Sports
Which city hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics, where India won its first-ever individual gold medal?
Beijing
What was the name of the popular TV show on Doordarshan that featured a super-powered kid and was a favorite for 90s kids?
Shaktimaan
Which legendary Bajaj scooter was famously known as the "family car" of India in the 90s?
Bajaj Chetak.
Which Indian river is often called the "Ganges of the South" or "Dakshin Ganga"?
Godavari
In the early 2000s, what was the most common storage device used to save files before Pen Drives became cheap?
Floppy Disk.
In the Olympics, what do the five interlaced rings on the flag represent?
The five inhabited continents of the world.
Which 2001 film made history by being the first Indian film to be nominated for an Oscar in the "Best Foreign Language Film" category?
Lagaan
What is the main railway station in Mysore city called?
Mysore Junction (MYS).
What was the "Revolt of 1857" also called by Indian historians?
The First War of Independence.
What was the "Y2K bug"?
A concern that computer systems would fail on January 1, 2000, due to date formatting.
Which Olympic sport was famously played by Alan Shepard while he was on the Moon in 1971?
Golf
Who directed the 2006 film Rang De Basanti?
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra.
Which Japanese two-wheeler brand partnered with TVS in India for a long time?
Suzuki
What is the "Refractive Index" of a medium?
The ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum to the speed of light in the medium.
Which ancient civilization is credited with the invention of the sexagesimal (base-60) numerical system, which is still the basis for how we measure time (minutes/seconds) and angles?
The Sumerians (Mesopotamia).
Before the 2007 T20 World Cup, India only played one T20 International match. Who was the opponent in that 2006 match?
South Africa.
Which Indian actor is known for the "Method Acting" style, popularized in films like Sadma and Nayakan?
Kamal Haasan.
What does the acronym "ABS" stand for in modern braking systems?
Anti-lock Braking System.
What was the "Treaty of Versailles"?
The peace treaty that brought World War I to an end.
Which organ in the human body is responsible for producing insulin?
The pancreas.
Which Formula 1 circuit is known as the "Temple of Speed"?
Monza (Autodromo Nazionale Monza).
Which film title is derived from a famous Urdu poem by Sahir Ludhianvi?
Kabhi Kabhie.
Which global car company did India's "Premier" company collaborate with to make the Padmini?
Fiat
What was the "Treaty of Purandar" (1665)?
A treaty signed between Jai Singh I (on behalf of the Mughal Empire) and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.