Daily Cardio Workout on Current Affairs

Today the Newspapers were filled with the stories of the legend, Fidel Castro. So, lets start our cardio exercise from that....

Fidel Castro

Name the Cuban dictator who was overthrown by Fidel Castro as he became the Prime Minister in Cuba.

Fulgentio Batista

When did Fidel Castro came to power in Cuba?

January 8, 1959

Castro is the second longest serving national leader of the current times. Who is the first?

Queen Elizabeth II

The main biography on the life of Fidel Castro is :

My Life : Fidel Castro by Ignacio Ramonet

The main documentaries about Castro and Cuban Revolution are :

South of the Border; and Fidel Castro : The Untold Story by Oliver Stone.

When was Fidel Castro born?

August 13, 1926.

When did US President, J.F.Kennedy, decree the embargo against Cuba?

February 13, 1962.

When did Castro form the Communist Party of Cuba?

1965

When did Castro temporarily transfer his powers to Raul Castro?

July 31, 2006

Raul Castro was formally named as the President in -

February 2008

Who was the US President when Castro came into power in Cuba? 

Dwight Eisenhower

Under which US President did the first trip of U.S businessmen to Cuba was organized to ease the 

embargo? 

Gerarld Ford (1974 -77)

By the petition of Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate, which state in USA is gearing up for a recount of votes?

Wisconsin

Name the new book on foreign policy of India authored by former National Security Adviser Shivshankar Menon.

Choices : Inside the Making of India’s Foreign Policy

J.F Kennedy of the Democrat Party was the President of USA from –

1961 – 1963

Who is the new Army Chief of Pakistan?

Lt. Gen. Qamar Bajwa. He replaced General Raheel.

In the 26/11 memory, a team of six swimmers named as the Sea Hawks and led by Wing Commander 

Param Veer Singh is going to break their previous record of 433 km by swimming a distance of 1000 km. They will be swimming from ….. to …….

Mumbai to Mangalore.