Quiz made by Naman and Ram of Mathematics hons. of Zakir husain College for Enabling fest. presented on 15 March 2019. Consist of questions from different quizzes and areas.

1. General Quiz for Smart
Students
By Zakir husain Delhi College
[Quintessence, Naman and Ram]

2. Prelims

3. Instructions
• 15 Questions
• Question no. 5,10,15 are star marked
• Top teams will qualify for finals
• Decision of Quiz master will be final.
• No negatives.
• Parampara, Pratishtha, Anushasan. Ye is quiz
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aur smartwatches se door rahiye.

4. Chaliye khel ko shuru karte hain

5. Q.1.
• In June 2016, it signed its first major label deal
with Warner Music Group, allowing its music to
be licensed for use on its platform. It also teamed
up with Apple Music in April 2017 permitting
users to sign up to the streaming service to listen
to full songs and use segment of the songs. By
the end of May 2017, it reached over 200 million
users, up from 90M a year before and 10M two
years back. Which ‘former’ platform is being
talked about? With which other platform, also
known as “Douyin” in China, did it merge with, on
August 2018?

6. Q.2
• This country’s currency notes were first
printed on April 1, 1948. They were printed by
the Reserve Bank of India for use only in that
country. These were Indian note plates
engraved (not overprinted) with the words
‘GOVERNMENT OF _________’ on the top and
the same in the country’s official language at
the bottom. The signatures on the notes
remained that of Indian officials. Which
country’s currency started in such a manner?

7. Q3.
• When King Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq was returning to
Delhi from Deva Giri, after looting the treasure there.
He sent a message to Hazrat Nizamuddin to leave Delhi
before his arrival. When the message was delivered to
him, Hazrat Nizamuddin said to his desciple to write
something on the letter in Persian. It is said when the
King Tughlaq and his men entered into the pavilion
built for them, the main central pole of the great
pavilion tent gave away and it fell on the King and he
died instantly along with his commanders. So it was the
curse of Hazrat Nizamuddin on the king. Story behind
what?

8. Q.4
• Inaugurated in 2011, Post Office 191202 is one
of a kind. Found in Srinagar, it even has a
distinctive stamp that depicts a man rowing a
shikara (Kashmiri boat). The heritage post
office houses a philately museum and a
souvenir shop as well. Considered a fitting
tribute to the beauty of the surroundings,
where is PO 191202 found and why is it
unique?

9. 5.
• The Statue of Unity is the tallest statue in the
world. It's height from the base is 240 meters,
87 meters taller than the Spring Temple
Buddha Statue.The actual height of it has been
intentionally kept at 182 meters.

10. Q.6
• 21 Sikh soldiers of the 36th regiment of the
British army (now the 4th battalion of the Sikh
regiment) held their ground for hours against
more than 10,000 Afghan tribesmen who
attacked their post. This lesser-known story
from history made a resurgence, as two
movies are being made on this Battle, namely,
Ajay Devgn’s ‘Sons of Sardaar:X’, and Raj
Kumar Santoshi’s Randeep Hooda starrer ‘X’.
Give the name of this eulogised battle.

11. 7.
• X brand was founded by the Lever Brothers in
1899 and now known as Unilever. The name
changed from “Sunlight Flakes” to “X” in 1900,
a Latin word for “light” and suggestive of
“luxury.” X toilet soap was launched in the
United States in 1925 and in the United
Kingdom in 1928. Subsequently, X soap has
been marketed in several forms, including
handwash, shower gel and cream bath soap.

12. 8.
• “If anybody asked me which was the best
match that I played in, I will unhesitatingly say
that it was the1933 Beighton Cup final
between Calcutta Customs and Jhansi
Heroes”. Who quoted this?

13. Q.9
• This tree is the
oldest prisoner in
the world,
arrested for a
weird incident.
Where can you
find this tree?

14. Q.10
CONNECT
• Ashwatthama
• Bali (Mahabali)
• Hanuman
• Kripacharya
• Parshurama
• Markandeya
• Ved Vyasa

15. Q.11
• First person to score double centurion in
cricketing history in a One Day Internationals.

16. Q.12
• In Hinduism, _________ is a name and
manifestation of Barbarik, the son of
Ghatotkacha. This manifestation of Barbarik is
especially popular in Haryana and Rajasthan.
Legend has it the name came as a result of
Barbarik having been granted a boon from
Krishna to the effect that Barbarik would be
known by Krishna’s own name in the Kalyuga.

17. Q.13
• On her journey to the USA from China she got
into trouble when US banned her entry calling
her ‘a communist good’. She was kept in
London for time’s sake and became a major
attraction there. Who? Later became mascot
for world wildlife fund.

18. Q14
• He was born in 1980 in a Jat Family and hails
from the Churu District in Rajasthan. At the age of
eight climbing a tree he touched a live electric
cable. He received medical attention but the
doctors were forced to amputate his left hand. In
1997 he was spotted by Dronacharya Awardee
coach R. D. Singh while competing at a school
sports day, and from that point was coached by
Singh. He gave credit to his personal coach R. D.
Singh for all his success, saying: "He gives me a lot
of advice and helps me during training.“ – ID him

19. Q15
• Valmiki Ramayan does not mention Ram’s sister,
however, in the Mahabharata we learn of King
Lompada who adopts the daughter of Dashratha.
In later literature, this daughter of Dashratha
becomes Ram’s elder sister. According to the
Oriya Ramayana or the Dandi Ramayana she was
adopted by the King Lomapada and later given in
marriage to Rishyashringa, a sage whose celibacy
causes drought in Lompada’s kingdom. Following
the marriage, the rains come back. ID her.

21. Yaha lenge ek chota sa brake

23. Answers

24. • 1.Musical.ly, TikTok
• 2. Pakistan
• 3.Dilli dur hai slogan
• 4.Floating Post office
• 5. 182 is the number of
constituencies in Gujrat Assembly
• 6.Battle of saragarhi
• Lux
• 8.Dhyan chand
• 9.Pakistan
• 10. Chiranjivi
• 11.Bellinda Clark
• 12.Khatushyam
• 13. Chi Chi Panda
• 14. Devendra Jhanjhariya
• 15. Shanta

25. 1.Musical.ly, TikTok

26. 2. Pakistan

27. 3.Dilli dur hai slogan

28. 4.Floating Post Office

29. 5. 182 is the number of constituencies
in Gujrat Assembly

30. 6.Battle of saragarhi

31. 7.Lux

32. 8.Dhyan chand

33. 9.Pakistan
• A tree in Pakistan was arrested in 1898 by a
British army officer who imagined the tree
moving towards it. Quite obviously, he was
under the influence of alcohol, but he got it
arrested anyway. The tree still stands with the
board ‘I am under arrest’.

34. 10.Eight long lived (Chiranjivi)
personalities described in the Puranas,
Ramayana, and Mahabharata.

35. 11.Belinda Clark

36. 12.Khatushyam

37. 13.Chi chi, panda

38. 14.Devendra jhanjharia

39. 15. Shanta

40. ID the movie from minimalist