Test Your Knowledge_2

Test Your Knowledge - 2

01. Name the Indian athlete who lost a medal in an Olympic event by 100th of a second?
02. Who was the first Non-Congress Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, and what party did he represent?
03. When was the practice of pre-censoring movies introduced in India and by which act?
04. He is supposed to be a prophet who migrated to Kashmir around 2000 years ago and is believed to be the fifth advent of Buddha in some accounts. Who is being talking about?
05. Which university is regarded (at least by some) to be the oldest in the world?
06. Who can be regarded as India's first rap singer and what is the song?
07. Who is the most famous child of Prakash and Prem Peshawaria?
08. P.T.Usha is probably most famous for losing out an Olympic track and field Gold medal by a whisker in 1984. Lesser known is the fact that two other athletes from Kerala had also competed in the finals of a track and field event in the same Olympics. Who all?
09. Which film comedian is widely regarded as the first film comedian to receive the Padma Shri from the Government of India? Also mention the year.
10. At what location is it said that Lord Vishnu made an offering to Lord Siva of an eye?

ANSWERS

01. Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha (P.T. Usha), in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
02. Choudhary Charan Singh, Bharatiya Lok Dal in 1967
03. In 1918, with the cinematograph act.
04. Yuz Asaf
05. Takshashila
06. Ashok Kumar's Railgadi
07. Kiran Bedi
08. 4X400m women's relay - M. D. Valsamma and Shiny Abraham (now Wilson) were the two other athletes from Kerala in the team. Vandana Rao, a non-Keralite completes the quartet.
09. Relangi Venkata Ramaiah
10. Kashi