 literary works including poems, plays, essays and short stories. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2017. | |