A presentation of important quizzing session in IIT kgp

A presentation of important quizzing session in IIT Kharagpur

1. Lets quiz Answer these questions in one word or phrase

2. Which megastar carried the Olympic flame on the torch relay leg between the City of London and the borough of South wark in London on 26th July,2012, a day before the opening ceremony of sporting spectacle? Amitabh Bachchan Which place in India have been included on the coveted list of the World Heritage Sites, at a meeting of the World Heritage Committee held in Russia on 1st July,2012? - Western Ghats along the west coast of India .( The Western Ghats harbour a wealth of flora and fauna.)

3. Name the woman boxer of India who have won five time world championship in succession? - Mary Kom Name the Russian painter whose 468 acre estate in Bangalore is going to be developed as an art gallery of his 210 paintings and a rose garden by Karnataka government? - Painter Svetoslav Roerich and his actor wife Devika Rani

4. Name the 50 year old bridge which was the first to be built across the river Brahmaputra to bridge the surface communication route between the North-East and the rest of the country inaugurated in June 1963 by first Prime Minister of country Jawaharlal Nehru? Saraighat Bridge First ever Ladakh Film Festival opened on 15th June, 2012 with the screening of which movie? - Raja Harishchandra ( First full length silent film made in 1913 by Dada Saheb Phalke . Only green carpets were there to premiere films)

5. What was the ancient name of Bathinda city? Tribhandanapura and its ruler was Shtrughanadeva . How many postal zones are there in India, under the PIN Code System? - 8 Name the Bollywood legend whose ancestral home in Peshawar, Pakistan has been turned into heritage site? – Dilip Kumar

6. Where is the only shrine in the world which has a natural statue of Hanuman that is not man made? In Southern Pakistani city of Karachi named Shri Panchmukhi Hanuman Mandir ( The eight foot blue and white statue is 1500 year old) Name the last king of Jammu and Kashmir whose bronze life-size statue has been installed on the Press Club side of the twin bridge over the Tawi by the government through Jammu Municipal Corporation? - Maharaja Hari Singh

7. Who brought and installed two Asokan pillars in Delhi?- Firozeshah Tughluq Who wrote the book "The Daughter of the East"? - Ms. Benazir Bhutto Who is the author of book " Freedom Behind Bars"? - Kiran Bedi " Nokia" the telecom company belongs to which country? - Finland

8. Which is the first state in India to deploy a commando unit- Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) to protect its big cat population? Karnataka Where did India's first Formula one race took place in 2011? Buddh Internation Circuit in Delhi Name the Strait which separates Asia from North America? The Bering Strait

9. Name the place in Himachal Pradesh which has a tradition of celebrating the Lohri festival for the girl child for the past over three centuries? - Paragpur a heritage village located in Kangra district. The government has given the Lohri festival in Paragpur the status of a state festival. (Some historians believe that it might be the first incident of celebration of Lohri for a girl child princess Parag in entire North India.)

10. Name the seas joined by Suez Canal? - Red sea and Mediterranean sea What was the old name of Indonesia? - Dutch East Indies Name the strait which separates Africa from Europe? - Strait of Gibraltar Name the Strait connecting Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal? - Palk Strait

11. Q1. The 4th battalion of the Sikh Light Infantry was the last army unit to be stationed in which UNESCO World Heritage site in Delhi ? Answer : Red Fort Q2. In the 1970s, which was the first Indian film whose dialogue soundtracks were released in the market ? Answer: Sholay

12. Q3. Which great Indian ruler first enacted a law for the protection of wildlife and environment? Answer: Ashoka Q4. In 1983, what became the first product to be sold in a sachet in India? Answer: Shampoo Q5. In India, who is the first person to be enumerated in the census? Answer: President of India

13. Q2 . Who was the first non-American TIME Person of the Year? Answer: Kalpana Chawla Q3. After which NASA astronaut, was the first dedicated meteorological satellite of India named? Answer: Kalpana Chawla Q4. In India, the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme certifies which valuable mineral? Answer: Diamond

14. Q1. According to the Guinness World Records, which company is the world’s largest manufacturer of bicycles? Answer: Hero Cycles Q2. Which famous Indian building was built using 700 million bricks and three million cubic feet of stone? Answer:Rashtrapati Bhavan Q4. Which train in India boasted of the first STD/ISD service installation? Answer: Rajdhani Express Q5. Who is the first Bollywood star to feature at Madame Tussauds ? Answer:Amitabh Bachchan

