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2. Rules:
1. Direct: +20
2. Pounce: +30/-30

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Based on Persian inscriptions, the temple was used as
a Hindu, Sikh, and Zoroastrian place of worship. The
pentagonal complex, which has a courtyard
surrounded by cells for monks and a tetrapillar-altar in
the middle, was built during the 17th and 18th
centuries. With 14 Sanskrit scriptures, 2 in Punjabi and
1 in Persian, this is also a World Heritage Site 4700
KMs away from India. Recently this place was in the
news when Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj paid homage. What is the reason for this
temple of 3 religion’s popularity back in the medieval
days? Five funda. (Picture next slide)

6. Answer:
Temple of Eternal Fire. Indian traders who worshiped fire were
awestruck by this phenomenon and would travel months to
witness the eternal fire (caused by gas escaping the crust)

7. Noah, son of Michelle Wall, 43, and her husband Rob, 50, born in Cumbria, England is
a special child. At the time of birth due to a fluid build up, Noah was born ‘without a
X’.
X generally weighs 300-400 grams in an average human baby. Doctors gave up on the
baby and declared that Noah will not survive without X. But due to the 2% of X left in
the baby, and due to un-explained reasons surprisingly Noah grew X.
ID X
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9. Answer:
X- Brain

10. X, a distinctive species of wild goat identified by its long hair and
spiralled horns is the National animal of Pakistan native to the Gilgit-
Baltistan area. A practice in Pakistan and also around the world which
has indeed helped in sustaining this endangered species recently was
in the news.
X is a rare species which was moved from the endangered list to ‘Near
Threatened list in 2015. Why was this animal in news this year?
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12. An American has hunted Pakistan’s national
animal and rare wildlife species Markhor after
paying a record USD 1,10,000 permit fee during
a trophy hunting season in the country’s
northern Gilgit-Baltistan region.

13. X is known for her crisp, white handloom sarees.
Y is not a stranger to Kolkata. He had come came to the city in 2011
for a match between Argentina and Venezuela at the Salt Lake
Stadium, and has a huge fan base in Kolkata.
Recently X received a special gift (A jersey) from Y in lieu for a
successful FIFA U-19 world cup.
ID X & Y
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15. X – Mamta Bannerjee
Y – Leo Messi
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16. The FIFA 2019 World Cup in Russia was mired with controversies
right from the day it won the bid to host the World Cup. This long
with the global image of Russia had made the organiser worried
that all these incidents will hamper the visitors of FIFA world Cup
‘18, to which the organiser decided to start a Fan ID system to
attract foreigners to come and visit Russia during the World Cup.
But this system has now led to yet another crisis which till 31st
January 2019 involved 12,000 fans with Nigerians making up he
largest share of them (2,000). What am I talking about?
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18. 12,000 fans who entered Russia using the Fan ID
system did not exit the country and decided to
stay illegally.

19. The X are a system of schools in India
established and managed by the X Society.
They were conceived in 1961 by V. K. Krishna
Menon, to rectify the regional and class
imbalance amongst the Officer cadre of the
Indian Military. First amongst many X were
established in Lukhnow, Uttar Pradesh in
1960. In October, 2018, a revolutionary step
enabled Y to be a part of X as cadet students.
ID X and Y
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21. • X: Sanik Schools
• Y: Girls
• In 2018 girls were allowed by MoD to be a
part of Sanik School paving way for them to be
a part of NDA in the future.

22. 7
Connect

24. Sagarmala Project promoting inland water
highways. This is th recent development of
this ship transporting 16 containers of Pepsi
Co. from Hubli to Prayagraj.

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Located in a posh Delhi locality, X at that time, costed Rs 3 crore. A mango
tree personally planted by PM Nehru in X’s garden still provides mangoes
from which all the pickles and jams used in the X are made!
Construction of X which ultimately became a ‘first’ owned by the Indian
government ultimately became a style icon but was mired by fund
crunch. Funds were expected to come from the princely states but the
government of India eventually ended up paying almost the entire
amount. The prime reason for building X was an upcoming UNESCO
convention in New Delhi back then.

