Answer: his son

Question: In 1817, The Times paper's printer James Lawson passed his business to which family member?


Answer: The Thunderer

Context: Thomas Barnes was appointed general editor in 1817. In the same year, the paper's printer James Lawson, died and passed the business onto his son John Joseph Lawson(1802–1852). Under the editorship of Barnes and his successor in 1841, John Thadeus Delane, the influence of The Times rose to great heights, especially in politics and amongst the City of London. Peter Fraser and Edward Sterling were two noted journalists, and gained for The Times the pompous/satirical nickname 'The Thunderer' (from "We thundered out the other day an article on social and political reform."). The increased circulation and influence of the paper was based in part to its early adoption of the steam-driven rotary printing press. Distribution via steam trains to rapidly growing concentrations of urban populations helped ensure the profitability of the paper and its growing influence.

Question: Peter Fraser and Edward Sterling, two noted The Times journalists, gained what nickname for themselves?


Answer: steam-driven rotary printing press

Question: What kind of printing press helped increase the circulation and influence of The Times back in 1817?


Answer: John Thadeus Delane

Question: Who succeeded Thomas Barnes as editor of The Times in 1841?


Answer: war

Context: The Times was the first newspaper to send war correspondents to cover particular conflicts. W. H. Russell, the paper's correspondent with the army in the Crimean War, was immensely influential with his dispatches back to England.

Question: The Times was the first newspaper to send correspondents to what kind of event?


Answer: W. H. Russell

Question: Who was The Times first correspondent with an army?


Answer: Crimean War

Question: Which war did The Times first cover using correspondents?


Answer: Irish Potato Famine

Context: In other events of the nineteenth century, The Times opposed the repeal of the Corn Laws until the number of demonstrations convinced the editorial board otherwise, and only reluctantly supported aid to victims of the Irish Potato Famine. It enthusiastically supported the Great Reform Bill of 1832, which reduced corruption and increased the electorate from 400,000 people to 800,000 people (still a small minority of the population). During the American Civil War, The Times represented the view of the wealthy classes, favouring the secessionists, but it was not a supporter of slavery.

Question: What major event did The Times reluctantly support in the nineteenth century despite being initially opposed?


Answer: Great Reform Bill of 1832

Question: The Times greatly supported what bill in 1832 which reduced corruption and increased the electorate?


Answer: Corn Laws

Question: Many demonstrations in the nineteenth century convinced The Times editorial board to finally support the repeal of what laws?


Answer: wealthy classes

Question: During the American Civil War, what classes of people did The Times support?


Answer: the secessionists

Question: The Times favoured which political side of the American Civil War?


Answer: 1847

Context: The third John Walter, the founder's grandson, succeeded his father in 1847. The paper continued as more or less independent, but from the 1850s The Times was beginning to suffer from the rise in competition from the penny press, notably The Daily Telegraph and The Morning Post.

Question: What year did the founder's grandson succeed his father as editor of The Times?


Answer: John Walter

Question: What is the name of the The Times founder's grandson who succeeded his father as editor?


Answer: the penny press

Question: In the 1850s, the Times was beginning to suffer from the rise in competition from what kind of press?


Answer: the Foreign Office

Context: During the 19th century, it was not infrequent for the Foreign Office to approach The Times and ask for continental intelligence, which was often superior to that conveyed by official sources.[citation needed]

Question: Which agency often used The Times for continental intelligence?


Answer: 19th century

Question: Which century was The Times first often relied upon for continental intelligence?


Answer: official sources

Question: Continental intelligence conveyed by The Times was often superior to what?


Answer: Arthur Fraser Walter

Context: The Times faced financial extinction in 1890 under Arthur Fraser Walter, but it was rescued by an energetic editor, Charles Frederic Moberly Bell. During his tenure (1890–1911), The Times became associated with selling the Encyclopædia Britannica using aggressive American marketing methods introduced by Horace Everett Hooper and his advertising executive, Henry Haxton. Due to legal fights between the Britannica's two owners, Hooper and Walter Montgomery Jackson, The Times severed its connection in 1908 and was bought by pioneering newspaper magnate, Alfred Harmsworth, later Lord Northcliffe.

Question: Which editor nearly ruined The Times in 1890?


Answer: Charles Frederic Moberly Bell

Question: Which energetic editor rescued The Times from financial collapse in 1890?


Answer: Britannica

Question: Which encyclopedia was The Times aggressively selling to American markets?


Answer: Horace Everett Hooper

Question: Who was the creator of the encyclopedia that The Times was known for selling to America?


Answer: Alfred Harmsworth

Question: Who later bought the well-known encyclopedia from The Times in 1908?


Answer: Wickham Steed

Context: In editorials published on 29 and 31 July 1914, Wickham Steed, the Times's Chief Editor, argued that the British Empire should enter World War I. On 8 May 1920, also under the editorship of Steed, The Times in an editorial endorsed the anti-Semitic fabrication The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion as a genuine document, and called Jews the world's greatest danger. In the leader entitled "The Jewish Peril, a Disturbing Pamphlet: Call for Inquiry", Steed wrote about The Protocols of the Elders of Zion:

Question: Who was The Times' Chief Editor in 1914?


Answer: World War I

Question: The Chief Editor of The Times in 1914 argued that the British Empire should enter what war?


Answer: The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion

Question: What anti-Semitic fabrication did The Times endorse in 1920?


Answer: the world's greatest danger

Question: After publishing anti-Semitic editorials in 1920, what did The Times refer to Jews as being?


Answer: The Jewish Peril, a Disturbing Pamphlet: Call for Inquiry

Question: What was the name of the anti-Semitic article that The Time's Chief Editor published in 1914?


Answer: The Protocols

Context: The following year, when Philip Graves, the Constantinople (modern Istanbul) correspondent of The Times, exposed The Protocols as a forgery, The Times retracted the editorial of the previous year.

Question: A Constantinople correspondent of The Times exposed what anti-Semitic document as a forgery?


Answer: Philip Graves

Question: Who was the name of the The Times Constantinople correspondent who exposed the anti-Semitic document as a forgery?


Answer: retracted the editorial

Question: How did The Times respond to the exposing of anti-Semitic documents as forgery?


Answer: John Jacob Astor

Context: In 1922, John Jacob Astor, son of the 1st Viscount Astor, bought The Times from the Northcliffe estate. The paper gained a measure of notoriety in the 1930s with its advocacy of German appeasement; then-editor Geoffrey Dawson was closely allied with those in the government who practised appeasement, most notably Neville Chamberlain.

Question: In 1922, who bought The Times?


Answer: Northcliffe estate

Question: In 1922, which estate sold The Times?


Answer: German appeasement

Question: The Times gained much notoriety in the 1930s because of its advocacy of what?


Answer: Geoffrey Dawson

Question: Which The Times editor was closely allied with the government who practised German appeasement?


Answer: Neville Chamberlain

Question: Which notable government official did The Times ally with in the 1930s whom practised German appeasement?


Answer: Kim Philby

Context: Kim Philby, a Soviet double agent, was a correspondent for the newspaper in Spain during the Spanish Civil War of the late 1930s. Philby was admired for his courage in obtaining high-quality reporting from the front lines of the bloody conflict. He later joined MI6 during World War II, was promoted into senior positions after the war ended, then eventually defected to the Soviet Union in 1963.

Question: Who was the name of the Soviet double agent who was the correspondent for The Times in Spain in the late 1930s?


Answer: Spanish Civil War

Question: A Soviet double agent working for The Times in Spain was a war correspondent during what war in the late 1930s?


Answer: MI6

Question: During World War II, the Soviet double agent who was corresponding for The Times in Spain in the 1930s later joined what agency?


Answer: Soviet Union

Question: In 1963, a notable double agent providing valuable and high-quality reporting for The Times during a war in the late 1930s eventually defected to which country?


Answer: E.H. Carr

Context: Between 1941 and 1946, the left-wing British historian E.H. Carr was Assistant Editor. Carr was well known for the strongly pro-Soviet tone of his editorials. In December 1944, when fighting broke out in Athens between the Greek Communist ELAS and the British Army, Carr in a Times editorial sided with the Communists, leading Winston Churchill to condemn him and that leader in a speech to the House of Commons. As a result of Carr's editorial, The Times became popularly known during that stage of World War II as the threepenny Daily Worker (the price of the Daily Worker being one penny).

Question: Between 1941 and 1946, which left-wing British historian was Assistant Editor for The Times?


Answer: pro-Soviet

Question: The Assistant Editor of The Times in 1941-1946 strongly supported what stance?


Answer: Communists

Question: Which side did The Times support in the fighting that broke out in Athens in 1944?


Answer: Winston Churchill

Question: Which major political figure condemned The Times in 1944 for not supporting the British Army?


Answer: the threepenny Daily Worker

Question: During World War II, The Times was nicknamed what in 1944?


Answer: 1966

Context: On 3 May 1966 it resumed printing news on the front page - previously the front page featured small advertisements, usually of interest to the moneyed classes in British society. In 1967, members of the Astor family sold the paper to Canadian publishing magnate Roy Thomson. His Thomson Corporation brought it under the same ownership as The Sunday Times to form Times Newspapers Limited.

Question: In what year did The Times resume printing news on the front page instead of small advertisements?


Answer: Astor family

Question: In 1967, what well-known family sold The Times to a Canadian publishing magnate?


Answer: Roy Thomson

Question: In 1967, which Canadian publishing magnate bought The Times?


Answer: Thomson Corporation

Question: What is the name of the corporation that bought The Times in 1967?


Answer: The Sunday Times

Question: Which other newspaper was brought under the same ownership as The Times in 1967 to form Times Newspapers Limited?


Answer: Thomson Corporation

Context: The Thomson Corporation management were struggling to run the business due to the 1979 Energy Crisis and union demands. Management were left with no choice but to find a buyer who was in a position to guarantee the survival of both titles, and also one who had the resources and was committed to funding the introduction of modern printing methods.

Question: In 1979, which corporation was struggling to run The Times?


Answer: 1979 Energy Crisis

Question: What crisis in 1979 caused near ruin to The Times?


Answer: union demands

Question: What kind of demands were causing ruin to The Times in 1979?


Answer: Australian

Context: Several suitors appeared, including Robert Maxwell, Tiny Rowland and Lord Rothermere; however, only one buyer was in a position to meet the full Thomson remit, Australian media magnate Rupert Murdoch. Robert Holmes à Court, another Australian magnate had previously tried to buy The Times in 1980.

