1. Which university's educational channel - launched on 26 January 2000 - is titled Gyandarshan

2. Madurai is situated on the serene banks of which river

3. He succeeded his elder brother Veera Narasimha as king. As an accomplished poet and a patron of the arts - his literary court was adorned by eminent poets and scholars. He himself wrote a Telugu classic Amukta Malyada and a play in Sanskrit - Jambavati Kalyana. Who

4. Which Indian editor's memoir is called Lucknow Boy

5. He was born in Rajkot. As a 21 year old on his first tour to England in 1932 he took 11 wickets at an average of 20.74 and was described later as the best bowler seen in England since the war. He had the honour of scoring India-™s first test match half-century. A famed part of a pace duo with Mohammed Nissar - he died prematurely at the age of 29. Who

6. When Radhanath Sikdar an alumnus of Hindu College-Kolkata (now Presidency University) calculated Peak 15 of the Himalayas as the tallest peak of the world (later to be renamed as Mount Everest) - he was a part of which organisation

7. It is said that Brahma - the Creator - created this - taking literature from the Rig Veda - song from the Sama Veda - abhinaya or expression from the Yajur Veda and rasa or aesthetic experience from the Atharva Veda.

8. The Lushai hills would be a part of which mountain range in Mizomram

9. October 2012 marks the 188th Victory Day of the heroic warrior queen of Kittor who unfurled the flag of revolt against the East India Company - three decades before the Sepoy Mutiny. Two of her trusted lieutenants namely Gurusidappa and Sangolli Rayanna played a stellar role in the battle. Her last days were spent ay Bailhongal Can you name her

10. :The River is known as Karnali is a major tributary of the Ganges and incidentally the largest river of Nepal. In Chinese it is called K'ung-ch'iao Ho.Which river are we referring to

11. This ashram was built in 1921 by Satish Chandra Dasgupta. He came here a number of times between 1938 to 1947. In 1939 - after the Tripuri Congress ashram played host to a hisotric meeting between Mahatma Gandhi - Subhash Chandra Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru. One of the significant visits of Gandhiji was on October 29 - 1946. It was from here - on November 6 - 1946 - he left for Noakhali. Name this ashram in North 24-Parganas district of West Bengal

12. Which Indian city was founded in 1519 by Quli Qutub Shah

13. Victoria Portrait series in 1880s. Gandhi portrait series in contemporary times. What are we referring to

14. The temple dedicated to the Goddess is constructed over a sacred spring .The worship of the Goddess is universal among the Hindus of Kashmir The temple is situated at a distance of 14 miles east of Srinagar near the village of Tula Mulas .The legend has it that the water inside the well situated in the Temple complex changes its colour from time to time as an index of the prevailing conditions in the valley. Swami Vivekananda made a historic visit to the temple. Can you name the temple

15. How is the old port area called Tamralipta now known in the state of West Bengal

16. ISRO has launched a series of Earth observation spacecraft (1 - 2 - 2A and 2B) for the use of mapping some specifics. What are these spacecrafts called

17. Two months after arriving at Calcutta with Gaffky and Fischer - he had observed the comma-shaped bacillus in seventy cholera victims. His final communication from India (4 March 1884) designated village ponds - used for drinking water and all domestic purposes - as sources of localized outbreaks.....Later in May 1897 - when he reached Bombay - bubonic plague was epidemic in upper India. For working on which disease - who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine

18. With which state of India would you associate the following tribes: Angami - Ao - Chakhesang (Chokri/Kheza) - Chang - Khiamniungan - Kuki - Konyak - Lotha - Phom - Pochury - Rengma - Sumi - Sangtam - Yimchungru and Zeliang

19. Munshi Premchand started the journal Hans. Now - it is edited by a famous writer. Who

20. This picturesque town circled by the majestic Myntdu River and serves as the headquarters of the district. Caves in Lumshnong and Syndai in this district is one of the largest cave networks in Asia. Name the headquarter town

21. In the 50th edition of the premier division of the national championship 16-year old G. Akash emerged as the youngest winner in the five decade history. Which sport

22. Emperor Akbar planted 1 - 200 chinar trees on the banks of Dal and named it Garden of the Breezes. Now a part of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) campus - it is one of the lesser known attraction. How do we know the graden better as

23. In the cricket stadium in Indore - there is a huge concrete bat. Why was it built

24. MCX and India Post has joined hands to set up Gramin Suvidha Kendras at village level post offices to facilitate a farmer to know all crop-related information. What does MCX stand for?

25. It is the biggest city of the East and West Godavari districts and first Municipal Corporation in the Godavari district. Name the city