27. X: Ashok Hotel, India's first government owned 5 start hotel.

28. X is the largest of its kind in the world and
has been operational for over 83 years in
Tokyo, Japan. It is known for its auction
and large variety of a category product. On
October 2018, Y hosted its last auction as
it is going to be converted into a parking
lot for Tokyo Olympics. X is known for its
exotic varieties of a commodity with some
being sold for over $320,000.
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30. Tsukiji, Tokyo's famed fish market, closes down
after 83 years

31. • Launched in 1984, X was launched Simply as Y (A general term for Y) and
was renamed Y 4 years later in 1988. X is assembled in Gurugram and is
one of the most iconic product in the India market. X is also popular in pop
culture as it is often used for doing certain type of activities in movies, TV
serials and also in real life. The main reason behind this was a particular
feature Y in it which makes it easy to use and also ease of maintenance.
Last X will be produced in 2020 after which it will slowly sink into oblivion.
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33. X: Maruti Van
Y: Maruti Omni

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• X were instituted in the year 1954. Except for
brief interruptions during the years 1977 to
1980 and 1993 to 1997. A record number of
49,992 nominations for the X in 2019 were
received which is 32 times higher over the
nominations received in 2010. As against
1,313 nominations received in 2010, 18,768
were received in the year 2016 and 35,595
nominations in 2017. ID X.

36. • X: Padma Awards

37. 12
• X Kitchen is a take-out restaurant in Pittsburgh that
serves only ethnic foods from countries which are
similar in a certain way. The menu focuses on one
nation at a time, rotating every three to five
months, and features related educational
programming, from lunch hour with scholars, film
screenings, and trivia nights. Since the opening in
2010, the restaurant has introduced the cuisines of
Afghanistan, Cuba, North Korea, Venezuela, Iroquois
etc. What is the criteria on which they are
shortlisting the countries and ID X

39. • X:CONFLICT KITCHEN
• ONLY SERVES FOOD FROM COUNTRIES WITH
WHICH THE UNITED STATES IS IN CONFLICT

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• It is the fundamental to the modern Western canon;
it is the second-oldest extant work of Western
literature. It was written in a poetic dialect of
Greek—a literary amalgam of Aeolic Greek, Ionic
Greek, and other Ancient Greek dialects—and
comprises 12,110 lines of dactylic hexameter.
Among the most noteworthy elements of the text
are its non-linear plot, and the influence on events
of choices made by women and slaves, besides the
actions of fighting men. In the English language as
well as many others, the word _________ has come
to refer to an epic voyage.

42. • The Odyssey

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Born in England to an Irish father and Cornish mother
on April 21, 1816, and though much of her life was
marked by tragedy, she wrote novels and poems that
found great success in her lifetime and are still popular
nearly 200 years later. In 1846, X paid to publish a
book of poetry containing poems she and her sisters
Emily and Anne had written. The three
sisters used male pseudonyms. (The book sold two
copies.) X used the 'Currer Bell' pseudonym when she
published Y. Her publishers didn't know Bell was really
a woman until 1848, a year after the book was
published.

45. • Charlotte Bronte and Jane Eyre

46. 15
• IOTBW is a slogan based on a poster campaign organized on the
American imageboard 4chan in 2017, as a "proof of concept"
that a "harmless message" would cause a media
backlash. Posters and stickers containing the sentence "IOTBW"
have been placed in streets in the United States as well as on
campuses in the US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and the
UK. The saying was later spread by neo-Nazi groups and
politically organized racists, including former Ku Klux Klan Grand
Wizard David Duke and The Daily Stormer.On October 15, 2018,
far right-wing politician Pauline Hanson proposed an "IOTBW"
motion in the Australian Senate intended to acknowledge the
"deplorable rise of racism and attacks on Western
civilization". It was supported by most senators from the
governing Liberal-National Coalition, but was defeated 31-28 by
opponents who called it a racist slogan.

48. • Answer: It's Okay to be White

49. 16
During the construction of new British capital in
Delhi, a crucial step was acquiring land. Some of
those who were displaced by this acquisition
were given plots in new resettlement enclaves to
build houses. Delhi’s then deputy commissioner
Mr. Young was an active agent in the creation of
one such settlement. The place was renamed
after him. The name by which this area is known
today is in fact a corrupted version of the name
given.
Which area in Delhi are we talking about?

51. • Ans: Jangpura

52. 17
• An authentic ____ is made in San Francisco's Mission District at
family owned Mexican restaurants called "taquerias". During
the dot-com boom, the district saw rapid gentrification, with
lower paid workers forced out of the area by increasing rents.
One activist denounced the way that chain restaurants were
taking over the area, selling more expensive, "Anglo" versions
of the dish. Its historic home with the heaviest concentration of
Latino residents, has been most subject to gentrification. It
stands apart from its stripped-down cousins for its often
outsized proportions – the result of a jumbo tortilla and the
inclusion of rice, beans, cheese, sour cream,
salsa, guacamole and a host of veggie elements, from avocado
to jalapeño pepper and lettuce. In fact, It is so packed with good
things, it is the only one of its kind that comes wrapped in tin
foil.What am I talking about?