Question: A media magnate from which country bought The Times in the 1980s?


Answer: Rupert Murdoch

Question: What is the name of the media magnate that bought The Times in the 1980s?


Answer: Thomson

Question: Who did a media magnate in the 1980s buy The Times from?


Answer: News International

Context: In 1981, The Times and The Sunday Times were bought from Thomson by Rupert Murdoch's News International. The acquisition followed three weeks of intensive bargaining with the unions by company negotiators, John Collier and Bill O'Neill.

Question: What corporation bought The Times in 1981?


Answer: Rupert Murdoch

Question: Who owned the major corporation that bought The Times in 1981?


Answer: the unions

Question: During the acquisition of The Times in 1981, John Collier and Bill O'Neill were part of what group that did three weeks of intensive bargaining?


Answer: William Rees-Mogg

Context: After 14 years as editor, William Rees-Mogg resigned the post upon completion of the change of ownership. Murdoch began to make his mark on the paper by appointing Harold Evans as his replacement. One of his most important changes was the introduction of new technology and efficiency measures. In March–May 1982, following agreement with print unions, the hot-metal Linotype printing process used to print The Times since the 19th century was phased out and replaced by computer input and photo-composition. This allowed print room staff at The Times and The Sunday Times to be reduced by half. However, direct input of text by journalists ("single stroke" input) was still not achieved, and this was to remain an interim measure until the Wapping dispute of 1986, when The Times moved from New Printing House Square in Gray's Inn Road (near Fleet Street) to new offices in Wapping.

Question: When The Times was bought in 1982, who resigned as editor?


Answer: 14 years

Question: How many years as an editor was editor who resigned from The Times in 1982?


Answer: Harold Evans

Question: In 1982, what is the name of the editor who replaced the previous editor of The Times?


Answer: hot-metal Linotype printing process

Question: What printing process for The Times was replaced by computers in 1982?


Answer: half

Question: In 1982, the allowed print room staff at The Times and The Sunday Times was reduced by how much?


Answer: Robert Fisk

Context: Robert Fisk, seven times British International Journalist of the Year, resigned as foreign correspondent in 1988 over what he saw as "political censorship" of his article on the shooting-down of Iran Air Flight 655 in July 1988. He wrote in detail about his reasons for resigning from the paper due to meddling with his stories, and the paper's pro-Israel stance.

Question: Which major journalist resigned as foreign correspondent of the Times in 1988?


Answer: seven

Question: The foreign correspondent who resigned from The Times in 1988 won how many major journalism awards?


Answer: political censorship

Question: The foreign correspondent for The Times who resigned in 1988, resigned for what reason?


Answer: Iran Air Flight 655

Question: What airplane was shot down in July 1988 that a famous foreign correspondent from The Times wrote an article about that later lead to his resignation?


Answer: pro-Israel stance

Question: What stance did The Times take that cause a famous foreign correspondent to resign in 1988?


Answer: 1990

Context: In June 1990, The Times ceased its policy of using courtesy titles ("Mr", "Mrs", or "Miss" prefixes) for living persons before full names on first reference, but it continues to use them before surnames on subsequent references. The more formal style is now confined to the "Court and Social" page, though "Ms" is now acceptable in that section, as well as before surnames in news sections.

Question: In what year did The Times ceased its policy of using courtesy titles for living persons before full names on first reference?


Answer: formal style

Question: What kind of style is now confined to the "Court and Social" page of The Times when referring to the use of courtesy titles?


Answer: surnames

Question: When The Times ceased its policy of using courtesy titles, it continued to use them for what kind of name on references after the first?


Answer: 2003

Context: In November 2003, News International began producing the newspaper in both broadsheet and tabloid sizes. On 13 September 2004, the weekday broadsheet was withdrawn from sale in Northern Ireland. Since 1 November 2004, the paper has been printed solely in tabloid format.

Question: In what year did News International begin producing The Times in both broadsheet in tabloid sizes?


Answer: Northern Ireland

Question: When The Times began producing its newpaper in both broadsheet and tabloid sizes, which region did The Times withdraw its broadsheet from sale?


Answer: tabloid format

Question: The Times is printed solely in what format since 2004?


Answer: Letters page

Context: On 6 June 2005, The Times redesigned its Letters page, dropping the practice of printing correspondents' full postal addresses. Published letters were long regarded as one of the paper's key constituents. Author/solicitor David Green of Castle Morris Pembrokeshire has had more letters published on the main letters page than any other known contributor – 158 by 31 January 2008. According to its leading article, "From Our Own Correspondents", removal of full postal addresses was in order to fit more letters onto the page.

Question: On 6 June 2005, The Times redesigned what page of its newspaper?


Answer: full postal addresses

Question: In 2005, The Times dropped the practice of printing what kind of feature of its correspondents?


Answer: David Green of Castle Morris Pembrokeshire

Question: Which author and solicitor has had more letters published on the main letters page of The Times than any other known contributor?


Answer: 158

Question: The leading author and solicitor of the letters page in The Times had how many articles published?


Answer: From Our Own Correspondents

Question: What is the name of the leading article that referenced the removal of a major feature in The Times in 2005?


Answer: 2007

Context: In a 2007 meeting with the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications, which was investigating media ownership and the news, Murdoch stated that the law and the independent board prevented him from exercising editorial control.

Question: In what year was the meeting of the House of Lords Select Committee on Communications that was investigating media ownership and the news?


Answer: exercising editorial control

Question: In the 2007 meeting with the government, Rupert Murdoch, owner of The Times, stated that the law and the independent board prevented him from doing what?


Answer: House of Lords Select Committee on Communications

Question: What government committee was investigating Rupert Murdoch and The Times in 2007?


Answer: Wapping

Context: In May 2008 printing of The Times switched from Wapping to new plants at Broxbourne on the outskirts of London, and Merseyside and Glasgow, enabling the paper to be produced with full colour on every page for the first time.

Question: In May 2008, The Times switched from what plant to new plants in Broxbourne, Merseyside, and Glasgow?


Answer: London

Question: In 2008, The Times switched to a new plant in Broxbourne, which is on the outskirts of what city?


Answer: full colour

Question: In May 2008, The Times switched to new plants which allowed for what kind of feature to be printed on every page for the first time?


Answer: London 2012 Olympics

Context: On 26 July 2012, to coincide with the official start of the London 2012 Olympics and the issuing of a series of souvenir front covers, The Times added the suffix "of London" to its masthead.

Question: What major event took place in London in 2012?


Answer: souvenir

Question: What kind of front cover did The Times issue on 26 July 2012?


Answer: of London

Question: In 2012, The Times added what suffix to its masthead?


Answer: news

Context: The Times features news for the first half of the paper, the Opinion/Comment section begins after the first news section with world news normally following this. The business pages begin on the centre spread, and are followed by The Register, containing obituaries, Court & Social section, and related material. The sport section is at the end of the main paper. The Times current prices are £1.20 for the daily edition and £1.50 for the Saturday edition.

Question: The Times features what in the first half of its newspaper?


Answer: Opinion/Comment section

Question: What section begins after the first half of The Times newspaper?


Answer: £1.20

Question: What is The Times current price for the daily edition?


Answer: business pages

Question: What feature begins on the centre spread of The Times?


Answer: sport section

Question: What section is featured at the end of the main paper of The Times?


Answer: times2

Context: The Times's main supplement, every day, is the times2, featuring various lifestyle columns. It was discontinued on 1 March 2010 but reintroduced on 11 October 2010 after negative feedback. Its regular features include a puzzles section called Mind Games. Its previous incarnation began on 5 September 2005, before which it was called T2 and previously Times 2. Regular features include columns by a different columnist each weekday. There was a column by Marcus du Sautoy each Wednesday, for example. The back pages are devoted to puzzles and contain sudoku, "Killer Sudoku", "KenKen", word polygon puzzles, and a crossword simpler and more concise than the main "Times Crossword".

Question: What is the name of the lifestyle column of The Times?


Answer: Mind Games

Question: The Times features a puzzles section called what?


Answer: Killer Sudoku

Question: What is the name of the sudoku game in The Times?


Answer: football

Context: The Game is included in the newspaper on Mondays, and details all the weekend's football activity (Premier League and Football League Championship, League One and League Two.) The Scottish edition of The Game also includes results and analysis from Scottish Premier League games.

Question: What sports activity is featured in The Times on Mondays?


Answer: Scottish Premier League

Question: What kind of football game is featured in the Scottish edition of The Times?


Answer: The Game

Question: What is the name of the section that features football on Mondays in The Times?


Answer: Weekend

Context: The Saturday edition of The Times contains a variety of supplements. These supplements were relaunched in January 2009 as: Sport, Weekend (including travel and lifestyle features), Saturday Review (arts, books, and ideas), The Times Magazine (columns on various topics), and Playlist (an entertainment listings guide).

Question: What is the name of the section of the Saturday edition of The Times that features travel and lifestyle?


Answer: Saturday Review

Question: Arts, books, and ideas are featured in what section in the Saturday edition of The Times?


Answer: Playlist

Question: An entertainment listings guide in the Saturday edition of The Times is called what?


Answer: Giles Coren

Context: The Times Magazine features columns touching on various subjects such as celebrities, fashion and beauty, food and drink, homes and gardens or simply writers' anecdotes. Notable contributors include Giles Coren, Food and Drink Writer of the Year in 2005 and Nadiya Hussain, winner of BBC's The Great British Bake Off.

Question: What is the name of the notable contributor to The Times Magazine columns that became the Food and Drink Writer of the Year in 2005?


Answer: Nadiya Hussain

Question: What is the name of the winner of BBC's The Great British Bake Off who is also a column writer in The Times Magazine section?


Answer: 2005

Question: In what year did notable Times Magazine contributor, Gile Coren, become Food and Drink Writer of the Year?


Answer: The Great British Bake Off

Question: Nadiya Hussain, a Times Magazine column writer, is known for being the winner of what BBC contest?


Answer: The Times Magazine

Question: What is the name of the section that features columns touching on subjects such as celebrities, fashion and beauty, food and drink, homes and garden or simply writers' anecdotes?


Answer: 1999

Context: The Times and The Sunday Times have had an online presence since March 1999, originally at the-times.co.uk and sunday-times.co.uk, and later at timesonline.co.uk. There are now two websites: thetimes.co.uk is aimed at daily readers, and the thesundaytimes.co.uk site at providing weekly magazine-like content. There are also iPad and Android editions of both newspapers. Since July 2010, News UK has required readers who do not subscribe to the print edition to pay £2 per week to read The Times and The Sunday Times online.

