Sunday, June 26, 2022

QUIZ - 2022/25


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1) Droupadi Murmu is most likely to become the next President of India. What is her home state?

2) Which country is currently witnessing crippling railway strikes, its biggest in 30 years, involving tens of thousands of workers?

3) Every year The Economist magazine ranks the world’s cities by their liveability. Which European city has climbed 12 positions this year to dislodge Auckland and become the most-liveable city?

4) It is heart-warming to see wild life flourish in a world teeming with manmade problems. A giant stingray, 4 metres long and weighing 300 kgs, has recently entered the record books as the world’s largest freshwater fish. In which river/country was it captured?

5) There is a naming convention for hurricanes and cyclones. But now it is proposed to be extended to heatwaves which are becoming increasingly common. Which city in Spain is undertaking the world’s first programme to name and categorise heatwaves?

6) Many sports bodies have started to review the policy of allowing transgender athletes to compete in women’s category. The decision of which sport’s apex body opened the floodgates?

7) What Telugu movie has beaten “The Batman” and “Top Gun Maverick” to emerge as the number one movie of the year in USA Today’s list?

8) Which country will host the forthcoming G-7 summit?

9) Which country began limiting Russian transit to its exclave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic coast?

10) Name the 2 teams that are contesting the Ranji Trophy final currently underway in Bengaluru


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