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1. (1)
 A MAN-MADE STRUCTURE IN COIMBATORE. WAS
INAUGURATED A FEW YEARS BACK, TWO YEARS
AFTER A SIMILAR ONE WAS INAUGURATED IN
TENNESSEE
1. (2)
 A MAN-MADE STRUCTURE IN COIMBATORE.
WAS INAUGURATED A FEW YEARS BACK, TWO
YEARS AFTER A SIMILAR ONE WAS INAUGURATED
IN TENNESSEE
 ITS HEIGHT SYMBOLICALLY REPRESENTS THE
NUMBER OF WAYS TO ATTAIN SALVATION
1. (3)
 A MAN-MADE STRUCTURE IN COIMBATORE.
WAS INAUGURATED A FEW YEARS BACK, TWO
YEARS AFTER A SIMILAR ONE WAS INAUGURATED
IN TENNESSEE
 ITS HEIGHT SYMBOLICALLY REPRESENTS THE
NUMBER OF WAYS TO ATTAIN SALVATION
 RECOGNIZED BY GUINNESS RECORDS AS THE
TALLEST BUST SCULPTURE IN THE WORLD
ADIYOGI
2. (1)
 THIS INSTITUTION WAS SET UP IN 1956 BY TWO
PROMINENET ACADEMICIANS GAO SHANGYIN
AND CHEN HUAGUI FOR MICROBE RESEARCH
2. (2)
 THIS INSTITUTION WAS SET UP IN 1956 BY TWO
PROMINENET ACADEMICIANS GAO SHANGYIN
AND CHEN HUAGUI FOR MICROBE RESEARCH
 BETWEEN 2003-05, IT WAS DECIDED THAT THIS
INSTITUTION WOULD TAKE UP NATIONAL LEVEL
RESEARCH ON BIO-SAFETY AND IT OBTAINED A
BSL-4 CERTIFICATION IN 2015
2 (3)
 THIS INSTITUTION WAS SET UP IN 1956 BY TWO
PROMINENET ACADEMICIANS GAO SHANGYIN AND
CHEN HUAGUI FOR MICROBE RESEARCH
 BETWEEN 2003-05, IT WAS DECIDED THAT THIS
INSTITUTION WOULD TAKE UP NATIONAL LEVEL
RESEARCH ON BIO-SAFETY AND IT OBTAINED A BSL-
4 CERTIFICATION IN 2015
 IT HAS BEEN PART OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES ALL
OVER THE WORLD AS THE SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF THE
COVID-19 VIRUS AS A BIO-WEAPON
WUHAN INSTITUTE OF
VIROLOGY
3 (1)
 LOCATED IN WASHINGTON DC, IT IS
CONSIDERED AS THE “WORLD’S LARGEST
OFFICE SPACE” AND IS NAMED BECAUSE OF ITS
CHARACTERISTIC APPEARANCE
3. (2)
 LOCATED IN WASHINGTON DC, IT IS
CONSIDERED AS THE “WORLD’S LARGEST
OFFICE SPACE” AND IS NAMED BECAUSE OF ITS
CHARACTERISTIC APPEARANCE
 IT WAS GIVEN FINAL APPROVAL IN JULY 1941 AND
CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETE BY JAN 1943
3. (3)
 LOCATED IN WASHINGTON DC, IT IS
CONSIDERED AS THE “WORLD’S LARGEST
OFFICE SPACE” AND IS NAMED BECAUSE OF ITS
CHARACTERISTIC APPEARANCE
 IT WAS GIVEN FINAL APPROVAL IN JULY 1941 AND
CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETE BY JAN 1943
 IT WAS ONE OF THE TARGETS HIT DURING THE
9/11 TERROR ATTACKS
THE PENTAGON
4. (1)
 THIS ARTIFICIAL HABITAT LAUNCHED IN 1998 IS
A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN US, RUSSIA, JAPAN,
EUROPE AND CANADA
4. (2)
 THIS ARTIFICIAL HABITAT LAUNCHED IN 1998 IS
A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN US, RUSSIA, JAPAN,
EUROPE AND CANADA
 IT WAS THE NINTH OF ITS KIND TO BE
LAUNCHED AND THE PEOPLE WHO STAY HERE
ARE AMONG THE MOST ISOLATED
4 (3)
 THIS ARTIFICIAL HABITAT LAUNCHED IN 1998 IS
A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN US, RUSSIA, JAPAN,
EUROPE AND CANADA
 IT WAS THE NINTH OF ITS KIND TO BE
LAUNCHED AND THE PEOPLE WHO STAY HERE
ARE AMONG THE MOST ISOLATED
 IT WAS IN THE NEWS RECENTLY WHEN SPACEX
DRAGON CREW CAPSULE MADE THE FIRST
COMMERCIAL LAUNCH SEND HABITANTS TO
THIS PLACE
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
5. (1)
 A GIFT OF NATURE LOCATED IN TIBET, IT IS A
SACRED PLACE IN FOUR RELIGIONS AND IS SAID
TO REPRESENT GOD AND GOODNESS UNLIKE
ITS NEGATIVELY-REGARDED NEIGHBOUR
5. (2)
 A GIFT OF NATURE LOCATED IN TIBET, IT IS A
SACRED PLACE IN FOUR RELIGIONS AND IS SAID
TO REPRESENT GOD AND GOODNESS UNLIKE
ITS NEGATIVELY-REGARDED NEIGHBOUR
 IT IS DERIVED FROM TWO SANSKRIT WORDS,
MEANING MIND AND A WATERBODY
5. (3)
 A GIFT OF NATURE LOCATED IN TIBET, IT IS A
SACRED PLACE IN FOUR RELIGIONS AND IS SAID
TO REPRESENT GOD AND GOODNESS UNLIKE
ITS NEGATIVELY-REGARDED NEIGHBOUR
 IT IS DERIVED FROM TWO SANSKRIT WORDS,
MEANING MIND AND A WATERBODY
 LOCATED 40 KM SOUTH OF MT.KAILASH, A DIP
IN THIS FRESHWATER LAKE IS BELIEVED TO
REMOVE A LIFETIME OF SINS
LAKE MANASAROVAR
6 (1)
 A POPULAR MAN-MADE TOURIST ATTRACTION
OF THE 12TH CENTURY, THIS PLACE IS THE
LARGEST MONUMENT OF ITS KIND AND WAS
RUN BY A PRIVATE ENTITY SOKIMEX TILL LAST
YEAR
6. (2)
 A POPULAR MAN-MADE TOURIST ATTRACTION OF
THE 12TH CENTURY, THIS PLACE IS THE LARGEST
MONUMENT OF ITS KIND AND WAS RUN BY A
PRIVATE ENTITY SOKIMEX TILL LAST YEAR
 THE NEARBY SIEM REAP INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT SERVES ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FOR
TOURISTS COMING HERE
6. (3)
 A POPULAR MAN-MADE TOURIST ATTRACTION OF
THE 12TH CENTURY, THIS PLACE IS THE LARGEST
MONUMENT OF ITS KIND AND WAS RUN BY A PRIVATE
ENTITY SOKIMEX TILL LAST YEAR
 THE NEARBY SIEM REAP INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
SERVES ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FOR TOURISTS COMING
HERE
 BUILT DURING THE REIGN OF KING SURYAVARMAN II,
IT HAS GRADUALLY TRANSFROMED FROM A HINDU TO
BUDDHIST WORSHIP CENTRE
ANGKOR WAT
7 (1)
 THIS PLACE IS OFFICIALLY CALLED AS THE
HOMEY AIRPORT OR GROOM LAKE AFTER A
NEARBY SALT BED
7. (2)
 THIS PLACE IS OFFICIALLY CALLED AS THE
HOMEY AIRPORT OR GROOM LAKE AFTER A
NEARBY SALT BED
 IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE AIR FORCE OPERATES
JANET AIRLINES, TO MOVE EMPLOYEES THERE
FROM THE LAS VEGAS AIRPORT
7. (3)
 THIS PLACE IS OFFICIALLY CALLED AS THE
HOMEY AIRPORT OR GROOM LAKE AFTER A
NEARBY SALT BED
 IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE AIR FORCE OPERATES
JANET AIRLINES, TO MOVE EMPLOYEES THERE
