EXECUTION AT YERWADA — On 21 November 2012, the sole surviving gunman of the 26 November 2008 Mumbai attacks was hanged in secret at Yerwada Central Jail, Pune, four years after his arrest at CST. The Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba operative had been tried and convicted in the 166-killings case.

In December 2012, an American hard rock band—one of the biggest in the world—performed in India for the first time, headlining the Rock in India festival at Palace Grounds, Bangalore. The concert, held on December 7, 2012, was a historic event as it marked the band’s first-ever performance in India. Their setlist included “Welcome to the Jungle,” “November Rain,” and “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” At the time, only frontman Axl Rose and bassist Tommy Stinson remained from the original lineup touring.

In the wake of the nationwide protests following the brutal December 2012 Delhi gang rape, One of the most defining moments in modern Indian legal and social history—a Congress MP sparked widespread outrage by dismissing women protesters as “dented and painted,” implying they were seeking attention. The MP, notably the son of a serving Union minister who would later rise to even higher office, eventually issued an apology after severe backlash.

Late 2012, a groundbreaking all girl rock band from Srinagar comprising three teenage schoolgirls rose to national prominence with their bold pop-rock covers & original music, becoming a symbol of youthful defiance, artistic expression. However, their meteoric rise was cut short in February 2013 when a hard-line cleric issued a fatwa against them, triggering a wave of online abuse & threats. Despite public support from then Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, the band chose to disband.

In February 2013, during an official visit to India, a serving UK Prime Minister made a historic stop at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar—becoming the first British PM in office to pay respects at the site of the 1919 massacre. In a symbolic gesture, he described the घटना as a “deeply shameful event in British history” and recorded these words in the visitors’ book, while stopping short of issuing a formal apology.

In February 2013, following the liberalisation of India’s aviation sector to allow foreign airline investment, a Malaysia based low-cost carrier announced a joint venture with the Tata Group to launch a new budget airline in India marking the Tatas’ return to civil aviation after the nationalisation of Air India in 1953. Initially planned with a base in Chennai, the airline later established its primary hub in Bengaluru & went on to become India’s first airline involving a foreign carrier

In October 2012, amid intense media scrutiny over his business dealings with real estate giant DLF Limited, an Indian businessman, married into one of the country’s most influential political families, sparked a nationwide controversy with a Facebook post referring to India as a “banana republic” and mocking “mango people.” The remark, widely circulated across social media, drew sharp criticism from political leaders and activists alike.

From Kozhikode to Anand, this visionary engineer built Amul and led Operation Flood the world’s largest dairy programme—linking millions of farmers and eliminating middlemen. His cooperative model transformed India into the world’s largest milk producer by 1998 and empowered rural India at scale. Honoured with the Ramon Magsaysay and World Food Prize, he passed away on 9 September 2012.

This Delhi-born Indian actor (b. 1993) was cast at age 17 as the titular castaway in Ang Lee's 2012 Oscar-winning film, beating out 3,000 other hopefuls. He had never acted before. He later appeared in Million Dollar Arm (2014) alongside Jon Hamm, and in the Netflix series 'Homeland' and 'The Illegal'.

Born in 1934 in Kasauli (Himachal), wrote his debut novel 'The Room on the Roof' at seventeen (1956) that won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. He lived in Landour-Mussoorie for most of his life. He is famous for his gentle, semi-autobiographical tales set in the Himalayan foothills, 'The Blue Umbrella', 'Rusty the Boy from the Hills', 'The Night Train at Deoli', and many children's stories, received numerous accolades, including the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra.

One widely used term for the Hindi film industry is commonly believed to have been coined in a particular Bombay-based film magazine in the 1970s, though the earliest print attribution in a book is disputed. The term puns the industry's home city on an older global term for the American film industry. Name the term.

This historian author, born in 1965 in Scotland, lives between Delhi and London. His popular histories have won the Wolfson Prize, the Duff Cooper Prize and others; titles include 'City of Djinns', 'White Mughals', 'The Last Mughal' and 'The Anarchy' (a history of the East India Company). He co-founded the Jaipur Literature Festival.

