Monday, June 4, 2007

Week 4: INDIA

1. "Something Beautiful for God" is a book by Malcolm Muggeridge. Who is the subject of the book?

2. Upon completion in 1931, it was called the "All India War Memorial Arch". How do we know it today?

3. Which institution connects Calcutta, Lucknow and Lyons?

4. Imagine you are travelling to New Delhi by road. With respect to which landmark are distances to the Capital measured (i.e. If the milestone read '0 kilometres' from New Delhi, where would you be?

5.With which cartoonist do you associate the "You Said It" series?

6. Which well-known car, also seen on Indian roads, has its largest factory in Turin, Italy?

7. In the oath taking ceremony after the Lok Sabha elections, who takes the oath after the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers?

8. What is unique about the composition of the 88th Battalion of the CPRF, formed in the early nineties?

9. Of which singer did Gandhiji say, " I would rather hear the words sung by her than spoken by anyone else"?

10. Two days after the grand Republic Day parade in New Delhi, another smaller parade is held there. What is this function called?

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