Q 01/05

Which actor, born in 1942, is often said to have nearly been named Inquilaab, after the slogan 'Inquilab Zindabad'?

A) Dharmendra

B) Amitabh Bachchan

C) Dev Anand

D) Sanjeev Kumar

Answer · why

B) Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan got his name from the poet Sumitranandan Pant, a friend of his father, the poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan; the actor has since said on h...

Q 02/05

Which Tamil superstar, born Shivaji Rao Gaikwad, was a Bangalore bus conductor before acting?

A) Vikram

B) Ajith Kumar

C) Rajinikanth

D) Suriya

Answer · why

C) Rajinikanth

Rajinikanth was still a conductor with the Bangalore Transport Service when his friend and co-worker Raj Bahadur pushed him to join the Madras Film In...

Q 03/05

Which future India captain worked as a travelling ticket examiner at Kharagpur from 2001 to 2003?

A) Rishabh Pant

B) MS Dhoni

C) Dinesh Karthik

D) Wriddhiman Saha

Answer · why

B) MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni checked tickets for South Eastern Railway until 2003, made his India debut the next year, and by 2007 was captain of the side that won the fi...

Q 04/05

Which actress, later the star of Main Hoon Na, was the first Indian crowned Miss Universe, in 1994?

A) Sushmita Sen

B) Aishwarya Rai

C) Diana Hayden

D) Yukta Mookhey

Answer · why

A) Sushmita Sen

Sushmita Sen had beaten Aishwarya Rai to the Miss India title months earlier; Rai, the runner-up, was sent to Miss World instead and won that too.

Q 05/05

Which batter made his Test debut against Pakistan in Karachi in November 1989, aged just 16?

A) Vinod Kambli

B) Sanjay Manjrekar

C) Ajay Jadeja

D) Sachin Tendulkar

Answer · why

D) Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar was struck on the nose by a Waqar Younis bouncer in the final Test of that series, waved away medical help and batted on as it bled.