15. Q3. India’s first sea bridge, in Mumbai, is named after which former Prime Minister? Answer: Rajiv Gandhi Q4. What is the common name of the Hindu festival ‘ Dhulheti ’ or ‘ Phagwa ’? Answer: Holi Q5. Which item of India’s national pride was based upon a design by Pingali Venkayya ? Answer:The Indian Flag

16. Q1. In 2009, who became the youngest recipient to be honoured with an honorary doctorate from the Aligarh Muslim University? Answer:AR Rahman Q2. More than 86% of India’s rhinos live in which national park? Answer: Kaziranga Q1. When the Indian government launched the ‘e-passports scheme’, who received the first copy? Answer: Pratibha Patil Q2. Which was the earliest authoritative text on public finance, administration and fiscal laws in India? Answer:Kautilya’s Arthasastra

17. Q3. On which national holiday are the Padma Awards given? Answer: Republic Day or 26th January Q4. In 1970, the National Dairy Development Board initiated which operation to increase the availability of milk? Answer: Operation Flood or White Revolution Q5.Which famous Indian brand was named after Nirupama Patel? Answer:Nirma

18. Q1. Which is the only Indian monument to appear on the list of the New Seven Wonders of the World? Answer:Taj Mahal Q2. Which is the first Indian product to obtain the Geographical Identification tag? Answer: Tea Q4. Which novel by Vikram Seth has 1,349 pages and 591,552 words and is one of the longest novels ever published? Answer: A Suitable Boy Q5. Which is the first IT company from India to be listed on NASDAQ? Answer: Infosys

19. Q1. Which actor founded the production company Red Chillies Entertainment? Answer: Shah Rukh Khan Q2. Which is the world’s most expensive spice by weight? Answer: Saffron Q3. To increase its brilliance, which diamond was cut from 186 1/16 carats to 105.602 carats? Answer: Kohinoor Q4. Who has composed the theme song of the 2010 Commonwealth Games? Answer: A R Rahman Q5. Which famous Indian brand is named after Ramaniklal Ambani’s son? Answer: Vimal

20. Q1. Along with Gary Hamel, who is the originator of the concept of core competencies? Answer: C. K. Prahalad Q2. In 1993, who was awarded the Booker of Bookers Prize? Answer: Salman Rushdie Q3. After the Taj Mahal , which was the most visited monument in India in 2009? Answer: Qutub Minar Q4. In 1947, the Radcliffe Line became the border between India and which country? Answer: Pakistan Q5. In 2008, which river was declared India’s National River? Answer: The Ganges

21. Q1. Hailey National Park was renamed after which hunter turned conservationist? Answer: Jim Corbett Q2. The birth name of which historical figure was Farid Khan? Answer: Sher Shah Suri Q3. Chausa , Totapuri , Jahangir and Rumani are different varieties of which fruit? Answer: Mango Q4. A PhD Scholarship at St John’s College- Cambridge,is named after which Indian PM? Answer: Dr. Manmohan Singh Q5. Which Mughal emperor founded a religious doctrine called Din- i - Ilahi ? Answer: Akbar

22. Q1. Which sitarist was awarded India’s highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna , in 1999? Answer: Ravi Shankar Q2. Who established the Missionaries of Charity in 1950 in Calcutta? Answer: Mother Teresa Q3. Balram Halwai is the hero of which MAN Booker Prize winning book? Answer: The White Tiger

23. Q1. Who held the office of prime minister for the shortest period of time in India? Answer: Atal Behari Vajpayee Q2. Who is the youngest to score a century in Test for India? Answer: SR Tendulkar Q3. Which is the most common subspecies of tiger? Answer: Royal Bengal tiger Q5. ‘The Polyester Prince’ by Hamish McDonald is an unauthorised biography of whom? Answer: Dhirubhai Ambani

24.   Q1 . The world’s highest battlefield is located in which glacier? Answer: Siachen Glacier Q2. India is part of the Commonwealth . Who is the Head of the Commonwealth? Answer: Queen Elizabeth II Q3. Which lady holds the record for being in space for 185 days? Answer: Sunita Williams Q5. Which two-word phrase did writer Suketu Mehta coin to describe Mumbai? Answer: Maximum City

25. Q1. The Palk Strait seperates India and which country? Answer: Sri Lanka Q2. What is the present name of the Formula One team Spyker ? Answer: Force India Q3. Jackson Heights is the ‘little India’ of which US city? Answer: New York Q4. In terms of actual GDP size and contribution to all India GDP , which city is Number One? Answer: Mumbai