Just a short amount of time is enough for X to work its magic in cooking. It is widely used as a flavor enhancer, particularly in soups, where it adds a strong umami depth and intensifies savory, meat-like tastes while bringing different flavors together smoothly. Despite its popularity, many people believe that consuming large amounts of X can cause headaches and discomfort, a belief often referred to as “Chinese restaurant syndrome.” However, scientific studies using controlled methods have no

A senior figure from the Apollo missions once noted that the United States’ race to the Moon was greatly accelerated due to the efforts of X, later even suggesting that the mission might not have succeeded at all without him. In recognition of his impact, a lunar crater carries his name. Earlier in his career, he was responsible for developing the first missile capable of breaking the sound barrier. Interestingly, he contributed significantly to the rocket programs of two rival global powers of

In 2010, the Royal Society sent a piece of wood on a unique journey to the International Space Station. After orbiting Earth, it was returned, attracting significant public curiosity. What was the reason behind sending this wooden object to space?

A hallmark of extraterrestrial existence is the concept known as X. The earliest recorded mention of “X” dates back to 1938, credited to Jack Binder, who is more famously recognized for his artistic contributions. Binder used “X” to describe the condition at the very heart of Earth's core. Later, in 1952, Arthur C. Clarke introduced the term “Y” in his novel Islands in the Sky, where “Y” serves as a condensed form of “X.”

The first individual identified with the X phenotype had a unique blood type whose serum reacted with all standard ABO blood group red cells. Their red blood cells lacked the usual ABO antigens & instead carried a previously unknown antigen. This extremely rare phenotype occurs in about 0.0004% of the global population (4 in a million) with very limited compatible donors. However, in certain regions formerly known as X, its frequency can be as high as 0.01% (1 in 10,000 people).

Jack Cover, once a nuclear physicist at NASA, shifted his focus in 1970. He redirected his research funding to develop a non-lethal weapon designed to disable attackers rather than harm them fatally. Inspired by a fictional invention from Tom Swift, a character who sparked his imagination, he named this innovative device after that creation.

X became the third nation, after the US and USSR, to launch a satellite from its own territory with Weapons Research Establishment Satellite (WRESAT) in 1967. Its space efforts later slowed, & it remained along with Iceland, one of the only Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries without a space agency. At the 68th International Astronautical Congress, X announced plans to create a new agency called ID X.

Brave New World, a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932, is set in London in the year AD 2540. The story follows a timeline called the “AF” era, which begins in 1908. The timeline is tied to a major industrial breakthrough that shaped the society in the novel.

Which Treaty forms the basis of international space law. It bans countries from placing weapons of mass destruction in outer space, on the Moon, or other celestial bodies. It also prohibits stationing such weapons in orbit and restricts the use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes only, banning weapon tests, military exercises, and military bases there.

The sequence jumps from E to K because items labeled F–J were later reclassified or renamed as scientists better understood them. There is also no agreed classification for Q, R, T, V, W, X, Y, or Z and no official substances assigned to N or I. What common concept do all these letters represent?

In The Evolution of Cooperation, Robert Axelrod describes a tournament based on the N-step Prisoner’s Dilemma, where players remember past moves. The winning strategy was simple: cooperate on the first move, then copy your opponent’s previous move each round

This legend has many versions. In some, a temple becomes a monastery and priests become monks. The location varies across cultures, and some versions say the object was created at the beginning of time or that the monks can make only one move per day

Historically, Carob seeds were believed to have a uniform weight and were used as a standard to measure something. Their weights actually vary like other seeds. What modern unit originated from this belief?

The first person to technically have an element named after him did not directly discover it. He only allowed Gustav Rose to study mineral samples from the Ural Mountains. Rose later named a mineral after him, when an element was discovered in that mineral

Feynman was well known for his playful pranks on coworkers. On one occasion, he managed to unlock a secured filing cabinet simply by testing number combinations he believed a physicist might naturally choose. The correct combination turned out to be 27–18–28.

