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1. BALAJANASAKHYAM
QUIZ
SENIORS ROUND
FINAL
2017

2. Rules of the quiz
 Direct question if answered correctly will
fetch you 20 marks
 Other teams will mark their answers on
paper and if you get it right you get 10
marks
 No negative marking

3. Rounds of the quiz

4.  NASA has launched world’s lightest satellite weighing only 64
grams designed by 18-year-old boy Rifath Sharook from Tamil
Nadu. The tiny satellite was launched into space on
a sounding rocket from NASA’s facility in Wallops Island.It is a
3-D printed satellite. This is the first time that 3-D printing
technology is used to make satellites
What was it named
Q-1

5. Lone fox dancing is the
autobiography of which
writer released recently
Q-2

6.  India is planning its first GM food?what will
it be
Q-3

7.  Why are these elephant statues being covered up in Noida,Ambedkar
park prior to Uttar Pradesh elections in 2012?
Q-4

8.  Identify the person who is famous for his Sand Sculptures?
Q-5

9. 
 Which was the first newspaper in India?
Q-6

10. Question 7
On whose birthday is
National Sports day
celeberated

11. Question-8
Pydimarri Venkata Subba Rao (died 1988)
was a Telugu author,wrote the piece and gave
to nationalist leader Tenneti Viswanadham,
who forwarded it to the then Education
Minister of Andhra Pradesh, P.V.G. Raju who
was also the Raja Saheb of
Vizianagaram.Education minister then took it
to the National level.
What are we talking about?

13. Q-1
Identify

14. Q-2
Who won the Sudirman cup badminton
2017?

15. Q-3
Identify

16. Q-4
Identify

17. Q- 5
John Adrian Shepherd-Barron was born on 23
June 1925 at Shillong in India, to British
parents.He conceived the idea of this machine
while lying in his bathtub. English actor Reg
Varney became the first person to use the
machine in Barclays Bank in its Enfield Town
branch in North London,1967. This device
celebrated its 50th anniversary recently.Which
device.

18. Identify Q- 6
Ana Brnabic will
become the first
female prime
minister of which
country?

19. Question 7

Where was the 22nd
edition of Asian Athletics
championship held recently
?

20. Question 8
Which state governement has
formed a committee to study
legalities for seperate state flag

22. Q-1
What is the meaning of Greek word Philosophy?

23. Q-2
Identify

24.  Identify Q-3

25.  The flowers look and smell like rotting flesh , hence its local names
which translate to “corpse flower" or "meat flower" (see below). The
foul odor attracts insects such as flies, which transport pollen from
male to female flowers.
 It is the official state flower of Malayasia and is named after Sir
Thomas Stamford who was the founder of Singapore
 His surname will give you the name of the flower?
Q-4

26.  What is his claim to fame? Q-5

27. Identify
 This place is located to
west of Indus river in
Larkana District in the
province of Sindh
Pakistan,and was built
around 26th century
BC.When translated in
Sindhi it means “Mound of
Dead men”
Q-6

28. Question 7
What are Sunway TaihuLight, Tianhe-
2,Titan,Sequoia,Cori types of ?

29. Question -8
What is the smallest
detectable movement of a
mouse cursor on a screen
called?

31. Variola major and Variolla
minor virus causes what
deadly infectious disease?
Q-1

32.  Jonas Salk wrote the
book
“The Survival of the
Wisest”.
What did he create in
1955 for which he is
remembered for ?
Q-2

33.  What is common to Teflon,Vulcanised
Rubber,X rays,Microwave and Pencillin?
Q-3

34.  Charles Darwin found conclusive evidence of Thheory
of evolution on these islands?What are these islands
called
Q-4

35. What is Plankalkül?
Q-5

36. What is the Mohs scale used for?
Q-6

37.  What is being shown here?
Q-7

38. Question-8
On whose Birthday is
Engineers Day celebrated?

39. Sports and Entertainment

40. Q-1
 Identify the sport

41. Identify the sport
 Identify this cricketer on whom a mode
of dismissal in cricket is named

42. Q-3
 Identify her

43. Q-4
What is Pierre de Coubertin awarded
for?

44.  On whose
life was this
movie made?
Q-5

45.  Which is the worlds
longest running
Sports Annual called
as the Bible of cricket
in history started by
English cricketer
started in 1864?
Q-6

46. Question -7
How do we know AS Dileep
Kumar better

47. Question 8
Where will the 2018 Asian
Games be held?

49. Question -1
 French army under the command of
Napolean Bonaparte lost in the Battle of
Waterloo.
 In which modern country is Waterloo
located?

50. Identify
 Rudyard Kiplings Jungle book is
based on a Tiger reserve and
national park in India.This park
has Bengal tiger,Indian Leopards,
Sloth bear, Barasingha and Indian
Wild dog?What is the name of this
Indian forest?

51. 3.Which Education technology start
up company was founded by him
who hails from Kerala?
Q-3

52. Question 4
 Which Indian brand sponsored the New
Zeleand cricket team during the ICC
Champions trophy 2017?

53. Question 5
Who received the first
Sahitya Akademi Award in
English?

54. Question 6
By what name do we know the
painting La Gioconda?

55. Question 7
Name the Scientist who
worked in the area of
Structural chemistry and was
the third scientist after CV
Raman and Abdul Kalam to
be honoured with Bharat
Ratna?

56. Question 8 Last one
Which Indian Prime minister
served as the Chairman of Telugu
Academy in Andhra Pradesh
between 1968-74?


58. Rules of tie breaker
•We will have total of 6 question
•A team that presser the buzzer and gets it right wins the tie
breaker
•In case of team gets it incorrect the other team has to give
the right answer to clinch it
•In case both teams gets it wrong we move on to the next
question
•TOTAL 6 questions

59. Question 1
It was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan,
physical director of the Young Men's Christian
Association (YMCA) in Holyoke,
Massachusetts. It was designed as an indoor
sport for businessmen who found the new
game of basketball too vigorous. Morgan called
the sport “mintonette

60. Question 2
Theresa May the current Prime
Minister of UK belongs to which
Party?

61. Question 3
 Her Novel “To Kill a Mocking bird”which sold
more than 40 million copies and talks about
racial injustice in small Alabama town.It was
also made into a movie

62. Question 4
 This device was invented in france in
1916 by Rene Laenec at the Necker
enfants Hospital.It consisted of a
wooden tube and was used to hear the
sounds.
 What was the device called by Rene
Laenec

63. Question 5
 It is believed to be one of the Longest
novels(1349 pages) written in 20th century by
Vikram Seth which revolves the story of
young girl whose mother is trying hard to get
her married and she having to make a choice
between 3 men Kabir,Haresh and Amit.
 Name the book

64. Tie breaker Final question-6
 Identify logo

65. Thanks