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1.Name the Indian born writer who wrote Canada's best selling novel "Tamarind Mem" which earned her name in the Canada's literary circuit?    Answer

2.Can you tell us the name of actress Kate Winslet's first movie, which was released in 1995? Answer

3.Name the youngest Golf player ever to compete the career Grand Slam in British Open held in July this year?
Answer

4.What gift did the Queen of England receive in 1850 from the erstwhile Mughal Emperor of India ? Answer

5.

Identify this pop star  

 

 

Answer

6.What is Russian Parliament known as? Answer

7.The word "virus" with reference to computer software is an acronym -expand . Answer

8.What did WTO  replace?       Answer

9.                      Identify the flag.   Answer

 10.Who invented the submarine?       Answer

Answers

Quick Quiz
1. Which is the smallest state in India?
Meghalaya Sikkim Orissa Mizoram

2. Name the only Indian film director to win an Oscar.
Satyajit Ray Shekhar Kapur Mrinal Sen Shyam Benegal

3. Which river enters Pakistan through Jammu & Kashmir in India? 
Ganga Saraswati Indus Brahmaputra

4. The Mediterranean climate region is known by which sobriquet?
People Belt Animal Belt Fruit Belt Heat Belt

5. Out of these, which is the bird with an exceptionally long tongue?
Hooper Peacock Woodpecker Parrot

6. Who was known to deliver his lectures from behind a curtain?
Aristotle Ramanujan Pythagoras Bhaskaracharya

7. What are Toadstools?
Seating arrangements for toads Piece of furniture Fungi Waste Matter

8. A Field Marshal retires at what age?
55 60 65 Never

9. In the Indian film industry who is affectionately called 'Dadamoni'?
Kishore Kumar Ashok Kumar Biswajit Satyajit Ray

10. It is forbidden to fly over which monument of India?
India Gate The Gateway of India The Taj Mahal The Gol Gumbaz

                                                                     

         QUICK QUIZ - 2

1. Which is the coldest planet?
Pluto Uranus Jupiter Neptune

2. Which gender of cuckoos can sing?
Male Female Both

3. The other word for tur (dal) in English is
Sparrow pea Pigeon pea Butterfly pea.

4. The invention of the wheel belongs to the following age:
Paleolithic The Neolithic Saleolithic

5. Lemons contain
Nitric acid Citric acid Carbonic acid.

6. A crater on the moon is named after which scientist:
Vikram Sarabhai Raja Ramanna J.C. Bose

7. Buddha gave his first discourse after enlightenment at:
Vaisali Sarnath Kapilavastu 

8. Which sportsperson is known as the 'master blaster'?
S. Tendulkar Vivian Richards Sir Donald Bradman

9. Which is the largest Island in the Indian Ocean?
Java Sumatra Madagascar

Answers

1.Anita Rau Badami.

2.Sense & Sensibility.

3.Tiger Woods.

4.Kohinoor Diamond.

5.Stevie Wonder.

6.Duma.

7.Vital Information Resources Under Siege.

8.GATT - General Agreement on Trade and Tariff.

9 .Sweden.

10.David Bushnell [1776]  U.S.A.

 

 

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