India themed quiz

1. BHARAT
EK SOCH
QM: AKHIL SACHAN
BHARAT
EK SOCHAN INDIA QUIZ
QM: AKHIL SACHAN

2. MORAL CODE OF CONDUCT
• A series of 21 questions will be presented to you by the QM one by
one.
• All of the questions will be open to pounce.
• Each correct answer will fetch you a total 20 points and a wrong
answer will give you a negative 10.
• Points for partly correct, partly wrong or for both will be awarded as
per the discretion of QM.

3. Here is a picture of
Madhubala for no reason.
Questions start from next
slide onwards.

4. Identify.
(No hints)

7. ______________ is an Indian – American writer. His first novel, Red Earth and Pouring Rain,
won the 1996 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book.
His mother Kamna has written many Hindi films including Chandni, Qarib Qarib Single.
His sister Tanuja is a filmmaker and screenwriter. She directed Sur and Sangharsh.
His other sister, Anupama Chopra is a film critic and consulting editor for India’s NDTV.
X is his most recent novel that came out in 2006 and involves a central character which was
first introduced in Love and Longing in Bombay.
In 2000, he also served as a co-writer with Suketu Mehta for a 2002 Bollywood Movie, Y
starring Hrithik Roshan, Sanjay Dutt and Preity Zinta.
Identify the name of the writer and also give X and Y.

10. The X shark (Carcharhinus hemiodon) is an
extremely rare species of requiem shark, in
the family Carcharhinidae. A small and stocky gray
shark, it grows not much longer than 1 m (3.3 ft)
and has a fairly long, pointed snout. The
first scientific description of the X shark was
authored by German biologists Johannes
Müller and Jakob Henle in their
1839 Systematische Beschreibung der
Plagiostomen. Their account was based on a
47 cm (19 in) long immature male from X, India
and three more paratypes from the same region.
Now, they are only found in Sri Lanka.
Give X which is, of course, also a location in South
India.

13. “A variety of writers and thinkers have found X an exciting figure for reflection
and exploration, notably, feminists and participants in New Age spirituality
who are attracted to goddess worship. [For them], X is a symbol of wholeness
and healing, associated especially with repressed female power and sexuality.
It is hard to import the worship of a goddess from another culture: religious
associations and connotations have to be learned, imagined or intuited when
the deep symbolic meanings embedded in the native culture are not
available.”
-Rachel Fell McDermott, Columbia University
Following the suggestion by band leader Mick Jagger, Designer John Pasche
created the famous ____________ design logo of the band Y inspired by X.
Give X and Y.

15. The company began as a representative of Danish manufacturers of dairy equipment.
However, with the start of the Second World War in 1939 and the resulting restriction on
imports, the partners started a small workshop to undertake jobs and provide service
facilities. Germany's invasion of Denmark in 1940 stopped supplies of Danish products. The
war-time need to repair and refit ships offered ______ an opportunity, and led to the
formation of a new company, Hilda Ltd, to handle these operations. ________ also started
to repair and fabricate ships signalling the expansion of the company. The
sudden internment of German engineers in British India (due to suspicions caused by
the Second World War), who were to put up a soda ash plant for the Tata's, gave _____ a
chance to enter the field of installation.
Identify the company.

18. The unit can trace its lineage back to a
paramilitary police force that was formed
under the British in 1835 called Cachar
Levy. Over the course of its history, the
__________ and its predecessor units
have served in a number of roles,
conflicts and theatres including World
War I where they served in Europe and
the Middle East, and World War II where
they served mainly in Burma. In the post
World War II period it has expanded
greatly as has its role.
Give its name.

21. X is an Indian Youtuber and senior staff writer for ________.
Y, who has been releasing music since 2014, broke ground in 2015 with the
release of his debut EP, Hindustani Rascal, which spliced together samples of
yesteryear Bollywood music and electronic hip-hop. The producer, who has
collaborated with singers such as Kalyaani and Zoya, shifted his focus hip-hop
side over the last two years.
X and Y have collaborated to produce two songs, ‘Vincent Chase Slippin’ and
‘Z’. ‘Z’ features a deep beat and horn-like synth leads that occasionally get
layered over icy percussion. X, meanwhile, brings his smart alec bars that throw
in references to Jay-Z’s ’99 Problems’, fantasy show Game of Thrones and, of
course, substances. Song Z is also a part of JioSaavn Artists Original Series.
Give me X, Y and Z.

