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Question 1 Why was World Taekwondo Federation forced to changed its name to World Taekwondo? Question 2 Little Boy is a 2015 American war-drama film. The film's title is a refers to two things, the first being the main character's height. What would the second refernce be? Also, the film has been remade into which Bollywood film. Question 3 "All Eyez on Me" is a 2017 film starring Demetrius Shipp Jr. as X. The film has been titled after X's 1996 fourth studio album of the same name. Id X.

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Question 1 This so called effect is named after a city where it was first witnessed. The idea behind it is that to attract a world-class cultural institution (in the case of this city it was a branch of a famous thing located in Manhattan, New York City) which will in turn put your city on the map, and in turn attract more investment, brands, tourism and cultural energy. What is this effect known as, and is named after a city in northern Spain.

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Question 1 X Sweetheart is a book by acclaimed Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. So, what could be the blanked out part OR X.

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Question 1 #FanTheFire is a recent initiative by this company which aims to draw attention to less followed sports and athletes who are in the pursuit of bringing glory to the country despite obscurity and lack of support. The first short is on Nishchay Luthra, an 18 years old figure skater who has won 4 international medals for India and is a 9 time national gold medalist, who is attempting to qualify for 2018 Winter Olympics. So which company has started this initiative? Question 2 Recently while discussing about the 1975 Emergency, BJP MP Hema Malini said that people used to take refuge at these particular crowded halls as they were always jam-packed then. The politicians could easily evade the arrest as the police couldn't find them in these crowded halls and hence, she has indirectly played a small role in opposing emergency. So what exactly are these crowded halls and why were they always crowded? Question 3 What was formed in September 1972 by Donald Dell, Bob Brin...

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Question 1 This company was founded in 1968 by Desh Bandhu Gupta, who was then an Associate Professor at BITS Pilani, Rajasthan. Named after a flower that is known to nourish the land on which grows, this company was created with a vision to fight life-threatening infectious diseases and to manufacture drugs of the highest social priority. This company is said to be the 10th largest generic pharmaceutical company by revenue globally. Which company?

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Question 1 Commonly known as level junction, in which city in Central India would you find this railway crossing and what is it locally known as? Also, it is said to be the only place in India where North, South, East and West connect.

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Question 1 This is a colloquial term for a subgenre of the horror/thriller movie that features a formerly glamorous older woman who has become mentally unbalanced and terrorizes those around her. The genre officially began with the film "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" (although some previously released movies like Sunset Boulevard share the similarity with this subgenre). Some of the other prominent examples of this subgenre are "Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte", "What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?" and "Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?" Films like "Mommie Dearest" and "Requiem for a Dream" contain some elements of this subgenre. This subgenre came back into spotlight due to TV series "Feud". Which subgenre? Question 2 How do we popularly know the wrestler Yuvraj "Raj" Singh Dhesi?