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  1. #FreeSpeechTracker 2.0 Quiz

    Q. 15: Which of these singers was banned during the emergency from All India Radio and Doordarshan?

    a) Mohammad Rafi
    b) Asha Bhosle
    c) Kishore Kumar
    d) Lata Mangeshkar

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  2. #FreeSpeechTracker 2.0 Quiz

    The right answer to Q4 is #Aandhi.

    Aandhi was banned just a few months after its release during the national emergency in 1975.

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  3. #FST2.0 Quiz

    The right answer to Q2 is V.S. Naipaul.

    "An Area of Darkness: A Discovery of India" was banned due to its "negative portrayal of India and its people" in 1964.

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  4. #FST2.0 Quiz

    The right answer to Q1 is #TheDaVinciCode.

    In 2006, the Hollywood film The Da Vinci Code was banned in several Indian states, including Tamil Nadu, Nagaland, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, Kerala, and Meghalaya, due to fear of religious controversy.

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