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This Bollywood film popularised the phrase “How’s the josh?”
What is Uri: The Surgical Strike
This statistical term measures a batter’s impact per delivery in T20 cricket analytics.
What is Strike Rate
This Indian state became the first to implement the Uniform Civil Code in 2024.
What is Uttarakhand
This Western artist famously re-recorded her first six albums to regain ownership and control of her music catalog after her former label sold her masters without her consent, eventually leading to her purchasing them back in 2025 from Shamrock Holdings.
Who is Taylor Swift
This ancient civilisation, known for its planned cities and drainage systems, flourished in present-day India and Pakistan.
What is Indus Valley Civilization
This actor won Bigg Boss Season 13, one of the most-watched seasons in the show’s history.
Who is Siddharth Shukla
This country won the first-ever ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in 2007.
What is India
This global summit, hosted by India in 2023, focused on economic cooperation among the world’s major economies.
What is G20 Summit
A viral resurgence pushed this indie track back into the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 16—by a band led by Joe Keery, better known for portraying a lead character in a popular Netflix series.
What is End of Beginning
This treaty ended World War I and imposed punitive conditions on Germany, contributing to the rise of Nazism.
What is Treaty of Versailles
In Succession, Logan Roy’s company is primarily inspired by the real-life media empire of this family.
Who is the Murdoch Family
This Indian wrestler became the first woman from India to win an Olympic medal in wrestling.
Who is Sakshi Malik
In 2024, the Supreme Court ordered disclosure of electoral bond data by this public sector bank, rejecting claims of technical impossibility.
What is State Bank of India
This iconic song written by Gulzar features in an Indian Shakespeare adaptation set in rural Uttar Pradesh.
What is Beedi Jalaile
Before entering Indian public life, Dr. Ambedkar earned a doctorate from this university in the United States in 1917
What is Columbia University
This actor is the only one to have appeared in films directed by Christopher Nolan (Interstellar), Wes Anderson (The French Dispatch), and Denis Villeneuve (Dune).
Who is Timothee Chalamet
This rule allows the third umpire to review decisions using ball-tracking technology, edge detection, and thermal imaging.
What is Decision Review System
This Indian mission aims to send astronauts to space by 2025–26.
What is Gaganyaan
This Bollywood film marked A.R. Rahman’s Hindi debut as a composer.
What is Rangeela (1995)
Savitribai Phule and Jyotiba Phule founded this organisation in 1873 to challenge caste hierarchy and promote social equality outside Brahminical structures.
What is Satyashodhak Samaj
This was the first Indian film to be screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
What is Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar (1946)
The longest French Openn match played during Open Tennis.
What is Roland Garros 2025 between Charlie and Sinner
This Indian digital public infrastructure stack combines Aadhaar, UPI, and DigiLocker under a single governance vision.
What is India Stack
This Indian female singer became the first musician to be honoured with the Bharat Ratna.
Who is M.S. Subbulakshmi
This 1857 proclamation by Indian rebels declared the Mughal emperor as the symbolic leader of resistance.
What is Proclamation of Bahadur Shah Zafar