1. Name the Congress MP and son of late Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajasekhara Reddy, who left the chief minister's official residence and shifted to his family house in Hyderabad on December 29, 2009.
Raj Mohan Reddy Jagan Mohan Reddy Shayam Mohan Reddy
2. Name the Kerala CPI (M) secretary who was granted bail by a CBI special court on December 30, 2009 in a graft case relating to awarding of contract to a Canadian firm during his tenure as power minister in 1998.
Pinarayi Vijayan Prasad Jothindranath Krishna Damodaran
3. Name the chairman of the 13th Finance Commission, who would submit the report of the commission to president Pratibha Patil this month.
Vijay Kelkar Bhaskara Rao Subhash Singh
4. The 54th birthday of Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on January 15 will be celebrated as.
People’s Rights Day People's Welfare Day People’s Movement day
5. Who was sworn-in as the new governor of Andhra Pradesh on December 28, 2009 following ND Tiwari's resignation in the wake of a controversy over a sting operation purportedly showing him in a compromising position with three women.
ES Lakshmi Narasimhan AN Ramesh Dave PS Ramakanth Reddy
6. Name the junior scientist who was killed in the fire at the Bhaba Atomic Research Centre.
Umang Singh Chotelal Gupta Umesh Shah
7. Name the Indian-origin scientist who has been bestowed the 'Officer of the Order of Canada', Canada’s top civilian honour.
Jayraj Singh Sanjeev Rao Shrawan Kumar
8. Name the former Indonesian leader and the country's fourth president who died on December 30, 2009 at the age of 69.
Suharto Sukarnoputri Abdurrahman Wahid Nahdlatul Ulama
9. Name UK's first Sikh and Asian judge who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II on December 31, 2009, receiving the highest civilian honour for his services to the administration of justice and community relations.
Mota Singh Laxman Narayan Baljeet Singh
10. Name Sri Lanka’s president who has claimed credit for the landmark victory over the Tamil Tiger rebels in the civil war as he squares off in next month's presidential polls against his former army chief, who led the nation to triump over the LTTE in May.

Ashoka Suraweera Ranil Wickremesinghe Mahinda Rajapaksa

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