DR.J.MICHAEL SAMMANASU, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES,ST.JOSEPH'S COLLEGE(Autonomous),TIRUCHIRAPPALLI-620002

1. QUIZ
TALENTIA 2021
Holy Cross College
20 DECEMBER 2021
Prepared and Compiled
by
DR.J.MICHAEL SAMMANASU PhD
Associate Professor
St. Joseph’s Institute of Management(JIM)
St. Joseph’s College (Autonomous)
Tiruchirappalli-620002

2. Rules
•Four Rounds – Each team - quota of 1 question.
•No passing of Question.
•A team gets 15 seconds to answer the question.
•A team gets 20 marks for correct answer.
•There is no negative marks for wrong answer.

3. Books

4. Team 1
Who wrote the famous
book - 'We the people'?

6. Nani A Palkhivala

7. Team 2
Who has written the book
'My Frozen Turbulence in
Kashmir'?

9. Jagmohan

10. Team 3
The book 'To Live or Not
Live' was written by

12. Nirad C. Chaudhuri

13. Team 4
'A Voice for Freedom' is
a book written by

15. Nayantara Sahgal

16. Team 5
The Power and Glory was
written by

18. Graham Greene

19. Team 6
The famous book
'Anandmath' was authored
by

21. Bankim Chandra
Chottapadhya

22. Team 7
Who wrote the book
'Reminiscences of the
Nehru Age'?

24. M.O.Mathai

25. Team 8
Which book is a
biography of the Lady
Mountbatten?

27. Edwina Mountbatten - A Life of
Her Own.

28. Team 9
Who is the writer of
'Swamy and Friends'?

30. R. K. Narayan

31. Team 10
'A Secular Agenda' is
a book written by

33. Arun Shourie

34. Movies

35. Team 1
Name of the first 3D movie
in India?

37. My Dear Kuttichathan

38. Team 2
How many Oscar awards
was won by ‘Slumdog
Millionaire’ movie?

40. Eight

41. Team 3
Who was known as first
lady of Indian cinema?

43. Devika Rani Chaudhuri

44. Team 4
Which was the first Color
movie in India?

46. Kisan Kanya

47. Team 5
Who directed the world
famous film 'The
Gandhi'?

49. Richard Attenborough

50. Team 6
Two imprisoned men bond
and find comfort through acts
of basic human kindness.

52. The Shawshank
Redemption

53. Team 7
For what movie
did Steven Spielberg win
his first Oscar?

55. Schindler’s List

56. Team 8
•Which was the first Indian and Tamil
film, that had bought make-up men
from USA?

58. Indian

59. Team 9
Who was the first Indian
actress to receive the
Padma Shri award?

61. Nargis Dutt

62. Team 10
Who is the only actor in Indian
cinema to give 5 mega-hits in the
year 1982 including Tamil and Hindi?

64. Kamal Hasan

65. Proverbs

66. Team 1
Take it with a grain of
________.

68. Salt

69. Team 2
Beauty is only
_______ deep

71. Skin

72. Team 3
Hell has no fury
like a _______
scorned

74. Woman

75. Team 4
Keep your nose to
the __________.

77. Grindstone

78. Team 5
The way to a man's
heart ______ .

80. is through his stomach

81. Team 6
Let not the sun go
down on your
_________.

83. Wrath

84. Team 7
No rest for the
_______.

86. wicked

87. Team 8
A ______ rots from
the head down.

89. Fish

90. Team 9
There's no such
thing as a free
_________.

92. Lunch

93. Team 10
Dogs have no
_______against the poor

95. prejudice

96. Current Affairs

97. Team 1
In December 2021, who among the following has
been named as Time’s 2021 Athlete of the Year?
1. Tom Brady
2. Serena Williams
3. Lewis Hamilton
4. Simone Biles

99. Simone Biles

100. Team 2
• In December 2021, Defence Research Development Establishment (DRDE)
has decided to set up an Advanced Biological Defence Research Centre
(ABDRC) in which of the following cities?
1. Gorakhpur
2. Gwalior
3. Thiruvananthapuram
4. Agra

102. Gwalior

103. Team 3
In December 2021, the Reserve Bank of India has made Legal Entity Identifier
(LEI) mandatory for cross-border transactions of Rs 50 crore and above, from
which of the following years?
January 2022
April 2022
October 2022
January 2023
January 2024

105. October2022

106. Team 4
What is the rank of India in World Talent Ranking Report
2021?
1. 25th
2. 26th
3. 56th
4. 76th

108. 56th

109. Team 5
In December 2021, who among the following has
won the (FIDE) World Chess Championship 2021?
1. Magnus Carlsen
2. Ian Nepomniachtchi
3. Viswanathan Anand
4. Garry Kasparov

111. Magnus Carlsen

112. Team 6
Who won a bronze medal at the Badminton World Federation
(BWF) World Championships in Huelva, Spain in December 2021?
1. Prannoy HS
2. Sameer Verma
3. Lakshya Sen
4. Chirag Shetty

114. Lakshya Sen

115. Team 7
The Geographical Indications Registry (GIR) under the Central
Ministry of Commerce has accepted the plea to rename GI-
tagged Bihar Makhana as which of the following?
1. Kosala Makhana
2. Mithila Makhana
3. Janakpur Makhana
4. Darbhanga Makhana

117. Mithila Makhana

118. Team 8
Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and MapmyIndia has
signed a Memorandum of Understanding with which of the following to launch an
indigenously developed, freetouse navigation app service?
1. IIT Madras
2. IIT Kharagpur
3. IIT Delhi
4. IIT Kanpur
5. IIT Bombay

120. IITMadras

121. Team 9
In December 2021, which of the following has been awarded the
Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for 2021?
1. JSW Steel Limited
2. SAIL
3. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited
4. GAIL

123. SAIL

124. Team 10
With which of the following has the National Cadet Corps (NCC) signed
an MoU in December 2021 to reuse plastic wastes collected by NCC
Cadets?
1. International Renewable Energy Agency
2. National Highways Authority of India
3. Power Grid Corporation Of India
4. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation

126. National Highways Authority of India

127. THANK YOU
•ALL THE VERY BEST
•Wish You All A Merry
Christmas & Prosperous
New Year 2022