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CONTEST - 1 SET-3

SET- 3 HAS BEEN CLOSED ON 21.02.2009.

QUESTIONS FOR CONTEST - 1, SET-3

1. There is a statue of an Indian Olympian in Vienna. As a symbol of his greatness and versatility, the sculptor has given the sportsman four arms. Who is the Olympian?

2. General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was the military dictator of Texas before being overthrown by the freedom fighters in the mid 19th century. He made a lasting contribution to modern society in the form of an innovation he introduced to ease the tension in his soldiers' camps. What was his innovation that is the basis of a multi-billion dollar business today?

3. We use black colour as the symbol of sorrow and white as the symbol of peace. But there is a country where white is used as a token of sadness. Which is the country?

*4. In the early part of the twentieth century, Lala Hardayal, who later founded the Ghadar party, was a student leader at Lahore University. He was refused membership of the YMCA and retaliated by forming a rival youth club. He invited his English Literature professor, who was also a noted poet, to inaugurate this club. The professor had only six hours notice to come up with a speech for the inauguration and instead composed a famous poem. Identify the poet and his poem

*5. Identify the famous Indian monument in the picture below.

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