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        ⇒    = 56                                    23. Sol: (a)
          100                                        Jeev  Milkha  Singh  (born  15  December  1971)  is  an
        ⇒8P = 5600
        ⇒ P = Rs.700                                 Indian  Professional  Golfer  who  became  the  first
        Therefore the sum is Rs.700                  player from India to join the European Tour in 1998.
        16. Sol: (a)                                 He  has  won  four  events  on  the  European  Tour,
                                                     becoming the most successful Indian on tour.
        Lothal  is  one  of  the  most  prominent  cities  of  the
        ancient Indus valley civilization, located in the Bhal   24. Sol: (d)
        region  of  the  modern  state  of  Gujarat.  Lothal  was   The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's
        surrounded  by  a  massive  brick  wall,  which  was   Team Championships, is an international badminton
        probably used for flood protection.          competition  among  teams  representing  member
        17. Sol: (d)                                 nations of the Badminton World Federation (BWF),
        Moonlight  took  home  Oscars  2017  Best  Picture   the sport's global governing body.
        honors after a mishap had La La Land being declared   25. Sol: (b)
        the  winner  by  presenters  Warren  Beatty  and  Faye   The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized
        Dunaway. Moonlight is a 2016 American coming-of-  agency of the United Nations that is concerned with
        age drama film written and directed by Barry Jenkins,   international public health. It was established on 7
        based on Tarell Alvin McCraney's unpublished semi-  April 1948, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
                                                     26. Sol: (c)
        autobiographical play In Moonlight Black Boys Look
        Blue.                                        Temperate grassland regions include the Pampas of
                                                     Argentina, southern Brazil and Uruguay as well as the
        18. Sol: (b)
        INS Viraat was a Centaur-class aircraft carrier of the   steppes  of  Eurasia.  Lands  typically  referred  to  as
        Indian Navy. INS Viraat was the flagship of the Indian   "Prairie" tend to be in North America.
                                                     27. Sol: (c)
        Navy before INS Vikramaditya was commissioned in
        2013.                                        Ravichandran  Ashwin  has  become  the  third  Indian
        19. Sol: (a)                                 player and 12th player overall to win the prestigious
        Western Ghats (also known as Sahyadri, meaning  -  Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy after being named as the
        The Benevolent Mountains) is a mountain range that   ICC Cricketer of the Year 2016.
        runs  parallel  to  the  western  coast  of  the  Indian   28. Sol: (d)
        peninsula, located entirely in India.        Basketball is played with two teams, with 5 players
        20. Sol: (c)                                 from  each  team  on  the  court  at  one  time.  The
        The  Champaran  Satyagraha  of  1917,  in  the   maximum number of players on the bench differs by
                                                     league. In international play, a maximum of 7 players
        Champaran district of Bihar, India during the period
        of the British Raj, was the first Satyagraha movement   are allowed on the bench, resulting in a roster of 12
                                                     players.
        inspired by Mohandas Gandhi and a major revolt in
        the  Indian  Independence  Movement.  Another   29. Sol: (a)
        important Satyagraha just after this revolt was Kheda   2016–17 Vijay Hazare Trophy was the 15th season of
        Satyagraha.                                  the Vijay Hazare Trophy, a List A cricket tournament
        21. Sol: (c)                                 in India. It was contested by the 28 domestic cricket
        The Nobel Prize in Literature 1954 was awarded to   teams  of  India.  Tamil  Nadu  won  the  tournament,
        Ernest  Hemingway  for  his  mastery  of  the  art  of   beating Bengal by 37 runs in the final.
        narrative, most recently  demonstrated in “The Old   30. Sol: (b)
        Man and the Sea”, and for the influence that he has   Damascus,  one  of  the  world's  oldest  continuously
                                                     inhabited cities, is the capital city of Syria.
        exerted on contemporary style.
        22. Sol: (d)                                 31. Sol: (a)
        Michael Ferreira, nicknamed "The Bombay Tiger", is   P.V.  Sindhu  produced  a  brilliant  performance  to
        notable  amateur  player  of  English  Billiards  from   clinch  the  India  Open  title  after  beating  Olympic
        India, and a three-time Amateur World Champion.
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