India Quiz- NUTech -2017

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INDIA QUIZ
BY MANTRARAJ NAIK
AND
RAJ PANDEY
NUTECH ‘17

1 - Fill in the blank
 _____ is a Sanskrit fusion word of Sāra which means
essence, and Sva which means one self, the fused word
meaning "essence of one self", and fused meaning "one who
leads to essence of self knowledge”. It is also a Sanskrit
composite word which means "one with plenty of water".
 The word _____ appears both as a reference to a river and as
a significant deity in the Rigveda.
 In Vedic literature, _____ acquires the same significance for
early Indians as that accredited to the river Ganges by their
modern descendants.

2 - Which change?
3 - Give X.
➢The cabinet, on September 21, 2016 had in-principle decided to
change the colonial-era tradition of presenting the budget on a
specific day.
➢The reason for this change was that the executive bodies will get
more time for legislative approvals for annual spending plans and
tax proposals.
➢However, this was not the first time that the tradition was not
followed. In the year of 2001, when X was the Minister of Finance,
he also brought a change in the budget related tradition. Which
change am I talking about that was made in 2001? Also, give me ‘X’.
➢ (2 Marks)

5 - Which Name?
➢ In March,2015, the honourable PM of India launched his
ambitious multi-purpose muti-model platform called Pro-
Active Governance And Timely Implementation.
➢ The platform is aimed at addressing common man’s
grievances, and simultaneously monitoring and reviewing
important programmes and projects of the Government of
India as well as projects flagged by State Government.
➢ However, this scheme is more famously known by some other
name.
➢ This name also shares a similar meaning with one of the
words by which the PM’s campaign got an edge in 2014
general election.

6 - Name this person.
• He was an Indian television personality famous for his satirical take
on the problems of the common man. He is most well known for
his television series Flop Show and mini capsules Ulta Pulta which
ran on Doordarshan, India's national television network, in the late
1980s and early 1990s.
• He founded the "Hawala Party" and got it registered with the
Election Commission.
• His latest project was titled: Power Cut.
• Which (now deceased) Indian personality are we talking about?

7 & 8 - Which songs?
• In 1990-91, some Indian music directors were in possession of a
1987 record by an Afro-Guinean musician Mory Kante. The song in
question was called ______, and it became the inspiration for two
songs featured in two different Hindi films.
• Ignoring the fact that they had both ripped off the same song, the
Laxmikant-Pyarelal camp and the Bappi Lahiri camp began pointing
fingers, each accusing the other of having stolen original music
from them.
• Laximikant-Pyarelal's version was to go into the Amitabh movie
Hum (1991), while the Bappi da song was meant for the Sanjay
Dutt starrer Thanedaar (1990).

9 - A part of which famous song?
Sapta Koti Kantha
Kalakala Ninaada Karaale
Nisapta Koti Bhujaidhruta Kharakarvaale
Sapta Koti Kantha
Kalakala Ninaada Karaale
Nisapta Koti Bhujaidhruta Kharakarvaale
Ka Bola Ka Noma Eith Bole
Bahubal Dhaariniin
Namaami Taariniim
Ripudalavaariniin ____________
________ __________

10 - Who is he?
• X, who is called “Logical Baba” in his inside group because of his
rationality, got an M.Sc. in Chemistry from IIT Kanpur after getting
the bachelor's degree in Chemistry at St. Stephen's College, Delhi
which was followed by a Ph.D. from Cornell University.
• He is a famous Indian Bass Guitarist, Social Activist and music
composer.
• He is working in the same band for last 26 years.
• When the Quiz Master met him personally and asked why band
after such a high educational qualification. He said, “I wrote to all
the big environmental agencies like Greenpeace, Friends of the
Earth, WWF, but nobody replied. And then, I came into the field of
Music after working for NBA.”

11 - Fill in the blank
• One of the earlier names of _________ was
"Phanindrapura". It derives its origin from the 'Fana' or hood
of a cobra.
• In fact, ________'s first newspaper was named
'Phanindramani', which means a jewel that is believed to be
suspended over a cobra's hood. It is this jewel that lights up
the darkness, hence the name of the newspaper.
• The river “X” flows through the city. B. R. Ambedkar claimed
that both the city and the river are named after “X people".