Question: Since what year has The Times and The Sunday Times had an online presense?


Answer: timesonline.co.uk

Question: What is the URL of online website for The Times?


Answer: daily readers

Question: The website, thetimes.co.uk, is aimed at what kind of reader?


Answer: weekly magazine-like content

Question: The website, thesundaytimes.co.uk, provides what kind of content?


Answer: £2 per week

Question: How much does a non-subscriber of The Times need to pay to read the online versions?


Answer: The Times Digital Archive

Context: The Times Digital Archive (1785–2008) is freely accessible via Gale databases to readers affiliated with subscribing academic, public, and school libraries.

Question: What is the name of the digital archive that holds The Times historical archive?


Answer: Gale databases

Question: The Times historical archive is freely accessible online from what database?


Answer: academic

Question: What kind of reader can subscribe to the digital archive of The Times?


Answer: 87%

Context: Visits to the websites have decreased by 87% since the paywall was introduced, from 21 million unique users per month to 2.7 million. In April 2009, the timesonline site had a readership of 750,000 readers per day. As of October 2011, there were around 111,000 subscribers to The Times' digital products.

Question: Visits to The Times website have decreased by how much since October 2011?


Answer: paywall

Question: What is the reason for the dramatic drop in visits to The Times website?


Answer: 750,000

Question: In April 2009, how many readers did the timesonline website have per day?


Answer: 111,000

Question: As of October 2011, how many subscribers does The Times' digital product currently have?


Answer: 1981

Context: At the time of Harold Evans' appointment as editor in 1981, The Times had an average daily sale of 282,000 copies in comparison to the 1.4 million daily sales of its traditional rival The Daily Telegraph. By November 2005 The Times sold an average of 691,283 copies per day, the second-highest of any British "quality" newspaper (after The Daily Telegraph, which had a circulation of 903,405 copies in the period), and the highest in terms of full-rate sales. By March 2014, average daily circulation of The Times had fallen to 394,448 copies, compared to The Daily Telegraph's 523,048, with the two retaining respectively the second-highest and highest circulations among British "quality" newspapers. In contrast The Sun, the highest-selling "tabloid" daily newspaper in the United Kingdom, sold an average of 2,069,809 copies in March 2014, and the Daily Mail, the highest-selling "middle market" British daily newspaper, sold an average of 1,708,006 copies in the period.

Question: What year was Harold Evans appointed to editor of The Times?


Answer: The Daily Telegraph

Question: The Times has a traditional rival with what other major British newspaper?


Answer: The Sun

Question: What is the name of the highest-selling tabloid daily newspaper in the United Kingdom?


Answer: Daily Mail

Question: What is the name of the highest-selling middle market British daily newspaper?


Answer: The Sunday Times

Context: The Sunday Times has a significantly higher circulation than The Times, and sometimes outsells The Sunday Telegraph. As of January 2013, The Times has a circulation of 399,339 and The Sunday Times of 885,612.

Question: Which newspaper has a significantly higher circulation, The Sunday Times or The Times?


Answer: 399,339

Question: As of January 2013, The Times has a circulation of how many people?


Answer: 885,612

Question: As of January 2013, The Sunday Times has a circulation of how many people?


Answer: The Times

Context: In a 2009 national readership survey The Times was found to have the highest number of ABC1 25–44 readers and the largest numbers of readers in London of any of the "quality" papers.

Question: In a 2009 national readership survey, what newspaper has the highest number of ABC1 25-44 readers?


Answer: The Times

Question: What newspaper has the highest number of readers in London of any of the "quality" papers?


Answer: 25–44

Question: The Times is found to have the highest number of readers from what age group?


Answer: Times New Roman

Context: The Times commissioned the serif typeface Times New Roman, created by Victor Lardent at the English branch of Monotype, in 1931. It was commissioned after Stanley Morison had written an article criticizing The Times for being badly printed and typographically antiquated. The font was supervised by Morison and drawn by Victor Lardent, an artist from the advertising department of The Times. Morison used an older font named Plantin as the basis for his design, but made revisions for legibility and economy of space. Times New Roman made its debut in the issue of 3 October 1932. After one year, the design was released for commercial sale. The Times stayed with Times New Roman for 40 years, but new production techniques and the format change from broadsheet to tabloid in 2004 have caused the newspaper to switch font five times since 1972. However, all the new fonts have been variants of the original New Roman font:

Question: The Times commissioned what serif typeface in 1931?


Answer: Victor Lardent

Question: Who is the creator of the serif typeface created in 1931 for The Times newspaper?


Answer: Stanley Morison

Question: Who commissioned the change of the typeface of The Times in 1931?


Answer: Plantin

Question: What is the name of the typeface that Times New Roman is based on?


Answer: 40

Question: How many years has The Times stayed with Times New Roman?


Answer: peculiarly detached

Context: Historically, the paper was not overtly pro-Tory or Whig, but has been a long time bastion of the English Establishment and empire. The Times adopted a stance described as "peculiarly detached" at the 1945 general election; although it was increasingly critical of the Conservative Party's campaign, it did not advocate a vote for any one party. However, the newspaper reverted to the Tories for the next election five years later. It supported the Conservatives for the subsequent three elections, followed by support for both the Conservatives and the Liberal Party for the next five elections, expressly supporting a Con-Lib coalition in 1974. The paper then backed the Conservatives solidly until 1997, when it declined to make any party endorsement but supported individual (primarily Eurosceptic) candidates.

Question: At the 1945 general election, The Times adopted a stance that was referred to by what name?


Answer: Con-Lib coalition

Question: What kind of political coalition did The Times support in 1974?


Answer: Tory

Question: After 1945, The Times supported what party for 5 years afterwards?


Answer: Conservatives

Question: From the 1970s until 1997, The Times supported what political party?


Answer: Eurosceptic

Question: After 1997, The Times declined from making any party endorsements however, they supported individual candidates known by what name?


Answer: Labour

Context: For the 2001 general election The Times declared its support for Tony Blair's Labour government, which was re-elected by a landslide. It supported Labour again in 2005, when Labour achieved a third successive win, though with a reduced majority. For the 2010 general election, however, the newspaper declared its support for the Tories once again; the election ended in the Tories taking the most votes and seats but having to form a coalition with the Liberal Democrats in order to form a government as they had failed to gain an overall majority.

Question: In the 2001 general election, The Times declared support for what political party?


Answer: Tony Blair

Question: What is the name of the political party's leader that The Times supported in the 2001 general election?


Answer: Tories

Question: For the 2010 general election, which political party did The Times support?


Answer: Liberal Democrats

Question: What political party did the Tories have to form a coalition with in 2010?


Answer: Labour

Question: What political party was re-elected by a landslide in 2001?


Answer: The Times

Context: This makes it the most varied newspaper in terms of political support in British history. Some columnists in The Times are connected to the Conservative Party such as Daniel Finkelstein, Tim Montgomerie, Matthew Parris and Matt Ridley, but there are also columnists connected to the Labour Party such as David Aaronovitch, Phil Collins, Oliver Kamm and Jenni Russell.

Question: What is the name of the newspaper with the most varied political support in British history?


Answer: Conservative Party

Question: Which political party is The Times columnist, Daniel Finkelstein, associated with?


Answer: Labour Party

Question: Which political party is The Times columnist, David Aaronovitch, associated with?


Answer: 2012

Context: The Times occasionally makes endorsements for foreign elections. In November 2012, it endorsed a second term for Barack Obama although it also expressed reservations about his foreign policy.

Question: In what year did The Times make an endorsement for Barack Obama?


Answer: Barack Obama

Question: Who did The Times support in 2012 for the election of the U.S. president?


Answer: foreign policy

Question: What kind of policy did The Times express reservation for when concerning the political stances of Barack Obama?


Answer: London Film Festival

Context: The Times, along with the British Film Institute, sponsors the "The Times" bfi London Film Festival. It also sponsors the Cheltenham Literature Festival and the Asia House Festival of Asian Literature at Asia House, London.

Question: What film festival does The Times support that is also supported alongside the British Film Institute?


Answer: Asia House Festival of Asian Literature

Question: What festival is featured at Asia House, London?


Answer: The Times

Question: The Cheltenham Literature Festival is supported by what major newspaper?


Answer: Times Literary Supplement

Context: The Times Literary Supplement (TLS) first appeared in 1902 as a supplement to The Times, becoming a separately paid-for weekly literature and society magazine in 1914. The Times and the TLS have continued to be co-owned, and as of 2012 the TLS is also published by News International and cooperates closely with The Times, with its online version hosted on The Times website, and its editorial offices based in Times House, Pennington Street, London.

Question: What is the name of the supplement that first appeared in 1902 as a supplement to The Times?


Answer: weekly literature

Question: In 1914, a separately paid-for supplement for The Times was a magazine that featured what kind of content?


Answer: Times House, Pennington Street

Question: The editorial offices of The Times Literary Supplement is based in what location in London?


Answer: 2012

Question: In what year did The Times Literary Supplement begin publishing online?


Answer: Atlases

Context: Times Atlases have been produced since 1895. They are currently produced by the Collins Bartholomew imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. The flagship product is The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World.

Question: The Times began producing what kind of non-newspaper product in 1895?


Answer: HarperCollins Publishers

Question: What publisher prints The Times atlas?


Answer: The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World

Question: What is the name of The Times' atlas?


Answer: Sunday Times Travel Magazine

Context: This 164-page monthly magazine is sold separately from the newspaper of record and is Britain's best-selling travel magazine. The first issue of The Sunday Times Travel Magazine was in 2003, and it includes news, features and insider guides.

Question: What is the name of the travel magazine sold by The Times?


Answer: 2003

Question: In what year was The Times' travel magazine first sold?


Answer: 164

Question: How many pages is The Times' travel magazine?


Answer: Sunday Times Travel Magazine

Question: What is the name of Britain's best-selling travel magazine?


Answer: Nineteen Eighty-Four

Context: In the dystopian future world of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Times has been transformed into the organ of the totalitarian ruling party, its editorials—of which several are quoted in the book—reflecting Big Brother's pronouncements.

Question: In what novel was The Times featured as an organ of a totalitarian ruling party?


Answer: George Orwell

Question: What is the name of the author of Nineteen Eighty-Four?