Identify this minimalistic poster

EXECUTION AT YERWADA — On 21 November 2012, the sole surviving gunman of the 26 November 2008 Mumbai attacks was hanged in secret at Yerwada Central Jail, Pune, four years after his arrest at CST. The Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba operative had been tried and convicted in the 166-killings case.

In December 2012, an American hard rock band—one of the biggest in the world—performed in India for the first time, headlining the Rock in India festival at Palace Grounds, Bangalore. The concert, held on December 7, 2012, was a historic event as it marked the band’s first-ever performance in India. Their setlist included “Welcome to the Jungle,” “November Rain,” and “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” At the time, only frontman Axl Rose and bassist Tommy Stinson remained from the original lineup touring.

In the wake of the nationwide protests following the brutal December 2012 Delhi gang rape, One of the most defining moments in modern Indian legal and social history—a Congress MP sparked widespread outrage by dismissing women protesters as “dented and painted,” implying they were seeking attention. The MP, notably the son of a serving Union minister who would later rise to even higher office, eventually issued an apology after severe backlash.

Late 2012, a groundbreaking all girl rock band from Srinagar comprising three teenage schoolgirls rose to national prominence with their bold pop-rock covers & original music, becoming a symbol of youthful defiance, artistic expression. However, their meteoric rise was cut short in February 2013 when a hard-line cleric issued a fatwa against them, triggering a wave of online abuse & threats. Despite public support from then Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, the band chose to disband.

In February 2013, during an official visit to India, a serving UK Prime Minister made a historic stop at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar—becoming the first British PM in office to pay respects at the site of the 1919 massacre. In a symbolic gesture, he described the घटना as a “deeply shameful event in British history” and recorded these words in the visitors’ book, while stopping short of issuing a formal apology.

In February 2013, following the liberalisation of India’s aviation sector to allow foreign airline investment, a Malaysia based low-cost carrier announced a joint venture with the Tata Group to launch a new budget airline in India marking the Tatas’ return to civil aviation after the nationalisation of Air India in 1953. Initially planned with a base in Chennai, the airline later established its primary hub in Bengaluru & went on to become India’s first airline involving a foreign carrier

In October 2012, amid intense media scrutiny over his business dealings with real estate giant DLF Limited, an Indian businessman, married into one of the country’s most influential political families, sparked a nationwide controversy with a Facebook post referring to India as a “banana republic” and mocking “mango people.” The remark, widely circulated across social media, drew sharp criticism from political leaders and activists alike.

From Kozhikode to Anand, this visionary engineer built Amul and led Operation Flood the world’s largest dairy programme—linking millions of farmers and eliminating middlemen. His cooperative model transformed India into the world’s largest milk producer by 1998 and empowered rural India at scale. Honoured with the Ramon Magsaysay and World Food Prize, he passed away on 9 September 2012.

This Delhi-born Indian actor (b. 1993) was cast at age 17 as the titular castaway in Ang Lee's 2012 Oscar-winning film, beating out 3,000 other hopefuls. He had never acted before. He later appeared in Million Dollar Arm (2014) alongside Jon Hamm, and in the Netflix series 'Homeland' and 'The Illegal'.

Born in 1934 in Kasauli (Himachal), wrote his debut novel 'The Room on the Roof' at seventeen (1956) that won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. He lived in Landour-Mussoorie for most of his life. He is famous for his gentle, semi-autobiographical tales set in the Himalayan foothills, 'The Blue Umbrella', 'Rusty the Boy from the Hills', 'The Night Train at Deoli', and many children's stories, received numerous accolades, including the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra.

One widely used term for the Hindi film industry is commonly believed to have been coined in a particular Bombay-based film magazine in the 1970s, though the earliest print attribution in a book is disputed. The term puns the industry's home city on an older global term for the American film industry. Name the term.

This historian author, born in 1965 in Scotland, lives between Delhi and London. His popular histories have won the Wolfson Prize, the Duff Cooper Prize and others; titles include 'City of Djinns', 'White Mughals', 'The Last Mughal' and 'The Anarchy' (a history of the East India Company). He co-founded the Jaipur Literature Festival.

