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Ramayan
100
On Dhanteras, you worship ..
1) Kuber
2) Lakshmi
3) Both
Both
100
Who was the first President of India?
Dr Rajendra Prasad
100
Who was the last Mughal Emperor?
Bahadur Shah II
100
What is the meaning of the word Impervious?
A. Stable
B. Angry
C. Immune
D. Happy
C. Immune
100
Aapproximate net worth of Shahrukh Khan?
A. 200m
B. 400m
C. 600m
D. 800m
C. $600m
100
What is the meaning of Purushottam?
Ideal man
100
Besides Mahavir, which other jain figure / monk is associated with Diwali? What event is he associated with?
Gautam Swami, who attained Keval Gyan
100
What Indian City is the Capital of Two states?
Chandigarh is capital of Punjab and Haryana both
100
Who became the first Indian and the first non-European to receive Nobel Prize for Literature?
Rabindra Nath Tagore
100
Shortest grammatically correct sentence in English is ..
I am
100
First Indian movie (silent)?
A. Nau Do Gyarah
B. Raja Harishchandra
C. Aalam Ara
D. Rani Saheba
B. Raja Harishchandra
100
What was the name of eldest son of Ravana?
Indrajit or Meghanad
100
What is the relationship between Lakshmi and a broom?
Lakshmi's sister Alakshmi carries broom. Broom is used to drive away Lakshmi.
100
What is the approx. GDP of India?
2.7 Trillion
100
Which was written first -- Ramayan or Mahabharat?
Ramayan -- about 1000 years before
Although Ramayan is setup about 10k years earlier than Mahabharat
100
What English word is the most borrowed word from English into other languages/regions?
OK
100
BONUS: Whoever can name the most kapoors gets the points
TBD
100
Who dies first .. Ram or Sita?
Sita
After Sita death, Ram drowned himself in River Saryu via Water Samadhi
100
What is Gujarati New Year called? What year will start on Nov 16?
Vikram Samvat, 2077
Vikram Samvas started in 56 BC
'Vikram Samvat' is said to have been founded by emperor Vikramaditya of Ujjain following his victory over the Sakas in 56 BC. It is a lunar calendar based on ancient Hindu tradition and is 56.7 years ahead of the solar Gregorian calendar.
100
Who was India's prime minister in 2006?
A. Atal Bihari Bajpai
B. Manmohan Singh
C. Narsimha Rao
D. H D Dewa Gowda
B. Manmohan Singh
100
Who is the first Indian physicist to win a Nobel prize?
CV Raman
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman was an Indian physicist who made groundbreaking works in the field of light scattering. He discovered that when light traverses a transparent material, some of the deflected light change wavelength and amplitude.
100
Which word in English has the most different meaning?
Set
The word with the most meanings in English is the verb 'set', with 430 senses listed in the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, published in 1989.
100
Only movie that Shahrukh Khan and Aamir Khan did together?
A. Trimurti
B. Ashiq Awaara
C. Pehla Nasha
D. Darr
C. Pehla Nasha (1993)
100
Ravan was an accomplished musician with which instrument?
Veena
100
Mughal Emperors celebrated Diwali. True?
Yes
100
How many states are there in India?
India has 29 states. There are also 7 union territories.
100
When did India become indepedent?
Aug 15, 1947
100
Which country contains the largest English-speaking population in the world?
(a) England
(b) United States
(c) China
(d) India
(e) Australia
D) India
100
First movie of Shahrukh Khan?
Deewana
100
Which Empire Ram was emperor of which kingdom?
A. Kosala
B. Ayodhya
C. Magadh
D. Buldel
A. Kosala
(Kingdom is Kosala, town was Ayodhya)
100
What lunar month does Diwali fall in?
1. Chaitra
2. Vaishakh
3. Kartik
4. Phalgun
Kartik
100
Delhi is located along what river?
Yamuna
100
What date India became a Republic?
Jan 26, 1950
100
What is the meaning of "Unabashedly"?
Without embarrassment
100
Who is oldest of Shakrukh Khan, Amir Khan and Salman Khan?
Aamir Khan
All three of them are born at the same year, 1965, but in terms of senior, Aamir Khan is the most senior, he was born at 14 March, followed by Shah Rukh Khan, 2 November and Salman Khan, 27 December.
100
What is common amongst all the below ..
Krishna, Parshuram, Ram and Gautam Buddha
4 of the 10 avatars of Vishnu