Question 1

Which territory did British sell to Raja Gulab Singh after the first Sikh War?

Kashmir

Question 2

Which actress played the part of Rosie in the Dev Anand starrer, Guide?

Waheeda Rehman

Question 3

Which hill station in Himachal Pradesh gets its name from the sage Manu, who is believed to have stayed here?

Manali

Question 4

What does a bibliophile collect?

Books

Question 5

Which leaders of Maratha Confederacy stayed in Pune’s Shaniwar Wada Palace?

The Peshwas

Question 6

Since 1991, a folded and pinned red ribbon represent the fight against which disease?

AIDS

Question 7

Which Carthaginian General was defeated by the Romans under Scipio Africanus in 202 BC?

Hannibal

Question 8

Which Polish Nobel Laureate was the first person from the Eastern Bloc to address a joint session of the US Congress?

Lech Walesa

Question 9

After how many years would a sesquicentennial be celebrated?

150 Years

Question 10

Apart from Mohali, which city in Punjab has hosted Test matches?

Jalandhar

Question 11

The purchase of which state in 1867 was termed Seward’s Folly?

Alaska

Question 12

In science, what is mycology a study of?

Fungi

Question 13

Whose novel Kanthapura was an account of non-violent resistance against the British by a small south Indian village?

Raja Rao

Question 14

In 1938, which British Prime Minister spoke of “Peace with honour, peace in our time”?

Neville Chamberlain

Question 15

Which South American country’s flag bears the motto ‘Ordem e Progresso’?

Brazil

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