12 - What claim to fame?
• Rajeev Motwani was a professor of Computer Science at Stanford
University whose research focused on theoretical computer
science. He was an early advisor and supporter of companies
including (Y) and PayPal. He was a winner of the Gödel Prize in
2001.
• In his memory, (Y)’s founder _____, wrote a touching tribute -
“Today, whenever you use a piece of technology, there is a good
chance a little bit of Rajeev Motwani is behind it.”
(image on next slide)
• He was found dead in 2009 under mysterious circumstances.

13 - Identify the state
• Jallikattu - Tamil Nadu
• Kambala - ?

18 - Name this text
• Most people believe that the _____ was translated by Sir Richard Francis
Burton in the 19th century, from an 1800 year old Sanskrit text by a Rishi
called X.
• Actually the text created by Sir Burton is a compilation of stuff lifted from
a similar work written by Kalyana Malla in the 15th or 16th century for
Lad Khan, son of Ahmed Khan Lodi.
• Though Sir Burton did not understand Sanskrit, he managed to lift some
useful content from the original work by Rishi Y. So name X is a corrupted
version of Y, or even fictional.
• Before his death, he instructed his wife to burn all his literary works and
sources. Since the original work of Y was never published, it became lost
forever, and Burton’s version remained the only one for the same.

19 - Which club?
• This is a fascinating story of how X had their Lagaan moment on July 29, 1911
against the East Yorkshire Regiment, a major British team. 80,000 Indians had
gathered in and around the stadium to witness this moment.
• X captain Shibdas Bhaduri scored an equalizer after the British team drew first
blood. Then with just two minutes to go from the final whistle, Abhilash Ghosh
received a pass from the captain and scored the winner with a thunderous strike.
• X’s barefooted players had defeated the British Army’s East Yorkshire Regiment to
win the Indian Football Association Shield.
• The ground erupted in celebration. It started to rain in shirts and shoes within the
ground.
• The win changed the country in many ways. July 29 was celebrated as X day and
the freedom movement was given a new lease of life and intensity. The
inspiration drawn from this win spread across the country and it prompted the
British Media to pen down the sentiment in one line: "What the Congress failed

20 - Which method?
• The ________ system, also known as the X method, is a proposed method for calculating
target scores in interrupted one-day and Twenty20 cricket matches.
• The method was devised by ________, a civil engineer from Thrissur, Kerala in India. The
now-defunct Indian Cricket League had begun to use this method instead of the Duckworth-
Lewis method used in international matches. The X method takes into account the statistics
from the T20 games played in the past.
• It is essentially built around two curves. The first curve depicts the "normal" run getting
pattern; i.e, when there is no interruption and the side is expecting to bat its full quota of
overs. The second curve ("target curve") indicates how the batting side should "speed up"
after an interruption. The "normal" curve takes into account both the percentage of overs
played and the percentage of wickets lost. The "target" curve, which is used to set revised
targets, only considers the percentage of overs played.
• On 13 December 2010, It was reported that the BCCI had decided that ______'s system will
be formally used in the fourth edition of Indian Premier League but it wasn't. The
Duckworth-Lewis system was used in the third season and the fourth season of the league.

X=Yashwant Sinha
• Time of presenting the budget was changed

Third Indian Women to go into space

• Tamma Tamma
• Jumma Chumma

12 – What is his claim to fame?
• Rajeev Motwani was a professor of Computer Science at Stanford
University whose research focused on theoretical computer
science. He was an early advisor and supporter of companies
including (Y) and PayPal. He was a winner of the Gödel Prize in
2001.
• In his memory, (Y)’s founder _____, wrote a touching tribute -
“Today, whenever you use a piece of technology, there is a good
chance a little bit of Rajeev Motwani is behind it.”
(image on next slide)
• He was found dead in 2009 under mysterious circumstances.

