Fortnightly Quiz-247

1 Who recently set a new ballooning world record, flying on a hot air balloon and attaining a height of 69,000 feet?

2 Who was recently elected Germany’s first woman Chancellor?

3 How many countries recently reached an agreement on the 80,000-km railway network (Trans-Asian Railway Project) that will link Russia to Indonesia?

4 Name New Delhi’s metro rail chief who has received France’s top civilian award, Knight of the Legion of Honour.

5 In which district of Himachal Pradesh will be the country’s highest storage dam built?

6 To which country does the stem cell pioneer Hwang Woo-Suk belong?

7 What is the capital of Malta?

8 What is the full form of MICR?

9 Which city has plans to build the world’s largest airport with the combined size of London’s Heathrow and Chicago’s O’Hare airports?

10 Name the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.

11 With which sport is the Frank Worell trophy associated?

12 Who was the first athlete to break the 4-minute barrier in the one-mile race by clocking 3 minutes and 59.4 seconds?

13 Who is the highest-capped player in the one-day international cricket history?

14 Name the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

15 Who recently became the leading run-scorer in the Test cricket history?

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Class……………………….

School address……………..

Winners of quiz 246: The first prize by draw of lots goes to Bhawna Sehgal, XI-C, Butler Memorial Girls Senior Secondary School, 17, Boulevard Road, New Delhi-110054.

Second: Ramita Taneja, V-A, Adarsh Public School, C-Block, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.

Third: Trishank, VII-A, Our Lady of Fatima Convent Secondary School, Ajit Nagar, Patiala-147001.

Answers to quiz 246: Mahinda Rajapakse; Operation Desert Strike; Tehri; Hamid Karzai; India International Trade Fair; Boeing; K.R. Narayanan; Pushkar; 20; India; Venus Express; Airborne Warning and Control System; Nagpur; Lords; Australia.

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.

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— Tarun Sharma