World Town Planning Day

The international organisation for World Urbanism Day, also known as "World Town Planning Day", was founded in 1949 and it is celebrated in more than 30 countries on four continents each November 8th. It is a special day to recognise and promote the role of planning in creating livable communities.

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World book day is on

Ans: 23 April

Edwin Herbert Hall

Edwin Herbert Hall was an American physicist who discovered the "Hall effect". He was born on November 7, 1855 and died on November 20, 1938. 

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Place: Ooty

Red Fort was constructed by the Mughal emperor

Ans:  Shah Jahan

James Naismith was born on November 6, 1861, he was a Canadian-American sports coach and innovator. He invented the sport of basketball in 1891 and he died on November 28, 1939.

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Place: Perumpuzha @ Kollam

Chandrayaan-1 was launched on

Ans: 22 October 2008

Mangalyan launch

President Pranab Mukherjee today (November 5, 2013) congratulated ISRO for the successful launch of ‘Mangalyan’, Mars Orbiter Spacecraft, and said it was a significant milestone that will inspire more scientists to make greater strides in achieving goals.  In his message to Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), K. Radhakrishnan, the President said: “This launch of India’s first dedicated Mars Orbiter Spacecraft is a significant milestone in the progress of our space programme and space applications.  The blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR), located on the island of Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh coast. If the Orbiter reaches its destination successfully by Sept 2014, India would be the fifth country to reach out to Mars.
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China's first lunar satellite, Chang'e 1 goes into orbit around the Moon

Chang’e 1 was an unmanned Chinese lunar-orbiting spacecraft, part of the first phase of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program. It was launched on 24 October 2007 at 10:05:04 UTC from Xichang Satellite Launch Center. It left lunar transfer orbit on 31 October and entered lunar orbit on 5 November 2007.

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Place: Ashtamudi Lake @ Kollam

Father of Calculus

 Ans: Sir Issac Newton

Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway

The Thiruvananthapuram Central Railway Station was launched On November 4,1931
 

Rail transport begin in Kerala between Beeper and Tirur line (30.6km) on March 12,1861. Train was built by Madras Railway Company.

The first Train service began in Travancore on November 26,1904,with the completion of the Chengotta -Punalur meter gauge line.

Charles Kuen Kao

Charles Kuen Kao is a Chinese-born Hong Kong, American and British electrical engineer and physicist who pioneered in the development and use of fiber optics in telecommunications. He was born on November 4, 1933. 

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was formed on

Ans: July 29, 1958

Nick Holonyak

Nick Holonyak invented the first practically useful visible LED in 1962 and has been called "the father of the light-emitting diode". He was born on November 3, 1928.

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Place: Thevally @ Kollam

Which country in the world is having largest Muslim population?

Ans: Indonesia

George Boole

George Boole was born on November 2, 1815. He was an English mathematician, philosopher and logician. He worked in the fields of differential equations and algebraic logic, and is now best known as the author of The Laws of Thought. He died on December 8, 1864. 

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Place: Thiruvananthapuram

Iron man of India

Ans: Sardar Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel

World Vegan Day

World Vegan Day is an annual event celebrated on 1 November, by vegans around the world. The Day was established in 1994 by Louise Wallis.

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Kerala Piravi

Kerala Piravi marks the birth of the state of Kerala in India. The state of Kerala was created on November 1, 1956. November 1 is therefore known as Kerala Piravi Dinam in the state. Malayalees around the world celebrate November 1 as Kerala Piravi, which in Malayalam "the birthday of Kerala".

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Place: Kollam

Indian Constitution Borrowed Federal System from

Ans: Canada

Sardar Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel

Sardar Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel was born on 31 October 1875, he was an Indian barrister and statesman, one of the leaders of the Indian National Congress and one of the founding fathers of the Republic of India. He is known to be a social leader of India who played an unparalleled role in the country's struggle for independence and guided its integration into a united, independent nation. He died on 15 December 1950.

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Place: Ooty

The first human in space

Ans: Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin

International Orthopaedic Nurses Day

International Orthopaedic Nurses Day  is observed annually onOctober 30 and a nursing specialty focused on the prevention and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders. Orthopaedic issues range from acute problems such as fractures or hospitalization for joint replacement to chronic systemic disorders such as loss of bone density or lupus erythematosus.

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First Viceroy of India

Ans: Lord Canning

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Place: Kollam

A. J. Ayer

Alfred Jules Freddie Ayer was born on  October 29, 1910. He was a British philosopher known for his promotion of logical positivism, particularly in his books Language, Truth, and Logic and The Problem of Knowledge. He died on June 27, 1989.

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Place: Kollam

The Inventor of Email is

Ans: VA Shiva Ayyadurai

Bill Gates

William Henry Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955, he is an American business magnate, investor, programmer, inventor and philanthropist. Gates is the former chief executive and current chairman of Microsoft, the world’s largest personal-computer software company, which he co-founded with Paul Allen.

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Who is the co-founded of Microsoft with Bill Gates

Ans: Paul Allen

Otto Wichterle

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Otto Wichterle was a Czech chemist, best known for his invention of modern soft contact lenses. He was born on October 27, 1913 and died on August 18, 1998. 
 

 

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World No Tobacco Day is observed on

Ans: May 31

Joseph Aloysius Hansom

Joseph Aloysius Hansom was a prolific English architect working principally in the Gothic Revival style. He invented the Hansom cab and founded the eminent architectural journal, The Builder, in 1843. He was born on October 26, 1803 and died on June 29, 1882.

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World Health Organization was established on

Ans: 7 April 1948

Henry Norris Russell

Henry Norris Russell was born on October 25, 1877, he was an American astronomer who, along with Ejnar Hertzsprung, developed the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram. In 1923, working with Frederick Saunders, he developed Russell–Saunders coupling which is also known as LS coupling. He died on February 18, 1957.

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Place: Govt Law College Trivandrum 

Father of Sociology

Ans: Auguste Comte

World Development Information Day

 United Nations General Assembly decided to institute a World Development Information Day coinciding with United Nations Day on 24 October in1972.  The General Assembly had the object of drawing the attention of world public-opinion each year to development problems and the necessity of strengthening international co-operation to solve them.

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Place: Anchalummood @ Kollam

Who designed and built the first electron beam welder?

Ans: James T. Russell

Mole Day

Mole Day is celebrated among chemists and chemistry students on October 23, between 6:02 AM and 6:02 PM, making the date 6:02 10/23 in the American style of writing dates. The time and date are derived from Avogadro's number, which is approximately 6.02×1023, defining the number of particles (atoms or molecules) in one mole of substance, one of the seven base SI units.

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Place: Kollam

Avogadro’s law was first proposed by

Ans: Amedeo Avogadro

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

 Ans: 24 January 1950