Date:17/02/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/02/17/stories/2008021759300300.htm

Andhra Pradesh

THE HINDU EDUCATION PLUS QUIZ NO. 6

The Hindu Education Plus presents an opportunity to its readers to answer a daily quiz from February 12 to 21 during the days of 19 th Vijayawada Book Festival and win attractive prizes. All you have to do is tick the right answers in the boxes provided against each question and give personal details, including your contact number (without which the entry form will not be considered). Please drop the coupon in the box arranged at The Hindu stall at Swaraj Maidan , before 7 p.m. every day. The names of prize winners will be announced in tomorrow’s newspaper. If there are more correct entries, the top three winners will be decided by draw of lots. Winners can claim their prizes at The Hindu stall.

1. The Storm Worm is a backdoor Trojan horse that affects computers using Microsoft operating systems. The worm is also known as:

l Small.dam lSmall.damn lSmall.dame l Small.dane

2. Name the audio record that won the “Record of the year Grammy Award” this year.

l‘Irreplaceable’ by Beyonce l‘The Pretenders’ by Foo Fighters l‘Rehab’ by Amy Winehouse

l‘Umbrella’ by Rihanna

3) Who is the Chief of Naval Staff?

lSureesh Mehta lA. K. Antony lNirmal Verma

lAnup Singh

4) When Shuttle Atlantis launches sometime soon, it will carry T-RAD. What is the purpose of T-RAD?

lIt fixes heat shield tiles lIt searches for outer space radio signals lIt receives signals from Earth that allows astronauts to watch live TV lIt triples energy produced by the Sun’s radiation

5) The Order of Leopold is one of the three Belgian national honorary Orders. It is the highest Order of Belgium and is named in honour of …

lKing Leopold II lQueen Leopold II lKing Leopold I lQueen Leopold I

6) Name the Prime Minister of Russia who visited India recently

lVladidmar Putin lViktor A Zubkov lMikhail Fradkov lE S Nabiullina

7) Who is the director of the film- Jodhaa Akbar

lVidhu Vinod Chopra lManu Ratnam

lAshutosh Gowariker lAmeer Khan

8) Apollo Hospitals group which completed 25 years recently was founded by

lDr. Pratap C. Reddy lSucharita Reddy lDr. Anji Reddy lDr. C. Dayakar Reddy.

9) Which is the biggest revenue generating sports club in

the world

lManchester United lReal Madrid lChelsea lArsenal

10) Expand IRDA

lInsurance Regulatory and Development Authority

lInternational Rural Development Agency

l Indian Roads Development Authority

lInvestment Regulatory and Development Authority

Answer to Quiz No.5

1.Akshay Kumar; 2.Ashoka; 3.California; 4.5,500 acres; 5.Bangalore Open; 6.Belgium; 7.SEBI; 8.Linux; 9.18; 10.Kuchipudi.

Winners of Quiz No.5;

First: R.Satya Dev, Patamata;

Second: N.Sabastien,Gunadala;

Third: K.Chamundeswar Rao, Chinakakani