The document contains a sample fresher's quiz with multiple choice questions covering topics in Indian history, politics, sports, entertainment and popular culture. Some questions test knowledge of important figures like Kapil Dev, Sachin Tendulkar and Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Other questions have visual or written clues about cities, movies, books and famous landmarks to identify. The quiz covers a wide range of trivia to challenge newcomers to the country.

1. Fresher’s I dia Quiz
PRELIMS

2. 1#Firstinindia
• Who was the first indian to score a century in
ODIs?

3. Kapil Dev

4. 2
• Name the organisation with which the indian
govt. recently signed a peace deal.

5. Nationalist Socialist Council of
Nagaland

6. 3 ID.

7. Pingali Venkaiyya

8. 4

9. • Salman Khan Hit and Run case

10. 5
• X's first ever television interview was with Y,
when X faced a video camera for the first time
ever as a cricketer in between practice
sessions of his Ranji team Bombay in 1988.
• Id X & Y .

11. • X-Sachin Tendulkar
• Y-Tom Alter

12. • X is Y’s ar he e y. X has li ed 6000 years, a d is the sour e of
evil in the world. He intends to rule the world by spreading
darkness, hatred, sin and evil.
• It is said that the source of his strength is one-half of the
"Shakti Punj" (the half which is referred to as "Paap Punj")
which he managed to retain after he originally obtained the
entire Shakti Punj by deceit from Shri Satya ,the founder of
the Suryavanshi.
• However, it is also mentioned that the source of his strength is
the evil that is committed by people in this world.

13. • X-Tamaraj Kilvish
• Y-Shaktiman

14. 7
• This Indian city was named after a boy called
'Aahlad', who was born to a virgin mother in a
village near Bisi. This boy later became a
handsome youth and was made the local
deity; and the place was named after him.
• Which city?(pic next slide)

16. • Shillong

18. • Suppression of Sepoy Mutiny

19. Her tweets
recently caused a
spur.
Explain

20. • #Selfie_with_daughter

21. What is the significance of this photo
in Indian history?

22. • The cropped photo of Gandhiji was uesd for
Indian Rupee Note.

23. Who’s fa e has ee la ked out?

24. • Narendra Modi

25. 12
• In the 1984-1985 season ,India and Pakistan
were playing an ODI at Sialkot.
• India was in a fairly strong position with the
score cad reading at 210/3.
• Duleep Vengasarkar was batting at 94*.
• But the match was suddenly abandoned.
• Why?

26. • Death of Indira Gandhi

27. 13 #BombaynotMumbai
• 12 yr old Elaine D'lima stood first in a story
telling contest in Bombay on 14 Nov 1980.
She launched X in Bombay. ID X.

28. • Tinkle Series

29. X was born to a Assamese folk singer couple.
He spent most of his childhood in Assam and
he was introduced to music early on in his
childhood.
X’s father is popularly k o as The Ki g of
Bihu Musi . Ide tify the prolifi si ger.

30. • Papon

31. 15

32. • Madhya

34. • Hardik Patel

35. Fresher s Quiz
FINALS

36. 1
• Sofia Ashraf is an Indian Tamil rapper and
singer who advocates for social causes like
the Bhopal gas tragedy in India.
• I , she sa g Do t Work for Do hile
wearing a hijab to criticize Dow for its
response to the Bhopal disaster in 1984.
• She has also sung film songs for Academy
Award-winning music director A. R. Rahman.
• How did she make news recently?

37. • “he sa g a so g Kodaikanal o t protesti g
against the soil pollution(mercury) caused by
HUL in the area.

38. 2
• Sometimes a batsman, whilst backing up, leaves
the popping crease before the bowler has
actually delivered the ball. Where this has
happened, the bowler may attempt to run the
non-striking batsman out. Getting a batsman out
this way, though legal, is generally considered to
be against the spirit of the game as the non-
striker usually accidentally leaves the crease.
• Give the term named after an Indian bowler
used for this.

