quiz istart siliguri march 2013

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Monthly QuizMarch 2013

Monthly QuizMarch 2013

BY ARUP BHATTACHARJEE

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Q 1

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 ?

Q 2

What is a Winchester

shirt ?

Q 3

To Whom are You Calling When You Dial

1947 ?

Q 4

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?

Q 5

Introduced in November 2000, this 177mmX73mm entity have the feature ‘Windowed Security Thread’ & Latent Image. Its theme is ‘Economy of India’.

What is It?

Q 6

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.

Q 7

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 ?

Q 8

What is so special about it?

Q 9

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?

Q 10

IDENTIFY

THE COVER

Q 11

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?

Q 12

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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Q 14

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) ?

Q 15

What has been wiped Out ?

The Official XXX Car

of Bollywood Since 1984

Q 16

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 ?

Q 17

Name The TOY

Q 18

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 ?

Q 19

Identify

the Movie

from the

picture

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Q 20

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?

Q 21

How would you connect the movie with a Well Known

Corporate Group Which have

nothing to do with the Film?

Q 22

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?

Q 23

Identify the

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Q 24

Identify the

person With Indira Gandhi

Q 25

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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