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In India, Oxford of East is
PUNE !!!!
Pune has ----
1. Savitri bai Phule University ( Oxford like campus )
2. Many top research institutes.
3. Thousands of students from all over India and the world come here to study.
4. In 1950s, Nehru himself called Pune as Oxford of East !!!
5. Pune has 1400 + colleges and 23 universities.
Just like Oxford is a famous education city in UK, PUNE is famous education city in India !!!
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Question
Question was picture based.
A photo having the flags of 3 nations was shown.
They were the flags of
South Africa Russia Iran
Currencies of these countries start with which letter of English alphabet ?
R D S P
Answer
On the program, only country flags were shown.
I identified the flag of South Africa !!!
The remaining two, I checked on web.
Even their currencies I didn't know !!!
South Africa = Rand = R
Russia = Ruble = Rub
Iran = Rial = R
As we can make out, the currencies of all the above countries atart with English alphabet " R " !!!
In Iran, they use Toman in daily life.
Iran is planning to change officially to Toman soon.
But at present, it is Rial !!!
Correct answer R !!!
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The question was asked for 1crore rupees !!!!
Contestant didn't have any life line. Unknowing the answer, she had quit the game .....
Question
In which country, President Prime Minister and Speaker all are ladies ??
1. Italy
2. Iceland
3. Latvia
4. Malta
Answer
We will look at the options one by one ----
Italy
Only Prime Minister is a lady.
Latvia
Prime Minister and Speaker are ladies. Not the President !!!
Malta
Only President is a lady .
Iceland
As for now, Iceland has ladies as President Prime Minister and Speaker
Correct answer ICELAND !!!
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Question
What was the capital of USSR ??
Answer
This question was not having any options.
Contestant replied MOSCOW !!!
It was correct answer.
But my father disagreed with the answer ....
He said it was LENINGRAD !!!
I searched the web.
Before 1918, capital of Russian empire was St. Petersburg ....
Which later became Leningrad !!!!
In 1918, Lenin moved capital to Moscow because St Petersburg was too close to enemy border.
After USSR was formed in 1922, Moscow was its capital.
Later in 1991, Leningrad was renamed as St Petersburg ......
Vaquita = Rarest animal in the world
It is the most endangered aquatic mammal.
Only 8 to 10 left in the whole world !!!
It is found only in Gulf of California, Mexico
It is also called " Panda of Sea " !!!
It has black rings around eyes and mouth.
It is mistaken for another fish. Gets killed.
It dies in captivity.
Can not be kept in zoo or aquarium.
Only option is to save it in sea !!!
