This is a general quiz for anybody who wants to test his general knowledge and lateral thinking skills. Happy Quizzing

1. General Quiz
TEST YOUR LATERAL THINKING SKILLS
FOR ANYONE & EVERYONE

2. ROUND 1- MIXED BAG

3. CONNECT
• Dr. Rajendra Prasad
• S. Radhakrishnan
• Zakir Husain
• V.V Giri
• Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam

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5. Ans – The presidents who have
received the Bharat Ratna

6. 1) X is a sport played in Tamil Nadu as
a part of Pongal celebrations on
Mattu Pongal day.
2) It is based on the concept of "flight
or fight“ and all castes participate in
the event. The term X refers to the
silver or gold coins tied to the bulls’
horns as the prize money.
Which sport am I talking about?

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8. Ans - Jallikattu

9. Identify this famous musical
instrument?

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11. Ans - Jaltarang

12. 'We call him a X for want of a better
description. But his blood isn't blue.
He may look like royalty, but he isn't
royal.' These are the words of Bobby
Kooka, the man who conceived the X.
This, now familiar lovable figure, first
made his appearance way back in
1946. What is X?

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15. X has many types and versions. One
type is grown in Odisha and is called
Jagannathi, other type is called
Maghai and is grown in Bihar and is in
great demand. Another type is grown
in Jaunpur, UP. Give me X?

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18. ROUND 2 – THE HERITAGE ROUND

19. After the death of Sikander Lodhi in 1517, in the
ensuing confusion, the Bundelas consolidated
their gains and managed to impose their
suzerainty over the region. But eventually, they
lost to the Tughlaks.
For the next 15 years, the Bundelas appear to
have moved from one place to another without
any fixed capital.
And then one day April 1531, Raja Rudrapratap
stumbled upon an island in the Betwa river
surrounded by dense forest and founded the
kingdom of X.

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21. Ans – Kingdom of Orccha – The only
place where lord Rama is worshiped as
a king

22. X is a dance form of Orissa in which boy dancers
dress up as girls.
They are students of the akhadas, or gymnasia,
established by Ramachandradeva in Puri, in the
periphery of the temple.
A reason often given to justify the emergence of
the system is that some followers of the
Vaishnava religion disapproved of dancing by
women as a pretext for worship - they
introduced the practice of dancing by boys
dressed as girls. Give me X

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24. Ans - Gotipua

25. Archaeologists have inferred that it is
the earliest known Panchayatana
temple in North India and perhaps in
India. A Hindu temple is a
Panchayatana one when the main
shrine is surrounded by four subsidiary
shrines.
Which temple and where is it located?
(Pic on next slide)

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28. Dashavatara Temple, Deogarh Uttar
Pradesh

29. The Bharat Mata temple at Varanasi is
the only temple dedicated to Mother
India. It is located in the Mahatma
Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth campus. The
Bharat Mata temple was built by Babu
Shiv Prasad Gupt and inaugurated by
Mahatma Gandhi in 1936. What is so
peculiar about this temple?

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31. Instead of the customary Gods and
Goddesses, it houses a relief map of
India, carved out of marble.

32. The 'dough' for an iconic GI tagged
product is prepared by mixing quartz,
glass, rock salt, gum for binding, saji
(sodium bicarbonate) and Multani
mitti (Fuller’s earth). Its characteristic
colour comes due to the usage of
cobalt dioxide.
Which product is being talked about?
Give a three-worded term.

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34. Jaipur Blue Pottery

35. Many years ago Guru Jambheswar
formulated a number of tenets of which
ten were directed towards personal
hygiene and maintaining good basic health,
seven for healthy social behaviour, four to
worship God and eight tenets have been
prescribed to preserve bio-diversity and
encourage good animal husbandry.
Which community or sect originated out
of this?

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37. Bishnoi

38. It is a woodwind instrument adopted
by Punjabi, Sindhi, Kutchi, Rajasthani
and Baloch folk musicians. The sound
has become popular due to its
extensive use in Punjabi pop music.
Name the instrument
(Image on the next slide)

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41. The Algoza or Double Flute

42. Round 3 - Sports

43. Identify this legendary football from
England players who is best known for
his free kicks ?

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45. Ans – David Beckham ( He played for
Manchester United, Real Madrid, LA
Galaxy, AC Milan and Paris Saint
Germain

46. In the Davis Cup of 1974, India beat Australia
at Calcutta, followed by the USSR in the semis
at Pune.
Soon after, while at the Stockholm Open, the
Amritraj brothers discovered that the Indian
Tennis Federation had done something
without consulting the Indian government or
them.
Anand Amritraj got into trouble for yelling at
the Association President and was asked to
apologize.
What had happened?

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48. India had forfeited its place in the
final against South Africa on
grounds of protesting against
apartheid, thus saying good-bye to
perhaps its best chance of winning
the Davis Cup.

49. Connect (I want the name of the group
not the team) -
• David Beckham
• Ryan Giggs
• The Neville Brothers – Gary and Phil
• Paul Scholes
• Nicky Butt

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51. This is the group of players known as “The Class
of 92”. These are the players who have won the
world famous 1998/99 treble and belongs from
Manchester United

52. Round 4 – Visuals

53. Connect
GIVE ME A TWO WORD TERM

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55. Fictional Newspapers

56. Identify this monument
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58. Ans – Bada Imambara

59. With Which famous IT company Would
you connect these?

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61. Ans – Google Inc.

62. Thank you