1.WHICH mountain peak was initially called Peak XV before being named after a surveyor general of India ?

2.WHAT is the term that describes a word that combines two or more words to make a meaningful word?

3.WhICH district in Mexico shares its name with a famous breed of miniature dogs?

4.WHICH national youth organisation was set up in 1948 on the recommendation of the Kunzru Committee?

5.WHICH natural phenomenon’s name is derived from the Greek word meaning “the coil of a snake”?

6.WHICH Indian city derives its name from the rivers Asi and Varuna?

7.WHICH architectural style of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries derives its name from a Spanish term meaning “an irregularly shaped pearl”?

8.WHO wrote the poem Lineup for Yesterday which featured the names of famous baseball players alphabetically?

9.WHICH twelfth century clan founded the princely state of Jodhpur ?

10.Which invention of Robert Whitehead’s is named after a fish that emits electric discharges to hurt enemies?

ANSWERS

1. Mt Everest 2. Portmanteau 3. Chihuahua 4. National Cadet Corps 5. Cyclone 6. Varanasi 7. Baroque 8. Ogden Nash 9. Rathores 10. Torpedo

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