1.WHICH American Senator won the Best Spoken Word Album Award for the audio version of his book The Audacity of Hope at the 2008 Grammy Awards?

2.Which planet’s satellites include Puck, Juliet, Portia and Desdemona?

3.The book Darlingji, written by Kishwar Desai, is based on the true love story of which two film personalities?

4.WHICH scientist, who also worked on the expansion of gases and atomic theory, was the first to describe the symptoms of colour blindness in 1794?

5.In Hindu mythology, who was considered the architect of the Danavas?

6.Which chemical is also known as ‘spirits of salt’?

7.WHICH South American river is named after a race of female warriors in Greek myth?

8.Who was the first Indian cricketer to take five wickets in an ODI match?

9.On whose life is Bhavabhuti’s 8th century play Mahaviracharita based?

10.What was created in 1956 by uniting the Malabar districts of Madras State with the Travancore-Cochin districts?

ANSWERS 1. Barack Obama 2. Uranus 3. Nargis and Sunil Dutt 4. John Dalton 5. Maya 6. Hydrochloric acid 7. Amazon 8. Kapil Dev 9. Rama 10. Kerala

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