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General Class Crowd1

2 Green Signal Lights

3 Platform Magics

4 Clueless Intruders

General Class Crowd

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Dhirendra Chaudhary was a Hatha Yoga expert and was called

to train Russian Cosmonauts. He became a controversial figure in India because of the controversies regarding his

sexual relationship with X, a famous Indian. Dhirendra was considered as Indian Rasputin too.Identify X!

Ladies Compartment by AR Ranjith

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Indira Gandhi


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Which Malayalee wrote?


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NIRUPAMA RAO


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She was the second Indian woman to win an individual Gold medal at the Asian Games and the first to win it

on Indian Soil.

In1982 she became the national champion over 400-metre hurdles with a new record, which was also better than the

Asian record.


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MD Valsamma


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‘AMU’ is a national Award winning English film in 2005. It tells the story of a NRI returning to India to find out her

roots and discovering that she belongs to a family which was affected by 1984 Sikh riots! The film was directed by

SHONALI BOSE!

Which famous Indian plays the role of heroine’s mother in the film?


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BRINDA KARAT

What was first celebrated in 1908 by Anna Jarvis and later she herself opposed the same because of its

commercialisation!


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Mother’s Day


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X refers to the practice of the voluntary immolation of all the wives and daughters of defeated warriors, in order to avoid

capture and consequent molestation by the enemy. The practice was followed by the wives of defeated Rajput

rulers, who are known to place a high premium on honour.Identify the word X


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajput

Jauhar


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A sixteen-year-old tribal girl, was allegedly raped by two policemen on the compound of Desai Ganj Police Station in Chandrapur district of Maharashtra. Her relatives, who had come to register a complaint,

were patiently waiting outside even as the act was allegedly being committed in the police station.

The incident led to changes in Indian law. The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1983 has made a statutory

provision in the face of Section.114 (A) of the Evidence Act, which states that if the victim says that she did not consent to the sexual

intercourse, the Court shall presume that she did not consent

NAME THE INCIDENT


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrapur

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra

MATHURA RAPE CASE


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She was born as Fathima Rashid and went on to become one of the finest actresses of the country. She along with

her husband was instrumental in founding Ajanta Arts Cultural Troupe, which roped in several leading actors and singers of the time and held stage shows at border areas.

In early 1970s, she became the first patron of Spastics Society of India, and her subsequent work with the

organisation brought her recognition as a social worker, and later a Rajya Sabha nomination in 1980


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Nargis Dutt


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X’s father worked in a circus as a trapeze performer, and later as a lion tamer. X’s calculating gifts first demonstrated themselves while doing card tricks with father when X was three years old. They report X "beat" them by memorization

of cards rather than by sleight of hand. X has defeated many computer programs till then. WHO’s X?


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Shakuntala Devi


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Her Novel’s name is Modelland..Her first single album is ‘Shake Ya Body’

Her website is www.typeF.com

WHOSE?


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http://www.typef.com/

TYRA BANKS


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What is Trichotillomania?


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Finding enjoyment in pulling out one’s own hair


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The first of its kind was developed by a German named Richter of Waldenburg. His device was made of silkworm gut and was not widely used. Then came Grafenberg ring

made of silver filaments.

The presently used format is named because of its shape and was developed by Dr.Howard Tatum!

WHAT?


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Copper T


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Green Signal Lights

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Though Valmiki's Ramayana does not record X as being the mother of Sita, some later adaptations of the

Ramayana depict X as the mother of Sita or at least the cause of the latter's birth and this becomes the major

reason for the destruction of Lanka!

Who’s X?


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Mandodari


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Which place?


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Thala kaveri


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Unlike in other Shiva temple where the Bilwa leaf is an important item for worship, it is not used here for the poojas, instead the Tulsi leaf is used.

The Rudrabhishekam, which is common in most of the Shiva temples is not performed here. Instead of Monday, Wednesday is the important day of worship

here.

Unlike in other Shiva temples pradosham is not observed with special significance here. There is no dhaara, the constant pouring of holy water, for the lingam here in

other Shiva temple.

Some of the other distinctive features of this shrine are there is no Dwajasthambha here and there is no annual festival or ritualistic annual bath. The deity is never

taken outside of the precincts of the temple.WHICH TEMPLE?


