India Quiz

Finals

• Six Teams

• 5 Rounds

�Dry Round

�Theme Round

�Stage 2 �Stage 2

�Connect

�Long Visual Connect

Dry Round

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No Negatives

First 6 – Clock Wise

Next 6 – Counter Clock Wise

1

• Set up by Article 148 of the Indian

Constitution this organization has recently

been in the news a lot over the past year. Its

top post is held by Vinod Rai. Identify it from top post is held by Vinod Rai. Identify it from

this stamp issued in its honor in 2010.

Comptroller & Auditor General Of India

2

• The Jawahar Lal Nehru Award for InternationalUnderstanding was awarded to this person in2008 , 13 years after it was announced in 1995. Itwas conferred upon him for his unique role inproviding stability and progress in his homecountry, in upholding the Arab cause and forproviding stability and progress in his homecountry, in upholding the Arab cause and forpromoting peace and understanding in theregion. In her speech, President Pratibha Patilapplauded his “unflinching commitment topeace”

• Who is he ?

Hosni Mubarak

3

• It started was started on July 16, 1991, with three coaches donated by IR, and equipment from Impact India, a non-profit Organisation. Similar projects have also been started, notably the project in Bangladesh on which major the project in Bangladesh on which major surgeries have been performed to restore movement, hearing, sight and correction of clefts. What is the name of this in-the-news train?

• HINT : KBC

Lifeline Express

4

• 1950- President Sukarno (Indonesia) - First ever

• 1962- Queen Elizabeth II (United Kingdom)

• 1995- Nelson Mandela ( South Africa)

• 1999- King Birendra Bir Bikram Dev Singh (Nepal)

• 2007- Vladimir Putin (Russia)• 2007- Vladimir Putin (Russia)

• 2011- President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono(Indonesia)

• What does this list* indicate ?

*List is indicative and not exhaustive

Chief Guests to the Republic Day Celebrations

5

• This picture dated Aprl,2010 shows Dr. C.

Chandramouli and Mr.P.Chidambram in the

Rashtrapati Bhawan with the president. What

was the purpose of this visit?was the purpose of this visit?

To kick off the Census

• The census of India takes place under the

aegis of the Home Ministry.

• C . Chandramouli is the Census Commissioner

of India. of India.

• The Census begins by noting down the family

details of the First Citizen of the country.

6

• A large lotus in full bloom carved out of stone surrounded bysmall lotuses to signify the years he lived; rocks from all thestates of India are spread around. The huge stone lotus is thework of the famous sculptor, A. Ramachandran, who tookseveral months to chisel it out. A range of elements – fromgreenery to stone to wood to metal— have been used togreenery to stone to wood to metal— have been used tocreate it. Surrounded by greenery, the samadhi is ringed withblack stones and the pathway to the memorial is made ofwood. Stone was brought in , on which waves have beencarved, and which is interspersed with the 46 lotuses,symbolizes the cosmic ocean.

• This is the description of the memorial of an Indian Primeminister. ID the Prime Minister.

Rajiv Gandhi (Veer Bhumi)

7

• This famous book starts off thus :

“ Proxility is not alien to us in India. We are able

to talk at some length. Krishna Menon’s record

of the longest speech ever delivered at theof the longest speech ever delivered at the

United Nations (nine hours non-stop), has not

been equaled by anyone from anywhere.

Other peaks of loquaciousness have been

scaled by other Indians. We do like to speak. “

The Argumentative Indian

8

• When Indian forces drove away the Portuguese from this

colony, it became in the eyes of international law, an

independent country. The residents of the colony requested

the Government of India for administrative help. Mr. K.G.

Badlani, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) Badlani, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS)

was sent as the administrator. In 1961, Mr. Badlani was, for

one day, designated the Prime Minister of the ‘country’, so

that, as Head of State, he could sign an agreement with the

Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, and formally merge

the ‘country’ with the Republic of India.

• Identify this former Portuguese colony.

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

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• The building is named after the African republicwhich gifted a hundred thousand pounds in 1941 forthe construction of a suitable war memorial, ingrateful recognition and commemoration of thegallantry and sacrifices of Indian troops in thegallantry and sacrifices of Indian troops in thedefence of “X” in WWII. After partition, India's sharewhich amounted to £ 70,000 was used in theconstruction of the building The building wasinaugurated by HE Rahmatullah Abdulla, Ambassadorof “X” on 30 May 1959.

• Identify “X” and the building ?

