Fortnightly Quiz-232

CROCODILE TEARS: Crocodiles in Punjab are crying for attention.

1 Which party was recently swept to power for the third consecutive time in the United Kingdom?

2 Which hero of the 1971 war for the liberation of East Pakistan, who oversaw the surrender of over 90,000 Pakistani troops, died recently?

3 Name the disease in which the tissues enclosing the brain and spinal cord become infected and swollen, causing severe headache, fever and sometimes death.

4 Name ISRO's heaviest remote sensing satellite that was placed into orbit recently.

5 How many years ago was Europe freed from Nazi Germany, marking the end of World War II?

6 In which country is the Abu Ghraib prison situated?

7 Name the world's biggest airliner which recently took its maiden flight from France.

8 Which crocodile species' population is planned to be given a boost by the Punjab Government?

9 Where are the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)?

10Which planet's moon Titan is being probed by international spacecraft Cassini to provide clues to how life began on the primordial earth?

11What is the full form of BBMB?

12With which sport is Bula Chowdhury associated?

13Which football club recently won the English Premiership title for the first time in 50 years?

14Name the West Indies opener who recently scored 317 runs in an innings against South Africa in St Johns, Antigua.

15How many centuries were scored in the St John's (Antigua) Test match by the West Indies and South African players recently, setting a new world record?

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Winners of quiz 231: The first prize by draw of lots goes to Vikas, 10th-A, Arya Sr Sec School, Kamod, district Bhiwani-127042.

Second: Akash Maini, IX-B, Riverside DAV Public School, Jagadhari Road, Ambala Cantt-133001.

Third: Ashish Chauhan, XII ( science), Milsington, Cart Road, Shimla-171001.

Answers to quiz 231: Bandung; Amitabh Bachchan; Joseph Ratzinger; White; Vikram Seth; Verghese Kurien; Rajasthan; New Delhi; United States Agency for International Development; Prakash Karat; Rajasthan; Vijay Singh;73; Shahid Afridi; Shahid Afridi.

Cash awards of Rs 400, 300 and 200 are given to the first, second and third prize winners, respectively. These are sent at the school address.

Note: Kindly mention the pincode of your place to facilitate the delivery of the prize money.

— Tarun Sharma