26. Q1. Who appoints the Chief Election Commissioners and Election Commissioners in India? Answer: The President Q2. In 1591, which monument was built by Mohammed Quli Qutab Shah to commemorate the end of the plague in the city? Answer: Charminar Q3 . Salman Khan starrer film ‘Hello’ is based on whose novel? Answer: Chetan Bhagat Q5. Among Indians, who scored most number of double centuries in Test cricket? Answer: V Sehwag

27. Q2 . Who holds the record for serving as the world’s longest lady PM? Answer: Indira Gandhi Q3. Hillcroft , an ethnic enclave in Houston , Texas,has been renamed after which Indian? Answer: Mahatma Gandhi Q4. Who was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature? Answer: Rabindranath Tagore Q5. The headquarters of SAARC are located in which neighbouring country of India? Answer: Nepal

28. Q1. Who is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha ? Answer: The Vice-President Q2. Who holds the record for the most number of Best Actor nominations at the Filmfare Awards? Answer: Amitabh Bachchan Q3. Which fictional town is located on the banks of the river Sarayu ? Answer: Malgudi Q5 . Who is the first non-Russian to win the Chess Oscar six times in a row? Answer: Vishy Anand

29. Q1. Which free web-based email service was founded by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith? Answer: Hotmail Q2. K2,the second highest peak in the world,is situated in which mountain range? Answer: Karakoram Q3. According to The Economist ,which management institute in India “is the toughest in the world to get into”? Answer: IIM Ahmedabad Q4. In which Indian state could one experience a 36-course meal called Wazwan ? Answer: Jammu & Kashmir Q5. In Test cricket, which Indian has bowled the maximum number of balls? Answer: A Kumble

30. Q1. The real name of which Bollywood actor is Rajiv Hari Om Bhatia? Answer: Akshay Kumar Q2. Against which country has Sachin Tendulkar scored the most Test centuries? Answer: Australia Q3. Who served as the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India from November 1999 to November 2001? Answer: APJ Abdul Kalam Q4. In which national park in India are the maximum numbers of Asiatic Lions found ? Answer: Gir National Park Q5. The real name of which Indian ruler was Budh Singh? Answer: Ranjit Singh

31. Q1. Which British-Trinidadian novelist was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2001? Answer: VS Naipaul Q2. Screenwriter Simon Beaufoy visited India three times while writing the screenplay of which film? Answer: Slumdog Millionaire Q3. The flavour of which famous rice is caused by the aroma compound 2-acetyl-1-pyrroline? Answer: Basmati Q4. Tata Consultancy Services is associated with which Formula One team? Answer: Ferrari Q5. The name of which mountain peak means ‘Five Treasuries of the Great Snow’ in Tibetian ? Answer: Kanchenjunga

32. Q1. Which Bollywood actress won the Miss World title in 2000? Answer: Priyanka Chopra Q2. Which Indian has hit the most number of sixes in Test matches? Answer: V Sehwag Q3. In 1971, which economist joined the Government of India as Economic Advisor in the Commerce Ministry? Answer: Manmohan Singh Q4. India celebrates National Science Day every year to commemorate the discovery of what? Answer: Raman Effect Q5. MARCOS is an elite special operations unit of which branch of the Armed Forces of India? Answer: Indian Navy

33. Q1. The ghoomar dance comes from which Indian state? Answer: Ghoomar from Rajasthan Q2. Harpal Singh of Delhi was the first proud Indian owner of which car ? Answer: Harpal Singh first Maruti800 owner Q3. Who gave R D Burman the nickname Pancham ? Answer: Ashok Kumar

34. Q1. Who was the first person from Andhra Pradesh to become the Prime Minister of India? Answer: PV Narasimha Rao Q2. Which famous football club is run by the Alemao family of Goa? Answer: Churchill Brothers Q3. Which state in north-eastern India harbours the maximum number of orchid species in the country? Answer: Arunachal Pradesh Q4. Baba Budan , a Muslim saint, brought what to India for the first time from Yemen? Answer: Coffee Q5. From where did the founders of Asian Paints derive the name of their company? Answer: Telephone Directory

35. Q1. Which Indian Prime Minister coined the term ‘non-alignment’? Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru Q2. In 1981, who was appointed the Music Director for Life at the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra? Answer: Zubin Mehta Q3. In which Indian state is the town Vasco- da -Gama located? Answer: Goa