Just a short amount of time is enough for X to work its magic in cooking. It is widely used as a flavor enhancer, particularly in soups, where it adds a strong umami depth and intensifies savory, meat-like tastes while bringing different flavors together smoothly. Despite its popularity, many people believe that consuming large amounts of X can cause headaches and discomfort, a belief often referred to as “Chinese restaurant syndrome.” However, scientific studies using controlled methods have no

A senior figure from the Apollo missions once noted that the United States’ race to the Moon was greatly accelerated due to the efforts of X, later even suggesting that the mission might not have succeeded at all without him. In recognition of his impact, a lunar crater carries his name. Earlier in his career, he was responsible for developing the first missile capable of breaking the sound barrier. Interestingly, he contributed significantly to the rocket programs of two rival global powers of

In 2010, the Royal Society sent a piece of wood on a unique journey to the International Space Station. After orbiting Earth, it was returned, attracting significant public curiosity. What was the reason behind sending this wooden object to space?

A hallmark of extraterrestrial existence is the concept known as X. The earliest recorded mention of “X” dates back to 1938, credited to Jack Binder, who is more famously recognized for his artistic contributions. Binder used “X” to describe the condition at the very heart of Earth's core. Later, in 1952, Arthur C. Clarke introduced the term “Y” in his novel Islands in the Sky, where “Y” serves as a condensed form of “X.”

The first individual identified with the X phenotype had a unique blood type whose serum reacted with all standard ABO blood group red cells. Their red blood cells lacked the usual ABO antigens & instead carried a previously unknown antigen. This extremely rare phenotype occurs in about 0.0004% of the global population (4 in a million) with very limited compatible donors. However, in certain regions formerly known as X, its frequency can be as high as 0.01% (1 in 10,000 people).

Jack Cover, once a nuclear physicist at NASA, shifted his focus in 1970. He redirected his research funding to develop a non-lethal weapon designed to disable attackers rather than harm them fatally. Inspired by a fictional invention from Tom Swift, a character who sparked his imagination, he named this innovative device after that creation.

X became the third nation, after the US and USSR, to launch a satellite from its own territory with Weapons Research Establishment Satellite (WRESAT) in 1967. Its space efforts later slowed, & it remained along with Iceland, one of the only Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries without a space agency. At the 68th International Astronautical Congress, X announced plans to create a new agency called ID X.

Brave New World, a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932, is set in London in the year AD 2540. The story follows a timeline called the “AF” era, which begins in 1908. The timeline is tied to a major industrial breakthrough that shaped the society in the novel.

Which Treaty forms the basis of international space law. It bans countries from placing weapons of mass destruction in outer space, on the Moon, or other celestial bodies. It also prohibits stationing such weapons in orbit and restricts the use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes only, banning weapon tests, military exercises, and military bases there.

The sequence jumps from E to K because items labeled F–J were later reclassified or renamed as scientists better understood them. There is also no agreed classification for Q, R, T, V, W, X, Y, or Z and no official substances assigned to N or I. What common concept do all these letters represent?

In The Evolution of Cooperation, Robert Axelrod describes a tournament based on the N-step Prisoner’s Dilemma, where players remember past moves. The winning strategy was simple: cooperate on the first move, then copy your opponent’s previous move each round

This legend has many versions. In some, a temple becomes a monastery and priests become monks. The location varies across cultures, and some versions say the object was created at the beginning of time or that the monks can make only one move per day

Historically, Carob seeds were believed to have a uniform weight and were used as a standard to measure something. Their weights actually vary like other seeds. What modern unit originated from this belief?

The first person to technically have an element named after him did not directly discover it. He only allowed Gustav Rose to study mineral samples from the Ural Mountains. Rose later named a mineral after him, when an element was discovered in that mineral

Feynman was well known for his playful pranks on coworkers. On one occasion, he managed to unlock a secured filing cabinet simply by testing number combinations he believed a physicist might naturally choose. The correct combination turned out to be 27–18–28.

