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1. In Sholay, what is the name of the character played by Amjad Khan?


Answer: Gabbar Singh



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6. Which ancient Indian emperor embraced Buddhism after the Kalinga War?



Answer: Ashoka



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14. What is the name of the fermented rice-and-lentil batter pancake popular in South India, traditionally served with sambar and chutney?



Answer: Dosa



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16. What is the only country that borders both the Caspian Sea and the Persian Gulf?



Answer: Iran



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21. What is the chemical symbol for tungsten?



Answer: W



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2. Which actress played Chandramukhi in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas (2002)?



Answer: Madhuri Dixit



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7. What was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire, whose ruins are now located at Hampi?



Answer: Vijayanagara



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12. What is the name of the seven-note scale system used in Indian classical music, corresponding broadly to the notes Sa, Re, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha and Ni?



Answer: Saptak



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17. Which European capital city is divided by the Danube River into the historic areas of Buda and Pest?



Answer: Budapest



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22. What is the name of the economic term for a market dominated by just two major sellers?



Answer: Duopoly



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3. Who directed the 1995 film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge?



Answer: Aditya Chopra



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8. Who wrote the Indian national song “Vande Mataram”?



Answer: Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay



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13. Which Indian state is the origin of the traditional dance form Kuchipudi?



Answer: Andhra Pradesh



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18. What is the name of the deepest known point in Earth's oceans?



Answer: Challenger Deep



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This African river, the longest in the world, flows north into the Mediterranean Sea.

Nile River

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4. Which Indian playback singer sang the song “Tujhse Naraz Nahin Zindagi” in Masoom (1983), in its male version?



Answer: Anup Ghoshal



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9. Which Indian mathematician is associated with the famous number 1729, known as the Hardy–Ramanujan number?



Answer: Srinivasa Ramanujan



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11. Which classical dance form originated in Kerala and is known for elaborate makeup, colourful costumes and expressive facial movements?



Answer: Kathakali



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19. The 100 Years war in Europe was between which major Countries


France and England

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24. In computing, what does the acronym “SQL” stand for?



Answer: Structured Query Language



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5. Which was the first Indian film to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival?



Answer: Neecha Nagar (1946), directed by Chetan Anand



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10. Which treaty, signed in 1765, granted the East India Company the right to collect revenue in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa?



Answer: The Treaty of Allahabad (specifically, the grant of the Diwani by Mughal emperor Shah Alam II)



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15. In Hindustani classical music, what is the name of the rhythmic cycle, or taal, consisting of 16 beats and commonly divided into four groups of four?



Answer: Teentaal (also spelled Tintal)



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20. Which African country was historically known as Abyssinia?



Answer: Ethiopia



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This country is the largest in the world by land area.

Russia