The document summarizes the sixth quiz of the Sardar Patel Quiz Club for the semester of 2012-2013. It provides the rules for the quiz, including that Pranit's team will start with negative 10 points. It then lists multiple choice questions on topics ranging from people to events to brands. The questions are asked to identify people like Dr. Verghese Kurien, places like Mumbai, events like the formation of the state of Maharashtra, and brands like Tihar Jail.
1. Sardar Patel Quiz Club (2012-2013)
- Aayur Kaul
- Sixth Quiz of this Semester
2. NEW RULE :
Pranit’s Team will start with (-10) marks. :-P
Abusive language to be used in case of emergencies only.
3. “I have had but one good Idea in my life”
Amul man X , who pioneered milk cooperative
movement and steered India’s milk revolution, passed
away in Gujarat on 9 september 2012.
ID X?
7. The major biologically active compound in X is delta 9-
tetrahydrocannabinol, commonly referred to as THC.
Humans have been consuming X since prehistory, although in
the 20 century there was a rise in its use for recreational,
spiritual or religious and medicinal purposes. It is estimated
that about 4 percent of the world’s adult population use it
annually 0.6 percent daily.
Identify X.
19. He died in Bristol, England
in 1833 while on a visit to
that country.
This statue, sculpted by
Calcutta-based sculptor
Niranjan Pradhan, was
erected in Bristol in 1997.
Whose statue?
23. 5th November 2011 was declared a state holiday in Orissa
by the state government to celebrate Presidential assent
to two significant changes.
Name them?
25. The Mullaiperiyar dam is located in Kerala, but has been
leased to Tamil Nadu after a 1886 treaty between the
then Travancore State and the Madras Presidency.
For how many years is this lease?
31. This is a long-running popular show on Vividh Bharati,
which features stories in radio play form. It shares its
name with a Jaipur landmark.
What show?
33. There are several Birla Mandirs in the country, each with
a presiding deity. At which of these temples, in Rajasthan,
is the deity the goddess Saraswati?
35. People of this North Eastern state speak 20+ different
local languages, so a mixture has emerged as a link
language. The name is a portmanteau word made of the
main ethnic group in the state and a language of a
neighbouring state.
What is this name?
37. A very famous Indian personality famous for his style
of speaking, he won the 1999 Screen Award as the Best
Lyricist in the Non film Music category for his album
‘Nai Disha’. Identify the person.
38.
39. ”In days of yore, it was compulsory for those in the
services to have nonvegetarian food to allegedly
increase their stamina to face the rigours of combat.”
What did this practice eventually evolve into?
41. ____ is a form of folk theatre ,said to have originated in
Maharashtra in the 18th century.The plays originated
as entertainment for encamped armies.The word
literally means drama in several Indian
languages.Which word?
43. Gandhi told him to refrain from using big words and
write in a simple language and transliterate what the
`harijans' say. He rewrote the novel at Gandhi's
ashram. Nineteen publishers in London rejected the
script, but with E.M. Forster's preface, it was accepted
by a publisher.. Identify the Novel that went on to
become a classic and the Author
45. X was considered a very tough leader. By his orders in
1960, a demonstration by the Samyukta Maharashtra
Samiti was fired upon by the police resulting in the deaths
of 105 demonstrators. This led to public outrage that shook
the central government and eventually to the formation of
the present State of Maharashtra.
X’s reign introduced India to coalition politics.
Accused India’s Research & Analysis Wing of being a guard
of his main rival and closed down most of the agency.
Despite all this, he is the only person to have received the
highest civilian awards of both India (Bharat Ratna) and
Pakistan (Nishaan-e-Pakistan).
Who?
47. India is the only country to have won all the
international paegents it participated in, (Miss
Universe, Miss World and Miss Asia Pacific) in the
same year (2000). Name all three winners.
49. This word has been discussed recently in the Bangkok Post, the
Times of India and other Asian newspapers. A search suggests it
has been in use in the USA for about the past year but is only
now beginning to appear in print.
It refers to people who have been laid off from a multinational
because their job has been moved to India — a business practice
designed to save money that is arousing passions in some
countries, especially Britain and the United States. When this
piece first appeared, in the newsletter, many subscribers
immediately connected it with the X torpedo, a tube packed with
explosive used by troops for blowing up wire
entanglements, which got its name because it was invented in
that city.
One Web site is selling T-shirts with the slogan “Don’t Get Xed”
as a way of telling people about the issue.
53. The popular Indian lore says that on pilgrimage to
Mecca in the 16th century, Baba Budan, a revered
Muslim holy man from India, discovered for himself
the wonders of X. In his zeal to share what he’d found
with his fellows at home, he smuggled seven ________
out of the Yemeni port of Y, wrapped around his belly.
On his return home, he settled himself on the slopes
of the Chandragiri Hills in Kadur district, Mysore State
(present day Karnataka). This hill range was later
named after him as the Baba Budan Hills and one can
see his tomb even today near Chikmagalur.
55. There is a wide range of products produced under this
brand. This includes paper files, clothes, bread and
furniture.It’s factory has amongst others, a
carpentry, chemical and tailoring units. It even has a
baking school. What brand?