Identify this minimalistic poster

EXECUTION AT YERWADA — On 21 November 2012, the sole surviving gunman of the 26 November 2008 Mumbai attacks was hanged in secret at Yerwada Central Jail, Pune, four years after his arrest at CST. The Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba operative had been tried and convicted in the 166-killings case.

In December 2012, an American hard rock band—one of the biggest in the world—performed in India for the first time, headlining the Rock in India festival at Palace Grounds, Bangalore. The concert, held on December 7, 2012, was a historic event as it marked the band’s first-ever performance in India. Their setlist included “Welcome to the Jungle,” “November Rain,” and “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” At the time, only frontman Axl Rose and bassist Tommy Stinson remained from the original lineup touring.

In the wake of the nationwide protests following the brutal December 2012 Delhi gang rape, One of the most defining moments in modern Indian legal and social history—a Congress MP sparked widespread outrage by dismissing women protesters as “dented and painted,” implying they were seeking attention. The MP, notably the son of a serving Union minister who would later rise to even higher office, eventually issued an apology after severe backlash.

Late 2012, a groundbreaking all girl rock band from Srinagar comprising three teenage schoolgirls rose to national prominence with their bold pop-rock covers & original music, becoming a symbol of youthful defiance, artistic expression. However, their meteoric rise was cut short in February 2013 when a hard-line cleric issued a fatwa against them, triggering a wave of online abuse & threats. Despite public support from then Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, the band chose to disband.

In February 2013, during an official visit to India, a serving UK Prime Minister made a historic stop at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar—becoming the first British PM in office to pay respects at the site of the 1919 massacre. In a symbolic gesture, he described the घटना as a “deeply shameful event in British history” and recorded these words in the visitors’ book, while stopping short of issuing a formal apology.

In February 2013, following the liberalisation of India’s aviation sector to allow foreign airline investment, a Malaysia based low-cost carrier announced a joint venture with the Tata Group to launch a new budget airline in India marking the Tatas’ return to civil aviation after the nationalisation of Air India in 1953. Initially planned with a base in Chennai, the airline later established its primary hub in Bengaluru & went on to become India’s first airline involving a foreign carrier

In October 2012, amid intense media scrutiny over his business dealings with real estate giant DLF Limited, an Indian businessman, married into one of the country’s most influential political families, sparked a nationwide controversy with a Facebook post referring to India as a “banana republic” and mocking “mango people.” The remark, widely circulated across social media, drew sharp criticism from political leaders and activists alike.

From Kozhikode to Anand, this visionary engineer built Amul and led Operation Flood the world’s largest dairy programme—linking millions of farmers and eliminating middlemen. His cooperative model transformed India into the world’s largest milk producer by 1998 and empowered rural India at scale. Honoured with the Ramon Magsaysay and World Food Prize, he passed away on 9 September 2012.

This Delhi-born Indian actor (b. 1993) was cast at age 17 as the titular castaway in Ang Lee's 2012 Oscar-winning film, beating out 3,000 other hopefuls. He had never acted before. He later appeared in Million Dollar Arm (2014) alongside Jon Hamm, and in the Netflix series 'Homeland' and 'The Illegal'.

Born in 1934 in Kasauli (Himachal), wrote his debut novel 'The Room on the Roof' at seventeen (1956) that won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. He lived in Landour-Mussoorie for most of his life. He is famous for his gentle, semi-autobiographical tales set in the Himalayan foothills, 'The Blue Umbrella', 'Rusty the Boy from the Hills', 'The Night Train at Deoli', and many children's stories, received numerous accolades, including the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra.

One widely used term for the Hindi film industry is commonly believed to have been coined in a particular Bombay-based film magazine in the 1970s, though the earliest print attribution in a book is disputed. The term puns the industry's home city on an older global term for the American film industry. Name the term.

This historian author, born in 1965 in Scotland, lives between Delhi and London. His popular histories have won the Wolfson Prize, the Duff Cooper Prize and others; titles include 'City of Djinns', 'White Mughals', 'The Last Mughal' and 'The Anarchy' (a history of the East India Company). He co-founded the Jaipur Literature Festival.