36. Q1. Which was the first football club to represent India in the Asian Club Cup? Answer: East Bengal Q2. Even though he was in office for 171 days, which Indian Prime Minister never faced Parliament? Answer: Charan Singh Q3. Which was the first Indian film whose soundtrack was made available for downloading on iTunes? Answer: Delhi-6 Q4. Set up in 1927 on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi, which is India’s largest and oldest apex business organization? Answer: FICCI Q5. ‘The Fall of a Sparrow’ is the autobiography of which famous Indian ornithologist? Answer: Salim Ali

37. Q1. In 1979, the Nobel banquet in Oslo was cancelled on whose request? Answer: Mother Teresa Q2. India’s busiest airport is situated in which city? Answer: Delhi Q3 . The technology centre of General Electric Company in Bangalore is named after which foreigner? Answer: Jack Welch Q4. Nawab Wajid Ali Shah added which vegetable to the Awadhi biryani ? Answer: Potatoes Q5. Which famous salutation was coined by Champakaraman Pillai during the independence movement? Answer: Jai Hind

38. Q1. The first name of which Indian footballer means ‘little brother’ in Tibetan? Answer: Baichung Bhutia Q2. Who was the only finance minister to become the President of India? Answer: R Venkataraman Q3. Which type of churidar is named after a beautiful Mughal era courtesan? Answer: Anarkali

39. Q1. Which management guru did The Economist call Euroguru ? Answer: Sumantra Ghoshal Q2. Whose debut album was titled Come Away with Me ? Answer: Norah Jones Q3. In 2003,India launched the world’s largest immunization campaign against which disease? Answer: Polio Q4. Who is the founder and chairman of the Caparo Group? Answer: Lord Swaraj Paul Q5. Which company started bhashaindia.com to promote Indic language computing on the net? Answer: Microsoft

40. Q1. Which film director is the Chairman & Managing Director of ‘ Mukta Arts Limited’? Answer: Subhash Ghai Q2. Which Indian bowler has conceded the most runs in Test cricket? Answer: Anil Kumble Q3. Who has been the only woman Finance Minister of India? Answer: Indira Gandhi

41. Q1. Which Indian has the most roads named after him? Answer: Mahatma Gandhi Q2. Who was the last Indian born lady to win the Booker Prize? Answer: Kiran Desai Q3. Which five-storey building has 953 pink sandstone windows known as ‘ jharokhas ’? Answer: Hawa Mahal Q4.On which Indian luxury train can you find two restaurant cars named Maharaja and Maharani? Answer: Palace on Wheels

42. Q1. Who is the first Indian player to play in Major League Soccer club Kansas City Wizards? Answer: Sunil Chhetri Q2.Which Indian economist coined the phrase ‘Hindu rate of growth’? Answer: Raj Krishna Q3. In which state of India is the Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary situated? Answer: Gujarat Q4. Who was the first non-Indian head of state to win India’s highest civilian award,the Bharat Ratna ? Answer: Mandela

43. Q1. What was the name of the first planned city of the Mughals ? Answer: Fatehpur Sikri Q2. In which state were the first Aadhar cards issued? Answer: Maharashtra Q3. What are Robusta, Rasthali , Poovan , Singapuri and Chinia types of? Answer: Bananas Q4. In 2007,India allowed the import of Harley Davidson bikes from the US in exchange for the export of which fruit? Answer: Mango

44. Q1. Who was the first Asian to head an Oxbridge college? Answer: Amartya Sen Q2. By what name was Tata Steel Europe formerly known? Answer: Corus Q3. With which sport is the Calcutta Cup, played between England and Scotland, associated? Answer: Rugby Q4. In Test matches, which Indian has scored most runs in a career without a hundred? Answer: Chetan Chauhan

45. Q1. Which Indian Finance Minister presented two budgets on his birthday? Answer: Morarji Desai Q2. In 326 BC, which Indian ruler presented Alexander 30 lbs of Indian iron? Answer: Porus / Poru Q3. In 2004, the famous European Case Awards instituted an award for Excellence in Case Writing named after which Indian? Answer: Sumantra Ghoshal Q4. Who won the first Filmfare Award for Best Actor? Answer: Dilip Kumar