Founder of Page Rank Algorithm

17 - Which club?
• This is a fascinating story of how X had their Lagaan moment on July 29, 1911
against the East Yorkshire Regiment, a major British team. 80,000 Indians had
gathered in and around the stadium to witness this moment.
• X captain Shibdas Bhaduri scored an equalizer after the British team drew first
blood. Then with just two minutes to go from the final whistle, Abhilash Ghosh
received a pass from the captain and scored the winner with a thunderous strike.
• X’s barefooted players had defeated the British Army’s East Yorkshire Regiment to
win the Indian Football Association Shield.
• The ground erupted in celebration. It started to rain in shirts and shoes within the
ground.
• The win changed the country in many ways. July 29 was celebrated as X day and
the freedom movement was given a new lease of life and intensity. The
inspiration drawn from this win spread across the country and it prompted the
British Media to pen down the sentiment in one line: "What the Congress failed
to achieve, X has".

18 - Which method?
• The ________ system, also known as the X method, is a proposed method for calculating
target scores in interrupted one-day and Twenty20 cricket matches.
• The method was devised by ________, a civil engineer from Thrissur, Kerala in India. The
now-defunct Indian Cricket League had begun to use this method instead of the Duckworth-
Lewis method used in international matches. The X method takes into account the statistics
from the T20 games played in the past.
• It is essentially built around two curves. The first curve depicts the "normal" run getting
pattern; i.e, when there is no interruption and the side is expecting to bat its full quota of
overs. The second curve ("target curve") indicates how the batting side should "speed up"
after an interruption. The "normal" curve takes into account both the percentage of overs
played and the percentage of wickets lost. The "target" curve, which is used to set revised
targets, only considers the percentage of overs played.
• On 13 December 2010, It was reported that the BCCI had decided that ______'s system will
be formally used in the fourth edition of Indian Premier League but it wasn't. The
Duckworth-Lewis system was used in the third season and the fourth season of the league.

VJD Method/ Jayadevan’s Method

LIST IT
• List down the states of India bound for
elections in 2017?
Total = 7

• Gujarat
• Himachal Pradesh
• Goa
• Manipur
• Uttrakhand
• Uttar Pradesh
• Punjab

POUNCE OR BOUNCE
+10 or 0
+15 or -10

(1) Identify the monument.
• The chief architect of this monument is supposed to be
Persian. Apart from the main material ____, a total of 28
different types of precious and semi precious stones were
imported from countries like Tibet and China, to be
impressed on this monument.
• This is considered as a perfect example of symmetric
structure.
• It has 99 names of Allah (SWT) inscribed upon it in
calligraphy.
• However, according to some Alt-Historians, it is actually an
ancient Shiva temple. If the bricked / sealed rooms of this
monuments are opened for investigation, their claims about
the origin of the structure would be justified.
• Which monument?

(2) Find the sports connection.
➢ The word Drishti means a focused gaze. It is believed that, while
looking at someone/something beautiful and new and noble, the
viewer’s gaze could be filled with appreciation as well as envy. So
we create talismans to protect people and objects from such
attentions. Such talismans take different forms based on who or
what they’re protecting.
➢ The “Drishti Bommai” is a talisman mostly used to protect homes
and vehicles. He is an intimidating Asura who wards off the forces
of evil.
➢ He takes many faces and forms. He can be found perched on a
compound as a clay sculpture, painted on Indian Trucks and even
printed as a new age poster.

(3) Which dance form?
➢ The dance-drama performance art has its origins in the Krishna
centric Vaishnavism monasteries of Assam, and attributed to the
15th century Bhakti Movement scholar and saint named Srimanta
Sankardev, who systematized the dance using the ancient texts,
and introduced drama and expressive dancing as a form of a
community religious art for emotional devotion to Krishna.
➢ However, the sources of this dance form traces back to Natya
Shashtra by Bharata Muni.
➢ One-act plays of this dance form are known as Ankiya Nat.
➢ The themes are related to Krishna and Radha or the other avatars
like Rama and Sita.
➢ It was recognised as a classical dance by Sangeet Natak Akademi
of India in the year of 2000.

