CURRENT AFFAIRS OF NOVEMBER 2012

The filmmaker who has been awarded a special peacock and a Centenary Film Award for her new Hollywood movie, "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" at the IFFI 2012	Mira Nair
The Punjabi film which has been awarded the Golden Peacock Award at the International Film Festival of India 2012	Anhey Ghoreh Da Daan
The US Tennis player who has been named the WTA Player of the Year 2012	Serena Williams
The Government of India Act, on which the President of India released a commemorative stamp marking completion of 25 years since its enactment	Consumer Protection Act, 1986
The prominent Indian freedom fighter and educationist on whom an India-Nepal high level seminar is being held at Kathmandu, Nepal from 30 Nov 2012	Madan Mohan Malviya
The German Formula 1 Race driver who has won the third consecutive Formula 1 World Championship	Sebastian Vettel
Mt. Tongariro, the volcano which erupted on 21 Nov 2012 is located in (the volcano was used a backdrop in the award winning film trilogy "Lord of the Rings")	New Zealand
Miss Tereza Fajksova who has been crowned Miss Earth 2012, at the beauty pageant in Manilla, Philippines belongs to	Czech Republic
The Jamaican athlete who has been named IAAF's World Athlete of the Year 2012	Usain Bolt
The former Brazilian President who has been conferred the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2010	Mr. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
The country which has won the Davis Cup 2012 defeating Spain in the finals	Czech Republic
The Liberian President who has been chosen for this year's (2012) Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development. (She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011)	Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
The Indian industrialist who has been honoured with James C Morgan Global Humanitarian Award, which recognises contribution of people using technology to change human lives	Narayan Murthy
Director Ang Lee’s much acclaimed 3D film which has been chosen to be the opening film at 43rd International Film Festival of India, Goa	Life of Pi
The renowned Polish filmmaker who has been chosen to be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 43rd International Film Festival of India to be held at Goa from 20 Nov 2012	Krzysztof Zanussi
The place in Haryana where the foundation stone of Kalpana Chawla Medical College was laid by the Chief Minister Shri Bhupinder Singh Hooda	Karnal
The eminent Urdu scholar who has been awarded the Moortidevi Award for 2010 for his outstanding work Urdu Ghazal aur Hindustani Zehan wa Tehzeeb	Prof. Gopi Chand Narang
The Indian literary critic who has been awarded the Kyoto Prize, the highest private award given in Japan for global achievement	Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
The Jnanpith Award winning writer who has been chosen for the Asom Ratna Award	Indira Goswami
The University which has been selected for the Indira Gandhi National Service Scheme Award for the best University	Rajiv Gandhi university of Health Sciences, Karnataka
The theme of 32nd India International Trade Fair being held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi from 14 Nov 2012	Skilling India
The word which has been chosen by the Oxford University press as the word of the year 2012	Omnishambles
The Serbian tennis player who won the ATP World Tour (Men's finals) defeating Roger Federer in the finals	Novak Djokovic
The public sector undertaking which has retained the Beighton Cup hockey title defeating Punjab National Bank in the finals at Kolkata	Indian Oil Corp.
The Talwar class stealth frigate which was commissioned into the Indian Navy at Yantar shipyard in Kaliningrad	INS Tarkash
The state which has introduced its special woman force, Virangana, to tackle the growing trend of eve-teasing	Assam
The place in Uttar Pradesh, where a rail coach manufacturing factory has been inaugurated by the Congress President, Smt Sonia Gandhi	Rae Barelli
The Public Sector undertaking in which the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved divestment of 10 percent equity through an Initial Public Offer (IPO) in the domestic market	Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd
The place in Harayana, where the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management has been inaugurated by the Union Agriculture Minister Shri Sharad Pawar	Kundli, Sonipat
The Indian cricketer who has been awarded the membership of the Order of Australia, thus becoming the second Indian to receive the order after former Attorney General, Soli Sorabjee who received it in 2006	Sachin Tendulkar
The organisation which has been awarded the tenth Dr. Durgabhai Deshmukh Award for Social Work for the year 2007 for its landmark work in the rehabilitation of women of the red light areas and other destitute women.	Snehalaya of Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
The organisation which has been awarded the ninth Dr. Durgabhai Deshmukh Award for Social Work for the year 2006	Sumangali Seva Ashram of Bangalore
The organisations which have been awarded the eighth Dr. Durgabhai Deshmukh Award for Social Work instituted by Central Social Welfare Board for the year 2005	Mizoram Hmeithai (Widows) Association and the People’s Forum, Bhubaneswar
The Lotus Formula 1 racing driver who has won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on 04 Nov 2012	Kimi Raikkonen
The Indian actor who has been named among five most talented actors of Asia by the magazine Hollywood Reporter	Anupam Kher
The Indian Language Festival being hosted by India Habitat Centre in New Delhi from 02 Nov to 04 Nov is named	Samanvay
The country which has been inducted as the Sixth dialogue partner in the 20-nation Indian Ocean Rim-Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) grouping (the other five dialogue partners are China, Japan, France, Eqypt and the U.K.)	United States of America
The Indian cricketer who has been chosen for the Polly Umrigar Award for the Best Cricketer 2011-12	Virat Kohli
The Indian actress who has been 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 Richiery	Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
The Indian Navy Sailing Vessel which was flagged off on 01 Nov 2012 from Mumbai to begin the Sagar Parikrama-II, a solo circumnavigation of the globe with Lt Cdr Abhilash Tomy on board	INS Mhadei
The place in Himachal Pradesh where an International Film Festival is being held for the first time from 01 Nov to 14 Nov 2012	Dharamshala
The city in which its first Mahila Haat, showcasing handicrafts, fabrics, artifacts etc made by women, was opened for public on 01 Nov 2012	New Delhi