54. • Mission Burrito

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• The title is inspired by Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's
play Julius Caesar, the novel X has gained places on several
bestseller lists. It was #1 on The Wall Street Journal bestseller
list, #1 on the Indieboundbestseller list, and #9 on The
Bookseller bestseller list. The novel was also The New York
Times Book Review Editor's Choice. As of January 2013, there
are nearly 1 million copies of the novel in print. In the
beginning, the author of the novel refused to adapt his work for
Hollywood audiences. Afraid that it would be made too
superficially, he went so far as to ask his publisher not to send
out advanced copies to movie studios. But soon, a movie was
made. The book and highly anticipated movie became so
important and popular that Time magazine awarded author the
honour of being one of the 100 most influential figures in 2014.
Id X and its author.

57. • X- The fault in our stars by John Green

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• Chinese and US officials scuffled over ‘XY'
during 2017 Trump visit- Read the headline of
The Gurdian.
Secret service teams clashed in November when
Chinese agents tried to stop case carrying US X
code from entering Beijing’s Great Hall of the
People. This incident reportedly happened
during 2017 Donald Trump’s visit to China which
he claimed to be ‘terrific’. The incident involved
the Chinese officials grabbing a possession of
American President which is with him always.

60. • Nuclear Football

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• A few days ago dog went viral all over the
internet for something they instictivey do all
over the world. There are multiple theories
given for them doing so with one being that
they smell another dogs urine nearby.
• This particular dog in Kumage, Japan did te
same several years ago instinctively and
apparently damaging what X’s Y was out there
was up for. (Photo follows)

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64. • The dog chased the Google Street view car for
some distance only to be shooed away by the
driver when he stopped.

65. 21
• In the 1960s, the Soviet Union undertook a major water
diversion project on the arid plains of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan,
and Turkmenistan. The region’s two major rivers, fed by
snowmelt and precipitation in faraway mountains, were used to
transform the desert into farms for cotton and other crops.
Before the project, the Syr Darya and the Amu Darya rivers
flowed down from the mountains, cut northwest through the
Kyzylkum Desert, and finally pooled together in the lowest part
of the basin. The result (X) of this project was also destroyed by
this very project and by turn of century it was already a mere
shadow of its past glory. This was highlighted again recently in a
recent global trend.
• ID X

67. • X- Aral Sea. #10YearChallenge

68. 22
• X are tiny objects which are present within
us. X are deposits of various size, shape,
consistency, refractive index, and motility.
The perception of X is known as
myodesopsia. They might be a tissue, white
blood cells or any cell. They become more
visible in bright light with a consistent
bright surface.

70. 22
Answer: Floaters

71. 23
X bought four of the exotic creatures (Y) from a California
zoo in the 1980s after getting rich, and transferred them to
his sprawling ranch, Hacienda Napoles, located midway
between his hometown of Medellin and the capital,
Bogotá. X was known for his lavish life style but after X’s
absence, most of the creatures were shifted out except Y.
The population of Y since then has increased dramatically
and has started to pose an environmental crisis due to
their increasing numbers due to their surprisingly
increased ex drive which in their natural habitat started at
the age of 7 but in this case started at the age of 3. The
numbers of Y, if not managed is expected to grow
exponentially and lead to a serious crisis in the region.

73. 23
Answer: X: Pablo
Escobar
Y: Hippos

74. 24
The V-1 flying bomb, also known to the Allies as the buzz
bomb, or doodlebug was an early cruise missile and the
only production aircraft to use a pulsejet for power. On
knowing about the V1 missile, the British were worried
and decided to use conventional tactical measures like AA-
Guns etc. The conventional launch sites could theoretically
launch about 15 V-1s per day, but this rate was difficult to
achieve on a consistent basis; the maximum rate achieved
was 18. Overall, only about 25 per cent of the V-1s hit their
targets. One of the most popular and iconic tactic used to
mis-guide the bombs was using Hawker Tempest which
was a low altitude low speed plane. Funda?

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With the low speed planes, the British just came next to the missile and flip
it with a nudge of the wing and make it loose it's balance

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