Fortnightly Quiz-265

1 Who has bagged this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award for activating India’s Right to Information movement at the grassroots level?

2 Name the international treaty/protocol, which has set targets for reducing emissions of the gases that are blamed for global warming.

3 In which state did meteorite fragments rain down on the night of July 31 this year?

4 Name the organisation headed by social activist and environmentalist Sunita Narain.

5 Which event marks the culmination of the annual Amarnath Yatra?

6 Name the Marathi poet who received the country’s highest literary honour - Jnanpith Award - recently.

7 Who is the founder and CEO of India’s fastest growing microfinance institution SKS Microfinance, named by the Time magazine “as the people who change our world”?

8 In which state is the Alang ship-breaking yard situated?

9 Name the world’s smallest hydrogen fuel cell car that embodies the vision of a 100 per cent environmentally sustainable transport solution.

10 Which Indian IT company’s chairman and mentor recently appeared on the cover of a leading Chinese business magazine?

11 What is the capital of Cuba?

12 With which sport is Joshna Chinappa associated?

13 Name the Pakistani batsmen who were recently involved in the highest third wicket stand by any team against England in Test cricket.

14 Which English football star’s book is titled “My story so far”?

15 Who recently became the youngest golfer to win 50 career PGA Tour victories?

Name ………………….....

Class …………………......

School address……………

Winners of quiz 264: The first prize by draw of lots goes to Diksha Sachdeva, VII, Garden Valley Public School, Machiwara-141115. Second: Dipesh Choudhary, XII (non-med), DAV Centenary Public School, Bighar Road, Fatehabad-125050.

Third: Vipin Kumar, X-A, Mount St Mary’s Convent School, Parade Road, Delhi Cantt-110010.

Answers to quiz 264: Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara; Khushab; Beirut; Puerto Rico; Orissa; Anousheh Ansari; Tobacco kills/smoking kills; Ford; Denmark; Bodh Gaya; Jigme Singye Wangchuck; Goldsborough Second XI; Cycling; Abhinav Bindra; John Wright.

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