Know Your Sanskaars-The India Quiz,FINALS (HighQ'20 at Gargi College)

KNOW YOUR SANSKAARS:
THE INDIA QUIZ
HighQ’20
FINALS

INSTRUCTIONS
1.There will be 4 rounds.
2. Two thematic rounds and two non thematic
rounds.
3. Decision of the QM is final.

ROUND 1:
KASAUTI QUIZZING KI !
THEME: INDIAN
TELEVISION

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. This round will comprise of 6 questions
2. This is a written round
3. +10 for each correct answer
4. No negative marking

1.
Identify the TV show from the following cues:
⮚ The show was directed by Kundan Shah, who had
previously directed comedy classic Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro
(1983).
⮚ The original run was supposed to be of six episodes, but
seeing the response, it ran up to 13 episodes.
⮚ Film actor, Shahrukh Khan made a guest appearance in
the series, before he made his big television debut with
TV series.
⮚ The show was based on characters created by noted
cartoonist, especially "the common man" about the issues
of common middle-class Indian man.

2.
⮚ The popularity of the TV show X is so huge in Ghana that as soon as
the Ghana’s U-17 World Cup team came to know that pre-
quarterfinal FIFA World Cup match would be taking place in
Mumbai, they expressed their desire to meet the cast of this
popular TV show.
⮚ X was all the rage in Ghana to such an extent that it attracted one
of the highest advertising revenues, approximately $6,500 every
month per slot!
⮚ In one of the interviews, the creator of the show said: "I enjoyed
watching Sense and Sensibility so when I thought of making a Hindi
TV show on it, I tore my own script for at least five times. Then I
changed the writers of the show for about four times.I made them
rewrite the script for almost five times.That's how I got my final
script for X”
⮚ ID X

3.
⮚ X was first TV show of its kind and is one of the longest
running programs on Indian national television, with a very
viewership mainly concentrated in rural areas of India.
⮚ In 1997, X went to private producers- Amit Khanna of Plus
Channel.
⮚ The Indian government implemented the addition of Same
Language Subtitling (SLS) to X, because of its immense
popularity. This gave regular reading practice to its large
audience who may have been in need of reading skill
enhancement.
⮚ ID X

4.
⮚ Writer Vinita Nanda would often narrate stories, of the time she
spent in a hostel, to director Raman Kumar. But she didn't know
then that her experiences will result in a hit TV show.
⮚ Her tales intrigued Raman so much that he used them for _____,
a 1993 show about four urban women, and their friendship,
ambition, love and secrets.
⮚ The show revolved around _____, who falls in love with a
married man, played by Alok Nath, whose teenage daughter,
who never accepted her.
⮚ Identify the show.

5
⮚ The following is an excerpt from a director's interview for
his TV show X:
"I will take some time before I do something on TV again. X did
not work. We got to learn a lot from its failure. The ad breaks
changed the mood of the show. We were trying to make
something atmospheric but the ads broke the rhythm and mood
of the story. …..audience did not accept _____( the lead actor )
as the frail character he played. They wanted to see him in
larger-than-life roles. Shows like this should be made with
unknown faces, non-fan base actors but with such actors you
will not get a big budget…. outside of India, it has worked
because there are paid channels. We realised all this after doing
X. We were all very happy that we did it but then the result was
not desirable,"
ID X

6.
⮚ X is one of the popular characters on Y.
⮚ X has few friends, the best being his guitar & shares a strong
bond with bad luck! His shattered dream of becoming a
guitarist & being unsuccessful in love are all composed to
tragic songs.
⮚ In 2011,Gelato Italiano in association with Y had launched
the ice cream named ‘X Strawberry Splash’ as the flavor of
the month to celebrate February as the month of love and
romance.
⮚ ID X and Y

1.
Identify the TV show from the following cues:
⮚ The show was directed by Kundan Shah, who had
previously directed comedy classic Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro
(1983).
⮚ The original run was supposed to be of six episodes, but
seeing the response, it ran up to 13 episodes.
⮚ Film actor, Shahrukh Khan made a guest appearance in
the series, before he made his big television debut with
TV series.
⮚ The show was based on characters created by noted
cartoonist, especially "the common man" about the issues
of common middle-class Indian man

