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Leading Hindi cinema lmmaker, Yash Chopra , passed away on 21st oct 2012He made over 50 lms in his career and was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalkeaward in 2001.
Hurricane Sandy causes extensive destructionHurricane Sandy struck the East coast of the USand portions of the Caribbean in oct 12. It was thelargest Atlantic Ocean hurricane with a diameter over 1000 miles. It caused extensive damage tothe coastline, business and deaths of over 150people, with 90 in the USA. There was ooding,power cuts and fuel shortages.
Riots in Rakhine state, Myanmar Ongoing con icts between ethnic RakhineBuddhists and Rohingya Muslims in the RakhineState of Myanmar (Former Burma) Of cial casualtygures are around 80 dead and over 100,000
displaced.
The world's worst airline starts online booking service. North Korea's
state owned airline, Air Koryo is of cially known as the worst airline inthe world. It is the lowest ranked airline according to Skytrax, the globalairline ranking service.
Science & Tech NewsNew launches Virtual travel social website launched
World oat.com is a new social networkingsite
It enables users to move around a virtualworld where they can hang around, shopand advertise.
Solar powered desalination plantThis plant uses a membrane desalinationsystem and will be operational in 2013.
It will be bene cial for the Navajo Indiannation in Arizona, USA.
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IPhone 5 Windows 8iPad mini
Smart new way to play video gamesThe wireless device, called Palla, can beheld or rolled along. Palla has no buttons.Pressure and proximity sensors allow a
user to interact with the ball by tapping or moving their hand over its surface.
September to October 2012
Anti-Islam movie sparksoutrage worldwide
Clips of an anti-Islamic movie titled 'Innonenceof Muslims' were uploaded to YouTube.This sparked off protests and outrage
worldwide and led to 75 deaths .
2012 Nobel Prizes awarded Physics: Serge Haroche & David Wineland Chemistry: Brian Kobilka & Robert Lefkowitz Medicine: John Gurdon & Shinya Yamanaka Literature: Mo Yan Peace: European Union Economics: Alvin Roth & Lloyd Shapley
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A British couple, Janys and John Warren of Somerset, set their clocks one hour
ahead of all of the U.K.They claim this is good for their health.
A woman in Hew Hampshire, USA, wasarrested 4 times in 26 hours
She was blasting the AC/DC song "Highwayto hell" and other loud music from her home.
Ig-Nobel awards
These are prizes for the silliest and oddestdiscoveries (spoof on Nobel prizes) Brain activity in dead salmon sh Chimps can recognize other chimps with
a snapshot of their backside Leaning Tower of Pisa looks smaller while
leaning left
2012 Wife carrying contest A couple from Finland won the 13th
annual wife carrying contest. The couple won prizes including cash
equal to ve times the womans weight,plus her weight in beer.
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Awards for Innovation in history of foodThe fridge was voted the top innovation
Pasteurized milk and tin cans came second.
The newly discovered comet, ISON , may
become the brightest object in our sky.This comet will pass Earth around Dec13.
For the rst time, scientists were able tomeasure a black holes point of no return.The boundary of a black hole is known as
the 'event horizon'
Research scientists havegenerated the worlds fastestlaser pulse.The beam shot was67 attoseconds(0.000000000000000067seconds)
Planet with four suns foundNewly found planet, PH1, has four suns
PH1 is thought to be a gas giant larger thanplanet Neptune.
NASAs new X1 roboticexoskeletonThis is a 57 pound device thatcan be worn by astronauts.This can help astronauts performsuperhuman tasks and stayhealthy in space.
Luxury hotel for canines opens in NYCStandard room rates will be $79 a day A 9700square feet luxury hotel for canines exclusively
will open in the Chelsea neighborhood of NewYork City.
Unsafe date: July 13th According to a survey, July 13th is the most
unsafe date.
On this date, you are most likely to suffer apersonal injury.
September to October 2012
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Sports RoundupCRICKET NEWS New Zealand India series
India won the two testsNZ Won one T20, whereas one was abandoned
T20 World CupWest Indies won thetrophy defeating Sri Lanka
Australia retained thewomen's title
Champions league T20Trophy was won by SydneySixers. They beatHighveld lions
Aus- Pak Played a series in the UAEThe ODI series was won by Australia 2-1Pakistan won the T20 series 2-1
Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is set to become therst Indian sportsperson to be conferred with themembership of the order of Australia.
South African tour to Engaland
SA won the Test series 2-0The ODI series was tied 2-2The T20 series was tied 1-1
TennisUS Open Andy Murray of the UK Won the men's singles title Serena Williams, USA won the women's Single title
Novak Djokovic won the 2012 Shanghai Rolex MastersNovak Djokovic and Victoria Azarenka win China open
40th Chess Olympiadwas held in Istanbul, Turkey
There were more than 150 nationsParticipating
The team events were won by Armenia(Open) and Russia(Women)
London Paralympics
Games 2012 Over 4000 disabled athletesparticipated
China topped the medal tally with95 gold
IBSF World Billiards India's Pankaj Advani won Won
the IBSF world Billiards (timeformat) for the seventh time.
India's Rupesh Shah won theworld title in the point format.
Formula one racing Sebastian Vettel won the Singapore, Japan,
Korean and Indian GP races Lewis Hamilton won the Italian GP Jenson Button won the Belgian Grand Prix
Cycling Alberto Contador of Spain won the
Tour of Spain - Cycling race
2012 World Series Major
League BaseballThe San Francisco Giants won the2012 world series by defeating theDetroit Tigers.
Golf Team Europe retained the Ryder
cup defeating the USA 14.5 to 13.5points.
