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PRELIMINARY ROUND

Preliminary round

We celebrate the

“National Education day” on

November11th.

What is the significance of this day?

1

Preliminary round 1

AnswerOn account of Birthday of

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Preliminary round

What is Velvet Divorce in modern History

2

Preliminary round 2

Answer 2Splitting up of Chezkoslovakia

into Czech republic and Slovak republic.Since the whole event was achieved through peaceful demonstration like Velvet it was called so

Preliminary round

3

Name the Non profit organization open to People who score at the 98th percentile or have a score of 140 or more on a standardised,Supervised IQ test

Preliminary round3

Answer

MENSA

Preliminary round

A New Zealander Wayne Gould a retired Judge from

Hong Kong found a book containing X.He created a

computer programme to generate the X which was

then published in newspapers across the world.X

became so popular that in 2006 a World

championship was held .In May 2006 Time magazine

listed Gould as one of the world's 100 most influential

people. What is X

4

Preliminary round 4

SUDOKO

Preliminary round

The Portrait of which Indian

King finds place in NASA

Headquarters

5

Preliminary round

Tipu Sultan,He was the first king to use Rocketery in Warfare

5

Preliminary round

Suzzy Levine an

Ambassador to

Sweden and

Liechenstein took her

oath of office in

June.What was unique

about the Oath taking

ceremony

6

Preliminary round

It was the first time in History that an ambassador has taken oath with a KINDLE having preloaded US Constitution

6

Preliminary round

On June 26,1985 in one of the

worst AIRCRAFT disasters,an

AIRINDIA aircraft was blown up

midair while in IRISH air space

killing 329 people.After which

Indian king was it named?

7

Preliminary round 7

King Kanishka

Preliminary round

Which Global event concieved by

WWF and the Sydney Morning

Herald in 2007 is held on last

Saturday of March annually

8

Preliminary round

EARTH HOUR

8

Preliminary round

Apart from South Korea from

which other Asian country has

an UN Secretary general been

appointed?

9

Preliminary round

Burma(Myanmar),U Thant

Preliminary round

Name the system of education

named after an Italian educator

which is based on belief in the

child's creative potential, his drive to

learn, and his right to be treated as

an individual.

1010

Preliminary round-10

Answer

The Montessori system is based on belief in the child's creative potential, his drive to learn, and his right to be treated as an individual

Preliminary round 11

What does the Sport of

ANGLING involve

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Catching of Fish

11

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Who was popularily known

as the Loknayak and was

instrumental in the formation

of Janata Party in 1977?

12

Preliminary round

Jayprakash Narayan

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13

Identify

Preliminary round

13

Zora Sehgal

Preliminary round

14

Preliminary round

14

Chief Justice of India

RM Lodha

Preliminary round

In 1661,which city was

presented to King Charles II as

part of the dowry when he

married Princess Catherine de

Braganza of Portugal?

15

Preliminary round

BOMBAY

Preliminary round

A mix of Butane,ISO butene

and Propane gas creates a

Foam which was widely used

recently.Where was the same

used extensively recently

16

Preliminary round

16

Use of Vanishing spray during the World cup during free kicks

Preliminary round

X is a notable Engineer who designed a flood

protection system to protect the city of

Hyderbad from Flood.He was also

instrumental in developing a system to

protect Vishakaptnam port from Sea

Erosion..Every year his birthday is

celebrated as the Engineers day in India

17

Preliminary round

17

M Visvesvaraya

On whose honour is the Google doodle

Preliminary round18

IdentifyPreliminary round 1

8

Birth Centenary of

Alla Rakha

Which Indian Political party

shares its symbol with

Republican party in USA

Preliminary round 19

Preliminary round 19

Bahujan Samaj Party,the Elephant

Preliminary round 20

Which State gets its name

from the Indo Aryan word

of Uneven

Preliminary round 20

ASSAM

Preliminary round 21

Who was the first Asian to

win the Oscar for Best

director?

Preliminary round21

Ang lee twice for Brokeback mountain(2005) and Life of Pi(2012)

Preliminary round 22

It is called “Buvos Kocka” in Hungary

and sometimes referred to as the

Hungarian Horror.It was designed to

teach Algebraic Group theory to

students with help of interlinked 27

wooden blocks? What is it popularily

called?

Preliminary round 22

RUBIK CUBE

Preliminary roundIdentify this lady who was in India recently23

Preliminary roundIdentify this lady who was in India recently23

Sheryl Sandberg,CEO Facebook

Preliminary round 24

Plassey is historic village which lies

just east of the Bhāgīrathi River. Plassey

was the scene of the decisive victory of

British forces under Robert Clive over

those of the nawab Siraj Ud

Dawlah.Where in India is Plassey

located

Preliminary round 24

West Bengal

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Whose Samadhi is known as Shanti Van?

25

Preliminary round

25 Jawaharlal Nehru

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