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Name the party that could not contest the Pakistan general elections, held in February 2024, because its symbol was stripped by the election commission and yet, independents who contested with the support of the party emerged as the single largest grouping in the National Assembly. 

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January 2024 was the first time in Taiwan that a party won two consecutive presidential elections, after direct elections were introduced in 1996. Name the party and the candidate who went on to become the eighth president of Taiwan. 

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Name the candidate proposed for the post of Prime Minister by the New Popular Front which emerged as the single largest coalition in the French legislative elections. Instead of her, who was named by the President Emmanuel Macron? 

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For the first time since Apartheid ended in South Africa, the African National Congress won less than 50% of the vote in 2024 general elections. Name the opposition party which finished second and with whom the ANC went on to form a national unity government. 

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The first El Salvador president who was re-elected since 1944;  name this leader who won the elections held in February 2024, with 84.65% of the popular vote. 

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Only two other politicians (since World War II) were elected as Vice Presidents of the U.S. and were from the state of Minnesota before Tim Walz was added to the Kamala Harris ticket recently. Name them.

Answer : Walter Mondale, Hubert Humphrey

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Directed by Ron Howard, this 2020 drama film featuring Amy Adams and Glenn Close was based on the memoir written by the current vice presidential candidate of the Republican party. Name the candidate and the memoir. 

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The father of the current Vice President of the United States, this person was an academic (economist) who also earned the distinction of being the first Black scholar to be granted tenure by the Stanford Department of Economics. Name him and also the country of his origin. 

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Only seven Vice Presidents served the full two terms in their posts in the United States. One of them went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize (jointly with another recipient). Name him. 

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Who holds the distinction of being the first vice presidential nominee from one of the two major parties in the U.S.?

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This was a political movement in the first half of the 20th century that aimed for the creation of Pakistan from the Muslim-majority areas of British India. This was led by the All-India Muslim League under the leadership of this barrister and politician, known as the creator of Pakistan. Name the movement, and the person responsible for it. 

Answer :  Pakistan Movement; Muhammad Ali Jinnah

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The event of partition was brought forth by the Indian Independence Act 1947 under which the British Raj gave independence to the Dominion of Pakistan which comprised West Pakistan and East Pakistan. What are the present-day equivalents of these two provinces?

Answer : West Pakistan is the present day Pakistan, and East Pakistan is the present day Bangladesh

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The Dominion of Pakistan was an independent federal dominion in the British Commonwealth of Nations, which existed from August 14, 1947 to March 23, 1956. What happened in 1956?

Answer : Pakistan became the first Islamic republic in the world

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This was the boundary demarcated by the two boundary commissions for the provinces of Punjab and Bengal during the Partition of India. The term is also sometimes used for the entire boundary between India and Pakistan. What is it called?

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In 1940, a formal political statement was presented, which called for the creation of an independent state for Muslims, which eventually helped lead to the creation of Pakistan in 1947. What is this statement called?

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Name the national research institute Sarabhai founded in November 1947. In its first days, it operated out of his residence before eventually taking shape at the M.G. Science Institute in Ahmedabad

Answer : Physical Research Laboratory

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In 1962, Sarabhai set up the Indian National Committee for Space Research (INCOSPAR), the body that later became ISRO. Which body oversaw space-related activities in India before INCOSPAR?

Answer : Department of Atomic Energy

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When Sarabhai was doing his PhD at the University of Cambridge, who was his doctoral adviser? Likewise, name the ISRO chairman whose doctoral adviser Sarabhai was.

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In the mid-1970s, a French aerospace company transferred its Viking engine technology to India, where the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre used it to build the famous _____ engine. Fill in the blank. Hint: It is based on Sarabhai’s full name.

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Sarabhai’s siblings X and Y were instrumental in establishing the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, based on ‘The India Report’ on industrial design in 1958. Name X and Y.

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What term is used for the 26 member states of the Swiss Confederation?

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Which famous line also attributed to the protagonists in Alexander Dumas’ The Three Musketeers is considered Switzerland’s un-official motto?

Answer : Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno (One for all, all for one).

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The Swiss Flag is one of the two National Flags that is square in shape. Name the other State.

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Of the four official languages of Switzerland, three are German, French, and Italian. Name the fourth.

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If Indian postage stamps have ‘Bharat’ written on them, what traditional name of Switzerland is mentioned on its postage stamps?

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Switzerland hosts the headquarters of many international institutions. So, in which cities are the HQ of the International Olympic Committee and World Health Organisation?

Answer : Lausanne and Geneva respectively

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Name the festival held in Interlaken, once in 12 years, which features competitions of stone throwing, wrestling, and yodelling.