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Happy Republic Day!!

Subhash Chandra Bose renamed what as Shaheed and Swaraj?

Vaibhav Pandey

In the Mahabharatha other than the Kauravas who else had a 100 brothers?

Vaibhav Pandey

If you went to a bar in Bombay and asked for a Sunil Gavaskar what would you get?

Vaibhav Pandey

Whatizname?

Vaibhav Pandey

Connect:

Dinesh Natarajan

Producer Ekta Kapoor is now making a biopic titled 'The Dirty Picture', inspired by the life of X. X
was a soft porn icon and was regarded as one of the greatest sex symbols of Southern India.
Ajay Devgn will play the lead male role and Y will play the role of X in the movie.
X and Y?

Dinesh Natarajan

This film is based on a folk tale called "Sasirekha Parinayam" popular inAndhra Pradesh, based
on theMahabharatabut not present in it. This moviessongs are legendary in Telugu cinema.
The titles of almost all the songs have been reused as movie names in later years.
Which movie am I talking about?

Dinesh Natarajan

The first time it happened was around the 14th century when A performed H along with others.
There are many stories which prevail leading to the circumstances of H but one of them goes as:
Owing to As beauty, D asks As husband B to let him meet A calling himself her brother. B
agrees but only allows a glimpse of A through a mirror. Following this D cunningly takes B into a
hostage when the latter was seeing D off. But A through her plans saves her husband Bs life.
Anguished by this D launches an attack on C, Bs kingdom. Foreseeing their mens defeat in the
war A decides to perform H.
The second time H happened was in 1535 when E of Gujarat attacked C. C was then under F
who took regency under the name of her son. F who knew that her kingdom needed much help
to fight E sent a Rakhi to G asking for his help. G promised for help and prepared his army. But
Gs army could not reach on time when E attacked and Fs warriors died fighting bravely. F
performs H.
The third time it happened was when Phool Kunwar, the queen of Patta did H.
What is being described here? Identify A-G.
Mukund Marodia

Lucky people, but still unlucky. Who is the famous 5th

person in this
exhaustive list?

Mukund Marodia

Designed by Atul Pande, whose logo consists of the Sun and a fingerprint? This also has a theme
song, whose lyrics begin as: "Bhor hui jeevan mein. Shuru nai udaan. Mili hume pehchaan. Khule
naye ab dwaar."

Anonymous via J. Ramanand

0 will be for special trains, 3 for Kolkata locals, 4 for Secunderabad, 9 for Mumbai suburban
locals, and 1 is for all mail and express trains. What is all this about?

Anonymous via J. Ramanand

The new district created around Amethi has been renamed after Chattrapati Shahuji. Similarly,
the Kanpur Dehat district has been renamed, this time after the wife of a social reformer. What
is the new name?

Anonymous via- J. Ramanand

The Tehreek-e-Sangbaaz is a political group that has become active in recent

times. How are members of this outfit more commonly known as?

Anonymous via J. Ramanand

This place in UP is famed for its hand-made carpets and recently received geographical indicator
status for the same. It even houses the Indian Institute of Carpet Technology. Which place?

Anonymous via J. Ramanand

Chanderi is a town in Madhya Pradesh, whose weaving tradition is very famous. The weaving
community became associated with a recent event, by supplying something that was used in
large numbers during the event, usually in groups of three. The design was by Mohammad
Furqan, using a software application meant for creating weaving patterns.
What event and what was supplied?

Anonymous via J. Ramanand

This is the "Menara Kuala Lumpur" or the "KL Tower". One of

the twenty-most tallest buildings in the world, it is a telecom
tower whose antenna significantly contributes to its height.A
smaller replica of this tower functions as a TV tower in Delhi,
and is named after the Pitampura area. How did this feature in
the news a couple of months back?

Anonymous via J. Ramanand

Total Wipeoutis a British game show aired on the BBC in Britain that seems
almost identical in spirit and form toTakeshi's Castle. Challengers compete in a set
of setpieces based in mud or water and involving overcoming obstacles. Co-hosted
by Richard Hammond of Top Gear fame, who will be hosting the Indian version of
this show (called "Zor Ka Jhatka")?

Anonymous via J. Ramanand

According to the Google Zeitgeist results for 2010 (showing the most searched terms on
Google's search engine), "micromax mobile", "youtube videos" and "fifa" were the 2nd, 3rd, and
4th most 'fastest rising' terms in India. The top result is a perennial favourite indicating users
looking for a very oft-used resource. Its search volume pattern is shown in this chart. Which
term?

