1) Adani Group will become India’s
second largest cement producer after their $10.5 billion deal to acquire
Switzerland based Holcim’s cement business in India. Who is India’s largest
cement company?
2) Everyone knows that India won the
Thomas Cup last Sunday for the World Men’s Team Championship in Badminton by
engineering a stunning upset over 14-time champions Indonesia. But which
country defeated 15-time champions China to win the Uber Cup and clinch the
women’s championship?
3) Name the birthplace of Buddha, where
Prime Minister Modi laid the foundation stone of Centre for Buddhist Culture
and Heritage on Buddha Purnima day.
4) Which member nation has raised
objections towards granting NATO membership to Sweden and Finland?
5) To address the shortage of what item
did President Joe Biden invoke the Defence Production Act?
6) Who is the South Korean creator of
Terra and Luna, cryptocurrencies that collapsed within days during the week
resulting in massive losses to investors?
7) What is the name of the reusable
spacecraft built by Boeing for NASA to transport its crew to and from the
International Space Station?
8) Under what article of the
constitution did the Supreme Court invoke its “extraordinary powers” to free
one of the seven convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case?
9) What is the name of the leading
fashion magazine that threatened to sue a British pub because it carried the
same name as theirs? The pub owners wrote back that they were older than the
magazine and take their name from the tiny hamlet in which they are located.
Subsequently, the publishers bought peace by sending a framed letter of
apology.
10) Finally, a question on badminton to
celebrate one of our finest sporting moments. In India, badminton was
originally known by the name of a city where it was pioneered by British army
officers. What is the name of that city?
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