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PRELIMINARY ROUND
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D1Identify the logo.
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SKODA
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D2Which is the first building in India to be
electrified?
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THE TAJ MAHAL HOTEL, MUMBAI
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The state government of Andhra Pradesh was forced to end its unprecedented generosity and cancel the concession agreement with this company on the Rs 12,132-crore Hyderabad Metro Rail project awarded to it earlier. Which company is this?
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MAYTAS INFRASTRUCTURE
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This river, forming much of the US-Mexico border, has a Spanish name that translates: Big River. Name it.
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RIO GRANDE
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What is meant by the term Red-Eye flight in relation to air travel?
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Flights taking off between 9 pm and 7 am.
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Connect
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THE TIMES GROUP
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D8What were large airships used for
warfare and then passenger transport up to the 1930s called?
Hint:
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ZEPPELIN
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Which two South American countries are part of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?
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ECUADOR & VENEZUELA
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Which settlement later came to be known as the city of New York?
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D10NEW AMSTERDAM
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On what date was the Boeing 787 first revealed to the world? Write as DD/MM/YYYY.
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D1108/07/2007 i.e. 8th JULY 2007
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What is the birth place of Ibn Batuta, the great 14th century traveller, popularised in India by a song in the movie Ishqiya?
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D12TANGIERS
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In which country are the headquarters of the company Haier located?
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D13CHINA (not Germany)
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Identify the landmark and the place.
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D14SHORE TEMPLE, MAHABALIPURAM
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Which company was the main supplier of counting machines used at the Nazi Concentration Camps?
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D15IBM
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What is shown in the shaded region?
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The region of cover of the ash cloud spewing from the Iceland volcano Eyjafjallajoekull, on the first day (April 15th 2010), in the news for disrupting air travel severely.
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The identity of these two men, although very well known, has now, in part, been gobbled up by a company whose logo is shown. Who are they and which company does this logo belong to?
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D17LEHMAN BROTHERS, BARCLAYS
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What island country is called the ‘Spice Island’, has English as its official language, has a French named capital, St George's and a Spanish name?
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D18GRENADA
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The sales of a very popular toothpaste brand in Spain were severely affected because its name when translated into Spanish read ‘go hang yourself’. Name the brand.
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D19COLGATE
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Greatly simplifying navigation, what 16th century Cartographer and Mathematician developed a projection map representing the world in two dimensions using latitude and longitude?
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D20GERARDUS MERCATOR
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One of the World Economic Forum meetings in recent years had India as its theme. India and particularly Bollywood took the entire event by storm.
Where was it held?
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D21DAVOS (It is held there every year!)
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Cast in a warm glow, this multidomed monument is the site of a fireworks show every New Year's Eve. Name and place?
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SAINT BASIL’S CATHEDRAL,RED SQUARE, MOSCOW
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BONUS QUESTION
A country houses the headquarters of an organisation mentioned somewhere above. A large part of its people speak a language mentioned somewhere above. What is more, the famous personality shown here was a native of this country.
Identify: Country, Organisation, Language
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BONUS QUESTION
AUSTRIAOPECGERMAN
The famous personality shown here is Adolf Hitler
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