(4) Fill in the Blank
➢ When Feng Tang, one of China’s most popular writers, decided to begin in the
summer of 2014 a three month long project translating the poems of
______________, it was meant to be a welcome escape. For two decades, Feng has
been China’s one of the most controversial writers.
➢ Feng, who is considered as the voice of youth of China, writes in the language of
people, writing vividly of youth discovering sex and poking fun at Communist
dogmas and is certainly not in Chinese authorities’ good book.
➢ While translating this work of literature by an Indian, Feng translated “mask of its
vastness to its lover” as “underwear of vastness” and “one kiss of eternal” as “one
French kiss of eternal” in Chinese. The book has such other sexual references of the
romantic descriptions.
➢ The Government mouthpiece, “China Daily” described it as a ‘vulgar selfie’. The party
mouthpiece described it as the insult of the great poet.
➢ However, Feng expressed his disappointment on the whole controversy and said that
out of 323 verses of the collection, only three are read by the critics. He had no
intention of insulting the great poet.

(5) Which food item?
➢This food item is commonly eaten as an appetizer or snack.
➢The dish is known as Suralichi vadi or ___________ in
Maharashtra. However, the more famous state for this food
item is one of the neighbouring states of Maharashtra.
➢It is usually prepared from a batter of gram flour and
yogurt(dahi), seasoned with ginger paste, salt, water,
turmeric and sometimes green chilli peppers.
➢The batter is cooked down to a thick paste and then spread
thinly on a flat surface. Then they rolled up to form 2-3 long
inches pieces.
➢It can be served hot or cold with/without chutney and/or
catch up.

(6) Which epic?
➢ This epic of Awadhi language is considered as one of the 1st
documented literatures of the language.
➢ This epic, written by Malik Muhammad Jayasi,has been
written in forms of couplet and couplet.
➢ After each seven lines of quadruplet, there is a couplet.
➢ It is believed that this was written in 1547.
➢ This epic related other unpublished work of art was in the
news recently.
➢ Which epic am I talking about?

(7) Identify this famous Ghat.
• It is believed to have been constructed by King Vikramaditya
of Ujjain in 1st century BCE.
• The name literally means “Footsteps of the Lord”.
• This place also houses a footprint impressed upon stone,
believed to be of one of the human avatars of Lord Vishnu,
who may have visited here.

(8) Which state or region?
• Which region of Indian subcontinent do the
following languages / dialects belong to?
–Doabi
–Lahnda
–Saraiki
–Hindko
–Majhi
–Malwai

(9) What do the numbers show?
Andhra Pradesh 148
Arunachal Pradesh 8
Meghalaya 17
Mizoram 8
Nagaland 9
Odisha 149
Telangana N/A
Uttar Pradesh 208
Sikkim 7
Himachal Pradesh 51

Weight of MLAs of states in
Presidential Election

(10) Identify this pilgrimage.
• The shrine at ______ is an ancient temple of Lord Ayyappan, regarded as the 9th
Avatar of Vishnu by several pre-colonial sources.
• ______ is linked to pilgrimage predominantly undertaken by Hindus. ______
pilgrims can be identified easily, as they wear black or blue dress. They do not
shave until the completion of the pilgrimage, and smear Vibhuti or sandal paste
on their forehead.
• In 1991, the Kerala High Court restricted entry of women above the age of 10 and
below the age of 50 from offering worship at ______ Shrine during any period of
the year. The temple is open for worship only during the days of Mandalapooja
(approximately 15 November to 26 December), Makaravilakku or "Makara
Sankranti" (14 January) and a handful of other days.
• It finds mention in the Ramayana as Shri Rama visited there on his way to Lanka.

(11) Name this mausoleum.
• The ______ is a tomb located in Aurangabad, MH. It was
commissioned by the sixth Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1660, in
the memory of his first wife and chief consort, Dilras Banu Begum
(posthumously known as Rabia-ud-Daurani).
• It bears a striking resemblance to the famous Taj Mahal, the
mausoleum of Aurangzeb's mother, Mumtaz Mahal. It is notable
that Aurangzeb never raised monumental edifices during his half-
a-century reign, but made just one exception, that is, to build the
mausoleum of his wife.
• He was not very interested in architecture, though he had built the
small, but elegant, Pearl Mosque at Delhi. The ______ was the
largest structure that Aurangzeb had to his credit

(12)
• The 79-year-old Modinagar resident, Yogender Pal Singh,
nicknamed ‘Yogi’, who lives in Patla village with his wife, Atar
Kali, filed papers for somethings on 21st February at the
office of the deputy registrar of Ghaziabad. The application
was promptly rejected, and Yogi says he is “hurt”.
• Yogi said that he decided to do this after X was snubbed by
child protection agency of UP.
• What did Yogi filed paper for?