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Raja Rajeshwara temple, Thaliparamba


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Author Jacques Leslie devoted a third of his book, Deep Water: The Epic Struggle Over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2005), to a

portrait of X as she planned to drown herself in rising reservoir waters behind the Dam, against whose

construction she fought for two decades…

Who's X?


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Medha Patkar


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A number of well known historical figures, including Catherine of Siena and Mary, Queen of Scots are

believed to have suffered from the condition.

Mary Kate Oslen, Alanis Morisette, and Isabelle Caro are the ones recently affected and died!

WHAT DISEASE?


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ANOREXIA NERVOSA


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Whose first Movie?


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Manisha Koirala


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Platform Magics

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Platform Magics3

fashion food sports

affairs filmssocial work

He is involved in a widely discussed affair recently. Who is the partner with which he was discussed with!

She is famous for her fashionable accessories, particulalrly the Birkin bags


affairs1

HINA RABBANI


affairs1

X was born to an Indian father and Chinese mother and is a granddaughter of a Gandhian named Tseng. She at first married a fellow player, but was divorced. X was accused of having an affair

with Y who was already having a second wife!

Id X and Y!


affairs2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhian

JWALA AND AZHAR


affairs2

Identify


film1

MS SUBBALAKSHMI


film1

Who wrote the lyrics for "En Khalbillulloru Pennaanu" for the

Malayalam film One Way Ticket…?


film2


film2

The gang was founded in 2006 by Sampat Pal , a mother of five and former government health worker (and a former child bride), as a response to widespread domestic abuse and other violence against women. They visit abusive husbands and beat them up with laathis (bamboo sticks) unless they stop abusing their wives


social1

GULABI GANG


social1

Which environmentalist is behind the publication?


social2

SUNITA NARAIN


social2

In 2010, Kate Winslet narrated a video for PETA, encouraging chefs to remove foie gras from their menus and asking consumers to boycott restaurants that serve it. What is FOIE GRAS MADE OF?


food1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_for_the_Ethical_Treatment_of_Animals

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foie_gras



LIVER OF DUCK


food1

This word refers to a wide-ranging family of condiments from Indian cuisine that usually contain some mixture of spices,vegetables and fruits. The word is derived from a sanskrit word meaning ‘lick’.WHICH WORD?


food2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_cuisine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_cuisine

CHUTNEY


food2

Claim to fame?


sports1

Nona Gaprindashvili, first female grand master


sports1

Id the Athlete!


sports2

Gail Devers


sports2

Which celebrity runs her own designer apparel company named

"Aneres"


FASHION1

SERENA WILLIAMS


FASHION1

The brand dates back to 1851 in Rhode Island when Robert Knight, a textile mill owner, visited his friend.

Now this under garment brand is world famous and is available in India!WHICH BRAND?


FASHION2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Knight_(industrialist)

Fruit of the loom


FASHION2

Mandodari


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CONNECT

74th Street in Jackson Heights, NewyorkAn AsteroidA Super Computer in NASAAn award for women scientists of Karnataka


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Heights,_Queens

Kalpana Chawla


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What rare coincidence was happened when it happened with Lakshmi Pandit in 2004!The same had happened with her elder sister Kalpana Pandit in 1989!What notorious incident?


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Both were stripped off their Miss.India titles and thus in Limca book of records!


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In Nalgonda district of AndhrapradeshBhoodan started from hereFamous for Sarees


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Pochampally Sarees


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Her only Malayalam movie is ITHILE INIYUM VARU

She received National Award for best female Singer which was a rare honour for a part timer!

Acted as Panchali in Mahabharatha


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RUPA GANGULY


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She was employed to make DEATH MASKS of the victims of the guillotine during French Revolution, including some of the Revolution's most infamous dead such as Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Marat, and Robespierre.

Thus gradually shot into fame…WHO?


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XVI_of_France

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XVI_of_France

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Antoinette

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Paul_Marat

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilien_Robespierre

Madam Tussaud


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What name connects the city of Ujjain, the bollywood actor Imran Khan and India’s 2010 National Award winning

film( Category-Best Feature Film in English)...?


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X was started in 2002 and held at the beginning of April every year.Wonderbra together with the

Cosmopolitan magazine and 5fm, a SABC radio station mainly based in Johannesburg, sponsored it.X

is started according to a design to solemnise women's independence and power in all facets of

life, from their careers to their relationships to their own destiny...IDENTIFY X?????


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Name these barricades! Clue: Shape


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