2. RULES
16 QUESTIONS IN PRELIMS ROUND
TOP 8 TEAM WILL QUALIFY FOR FINAL
ROUND
STARMARKS QUESTIONS ARE USE FOR
TIE BREAKER ONLY.
NO NEGETIVE MARKS.
EACH QUESTIONS CARRY 1 MARKS AND
NO PART MARKS.
5. 2
“When I saw his condition , I could not say a word. He
looked like a skeleton of himself. I had tears in my
eyes. You never have a sense of the tallness of the
man, he was 6 foot 5 with a huge head, huge eyes
and a boom boom voice.” was how Dilip k
Basu, currently a proffesor of Emiratus of the History
dept. of the University of Santa Cruze. He described
the death bead situation of someone. Mr. Basu was
this persons life line in his last days, bringing him
everything from bag granola, books, a VCR and
finally something to that person. Which last item
6. 3
Sylvester Dacunha, in 1966 rehashed the old
concept, talking a cue from his wife with certain
libertis on grammer front.Today Sylvetsers son
Rahul and 2 other man named Jayant Rane
and Manish Jhavery carry on his legacy with the
little help of Pia bansal, daughter of Shyam
benegal.What we are talking about?
7. 4
One day Madan Mohan Malavya went to the Nizam of
Hyderabad asking for donation. The Nizam was
annoyed at the gesture and flung his footware at
Madan Mohan Malavya. Madan Mohan picked up
the footware and left silently. He came directly to the
market place and began to auction the footware.
When Nizam heared this he became uneasy. He
sent one of his man with the instruction to buy his
footware no matter what was the bidding price. Thus
Madan Mohan sell Nizam’s own footware to him for
a huge amount.Madan Mohan used that money to
build X. Id X?
8. *5
The founder on the 25th anniversary of his
company famously said “There is no other
article for individual use so universally known
and widely distributed. In my travels I have
found it in the most. Northern in Norway and in
the heart of the Sahara Desert.” Whom talking
about what?
9. 6
He started off as TV film producer, producing a
series of TV serials in 90s for ZEE TV like
ANDAZ and AMAR PREM. He also composed
music for his TV serials. He later went on to
compose the title track for a 1998 movie
however he was not credited as Jatin-Lalit were
the official music director of this movie. Id him?
10. 7
On November 15, 2010 X announced it had
acquired the domain name Y from the American
Farm Bureau Federation for an undisclosed
amount. On January 11, 2011 the farm bureau
disclosed the amount $ 8.5 million in “domain
sales income” making the acquisition of Y. One
of the ten highest domain sales in history. Id X
and Y?
11. 8
X made in 1903 by Sitaram Khanderao
Vaidya and D.N Mirza and the project was
completed by an english engineer W.A
Chambers, and the builder was Sarobji
Ratonji Contractor. The dome of X made
from steel as used in the Eiffel Tower. Id
X?
12. 9
In the Mahabharata , X switched her gender
with a Yaksha and turned into a male, later
helping Arjuna on the battle field. Just id
X?
13. *10
There is a provision in the Indian Parliament
for the nomination of Anglo Indians as MP
by the President. But there is also a rule
regarding there voting rights in the house.
The nominated members of the parliament
are prohibited to vote in the election of
President. Who was the only Anglo Indian
to ever to vote in a Presidential election in
free India?
14. 11
According to a popular Bollywood legend, Sahir
Ludhianvi was in love with amrita Pritam. Her
father didn’t approve their reletion for Sahir
Ludhianvi’s religion and economic status. He
supposedly built a taller house infront of Amrita
pritam’s residence in Ludhiana to show her
father that he could afford a house. Which
famous song did it supposedly inspired?
