1. META SCHOOLS 2023
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1. Which sport/athletic event originated among marshy places in Europe as the easiest way of
crossing slushy ground or wet patches? They would keep a supply of convenient objects at
such places to help people cross.
2. Which Greek god was known by the epithet ‘earth-shaker’, even though he was seldom
found on land?
3. Speakers of the Meitei language are found in large numbers in which Indian state?
4. According to some sources, this city takes its name from Vidura, in the Mahabharata. This
city of monuments also contains the Guru Nanak Jhira Gurdwara. Name this Karnataka city,
about 750 km away from Bengaluru.
5. The Mumtaz Mahal and the Rang Mahal were two structures originally designed to house
women inside which larger Indian World Heritage site?
6. Gerusoppa is a town in Karnataka that was once capital of the Saluva dynasty. Its other
claim to fame comes from a landmark 25 km away. What is this landmark? ?
7. The Three Billy Goats Gruff is a well-known European children’s story featuring a troll as
villain. Which film takes its title from a mis-pronounced version of the word troll?
8. Gangkhar Puensum is the world’s tallest unclimbed peak at 24, 553 feet. It stands on the
border between China and another country, which has banned any attempt at climbing the
peak on account of local spiritual beliefs. Which country?
9. The Greek word for apple is currently applied to the big fleshy fruit of the order
Cucurbitaceae. What five-letter word is this?
10. If equine means horse-like, look sideways at the term cancrine, and tell us what animal
species it refers to?
11. Which Grand Slam tennis championship is nicknamed The Happy Slam?
12. The colours most commonly used in flags of countries are blue, black, red, yellow and
green. Which familiar symbol was designed to acknowledge this fact?
13. Members of which religious minority in India have a one-word name referring to the old
name of another Asian country?
14. RMB is the official symbol for a currency unit whose name translates to ‘people’s currency’.
Either name the unit or the country.
2. 15. Who lived at Rashtrapati Bhavan prior to Independence?
16. What everyday object is likely to have an ornamental pattern known as a clock on the right
and left sides?
17. This weapon has been found among many human civilisations and is also made by chimps.
The man-made version usually has a shaft, and a head in triangle. leaf, or lozenge shape.
What weapon?
18. The Anglo-Saxons used words like aenetre for a one-year-old child. Such words emphasized
the act of survival. What unusual way of measuring age did they use?
19. Which government-run service in India uses an alternative name suggesting a voice from
above?
20. Roman god, Fevers, Roman god, Opening, Roman goddess, Roman goddess, Famous
person, Famous person’s nephew, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth. Where would you find
this sequence?
