International Stuttering Awareness Day

October 22 was observed as International Stuttering Awareness Day.The day is intended to raise public awareness of the millions of people, one per cent of the world's population who have the speech disorder of stuttering, also known as stammering.

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Photo: Ananthu Manoharan

Place: Kollam

"Jana Gana Mana" was officially adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the Indian national anthem on

 Ans: 24 January 1950

Alfred Bernhard Nobel

Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer. He was born on October 21, 1833. He was the inventor of dynamite and he died on December 10, 1896.

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Place: Kollam

Father of Experimental Genetics

Ans:  T.H. Morgan

World Osteoporosis Day

World Osteoporosis Day is observed annually on 20 October, and launches a year-long campaign dedicated to raising global awareness of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease.

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Place: Kollam

Father of Cell phone

Ans: Martin Cooper

Jacques Edwin Brandenberger

Jacques Edwin Brandenberger was a Swiss chemist and textile engineer who in 1908 invented cellophane(Cellophane is a thin, transparent sheet made of regenerated cellulose. Its low permeability to air, oils, greases, bacteria and water makes it useful for food packaging). He was born on October 19, 1872 and died on July 13, 1954.

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Photo: Ananthu Manoharan

Place: Kollam

San Jose mines is located in

Ans: Chile

Ernst Pascual Jordan

Ernst Pascual Jordan was born on  October 18, 1902. He was a theoretical and mathematical physicist who made significant contributions to quantum mechanics and quantum field theory. He died on July 31, 1980. 

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Place: Chavara @ Kollam

An n type semiconductor is

(a) Negatively charged         (b) Positively charged            (c) Neutral

Ans: Neutral

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is celebrated every year on October 17 throughout the world. It was officially recognised by the United Nations.

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Place: Kollam

Red Fort in Delhi was build by

Ans: Shah Jahan

World Food Day

World Food Day is celebrated every year around the world on 16 October in honor of the date of the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1945. The World Food Day theme for 2013 is "Sustainable Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition"

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Photo: Ananthu Manoharan

Place: Oachira Temple @ Kollam