1.

What is believed to have been

introduced by Nur Jehan, Mughal
emperor Jahangir's wife, in this
city(Lucknow)? Now the city is
known for this.

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 Chikan is a traditional embroidery
style from Lucknow, India. Literally
translated, the word means
embroidery. Believed to have been
introduced by Nur Jehan, Mughal
emperor Jahangir's wife, it is one of
Lucknow's most famous textile
decoration styles.

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 2.One of them is
Buddha. Who is the
other person beside
him. Identify him.

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 Vajrapāṇi is one of the earliest
bodhisattvas of Mahayana
Buddhism. He is the protector and
guide of the Buddha, and rose to
symbolize the Buddha's power.

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3.Identify the famous temple?

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 The temple at Ranakpur is one of
the holiest Jain sites. This temple is
known as the temple of a thousand
columns - inside, there are a
thousand columns and no two are
decorated the same. The renowned
Jain temple at Ranakpur is dedicated
to Adinatha.

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4.Whose statue
is this?

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DHYANCHAND

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“SWANTI”? What festival I am talking
about?

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DIWALI

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6.Connect it. Put the funda.

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(Kathikeya painting by Ravi Raj Verma,
Karthikeya is also known as Lord
Murugan, Quick Gun Murugan poster
given.)

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7*.Identify this.

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Gourd Shaker-a musical
instrument

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8.*The earliest recorded Olympic
footrace was one stade in length.
Which modern race would be
the nearest equivalent?

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•200 metres
A stade was about 190 metres, the length
of the stadium. The Games of 776 BC
consisted of a single event: the one stade
footrace. The victor was Coroibos of Elis.
Later Olympics came to include longer
races and other events, such as the
javelin and the discus, boxing and
wrestling, and the long jump.

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9.*Who was Laxmana in
MAHABHARATA?

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Son of Duryadhona

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10.Identify the player and
explain the context of the
picture.
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 The "Blood In The Water" match was a water polo
match between Hungary and the USSR at the 1956
Melbourne Olympics, the most famous match in
water polo history. The match, which took place on
December 6, 1956, was against the background of
the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and saw Hungary
defeat the USSR 4–0. The name was coined after
Hungarian player Ervin Zádor emerged during the
last two minutes with blood pouring from under his
eye after being punched by a Soviet player.

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11. Kachkadi, bakkalnali, and
pukari
what am I talking about??

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 Some of the traditional designs
of Kolhapuri chappals include
Kachkadi, bakkalnali, and pukari.
These chappals are stout, sturdy,
day long usable.

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12.*What is David Dixon award?
Which Indian had won it? Name
him.

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 David Dixon Award is named after the former
honorary secretary of the Commonwealth Games
Federation for 17 years, David Dixon.
It is given to the outstanding athlete of each of the
Commonwealth Games based on their
performance at the Commonwealth Games, fair
play, and overall contribution to their team’s
participation at the Commonwealth Games. The
award was introduced in the 2002 Commonwealth
Games in Manchester. SAMRESH JUNG, Shooter in
2006 got this award..

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13.* Which Indian ruler & warrior was a founder
member of Jacobin club?

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Sultan Fateh Ali Khan Shahab or
Tipu Sultan

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 14.A famous Indian temple’s
name is derived from a Sanskrit
word of a sweet fruit whose
scientific name is Phoenix
Dactylifera? Identify the name of
the temple?

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KHAJURAHO Temple
Khajur/Date Palm

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 15. Her formal education was
limited to one day in the school.
On the first day in the school,
she started teaching songs to
other children. When the
teacher stopped her, she was so
angry that she stopped going to
the school. Who is she? Identify?

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Lata Mangeshkar

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16.When do you dial at toll free
number 1800-111-139?What is
the significance of this number.

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dial 1800-111-139 – for Indian
railways hate food complain

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 17*.X founded a
charitable
organisation namely
Y. The name and the
logo of Y is inspired by
one of his charitable
single whose cover is
there in the picture.
Identify X & Y?

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stand up and have some respect
for the national anthem. Who is
singing this?Identify.

