Which author won a Sahitya Akademi Award for the book 'Our Trees Still Grow in Dehra'? "Phone-a-Friend" lifeline used
⬥ A: Arundhati Roy
⬥ B: Ruskin Bond
⬥ C: Chetan Bhagat
⬥ D: Rohinton Mistry
Phone-a-friend called at 33 seconds. His choices are: Sunil Kumar Mall, Gyanesh Jha and Nachieketa Sharma. Sambit opts to call Sunil Kumar Mall (from Mumbai).
Rs. 320,000 (10 of 17) - 60 seconds
Which of these gates is not located in India?
⬥ A: Image Option A
⬥ B: Image Option B
⬥ C: Image Option C
⬥ D: Image Option D
The klaxon called time and Sambit will return for Rs. 640,000 with no lifelines remaining.
Rs. 640,000 (11 of 17) - Not Timed
The new hockey stadium being built to host World Cup matches in Rourkela is named after who among these?
⬥ A: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
⬥ B: Birsa Munda
⬥ C: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
⬥ D: Rajiv Gandhi
Rs. 1,250,000 (12 of 17) - Not Timed
Which of these initiatives was headed by Sir George Everest?
⬥ A: Survey of India
⬥ B: First Census of India
⬥ C: Archaeological Survey of India
⬥ D: Asiatic Society
Sambit walks with Rs. 640,000. His guess would have been B, but the right answer was A.