1. PRELIMINARY ROUND

2. 1 Identify the logo. PRELIMINARY ROUND

3. 1 SKODA PRELIMINARY ROUND

4. 2 Which is the first building in India to be electrified? PRELIMINARY ROUND

5. 2 THE TAJ MAHAL HOTEL, MUMBAI PRELIMINARY ROUND

6. 3 The state government of Andhra Pradesh was forced to end its unprecedented generosity and cancel the concession agreement with this company on the Rs 12,132-crore Hyderabad Metro Rail project awarded to it earlier. Which company is this? PRELIMINARY ROUND 8

7. 3 MAYTAS INFRASTRUCTURE PRELIMINARY ROUND 8

8. 4 This river, forming much of the US-Mexico border, has a Spanish name that translates: Big River. Name it. PRELIMINARY ROUND

9. 4 RIO GRANDE PRELIMINARY ROUND

10. 5 What is meant by the term Red-Eye flight in relation to air travel? PRELIMINARY ROUND

11. 5 Flights taking off between 9 pm and 7 am. PRELIMINARY ROUND

12. 7 Connect PRELIMINARY ROUND

13. 7 PRELIMINARY ROUND THE TIMES GROUP

14. 8 What were large airships used for warfare and then passenger transport up to the 1930s called? Hint: PRELIMINARY ROUND

15. 8 ZEPPELIN PRELIMINARY ROUND

16. 9 Which two South American countries are part of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)? PRELIMINARY ROUND

17. 9 ECUADOR & VENEZUELA PRELIMINARY ROUND

18. 10 Which settlement later came to be known as the city of New York? PRELIMINARY ROUND

19. 10 NEW AMSTERDAM PRELIMINARY ROUND

20. 11 On what date was the Boeing 787 first revealed to the world? Write as DD/MM/YYYY. PRELIMINARY ROUND

21. 11 08/07/2007 i.e. 8th JULY 2007 PRELIMINARY ROUND

22. 12 What is the birth place of IbnBatuta, the great 14th century traveller, popularised in India by a song in the movie Ishqiya? PRELIMINARY ROUND

23. 12 TANGIERS PRELIMINARY ROUND

24. 13 In which country are the headquarters of the company Haier located? PRELIMINARY ROUND

25. 13 CHINA (not Germany) PRELIMINARY ROUND

26. 14 Identify the landmark and the place. PRELIMINARY ROUND

27. 14 SHORE TEMPLE, MAHABALIPURAM PRELIMINARY ROUND

28. 15 Which company was the main supplier of counting machines used at the Nazi Concentration Camps? PRELIMINARY ROUND

29. 15 IBM PRELIMINARY ROUND

30. 16 What is shown in the shaded region? PRELIMINARY ROUND

31. 16 The region of cover of the ash cloud spewing from the Iceland volcano Eyjafjallajoekull, on the first day (April 15th 2010), in the news for disrupting air travel severely. PRELIMINARY ROUND

32. 17 The identity of these two men, although very well known, has now, in part, been gobbled up by a company whose logo is shown. Who are they and which company does this logo belong to? PRELIMINARY ROUND

33. 17 LEHMAN BROTHERS, BARCLAYS PRELIMINARY ROUND

34. 18 What island country is called the ‘Spice Island’, has English as its official language, has a French named capital, St George's and a Spanish name? PRELIMINARY ROUND

35. 18 GRENADA PRELIMINARY ROUND

36. 19 The sales of a very popular toothpaste brand in Spain were severely affected because its name when translated into Spanish read ‘go hang yourself’. Name the brand. PRELIMINARY ROUND

37. 19 COLGATE PRELIMINARY ROUND

38. 20 Greatly simplifying navigation, what 16th century Cartographer and Mathematician developed a projection map representing the world in two dimensions using latitude and longitude? PRELIMINARY ROUND

39. 20 GERARDUS MERCATOR PRELIMINARY ROUND

40. 21 One of the World Economic Forum meetings in recent years had India as its theme. India and particularly Bollywood took the entire event by storm. Where was it held? PRELIMINARY ROUND

41. 21 DAVOS (It is held there every year!) PRELIMINARY ROUND

42. 22 Cast in a warm glow, this multidomed monument is the site of a fireworks show every New Year's Eve. Name and place? PRELIMINARY ROUND

43. 22 SAINT BASIL’S CATHEDRAL, RED SQUARE, MOSCOW PRELIMINARY ROUND

44. 23 BONUS QUESTION A country houses the headquarters of an organisation mentioned somewhere above. A large part of its people speak a language mentioned somewhere above. What is more, the famous personality shown here was a native of this country. Identify: Country, Organisation, Language PRELIMINARY ROUND

45. 23 BONUS QUESTION AUSTRIA OPEC GERMAN The famous personality shown here is Adolf Hitler PRELIMINARY ROUND