Current Affairs – 2011- October

Q.Which former Ranji Player died after falling from train at Vaikom in Kottayam?
A.K.R.Krishna Varma

Q.Name the 69-year-old who collapsed and died minutes after
    fulfilling his life-long
    ambition of climbing Africa's highest mountain peak, Mount
    Kilimanjaro.

A.Alistair Cook

Q.Which Bollywood movie have been watched by over 1.3 lakh Chinese since its Mandarin version        release?
A.Aamir Khan's 3 Idiots

Q.Which Asian Advertising congress is coming back to India after 8 years?
A.Ad Asia (October 31st to November 3rd 2011)

Q.Name the education technology solution launched by Texas Instruments in association
    with CORE Education and Technologies to facilitate a better learning experience for

    students in classrooms across India.

A.STEMpower

Q.Who has been honoured with Dr.B.Saroja Devi award recently?

A.Dr.Vyjayanthimala

Q.Who is set to receive Mahatma Gandhi peace prize in South Africa?
A.Dalai Lama

Q.Name the rocket and navigation satellite launched by Russia after August's space ship
    crash.
A.Soyuz-2 rocket launched a GLONASS navigation satellite

Q.Who has been voted as 2nd most powerful business-woman in US?

A.Indra Nooyi

Q.Which company has struck natural gas reserves in its first well drilled in the offshore
    Mannar basin in Sri Lanka?
A.Cairn India