India Quiz 58

India Quiz 58

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1. "Good People to Bank With" is the tag line of which Indian bank?

Yes Bank
Axis Bank
Union Bank of India
Vijaya Bank

2. The sangai is an endemic and endangered subspecies of brow-antlered deer found only in one Indian state. Name the state?

Assam
Meghalaya
Manipur
Nagaland

3. J. C. Kumarappa was a close associate of Mahatma Gandhi who is credited for developing a school of thought based on Gandhism. Name the field with which the thought is associated?

Economics
Religion
Education
Women

4. The ancient name of this river is Bhogwa and the legend is that Shiva brought the goddess Ganga to Gujarat and that caused the river to come into being. Which river we are referring to?

Narmada
Sabarmati
Tapti
Mahi

5. Qutb-ud-din Aibak, founder of the Mamluk dynasty and the first sultan of the Delhi Sultanate,died of injuries received during an accident in a game of chaugan. By what name we now know Chaugan?

Hockey
Polo
Football
Volleyball

6. "The Song Celestial" is a well-known poetic rendering of the sacred Hindu scripture Bhagavad Gita. Who is the author?

Edwin Arnold
Rabindranath Tagore
Ronald Asher
Philip Glass

7. Name the author of "The Freethinker's Prayer Book"

Vikram Seth
Khushwant Singh
Jeet Thayil
Cyrus Mistry

8. Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities is a 2004 Hindi film with score and soundtrack by A.R.Rahman. Who was the director?

Shyam Benegal
Ram Gopal Verma
Mani Ratnam
M F Husain

9. Guru Ghasi Das was an advocate of the Satnami sect of Hinduism in the early 19th century. There is a national park which is named after him. Where is it located?

Chhattisgarh
Madhya Pradesh
Uthar Pradesh
Punjab

10. Rock Street Journal (RSJ) was the first rock magazine in India. Who founded it?

Susmit Sen
Amit Saigal
Remo Fernandez
Kapil Srivastava

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