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- Which planetary body was found by the American astronomer Clyde William Tombaugh in 1930--- Options are a) Satum b)Uranius c)Pluto
- 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
- Rehan and Meira are the grandchildren of which politician--- Options are a)L.K.Advani b)Manmohan Singh c)Sonia Gandhi
- 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
- Which model married to novelist Salman Rushdie; Options are a)Naomi Campbell b)Paris Hilton c)Padma Laxmi
- 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
- 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
- Which country will host the 2010 Football world Cup -- Options are a)South Africa b)United States c)Italy
- 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
- 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
- In which literary work did India's national song 'Vande Mataram' originally appear - Options are a)Anand Math b)Gitanjali c)Meghdoot
- Which old classic starring Aishwarye Rai is being remade J.P.Datta - Options are a)Pakeezah b)Mother India c)Umrao Jaan
- Which animal features on the insgnia of the terrorist organisation LTTE - Options are a)Elephant b)Tiger c)Tortoise
- Which state came into existance along with Maharashtra on May 1,1960 - Options are a)Karnataka b)Madhya Pradesh c)Gujarat
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Which city is home to the shrine of Maha Kaleshwar, one of the twelve jyotirlingas - Options are a)Nasik b)Ujjain c)Haridwar
- Which fashion designer's label is 'Fish Fry" - Options are a)Manish Arora b)Tarun Tahiliani c)Rohit Bal
- 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
- According to Padma Purana,who broke one of the Ganesh's tusks in a duel - Options are a)Parashuram b)Indra c)Tarakasura
- Which is the largest province of Pakistan in terms of area - Options are a)Punjab b)Sindh c)Balochistan
- 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
- 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
- Which film star lives in a bungalow called Mannat in Mumbai - Options are a)Aamir Khan b)Shah Rukh Khan c)Slman Khan
- In which city Taj Samudra Hotel is situated. - Options are a)Colombo b)Panaji c)Male
- Who replaced David Beckham as caprain of England's National Food Ball team. - Options are a)Steven Gerrard b)Rio Ferdinand c)John Terry
- Where is the annual race of snake boats or chundanvallams held - Options are a)Andhra Pradesh b)Kerala c)Orissa
- 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
- Mumbai's Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport derives its new logo from what. - Options are a)Rainbow b)Peacock feather c)Shivaji's sword
- 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
- On which river is Ukai dam built. - Options are a)Narmada b)Rewa c)Tapti
- Which historical personality is a primary character in the upcoming film Lage Raho Munnabhai - Options are a)Shivaji b)Akbar c)Mahatma Gandhi
- 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
- 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
- Where was the great explorer Marco Polo born. - Options are a)Venice b)Rome c)Lisbon
- 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
- 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
- Which author's new novel is titled Sacred Games - Options are a)Vikram Chandra b)Suketu Mehta c)Rohinton Mistry
- 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
- Which city of Maharashtra is also known as Varanasi of the South - Options are a)Nasik b)Kolhapur c)Shirdi
- 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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