46. Q1. In which comic strip, known for its satirical office humour , are you most likely to meet a character named Asok ? Answer: Dilbert Q2. Who is the first-ever India-born winner on the PGA Tour? Answer: Arjun Atwal Q3. For which film did Richard Attenborough win the 1982 Academy Award? Answer: Gandhi Q4. Made by red and buff standstone , which is the highest tower in India? Answer: Qutb Minar

47. Vidyadhar Bhattacharya was the chief architect and city planner of which city in Rajasthan? Answer: Jaipur Savitri Khanolkar designed the medal for which Indian gallantry award? Answer: Param Vir Chakra Until 1896, India was the only source of which precious stone? Answer: Diamond Who was the first Indian to refer to Gandhi as ‘Mahatma’? Answer: Rabindranath Tagore

48. In the Indian Navy, the best all-round Cadet is awarded with a pair of what? Answer: Binoculars Which Bollywood superstar’s surname is Nagrath ? Answer: Hrithik Roshan In ODIs, which Indian has officiated as a match referee in most number of matches? Answer: Javagal Srinath Who is the first Parsi member of the House of Lords? Answer: Karan Faridoon Bilimoria

49. What were discovered by John Smith of the British Army in 1819 while hunting? Answer: Ajanta Caves If India is number two, which country produces the most currency notes? Answer: China Which artist directed a short film called ‘Through the Eyes of a Painter’ in 1966? Answer: MF Husain Which is the first alcoholic beverage from India to get the GI status? Answer: Goa Feni

50. Which national park was the inspiration behind Rudyard Kipling’s ‘The Jungle Book’? Answer: Pench In 1951, Godrej supplied 1.7 million of what to the Indian Government? Answer: Ballot Boxes Who was the first Indian woman to graduate from Harvard Business School? Answer: Naina Lal Kidwai Which Indian Prime Minister has faced the most number of no-trust motions? Answer: Indira Gandhi

51. Which Indian PM made an appearence in the film Chala Murari Hero Banne ? Answer: AB Vajpayee Which Indian classical dance form originated in a village in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh? Answer: Kuchipudi The Indian cricket team plays against which team for the Pataudi Trophy? Answer: England The last British troops in India ceremoniously exited the country by passing through which landmark? Answer: Gateway of India

52. Which monument, originally made in wood, represented the saint Imam Hussain’s tomb? Answer: Charminar Most people in Haining , China call which Indian Nobel laureate ‘Zhu Zhen Dan’? Answer: Tagore Which Indian finance minister changed the budget timings for the first time in 1999-2000? Answer: Yashwant Sinha The Mughal Emperor Babur valued what as ‘two-and-a-half days food of the entire world’? Answer: Kohinoor

53. ‘ Rihla ’ is an account of whose travels in India? Answer: Ibn Battuta Mr WizeR is the mascot of which brand of cars? Answer: WagonR According to the ‘ Limca Book of Records’, who is the longest serving president of an Indian political party? Answer: Lalu Prasad Yadav Who was presented the Daniel Guggenheim Medal in 1989, which was first conferred on Orville Wright? Answer: JRD Tata

54. On whose life was the 2006 Hindi film Gafla loosely based? Answer: Harshad Mehta Who was infamously convicted in a case filed in 1995 by the solicitor firm, Poornanand and Company? Answer: Telgi The restructuring exercise of which company was dubbed ‘Operation Phoenix’? Answer: Tech Mahindra/Satyam (after scam)

55. Which novel by Amitav Ghosh is set prior to the Opium Wars? Answer: Sea of Poppies Which gateway in Lucknow was modelled after the Sublime Porte in Istanbul? Answer: Rumi Darwaza /Turkish Gateway Which famous ‘lady in advertising’ was drawn by Eustace Fernandes ? Answer: Amul Girl To offset for CO2 loss, the band Coldplay bought mango trees for villagers in which state? Answer: Karnataka

56. Which building is the first ISO-certified habitat in India? Answer: Rashtrapati Bhawan /Presidential House in India In 1985, who became the founding President of the American Association of Ayurvedic Medicine? Answer: Deepak Chopra What is the name of the film production company founded by Mira Nair? Answer: Mira Nair

57. Under the Bachat Lamp Yojana , what is priced between Rs. 10 to 15? Answer: CFLs Which company was incorporated as Radio Lamp Works in 1938? Answer: Bajaj Electricals Which was the first city in India to be electrified in 1905? Answer: Bangalore By what name do we popularly know the town of Sohra in Meghalaya? Answer: Cherrapunjee

