Question 1

Which of these falls in the class ‘jewels and gems’ : Alexandrite/Cracow/Algol/Derby ?

Alexandrite

Question 2

The word ‘Rupaya’ for currency was first used in 1540 by

Sher Shah Suri

Question 3

What is special about the book that won Booker Prize in 1972?

Its title is ‘G’, written by John Berger

Question 4

What is unique about the Booker Prizes of 1983 and 1999?

The same author, J.M. Coetzee

Question 5

Who won the Best Actor Oscar in 1992 for the film ‘Scent of a Woman’?

Al Pacino

Question 6

Which word means a ‘sequence of events’ : (Cartridge/Cyst/Casket/Cavalcade)?

Cavalcade

Question 7

What anti-rival drug is technically known as oseltamivir?

Tamiflu

Question 8

George Lazenby, the Australian actor, is known for (His Bollywood film/Book on India/Role as the Buddha/Role as James Bond)

Role as James Bond

Question 9

The first woman Secretary General of Amnesty International

Irene Khan

Question 10

Dan Brown was accused of plundering the plot of the best seller The Da Vinci Code from a non-fiction work called

“The Holy Blood and The Holy Girl”

Question 11

The Deepa Mehta film that focuses on the plight of castigated widows of Varanasi

“Water”

Question 12

In Greek mythology, Cassiopeia is the mother of

Andromeda

Question 13

Who invented the antibiotic tetracycline and folic acid?

Yellapragada Subba Rao

Question 14

What is known as the World Court?

International Court of Justice in the Hague

Question 15

Felipe is the Crown Prince of which country?

Spain

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