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Presidency Challenge 2012 Quiz – Prelims Answers
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A) Sebastian Coe
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Which great architect designed the city of Chandigarh?
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A) Le Corbusier
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Royal Bengal, Indo-Chinese, Malayan, Sumatra, Siberian and South China are sub species of which endangered wild animal?
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A) Tiger
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A) Roald Dahl
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Which country earlier known as Dutch East Indies gets it’s name from the word meaning ‘islands near India’?
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A) Indonesia
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Which comic character’s repertoire of expletives under ‘D’ alone includes, “Diplodocus! Dogs! Doryphore! Doryphores! Duck-billed platypus! Dunderheaded coconuts! Dynamiter!?”
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A) Captain Haddock
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A) Louis Braille
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‘El Clasico’ is considered as the biggest football rivalry in world by many, especially the younger generation. Which two teams are the great rivals who play ‘The Classic’ rivalry?
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A) Barcelona vs Real Madrid
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What is the period between 199 million years to 144 million years ago called?
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A) Jurassic
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Identify the band.
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A) Carpenters.
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A) Marie and Pierre Curie
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Cheerapunjee once credited as the wettest place on Earth is found in which Indian state?
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A) Meghalaya
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What’s common to the words – Jungle, Juggernaut, Shampoo, Pundit, Pajamas, Bungalow and Gymkhana?
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A) Words originated from India
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A) Meryl Streep, Margaret Thatcher
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Which place in India gets its name from Kumari Amman and was also known as the ‘Alexandria of the East’?
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A) Kanyakumari
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If the Samjhauta Express goes to Pakistan, where does the Maitree Express go?
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A) Bangladesh
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A) Jim Corbett
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According to Greek mythology, the Olympians were a group of Gods who ruled after overthrowing the Titans. How many Olympic Gods were there in all?
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A) 12
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Which coastal city in Sri Lanka is the third venue (the other two venues being Colombo and Kandy) for the T20 World Cup scheduled to be held in September – October 2012?
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A) Hambantota
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Identify the speaker.
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A) Stephen Hawking