58. In Hindu mythology , the end of which war marks the start of Kali Yuga? Answer: Kurukshetra In teen patti /flush , the highest hand is three aces,which 3 cards form the lowest hand? Answer: 2 3 5 not of same card suit Rugmark is the international label against illegal child labour in the ____ industry. Answer: Carpet Cartoonist R. K. Laxman specialises in painting which bird? Answer: Crows

59. Who is the 55th and current Governor of Louisiana? Answer: Bobby Jindal In 1854, for whom did the British announce an annual pension of Rs 60K? Answer: Rani Laxmibai What indian sweet did K.C. Das invent? Answer: Rossomalai Dabur once marketed the drug Plagin to combat…? Answer: Plague

60. The fastest Shatabdi goes from New Delhi to…? Answer: Bhopal Who wrote the book ‘Train To Pakistan’? Answer: Khushwant Singh Who was nicknamed ‘ Payyoli Express’? Answer: PT Usha Which bearded Indian’s autobiography is ‘ Pendhapur Ka Ek Ladka ’? Answer: MF Hussain Which is Asia’s largest antelope? Answer: Nilgai

61. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Airport serves which Indian city? Answer: Ahmedabad How do we popularly know the wrestler Dalip Singh Rana ? Answer: The Great Khali which tourist attraction was created by Nek Chand ? Answer: Rock Garden Chandigarh

62. Which is India’s oldest National Park? Answer: Corbett Fitoor is the first solo Hindi album of which singer? Answer: Mohit Chauhan Which novel by Ruskin Bond was made into a film, Junoon , by Shyam Benegal ? Answer: A Flight of Pigeons In 1986,which became the first poultry company to be listed in India? Answer: Venky

63. What is the name of India’s highest waterfall? Answer: Jog Falls Which management guru, along with Dr Ramesh Jain, founded Praja Inc? Answer: CK Prahalad Which Beatle named his son Dhani , after two notes of the Indian music scale? Answer: George Harrison Q2. Which ad guru wrote the tagline ‘The Tyre with Muscle’ for MRF? Answer: Alyque Padamsee

64. In which town is the cattle fair Harihar Kshetra Mela held every year? Answer: Sonepur Aditya Vandana is the corporate anthem of which business group? Answer: Aditya Birla Group The Bibi Ka Maqbara was built to honour which Mughal emperor’s wife? Answer: Aurangzeb

65. Which percussionist founded Moment Records in 1992? Answer: Zakir Hussain From 1974 to 1983, which peak was the second most popular Himalayan destination after the Everest? Answer: Nanda Devi Which organisation hosts the ‘Made in India’ show to display Indian products abroad? Answer: Confederation of Indian Industry or CII Q1. Which Indian ruler first enacted a law to protect the environment? Answer: Asoka

66. In 1965,which company pioneered son-et- lumiere shows at Red Fort? Answer: Philips Which Nobel laureate wrote the book In Light Of India? Answer: Octavio Paz Which is India’s first cricket ground to be lit up with floodlights? Answer: Eden Gardens Which board game was originally called ‘ Mokshapat ’? Answer: Snakes & Ladders

67. Which Hindu festival tomorrow is also known as Surya Shashti ? Answer: Chhat Puja Located in Bijapur,what is the name of the mausoleum of Muhammad Adil Shah? Answer: Gol Gumbaz Narottam Tom Puna was the first cricketer of Indian origin to play Tests for which country? Answer: New Zealand

68. Who is the only Speaker of the Lok Sabha to become the President of India? Answer: Neelam S Reddy Which company owned the Dartmouth, Eleanor and Beaver, ships associated with the Boston Tea Party? Answer: East India Company Lachchu Maharaj was an exponent of which dance form? Answer: Kathak

69. Which ad agency created the Zoozoo characters for Vodafone? Answer: Ogilvy The Reddy family of Apollo Hospitals and Maxis Communications are shareholders of which company? Answer: Aircel The AV Birla Group are running a unique promotion for schools in 100 cities. The contest is called Kaho What’s Your ____. Answer: Idea

70. Which US President has made the longest official trip to India? Answer: Clinton Daulatpur Nasirabad village in Haryana was renamed after which President’s visit? Answer: Carter Who is the first US President to visit India in his first term in office? Answer: Nixon

