Question bank on India

POST "Kaun Banega Crorepati" (KBC), quizzing has become a national pastime and the days since the gameshow went on air have seen the market being inundated with quiz books. And, like the level of questions on "KBC" and its clones that have mushroomed on other television channels, the quiz books, too, are quite pedestrian.

But here is a quiz book that seeks to remind people what real quizzing is like. Put together by two avid quizzers and a person involved in hosting quiz shows, The Penguin India 2001 Quiz Book offers a question bank of 2,000 questions, all of them relating to India.

To break the monotony - particularly if you are quizzing yourself with the book - the questions have been formatted in sets of 10 in four ways: "KBC"-like multiple choice questions, grid, core and "Mastermind"-like rapid fire. A good companion for long journeys, even "KBC" aspirants might find this book useful, for it includes several questions on Indian history and mythology.

The Penguin India 2001 Quiz Book, Gopa Sabharwal, Himanshu Dube and Sonia Minocha, Penguin India, Rs. 200.

ANITA JOSHUA

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