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Rabindranath Tagore

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19.Lanka, Hastinapur, Dwarka &
Indraprastha..What am I talking
about?

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 Vishwakarma's
architectural
accomplishments

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 20. Kasinadhuni Nageswararao better known as
Nageswara rao pantulu was rare combination of a
journalist, nationalist, politician, a staunch
supporter of Khaddar movement and an
enthusiastic pioneer in library movement in Andhra.
His participation in Indian independence movement
and in Indian National Congress Party was historical.
After a brief stint in business in Madras, he went to
Calcutta to work in an apothecary for some time.
Later, he went to Bombay to work in an office. But,
he couldn’t stick around there. He was interested in
starting his own business. What did he invent ?

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 21. He has stated that he only starts
writing a book after finding a white feather
in the month of January of every odd year.

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 22.Balwinder Sandhu,
Chandrakant Pandit, Vinod
Kambli,Sachin Tendulkar, Pravin
Amre, Ajit Agarkar, Sanjay
Bangar and Ramesh Powar.
Connect all of them except the
connection that they all had
played for Indian National
Cricket team.
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Ramakant Achrekar is the coach
for all of them.

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During which festival,
we see this.
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 The visual shown is Jallikattu a
bull taming sport played in Tamil
Nadu.It is held in the villages of
Tamil Nadu on the eve of Mattu
Pongal, one of the four days of
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24.Why ‘HAMAM’ is named as
‘HAMAM’?

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 The name comes from the
Arabic/Persian/Hindi word
Hammam which refers to a
public bathing establishment in
the middle-eastern countries.

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three images and
Explain the funda.
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 SATRANJ KI KHILADI
Premchand had written it.
Wajid Ali Shah is one of the main
protagonist,Nawab.
Amitabh Bacchan was the
narrator of this movie.

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 FIRST ROUND
PEHLA KADAM…

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12 Questions. Infinite bounce.6 questions clock
wise. Another 6 anti-clockwise.(+10 for correct
answers.)

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 X, a young graduate from IIT Kharagpur, was
studying for his doctorate at the Columbia
University, New York, when he chanced to
attend a Dhrupad concert by Ustad Nasir
Aminuddin Dagar and Ustad Zia Fariddudin
Dagar at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New
York. On his return to India in 1976, he started
teaching and doing research work at IIT Delhi,
where he got together with students and started
this non-profit organisation, Y. Identify X & Y?

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 X-Dr.Kiran Seth
Y-SPIC MACAY(Society
MACAY( for the Promotion of
Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst
Youth)

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Identify the famous type
of shot. Which
legendary player’s
name was synonymous
with this shot.Name the
player also.

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The hook shot became a trademark of
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the National
Basketball Association's all-time
leading scorer. It was called a sky
hook, because the ball was so high
when the 7-foot, 2-inch center
released it. Blocking his sky hook
was a rare feat, accomplished by few
players.

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He was a reporter for few months. After that, He
wanted to join United States Army but failed due to
poor vision. Thus became an ambulance driver for
the Red Cross. This famous author had received not
only the Pulitzer award but also the Nobel for
literature. He got two medals for bull-fighting also.
Identify the author and name the book written by
him about bull fighting.

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 Ernest Hemingway
DEATH IN THE AFTERNOON

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Why santosh trophy is named as
Santosh Trophy? The runner up
team also gets a trophy also.
What is it named as?

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 The tournament first began in 1941, and was the
premier football competition in the country before
the National Football League started in the year
1996. The trophy as named after the late Maharaja
Sir Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhary of Santosh,
which is now in Bangladesh, who had been the
President of the Indian Football Association, the
football organisation of Bengal and the donators of
the trophy.The runners-up trophy, Kamla Gupta
Trophy, was also donated by the IFA.

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Identify the person in the
stamp? Which is his most
notable work and he is
often synonymous with his
book?

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“THE
PROPHET”

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Name the famous
painting and the
painter?

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 HIS MASTER’S VOICE
Francis James Barraud

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founder of
DHOL
Foundation?

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Johnny Kalsi

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 DENNIS TITO
• most widely known as the first space tourist to
pay for his own ticket. In mid-2001 he spent
nearly eight days in orbit on Soyuz TM-32, the
International Space Station, and Soyuz TM-31.

