Indian and World Geography
Which canal links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea, cutting across in Egypt?
The Suez Canal.
Which organization replaced GATT to regulate international trade globally?
World Trade Organization (WTO)
Q: Which famous Indian chess grandmaster became the first player from the country to hold the World Chess Championship?
Viswanathan Anand.
Which AI chatbot developed by OpenAI took the world by storm in late 2022?
ChatGPT
Q: What is the name of the blue alien in the 2003 Bollywood movie "Koi... Mil Gaya"?
Jadoo
Which hill station serves as the official summer capital of Himachal Pradesh?
Shimla
Q: Which international cartel coordinates and unifies petroleum policies among oil-producing developing nations?
OPEC
Q: What is the exact length of a standard competitive swimming pool used in the Olympic Games?
50 meters.
What is the name of the cryptocurrency invented in 2008 by an unknown person named Satoshi Nakamoto?
Bitcoin
Q: Which legendary Kannada director and actor directed the iconic TV series "Malgudi Days"?
Shankar Nag
Q: Which landlocked country in South America has two capital cities—one constitutional/judicial and one executive/legislative?
Bolivia
Q: What strategic waterway connects the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea through Central America?
Panama Canal
Q: Which legendary Indian athlete missed out on an Olympic medal by a heartbreaking 1/100th of a second in the 400m hurdles at the 1984 Los Angeles Games?
P. T. Usha.
What is the specific name of Apple's highly acclaimed series of custom ARM-based computer chips that replaced Intel processors in Macs?
Apple Silicon (M-Series / M1, M2, M3)
In the 1994 comedy "Andaz Apna Apna", what is the real name of the character "Teja" ?
Shyam Gopal Bajaj
Q: Which river cuts through the Pir Panjal range via the Banihal route, flowing northwest through the Vale of Kashmir?
The Jhelum River.
Q: Which global group of emerging economies operates a joint development bank headquartered in Shanghai?
BRICS
Q: In Formula 1, what does the abbreviation "DRS" stand for, which is used on designated straights to aid overtaking?
Drag Reduction System.
In modern cybersecurity, what does "MFA" stand for?
Multi-Factor Authentication (or Two-Factor Authentication)
Which 1977 Kannada movie starring Dr. Rajkumar features him playing a James Bond-style secret agent?
Operation Diamond Racket
Which rare biogeographical zone in India features stunted Shola forests interspersed with rolling high-altitude grasslands, found strictly above 2,000 meters in the southern Western Ghats?
Southern Montane Wet Temperate Forests (Nilgiri/Anaimalai eco-region).
Q: What security partnership brings together the US, India, Japan, and Australia in the Indo-Pacific?
The Quad
Q: Who was the opposing captain when Sachin Tendulkar scored his historic 100th international century against Bangladesh in 2012?
Mushfiqur Rahim.
In solid-state battery research for EVs, what flammable liquid component are engineers trying to replace with a solid material to increase range and safety?
The Liquid Electrolyte