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QUESTION-1

The longest word in English is the chemical name for the protein
______. It is 189,819 characters long. What word is this?
Answer 1

Answer- Tintin
Question 2
Connect the two using Frederick Sanger, the man to the right.
Answer 2

Frederick Sanger was the first man to sequence DNA(to the right is the
first DNA sequence i.e. of insulin, Sangers reagent which was pivotal in
the mechanism)
Question 3
Identify this very rare species of snake
Answer 3

The Dragon Snake
Question 4
This is an exhaustive list.
X
July 4, 1997 to September 27, 1997
Opportunity
January 25, 2004 to present
Spirit
January 4, 2004 to March 22, 2010
Y
August 6, 2012 to present

What am I talking about? What are X and Y?
Answer 4

Mars Rovers launched by NASA, X= Sojourner and Y= Curiosity
Question 5
What is being used by Captain Haddock?
Answer 5

A Sextant, which is an instrument used to measure the angle between
any two visible objects.
Question 6
What is being explained here?
Answer 6

The Offside Rule
Question 7
If Betty was for UK, Nancy was for US, then India=?
Answer 7
Meira Kumari (Lok Sabha Speaker)
Question 8
Hitler was called Fuhrer so Mussolini was?
Answer 8
Il Duce
Question 9*
What was the date when we saw this Google doodle?
Answer 9*

4th November, Shakuntala Devi’s birthday
Question 10*

Opened in 2005, this Dubai Mall is named after the 14th century scholar
____ _______, who was famous for his book Rihla (Voyages), a detailed
account of his travels. Fittingly, the six courts in the mall are named after
the countries he attended namely China, India, Persia, Egypt, Tunisia,
Andalusia. Who is this?
Answer 10*

Ibn Battuta
Question 11*

Frank Herbert’s book, Dune, won this award for the first time in1965.
This award is titled ‘The Nebula Award’. To which genre of books is it
awarded to?
Answer 11*

Science Fiction
Question 12*
Identify the author. (current Cabinet minister UPA2)
Answer 12*
Question 13*
Answer this-
Answer 13*

A Tale of Two Cities
Question 14*

This Latin word literally means “for all”. What type of daily commute do
we know it as?
Answer 14*

Answer- Bus
Question 15*

This country regards plumpness as a sign of good health. Its literacy rate
is 83% and was the richest country in south-east Asia during the British
Rule. It is also known as the land of golden Pagodas.
Answer 15*

Myanmar
Question 16
What is depicted by the red and blue colors here?
Answer 16

Countries with Left hand Drive (red) and Right Hand Drive (blue)
Question 17*

The cantonment town of Mhow in Madhya Pradesh was renamed for
being the birthplace of a person. The person's father, a Subedar Major in
the Mahar Regiment, was then stationed there at the time of the birth
in 1891. Who?
Answer 17

Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
Question 18
This is a picture of Cyclone Helen hurtling towards the coast of Andhra
Pradesh, and was taken on November 19th. Why is it so special?
Answer 18

First image sent from space by Mangalyaan
Question 19

One of the man-made wonders of the world was built because it was
believed to be staircase to heaven for the kings. What are we talking
about?
Answer 19

The Pyramids of Egypt
Question 20
The biographer of this book is presenting the biography to the subject of
the biography. Who and what biography?
Answer 20

Akbarnama, Abu Fazl
Question 21*
What’s happening here?
Answer 21*
Question 22*
Identify what is
written on 23/7/39

blanked

out

(QM

to

read

the

letter)
Answer 22*
Letter from Gandhi to Hitler
Question 23
On The Hindu’s masthead, which figure from Hindu mythology do you
see on the left?
Answer 23

Kamadhenu
Question 24

Quills were once used as writing tools before pens. Usually, from which
bird would you obtain a quill?
Answer 24

Goose
Question 25
A =?

B=?
Answer 25

A= Cheetah
B= Leopard
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