Answer: dystopian

Question: What kind of future world did George Orwell create in his novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four?


Answer: Nero Wolfe

Context: Rex Stout's fictional detective Nero Wolfe is described as fond of solving the London Times' crossword puzzle at his New York home, in preference to those of American papers.

Question: The author, Rex Stout, created a fictional detection that is fond of solving London Times' crossword puzzles that goes by what name?


Answer: New York

Question: In what part of the world did the fictional detective, Nero Wolfe, live in?


Answer: London Times

Question: The fictional detective, Nero Wolfe, preferred what newspaper to American newspapers?


Answer: crossword

Question: The fictional detective, Nero Wolfe, is described as fond of solving what kind of puzzle in the London Times newspaper?


Answer: The Times

Context: In the James Bond series by Ian Fleming, James Bond, reads The Times. As described by Fleming in From Russia, with Love: "The Times was the only paper that Bond ever read."

Question: The author, Ian Fleming, created a fictional character named James Bond who prefers to only read what newspaper?


Answer: James Bond

Question: What is the name of the spy and hero in Ian Fleming's books?


Answer: From Russia, with Love

Question: In what Ian Fleming novel is James Bond described as only reading The Times newspaper?


Answer: The Wombles

Context: In The Wombles, Uncle Bulgaria read The Times and asked for the other Wombles to bring him any copies that they found amongst the litter. The newspaper played a central role in the episode Very Behind the Times (Series 2, Episode 12).

Question: In what children TV series is there is a fictional character named Uncle Bulgaria that asks others to bring him copies of The Times found amongst the litter?


Answer: Very Behind the Times

Question: What is the name of the episode where the newspaper, The Times, is featured and plays a central role in an episode of The Wombles?


Answer: Uncle Bulgaria

Question: In the children's TV show, The Wombles, what character asks others to bring him any copies of The Times that they find amongst the litter?


Answer: Delhi

Context: New Delhi (i/ˌnjuː ˈdɛli/) is a municipality and district in Delhi which serves as the capital and seat of government of India. In addition, it also serves as the seat of Government of Delhi.

Question: In what territory is New Delhi located?


Answer: New Delhi

Question: What municipality serves as the capital of India?


Answer: Delhi

Question: For what territory does New Delhi serve as the seat of Government?


Answer: New Delhi

Question: What municipality serves as the seat of Government for India?


Answer: New Delhi

Question: What municipality serves as the seat of government of Delhi?


Answer: George V

Context: The foundation stone of the city was laid by George V, Emperor of India during the Delhi Durbar of 1911. It was designed by British architects, Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker. The new capital was inaugurated on 13 February 1931, by India's Viceroy Lord Irwin.

Question: Who laid the foundation stone of New Delhi?


Answer: 1911

Question: In what year was the foundation stone of New Delhi laid?


Answer: Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker

Question: Who designed the foundation stone of the city of New Delhi?


Answer: 13 February 1931

Question: On what date was New Delhi inaugurated?


Answer: Viceroy Lord Irwin

Question: Who inaugurated the city of New Delhi?


Answer: Delhi and New Delhi

Context: Although colloquially Delhi and New Delhi as names are used interchangeably to refer to the jurisdiction of NCT of Delhi, these are two distinct entities, and the latter is a small part of the former.

Question: What are the two terms colloquially used to refer to the jurisdiction of NCT of Delhi?


Answer: Delhi

Question: New Delhi is a small part of what larger territory?


Answer: NCT of Delhi

Question: Delhi and New Delhi are colloquially used to refer to what jurisdiction?


Answer: New Delhi

Question: What is one name used to refer to the jurisdiction of NCT of Delhi?


Answer: Delhi

Question: What is one name used to refer to the jurisdiction of NCT of Delhi?


Answer: hundred

Context: New Delhi has been selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under PM Narendra Modi's flagship Smart Cities Mission.

Question: How many Indian cities have been selected to be developed as a smart city?


Answer: Smart Cities Mission

Question: What is the name of the mission to develop Indian smart cities?


Answer: PM Narendra Modi

Question: Who is responsible for India's smart city initiative?


Answer: New Delhi

Question: What is one Indian city that has been selected to be developed as a smart city?


Answer: Calcutta

Context: Calcutta (now Kolkata) was the capital of India during the British Raj until December 1911. However, Delhi had served as the political and financial centre of several empires of ancient India and the Delhi Sultanate, most notably of the Mughal Empire from 1649 to 1857. During the early 1900s, a proposal was made to the British administration to shift the capital of the British Indian Empire (as it was officially called) from Calcutta to Delhi. Unlike Calcutta, which was located on the eastern coast of India, Delhi was at the centre of northern India and the Government of British India felt that it would be logistically easier to administer India from the latter rather than the former.

Question: What city was the capital of India until December 1911?


Answer: Kolkata

Question: What is the name of the city formerly known as Calcutta?


Answer: Mughal Empire

Question: What is the name of the empire for which Delhi served as the political and financial capital from 1649 to 1857?


Answer: Delhi

Question: In the early 1900s, the capital of the British Indian Empire was shifted from Calcutta to what city?


Answer: the centre of northern India

Question: In what part of India is Delhi located?


Answer: George V

Context: On 12 December 1911, during the Delhi Durbar, George V, then Emperor of India, along with Queen Mary, his Consort, made the announcement that the capital of the Raj was to be shifted from Calcutta to Delhi, while laying the foundation stone for the Viceroy's residence in the Coronation Park, Kingsway Camp. The foundation stone of New Delhi was laid by King George V and Queen Mary at the site of Delhi Durbar of 1911 at Kingsway Camp on 15 December 1911, during their imperial visit. Large parts of New Delhi were planned by Edwin Lutyens (Sir Edwin from 1918), who first visited Delhi in 1912, and Herbert Baker (Sir Herbert from 1926), both leading 20th-century British architects. The contract was given to Sobha Singh (later Sir Sobha Singh). Construction really began after World War I and was completed by 1931. The city that was later dubbed "Lutyens' Delhi" was inaugurated in ceremonies beginning on 10 February 1931 by Lord Irwin, the Viceroy. Lutyens designed the central administrative area of the city as a testament to Britain's imperial aspirations.

Question: Who announced that the capital of India would be moved from Calcutta to Delhi?


Answer: 12 December 1911

Question: On what date was it announced that the capital of India would be moved to Delhi?


Answer: King George V and Queen Mary

Question: Who laid the foundation stone of New Delhi?


Answer: Edwin Lutyens

Question: Who is responsible for designing large parts of New Delhi?


Answer: 10 February 1931

Question: On what date did inauguration ceremonies for New Delhi begin?


Answer: the Viceroy

Context: Soon Lutyens started considering other places. Indeed, the Delhi Town Planning Committee, set up to plan the new imperial capital, with George Swinton as chairman and John A. Brodie and Lutyens as members, submitted reports for both North and South sites. However, it was rejected by the Viceroy when the cost of acquiring the necessary properties was found to be too high. The central axis of New Delhi, which today faces east at India Gate, was previously meant to be a north-south axis linking the Viceroy's House at one end with Paharganj at the other. During the project's early years, many tourists believed it was a gate from Earth to Heaven itself. Eventually, owing to space constraints and the presence of a large number of heritage sites in the North side, the committee settled on the South site. A site atop the Raisina Hill, formerly Raisina Village, a Meo village, was chosen for the Rashtrapati Bhawan, then known as the Viceroy's House. The reason for this choice was that the hill lay directly opposite the Dinapanah citadel, which was also considered the site of Indraprastha, the ancient region of Delhi. Subsequently, the foundation stone was shifted from the site of Delhi Durbar of 1911–1912, where the Coronation Pillar stood, and embedded in the walls of the forecourt of the Secretariat. The Rajpath, also known as King's Way, stretched from the India Gate to the Rashtrapati Bhawan. The Secretariat building, the two blocks of which flank the Rashtrapati Bhawan and houses ministries of the Government of India, and the Parliament House, both designed by Herbert Baker, are located at the Sansad Marg and run parallel to the Rajpath.

Question: Who rejected the proposals of Brodie and Lutyens?


Answer: the South site

Question: Which site was eventually chosen by the Delhi Town Planning Committee?


Answer: Dinapanah citadel

Question: Raisina Hill lay directly opposite what religious site?


Answer: King's Way

Question: The Rajpath was also known by what name?


Answer: Herbert Baker

Question: Who designed the Parliament House of New Delhi?


Answer: 1933

Context: In the south, land up to Safdarjung's Tomb was acquired in order to create what is today known as Lutyens' Bungalow Zone. Before construction could begin on the rocky ridge of Raisina Hill, a circular railway line around the Council House (now Parliament House), called the Imperial Delhi Railway, was built to transport construction material and workers for the next twenty years. The last stumbling block was the Agra-Delhi railway line that cut right through the site earmarked for the hexagonal All-India War Memorial (India Gate) and Kingsway (Rajpath), which was a problem because the Old Delhi Railway Station served the entire city at that time. The line was shifted to run along the Yamuna river, and it began operating in 1924. The New Delhi Railway Station opened in 1926 with a single platform at Ajmeri Gate near Paharganj and was completed in time for the city's inauguration in 1931. As construction of the Viceroy's House (the present Rashtrapati Bhavan), Central Secretariat, Parliament House, and All-India War Memorial (India Gate) was winding down, the building of a shopping district and a new plaza, Connaught Place, began in 1929, and was completed by 1933. Named after Prince Arthur, 1st Duke of Connaught (1850–1942), it was designed by Robert Tor Russell, chief architect to the Public Works Department (PWD).

Question: The construction of Connaught Place was completed in what year?


Answer: Raisina Hill

Question: On what hill did construction of Lutyen's Bungalow Zone begin?


Answer: twenty years

Question: The Imperial Delhi Railway was built to transport workers and materials for how many years?


Answer: 1924

Question: In what year did the Imperial Delhi Railway line begin operating?


Answer: 1926

Question: In what year did the New Delhi Railway Station open?


Answer: 1912

Context: After the capital of India moved to Delhi, a temporary secretariat building was constructed in a few months in 1912 in North Delhi. Most of the government offices of the new capital moved here from the 'Old secretariat' in Old Delhi (the building now houses the Delhi Legislative Assembly), a decade before the new capital was inaugurated in 1931. Many employees were brought into the new capital from distant parts of India, including the Bengal Presidency and Madras Presidency. Subsequently housing for them was developed around Gole Market area in the 1920s. Built in the 1940s, to house government employees, with bungalows for senior officials in the nearby Lodhi Estate area, Lodhi colony near historic Lodhi Gardens, was the last residential areas built by the British Raj.

