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What is the connect?


Gregory Roberts, a fugitive from Australia, fled to India and wrote a novel called ‘Shantaram’. The 1st pic is V. Shantaram.

8

Which form of Indian poetry, is called so because it gives a curt philosophical message in only 2 lines and shares its name with an Asian national capital?

7

The Pyramid lake in Nevada in USA serves as a default background of which screen?

The Apple i-pad 2.

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What is happening?

The photograph captured, just before asassination of Anwar Sadaat.

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“Dear Mr. Osama bin Laden allow me to introduce myself. I am _____ _______, the World chess Champion. First of all you should know that I share your hatred of the murderous bandit state of "Israel" and its chief backer the Jew-controlled U.S.A. also know [sic] as the "Jewnited States" or "Israel West." We also have something else in common: We are both fugitives from the U.S. "justice" system.” WHO?

Answer: Bobby Fischer.

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This president of USA is credited with giving one of the many mathematical proofs of the formulation depicted in the stamp. What?

Answer:
THE STAMP IS IN MEMORY OF THE PYTHAGORAS THEOREM, A WORK OF THE GREEK PHILOSOPHER PYTHAGORAS.
JAMES GARFIELD, A FORMER US PRESIDENT IS CREDITED WITH PROVIDING ONE OF THE MANY PROOFS OF THE PYTHAGORAS THEOREM.

5

Who completes this list in the chronological order?

Answer:
NELSON MANDELA – PEOPLE TO HAVE WON BOTH, THE NOBEL PRIZE AND BHARAT RATNA.

4

Who would connect these pictures?

Answer:
The connect is R K Laxman. Pic 3 – Cartoons shown in Mr and Mrs 55 are designed by him. The famous Gattu mascot for Asian Paints (Pic 2) is his creation, as are the cartoons for Malgudi days (Pic 1)

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Subhas Chandra Bose was instrumental in tapping the talent of X as a dedicated music director. On his personal request, X composed the tunes for “Kadam Kadam Badaye Ja”, the Indian National Army’s marching song.
X also composed the tune for “Subh Sukh Chain ki barkha barse” (or the Qaumi Tarana as it was known), the National Anthem adopted by Azad Hind.
Identify this unsung hero of Indian freedom struggle who has composed the present tune of the National Anthem.

Answer:
Ram Singh Thakur – The composer of the tune of Indian National Anthem

2

Which element in the 4th row of the periodic table would you associate with this ad?



Answer:
The ad campaign is for Google Chrome. The open source project under which Chrome was launched is called Chromium, the element with atomic number 24.

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Plenty of Valiance and brilliance in the name of this Indian cricketer. Who?





Answer: Napoleon Einstein.

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