Songs
The 2023 Oscar-winning song "Naatu Naatu" belongs to which Telugu blockbuster film?
RRR
A) A monkey in Bareilly, UP stole a bus from a station and crashed it into two other vehicles.
B) A monkey in Jaipur was elected as honorary president of a local residents' welfare association.
A monkey in Bareilly, UP stole a bus from a station and crashed it into two other vehicles.
This Chetan Bhagat novel, set in an IIT, was later adapted into the Bollywood film 3 Idiots.
Five Point Someone
RCB defeated this team by 5 wickets in the IPL 2026 final, held at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Gujarat Titans
This Indian scientist, known as the "Missile Man of India," also served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007.
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
"Chaiyya Chaiyya" from Dil Se was shot on top of a moving train. Who sang this song?
Sukhwinder Singh
A) In Pune, a local politician hired a team of astrologers to predict the next pothole location before the monsoon.
B) In Pune, an entire bus stop vanished overnight and authorities offered ₹5,000 reward to anyone who could find it.
B) In Pune, an entire bus stop vanished overnight and authorities offered ₹5,000 reward to anyone who could find it.
Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner is set in which country, also the birthplace of the author?
Afghanistan
RCB became only the third franchise in IPL history to win back-to-back titles, joining Chennai Super Kings and this other team.
Mumbai Indians
This Indian-American astronaut was aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia when it tragically disintegrated during re-entry in 2003.
Kalpana Chawla
Diljit Dosanjh made history in 2023 by becoming the first Punjabi artist to perform at this iconic American music festival.
Coachella
A) A DSP from Sawaimadhopur was caught accepting a ₹80,000 bribe within one hour of publicly advising citizens to report corruption — on International Anti-Corruption Day.
B) A police inspector in Lucknow accidentally filed a bribery case against himself after confusing his own phone number with a suspect's.
A) A DSP from Sawaimadhopur was caught accepting a ₹80,000 bribe within one hour of publicly advising citizens to report corruption — on International Anti-Corruption Day.
This Salman Rushdie novel, inspired by the partition of India, follows a boy born at the exact moment of India's independence whose life is magically linked to his nation.
Midnight's Children
This 15-year-old Rajasthan Royals batter won the Orange Cap, MVP, and Emerging Player awards all in the same season — the first player ever to do so.
Vaibhav Sooryavanshi
This chess grandmaster from India became the undisputed World Chess Champion in 2000 by defeating Garry Kasparov's record and held the title for over a decade.
Viswanathan Anand
This composer, known for films like Bombay and Dil Se, was the first Indian musician to win a Grammy Award.
AR Rahman
A) Fish fell from the sky in multiple villages of East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, with residents finding them scattered across roads and fields.
B) A village in Kerala reported that their pond turned completely orange for three days, which locals attributed to a visiting sadhu's blessing.
A) Fish fell from the sky in multiple villages of East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, with residents finding them scattered across roads and fields.
The famous opening line "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times" belongs to which Charles Dickens novel set during the French Revolution?
A Tale of Two Cities
Which person became the first batter to get out by hit wicket twice in a row?
Sai Sudarshan
This Indian mathematician, born in 1887 with almost no formal training, astonished the world with his extraordinary contributions to number theory and was invited to Cambridge by GH Hardy.
Srinivasa Ramanujan
The devotional song "Kun Faya Kun" from the 2011 film Rockstar was composed by AR Rahman and also features the voice of which Sufi qawwal?
Javed Ali
A) In January 2024, residents of Odisha's Dhenkanal district witnessed snowfall for the first time in recorded history in the state.
B) In June 2024, a village in Himachal Pradesh reported that their river flowed backwards for two hours, prompting a government geological survey.
A) In January 2024, residents of Odisha's Dhenkanal district witnessed snowfall for the first time in recorded history in the state.
This Booker Prize winning novel by Aravind Adiga, his debut, is narrated by a driver from a poor village who murders his employer to escape poverty — told entirely through letters to the Chinese Premier.
The White Tiger
Virat Kohli scored his only century of IPL 2026 — an unbeaten 105 — against which team?
KKR
This Indian sprinter became the first Indian to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in the 400 metres and was nicknamed the "Flying Sikh."
Milkha Singh