Question: A temporary secretariat building was built in New Delhi in what year?


Answer: 1931

Question: In what year what New Delhi inaugurated as the capital of India?


Answer: Gole Market area

Question: Housing for employees was built in what area during the 1920s?


Answer: Lodhi colony

Question: What was the name of the last residential area built by the British Raj?


Answer: the 1940s

Question: During what decade was the Lodhi colony built?


Answer: 1947

Context: After India gained independence in 1947, a limited autonomy was conferred to New Delhi and was administered by a Chief Commissioner appointed by the Government of India. In 1956, Delhi was converted into a union territory and eventually the Chief Commissioner was replaced by a Lieutenant Governor. The Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1991 declared the Union Territory of Delhi to be formally known as National Capital Territory of Delhi. A system was introduced under which the elected Government was given wide powers, excluding law and order which remained with the Central Government. The actual enforcement of the legislation came in 1993.

Question: In what year did India gain independence?


Answer: 1956

Question: In what year was Delhi converted into a union territory?


Answer: The Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) Act

Question: What is the name of the act that caused the Union Territory of Delhi to become formally known as the National Capital Territory of Delhi?


Answer: 1993

Question: The enforcement of the legislation of the Constitution Act began in what year?


Answer: a union territory

Question: In 1956, Delhi was converted into what type of territory?


Answer: the 1950s

Context: The first major extension of New Delhi outside of Lutyens' Delhi came in the 1950s when the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) developed a large area of land southwest of Lutyens' Delhi to create the diplomatic enclave of Chanakyapuri, where land was allotted for embassies, chanceries, high commissions and residences of ambassadors, around wide central vista, Shanti Path.

Question: In what decade did New Delhi first extend significantly from Lutyen's Delhi?


Answer: the Central Public Works Department

Question: What organization developed land to expand New Delhi in the 1950s?


Answer: Chanakyapuri

Question: What was the name of the enclave created by the Central Public Works Department?


Answer: southwest

Question: In which direction did Chanakyapuri extend from New Delhi?


Answer: residences of ambassadors

Question: What was one use of the uses for the newly developed land of Chanakypuri?


Answer: 16.5 sq mi

Context: With a total area of 42.7 km2 (16.5 sq mi), New Delhi forms a small part of the Delhi metropolitan area. Because the city is located on the Indo-Gangetic Plain, there is little difference in elevation across the city. New Delhi and surrounding areas were once a part of the Aravalli Range; all that is left of those mountains is the Delhi Ridge, which is also called the Lungs of Delhi. While New Delhi lies on the floodplains of the Yamuna River, it is essentially a landlocked city. East of the river is the urban area of Shahdara. New Delhi falls under the seismic zone-IV, making it vulnerable to earthquakes.

Question: What is the total area of New Delhi in square miles?


Answer: the Indo-Gangetic Plain

Question: On what plain is New Delhi located?


Answer: the Lungs of Delhi

Question: The Delhi Ridge is also referred to by what name?


Answer: Yamuna River

Question: New Delhi is located on the floodplains of what river?


Answer: seismic zone-IV

Question: What seismic zone does New Delhi fall under?


Answer: 5.4 magnitude

Context: New Delhi lies on several fault lines and thus experiences frequent earthquakes, most of them of mild intensity. There has, however, been a spike in the number of earthquakes in the last six years, most notable being a 5.4 magnitude earthquake in 2015 with its epicentre in Nepal, a 4.7-magnitude earthquake on 25 November 2007, a 4.2-magnitude earthquake on 7 September 2011, a 5.2-magnitude earthquake on 5 March 2012, and a swarm of twelve earthquakes, including four of magnitudes 2.5, 2.8, 3.1, and 3.3, on 12 November 2013.

Question: What was the magnitude of the notable 2015 earthquake that shook New Delhi?


Answer: 25 November 2007

Question: A 4.7 magnitude earthquake that affected New Delhi occurred on what date?


Answer: 4.2-magnitude

Question: What was the magnitude of the earthquake that affected New Delhi on September 2011?


Answer: twelve

Question: How many earthquakes occurred on March 5, 2012?


Answer: fault lines

Question: What is the geographical feature New Delhi lies on that is responsible for frequent earthquakes?


Answer: subtropical climate

Context: The climate of New Delhi is a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa) with high variation between summer and winter in terms of both temperature and rainfall. The temperature varies from 46 °C (115 °F) in summers to around 0 °C (32 °F) in winters. The area's version of a humid subtropical climate is noticeably different from many other cities with this climate classification in that it features long and very hot summers, relatively dry and mild winters, a monsoonal period, and dust storms. Summers are long, extending from early April to October, with the monsoon season occurring in the middle of the summer. Winter starts in November and peaks in January. The annual mean temperature is around 25 °C (77 °F); monthly daily mean temperatures range from approximately 14 to 34 °C (57 to 93 °F). New Delhi's highest temperature ever recorded is 49.1 °C (120.4 °F) while the lowest temperature ever recorded is −3.2 °C (26.2 °F). Those for Delhi metropolis stand at 49.9 °C (121.8 °F) and −3.2 °C (26.2 °F) respectively. The average annual rainfall is 784 millimetres (30.9 in), most of which is during the monsoons in July and August.

Question: In what type of climate is New Delhi located?


Answer: April to October

Question: Between which months do New Delhi's long summers last?


Answer: the middle of the summer

Question: When does the monsoon season occur in New Delhi?


Answer: 25 °C (77 °F)

Question: What is the annual mean temperature of New Delhi?


Answer: 49.1 °C (120.4 °F)

Question: What is the highest ever recorded temperature in New Delhi?


Answer: 154

Context: In recent Mercer’s 2015 annual quality-of-living survey, New Delhi ranks at number 154 out of 230 cities due to bad air quality and pollution. The World Health Organization ranked New Delhi as the world’s worst polluted city in 2014 among about 1,600 cities the organization tracked around the world.

Question: What is New Delhi's rank in Mercer's 2015 quality of living survey?


Answer: bad air quality and pollution

Question: What is the main cause of New Delhi's relatively low ranking in Mercer's quality of life survey?


Answer: The World Health Organization

Question: New Delhi was ranked as the world's worst polluted city by what organization?


Answer: 1,600

Question: How many cities were tracked for pollution by the World Health Organization in 2014?


Answer: 230

Question: How many cities were studied in Mercer's 2015 quality of living survey?


Answer: winter

Context: In an attempt to curb air pollution in New Delhi, which gets worst during the winter, a temporary alternate-day travel scheme for cars using the odd- and even-numbered license plates system was announced by Delhi government in December 2015. In addition, trucks will be allowed to enter India's capital only after 11 p.m., two hours later than the existing restriction. The driving restriction scheme is planned to be implemented as a trial from January 1, 2016 for an initial period of 15 days. The restriction will be in force between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., and traffic will not be restricted on Sundays. Public transportation service will be increased during the restriction period.

Question: In what season does New Delhi's air pollution worsen?


Answer: alternate-day travel

Question: What method was introduced in December 2015 to reduce New Delhi's air pollution?


Answer: 11 p.m

Question: New Delhi's alternate-day travel scheme allowed trucks to enter the city after what hour?


Answer: 15 days

Question: How long is the initial trial period for New Delhi's driving restriction scheme?


Answer: Sundays

Question: On what day of the week will travel remain unrestricted by New Delhi's alternate day driving scheme?


Answer: December 16, 2015

Context: On December 16, 2015, the Supreme Court of India mandated several restrictions on Delhi's transportation system to curb pollution. Among the measures, the court ordered to stop registrations of diesel cars and sport utility vehicles with an engine capacity of 2,000 cc and over until March 31, 2016. The court also ordered all taxis in the Delhi region to switch to compressed natural gas by March 1, 2016. Transportation vehicles that are more than 10 years old were banned from entering the capital.

Question: On what date did the Supreme Court of India enact restrictions on Delhi's transportation system to reduce pollution?


Answer: March 31, 2016

Question: The Supreme Court restricted registration of some vehicles with engines of 2000 cc and over until what date?


Answer: compressed natural gas

Question: All taxis in Delhi were ordered to switch to what type of fuel by March 1, 2016?


Answer: vehicles that are more than 10 years old

Question: Which transportation vehicles were banned from entering New Delhi?


Answer: curb pollution

Question: New restrictions on New Delhi's transportation system were enacted by the Supreme Court to accomplish what goal?


Answer: Delhi

Context: The national capital of India, New Delhi is jointly administered by both the Central Government of India and the local Government of Delhi, it is also the capital of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi.

Question: New Delhi is the capital of what National Capital Territory?


Answer: New Delhi

Question: What is the national capital of India?


Answer: New Delhi

Question: The local Government of Delhi and the Central Government of India jointly administer what city?


Answer: New Delhi

Question: What city is the official capital of the National Capital Territory of Delhi?


Answer: the Central Government of India

Question: What is the name of one government body that oversees the capital of New Delhi?


Answer: New Delhi's Legislative Assembly

Context: As of 2015, the government structure of the New Delhi Municipal Council includes a chairperson, three members of New Delhi's Legislative Assembly, two members nominated by the Chief Minister of the NCT of Delhi and five members nominated by the central government.

Question: The government structure of the New Delhi Municipal Council includes three members from what government body?


Answer: the central government

Question: What government body is responsible for nominating five members to the New Delhi Municipal Council?


Answer: Chief Minister of the NCT of Delhi

Question: What government official is responsible for nominating two members to the New Delhi Municipal Council?


Answer: NCT of Delhi

Question: The Chief Minister of what NCT is responsible for nominating two members to the New Delhi Municipal Council?


Answer: New Delhi Municipal Council

Question: What is the name of the government structure created for New Delhi that is comprised of ten representatives?


Answer: Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Delhi

Context: The head of state of Delhi is the Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Delhi, appointed by the President of India on the advice of the Central government and the post is largely ceremonial, as the Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Delhi is the head of government and is vested with most of the executive powers. According to the Indian constitution, if a law passed by Delhi's legislative assembly is repugnant to any law passed by the Parliament of India, then the law enacted by the parliament will prevail over the law enacted by the assembly.

Question: What is the official title of Delhi's head of state?


Answer: President of India

Question: Who is responsible for appointing the Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Delhi?


