HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY

Rules

• Teams should consist of 2 members.• Members should be of same house.• Clues will be shared for tough questions.• Quiz Master’s decision will be final and binding.

Round 1

• A business magnate having diversified business interests.

• He has two sons Anmol & Anshul.

• One of his companies signed a joint venture with Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Studios in 2009.

• Identify A

A

• B is a word which is common in the names of many companies owned by A.

• B is part of the popular tagline launched by IDBI Bank in 2009.

B

C

Name the movie C released in 2013 which contained 68 minutes of 1300 visual effects delivered by parent company of B.

D

• D, a MP from one of the constituencies related to C.

• D served as Minister for Communications and Information Technology during 2004-07 and Minister for Textiles during 2009-11 in Union Cabinet .

E

• E acquired 24 % stake in a deal valued at Rs. 2060 crore in one of the Indian companies which has Brussels, Belgium as international hub.

• E belongs to the same sector in which D’s brother acquired 37.7 % stake in a Gurgaon based company in 2010.

Round 2

F

• F served as the Governor of Tamil Nadu for 4 years and was a member of the National Human Rights Commission.

• F is distinctly remembered for holding a position in the Indian Judiciary System and is the first such person in Asia to do so.

• Identify F

G

• G is the Holder of the Hawk, The One with the Blue Horse.

• G is credited with the founding of Khalsa.

H

I

• I was founded by the merger of 3 companies - Birla, Tata, and AT&T- known as BATATA.

• In 2013, I was listed as the second most trusted brand in its category in the Brand Trust Report 2013.

• J was a renowned polymath and is known for many contributions for science.

• J wrote Niruddesher Kahini, a science fiction novel.

• J was also a fellow of the Royal Society.

• Identify J

J

K

• K was the author of “A History of the Sikhs: 1469-1838”,

• K returned his Padma Bhushan award in 1984 in protest against the siege of the Golden Temple by the Indian Army.

L

• L was founded by Bipin Behari Dasgupta in 1818 in Calcutta.

• L was nationalized in 1956 by an Act of Parliament and thus renamed.

• L was recently served show cause notice by the regulator for ‘misleading’ advertisements.

• Identify L

M

• M was founded in 1945 in Ludhiana. • Malik Ghulam Muhammad, one of

the founders later served as first Finance Minister of Pakistan.

• Give new name of the company.

This Indian Physicist is considered as one of the founders of “Optical Fiber”.

Identify N.

N

O

Identify the missing one.

?

P

• P, known as “city of weaver” is biggest centre for producing low priced blankets in the India .

• P has a special place in history of India as the site for many famous battles.

Q

• Identify the company

R

• R was a famous ruler.• He is often called as “R the great” • He built a famous temple which in 2010

turned 1000 years old and is considered a UNESCO World Heritage site.

• Under his rule he built a hugely successful military and naval force.

S

• S is an endangered species found in Central Asia

• Scientific name : Panthera uncial• Usually confined to alpine and sub-

alpine regions• It is mainly known for its beautiful, thick

fur.• Unlike other members in its family, it

cannot roar and is usually much smaller in size

T

• T is capital city of the country whose Prime minister is the Chief Guest of Republic Day parade, 2014.

U

U is the political party which has been allotted this election symbol

V

• 2012 Bollywood comedy-drama film directed by Shoojit Sircar and produced by actor John Abraham.

• The film opened to critical acclaim. The film is loosely based on the Canadian French film Starbuck.

• It closely focuses on an aspect which is still considered a taboo in India.

W

X

What is hidden?

Y

• Y is a suburb which hosts biennial air show Aero India, one of the largest of its kind in Asia

• Y has training center of BSF, CRPF and State Reserve Police

• Y houses a Rail Wheel Factory

Z

• Z was launched in 2004 as an India's entertainment television channel.

• It’s Sister channel, Times Nowcaters to urban audience

Thank You !!!