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Quiz Questions

QUESTION 1: Connect Bagha Jatin with a particular type of modern architecture/establishment in
Palestine.


QUESTION 2: During the Bangladesh Liberation War, which was the only aircraft that did not suffer
a single loss while accounting for nearly a dozen "kills"; the best Kill ratio for any aircraft in the entire war?


QUESTION 3: A church in Mumbai recently celebrated its 400th anniversary. Name the church.


QUESTION 4: There are at present 812 of these worldwide, of which 26 are in India. The last of
these in India was incorporated in 2004 (not considering renewals). What are they, and which one was the last incorporated in India?


QUESTION 5: A less-known Indian physicist A working at B gained popularity by questioning the
existence of C thereby challenging the life-work of the internationally acclaimed physicist D. Name A, B, C and D.


QUESTION 6: What connects T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land and a song from Madonna's album Ray
of Light?
ANSWER 6


QUESTION 7: Brampton, Ontario has the second highest Indian immigrant population in Canada
(after Surrey, British Columbia). By what less-than-racially-sensitive names is it called colloquially (and in Canadian press) as a result.


QUESTION 8: Fill in the blanks: ______ was introduced in India in 1784 for the first time to develop
______ .
ANSWER 8


QUESTION 9: This is a form of Indian folk culture. Now the name of the form has become generic.
However, originally it was a particular piece of art based on a particular princess of north India. In fact, the name of the princess has become the name of the form. Name the form of folk culture.


QUESTION 10: A daughter of a Hindu King by his Muslim mistress, "given" to another Hindu ruler,
their love story became legendary. What is being talked about?


QUESTION 11: They export me alive and I am one of the fastest growing export products for India
as well as topping the charts in the live exports category. Who am I?


QUESTION 12: I share my name with a prominent personality from North India. But I myself am
famous mainly in the north eastern part of the country. Though I am not currently employed, I get my salary every month (till date). I also take regular vaccations from my "job", during which I travel by train to unknown places. And the irony of it all — I ain't even alive today! Who am I?


QUESTION 13: What is the fastest speed achieved by a train in India?


QUESTION 14: Connect the following:
  1. The animal whose brain can supposedly help cure your laziness.
  2. The animal that figures in a Danish royal order; and
  3. The animal that according to Malaysian and Burmese folklore, stamps out fire in the forest.
ANSWER 14


QUESTION 15: Before Indian Independence, at which venue and year did England last beat India in
India in hockey?


QUESTION 16: Afrasia is considered as the largest of all X. Name X that has maximum density of
population.


QUESTION 17: Link Jaipur and Toulouse.


QUESTION 18: When was the highest cricket pitch in the world built? And by whom?


QUESTION 19: I have acted in an award-winning movie. I have undergone prison sentence. And I
also happen to be a Sahitya Akademi award winner. Who am I? Which was the award winning movie I acted in? And how many days had I spent in prison?


QUESTION 20: Which Bollywood movie was the first to have a plotline with a timeline concerning
events of just one night. Also, most of the story is set in the vicinity of an apartment building. Which year?


QUESTION 21: Which outfit in India infamously created furore by burning Rama's effigy instead of
Ravana's during Ram Leela?


QUESTION 22: Name the Chola king who according to legends was born a spider in his previous
life?


QUESTION 23: Which dish, that is still relished today, was created when one of Akbar's courtiers
accidentally added onions to a food being prepared for the emperor?


QUESTION 24: When was electricity first brought to Mumbai? (The location and year)


QUESTION 25: To keep in with Hindi nativity, he should probably have been named mota malik or
motu malik. However, his actual name was probably in keeping with the context. What is being talked about?
ANSWER 25