Sudan , National Defence Academy

10

• The villain's death scene, was cut from thefilm by the Censor Board. The reason is thatthe censors claimed there are rules aboutpeople taking the law into their own handsand not being punished for it; this was notand not being punished for it; this was notpermitted as it may corrupt naive viewers. Forthis reason the ending of the film had to be re-shot for a 'U' Rating.”

• ID the movie.

Sholay

11

�Her real name is Nilanjana Sudeshna. A

schoolteacher, who found her given name too

long, used her nickname instead and it stuck.

She wrote under that name; her first work hasShe wrote under that name; her first work has

a character who was supposed to have a “good

name” sent by his grandmother in India which

gets lost in the mail.

�Who?

Jhumpa Lahiri

12

• The botanical name for this fruit of South

American origin is Manilkara achras. The two

names used in Indian languages for this fruit

are derived from the Aztec name for the fruitare derived from the Aztec name for the fruit

and from the latex obtained from its bark.

• Name the fruit ?

Chikoo, Chicle

Themes

Sports Art Literature

No Passing , Incorrectly Answered questions go directly

to Audience

Politics Music Cinema

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SPORTS

• He was the only athlete representing India at the1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he won twosilver medals in athletics. His medals are claimed byboth India and Britain. He served as the Secretary ofthe Indian Football Association and was the firstthe Indian Football Association and was the firstperson to score a hat-trick in an open tournament inIndia. After he retired from sports he went toHollywood and became and became a successfulactor.

• ID.

Answer

Norman Pritchard ( Norman Trevor)

Won Silver medals in

•200 meters

•200 meters hurdles

Themes

ART

• Pictograms used to

represent sports at the

Commonwealth Games

has been inspired by a

particular style of folkparticular style of folk

art prevalent in India.

• What is the style of

drawing called ?

Answer

Sanjhi

Themes

LITERATURE

Awards Won:

• First woman to win the Sahitya Akademi Award.• Jnanpith Award. • Padma Shri .• Padma Vibhushan .• Sahitya Akademi Fellowship. • Sahitya Akademi Fellowship.

• Considered the first prominent Punjabi poet, novelist.• She is most remembered for her poignant poem “Aj akhan waaris

shah nu” and her novel “Pinjar” which was made into an award winning film of the same name.

ID her

Answer

Amrita Preetam

Themes

POLITICS

• I was born on 19 December 1934, in the Nadgaon village of Jalgaon district, Maharashtra. I received my masters in Economics and Political Science from the University of Poona, and my LLB from the Government Law College, Mumbai. In college I used to play table tennis and got many laurels to my alma maters. I have served as both an MLA and and MP and I have the unique distinction of never laurels to my alma maters. I have served as both an MLA and and MP and I have the unique distinction of never having lost an election that I have stood for. A bank that I started in 1973 for the upliftment of women had its license revoked by the RBI in 2003 because of financial irregularities. Arun Jaitley launched a website so that people could know more about me named “KNOW _______ ________”. Who am I ?

Answer

Pratibha Patil

Themes

MUSIC

Identify :

1) The string instrument

2) The artist playing the instrument.

Answer

• 1) Zitar

• 2) Niladari Kumar

POSTER

Themes

CINEMA

• He is best known for a memorable role played in the epic movie “ Sholay”.

• He often portrayed the quintessential meek and oppressed old man. The irony however is and oppressed old man. The irony however is that his onscreen life transformed into his off screen life and today despite an illustrious career he depends upon external help for meeting his medical expenses.

• ID the actor.

Answer

Avtar Kishan Hangal

Themes

Stage 2

• 18 Questions

• + 10

• Connect Answers to crack theme.

Set 1

Stage Two 1

�X originally requested that Aishwarya Rai be cast opposite him but the director picked Y because she had not previously been paired with the actor.

�The elaborate final battle scene employed over six thousand extras. Some of the actors portraying

�The elaborate final battle scene employed over six thousand extras. Some of the actors portraying warriors in the movie were masters of Kalari, who used their expertise. They were the only ones to use real weapons in the filming.

�A popular song from this movie was picturised at Bhedaghat in Madhya Pradesh amidst the Narmada River.

�Identify the movie.

Asoka

Stage Two 2

• If Emperor Akbar’s court had the “Nav

Ratna’s”.

• In whose court would you have found the

“Ashta Pradhan’s” ?“Ashta Pradhan’s” ?

Shivaji

Stage Two 3

• After the Second World War “X” was quoted as saying thus

• "Hitler, killed five million Jews. It is thegreatest crime of our time. But the Jewsshould have offered themselves to theshould have offered themselves to thebutcher’s knife. They should have thrownthemselves into the sea from cliffs... It wouldhave aroused the world and the people ofGermany... As it is they succumbed anywayin their millions.“

• Who is X ?

