35

Which historically significant product, discontinued in major Indian cities since April 2010, is sold in Pakistan under the brand name 'Mehran'?


Maruti 800.

34

What is blanked and why was this book in news recently (September-2011)?

Edwin Drood.

33

This old dance form was revived by England cricket team during 2010 Ashes series. What is this dance called?


Sprinkler Dance.

32

What is the connect?


Python, the giant reptile in Greek Myth, Monty Python, the English comedy and Python programming language, created by Guido van Rossum.
Connect is Python.

31

Who is supposed to be on the middle chair?

Liu Xiaobo.

30

This mathematician suffered a toothache, which kept him awake at night. In an effort to take his mind off the pain he focused on the cycloid, the curve traced by a point on the circumference of a rolling circle. He solved the problem of the area of any segment of the cycloid and the center of gravity of any segment.
Who?

29

He is called the  "Father of American Scholarship and Education.”
Who?

28

Connect this sport trophy with the red marked boundary. 

Answer: Durrand Line, the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan and Durrand Trophy in India is named after the same person, Mortimer Durrand.

27

This form of cloth headgear takes its name from a major venue in Crimean war as British soldiers were the first ones to use it to protect from cold during the war.
Lately, militants in different parts of the world have used it for hiding their identity. What is it called?


Balaclava.

26

Connect.

 Legend of Pandora’s Box and Pandora Island in Avatar.

25

Whom is the actress portraying in this movie?

Amelia Earhart.

24

A popular shade of a colour for Sarees, in South India is roughly explained as: "Darker than Copper Sulphate with a touch of sky blue". This shade of colour is named after a legendry artist. What is the shade called and whom is it tribute to?

MS Blue, named after MS Subbalakshmi.

23

Shimla and Zurich(Switzerland) happened to withdraw.
Jaca(Spain), Almaty(Kazakistan) were among the rejected.
Out of the shortlist, Salzburg, Austria ended up last, Pyeongchang, South Korea was second.
Who won?


Sochi, Russia won the bid for Winter Olympics 2014

22

In the Stockholm Convention held in April 2011, a global ban on manufacture and use of ___________ was negotiated because of its known threats to human health and environment. More than 80 countries have already banned this substance and India happens to be its most extensive user.


Endosulphan

21

During the canonization process of the Roman Catholic Church, the Promoter of the Faith, popularly known as the ______ ________, was a canon lawyer  appointed by Church authorities to argue against the canonization of the  candidate. It was their job to take a skeptical view of the candidate's character, to look for holes in the evidence, to argue that any miracles attributed to the candidate were fraudulent, etc.

Devil's Advocate

20

A crystalline mineral and a company, making suitcases and toiletries is named after him. Who?


Samsonite, Samson

19

Who?

Jhumpa Lahri

18

The personal assistant of this English stage actor turned a great author and created a very famous character, inspired from him. The character has since been portrayed in many literary geners, theater shows, films, TV shows etc. Who and Which character?


Sir Henry Irving, Dracula

17

Identify and connect.

Earl Tupper, Tupperware

16

Identify all!

15

What is this gadjet?

The Quran reading pen.

14

What was the common medium of exchange in ancient USA when Red Indians used the barter system, the reason, the word ____ is still associated with paper money till date today?

Buck, Buckskin


The protagonist of this book is "Balram Halwai". The _____ ____ is a nickname earned by Balram who is deemed as the smartest boy in the village by an education inspector.
Balram is told that he is like a _____ _____; a rare animal that is said to come only once per generation. Later on when Balram becomes an entrepreneur, he names his taxi company "The _____ _____ Drivers". Which very famous book?

The White Tiger, Arvind Adiga

What was started as an aftermath of 1st world war, on the recommendations of the Hilton Young commission in 1935?

Reserve Bank of India

After which Asamese freedom fighter and Bharat Ratna is the Guwahati International airport named.

Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi


For Historic and juristic reasons, what was accepted by the Supreme court of India as a non human entity that should replace the Gurus after the 10th Sikh Guru Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji?

Guru Granth Sahib

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1. In Hindu belief, who is the physician of the Devas
Dhanvantari
2. In Hindu belief, who is the Guru of the Asuras?
Shukracharya
3. In her fierce Mahakali avatar, goddess Kali is depicted as standing on whose corpse?
Shiva
4. Name of which popular Uniliver product is the combination of German word for Water and Italian word for Oil?
Vaseline
5. Which dangerous chemical element with atomic number 94 shares its name with a disney cartoon of a pet dog?
Plutonium
6. Bitten by which breed of fish did the famous crocodile conservator Steve Irvin die in 2006?
Stingray
7. Which German city hosted a series of military tribunals for prosecution of prominent members of political and military leadership of Nazi Germany?
Nuremburg

12

Flag for?
Jammu and Kashmir

11

What is the occasion? Timeline is around April 2008.

This is A Raja and Jyotiraditya Scindia, launching the new Logo for Indian postal services in April 2008. The Indian postal service was also re-branded with a more ‘cool’ name – INDIA POST