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1. Largest district in India by area

2. Richest Indian CEO?

3. Identify !

4. JRD Tata’s mother tongue ?

5. Largest Indian company by revenue?

Answers1. KUTCH DISTRICT2. KALANITHI MARAN3. VIKRAM SARABHAI4. FRENCH5. IOC

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1. The X was a major kingdom in the Brahmaputra valley. The X called their kingdom Mong Dun Shun Kham and the kingdom was notable for successfully resisting the Mughals. The kingdom fell to repeated Burmese invasions of Y. Finally, the kingdom passed into the hands of the East India Company. The descendants of X represent about 25% of the population of Y. Id both X and Y.

X- AHOMSY- ASSAM

2. X made its debut in 1986 and was inaugurated by the then PM Rajiv Gandhi. Since then it has become the largest of its kind in Asia and the second largest in the world. It is biennial in nature and is usual organized in one particular place in one city. Id X.

DELHI AUTO EXPO

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IN-FLIGHT MAGAZINES OF INDIAN AIRLINE COMPANIES

4. Hussainiwala is a village in Firozpur district in Punjab. It is near the banks of the Sutlej River. India paid Pakistan 12 villages after partition to get a particular spot in this village. What is special about this village?

Burial spot of three martyrs

Bhagat SinghSukhdevRajguru

5. X is a species of bird classified as critically endangered. It was under consideration to be the National Bird of India but the jury ruled in favor of the Peacock as X’s name had the potential of being misspelt !! Id X.

Great Indian Bustard

6. In the mid-19th century, India produced a large quantity of raw cotton. However, India was not the main supplier of cotton to Britain; most of their supply came from the Deep South in North America. However civil war in America created a need for an alternate supply and India was the answer. Which famous organization was formed as a result?

Indian Railways

7. An ambitious campaign initiated by the Government of India in September 2014, made its place into a Republic Day Parade tableau this year along with a stall set up in Davos in the world Economic Forum. Weiden+Kennedy, led by V Sunil, its executive director bagged the online bidding process for leading the campaign and made sure the launch of this campaign was not a sarkari affair put together by unimaginative babus but an event carefully choreographed. The Industrial-Wheels-Lion-Silhouette logo was earlier rejected on grounds of Gujarat connection, but the Lion connection with Emporer Ashoka went in its favour. Identify the Campaign.

Make in India

8. A Doctorate in Economics from Oxford University, having authored the books- ‘India’s Export Trends’ and ‘Prospects for Self Sustained Growth’, this former RBI Governor in an interview to Mark Tully, a famous BBC correspondent in India told that throughout his stay in Cambridge from where he did his masters, he only bathed with cold water throughout the year so as to avoid the other boys making fun of this only Sikh Student. Identify the person.

Manmohan Singh

9. The scheme with the slogan- ‘Mera Khata Bhagya Vidhata’ whose launch was announced at the historic Red Fort on the occasion of India’s Independence day was chosen through an online competition on MYGov. Platform. Having entered into the Guinness book of World records this scheme aims towards eradicating financial untouchability with a long term vision to lay the foundations of a cashless economy and is complementary to the Digital India Scheme. Identify the scheme.

Jan Dhan Yojana

10. Roshani ummidon kisaath leke aaye hein;

Door na kinaaratum tay karo;

Ek jo uthega tosaikaron uthenge hum;

kar rahe ishaaretum tay karo; This is the Theme song of?

National Stock Exchange

11. Raja Nabakrishna Deb in 1756 at Shova Bazar Rajabari to celebrate Clive's victory in the Battle of Plassey did what?

Performed the first Durga Puja

12. Which tree, native to Africa, was brought to India by the Arabs and derives its name from Arabic for ‘date of India’?

Tamarind

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Most national awards for best actor - 3

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Companies with Indian origin CEO’s

The Olympics and the year

Berlin , 1936

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Languages given the title of “Classical Languages” by the union cabinet

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Bangladesh Liberation War, 1971

Put Funda

Special Olympics 2015- India bagged 173 medals

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