Current affairs: 1. Indian Hockey team won the inaugural Asian Champions Trophy by defeating Pakistan in the final. 2. Who is the author of books "The White Tiger" & "Last Man in Tower"? Answer: Arvind Adiga. 3. Who owns the copyright for "Happy Birthday to you" song? Answer: Warner Chappell. 4. Who is the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand? Answer: Bhuvan Chand Khanduri (BJP). 5. Which company is the title sponsor of 2011 Champions League T20 Cricket tournament? Answer: Nokia. 6. Who is the new IPL Chairman? Answer: Rajiv Shukla. N. Srinivasan will be the new BCCI chairman. History quiz: 1. National anthem was (Jana Gana Mana) first sung at? Answer: Calcutta session of Indian National Congress on December 27, 1911. 2. Jana Gana Mana was officially adopted as the Indian National anthem on? Answer: January 24, 1950. 3. Who translated National anthem into Hindi? Answer: Abid Ali. 4. Who translated National anthem (from Bengali) into English? Answer: Rabindranath Tagore. 5. Who composed the music for present Indian National anthem? Answer: Captain Ramsingh Thakur. 6. Vande Mataram poem was taken from which novel? Answer: Anandamath – written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1882. 7. Which Indian won Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913? Answer: Rabindranath Tagore - first Asian to win Nobel prize. 8. Who was the first Municipal Commissioner of Bombay? Answer: Arthur … [Read more...]
Gandhiji’s Salt Satyagraha among Top 10 most Influential protests
Time Magazine picked Salt Satyagraha by Mahatma Gandhi (from Sabarmati Ashram to Dandi) among the Top 10 most Influential protests. "Father of India" embarked on Dandi salt march in March, 1930. Gandhiji walked 165 miles in 25 days from Ahmedabad to Dandi beach town in Gujarat. Quiz question: Who was the Viceroy of India when Mahatma Gandhi embarked on Dandi salt march in March, 1930? Answer: Baron Irwin. Top 10 most Influential protests: 1. Boston Tea Party (December, 1773) in USA. 2. Salt Satyagraha (March, 1930) in India. 3. Civil Rights March (August 28, 1963) in Washington, USA. 4. Stonewall (1969) in New York, USA. 5. Moratorium against the Vietnam War (Nov. 15, 1969) in Washington, USA. 6. Muharram Protests (December 2, 1978) in Iran. 7. People power (1986) in Philippines. 8. Tiananmen Square (1989) in China. 9. Purple Rain Protest (1989) in Cape Town. 10. Egypt revolution (January 25, 2011). … [Read more...]
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