FROM THE LAS VEGAS AIRPORT
 MILLIONS OF PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR AN EVENT
TO STORM THIS PLACE LAST YEAR AND IT
TURNED INTO A FUN EVENT IN THE END
AREA 51
8. (1)
 THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN INDIA, THIS WAS
BASED ON INITIAL DESIGNS BY ALBERT MAYER
AND MACIEJ NOWICKI BEFORE BEING FINALIZED
BY A FRENCH ARCHITECT
8. (2)
 THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN INDIA, THIS WAS
BASED ON INITIAL DESIGNS BY ALBERT MAYER
AND MACIEJ NOWICKI BEFORE BEING FINALIZED
BY A FRENCH ARCHITECT
 THIS WAS ONE OF NEHRU’S DREAM PROJECTS
AND TODAY, IT LEADS THE COUNTRY IN SEVERAL
INDICES AND IS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED
FOR INTRICATE PLANNING
8. (3)
 THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN INDIA, THIS WAS BASED ON
INITIAL DESIGNS BY ALBERT MAYER AND MACIEJ
NOWICKI BEFORE BEING FINALIZED BY A FRENCH
ARCHITECT
 THIS WAS ONE OF NEHRU’S DREAM PROJECTS AND
TODAY, IT LEADS THE COUNTRY IN SEVERAL INDICES
AND IS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR
INTRICATE PLANNING
 IT HAS A UNIQUE POLITICAL STRUCTURE OF BEING A
UNION TERRITORY AND THE CAPITAL OF TWO STATES
CHANDIGARH
9. (1)
 THIS FACILITY WAS OPENED IN 2008, CARVED
ON A HILLSIDE NEAR LONGYEARBYEN
AIRPORT
9 (2)
 THIS FACILITY WAS OPENED IN 2008, CARVED
ON A HILLSIDE NEAR LONGYEARBYEN
AIRPORT
 THE TEMPERATURE INSIDE IS MAINTAINED AT
(-18) DEGREE CELSIUS. IT HAS THREE HALLS,
EACH WITH A CAPACITY OF 1.5 MILLION
SAMPLES BUT CURRENTLY IT ONLY HAS
900,000 SAMPLES
9. (3)
 THIS FACILITY WAS OPENED IN 2008, CARVED ON A
HILLSIDE NEAR LONGYEARBYEN AIRPORT
 THE TEMPERATURE INSIDE IS MAINTAINED AT (-18)
DEGREE CELSIUS. IT HAS THREE HALLS, EACH WITH A
CAPACITY OF 1.5 MILLION SAMPLES BUT CURRENTLY IT
ONLY HAS 900,000 SAMPLES
 NICKNAMED DOOMSDAY VAULT OR MODERN NOAH’S
ARK, IT IS FAMOUSLY RECOGNIZED BY ITS ENTRANCE
WHICH IS NOW A TOURIST SPOT AND FEATURES A
WORK OF ART CALLED PERPETUAL REPERCUSSION
GLOBAL SEED VAULT
10. (1)
 OPENED IN 1996, THIS HUGE COMPLEX IS SPREAD
OVER 2000 ACRES IN ONE OF SOUTH INDIA’S
BIGGEST CITIES AND HAS A GUINNESS WORLD
RECORD FOR BEING THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND
10. (2)
 OPENED IN 1996, THIS HUGE COMPLEX IS SPREAD
OVER 2000 ACRES IN ONE OF SOUTH INDIA’S
BIGGEST CITIES AND HAS A GUINNESS WORLD
RECORD FOR BEING THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND
 DESIGNED BY NITISH ROY, IT IS OWNED BY THE
______ GROUP AND IS THE BRAINCHILD OR ITS
FOUNDER ______ RAO
10. (3)
 OPENED IN 1996, THIS HUGE COMPLEX IS SPREAD OVER
2000 ACRES IN ONE OF SOUTH INDIA’S BIGGEST CITIES
AND HAS A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR BEING
THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND
 DESIGNED BY NITISH ROY, IT IS OWNED BY THE ______
GROUP AND IS THE BRAINCHILD OR ITS FOUNDER
______ RAO
 IT HAS OVER 500 SET LOCATIONS AND DUMMIES OF
EVERYTHING RANGING FROM AIRPORTS, RAILWAY
STATIONS TO TEMPLES, HOSPITALS AND JAILS
RAMOJI FILM CITY
11. (1)
 THE TALLEST OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD, THIS
PLACE IS MYTHOLOGICALLY SACRED AND IN
ANCIENT TIMES, ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE HAD
THE RIGHT TO VISIT THE SUMMIT
11. (2)
 THE TALLEST OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD, THIS
PLACE IS MYTHOLOGICALLY SACRED AND IN
ANCIENT TIMES, ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE HAD
THE RIGHT TO VISIT THE SUMMIT
 IT IS ONE OF THE FIVE OF ITS KIND THAT MAKE
UP AN ISLAND (PART OF A SIMILARLY NAMED
ARCHIPELAGO) OFF THE WEST COAST OF THE US
11. (3)
 THE TALLEST OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD, THIS
PLACE IS MYTHOLOGICALLY SACRED AND IN
ANCIENT TIMES, ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE HAD THE
RIGHT TO VISIT THE SUMMIT
 IT IS ONE OF THE FIVE OF ITS KIND THAT MAKE UP
AN ISLAND (PART OF A SIMILARLY NAMED
ARCHIPELAGO) OFF THE WEST COAST OF THE US
 SINCE 2013, THIS PLACE HAS ATTRACTED
CONTROVESRY OVER THE PROPOSED 30-METER
TELESCOPE WHICH HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY
OPPOSED BY THE INDIGENOUS NATIVES
MAUNA KEA
12. (1)
 IT IS A NATURAL/ARTIFICIAL (DISPUTED)
STRUCTURE LOCATED OFF THE COAST OF
AN IMPORTANT SOUTH INDIAN TOWN
12. (2)
 IT IS A NATURAL/ARTIFICIAL (DISPUTED)
STRUCTURE LOCATED OFF THE COAST OF AN
IMPORTANT SOUTH INDIAN TOWN
 IT REMAINED NOT SO IN PUBLIC EYE FOR LONG
UNTIL 2005 WHEN A GOVERNMENT PROJECT
WAS ANNOUNCED AND LET TO PROTESTS BY
POLITICAL PARTIES
12. (3)
 IT IS A NATURAL/ARTIFICIAL (DISPUTED)
STRUCTURE LOCATED OFF THE COAST OF AN
IMPORTANT SOUTH INDIAN TOWN
 IT REMAINED NOT SO IN PUBLIC EYE FOR LONG
UNTIL 2005 WHEN A GOVERNMENT PROJECT WAS
ANNOUNCED AND LET TO PROTESTS BY POLITICAL
PARTIES
 IT CONSISTS OF LIMESTONE SHOALS AND IS
MENTIONED IN EPICS AS AN ANCIENT LINK
BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES
ADAM’S BRIDGE/RAM SETU
13. (1)
 AN ENGINEERING WONDER LOCATED IN ONE
OF INDIA’S TOP METROPOLITAN CITIES, THE
LENGTH OF THE STEEL CABLES ON IT ARE
ALMOST EQUIVALENT TO THE EARTH’S
CIRCUMFERENCE
13. (2)
 AN ENGINEERING WONDER LOCATED IN ONE OF
INDIA’S TOP METROPOLITAN CITIES, THE LENGTH
OF THE STEEL CABLES ON IT ARE ALMOST
EQUIVALENT TO THE EARTH’S CIRCUMFERENCE
 ON PAPER, IT IS NAMED AFTER RAJIV GANDHI AS
THE NAMING WAS FORCED BY THE CONGRESS
GOVERNMENT AT THE CENTRE AGAINST MUCH
OPPOSITION
13. (3)
 AN ENGINEERING WONDER LOCATED IN ONE OF
