The document provides the rules and questions for the wildcard round of the Chhattisgarh State Level Quiz. It includes 6 multiple choice questions covering topics like the Mullaperiyar dam dispute between Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the first flash mob in India, identifying Canadian investor Prem Watsa, the flag of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti political party, and the weapons used to collect taxes (lathi) and control protests (lathi) under the British and Mughal systems in India. The marking scheme awards higher points for less common correct answers.

1. Chhattisgarh State Level Quiz ‘13
IIM
RAIPUR
October 2nd, 2013
Wildcard Round

2. • There will be a total of six questions.
• Each team on stage should write their answers
on a sheet of paper.
• The marking scheme for the questions will be:
+10 if only one team out of six gets the answer right.
+8 if two teams out of six get the answer right.
+6 if three teams out of six get the answer right.
+4 if four teams out of six get the answer right.
+2 if five teams out of six get the answer right.
Zero if all the teams/no team gets the answer right.
RULES – RELATIVE ROUND

3. • The Mullaperiyar dam is located in Kerala,
but has been leased for 999 years to Tamil
Nadu after a 1886 treaty between the then
Travancore State and the Madras Presidency.
• Post Independence, the Kerala state
government announced that the earlier
agreement was invalid.
• Which 2011 movie ran into huge controversy
in India citing this sensitive issue?
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4. • The guy in the picture, Rohit Tikmany was
responsible for organizing the country’s first ever X
in October 2003 at the Crossroads Mall, Haji Ali,
Mumbai.
• Police was immediately called for, but they were
late. Later, Tikmany was questioned and cautioned.
What is X?
2

5. • X (in the pic) is an alumnus of the following
institutes:
– Hyderabad Public School, Begumpet
– Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
– University of Western Ontario.
• He’s often being called the
‘Canadian Warren Buffet’.
• Identify X who is recently making
big news.
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6. • This is the flag of which Indian political
party, which was formed in 2001 and has two
MPs in the current Lok Sabha?
4

7. • The Zamindari System was introduced by
the Mughals in India and continued during
British rule of India. The Zamindar raised X
armies to forcefully collect taxes from
people.
• The British introduced X as a formal weapon
used in case of unruly public protests.
What is X?
5

8. 1. Dam 999
2. Flash Mob
3. Prem Watsa, CEO of Fairfax Financial
Holdings
4. Telangana Rashtra Samiti.
5. Lathi.
ANSWERS

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