COGNITIVE KNOWLEDGE An exceptional book on GK

Cognitive Knowledge
An exceptional book on General knowledge

( B.A Economics, BEd Social Studies, MA Economics )

Manoj A.P

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This books stands for teachers ,students and for those who had quenchig heart for worldly facts and GK.Through 'COGNITIVE KNOWLEDGE' I try to deliver the knowledge that may help word bees,quiz bees and teachers as well to update the knowledge. As an ebook, you can carry any where with an E-reader, iPad and iPhone. Please pass a copy of this e-book to your near and dear.Drop suggestions,it is precious to me and will help to deliver better one in the future. Thank you, MANOJ A.P http://twitter.com/ManojMelattur www.greentorrents.wordpress.com

Dedicated to the youngs

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Nobel Prize for Magna UNESCO Felix Houphouet Boigny Peace Prize 'Violine and other issues' Templeton Prize John Bates Clark Medal Bispop of the poor 'Theory of international trade & Economic geography'

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QQ) Nobel prize winner Ahtisaari belogs to which country ? Finland Studeid at University of ULU - Fin Becomes president of 1944 -SDP J Willian Fulbright prize for international under standing- 2000 UNESCO Felix Houphouet-Boi gny Peace Prize-2008 Won Nobel for Peace in 2008 can cililizations Debut Novel: Le Process Ver bal (The interrogation-1964) Ballaciner-2007 Revelutions-2003 Cai Guo-Qiang was a pyro technical artist from China

QQ) Violing and other issues (col lection of poetry) was writtern by whom? Juan Gelman Ritournelle de la faim-2008 He is a argetine poet Nobel Prize for literature 2008 He is a political activist QQ) Who organized the Nobel Prize He worked for the maganine of Manga ? Panorama and Crisis. Japanie Prime minister Violin and other issues - first Taro Aso collection He represented Janpan in Skeet Annunciation - Poem -1988 Shooting at 1976 Montreal QQ) Paul Krugman was famous as a Unthinkable tenderness -1997 Olypics Economist Cervantes prize -2007 , highest Mang is a graphic litterary Scientist literary honour in the spanish form of Art in Japan Historian speaking world. QQ) In which year Arnol charzeneg Politician QQ) Michale Heller of Poland best He won Nobel Prize for Econom gers firsrt film of Terminator known for _____ ? trilogy released? ics in 2008 for Theory of inter Mathematician 1984 national trade and of Economic Philosopher 1986 geography Historian 1986 He also won John Bates Clark Mathematical consmolo Medal in 1991 , which was giv QQ) Which is the Christian Bales gist en every two year,given to sig Big screen debut? He is Catholic priest nificant contribution to econom Terminator III Won Templeton prize in 2008 ics knowledge,under 40 Batman * The award was intented to hon Paper - Increasing Return and Empire of the Sun our a person who has dedicated Economic Geography James Cameroon is the director his life to explaining interaction World Saving Shortage of the film of science and religion. (1994), The Conscience of Third version of the film was QQ) Who wrote August: Osage Liberal (2007),The Return of featured Christian Bale county, a dark commedy ? Depression Economics(1999) QQ) The film No Country for Old Tracy Shane Letts QQ) Who was the first Nobel prize men(2007) was featuring__ August :Osage county(Play) winner of literature from Christian Bale Killer Joe -1991 France? Bardem Javier The Man from Nebraska 2003 J.M.G Le Clezio Sean Conery Pulitzer Prize for drama Claud Simon The film was based on the best -2008 Kirk seller of Cornac McCarthy. Tony Award for best paly -2008 14th French literature No Befor Night falls was his first QQ) Who was polpularly known as belwon by Le Clezio-2008. English film. 'bishop of the poor' in Para Accademy Award for best sup QQ) Who was the Author of La guay? ported actor in No country for Fevere? Fernando Lugo Oldmen Le Clezio The Catholic bishop become Alain RobbeGrillet QQ) Who was the director of visual preisdent in 2008 Marguerite Duras and special effects at the cere Vatican suspended him a di monial event of Beijing Olyp vinis in Jan 2007 and barring The mexican Dream or ics 2008 ? him from practicing as a pries. interupted thought of Ameri Cia

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Ordway Prize Plan B Enter tainment Goya awards Boselager count Philip Von & Hitler Pushcart Prize The rode coluring conjucture and Avraham Traht

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QQ) Ordway Prize is given in the field of ___ Literature Art Music given by New Museum and Creative Link for Arts in NY The award was named af ter the naturealist and philan thropist Katherine Ordway In 2008 , the conceptual artist Clido Meirles won Ordway prize The ward given for two (Cura tor ,Artist) The prize maount - $100,000 BasketBall Cricket River nicknamed as "Doc" He wore "Dr.J" T Shirt in the memeory of NBA QQ) Which Israli mathematician solved the long stand-ing prob lem in graph theory? Avraham Traht He find the solution at the age of 63 (2007),the rode coluring conjucture RCC was first suggested by Benjemine Weisse,Roy L Adler and L Wayne Goodwyn. star Julius Erving. QQ) Poet Kay Rayan had which nationality? America The Niagra River Ruth Lilly Poetry prize (2004) Three Pushcart Prizes Guggenheim foundation award National endowment for Art award QQ) Patric Stewart featured in X-Men Terminator II Superman he played the role professor of Xavier in X-Men He also featured in A christ mas Carol,The Lion in the Winter,Star Trek:TNG Won Emmy nominatio for HBO commedy series Extra QQ) Which Israli mathematician solved the long standing prob- lem in graph theory? Avraham Traht He find the solution at the age of 63 (2007),the rode coluring conjucture RCC was first suggested by Benjemine Weisse,Roy L Adler and L Wayne Goodwyn. QQ) Which spanish novelist penned screeplays for GradeBouffe & Belle Epoque ? Rafael Azcona The film won Accademy for Best forein film Won first of five Goya award for Best Screenplay (El bosque Ani- mado Spanish FIne Arts Gold Medal in 1944 Honoured a Goya award for lifetime in 1998 Last film: Los griasoles ciegos 2008, it was an adaption of the novel by Alberto Men- dez

