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She was one of the earliest film critic in the country having worked for Evening news of India in 1931 and Times of India during 1933 to 1953.She began working when Indian films had just begun to talk .For the first few years an award X was started in her name.Identify her and the award X

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..Pat yourself on the back,if you didnt google on thatClare Mendonca

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Q2What is the motto called?

Field MarshalPhilip Walhouse Chetwode, 1st Baron Chetwode, 7th Baronet of Oakley,GCB,OM,GCSI,KCMG,DSO(21 September 1869 6 July 1950) was aBritish Armyofficer. Chetwode becameChief of the General Staff in Indiain 1928 andCommander-in-Chief, Indiain November 1930 The main building and its central hall at theIndian Military Academyis named after him. The credo of the Academy, engraved on the entrance to the central hall, is a passage from his address delivered at the formal inauguration of the Academy in 1932 Chetwode motto

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Shoojith Sircar

Term for such companies was originally coined by Aileen Lee, founder of Cowboy Ventures.What is the term calledQ4Weekly quiz

Unicorn companies

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The connect is

Farhan Akhtar

Positiveis a 2007Hindishort filmdirected byFarhan Akhtarand produced byFarhan AkhtarandRitesh Sidhwaniunder theirExcel Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.banner. The film starredShabana AzmiandBoman Iraniin leads roles is shown here

He launch the movement of MARD

Brand ambassador of brands shown here

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Michael Punke who is now the Deputy United States Trade Representative and US Ambassador to the World Trade Organization wrote this book.The State Department prohibited him from doing any publicity for the book because of his role.The book depicts Punke's outdoor interests and hobbies, such as fishing and exploring the backcountry, which he enjoyed while growing up in Wyoming

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Correct answer is RevnantGonna dominate oscars this year

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On Kali Puja, most of the ethnic Chinese residents of the city take the day off and get together in front of the temple. Local Chinese residents usually pause, take off their shoes, and pray for a moment in front of the idol. This temple serves noodles, fried rice and chopsuey as Prasad.

Where is the temple locatedQ 7

Ans Kolkota

Where else will you find Chineese in India to build a temple

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Travis KalanickandGarrett Campformed this company in 2009 with the slogan where Lifestyle meets logistics.

Its currently valued at $62.5 b

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UBER

Uber Technologies Inc.is an American international mobile ride hail company headquartered inSan Francisco,California. In the United States of America, Uber operates under theTransportation Network Companylabel. It develops, markets and operates the Uber mobile app, which allows consumers withsmartphonesto submit a trip request which is then routed to Uber drivers who use their own cars

Weekly quizOn Saturday, August 1, 1981, at 12:01a.m.Eastern Time, it was launched with the words"Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll,"spoken byJohn Lack, and played over footage of thefirst Space Shuttle launch countdown ofColumbia, which took place earlier that year, and of the launch ofApollo 11What are we talking about

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MTV

Weekly quizThis was the form of cricket we played when we were kidsThere are only two methods of dismissal, beingcaughtor being "leg before wicket", but as there are nostumps, this method of dismissal is effected by a bowled ball hitting the batsman's legs typically below the knees

Whats this form of cricket called

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FRENCH CRICKET

Weekly quizThe 2 groups at Berkely Lawrence Laboratory and Joint institute of research were involved in a major conflict which was dubbed as Wars by group of Nuclear chemists?What was the war called and what was the reason for the Conflict?Q 10

Transfermium Wars

The names for the chemical elements 104 to 106 were the subject of a major controversy starting in the 1960s, described by some nuclear chemists as theTransfermium Wars

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That was easyDonald Trump

In 1983, Trump purchased theNew Jersey Generalsfor the inaugural season of theUnited States Football League(USFL).From 1996 until 2015, when he sold his interests toWME/IMG,[126]Trump owned part or all of theMiss Universe,Miss USA, andMiss Teen USAbeauty pageants. Among the most recognized beauty pageants in the world, theMiss Universepageant was founded in 1952 by the California clothing company Pacific MillsIn 2003, Trump became the executive producer and host of theNBCreality showThe Apprentice, in which a group of competitors battled for a high-level management job in one of Trump's commercial enterprises. Contestants were successively "fired" and eliminated from the game. In 2004, Trump filed a trademark application for thecatchphrase"You're fired

Weekly quizA Round inlaid brass emblem indicating the category with following symbols Classic film camerarepresentingmotion picturesTelevision Receiverrepresentingbroadcast televisionPhonograph recordrepresentingaudio recordingormusicRadio microphonerepresentingbroadcast radioComedy/tragedy masksrepresentingtheatre/live performance According to the latest figures 47% are in the motion pictures category, 24% in television, 17% in audio recording, 10% in radio, and less than 2% in the live performance category .What are we talking aboutQ 12

Hollywood walk of Fame

Weekly quizWhat is Sasha Chetris claim to fame?Q 13

He was born on 23 June 1925 at Shillong, then in the British Raj province of Assam (now in Meghalaya), to British parents. His Scottish father, Wilfred Shepherd-Barron, was chief engineer of the Chittagong Port Commissioners in North Bengal whilst his mother Dorothy, was an Olympic tennis player and Wimbledon ladies doubles champion.He Joined the De la Rue company and is credited with invention with the device which became operational for the first time in the world at the Enfield,North london?What invention are we talking aboutWeekly quizQ 14

ATM MACHINE

John Adrian Shepherd-Barron's "Eureka!" moment came, as it should, when he was lying in the bathtub, in 1965. Having failed to reach the bank in time to withdraw his money for the week, the future inventor of the ubiquitous ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) set to wondering as the steam rose that if chocolate could be dispensed automatically from a machine why should cash not be delivered in a similar vein.Later that year, during a brief encounter with the chief general manager of Barclays Bank, he pitched his idea: "If you put your standard Barclays cheque through a slot in the side of the bank, it [the cash machine] will deliver standard amounts of money around the clock." By 1967, the concept was a reality and the first ATM was installed at the Barclays branch in the north London suburb of Enfield.

Weekly QuizHe was a composer, conductor, musicologist, and educator. Born in Karlsbad, Bohemia (at that time part of Austria-Hungary), Kaufmann enjoyed a career that crossed international boundaries, taking him to Berlin, Bombay (now Mumbai), London, and Canada, before he settled in Bloomington, Indiana, USA in 1957. After 1945 he was not allowed to come back to Bohemia because of his German ethnicity. In 1964, he became a naturalized U.S. citizen.Amrit Gangars bookThe Music That Still Rings at Dawn, Every Dawn,talks about the piece that every Indian has heard?What music are we talking about

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ALL India Radio signature tune

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