India quiz

I found these set of questions from a quiz called chak-de-india...

1. Her mother's name is Bonnie Pandya, a Slovenian American. She is the
second person of Slovenian descent to be sent to space. She apparently
likes Samosas! Who?

2. What is full form of T.T.E as in the guy who checks the tickets
on our trains?

3. Bulgar, Gansu, Taklamakan Desert, Kashgar, Kokand, Karakum
Desert, Merv. Connect the above terms with a music group.

4. In Hindi it is called Saunf what is it called in English?

5. Born to Narayan Paglu Rao in Maharashtra, she received her degree from Mooljee Jaitha (M.J.) College in Jalgaon. In 1962, she was also voted the "College Queen" in M.J College. She also excelled in Table Tennis and had won various inter-college events. She is currently married to Devisingh Ransingh (her third marriage). Identify her.

6. One of the origins of the name of this place is from the word Kalikshetra, meaning "Ground of the Goddess Kali." Which place?

7. Complete the sequence :

A Peepal tree

A banana tree

An idol

____________

8. What do you have to do to make your life jingalala? (thankfully this was not a crucible question!)

9. In Vedic times, a Brahmin boy was considered equal to an animal until a certain event took place. What was that event?

10. When Sachin Tendulkar went for his first Test series to Pakistan, he did not sign the contract with BCCI. Someone else signed it on his behalf. Who signed it and why?

11. This hill station is around 64 km from Pune and is also called the “Chikki” capital of India, as there are a lot of local outlets there manufacturing this sweet. Which place?

12. Which Indian actor, who has not acted in any movies in his mother tongue, made his debut in the 1975 Kannada movie Katha Sangama?

13. Lord Vishnu, in all his avatars, has spared the life of only one Asura. Who? This Asura who is still believed to be alive, visits once a year and a festival is celebrated because of his visit. Which festival?

14. Yusuf Nulwalla, Sameer Hingora, Baba Chauhan, Zaibunnisa Anwar Kazi and Aziz Ahmed Mohammed. Who is the sixth?

15. Dada, Abdulla & Co recruited a person on year long contract in the late 19th century and sent him for a posting in South Africa. Who?

16. Kusumpur, Pushpapur and Azeemabad are older names of which city?

17. Below is the photo of the Indian team for a particular sport (a 1998 photo). Which sport?

18. On 31st October 1984, the 2nd ODI in the wills series between India and Pakistan was happening at Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot, Pakistan. Pakistan had won the toss and decided to field. India were 210/3 with Vengsarkar 94*. The match was abandoned then. Why?

19. Whenever a forest is shown in a movie, it is always accompanied by a chirping sound. This is the sound of the cicada which is quite famous for the noise it produces in dense forests. There is a famous place in Kerala which is called ____ Valley because there are no cicadas in this forest. Fill in the blank.

20. English dictionaries tend to define the word as ‘a child's vehicle that typically has two wheels with a low footboard between them, is steered by a handlebar, and is propelled by pushing one foot against the ground while resting the other on the footboard’. What word?

21. Something made from sugar, corn syrup, corn starch and lecithin was enough to make Zaheer Khan very angry. What?

22. In the NATO phonetic alphabet, A- Alpha, B- Bravo, C-Charlie etc. What does I stand for ?

23. Father: Ramesh. He had 4 kids. Nitin, Savita and Ajit are three of them. Who is the fourth?

24. Americans call it a faucet. What do we call it in India?

25. By doing a wordplay on the acronym html, this BITS Pilani graduate created something which took the world by storm. What?

26. This waterway of around 150 kms width separates the Andaman Islands from the Nicobar Islands. What is its name?

27. A word which has been formed recently. If you are ________, it means that you have lost your job because it has been outsourced to India. Fill the blank.

28. X comes in different sizes like137*63 mm, 147*63 mm, 157*73 mm, 167*73 mm and 177*73 mm. What is X? I would definitely like to have many of the 177*73 ones.