Here’s a quiz on constituencies and candidates in the fray in phase 3 of the Indian general elections to the Lok Sabha

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This constituency in Gujarat was host to one of the most pivotal “satyagrahas” against the British government and was led by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The movement began in June 1928 and was a farmer’s agitation protesting a hiked tax levied by the Bombay Presidency. Name the place.

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This constituency in West Bengal was twice represented by a former President of India. Name the constituency and the ex-President.

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This constituency in Assam is one of only four that elected Independents in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. It was won by a former militant of the United Liberation Front of Asom. Name the constituency and its representative elected in 2019.

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A former Member of Parliament from Madhepura, Bihar, he was also the chairman of a commission that prepared a report that was completed in 1980 and whose recommendations were sought to be implemented by the V. P. Singh led Janata Dal government in 1990. Name the MP.

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The urban constituency of Agra was twice represented between 1999 and 2009 by this actor. Name the popular actor.

Questions and Answers to the previous day’s daily quiz:

Ans: At Oxford University’s Iley Road track during the annual match between the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA) and the university 2. Name the two other runners alongside Bannister. Ans: Chris Chatway and Chris Brasher

Ans: 3 minutes, 59.04 seconds

4. The feat to which Bannister compared his feat. Ans: The summiting of Mt. Everest which took place on May

29, 1953

Ans: 1924 100m champion Harold Abrahams

6. The specialisation of Roger Bannister as a doctor. Ans: He became a neurologist

Visual: Name this famed rival of Bannister.

Landy

Early Birds:

Ans: John

Visual question: Name this candidate from Kolhapur who is also a descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji of the Maratha empire.