2021 rewind quiz organized online by the Quiz Club of PSG CAS

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<<REWIND 2021
PRELIMS QUIZ MASTER
S.SIVA SHANMUGAM
QUIZ CLUB OF PSGCAS

3. RULES AND REGULATIONS
• There are total of 21 questions.
• Each question carries 1 point, except for the questions 9 and
17
• Question 9 and 17 alone carries 2 points each.
• Please avoid googling.
• Quiz master decision is final.
Happy quizing!

5. QUESTION 1
• A Shed for the village
• 5000 cash award for two residents
• A Nurse and A Doctor to Provide Free Health Checkup every Month for free
at a Nearby Hospital
So these were some of the promises made by the Southern Command of this
Organisation towards a certain place for their Act of Bravery.
ID the exact name of the place in the question

6. ANSWER
•Nanjappa Chatram(Place where CDS Bipin
Rawat died)

8. QUESTION 2

9. QUESTION 2
• The person in the image is a Japanese business man.He is the
owner of “X”
• “X” was responsible for doing something which caused a loss of
more than $400 million dollar for every hour and affected the
global trade seriously
• Most of the countries were affected by it and it caused a huge
problem in the supply chain.
• Identify “X”

10. ANSWER
•X-Ever Given

12. QUESTION 3
• 'X' was a viral Internet meme, mock fight, and charity fundraiser at
Air Park in Lincoln, Nebraska, on April 24, 2021. The event was
originally conceived by a civil engineering student named Josh Swain
from Tucson, Arizona, on April 24, 2021. Everything started with a
facebook group chat involving individuals 'having something in
common'.More than 1000 individuals 'having something in common'
appeared for this event though none of them thought in a million
years that this would happen.The event, though initially intended as
a joke, drew a crowd of nearly a thousand on the day of the event.
Despite the title 'X' the gathering was lighthearted and there was no
actual violence involved. The Wall Street Journal wrote that the event
became a "global news phenomenon."

13. ANSWER
•Josh Fight

15. QUESTION 4

16. QUESTION 4
• The image shows the tweet from various business organisation
after an incident which took place in the beginning of October.
• What was the incident?

17. ANSWER
•Facebook Outage

19. QUESTION 5

20. QUESTION 5
• What is the given bar diagram about ?

21. ANSWER
•Goals scored in each 15 minutes in EURO

23. QUESTION 6
• Kandha kadamba Kathirvela
• Kanden Seethaiyai
• Sakkalakala Vallavan
• Brindhavanam
• Identify what is this list about ?

24. ANSWER
•Actor Vivek has sung a song in all these
films

26. QUESTION 7

27. ANSWER
•Neeraj Chopra(These were the person’s
and institutions which awarded prize
money,car,free travel )

29. QUESTION 8
• X
• Jalukbaan
• Nandigram
• Dharmodam
• Thattanchavadi
Identify X and the connect.

30. ANSWER
•X-Kollathur
•Each State’s Chief Minister’s constituency
in the election held in 2021

32. QUESTION 9
• This is an incident took place for more than 70 times in “X” in
Tamil Nadu.
• A similar incident took place in a fiction, in 2021 where the
incident took place, not in “X” but in “Y” in TN
• The fiction was one of the most applauded one in the year
2021
• Identify X,Y and the fiction

33. ANSWER
•X-Chennai
•Y-Coimbatore
•Maanadu

35. QUESTION 10
• X
• Nodirbek Abdusattorov
• Maxime-Vachier Lagaravae
• Identify X and the connection.

36. ANSWER
• X-Magnus Carlsen
• These were the players who won the World chess championship
in different forms

38. QUESTION 11
• In October 2021,Art d’egypte along with few ministries organised an exhibition titled “Forever
is Now”at a 4500 years old UNESCO heritage site.It is focused on merging of ancient heritage
and contemporary art.
• When “X” arrived at the airport for the event,she was detained at the airport stating some
securities issues relating to modern and eye cameras.
• This triggered a diplomatic row between Egypt and United Kingdom with the British embassy at
Cairo wanting”X” to be released.
• Finally X made it to the exhibition and showcased her works,making history as a first
contemporary art display near the heritage site.
• Identify”X” and name the heritage site in the question

39. ANSWER
•X-Aida(Robot)
•Giza Pyramid

41. QUESTION 12
• 1)Gordon Greenidge 2)Desmond Haynes 3)Sir Viv Richards
4)Carl Hooper 5) Richie Richardson 6)Gus Logie 7)Jeff Dujon
8)Courtney Walsh 9)Curtly Ambrose 10)Malcolm Marshall
. 11)Patrick Patterson
This Playing XI holds a unique record of having played the most number of
Tests Together (11)
However, one Particular Match played by this Team in November 1988 has a
connect to a feat which was achieved at 2021.
ID the feat and find the connect