QQ) Which spanish novelist penned QQ) Who was featured in the film screeplays for GradeBouffe & An interview with Vampire? Belle Epoque ? Christian Bale Rafael Azcona Brad Pit The film won Accademy for Best Tom Hanks foreign film Luise Won first of five Goya award for River Runs Through it Best Screenplay (El bosque Ani- Legens of the Fall mado Twelve Monys Spanish FIne Arts Gold Medal in Troy 1944 Meet Joe Black Honoured a Goya award for Seven Years intibet lifetime in 1998 Mr & Mrs. SMith Last film: Los griasoles ciegos The curious case of Benjamine 2008, it was an adaption of Buttons the novel by Alberto Mendez He owned film production QQ) Who is German army officer company named Plan B Enter ,provided the plastic explosives tainment used in briefe case bomb that QQ) Who was the first black women was used in assaasination at won the Tony award for best tempt on Hiltler in Jul 20,1944? actress? Boselager count Philip Von Phylicia Rashad (2004) The attempt was failure Film: A Risin in the Sun by QQ) Calder Angus Lindsay famous Lorraine Hansberry as a The Middle of Nowhere Poet Won two Emmy award nomina Historian tion Critic Two People Choice Award QQ) Calder Angus Lindsay famous NAACP Image award as a 2004 Dran Desk Award Poet QQ) Glen River Anton famouse in Historian the field of Critic Football

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Micra cle worker (1959) and Hellen Keller Capa Cornell & presidential campign of John F Kennedy Golden Girls and Actress Getty Sorrow of Belgium Andromida strain Romila Thapper,Kluge Prize 2008 recipent LEO and business computers The Lion in the Winter and X-Men

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QQ) Poet Kay Rayan had which nationality? America The Niagra River Ruth Lilly Poetry prize (2004) Three Pushcart Prizes Guggenheim foundation award National endowment for Art award The Peoples War: Britain The Myth of Blitz Revolutionary Empire:The rise of English speaking Em pires from fifteenth centuary to 1780. Eric Grigary award for poetry in 1967 The Great Train Robbery Comma Twister Novel :State of fear QQ) The 'Adam of two Edans' was the book by Darwish Mahmud of Palestin State of seige /Halat hisar 2002- was his single volume poem He write Declaration of inde pendence for PLO Adam of two Edans -2000 Unfortunately It was a paradise The butterflies burden QQ) Who devised 'roller pump' an essential component of the heart-lung machine that per mitted open-heart surgery? Debakey Michael Ellis American Medical Association Distinguished Service Award -1959 Albert Lasker Award for Clini cal Medical Research 1963 The Eleanor Roosevelt Humanity Award 1969 The Presidential Medal of Free dom with Distinction 1969 USSR Accademy of sciences 50th Aniversary Jubilee Medal 1973 National Medal of Science 1987 Cooley Cardiovascular surgi cal society's life time aachieve ment award 2007 Congressional Gold Medal 2008,was the highest civilian medal in US Congress? QQ) Which Film of French film maker Delanoy won Grand Prix at Canes 1946? La Simphonie Pastorale Grand Prix at Canes 1946 'Dieu a besoin des hommes' (1950) won both Vennis and Berline film festival. Honorary Cesar Award 1986

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QQ) Which Bristish software engiQQ) Patric Stewart featured in neer developed LEO? X-Men Carminer Devid Terminator II LEO was world's first business Superman computer. He played the role professor of LEO- Leyons Electronic Office Xavier in X-Men With Pinkerton he completed He also featured in LEO in 1951 A christmas Carol QQ) Capa Cornell is a famous the Lion in theWinter Photographer Star Trek:TNG Most arresting work : presi Won Emmy nomination for dential campaigns of Adlai HBO commedy series Extra Stevenson,John F Kennedy QQ) In which film Actress Getty ##Farewell to Eden featured? The concerned photographer Golden Eye Comel Capa: Photographs Stuart Little Stop; Or my mom will shot QQ) Who wrote the book 'Sorrow of Belgium' ? (1992) Claus Hugo Mouries Julien She is an American Actress The book was a semiautobiog Golden Girls (Triplogy) raphycal novel-1990 The Golden Palace He also write poems and play Mask writes. Won Emmy award in 1988 He was painter too Legion of fans award The Deck hunt QQ) Who conceived the play 'Mi- Bewilderment cra cle worker (1959)' which Plays are: Sugar,Friday was based on the life of Hellen QQ) The Andromida strain , a Keller? blockbuster thriller was con Gibson William ceived by 1962 screenplay won Oscarnom Crinchton (John)Michael ination He was a Amaerican physi- QQ) 2008 Kluge Prize for Lifetime cian,director and an Achievement in the Study of author Humanity goes to____ He created EMMY award Peter Robert Lamont Brown winning Television series ER and Romila Thapar Healso playwrites JurasicPark 1990, and co-writer for 1993 screenplay The Lost World 1994

