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Anfield

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The 2014 FIFA World Cup, which will be the first one to be held in Brazil since 1950. It will take place in Estádio do Maracanã.

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It opened in 2007 and was built on the site of the previous 1923 Wembley Stadium.

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Estádio do Maracanã was opened in 1950 to host the FIFA World Cup.

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In Hindu mythology, Yamuna River is the sister of Yama, the God of death, hence also known as 'Yami'. 

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The Ganges begins at the confluence of the Bhagirathi and Alaknanda rivers.

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The Trimbakeshwar temple, one of the Jyotirlingaas dedicated to Lord Shiva is located at the mouth of the Godavari River.

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The river Ganges is worshipped as Goddess Ganga by the Hindus. This is because it is the most sacred and holy river for the Hindus.

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The mouth of the Ganga river forms a vast delta, Sundarban delta which is the largest delta in the world.

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Godavari is a sacred river flowing from Western to Southern India. A lot of pilgrimage places are there along the course of the river. They are of great importance to the Hindus.

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The Brahmaputra River deposits huge quantities of fertile alluvial soil on its banks. However, at the same time it is known for creating destruction through floods in Assam and Bangladesh. Hence the river is both a creator and a destroyer.

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Leonardo da Vinci

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Battle of Gaugamela

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Causality

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Sikh warriors

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Ninja warriors

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Mongol Warriors

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a. Knights

 b. Mongol warriors

 c. Apache Indians

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Knighthood is an honorary title given to a knight warrior.

b. True

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Apache Indians are the ancient warriors of America.

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a. KNIGHTS

b. APACHE INDIANS

c. MONGOLS

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Arundhati Roy was the first Indian woman to receive the Booker Prize for her novel 'The God of Small Things' in 1997.

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Kiran Bedi is the first woman IPS officer of India.

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Lata Mangeshkar holds the Guinness World Record for singing the most number of song recordings in the world from the years 1974 to 1991.

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Shovana Narayan is a renowned Kathak dancer and also known as the 'Guru of Kathak'.

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'Paintings in private collections' book is published on the life and work of painter Anjolie Ela Menon.

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Kiran Desai is the writer of the book 'Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard'.

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Arundhati Roy is the writer of the novel 'The God of Small Things'.

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Shovana Narayan is a renowned Kathak dancer. She has performed in India and around the world. She has been awarded with Padmashri in 1992 and Sangeet Natak Academy Awards in 1999. She has written ten books on the subject of dance.

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Medha Patkar is an Indian social activist. She actively participated in a hunger strike for the Narmada Bachao Andolan. She also fought for the rights of farmers in West Bengal.

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Shabana Azmi was born on 18 September 1950 in Hyderabad. She is married to Javed Akhtar, who is a lyricist, poet and scriptwriter.

She is an Indian film actress, television and theatre personality. Her first film was released in the year 1974. She has earned many praises and won the National Film Award for Best Actress, five times. She has also won four Filmfare awards.

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Charlotte's Web

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The Borrowers

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E.B. White

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The Secret Garden is one of the most popular novels of Frances Hodgson Burnett. The story moves around a 10-year-old girl who has an unhappy face. She was born in India to selfish wealthy British parents who had not wanted her and were busy in their own lives.

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The tale of Peter Rabbit is a children's book written by Beatrix Potter which deals about the mischievous and disobedient young Peter rabbit. The story is about the family of rabbits. The mother rabbit tells her young ones not to enter a vegetable garden grown by a man named Mr. McGregor, whose wife was a bad woman.

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Charlotte's Web is a children's novel written by American author E.B White. The story is about a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte.

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a. The Borrowers

b. E.B. White

c. Frances Hodgson Burnett

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a. False

Charlotte's Web tells about a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte.

b. True

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The tale of Peter Rabbit is a British children's book which deals about the mischievous and disobedient young rabbit.

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a. Frances Hodgson Burnett

b. Beatrix Potter

c. Mary Norton

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a. The Borrowers

b. The Secret Garden

c. The tale of Peter Rabbit

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 Name of the character: Noddy

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a) Lewis Carroll

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Awards won by Lata Mangeshkar are Bharat Ratna in 2001, Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback in 1970, Padma bhushan in 1969, Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1990 and Padma Vibhushan in 1999.

Awards won by Sachin Tendulkar are Bharat Ratna in 2013, Padma Vibhushan in 2008, Padma Shri in 1999, Arjuna Award for cricket and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 1997.

