DELHI QUIZ
 
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Q.1 In what year did Delhi become the capital of India?
 
  1. 1901
  2. 1911
  3. 1921
  4. 1931
Q.2 How many Greater Kailashes are there in Delhi?
 
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 4
  4. 5
Q.3 Who wrote the words 'The world is the body, Delhi is its soul.'?
 
  1. Amir Khusro
  2. Sam Miller
  3. Bahadur Shah Zafar
  4. Ghalib
Q.4 Who, referring to the buildings of New Delhi, said 'they will make magnificent ruins'?
 
  1. Mahatma Gandhi
  2. Georges Clemenceau
  3. Mother Teresa
  4. King George V
Q.5 Who replaced Lord Mountbatten as the first Indian occupant of Rashtrapati Bhavan?
 
  1. Rajendra Prasad
  2. Jawaharlal Nehru
  3. C Rajagopalachari
  4. S Radhakrishnan
Q.6 Where in Delhi can you see a ceremonial key to the city of Bogota and signed photograph of Ho Chi Minh?
 
  1. The American Centre
  2. The Vietnamese Embassy
  3. The Communist Party of India headquarters
  4. The Indira Gandhi Memorial museum
Q.7 Which fictional visitor to Delhi fell off the end of an airplane staircase at Willingdon airport?
 
  1. Captain Haddock
  2. Indiana Jones
  3. James Bond
  4. Lara Croft
Q.8 How did Charles Sobhraj escape from Delhi's Tihar jail?
 
  1. He was disguised as a policeman
  2. He tunneled under the wall
  3. He found a door that has been accidentally left open
  4. He fed his guards with birthday cake that was laced with sleeping drugs
Q.9 Where was this picture taken?
 
  1. Tihar Jail
  2. Civil Lines Metro Station
  3. The British Council
  4. Ansal Plaza
Q.10 Which cult 70s music star wrote these lyrics?
  'In New Delhi (smelly Delhi) and Hong Kong They all know that it won't be long I count my fingers (digit counter) as night falls And draw bananas on the bathroom walls.'
 
  1. David Bowie
  2. Gram Parsons
  3. Brian Eno
  4. David Byrne
 
 
   
 
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