2. Which interesting thing
can you deduce about
our ex prime minister
Morarji Desai from the
fact that he had
presented 8 union
budgets – two of these
were on his birth day ?
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8. It was expected that the
Oxford word of 2012 would
be related to Olympics and
several words got
shortlisted also – which
include ‘Bolting’ & ‘Jublympics’.
What does these mean?
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9. Bolting refers to
the victory pose
of Usain Bolt.
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
and Olympics is considered
together as Jublimpics.
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10. Introduced in November
2000, this 177mmX73mm
entity have the feature
‘Windowed Security Thread’
& Latent Image. Its theme
is ‘Economy of India’.
What is It?
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12. He used to sell soda in the
football grounds. Eventually he
had got chance to play &
proved himself such a way that
statisticians put his name just
after Davide Gualtieri of San
Marino & Hakan Şükür of
Turkey while ranking for a
particular parameter.
Identify this Arjuna Awardee
person.
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13. Inivalappil Mani
Vijayan
3rd fastest international
scorer (12 sce Vs BHUTAN)
Davide Gualtieri is the fastest
( 8.3 sec vs ENG)
&
Hakan Şükür is the second
fastest (10.2 sec vs S Korea)
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14. Boeing, the US aircraft
manufacturer claimed that a
new missile, ‘CHAMP’, was
tested which can collapse a
country without causing any
physical harm to people.
HOW ?
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17. The Fairy Queen (1855) is the
world's oldest steam
locomotive in regular operation,
plying between
the Indian capital of New
Delhi and Alwar , in Rajasthan
with two compartments. It was
certified by the Guinness Book
of Records in 1998, after being
restored to haul a luxury train in
order to boost tourism in
Rajasthan.
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18. AirAsia, with a joint venture with
Tata Sons & Telestra
Tradeplace, will become the first
foreign carrier that will enter the
aviation sector of India after the
Government allow foreign
carriers to have 49 percent
stake in the domestic airlines.
Which Country does Air Asia
belong to?
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22. This Country was formed when
SIX British Self-governing
Colonies, which include Tasmania
& Victoria, federated into One
Nation on the 1st JAN 1901. The
Supreme Governing authority of
the nation is Queen Elizabeth II.
The country will host the 2015
Asian Cup Football Tournament.
Which Country?
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24. After sleeping at night on
4th October 1582, when
people waked up next
morning, they find that
was 15th October.
Why?
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25. Gregorian Calendar was
introduced replacing Julian
Calendar.
Julian System Assumed a
year in 365.25 days while it
was actually 11 minutes
shorter.
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27. Amartya Sen,
Gayetri Devi &
The Founder of
ISI, P C
Mahalanabish
were EX
Vishwabharati.
M M Singh is the
chancellor of
Viswabharati.
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28. Shad Begum of Pakistan
was one of the recipients of
2012 International Women
of Courage Award. Who is
the other recipient of this
award in 2013 along with
Tsering Woese (Tibet),
Elena Milashina and Razan
Zeitunah(RUS) ?
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29. The 23-year-old
paramedical student who
was gangraped in a moving
bus in New Delhi on 16
December 2012
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30. What has been wiped Out ?
The
The
Official
Official
XXX Car of
XXX Car of
Bollywood
Bollywood
Since 1984
Since 1984
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32. According to the
Environmental Performance
Index (EPI), which State of
our Country was ranked
32th , i.e. the Worst position
among all States & Union
Territories in 2012 ?
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36. Finance Minister Mr. P
Chidambaram has
announced a Women’s
bank in India in the union
Budget, 2013. Which
country created the First
Women Bank, way back
in 1989 ?
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40. Ben Afflect, the Actor, Producer
& Director of ARGO, has been
married to Jennifer Garner since
2005. Before his marriage, a
controversy called ‘Bennifer’
attracted world wide
media attention.
What the controversy
was about?
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44. In the latest ranking
release by BWF on
JAN2013, who has
achieved her career best
second rank with
80091.7444 points while Li
Xuerui holds the top rank
with 94626.7153 points?
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50. After his Post Graduation in
Media Management, he joined
TOI & took responsible part in the
re-launch of the Bengalore Edition
of the TOI in 1996. Later he
worked for the Walt Disney Group
also. He is a regular guest
speaker at several B‐schools.
How do we better know this
person who is the recipient of
Seven Limca Book of Records ?
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