- Mahavira was a 9th century Indian mathematician from present-day Mysore who authored the Ganitasarasamgraha, one of the earliest Indian texts entirely devoted to mathematics. - In his text, he developed techniques for solving algebraic problems and established terminology for geometric concepts. He is respected for discoveries like algebraic identities and the formula for binomial coefficients. - He lived during the rule of the Rashtrakuta king Amoghavarsha, who patronized him. He separated astrology from mathematics in his work.

1. Veda Quiz Society
BY-ANMOL Kumar

2. RULES
20 Questions
Direct +20
Pass +20
Pounce +40/-20
2 Audio Questions
1 Visual Question
+10 for every correct Audio/visual
Bonus +20 if all Audio/visuals are correct

3. Q. NO-1
• The X is an intelligence sharing forum between the intelligence services of the
28 states of the European Union (EU), Norway and Switzerland, named after
the city of Bern. It is an institution based on voluntary exchange of secrets,
experience and views as well as discussing Problems.The Club has existed
since 1971 and has no secretariat and takes no decisions.
• The Counter Terrorism Group (CTG) is an offshoot of the Club and shares
terrorism intelligence. It provides threat assessments to EU policy makers and
provides a form for expert Collaboration.The Group was created after 9/11 to
further intelligence sharing cooperation between European intelligence
structures.CTG, like the Club, is outside of the EU's institutions but
communicates with them via the participation of the EU Intelligence Analysis
Centre (EU INTCEN) (a branch of the European External Action
Service).Although it is outside the EU, its presidency rotates inline with that
of the EU Council presidency and acts as a formal interface between the X and
the EU.

5. The Club de
Berne

6. Q.NO-2
Guess the movie

9. Q.No-3
Identify the movie

12. Q.NO-4
Name this personality and the
context of his saying

14. Julius Robert
Oppenheimer
He is talking about nuclear
Bomb testing

15. Q.NO-5
• The city X is situated across a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and
linked by over 400 bridges.The islands are located in the shallow Lagoon, an enclosed bay
that lies between the mouths of the Po and the Piave rivers (more exactly between the
Brenta and the Sile). Parts of X are renowned for the beauty of their settings, their
architecture, and artwork.The lagoon and a part of the city are listed as a UNESCO World
Heritage Site.
• The name is derived from the ancient Y people who inhabited the region by the 10th century
BC. The city x has been known as the "La Dominante", "Serenissima", "Queen of the Adriatic",
"City of Water“.
• The 697-1797 Republic of X was a major financial and maritime power during the Middle Ages
and Renaissance, and a staging area for the Crusades and the Battle of Lepanto, as well as a
very important center of commerce (especially silk, grain, and spice) and art in the 13th
century up to the end of the 17th century. The city-state of X is considered to have been the
first real international financial center which gradually emerged from the 9th century to its
peak in the 14th century.This made X a wealthy city throughout most of its history.
• Also x has been ranked the most beautiful city in the world.

17. VENICE
The Floating City
Y=Veneti people

18. Q.NO-6
• Its logo was designed by Atul pande and consists of the sun and a
x.
• The opening lines of themes songs are:
• Bhor hui Jeevan mein
• Suru nayi uddan
• Milli hume pehchan
• Khule ab naye dwaar
Name the logo and x.

21. Q.NO-7

24. Q.NO-8

27. Q.NO-9
• In the 1932 Summer Olympics held at Los Angeles, USA, the team
under Lal Shah Bukhari defended their title winning the gold. The
team routed the United States hockey team 24-1, a record that
exists till today. The funny part is that, USA managed to score only
one goal against India and that too because of the incident x.
• Certain American newspapers had suggested that in order to make
it a contest, the Indians ought to play left-handed or wear snow
shoes. At the interval India were leading by 10 goals to nil.
•Name the incident.

29. Goal keeper was busy in giving autographs
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND

30. Q.No-10 Connect these!

32. 2018 Pulitzer
Prizes winners

33. Q.No-11
• X is a 1967 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg,
starring Paul Newman and featuring George Kennedy in an Oscar-winning
performance. Newman stars in the title role as Y, a prisoner in a Florida
prison camp who refuses to submit to the system.
• Y refuses to observe the established pecking order among the prisoners
and quickly runs afoul of the prisoners' leader, Dragline (George
Kennedy).
• After beating Y to the ground, the Captain delivers the Famous
statement “What we've got here is failure to communicate” was listed
at No. 11 on the American Film institute’s list of the 100 most
memorable movie lines.
• Name X and Y.