2
⮚ The popularity of the TV show X is so huge in Ghana that as soon
as the Ghana’s U-17 World Cup team came to know that pre-
quarterfinal FIFA World Cup match would be taking place in
Mumbai, they expressed their desire to meet the cast of this
popular TV show.
⮚ X was all the rage in Ghana to such an extent that it attracted one
of the highest advertising revenues, approximately $6,500 every
month per slot!
⮚ In one of the interviews, the creator of the show said: "I enjoyed
watching Sense and Sensibility so when I thought of making a
Hindi TV show on it, I tore my own script for at least five times.
Then I changed the writers of the show for about four times.I made
them rewrite the script for almost five times.That's how I got my
final script for X”
⮚ ID X

3.
⮚ X was the first TV show of its kind and is one of the longest
running programs on Indian national television, with a very
viewership mainly concentrated in rural areas of India.
⮚ In 1997, X went to private producers- Amit Khanna of Plus
Channel.
⮚ The Indian government implemented the addition of Same
Language Subtitling (SLS) to X, because of its immense
popularity. This gave regular reading practice to its large
audience who may have been in need of reading skill
enhancement.
⮚ ID X

4.
⮚ Writer Vinita Nanda would often narrate stories, of the time she spent
in a hostel, to director Raman Kumar. But she didn't know then that
her experiences will result in a hit TV show.
⮚ Her tales intrigued Raman so much that he used them for _____, a
1993 show about four urban women, and their friendship, ambition,
love and secrets.
⮚ The show revolved around _____, who falls in love with a married
man, played by Alok Nath, whose teenage daughter, who never
accepted her.
⮚ Identify the show.

ANSWER
X - BHEEGI BILLI
Y - 9XM

INSTRUCTIONS:
2. Pounce/Bounce
3. Clockwise
4. +10 for a direct
5. +10/-5 for pounce

1.
⮚ Once there was a curious turn to events when India was forced
to face arbitration at an international tribunal in the USA
initiated by Enron over the closure of Dabhol power project.
Millions of dollar were at stake.
⮚ X was hired as India’s counsel at the arbitration tribunal
whereas Y was hired by Enron.
⮚ As time rolled by,due to a certain change of circumstance,Y could
no longer advocate for Enron but continued to serve as a legal
adviser.On the other hand X was replaced by Khawar Qureshi
who ultimately unsuccessfully tried to defend India in the
tribunal.
⮚ Id X and Y

ANSWER
X- HARISH SALVE
Y- P. CHIDAMBARAM

2.
⮚ Though associated with an Indian state, it appears much
like a European flag.
⮚ The central shield is supported by European dragons and
a prayer wheel.
⮚ Above is a helmet more in line with European armorial
bearings, and atop that is the right-turning conch.
⮚ The coat of the arm includes words in one of the official
language of Ladakh. With the abolition of monarchy in
this state, the flag of the state lost its official status
however the symbol was retained.
⮚ What am I talking about?

ANSWER
THE STATE EMBLEM OF SIKKIM

3.
⮚ In Madhya Pradesh, tribal bards tell a tale of a young woman
named X. She yearned to be loved, but she was so ugly that no
man wanted to marry her. X’s father offered everything he
owned as a dowry for the man who would take away his
daughter’s unhappiness, but even the promise of wealth was not
enough to convince any man to be her husband.
⮚ X became so consumed with her loneliness and misery that she
died of a broken heart. Once she was dead, the gods took pity on
her, for it was them who had cursed her with such ugliness. To
make amends for the pain and loneliness she had suffered
during her life, the gods reincarnated her as the spirit of the Y
plant that she could be loved by men throughout the world for
the rest of time.
⮚ The precise origin of the word Y is disputed, but it is generally
thought to have derived at least in part, from Taino,
the Arawakan language of the 'Caribbean'.
⮚ Identify X and Y.

