Current Affairs Questions-Answers for November 2012–One-liners

The one liner for the month of November 2012 talks about the most important happenings that occurred round the world. It helps the student understand what news to be remembered. It is a very good exercise for students sitting for various competitive examinations, as it helps in brushing up of one’s knowledge on current affairs. Students can visit this section to keep abreast with the world happenings

• Former Prime Minister of India and the head of unsteady coalition government in 1990s who died at the age of 92 following brief illness on 30 November 2012 - Inder Kumar Gujral

• Chairperson of the National League of Democracy of Myanmar  who visited India from 13 November 2012 to 18 November 2012 - Aung San Suu Kyi

• The US special envoy to Af-Pak (Afghanistan-Pakistan) who on 27 November 2012 announced his resignation- Marc Grossman

• The person who was sworn-in as Brazil's Supreme Court's first non-White President on 23 November 2012 - Joaquim Barbosa

• The former President of the Federative Republic of Brazil, was awarded with Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace on 22 November 2012- Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

• The Bihar Cadre Senior IPS Officer of 1974 batch was appointed as next director of Central Bureau of Investigation on 22 November 2012 for two years- Ranjit Sinha

• Royal Opera House chief executive who on 22 November 2012 was appointed as director general of the BBC - Tony Hall

• The Former Captain and legendary opener of Indian Cricket Team on 21 November 2012 was conferred with BCCI’s prestigious Col. CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award -Sunil Gavaskar

• The Pakistani National and the lone surviving terrorist of 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attacks who was hanged on 21 November 2012 at Pune’s Yerwada Jail - Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab

• The person who was appointed as the head coach of the men’s National Basketball Team in the third week of November 2012 by the Basketball Federation of India (BFI)- Scott Flemming

• The former Chief Justice of Rajasthan High Court on 19 November 2012 was appointed as the new Chairperson of the Election Commission of The Indian Olympic Association (IOA)- Anil Dev Singh

• The 23rd official James Bond movie which became the highest-grossing installment in the 50-year-old franchise- Skyfall

• The Chairman of Assam Tribune Group of Newspapers died on 17 November 2012 at his residence in Rajgarh - Tulsi Govinda Baruah

• The Shiv Sena Supremo   who died on 17 November 2012 at the age of 86 - Balasaheb Keshav Thackeray

• The California-based, Indian-American  who became the only 3rd of the community to win Congressional Election, making it to US House of Representatives - Ami Bera

• The ex-Defence Minister of India and former Planning Commission Deputy Chairman who died on 15 November 2012- K.C. Pant

• The Person who was elected new General Secretary of the Party’s seven-member Politburo standing committee by the Communist Party of China (CPC) on 15 November 2012 - Xi Jinping

• The UK Word of the Year 2012 , chosen  by the Oxford English Dictionary - Omnishambles

• Renowned literary critic and educator who on 10 November 2012 was awarded the prestigious Kyoto Prize in Kyoto- Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

• The great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi who was elected to a State Assembly in the United States during the general elections held on 6 November 2012- Shanti Gandhi

• BBC Director General who on 10 November 2012 resigned from the job over covering sexual abuse- George Entwistle

• The Iron Lady from Manipur who on 5 November 2012 completed 12 years of her fast demanding cancellation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, 1958  (AFSPA)- Irom Sharmila

• Chinese-British writer and physician who was known by her pen name Han Suyin, died at the age of 95 on 2 November 2012- Elizabeth Comber

• Veteran BJP leader, former governor of Gujarat and Rajasthan and former finance minister of Bihar who passed away in State of Bihar on 3 November 2012- Kailashpati Mishra

• Indian American astronaut who along with a fellow astronaut moved out of the International Space Station on 1 November 2012- Sunita Williams

• The Bollywood actress  who on 1 November 2012 was conferred with the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres) by the French Ambassador to India François Richier- Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

• Lyricist and well known poet who on 31 October 2012 awarded with Indira Gandhi National Integration Award by congress President Sonia Gandhi- Gulzar

• India's leading strategic thinker and analyst, who on 25 October 2012 won the 2012 Asia Society Bernard Schwartz Book Award for his recently published book" Water: Asia's New Battleground"- Brahma Chellaney

• Veteran Indian actress who on 25 October 2012 was Awarded with an Honorary Doctorate of Arts for her outstanding contribution to Indian cinema by the Edinburgh Napier University- Sharmila Tagore

• Actor and Satirist who died in a road accident on 25 October 2012 near Punjab's Nakodar town 40 km from Jalandhar- Jaspal Bhatti