Answer: the law enacted by the parliament

Question: Which takes precedent when a law passed by Parliament conflicts with a law passed by Delhi's Legislative assembly?


Answer: the Central government

Question: What government body advises the president on appointing a Lieutenant Governor?


Answer: Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Delhi

Question: Which government position is given most of the executive powers over Delhi?


Answer: New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC)

Context: New Delhi is governed through a municipal government, known as the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC). Other urban areas of the metropolis of Delhi are administered by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). However, the entire metropolis of Delhi is commonly known as New Delhi in contrast to Old Delhi.

Question: What is the name of the municipal government by which New Delhi is governed?


Answer: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)

Question: What government body is responsible for administering other urban areas of the metropolis of Delhi?


Answer: New Delhi

Question: What is the name commonly used to refer to the entire metropolis of Delhi?


Answer: New Delhi

Question: The New Delhi Municipal Government oversees what large Indian city?


Answer: a municipal government

Question: What form of government is responsible for the municipality of New Delhi?


Answer: Edwin Lutyens

Context: Much of New Delhi, planned by the leading 20th-century British architect Edwin Lutyens, was laid out to be the central administrative area of the city as a testament to Britain's imperial pretensions. New Delhi is structured around two central promenades called the Rajpath and the Janpath. The Rajpath, or King's Way, stretches from the Rashtrapati Bhavan to the India Gate. The Janpath (Hindi: "Path of the People"), formerly Queen's Way, begins at Connaught Circus and cuts the Rajpath at right angles. 19 foreign embassies are located on the nearby Shantipath (Hindi: "Path of Peace"), making it the largest diplomatic enclave in India.

Question: What British architect was responsible for designing much of New Delhi?


Answer: Rajpath and the Janpath

Question: What are the names of the two central promenades around which New Delhi is structured?


Answer: the Rajpath

Question: Which of the two promenades is referred to as The King's Way?


Answer: The Janpath

Question: Which promenade was formerly known as the Queen's Way?


Answer: Shantipath

Question: The largest diplomatic enclave in India which contains 19 foreign embassies is located along which promenade?


Answer: Rashtrapati Bhavan

Context: At the heart of the city is the magnificent Rashtrapati Bhavan (formerly known as Viceroy's House) which sits atop Raisina Hill. The Secretariat, which houses ministries of the Government of India, flanks out of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Parliament House, designed by Herbert Baker, is located at the Sansad Marg, which runs parallel to the Rajpath. Connaught Place is a large, circular commercial area in New Delhi, modelled after the Royal Crescent in England. Twelve separate roads lead out of the outer ring of Connaught Place, one of them being the Janpath.

Question: Formerly known as the Viceroy's House, which large building is located at the heart of New Delhi?


Answer: Viceroy's House

Question: The Rashtrapati Bhavan was formerly known by what name?


Answer: the Royal Crescent

Question: Connaught Place in New Delhi is modeled after what area of England?


Answer: Twelve

Question: How many roads lead out of the outer ring of Connaught Place?


Answer: Indira Gandhi International Airport

Context: Indira Gandhi International Airport, situated to the southwest of Delhi, is the main gateway for the city's domestic and international civilian air traffic. In 2012-13, the airport was used by more than 35 million passengers, making it one of the busiest airports in South Asia. Terminal 3, which cost ₹96.8 billion (US$1.4 billion) to construct between 2007 and 2010, handles an additional 37 million passengers annually.

Question: What major airport is located to the southwest of Delhi?


Answer: 35 million

Question: Approximately how many passengers used Indira Gandhi Airport from 2012-2013?


Answer: ₹96.8 billion

Question: How much money did Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi International Airport cost to construct?


Answer: 37 million

Question: How many passengers use Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi Airport each year?


Answer: 2010

Question: What year was construction of Terminal 3 of Indira Gandhi airport finished?


Answer: 1928

Context: The Delhi Flying Club, established in 1928 with two de Havilland Moth aircraft named Delhi and Roshanara, was based at Safdarjung Airport which started operations in 1929, when it was the Delhi's only airport and the second in India. The airport functioned until 2001, however in January 2002 the government closed the airport for flying activities because of security concerns following the New York attacks in September 2001. Since then, the club only carries out aircraft maintenance courses, and is used for helicopter rides to Indira Gandhi International Airport for VIP including the president and the prime minister.

Question: The Delhi Flying Club was established in what year?


Answer: Safdarjung Airport

Question: When established in 1928, which airport served as the base of the Delhi Flying Club?


Answer: 2002

Question: In what year did the government close Safdarjung Airport due to security concerns?


Answer: 1929

Question: In what year did the Delhi Flying club begin operations?


Answer: de Havilland Moth aircraft

Question: What type of aircraft was first used by the Delhi Flying Club after its founding?


Answer: 2010

Context: In 2010, Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) was conferred the fourth best airport award in the world in the 15–25 million category, and Best Improved Airport in the Asia-Pacific Region by Airports Council International. The airport was rated as the Best airport in the world in the 25–40 million passengers category in 2015, by Airports Council International.[not in citation given][better source needed] Delhi Airport also bags two awards for The Best Airport in Central Asia/India and Best Airport Staff in Central Asia/India at the Skytrax World Airport Awards 2015.

Question: In what year did Indira Gandhi International Airport earn an award for being forth best airport in the world in the 15-25 million category?


Answer: Airports Council International

Question: What organization is responsible for awarding Indira Gandhi International Airport as Best Improved Airport in the Asia-Pacific Region?


Answer: 2015

Question: What year did Indira Gandhi International Airport win an award for Best airport in the world in the 25-40 million passenger category?


Answer: two

Question: How many awards did Indira Gandhi International Airport win at the Skytrax World Airport Awards 2015?


Answer: Best airport in the world in the 25–40 million passengers category

Question: In 2015, the Airports Council International gave what award to Indira Gandhi International Airport?


Answer: Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC)

Context: New Delhi has one of India's largest bus transport systems. Buses are operated by the state-owned Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), which owns largest fleet of compressed natural gas (CNG)-fueled buses in the world. Personal vehicles especially cars also form a major chunk of vehicles plying on New Delhi roads. New Delhi has the highest number of registered cars compared to any other metropolitan city in India. Taxis and Auto Rickshaws also ply on New Delhi roads in large numbers. New Delhi has one of the highest road density in India.

Question: What state-owned organization operates New Delhi's bus transport system?


Answer: compressed natural gas

Question: Delhi Transport Company owns the world's largest fleet of buses powered by what type of fuel?


Answer: New Delhi

Question: What city has the highest number of registered cars of any city in India?


Answer: New Delhi

Question: What large metropolis has some of the highest road density in India?


Answer: Buses

Question: What type of vehicle transport system is owned by the Delhi Transport Corporation?


Answer: New Delhi

Context: New Delhi is a major junction in the Indian railway network and is the headquarters of the Northern Railway. The five main railway stations are New Delhi railway station, Old Delhi, Nizamuddin Railway Station, Anand Vihar Railway Terminal and Sarai Rohilla. The Delhi Metro, a mass rapid transit system built and operated by Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), serves many parts of Delhi and the neighbouring cities Faridabad, Gurgaon, Noida and Ghaziabad. As of August 2011, the metro consists of six operational lines with a total length of 189 km (117 mi) and 146 stations, and several other lines are under construction. It carries millions of passengers every day. In addition to the Delhi Metro, a suburban railway, the Delhi Suburban Railway exists.

Question: What Indian city is the headquarters of the Northern Railway?


Answer: five

Question: How many main stations of the Northern Railway serve the New Delhi area?


Answer: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation

Question: What organization is responsible for building and operating the Delhi Metro system?


Answer: 189 km

Question: What is the total length of the Delhi Metro?


Answer: 146

Question: The Delhi Metro consists of how many stations?


Answer: 189.63 kilometres

Context: The Delhi Metro is a rapid transit system serving New Delhi, Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida, and Ghaziabad in the National Capital Region of India. Delhi Metro is the world's 12th largest metro system in terms of length. Delhi Metro was India's first modern public transportation system, which had revolutionised travel by providing a fast, reliable, safe, and comfortable means of transport. The network consists of six lines with a total length of 189.63 kilometres (117.83 miles) with 142 stations, of which 35 are underground, five are at-grade, and the remainder are elevated. All stations have escalators, elevators, and tactile tiles to guide the visually impaired from station entrances to trains. It has a combination of elevated, at-grade, and underground lines, and uses both broad gauge and standard gauge rolling stock. Four types of rolling stock are used: Mitsubishi-ROTEM Broad gauge, Bombardier MOVIA, Mitsubishi-ROTEM Standard gauge, and CAF Beasain Standard gauge.

Question: What is the total length of the Delhi Metro?


Answer: 142

Question: How many stations are there on the Delhi Metro?


Answer: The Delhi Metro

Question: What is the name of the world's 12 largest metro system by length?


Answer: 35

Question: How many of the Delhi Metro's stations are located underground?


Answer: five

Question: How many of the New Delhi Metro's stations are located at ground level?


Answer: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation

Context: Delhi Metro is being built and operated by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC), a state-owned company with equal equity participation from Government of India and Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi. However, the organisation is under administrative control of Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. Besides construction and operation of Delhi metro, DMRC is also involved in the planning and implementation of metro rail, monorail and high-speed rail projects in India and providing consultancy services to other metro projects in the country as well as abroad. The Delhi Metro project was spearheaded by Padma Vibhushan E. Sreedharan, the Managing Director of DMRC and popularly known as the "Metro Man" of India. He famously resigned from DMRC, taking moral responsibility for a metro bridge collapse which took five lives. Sreedharan was awarded with the prestigious Legion of Honour by the French Government for his contribution to Delhi Metro.

Question: What organization operates the Delhi Metro system?


Answer: Ministry of Urban Development

Question: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation operates under the administrative control of what government body?


Answer: Padma Vibhushan E. Sreedharan

Question: The Delhi Metro project was spearheaded by what Indian government figure?


Answer: "Metro Man"

Question: Padma Vibhushan E. Sreedharan was popularly known by what nickname?


Answer: Legion of Honour

Question: What major award was given to Padma Vibhushan E. Sreedharan for his contribution the the Delhi Metro?


Answer: 249,998

Context: New Delhi has a population of 249,998. Hindi and Punjabi are the most widely spoken languages in New Delhi and the lingua franca of the city. English is primarily used as the formal language by business and government institutes. New Delhi has a literacy rate of 89.38% according to 2011 census, which is highest in Delhi.