35. Cool Hand Luke

36. Q.No-12
X is the Greek goddess of victory and is often potrayed as the
divine Charioteer. X is also one of the most common figures in the
Greek coins .Since the 1928 summer Olympics the obverse of
Olympic gold medals features X.In the story of the Battle of
Marathon ,the last word of Pheidippides is X! after which he
collapsed and died.Connect these clues with an American anti
aircraft project and a sporting brand to identify X

39. Q.No-13
Where might you
come across this
design?

42. Q.No-14

45. Q.No-15
Connect these!

47. All are owned by
Aditya Birla Group

48. Q.No-16
• zanshin means the body posture after the loosing of an arrow; the posture is
intended to reflect the higher meaning of zanshin, which is a mental aspect
maintained before, during, and after an action.
• In the context of kendō, zanshin is the continued state of spirit, mental alertness
and physical readiness to meet the situation that must be maintained when one
returns to kamae after attacking. It is one of the essential elements that define a
good attack.
• During the practice of aikidō, the usual method of practicing zanshin is to focus on
the just-thrown uke, or opponent, while holding kamae and maintaining awareness
in case there are additional attacks or attackers.In Iwama Style training, zanshin is
practiced as general awareness of one's surroundings, of which uke is just a small
part.In Yōseikan-style aikidō, students are trained to maintain that continued state
of mental awareness and physical readiness beyond the dōjō walls and into daily
life.
• If you have watched a famous tv series aired between 1994 to 2004 you must have
heard this word having similar meaning like Zanshin. Name this word.

51. Q.N0-17
• X (1908 –1974) was an Indian Hindi poet, essayist, patriot and academic,who is considered as one of
the most important modern Hindi poets. He remerged as a poet of rebellion as a consequence of his
nationalist poetry written in the days before Indian independence. His poetry exuded veer rasa, and
he has been hailed as a Y on account of his inspiring patriotic compositions. He was a regular poet of
Hindi Kavi sammelan on those days and is hailed to be as popular and connected to poetry lovers for
Hindi speakers as Pushkin for Russians.
• As a student,X had to battle day to day issues, some related to their family's economic
circumstances. When he was a student of Mokama High School, it was not possible for him to stay on
till school closed at four p.m. as he had to leave the class after the lunch break to catch the
steamer back home.He could not afford to be in the hostel which would have enabled him to attend
all periods. How could a student who had no shoes on his feet manage the hostel fees? His poetry
later showed the impact of Poverty.This was the environment in which X grew up and became a poet
of radical views.
• Notable awards 1959:Sahitya Akademi Award
• 1959: Padma Bhushan
• 1972: Bharatiya Jnanpith
• On 22 May 2015 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated golden jubilee celebrations of X’s notable
works at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi

53. क्षमा शोभती उस भुजंग को जजसके पास गरल है
उसका क्या जो दंतहीन विषरहहत विनीत सरल है
राष्ट्रकवि रामधारी ससंह हदनकर

54. Q.No-18
• X is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional
district since 2013.she was a Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee until February
28, 2016.she is the first Samoan-American member of the United States Congress. In 2002, at
the age of 21, X had become the youngest legislator ever elected in Hawaii's history and the
youngest woman ever elected to a U.S. state legislature
• In April 2003, while serving in the State Legislature, X enlisted in the Hawaii Army National
Guard.
• In July 2004,X asked to deploy with her Hawaii Army National Guard unit, volunteering for a
12-month tour in Iraq, where she served in a field medical unit as a specialist in a combat
zone with the 29th Support Battalion medical company.
• On November 25, 2013, X received the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award at a ceremony at
the Institute of Politics at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government for her efforts on
behalf of veterans.
• In January 2019, The Intercept published an article claiming X's has links with an organization
which is known for its guerilla warfare against young couples specially during the month of
february.Also X hails from one of the richest and the most educated society of the USA.
• X is in news these days for her decision Y.Also name the organization.

56. On January 11, 2019,Tulsi Gabbard
announced her campaign to seek the
Democratic nomination for President of the
United States in 2020.
Bajrang Dal of USA.

57. Q.No-19
• X was a 9th-century mathematician possibly born in or close to the present day city of
Mysore.He was the author of Gaṇitasārasan̄graha (or Ganita Sara Samgraha, c. 850),
which revised the Brāhmasphuṭasiddhānta. He was patronised by the Rashtrakuta king
Amoghavarsha. He separated astrology from mathematics. It is the earliest Indian text
entirely devoted to mathematics. His work is a highly syncopated approach to algebra
and the emphasis in much of his text is on developing the techniques necessary to
solve algebraic problems.He is highly respected among Indian mathematicians,
because of his establishment of terminology for concepts such as equilateral, and
isosceles triangle; rhombus; circle and semicircle. He discovered algebraic identities
like a3 = a (a + b) (a − b) + b2 (a − b) + b3.He also found out the formula for nCr as [n
(n − 1) (n − 2) ... (n − r + 1)] / [r (r − 1) (r − 2) ... 2 * 1].
• He devised a formula which approximated the area and perimeters of ellipses and
found methods to calculate the square of a number and cube roots of a number.He
asserted that the square root of a negative number did not exist.Name x.

59. MAHAVIRA

60. Q.No-20
• X has become the object of several memes and jokes on social media.
X gets hate for looking unkempt and ordinary in a crumpled gray shirt,
skinny, baggy jeans, and a blazer.People love to bash him. But guess
what, X is Y’S company country development head who lives in
Dusseldorf, Germany. He has a Quora thread all to himself and has
been at the receiving end of a number of Twitter trolls and memes.
There are several questions on Quora that poke fun at him and people
have also come up with the truth of his identity. X who hails from
Jharkhand has taken all the negative publicity in his stride.
• Y is a German Multi National Company. All the advertisements of Y
share a basic concept of not associating with any known model. So, all
their ads feature people who look common and ordinary.
• Guess X and Y.