QUIZ - 2022/43

 

1) Where is Kukur Tihar celebrated during which dogs are worshipped?

2) While Arvind Kejriwal appealed to the government to consider having portraits of Lakshmi and Ganesha on currency notes, which other country is already having currency featuring Ganesha?

3) Many persons of Indian origin have become heads of governments in foreign countries, the latest being Rishi Sunak as Prime Minister of UK. The distinction of becoming the first to achieve this honour in 1953 goes to Dr Cheddi Jagan. Which country did he rule, where he is regarded as “Father of the Nation”?

4) The apex ruling body of China has been reconstituted with 4 new loyalists of Xi Jinping. What is the name of this body?

5) Whose forthcoming memoir is titled “Spare”?

6) Qatar, which is hosting the Football World Cup soon, is being criticised for criminalising LGBT people. Which country’s national team has released a video denouncing Qatar’s human rights record?

7) “The world’s dirtiest man” died at the age of 94 shortly after having his first bath in 60 years. In which country did this happen?

8) The first Genetically Modified food crop has been approved for commercial use in India. What is it?

9) Alert has been sounded that the world’s largest active volcano is likely to erupt. What is its name?

10) Dietrich Mateschitz, the co-founder of Red Bull, passed away at the age of 78. Where did this energy drink originate from?

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QUIZ 2021 twtw-50

 

1)      Name the South Pacific island that voted against independence from France.

2)      Name the Category 5 typhoon that battered Philippines this week.

3)      An exhausted baggage handler fell asleep inside the cargo hold of a plane at Mumbai airport. In which city did he wake up?

4)      Name the fashion house that has appointed India-born Leena Nair as their CEO.

5)      Harnaaz Sandhu was crowned Miss Universe in Eilat, Israel. But the other pageant Miss World was postponed as many contestants tested positive for Covid. Where was it scheduled to take place?

6)      Which country is proposing a legislation to ban household pets?

7)      In a most thrilling finale, Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing pipped Lewis Hamilton to win this year’s Formula One title. Whose engine does Red Bull Racing use?

8)      NASA has announced the passage of a spacecraft through the outer atmosphere of the Sun. What is the name of the spacecraft that accomplished this historic feat?

9)      Which nation has invited the wrath of China by allowing Taiwan to open a representative office in its capital?

10)   16^th December marked 50 years of the largest military surrender after WW-II, when 93000 soldiers of Pakistan Army laid down arms. Where in Dhaka did the surrender ceremony take place?