This document provides information to identify unique offerings, locations, games, airports and more based on clues and descriptions. It discusses an unusual offering of munch bars at a 300-year-old temple in Kerala, the extreme corners of India, and identifies places like Pakyong Airport in Sikkim and traditions like Yubi Lakpi football in Manipur.
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2. • 300 year old Subrahmaniapuram temple in Alleppey, Kerala
is unique because of an unusual thing X offered as an offering
to the main deity and as prasad to devotees. Because of this,
the deity Lord Murugan is known as X Murugan.
• This tradition started little more than a decade ago, when a
small boy offered his favourite snack X to God.
• Identify this unique offering.
7. Answer: Bombay Duck
• Bombay Duck is a fish found along the Western Indian
coast.It is known to have named by Robert Clive.
• Former Indian pacer Ajit Agarkar was known as 'Bombay
Duck' for his infamous seven consecutive duck in
international cricket against Australia which earned him the
funny name 'Bombay Duck'.
8. Identify the author of
this book who is
known to be a genius
in an entirely
different subject
12. • X is a traditional football game
played in Manipur, using
a coconut, which has some
similarities to rugby.
• It is said to be a ceremonial re-
enactment of the snatching of
the pot of nectar after
the Samundra Manthan.
• Identify X.
15. Answer: The four extreme corners of India
• North : Siachen Glacier,Ladakh
• West : Sir creek,Gujarat
• East :dong village, Arunachal Pradesh
• South :Indira Point ,Nicobar
16. • X airport is a Greenfield airport situated near Gangtok,
Sikkim. It is also the first greenfield airport constructed
in the Northeast.
• It was inaugurated on 24 September 2018 by our PM
Narendra Modi.When inaugurated it got a unique record
among the airports of India.
• Identify the Airport and the unique distinction.
18. • X dish is popular throughout the Chinese diaspora and
appears on the menu of many Chinese cuisine
restaurants. Many Countries have their own version of
X.Even the city of Culcutta has it's own version of it.
• There was a controversy when a Khap panchayat in
Haryana declared that eating X is responsible for the
increasing rape cases in India.
• Identify X.
20. • Shah Alam II was a King of a crumbling Mughal Empire.
• Even during his reign, the Mughal Empire shrink so
much that it gave birth to a phrase in Persian.
• It says that “ The Kingdom of Shah Alam II is from X to
Y” ;Y being a suburb of X.
• Identify X and Y.
22. • It is based on the wheel of the Konark Sun Temple.
• The wheel portrays the cycle of creation, preservation and release.
It signifies the movement in life across time and space, the symbol
thus stands for the continuous striving for social change.
• The red colour indicates that the ____ is full of young blood that is
lively, active, energetic and full of high spirit.
• The navy blue colour indicates the cosmos of which it is a tiny
part, ready to contribute its share for the welfare of the mankind.
• What are we talking about?
24. • X was a unique programme launched by the Government of
India in 2013. It aims to check the declining population of
the Parsi Community.
• Through this programme additional benefits are provided to
couples interested in having a child.
• Identify the programme.
28. • This special kind of Holi is observed mainly in Varanasi and is
known to have celebrated for centuries.
• It commemorates Lord Shiva coming there to play holi with
ghosts.
• Identify the uniqueness of this Holi which attracts many
foreign visitors to the region.