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Jean Nicot served as the French ambassador in Portugal from 1559 - 61. He was sent from France to Portugal to negotiate the marriage of six-year-old princess Margaret to five-year-old King Sebastian of Portugal When Nicot returned, he brought --- plants His name has been immortalized in the scientific name of the plant which he had introduced to france and in a chemical found in that plant – how?

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Jean Nicot served as the French ambassador in  Portugal from 1559 - 61. He was sent from France to Portugal to negotiate the marriage of six-year-old princess Margaret  to five-year-old King Sebastian of Portugal

When Nicot returned, he brought --- plants

His name has been immortalized in the scientific name of the plant which he had introduced to france and in a chemical found in that plant – how?

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Chemical – Nicotine Plant – Nicotiana Tabacum

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 X is a  term for a low-paying, low-prestige  that requires few skills and offers little chance for advancement.

 The term comes from the name of a restaurant.

But it is used to describe any low-status job –where little training is required, staff turnover is high, and workers' activities are tightly regulated by managers.

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This 12 piece artwork in Delhi Airport depict what , nowadays more popular thanks to our PM Modi .

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X is a  a savory taste, one of the five basic tastes together with sweet, sour, bitter, and salty

People taste X through receptors for glutamate, commonly found in its salt form as the food additive monosodium glutamate (MSG). 

Its effect is to balance taste and round out the overall flavor of a dish

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UMAMI

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Europeans first encountered Guanabara Bay in the southern hemisphere on 1 January 1500 by a Portuguese expedition under explorer Gaspar de Lemos.

The city X was founded by the Portuguese near Guanabara bay and was named São Sebastião do X, in honour of St. Sebastian.

Identify the city X in connection with the date mentioned .

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 Rio de Janeiro -- “January” River 

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Identify the two states mentioned in the novel

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PUNJAB & TAMIL NADU

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 Auguste Piccard was a Swiss scientist who performed important studies on the upper atmosphere , as well as measure cosmic rays.

He was also the Inspiration of which famous cartoon character—bearing a striking resemblance

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Auguste Piccard was the inspiration for Professor Calculus ,

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Shown below is a picture of Wadi Rum in Jordan,

How has this place become famous recently .

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Shooting location of The Martian,Was also the location for Lawrence of Arabia

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X was a German inventor and industrialist.X ’s name has been adopted as the SI unit of electrical conductance.He was also the founder of an electrical and telecommunications company.

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Connect the following using a cartoons name

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The image shows a campaign for the Cantonal Bank of Zurich in Switzerland, and the artwork has been designed by a Swiss designer

It has stirred controversy with allegations rising that the logo of a certain campaign was a blatant rip-off from this.

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What was the world’s first cloned cat named, keeping in mind a term used to mock “people who imitate another’s behaviour, dress or ideas?”

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Jean Nicot served as the French ambassador in Lisbon, Portugal from 1559 to 1561. He was sent from France to Portugal to negotiate the marriage of six-year-old princess Margaret  to five-year-old King Sebastian of Portugal

When Nicot returned, he brought --- How is he remembered today