1. Who was chosen player of the tournament at the recently-concluded ICC World Twenty20?
2. The 125th birth anniversary of a cinema icon, whom George Bernard Shaw dubbed as ‘the only genius to come out of the movie industry’, falls tomorrow. Name the legend.
3. Scientists have estimated that the moon Enceladus has an ocean of liquid water beneath its frozen surface. Of which planet is Enceladus a satellite?
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4. In common parlance, what is one doing if “pressing the flesh”?
5. Mark William Calaway’s streak of 21 wins came to an end recently. How is the popular professional wrestler better known?
6. If the Indian rupee is INR and the US dollar USD, then what is AED?
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7. On April 7, constituencies in which two States witnessed the first polling in the on-going general elections?
8. The largest living non-avian reptile is the Crocodylus porosus . What is its common name?
9. Why do the letters F and J on a standard keyboard have ridges?
10. Which philosopher is known in China as “Kongzi” (literally ‘Master Kong’)?
11. Which item of men’s dressing gets its name from the Persian/Hindi for “closed waist”?
12. Which homophone could be a wharf where ships are unloaded or an implement used to open a lock?
13. Which African language was once called “Cape Dutch”?
14. Which world leader was fatally shot on Good Friday in 1865?
15. What seven-lettered word is used for domesticated birds kept for their eggs, meat or feathers?
Answers: 1. Virat Kohli; 2. Charlie Chaplin; 3. Saturn; 4. Shaking hands; 5. ‘The Undertaker’; 6. United Arab Emirates dirham; 7. Assam and Tripura; 8. Saltwater crocodile; 9. It helps those who touch-type (type without looking) to determine the position of their fingers on the keyboard; 10. Confucius; 11. Cummerbund (from qamar + bandh);12. Quay and key; 13. Afrikaans; 14. Abraham Lincoln; 15. Poultry.