Amazing india quiz conducted by Quiz Club of PSGCAS in order to celebrate the 75th year of Indian Independence.

2. RULES
• There are 20 questions for the preliminary round.
• Each question carries +1 points.
• There will be no negative points for wrong answers.
• Answers are to be written in legible handwriting.
• Phonetically correct answers will be accepted.
• Phones are to be switched off and placed on the table.
• The quiz master’s decision will be final.

4. Nicknamed “Toofani” by Gandhiji, and a recipient
of the National Award for Child Welfare, 1987,
Malati Chaudhary, a member of the constituent
assembly advocated for education in rural areas
and rural reconstruction. She was a staunch
believer in a feature of the constitution, X, but
she was also quoted to have said that despite
the granting of X, the “uneducated, poor, and
hungry” were not going to be alleviated. What
is X?
Question 01

6. This 94-year-old woman is called Bhagwani
Devi, shown in the picture with her grandson,
Vikas Dagar, a Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
recipient. She made news recently, for
something she did, in the same field as her
grandson. What is her claim to fame?
Question 02

8. Question 02

10. Recently, the No. 45 Squadron, also known as
Flying Daggers, of the Indian Air Force was
shifted from an air base X in South India to
Ladakh, due to security concerns. The squadron
was operating the indigenous HAL Tejas and
was initially based at Bangalore, Karnataka, and
later shifted to the main base at X, in 2018.
Which airbase am I talking about?
Question 03

12. Madhur Jaffrey, an Indian-American actress, is
once said to have caused the city of Manchester
to run out of cilantro/coriander one day, due
to something she did on television. What did she
do?
Question 04

14. Question 04

16. The Viceroy Palace, designed by Edward
Lutyens is a 130 hectare sprawling mansion
known by a different name to all of us. Although
this 140 room building is known to us for a
special purpose, the very first Indian occupant
of this building did not serve the special
purpose. What building am I talking about, and
who was the first occupant?
Question 05

18. The weavers of X silk are said to be descendants
of the great sage Markanda, who are supposed
to have woven tissue from lotus fiber. A 2008
film directed by Priyadarsan with the name X
won the Best Film award and the Best Actor
award at the 55th National Film Awards. Find X.
Question 06

20. Recently, a London-based Keralite named Ashok
Thamarakshan made news for building a home-
grown 4-seater single engine Sling TSi, for his
family of wife and two daughters, Thara and
Diya to travel around Europe. He made it
because he could not accommodate his in the
two-seater aircrafts he used to hire. What did he
name the aircraft?
Question 07

22. The standup comedian Naveen Richard is seen
to have commented on the extremely busy
traffic in the city of Bengaluru in his Amazon
Prime special, and the city management’s
desperate attempts to alleviate it by
employing ring roads and other measures.
Recently, the city took a concrete step towards
the same by joining hands with company X,
becoming the first city in the country to do so.
Find X.
Question 08

24. Nanjiamma, a tribal folk singer, was awarded the
Best Female Playback Singer in the 68th National
Film Awards, for her singing in the movie
Ayyappanum Koshiyum. The movie also
bagged awards for Best Direction, Best
Supporting Actor and Best Stunt Choreography.
The award for the Best Director was awarded
posthumously to Y, who passed away in 2020.
Who is Y?
Question 09

26. The channel Y was started in a makeshift studio
and it hit TV sets in 1965 with a five-minute
news bulletin. It ran its first-ever color telecast
on April 25, 1982. Identify Y.
Question 10

28. The Beatles were associated with various facets
of Indian culture. They even traveled to
Rishikesh, to take part in Transcendental
Meditation training. In a 1965 concert at New
York’s Shea Stadium, they are said to have
worn a particular type of jacket, originally a
statement style of a popular politician in India.
What was this jacket called?
Question 11

30. “Gurus of Peace” is a revived track of a Tamil
song composed by AR Rahman, which won the
1994 National Film Awards for Best Female
Playback Singer for Swarnalatha, and Best
Lyricist for Vairamuthu. What song am I talking
about?
Question 12

32. The International Booker Prize of 2022 was
won for the first time by a Hindi novel written by
Geetanjali Shree, about an 80-year-old Indian
Woman’s sudden decision to travel to Pakistan.
What is this book called?
Question 13

34. For the World Food India event in New Delhi in
the year 2017, an attempt was made to
popularise a particular dish the National Dish of
India. What was this dish that was dubbed to be
the “wonder staple of India” , and is one of the
most common and easy-to-cook breakfast
meals, all over India?
Question 14

36. Rouf is a folk dance performed during spring, in
C, when flowers are in full bloom. The
performing women wear salwar-kameez
covered with Pheran. They also use a headscarf
called Kasaab. Traditional silver jewelry is used to
accompany the attire. The dance form and the
attire find representation in most depictions
of C in media. Identify location C, known for its
scenic beauty.
Question 15

38. The word juggernaut stands for a massive
inexorable force, campaign, movement, or
object that crushes whatever is in its path. It is
derived from a Sanskrit word, that signifies a
chariot festival in one of the famous temples
in India. Identify the origin of the word and/or
the name of the temple.
Question 16