INDIA’S TOP METROPOLITAN CITIES, THE LENGTH OF
THE STEEL CABLES ON IT ARE ALMOST EQUIVALENT TO
THE EARTH’S CIRCUMFERENCE
 ON PAPER, IT IS NAMED AFTER RAJIV GANDHI AS THE
NAMING WAS FORCED BY THE CONGRESS
GOVERNMENT AT THE CENTRE AGAINST MUCH
OPPOSITION
 IT CONNECTS THE POSH WEST PART OF MUMBAI CITY
TO THE SOUTHERN PART AND IS PART OF LARGER
CORRIDOR TO LINK THE WHOLE OF THE CITY
BANDRA-WORLI SEA LINK
14. (1)
 LOCATED IN ENGLAND, THEY ARE TWO
POPULAR SPORTING COMPLEXES LOCATED
WITHIN ONE KILOMETER OF EACH OTHER AND
BOTH ARE NAMED AFTER THE SURROUNDING
LOCALITY
14. (2)
 LOCATED IN ENGLAND, THEY ARE TWO POPULAR
SPORTING COMPLEXES LOCATED WITHIN ONE
KILOMETER OF EACH OTHER AND BOTH ARE NAMED
AFTER THE SURROUNDING LOCALITY
 ONE OF THESE WAS IN THE NEWS FEW MONTHS
BACK, WHEN IT WAS LIGHTED UP TO SHOW
SOLIDARITY WITH WORKERS FIGHTING AGAINST
COVID 19
14. (3)
 LOCATED IN ENGLAND, THEY ARE TWO POPULAR
SPORTING COMPLEXES LOCATED WITHIN ONE
KILOMETER OF EACH OTHER AND BOTH ARE NAMED
AFTER THE SURROUNDING LOCALITY
 ONE OF THESE WAS IN THE NEWS FEW MONTHS BACK,
WHEN IT WAS LIGHTED UP TO SHOW SOLIDARITY
WITH WORKERS FIGHTING AGAINST COVID 19
 ONE OF THE COMPLEX WAS THE SITE OF INDIA’S
HEARTBREAK IN 2019. THE OTHER IS HOME TO
ARGUABLY THE MOST POPULAR EPL CLUB
OLD TRAFFORD
15. (1)
 THIS AUTONOMOUS TERRITORY IS THE
WORLD’S LEAST DENSELY POPULATED
COUNTRY/TERRITORY
15. (2)
 THIS AUTONOMOUS TERRITORY IS THE
WORLD’S LEAST DENSELY POPULATED
COUNTRY/TERRITORY
 GEOGRAPHICALLY, IT IS JUST 26 KM AWAY FROM
CANADA, BUT OVER THOUSAND KM AWAY
FROM ITS PARENT COUNTRY
15. (3)
 THIS AUTONOMOUS TERRITORY IS THE WORLD’S
LEAST DENSELY POPULATED
COUNTRY/TERRITORY
 GEOGRAPHICALLY, IT IS JUST 26 KM AWAY FROM
CANADA, BUT OVER THOUSAND KM AWAY FROM
ITS PARENT COUNTRY
 IT WAS IN THE NEWS LAST YEAR WHEN DONALD
TRUMP EXPRESSED INTEREST TO BUY THE WHOLE
PLACE
GREENLAND
16. (1)
 A MONUMENT FOR US PRESIDENTS, IT WAS
BUILT BETWEEN 1927 AND 1941 AND IS NAMED
AFTER WEALTHY INVESTOR CHARLES ________
16 (2)
 A MONUMENT FOR US PRESIDENTS, IT WAS
BUILT BETWEEN 1927 AND 1941 AND IS NAMED
AFTER WEALTHY INVESTOR CHARLES ________
 THE CLIMAX OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S 1959
CLASSIC NORTH BY NORTHWEST WAS SET IN
THIS PLACE
16. (3)
 A MONUMENT FOR US PRESIDENTS, IT WAS
BUILT BETWEEN 1927 AND 1941 AND IS NAMED
AFTER WEALTHY INVESTOR CHARLES ________
 THE CLIMAX OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S 1959
CLASSIC NORTH BY NORTHWEST WAS SET IN
THIS PLACE
 IN THE 1994 FILM RICHIE RICH, THE SETTING
FOR THE CLIMAX AT THE FAMILY VAULT IS ALSO
INSPIRED FROM THIS PLACE
MT. RUSHMORE
17. (1)
 THIS ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE HERITAGE
BUILDING COMPLETED IN 1900, IS PROBABLY
THE CITY’S MOST PROMINENT LANDMARK AND
IS THE BUSIEST OF ITS KIND IN SOUTH INDIA
17 (2)
 THIS ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE HERITAGE
BUILDING COMPLETED IN 1900, IS PROBABLY
THE CITY’S MOST PROMINENT LANDMARK AND
IS THE BUSIEST OF ITS KIND IN SOUTH INDIA
 IN 2019, IT BROKE A RECORD PREVIOUSLY HELD
BY VENKATANARASIMHARAJUVARIPETA AND
FELL JUST SHORT OF THE WORLD RECORD
17. (3)
 THIS ROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE HERITAGE
BUILDING COMPLETED IN 1900, IS PROBABLY
THE CITY’S MOST PROMINENT LANDMARK AND
IS THE BUSIEST OF ITS KIND IN SOUTH INDIA
 IN 2019, IT BROKE A RECORD PREVIOUSLY HELD
BY VENKATANARASIMHARAJUVARIPETA AND
FELL JUST SHORT OF THE WORLD RECORD
 IT SERVES AS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
PURATCHI THALAIVAR DR. M.G. RAMACHANDRAN CENTRAL RAILWAY
STATION
18. (1)
 IT IS A SPORTING ARENA LOCATED IN A NORTH
INDIAN CITY DESIGNED BY HERMANN TILKE
18. (2)
 IT IS A SPORTING ARENA LOCATED IN A NORTH
INDIAN CITY DESIGNED BY HERMANN TILKE
 IT WAS IN THE NEWS EARLIER LAST YEAR WHEN
IT WAS SEALED FOR NON-PAYMENT OF DUES BY
THE JAYPEE GROUP
18. (3)
 IT IS A SPORTING ARENA LOCATED IN A NORTH
INDIAN CITY DESIGNED BY HERMANN TILKE
 IT WAS IN THE NEWS EARLIER LAST YEAR WHEN
IT WAS SEALED FOR NON-PAYMENT OF DUES BY
THE JAYPEE GROUP
 IT HOSTED THREE PREMIER EVENTS FROM 2011
TO 2013, ALL OF WHICH WAS WON BY SEBASTIAN
VETTEL
BUDDH INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT
19. (1)
 A NATURALLY OCCURRED UNESCO HERITAGE
SITE IN QUANG NINH PROVINCE, VIETNAM
19. (2)
 A NATURALLY OCCURRED UNESCO HERITAGE
SITE IN QUANG NINH PROVINCE, VIETNAM
 IT HAS FLOATING SETTLEMENTS AND SOME OF
THE BEST FOOD IN VIETNAM WHICH IS AN
ADDED ATTRACTION FOR TOURISTS
19. (3)
 A NATURALLY OCCURRED UNESCO HERITAGE
SITE IN QUANG NINH PROVINCE, VIETNAM
 IT HAS FLOATING SETTLEMENTS AND SOME OF
THE BEST FOOD IN VIETNAM WHICH IS AN
ADDED ATTRACTION FOR TOURISTS
 IT CONSISTS OF OVER 2000 ISLETS, MOST OF
WHICH IS LIMESTONE WHICH HAS BEEN
DEPOSITED FOR OVER 500 MILLION YEARS. THE
PLACE’S NAME MEANS “DESCENDING DRAGON”
HA LONG BAY
20. (1)
 THIS ISLAND IS ABOUT 60 SQ.KM IN SIZE AND
HAS AN ESTIMATED POPULATION OF 15-500
PEOPLE. THERE IS A THREE-MILE BUFFER ZONE
AROUND TO ENSURE THAT NOBODY CAN ACCESS
20. (2)
 THIS ISLAND IS ABOUT 60 SQ.KM IN SIZE AND
HAS AN ESTIMATED POPULATION OF 15-500
PEOPLE. THERE IS A THREE-MILE BUFFER ZONE
AROUND TO ENSURE THAT NOBODY CAN ACCESS
 THEY SUPPOSEDLY ENTERED THE IRON AGE
ONLY IN THE 1980s AFTER COLECTING METALS
FROM A CARGO SHIP AND GIFTS LEFT BY A
NATGEO EXPEDITION TEAM
20. (3)
 THIS ISLAND IS ABOUT 60 SQ.KM IN SIZE AND HAS
AN ESTIMATED POPULATION OF 15-500 PEOPLE.