Just a short amount of time is enough for X to work its magic in cooking. It is widely used as a flavor enhancer, particularly in soups, where it adds a strong umami depth and intensifies savory, meat-like tastes while bringing different flavors together smoothly. Despite its popularity, many people believe that consuming large amounts of X can cause headaches and discomfort, a belief often referred to as “Chinese restaurant syndrome.” However, scientific studies using controlled methods have no

A senior figure from the Apollo missions once noted that the United States’ race to the Moon was greatly accelerated due to the efforts of X, later even suggesting that the mission might not have succeeded at all without him. In recognition of his impact, a lunar crater carries his name. Earlier in his career, he was responsible for developing the first missile capable of breaking the sound barrier. Interestingly, he contributed significantly to the rocket programs of two rival global powers of

In 2010, the Royal Society sent a piece of wood on a unique journey to the International Space Station. After orbiting Earth, it was returned, attracting significant public curiosity. What was the reason behind sending this wooden object to space?

A hallmark of extraterrestrial existence is the concept known as X. The earliest recorded mention of “X” dates back to 1938, credited to Jack Binder, who is more famously recognized for his artistic contributions. Binder used “X” to describe the condition at the very heart of Earth's core. Later, in 1952, Arthur C. Clarke introduced the term “Y” in his novel Islands in the Sky, where “Y” serves as a condensed form of “X.”

The first individual identified with the X phenotype had a unique blood type whose serum reacted with all standard ABO blood group red cells. Their red blood cells lacked the usual ABO antigens & instead carried a previously unknown antigen. This extremely rare phenotype occurs in about 0.0004% of the global population (4 in a million) with very limited compatible donors. However, in certain regions formerly known as X, its frequency can be as high as 0.01% (1 in 10,000 people).

Jack Cover, once a nuclear physicist at NASA, shifted his focus in 1970. He redirected his research funding to develop a non-lethal weapon designed to disable attackers rather than harm them fatally. Inspired by a fictional invention from Tom Swift, a character who sparked his imagination, he named this innovative device after that creation.

X became the third nation, after the US and USSR, to launch a satellite from its own territory with Weapons Research Establishment Satellite (WRESAT) in 1967. Its space efforts later slowed, & it remained along with Iceland, one of the only Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries without a space agency. At the 68th International Astronautical Congress, X announced plans to create a new agency called ID X.

Brave New World, a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932, is set in London in the year AD 2540. The story follows a timeline called the “AF” era, which begins in 1908. The timeline is tied to a major industrial breakthrough that shaped the society in the novel.

Which Treaty forms the basis of international space law. It bans countries from placing weapons of mass destruction in outer space, on the Moon, or other celestial bodies. It also prohibits stationing such weapons in orbit and restricts the use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes only, banning weapon tests, military exercises, and military bases there.

The sequence jumps from E to K because items labeled F–J were later reclassified or renamed as scientists better understood them. There is also no agreed classification for Q, R, T, V, W, X, Y, or Z and no official substances assigned to N or I. What common concept do all these letters represent?

In The Evolution of Cooperation, Robert Axelrod describes a tournament based on the N-step Prisoner’s Dilemma, where players remember past moves. The winning strategy was simple: cooperate on the first move, then copy your opponent’s previous move each round

This legend has many versions. In some, a temple becomes a monastery and priests become monks. The location varies across cultures, and some versions say the object was created at the beginning of time or that the monks can make only one move per day

Historically, Carob seeds were believed to have a uniform weight and were used as a standard to measure something. Their weights actually vary like other seeds. What modern unit originated from this belief?

The first person to technically have an element named after him did not directly discover it. He only allowed Gustav Rose to study mineral samples from the Ural Mountains. Rose later named a mineral after him, when an element was discovered in that mineral

Feynman was well known for his playful pranks on coworkers. On one occasion, he managed to unlock a secured filing cabinet simply by testing number combinations he believed a physicist might naturally choose. The correct combination turned out to be 27–18–28.

