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Who won the Miami Sony Ericsson ATP Masters title?

Andy Roddick

Who won Formula one%u2019s Malaysian grand prix held in Sepang, Malaysia?

Sebastian Vettel. (Germany) He is Red Bull Formula One driver

Who defeated Mahesh Bhupathi and Max Mirnyi 6-2, 7-5 to clinch the Sony Ericsson Open doubles tennis held in Miami?

Leander Paes(India) and Czech Lukas Dlouhy (Czech Republic).
 
Name of South African white supremacist leader who has been killed on his farm in the country%u2019s north-west by two farm workers after a dispute over unpaid wages?

Eugene Terreblanche.

Mr. Terreblanche, who campaigned for a separate white homeland, came to prominence in the early 1980s.
 
World Food Day is observed every year on 16 October. In 2011, World Food Day was observed with the theme- Food Prices %u2013 From Crisis to Stability.
 
The California Institute of Technology in Pasadena has been awarded a $12.6 million federal grant to set up a new center to study physics.
 
Info about the Buddh International Circuit:

The track got its name from spiritual leader Gautam Buddha, founder of Buddhism. Incidentally, the track is located in the Gautam Buddh Nagar District. Spread over 875 acres, the fastest lap time on the track is expected to be under 1 minute 27 seconds with average speeds crossing 210 kmph. There will be a total of sixty laps in the race.
 
How many judges sat on the bench to hear the landmark case of Keshavananda Bharati v. State of Kerala in 1973?
1) 7
2) 9
3) 13
4) 11

Answer: 13
 
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Judgement of Supreme Court dated 11.01.2007 rendered in the case in I R Coelho (Dead) by LRs Vs. State of Tamil Nadu and Others is a master stroke of the judiciary. Prima facie, it is laudable for the reason, that it is a unanimous judgement of Nine judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, unlike fractured earlier judgements on the point. In Keshavananda Bharati Vs. State of Kerala (AIR 1973 SC 1461) which is said to have first propounded the Doctrine of Basic Structure of the Constitution, the Hon'ble 13 Judge Constitution Bench of Supreme Court delivered 11 truncated / fractured judgements. Since 24th April 1973, the date of the judgment of the Keshavananda Bharati case, the debate is, what is the ratio decidendi, viz., the point of law laid down in the said judgment.
 
Muammar Gaddafi was fatally wounded by a bullet in his intestines following his capture, according to a doctor who examined his body, amid conflicting accounts of how the fugitive former Libyan leader met his end.

Muammar Gaddafi was shot dead on 20th october 2011.
 
Citigroup Inc will pay $285 million to settle charges that it defrauded investors who bought toxic housing-related debt that the bank bet would fail, the US Securities and Exchange Commission said on 19th Oct 2011.
 
GAIL India became the First Public Sector Entity to acquire Shale Gas Assets Abroad

Windows releases it new mobile opearting system: Mango!
 
Name the Sarod maestro who is set to teach at the Stanford University.
Amjad Ali Khan

Which country won the UNSC Security Council seat joining India as a 2year non-permanent member?
Pakistan

Which professional social networking site recently launched its Japanese language version?
LinkedIn Corp

Name the company Saab India Technologies Pvt. Ltd. has partnered with and inaugurated its a Research and Development Centre.
Mahindra Satyam
 
Name the F1 caricature book launched by Karun Chandhok, the brainchild of artist Shijo Varghese.
VROOOM

Which medal did Indian women win at the Asian Archery championship?
Bronze
 
Who won the 2011 Nobel prize in chemistry?
Israeli scientist Daniel Shechtman for his discovery of quasicrystals


Name the world's cheapest laptop launched in India.
Aakash


Name the person who has been conferred at the 2011 Telstra NSW Business Women's Award for her contribution to world's first green steel manufacturing process.
Veena Sahajwalla

Name the Apple co-founder who passed away recently.
Steve Jobs
 
Name the Sanskrit scholar and a former director of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan who passed away recently.
Mathoor Krishnamurthi

Which countries President have offered hindi films to be shot at the picturesque country?
Austrian President

Which country has won first victory in UNESCO vote?
Palestine
 
Oct 24, 2011.

President Barack Obama honored three “extraordinary” India American scientists and nine other recipients of the National Medals for Science, Technology and Innovation at the White House. This is the highest honor bestowed by the US government on scientists, engineers and inventors.

Srinivasa SR Varadhan
Dr. Rakesh Agarwal
Professor Baliga
 
1). Who was the former CEO of Yahoo who was fired because of her inability to increase market share?
2). Which is the most polluted Indian city according to the WHO estimates?
3). Who followed Steve Jobs after his resignation from the post of Apple CEO?
4). Which company is the biggest IT exporter in India?
5). Which article of the Constitution of India entrusts the President of India to grant pardons?

Answers:
1).Carol Bartz
2).Ludhiana
3).Tim Cook
4).TCS
5).Article 72
 
6). Full form of NABARD?
7). Who got the the Economic Times Business Leader of the year award in 2011?
8). Which is the first Indian company to be listed on NYSE?
9). Who followed Mr Yeddyurappa as the Karnataka’s chief minister?
10). Which company manufactured the cheapest tablet computer launched in India?

Answers:
6).National Bank for Agricultire and Rural Development
7).Chanda Kochhar
8).ICICI
9).Sadananda Gowda
10).Datawind
 
11). Who is the chairman of Rajya Sabha?
12). Deepak Parekh is associated with which finance company?
13). What is Dow Jones’ crash of 1000 points on an intraday trade called?
14). What is the venue of the G-20 summit to be held in November 2011?
15). In which Indian state would you find the Sainj hydroelectric project?

Answers:
11).The Vice President. (Mohd. Hamid Ansari)
12).HDFC
13).Flash Crash
14).Cannes
15).Himachal Pradesh
 
China has said that it will launch an unmanned spacecraft that will attempt to dock with an experimental space station module .

The Shenzhou 8 mission is the latest step in what will be a decade-long effort to place a manned permanent space station in orbit .
 
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