Question: What is the population of New Delhi?


Answer: Hindi and Punjabi

Question: What are the most common languages spoken in New Delhi?


Answer: English

Question: What language is used for formal purposes by business and government institutes of New Delhi?


Answer: 89.38%

Question: What is the literacy rate of New Delhi according to the 2011 census?


Answer: New Delhi

Question: What city in the territory of Delhi has the highest literacy rate?


Answer: 79.8%

Context: Hinduism is the religion of 79.8% of New Delhi's population. There are also communities of Muslims (12.9%), Sikhs (5.4%), Jains (1.1%) and Christians (0.9%) in Delhi. Other religious groups (2.5%) include Parsis, Buddhists and Jews.

Question: What percentage of New Delhi's population is Hindu?


Answer: Hinduism

Question: What is the most commonly practiced religion in New Delhi?


Answer: 12.9%

Question: What percentage of New Delhi's population is Muslim?


Answer: 5.4%

Question: What percentage of New Delhi's population is Sikh?


Answer: 0.9%

Question: What percentage of New Delhi's population is Christian?


Answer: Gandhi Jayanti

Context: New Delhi is a cosmopolitan city due to the multi-ethnic and multi-cultural presence of the vast Indian bureaucracy and political system. The city's capital status has amplified the importance of national events and holidays. National events such as Republic Day, Independence Day and Gandhi Jayanti (Gandhi's birthday) are celebrated with great enthusiasm in New Delhi and the rest of India. On India's Independence Day (15 August) the Prime Minister of India addresses the nation from the Red Fort. Most Delhiites celebrate the day by flying kites, which are considered a symbol of freedom. The Republic Day Parade is a large cultural and military parade showcasing India's cultural diversity and military might.

Question: What is the name of the holiday celebrated in India that occurs on Gandhi's Birthday?


Answer: 15 August

Question: What is the date of India's Independence Day?


Answer: the Red Fort

Question: On Indian Independence Day, the Prime Minister addresses the nation from what location?


Answer: freedom

Question: On Indian Independence Day, kites are flown by citizens which symbolize what concept?


Answer: Republic Day Parade

Question: What New Delhi celebration showcases India's cultural diversity and military power?


Answer: Diwali

Context: Religious festivals include Diwali (the festival of light), Maha Shivaratri, Teej, Guru Nanak Jayanti, Baisakhi, Durga Puja, Holi, Lohri, Eid ul-Fitr, Eid ul-Adha, Christmas, Chhath Puja and Mahavir Jayanti. The Qutub Festival is a cultural event during which performances of musicians and dancers from all over India are showcased at night, with the Qutub Minar as the chosen backdrop of the event. Other events such as Kite Flying Festival, International Mango Festival and Vasant Panchami (the Spring Festival) are held every year in Delhi.

Question: What religious festival is also known as the festival of light?


Answer: The Qutub Festival

Question: What cultural event showcases dancers and musicians from all over India?


Answer: the Qutub Minar

Question: In what location is The Qutub Festival held?


Answer: Vasant Panchami

Question: The Spring Festival which is held each year in Delhi is also known by what name?


Answer: International Mango Festival

Question: What is the name of the fruit related festival held annually in Delhi?


Answer: 2007

Context: In 2007, the Japanese Buddhist organisation Nipponzan Myohoji decided to build a Peace Pagoda in the city containing Buddha relics. It was inaugurated by the current Dalai Lama.

Question: The Nipponzan Myohoji decided to build a Peace Pagoda in new Delhi in what year?


Answer: Buddha relics

Question: The Peace Pagoda built in New Delhi by the Nipponzan Myohoji contained what type of artifacts?


Answer: Nipponzan Myohoji

Question: Which Japanese Buddhist organization built a Peace Pagoda in New Delhi in 2007?


Answer: Dalai Lama

Question: The Peace Pagoda built in New Delhi by the Nipponzan Myohoji was inaugurated by which prominent figure?


Answer: Peace Pagoda

Question: What structure did the Nipponzan Myohoji decide to build in New Delhi in 2007?


Answer: British power and supremacy

Context: The New Delhi town plan, like its architecture, was chosen with one single chief consideration: to be a symbol of British power and supremacy. All other decisions were subordinate to this, and it was this framework that dictated the choice and application of symbology and influences from both Hindu and Islamic architecture.

Question: The New Delhi town plan was chosen primarily to symbolize what?


Answer: Hindu and Islamic

Question: The New Delhi town plan was influenced by what type of architecture?


Answer: The New Delhi town plan

Question: What town plan was chosen with the chief consideration of displaying British power and superiority?


Answer: Hindu

Question: What is one type of architecture that heavily influenced the New Delhi town plan?


Answer: 20 years

Context: It took about 20 years to build the city from 1911. Many elements of New Delhi architecture borrow from indigenous sources; however, they fit into a British Classical/Palladian tradition. The fact that there were any indigenous features in the design were due to the persistence and urging of both the Viceroy Lord Hardinge and historians like E.B. Havell.

Question: Approximately how long did it take to build New Delhi?


Answer: British Classical/Palladian

Question: The architecture of New Delhi borrows from indigenous sources but fits into what tradition?


Answer: E.B. Havell

Question: What historian is partially responsible for the use of indigenous features in the architecture of New Delhi?


Answer: Viceroy Lord Hardinge

Question: Which government official urged that indigenous features be used in the design of New Delhi?


Answer: indigenous

Question: Many of the architectural elements of New Delhi borrow from what sources?


Answer: 15 August 1949

Context: New Delhi is home to several historic sites and museums. The National Museum which began with an exhibition of Indian art and artefacts at the Royal Academy in London in the winter of 1947–48 was later at the end was shown at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in 1949. Later it was to form a permanent National Museum. On 15 August 1949, the National Museum was formally inaugurated and currently has 200,000 works of art, both of Indian and foreign origin, covering over 5,000 years.

Question: On what date was the National Museum formally inaugurated?


Answer: 200,000

Question: How many works of art currently reside in the National Museum?


Answer: Indian art

Question: The National Museum began in 1947 with a display of what type of art?


Answer: 5,000 years

Question: What length of time do the 200,000 works of art in the National Museum encompass?


Answer: Royal Academy in London

Question: In the winter of 1947, the National Museum started with a display of Indian art in what location?


Answer: 1931

Context: The India Gate built in 1931 was inspired by the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. It is the national monument of India commemorating the 90,000 soldiers of the Indian Army who lost their lives while fighting for the British Raj in World War I and the Third Anglo-Afghan War.

Question: What year was the India Gate built?


Answer: Arc de Triomphe

Question: The Indian Gate was inspired by what Parisian monument?


Answer: 90,000

Question: The India Gate commemorates how many soldiers of past wars?


Answer: The India Gate

Question: Which Indian monument, inspired by the Arc de Triomphe, was built in 1931?


Answer: Indian Army

Question: The India Gate commemorates the lost soldiers of what army?


Answer: the Champs-Élysées

Context: The Rajpath which was built similar to the Champs-Élysées in Paris is the ceremonial boulevard for the Republic of India located in New Delhi. The annual Republic Day parade takes place here on 26 January.

Question: The Rajpath was constructed similarly to what famous Parisian street?


Answer: The Rajpath

Question: What is the name of the ceremonial boulevard for the Republic of India in New Delhi?


Answer: The Rajpath

Question: On what boulevard does the Republic Day parade take place each year?


Answer: Republic Day parade

Question: What annual parade takes place on the Rajpath each January?


Answer: 26 January

Question: On which date is the annual Republic Day parade held in New Delhi?


Answer: Gandhi Smriti

Context: Gandhi Smriti in New Delhi is the location where Mahatma Gandhi spent the last 144 days of his life and was assassinated on 30 January 1948. Rajghat is the place where Mahatma Gandhi was cremated on 31 January 1948 after his assassination and his ashes were buried and make it a final resting place beside the sanctity of the Yamuna River. The Raj Ghat in the shape of large square platform with black marble was designed by architect Vanu Bhuta.

Question: In which location did Mahatma Gandhi spend the final 144 days of his life?


Answer: New Delhi

Question: In which city is the Gandhi Smriti located?


Answer: 30 January 1948

Question: On which date was Mahatma Gandhi killed?


Answer: Rajghat

Question: In what location was Mahatma Gandhi cremated?


Answer: Vanu Bhuta

Question: The Raj Ghat was designed by what architect?


Answer: Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur

Context: Jantar Mantar located in Connaught Place was built by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur. It consists of 13 architectural astronomy instruments. The primary purpose of the observatory was to compile astronomical tables, and to predict the times and movements of the sun, moon and planets.

Question: Who was responsible for constructing the Jantar Mantar?


Answer: Connaught Place

Question: In what area of New Delhi is the Jantar Mantar observatory located?


Answer: 13

Question: The Jantar Mantar consists of how many architectural astronomy instruments?


Answer: Jantar Mantar

Question: What is the name of the observatory built in Connaught Place by Maharaja Jai Singh II of Jaipur?


Answer: compile astronomical tables

Question: What is one of the primary purposes of the Jantar Mantar observatory?


Answer: Shankar's International Dolls Museum

Context: New Delhi is home to Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum, National Gallery of Modern Art, National Museum of Natural History, National Rail Museum, National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum, National Philatelic Museum, Nehru Planetarium, Shankar's International Dolls Museum. and Supreme Court of India Museum.

Question: What is the name of the doll themed museum located in New Delhi?


Answer: National Rail Museum

Question: What is the name of the major railroad related museum located in New Delhi?


Answer: New Delhi

Question: The Supreme Court of India Museum is located in what major city?


Answer: New Delhi

Question: The National Philatelic Museum is located in which large Indian city?


Answer: National Gallery of Modern Art

Question: What is the name of the modern art museum located in new Delhi?


Answer: New Delhi

Context: New Delhi is particularly renowned for its beautifully landscaped gardens that can look quite stunning in spring. The largest of these include Buddha Jayanti Park and the historic Lodi Gardens. In addition, there are the gardens in the Presidential Estate, the gardens along the Rajpath and India Gate, the gardens along Shanti Path, the Rose Garden, Nehru Park and the Railway Garden in Chanakya Puri. Also of note is the garden adjacent to the Jangpura Metro Station near the Defence Colony Flyover, as are the roundabout and neighbourhood gardens throughout the city.

Question: The Buddha Jayanti Park is located in which Indian city?


