QUIZ - 2023/33

 

1) What is the name given to the mission to bring back Indians from Israel?

2) Where did a lady minister resign from the government alleging caste and gender discrimination?

3) What iconic 250-year old shoe company made its IPO in USA trying to cash on its visibility in a scene from the movie Barbie?

4) What is the title of Salman Rushdie’s forthcoming book?

5) As Prince William revealed his most-used emoji, netizens accused him of having a dirty mind. What is this emoji?

6) NASA launched a mission named after a metal-rich asteroid located in the belt between Mars and Jupiter. What is the name of the mission?

7) Assembly elections for which state was rescheduled to accommodate “large scale” weddings?

8) What Italian fashion house will design the spacesuits for NASA’s new missions?

9) Cricket is set to stage a comeback at the 2028 Olympics. Which city is hosting it?

10) Kenyan Kelvin Kiptum set a world record of 2:00:35 for men’s Marathon in which city?

QUIZ - 2023/23

 

1) The West African nation of Niger witnessed a military coup. What is the capital of the country?

2) In one of the biggest rebranding exercises in recent years, the bird logo of twitter was replaced by a stylised rendering of the alphabet X. What was the name of the bird in the previous logo?

3) Which city hosted the Russia - Africa summit?

4) Who is the distributor of Barbie, which has already grossed $ 500 million at the box office in the first week of its release?

5) In which sport did Brian Harman receive the Claret Jug for winning one of the major championships?

6) What mixed-gender team tennis event returned after a 4-year absence and was won by Croatia?

7) What airline is being probed for leaving behind the Governor of Karnataka?

8) US Federal Reserve raised its benchmark lending rate by 25 bps to its highest level since 2001. What is the upper limit (in %) of the current interest range?

9) The celebrated Irish singer, Sinead O’Connor, who passed away this week courted controversies. What song of Bob Marley was she rendering when she tore up the photograph of the Pope in 1992?

10) Name the Congress MP who moved the No-Confidence motion against the government.