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Dith Pran and Killing Fields Ory mechanism in Economics Forward Russia and Fyodorov Boris The Book ,Vietnam Dance Hall of the Death Stochastic Calsulus and probability theory Johnston Ollie and Jugle Book

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Paris Deauville Lasymphonie Pastorale Marrie D Nasereth QQ) Who is Dith Pran? He was a Combodian photojournalist Was a real life model for the central character in the film Killing Fiels(1984) The Film was based on the ar ticle 'Deathe life of Dith Pran' by NY Times correspondent Sydney Schanberg He joined NY Times in 1980 QQ) Which Jamaican singer was called as 'godfather of rock- steady' ? Ellis Alton Nehemiah In 1945 he received order of distinction medal from Jamaica QQ) Who was the youngest grand master in chess ? Fischer Bobby of America He got the title in 1956 First Native born American to hold the title of world cham- pion QQ) Who was the first female owner of a National footbal league ? Frontiere Georgia Irwin She owned Los Angeles Rams after the death of her husband Carrol Rosenbloom in1979 Under her leadership in 2000 team won Super Bowl Gonzales Angel ##Harsh world and other poems ##Grado elemental ##Sin esperanza Prince of Asturias Award for Letters -1985 Inagrual Federico Garcia Lorca International Poetry Prize -2004 QQ) Who wrote the book Vietnam? Griffiths Philip Jones ##It was published in 1971 which capture international recognition ff He was a Freelance photogra- pher from London ff Worked for Magnum Photos ##Dark Odeasy 1996 ##Vietnam at peace 2005 debut novel QQ) Which Economist is popular for the formulation of the Mecha- nism ? Leonid Hurwics He shared Nobel for Economics in 2007 with Eric S Maskin and Roger B Myerson ff Ory is a Microeconomics model of resource allocation that attempt to produce best outcome for market partici- pents under nonideal condi- tion

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QQ) Ito Stochastic Calsulus was related to ...? Theory of probabilty ff It Stochastics Calculus was QQ) Who was the leading actor in developed by the Kiyoshi Ito Touch of evil and Benhur(1959) of Japan ? Wold Foundation Prize 1987 Charlton Henston The Kyoto Prize 1998 ff He was an American actor Karl Friedrich Gauss Prize for Accademy award for Best actor in Application of Mathematics Benhur; 2008 The films won total of 11awards QQ) Who was the animator of Planet of Appes 1968 Mougle and Baloo in Jungle Omega Man Book(1976)? Soylent Green Johnston Ollie ff He played as Mark Antony in ff He was an American and a Julius Caesar and Cleopatra memeber of Walt Disney's QQ) Who was the first American born to win Formula I Grand Prix? Piilip Hill 1961 Italian Grand Prix ff In 1956 he bcomes F1 driver for Ferrari

QQ) Fyodorov Boris was a Economist Politician QQ) Who is the author of Dance Hall Historian of the Death? He was Russia's leading expo- Tony Heillerman nent of free market reforms The Book won Edgar Allen Poe He hold the position of deputy Award Prime Minister,Finace minis- Grand Master Award 1991 ter,Chiefe tax administrator. ##The Shape Shifter He was the head Forward Rus- ##Skin Walkers 1986 sia (his own free market party) ##The Blessing Way(1976) QQ) Which spanish poet wrote "As ff The Blessing Way was his pero mundo"?

'Nine Old Men' ,a group of Animators ##Co-authered Disney Ani mation :The Illution of Life (1981), considered as bible of Animation. National Medal of Arts - 2005 Mr Smee in Peter Pan(1953) Sam Manekshaw ff The action lead to the cre ation of Bangladesh ff He retired as a field marshel (only two received the tittle) Padmabhushan 1968 Padmavibhushan 1972

QQ) Who screenplayed Judgement at

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life of Rev.MArtin Luther King Jr & King(1978) Alice B Toklas Democratic Club and Lesbians Man in the moon T'oje' or Land 21 Vol Epic Irena Sendler and Zeogota Wink,Titter,Eyeful The First Circle and Russian litterature

