Question 1

Who laid down his life fasting for a separate Andhra state in 1952?

Sriramulu Potti

Question 2

What is ‘moonlightning’?

Earnings generated through work outside the formal line of duty

Question 3

In printing, diesis is the reference mark

Double dagger

Question 4

The number of billionaires in the world, according to Forbes 2006 list.

793

Question 5

Which means ‘a narrow escape’? (Closed door/Close call/Clockwork/Closed chain)

Close call

Question 6

The internationally renowned business school INSEAD is in which country?

France

Question 7

The five communities declared as minority communities in 1993

Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis

Question 8

According to Indian Census, Scheduled Tribes account for ____ percent of India’s population.

8.2 %

Question 9

The overseas arm of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, ONGC

OVL, ONGC Videsh Ltd.

Question 10

Saint Gobain is a French (Glass maker/ Perfume/Tourist spot/Saint)

Glass Maker

Question 11

How far is Sriperumbudur, where Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated, from Chennai?

40 km

Question 12

A journalist who was Indian High Commissioner in London in 1990

Kuldip Nayyar

Question 13

Portia S. Miller is the first woman Prime Minister of

Jamaica

Question 14

When A.B. Vajpayee addressed the U.N. General Assembly in Hindi in 1977, he was a (An Ambassador/The Prime Minister/ The External Affairs Minister/The Permanent representative to the U.N)

The External Affairs Minister

Question 15

The tallest American President

Abraham Lincoln

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