Mood Indigo 2011 - India Quiz - Prelims with AnswersPresentation Transcript
j. ramanand Mood Indica 19.12.2012 prelims + answers ramanand@gmail.comhttp://infinitezounds.blogspot.com mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
A plaque at a famous landmark in this city has an inscriptionsaying “Urbs Prima in Indus”(the landmark was founded 100 years ago)Which city? mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
MumbaiThis plaque is at the Gateway of India, whose foundingstone was laid in March 1911 to commemorate thearrival of George V that year mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
This is the logo of the Indian Federationfor which sport? mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
Carrommood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
Which famous Hindi story begins thus:Translated as: “It was the time of Wajid Ali Shah. Lucknow was immersed in self-indulgence.” mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
Shatranj ke Khiladi mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
The writer Dilip Chitrepublished a translation ofthis saints poems fromMarathi into English.Which saint? mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
Tukaram mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
He died in Bristol, England in1833 while on a visit to thatcountry.This statue, sculpted byCalcutta-based sculptorNiranjan Pradhan, was erectedin Bristol in 1997.Whose statue? mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
Raja Ram Mohan Roy mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
A poster for which corporate entity? mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
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5th November 2011 was declared a state holiday inOrissa by the state government to celebratePresidential assent to two significant changes.Name any one of them mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
The Mullaiperiyar dam is located in Kerala,but has been leased to Tamil Nadu after a1886 treaty between the then TravancoreState and the Madras Presidency.For how many years is this lease? mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
999 years. mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
Soundtrack for which film?mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
Quick Gun Muruganmood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
Part of Harper Collins FilmSeries books, which film isthis book about? mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
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A very old ad for whichcompany? mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
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Who are the only father-son pair to have each (i.e.independently) won the Dadasaheb Phalke award? mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
Prithviraj and Raj Kapoor mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
This is the flag of which Indianpolitical party, which was formed in2001 and has two MPs in the currentLok Sabha? mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
Telangana Rashtra Samiti. Itshows the map of the statedemanded by them. mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
Sharing its name with a 2011 Hindi film, this districtcourt in Delhi is located in the former residence of aMaharaja of a former Indian princely state.What is this place called? mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
The place is “Patiala House”, whereamong others, the 2G case is beingheard. mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
Singer Himanshu Joshi and percussionistTuheen Chakraborty are the two mostrecent (though not fully permanent)members of which Indian group? mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
The band “Indian Ocean” mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
An image from theNational HighwaysAuthority of India.What is this a map of? mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
Golden Quadrilateral Project mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
A person undergoing the navjote ceremonywill, for the first time ever, wear the sudreh(an undershirt) and the kushti (a girdle of72 threads).Which community would this personbelong to? mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
Parsi/Zoroastrians/Iranis mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
In the 18th century, this group of islands wascalled “Frederiksøerne” by its administrators.In 2011, this place made a climactic appearanceon a TV programme.Which place? mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
Nicobar Islands, the 5-crorewinning question on KBC-5 forSushil Kumar. mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
During the Rashtrakuta empire that ruledfrom Manyakheta in the 8th to 10th centuries,agriculture, textile and mining wereimportant sources of industry and income.During those times, diamonds were mined inCudappah, Golconda, Kurnool and whichother place? mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
Bellary mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
A famous Raja Ravi Varma painting. Which mythological story, also featured in the Mahabharata, is this a scene from?mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
Nala-Damayanti. This is called “Hamsa Damayanti”. mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
This is a long-running popular show onVividh Bharati, which features stories inradio play form. It shares its name with aJaipur landmark.What show? mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
Hawa Mahal mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
These seeds are from the “finger millet”, apopular cereal used in cooking in many parts ofIndia.Known by several names, one of its names comesfrom the Sanskrit for “red” (from its red colour).What name? mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
Ragi.(The cereal also known as “naachni” or “kezhvarugu” or“maddua”) mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
This former Indian Chief Ministers family hadthe following custom:Soon after a woman gave birth to a child, theywere asked what they would like to eat. Thenewborn was then named after that foodstuff.Over the years, the Chief Ministers motherhad chosen the likes of paan and rasgulla.Name this former CM. mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
Rabri Devi mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
There are several Birla Mandirs in thecountry, each with a presiding deity. Atwhich of these temples, in Rajasthan,is the deity the goddess Saraswati? mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
The one at BITS Pilani mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
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AMUL sponsorships mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
People of this North Eastern state speak 20+different local languages, so a mixture hasemerged as a link language. The name is aportmanteau word made of the main ethnicgroup in the state and a language of aneighbouring state.What is this name? mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
Nagamesemood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
In an interview to the Indian Express inNovember 2011, he said:“After Operation Blue Star in Punjab, the finalexaminations were postponed. [I] led a group ofstudents demanding a month’s notice aspreparation.We made banners saying, “____ ____”.and went about raising this slogan.”He used these lines in a film.Which lines? mood indica | j. ramanand | 2011
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