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ment award 2002 Nusemberg(1961) ? ff 1957 he found first medical ##Profumo di donna 1974 Abby Mann genetic clinic at John Hopkins ##Sent of a women 1992 ff He is an American Screenplay Albert Laskar Award for Special writer and a directer achievement in Medicalscience QQ) Irena Sendler was a He won the Accademy award for 1997 Social Worker screenply for this film Canada's Gairdner Award 1977 Novelist The Marcus Nelson Murders US National Medal of Science Poet (1973) also won Emmy Award 2001 ff She was a Polish social worker ##His famous miniseries Japan Prize for Medical Genetics ff She rescued Jewish children King (1978) which based on and genomics 2008 from the Warsawghetto during the life of Rev.MArtin Luther QQ) Who is the director of film the World War II King Jr. ff 1942 she became the member 'Man in the moon' ? ##Ship of fools(1965) of Zeogota. Rober Patrik Mulligan ##The Dectective (1968) Order of the white Eagle 2003 ff He was film and televison QQ) Who were the first same sex director QQ) Which is Poland's highest hon- couple to be leagally wed in Playhouse 90 our for its citizen? California? The Moon and Sixpence (won Order of the White Eagle Martin and Lyon Emmy) -TV QQ) What is Zeota ? ##Lesbian Women 1972 To Kill a mocking bird(1962) Council for Aid the Jews) ff They found Alice B Toklas Summer of 42 (1971) ff The Polish underground Or Democratic Club - the first Fear Strikes Out(1957) aganization established to gay political organization. Accademy award nomination for help save Jews from the Nazi 'To kill a Mockingbird' QQ) Who was the first TV commen occupiers. Emmy Award for 'The Moon and tator to win Emmy Awards? QQ) Who was the Russian Novelist sixpence' Jim McKay (America) ,wrote 'The First Circle(1956)'? ff Pioneer in American televi QQ) What is common in Wink,Tit- Aleksandr Isayevich Solz- sion sports coverage ter,Eyeful ? henitsyn ff ABC show Wide world of These were Men's Magazines ff He was imprissoned for hav Sports QQ) Who wrote 21 Vol epic novel ing written a letter in which 13 awards including award 'T'oje' or Land? he criticised Joseph Stalin for lifetime achievement in Pak Kyongni ##One day in the life of Ivan 1990 ff The Epic was considered as Denisovich -1962 George Polk Award masterpiece of Koreal litera- ##Cancer Ward -1968 Two Emmy for Sports and Broad ture. ##August 1914 -(1956) casting ff Pak take 25 years to complete ##The Gulag Archipelago -1973 He reported Israeli hostage crisis the Epic ff He was arrested and chargesd during the 1972 Munich Olym- ##Dauther of pharmacist kim with treason based on the pro pics. 1962 voking content of Gulag in QQ) Who was the founding presi- ##Age of Distrust 1957 1974.He was exiled from Sovi dent of HUGO? ##The Marketplace and battke et Union Victor Almon McKusick field 1964 Russia's Prestigeous Prize for con- ff HUGO -Human Genome Order of Culture of Merit Ge tribution to humaniterian cause Organisation umgwan , highest honour for a Nohel Prize for Literature in ff He is an American genome Korian writer 1970 researcher QQ) Who is the director of film The QQ) Who was German born Ameri ##Mendelian of inheritance in film Ilsorpasso (1962)? can scientist who made V-2 man 1966-98 Dino Risi rockets for Germany? ##Cardivascular sound in ff he is an Italian film maker Ernst Stuhliger Health and Disease 1958 Golden Lion Lifetime achieve- ff Germany used V-2 rockets

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Good War: an oral history of World War II Father of chaos theory Theoretical development of the atomic bomb The Mystery of the hidden hand' V-2 rockets and Skylab Science of Being and Art of Living Kiss of death and mystery of the hidden pool

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Mry Popins(1964) Energy commission in 1968 against Britain during World Stepsister in Cinderella Niel Bhor International Gold War II (1950) Medal 1982 ff He also helped Saturn V Rock Rufuns the cat in Rescuers ets ,which carries first astro- QQ) Who was the author of 'The (1977) nauts to moon in 1969 Mystery of the hidden hand'? ff He also assisted to develop QQ) Who performed first human Whitney,Phyllis Ayame X-Ray telescope for Skylab. transplat in U.S? ff Mystery Adventure writer Medal for outstanding Adrian Kantrowitz from America achievement in electric prop ff He performed the sirst trans- ##A place from Ann - debut ul sion(Electric Propulsion Soci- plant at Maimonics Medical novel (1941) ety Award)-2005. Centre in New York City 1967 ##The Mystery of the Hounded ##Wernher Von Braun : Crusad- 1951 he madde film to show pool(1960) er for Space (1993)- co-writed inside of a beating human ##The Mystery of the hidden biography heart. hand(1963) ##Ion propulsion for space flight The American Society of Artifical Both the Mystery novels won the -1964 Internal Organs presented him Edgar Allen Poe Award from My a life time achievement award in stery Writers of America QQ) Who wrote Good War: an oral- 2001 ff She was the president of Mys history of World War II (1984)? teryWriters Of America 1975 Studs Terkl of America QQ) Who is the American mathama In 1988 the organization give He is an oral historian. tician considered as father of here Grand Master Award for He won pulister prize for chaos theory? lifetime achievement Good War Edward Norton Lorenz ##Hunger for a faith (2001) ff Chaos theory related to the QQ) Who was the actor in Kiss of ##Rebirth prediction of weather. death? ##Talking to myself :A memoir ##Paper: Deterministic nonperi- Widmark,Richard of My Times(1977) odic Flow The actor famous for villa 1991 Kyotoprize neous characters QQ) Which Chilien writer found the Shared Crafood prize of Royal Kiss of Death (1947) - his literary journal Aurora? Swedish Accademy of Science debut Volodia Teitelboim Road House (1948) ##Ates Del Olvido QQ) Who was the author of 'Science The Street with No Name ##Anthologia de poesia chilena of Being and Art of Living? (1948) nuve 1935 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi DW GriffinthCareer Achieve- Chile's National Literature Prize ff Maharishi's international ment Award 2002 University of Management ##Come Rain Hail (1970) was in Fairyfield ,Iowa QQ) What is common in Neruda,Ga ##Piggy Back Moon(2001) ff Teacher:Guru Dev briel Mistral? Monta NewZealand Book Award Both are chilien Nobel prize QQ) Which Indian militery officer Inagrual Prominister Award winners for litterature was credited with swift military for literary achievement award Mistral won 1945 Nobel victory in Dec 1971 over paki- (2003) Neruda was 197 Nobel laureate stan? QQ) What was common in Sunset QQ) Hon Tuwhare was famouse for QQ) Who was the first American Boulevard, Santa Boulevard, Redeo Maori poems involved in the theoretical developDrive? He was a New Zealand poet ment of the atomic bomb? They are famouse streets in First widely celebrated Maori Wheeler ,John Archibald Beverely hill city poet He popularise the term 'Black ff Baverly hills city was in ##No Ordinary Sun(1964) hole' Southern California USA, which (Won a fellowship at Otaga ##The Mechanism of Nuclear University) Fission (1939) -with Bhor Dancing Penguin waiters in Fermy Award by US Atomic

