This document provides information about various people, places, films, and topics for a quiz competition. It includes 30 multiple choice questions with the answer to each question. Some of the questions identify languages, famous people from India, movie titles, and other people, places and topics from around the world. The questions cover a wide range of topics and the answers provide important identifying information about each one.

1. Research and Conducted
Sanakendu Sutradhar

2. Prelims

3. Rules
Total 30 QS in Prelims
Top 8 team will be Qualify for
the final round
15-19 No. Qs are starrer
Questions.
No Negative in Prelims

4. 1
 According to the 2011 national census of Nepal,
1,669 people use X as their native language
 The Sahitya Academy has given an award for
the best creative work in X every year since
1967. In 2009, Satya Vrat Shastri became the
first X author to win the Jnanpith Award, India's
highest literary award.
 In Mainland China, musicians such as Sa
Dingding have written pop songs in X.
 In October 2012 social activist Hemant
Goswami filed a writ petition in the Punjab and

5. answer

6. Sanskrit

7. 2
 X is a controversial 1978 cult classic rape and
revenge exploitation film. The film received a limited
release, with a wider release in 1980.
 Prominent film critics condemned the film for its
graphic violence, nudity, obscene language, and
lengthy depictions of gang rape which take up 30
minutes of the film's run-time, and the motion
picture remains controversial to this day, even being
considered to be one of the worst films ever made.
The film was named in 2010 one of Time's Top 10
Ridiculously Violent Movies. Roger Ebert famously
reviewed the film and claimed it to be the "worst film

8. answer

9. I Spit on Your Grave

10. 3
 X has delivered an electrifying performance in
the 2008 hit Jodhaa Akbar as Maham Anga,
Akbar's wet nurse, who is also like Akbar's
mother. X has also acted in critically acclaimed
films such as China Gate, Chingari, Well Done
Abba, Welcome to Sajjanpur, West is West,
and Ghatak. X has also been a part of the
early Indian TV Industry, acting in the 1980s
Bharat Ek Khoj.
 Recently, X has performed in the role of Smt.
Hansa Mehta in Samvidhaan which is a TV

11. answer

12. Ila Arun

13. 4
It is a non exhaustive movie list.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Van Helsing (2004)
The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
(2003)
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black
Pearl (2003)
Bulletproof Monk (2003)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Ali(2001)

14. answer

15. Fan and Kapoor and Sons.
Make up artist of SRK and Rishi
Kapoor

16. 5
In 2004, X co-wrote an autobiography with
ESPN sportswriter Ric Bucher, entitled X: A
Life in Two Worlds. In the same year, he
was also the subject of a documentary film,
The Year of the X, In 2009, X provided the
voice for a character of a Chinese animated
film The Magic Aster, released on June 19.
On April 4, 2016, X was elected into the
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of
Fame, alongside Shaquille O'Neal and
Allen Iverson. Id the X?

17. answer

18. Yao Ming

19. 6
X Prabhu Das, is an Indian politician who
served four terms as Chief Minister.
Newsweek also described X as the Barack
Obama of India, and a potential candidate
for Prime Minister. Time magazine included
X in India's 15 Most Influential list for 2007.
Diplomatic cables published in 2011 through
Wiki Leaks detailing the opinions of
American civil servants asserted that X ran
all governmental decisions through her small
group of advisors and that X employed food

20. answer

21. Mayabati

22. 7
 His columns regularly appear in the
Hindustan Times and on Cricinfo.
 In 2009 X released Beyond the Blues: A
First-Class Season Like No Other, a diary of
X's 2007–08 domestic season. It was
published by Harper Collins. It was critically
acclaimed and Suresh Menon of Cricinfo
wrote that it was "the best book written by
an Indian Test cricketer".In November 2011,
his second book was published by Harper
Collins titled Out of the Blue, about

