Sunday, April 10, 2022

QUIZ - 2022/14


1)  Indian Antarctic Bill introduced in Parliament aims to lay down a set of rules to regulate a range of activities on territories in Antarctica, where India has set up research stations. 54 nations are currently the signatories to the Antarctic Treaty which cover the area south of 60 degrees S latitude. When did the treaty come into force?

2)   What album with relatively modest commercial and critical success pip many hot favourites to take the top prize at this year’s Grammys?

3)   What former employee of Amazon is emerging as the face of the revival of labour union movement in USA?

4)   Among 3 additions from India to UNESCO’s tentative list of World Heritage sites this year is a 16th C Shiva temple. What is the name of the village in the district of Anantapur, where this temple is located?

5)    Russia was suspended from the 47-member United Nations Human Rights Council, following allegations of war crime in Bucha. Where is the headquarters of this UN body?

6)  Kansas won this year’s collegiate level tournament, popularly known as March Madness, which concluded this week. What is the sport involved?

7)    The first all-commercial mission to the International Space Station is scheduled for take-off today. What is the name of Houston based company that is behind this endeavour with ambitions of space tourism?

8)    Vestas, the Danish company, has unveiled the world’s largest onshore wind turbine. What is its nameplate capacity?

9)   Even as bigoted voices are calling for removal of Ganesha idols from Delhi’s Qutub Complex, in which leading metropolis of the world was a street named after Ganesha Temple?

10) What is the name of the fossil site, where scientists have found the perfectly preserved leg of a dinosaur believed to have been killed on the exact day an asteroid crashed in to earth 66 million years ago?


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