Fortnightly Quiz-236

1 With which country did India recently sign a landmark 10-year defence agreement covering weapons production, missiles and transfer of technology?

2 Who is the President of Iran?

3 Which crusader and champion of consumer rights and founder of famous NGO Common Cause died recently?

4 In which state of the country was the biggest-ever discovery of natural gas made recently?

5 Name the Chandigarh-based man who has won the 2005 Ashden Award, considered the ‘Green Oscar’.

6 Whose book with a collection of poems is titled “The Life Tree” ?

7 Which state has the maximum number of AIDS cases in the country?

8 Name the managing director of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

9 Which IT pioneer whose 1958 invention of the integrated circuit ushered in the electronics age and made possible the microprocessor, died recently ?

10When is International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking observed ?

11Which country has developed the model of the world’s fastest bullet train with a speed of 360 km per hour?

12In which country is Pietermaritzburg city situated?

13Name the former Indian cricketer, known for his brilliant close-in fielding and extraordinary reflexes, who died recently.

14Who won this year’s men’s singles Wimbledon title?

15Name the players who have played the longest Wimbledon women’s singles final.

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Winners of quiz 235: The first prize by draw of lots goes to Siddhartha Banga, IX-A, Mount St Mary’s Convent School, Parade Road, Delhi Cantt-110010.

Second: Tanuj Taneja, XII(commerce), SBPDAV Centenary Public School, Fatehabad -125050.

Third: Nayantara Kaura, VII-C, DAV Public School, BRS Nagar, Ludhiana-141002.

Answers to quiz 235: Bishnoi; Pratapsinh Rane; Mohammad Ali Jinnah; Jagmohan; Manmohan Singh; Galapagos; Jaipur; Goleo; Fauja Singh; 1986-87; 5 and 15; MAK Pataudi; Mushtaq Ali; Laila Ali; Asafa Powell.

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