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

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Set 2

Stage Two 4

�________3392 A.D. (formerly called ____Reborn) is a comic book series published by Virgin Comics. It is written by Shamik Dasgupta, the art is by Abhishek Singh, and it is a brainchild of Deepak Chopra and Shekhar Kapur. It features a re-imagining of the historical classic in a post-imagining of the historical classic in a post-apocalyptic future.

�The books published till date have been collected in three volumes.

�Volume 1: The Mahavinaash Age

Volume 2: Reloaded - Tome of the Wastelands Volume 3: Reloaded.

�FITB ?

Ramayana

Stage Two 5

• At birth he was named Badruddin, because he was born on the night of a badr (full moon).

• People erroneously think that his popular name was given by is subjects, but he was name was given by is subjects, but he was named after his maternal grand father Shaikh Ali ____Jami .

• He called his capital “_____ _____”. Literally meaning City of Victory.

• Identify him and his capital ?

Akbar

Fatehpur Sikri

Stage Two 6

�This south Indian dynasty excelled in foreign tradeand maritime activity, extending their influenceoverseas to China and Southeast Asia.

�They left a deep imprint in South East Asia. It canbe seen from the various temple complexes likePrambanan in Java which show a clear DravidianPrambanan in Java which show a clear Dravidianarchitectural influence ?

�The greatest of this dynasty was popularly knownas “Periya Udayar”. He consolidated the empire byconquering the kingdoms of southern Indiaexpanding the Empire as far as Sri Lanka in thesouth, and Kalinga in the northeast.

�Name the dynasty ?

Chola Dynasty

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Set 3

Stage Two 7

�“X” was born with a complete set of teeth, a sign that he would become king, which is inappropriate for a Brahmin like him.So “X”'s teeth were therefore broken and it was prophesied that he will rule through another.

�King Nanda throws “X”a out of his court, prompting “X” to swear revenge.

�“X” searches for one worthy for him to rule through. “X” �“X” searches for one worthy for him to rule through. “X” encounters a young “Y” who is a born leader even as a child.

�“X”'s initial attempt to overthrow Nanda fails, whereupon he comes across a mother scolding her child for burning himself by eating from the middle of a bun or bowl of porridge rather than the cooler edge. “X” realizes his initial strategic error and, instead of attacking the heart of Nanda territory, slowly chips away at its edges.

�These are legends about X & Y. Identify them ?

X- Chanakya

Y- Chandragupta Maurya

Stage Two 8

• It started with the appointment of a Naib

us Sultanat by Muhammad of Ghor, first

Muslim Emperor of India and ended with

the killing of Ibrahim Lodi by Babur in the the killing of Ibrahim Lodi by Babur in the

First Battle of Panipat on April 20, 1526.

• What ?

Delhi Sultanate

Stage Two 9

• The Mysterious Island is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874.

• The novel is a sequel to Verne's famous Twenty

Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.

• Captain Nemo dies at the end of the tale, • Captain Nemo dies at the end of the tale, before his death he reveals to one of his confidants his true identity as an Indian Prince Dakkar, a son of a rajah of the then independent territory of Bundelkund and a nephew of the Indian hero__________ ?

• Whose nephew is Captain Nemo ?

Tipu Sultan

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Set 4

Stage Two 10

�The ____________is a collection of Vedic Sanskrit

hymns. The name of this collection is a compound word

made of Sanskrit words for "praise/ verse" and

"knowledge").

�The text is organized in 10 books, known as Mandalas, of �The text is organized in 10 books, known as Mandalas, of

varying age and length. The "family books": mandalas 2-

7, are the oldest part of ________ and the shortest

books; they are arranged by length and account for 38%

of the text. The eighth and ninth mandalas, comprising

hymns of mixed age, account for 15% and 9%,

respectively. The first and the tenth mandalas are the

youngest; they are also the longest books, of 191 suktas

each, accounting for 37% of the text.

�FITB ?

Rig Veda

Stage Two 11

�He played the role of Mahaguru in the tele serial “Shaktiman”.

�He taught at St. Thomas school in Jagadhri before taking to acting. He worked as a sports teacher at the school. He loved his job and the small town of Jagadhri. In his own words, “There was something very warm about Jagadhri. I remained a teacher there until the day I watched Rajesh Khannaa teacher there until the day I watched Rajesh Khannaromance Sharmila in Aaradhna. That was the beginning of my addiction to cinema.”

