Date:21/02/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/02/21/stories/2008022158280300.htm

Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu Education Plus Quiz No. 10

The Hindu Education Plus presents an opportunity to its readers to answer a daily quiz from February 12 to 21 during the days of 19th 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 Science Express that is currently halting in Vijayawada has been launched by the Indian government with the cooperation of which country?

lGermany lFrance lUSA lRussia

2.In the field of public transport, BRTS stands for what?

lBus Rapid Transit System lBus Rapid Transport System lBus Rail Transit System lBus Rail Transport System

3.The Gannavaram Airport does not have which of the following facilities?

lNight landing lInstrument Landing System lRefuelling lPassenger Terminal

4.Who is the president of the Indian Premier League (IPL)?

lSharad Pawar lLalit Modi lRajiv Shukla lI.S. Bindra

5.The Three Gorges Dam is in which country?

lEgypt lMexico lChina lBrazil

6.The US Presidential Elections will be held this year on...

lJuly 4 lAugust 4 lNovember 4 lDecember 4

7.Guatama Buddha was born as prince Siddhartha in which kingdom?

lKalinga lMagadha lKasi lKoshala

8.River Krishna enters into Andhra Pradesh in which district?

lAdilabad lNizamabad lNalgonda lMahabubnagar

9.Pulichintala Project has been named after whom?

lK.L. Rao lRajiv Gandhi lIndira Gandhi

lMokshagundam Visveswarayya

10.Who is the longest serving Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh?

lN. Chandrababu Naidu lKasu Brahmananda Reddy

lN.T. Rama Rao lP.V. Narasimha Rao

Answers to Quiz No.9:

1. Lambada woman; 2. Samajwadi Party; 3. 16; 4. Virender Sehwag; 5. 1995; 6. E. Sreedharan; 7. Palestine; 8. Plasma;

9. William Dalrymple; 10. music.

Winners of Quiz No.9:

First: V.S. Raghava, Labbipeta

Second: N. Pushpa, Ashok Nagar

Third: K. Pujitha, Mallikharjunapeta