General knowledge Session 20.07.21

• English
• Secondary Education

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Conducted by 
Designed by 

1. Vivaan Kumra
2. Shaurya Joshi
3. Akshit Nain

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Let's see what's There to learn today !

 

 1) Current affairs

     2) Great inventors
3) Real heroes 

         4) Reel teachers   

Latest Updates 

1. Xiaomi overtakes Apple as world’s No 2 phone maker.
2. After Amul, now Gokul and Mother Dairy raise milk prices by Rs 2 per litre.
3. The US withdraws from Afghanistan after 20 years of war.
4. PM Modi to inaugurate India’s first 5-star hotel atop railway track at Gandhinagar Station .

Let's take a quick Recap. 

In which country was the war going on from 20 years ?

1. Afghanistan
2. Iraq
3. Syria
4. Iran

Amul announces pan India hike in prices of milk by ?

1. Rs 10
2. Rs 20
3. Rs 5
4. Rs 2

Which smartphone brand holds the second position in the global smartphone market after Samsung?

1. 
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The all new railway station at Gandhinagar is equipped with?

1. A gym
2. A five star hotel
3. A school
4. A helipad

Stephen William Hawking 

 A Great Scientist
With a great vision. 

Early Life 

Stephen Hawking was born on 8th January, 1942.

Until the age of 9 he was not a bright student in school.
He was not interested in bookish knowledge instead he opened radio's and clocks and saw how things worked .

He was also entitled with the name "Einstein "

His Struggles 

In 1963, at the age of just 21, he suffered from a motor neuron disease called Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis that has gradually paralysed his body. 
He had a small computer attached to his wheelchair as a communication device controlled by the movements of his cheek muscles (after he lost the use of his hand due to paralysis).

His achievements 

Shows based on his inspiring story.

Books based on his life. 

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Let's Remember Our Inventors

Inventor of  LCD projector
Gene Dolgoff
 

Inventor of Ceiling Fan
Philip Diehl

Inventor of first telephone handset 

Cyrille Duquet

Inventor of the first computer mouse

 Douglas Engelbart

Inventor of electric motor
Michael Faraday 

Inventor of contact lens
Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick

CH-20) Real heroes 

Rajendra Singh

Manasi Pradhan

Tiffany Brar

Sindhutai Sapkal

Mother of Orphans

Founder of the Jyothirgamaya Foundation

Honour for Women National Campaign

Waterman of India

 Ms. Rashi Anand

NGO- Lakshyam
Lakshyam working for street and unprivileged children .

Anshu Gupta 

Ngo - Goonj
Villagers work to dig wells repair roads, build school. in return they are given food grains and clothings

Nafisa Ali 

Ashraya

 Care home Ashraya

serving people who

are affected by

AIDS

Reel teachers 

Black

A passionate teacher teaches a deaf and blind girl to live life normally.

Chak De! India

A hockey coach with a dark past trains the Indian women's hockey team to save his country's pride.

Iqbal

A deaf boy makes it to the Indian cricket team with the help of his coach.

Taare Zameen Par

A compassionate art teacher builds a unique bond with a dyslexic child.

This is a 1988 American film based on the true story of a high school Maths teacher.
GUESS THE FILM ?

1. Stand and Deliver
2. After Life
3. Another Day in Paradise
4. Great Expectations

This film is based on the story of a real life inter-city high school Principal.

1. Hold You Tight
2. The Land Girls
3. Lean on Me
4. Wide Awake

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