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1 What is the
projected growth for India’s GDP in 2006-07 by the Central
Statistical Organisation (CSO)? 2 Which company has become the
world’s fifth largest steel producer? 3 Which Asian country
recently conducted an anti-satellite test? 4 Where will the world’s
biggest premium carmaker BMW start assembling cars in India next
month? 5 Which woman astronaut has spent the maximum time doing
space walk? 6 Which ringed planet is the brightest this year than
it will be until 2015? 7 Which company manufactures the F-16
fighter aircraft? 8 Which country has made history by sending the
first all-woman police unit to a United Nations peacekeeping
mission? 9 Who has been appointed the new Air Chief Marshal?
10Which is the largest multinational employer in India? 11At
which station of the IAF was the Asia’s biggest air show held
recently? 12Who was the first African woman to win the Nobel
prize? 13Which country recently banned the Mexican wave at all its
one-day cricket venues to prevent fans’ unruly behaviour? 14Which
team recently won the Ranji Trophy for a record 37th time? 15Name
the principal greenhouse gas whose atmospheric levels have
registered a steep hike in the past 4,20,000
years. Name.................................. Class.................................. School
address.................... Winners of quiz 277: The first
prize by draw of lots goes to N. Robinson Singh, VIII-B, Sainik
School Kunjpura, Karna, Haryana-132023. Second: Amrita Singh,
IX-B, Gita Niketan Awasiya Vidalaya, Kurukshetra- 132118. Third: Manisha
Ummat, 8th B, Shri Guru Harkrishan Public School, Sector 40-C,
Chandigarh-160036. Answers to quiz 277: Four; SRE-1; Hillary
Clinton; Legion d’ Honneur; Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and
Shahrukh Khan; Water; Jasdev Singh; January 29; Mumbai; Indonesia;
Afghanistan; The Netherlands; Serena Williams; Allan Donald, Shaun
Pollock and Makhaya Ntini; Sanath Jayasurya. 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. Note:
Kindly mention the pincode of your place to facilitate the
delivery of the prize money. Answers can also be sent at
quiz@tribunemail.com
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