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A) Master Blaster

B) Swar Kokila

C) Sunil Gavaskar

D) Satyajit Ray

E) Hariyana Hurricane

F) Pilavullakandi Thekkeparambil Usha

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Hussain Sagar

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Mumbai

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Kolkata

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Prudential Cup is the name of the first three tournaments of the Cricket World cup. It was named after the financial services company Prudential plc. which sponsored the event.

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The eight teams which participated in the first tournament were: Australia, England, West Indies, Pakistan, India, New Zealand with Sri Lanka and a composite team from East Africa.

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Durand cup and Shimla Trophy

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1888

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President's cup

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Sir Henry Mortimer Durand

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Desert Festival

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Sonepur Cattle Fair

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Chumpha Festival

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The Desert Festival is an annual festival organized in February at the beautiful desert city within the golden fort of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. It is a three-day festival. The cultural show showcases the rich and colourful heritage of Rajasthan and its folk culture.No desert festival can be complete without camels. Camels take part in a number of events, including camel races, camel polo, camel decoration, and camel dance.

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Chumpha Festival is an annual harvest festival held in Manipur every year. This Festival is celebrated by the Tanghul Nagas of Manipur, for whom it is one of the most important festivals and they celebrate this festival with great joy, merriment, fun and frolic. It is celebrated for seven days after the harvest season in December.

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The Pushar Fair is an annual five-day camel and livestock fair held in the town of Pushkar in Rajasthan, India. It is one of the world's largest camel fairs and also an important tourist attraction. The main attractions of the fair are the competitions like "matka phod", "longest moustache", and "bridal competition".

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a. Pushkar Fair

b. Qutub Festival

c. Desert festival

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Chumpha Festival is celebrated in Manipur for seven days after the harvest season in December.

b. True

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Qutub Festival is held in the months November-December in the Qutub complex in Delhi organized by Delhi tourism, Government of Delhi.

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a. CHUMPHA FESTIVAL

b. PUSHKAR MELA

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a. Desert festival

b. Sonepur Cattle Fair

c. Qutub Festival

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 Buddhism

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Shri Guru Granth Sahib

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Shrimad Bhagavad Gita

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Radiation therapy is used in the medical field to cure major diseases such as cancer. Radiation therapyworks by damaging the cancerous cells present in the body.q

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Inventions are important for us to be aware of new technologies to make our lives easier.

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Inventions are done to develop something new, especially a device or machine.

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X-rays are the radiations used in medical field. These rays help us to analyse problems with bones, teeth and organs in the human body. X-rays can pass through the human body and forms the image of an organ on the black surface. This image helps the doctors to identify the ailment related to the bones inside the human body.

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Pulitzer Prize

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Arundhati Roy

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Rabindranath Tagore

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Franz Kafka

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Hans Christian Andersen is the author of the fairy tales such as 'The Ugly Duckling' and 'The Emperor's New Clothes'.

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Since 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country, who has, the most outstanding work in an ideal direction.

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The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition.

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After the death of American publisher Joseph Pulitzer, the first Pulitzer Prizes were awarded in June 4, 1917.

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The Franz Kafka Prize is an international literary award presented in honour of Franz Kafka, the German language novelist. The prize was first awarded in 2001 and is co-sponsored by the Franz Kafka Society and the city of Prague, Czech Republic. At a ceremony in the Old Town Hall of Prague, the recipient receives $10,000, a diploma, and a bronze statuette.

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The Durand Football tournament is played in two phases: the Knockout and the Quarter Final Phase. 

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The winning team of the Durand Football tournament is given three trophies.

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Uber Cup is a major international badminton competition for women. The tournament takes place every second year.

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In Prudential Cup tournament, the matches were of 60 overs per team. All the matches were played during the day.

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Eisenhower Trophy is a golf trophy awarded to the winner of biennial international amateur competition. It is a four day event in which each team of two or three players, plays 72 holes of stroke. The team with the lowest number of strokes, wins.

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The trophy given to the winning team of the Uber Cup is 20 inch high. It had a rotating globe on top of a plinth with a female player standing on the shuttlecock.

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a. PETRONAS TOWER

b. St. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL

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a. The Leaning Tower of Pisa

b. Pantheon

c. The White House

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Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata

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Dr. Radhakrishnan

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Morarji Desai

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Zakir Hussain

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Zakir Hussain