1. Who recently ended the 11-year reign of Chandrika Kumaratunga to become the President of Sri Lanka? 2. Name the biggest exercise in 18 years that was recently carried out by the Indian Army and the IAF in the Thar desert to showcase their prowess for short high-intensity wars in a digitised battlefield.
3. Which town in Uttaranchal has been heavily inundated due to the building of a dam in the area?
4. Who has been chosen for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2005?
5. Name the trade fair whose silver jubilee edition was recently inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi.
6. Which US company has plans to develop a bigger, more fuel- efficient aircraft than the world’s biggest airliner the European A-380?
7. Who was the first Dalit President of India?
8. In which city of Rajasthan is one of the world’s largest livestock fairs held every year?
9. How many Indian firms figure in the Forbes list of “Best Small Asian Companies”?
10.
Which country will host the 14th SAARC Summit?
11.
Name the European Space Agency’s first probe to the planet Venus that was launched recently.
12.
What is the full form of AWACS.
13. Where are the headquarters of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh?
14.
Which sports centre is known as “the Mecca of Cricket”?
15.
Which country holds the record of winning 21 one day international cricket matches on the trot?
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Winners of quiz 245: The first prize by draw of lots goes to Kunal Goyal, X-B, Bhavan Vidyalaya, Sector 15, Panchkula- 134113.
Second: Pammi Sharma, XII, Govt Sen Sec School, Sathana, PO Sathana, tehsil Fatehpur, district Kangra- 176025.
Third: Sumitinder, XI (non-med), St Thomas Sr Sec School, Mission Road, Pathankot-145001.
Answers to quiz 245:
Amrita Pritam; H5N1; Ghulam Nabi Azad; Hanuman; Rosa Parks; London; Dr Navinchander Ramgoolam; Border Roads Organisation; Hyderabad; Steve Waugh; New Zealand; Kaushalya Weeraratne; Mahendra Singh Dhoni; Mahendra Singh Dhoni; 183.
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