The document contains 31 questions that form a theme. The questions cover topics related to places, organizations, people, events, etc. from India. The theme is to be identified for extra points. The questions include identifying Kankaria Lake in Ahmedabad, the ministry setup in Madhya Pradesh inspired by Bhutan's GNH index, the motto of a national organization formed in 1968, and identifying people, places, events, and more from Indian history and current affairs.

2. Prelims
• Plain and simple
• 31 Questions
• 6 Star marked Questions (to resolve ties)
• And the usual blah-blah
– No Googling (no binging too -_-)
– Beware of peeking eyes
• Have Fun. (*evil grin*)
• There is a catch however this time .. All the questions form
a theme. ID the theme. You get extra points for it.

3. 1. Kankaria Lake is the biggest lake in
Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat,
India. It is located in the southern part
of the city, in the Maninagar
area.Kankaria Lake was built by Sultan
Qutbuddin in the 15th century. The work
was completed in 1451 CE and was
known as "Qutb Hauz" or "Hauz-i-Qutb".
Though this lake is in Gujarat, all of see
it everyday . Question is where?

5. *2. Inspired by the GNH (Gross National
Happiness Index) of Bhutan, a Ministry
has been setup in Madhya Pradesh.
Name it . (The Hindi Name would go in
the theme)

6. 3. धर्मो रक्षति रक्षक्षि:(The law protects
when it is protected.) : Motto of
which National organisation formed
on 21 september 1968 ?

7. * 4. Saratchandra Chattopadhyay
described in his novel Devdas that,
the night Parvati left for her
husband’s house, Devdas spent the
whole night at a place in Calcutta.
Name the place.

8. 5. Id??

9. 6. Old logo of which famous organisation

10. 7. Connect ?

11. 8. The biographer is
presenting a copy of a
biography to the subject of
the biography. Identify the
book.

12. ● Shailputri
● Brahmacharini
● Chandraghanta
● Kushmandaka
● Skandamata
● Katyayani
● Kalratri
● Mahagouri
● Sidhidaatri
9. What are these?

13. 10. What began on Dec 18, 1989, at
Gujranwala, and ended on Mar 18,
2012, at Dhaka?

14. 1. 26th October 1962-10th January
1968
2. 3rd December 1971-21st March
1977(extended along with the
third time frame)
3. 25th June 1975- 21st March 1977
11. Connect these dates.

15. This gentleman is also known as the
“Father of Indian ornithology”, but we
know him better as someone who was a
“political reformer” and whose
contribution played a huge part in the
Indian Independence movement.
12. Identify (Pic on next slide)

17. * 13. Identify … ?

18. 14. X is a seaport in X in located in
southeastern Y , on the Gulf of
Oman. It serves as Y's only oceanic
port, and consists of two separate
ports named Shahid Kalantari and
Shahid Beheshti, each of which have
five berths

19. The term “X syndrome” is a colloquial
term for mediastinitis and other
complications of a persistent open
sternotomy following cardiothoracic
surgery.
15.

20. X was born to the clan of the Lichchhavis even
though she may have been of unknown parentage
but was raised amongst them. She grew up to be
extremely beautiful and became the nagarvadhu, or
royal courtesan of Vaishali
• Both king Bimbisara and his son King Ajatashatru
fell in love with her Ajatashatru burned down the
entire city out of love for her.
• Her life has been the subject of classic movies
and she is one of the most popular Amar Chitra
Katha characters.
• Who is she?
16.

21. * 17. FITB
"I wrote the entire ______ ______ for my
dear friend Dr. Pranjivan Mehta. All the
argument in the book is reproduced
almost as it took place with him.

22. • X was a Majestic-class aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy.
The ship was commissioned as HMS Hercules for the British
Royal Navy during World War II. India purchased the
incomplete carrier from the United Kingdom in 1957, and
construction was completed in 1961.
• X was commissioned as the first aircraft carrier of the
Indian Navy and played a key role in enforcing the naval
blockade on East Pakistan during the Indo-Pakistan War of
1971.
• The ship was decommissioned in January 1997 and from
1997 to 2012, she was preserved as a museum ship in Cuffe
Parade, Mumbai, until it was closed in 2012 due to safety
concerns. In January 2014, the ship was sold through an
online auction and was scrapped for metal.
• In February 2016, Indian auto manufacturer unveiled a new
bike made with metal from X’s scrap and named it in honour
of X.
18. Give X .

23. 19. Identify?

24. 20. Identify and fill the blank spaces.

25. • X Yojana is a welfare scheme of
Government of India launched by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi in 2016 , which is
aimed at providing 5 Crore LPG
connections in the name of women in BPL
(Below Poverty Line) households across the
country.
21.

26. 22. Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries
(RIL) has created two virtual employees.
Named 'X' and 'Y'. The two virtual characters
will reach out to over one lakh employees of
RIL to engage them in simple dialogue
through animation. These employees share a
common email id X.Y@ril.com .
• ID X and Y.

27. In August 2015, a demat account-
1601010000384828 was opened with the
Stock Holding Corporation of India by a very
'Special' person. This was a first account of
it's kind. Who has opened this demat
account?
23

28. 24 What???

29. * 25. Identify the common flower?
( Catharanthus roseus)

30. 26. X was founded by Shivkishan
Agrawal based in Nagpur and has
four manufacturing plants in
Nagpur, Kolkata, Delhi, and Y. Give
me X and Y.

31. 27. Who?
• A very famous painter, this is her
self-portrait. Identify.

33. This all started on October 3,2014. There
are 15 of this kind as of now. This happens
once in a month without fail. When it was
started, it had a significant number of
followers. However, the number of follower
is decreasing with almost each an every
occurrence of it. What am I talking about?
28.

34. 29. X was born in Bombay in a Nizari Ismaili
Shia Muslim family with origins from Kutch in
Gujarat. His father was a noted businessman
and was known as Rice King of Burma. After
partition, when Jinnah invited his father to
come to Pakistan, he turned down the
request and chose to remain in India. The
company established by his father used to
manufacture cooking oil under the brand
name Sunflower Vanaspati, and a laundry
soap called 787, a byproduct of oil
manufacture.
● ID X

35. • West Bengal and Odisha been fighting over this for some
time. The bone of contention has been to get GI tags for
this.
• The Bengal Science and Technology Department earlier
started the process to approach its central counterpart for a
GI authentication. Odisha responded by setting up 3 panels
with 3 distinct goals for this.
• The first panel will look into evidence regarding its origin in
Odisha, the second will study the grounds for West Bengal
staking claim to it, the third will collect necessary
documents to validate Odisha’s stand.
30. What is being fought over?

36. * 31
● X was born in 1927 to an affluent family in Allahabad,
UP. Her mother served as India's ambassador to the
Soviet Union, the United States, Mexico, the Court of
St. James, Ireland, and the United nations. X's famous
works include -The Freedom Movement in India , Indira
Gandhi's Emergence and Style, Before Freedom: Nehru's
Letters to His Sister ,A Voice for Freedom.
● X was in the news last year for something big.
● ID X or Why was she in the news??