40. X, also called a shikora, is a traditional utensil
from North India and Pakistan that is typically
unpainted and unglazed. The interesting
feature of the cup is that it is not painted,
differentiating it from a terracotta cup. X may
also have been used in the region, right from the
times of the Indus Valley Civilization. Identify
X.
Question 17

42. Z is a cartoon character, described as a “witness
to the making of democracy”. The elder brother
of Y, the creator of Z, is also a famous
personality, known for his wonderful works of
fiction. Identify Z.
Question 18

44. In 1982, at the age of 22, an Indian architect
landed an assignment with the Italian edition of
Vogue on Rajasthani jewelry. This young girl
went on to star in two movies: In which Annie
gives it to those ones and Massey Sahib.
However, we know this architect-actress due to
another achievement of hers, and through her
literary works like The Algebra of Infinite
Justice. Who is she?
Question 19

46. Y, a particular drill conducted by the BSF has
been going on since 1959, and has been
described as a display of “carefully
choreographed contempt”. Identify Y.
Question 20

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49. Answers
Preliminary Round

50. Nicknamed “Toofani” by Gandhiji, and a recipient
of the National Award for Child Welfare, 1987,
Malati Chaudhary, a member of the constituent
assembly advocated for education in rural areas
and rural reconstruction. She was a staunch
believer in a feature of the constitution, X, but
she was also quoted to have said that despite
the granting of X, the “uneducated, poor, and
hungry” were not going to be alleviated. What
is X?
Question 01

52. Universal Adult Franchise
Question 01

54. This 94-year-old woman is called Bhagwani
Devi, shown in the picture with her grandson,
Vikas Dagar, a Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
recipient. She made news recently, for
something she did, in the same field as her
grandson. What is her claim to fame?
Question 02

55. Question 02

57. Winner of a gold medal in the 100m sprint, and a
bronze medal each for shot put and discus
throw, at the 2022 World Masters Athletics
Championship.
Question 02

59. Recently, the No. 45 Squadron, also known as
Flying Daggers, of the Indian Air Force was
shifted from an air base X in South India to
Ladakh, due to security concerns. The squadron
was operating the indigenous HAL Tejas and
was initially based at Bangalore, Karnataka, and
later shifted to the main base at X, in 2018.
Which airbase am I talking about?
Question 03

61. Air Force Station, Sulur (Sulur, AFS), the second
largest airbase in the country, second to the Air
Force Station Hindan, New Delhi.
Question 03

63. Madhur Jaffrey, an Indian-American actress, is
once said to have caused the city of Manchester
to run out of cilantro/coriander one day, due
to something she did on television. What did she
do?
Question 04

64. Question 04

66. She cooked an Indian recipe with chicken that
used coriander leaves in it, causing millions to try
out the dish on the day of the telecast, causing
the convenience stores in the city of Manchester
to run out of coriander leaves.
Question 04

68. The Viceroy Palace, designed by Edward
Lutyens is a 130 hectare sprawling mansion
known by a different name to all of us. Although
this 140 room building is known to us for a
special purpose, the very first Indian occupant
of this building did not serve the special
purpose. What building am I talking about, and
who was the first occupant?
Question 05

70. Rashtrapati Bhavan, formerly known as the
Viceroy Palace, was first occupied by C.
Rajagopalachari, before the first president of the
country, Dr. Rajendra Prasad occupied it.
Question 05

72. The weavers of X silk are said to be descendants
of the great sage Markanda, who are supposed
to have woven tissue from lotus fiber. A 2008
film directed by Priyadarsan with the name X
won the Best Film award and the Best Actor
award at the 55th National Film Awards. Find X.
Question 06

74. X- Kanjeevaram
The Kanjeevaram silk sarees are woven in
Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu.
Question 06

76. Recently, a London-based Keralite named Ashok
Thamarakshan made news for building a home-
grown 4-seater single engine Sling TSi, for his
family of wife and two daughters, Thara and
Diya to travel around Europe. He made it
because he could not accommodate his in the
two-seater aircrafts he used to hire. What did he
name the aircraft?
Question 07

78. Ashok Thamarakshan named the aircraft after his
daughter Diya, as G-Diya.
Question 07

80. The standup comedian Naveen Richard is seen
to have commented on the extremely busy
traffic in the city of Bengaluru in his Amazon
Prime special, and the city management’s
desperate attempts to alleviate it by
employing ring roads and other measures.
Recently, the city took a concrete step towards
the same by joining hands with company X,
becoming the first city in the country to do so.
Find X.
Question 08

82. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike joined
hands with Google to improve traffic in the city.
Question 08

84. Nanjiamma, a tribal folk singer, was awarded the
Best Female Playback Singer in the 68th National
Film Awards, for her singing in the movie
Ayyappanum Koshiyum. The movie also
bagged awards for Best Direction, Best
Supporting Actor and Best Stunt Choreography.
The award for the Best Director was awarded
posthumously to Y, who passed away in 2020.
Who is Y?
Question 09

