Trivia Facts Quiz On Indian Politics, Sports And Culture!

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A pocket veto is a legislative maneuver in lawmaking that allows a president or other official with veto power effectively to exercise that power over a bill by taking no action.

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The National Herald was established in Lucknow on September 9, 1938, by Jawaharlal Nehru. Jawaharlal Nehru was an early editor of the newspaper and until his appointment as Prime Minister was the Chairman of the Herald's Board of Directors. In 1938, K. Rama Rao was appointed the paper's first editor. * The former of the newspaper Indian Opinion - Mahatma Gandhi

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Nagaland substitutes Panchayati Raj with the system 'Grameena Republic' * Panchayat Raj is a system of governance in which gram panchayats are the basic units of administration. It has 3 levels: Gram (village, though it can comprise more than one village), Janpad (taluka or block) and Zilla (district). The term "panchayat raj" is relatively new, having originated by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru during 1958. Raj literally means "rule". Mahatma Gandhi advocated Panchayati Raj, a decentralized form of Government where each village is responsible for its own affairs, as the foundation of India's political system. The term for such a vision was Gram Swaraj.

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William Ferrel demonstrated that it is the tendency of rising warm air, as it rotates due to the Coriolis effect. The Coriolis effect is a deflection of moving objects when they are viewed in a rotating reference frame. In a reference frame with clockwise rotation, the deflection is to the left of the motion of the object; in one with counter-clockwise rotation, the deflection is to the right.

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Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor. In a career spanning over 40 years, he has won an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA, two Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild awards. He is known for his starring role as Mohandas Gandhi in the 1982 film Gandhi, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. He is also known for his performances in the films Schindler's List (1993), Sexy Beast (2000), Lucky Number Slevin (2006), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010), Hugo (2011), and Iron Man 3 (2013). In 2013 he received the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles 'Albert R. Broccoli Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment. * Richard Attenborough - Producer and Director of film Gandhi * Roshan Seth is known for his critically acclaimed performances in the films Gandhi * Alyque Padamsee is probably best known in the English-speaking world for playing Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the film Gandhi.

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Mahatma Gandhi : Raj Ghat * Rajive Gandhi : Veer Bhoomy * Indira Gandhi : Sakhti Sthal * Nehru Shantivanam * Morarji Desai : Abhay Ghat * Gulsarilal Nanda : Narayan Ghat * Lal Bahador shastri : Vijay Ghat * Ambedkar : Chitahnya Bhumi * Gag jeevan ram : Samada sthal * Charan Sing : Kisan Ghat * Sail Sing : Eakatha Sthal * K.R. Narayanan : Ekatha Sthal (Karma Bhoomy) * Krishnakanth : Nigham Both Ghat * Narasimha Rao : Buddha Poornima Park

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First Winter Olympics held in 1924, Chamonix, France.
Summer Olympics 1924 held in Paris

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 Asoka sends royal officers out to teach Buddhism. So he called Constantine of Buddhism. If you meant Asoka as in the grandson of Chandragupta Maurya: He stops the war when his son died. He then decided to take up Buddhism and spread Buddhism around India. He converted to Buddhism after witnessing many deaths in the war of Kalinga. He sent messengers to many countries e.g. Sri Lanka, to teach people about Buddhism.

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Suresh Raina was the first Indian to score a century in 20-20 cricket. This means that he was the first Indian player to reach a personal score of 100 runs in a single innings of a 20-20 cricket match.

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Makhan is the correct answer because Shishupala Vadham is a Sanskrit play written by the poet Makhanlal Chaturvedi, also known as Makhan.