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Saturday 31 January 2015

#112.
If Perumal Murugan's "Madurubagan" is the recent case of proscription of work on grounds of obscenity, then what was the first case under the Indian Penal Code?

Thursday 29 January 2015

#111.
He was one of the pioneers of modern Indian art and a key figure of Contextual Modernism. He became the principal of Kala Bhavan, Santiniketan in 1922. He was also famously asked by Jawaharlal Nehru to sketch the emblems for the Government of India's awards, including the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Shri. Along with his students, he took up the historic task of decorating the original manuscript of the Constitution of India. ID him.

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Wednesday 28 January 2015

#110.


The picture shows a massive, rocket-propelled, explosive-laden cart designed by the British military during World War II. what is its name?
#109.
 ID the structure(recently in news)

Tuesday 27 January 2015

#108
 This is the picture of the Dreadnought hoaxers in Abyssinian regalia with which Horace Cole tricked the Royal Navy into showing their flagship, the battleship HMS Dreadnought. ID the person in the extreme left.

Monday 26 January 2015

#107.
Born in Bagbazar, Kolkata in 1844, X was a Bengali musician, poet, playwright, novelist, theatre director and actor. X can be referred to as the Father of Bengali Theatre. X cofounded the Great National Theatre, the first Bengali professional theatre company in 1872, wrote nearly 40 plays and acted and directed many more. ID X.

Sunday 25 January 2015

#106
X is a form of modern architecture, a subdivision of futurist architecture influenced by car culture, jets, the Space Age, and the Atomic Age. Originating in Southern California during the late 1940s and continuing approximately into the mid-1960s, X was popular among motels, coffee houses and gas stations. Features of X include upswept roofs, curvaceous, geometric shapes, and bold use of glass, steel and neon. X was also characterized by Space Age designs symbolic of motion, such as boomerangs, flying saucers, atoms and parabolas, and free-form designs such as "soft" parallelograms and an artist's palette motif. These stylistic conventions represented American society's fascination with Space Age themes and marketing emphasis on futuristic designs.
ID X.

Saturday 24 January 2015

#105
X is a long-range, Mach 3 strategic reconnaissance aircraft that was operated by the United States Air Force. It was developed as a black project by Lockheed and its skunk works division. On 26 April 1971, X was flown by Majors Thomas B. Estes and Dewain C. Vick which flew over 15,000 miles in 10 hrs. 30 min. This flight was awarded the 1971 Mackay Trophy for the "most meritorious flight of the year" and the 1972 Harmon Trophy for "most outstanding international achievement in the art/science of aeronautics". ID X(aircraft).

#104.
what is blanked out?

#103.
 Talking boards became very popular in the late 1800s and  in 1890, Elijah Bond, Charles Kennard and William H.A. Maupin had the idea to turn the board into a toy. They filed the first patent for a game they called the X board which was granted in 1891. X is an ancient Egyptian word meaning “good luck.” The Kennard Novelty company manufactured these boards which was renamed as X Novelty company.  William Fuld, an employee there, eventually took over production of the boards. He holds more X patents and copyrights than anyone else in history, a grand total of 21 registrations in three countries including the design for the modern planchette. In 1966, Fuld’s estate sold the family business to Parker Brothers, which manufactured the modern boards as we know them today. In 1991, Parker Brothers was sold to Hasbro, which now holds all the rights and patents for X.
ID X.

Monday 19 January 2015

#102
Connect(non-exhaustive):
Muckraker
Square deal
mollycoddle
bully pulpit

Sunday 18 January 2015

#101
Connect
Oxford Dictionaries- vape
Dictionary.com- exposure
Merriam-Webster- culture
American Dialect Society- #blackivesmatter
#100.
To commemorate Liberation Day in South Korea, Bumyang introduced X(a non-alcoholic beverage) in 1996. Beginning in 1973, Bumyang had been the company licensed by The Coca-Cola Company to produce and bottle Coca-Cola in Korea. In 1996, however, that license was given to another company. In response to this, Bumyang developed a new cola and called it X and used a marketing campaign based on the idea of Korean “Cola Independence”. They attempted to appeal to Korean citizens by marketing a cola made in Korea by a Korean company as being a better option than the dominant brand, Coca-Cola, which was made by an American company.
ID X.

Friday 16 January 2015

#99.
X is a phrase first used by Jawaharlal Nehru in his book The Discovery of India. X is an individual and social process of thinking and acting underlying a scientific method. ID the phrase.
#98.
Mahabaleshwar is most recognised for its strawberries exports which is cultivated in Panchgani. These strawberries were introduced by Chinese convicts in 1860s. The history of this can be traced back to a particular Falls  which is named after Chinese convicts who, many years ago, worked in the vicinity, and who had a crucial hand in establishing the hill station. Name the Falls.
#97.
X is a TV series filmed in Kenya and Nigeria in which young people go out, sleep with each other and learn tough lessons about HIV. X is a non-profit project of MTV's Staying Alive Foundation with twin goals of promoting safer sex and removing the taboo around HIV. It is sponsored by donors including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. X stars Lupita Nyong'o who won an Academy Award in 2014 for her role in 12 Years a Slave.
ID X.

Tuesday 13 January 2015

#96.
"Regina v. Hicklin"(1868) case involved one Henry Scott, who resold copies of an anti-Catholic pamphlet entitled "The Confessional Unmasked: shewing the depravity of the Romish priesthood, the iniquity of the Confessional, and the questions put to females in confession." When the pamphlets were ordered destroyed as obscene, Scott appealed the order to the court of Quarter Sessions. Benjamin Hicklin, the official in charge of such orders as Recorder, revoked the order of destruction. Hicklin held that Scott's purpose had not been to corrupt public morals but to expose problems within the Catholic Church; hence, Scott's intention was innocent. The authorities appealed Hicklin's reversal, bringing the case to the consideration of the Court of Queen's Bench. This case led to a legal test for obscenity. What is the test known as?

Monday 12 January 2015

#95.
It was the German Kingdom of Prussia's highest order of merit. The award was founded in 1740 by Frederick the Great; it was intended primarily as a military honour, but was also sometimes given for civil accomplishments. This version of the order was revived as an independent organization in 1923, and again in 1952, with the President of Germany replacing the King of Prussia as head of the order. This version of the honour is still active. Notable recipients of this award are Bismarck, Hermann Goring, Manfred Von Richthofen.
ID the award.