86. Y – K R Sachidanandan, professionally credited
as Sachy.
He is an Indian screenwriter, director and film
producer. He passed away after the massive
success of his 2020 action thriller Ayyappanum
Koshiyum, a story of conflict between ex-
Havildar Koshy Kurien and SI Ayyappan Nair.
Question 09

88. The channel Y was started in a makeshift studio
and it hit TV sets in 1965 with a five-minute
news bulletin. It ran its first-ever color telecast
on April 25, 1982. Identify Y.
Question 10

90. Doordarshan.
Doordarshan started as an experimental
broadcaster in Delhi on 14 September 1959, and
it started with a small transmitter and a
makeshift studio.
Question 10

92. The Beatles were associated with various facets
of Indian culture. They even traveled to
Rishikesh, to take part in Transcendental
Meditation training. In a 1965 concert at New
York’s Shea Stadium, they are said to have
worn a particular type of jacket, originally a
statement style of a popular politician in India.
What was this jacket called?
Question 11

94. The Beatles wore a Nehru jacket, and were
reported to have spread the fashion to the
“universe”.
Question 11

96. “Gurus of Peace” is a revived track of a Tamil
song composed by AR Rahman, which won the
1994 National Film Awards for Best Female
Playback Singer for Swarnalatha, and Best
Lyricist for Vairamuthu. What song am I talking
about?
Question 12

98. The song is Poraale Ponnuthaayi from the
movie Karuthamma. The song Gurus of Peace
starts with the lines “Chanda suraj laakhon taare”
and was first released as a part of ARR’s Vande
Mataram album in 1997.
Question 12

100. The International Booker Prize of 2022 was
won for the first time by a Hindi novel written by
Geetanjali Shree, about an 80-year-old Indian
Woman’s sudden decision to travel to Pakistan.
What is this book called?
Question 13

102. Tomb of Sand, originally called Ret Samadhi,
translated by the American translator Daisy
Rockwell.
Question 13

104. For the World Food India event in New Delhi in
the year 2017, an attempt was made to
popularise a particular dish the National Dish of
India. What was this dish that was dubbed to be
the “wonder staple of India” , and is one of the
most common and easy-to-cook breakfast
meals, all over India?
Question 14

106. The food is Upma/Khichdi.
Question 14

108. Rouf is a folk dance performed during spring, in
C, when flowers are in full bloom. The
performing women wear salwar-kameez
covered with Pheran. They also use a headscarf
called Kasaab. Traditional silver jewelry is used to
accompany the attire. The dance form and the
attire find representation in most depictions
of C in media. Identify location C, known for its
scenic beauty.
Question 15

110. Rouf is folk dance form belonging to Kashmir,
and the choreography of the song Bumro Bumro
from the movie Mission Kashmir is modelled on
the artform.
Question 15

112. The word juggernaut stands for a massive
inexorable force, campaign, movement, or
object that crushes whatever is in its path. It is
derived from a Sanskrit word, that signifies a
chariot festival in one of the famous temples
in India. Identify the origin of the word and/or
the name of the temple.
Question 16

114. Juggernaut is the anglicized name for the Hindu
God Jagannath, a form of the Lord Vishnu,
presides over a massive temple in Puri, Odisha.
The Rath Yatra is a famous ritual at the Puri
Jagannath Temple.
Question 16

116. X, also called a shikora, is a traditional utensil
from North India and Pakistan that is typically
unpainted and unglazed. The interesting
feature of the cup is that it is not painted,
differentiating it from a terracotta cup. X may
also have been used in the region, right from the
times of the Indus Valley Civilization. Identify
X.
Question 17

118. Shikora is also known, very popularly, as Kulhad,
as in Kulhad chai.
Question 17

120. Z is a cartoon character, described as a “witness
to the making of democracy”. The elder brother
of Y, the creator of Z, is also a famous
personality, known for his wonderful works of
fiction. Identify Z.
Question 18

122. Z – The Common Man
Y- RK Laxman
Question 18

124. In 1982, at the age of 22, an Indian architect
landed an assignment with the Italian edition of
Vogue on Rajasthani jewelry. This young girl
went on to star in two movies: In which Annie
gives it to those ones and Massey Sahib.
However, we know this architect-actress due to
another achievement of hers, and through her
literary works like The Algebra of Infinite
Justice. Who is she?
Question 19

126. Arundhati Roy
She is popularly known as the Indian author who
won the 1997 Man Booker Prize for Fiction in
1997, becoming the first non-expatriate Indian
author to win it, for the book The God Of Small
Things.
Question 19

128. Y, a particular drill conducted by the BSF has
been going on since 1959, and has been
described as a display of “carefully
choreographed contempt”. Identify Y.
Question 20

130. Y – Attari- Wagah Border Ceremony, performed
by the Border Security Force of India and the
Pakistan Rangers of Pakistan. The drill is
characterized by elaborate and rapid dance-like
manoeuvres and raising legs as high as possible.
It is both a symbol of the two countries’ rivalry,
and a display of brotherhood and cooperation
between the two nations.
Question 20

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