39. Vinoo Mankad

40. 3 Connect
• Prativindhya
• Satanika
• Sutasoma
• Srutasena
• Srutakarma

41. Up pandavas

42. • X was one of the co-authors (with Larry
Page and Sergey Brin, and Terry Winograd) of
an influential early paper on
thePageRank algorithm.
• He was a winner of the Gödel Prize in 2001
for his work on the PCP theorem and its
applications to hardness of approximation.
• Sergey Brin wrote about X that ''Today,
whenever you use a piece of technology, there
is a good chance a little bit of X is behind it.
• Give me X.

44. Rajeev Motwani

45. 5
• X is a Hindu deity considered to be
an avatar (incarnation) of the three Hindu
gods Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva, collectively
known as Trimurti. The sage Atri is considered to
be the physical father of X. He was known as the
One who gave Himself to Atri and over eons that
became his name. In reality he is verily the
personification of the Maha Sankalpa who is the
cause for the manifestation of Aadi Parashakti to
emerge and the Trimutris to emerge from Her.

47. • Dattatreya

48. 6
• What in india as ter ed as the Biggest “e
Cha ge Operatio E er Made ?

49. • Changing the name of Victoria terminus to
Chhatrapati Sivaji Terminus

50. #IndianSoccerLegends
• X(born 15 January 1938) commonly known by his nickname Y is an
Indian international footballer and first class cricketer. He was born
in Kishoreganj District of undivided Bengal (now in Bangladesh). As
a striker, he played 50 international matches representing India. As
a first class cricketer, he played Ranji Trophy for Bengal.X holds the
distinction of playing for a single club, Mohun Bagan, throughout
his club career despite numerous offers from other clubs including
one reported offer from Tottenham Hotspur. X made his
international debut for India in 1956 during the team's 1-0 victory
over the Chinese Olympic team.He went on to play for India in 50
international matches including in Olympics, Asian Games, Asia Cup
and Merdeka Cup. He captained India to the Asian Games Gold
Medal in 1962 and a Silver in the 1964 Asia Cup in Tel Aviv.

51. • X-Subimal Goswami
• Y-Chuni Goswami

52. 8
• Amrit Singh and Upinder Singh are daughters of this person.
• Amrit Singh is the author of Globalizing Torture: CIA Secret
Detention and Extraordinary Rendition. The 216-page report, is the
most comprehensive account to date of the human rights abuses
asso iated ith the CIA s post / se ret dete tio a d the large
number of foreign governments implicated in these operations.
• Upinder Singh is the Head of the History Department ] at
the University of Delhi. She is also the recipient of the
inaugural Infosys Prize in the category of Social Sciences (History).
• Name the guy.

53. • Manmohan Singh

54. 9
• Oupnek'hat, id est, Secretum tegendum: opus ipsa in
____ rarissimum, continens antiquam et arcanam,
seu theologicam et philosophicam doctrinam, e
quatuor sacris Indorum libris Rak
• baid, Djedjer baid, Sam baid, Athrban baid
excerptam; ad verbum, e Persico idiomate,
Samkreticis vocabulis intermixto
• Latin translation of the name of which text?

55. Upnishads

56. 10
• X spent a week at Koenig Solutions in Moti
Nagar, New Delhi in 2010 New Delhi training
in core Java programming and ethical hacking.
Id X who made waves globally recently.

57. Edward Snoden

58. • Upon receiving the Ramon Magsaysay Award, he
returned the cash portion of the award on being
challenged to do so by a Philippines newspaper for
his earlier remarks describing America as "the
biggest terrorist state in the world." _________ later
clarified that he had never meant to criticize the
people of the United States but its government.
• He is an IIT Kanpur alumni. Name the guy.

59. Sandeep Pandey

60. • A pioneer in treating HIV patients since the 80s at
a time when many physicians were reluctant, she
founded the first voluntary HIV testing and
counselling centre, Y R Gaitonde Center for AIDS
Research and Education (YRG CARE), a premier
HIV/AIDS care and support centre, in Chennai.
She was also the Professor of Microbiology at the
Madras Medical College.
• Which lady who recently passed away?