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iconic Sydney Opera House Letter from Brimingham Jai Iron Lady in Automanufacturing Industry taijiquan and Olympics 2008 Piano 52 Tower Olympic Sculpture Park

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ff was famouse fir lavisg residence of hollywood celebrities QQ) Who was the Danish architect best known for his design for iconic Sydney Opera House ? Joron Utzon ff The Opera House later , in 2007 declared as world heri- tage center by UNESCO. Golden Medal of the Royal insti tute of British Architect (1978) Pritzker Architectural Prize (2003) **Housing estate near Helsin gor(1956) and nother on Fre- densborg **Bagsavaer Church(1976) Winston,Stan ff He is an American artist Won two Accademy for Termina tor 2:Judgement Day(one for make up and another for visual effects) Emmy Award for Makeup design Won 10 Oscar nominations Iron man(2008) Terminator 2: Judgement Day Alien(1986) JurasicPark(1993) QQ) Author of 'Letter from Brim ingham Jail' was Martin Luther King ,Jr. ff In this letter , he justified the act of disobedience in protest to discriminatory laws. oriented party? National Order Party ff Founder: Mehmet Zait Kotku

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QQ) For what Glenn Murcutt was famous? Painter Visual effect Architecture ff His designing were know for modernist houses that re spond to local climet condi- tions ff He also influenced by the vernacular architecture of Maori culature Gold Medal of the American Institute of architects(AIA) -2009 QQ) Alvaro Siza was a Potugese architect American architect Sweedish architect He won Gold Medal of Royal institute of British Architects QQ) Who was the architect of Olym pic Sculpture park in Seatle? Weiss/Manfredi QQ) Who was the architect behind the work of Shaw center for the Arts in Luisiana? Schwartz/Silver QQ) The architect Rafel Moneo belongs to Russia Spain Greenland ff He designed an addition to world's most famous muse- um, Parado in Madrid. QQ) Who designed IbereCamargo Museum,Porto Algere ,Brazil ? Alwaro Siza ff It was build in a white con crete sculptured style. QQ) Piano 52 tower is the office building of NY Times Discovery Channel National Geographic

QQ) Which Taiwanese industrialist dubbed as "god of management" QQ) Who was the author of Bloody ? Heaven? Ching Wang Yung Xio Ke of Chinese military ff Founded Formos Plastic Mao Dun Literature Prize in Groups, largest suppliers of 1988. PVC in Taiwan QQ) Chairwoman of which auto ff He becomes richest person at manufacture giant is known as that time "Iron Lady"? ff 2006 he stepping down from Yulon Group of China the chairman position. ff Yen, Vivian Wu was the head QQ) Who wrote the screenplay for of the largest Auto manufac- Grifters(1990), wich won the turer in China after the death Academy nomination ? of her husband. Westlake,Donald Edwin ff In 2007 Yen handover the ff He is an American novelist chairmanship to her son who is acclaimed for his styl- QQ) In which country "taijiquan" ish crime novels martial arts originated? Myster Writers of America's Ed China gar Alle Poe Award thre times. Taiwan Also gave him a Grad Master Japan title - 1993 ff The martial arts is more ##The Hunter (1962) femiliar scene in 2008 ##The OUtfit(1963) Olipiad in Beijing, more than ##The Score(1964) 2000 taijiquan performers ## The Hot Rock(1970) appearedon ceremony. ##What's so funny(2007) ff The martial art is also prove QQ) Who was the special effect art- ist, won Academy Award for Alien,JurasicPark and Termina- tor 2? to be effective treatment in case of High blood preasure and poor balance.

QQ) Which was Turky's relegious

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CCD and Honeybees Sea of Poppies Millenium Seed Bank Churchil's wizard Tyler Prize for Environmental achievement BMW Welt

