India on your mind? Try answering these special questions correctly

In honour of our 75th Independence Day, here’s a quiz to fill you with national pride. All ten questions pertain to India in the news. With some history and geography thrown in

The Indian Navy just conducted its first drill with this desert nation. Named Al-Mohed Al-Hindi, it involved shore- and sea-based military exercises at Jubail port. It’s not quite a hajj. Which country did we collaborate with?

A petrol pump in Bharuch, Gujarat, has been offering free fuel worth Rs 501 to every customer who can prove he has this name. It’s the pump owner’s way of celebrating India’s gold in the Olympics. Name the name is fuelling this offer.

Indian Railways will stop printing its popular annual booklet, one that documents every train, stop, fare, all the reservation details, on-board amenities and routes. That data is going digital, and train buffs are in mourning. Name the booklet, published since 1927.

Kerala entrepreneur and travel buff Santhosh George Kulangara paid Rs 1.8 crore for his seat back in 2007. He made Richard Branson very happy. If all goes well, in the coming years, he’ll become India’s first X? What does X stand for?

Cheetahs never prosper. Indeed, they were wiped out in India in the late 1960s. Now, India is hoping to reintroduce eight of them from South Africa in November. Sanctuaries in which two states have been identified as their new

home?

This online marketplace been a game changer for the US, Canada and Australia. It lets you, your friends, even celebrities, sell preowned, pre-loved fashion and home items. Millennials love it. What is it called? pa7ying

Mirabai Chanu, who won a weightlifting silver in Tokyo, is

it forward. Last week, she felicitated 150 truck drivers who’d transport sand to Manipur’s capital, Imphal. What favour had they done for her over the

years?

Indian auction house Saffronart sold the most expensive work of art, an untitled work from 1961 for Rs 39.98 crore in March. In July they sold the second most expensive canvas, In the Ladies’ Enclosure for Rs 37.8 crore. Name either of the two iconic artists.

Our lunar orbiter, Chandrayaan 2, made a discovery last week. It found molecules of hydroxyl (OH) and one common substance that is also made up of the same elements. What did Chandrayaan find?

The stories of 19th century women Anandibai

Joshi, Rukhmabai Raut, Kadambini Ganguly, Haimabati Sen, Muthulakshmi Reddy and Mary Poonen Lukose shine in Kavitha Rao’s book. Its title explains why they are pioneers. Give the name, or just have an apple a day.

ANI With which country has the Indian Navy just completed a shore- and sea-based military exercise?

VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS This artist, along with another, set new records for Indian art sales this year. Who?