QUIZ - 2024/37

 

1)      What city in Russia hosted the BRICS summit?

2)      What popular software celebrated its 40^th birthday?

3)      What East European country held a referendum on whether to join EU?

4)      Which country has been declared the most innovative for the 13^th year in a row by the World Intellectual Property Organisation?

5)      What South American country is currently hosting the UN Biodiversity Summit?

6)      What item has been pulled out from the menu by many fast food chains after reports of the McDonald E-coli outbreak?

7)      What fictional character from children’s literature was issued an official British passport?

8)      Name the CEO of Nvidia who is currently in India to attend various conclaves?

9)      Which country has eradicated Malaria after 100-year effort according to WHO?

10)   Mining companies BHP and Vale agreed to pay $30 billion to which country in compensation for a terrible environmental disaster following the collapse of a dam in 2015?

Answers to Quiz - 2024/36

 

1. LIC 
2. Europa
3. BEML
4. Google
5. Prada
6. Vikash Yadav
7. THAAD
8. New Zealand
9. New Zealand
10. Islamabad

QUIZ - 2024/36

 

1)      What was India’s largest IPO before last week’s offering of Hyundai Motor India?

2)      NASA launched a spacecraft in search of alien life to what celestial body?

3)      Who won the contract to bulid coaches for India’s Bullet Train project?

4)      AI data centres are power guzzlers. What tech company signed a first-of-its-kind deal to buy nuclear power for its data centres?

5)      What luxury fashion house has designed spacesuits for NASA’s 2026 moon mission?

6)      What is the name of the former Indian intelligence officer who has been charged with attempted murder on US soil?

7)      What onomatopoeic-sounding anti-missile system has the US deployed in Israel to counter an expected Iranian attack?

8)      Which country’s yacht club won the prestigious America’s Cup, the oldest international competition in any sport?

9)      Canada is seeking the support of the Five Eyes countries in the Nijjar case against India. Who is the 5^th member state of the Five Eyes alliance besides Canada, USA, UK and Australia?

10)   Which city hosted the conference of the SCO countries?

Answers to Quiz - 2024/35

 

1. Goa
2. South Korea
3. The Apprentice
4. Milton
5. Brazil
6. Blue Line
7. Crown
8. Andrew Irvine
9. Multan
10. Hera

QUIZ - 2024/35

 

1)      India lost a beloved business tycoon and philanthropist in Ratan Tata. Many eulogies referred to his love for dogs, including strays. What is the name of his dog?

2)      Han Kang became only the 2^nd person to win a Nobel Prize from her country when she was conferred the Nobel for literature. What country does she come from?

3)      What is the name of the new controversial biopic on Donald Trump that opened this week?

4)      What is the name of the Category-5 hurricane that made President Joe Biden postpone his foreign travel?

5)      In which country did X (Twitter) resume its services after the social media platform agreed to comply with the court rulings?

6)      Israel was accused of firing at UN peacekeepers stationed at its border with Lebanon. What is the name of the UN-recognised boundary that demarcates Lebanon and Israel?

7)      What object in gold gifted by Prime Minister Modi has allegedly been stolen from the Jeshoreswari temple in Bangladesh provoking India to demand a probe?

8)      On June 8, 1924, 2 men were attempting to scale Mount Everest for the first time. The question of whether they summited the tallest peak endures as one of the greatest mysteries in the world of mountaineering because neither of them made it back. Whose partial remains were found on the slopes of Mount Everest by a National Geographic team, 100 years after he had disappeared?

9)      What was the venue of the extraordinary test match in which Pakistan suffered an ignominious defeat against England losing by an innings even after scoring 556 in the first innings?

10)   What is the name of the spacecraft launched by European Space Agency to investigate the asteroid that was deflected by NASA’s DART mission 2 years ago?

 

Answers to Quiz - 2024/34

 

1. Chagos Islands
2. Jeddah
3. Mexico
4. Austria
5. Japan
6. Hungary
7. EVs
8. Boris Johnson
9. Mumbai
10. Italy

QUIZ - 2024/34

 

1) What strategically important cluster of islands in the Indian Ocean has the UK decided to hand over to Mauritius?

2) In which city did construction of the tallest building resume after a long hiatus of 7 years?

3) In which country did its first woman President assume office?

4) In which country did a far-right party founded by a former Nazi law-maker win the most seats in parliamentary elections?

5) In which country did a WW-II-era bomb explode at an airport leading to the cancellation of 90 flights?

6) Which country did the EU take to court over a law that allegedly violates fundamental rights?

7) European Union voted to impose hefty tariffs of upto 45% on what goods imported from China?

8) Whose interview did the BBC cancel after the interviewer accidentally shared the questions?

9) Who won the Irani Trophy for the 15^th time?

10) The mosaics of Monreale Cathedral, a UNESCO heritage site regained their golden lustre thanks to careful restoration work and new lighting. In which country is it located?

 

Answers to Quiz - 2024/33

 

1. Sucheta Kripalani
2. Golf
3. South Korea
4. 38
5. China
6. Glasgow
7. Shogun
8. Wilmington
9. 5%
10. Football