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famous creator
of this popular
fictional
character shown
in the picture?

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 GEORGE LUCAS
• George Lucas created the character in homage
to the action heroes of 1930s film serials. The
character first appeared in the 1981 film
Raiders of the Lost Ark, to be followed by
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom in
1984, The Last Crusade in 1989, The Young
Indiana Jones Chronicles from 1992 to 1996,
and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in 2008.

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Godrej made its humble beginning from a
garage-like shed adjacent to Bombay Gas
Company Works. What is their contribution to
the first general election in India in 1952?

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surprisingly it was neither locks nor
safes nor even storwel but the first
products of Godrej plant at Vikhroli
were Ballot Boxes — for the first
general election of Independent
India in 1952.They made around 9
Lakhs of ballot boxes.

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`To Hell with Hockey` is autobiography of
which famous Indian hockey player. He was an
congress MP after entering politics and later
joined BJP during 1997.Identify him.

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This architect is credited for India
Gate & Rashtrapati Bhawan.Name
him.

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Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens

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Whose logo is
this?

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 Lakshmipat Singhania Academy

IIM-LUCKNOW LEADERSHIP AWARD IS NAMED

AFTER HIM.

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UP IN THE LADDER

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 If you answer with first clue
only,30 points, if you answer with
two clues,20 points and if you
answer with the all three clues,
you will get 10 points only.

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 "Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin
Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat
Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan
Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam
Prasit" is the full ceremonial name of this city.
The Chao Phraya River is an important part of the city's
economy. It is used for transporting goods and people
and the site of numerous cultural events.

The city has hosted the Asian Games four times, in

1966, 1970, 1978 and 1998.

Name the city?

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In 1929 he played in Berlin, under Bruno Walter's baton, three
concerti by Bach, Brahms and Beethoven. Albert Einstein is
said to have exclaimed at the end of the concert, "Now I know
that there is a God!"

In 1952, he met and befriended the influential yogi B. K. S.

Iyengar before he had come to prominence outside India. He
arranged for Iyengar to teach abroad in London, Switzerland,
Paris and elsewhere. This was the first time that many
Westerners had been exposed to yoga.

He also had a long association with Ravi Shankar, which

began with their 1966 album East Meets West.

Name this legendary artist?

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Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin, was a
legendary violinist and conductor.

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Following the attacks on Pearl Harbor in 1941, at
the age of 18, he postponed going to college and
became the youngest naval aviator in the US
Navy at the time. He served until the end of the
war, then attended Yale University.
Graduating in 1948, he moved his family to West Texas
and entered the oil business, becoming a millionaire by
the age of 40.He co-founded the Zapata Petroleum
Corporation.

He was succeeded by the first Baby Boomer

president in America.

Name this famous leader?

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 A lawyer by profession, he served as a judge, and the Lord
President of the Federal Court before becoming the Sultan of
Perak. In early 2009, he attracted heavy criticism for his
involvement in the toppling of the Pakatan Rakyat state
government, which led to the Perak Constitutional Crisis.
He went to study law at the University of Nottingham
where he obtained the degree of Bachelor of Laws in
1953, and was admitted to the English Bar by the
Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn on 23 November
1954.The airport that serves IPOH is also named after
him.
An annual hockey tournament which is played in Kuala
Lumpur named after him.
Name this person?

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 The famous photograph of Truman holding the incorrect "Dewey
Defeats Truman" headline was taken while the president was
standing on the platform of this railcar. Harry Truman gave his
"whistlestop" campaign speeches from its platform. During the
campaign the car travelled more than 28,000 miles (46,284 km), and
Truman gave almost 350 speeches from the rear platform.

After the United States entered World War II, it was suggested by
Secret Service agent Mike Reilly and White House Press Secretary
Stephen Early that President Franklin D. Roosevelt needed a specially
equipped and armored car rather than using standard equipment
provided by the Pullman Company. This led to selection of this rail car,
which was rebuilt by Pullman Company.

It is also named as U.S. Car. No. 1. served as Presidential Rail Car,

U.S. Number 1 from 1943 until 1958. The Gold Coast Railroad
Museum in Miami-Dade County, Florida acquired it in 1959.

