Quiz – I
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Instructions:
• Please mention your full name and class on the question paper.
• There are 20 questions in this quiz and you have 20 minutes to answer them.
• Read the questions carefully before answering them, the answers to some can be worked out.
• THE EXAMIER’S DECISION IS FINAL AND BINDING.
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Q 1) Which temple of South India has emerged the richest temple in India in view of the recent inventory of thousands of crores which has been found in the lockers of the temple ?
Q 2) ’Red Bull’s Formula One’ world champion victory of the European Grand Prix on 26 June 2011 put him level with British great Sterling Moss in the all-time winners’ list. Name the champion.
Q 3) South Sudan became an independent nation on 9 July 2011 following a referendum held in January 2011. Which is the capital city of this newly formed nation?
Q 4) A senior journalist working with an English tabloid ‘Mid-Day’, who extensively covered underworld and crime for over two decades was shot dead in Mumbai recently. Name him.
Q 5) Which social networking service operated by Google Inc. was launched on June 28, 2011 ?
Q6) Gopinath Muthukad became the second Indian after P.C Sorkar Junior to receive this award. It is regarded as the highest level prize in the field of Magic and is also known as Magician’s Oscar. What are we talking about?
Q 7) Who became the first woman to head IMF following the controversial resignation of Dominique Strauss-Kahn ?
Q 8) ____________________ is a tablet computer by a Canadian company that specializes in smartphones. This 7 inch tablet runs on a new operating system built by QNX Software Systems and weighs only 425 grams.
Q 9) This Brazilian footballer retired recently, citing pain and hypothyroidism as the reasons for his premature retirement. He scored 62 goals in 98 caps for his country and has won 3 FIFA Player of the Year awards. He has played for clubs like AC Milan, Real Madrid, Inter Milan and Barcelona. Name him.
Q 10) ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2’ is the final installment of the film series based on the ‘Harry Potter’ novels by J.K Rowling. Who is the director of the same ?
Q 11) Who was declared as the ‘Man of the Series’ for his series haul of 22 wickets in the recent India Vs West Indies test series ?
Q 12) Who became the new law minister after the recent reshuffle in the Indian cabinet ?
Q 13) This 25-year old container ship was found stranded on Juhu Beach last month. After over 20 days and three failed attempts to refloat the scrapped cargo ship, maritime authorities finally succeeded in refloating the ship on 2 June 2011. Name the cargo ship.
Q 14) Which country’s cricket board named the former Australian cricketer Stuart Law as the new coach of their national team, replacing compatriot Jamie Siddons?
Q 15) Which Indian actor became the ambassador of India’s ministry of women and child development recently ?
Q 16) This football club owned by the Indian poultry giant; Venky’s is visiting India for its pre-season tour. Name the club.
Q 17) Facebook recently launched two new services in response to the new social networking site launched by Google Inc. One of them is ‘group chat’, which is the other ?
Q 18) Who won this year’s IIFA award for the Best Performance in a Leading Role in the female category ?
Q 19) He became the first player representing Serbia to win a Grand Slam singles title and the youngest player to have reached the semi-finals of all four Grand Slam events, separately and consecutively. Name him.
Q 20 ) Identify the visual which was in the news recently.
Paper created by: Vipul Sharma and Rohan Arora (XI – G)
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Answers:-
1) Padmanabhaswamy temple
2) Sebastian Vettel
3) Juba
4) Jyoti Dey
5) Google +
6) Merlin Awards
7) Christine Lagarde
8) BlackBerry PlayBook
9) Ronaldo Luis Nazario
10) David Yates
11) Ishant Sharma
12) Salman Khurshid
13) MV Wisdom
14) Bangladesh
15) Aamir Khan
16) Blackburn Rovers
17) Video calling
18) Anushka Sharma
19) Novak Djokovic
20) Logo of ‘Buddh International Circuit’, Noida
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