THERE IS A THREE-MILE BUFFER ZONE AROUND
TO ENSURE THAT NOBODY CAN ACCESS
 THEY SUPPOSEDLY ENTERED THE IRON AGE ONLY
IN THE 1980s AFTER COLECTING METALS FROM A
CARGO SHIP AND GIFTS LEFT BY A NATGEO
EXPEDITION TEAM
 IT WAS IN THE NEWS AGAIN IN 2018 AFTER JOHN
CHAU, AN AMERICAN MISSIONARY WAS KILLED
AFTER HE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE LOCALS
NORTH SENTINAL ISLAND
21. (1)
 A MAN-MADE STRUCTURE LOCATED IN OSAKA,
JAPAN. ONE OF THE GREATEST ENGINEERING
WONDERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
21. (2)
 A MAN-MADE STRUCTURE LOCATED IN OSAKA,
JAPAN. ONE OF THE GREATEST ENGINEERING
WONDERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
 THREE MOUNTAINS HAD TO BE LEVELLED IN
OSAKKA BAY TO GET THE REQUIRED AMOUNT
OF SAND FOR THE PROJECT’S DUE TO ITS
UNIQUE LOCATION
21. (3)
 A MAN-MADE STRUCTURE LOCATED IN OSAKA,
JAPAN. ONE OF THE GREATEST ENGINEERING
WONDERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
 THREE MOUNTAINS HAD TO BE LEVELLED IN
OSAKKA BAY TO GET THE REQUIRED AMOUNT
OF SAND FOR THE PROJECT’S BASE DUE TO ITS
UNIQUE LOCATION
 LOCATED OFFSHORE, IT HAS INSPIRED MANY
MORE OF ITS KIND IN JAPAN AND MOST
FAMOUSLY THE ONE IN HONG KONG AS WELL
KANSAI INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT
22. (1)
 THIS PLACE IN PRESENT DAY UKRAINE WAS ON
OF THE SOVIET UNION’S GREATEST
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE 1970s AND IS
OFFICIALLY NAMED AFTER LENIN
22. (2)
 THIS PLACE IN PRESENT DAY UKRAINE WAS ON
OF THE SOVIET UNION’S GREATEST
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE 1970s AND IS
OFFICIALLY NAMED AFTER LENIN
 IT HAS BEEN ABANDONED SINCE 1986 ALONG
WITH THE NEARBY TWON OF PRIPYAT
22. (3)
 THIS PLACE IN PRESENT DAY UKRAINE WAS ON
OF THE SOVIET UNION’S GREATEST
ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE 1970s AND IS
OFFICIALLY NAMED AFTER LENIN
 IT HAS BEEN ABANDONED SINCE 1986 ALONG
WITH THE NEARBY TWON OF PRIPYAT
 IN 2019, HBO RELEASED A POPULAR WEBSERIES
BASED ON THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED HERE
CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
23. (1)
 THIS IS ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS IN
INDIA, SPREAD OVER 320 ACRES. IT IS FAMOUS
FOR ITS ANNUAL GARDEN FESTIVAL, NAMED
“UDYANOTSAV”
23. (2)
 THIS IS ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS IN
INDIA, SPREAD OVER 320 ACRES. IT IS FAMOUS
FOR ITS ANNUAL GARDEN FESTIVAL, NAMED
“UDYANOTSAV”
 IT IS ALSO KNOWN FOR THE “BAKERLOO
INCIDENT”, DURING ITS CONSTRUCTION. THIS
BROKE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDWIN
LUTYENS AND HERBERT BAKER
23. (3)
 THIS IS ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS IN
INDIA, SPREAD OVER 320 ACRES. IT IS FAMOUS FOR ITS
ANNUAL GARDEN FESTIVAL, NAMED “UDYANOTSAV”
 IT IS ALSO KNOWN FOR THE “BAKERLOO INCIDENT”,
DURING ITS CONSTRUCTION. THIS BROKE THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDWIN LUTYENS AND
HERBERT BAKER
 THIS BUILDING WAS BULIT ON RAISINA HILL,
OVERLOOKING MOST OTHER COMPLEXES THAT WAS
CONSTRUCTED AT THE SAME TIME
RASHTRAPATHI BHAVAN
24. (1)
 IT IS ONE OF ISRAEL’S POPULAR TOURIST
DESTINATIONS, BUT HAS BEEN DISAPPEARING
AT AN ALARMING RATE AND MAY NOT EXIST BY
2050
24. (2)
 IT IS ONE OF ISRAEL’S POPULAR TOURIST
DESTINATIONS, BUT HAS BEEN DISAPPEARING
AT AN ALARMING RATE AND MAY NOT EXIST BY
2050
 HIGHWAY 90, THE WORLD’S LOWEST ROAD
RUNS ALONG THIS PLACE
24. (3)
 IT IS ONE OF ISRAEL’S POPULAR TOURIST
DESTINATIONS, BUT HAS BEEN DISAPPEARING
AT AN ALARMING RATE AND MAY NOT EXIST BY
2050
 HIGHWAY 90, THE WORLD’S LOWEST ROAD
RUNS ALONG THIS PLACE
 ITS HIGH SALINE CONTENT IS DUE TO HIGH
INFLOW OF WATER FROM THE RIVER JORDAN
AND NO POINT FOR OUTFLOW
DEAD SEA
25. (1)
 IT WAS INITIALLY THE SUMMER PALACE OF
RANI MANGAMMAL BEFORE IT WAS TAKEN OVER
BY THE BRITISH
25. (2)
 IT WAS INITIALLY THE SUMMER PALACE OF
RANI MANGAMMAL BEFORE IT WAS TAKEN OVER
BY THE BRITISH
 INAUGURATED IN 1959, IT IS AMONG THE FIVE OF
ITS KIND IN INDIA
25. (3)
 IT WAS INITIALLY THE SUMMER PALACE OF
RANI MANGAMMAL BEFORE IT WAS TAKEN OVER
BY THE BRITISH
 INAUGURATED IN 1959, IT IS AMONG THE FIVE
OF ITS KIND IN INDIA
 IT IS PART OF THE UNITED NATIONS NETWORK
OF PEACE MUSEUMS
GANDHI MUSUEM

Travel quiz for tce

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    RULES  ANSWER ONLYTO YOUR RESPECTIVE SCORERS  ANSWERS OR UNWANTED MESSAGES ON PUBLIC CHAT WILL LEAD TO NEGATIVES  EACH QUESTION WILL HAVE THREE CLUES. IT WILL BE DISPLAYED ONE-BY-ONE  ONLY ONE ATTEMPT PER QUESTION. YOU CAN ATTEMPT ON ANY OF THE CLUES BUT ONLY ONCE  SCORING:  CLUE 1: +15/-10  CLUE 2: +10/-5  CLUE 3: +5
  • 4.
