Question 1

Where are these privately owned ports : Gangavaram, Dhamra and Pipavav?

In Andhra Pradesh

Question 2

Mother of England’s Queen Elizabeth I

Anne Boleyn

Question 3

Which of these words means ‘Vomiting’ : emersion/emesis/nucin/nemesis?

Nemesis

Question 4

The dynasty founded by Osman I

Ottoman

Question 5

How tall is the angel atop the Victoria Memorial in Kolkata?

4.9 meters

Question 6

The two distinct revolutions that constitute the Russian Revolution of 1917.

February Revolution and October Revolution

Question 7

Zadie Smith’s award winning ‘On Beauty’ is a reworking of E.M. Forster’s

Howards End

Question 8

In English folklore, Queen Mab is a fairy queen who controls people’s

Dreams

Question 9

The capital of Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Question 10

French writer Colette’s comedy about a girl reared to be a courtesan

Gigi

Question 11

Which sign of the zodiac do the mythological Castor and Pollux represent?

Gemini

Question 12

The two tennis players in ‘The battle of the sexes’ in 1973

Billie-Jean King and Bobby Riggs

Question 13

Ngwee is a coin of Zimbabwe/Poland/ New Zealand/Zambia

Zambia

Question 14

The proposed film city in Pondicherry is to be named after

Sivaji Ganeshan

Question 15

The adventurer who set the record by covering 42,467 km in 76 hours in 2006

Steve Fosset

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