4.
⮚ The word X is rare in oldest layer of Vedic literature, but its
roots occur often enough. The word appears in Rig Veda
hymns 6.28.4 and 8.33.9 where the context suggests it simply
means "purify, prepare".
⮚ It appears in Jaimini Purvamimamsa-sutra many times, where
it again means “prepare, perfect, polish" something, either
through action, speech or mind.
⮚ X is defined by ancient Indian scholar Shabara as, "that
which prepares a certain thing or person fit for a certain
purpose".
⮚ Another ancient text Viramitrodaya defines X, notes Kane,
as "a peculiar excellence due to performance of certain
actions which resides in the soul or the body of the actor".
⮚ ID X

5.
❑ From Goa’s oldest tribe comes X a cotton chequered fabric that
was draped as a saree just below the knees by the tribal women
who worked in the paddy fields.
❑ One etymology states that X is believed to have come from the
Marathi word ______ , or Sanskrit word ___ meaning
“agricultural tillage”.
❑ With the advent of the Portuguese, however, the use of the X
completely stopped by the 20th century. In recent years,
designer Wendell Rodricks had tried to revive the weaving of
this saree.
❑ ID X.

6.
Y is a non-fiction feature film on X which was filmed in India over six years and
is narrated by Academy Award winning actor, Helen Mirren.
Y won Best Documentary Award at Santa Barbara International Film Festival;
Audience Award for Best Documentary at Adelaide International Film Festival
and Brisbane International Film Festival.
In one of the interviews, Megan Doneman (the director and the co-producer
of Y) said: “I wanted to make a feature film, as X’s story is incredibly epic, but
I knew no one was going to fund a 23-year-old woman who had never
directed a feature film. I saw the astonishing documentary Hoop Dreams,
and it thoroughly inspired me to tackle X’s story within the feature
documentary medium- as well as the questions: what drives a person to go
against the status quo, to continually stand in the face of enormous
opposition without ever backing down, and all the while bearing the huge
cost of these choices?”
ID X AND Y

ANSWER
X- KIRAN BEDI
Y- YES MADAM,SIR

7.
⮚ This spice, native to south and southwest Asia, comes from an
annual flowering plant. The flowers are dried and each petal gives
few seeds.
⮚ The seeds have an aroma similar to fennel and have a pungent
flavour somewhat similar to nutmeg, though the plant is not
related to either.
⮚ The seeds are commonly roasted and ground as a spice and are
widely used in India, the Middle East, and parts of north Africa to
season curries, rice and sweet confections.
⮚ It was also found in Tutankamun's tomb.
⮚ It's a remedy for everything from headaches and congestion to
infections. They are commonly used to treat intestinal worms and
are said to relieve digestive trouble. It contains a variety of
chemicals, but most of the pharmacological properties of it are
attributed to the presence of thymoquinone.
⮚ Identify the spice.

ANSWER
KALONJI / NIGELLA SEEDS

8.
❑ Philadelphia Hancock was the sister of X’s father.
❑ Philadelphia came to India and married Tysoe Hancock(who worked for EIC)
and had a daughter in the year 1761 whom she named Eliza.
❑ However Eliza has been believed by many to be the natural child not of
Tysoe but of her godfather Y. Robert Clive,at the time, wrote to his wife,
saying Mrs Hancock “abandoned herself to Y” urging his wife not to keep
company to Philadelphia.
❑ According to one of the X’s biographer, “Y gave Eliza,a massive inheritance
of 10,000 pounds in the form of a trust fund.....,Eliza married X’s brother
Henry,…… Henry had control of the inheritance from Y – an inheritance that
came from Y’s work for the East India Company. Henry is the family member
who negotiated with publishers on X’s behalf, signed contracts in X’s name,
and promoted X’s works. Without Henry we might not have heard of X. In
my opinion this is a very tenuous connection, but it certainly gives one
pause.”
❑ ID X and Y
• .