�He has written such books as The Longest Race, Rerun at Rialto, The Best in the world, and is also a sports journalist with a special interest in cricket, a game on which he has written extensively in publications such as Sportsweek, Outlook, Cricket talk, Sunday Observer and Debonair.

� Identify him ?

Tom Alter

Stage Two 12

�His chosen imperial title was “Alamgir” (conqueror of theworld).

�He built the famous Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, which,for 313 years remained the world's largest mosque andstill remains to this day the 5th largest mosque in theworld. ?

�He died in __________on Friday, 20 February 1707 at the�He died in __________on Friday, 20 February 1707 at theage of 88, having outlived many of his children. His modestopen-air grave in Khuldabad expresses his deep devotionto his Islamic beliefs. The tomb lies within the courtyard ofthe shrine of the Sufi saint Shaikh Burham-u'd-din Gharib(died 1331), who was a disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya ofDelhi.

�Identify the person and the place of his death ?

Aurangzeb

Ahmednagar

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Set 5

Stage two 13

Sir John Tenniel, who later became famous as the illustrator of Alice in the

wonderland, drew these two cartoons for a British magazine Punch. Which

famous event in Indian history do these two cartoons depict?

The crushing of the Revolt of 1857

Stage Two 14

�The “ X Samman” is a prestigious arts award presented annually by the government of Madhya Pradesh.

�It outstanding achievement in one of the fwasfirst awarded in 1980. It was initially conferred in alternate years in the fields of Classical Music, alternate years in the fields of Classical Music, Classical Dance, Theatre and Plastic Arts. From 1986-87 onwards, the awards were presented in all four fields every year. The award is presented for our categories.

�Y is a famous work of X is about the child of Sage Vishwamitra and the apsara Menaka.

�Id X and Y ?

X- Kalidas

Y- Shakuntala

Stage Two 15

• Born in Ambala, he spent the early part of his life living with his maternal uncle in Sanaur (Patiala) . He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India. He is also an alumnus of the 1973 class of is also an alumnus of the 1973 class of National School of Drama where Naseeruddin Shah was a co-student.

• He got the National Award for the best actor for “Ardh Satya” in 1982

• Identify him ?

Om Puri

End of Set 5

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Set 6

Stage Two 16

�The _____________is a water-sharing treaty between the Republic of India and Islamic Republic Of Pakistan, brokered by the World Bank (then the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development). The treaty was signed in Karachi on September 19, 1960 by Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and President of Pakistan Mohammad Ayub Khan.by Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and President of Pakistan Mohammad Ayub Khan.

� The treaty was a result of Pakistani fear that since the source rivers of the _______basin were in India, it could potentially create droughts and famines in Pakistan, especially at times of war.

�However, India did not revoke the treaty during any of three later Indo-Pakistani Wars.

�FITB ?

Indus

Stage Two 17

Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

Stage Two 18

Identify him ?

Roshan Seth

Bharat Ek Khoj

Connect Questions

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• Connect all images in one slide.

Triskaidekaphobia

Chandigarh

• Le Corbusier- Architect

• Rock Garden

• Triskaidekaphobia – It doesn’t have a Sector 13

• Jawahar Lal Nehru’s Idea• Jawahar Lal Nehru’s Idea

• Banner from KXIP logo.

• Chandi Maa

T-Shirt sponsors for IPL teams 2010

Deputy Prime Ministers of India

• Yashwant Rao Chavan

• Lal Krishna Advani

• Charan Singh

• Sardar Patel• Sardar Patel

• Jagjivan Ram

• Devi Lal

Gharanas of Hindustani Music

• Gwalior

• Agra

• Jaipur

• Patiala• Patiala

• Kirana

• Indore

Connect?Connect?

Indian Nobel Prize Winners

• Rabindranath Tagore

• Mother Teresa

• Ronald Ross

• S Chandrasekhar• S Chandrasekhar

• C V Raman

• V S Naipaul

• V Radhakrishnan

Indian missiles

• Prithvi

• Dhanush

• Agni

• Nag• Nag

• Akash

• Sagarika

Indian Missiles

• Prithvi

• Dhanush

• Agni

• Naag• Naag

• Akaash

• Sagarika

Long visual connect

• All pictures have a unifying theme.

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Set Three

_______________ = Date Palm + Bearer

(Translate into Hindi and add)(Translate into Hindi and add)

End of Set 3

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Set Four

Set Four

Set Four

Headquarters

Set Four

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UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India