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Are you a news junkie? Take our quiz

Last updated on: July 21, 2014 13:19 IST

Image: Two MiG-21 fighter aircraft were sent from the Jodhpur air base to investigate airlines
Photographs: Ajay Verma/Reuters The Rediff Newsdesk

How plugged are you into news? And how much of it has stayed lodged in that grey matter? Take our weekly news quiz that gives you a whip-round of what's been going on last week. Good luck!

1. Last Sunday, Indian Air Force scrambled fighter jets after two passenger aircraft sought to enter the Indian territory from the Pakistan side? What airlines did the planes belong to?

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Image: ICC chief N Srinivasan, who also heads the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association Club, has said he is ready to lift the ban on dhotis
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2. The Tamil Nadu Cricket Association Club in Chennai came under fire for

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Image: Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes a stopover before he heads for Brazil
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3: On his way to Fortaleza, Brazil to attend the BRICS Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had an overnight stopover at

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Image: An interceptor rocket in fired the southern Israeli city of Ashdod
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4. What is Israel’s missile defence system called?

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Image: Journalist Ved Pratap Vaidik in a meeting with 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed
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5. Journalist Ved Pratap Vaidik who stirred a storm after his meeting with Lashkar’s Hafiz Saeed is an aide of…

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Image: A pro-Russian separatist stands at the crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, near the settlement of Grabovo in the Donetsk region of Ukraine.
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6. Flight MH17, which was shot down over Ukraine’s Donetsk on Thursday, was headed to…

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Image: Former US president Bill Clinton waves to students
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7. Former United States president Bill Clinton visited a school kitchen in which Indian city?

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8. Which Nobel-prize winning author died last week?

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Image: Schoolgirls pray to pay homage to a rape victim who was assaulted in New Delhi
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9. "Treat juvenile rape accused at par with adults." Which NDA minister made this remark?

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Image: PM Narendra Modi with his principal secretary desiganate
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10. Which official’s appointment saw an amendment being passed in Parliament?
A. Nripendra Misra
B. Ajit Doval
C. M K Narayanan
D. Shiv Shankar Menon