HDFC Bank and Horlicks are conducting a quiz contest for school going children with prizes ranging from Rs 2,500-10 lakhs. Model Questions: 1. George Safford Parker is famous for having created which stationary brand named after him? Answer: Parker Pen 2. Which train was introduced in 1969 to provide high speed connectivity from the capital New Delhi to all the state capitals? Answer: Rajdhani Express. 3. The name of which of the following coffee joints is the Italian word for a coffee brewer or a bartender? Answer: Barista 4. Which Indian system of medicine gets its name from Sanskrit for 'the science of long life'? Answer: Ayurveda 5. Who is the author of the Best of Booker Prize Winner book, Midnight's Children? Answer: Salman Rushdie 6. India has only three national holidays: Independence Day, Republic Day and? Answer: Gandhi Jayanti 7. What is common abbreviation of the term 'Sensitive Index' in India? Answer: Sensex 8. In the field of sports in India, which award is presented to the best coach? Answer: The Dhronacharya Award 9. Along with Tiger Woods, Thierry Henry and Roger Federer, who is the only Indian currently, endorsing Gillette? Answer: Rahul Dravid 10. Who was the Indian tennis player to win a grand slam Tennis tournament? Answer: Mahesh Bhupathi 11. G.V. Iyer directed the movie Adi Shankara in 1983. It was the first movie to be made in which language? Answer: Sanskrit 12. The name of which animal is derived from the Sanskrit word 'chitraka' meaning ‘speckled’ or ‘spotted'? Answer: Cheetah 13. Colombian, Java, … [Read more...]