62. Suniti Solomon

63. Put Fundae.

64. Housing.Com
• Their ha ked e site s ho epage.

65. Connect

66. • The Whistleblowers of the Vyapam Scam.

67. Connect
• Love aaj kal
• Highway
• Rockstar
• Jab we Met

68. Imtiyaj Ali
• The directors of these movies is Imitiyaj Ali.
• He played the role of Yakub Menon in Anurag
Kash ap s Bla k Frida .

69. • The type species of _________ was collected on 18
May 2012 from bushes at the periphery of a temple
compound, Arippa, near Kulathupuzha Reserve
Forest, Kollam district, Kerala, India.
• The generic name was derived as a tribute to X. The
s ie tists hose X' e ause X's " i ra t usi as
inspiring", in the author's own account.
• Further, X was of an Indian-Parsi origin and spent
majority of his childhood in Panchgani, which is located
in the northern part of the mountain range from where
the frog was discovered.

70. • Freddie Mercury

71. • Amitabh
Shahrukh
Modi
Aamir
Salman.
• Explain the order.

72. Number of twitter followers in decreasing order

73. • In the movie Legend of Prince Rama who
dubbed for ra a s voice in english?

74. Bryan Cranston

75. • What does this image signify?
• Image on next slide.

77. • Dabbawallas of Mu ai
• They use this coding scheme on the dabbas
•

78. • This year 2 indian movies were screended at
Cannes.One was Cauthi Koot the other one is
???

79. Masaan

80. Connect
• Nights of cabiria
• Ba ette s feast
• Crouching tiger , Hidden Dragon

81. • These movies won the Oscar for the best
movie in Foreign Language Category in the
years in which Indian movies were nominated
• Mother India
• Saalam Bombay
• Lagaan(respectively)

82. ID Y
• One interesting, perhaps apocryphal X legend relates
the course of the initial meeting between Jadi Rana
and the newly landed emigrants: When the Y
requested asylum, Jadi Rana motioned to a vessel of
milk filled to the very brim to signify that his kingdom
was already full and could not accept refugees. In
response, one of the Y priests added a pinch of sugar to
the milk, thus indicating that they would not bring the
vessel to overflowing and indeed make the lives of the
citizens sweeter. Jadi Rana gave shelter to the
emigrants and permitted them to practice their religion
and traditions freely.

83. • X-Zorastrianism
• Y-Parsi

84. ID X
• During the Mughal period, X was used like a
cloth to wipe off the excess oil off the hands
after the completion of an oil-rich food laden
with meat and fat.

85. • Rumali Roti

86. • X is damaged by______ to such an extent that
a technical inspection in 2011 revealed that
the thickness of the steel hoods protecting the
pillars has decreased from 6mm to less than
3mm.So, a new project to cover the base with
fiberglass casing has been proposed as
damage to the hoods can jeopardise the
safety of X.

87. • X-Howrah Bridge
• Blank- Spitting

89. • All these animals appear on 10 rupee note.

92. • All have airports named after them.
• Birsa Munda(Ranchi)
• Lal Bahadur Shastri(Varanasi)
• Ahilya Bai Holkar(Indore)
• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel(Ahmedabad)

95. Puneet Issar
• He acted i a ovie a ed Super a 1 .
• He was the guy who had hit Amitabh
Bachchan in Coolie.
• He was a contestant in Big Boss Season 8.

98. Cricketers who have played cricket for
both India and Pakistan
• Abdul Kardar
• Amir Elahi
• Gul Mohammad

101. Musical Gharanas
• (In order)
• Gwalior
• Agra
• Jaipur Atrauli
• Holkar
• Kirana

107. Chief Guest at Republic day Parade
• Sushilo Bambang
Yudhoyono(Indonesia)(2011)
• Yingluck Shinawatra(Thailand)(2012)
• Jigmey Khesar Namagyal Wangchuk
Thinley(Bhutan)(2013)
• Shinzo Abe(Japan)(2014)
• Barack Obama(U.S.A.)(2015)