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Meenakshi Radhakrishnan-Swami New Delhi
  1. Which was the first Indian film to be provided insurance cover?
  2. Who is called India's Johnny Appleseed, the father of the Indian apple industry?
  3. Industrialist Nusli Wadia is the grandson of which prominent figure in the Indian subcontinent's history?
  4. Through which treaty did the British annex Assam on February 26, 1826 in order to turn it into an agricultural estate of tea?
  5. Which engineering company actually built the bridge on the River Kwai for David Lean's film?
  6. Which organisation commissioned Shyam Benegal to produce his television series Yatra?
  7. Which tranquiliser was nicknamed "Mother's little helper" as housewives commonly used it to cope with stress?
  8. Where was the first factory of the British East India Company set up?
  9. Which British mathematician designed an analytical engine, which was the forerunner of the digital computer?
  10. Who is the patron saint of ecology?
 
The winner will receive a prize of Rs 2,000. Please send your entries to bs_desk@yahoo.com. Entries will not be entertained unless accompanied by your full postal address and a colour photograph in jpg format. Last date for receiving entries: January 15. Business Standard Limited employees and previous winners of the quiz and their families are requested not to participate

 
 

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First Published: Jan 13 2004 | 12:00 AM IST

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