Fortnightly Quiz-256

1 Which renowned author and social activist is actively engaged in safeguarding the interests of people displaced by the Sardar Sarovar dam project?

2 From which country did India recently receive the first part of the promised supply of 60 metric tonnes of enriched uranium fuel for the Tarapur atomic power plants?

3 Which company leads the pack of the 33 Indian companies that have found a place in this year’s Forbes list of top 2000 corporate titans across the world?

4 Name the maker of the film "Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Mara".

5 In which country is the Great Sphinx of Giza situated?

6 Which renowned artist’s painting is titled "L’ Ariesienne, Madame Ginoux"?

7 What is the full form of BEML?

8 Expand the term CRY.

9 Which country’s aircraft carrier is named Charles de Gaulle?

10 What is the full form of WADA?

11 Who has been appointed the chief coach of the Indian hockey team?

12 Name the youngest woman to have climbed Mount Everest?

13 Which tennis Grand Slam tournament pays the men’s champion more than the women’s winner?

14 Name the English batsman who recently equalled Vivian Richards’ world record of scoring 1000 runs in 21 one-day innings.

15Which country recently created a world record in one-day cricket by registering its 15th win on the trot while chasing a target?

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Winners of quiz 255: The first prize by draw of lots goes to Rajni Bala, VIII, Saloh, district Una (HP)-177209.

Second: Bharat Bhushan, class VIII, Oxford Public School, Jagdish Colony, Hansi, district Hisar-125033.

Third: Sahil Silhotra, XII, Shaheed Darshan Singh Pheruman Public School, Rayya, district Amritsar-143112.

Answers to quiz 255: Verghese Kurien; Srinivasa Ramanujam; Rs 12,160 crore; 1973; Reliance; March 22; Han Myung- Sook; Surya Kiran; Neha Kapur; Minsk; Sachin Tendulkar; Five; Ian Thorpe and Susie O’ Neill; Five; New Delhi

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.