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Ferdinand Magellan Rail Car

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 Her admirer, Mark Twain, had introduced her to
Standard Oil magnate Henry Huttleston Rogers,
who, with his wife, paid for her education. In 1904,
at the age of 24, she graduated from Radcliffe.

The Miracle Worker is a cycle of 20th century

dramatic works derived from her autobiography The
Story of My Life.

Anne Mansfield Sullivan Macy, born Johanna

Sullivan , was a teacher best known as the
instructor and companion of this lady.
Name this lady who has been source
of inspiration for many of us?
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explain the funda.

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Most Grammy wins in different category
With 31 Grammy Awards, Sir Georg
Solti is the male artist with the
most Grammy wins. Alison Krauss
is the biggest winner among female
artists with 26 awards.U2, with 22,
holds the record among bands.

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Connect it and explain
the connection?

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 Garrad & co
The Dubai World Cup, The ICC
Cricket World Cup, The Premier
League Trophy, The America Cup &
Webb Ellis cup all are designed by
them.

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connection.

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The Concert For Bangladesh was the event
title for two benefit concerts organized by
George Harrison and Ravi Shankar, held at
noon and at 7:00 p.m. on August 1, 1971,
playing to a total of 40,000 people at
Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Organized for the relief of refugees from
East Pakistan (now independent
Bangladesh) after the 1970 Bhola cyclone
and during the 1971 Bangladesh atrocities
and Bangladesh Liberation War, the event
was the first benefit concert of this
magnitude in world history. It featured an
all-star supergroup of performers that
included Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, George
Harrison, Billy Preston, Leon Russell,
Badfinger, and Ringo Starr.

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Connect it and explain
the connection.
 Goddess Durga’s weapons
Trishula (trident), Chakram,
Scimitar, Snake,
Conch shell, Mace,
Bow, Talwar (longsword),
lotus, Thunderbolt

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a legend in his field.

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 Pandit Birju Maharaj(Brijmohan Nath Mishra )
He composed the music, and sang, for two dance
sequences in the Satyajit Ray's Shatranj ke Khilari,
and choreographed the song Kaahe Chhed Mohe
from the 2002 film version of Devdas. In the movie
“GADAR” also the ‘Aan Milo Sajna’group dance
choreographed by him.He directed and composed a
musical dance piece for “Dil to pagal hain”
performed by Madhuri in kathak format.

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the connection.
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The Picasso sculpture in Chicago.
The massacre in Korea painting.
The famous Portrayal of the German
bombing of Guernica during the
Spanish Civil War.

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10 points for correct answers, (-5) for
wrong answers. You can go for a
double if you are confident about your
answer, however if you get it wrong,
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 QUESTION-1
Identify the advertiser and the film is
based upon a dying art of an Indian
state namely what in the background?

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 Sulekha.com
Award winning “arjuna the
archer” advertisement based on
the dying art of Orissa namely
Pattachitra

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Identify the video. Why it is in
news recently.

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 Promo of Marathi movie
HARISHCHANDRACHI FACTORY,
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 QUESTION-3

NAME THE MUSIC ALBUM WHERE

MICHAEL JACKSON IS DANCING WITH
A TRADITIONAL INDIAN DANCER. This
dance format originated from another
dance form. Name it.

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 BLACK OR WHITE
ODISSI DANCE ORIGINATED FROM
“GOTIPUA” DANCE

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 QUESTION-4
The legendary artist along with
another great artist won a Grammy
for this music which is played.
Name the album and the other
person along with whom he
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V. M. Bhatt & Ry Cooder for A
Meeting by the River won the
Grammy award in 1994 for for
"World-Music Album”.

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Name this village featured in this
advertisement? What is so unique
about this village?

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 Sanskrit as an everyday spoken
language in the village of Mattur near
Shimoga in Karnataka.

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Who is the singer of this beautiful
song? Which football club’s he is
an ardent fan and talked about it in
many of his interviews. Name the
person and his favorite football
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MOHAN BAGAN

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This is a very popular radio jingle.
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