MINI CONNECT
5 slides
Marking as mentioned in each slide
+2 for identifying each personality correctly
+5 extra for identifying all the personalities correctly

+50/-40
Identify each of them.

+40/-30
Identify this personality who was the father of a former Lok Sabha
speaker.

+30/-20
• As I See It: X's Blog Posts (2011).
• ________________________ (2008).
• New Approaches to Security and Development (2003).
• A Prisoner's Scrap-Book (2002).
• Whose work of literature?

+20/-10
• ‘X’, who considered himself vegetarian “both by birth and by
conviction”, revealed that the R&AW was well aware of
Pakistan's Nuclear activity in Kahuta to the Pakistani general
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq in a telephonic conversation.
• It is rumoured that he was a mole of CIA in Indira Gandhi led
cabinet.
• He met then USA President Jimmy Carter in White House in
1978. Who is ‘X’?

LIST IT
• List down all the Classical dance forms of
India recognized by Sangeet Natak Akademi .
Total = 8

• Bharatnatyam
• Kathak
• Kathakali
• Kuchipudi
• Odissi
• Sattriya
• Manipuri
• Mohiniyattam

MEGA CONNECT
A B C D
E F G H I
J K L M
N O P Q

(1/3)
This country is known as Bhāratavarsha since the times the father entrusted the
kingdom to the son Bhārata, and himself went to the forest for ascetic practices—
(Vishnu Purāna 2.1.32)
Raja Nabhi, the 3rd generation descendant of Swayambhuva Manu, author of
___A___, and son of King Agnidhara, built ___B___, literally meaning "that which
is invincible", for his son ___C___.
___B___ is regarded as the first capital of Bharatvarsha and ___C___ is considered the
first Jain Tirthankara.
___C___ had 2 sons. Chakravartin Bharat himself, and his brother ___D___.

(2/3)
An Indian movie in the recent past by the name of ___D___ contained a music track
called "Kaun Hai Wo" in its Hindi version, which had the Sanskrit composition
___E___ embedded in it. This composition is said to have been created by Raavan
himself to praise Lord Shiva. The act depicted in this song serves as an allusion to
Raavan trying to move ___F___, Lord Shiva's abode in the Himalayas, incidentally
also the name of the lead singer of this track.
Interestingly, the Sachora Brahmins of ___G___ consider Raavan as their ancestor, and
sometimes use it as a surname.
Raavan himself and his brother Kumbhakarna are considered gatekeepers of Lord
Vishnu, in his celestial abode called Vaikuntha. Here they are known by the names
of ___H___ and ___I___.

(3/3)
In present-day state of Karnataka, a statue of ___D___ exists, being the tallest
monolithic statue in the world. It has its base inscribed in ___J___, a generic term
for regional or dialectical variations of Sanskrit.
A man born as Vishnugupta, popularly known as ___K___, is widely credited for
establishing the Mauryan Empire while guiding its first 2 kings. This empire
replaced the ___L___ empire in Pataliputra, whose last King was ___M___.
It is known that ___K___ was a professor from the gurukul of ___N___, which is
considered the oldest established university of the world, lying between the rivers
Jhelum and ___O___. Jhelum was called ___P___ by the Greeks. Greeks
themselves were called ___Q___ by the people of Aryavarta.

• A=Manusmriti L=Nand
• B=Ayodhya M=Dhana Nand
• C=Rishabhnatha N=Takshshila
• D=Bahubali O=Indus
• E= Shiv Tandav Stotram P=Hydaspus
• F= Kailash Q=Yavans
• G=Gujarat
• H=Jay
• I=Vijay
• J=Prakrit
• K=Kautilya

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