1. Which is the only place in India where Lord Brahma is worshipped

2. According to Hindu myth - who was Vishnu's first incarnation

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

4. He decisively defeated the Marathas at the 1761 Battle of Panipat. Founder of the Durrani Empire in 1747 - he is also considered by the many the father of the modern state of Afganistan. His mausolem is located at Kandahar. His eight invasions to India is a pointer to a deeply divisive legacy. Can you name the king

5. The first sultan of Delhi - Qutubuddin Aibak fell to his death in 1210 AD of injuries suffered from playing a version of polo. What was polo called then

6. On November 11 - 1995 a section of Michigan Avenue in which US city has been named after an Indian

7. 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

8. Whose ships were the Sao Rafael - Sao Gabriel and the Berrio

9. Who founded the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry along with Purushottam Thakur in 1927

10. Dolphins can be seen in two large Goa rivers . One is Mandovi. Name the other.

11. Food heritage. X was first conceived in the ancient Punjab region - but soon became popular all over India. The south-Indian states have their own versions of X. In Myanmar (Burma) it is eaten with curries or cooked with either egg or mutton - or as a dessert with white sugar. X in Trinidad and Tobago is generally larger and thinner. Give the common Indian name

12. Which hill station in Kashmir acts as a base to Lidderwat and Kolchoi glacier and has a considerable nomadic shepherd population

13. The Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Samiti Sangathan was formed by Aruna Roy - Shankar Singh and Nikhil Dey along with a number of grassroot workers in Devdungari village of Rajasthan in 1990. For the better part of the nineties MKSS began and continued a movement to bring a level of transparency in village accounts - . This led to a campaign - which over the years - finally forced the government to enact which act in the Parliament

14. The name Bihar is known as a variation of which word

15. India-™s largest fresh water lake-this one was known as Mahapadma after a snake king. Kalhan refers to the lake in Rajtarangini. Name the lake in Kashmir

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

17. He swapped his masculinity. He was finally killed by Aswathama on the 18th day of battle. Who

18. Which Indian football team plays it-™s league home matches in Tilak Maidan-Vasco

19. The party was formed by former state water resources minister T.M Jacob. Name the party

20. Dr Patrick Russel (1727-1805) came to India and pioneered the study of what

21. Governor General Lord Bentick initiated this in 1840. He formed a committee that got the seeds from China and raised nurseries in the Brahmaputra Valley - Darjeeling and the Nilgiri areas.What did he start

22. ......a necklace broke. A row of pearls mislaid. One sixth fell to the floor. One fifth upon the bed. The young woman saved one third of them. One tenth were caught by her lover. If six pearls remained upon the string How many pearls were there altogether? Which great Indian treatise divided into 13 chapters - would have this riddle

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

24. Which place connects Dr B.R. Ambedkar with Indian hockey captain Kishen Lal (1948 Olympics in London)

25. It was founded in 1924 by Master Sunder Singh Lyallpuri - founder-father of the Akali Movement and the Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab - with the contributions from USA - Canada and mainly from the sons of the soil belonging to Lyallpur from the district of Sheikhpura (now in Pakistan). The earliest members include a tehsildar - S Mangal Singh Gill - Chanchal Singh from Jalandhar and the managing committee included legends like Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya and Master Tara Singh. The opening dedication was performed by Gandhiji on September 15 - 1924. Which Indian institution are we talking about