23. SHAYAN ROY MALFNKTION

24. Connect the following non exhaustive list.
• Ahankar - Thais (Anatole France)
• Azad Katha - Fasana – e – Azad (Ratan Nath Dhar Sarshar)
• Parvat Yatra - Sair – e – Koshar (Ratan Nath Dhar Sarshar)
• Chandi ki Dibiya - The Silver Box (John Galsworthy)
• Hartal - Strife (John Galsworthy)
• Sukhdas - Silas Marner (George Eliot)
• Nyaay - Justice (John Galsworthy)
• Tolstoy ki Kahaaniyan - Collection of Stories (Leo Tolstoy)

26. TRANSLATIONS BY
MUNSHI
PREMCHAND

27. Id this logo.

30. X is the warrior Prince of the human inhabited Thar Empire of the Aariyana galaxy, situated millions of light
years away from Earth. He is the son of Emperor Jarant and the Emperor's second wife Queen Rasa, is the
rightful heir to the throne of the Thar Empire. When X was born, the drought-struck Aariyana experienced its
first showers in many years. The distressed civilians looked up to the boy and believed that he is their saviour
and will tide them over in all adverse situations.
However, X's step-mother and Emperor Jarant's first-wife queen Nasa gets extremely jealous of Rasa and X. She
also gives birth to a mutated non-human child simultaneously when Rasa gives birth to X. Queen Rasa realizes
that as long as X lives with her in Thar, there is danger to his life. She instead instructs a helper robot called Tobo
to take the child to planet Gurukshetra, where the 750-year-old Hoshin, a direct descendant of the great Ariyan
would raise X.
Hoshin trains X in fighting and other practices of a warrior. X first visits his Thar planet and finds out that
Emperor Jarant has been overthrown by Nasa, appointing her half-human, half-beast son as a dummy king while
making her the Royal Mother. X meets his parents, who have been imprisoned and chained to work in the mines
of Thar. Unable to do anything at the moment, X sets out to various planets in search of a powerful weapon
called Chandrahaas, to win back his lost kingdom. Along the way, has to confront his stepmother Queen Nasa,
Shukrant, Narak and other evil villains.
Id X.

33. The X - alist or the X generation movement was a literary movement in Bengali that was launched in
1961, by a group of young Bengali poets. It was spearheaded by Malay Roychoudhury, Samir
Roychoudhury, Shakti Chattopadhyay and Debi Roy.
The movement shook the roots of the Bengali literary and cultural establishment in India. The poets
significantly brought about a change in the language and vocabulary used in Indian literature. The X-alists
wanted to disturb the reader’s mind that was filled with preconceived colonial ideas.
On September 2, 1964, arrest warrants were issued against 11 of the X poets. The charges included
obscenity in literature and subversive conspiracy against the state. The court case went on for years,
which drew attention worldwide. Poets like Octavio Paz, Ernesto Cardenal and Beat poets like Allen
Ginsberg visited Malay Roychoudhury.
The government’s decision to crack a whip on the poets slowly saw them leaving the movement out of
fear. Later the ultra-leftist student movement by the Naxalites also brought about the end of the X
generation. It is still remembered as one of the greatest literary movements in the world.
Give X.

34. HUNGRY OR
HUNGRYALIST
MOVEMENT

35. ________ Mahadev Nair (died 21
September 1983), popularly known
in the Mumbai underworld by his
moniker X (2 words) was an Indian
mobster and underworld don
from Mumbai, who operated a gang
active in Mumbai's eastern suburbs
of Ghatkopar, Tilak Nagar and
Chembur. On 21 September 1983, he
was shot dead by the Pathan gang
because he had helped Dawood
Ibrahim by instructing a gang
member David Pardeshi to shoot
dead Amirzada from the Pathan
gang.
Give X.

37. Bada Rajan

38. Identify the man on the right (or his
claim to fame) and give relevance of
the ‘rare’ picture below.

40. K B Hedgewar – Founder of Rashtriya
Swayam Sevak Sangh
The photograph is of the first six RSS
members.

41. It was once filled with mansions of nobles and members of the royal court,
along with elegant mosques and gardens. Today, despite having become
extremely crowded and dilapidated, it still serves as the symbolic heart of
_________. Only few havelis are left and maintained. Masterji Kee Haveli is
among one of them which is kept very tastefully. Masterji Kee Haveli's family
organises ________ Food, Heritage and Cultural experiences to keep the
history alive. They have recently been awarded for the Best Walking Tour
Company by Zee Travel Business Awards.
It is build in an approximate shape of a quarter circle and has 14 gates.
Identify the place that is being talked about.

43. OLD DELHI

44. _______________ (2 February 1889 – 6 February 1964) was
the first health minister of India and served for ten years in
the capacity. She was an eminent Gandhian, a freedom
fighter, and a social activist. She was also a member of the
Constituent Assembly, the body that framed the constitution
of India.
After India's independence, __________ became part
of Jawaharlal Nehru's first Cabinet; she was the first woman
to hold Cabinet rank. She was assigned the Ministry of Health
and was one of only two Indian Christians in the Cabinet
(along with John Mathai). In 1950, she was elected the
president of World Health Assembly, becoming the first
woman and the first Asian to hold that post; for the first 25
years of that organisation's history, only two women held
that post.

