5. Rules:
1. 30 Questions. 1 for each.
2. 9/18/27 are the star marks questions.
3. Regarding any answers, QM is GOD today!!
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10. 2.
Made of 10,000 bricks, this 27
feet high and 15 feet wide
structure is a unique tribute to X.
ID X.
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22. 6.
This bronze statue is
installed at the heart of
Interlaken, inside the Kursaal
area, near the Congress
Centre which is a prime &
popular spot .
Who?
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25. 7.
X had some beautiful cooking utensils. According to X’s own
words, once travelling to Manas Saravar through the paths of
Kailash, X met someone who seemed to be Devi Annapurna.
She ordered to collect Brahma Kamala so that she could prepare
‘Payes’ for X from pollen of Brahma Kamala and milk of Chamri
Gai. The taste was like nothing but ‘Amrita’. So she was childishly
insisted to hand over the cooking utensil she had. As she handed
this over & X made several cooking utensils from it.
Simply name X.
28. 8.
This is the first logo of X. The
Banyan tree in this logo
symbolised its capability to grow
in all directions & strong root.
Later this logo was abandoned
because the symbol of a banyan
tree was ‘inappropriate’ as no
other plant can grow under this
tree.
ID X.
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31. 9.
In the fall of 2006 it became number one on both
the New York Times and Amazon.com bestsellers’
lists. The audio-book version won the
2008 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album.
Name the writer & his work.
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37. 11.
Identify X, which was accidentally prepared by
the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan's personal chef &
resembles the Arab dessert luqmat al-qadi. The first
part of the word is derived from the Persian words
for “flower” and “water”, referring to the special
kind of scented syrup.
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40. 12.
Though claimed ‘peaceful’, what ‘not-
so-peaceful’ event was named so
because it was 18th May, 1974 and the
day was Buddha Purnima.
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46. 14.
Identify the term meaning one that comes
as a surprise and is conducted with
superior efficiency. It happens when an
entity does the job and comes out. It is not
messy. There is no collateral damage.
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49. 15.
To fight systemic political corruption
and bribes, the ‘5th Pillar’, an NGO
founded by Vijay Anand has
introduced something unique.
What?
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55. 17.
Who is the inspiration
behind Marvel’s new
foreigner-hating, hand-
obsessive new super
villain M.O.D.A.A.K.(The
Mental Organism
Designed As America’s
King)?
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64. 20.
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
“Am I so round with you as you with me,
That like a ______ you do spurn me thus?
You spurn me hence, and he will spurn me
hither.
If I last in this service, you must case me in
leather.”
Fill in the Blank.
70. 22.
During the Second Anglo-Boer War of 1899-
1902 X formed a volunteer Ambulance Corps
for the British Army and was awarded the
Queen’s South Africa campaign medal.
ID X.
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