23. answer

24. Akash Chopra

25. 8
 X Day Global Limited is a Chikmagalur based
company which growsY in its own estates of 1,
200 acres. It is the largest producer of arabica
beans in Asia exporting to various countries
including USA, Europe and Japan.
 X was started as a retail restaurant arm of CGL
in 1996. The first X outlet was set up on July 11,
1996, at Brigade Road, Bangalore, Karnataka. It
rapidly expanded across various cities in India
adding more stores with more than 1000 X open
across the nation by 2011.
 In 2010, the logo was changed to the current
logo, which the company stated was to
showcase the chain as a place to talk. This was

26. answer

27. Café Coffy Day

28. 9
 The EULA(End-User License
Agreements) clarified that X was
indeed considered a “service.”
According to the clause, Y claimed a
perpetual license to publish and
publically display your online banking
passwords and everything else you
did online.
 Y quickly removed the offending
clause. It’s clear that Y had just copy-

29. answer

30. X=Chrome
Z= Google

31. 10
X is an ancient legal text among the many
Dharmaśāstras of Hinduism. It was one of the
first Sanskrit texts translated during the British
rule of India in 1794, by Sir William Jones and
used to formulate the Hindu law by the
colonial government. The metrical text is in
Sanskrit, is variously dated to be from 2nd
century BCE to 3rd century CE, The text's
fame spread outside India, long before the
colonial era. The medieval era Buddhistic law
of Myanmar and Thailand and the text

32. answer

33. Manu Sanhita

34. 11
 It was written by John Dighton and Dalton
Trumbo, though with Trumbo on the Hollywood
blacklist, he did not receive a credit . Trumbo's
credit was reinstated when the film was released
on DVD in 2003. On December 19, 2011, full
credit for Trumbo's work was restored. Blacklisted
director Bernard Vorhaus worked on the film as an
assistant director under a pseudonym.
 The film was screened in the 14th Venice film
festival within the official program.
 In 1999, X was selected for preservation in the
United States National Film Registry by the
Library of Congress as being "culturally,

35. answer

36. Roman Holiday

37. 12
Kunal acting didn't take off as well as he would have
liked, so he went in to the catering business in
Delhi. He decided to give acting a second shot,
and his father directed him again in Jai
Hind(1999). Who is his famous father?

38. answer

39. Manoj Kumar

40. 13
The name ‘X' derives from "9 islands"
in the Bengali. They are namely
Antardwip, Simantadwip, Rudradwip,
Madhyadwip, Godrumdwip, Ritudwip,
Jahnudwip, Modadrumdwip, and
Koladwi. But this X is not the original
X. Original X is at Nababgonj,
Rajshahi District of Bangladesh.
Simply Id X?

41. answer

42. Nabadwip

43. 14
It was founded by X Team (originally
known as Anmobi.inc). X can be
operated in three operating systems
(Android, iOS and Windows Phone) in
a large number of languages. The
application was originally released in
China with the name Shan Chuan in
2012 and was known as Flash
Transfer outside China. It was

44. answer

45. Xender

46. *15
Namkeen 1982 Hindi film, directed by Gulzar, with Sharmila Tagore, Sanjeev
Kumar, Shabana Azmi and Waheeda Rehman as leads. It was yet another
movie by Gulzar made on some very sensitive but untouched aspects of
Indian society especially in rural areas. The film won the National Film
Awards in 1983 for Best Audiography for Essabhai M. Suratwala, while X
won the Filmfare Award for Best Story. Waheeda Rehman and Kiran Vairale
received Filmfare Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress.
So who won the Filmfare Award for Best Story?