    1. (1)  AMAN-MADE STRUCTURE IN COIMBATORE. WAS INAUGURATED A FEW YEARS BACK, TWO YEARS AFTER A SIMILAR ONE WAS INAUGURATED IN TENNESSEE
  • 6.
    1. (2)  AMAN-MADE STRUCTURE IN COIMBATORE. WAS INAUGURATED A FEW YEARS BACK, TWO YEARS AFTER A SIMILAR ONE WAS INAUGURATED IN TENNESSEE  ITS HEIGHT SYMBOLICALLY REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF WAYS TO ATTAIN SALVATION
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    1. (3)  AMAN-MADE STRUCTURE IN COIMBATORE. WAS INAUGURATED A FEW YEARS BACK, TWO YEARS AFTER A SIMILAR ONE WAS INAUGURATED IN TENNESSEE  ITS HEIGHT SYMBOLICALLY REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF WAYS TO ATTAIN SALVATION  RECOGNIZED BY GUINNESS RECORDS AS THE TALLEST BUST SCULPTURE IN THE WORLD
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    2. (1)  THISINSTITUTION WAS SET UP IN 1956 BY TWO PROMINENET ACADEMICIANS GAO SHANGYIN AND CHEN HUAGUI FOR MICROBE RESEARCH
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    2. (2)  THISINSTITUTION WAS SET UP IN 1956 BY TWO PROMINENET ACADEMICIANS GAO SHANGYIN AND CHEN HUAGUI FOR MICROBE RESEARCH  BETWEEN 2003-05, IT WAS DECIDED THAT THIS INSTITUTION WOULD TAKE UP NATIONAL LEVEL RESEARCH ON BIO-SAFETY AND IT OBTAINED A BSL-4 CERTIFICATION IN 2015
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    2 (3)  THISINSTITUTION WAS SET UP IN 1956 BY TWO PROMINENET ACADEMICIANS GAO SHANGYIN AND CHEN HUAGUI FOR MICROBE RESEARCH  BETWEEN 2003-05, IT WAS DECIDED THAT THIS INSTITUTION WOULD TAKE UP NATIONAL LEVEL RESEARCH ON BIO-SAFETY AND IT OBTAINED A BSL- 4 CERTIFICATION IN 2015  IT HAS BEEN PART OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES ALL OVER THE WORLD AS THE SUPPOSED ORIGIN OF THE COVID-19 VIRUS AS A BIO-WEAPON
  • 18.
  • 20.
    3 (1)  LOCATEDIN WASHINGTON DC, IT IS CONSIDERED AS THE “WORLD’S LARGEST OFFICE SPACE” AND IS NAMED BECAUSE OF ITS CHARACTERISTIC APPEARANCE
  • 22.
    3. (2)  LOCATEDIN WASHINGTON DC, IT IS CONSIDERED AS THE “WORLD’S LARGEST OFFICE SPACE” AND IS NAMED BECAUSE OF ITS CHARACTERISTIC APPEARANCE  IT WAS GIVEN FINAL APPROVAL IN JULY 1941 AND CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETE BY JAN 1943
  • 24.
    3. (3)  LOCATEDIN WASHINGTON DC, IT IS CONSIDERED AS THE “WORLD’S LARGEST OFFICE SPACE” AND IS NAMED BECAUSE OF ITS CHARACTERISTIC APPEARANCE  IT WAS GIVEN FINAL APPROVAL IN JULY 1941 AND CONSTRUCTION WAS COMPLETE BY JAN 1943  IT WAS ONE OF THE TARGETS HIT DURING THE 9/11 TERROR ATTACKS
  • 26.
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    4. (1)  THISARTIFICIAL HABITAT LAUNCHED IN 1998 IS A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN US, RUSSIA, JAPAN, EUROPE AND CANADA
  • 30.
    4. (2)  THISARTIFICIAL HABITAT LAUNCHED IN 1998 IS A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN US, RUSSIA, JAPAN, EUROPE AND CANADA  IT WAS THE NINTH OF ITS KIND TO BE LAUNCHED AND THE PEOPLE WHO STAY HERE ARE AMONG THE MOST ISOLATED
  • 32.
    4 (3)  THISARTIFICIAL HABITAT LAUNCHED IN 1998 IS A JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN US, RUSSIA, JAPAN, EUROPE AND CANADA  IT WAS THE NINTH OF ITS KIND TO BE LAUNCHED AND THE PEOPLE WHO STAY HERE ARE AMONG THE MOST ISOLATED  IT WAS IN THE NEWS RECENTLY WHEN SPACEX DRAGON CREW CAPSULE MADE THE FIRST COMMERCIAL LAUNCH SEND HABITANTS TO THIS PLACE
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    5. (1)  AGIFT OF NATURE LOCATED IN TIBET, IT IS A SACRED PLACE IN FOUR RELIGIONS AND IS SAID TO REPRESENT GOD AND GOODNESS UNLIKE ITS NEGATIVELY-REGARDED NEIGHBOUR
  • 38.
    5. (2)  AGIFT OF NATURE LOCATED IN TIBET, IT IS A SACRED PLACE IN FOUR RELIGIONS AND IS SAID TO REPRESENT GOD AND GOODNESS UNLIKE ITS NEGATIVELY-REGARDED NEIGHBOUR  IT IS DERIVED FROM TWO SANSKRIT WORDS, MEANING MIND AND A WATERBODY
  • 40.
    5. (3)  AGIFT OF NATURE LOCATED IN TIBET, IT IS A SACRED PLACE IN FOUR RELIGIONS AND IS SAID TO REPRESENT GOD AND GOODNESS UNLIKE ITS NEGATIVELY-REGARDED NEIGHBOUR  IT IS DERIVED FROM TWO SANSKRIT WORDS, MEANING MIND AND A WATERBODY  LOCATED 40 KM SOUTH OF MT.KAILASH, A DIP IN THIS FRESHWATER LAKE IS BELIEVED TO REMOVE A LIFETIME OF SINS
  • 42.
  • 44.
    6 (1)  APOPULAR MAN-MADE TOURIST ATTRACTION OF THE 12TH CENTURY, THIS PLACE IS THE LARGEST MONUMENT OF ITS KIND AND WAS RUN BY A PRIVATE ENTITY SOKIMEX TILL LAST YEAR
  • 46.
    6. (2)  APOPULAR MAN-MADE TOURIST ATTRACTION OF THE 12TH CENTURY, THIS PLACE IS THE LARGEST MONUMENT OF ITS KIND AND WAS RUN BY A PRIVATE ENTITY SOKIMEX TILL LAST YEAR  THE NEARBY SIEM REAP INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SERVES ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FOR TOURISTS COMING HERE
  • 48.
    6. (3)  APOPULAR MAN-MADE TOURIST ATTRACTION OF THE 12TH CENTURY, THIS PLACE IS THE LARGEST MONUMENT OF ITS KIND AND WAS RUN BY A PRIVATE ENTITY SOKIMEX TILL LAST YEAR  THE NEARBY SIEM REAP INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SERVES ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY FOR TOURISTS COMING HERE  BUILT DURING THE REIGN OF KING SURYAVARMAN II, IT HAS GRADUALLY TRANSFROMED FROM A HINDU TO BUDDHIST WORSHIP CENTRE
  • 50.
