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Travel QuizPRELIMS

1) Where will you find these pyramids in India?

2) Among many other charges, this person was charged under Section 137 of the Indian Railways Act for fraudulent travelling or attempting to travel without proper ticket. After a long drawn court case, his punishment has been meted out to him. Who?

3) If you were traveling and your journey took you past stations named Rangtong, Chunabhatti, Tindharia, Kurseong and Jor Bungalow, and locations named Agony Point and Batasia Loop, what would you be travelling on?

4) Flag for what?

5) Robert Townsend, the CEO of the company, started the campaign “We Try Harder” in 1962 because this company was always 2nd in the segment. Name the brand

6) This brand of cigarettes is named after something which is on the tentative list of getting a UNESCO World Heritage Site status and has been widely associated with a detective series written by Satyajit Ray. Name the brand

7) What is blanked out?

8) This is an artwork that was put on exhibition by Saudi Ahmed Mater. It is named as Magnetism as it has a magnet at the center and iron fillings used to get the pattern. What real life annual ritual does it try to depict?

9) ID the city

10) The Athirapally waterfalls in Kerala has been used in many movies over the years. It came into the limelight in 2010 with which Bollywood movie?

11*) Which city in China?

12*) The X express named because of the places it connected i.e. Kanyakumari and Jammu Tawi was the longest train running in India till recently when the Vivek Express started plying between one of the two aforementioned cities and connected it to another city, Y.

Give X & Y

13) The Karni Mata Temple at Deshnoke, 30 km from Bikaner, India, was completed in the early 20th century in the late Mughal style by Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner.

Legend has it that Laxman, Karni Mata's stepson (or the son of one of her storytellers), drowned in a water tank he was attempting to drink from. Karni Mata implored Yama, the god of death, to revive him. First refusing, Yama eventually relented, permitting Laxman and all of Karni mata's male children to be reincarnated as X

This temple has also been featured in Ripley’s Believe It or Not

Give X

14) Santhosh George Kulangara, the founder of Labour India Group Publications Ltd., paid $200,000 to Richard Branson to become the first Indian to do what?

15) Originally named as Shungetse in Arunachal Pradesh, this lake got colloquially renamed to X Lake after the name of an actor due to the shooting of the film Koyla.

16) Also called the Highway to India how do we better know this?

17) ID the logo of the event which results in one of the largest influx of people to any country periodically.

18) It is the only Mcdonalds in the country, though not technically. Where is this Mcdonalds located?

19*) Name the traveller and give the significance

20*) One result of the close observations on X is that it can be predicted fairly accurately. This makes X one of the easiest of its kind to see. 

It is not the biggest, it is not the most regular but it is the biggest regular of its kind. It is also the most famous

21) Christopher Johnson McCandless (February 12, 1968 – August 1992) was an American hiker who adopted an alias and ventured into the Alaskan wilderness in April 1992 with little food and equipment, hoping to live simply for a time in solitude. Almost four months later, McCandless's remains were found, weighing only 67 pounds (30 kg).

Name the book/movie that has immortalized his epic journey

22) ID

23) On seeing this, Eleanor Roosevelt exclaimed, “My poor Niagara…”. Coincidentally, this also marks the international boundary between two nations. What did she see?

24*) Where in India will you find all these together?

25) A very popular reason to visit country X is the bridge on the river Mae Klong. The name of the river has also been officially changed. Why is the bridge so famous?

ANSWERS

1) Where will you find these pyramids in India?

Osho International Meditation Centre Rajneesh Ashram

2) Among many other charges, this person was charged under Section 137 of the Indian Railways Act for fraudulent travelling or attempting to travel without proper ticket. After a long drawn court case, his punishment has been meted out to him. Who?

Ajmal Kasab

3) If you were traveling and your journey took you past stations named Rangtong, Chunabhatti, Tindharia, Kurseong and Jor Bungalow, and locations named Agony Point and Batasia Loop, what would you be travelling on?

Darjeeling toy train

4) Flag for what?

Mars

5) Robert Townsend, the CEO of the company, started the campaign “We Try Harder” in 1962 because this company was always 2nd in the segment. Name the brand

6) This brand of cigarettes is named after something which is on the tentative list of getting a UNESCO World Heritage Site status and has been widely associated with a detective series written by Satyajit Ray. Name the brand

7) What is blanked out?

8*) This is an artwork that was put on exhibition by Saudi Ahmed Mater. It is named as Magnetism as it has a magnet at the center and iron fillings used to get the pattern. What real life annual ritual does it try to depict?

HAJJ

9) ID the city

Jamshedpur

10) The Athirapally waterfalls in Kerala has been used in many movies over the years. It came into the limelight in 2010 with which Bollywood movie?

11) Which city in China?

Xian

12) The X express named because of the places it connected i.e. Kanyakumari and Jammu Tawi was the longest train running in India till recently when the Vivek Express started plying between one of the two aforementioned cities and connected it to another city, Y.

Give X & Y

X – Himsagar Express Y - Dibrugarh

13) The Karni Mata Temple at Deshnoke, 30 km from Bikaner, India, was completed in the early 20th century in the late Mughal style by Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner.

Legend has it that Laxman, Karni Mata's stepson (or the son of one of her storytellers), drowned in a water tank he was attempting to drink from. Karni Mata implored Yama, the god of death, to revive him. First refusing, Yama eventually relented, permitting Laxman and all of Karni mata's male children to be reincarnated as X

This temple has also been featured in Ripley’s Believe It or Not

Give X

14) Santhosh George Kulangara, the founder of Labour India Group Publications Ltd., paid $200,000 to Richard Branson to become the first Indian to do what?

1st Indian Space tourist

15) Originally named as Shungetse in Arunachal Pradesh, this lake got colloquially renamed to X Lake after the name of an actor due to the shooting of the film Koyla.

Madhuri after Madhuri Dixit

16) Also called the Highway to India how do we better know this?

Suez Canal

17) ID the logo of the event which results in one of the largest influx of people to any country periodically.

18) It is the only Mcdonalds in the country, though not technically. Where is this Mcdonalds located?

Guantanamo Bay

19*) Name the traveller and give the significance

Phineas Fogg Around the World in 80 Days

20*) One result of the close observations on X is that it can be predicted fairly accurately. This makes X one of the easiest of its kind to see.

It is not the biggest, it is not the most regular but it is the biggest regular of its kind. It is also the most famous

Old faithful geyser

Christopher Johnson McCandless (February 12, 1968 – August 1992) was an American hiker who adopted an alias and ventured into the Alaskan wilderness in April 1992 with little food and equipment, hoping to live simply for a time in solitude. Almost four months later, McCandless's remains were found, weighing only 67 pounds (30 kg).

Name the book/movie that has immortalized his epic journey

22) ID

Shravanbelagola

23) On seeing this, Eleanor Roosevelt exclaimed, “My poor Niagara…”. Coincidentally, this also marks the international boundary between two nations. What did she see?

Iguazu Falls

24*) Where in India will you find all these together?

Rann of Kutch

25) A very popular reason to visit country X is the bridge on the river Mae Klong. The name of the river has also been officially changed. Why is the bridge so famous?

Bridge on the River Kwai