''Four more years''

Who is TIME mag's 2012 person of the year?

                                                    Ans - Barack Obama

Migrants

Which day has been proclaimed by UN as international migrants day?

                                          Ans - December 18

Sitar

Which Indian musician was nominated for academy award for his original music score for the movie ''Gandhi''?

                                          Ans - Pandit Ravi Shankar

iPod

Who is known as the ''father of iPod''?

                                               Ans - Tony Fadell

Diabetes

Which day is world diabetes day?

                                                               Ans - November 14

Nobel for EU

The 2012 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the European Union.
The EU consists of how many members?

                                          Ans - 27 member states

Disaster

-Name the natural disaster that hit USA recently-

                                                Ans - Sandy cyclone

Twice lucky

-Who is the first women to win Booker prize twice?

                                                           Ans - Hilary Mantel

UNAIDS

-Who is the newly appointed goodwill ambassador of UNAIDS(United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS)?

                                                           Ans - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Marx & History

-Name the author of ''Age of extremes" and ''how to change the world"-

                                            Ans - Eric Hobsbawm (passed away recently) 

Khel Ratna

-who was the first recipient of Rajive Gandhi khel ratna award?

                                                      Ans - Viswanathan Anand

Oscar entry

-which film has been nominated as India's entry at Oscars in foreign film category?

                                                Ans - Barfi

God particle

-what is known as ''God particle''?

                                                 Ans - Higgs Boson

ODI cricketer

-Who is the one day international cricketer of the year(2012)-

                                                     Ans - Virat Kohli

Nobel & Oscar

-Name the person who won both Nobel prize and Oscar award-

                                               Ans - Bernard Shaw

Under-19 world cup

-Under whose captaincy India won the under-19 cricket world cup 2012?

                                                 Ans - Unmukt chand

Joseph Anton

-Who is the author of ''Joseph Anton''?

                                                  Ans - Salman Rushdie

Big Ben

-The iconic clock tower (commonly known as BIG BEN) of Britain's parliament was officially renamed as -   

Ans - Elizabeth Tower (in honor of the Queen-Elizabeth 2nd-for 60th year on the British throne.

Libya

-Name the U.S ambassador to Libya, who was killed in a rocket attack in Benghazi-

                                              Ans - Christopher Stevens

The cooperative dairy movement

-Who is the father of white revolution and known as ''milkman of India''?

                                                      Ans - Verghese Kurien

Fahrenheit 451

-Name the author of ''Fahrenheit 451''

                                          Ans - Ray Bradbury(passed away recently) 

India @ the 2012 London Olympics

India @ the 2012 London Olympics:-

1-Vijaykumar-silver-shooting-men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
2-Sushilkumar-silver-wrestling-men's 66 kg freestyle.
3-Gagan Narang-bronze-shooting-men's 10 m air rifle
4-Saina Nehwal-bronze-badminton-women's singles
5-Mary Kom-bronze-boxing-women's flyweight
6-Yogeshwar Datt-bronze-wrestling-men's 60 kg freestyle.

PSLV C21

-ISRO celebrated its 100th mission with the launch of the PSLV C21 from Satish Dhawan space centre, Sriharikota.PSLV C21 carried 2 foreign satellites in orbit.name them.

Ans - France's SPOT 6 satellite and Japanese spacecraft PROTIERES.

Nehru cup

-India won the 2012 Nehru cup by beating which team? 

                                               Ans - Cameroon

Try before you die

-Which Indian food has been included in the Huffington post's top 10 list recently?

                                                                                                                                  

                                                 Ans - Masala Dosa