Identify this minimalistic poster

EXECUTION AT YERWADA — On 21 November 2012, the sole surviving gunman of the 26 November 2008 Mumbai attacks was hanged in secret at Yerwada Central Jail, Pune, four years after his arrest at CST. The Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba operative had been tried and convicted in the 166-killings case.

In December 2012, an American hard rock band—one of the biggest in the world—performed in India for the first time, headlining the Rock in India festival at Palace Grounds, Bangalore. The concert, held on December 7, 2012, was a historic event as it marked the band’s first-ever performance in India. Their setlist included “Welcome to the Jungle,” “November Rain,” and “Sweet Child O’ Mine.” At the time, only frontman Axl Rose and bassist Tommy Stinson remained from the original lineup touring.

In the wake of the nationwide protests following the brutal December 2012 Delhi gang rape, One of the most defining moments in modern Indian legal and social history—a Congress MP sparked widespread outrage by dismissing women protesters as “dented and painted,” implying they were seeking attention. The MP, notably the son of a serving Union minister who would later rise to even higher office, eventually issued an apology after severe backlash.

Late 2012, a groundbreaking all girl rock band from Srinagar comprising three teenage schoolgirls rose to national prominence with their bold pop-rock covers & original music, becoming a symbol of youthful defiance, artistic expression. However, their meteoric rise was cut short in February 2013 when a hard-line cleric issued a fatwa against them, triggering a wave of online abuse & threats. Despite public support from then Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, the band chose to disband.

In February 2013, during an official visit to India, a serving UK Prime Minister made a historic stop at the Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar—becoming the first British PM in office to pay respects at the site of the 1919 massacre. In a symbolic gesture, he described the घटना as a “deeply shameful event in British history” and recorded these words in the visitors’ book, while stopping short of issuing a formal apology.

In February 2013, following the liberalisation of India’s aviation sector to allow foreign airline investment, a Malaysia based low-cost carrier announced a joint venture with the Tata Group to launch a new budget airline in India marking the Tatas’ return to civil aviation after the nationalisation of Air India in 1953. Initially planned with a base in Chennai, the airline later established its primary hub in Bengaluru & went on to become India’s first airline involving a foreign carrier

In October 2012, amid intense media scrutiny over his business dealings with real estate giant DLF Limited, an Indian businessman, married into one of the country’s most influential political families, sparked a nationwide controversy with a Facebook post referring to India as a “banana republic” and mocking “mango people.” The remark, widely circulated across social media, drew sharp criticism from political leaders and activists alike.

From Kozhikode to Anand, this visionary engineer built Amul and led Operation Flood the world’s largest dairy programme—linking millions of farmers and eliminating middlemen. His cooperative model transformed India into the world’s largest milk producer by 1998 and empowered rural India at scale. Honoured with the Ramon Magsaysay and World Food Prize, he passed away on 9 September 2012.

This Delhi-born Indian actor (b. 1993) was cast at age 17 as the titular castaway in Ang Lee's 2012 Oscar-winning film, beating out 3,000 other hopefuls. He had never acted before. He later appeared in Million Dollar Arm (2014) alongside Jon Hamm, and in the Netflix series 'Homeland' and 'The Illegal'.

Born in 1934 in Kasauli (Himachal), wrote his debut novel 'The Room on the Roof' at seventeen (1956) that won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. He lived in Landour-Mussoorie for most of his life. He is famous for his gentle, semi-autobiographical tales set in the Himalayan foothills, 'The Blue Umbrella', 'Rusty the Boy from the Hills', 'The Night Train at Deoli', and many children's stories, received numerous accolades, including the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1993 for Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra.

One widely used term for the Hindi film industry is commonly believed to have been coined in a particular Bombay-based film magazine in the 1970s, though the earliest print attribution in a book is disputed. The term puns the industry's home city on an older global term for the American film industry. Name the term.

This historian author, born in 1965 in Scotland, lives between Delhi and London. His popular histories have won the Wolfson Prize, the Duff Cooper Prize and others; titles include 'City of Djinns', 'White Mughals', 'The Last Mughal' and 'The Anarchy' (a history of the East India Company). He co-founded the Jaipur Literature Festival.