  • 52.
    7 (1)  THISPLACE IS OFFICIALLY CALLED AS THE HOMEY AIRPORT OR GROOM LAKE AFTER A NEARBY SALT BED
  • 54.
    7. (2)  THISPLACE IS OFFICIALLY CALLED AS THE HOMEY AIRPORT OR GROOM LAKE AFTER A NEARBY SALT BED  IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE AIR FORCE OPERATES JANET AIRLINES, TO MOVE EMPLOYEES THERE FROM THE LAS VEGAS AIRPORT
  • 56.
    7. (3)  THISPLACE IS OFFICIALLY CALLED AS THE HOMEY AIRPORT OR GROOM LAKE AFTER A NEARBY SALT BED  IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE AIR FORCE OPERATES JANET AIRLINES, TO MOVE EMPLOYEES THERE FROM THE LAS VEGAS AIRPORT  MILLIONS OF PEOPLE SIGNED UP FOR AN EVENT TO STORM THIS PLACE LAST YEAR AND IT TURNED INTO A FUN EVENT IN THE END
  • 58.
  • 60.
    8. (1)  THEFIRST OF ITS KIND IN INDIA, THIS WAS BASED ON INITIAL DESIGNS BY ALBERT MAYER AND MACIEJ NOWICKI BEFORE BEING FINALIZED BY A FRENCH ARCHITECT
  • 62.
    8. (2)  THEFIRST OF ITS KIND IN INDIA, THIS WAS BASED ON INITIAL DESIGNS BY ALBERT MAYER AND MACIEJ NOWICKI BEFORE BEING FINALIZED BY A FRENCH ARCHITECT  THIS WAS ONE OF NEHRU’S DREAM PROJECTS AND TODAY, IT LEADS THE COUNTRY IN SEVERAL INDICES AND IS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR INTRICATE PLANNING
  • 64.
    8. (3)  THEFIRST OF ITS KIND IN INDIA, THIS WAS BASED ON INITIAL DESIGNS BY ALBERT MAYER AND MACIEJ NOWICKI BEFORE BEING FINALIZED BY A FRENCH ARCHITECT  THIS WAS ONE OF NEHRU’S DREAM PROJECTS AND TODAY, IT LEADS THE COUNTRY IN SEVERAL INDICES AND IS INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FOR INTRICATE PLANNING  IT HAS A UNIQUE POLITICAL STRUCTURE OF BEING A UNION TERRITORY AND THE CAPITAL OF TWO STATES
  • 66.
  • 68.
    9. (1)  THISFACILITY WAS OPENED IN 2008, CARVED ON A HILLSIDE NEAR LONGYEARBYEN AIRPORT
  • 70.
    9 (2)  THISFACILITY WAS OPENED IN 2008, CARVED ON A HILLSIDE NEAR LONGYEARBYEN AIRPORT  THE TEMPERATURE INSIDE IS MAINTAINED AT (-18) DEGREE CELSIUS. IT HAS THREE HALLS, EACH WITH A CAPACITY OF 1.5 MILLION SAMPLES BUT CURRENTLY IT ONLY HAS 900,000 SAMPLES
  • 72.
    9. (3)  THISFACILITY WAS OPENED IN 2008, CARVED ON A HILLSIDE NEAR LONGYEARBYEN AIRPORT  THE TEMPERATURE INSIDE IS MAINTAINED AT (-18) DEGREE CELSIUS. IT HAS THREE HALLS, EACH WITH A CAPACITY OF 1.5 MILLION SAMPLES BUT CURRENTLY IT ONLY HAS 900,000 SAMPLES  NICKNAMED DOOMSDAY VAULT OR MODERN NOAH’S ARK, IT IS FAMOUSLY RECOGNIZED BY ITS ENTRANCE WHICH IS NOW A TOURIST SPOT AND FEATURES A WORK OF ART CALLED PERPETUAL REPERCUSSION
  • 74.
  • 76.
    10. (1)  OPENEDIN 1996, THIS HUGE COMPLEX IS SPREAD OVER 2000 ACRES IN ONE OF SOUTH INDIA’S BIGGEST CITIES AND HAS A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR BEING THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND
  • 78.
    10. (2)  OPENEDIN 1996, THIS HUGE COMPLEX IS SPREAD OVER 2000 ACRES IN ONE OF SOUTH INDIA’S BIGGEST CITIES AND HAS A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR BEING THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND  DESIGNED BY NITISH ROY, IT IS OWNED BY THE ______ GROUP AND IS THE BRAINCHILD OR ITS FOUNDER ______ RAO
  • 80.
    10. (3)  OPENEDIN 1996, THIS HUGE COMPLEX IS SPREAD OVER 2000 ACRES IN ONE OF SOUTH INDIA’S BIGGEST CITIES AND HAS A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR BEING THE LARGEST OF ITS KIND  DESIGNED BY NITISH ROY, IT IS OWNED BY THE ______ GROUP AND IS THE BRAINCHILD OR ITS FOUNDER ______ RAO  IT HAS OVER 500 SET LOCATIONS AND DUMMIES OF EVERYTHING RANGING FROM AIRPORTS, RAILWAY STATIONS TO TEMPLES, HOSPITALS AND JAILS
  • 82.
  • 84.
    11. (1)  THETALLEST OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD, THIS PLACE IS MYTHOLOGICALLY SACRED AND IN ANCIENT TIMES, ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE HAD THE RIGHT TO VISIT THE SUMMIT
  • 86.
    11. (2)  THETALLEST OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD, THIS PLACE IS MYTHOLOGICALLY SACRED AND IN ANCIENT TIMES, ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE HAD THE RIGHT TO VISIT THE SUMMIT  IT IS ONE OF THE FIVE OF ITS KIND THAT MAKE UP AN ISLAND (PART OF A SIMILARLY NAMED ARCHIPELAGO) OFF THE WEST COAST OF THE US
  • 88.
    11. (3)  THETALLEST OF ITS KIND IN THE WORLD, THIS PLACE IS MYTHOLOGICALLY SACRED AND IN ANCIENT TIMES, ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE HAD THE RIGHT TO VISIT THE SUMMIT  IT IS ONE OF THE FIVE OF ITS KIND THAT MAKE UP AN ISLAND (PART OF A SIMILARLY NAMED ARCHIPELAGO) OFF THE WEST COAST OF THE US  SINCE 2013, THIS PLACE HAS ATTRACTED CONTROVESRY OVER THE PROPOSED 30-METER TELESCOPE WHICH HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY OPPOSED BY THE INDIGENOUS NATIVES
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  • 92.
    12. (1)  ITIS A NATURAL/ARTIFICIAL (DISPUTED) STRUCTURE LOCATED OFF THE COAST OF AN IMPORTANT SOUTH INDIAN TOWN
  • 94.
    12. (2)  ITIS A NATURAL/ARTIFICIAL (DISPUTED) STRUCTURE LOCATED OFF THE COAST OF AN IMPORTANT SOUTH INDIAN TOWN  IT REMAINED NOT SO IN PUBLIC EYE FOR LONG UNTIL 2005 WHEN A GOVERNMENT PROJECT WAS ANNOUNCED AND LET TO PROTESTS BY POLITICAL PARTIES
  • 96.
    12. (3)  ITIS A NATURAL/ARTIFICIAL (DISPUTED) STRUCTURE LOCATED OFF THE COAST OF AN IMPORTANT SOUTH INDIAN TOWN  IT REMAINED NOT SO IN PUBLIC EYE FOR LONG UNTIL 2005 WHEN A GOVERNMENT PROJECT WAS ANNOUNCED AND LET TO PROTESTS BY POLITICAL PARTIES  IT CONSISTS OF LIMESTONE SHOALS AND IS MENTIONED IN EPICS AS AN ANCIENT LINK BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES
  • 98.
