STRAIGHT DRIVE

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)