Q1: He made his first class debut for Bengal in the Ranji Trophy during the
1962/63 season. He was a Right Handed Batsman and a Right Arm Medium
Pacer. In his cricket career, which spanned up to 1972/73 season, he played 46
first class matches, scoring 1592 runs and took 47 wickets. He is a very
versatile personality. He turned out on occasion for his club hockey team. He
also enacted a featured part in a Bengali movie Prothom Prem. He was also
the Sheriff of Kolkata in 2005.He also played Lawn Tennis
in South Club. Who is this Indian sports perosn?
Q2: Born in Bojnice (Slovakia), Miroslava emigrated
to Switzerland when she was two years old. In 1987, when she was
nine, her father took her to watch a tournament at Filderstadt in Germany. She met Martina Navratilova, who thought she
looked athletic and should try tennis. Navratilova later sent her a
racquet and arranged for her first tennis lesson. In 2002 she teamed
up with her future husband in the Hopman Cup. But due to
persistent foot injury she was forced to take retirement at an early
age. Who is Miroslava and name her
husband?
Q3: The game is traditionally associated with
indigenous forms of Hinduism. It is
said to have started as a ceremonial re-enactment of the celestial snatching of
the pot of nectar after the Samundra Manthan. The name of the
game literally means "coconut
snatching“.
Which traditional Indian sport is this?
Q4: This is a problem in Chess. It refers to a situation
when either color (though usually black) has only their King piece left. The
term is derived from Latin and literally means "lone king”. One famous quiz is
also named after this term in India. Which term?
Q5: During the inaugural ISL season, Mumbai City F.C
thrashed Pune City F.C by 5-0,
leading to one of biggest victories and also the first hat trick of the tournament. However, there was a
controversy involved which came to be known after the match. It involved Pune player Mehrajuddin Wadooin the 61st
minute. There was a lot buzz for the incident in the media but no official
release was made on part of the organizers for it later. What exactly was the
incident? ( Contributed by: Uddipan Sharma)