Anonymous via J. Ramanand

This is an image from the recently concluded "TAPI summit (or "sammit" (sic)), in which four
Asian countries signed a deal that allows a gas pipeline to be built spanning these four
countries. This will bring gas from the Caspian Sea right up to India. Also known as the "TransAfghanistan Pipeline", the project is also named after an acronym. What does this stand for?
Anonymous via J. Ramanand

This author will be making his feature film debut as an actor in the
upcoming film "7 Khoon Maaf" directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. Who?

Anonymous via J. Ramanand

Dr. Jonathan Mann was the first director of the World Health Organization's Special Program on
AIDS in the late 80s. He parted ways with the WHO after disagreements over the UN's approach
to the problem, and later moved to Harvard to carry out his work in combating AIDS and
increasing awareness on the subject. His wife and he died in an air crash in 1998. The next year,
a annual award was instituted in his name, and given to a leading practitioner in health and
human rights.Who received this award in 2008?

Anonymous via J. Ramanand

The Association behind this annual meeting was formed by two British chemists, J. L. Simonsen
and P.S. MacMahon. The meeting has happened every year since 1914 (uninterrupted), and is
usually held between 3-7 January of the year. This year's venue is Chennai.What?

Anonymous via J. Ramanand

INS Kadamba is India's third operational naval base and is situated in Karwar in Karnataka.
Commissioned in 2005, it was opened last year. This is the only base to be fully controlled by the
Indian Navy, which frees the navy from worrying about civilian shipping traffic. Where are the
other two such bases located?

Anonymous via J. Ramanand

If Jaipur is the pink city which is the blue city?

Shashank Malik

Kabul,Delhi,___________,Lahore,Agra, _____________, ................................,_________

Kabul,Delhi,___________,Lahore,Agra, _____________,
....................,______________________. FITB

Shashank Malik

Sukumar sen was the first person to hold which public post in India?

Shashank Malik

His name, little known, is Prem Behari Narain Raizada (Saxena), son of Brij
Behari Narain Raizada hailing from rampur. He wrote a well-known 'thing' in his
own hand, using a flowing italic style in the best calligraphic traditions of our
country. What did he write?

Shashank Malik

Trading house started in 1894 as a collaboration between Tata Sons and

Volkart brothers ?

Shashank Malik

There are two of these in the world . one is in Tokyo the other obviously in India
what and where?

Shashank Malik

In which Asterix adventure was Cacofonix, the bard called to India to

bring rain?

Shashank Malik

Establishments founded by Pandit Gayaprasad Shivcharan (1872),

Kanhaiyalal Durgaprasad Dikshit (1875) and Pandit Babu Ram Devi Dayal
(1888) still survive of the original nine establishments that gave this location its
name. These three outfits continue to draw tourists. Which location?

Shashank Malik

Which kind of sari takes their name from the town in Madhya Pradesh that
was once the capital of the Holkar dynasty ?

Shashank Malik

Only temple where Shiva is worshipped in the Natraja form showing all the 108 poses or Mudra
as mentioned in natya shashtra by bharat muni?

Shashank Malik

Karnataka Khadi Gramodyoga Samyuktha Sangha in Hubli is the only

organization authorised to do what?

Shashank Malik

Which well-known fictional hero hails from the village of Talsonapur?

Shashank Malik

Palmiers are a traditional French puff pastry made from rich, buttery dough. Their
name, derived from the French word for the palm tree, refers to a supposed
resemblance to palm fronds. They are also called Elephant-Ears on account of
their shape. Under what trade name have they been marketed in India?

Shashank Malik

Her diplomat father went missing during World War II. She traveled to India
with her mother Marlene Richardson and eventually made her breakthrough
with a number titled 'Mr. John ya Baba Khan, Lala Roshandaan' in the
filmBaarish. Identify.

Shashank Malik

Which superstar, born in Amritsar on 29 Dec 1942, was selected for cinema
through the United Producers Talent Contest and made his debut in Chetan
Anand'sAakhri Khat?

Shashank Malik

In Kashmir it is known as `BOUIN' a broken down word of Sanskrit`Bhawani',the Goddess who

has been worshipped in Kashmir since inception (time imemorial). An integral part of kashmiri
culture this has been placed under government protection . what are we talking about ?