57. The current squad of the club is as shown:
Sanjib Sanyal (captain)
Anustup Majumdar
Suvomoy Das
Abhijit Sikdar
Eklak Ahmed
Arindam Ghosh
Rajkumar Pal
Naved Ahmed
Md. Sami
Priyankar Mukherjee
Abhlim Ghosh
Ahbishek Jhunjhunwala
Wridhiman Saha
Iresh Saxena
Sultan Ahmed
Debabrata Das
Bunty Gwala
Coach: Palash Nandy
Bowling coach: Satinder Singh
Other players who have played for the club include Virat Kohli, Lakshmipathi Balaji and Chaminda Vaas.
Identify the club.
69. Just as Mumbai is said to have got its name from
the goddess Mumbadevi (from “Mumba aai”),
what suburb of Mumbai is associated with the
goddess Padmavati?
73. If you work in these places, you may be operating
under ‘bagan time’, an unofficial time zone
introduced during British times. This is one hour
ahead of Indian Standard Time. Where would you
be working in?
77. If
Benson, Flynn, Wesson, North, Yardley, Russell, Har
rison, Brooks, Willis, Burton, and Smith made up the
opposing XI, who captained the representative
Indian side?
79. This daily activity involving the Pakistan Rangers
and the Indian Border Security Force since 1959 has
now been ‘toned down’ on the request of a top
Rangers official. Where does this activity take
place?
85. This Organization/Club/Group was started by three
individuals from a college in 2009. It is a non-profit
Organization/Club/Group. It has no exact records of how
many members it has and hosts an event every week for
its members. Its description says “We are a group of
miscreants who meet every _______ to share and spread
gyaan”
What are we talking about?
87. Which word, derived from the Urdu words for
“tying” and “binding”, and meaning “organization”
or “arrangement” is often used in relation to
certain duties of Indian police forces?
89. The Paisley pattern is often used in designs across
the world. Though it originated in the Middle East
and India, it gets this name from the Scottish town
of Paisley, because their weavers were once the
leading producers of shawls bearing this pattern. In
India, this motif is associated with a fruit which it
closely resembles. Which fruit?
91. According to the Limca Book of Records 1991 and
the Landmark Review, this book was the best-
selling Indian hardcover for at least 3 months in
1990.
Its next edition featured the likes of V. Anand, Usha
Narayan, Jasmin Arethna, Ghayab, and Dakshin
Gangotri on its cover.
Which publication?
92.
93. The outer gates of which fort are
Fateh, Bahmani, Mecca, Patancheru, Banjara, Jamali
, Naya Qula and Moti?
95. The livery of each coach is painted in bold primary
colours and is based on the paintings of Mamta
Banerjee.
Also seen are a pair of running legs in blue among
greenery, to indicate “speed”. This was introduced
in 2009.
What?
97. What is the joint venture between Priya Exhibitors
Private Limited and Village Roadshow Limited
called?
98.
99. “I never dared to break the glass of his house while
playing cricket as I used to be extremely scared of
him.”
Virender Sehwag talking about which former
childhood neighbour of his from Najafgarh?
101. Which radio show sponsored by Cadbury began
airing on April 12, 1972 and was hosted first by
Hamid Sayani and later, by Ameen Sayani, his
brother?
105. Sukumar Sen was a gold medal winning
mathematician educated in Calcutta and London. A
member of the Indian Civil Services, he rose to
become Chief Secretary of West Bengal. In 1950, he
was deputed to the Centre to become the head of
which newly set up organisation?
107. Two very prominent communities among the small
Jewish population in India are usually named after
two cities: one in India, one outside India.
Which two cities?
109. This is the masthead of the Times of India on Dec 2nd
in 2010. What product was being advertised on the
front and back pages that day?
110.
111. In the 1983 Hindi film “Agar Tum Na Hote”, Rajesh
Khanna played an industrialist, the owner of a
cosmetic company. The film displayed products of a
Calcutta-based company. The company thus claims
to be one of the first in India to make product
placements in films. Which company?
112.
113. This is the logo of
which government
initiative that began in
Tamil Nadu in the 60s?
115. In 1931, when M. K. Gandhi visited London to
participate in the 2nd Round Table Conference, this
famous person wanted to meet him. But Gandhi
declined the offer as he had never heard of him or
seen his work. However, on learning that the
person originally came from a poor family in
London’s East End, Gandhi received him. His first
question to Gandhi was about his attitude to
machinery. Journalist Louis Fischer describes it as
an encounter ‘between toothless and toothsome
smiling’. Which person?
121. His description according to the official website:
“A bachelor bear of indeterminate age. Lives in the
forests of India and loves to tell stories. Has a huge
repertoire of tales, fables and myths from India and
from all over the world. Not a trained musician, but
can sing very well. A pure vegetarian, he loves
honey. Good friends of Meera the monkey and
Dhondu the donkey. Much loved by all forest
animals and by children everywhere.”
Who is this?
123. X born as Y has been an important figure in Bollywood
Industry. X studied in Don Bosco School and Khalsa
College in Mumbai, supposed to have started his work
as a waiter in Bangkok, X returned to India after
learning Z there and started modeling. In 2008, the
university of Windsor conferred an Honorary Doctorate of
Law, in recognition of his contribution to Indian cinema.
The following year he was awarded the Padma Shri by
Govt. of India. Additionally, X is also the brand
ambassador of Canada Tourism.