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Welcome to the India quiz. The quiz is a general knowledge quiz centred around India that any registered Wikipedians can enter. It is run as a friendly competition to test and improve your knowledge of India. Most importantly, it's supposed to be fun. The questions and answers would be condensed in the form of "Did you know..." facts on Portal:India to be updated once or twice a week. Also, the relevant articles that get quoted in these quiz questions would hopefully get a face-lift with increased attention as a result of the questions.

Rules

1. All questions must have an India-related theme or India-related connection.
2. Any registered Wikipedian can answer a quiz question, but to ask a question you must first earn the right by being the first person to answer the previous one correctly. If the current question is still open and you think you know the answer, post your answer below and wait for an adjudication from the person who placed the question. Remember to sign your post with ~~~~.
3. If you are the first person to post the correct answer, the asker will post a message below your answer confirming you gave the correct response.
4. You now have the baton and 24 hours to post a new question. If a new question is not posted by you within that time limit, the previous asker can post a new question in lieu of yourself.
5. If the baton holder fails to ask the question within 2 days (48 hours), any wikipedian can ask the question on his behalf.
6. When 25 questions have been asked, a round is over. The leader on the answer tally at the end of each round is declared the winner of the round. The questions asked during the round are archived.
7. The leader-tally then resets with all users back to zero to begin the next round, with the user that answered the last question of the previous round asking the first question of the present round.
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Question guidelines

1. If you find that no-one is able to get the answer to your question, consider offering clues or replacing your question with an easier one. The aim is to keep the quiz moving.
2. Remember that you may have an international audience. Keep quiz questions relevant to India in some way.

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Round 43

(To be updated as each answer is approved as correct)

Score Board

Q. No.	Asked by	Answered by
1	Prasad	Sarvajna
2	Sarvajna	Prasad
3	Prasad	Goutham
4	Goutham	Sarvajna
5	Sarvajna	Goutham

Leader Board

Questions Asked	User Name	Questions Answered
2	Prasad	1
2	Sarvajna	2
1	Goutham	2

Questions

Q 43.01

Easy question to begin the new round..

Who was the fortunate IAS officer, who was designated as Prime Minster for one day, for a region in India? - Prasad (talk) 16:22, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

K.G. Badlani was made the PM of Dadra and Nagar haveli for one day after it was occupied by Indian Army --sarvajna 11:54, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Correct Sarvajna, pl. shoot another good question..-Prasad (talk) 13:46, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.02

Thanks Prasad, here is my question He came to Mumbai to try his luck in Bollywood and has also acted in few films, but his claim to fame is from other career which involved/involves high profile criminals. Name him --sarvajna 19:18, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Might be time for a clue! -Prasad (talk) 07:24, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Clue 1: he acted in Jugnu along with dharmendra and hema malini and in anjaan rahen along with Firoz Khan and asha Parekh (not sure if this clue will help, i will provide some good clues if this doesn't work) --sarvajna 07:55, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Manmohan - the henchman ? DebashisM^Talk 14:23, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

No Debashis thats not the answer (will be giving another clue in few hours) --sarvajna 15:12, 1 February 2012 (UTC) when I say "his claim to fame is from other career which involved/involves high profile criminals" need not mean he is involved in the crime--sarvajna 15:57, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Is this Kamal Khan, the NDTV anchor (famous for crime news)?? --Prasad (talk) 16:53, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

No Prasad that's not the answer

clue 2: he appeared in a reality show hosted by Salman Khan --sarvajna 18:58, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Abbas Kazmi, the lawyer of Kasab!! - Prasad (talk) 06:03, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Correct answer Prasad!! I am trying to prepare an article as there is no article after him. Your turn --sarvajna 08:11, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.03

Thank you Sarvajna!

Connect Uttar Pradesh with China, Russia, Brazil, Sudan, DRCongo! Prasad (talk) 13:50, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

is this something about the 7 billionth baby?--sarvajna 19:28, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

No, it is geography related! Prasad (talk) 02:01, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

UP exports Sugar to these countries? --sarvajna 10:37, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

No, Clue #2: The Countries listed are per Continent(2 in some cases), which share some common quality!! - Prasad (talk) 11:01, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

Another wild guess, UP is the largest state in India while the rest of the countries are the largest in terms of area in their continents (I don't think that this is a correct answer, can you let us know if its south sudan or north sudan) --sarvajna 11:58, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

No, it is Sudan, before division! - Prasad (talk) 13:07, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

A Bizarre Guess. Countries by length of longest river? Goutham787 (talk) 16:51, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

No, UP is not the largest state in India, River Ganges flows in other states also!! -- Prasad (talk) 00:56, 4 February 2012 (UTC)

Give-away clue: Geo-Political quality/arrangement! - Prasad (talk) 03:04, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

List of countries(state in case of UP) by most number of unique land neighbours in the respective continent(country in case of UP)? Goutham787 (talk) 05:51, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

I will give it to you Goutham, it is the most no. of Neighboring states, countries in their continent. UP(8), China (14), Russia (14), Brazil (10), Sudan & DRCongo (9), Shoot another good one..:)- -Prasad (talk) 06:49, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.04

Connect Arsenal to Howrah in the same way as Liverpool to Kolkata Goutham787 (talk) 18:33, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Robert Pires who played for Arsenal would be playing for the team Howrah in PLS and Rabbie Fowler would be playing for Kolkata --sarvajna 19:03, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Yes. It is Premier League Soccer. Over to you Sarvajna. Goutham787 (talk) 11:41, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.05

Thanks Goutham

Connect a Portuguese administrator, a capital of a south indian kingdom, a bird, a town in kurnool district in AP(the list is long, I have mentioned only few)--sarvajna 20:19, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Clue Pl....Prasad (talk) 15:30, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Different Kinds of Mango Cultivars? Alphonso, Badami, Banginapalli? Goutham787 (talk) 17:27, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Goutham is correct, Alphonso, Badami, Totapuri and Banginapalli. your turn --sarvajna 18:38, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.06

X, an Indian, is a scholar in Physics and Biosciences. His work is thought to be earlier than the corresponding/similar ones in the West. His student Y can never be forgotten in the field of Particle Physics. Identify X.Goutham787 (talk) 09:34, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Jagadish_Chandra_Bose & Satyendra_Nath_Bose ? - Prasad (talk) 16:03, 11 February 2012 (UTC)