Just a short amount of time is enough for X to work its magic in cooking. It is widely used as a flavor enhancer, particularly in soups, where it adds a strong umami depth and intensifies savory, meat-like tastes while bringing different flavors together smoothly. Despite its popularity, many people believe that consuming large amounts of X can cause headaches and discomfort, a belief often referred to as “Chinese restaurant syndrome.” However, scientific studies using controlled methods have no

A senior figure from the Apollo missions once noted that the United States’ race to the Moon was greatly accelerated due to the efforts of X, later even suggesting that the mission might not have succeeded at all without him. In recognition of his impact, a lunar crater carries his name. Earlier in his career, he was responsible for developing the first missile capable of breaking the sound barrier. Interestingly, he contributed significantly to the rocket programs of two rival global powers of

In 2010, the Royal Society sent a piece of wood on a unique journey to the International Space Station. After orbiting Earth, it was returned, attracting significant public curiosity. What was the reason behind sending this wooden object to space?

A hallmark of extraterrestrial existence is the concept known as X. The earliest recorded mention of “X” dates back to 1938, credited to Jack Binder, who is more famously recognized for his artistic contributions. Binder used “X” to describe the condition at the very heart of Earth's core. Later, in 1952, Arthur C. Clarke introduced the term “Y” in his novel Islands in the Sky, where “Y” serves as a condensed form of “X.”

The first individual identified with the X phenotype had a unique blood type whose serum reacted with all standard ABO blood group red cells. Their red blood cells lacked the usual ABO antigens & instead carried a previously unknown antigen. This extremely rare phenotype occurs in about 0.0004% of the global population (4 in a million) with very limited compatible donors. However, in certain regions formerly known as X, its frequency can be as high as 0.01% (1 in 10,000 people).

Jack Cover, once a nuclear physicist at NASA, shifted his focus in 1970. He redirected his research funding to develop a non-lethal weapon designed to disable attackers rather than harm them fatally. Inspired by a fictional invention from Tom Swift, a character who sparked his imagination, he named this innovative device after that creation.

X became the third nation, after the US and USSR, to launch a satellite from its own territory with Weapons Research Establishment Satellite (WRESAT) in 1967. Its space efforts later slowed, & it remained along with Iceland, one of the only Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries without a space agency. At the 68th International Astronautical Congress, X announced plans to create a new agency called ID X.

Brave New World, a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931 and published in 1932, is set in London in the year AD 2540. The story follows a timeline called the “AF” era, which begins in 1908. The timeline is tied to a major industrial breakthrough that shaped the society in the novel.

Which Treaty forms the basis of international space law. It bans countries from placing weapons of mass destruction in outer space, on the Moon, or other celestial bodies. It also prohibits stationing such weapons in orbit and restricts the use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes only, banning weapon tests, military exercises, and military bases there.

The sequence jumps from E to K because items labeled F–J were later reclassified or renamed as scientists better understood them. There is also no agreed classification for Q, R, T, V, W, X, Y, or Z and no official substances assigned to N or I. What common concept do all these letters represent?

In The Evolution of Cooperation, Robert Axelrod describes a tournament based on the N-step Prisoner’s Dilemma, where players remember past moves. The winning strategy was simple: cooperate on the first move, then copy your opponent’s previous move each round

This legend has many versions. In some, a temple becomes a monastery and priests become monks. The location varies across cultures, and some versions say the object was created at the beginning of time or that the monks can make only one move per day

Historically, Carob seeds were believed to have a uniform weight and were used as a standard to measure something. Their weights actually vary like other seeds. What modern unit originated from this belief?

The first person to technically have an element named after him did not directly discover it. He only allowed Gustav Rose to study mineral samples from the Ural Mountains. Rose later named a mineral after him, when an element was discovered in that mineral

Feynman was well known for his playful pranks on coworkers. On one occasion, he managed to unlock a secured filing cabinet simply by testing number combinations he believed a physicist might naturally choose. The correct combination turned out to be 27–18–28.

Identify this minimalistic poster