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    13. (1)  ANENGINEERING WONDER LOCATED IN ONE OF INDIA’S TOP METROPOLITAN CITIES, THE LENGTH OF THE STEEL CABLES ON IT ARE ALMOST EQUIVALENT TO THE EARTH’S CIRCUMFERENCE
  • 102.
    13. (2)  ANENGINEERING WONDER LOCATED IN ONE OF INDIA’S TOP METROPOLITAN CITIES, THE LENGTH OF THE STEEL CABLES ON IT ARE ALMOST EQUIVALENT TO THE EARTH’S CIRCUMFERENCE  ON PAPER, IT IS NAMED AFTER RAJIV GANDHI AS THE NAMING WAS FORCED BY THE CONGRESS GOVERNMENT AT THE CENTRE AGAINST MUCH OPPOSITION
  • 104.
    13. (3)  ANENGINEERING WONDER LOCATED IN ONE OF INDIA’S TOP METROPOLITAN CITIES, THE LENGTH OF THE STEEL CABLES ON IT ARE ALMOST EQUIVALENT TO THE EARTH’S CIRCUMFERENCE  ON PAPER, IT IS NAMED AFTER RAJIV GANDHI AS THE NAMING WAS FORCED BY THE CONGRESS GOVERNMENT AT THE CENTRE AGAINST MUCH OPPOSITION  IT CONNECTS THE POSH WEST PART OF MUMBAI CITY TO THE SOUTHERN PART AND IS PART OF LARGER CORRIDOR TO LINK THE WHOLE OF THE CITY
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    14. (1)  LOCATEDIN ENGLAND, THEY ARE TWO POPULAR SPORTING COMPLEXES LOCATED WITHIN ONE KILOMETER OF EACH OTHER AND BOTH ARE NAMED AFTER THE SURROUNDING LOCALITY
  • 110.
    14. (2)  LOCATEDIN ENGLAND, THEY ARE TWO POPULAR SPORTING COMPLEXES LOCATED WITHIN ONE KILOMETER OF EACH OTHER AND BOTH ARE NAMED AFTER THE SURROUNDING LOCALITY  ONE OF THESE WAS IN THE NEWS FEW MONTHS BACK, WHEN IT WAS LIGHTED UP TO SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH WORKERS FIGHTING AGAINST COVID 19
  • 112.
    14. (3)  LOCATEDIN ENGLAND, THEY ARE TWO POPULAR SPORTING COMPLEXES LOCATED WITHIN ONE KILOMETER OF EACH OTHER AND BOTH ARE NAMED AFTER THE SURROUNDING LOCALITY  ONE OF THESE WAS IN THE NEWS FEW MONTHS BACK, WHEN IT WAS LIGHTED UP TO SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH WORKERS FIGHTING AGAINST COVID 19  ONE OF THE COMPLEX WAS THE SITE OF INDIA’S HEARTBREAK IN 2019. THE OTHER IS HOME TO ARGUABLY THE MOST POPULAR EPL CLUB
  • 114.
  • 116.
    15. (1)  THISAUTONOMOUS TERRITORY IS THE WORLD’S LEAST DENSELY POPULATED COUNTRY/TERRITORY
  • 118.
    15. (2)  THISAUTONOMOUS TERRITORY IS THE WORLD’S LEAST DENSELY POPULATED COUNTRY/TERRITORY  GEOGRAPHICALLY, IT IS JUST 26 KM AWAY FROM CANADA, BUT OVER THOUSAND KM AWAY FROM ITS PARENT COUNTRY
  • 120.
    15. (3)  THISAUTONOMOUS TERRITORY IS THE WORLD’S LEAST DENSELY POPULATED COUNTRY/TERRITORY  GEOGRAPHICALLY, IT IS JUST 26 KM AWAY FROM CANADA, BUT OVER THOUSAND KM AWAY FROM ITS PARENT COUNTRY  IT WAS IN THE NEWS LAST YEAR WHEN DONALD TRUMP EXPRESSED INTEREST TO BUY THE WHOLE PLACE
  • 122.
  • 124.
    16. (1)  AMONUMENT FOR US PRESIDENTS, IT WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1927 AND 1941 AND IS NAMED AFTER WEALTHY INVESTOR CHARLES ________
  • 126.
    16 (2)  AMONUMENT FOR US PRESIDENTS, IT WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1927 AND 1941 AND IS NAMED AFTER WEALTHY INVESTOR CHARLES ________  THE CLIMAX OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S 1959 CLASSIC NORTH BY NORTHWEST WAS SET IN THIS PLACE
  • 128.
    16. (3)  AMONUMENT FOR US PRESIDENTS, IT WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1927 AND 1941 AND IS NAMED AFTER WEALTHY INVESTOR CHARLES ________  THE CLIMAX OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK’S 1959 CLASSIC NORTH BY NORTHWEST WAS SET IN THIS PLACE  IN THE 1994 FILM RICHIE RICH, THE SETTING FOR THE CLIMAX AT THE FAMILY VAULT IS ALSO INSPIRED FROM THIS PLACE
  • 130.
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    17. (1)  THISROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE HERITAGE BUILDING COMPLETED IN 1900, IS PROBABLY THE CITY’S MOST PROMINENT LANDMARK AND IS THE BUSIEST OF ITS KIND IN SOUTH INDIA
  • 134.
    17 (2)  THISROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE HERITAGE BUILDING COMPLETED IN 1900, IS PROBABLY THE CITY’S MOST PROMINENT LANDMARK AND IS THE BUSIEST OF ITS KIND IN SOUTH INDIA  IN 2019, IT BROKE A RECORD PREVIOUSLY HELD BY VENKATANARASIMHARAJUVARIPETA AND FELL JUST SHORT OF THE WORLD RECORD
  • 136.
    17. (3)  THISROMANESQUE ARCHITECTURE HERITAGE BUILDING COMPLETED IN 1900, IS PROBABLY THE CITY’S MOST PROMINENT LANDMARK AND IS THE BUSIEST OF ITS KIND IN SOUTH INDIA  IN 2019, IT BROKE A RECORD PREVIOUSLY HELD BY VENKATANARASIMHARAJUVARIPETA AND FELL JUST SHORT OF THE WORLD RECORD  IT SERVES AS THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY
  • 138.
    PURATCHI THALAIVAR DR.M.G. RAMACHANDRAN CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION
  • 140.
    18. (1)  ITIS A SPORTING ARENA LOCATED IN A NORTH INDIAN CITY DESIGNED BY HERMANN TILKE
  • 142.
    18. (2)  ITIS A SPORTING ARENA LOCATED IN A NORTH INDIAN CITY DESIGNED BY HERMANN TILKE  IT WAS IN THE NEWS EARLIER LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS SEALED FOR NON-PAYMENT OF DUES BY THE JAYPEE GROUP
  • 144.
    18. (3)  ITIS A SPORTING ARENA LOCATED IN A NORTH INDIAN CITY DESIGNED BY HERMANN TILKE  IT WAS IN THE NEWS EARLIER LAST YEAR WHEN IT WAS SEALED FOR NON-PAYMENT OF DUES BY THE JAYPEE GROUP  IT HOSTED THREE PREMIER EVENTS FROM 2011 TO 2013, ALL OF WHICH WAS WON BY SEBASTIAN VETTEL
  • 146.
  • 148.
    19. (1)  ANATURALLY OCCURRED UNESCO HERITAGE SITE IN QUANG NINH PROVINCE, VIETNAM
  • 150.