47. answer

48. Samaresh Basu

49. *16
X is known for making several accurate
predictions such as the death of Sanjay
Gandhi, the rise of Indian nationalist Bhartiya
Janata Party, the Kargil War and the Gujarat
earthquake. X also has a notable record of
failed predictions, some of which include his
prediction that South Africa will emerge the
winner of 2003 Cricket World Cup. For 2007
Cricket World Cup he predicted that, "India
had a "strong chance" of winning the World
Cup and that either Rahul Dravid or Munaf

50. answer

51. Bejan Daruwala

52. *17
 Talkhiyaan is a 2013 Pakistani
drama serial, written by Bee Gul
and directed by Khalid Ahmed. It
highlights the stereotypical
mentality of men that live by their
ancestral pride and deep-rooted
notions of a caste system. It depicts
the frustrations of a mother, wife
and daughter who are provoked by
society.
 The serial features Sanam Saeed
and Australian actor, writer and film
director Summer Bodhi Nicks and

53. The God of Small Things by
Arundhuti Ray

54. *18
 Russell Conwell book Acres of Diamonds tells a story of the
discovery of the X mines.
 A city in Illinois, USA is named after X
 A city in Nevada, USA is named after X
 John Keats' early poem "On receiving a curious Shell" opens
with the lines: "Hast thou from the caves of X, a gem / pure as
the ice-drop that froze on the mountain?"
 Referenced in the classical Russian ballet, La Bayadère
 In Trinidad and Tobago a village located in the southern part of
Trinidad. It was the name given in the 19th century to a rich
tract of land which was once a sugar-cane estate. Currently,
mostly descendants of East Indian indentured servants occupy
the village of X.
 X is a citadel and fort in Southern India and was the capital of

55. answer

56. Golkonda

57. *19
 X is a traditional folk dance of Y, India and Sindh‚
Pakistan. X was developed by the Bhil tribe and
was then adopted by other Y communities. It is
performed by women in swirling robes, and
accompanied by men and women singing
together.
 There is an amazing grace as the skirts flair slowly
while the women twirl in circles, their faces
covered with the help of veils. They use measured
steps and various graceful inclinations of the body,
beating palms or snapping fingers at particular
cadences while singing lilting songs. Mostly

58. answer

59. Ghoomar

60. 20
 Four centuries ago, the adventurous
Portuguese came sailing down the
Indian coasts and brought with them the
priceless tree nut X, the wondernut of
the world. X came, conquered and took
deep roots in the entire coastal region of
India. X found the Indian soil more
homely than its homeland. Later it
spread as a popular crop to other parts
of India.. The cultivation of X now covers
a total area of 0.70 million hectares of

61. answer

62. KajuBadam or cashew nut

63. 21
 X first displayed his entrepreneurial
skills and his interest in electronics at
the age of thirteen during the world war
II years. According to him, his company
X started its journey when Y went on a
flight to Europe, “was trying out new set
of airline supplied headphones and
found that he couldn’t really enjoy the
sound with the roar of engines in the
background.”
 X and Y?

64. answer

65. X-amar bose and Y-Bose

66. 22
 Indian film maker Sriram Raghavan
produced a 70 min short film on X,
starring Raghuvir Yadav in the lead
role. In comedy film Action Replayy
Bunty (Aditya Roy Kapoor) bribes
the cops to arrest Kundan, played
by Ranvijay, he is shown to be
sharing his cell with X.
 X? (recently in news)

67. answer

68. Raman Raghav

69. 23
 The company X started its journey in 2010.
It is a gaming company whose first product
was called Gunshine.net. Just before the
start of summer vacation in Finland in July
they released another new game in Canada.
Its code name was “Magic”, but today it is
called Y. according to X, they wanted to use
some of the unique characteristics of the
touch interface to create a very special
gaming experience on tablets.
 X and Y?

70. answer

71. X- supercell and Y- clash of clans

72. 24
 The festival X dedicated to Lord
Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) venerated
as the Dance performance at the monastery
represent reincarnate of Buddha. The festival
takes place in the rectangular courtyard in
front of the main door of the monastery. The
space is wide and open save two raised
square platforms, three feet high with a
sacred pole in the corner. A raised richly
cushioned seat with a finely painted small
Tibetan table is placed with the ceremonial

73. answer

74. X- hemis festival

75. 25

76. answer