71. In Jules Verne’s ‘Mysterious Island’, which Indian ruler’s nephew is Captain Nemo ? Answer: Tipu Sultan Which food manufacturer claims to have invented the rava idli ? Answer: Mavalli Tiffin Room/MTR Which museum houses the largest one-man collection of antiques in the world? Answer: Salar Jung Museum Eggs on toast, fish and rice, appams and …? Answer: Stew

72. Who defeated Rana Sanga at the Battle of Khanwa in 1527? Answer: Babur Which is the 1st state to reserve 50% of all posts in local bodies for women? Answer: Bihar Under Article 76 of the Constitution, who appoints the Attorney General of India? Answer: President Whose monolithic statue is in the middle of Hussain Sagar Lake? Answer: The Buddha

73. Which airline in India has aircraft named Turmeric, Pepper and Cinnamon? Answer: SpiceJet Which tiger reserve is 25 km from Khajuraho ? Answer: Panna Tiger Reserve Who drew the mascot Gattu for Asian Paints? Answer: RK Laxman Which building would you see on the reverse side of a Rs 50 note? Answer: Parliament Building

74. Which Special Response Unit uses the Sudarshan Chakra as its logo? Answer: NSG Who resigned as the CM of Karnataka to be sworn in as the 11th PM of India? Answer: H D Gowda Which river has the largest river basin in India? Answer: Ganga

75. Which Muslim scholar is the author of Kitab fi Tahqiq ma li’l -Hind? Answer: Al Beruni Who is the gentleman behind the Catamaran Venture Fund? Answer: NR Narayana Murthy Who did Akbar commission to write his biography, Akbarnama ? Answer: Abul Fazl Which is Indian satellite TV’s longest-running show? Answer: khana khazana

76. By what popular name do Indians call the swamp deer? Answer: Barasingha Who was the first Chairman of the Rajya Sabha to serve for two terms? Answer: S Radhakrishnan Only two cities have hosted the Asian Games twice. Delhi and ? Answer: Bangkok Ustad Ahmad & Ustad Hamid were the architects of which famous Delhi landmark? Answer: Red Fort

77. Who is the first Bollywood actress to have a wax statue at London’s Madame Tussauds ? Answer: Aishwarya Rai The Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary is the largest sanctuary in which state? Answer: Tamil Nadu Which US architect designed the IIM campus at Ahmedabad ? Answer: Louis Kahn

78. During 1937-38, the British government decided to repatriate the prisoners from which prison that had 698 cells? Answer: Cellular Jail In 2000, who was awarded the ‘Best Sportswoman of the Century’ by the Indian Olympic Association? Answer: PT Usha Who appoints the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India? Answer: President

79. Where in India did Facebook open its first office? Answer: Hyderabad In 1864, which place was declared the summer capital of British India? Answer: Shimla After over 20K Indian requests, which national symbol was added to FarmVille ? Answer: Indian tricolour

80. Who designed the uniforms of Goa’s traffic police? Answer: Wendell Rodricks In which Indian state is the tribal fair, Chitra-Vichitra Mela held? Answer: Gujarat With which country does India share its longest international boundary? Answer: Bangladesh

81. Ashok Leyland is the flagship company of which group? Answer: Hinduja Group Which fictional character married an Indian princess named Aouda ? Answer: Phileas Fogg Hieun Tsang was involved with which Indian university for 12 years? Answer: Nalanda The charitable organisation CRY stands for? Answer: Child Rights and You

82. ‘ Solstice’ is the annual flagship alumni reunion event of which business school? Answer: ISB Which Indian emperor wrote the three Sanskrit plays, ‘ Nagananda ’, ‘ Ratnavali ’ and ‘ Priyadarsika ’? Answer: Harsha Which supersonic cruise missile is named after the rivers Brahmaputra and Moskva ? Answer: Brahmos

83. According to legend, the emigration of 36 families inspired the name of which Indian state? Answer: Chhatisgarh Who was the founding editor of ‘Stardust’ and ‘Celebrity’? Answer: Shobhaa De Who served as the Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India from 1999 to 2001? Answer: APJ Abdul Kalam In the Harry Potter books, who is the twin sister of Gryffindor student Parvati Patil ? Answer: Padma Patil

84. Namaskaar is the in-flight magazine of which airline? Answer: Air India In 1493, which explorer wrote a report on his discoveries of the ‘Islands of India’? Answer: Christopher Columbus In the PSUs, what can be offered by the Gujarat or DHI pattern? Answer: VRS