    19. (2)  ANATURALLY OCCURRED UNESCO HERITAGE SITE IN QUANG NINH PROVINCE, VIETNAM  IT HAS FLOATING SETTLEMENTS AND SOME OF THE BEST FOOD IN VIETNAM WHICH IS AN ADDED ATTRACTION FOR TOURISTS
  • 152.
    19. (3)  ANATURALLY OCCURRED UNESCO HERITAGE SITE IN QUANG NINH PROVINCE, VIETNAM  IT HAS FLOATING SETTLEMENTS AND SOME OF THE BEST FOOD IN VIETNAM WHICH IS AN ADDED ATTRACTION FOR TOURISTS  IT CONSISTS OF OVER 2000 ISLETS, MOST OF WHICH IS LIMESTONE WHICH HAS BEEN DEPOSITED FOR OVER 500 MILLION YEARS. THE PLACE’S NAME MEANS “DESCENDING DRAGON”
  • 154.
  • 156.
    20. (1)  THISISLAND IS ABOUT 60 SQ.KM IN SIZE AND HAS AN ESTIMATED POPULATION OF 15-500 PEOPLE. THERE IS A THREE-MILE BUFFER ZONE AROUND TO ENSURE THAT NOBODY CAN ACCESS
  • 158.
    20. (2)  THISISLAND IS ABOUT 60 SQ.KM IN SIZE AND HAS AN ESTIMATED POPULATION OF 15-500 PEOPLE. THERE IS A THREE-MILE BUFFER ZONE AROUND TO ENSURE THAT NOBODY CAN ACCESS  THEY SUPPOSEDLY ENTERED THE IRON AGE ONLY IN THE 1980s AFTER COLECTING METALS FROM A CARGO SHIP AND GIFTS LEFT BY A NATGEO EXPEDITION TEAM
  • 160.
    20. (3)  THISISLAND IS ABOUT 60 SQ.KM IN SIZE AND HAS AN ESTIMATED POPULATION OF 15-500 PEOPLE. THERE IS A THREE-MILE BUFFER ZONE AROUND TO ENSURE THAT NOBODY CAN ACCESS  THEY SUPPOSEDLY ENTERED THE IRON AGE ONLY IN THE 1980s AFTER COLECTING METALS FROM A CARGO SHIP AND GIFTS LEFT BY A NATGEO EXPEDITION TEAM  IT WAS IN THE NEWS AGAIN IN 2018 AFTER JOHN CHAU, AN AMERICAN MISSIONARY WAS KILLED AFTER HE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE LOCALS
  • 162.
  • 164.
    21. (1)  AMAN-MADE STRUCTURE LOCATED IN OSAKA, JAPAN. ONE OF THE GREATEST ENGINEERING WONDERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY
  • 166.
    21. (2)  AMAN-MADE STRUCTURE LOCATED IN OSAKA, JAPAN. ONE OF THE GREATEST ENGINEERING WONDERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY  THREE MOUNTAINS HAD TO BE LEVELLED IN OSAKKA BAY TO GET THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF SAND FOR THE PROJECT’S DUE TO ITS UNIQUE LOCATION
  • 168.
    21. (3)  AMAN-MADE STRUCTURE LOCATED IN OSAKA, JAPAN. ONE OF THE GREATEST ENGINEERING WONDERS OF THE 20TH CENTURY  THREE MOUNTAINS HAD TO BE LEVELLED IN OSAKKA BAY TO GET THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF SAND FOR THE PROJECT’S BASE DUE TO ITS UNIQUE LOCATION  LOCATED OFFSHORE, IT HAS INSPIRED MANY MORE OF ITS KIND IN JAPAN AND MOST FAMOUSLY THE ONE IN HONG KONG AS WELL
  • 170.
  • 172.
    22. (1)  THISPLACE IN PRESENT DAY UKRAINE WAS ON OF THE SOVIET UNION’S GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE 1970s AND IS OFFICIALLY NAMED AFTER LENIN
  • 174.
    22. (2)  THISPLACE IN PRESENT DAY UKRAINE WAS ON OF THE SOVIET UNION’S GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE 1970s AND IS OFFICIALLY NAMED AFTER LENIN  IT HAS BEEN ABANDONED SINCE 1986 ALONG WITH THE NEARBY TWON OF PRIPYAT
  • 176.
    22. (3)  THISPLACE IN PRESENT DAY UKRAINE WAS ON OF THE SOVIET UNION’S GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE 1970s AND IS OFFICIALLY NAMED AFTER LENIN  IT HAS BEEN ABANDONED SINCE 1986 ALONG WITH THE NEARBY TWON OF PRIPYAT  IN 2019, HBO RELEASED A POPULAR WEBSERIES BASED ON THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED HERE
  • 178.
  • 180.
    23. (1)  THISIS ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS IN INDIA, SPREAD OVER 320 ACRES. IT IS FAMOUS FOR ITS ANNUAL GARDEN FESTIVAL, NAMED “UDYANOTSAV”
  • 182.
    23. (2)  THISIS ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS IN INDIA, SPREAD OVER 320 ACRES. IT IS FAMOUS FOR ITS ANNUAL GARDEN FESTIVAL, NAMED “UDYANOTSAV”  IT IS ALSO KNOWN FOR THE “BAKERLOO INCIDENT”, DURING ITS CONSTRUCTION. THIS BROKE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDWIN LUTYENS AND HERBERT BAKER
  • 184.
    23. (3)  THISIS ONE OF THE SIGNIFICANT BUILDINGS IN INDIA, SPREAD OVER 320 ACRES. IT IS FAMOUS FOR ITS ANNUAL GARDEN FESTIVAL, NAMED “UDYANOTSAV”  IT IS ALSO KNOWN FOR THE “BAKERLOO INCIDENT”, DURING ITS CONSTRUCTION. THIS BROKE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDWIN LUTYENS AND HERBERT BAKER  THIS BUILDING WAS BULIT ON RAISINA HILL, OVERLOOKING MOST OTHER COMPLEXES THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED AT THE SAME TIME
  • 186.
  • 188.
    24. (1)  ITIS ONE OF ISRAEL’S POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATIONS, BUT HAS BEEN DISAPPEARING AT AN ALARMING RATE AND MAY NOT EXIST BY 2050
  • 190.
    24. (2)  ITIS ONE OF ISRAEL’S POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATIONS, BUT HAS BEEN DISAPPEARING AT AN ALARMING RATE AND MAY NOT EXIST BY 2050  HIGHWAY 90, THE WORLD’S LOWEST ROAD RUNS ALONG THIS PLACE
  • 192.
    24. (3)  ITIS ONE OF ISRAEL’S POPULAR TOURIST DESTINATIONS, BUT HAS BEEN DISAPPEARING AT AN ALARMING RATE AND MAY NOT EXIST BY 2050  HIGHWAY 90, THE WORLD’S LOWEST ROAD RUNS ALONG THIS PLACE  ITS HIGH SALINE CONTENT IS DUE TO HIGH INFLOW OF WATER FROM THE RIVER JORDAN AND NO POINT FOR OUTFLOW
  • 194.
  • 196.
    25. (1)  ITWAS INITIALLY THE SUMMER PALACE OF RANI MANGAMMAL BEFORE IT WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE BRITISH
  • 198.
    25. (2)  ITWAS INITIALLY THE SUMMER PALACE OF RANI MANGAMMAL BEFORE IT WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE BRITISH  INAUGURATED IN 1959, IT IS AMONG THE FIVE OF ITS KIND IN INDIA
  • 200.
    25. (3)  ITWAS INITIALLY THE SUMMER PALACE OF RANI MANGAMMAL BEFORE IT WAS TAKEN OVER BY THE BRITISH  INAUGURATED IN 1959, IT IS AMONG THE FIVE OF ITS KIND IN INDIA  IT IS PART OF THE UNITED NATIONS NETWORK OF PEACE MUSEUMS
  • 202.