By Siddhartha Basu<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of Kaun Banega Crorepati<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Popular T.V. Show<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Competition Success Review had been serialising selected questions from the book BBC : 1. What term in business is derived from the Latin for \u2018broken bench\u2019?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. The name of which enclosure is derived from the Greek unit of measurement for the distance covered in six hundred feet ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Which monument in Delhi built by Sher Shah Suri in 1545 gets its present name from the execution of the two sons of Bahadur Shah II by the British ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Which gas, when first recognised as an element was named Azote by the French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, because of its inability to support life ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Which architectural term is used to refer to a series of arches usually of the same size ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Which sage cursed Dharma to be reincarnated on earth as Vidura ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. According to Hindu myth, who is Vishnu\u2019s tenth and last incarnation ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. Against which African state did the Romans fight the second Punic Wars between 218 and 210 BC ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. The parliament of which country, first convened in 930 AD, is called the Althing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. The name of which ant-eater African mammal literally means \u2018earth pig\u2019 in Afrikaans ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11. Which mouse deer is found mainly in peninsular India and normally rests in tree holes ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12. Which medieval kingdom\u2019s ruins would you find at Hampi in Karnataka ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 13. Which nineteenth century French writer\u2019s title is now used in English to denote \u2018pleasure from inflicting pain on others\u2019 ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 14. What term derived from the Greek word meaning \u2018Authority\u2019 was first used to describe the dominance of Athens over other Greek city states ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 15. The south eastern US city of New Orleans lies at the mouth of which great river system ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 16. After which part of a bird\u2019s anatomy was the strategic salient in Jammu, between the Chenab and the Chander Bagher, named ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 17. On the surface of which planet was the \u2018Caloris Basin\u2019 first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974 ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 18. Gopal Krishna Gokhale first came into prominence as the additional joint secretary under which long serving Parsee Congress general secretary ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 19. Which former East Asian state was ruled by the \u2018White Raja\u2019, Britisher James Brookes, and his descendants between 1841 and 1946 ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20. Which fort, built by Raja Ajai Pal Chauhan in the seventh century was captured by Mohammed Ghauri when he defeated Prithviraj Chauhan in 1193 AD ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Bankruptcy<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Stadium<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Khooni Darwaza<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Nitrogen<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Arcade<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Mardanya<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. Kalki<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. Carthage<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. Iceland<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. Aardvark<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11. Chervotain<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12. Vijayanagara<\/p>\n\n\n\n 13. Marquis de Sade<\/p>\n\n\n\n 14. Hegemony<\/p>\n\n\n\n 15. Mississippi<\/p>\n\n\n\n 16. Chicken\u2019s Neck<\/p>\n\n\n\n 17. Mercury<\/p>\n\n\n\n 18. Dinshaw Wacha<\/p>\n\n\n\n 19. Sarawak<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20. Ajmer Fort<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Siddhartha Basu of Kaun Banega Crorepati Popular T.V. Show Competition Success Review had been serialising selected questions from the book BBC :The Complete Mastermind. 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The Complete Mastermind. Now we are proud to present different sets of questions every month from
another book\u2014BBC Mastermind India, edited and compiled by India\u2019s Ace Quiz Master Siddhartha Basu
and published by Teksons Bookshop, New Delhi, in association with BBC. CSR hopes that its readers
from all over India will find the series useful not only for various competitive examinations
but also in widening knowledge base of India and the World, so that
they are able to participate creditably in various Quiz Contests.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n