ANSWER
X- JANE AUSTEN
Y- WARREN HASTINGS

ROUND 3:
THEME : Cities and Towns

1.
● X is named after the river which flows through the city. The old city of
X (today called 'Mahal') is situated on north banks of this river.
● One of the earlier names of X was "Fanindrapura" which derived its
origin from the Sanskrit word fana.
● The airport in X became the first airport in India to commission the
INDRA system.The airport of X is also the first airport in the world to
receive an ISO 27000 certificate for its Air Navigation Service Provider
(ANSP)
● ID X

2.
• The first Nawab proposed to rename the city Faizabad. But many other
places were known by the name Faizabad so its name was changed to
Mustafabad alias _____________.
• In the beginning of the Mughal period, the capital of Rohilkhand was
changed from Badaun to Bareilly and hence the importance of
_____________increased. Therefore the greater region around
____________ still has a significant number of Rohilla.
• The city was traditionally famous for the X which even made their way
to Bollywood crime thrillers in the 1960s and 1970s. Eventually the
Government of Uttar Pradesh banned making them longer than 4.5
inches in length, leading to a drop in their popularity.
• The ______________Greyhound is a smooth-haired sighthound native
to the region, often described as being more substantially built than
other greyhounds. It was the favoured hound of the Nawabs for jackal
coursing. ID X and FITB

3.
The city is majorly believed to be named after a Saint however
there are theories which claim that the city is named after an
Arabic word _____ which means granite boulders.
Historically, it was a center of the Kalachuri and Gond
dynasties, the city developed a syncretic culture influenced by
intermittent Mughal and Maratha rule. It was selected as the
headquarters of the Maratha confederacy in 1781, and it later
became the British commission headquarters of Saugor.
As of now,the city is a military base containing the central
gun-carriage factory, an ordnance factory, and an ammunition
depot.

4.
❑ Founded in the year 989 AD by the Keshari dynasty, X is one of the
oldest cities of India. Anglicized from a Sanskrit word S which means
the military camp or seat or fort of a kingdom, upon which the city
has being named as X.
❑ Like the city Varanasi, situated in between Baruna and Asi, X is
situated between the rivers B and Kathajodi and was therefore
named as Abhinab Varanasi ( a new type of Varanasi).
❑ X achieved its significance as an important trade centre in 1750
under the Marathas rule and became a business hub for trade
between the Marathas and the English merchants of Bengal.
❑ The Gurudwara Daatan Saheb’ in X marks the place where the first
Sikh Guru, Shri Guru Nanak halted on his way to C. (also known as
the spiritual city).
❑ ID city X.

5.
ID the city X by the given timeline:
1687 – X became part of the Mughal empire.
1750 – French occupied and took control of the region.
1788 – X was brought under control of the British East India
Company.
1868 – The second most abundant element in the universe was
discovered in X by French astronomer Pierre Janssen during
the 18 August solar eclipse.
1912 - A family from X who was the only Indian family which
travelled in the Titanic and survived from the sinking accident.
1936- India’s first Central Tobacco Research Institute started in
X.

6.
❑ There are many theories about the name X. One theory claims that in --
-----, X means “Assembly (or Stockade) of the King’s Ministers”.
❑ The temperate climate prompted the British to develop the town X as
an alternative hill station to Y, to escape the scorching summer heat in
the plains. X's proximity to the offshoots of the ancient Silk Road, was
an added advantage.
❑ The spatial and temporal location of more than half of The Inheritance of
Loss (2006) is X.
❑ X is a major ginger growing area of India. X and the state of Z together
contribute 15 percent of the ginger produced in India. X is also well
known for its flower export industry—especially for its wide array of
indigenous orchids and gladioli.
❑ ID X
❑ .

ANSWER
Blank- RAMPUR
X is RAMPURI KNIVES

6.
❑ There are many theories about the name X. One theory claims that in --
-----, X means “Assembly (or Stockade) of the King’s Ministers”.
❑ The temperate climate prompted the British to develop the town X as
an alternative hill station to Y, to escape the scorching summer heat in
the plains. X's proximity to the offshoots of the ancient Silk Road, was
an added advantage.
❑ The spatial and temporal location of more than half of The Inheritance of
Loss (2006) is X.
❑ X is a major ginger growing area of India. X and the state of Z together
contribute 15 percent of the ginger produced in India. X is also well
known for its flower export industry—especially for its wide array of
indigenous orchids and gladioli.
❑ ID X