42. ANSWER
Feat-This is the team which defeated
Australia at Gabba last time before India.
Connect-India was the next to defeat
Australia at Gabba earlier this year

44. QUESTION 13
• 'X' is an American animated television series produced by Filmation
based on Mattel's toy line.It made its television debut in September
1983 and ran until 1985, consisting of two seasons of 65 episodes
each.
• Reruns continued to air in syndication until 1988, at which point USA
Network bought the rights to the series. Then it aired 'X' until
September 1990.Though several adaptations have been tried the
original work stands on the top.
• After 40 years this American cartoon was revived by netflix in 2021.
• ID 'X'.

45. ANSWER
•X-He Man

47. QUESTION 14

48. QUESTION 14
• The person in the image is Brendan Smialowski.He is a photographer
based in Washington DC where he has created a large volume of work
covering politics.
• He is a photojournalist for Agence France-Pressee since 2012.
• He shot the image of “X” that spawned a multitude of memes. The image of
“X”spread like wildfire across the internet as social media users found new
locations for him and his mittens.
• Identify “X”.
•

49. ANSWER
•X-Bernie Sanders

51. QUESTION 15
• Men's Weightlifting
• Women's 4×100m Freestyle Relay
• Women's Track Cycling Team Pursuit
• Men's 4×100m Medley Relay
• Women's Speed Climbing
• Men's 400m Hurdles
• Women's 1500m
• Men’s 1500m
• Women's Triple Jump

52. QUESTION 15
• Men's Track Cycling Team Pursuit
• Women's Team Sprint
• Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
• Men's 73kg Weightlifting
• Women's 400m Hurdles
• Women's 200-meter breaststroke
• Men's 100m Butterfly
• What is this list about ?

53. ANSWER
•These are the events from the Olympic
games, where new world record has been
set

55. QUESTION 16
• Sōsuke Aizen is fictional character from the manga series
Bleach created by Tite Kubo and was the main antagonist for
the first half of series ‘Bleach’.
• He is the Soul Reaper of the Fifth Division when he is first
introduced.
• He is known for his treacherous,cunning and mischievous
nature, similar to another pop icon ‘‘X” from the west who
gained popularity during recent times due to his hefty british
accent despite being a norse.

56. ANSWER
•X-Loki

58. QUESTION 17
• 1326
• 983
• 13(12+1)
• 119
• 42
• Connect these numbers to a cricketer with his performance in T20I.

59. ANSWER
• Mohammad Rizwan
• Most Runs in T20I in a calendar year-1326
• Most Balls faced in T20I in a calendar year-983
• Most Number of 50+ in T20I in a calendar year-13
• Most Number of 4’s in T20I in a calendar year-119
• Most Number of 6’s in T20I in a calendar year-42
•

61. QUESTION 18
• “X”was an organisation that was set up by the government of
India in 1950, which was renamed to “Y” in 2015.
• The CEO of “Y”, ‘Z”, got his tenure extended for the third time
in 2021.
• The chairperson of “Y’is the Honourable Prime Minister of India,
Shri Narendra Modi.
• Identify X, Y, and Z.

62. ANSWER
•X-Plaining Commission
•Y-Niti Aayog
•Z-Amitabh kanth

64. QUESTION 19
• “X” had suspended the use of Twitter in the country after the social media
giant deleted a post by “X” president for “violation of the company's abusive
behaviour policy”.
• So “X” has started adopting an Indian based microblogging app “Y”.
• “Y” increased in popularity after a weeklong standoff between Twitter and
the Indian Government over Twitter's refusal to block accounts the
Government had flagged for spreading disinformation during the 2020–21
Indian farmers' protest.
• Identify X and Y

65. ANSWER
•X-Nigeria
•Y-Koo

67. QUESTION 20
• “X” is a free trade area founded in 2018, with trade
commencing as of 1 January 2021.
• It was created by 54 nations out of that continent.
• This free-trade area is the largest in the world in terms of the
number of participating countries since the formation of
the World Trade Organization.
• Identify X.

68. ANSWER
•African Continental Free trade Area

70. QUESTION 21

71. QUESTION 21
• Identify the significance of these twins.
• It is said that this happens for one in two million!

72. ANSWER
•Twins having their birthdays on different
years(One in 2021 and another one in
2022)

73. •Thank YOU