GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -London 2012 Olympic Games, athletic festival held in London that took place July 27–August 12, 2012. The London Games were the 27th occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. In 2012 London became the first city to host the modern Games three times, having previously been the site of the 1908 and 1948 Olympic Games.

Detailed explanation-2: -With five shortlisted cities, and Paris the front-runner, the Bid teams flew to Singapore for the ‘knockout’ rounds of voting by IOC members… The decision of the International Olympic Committee was announced on 6th July 2005 …. and London won the final round, beating Paris by 54 votes to 50!

Detailed explanation-3: -The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) was the organisation responsible for overseeing the planning and development of the 2012 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.