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Q1. March Bread is made or flavoured primarily by what?

A
Chocolate
B
Curd cheese
C
Allspice and wheat flour
D
Almonds
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Q2. What fictional ship, with black hull and sails, was originally named "Wicked Wench"?

A
Black Pearl
B
Stormcloud
C
Pequod
D
Minnow
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Q3. One of the notable and authoritative works of Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi (ca 870 - ca 950), renowned philosopher and jurist, regarded as one of the pre-eminent thinkers of mediaeval Islam, was “Musiqi al-Kabir”. What did the book discuss?

A
Music theory, Iranian musical instruments and precise scales and intervals
B
Performance of Iranian court music
C
The role of music in administering justice
D
The music of the stars
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Q4. What powers tropical cyclones, or hurricanes/typhoons?

A
Heat from warm water at the ocean's surface
B
Speeding ocean waves
C
Lightning
D
Trade winds which are hotter than usual
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Q5. Which German Romantic author of fantasy and horror, a jurist, composer, music critic, draughtsman and caricaturist became famous for his fairy stories and romantic novels, and for composing the opera "Undine"?

A
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller
B
Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann
C
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
D
Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff
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Q6. In which of these cities are June to August not summer months?

A
Lhasa, Tibet
B
New York, USA
C
Antananarivo, Madagascar
D
Bangkok, Thailand
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Q7. What game is played in 4 quarters between two teams of 18 outdoors on a large oval grass field with two goal posts and two behind posts at each end, where the primary aim of the game is to score by kicking a ball between the posts of the opposing goal?

A
Rugby Union
B
Australian football
C
Rugby League
D
Cricket
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