Answer: Jangpura Metro Station

Question: A notable New Delhi garden is located adjacent to what metro station?


Answer: spring

Question: The gardens of New Delhi are particularly stunning in which season?


Answer: gardens

Question: New Delhi is well known for what type of beautifully landscaped feature?


Answer: Buddha Jayanti Park

Question: What is the name of one of the largest gardens in new Delhi?


Answer: Commonwealth Games

Context: The city hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games and annually hosts Delhi Half Marathon foot-race. The city has previously hosted the 1951 Asian Games and the 1982 Asian Games. New Delhi was interested in bidding for the 2019 Asian Games but was turned down by the government on 2 August 2010 amid allegations of corruption in 2010 Commonwealth Games .

Question: New Delhi played host to what major athletic competition in 2010?


Answer: 1951

Question: New Delhi first hosted the Asian Games in what year?


Answer: 1982

Question: The Asian Games were most recently held in New Delhi in what year?


Answer: allegations of corruption

Question: New Delhi's bid for the 2019 Asian Games was turned down by the government for what reason?


Answer: Delhi Half Marathon

Question: New Delhi is the annual host of what foot-race?


Answer: R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex

Context: Major sporting venues in New Delhi include the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Ambedkar Stadium, Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium, Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, R.K. Khanna Tennis Complex, Dhyan Chand National Stadium and Siri Fort Sports Complex.

Question: What major tennis stadium is located in New Delhi?


Answer: Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium

Question: What major sports venue in New Delhi bears the name of the former prime minister Indira Gandhi?


Answer: New Delhi

Question: The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is located in which Indian city?


Answer: New Delhi

Question: In which Indian city is the Siri Fort Sports Complex located?


Answer: New Delhi

Question: The Dhyan Chand National Stadium is located in which major Indian city?


Answer: ₹1595 billion

Context: New Delhi is the largest commercial city in northern India. It has an estimated net State Domestic Product (FY 2010) of ₹1595 billion (US$23 billion) in nominal terms and ~₹6800 billion (US$100 billion) in PPP terms. As of 2013, the per capita income of Delhi was Rs. 230000, second highest in India after Goa. GSDP in Delhi at the current prices for 2012-13 is estimated at Rs 3.88 trillion (short scale) against Rs 3.11 trillion (short scale) in 2011-12.

Question: What was the estimated net State Domestic Product of New Delhi for 2010?


Answer: Goa

Question: The per capita income of New Delhi was second only to what Indian municipality?


Answer: Rs 3.88 trillion

Question: What was the 2012-13 current price estimate for GSDP in Delhi?


Answer: Rs. 230000

Question: What is the per capita income of Delhi as of 2013?


Answer: Rs 3.11 trillion

Question: What was the 2011-12 GSDP estimate for Delhi?


Answer: Connaught Place

Context: Connaught Place, one of North India's largest commercial and financial centres, is located in the northern part of New Delhi. Adjoining areas such as Barakhamba Road, ITO are also major commercial centres. Government and quasi government sector was the primary employer in New Delhi. The city's service sector has expanded due in part to the large skilled English-speaking workforce that has attracted many multinational companies. Key service industries include information technology, telecommunications, hotels, banking, media and tourism.

Question: What is the name of the large commercial and financial district located in the northern part of New Delhi?


Answer: English

Question: New Delhi's service sector has expanded largely due to skilled workers that speak what language?


Answer: information technology

Question: What is one of the key service industries of New Delhi?


Answer: Government

Question: Prior to the expansion of the service sector, what sector was the largest employer in New Delhi?


Answer: multinational companies

Question: The large skilled English-speaking workforce of New Delhi has been able to attract what type of organizations to the city?


Answer: 39

Context: The 2011 World Wealth Report ranks economic activity in New Delhi at 39, but overall the capital is ranked at 37, above cities like Jakarta and Johannesburg. New Delhi with Beijing shares the top position as the most targeted emerging markets retail destination among Asia-Pacific markets.

Question: According to the 2011 World Health Report, where does New Delhi rank in terms of economic activity?


Answer: Beijing

Question: New Delhi shares the position as the most targeted retail destination in Asia-Pacific markets with what other city?


Answer: World Wealth Report

Question: What organization ranked New Delhi 39th in economic activity in 2011?


Answer: 2011

Question: In which year was New Delhi ranked 39th in economic activity by the World Wealth Report?


Answer: economic activity

Question: Major cities like Jakarta and Johannesburg rank below New Delhi in what key statistic?


Answer: The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi

Context: The Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi does not release any economic figures specifically for New Delhi but publishes an official economic report on the whole of Delhi annually. According to the Economic Survey of Delhi, the metropolis has a net State Domestic Product (SDP) of Rs. 83,085 crores (for the year 2004–05) and a per capita income of Rs. 53,976($1,200). In the year 2008–09 New Delhi had a Per Capita Income of Rs.1,16,886 ($2,595).It grew by 16.2% to reach Rs.1,35,814 ($3,018) in 2009–10 fiscal. New Delhi's Per Capita GDP (at PPP) was at $6,860 during 2009–10 fiscal, making it one of the richest cities in India. The tertiary sector contributes 78.4% of Delhi's gross SDP followed by secondary and primary sectors with 20.2% and 1.4% contribution respectively.

Question: What government body is responsible for releasing the annual official economic report for Delhi?


Answer: 16.2%

Question: New Delhi's Per Capita income grew by what percentage in 2009-10?


Answer: $6,860

Question: What was New Delhi's Per Capita GDP in dollars for 2009-10?


Answer: Rs.1,16,886

Question: What was the 2008-09 Per Capita income of New Delhi?


Answer: 83,085 crores

Question: What was the 2004-05 State Domestic Product of Delhi?


Answer: Rs 3.13 lakh crore

Context: The gross state domestic product (GSDP) of Delhi at current prices for the year 2011-12 has been estimated at Rs 3.13 lakh crore, which is an increase of 18.7 per cent over the previous fiscal.

Question: What was the gross state domestic product of Delhi for 2011-12?


Answer: 18.7

Question: The GSDP of Delhi increased by what percentage over the previous year in 2011-12?


Answer: 2011-12

Question: In which fiscal year was the GSDP of Delhi estimated at Rs 3.13 lakh crore?


Answer: increase

Question: Did the GSDP of Delhi in 2011-12 increase or decrease from the previous fiscal year?


Answer: New Delhi

Context: The city is home to numerous international organisations. The Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology of the UNESCAP servicing the Asia-Pacific region is headquartered in New Delhi. New Delhi is home to most UN regional offices in India namely the UNDP, UNODC, UNESCO, UNICEF, WFP, UNV, UNCTAD, FAO, UNFPA, WHO, World Bank, ILO, IMF, UNIFEM, IFC and UNAIDS.

Question: In what city is the Asian and Pacific Centre for Transfer of Technology located?


Answer: New Delhi

Question: What major city is home to most regional UN offices in India?


Answer: UNDP

Question: What is one regional UN office located in New Delhi?


Answer: New Delhi

Question: The regional office of the World Bank in India is located in what city?


Answer: New Delhi

Question: The regional offices of the IMF, UNICEF, and UNESCO are all located in what major Indian city?


Answer: Imams

Context: Imamah (Arabic: إمامة) is the Shia Islam doctrine (belief) of religious, spiritual and political leadership of the Ummah. The Shia believe that the Imams are the true Caliphs or rightful successors of Muhammad, and further that Imams are possessed of divine knowledge and authority (Ismah) as well as being part of the Ahl al-Bayt, the family of Muhammad. These Imams have the role of providing commentary and interpretation of the Quran as well as guidance to their tariqa followers as is the case of the living Imams of the Nizari Ismaili tariqah.

Question: Who do the Shia believe are the rightful successors of Muhammad?


Answer: Imamah

Question: What is the Shia Islam doctrine of religious, spiritual and political leadership of the Ummah?


Answer: their tariqa followers

Question: Who do the Iamas provide guidance to?


Answer: divine knowledge and authority

Question: What are Imams possessed of?


Answer: Muhammad

Question: Whose family are the Ahl al-Bayt a part of?


Answer: Imamah

Question: What is the Shia Islam doctrine called?


Answer: Imams

Question: Who do the Shia believe are the true successors of Muhammad?


Answer: providing commentary and interpretation of the Quran

Question: What is the role of Imams?


Answer: Imams

Question: Who do the Shia believe are possessed of divine knowledge and authority?


Answer: Shias

Context: Shias believe that Imamah is of the Principles of Faith (Usul al-Din).As the verse 4:165 of quran expresses the necessity to the appointment of the prophets; so after the demise of the prophet who will play the role of the prophet; till the people have not any plea against Allah.So the same logic that necessitated the assignment of prophets also is applied for Imamah.That is Allah Must assign someone similar to prophet in his attributes and Ismah as his successor to guide the people without any deviation in religion. They refer to the verse (...This day I have perfected for you your religion and completed My favor upon you and have approved for you Islam as religion...) 5:3 of Quran which was revealed to the prophet when he appointed Ali as his successor at the day of Ghadir Khumm.

Question: Who believe that Imamah is of the Principles of Faith?


Answer: Ghadir Khumm

Question: On what day was Ali appointed as the prophet's successor?


Answer: 4:165

Question: What verse in the quran expresses the necessity to the appointment of the prophets?


Answer: Allah

Question: Who must assign a successor after the demise of a prophet?


Answer: guide the people

Question: What must a prophet do?


Answer: they differed over their Imams' successions

Context: Within Shia Islam (Shiism), the various sects came into being because they differed over their Imams' successions, just as the Shia - Sunni separation within Islam itself had come into being from the dispute that had arisen over the succession to Muhammad. Each succession dispute brought forth a different tariqah (literal meaning 'path'; extended meaning 'sect') within Shia Islam. Each Shia tariqah followed its own particular Imam's dynasty, thus resulting in different numbers of Imams for each particular Shia tariqah. When the dynastic line of the separating successor Imam ended with no heir to succeed him, then either he (the last Imam) or his unborn successor was believed to have gone into concealment, that is, The Occultation.

Question: Why did different sects come about within Shiism?


Answer: Shia - Sunni

Question: What great separation came to be from a dispute over the succession to Muhammad?


Answer: its own particular Imam's dynasty

Question: What does each Shia tariqah follow?


Answer: path

Question: What is the literal meaning of tariqah?


Answer: The Occultation

Question: What is it called when the last Imam or his unborn successor goes into concealment?