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The Hindu Daily Quiz, April 8 2024 | On Superconductors

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Superconducting material hovering over a set of neodymium magnets. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Q: A superconductor is a material whose properties are such that the material can conduct electricity without resistance. Superconductors also demonstrate one other common trait: they expel ________ ______. Fill in the blanks. A: Magnetic fields Q: The Dutch physicist Heike…

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The Hindu Daily Quiz, April 4 2024 | On 75 Years of NATO

April 4, 2024 admin

Daily Quiz | On 75 years of NATO This building that now houses the Ghana High Commission in London served as the first headquarters of the NATO. Photo: Wikimedia Commons START THE QUIZ YOUR SCORE Copy link Email Facebook Twitter Telegram LinkedIn WhatsApp Reddit 0/6 RETAKE THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | What is the…

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The Hindu Daily Quiz | On balancing rocks- Feb 29, 2024

February 29, 2024 admin

Name this famous balancing rock weighing 300 tonnes, considered by the nearby city of Tandil to be its symbol. On February 29, 1912, it dropped from its precarious position and broke. Answer: Piedra Movediza | Photo Credit: Samuel Boote Q: ______ are large rocks balanced on a small point on a surface such that even…

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The Hindu Daily Quiz | On Indian scientists and discoveries – Feb 28, 2024

February 28, 2024 admin

Daily Quiz | On Indian scientists and discoveries Identify this scientist. Name the fields she was known for. START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | He was an Indian mathematician and physicist specializing in theoretical physics. He is best known for his work with Einstein. Name the scientist. What is the theory called? Answer :…

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The Hindu Daily Quiz | On Union Budget – Feb 1, 2024

February 1, 2024 admin

Daily Quiz | On Union Budget Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha presented the budget at 11 a.m., for the first time, instead of doing it at 5 p.m. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | The Government presents it on the first day of February so that it can be materialised before the beginning of…

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Daily Quiz | On the Israel-Palestine conflict

October 11, 2023 admin

Daily Quiz | On the Israel-Palestine conflict Smoke billows behind highrise buildings during an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on October 9, 2023. Israel relentlessly pounded the Gaza Strip overnight and into October 9 as fighting with Hamas continued around the Gaza Strip. START THE QUIZ 1 / 6 | This is an approximate historical…

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Daily Quiz | On September 29

October 2, 2023 admin

Daily Quiz | On September 29 Julia Gillard, born on September 29, 1961, who became the first woman to become Australia’s Prime Minister. She was also the first woman to hold which post in the Australian Labour Party. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | Nominated by the then U.S. President George W. Bush, this…

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Daily Quiz | On editorial cartoons

September 27, 2023 admin

Daily Quiz | On editorial cartoons 1 / 6 | Nast was a sharp critic of this American politician most notable for being the political boss of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party’s political machine that played a major role in the politics of 19th-century New York City. Who was the politician? Answer : William M….

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Daily Quiz | On World Organ Donation Day

September 1, 2023 admin

Daily Quiz | On World Organ Donation Day File photo of Isabelle Dinoire, the woman who received the world’s first partial face transplant on November 27, 2005. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | Which nation has the higher organ donor rate in the world? It reportedly had a donor rate of 46.7 per million…

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Daily Quiz | On talk show genre

August 31, 2023 admin

Daily Quiz | On talk show genre Actor Marlon Brando with Dick Cavett in a rare television appearance during the taping of Cavett’s show, in New York on June 12, 1973. START THE QUIZ 1 / 5 | This political satire talk show premiered on September 8, 2015. After Letterman announced his intention to retire…

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