46. RAJKUMARI
AMRIT KAUR

47. X was an important Dalit leader in Indian Freedom Struggle and later became India’s first Labour Minister.
As a student of Banaras Hindu University, X faced numerous account of caste based discrimination. A separate
pot of water was placed in the campus for his share of drinking water and a separate barber visited the university
as the regular one belonged to upper caste.
In 2007, BHU set up a chair in his name in its faculty of social sciences to study caste discrimination and economic
backwardness.
X was a contender and may have even succeeded to become India’s first Dalit Prime Minister but his political
career ended in 1978 when his son’s intimate photos, with a female student of JNU whom he later married, were
circulated in Surya’s Magazine which was run by Y, who is a current BJP Leader and a cabinet Minister in Union
Government.
Khushwant Singh also received these photos for publication but he refused to do so and famously said, “If
Kamasutra has 64 positions, these photos certainly had 9 of them.”
Id X and Y.

50. In Buddhism, X is considered to be an incarnation of Buddha. The reason for
this linkage is that X was also called Dharmshasta or just Shasta meaning
“Teacher”, as Buddha was and chanting of “Swamiye Saranam X” in the X-ian
tradition is like the “Buddham Sharanam Gachami”.
X is also revered by Muslims in ________ due to his friendship with Vavar,
who is identified as a Muslim Brigand in local tradition. X confronts the
robber Vavar and fights him. Vavar gets defeated and becomes X’s trusted
lieutenant.
Id X.

52. AYAPPAN

53. ___________(Three Words) is an Indian Media Group headquartered in Kolkata, India and
responsible for the publication of Bengali Daily A. This group has also collaborated with Time
Inc. to print Fortune India issue of the famous fortune magazine.
B is one of the oldest daily newspapers in South Asia and the oldest in Bangladesh.
In 1920, Russian Communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin described B as the best nationalist
paper in India.
B espoused the cause of communal harmony during the Partition of India. During the great
Calcutta killings of 1946, B left its editorial columns blank for three days.
When freedom dawned on 15 August 1947, B published in an editorial:
It is dawn, cloudy though it is. Presently sunshine will break.
Give me the name of the Media Group or A or B or all of them.

55. ANANDA BAZAAR PATRIKA
AMRITA BAZAAR PATRIKA

56. It was established as a Student's Debating Society named after the first principal of M A O College, the parent
body of __________, on the model of Cambridge Union Society.
The Club was started in 1884 at Strachey Hall, located at the College' premises. Debates on various issues used to
be conducted in the Siddons Union Club. The Club had enthusiasm among the students of the M.A.O. College for
its debates and English Style. Club used to inculcate the debating skills and knowledge of English Language
among the students.
The founder, Sir ____________ considered competence in English and "Debating skills" necessary for maintaining
_______’s political influence, especially in Northern India. His image for the college was based on his visit to
Oxford and Cambridge and he wanted to establish an education system similar to the British model.
Mahatma Gandhi was the first life member of the union and was conferred upon him on 1920. Jawaharlal Nehru,
Sarojini Naidu, C. V. Raman, E. M. Forster and many more are also life members of the union.
What Body are we talking about?

58. ALIGARH MUSLIM
UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
UNION

59. Rahmat, a middle-age fruit seller from A, comes to Calcutta to hawk his merchandise. He
befriends a small Bengali girl called Mini (Oindrila Tagore aka Tinku Tagore) who reminds
him of his daughter back in A. He stays at a boarding house with his countrymen.
This is the introduction to the plot of a famous Bengali movie released in 1957, B based
on a short story of the same title by C.
Hindi adaptation of the story were released in 1961 by the same name B and in 2017
titled D starring Danny Dengzongpa.
The 1961 movie has a famous song __________ sung by Manna Dey. Although Rahmat
sings the song for his country B, the song has been used as a dedication for our own
homeland a lot of times, especially during cultural programmes in schools and colleges
across India.
Give A, B, C, D and the song.

62. National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) vs Union of India was a landmark decision by
Supreme Court of India.
The judgement was seen as a step towards an equal society and another community that
was perceived as socially and economically backward was given the benefit of affirmative
action in the form of reservations.
The National Legal Services Authority of India (NALSA) was the primary petitioner. It had
been constituted with the primary objective of providing free legal aid services to the
disadvantaged sections of Indian society. Another petitioner to the case was Laxmi
Narayan Tripathi.
What judgement did SCI pass?

64. INDIA RECOGNISES
TRANSGENDER AS THE THIRD
GENDER.