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QQ) Which firm designed The BMW Welt("World") at Munich? Cop Himelb(l)au ff It was a showroom and Muse- um of BMW Cars QQ) The closest relatives of elephants are Mamaths Disnosars QQ) Tyler Prize for Environmental Seacows and Hyraxes achievement was organized by? f f A study of fossil teath from QQ) Expand EEW Oxford University Moeritherium,37 millon year Earthquake Erly Wanrning Cambridge University old elephant from Egypt,indi- System Southern California Uni- cate that these animals spend versity QQ) Expand USSG lots of time in water, so their ff In 2008 the prize goes U.S.Geological Survey life style is more similar to to James Galloway,Harold QQ) Expand NOAA sea cows than modern ele- Mooney National Oceanic and Atmo- phents, the carbon and oxigen ffMooney helped start spheric Administration. composotion found in the many major environmen- teeth more similar to modern QQ) Expand ESSA tal programs aquatic mammals that terras Earth Systems Science Agen- Global Invasive Species trial animals. cy Program QQ) Who was the author of Road QQ) Expand ESNO The Ecosystem functioning Home(2007)? El Nino/Souther Oscilation of Biodiversity Program Rose Tremain ff Asscociated with Cooling and The Global Biodiversity f f She wins the Orange Broad warming of Equotorial Pacific Assessment band Prize for fiction 2008 Ocean,which plays a major The Millenium Ecosystem Other Notable books role in climate variations. Assessment Gifted -Nikita LalWani QQ) Who were the authors of 'Three QQ) Who won the Blue Planet Prize A Golden Age-Tahima cups of tea'? for lifetime achievement in 2008? Anam -Bangladesh born Greg Mortenson,David Relin Claud Loris and Jose Mosquito-RomaTearn QQ) Expand PISA? GoldemBerg The White Tiger-Aravind Programme for International Loris was a French men, Adiga Student Assessment Goldemberg was worked at QQ) Who was the author of `? University Sao Paulo QQ) What is NCBL Act 2001 US? Amitav Ghosh GoldemBerg was helped No Child Left Behind Act He is an Indian writer Brazil's Bioethnol QQ) Who built Savalbard Global God's own country -Ross Program in 1970 Seed Vault? Raisin QQ) What you mean by OSCS? ff built on an Norwegian archi- QQ) Who was the winner of Costa Oversulfated CHondroitin pelago in Artic Ocean by the Book of the Year Award 2007? Sulfate Norwegian Govt in 2008 A.L Kennedy GPEI-Global Polio Eradica- ff It can store 4.5 Millon seeds is a Scottish writer tion Initivate QQ) Which nation built Millenium ##Day(2007) QQ) Colony Colapse Disorder Seed Bank? QQ) Who was the author of Chur- (CCD) was related to Britain chil's wizard:The British Genius Honeybees ff Located at West Sussex,En- for Deception 1914-45? Butturflys gland Nikolas Rankin Humming Birds ff Opened in 2000 ,preserved by ff Was shortlisted for Biography The disorder leads to the Royal Botonic Gardens,Kew award 2007 destroying colonies of melli- QQ) Where the IRRI located? ff The winner of 2007 Biography fera honeybees LosBanos, Philaldelphia award The disease was reported in IRRI-International Rice Re US and Europe search Institiute International Potato Center,Li- ma - IPC

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Literary awards Bolligen Prize and Big Booker Prize Naguib Mahfouz Medal for literature and Frost award Caldecott Medal and Hoofit Prize

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QQ) When did International IMPAC QQ) Who was the winner of White Dublin Literary Award was first- bread Book of the Year in 2007? A.L.Kennedy ly given? ff The award formerly known as 1996 Whitbread Literary Award ff Given English writers and for ff In 2007 Costa Cofee assumed non English writers Waterford the sponsorship Crystal Trophe was given ff The Awards are given by Dub- QQ) Orange Broadband Prize is lin Castle in May or June given to Women writers in En- glish of QQ) In which year Man Booker In UK ternational Prize was firstly US given? France 2005 ff The Bronze figurine called ff In 2007 Chinni Achebe was "Bessie" the winner ff Man Booker International QQ) Frank O'Connor's International Prize was organized by Short Story Award was firstly The Man Group PLC given in 2005 QQ) Who were the organizers of ff For a collection of short sto Neustadt International Prize for ries by a living author litterature? ff Country:Ireland University of Oklahoma World Litterature Today QQ) Who established Bolligen Prize ff Particia Grace of Newzealand in Poetry? was awarded in 2008 Paul Mellon ff Awarded by Yale University QQ) Astrid Lindgren Memorial Library for an American poet Award for Litterature was given every two year by US QQ) The Pulister Prize for litterarure Spain and drama was awarded by France Columbia University & Sweden NewYork City ff Firstly awarded in 2003 ff Begun in 1917 ff Sonya Hartnett of Australia QQ) The Frost medal was given to QQ) In which year commonwealth Novel writers prize was established? Poetry 1987 Biography ff Asian Writer :Tahmina ff Started in 1930 Anam ff Awarded by Poetry Society of American to distinguished QQ) The Man Booker Prize was service for American Poetry sponderd by Booker McConnel Ltd QQ) Which is the oldest award in the ff Established in 1969 world for children's litterature? ff Given for full length novel Newbery Medal by commonwealth or Repulic ff Laura Amy Schlitz for Good of Ireland Master,Sweet Ladies,Voice ff The White Tiger By Aravind from Mediaval Village firstly Adiga won Man Booker bestowed in 1922 QQ) Which award is given to most distinguished picture book for children's? Newbery Medal Caldecott Medal Hoofit Prize ff Brian Selznick awarded for the invention of Hugo carbet ff Hoofit prize is a national prize given by literature QQ) Camoes Prize was established by Portuuese & Brazil to honour representative author writing in Portuguese ff Joao Ubaldo Ribeiro(Brazil) QQ) Russian Booker Prize was firstly awarded in ? 1992 QQ) Big Booker Prize was given by Russia China Korea ff Firstly given in 2006 QQ) Naguib Mahfouz Medal for literature was established to honour novelist in Spanish Urdu Arabic ff It was given to Novel Pub- lished in Arabic ff Established in 1996 ff The winning book will trans lated and published in Cai- ro,London and NY QQ) Which one of the award is is given to Japanese authors? Man Asian Litterary Prize Jun'ichiro Tanizaki Prize Ryunosuke Akutagawa Prize Ryunosuke Akutagawa Prize ##Breast and Egg By Mieko Kawakami ##A morning when time blurs- By Yang Yi

