Competition\nSuccess Review had been serialising selected questions from the book BBC :\n 1. What\nterm in business is derived from the Latin for \u2018broken bench\u2019?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. The\nname of which enclosure is derived from the Greek unit of measurement for the\ndistance covered in six hundred feet ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Which\nmonument in Delhi built by Sher Shah Suri in 1545 gets its present name from\nthe execution of the two sons of Bahadur Shah II by the British ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4. Which\ngas, when first recognised as an element was named Azote by the French chemist\nAntoine Lavoisier, because of its inability to support life ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5. Which\narchitectural term is used to refer to a series of arches usually of the same\nsize ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6. Which\nsage cursed Dharma to be reincarnated on earth as Vidura ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7. According\nto Hindu myth, who is Vishnu\u2019s tenth and last incarnation ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8. Against\nwhich African state did the Romans fight the second Punic Wars between 218 and\n210 BC ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9. The\nparliament of which country, first convened in 930 AD, is called the Althing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10. The\nname of which ant-eater African mammal literally means \u2018earth pig\u2019 in Afrikaans\n?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11. Which\nmouse deer is found mainly in peninsular India and normally rests in tree holes\n?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 12. Which\nmedieval kingdom\u2019s ruins would you find at Hampi in Karnataka ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 13. Which nineteenth century French writer\u2019s title\nis 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\n\u2018Authority\u2019 was first used to describe the dominance of Athens over other Greek\ncity states ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 15. The south eastern US city of New Orleans lies\nat the mouth of which great river system ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 16. After which part of a bird\u2019s anatomy was the\nstrategic 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\n\u2018Caloris Basin\u2019 first imaged by Mariner 10 in 1974 ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 18. Gopal Krishna Gokhale first came into\nprominence as the additional joint secretary under which long serving Parsee\nCongress general secretary ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 19. Which former East Asian state was ruled by the\n\u2018White Raja\u2019, Britisher James Brookes, and his descendants between 1841 and\n1946 ?<\/p>\n\n\n\n 20. Which fort, built by Raja Ajai Pal Chauhan in\nthe seventh century was captured by Mohammed Ghauri when he defeated Prithviraj\nChauhan 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.\u00a0Ajmer Fort<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Siddhartha Basuof Kaun Banega CrorepatiPopular T.V. Show Competition Success Review had been serialising selected questions from the book BBC : The Complete Mastermind. 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\nThe Complete Mastermind. Now we are proud to present different sets of\nquestions every month from
\nanother book\u2014BBC Mastermind India, edited and compiled by India\u2019s Ace Quiz\nMaster Siddhartha Basu
\nand published by Teksons Bookshop, New Delhi, in association with BBC. CSR\nhopes that its readers
\nfrom all over India will find the series useful not only for various\ncompetitive examinations
\nbut also in widening knowledge base of India and the World, so that
\nthey are able to participate creditably in various Quiz Contests.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n