INSTRUCTIONS:
2. Pounce/Bounce
3. Anti-Clockwise
4. +10 for a direct
5. +10/-5 for pounce

1.
• Q, a traditional convention related to Urdu and
Persian poets, is derived from an Arabic word '-------'
meaning salvation- to get liberated or become secure
and signifies 'ending'.
• Sometimes the geographical belonging is added to the
Q to make it more distinct.
• Some of the famous Q's include Faiz, Haali, Daagh
Dehlvi, Ze Khe Sheen among others.
ID Q

2.
X dates back to between the second century BC and the second
century AD. It get its name from the town in where it originated
and truly flourished during the era of the Mughals, particularly
during the rule of Aurangzeb.
He was known to punish Jamdani weavers in order to encourage
X weavers and also introduced various novelties in the appearance
of the traditional X. They were once upon a time woven from silk
threads that came from China and locally made zari that came
from real gold and silver thread.
Available in both six and nine yards, the most interesting part
about the handloom is that both sides of the saree look exactly the
same.Also unlike other silks it doesn’t wear out at the folds.
Identify X.

3.
X is said to have been the most formidable predator in the oceans.
It was large enough to swallow whales in a single bite, which is
what its name signifies in Sanskrit. It is also said that a X could
cause turbulence in the entire ocean whenever it set out to hunt for
prey.
Thought by some to be related to leviathans, X is mentioned in
Mahabharata, Srimad Bhagvatam and Ramayana. In Srimad
Bhagavatam, Rishi Markandeya encounters X and survives the
ordeal by the grace of the Supreme Lord.
Modern researchers have equated them to the prehistoric
Megalodon, whose fossil remains have been excavated from many
parts of the world.
ID X.

ANSWER
TIMINGLA
(TIMI means whale and GILA means to
swallow)

4.
Fact 1:In the year 2014, X was ranked 39th among
India's most trusted brands according to the Brand
Trust Report, a study conducted by Trust Research.
Fact 2:It was also named MEP Middle East Contractor
of the Year for the third year in a row.
Connect these facts with the following images..

5.
__________ _______ was built by Shilahara kings
Gandaritya,Vijayaditya and Bhoj-2 between 1109 and
1178AD.The inscriptions dating back to 12th century are a
proof of this.
According to legend when Sati immolated herself in the
Yagna, Lord Shiva became so angry that he cut the head of
Daksha. Later, to calm Lord Shiva down, Vishnu brought
him to this place. Because of this action of Lord Vishnu's, this
place later came to be known as ________ ______. It is a rare
place that has ling forms of both Shiva and Vishnu in its
vicinity. FITB

ANSWER
KOPESHWAR TEMPLE
(KOP means wrath)

6.
Hi, my name is X,
And making me is not at all complex.
My soul is as old as Krishna- Sudama,
I am known to almost every Indian Mumma.
I believe in 'Sabka swaad, mere saath' ,
I am common enough to be found on footpath.
A song in ' Sanai Choughade' has my name,
Being super quick and healthy, is my 'claim to fame'.
In Dec, my special someone went missing,
Making me incomplete and unappealing.
Don't worry, for my love-story can never end,
If you know, say my name, my friend.

7.
ID the company X by the given timeline:
●1957: X was initially set up as the Biswanath --------- Mills in by the
late Girdharilalji Todi.
●1964: Girdharilalji's sons took over the operating responsibilities. The
next 30 years saw the company growing 100 times in size through a
series of marketing and manufacturing innovations.
●1993: X launched their export operations and quickly established a
strong presence overseas, with offices in the Middle East, Europe, and
Africa.
●1994: X organised the first Dealer’s Conference in the Indian -------
industry and also established the industry’s first International Dealers'
tour.
●2003:X launched its first IPO. The IPO was massively oversubscribed.

8.
The following excerpt is taken from the authorised
biography of X written by Krishna Trilok.
ID X and the blacked out portion.
(Image in the next slide)

ANSWER:
X is A.R RAHMAN
Blacked out part is the song Phir Se Ud
Chala(Rockstar)

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