Quiz No. 61

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Answers to Quiz 60:

Question 1

Answer: : (d) Milkha Singh
Milkha Singh shot to fame during the Patiala National Games in 1956. In 1958, he set new records in the 200 and 400 metres in the Asian Games at Tokyo and won the gold medal in the 1958 Commonwealth Games. He came to be known as the ‘Flying Sikh’ when at the Indo-Pak duel meet at Lahore, he outran Asia’s most celebrated athlete in the 200 metres, Abdul Khaliq of Pakistan. He received Padma Shri in 1958. He lives in Chandigarh.

Question 2

Answer: (b) K. M. Munshi
Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi or K. M. Munshi was a renowned freedom fighter from the state of Gujarat. In 1938, he founded the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, an educational trust, in Mumbai. Its ideal is: Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam which means ‘The world is one Family’. Its motto is “Let noble thoughts come to us from every side.”

Question 3

Answer: (d) K D Jadhav
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav became India’s first individual Olympic medalist when he won the wrestling bronze medal at the Helsinki Games in 1952. It is indeed unfortunate that despite his remarkable feat, Jadhav lived all his life in penury. A tribute to his remarkable feat is that it remained unmatched for 56 long years. When Sushil Kumar won the bronze in wrestling in the 2008 Olympics Games, tributes were also paid to the first individual Olympic medalist Khashaba Jadhav.

Question 4

Answer: (a) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the first Vice President and the second President of India, was one of the most respected educationists and scholars of the time. When he became the President of India in 1962, some of his friends and former students approached him to request that his birthday be celebrated. He repiled, “Instead of celebrating my birthday separately, it would be my proud privilege if September 5 is observed as Teachers’ day.” That was how this day came to be celebrated as ‘teachers’ day’.

Question 5

Answer: (c) Rajasthan
Pushkar (Rajasthan) is sheltered on three sides by hills. Hindus believe that Pushkar was created when Lord Brahma dropped a lotus flower which landed on earth. The place where it fell became a lake and the sacred land around came to be known as ‘Pushkar’. The annual camel fair held in Pushkar is very famous all over the world. (To know more, read ‘Know India Better’ in the OIOP August 2008 issue).