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Set 1 ___________________Tennis Grand Slams after 2000 5. 1 RogerFedererwon3outofthe4 GrandSlamtitlesinayear3times in 2004,2006and2007.In2006and 2007,theotherwinnerwasNadal.In2004,theFrenchOpenwaswonby anArgentineplayer,nicknamedEl Gato thecat.Who? 6. 1A GastonGaudio 7. 2 2000:PeteSampras2001:GoranIvanisevic2002:?2003 2007:RogerFederer2008:RafaelNadal 8. 2A Lleyton Hewitt thelistisWimbledon MensSinglesChampions 9. 3 WomensDoublesWinnersof: 1999FrenchandUSOpen 2000Wimbledon 2001AustralianOpen 2002Wimbledon 2003AustralianOpen 2008Wimbledon 2009AustralianOpenWhichduo? 10. 3A VenusandSerenaWilliams 11. 4 ConnectthefollowingGrandSlam tournaments: 2009AustralianOpen 2008USOpen 2006AustralianOpen 2005WimbledonandUSOpen 2003AustralianOpenandWimbledon 2002Wimbledon 1999WimbledonandUSOpen 1997FrenchOpen 12. 4A EitherMaheshBhupati orLeander Paes havewontheMixedDoublesat alltheseGrandSlams 13. 5 This23yearoldFrenchplayeris currentlyranked#10intheworld.His bestperformancetilldatehasbeen reachingthesemifinalsoftheFrench Openin2008.Hewon3outofthe4GrandSlamtitlesin 2004inthejuniorcircuit.Who? 14. 5A GaelMonfils 15. Set 2 ___________________Doordarshan 16. 1 AudioClip IDtheserial. (AudiowordsfromRigVeda,Srishti sepehle satnahin thaa,asat bhi nahin,Antariksh bhi nahin,aakaash bhee nahin thaa) 17. 1A BharatEk Khoj 18. IDtheduo. 2 19. 2A JohnnySockoandtheGiantRobot/ FlyingRobot 20. 3 Hestartedasaclapperboyin RaidersoftheRailRoadin1936.Inthemid70s,whileshootingforthe filmCharasinFrance,hesawafamily watchingTVtogether.Heforesawthat TVwouldbethemediumofthefuture.Thethoughtprocesssawthelightof thedayin1985.Who? 21. 3A Ramanand Sagar 22. 4Whenhewas17,PadmaBhushanJasdev SinghwasinspiredhearingMelvilleDe MellowgivecommentaryatGandhis funeral.Jasdevlaterbecamealegendon radioasahockeycommentator.WhatishismajorinvolvementwithDD thatheisrenownedfor somethingthat hehasbeendoingfor47years? 23. 4A Hegivescommentaryduringthe RepublicDayParadeeveryyear 24. 5 Amongthefirstserialsbasedonshort stories,itwasdirectedbyJyot&Manju Singh.ItfocusedonIndianliteraturein regionallanguages.Actorsfromspecificregionswereused, togetaccentsright.KritikaDesaiand PallaviJoshiwereamongtheoneswho werefirstspottedhere.Nametheserial. 25. 5A Ek Kahani 26. Set 3 ___________________ Good Company 27. 01 Foundedin1906asTheHaloid CompanyLegendhasitthatitsolditsrightsto theGraphicalUserInterfaceto APPLEasitthoughtthatthe PersonalComputerbusinesswill neverbeabletosustainitself.WhichCompany? 28. 1A XeroxCorporation 29. 02 IttracesitsrootstoValleyFalls, atextilecompanyestablishedinRhode IslandbyOliverChacein1839.In1929,ValleyFallsmergedwithX CottonMfgCo.In1955,thisnewentitymergedwithY MfgCoandhence,wenowknowitasXY.IdentifyXY 30. 2A BerkshireHathaway 31. 03 Itisatypeofconstructionmaterial typicallyusedinCentralandSouth WesternUS.Wetclayandchoppedhayweremixed andtrampledwithbarefeet.Thiswas thensundried.Whatisthismaterialthatisalsothename ofanenterprise? 32. 3A Adobe 33. 04Thiscompanyderivesitsnamefroma Japanesephrasewhichmeans Everywhere.Thegovernmentownsone thirdofthiscompany.Thecompanys mascotisamushroomwhichisa celebrityinJapan.WhichiconicJapaneseenterpriseisthis? 34. 4A NTTDoCoMo 35. 05Formedbythemergerofthetwo leadingSwisswatchmanufacturers,it ownsbrandslikeRado,Longines,Tissot, CKamongstothers.Tookitspresentnameof_______in 1998.Filltheblank. 36. 5A Swatch 37. Set 4 ___________________ Buildings in South India 38. ItistheonlyotherDanish1 settlementinIndiaapartfrom SeramporeinBengal.Namepls. 39. 1A Tranquebar orTirangambady 40. IDtheplace. 2 41. 2A TheJewishSynagogueatKochi 42. 3 Spreadover150+acresitisthearguably thelargestfunctioningHindutemple complexintheworld.The236feettallgopuramhereisthe tallestinAsia.Mythhasitthatthecoast ofCeyloncanbeseenfromitstop.Whichisthisplace? 43. 3A TheRanganathaswamy templeat Srirangam 44. ModeledonSt.Paul'sCathedralinLondon. 4 Originallyaguesthouseforthelocalkings Europeancronies. 45. 4A TheLalit Mahal Palace,Mysore 46. 5 Wherewasthisshot?(Videoofsong Konjam NilavuChandralekha fromThiruda Thiruda featuringAnu Agarwal) 47. 5A Egmore Museum,Chennai 48. Set 5 ___________________ Audio 49. Set 6 ___________________ Jai Ho! Indias contribution to English 50. 1 ThistemplehasafamousRathaYatra.Inthepast peoplehadbeencrushedandothersinjuredasthe massivemultitonchariotwentoutofcontrol.ThisledtheBritonsofthetimetocontriveaword torefertoexamplesofunstoppable,crushing forces.Whatsthegoodword? 51. 1A Juggernaut,fromtheJagannath temple 52. 2 Thisanimalwhenassailedmakesagruntlikea pig.ThisledtotheTeluguwordforthisanimal, meaningpigrat.ThisTeluguwordledtotheEnglishnamethatweknow. What? 53. 2A Bandicoot,frompandikokku 54. 3 Tamilwordsfortieandwoodledtothenamingof thistypeofboatconsistingoftwohullsjoinedby somestructure,themostbasicbeingaframe.ItwasfirstdiscoveredbeingusedbytheParavas, afishingcommunityinsouthTamilNadu.What? 55. 3A Kattu +Maram,becameCatamaran 56. 4 Atypeofsinglestoryhousethatoriginated inIndia.TheEnglishwordderivesfromthe Hindiwordforaquot;houseintheBengalstyle.Suchhousesweretraditionallysmall,onlyonestory,thatchedandhadawide veranda. 57. 4A BanglabecameBungalow 58. 5 ThewordcomesfromtheDhivehiword meaningaringofcoralislandsorreefs.ThetermwaspopularizedbyCharlesDarwin, whodescribedtheseasasubsetinaspecial classofislands,theuniquepropertyof whichisthepresenceofanorganicreef.Whatword? 59. 5A Atoll