Fortnightly Quiz-249

1 Name the country’s most advanced telecommunications satellite that was launched recently from the Kourou Space Center in French Guyana.

2 Name the first Sikh to become officer in the Pakistan army.

3 What is the length of the longest stretch between Barakhamba and Dwarka section on the Delhi Metro, which was inaugurated recently?

4 Name the new president of the BJP.

5 Which place in Bihar plays host to the biggest cattle fair in Asia?

6 In which city is the Indian Institute of Science located?

7 Name Australia’s richest man and media baron, also instrumental in establishing World Series Cricket in late 1970s, who died recently.

8 What is the primary source of vitamin D for the human body?

9 Where is the annual “Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan” held?

10What is the full form of MPLADS?

11Name the creator of “Winnie the Pooh” comic series for children.

12What is the full form of SAFTA?

13Who was the first Asian-American ever elected to the US Congress?

14Name the newly crowned world heavyweight boxing champion.

15Who won the FIFA World Player of the Year trophy for the second successive year in 2005?

Name………………………

Class……………………….

School address…………....

Winners of quiz 248: The first prize by draw of lots goes to Namrata Chahal, VIII-D, Vivek High School, Sector 38, Chandigarh-160036.

Second: Gurbeer Kaur, X-A, Colonel Public School, Bhuna Road, Tohana, district Fatehabad, Haryana-125120.

Third: Riya Abrol, V, DAV Public School, mohalla Khurara( Chontra ), Chamba-176310.

Answers to quiz 248: Indian; Hong Kong; Punjab and Haryana High Court; Ramanand Sagar; Iceland; Bangaluru; Bolshoi; Vijay Divas; Sixth; Golf; Shane Warne; Ehsaan Mani; Three; 125; New Zealand.

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