Shashank Malik

11th-century Hoysala king Veeraballa while on a hunting expedition, lost his way
in the forest. Tired and hungry, he came across a poor old woman who served
him boiled beans. The grateful king named the place something literally meaning
the town of boiled bean which has eventually led to its current name. Identify

Shashank Malik

Which Indian PM dropped his surname 'Shrivastava' because it indicated his

caste?

Himanshu Agarwal

Which place in Mumbai gets its name from a black stone statue of King Edward VII (as the then
Prince of Wales) which is now located in Jiamata Udyan?

Himanshu Agarwal

The earlier name of the town of Nanded shares its name with a place in West Bengal. Which
place?

Himanshu Agarwal

Complete the famous Janata Party slogan of the Emergency time: Nasbandi ke teen dalal _______, __________, __________

Himanshu Agarwal

I placed a coffee cup in front of John and asked him to grab it. Just as he said he was reaching
out, I yanked the cup away.
"Ow!" he yelled. "Don't do that!"
"What's the matter?"
"Don't do that", he repeated. "I had just got my fingers around the cup handle when you pulled
it. That really hurts!"
Hold on a minute. I wrench a real cup from phantom fingers and the person yells, ouch! The
fingers were illusory, but the pain was real - indeed, so intense that I dared not repeat the
experiment
Identify the observer of this experiment and what observation in neuroscience came about as a
result

Connect:

Think generic for this

combination of pictures

Connect

Connect:

What or Who is dubbed as number eight on this

exhaustive list?

Clue: He
shot the
video

It is said that when the team was returning to the club with the Shield, a Brahmin pointed to the
Union Jack atop the Fort William & asked - " When will that come down ? " Somebody replied
that " It will come down when _________ _________ will win the shield again."It is probably
coincidental that _______ ________ won it again in 1947, the year of Indian Independence
Fill in the blank and identify the context

What is this list?

Varan Kaand
Grahan Kaand
Haran Kaand
Sharan Kaand
Dahan Kaand
Rann Kaannd
Samar Kaaand
Iti Kaand

FITB
Nepal- Maghi
Thailand- Songkran
Laos- Pi Mi Lao
Myanmar- Thingyan
Cambodia- Moha Sangkran
India- _____________

X is an initiative by Y which uses IT to create a market in favor of Indian farmers . It helps in

creating more transparency for farmers and alleviates rural isolation. It is estimated that this
service will soon reach about One Crore farmers and 1 lac villages . The name X is derived from
the combination of something commonly used in IT and a place very common in almost all
villages.Y on the other hand is a massive Indian company with a turnover in excess of $ 4.5
billion which has a history of corporate philanthropy. identify X and Y

Identify the magazine associated with a Bengali

literary movement characterized by expression of
closeness to nature and sometimes tenets of
Gandhianism and Prudhonianism

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Cracking theme 4 points

In 1985, X met Maharishi Mahesh Yogi who gave him an invitation to study Ayurveda. In that
same year, X became the founding president of the American Association of Ayurvedic
Medicine, and was later named medical director of the Maharishi Ayurveda Health Center for
Stress Management and Behavioral Medicine. He was initially the sole stockholder of Maharishi
Ayurveda Products International, but divested after three months. He has been called the
Transcendental Meditation (TM) movement's "poster boy" and "its leading Ayurvedic
physician". In 1989, the Maharishi gave him with the title "Dhanvantari (Lord of Immortality),
the keeper of perfect health for the world
Solve for X

The band took their name from a novel

of the same name. Who was author?

What name is given to this zone?

Type: Implosion type Weapon

Specifications:
Weight- 1,400 kg
Length- 107 metres
Diameter- 1.25 m
Blast Yield- 8 kilotons of TNT (33 TJ)
What is being described here?

Identify the band?

Poornima Dore - Drums
Jishnu Dasgupta - Bass/ Vocals
Bharat Rajagopalan - Guitar
Abhishek Narain - Guitar/ Vocals
Satadru Bagchi - Vocals
Shambhavi Kumar - Vocals
Dhananjay Mishra - Vocals

The story goes that a race of shepherd people colonized the banks of the river Ai in a land called
Mnar, founding the cities of Thraa, Ilarnek, and Kadatheron, which rose to great intellectual and
mercantile prowess. Craving for more land, a group of these hardy people migrated to the
shores of a lonely and vast lake at the heart of Mnar, founding the metropolis of X. Solve for X

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