Thaworn Wirachant of Thailandwon the 2012 Indian Open Golf Tournament.
Rory Mallory won the Deutsche
Bank and BMW golf championships.
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September to October 2012
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Unusual deaths
Some famous international awards:GK mart
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Pulitzer Prize
Conferred annually for outstanding work in
journalism, literature and music
Templeton Prize
Awarded for progress in religion
Man Booker Prize
Conferred annually for excellence in literature
Palme PrizeConferred to individuals ghting for democracy
and international values
Qin Shi Huang, the rst Emperor of China, died after ingesting severalpills of mercury in the belief that itwould grant him eternal life
Isadora Duncan,actor, died of a broken neck when her long scarf caught on the wheel of acar in which she was a passenger
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Changed name for some placesGK mart
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Bugs Bunny Leon Schlesinger,USA
Calvin andHobbes Bill Watterson,USA
Dilbert Scott Adams, USA
FlashGordon Alex Raymond,USA
Dennis theMenace Hank Ketcham,USA
Some famous cartoon strips and authors:
Stadacona Quebec City,Canada
Massilia Marseille,France
Pataliputra Patna, India
Terminus Atlanta, USA
Monkchester Newcastle, U.K.
Old name New name
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Year: 2012Issue: 6
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Across2. Folk dance of Assam state, India4. The capital of the Canadian province of British Columbia is5. Drew Barrymores name in the movie E.T was6. The 2012 Cricket T20 World Cup Champions7. Sodium Silicate is commonly known as9. The ancient games were held in Greece.
What was the name of the place that givesthe Games its name?
Down1. The National Film Archives of India isheadquarterd in this city3. The Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia isdedicated to which deity?4. Hugo Chavez was re-elected the President of this country recently...5. Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the NobelPrize for this book6. The capital city of Poland is8. Collective term in Botany applied to petals and sepals
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Jupiter Callisto Earth Ceres Nereid Ganymede
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1. On what surface is Wimbledon played?(a) Grass (b) Clay (c) Cement (d) Sand
2. The Euro 2012 Soccer trophy was won by:(a) Germany (b) France (c) Italy (d) Spain
3. The Anticeptic, Penicillin, is made from:(a) Fungi (b) Lichens (c) Bacteria (d) Algae
4. The CERN research laboratory is located in:(a) Geneva (b) Paris (c) Zurich (d) Milan
5. Thomas & Uber Cup is associated with:(a) Cricket (b) Badminton (c) Hockey (d) Golf
6. Who is known as the Supreme Leader of North Korea?(a) Kim Il-sung (b) Kim Jung-un (c) Kim Jong-il (d) Ri Yong-ho
7. Which ctional character was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?(a) Tintin (b) Hercule Poirot (c) Batman (d) Sherlock Holmes
8. The capital of Austria is:(a) Innsbruck (b) Vienna (c) Salzburg (d) Graz
9. Who was the rst cricketer to score over 10,000 runs in Test Cricket?(a) Sachin Tendulkar (b) Brian Lara (c) Ricky Point (d) Sunil Gavaskar
10. Which explorer gave the Paci c Ocean its name?(a) Vasco Da gama (b) Christopher Columbus (c) Ferdinand Magellan (d) Tasman
11. The Capital city of Lebanon is:(a) Beirut (b) Tel Aviv (c) Cairo (d) Muscat
12. Where did shorbread originate?(a) Scotland (b) England (c) Ireland (d) New Zealand
13. Which continent nearly doubles in size during winters?
(a) Europe (b) Antarctica (c) North America (d) Asia
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14 Outside which famous building were the rst traf c lights erected?
(a) World trade Center, NYC (b) The White House, USA
(c) Houses of Parliament, Londin (d) Buckingham Palace
15 Which British PM was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature?(a) Winston Churchill (b) Margaret Thatcher (c) John Major (d) Tony Blair
16 Where was the frist edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica published?(a) Cambridge (b) Oxford (c) Edinburgh (d) London
17 Which Bollywood legends autobiography is named Romancing with Life?(a) Rajesh Khanna (b) Dev Anand (c) Shammi Kapoor (d) Kishore Kumar
18 What was the profession of Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the phone?(a) Businessmen (b) Singer (c) Writer (d) Teacher
19 If your geographical position is 0 latitude, 0 longitude, where in the world would you be?
(a) Greenwich Observatory (b) Atlantic Ocean (c) Ghana (d) Center of the Earth
20 The International Potato Center is located in which country?(a) Brazil (b) USA (c) Peru (d) Chile
21 The wife of one of the Beatles wrote the book Grapefruit. Who was the Beatle?(a) John Lennon (b) Paul McCartney (c) George Harrison (d) Ringo Starr
22 Which Formula One driver was nicknamed The Professor'?(a) Alain Prost (b) Ayrton Senna (c) Michael Schumacher (d) Nigel Mansell
23 The Puerto Rico trench is located in which ocean?(a) Arctic Ocean (b) Paci c Ocean (c) Atlantic Ocean (d) Indian Ocean
24 Who was the rst actress to be featured on a postage stamp?(a) Marliyn Monroe (b) Elizabeth Taylor (c) Grace Kelly (d) Audrey Hepburn
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1. This sport was invented by James Naismith
2. The 2014 Asian Games will be held in
3. The Azlan Shah Cup is associated with this sport
4. In 2012, the under-19 cricket World Cup was won by
5. This national team introduced the concept of 'Total Football'
6. Baseball is played in a eld called
7. This type of racing has only two cars competingon the track at the same time
8. The name of the famous Cricket stadium in Kolkata, India is
9. The 2011 Rugby World Cup winner was
10. The white ball in snooker is known as
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