85. For the exact calculation of what did astronomers debate over Ghamapur & Mirzapur ? Answer: IST In the 1840s, the first trial plantation of what was made by Dr. A Campbell? Answer: Darjeeling Tea At which venue was India disallowed in the World Cup? Answer: Brazil(because they played barefoot) Which is the first Indian government organisation to join Twitter? Answer: India Post

86. The Periplus , a manuscript on navigation, called which river ‘ Nammadus ’? Answer: Narmada To coincide with the festival of Baisakhi , which king was crowned on 12 April 1801? Answer: Ranjit Singh Who was the 1st aeronautical engineer to get the Bharat Ratna ? Answer: APJ Kalam

87. Which Afsharid dynasty ruler looted the Peacock Throne in 1739? Answer: Nader Shah Which Raj Kapoor film shares its name with an IPC section? Answer: Shree 420 Malabar and Tellicherry are varieties of which spice? Answer: Pepper The scientific name of which tree is Azadirachta indica meaning ‘the Free Tree of India’? Answer: Neem

88. Who did George Harrison call the ‘Godfather of World Music’? Answer: Ravi Shankar Who , among the Beatles,bought a sitar to record the song ‘Norwegian Wood’? Answer: George Harrison Which national park was named after the first Governor-General of India? Answer: Rajaji National Park Which event caused the largest mass migration in human history? Answer: Partition of India

89. Who was the first India-born writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature? Answer: Rudyard Kipling Who is projected as the hero of the Pandavani style of folk singing? Answer: Bhima Apart from MP, Uttarakhand and UP, in which other state is the Kumbh Mela held? Answer: Maharashtra

90. On March 1969,which famous train was introduced in India? Answer: Rajdhani From 1911, Chota Dariba or Dariba Kalan became famous by which new name? Answer: Paranthewali Gali Which Chinese Buddhist monk visited India in AD 399? Answer: Fa Hien According to Mark Twain, which city is ‘older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend’? Answer: Benares/Varanasi

91. Who is the author of a travelogue named ‘India: A Million Mutinies Now’? Answer: VS Naipaul Located 8 km north-west of Puducherry what was designed by architect Roger Anger? Answer: Auroville What road did Rudyard Kipling describe as the ‘backbone of all Hind’? Answer: GT Road Which TS Eliot poem closes with the line ‘ Shantih Shantih Shantih ’? Answer: The Waste Land

92. In 1987, which Indian received the prestigious French Legion of Honor award? Answer: Satyajit Ray Which city is home to the International Pepper Exchange? Answer: Kochi Forest officer Gisborne offered which fictional character a job as a Forest Ranger? Answer: Mowgli

93. The melting water of which glacier is the main source of water for the Nubra river? Answer: Siachen With which creature is the wildlife conservationist Romulus Whitaker synonymous? Answer: Snakes In 1986, who wrote a thesis ‘Asset prices in a heterogeneous consumer economy’ at Columbia University? Answer: Vikram Pandits

94. which management institute, acc to the economist “is the toughest in the world to get into”? IIM Ahmedabad Recent Ad in indian newspapers. Simple. Safe. Secure. fast.www. For what ? Google Chrome The name of which place translates to “That which cannot be conquered by war ”? Ayodhya

95. In which city in India will you find the Veer Savarkar Airport? Port Blair The Ayodhya verdict is a 3 way split between the Muslims (Sunni Waqf board), Hindus (Ram Lalla ) and  and who? Nirmohi Akhara Who is the composer of the song “ yaaron , India bulaa liya ” ? A R Rahman . This is the theme song of CWG 2010 Rajana Sonawane of Tembhli village in Maharashtra was the first Indian to get what? UID Card

96. Chichen Itza, Christ the redeemer, Colosseum , Great Wall of China, Machu Pichu , Petra and ?. Complete the list Taj Mahal , the new seven wonders of the world What is the name of Vijay Mallya’s formula one team? Force India Legend has it that this city is the ancestral village of Guru Dronacharya . In Sanskrit, Guru means teacher and Gram means village. and hence this village was known as Guru-gram. Over time, it has acquired its present name. Which city? Gurgaon

97. This game was invented by British Soldiers in Pune in the 19th century and was called Poona originally. What is this game’s current name ? Badminton Which country walked first in the parade in the CWG opening ceremony on Oct 3rd and why? Australia . The previous host walks out first. Which music band’s website is Dhoom.com? Euphoria Which song, according to a BBC Radio report filed in 1993, “had all of India hot under the collar”? Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai