4. Question 1
:”India is the cradle of the Human race,the birthplace
of Human speech,the mother of History ,the
grandmother of legend and the great grand mother
of tradition.Our most valuable and most instructive
materials in the history of the man are treasured in
India only'
Which American humorist, journalist, lecturer, and
novelist said these words.
5. Question 2
Name the writer of books like The Great
Indian Novel and India from Midnight to
Millenium.He was the UN Under secretary
general for communication and Public
infromation
6. Question 3
On the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi's 70th
birthday he said "Generations to come, it
may well be, will scarce believe that such a
man as this one ever in flesh and blood
walked upon this Earth.”
8. Question 5
In India it officially denotes the end of the
Republic day festivities and is conducted on
th
January 29 .The three bands of Army,Navy and
Airforce in a ceremony at Raisina hills perform
and march in front of the President?
What is the ceremony called
9. Question 6
Name the Indian Born scientist who won the
Nobel prize in 2009 for chemistry with 2 other
scientists Thomas Steitz and Ada E Yonath for
his studies and function of the Ribosome
13. ROUND 2-Mixed Bag
QUESTION 3)
The leakage of which gas from Union Carbide
caused the Bhopal gas tragedy in 1984
14. ROUND 2-Mixed Bag
QUESTION 4)
Who became the youngest to enter the current
th
15 Loksabha as MP from Mandya in Karnataka
15. ROUND 2-Mixed Bag
QUESTION 5)
Name the school for which Sachin Tendulkar and
Vinod Kambli created the world record
partnership of 664 run in 1988?
16. ROUND 2-Mixed Bag
QUESTION 6)
In newspapers you keep hearing the KYOTO
Protocol ? What is the KYOTO Protocol ?
17. ROUND 2-Mixed Bag
Question 7)
Indrani Rehman,Kelucharan
Mahapatra,Priyambada Mohanty are famous
dancers of which dance form?
18. ROUND 2-Mixed Bag
Question 8)
American scientists, many of them refugees
from fascist regimes in Europe, took steps in
1939 to organize a project called as the
Manhattan project.What was the Project about
25. ROUND 3
Question 2
She ran the largest Indian Food Website and
published a Bi Monthly Magazine,Cooking and
more and has written more than 100 book.She
is a Padma Shri Award winner who died last
week and leaves behind a legacy of over 17000
recipes.Who am I talking about
26. ROUND 3
Question 3
In which country did The Westgate Mall
massacare take place recently in which 72
people died in September ?
34. ROUND 3
Question 11
Who has been re elected as the Zimbabwe's
president for the fifth time in August 2013.He
has been ruling the country ever since
Independence in 1980.
35. ROUND 3
Question 12
Name the RUBCO chairman and the brain
behind establishment of State Rubber
cooperative who died last week