QC# 73

1. The proposed Jaitapur Nuclear power plant at Madban village of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra is a joint vencture between Natioanl Power Corporation of India and which French company ?

2. On 21st January 2013, the Supreme court banned tourists from the areas where one of the adivasi indigenous peoples of the Andaman islands live. The name of the tribal group means "foreigners" or "hostile people". Name this tribe..

3. The first National Biodiversity Congress was held in which city in 2012 ?

4. "A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy" is a book first published in 1859 which criticizes the writings of leading theoretical exponents of capitalism at that time. Who is the author of this book?

5. Identify him...

Answers ::

1. Areva
2. Jarawa
3. Thiruvananthapuram
4. Karl Marx
5. G E Vahanvati

QC# 72

1. X is an Arabic word which is used to indicate that it is permissible under Islamic law and is commonly seen along with food products. According to  Surah 2:173, it is not a sin to take non X food if forced or if there is no other way. Identify X…

2. It was the time of Purna kumbh mela in 1911 February 18 when pilot Henry Pequet flew the Humber biplane from Allahabad to Naini to enter into the history books. Its 100th anniversary was re enacted by Indian Air Force in 2011. What are we talking about ?

3. Connect....

4. Identify the town which is named after this person and on the right you can see a poem written by him on same name.

5. Name the only Olympian rower to earn gold medals in 5 consecutive Olympics ?

Answers::

1. Halal
2. World's first airmail
3. Fullbright Programs (scholarships). First photo shows George Washington and second one is of William Fullbright. George Washington University was the first institute to participate in this program
4. Abottabad, famous for Bin Laden's assasination
5. Steve Redgrave

QC# 71

1. Golden Revolution is associated with ______________.

2. What does these represent ?

3. Name the Indian who was the member of the album "One Woman" released by United Nations as a part of World Women's day ?

4. Who recently won the Saraswathi Samman given by Birla Foundation ?

5. X is the ninth most massive moon in Solar system which got its name from  king of fairies in Shakespeare's work "A midsummer night's dream".
Identify X......

6. Z is 27 in number which is far away from us. Twenty four got their names from X's literary works and three from Y's work W.
Identify W, X, Y, Z.....

QC# 70

1. Identify this place which witnessed the starting of a famous revolution in 2004. 
Also identify the monument featured here.

2. Identify the personality who co-led the above said revolution and later she became the _________ of that country...

3. At first it was an Orthodox church. Then it became a mosque and now a museum. It remained the world's largest cathedral until the construction of Cathedral of Seville.
Identify this engineering marvel

Answers :::

1. Orange revolution which took place after 2004 presidential elections in Ukraine.
The monument is monument to Berehynia in Kiev's Independence Square. Berehynia is a female spirit in Slavik mythology.

2. Yulia Tymoshenko, former PM of Ukraine. 

3. Hagia Sofia

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QC# 69

1. It was a series of events that took place for overthrowing the Pahlavi dynasty under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, which was then replaced by the Islamic republic under Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. What are we talking about ?

2. Connect these 3 pics

3. Who was appointed as the group spokesperson and brand custodian of TATA Group on 6 February 2013 ?

4. Who is she and why was she in news recently ?

5. February 2nd every year is celebrated as World X day which marks the date of adoption of Convention on X in 1971 in the Iranian city of Y. Since then this convention is known by the name of the city Y on the shores of Caspian sea.
Identify X and Y.


Answers
1. Iranian Islamic revolution of 1979
2. Venus Rosewater Dish, the ladies' singles trophy in Wimbledon Chamipoship
3. Mukund Govind Rajan
4. Anette Schavan, the German education minister whose Phd was stripped off recently
5. X - Wetland, Y - Ramsar

QC# 68

Connect these....

Ans is the 1959 musical "the Sound of Music" by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein.

First pic is of Georg von Trapp, an Austro - Hungarian Navy officer whose expliots at sea during WW I earned him numerous decorations like Military Order of Maria Theresa. The story of his family was the inspiration for the 1959 musical "The Sound of Music". 
Second pic is the flower named Edelweiss, which is also the name of a show tune from the same musical.

QC# 67

This monument was commissioned in 1939 to commemorate _____________ revolution of 1932.
Identify it and FITB.....

"Democracy monument" in Bangkok which was commissioned in 1939 to commemorate "The Siamese Revolution of 1932" which led to the establishment of constitutional monarchy in Thailand. 

