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*1EQUATION (SPORTS)

2“When I saw his condition , I could not say a

word. He looked like a skeleton of himself. I had tears in my eyes. You never have a sense of the tallness of the man, he was 6 foot 5 with a huge head, huge eyes and a boom boom voice.” was how Dilip k Basu, currently a proffesor of Emiratus of the History dept. of the University of Santa Cruze. He described the death bead situation of someone. Mr. Basu was this persons life line in his last days, bringing him everything from bag granola, books, a VCR and finally something to that person. Which last item gave Mr.Basu to this person?

3Sylvester Dacunha, in 1966 rehashed the

old concept, talking a cue from his wife with certain libertis on grammer front.Today Sylvetsers son Rahul and 2 other man named Jayant Rane and Manish Jhavery carry on his legacy with the little help of Pia bansal, daughter of Shyam benegal.What we are talking about?

4One day Madan Mohan Malavya went to the Nizam

of Hyderabad asking for donation. The Nizam was annoyed at the gesture and flung his footware at Madan Mohan Malavya. Madan Mohan picked up the footware and left silently. He came directly to the market place and began to auction the footware. When Nizam heared this he became uneasy. He sent one of his man with the instruction to buy his footware no matter what was the bidding price. Thus Madan Mohan sell Nizam’s own footware to him for a huge amount.Madan Mohan used that money to build X. Id X?

*5The founder on the 25th anniversary of his

company famously said “There is no other article for individual use so universally known and widely distributed. In my travels I have found it in the most. Northern in Norway and in the heart of the Sahara Desert.” Whom talking about what?

6He started off as TV film producer,

producing a series of TV serials in 90s for ZEE TV like ANDAZ and AMAR PREM. He also composed music for his TV serials. He later went on to compose the title track for a 1998 movie however he was not credited as Jatin-Lalit were the official music director of this movie. Id him?

7On November 15, 2010 X announced it had

acquired the domain name Y from the American Farm Bureau Federation for an undisclosed amount. On January 11, 2011 the farm bureau disclosed the amount $ 8.5 million in “domain sales income” making the acquisition of Y. One of the ten highest domain sales in history. Id X and Y?

8X made in 1903 by Sitaram Khanderao

Vaidya and D.N Mirza and the project was completed by an english engineer W.A Chambers, and the builder was Sarobji Ratonji Contractor. The dome of X made from steel as used in the Eiffel Tower. Id X?

9In the Mahabharata , X switched her

gender with a Yaksha and turned into a male, later helping Arjuna on the battle field. Just id X?

*10There is a provision in the Indian Parliament

for the nomination of Anglo Indians as MP by the President. But there is also a rule regarding there voting rights in the house. The nominated members of the parliament are prohibited to vote in the election of President. Who was the only Anglo Indian to ever to vote in a Presidential election in free India?

11According to a popular Bollywood legend,

Sahir Ludhianvi was in love with amrita Pritam. Her father didn’t approve their reletion for Sahir Ludhianvi’s religion and economic status. He supposedly built a taller house infront of Amrita pritam’s residence in Ludhiana to show her father that he could afford a house. Which famous song did it supposedly inspired?

*12Id the person?

13Put funda and Id X?

1.Vinoo Mankad 19522. GR Viswanath 19793. Dilip Bengsarkar 19794. MD. Azharuddin 19905. Ravi Shastri 19906. Sourav Ganguly 19967. X 20028. Rahul Dravid 2011

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Id the singer?

15Id the movie?

16Id the band?

1

Ravindranath Rampaul

2

Oscar to Satyajit Ray

3

Amul Ads

4

Benaras Hindu University

5

King Gillette about Safety Razor

6

Himmesh Reshmmiya

7

Facebook and fb.com

8

Tajmahal Hotel

9

Shikhandi

10

Derek O Brian

11Famous hindi song “ek ghar banuanga tere

ghar ke samne” from the movie Tere ghar ke samne sung by Md. Rafi

12

Uttam Kumar

13Century in Lords by Indians and X is

Ajit Agarkar