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Michael Bond 1st introduced Paddington Bear to the world in his 1958 children's book A Bear Called Paddington

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Middle Europe's first University Bata and Czech Republic America,America Velvet Divorce First kite assisted cargo ship Lost in Utterpradesh Batava ,Batapoor

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Peter Robert Lamont Brown and Romila Thapar will receive the 2008 Kluge Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Study of Humanity in a ceremony Dec. 10 at the Library of Congress QQ) Mo Dun Literary award was named after Mao Se Tung Shen Yanbing Mai Jia ff It is awarded every five year in China Yanbing's nom de plum was Mao Dun (China) ##Plotting By Mai Jia ##Qin Opera by Jia Pingwa QQ) Shadow country ,a trilogy was bublished by Matthiessen ff The Nobel winner Tony Mor- rison wrote A mercy QQ) America,America was the book of Ethen Canin QQ) Lost in Utterpradesh was the selected stories of Evan S Connel ##Unaccustomed earth By Jhumpa Lahiri QQ) Which is the highest official award for fiction in china? Mao Dun Literary Award QQ) Which was world's first kite assisted cargo ship? MV BelugaSkySails Used for military supplies by U.S USA QQ) In which year CzechSlovokya become Cze Republic & Slo vokya? 1993 ff As a result of Velvet Divorce, the two nations seperated. ff Vat Slav Havel becomes first president of Czech Republic. ff He was one of the no table leader of Charter 77 movemnt, which lead the country to Velvet revolution. QQ) What is the nationality of the renowned poet Kafka? Czech Slovokya ff He born in Prag which is the capital of Check Republic ff Einstein too born in Prag ff Prag is beautiful city QQ) Which architecture method was use in St.Peter's Cathridel in Prag? Gothic Style QQ) Which country has no costal area? Canada USA Solovokia Russia ff Check Republic also had no costal area. QQ) Czechslovokia was consist of Slovokia,Bohemia,Morovia ff Was formed in 1918 after the fall of Austro-Hungary nation ff Magyar post is belong to Hungary

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QQ) What was 'Bata's' name after nationalisation during the com- QQ) Which is middle Europe's first munist govt? University? Srit Charlse University (1348) ff It was again privatised after ff It was situated in Prag fall of the communist govt by ff Prag was situated on the bank and know as Bata AS of Valtava river. QQ) Reduta palace was situated in ff Check republic was famouse ___? for glass making. Slovokia(Bristolva) QQ) Which was middle Europe's biggest palace? Czech Republic's Bohemian Palace

QQ) Where did worlds biggest QQ) U.S Defense Advanced Research foot wear manufacturers 'Bata' Project Agency was founded in emerged? 1958 Czech Republic QQ) Who is that action played as ff In 1931 they built factory in Jokern in The Dark Knight India Australian actor, Heath LedQQ) What is comon in 'Bata ger Nagar,Batava,Bata Drops' ? QQ) In which year Cannes Film festival started? 1945 ff Venue:France These are Bata Villages ff These Villages are made by the 'Bata' Company for their employees. ff Bata Nagar - India ff Batava - Canad ff Bata Drops - Netherland ff Batapoor - Pakistan

ff Bratislova was the capital of slovokia, situated in the banks of Danube ff Slovokia is famouse for Ice Hokey ff Budapest was the capital of Hungary ff During the control of Hunga- ry Bristolva was known as 'Posh Noi'.

QQ) In which country Madam Cu- rie represent? Poland Germany

QQ) What is a 'Rink'? floor (filled with ice sheets) where ice hokey takeplace ff Slovokya was one of the imp ice hokey team. ff Slovokya featured lowest sala- ry and tax rates in the world. QQ) Who established School of Engraving in New Castle? Thomas bewick

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ff He was a British wood engraver ff His best engaving can be found on books on natural history ff Pocket Billard - North America QQ) Bay of BISCAY , an inlet of AtlanQQ) Which was first French journal on tic Ocean is locate at __? B/w Southern France and psychology? Northern Spain LAnnee Psychologique 1985

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ff The author was Alfred Binet QQ) What is ONCOGENES ? QQ) In which year BhrathaNatyam, f f He better known for Intlegence These are cance causing genes an India dance style, being pertest ff ONCOGENES are identified by formed at sateg? # # Experimental stidy of InteleMichael Bishop , US Virologist ff The Indian classical dance gence 1903 ff He shared Nobel (1989)with formed in Tamil Naddu ##A method of measuring the Varmus for the finding of 40 ONff The techiniques and terminoldevelopment of the intelegent of COGENES in animals ogies were found on the writing young children 1915 QQ) Where is Bishop's University? of Sage Bharat's NatyaSastra. th Q Q) Who was the 9 king of Chakri Lennoxville,Quebei,Canada ff The dance were performed dynasty of Thailand? ff Esytablished in 1843 only female temple dancers, in Ram IX ff It was private university olden times and associated with f f He was also called as Bhumibol prostitution QQ) Where is Bismarck Archipelago? Adulyadej In 1930 0n wards it was per North of New Guinea & Papu ff he was Thailand's longest ruled formed on stages. NewGuinea monarch ff It was a Island group in western QQ) Which form of Bhudhism forQQ) Where is 'Bighorn River? Pacific Ocean. bid monks to handle money? North Wyoming ,U.S ff Now it is in Papu New Guinea THFRAVADA ff The Ze/Chen Bhudhist monk QQ) In which year capital of Orisa QQ) Who was the persian stateman should work. moved to Cuttak? founded German Empire (1871)? 1948 Bismarck QQ) The OLD TESTMENT was ff Formerly it was Bhubaneswar written in ____ QQ) Bi stands for ____in periodic Hebrew QQ) Black concious movement was table? ff The Jewish bible cosist of started by? Bismuth TORA, NEVIIM, KETUVIM, Stephen Biko ff Bismuth alloys were used in ff Together christians called ff He was a national martyr of makinf fuses, plastic and fiber, nail OLD TESTMENT South Africa polish etc ff The first English translation ff The movement work for the QQ) Which was Europe's highest of Bible was performed by John rights of black people. peak? Wycliffe in 1382 Q) Geneva Protocol was signed in Mount Blanc QQ) Which was the largest in ___? ff It was in ALPS BASQUE countries? 1925 ff On the boarders of France, Italy Bilbao Port City ff Trying to prohibit biological and Switzerland. agents in warfare. ff It had 15,771 ft height QQ) France's King's Library was formed by whom? QQ) What is 'mycology'? QQ) Which was oldest University in ff It is also known as Royal It is the study of Fungi Europe? Library ff Biome is the largest geographic University of Bolgana,Italy Charlse V biotic unit. ff Established in 1088 QQ) Which Billiard game was played QQ) What is Biotin ? QQ) Where is Black Forest? with 3 balls (1 Red, 3 White)? Carboxylic acid On the river of Upper Rine , Carom (France) ff It is a parrt of vitamin B Germany ff It was played on a table withff It contain sinthesize faty acids. ff It was the source of Danube and out pockets ff Converts Amino acids to GluNekar ff Snooker -United Kingdom cose ff Famouse for GRIM fairy tales Blood root means double flowered plant

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QQ) Which secret agency kill Arch Ducke Ferdinanad? Black hand ff It is a serbian secret society established in 1911 ff The incident leads to World War. QQ) Where is SEINE river? QQ) Where is Bonin Islands? Paris,France South of Tokyo, Japan ff The SEINE river side is famouse ff This is an Island group 27 for Bois de Boulogne park and volcanic Islands. LongChamp,Auteuil racetracks ff 'Chichi' was tht largest among QQ) Who is the author of 'The Americ- them QQ) Which is the Western German capital until 1990? Bonn ff After unification the capital changed to Berlin ff It is also the birth place famous musician LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

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QQ) Where was Black Hill? Dakota and North Wyoming, US ff It is group of mountains. QQ) What is Black widow? ff Famouse for gold Fatal black spider ff Black Hill Wars ( 1876) , for ff It was a venomous spider gold mines. ff also called 'RedBack in France ff Town of Dead Wood, Mount QQ) Which was the first Play by an Rushmore, Jewel Cave are the maAmerican Black ? jor tourist sites King Shotaway(1823) QQ) What is 'bleeding heart' ? ff The drama is written by James A heart shaped flower hanging Brown from arching stems. QQ) Where is Devil Tower National QQ) What is blitzkrieg? Monument? It is Military tactics Wyoming ,US ff It was first used in Spanish civil ff It was one of the attraction in war in 1940 and Poland Black Hills of Wyoming. ff Germans used the tactics in QQ) Which is the largest city of LibeWorld War II ria? QQ) Who was the first director gener- Monrovia al of CERN? ff It is the administrative capital Felix Bloch QQ) Who was Mongke ? QQ) Which was the highest peak in Grand son of Chenghis Khan Black mountains? ff Chenghis Khan was the king of North Carolina Mangolia QQ) What was the scientific name of QQ) The daily 'Monte Le' published bhodhy tree? from ___? Ficus religiosa Paris ff It was also called Pipal tree ff Since 1944

aization? Edward Bok ff the book won Pulitzer Prize in 1920

QQ) Where the 'bonsai' tray palnating was originated? China ff It become famous in Japan QQ) Which mathematician was credited work of Law of thought(1984) ? George Boole ff His two valued algebra of logic was used in electronic digital computer (Boolean Algebra) ff It can perform 13 operations. QQ) Who wrote the epic poem 'Don Juan'? Lord Byron,USA ff The poem was feature Daniel Boone's adventures.

QQ) Which is the theatre Abraham Lincon assasinated? Ford's Theatre ff 1865 April 14 John Wilks Booth shot him during a an opera. QQ) Who was the Indian Monk estab- ff Widely repsected News Paper in ff Booth was a Shakespearean lished Chan School of Bhudhism? the world. actor Damo /Bodhidharma QQ) What is 'Monte Video'? QQ) ___ was the famouse university ff he concidereed as 28th succes Capital of Uruguay where people like Montesquieu sor of Bhudha. ff It is a poert city were educated? QQ) Where did the VALTAVA river ff 'MontiCello' was the home of Bordeaux originate? Thomas Jeferson. ff It was established in 1441 Bohemian forest QQ) Who was the founder of 'Bombay ff The city also known for Wine ff lies along the boundaries of Talkies'? making Bavaria and Czech Republic. Himansu Rai (India) QQ) Who was the frist man to win ff The highest point in Bohemian ff It was launched in 1934 Wimbledon single four successive forest is 'Arber' "Son of the convent " was the oldest and largest Jewish organiztion in the world, NY,1843