QC# 66

   A former nun leaves the convent to become a governess for the seven children of a wealthy, Austrian widower who has grown into a cold disciplinarian. Soon, she opens the children to the wonders of life and the joy of music - and eventually softens the heart of their father and gains his love. This is the plot of which hollywood classic ?

The Sound of Music (1965) by Robert Wise starring Christopher Plummer and Julie Andrews. It won 5 Academy awards including best film

QC# 65

A tribute to Indian soldiers

1. This Indian fighter bomber aircraft derives its name from a Sanskrit word meaning " Spirit of Tempest ". It was India's first jet aircraft which was designed by German designer Kurt Tank. Identify the aircraft.

2. This fighter aircraft from Britain was extensively used by Indian Air Force during Indo-Sino war in 1962 and Indo-Pak war in 1971. It was phased out of service in 1996 and was replaced with the famous Sukoi 30MKI. It is still in service in Lebanese Air Force. Identify it.

3. K-152 Nerpa is an Akula class nuclear powered submarine from Russia. How do we better know this submarine ?

4. Connect these 4 photos with Indian army

5. The modified version of this Russian third generation battle tank is used by Indian Army with an addition to its original name. The added part is the name of an immortal warrior from Mahabharata. The original one was first used by Russia in Invasion of Dagestan. Name the battle tank.

6. Identify the doodle.

ANSWERS

1. HAL Marut

2. Hawker Hunter

3. INS Chakra

4. Trishul, Pawan, Virat,Checkmate. All these are Indian Peace Keeping Force's operations.

5. Bhishma

6. India's 67th Republic day

QC# 64

1. West Bengal govt on 22nd January 2013 declared that it would give heritage status to whose ancestral house in Kodalia ?

2. This tournament was started in England two years before the first men's tournament took place. India hosted it in 1978 and in 1997. There are only 3 winners since its inception and of those the two countries didn't won the tournament in men's version. Name the tournament.

3. Name the world's largest optical telescope which will be developed by a 5 nation consortium including India. 

4. Recently, X's sonnets were encoded in DNA by scientists of Cambridge University. They also made strands of DNA that stored part of audio of Y's 1963 speech "I have a dream". 
Identify X and Y.

5. Which French company announced the acquisition of Chennai based MacLellan on January 9, 2013 ?

Answers :

1. Netaji Subash Chandra Bose

2. Women's world cup cricket tournament

3. Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT)

4. William Shakespeare

5. Sodexo

QC# 63

Non Aligned Movement

1. Which country will host the 17th Non Aligned Movement summit in 2015 ?
2. Which are the two countries that are recently accepted as new members of NAM in the 16th summit ?
3. Where was the 16th NAM summit conducted ?
4. Who coined the word "Non Alignment" ?
5. Identify him who is one of the founding father of NAM.

6. Which city hosted the first NAM summit in 1961 ?
7. In which year New Delhi hosted 7th NAM summit ?
8. What was the theme of 16th NAM summit ?
9. Name the only African country which is not a part of NAM now?
10. Given below is the logo of which NAM summit ?

11. Given below is a Marvel comics named "The NAM". About which war is it based on?

Answers ::
1. Venezuela
2. Azerbaijan and Fiji
3. Tehran, Iran
4. V K Krishnamenon
5. Kwame Nkrumah, first president and PM of Ghana. He won Lenin Peace Prize in 1963. He was also the founding member of Organization of African unity.
6. Belgrade, Yugoslavia from September 1-6, 1961
7. 1983 
8. "Lasting Peace through Joint Global Governance"
9. South Sudan
10. 1998 Durban, South Africa
11. Vietnam War

QC# 62

X is a goose foot species crop which was considered to be sacred by the Incas and they referred it as "Mother of all grains". It is cultivated mainly in Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador along the Andes. The Spanish conquistadors suppressed its cultivation during the Spanish conquest of South America and termed it as "Food for Indians". United Nations declared 2013 as the International Year of X. 
Identify this psuedocereal X....

Quinoa

QC# 61

She is the winner of  which title awarded by Hollywood Foreign Press Association in 2013. Her sister won this in 2005. 

Miss Golden Globe
Pictured here is Fransecsa Eastwood, daughter of Clint Eastwood. Her sister Katheryn Eastwood won the award in 2005. The honoree, traditionally the daughter (or son) of a celebrity, assists in the Association's Golden Globe Awards

QC# 60

The graveyard of this church which is situated on the banks of river Esk is used as a setting in a famous novel.
Identify the church and the novel...

St.Mary's Church, Whitby which featured in the Bram Stoker's novel Dracula