4. 2.
• X is supposed to be the rebirth of a great warrior from
the Mahabharata 7500 years ago.
• Taught by 7 spiritual gurus and invigorated by the 5
elements, he fights the evil wrong doer, Y who wishes
“for darkness to prevail.”
• During his training, he was taught to energize the 7
chakras of the body through Kundalini Yoga that helped
him get mystical and supernatural powers .
• His mission is to destroy the sin within people not the
sinned people.
• Id X and Y.
8. 4.
• The original name of this town was “Sohra”.
• This name was distorted by the British during
their rule and it finally evolved into its current
name which means “land of oranges”.
• Id this famous town (known for a completely
different reason).
9.
10. 5.
In the rush to meet deadlines, the creator of X
started excluding many background characters in
his stories, until he finally found one remaining- X.
In recent times an adaptation of X aired on TV,
after the creator’s family sold the rights. It was shot
in Naigaon and featured two stages of X- Kal ka and
Aaj ka.
X was previously the mascot of Air Deccan.
Id X
14. 7.
• The name of this fort is a corruption of the word, “Shahapura” or
“Town of the Shahs”. But according to some reports, this fort is
named after the river it stands next to.
• It was built in 1617 by the Portuguese to protect themselves from
the risk of the Muslim and Maratha rulers.
• However, this fort did not remain unconquered for long and
changed hands several times.
• Later, in 1683 it was annexed by the Mughals and the Marathas
who made it their base camp to end the Portuguese rule.
• Once neglected, it has now become a primary tourist attraction and
is known for a completely different reason to the movie-goers.
• Id.
• Give us the reason why it became famous.
16. 8.
• In 1941, Lord Lithingow, the then Governer
General of India received a gift of 100,000
pounds from a grateful Sudanese Government, in
recognition of the sacrifices of Indian troops in
the East African campaign of World War 2.
• Following partition, India’s share of the monetary
gift was used to partly cover the cost of
________.
• What were these funds used for?
20. 10.
• _______ is a colloquial Hindi term which has
been compared to the American concept of hack.
• It is now being used to describe a low cost vehicle
that is powered by diesel engine intended for
agricultural pumps. They are known for their
poor brakes requiring a passenger to jump off
and manually place a wooden block as a brake. It
also cannot go faster than 60kmph.
• What are we talking about?
22. *11.
• Amarkantak is pilgrim town of Madhya
Pradesh and is the meeting point of the
Vindhyas and the Satpuras.
• It is better known for being the origin of a
major river which is supposed to be 150
million years older than the Ganges, deeming
Amarkantak to be the doorway to Nirvana.
• Which river?
26. *13.
• Badayuni writes,
• “His majesty cared for the death of no grandee
more than for that of X. He said, 'Alas! they could
not even get his body out of the pass, that it
might have been burned"; but at last, he
consoled himself with the thought that X was
now free and independent of all earthly fetters,
and as the rays of the sun were sufficient for him,
there was no necessity that he should be
cleansed by fire.”
• Id X.
31. *15.
• Vithaldas Patel, Sardar Vallabhai Patel’s
brother was a nationalist and the first Indian
President of the Legislative Assembly.
• He was imprisoned in 1930 and died an early
death due failing health in 1933 in Vienna.
• To whom did he bequeath 2 lakh rupees for
the cause of Indian Independence?
33. *16.
• A trilogy of movies made by ______:
• A- dealt with issues of arranged marriage and
homosexuality in the patriarchal culture of india.
• B- dealt with the religious strife associated with
the partition of india and the formation of
pakistan in the mid 20th century.
• C- dealt with suicide, misogyny, and the
mistreatment of widows in rural india.
• Unblank.
• Id A,B and C.
35. *17.
• A French proto-historian, Michel Danino
researched extensively about X.
• He painstakingly gathered data from a wide
variety of sources to arrive at a conclusion about
X - Study of Ancient literature; Recorded
Historical accounts; Official reports from archives
of the British Raj; Data from Archaeological
Survey of India records; Pollen analysis from the
lakes of Rajasthan; Studies of Oxygen-Isotope
ratios; Remote sensing satellite etc.
• What was the subject of his research?
37. *18.
• This website, created by Tanul Thakur, parodies
India’s most prominent and archaic social evil.
• The application demands one to fill age, caste,
profession, skin tone, height etc .
• The website also pokes fun at other unhealthy
obsessions of the society.
• A news agency failed to comprehend the sarcasm
and wanted the cyber crime police to intervene .
• Which website?
39. *19.
• X was an Indian American Science fiction film
which was supposed to have been directed by Y,
but was later cancelled.
• The script was loosely based on Bankubabur
Bandhu, a Bengali story.
• When E.T was released in 1967, Y pointed out the
similarities as both the stories potrayed the
extraterrestrial to be a playful and kind being.
• X and Y.
41. *20.
This perfectionist once soled his shoes with
rubber from Ferrari tyres because he thought it
would help. A sportsperson bent on redemption,
a scientist who would try anything- from
mapping his own brain to drinking yak milk
imported from china, this man tried everything.
Identify this self proclaimed “triumph born of a
tragedy.”
45. 22.
• X was a first of its kind built in 1983-84 using
indigenous Indian equipment.
• It was constructed in 8 weeks by an 81 member team
using pre-fabricated timber.
• It had an Inmarsat communication terminal, an
amateur radio station and was powered by solar
energy.
• It was abandoned in 1988-89 after it was submerged in
ice and was decommissioned officially in 1990 to be
used as a supply base. It was succeeded by Maitri.
• X?
47. 23.
• _________ is a type of hand painted or block printed
cotton textile produced in parts of india and iran.
• It literally means “ drawing with a pen”.
• It was popularised by smt kamala devi chattopadhyay.
• The fabric gets its glossiness by immersing it in a
mixture of myrobalans and cow milk. Contours and
reasons are drawn with a point in a bamboo soaked in
a mixture of fermented jaggery and water.
• Unblank.
51. 25.
This world heritage site boasts of the highest density of
tigers among protected areas in the world. Its history can
be traced back to the early nineteenth century when it
was notorious for malaria, wild animals and frequent
floods.
Records suggest that when baroness mary victoria
curzon, wife of lord curzon first visited this area in 1904,
she was dissapointed as she couldn’t spot what she was
looking and found nothing but some hoof marks.
Concerned about this, she asked her husband to take
necessary action I this regard.
What resulted thus?
