Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
Showing posts with label India. Show all posts
Oct 19, 2017
Oct 15, 2017
Q.2572
In Oct 2017, the World Wildlife Fund for Nature in India announced that it had photographed this 'vulnerable' animal for the first time in Arunachal Pradesh. Which animal, whose scientific name is 'Panthera Uncia'?
The Snow Leopard
Oct 12, 2017
Q.2569
Unverified reports of these began in Sept 2017 in Kashmir, with hysteria resembling those of the 'monkey man' scare in Delhi years ago. Several men, including foreigners, have been accused of this. In these cases, alleged victims said that they had been assaulted in what peculiar manner?
That their braided hair was chopped off mysteriously. More on this.
Oct 4, 2017
Q.2561
In July 2017, this transport location's code became PBHD from EPR. The new code refers to a local deity, while the old one represents a Scottish MP from the 19th century. In the news for other reasons in Sept 2017, what do these codes stand for?
Prabhadevi and Elphinstone Road Stations, respectively. This is a station on the Western Railway local system in Mumbai, and saw an unfortunate and unprecedented stampede in Sept 2017.
Oct 3, 2017
Q.2560
The Indian actor and writer Tom Alter passed away in Sept 2017. Known for his command over Urdu, in which film did Alter play Captain Weston and recite Urdu poetry on screen?
"Shatranj Ke Khilari"
Oct 1, 2017
Q.2558
The first time India was represented here was in the 30th edition by a mother - the result was an agonizing loss by one vote. Since then other representatives include a a tourism professional, an underworld don, a female gangster, a couple of amateur board game players, an Indian, a son of Adam, an ex-magician's production place, and a Mumbai judicial hearing.
What is this list, and who/what is the entry for 2017 in this list?
India's official representatives to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film; "Newton" is India's entry to the 2017 Oscars.
The films indicated by hints in the questions are, respectively: Mother India, Guide, Nayakan, Bandit Queen, Shatranj Ke Khiladi, Indian, Adaminte Magan Abu, Harischandrachi Factory, and Court.
Jun 5, 2017
Q.2440
What five word phrase (and its variants) have the companies BCCL and ARG Outliers separately applied for a trademark? They did so in November 2016 and January 2017 respectively, resulting the companies going at each other's throats, legally speaking.
"The Nation Wants To Know" - BCCL owns the TV channel 'Times Now' and ARG owns 'Republic TV' which launched in May 2017. More here.
Jun 3, 2017
Oct 27, 2016
Q.2219
The third was Nowroji Saklatwala, who did not share the last name of the first two or the next two. The sixth was like him. What are we talking about? (we could have framed this as "what mystery are we talking about", but we chose not to.)
Chairmen of the Tata Group. Cyrus Mistry, like Saklatwala, was not a Tata. He was unceremoniously dumped as chairman of Tata Sons, and replaced by his predecessor, Ratan Tata. More here.
Oct 23, 2016
Q.2215
In 2014, a Punjab animated film called "Char Sahibzade" featured the story of the sons of the tenth Sikh Guru, Guru Gobind Singh. A 2016 sequel is about another disciple of the Guru, a legendary Sikh warrior originally called Lachman Das. Which leader?
Banda Singh Bahadur
Oct 11, 2016
Q.2203
Before 2016, the last time he did this was in 1999 for a movie titled after an Indian game. In 2016, he returned with a Punjabi folk-tale. Who and what are we talking about?
Poet-writer Gulzar wrote the screenplay for 2016's 'Mirzya'. This marked his comeback to writing for feature films - his 1999 film 'Hu Tu Tu' was his previous effort. More here.
Oct 5, 2016
Q.2197
Ex-cricketer and politician Navjot Singh Sidhu walked out of the BJP in 2016 and formed a new political outfit in September, called the "Awaaz-E-Punjab".
Which other former sportsman, who left the Akali Dal in 2016, is also part of this party?
Pargat Singh, former Indian hockey captain. More here.
Oct 2, 2016
Q.2194
In 2006, M. Chandrakumar a.k.a 'Auto Chandran' (he is an auto rickshaw driver) wrote 'Lock Up' about his experiences being jailed in the 80s. What honour did an 'interrogative' work derived from this novel receive in 2016?
The Tamil film 'Visaranai' is based on this. It was chosen as India's official entry to the Academy Awards for 2016 films. More here.
Jun 27, 2016
Jun 25, 2016
Q.2095
In June 2016, India made a strong bid to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group organisation which aims to regulate nuclear exports. The NSG was set up specifically in response to which event involving a country, about four decades before 2016?
India's explosion of a nuclear device in 1974. More here.
Jun 24, 2016
Q.2094
In June 2016, Britain voted to leave the European Union in what was a surprise decision. This was dubbed 'BREXIT'. A few days before this decision, another exit in India was dubbed 'RREXIT'. What did this refer to?
The decision of RBI Governor and noted economist Raghuram Rajan to step down from his post once his term ended later in the year.
Jun 16, 2016
Q.2086
Legendary Indian bodybuilder Manohar Aich passed away in 2016 at the age of 104. The 2nd Indian winner of the Mr. Universe contest, what was a popular nickname for him on account of his strongman feats and because he was short, an inch less than 5 feet?
He was called the 'Pocket Hercules'. More on him.
Jun 14, 2016
Q.2084
After a vote that saw a type of Stork and a type of Turtle lose, which Indian city picked the Gangetic River Dolphin as its "City Animal"? (This is the first time an Indian city has made such a choice.)
Jun 7, 2016
Q.2077
The 2nd edition of the ConIFA World Football Cup was held in June 2016. The hosts Abkhazia won the tournament, which saw 12 teams take part. Northern Cyprus finished 3rd.
What is unusual about the teams that played in this tournament? The name of the team that came 2nd has the same spelling of a North Indian University. Which team?
These are football federations of regions that are not affiliated with FIFA, typically because they are unrecognized, or breakaway parts of countries, or simply loose aggregations of people under a banner. The runner-up was the team of Panjab. Here's more.
Jun 1, 2016
Q.2071
This Indian First-class cricketer made a 7-ball duck on his debut against Jammu & Kashmir in a Ranji Trophy match in the 2000-01 season. (That would be the only FC match he played.) Which Member of Parliament from the Hamirpur constituency are we talking about?
Anurag Thakur, elected the youngest President of the BCCI in May 2016. More here.
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