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  1. Which planetary body was found by the American astronomer Clyde William Tombaugh in 1930--- Options are a) Satum b)Uranius c)Pluto

  2. Which sports person has been awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award in 2006 --- Options are a)Arjun Atwal b)Pankaj Advani c)Abhinav Bindra

  3. Rehan and Meira are the grandchildren of which politician--- Options are a)L.K.Advani b)Manmohan Singh c)Sonia Gandhi

  4. What was the age of Maria Esther de Capovilla--the oldest woman in the world--when she died on August 27,2006; Options are a)116 b)100 c)125

  5. Which model married to novelist Salman Rushdie; Options are a)Naomi Campbell b)Paris Hilton c)Padma Laxmi

  6. Who is the first bowler to bowl a maiden over in the history of Twenty20 cricket matches; - Options are a)Steve Harmison b)Andrew Symonds c)Mohammad Asif

  7. The name Kala Ghoda,Mumbai's famous art district, is a reference to a black stone statue of which monarch mounted on a black horse. - Options are a)Queen Victoria b)King George VI c)King Edward VII

  8. Which country will host the 2010 Football world Cup -- Options are a)South Africa b)United States c)Italy

  9. Which Indian legend declined all offers of settling oversees,famously saying,"You will not be able to bring my Ganges here -- Options are a)M.S. Subbalakshmi b)Ustad Bismillah Khan c)Naushad

  10. Whose wedding has been described by Forbes magazine as the most extravagant of all in the 21st century - Options are a)Vanish Mittal-Amit Bhatia b)Melania Knauss-Donald Trump c)Aleksandra Kokotovic-Andrei Melnichenko

  11. In which literary work did India's national song 'Vande Mataram' originally appear - Options are a)Anand Math b)Gitanjali c)Meghdoot

  12. Which old classic starring Aishwarye Rai is being remade J.P.Datta - Options are a)Pakeezah b)Mother India c)Umrao Jaan

  13. Which animal features on the insgnia of the terrorist organisation LTTE - Options are a)Elephant b)Tiger c)Tortoise

  14. Which state came into existance along with Maharashtra on May 1,1960 - Options are a)Karnataka b)Madhya Pradesh c)Gujarat

  15. Which Mumbai eatery was creating controversy due to its name in Aug-Sept. 2006 - Options are a)Mussolini's Mousetrap b)Hitler's Cross c)Mao's Shanghai

  16. Against whom did Andre Agassi play his last match in the US Open before announcing his retirement from tennis- Options are a)Benjamin Becker b)Myke Bryan c)David Ferrer

  17. Whom did Farah Khan choreograph for the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards ceremony in New york - Options are a)Shakira b)Janet Jackson c)Jennifer Lopez

  18. Which city is home to the shrine of Maha Kaleshwar, one of the twelve jyotirlingas - Options are a)Nasik b)Ujjain c)Haridwar

  19. Which fashion designer's label is 'Fish Fry" - Options are a)Manish Arora b)Tarun Tahiliani c)Rohit Bal

  20. Who comprised the famous '3 Ws' of West Indian cricket, along with Frank Worrell and Everton Weekes - Options are a)Clyde Walcott b)Wesley Hall c)Courtney Walsh

  21. According to Padma Purana,who broke one of the Ganesh's tusks in a duel - Options are a)Parashuram b)Indra c)Tarakasura

  22. Which is the largest province of Pakistan in terms of area - Options are a)Punjab b)Sindh c)Balochistan

  23. Which of these personalities started his career as a cartoonist in the Free Press Journal of Mumbai - Options are a)M F Hussain b)Mario Miranda c)Bal Thackeray

  24. Who has been recently(prior to Sept 2006) honoured with the Punjab Rattan Award - Options are a)Manmohan Singh b)Khushwant Singh c)KPS Gill

  25. Which film star lives in a bungalow called Mannat in Mumbai - Options are a)Aamir Khan b)Shah Rukh Khan c)Slman Khan

  26. In which city Taj Samudra Hotel is situated. - Options are a)Colombo b)Panaji c)Male

  27. Who replaced David Beckham as caprain of England's National Food Ball team. - Options are a)Steven Gerrard b)Rio Ferdinand c)John Terry

  28. Where is the annual race of snake boats or chundanvallams held - Options are a)Andhra Pradesh b)Kerala c)Orissa

  29. What does the 'P' stand for in the initials SPG, a team of personnel used for VVIP security in India. - Options are a)Police b)Powerful c)Protection

  30. Mumbai's Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport derives its new logo from what. - Options are a)Rainbow b)Peacock feather c)Shivaji's sword

  31. Which famous product was invented by Dr John Pemberton, a pharmacist based in Atlanta,in 1886. - Options are a)Pepsi b)Sprite c)Coca-Cola

  32. On which river is Ukai dam built. - Options are a)Narmada b)Rewa c)Tapti

  33. Which historical personality is a primary character in the upcoming film Lage Raho Munnabhai - Options are a)Shivaji b)Akbar c)Mahatma Gandhi

  34. Which monument is the subject of the book Mansion Nonpareil-Marvel on Raisina Hill - Options are a)Falknuma Palace b)Aga Khan Palace c)Rashtrapati Bhavan

  35. October 10,2006 is the dead line for banning the employment of children below which age as domestic help or as workers - Options are a)12 b)14 c)10

  36. Where was the great explorer Marco Polo born. - Options are a)Venice b)Rome c)Lisbon

  37. By what name do we know the singer-songwriter whose last names are isabel Mebarak Ripoll. - Options are a)Shakira b)Whitney Houston c)Christina Aguilera

  38. What is celebrated on the same day as Raksha Bandhan in parts of Western India - Options are a)Buddha Purnima b)Bhadra Purnima c)Nariyal Purnima

  39. Which author's new novel is titled Sacred Games - Options are a)Vikram Chandra b)Suketu Mehta c)Rohinton Mistry

  40. Which country has nominated the film WATER as its oficial entry for the Oscars in the foreign language film category. - Options are a)Sri Lanka b)Canada c)India

  41. Which city of Maharashtra is also known as Varanasi of the South - Options are a)Nasik b)Kolhapur c)Shirdi

  42. Which head of state did Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf recently describe as "an ostrich with his head buried in the sand - Options are a)Hamid Karzai b)Manmohan singh c)George Bush

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