Fortnightly Quiz-276

1 How many satellites were injected into orbit by PSLV C-7 recently?

2 Name the Schedule of the Constitution whose laws were recently opened to judicial review by the Supreme Court.

3 After how many years did Australia completely blank England in the Ashes recently?

4 Who was the world’s first test tube baby?

5 Who has been adjudged Asia’s Businessman of the Year by prestigious US magazine Fortune?

6 Which military tank in the history of armoured warfare in the world has travelled up to a height of over 17,000 feet?

7 Name the director of the film Kabul Express.

8 Which is the place of confluence of the Ganga, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati?

9 Which Indian state has the maximum number of persons affected by deadly parasitic disease kala azar?

10 What is the full form of OLED?

11 Which matter, whose three-dimensional map was unveiled for the first time by astronomers recently, acts as a glue holding galaxies together?

12 Which country recently unveiled its multi-role indigenous fighter jet titled Jian-10?

13 What is the full form of PIOs?

14 In which state will be the National Games held in February?

15 Which cells are capable of developing into any of more than 200 cell types that make up the human body?

Name…………..…………

Class……………………….

School address……………..

Winners of quiz 275: The first prize by draw of lots goes to Lakshay Gupta, 8th-B, St Luke’s Senior Secondary School, Solan-173212. Second: Surbhi Devgan, 10-D, DAV Model Sr Sec School, Sector 15-A, Chandigarh-160015. Third: Parul Garg, 10th, DAV Public School, Bareta, Mansa-151501.

Answers to quiz 275: K.G. Balakrishnan; Durand Line; Duleep Singh; 1885; Eenadu; Burnpur; Uttrakhand; Harcharan Singh; Kuala Lumpur; Sunil & Vandana Sharma; Fabio Cannavaro; Chess; India; Irfan Pathan; Shane Warne.

Cash awards of Rs 400, 300 and 200 are given to the first, second and third prize winners, respectively. These are sent at the school address.

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— Tarun Sharma