2. • X was given the name because it’s remains
was discovered in the year that saw 100th birth
anniversary celebrations of a famous Indian.
However, poor quality of the discovered
remains have failed to determine its food
habits. What is X?

3. Who is he? What was he the first
person in the world to do?

4. • There is a misconception regarding the
etymology of the fruit. The name is supposed
to be that of a neighboring country, but it has
been distorted to mean a ghost. The full-
grown fruit measure 60 to 85 mm (2.4 to 3.3
in) long and 25 to 30 mm (1.0 to 1.2 in) wide
with a red, yellow, orange or chocolate color.
DRDO in 2009 proposed using the fruit in
grenades and aerosol sprays as a non-lethal
ingredient. Put fundae.

5. These are 2 out of 6 abodes of a Hindu
God. Which God and why are these 2
significant?

6. • According to Diodorus Siculus, a historian
contemporary of Alexander, when Porus was
defeated, his nephew fled to X. King of X,
Xandrammes, had an army of 20,000 horse
200,000 infantry, 2,000 chariots and 4,000
elephants trained and equipped for war. Also,
X’s elephants were the largest in size in the
world. What is X?

8. • This place, formerly known as Hafizabad,
manufactures and exports nearly 90 percent
of India’s flutes. A tiger reserve is close to this
place, and it is classified both as a seismic
zone and a high risk flood zone. However, in
mid-2009, this place came into the news due
to wrong reasons. Which place?

9. A former treasurer of the BSE and
commodities trader, he founded a
bank named after him. Name him and
the Bank

10. • This organization was initially known as
Bicholam before being acquired by their
current owners and given their current name.
Subhash Sinari, Bernard Olivera, Tolentino
Serrao, Bhaskar etc. were the earliest big
names associated with the organization.
Which organization?

11. Connect

12. • X took place in Assam during a six-hour period
in the morning of 18 February 1983. More
than 5000 lives were alleged to be lost. What
is X?

13. A former Maoist
leader, he was one of
the earliest prominent
leaders of the
People’s War Group.
Was killed by rivals in
1975. Was in the
news last year. Who is
he?

14. • Richardson Cruddas, Jessops & Company,
Smith Stanistreet, Osler Lamps, Agnelo
Brothers and British India Corporation – what
were these a part of? (I am looking at a couple
of keywords)

15. Connect

16. • X is generally recognized as the first major
poet of the Punjabi language. His descendents
mostly carry the name Fārūqī. A city in
Pakistan bears his name. His descendants
include the Sufi saint Salim Chishti, whose
daughter was Emperor Jehangir's foster
mother. Who is X?

17. What’s happening?

18. • In 1947, Conny Jepsen became the first Danish man
to win the All England Badminton Championship.
Who did he beat?

19. Where is it, and the same incident
which led to this being built also led to
what?

20. • India and France have a unique collaboration
on groundwater research at a research facility
in India where work is done on how to protect
rainwater through bore-wells. Which institute
and located in which city?

21. Put fundae

22. • “Mautam” and “Thingtam” together
constitute what?

23. The orange area shows the kingdom of
a local chieftain who fought the
Mughals. Who was the chieftain?

24. • X is one of the eleven schools of Sanskrit
grammar mentioned in Pāṇini's Ashtadhyayi.
It is named after an Indian God. Arthur Coke
Burnell, a renowned orientologist, in his 1875
book details this school. Kātyāyana was one of
the prominent mathematicians of this school.
Which school?

25. A boxer who won the national
championships 11 times in a row
(1961-72). Won 2 Asiad Heavyweight
Golds (1966, 70). Who is he?

26. • The film was made in the 1963 and became a
big commercial success in its time, being
considered a hit for Rajasthan cinema. This
was a milestone in the history of the
Rajasthan movie industry. The popular bhajan
songs "Khamma Khamma" and "Runecha ra
Dhaniya" are from this movie. Starring
Mahipal and Anita Guha, it is a biography of a
local folk deity. Name the movie

27. The duo, Aneesh Reddy and Krishna
Mehra, have taken up cloud computing
in India seriously and have been called
the next Murthy-Nilekani in some
media quarters. What is the name of
their company very much in the news?

28. • Bithoor in Uttar Pradesh
• village Asotra of Barmer district in Rajasthan
• Dudhai in the state of Madhya Pradesh
• Khed Brahma in Kerala
• Kodakka in Karnataka
• Besakih in Bali
• Prambanan in Yogyakarta, (Indonesia)
• Tirupattur, Trichy in TamilNadu
• All alleged to have what? (most of them are
unverified)

29. An educational institute in
Northern India is named after him.
The institute was shown in the
movie “Bunty aur Babli” . Classes
of IIT K were held here till their
building was found. Who is he and
what’s the name of the institute

30. • Many of the Buddhist texts which were taken
to China along the Silk Route were written
using a version of the X script. It was also
used to write Sanskrit during the period ca
600-1200 CE. In Japan the writing of mantras
and copying of Sutras using the X script is still
practiced in the esoteric Buddhist schools of
Shingon and Tendai. What is X?

31. A promising racer, he is sponsored
by Yuvraj Singh foundation. Who is
he?

32. • X is a professor of Physics at IIT Kanpur, from
where he did his PhD also, under supervision
of Prof. G.N. Rao . Subsequently X worked as
Lecturer and then Reader at Patna University,
India. X is an Nuclear Experimental physicist,
whose chief interest lies in Condensed Matter
and Materials Applications. Currently, he is
working on Nanocrystalline Magnetic
Materials and Alloys Systems. Who is X?

33. He founded a series of eye hospitals
in India. What’s the name of the
chain, and which organization
curiously inspired him?

34. • X was born in Maihar (in current day MP) as
Roshanara Khan. She was allegedly married to
a student of her father’s. While the student Y
went on to become world-famous, X was
content to be his duet partner for a while and
then retire. Many musicians of fame, including
Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia are said to be
students of X. Who are X and Y?

35. Currently,he is authoring a ten-
volume unabridged English
translation of The Mahabharata. A
distinguished economist. Who?

36. • X is hailed as one of the greatest tribute to
mother's love in Indian literature. This book
has been written by famous author and social
activist Sane Guruji. The book was adapted as
a movie which won President's Medal as best
feature film. What is X?

37. A brilliant film where Kamal
Hassan plays a handicapped
Communist and Madhavan, a
journalist strongly supporting
capitalism. On a journey from
Bhubaneshwar to Chennai,
they argue on various aspects
of global finance including
financial disparity etc. name
the film

38. • What curious event occurred from July 25 to
September 23, 2001 in which the popular media
reported that researchers Godfrey Louis and
Santhosh Kumar proposed a controversial
hypothesis that extraterrestrial beings were
involved?

39. What is unique about this cave
painting from Bhimbetka?

40. • The Dasakuta and Vyasakuta were the 2
prominent groups of which prominent cultural
movement?

41. Who is the owner?