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3D animation film Shemaroo Entertainment to release onlineSuper K Head of SPV-GST Network- Nandan Nilekani Business NIIT sold to Skillsoft

for $110 million- Element K Appointed as commissioner for the AFC Champions League finalFIFA badge holder Gautam Kar 2nd in the Hero Indian Open golf tournament-Chiragh Kumar Indian womens discus thrower qualified for London Olympics after gold in Portland, USA. Krishna Poonia Film on mathematicians Srinivasa Ramanujan- Roger Spottiswoode Durand Cup winner team- Churchill Brothers Ranji Player died after falling from train - K.R.Krishna Varma The 69-year-old who collapsed and died minutes after fulfilling his life-long ambition of climbing Africas highest mountain peak, Mount Kilimanjaro- Alistair Cook Bollywood movie have been watched by over 1.3 lakh Chinese in Mandarin version - 3 Idiots

Which Asian Advertising congress is coming back to India after 8 years? Ad Asia (October 31st to November 3rd 2011) Name the education technology solution launched by Texas Instruments for Indian classrooms- STEMpower Dr.B.Saroja Devi Dr.Vyjayanthimala award -

Mahatma Gandhi peace prize in South Africa- Dalai Lama The rocket and navigation satellite launched by Russia after Augusts space ship crash. Soyuz-2 rocket launched a GLONASS navigation satellite 2nd most powerful businesswoman in US- Indra Nooyi Struck natural gas reserves in its first well drilled in Mannar basin in Sri Lanka- Cairn India Theme theme music for the London Olympics 2012- Scottish rocker Mark Ronson Runner-up in Czech International Badminton OpenArundhati Pantawane Prime Ministers principal secretary- Pulok Chatterjee

Nobel Medicine Prize for immune system research- Bruce Beutler of USA, Jules Hoffmann Luxembourg and Ralph Steinman Canada Which FM radio channel has taken initiative to make Goddess Durga idol out of bio-degradable and recyclable waste material in Kolkata? OYE 104.8 FM The Gandhian of Brazil? Lia Diskin Chinas first space Laboratory-

Shot a film in 47 days titled Facebook- RP.Patnaik Nobel prize in chemistry 2011Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman for his discovery of quasicrystals Worlds cheapest laptop launched in India. Aakash Irani Cup 2011- Rest of India Team Application by Monster India for Facebook users- BeKnown 2011 Telstra NSW Business Womens Award for her contribution to worlds first green steel manufacturing processVeena Sahajwalla Which four teams entered semifinals in Champions League Twenty-20 cricket? Somerset, Mumbai Indians, New South Wales and Royal Challengers Bangalore Nobel in literature Tomas Transtromer Sweedon Sanskrit scholar and a director of Bharatiya Bhavan who passed recently. Mathoor Krishnamurthi 2011-

Tiangong-1 60 minutes - Andy Rooney 4G mobile broadband network in UAE- Etisalat Retired as CEO of Hyundai Motor co. - Yang Seung-suk Three Indian boxers who have qualified for London Olympics 2012- Jai Bhagwan, L.Devendro Singh and Manoj Kumar Chairman ONGC- Sudhir Vasudeva CEO and MD of ONGC Videsh Ltd.Dinesh K.Sarraf MD and VP, Nokia India, who has been assigned global role to head India, Middle East and Africa region. D.Shivakumar Launched apps for iPad and Android phones recently. Adobe

former Vidya away

Offered hindi films to be shot at the picturesque country- Austrian President

Which country has won first victory in UNESCO vote? Palestine Museum in Austria Schwarzenegger Nobel Peace Prize 2011- Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen for work on womens rights Champions League T-20 cricket tournament 2011 winner- Royal Challengers Bangalore Lord Mayor of London visited india-Lord Mayor Michael Bear Which softwares updated version has been launched by Infosys? Finacle e-Banking solution Shanghai Masters titleAndy Murray Steve Jobs Day- 16th October Queens award for enterprise 2011 in London- Dr.Rami Ranger Backing to rebuild Nalanda University in India- China Indias longest tunnel opened in J&K- Pir Panjal railway tunnel (10.96km) Acquired Skype for $8.5 billionMicrosoft New director of Indian Institute of Technology-Madras -Bhaskar

Ramamurthi, Former student of IIT Madras becomes its director ICBC- Industrial Bank of China and Commercial

3 technology major planning advertisement sale-Yahoo, AOL and Microsoft British Deputy Commissioner representing UK in Karnataka- Ian Felton Rates as on 16th September 2011- CRR 6.00%, Repo 8.25% and Reverse Repo 7.25% In which part of India has new species of frog found? Western ghats What rank did Rahul Dravid hold as he retired from One-Day International cricket? 118 Board launched by Indian Medical Association to give doctor community a say in policies formulation-Hospital Board of India Where is the (NSG) National Security Guard hub setup in India and due for inauguration? Kolkata Chief of ITBP- Ranjit Sinha Central Asias high-speed train (254km per hour) in Uzbekistan

Which three Japanese electronics giant are set to merge small and medium- sized display businesses for smartphones and tablet computers? Sony, Toshiba and Hitachi Germans top honour, silver laurel leaf- Dirk Nowitzi Middle-east country to invest in Indian markets- Iran Hockey tournament moved out of India as FIH is unhappy with the sport being run by 2 bodies Hockey India and Indian Hockey FederationChampions Trophy Hockey tournament Architect who designed 133-foot Thiruvalluvar statue in Kanyakumari passed away recently. -V.Ganapati Sthapati How many items has been announced by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as duty free from Bangladesh? 61 items Which 2 Hockey teams matches were drawn in Asian Championship Trophy- India and Malaysia CDMA based Android 2.1 handset launched by Reliance Communications. Coolpad CDMA

Dubbing for Bollywood Maaee- Asha Bhonsle

film,

Korean consumer electronics reentered Indian notebook market LG Electronics Which K.K.Birla company is temporarily closed due to shortage of naptha, a raw material needed to manufacture agricultural fertilizers? Zuari Industries Limited Mention the value of exports and imports as on July 2011. Exports: USD 29.3 billion Imports: USD 40.4 billion Asian country to open up Nuclear Business with India- Japan Indias First Film Museum is set to be ready for inauguration- 2013 in Mumbai Indias finance ministry has launched its page on which social networking site? Facebook Weather satellite ISRO is set to launch with Indo-French collaboration on 12th October 2011. Megha Tropiques Who won the hockey Asian Champions Trophy against Pakistan? India

Womens singles tournament US Open Samantha Stosur

Tennis 2011-

indiscipline? Sandeep Sardara Singh

Singh

and

Womens mixed doubles Tennis tournament US Open 2011? Lisa Raymond and Liezel Huber Name the mobile phone from Vodafone with dedicated Facebook button on it. Vodafone Blue President of BCCI? N.Srinivasan IPL Chief- Rajiv Shukla Hindi Jnanpith Award for 2009Shrilal Shukla and Amar Kant Who has bee re-elected as chief of Karnataka Milk Federation? G.Somashekara Reddy In which country the Indian Council for Cultural Relations is set to inaugurate the Gandhi Centre on October 2nd? Netherlands hit by bird flu Bengal and Assam recentlyWest

Which countrys UN membership bid was rejected by US President Barack Obama recently? Palestine How long is the Emergency law valid in Egypt as the military council? Until June 2012 All-electric cabs-Mexico city First glasses-free 3-D TV-Toshiba First Indian woman to cross Gobi desert- Sucheta 33 Ranked world No.1 in double trap shooting as per the ISSF world rankings? Ronjan Sodhi Asias largest solar energy park to be hosted by- Gujarat would be set up from GMR and Lanco etc. under the Gujarat Solar Mission. Approval from the Indian government for its acquisition of stake in Cairn India-Vedanta Resources or Vedanta Online consumer durables electronics store-Tata Croma and

Which 2 teams have been qualified for Champions League Twenty 20 cricket main draw? Kolkata Knight Riders and Somerset Which 2 players were handed lifeline after Hockey India lifted two-year ban imposed on them for

first Financial Technology Grid to offer services in banking domainPolaris software Rupee symbol on desktop computer keyboard-Lenovo India

Plans to setup first Tibetian bankChina Consulting head for India Capgemini- Anish Sarkar at

Missile was recently test-fired successfully at Chandipur, OrrisaPrahaar CMD of NMDC-M.S.Rana Opened its assembly plant at Rosslyn, South Africa- Tata Motors Appointed as solicitor-general following the resignation of Gopal Subramaniam- Rohinton Nariman 2nd highest run scorer in Test cricket surpassing Ricky Pontings record- Rahul Dravid HRD ministrys approval for IIM Indore-5 year management program Chairman and CEO of TAFE who has been inducted into the board of AGCO- Mallika Srinivasan Indian swimmer qualified for the 2012 London Olympics-Sandeep Sejwal Country launched new currency Sudan Ladies National snooker championship- Vidya Pillai Who won the 2000th Test cricket held at Lords Cricket GroundEngland Lokayukta of Karnataka to succeed Santosh Hegde- Former Supreme Court Judge Shivraj V.Patil

Sedan unveiled by Nissan IndiaSunny Sworn in as Karnatakas Chief Minister-D.V.Sadananda Gowda Media Reader launched Kingston-USB 3.0 Media Reader by

Service of accepting income tax payment through ATMs HDFC Bank 23rd chief of the Indian Air Force - Norman Anil Kumar Browne Gordon Brothers Group Chief Executive Officer- Gary Talarico Which country is all set to shut 40% (800 approx.) of its data centres to reduce hefty technology budget? USA Which U.S.Secretary met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J.Jayalalitha recently? Hilary Clinton Social networking site turned 5 years- Twitter Sri Lankas captain for upcoming Australian series- Dilshan Ace Indian shooter to get Khel Ratna- Gagan Narang

Career best rank of 62 in the singles list- Somdev Devvarman Global co-CEO of Standard Chatered Banks private equityNainesh Jaisingh Co-CEO to succeed Management Board chairman, Josef Ackermann- Anshu Jain Project of Mozillas operating system to work on mobile devices and tablets- Boot to Gecko (B2G) Noida-based hospital running under the brand Ojjus Medicare got nod for the IPO aggregating to Rs,62 crore- Goodwill Hospital and Research Center Ltd. Death anniversary on 8th August in India-Rabindranath Tagore Draft of which anti-corruption bill was approved by Union Cabinet on 28th July 2011? Lokpal Bill Indians awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award 2011- Nileema Mishra for helping the poor and Harish Hande for revolutionizing the use of solar lights Operating System celebrated its 30th birthday-DOS (Disk Operating System), 27th July 1981 New Governor of Tamil Nadu?Former AP CM K Rosaiah

Qualified for London Olympics 2012 for Short put event-Om Prakash Singh Nasa found the first evidence of flowing water recently-Mars Yahoo launched to allow users to enjoy full-length movies for freeMovieplex HALs Director Corporate Planning and Marketing-Baldev Singh captain for Womens Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament- Saba Anjum Indian oil gaints allowed to dig oil at the Gulf of Mannar-ONGC and Cairn India Tablet model launched by Beetel in India. Beetel Magiq, priced at 9,999 Indian hockey teams captain for inaugural Asian Champions Trophy in Ordos, China- Rajpal Singh Director for Whirlpool Corporation- Harish Manwani Which Bill in India is set to be tabled in Winter Parliament session? Food bill Position of India hold in Golf after Nomura Cup-3rd place

Which Academy Award winner for Best Original Song (for Jai Ho) and the Padma Bhushan recipient turned 75 years? Sampoorna Singh Kalra (Gulzar) Art director who had been associated with movies like Raavan, Guru, Rang De Basanti etc. passed away recently-Samir Chandra Sponsor for Indian GP in Greater Noida-Airtel Two industries of Japan are set to merge-Hitachi and Mitsubishi 81st birth anniversary on August 2011-Kishore Kumar 4th

South African fast bowler cricketer celebrated his 100th birthday recently-Norman Gordon Taiwan company recently launched tablet PCs priced at Rs.15,000- Micro-Star International (MSI) Three banks are planning a JV commercial bank in MalaysiaBank of Baroda, Andhra Bank and Indian Overseas Bank Air India chief to replace Arvind Jadhav-Rohit Nandan Net profit dip to about 45% as it disclosed its Q1 earnings? SBI Bronze at the World Badminton Championship after a gap of 28 years-Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa Former NASDAQ MD sentenced to 42 months in prison and has been ordered to forfeit over $700,000 illegal profits made during his role in an insider trading schemeDonald Johnson Telecom company to increase call tariffs by 20% recently-Reliance Communications Section of education is to be made Universal unlike elementary education in India- Secondary Education

African country is hit by Famine according to UN- Somalia Harley-Davidson model launched in India priced at Rs.19.7 lakh- Fat Boy Special Hockey Asian Champions Trophy is to be held-Ordos, China ex-PM of Ukraine who was arrested recently Yulia Tymoshenko First female prime minister of Thailand-Yingluck Shinawatra Downgraded credit rating given by S&P to USA AA+

West Bengal government initiative to setup for medical benefits to remote corner people- Health Bank First bowler to clinch 6 wickets in a Twenty20 International Cricket? Ajantha Mendis Pact with university of SydneyAnna University 3G Tablet priced at Rs.12,999 with special data plans in India by RCom Extension given to RBI Governor D.Subbarao-2 years (untill Spetember 4th 2013) Insurance company to sue Bank of America to recover about $10 billion-AIG (American International Group Inc) Collaboration with Singapore Management University for a R& D facility for cloud-based IT solutions- TCS Debit Card with credit limit- IDBI Magic Card CEO for Bharti Airtels servicesRajiv Rajagopal for Broadband and data services and Shashi Arora for DTH and media services Indian women cricketer has been suspended from bowling in

international cricket action-Snehal Pradhan

for

illegal

All post offices in India are to be provided with Internet connectivity- India Post Technology Project 2012 Two districts in Karnataka is set to get RAHI airports-Shimoga and Gulbarga Joint Managing Director of Hero MotoCorp -Sunil Kant Munjal Infosys Information System. Launched Android tablet priced at Rs.6,250-LACS (Lakshmi Access Communications Systems) Sought support of Rs.300 crore from the Government to fund business growth-Corporation Bank Indian city turned 372 today (22nd August 2011)-Chennai Marxist historian and Indologist passed away recently-Ram Sharan Sharma Deposit scheme by Indian Bank launched for people under the financial inclusion plan-Variable Recurring Deposit Scheme Three hatricks in one-day cricketLatish Malinga Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) from IIT Kharagpur- Sunil Bharti Mittal

President of Standard and Poor chief who quit recently-Deven Sharma Hollywood studio has made some of its film available online as rentals at social networking site Facebook-Miramax New variant car launched by Tata motors. Tata Vista Mouse launched by LG recently with additional feature-Mouse Scanner CEO of Apple post Steve Jobs resignation- Tim Cook Chairman of Press Trust of IndiaM.P.Veerendrakumar Ace Indian football player retired recently-Bhaichung Bhutia

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