The novel 'Shatranj ke Khiladi' by Munshi Premchand deals with events surrounding the annexation of which kingdom by the British East India Company?

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3. Guruttva-11
The India Quiz
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4. 1. The first all-vegetarian
Pizza Hut opened in
which city?
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5. Ahmedabad
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6. 2. What was the name of the Yogic
Siddhi or power used by Sanjay to
explain the happenings in the
battlefield of Kurukshetra to
Dhritarashtra. It is also a common word
in Indian entertainment. 6

7. Doordarshan
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8. 3. The all important National
Highway 1 connects which two
cities?
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9. New Delhi and Attari on Punjab border
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10. 4. The botanical names of the Neem, the Tamarind and
the Mango have which word in common.
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11. Indica
Mango- Mangifera indica
Neem- Azadirachta indica
Tamarind- Tamarindus indica
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12. 5. It is India’s largest city without a
Hindu population majority but
ironically it is named for a Hindu deity
and the name literally means a place
of wealth and abundance. Which city?
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13. Srinagar
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14. 6. Which Indian city in the Deccan
plateau is situated at the confluence of
the Mula and Mutha rivers?
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15. Pune
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16. 7. Raghuvamsha, the epic poem
about the ‘Dynasty of Raghu’ is
written by which poet?
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17. Kalidasa
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18. 8. Identify the monument
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19. Mausoleum of Sher Shah Suri at
Sasaram, Bihar
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20. 9. This recent Google doodle honours
which Indian educationalist?
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21. Uncle Pai or Anant Pai, the creator of
Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle
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22. 10. Ziauddin, Count Orlando Mazzotta
and Adam von Trott zu Solz were the
aliases of which very famous Indian ?
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23. Subhash Chandra Bose
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24. 11.Identify the logo
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26. 12. Identify this temple which has
been in news recently
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27. Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple of
Trivandrum, the world’s richest temple
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28. 13. With which recent controversy
would you relate this ad
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30. 14. The concept of mass
distribution of condoms was
introduced by an IIM graduate
through which product?
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31. NIRODH
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32. 15. Who portrayed him on screen?
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34. 16. “If I had two Deendayals, I could
transform the political face of India.”
Who gave this famous remark about
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay?
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35. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
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36. 17. Why is this movie in news?
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37. India’s official entry in the Oscars for
the
category of Best Foreign Film
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38. 18. X is an autonomous Institute under the Ministry of
Information and Broadcasting, Govt. of India. It is fully aided by
Central Government of India. It is situated in the premises of the
erstwhile Prabhat Film Company in Pune, India. Since its
inception in 1960, X has become India's premier film and
television institute, with its alumni becoming biggest known
actors and directors in the Indian film industry. Identify X
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39. Film and Television Institute of India
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40. 19. A R Rahman
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41. 20. Jagjit Singh
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42. KHICHDI

43. 1. With which historical incident in
the 8th century AD would you
associate this monument?

44. Landing of the Parsis

45. 2. What annual observance begins
at the village of Erumeli and
continues for about 61 km
northwest— a journey of about 4
days on foot?

47. 3. The idea of this structure came after Sir
Louis Dane saw a leopard jump across
the river. On 8th November, 1908, Sir
Louis Dane wrote a note indicating that
Suni and Badu gorges were favourable

49. used semolina instead of rice to
make idlis during World War 2. The
enterprise forayed into the
convenience and instant food
business during Emergency when
the Food Control Act was in place.
Identify this enterprise or brand.

51. 5. A pioneer in the world of economics, he is
referred in the western world as Indian Machiavelli.
He was born with a complete set of teeth which
was deemed inappropriate for a brahmin like him
and subsequently they were broken and it was
prophesised that he would rule through someone.
The diplomatic enclave in New Delhi is named
after him. Identify this person

53. to preserve Manipur’s Eld Deer or
the Brow antlered Deer also known
as the Sangai. The National Park
forms an integral part of the Loktak
Lake and is the only floating park in
the world. Identify this National
Park

54. Keibul Lamjao National Park

55. 7. Described as the ‘structural triumph of Deccan
architecture’, this monument was completed in
1656 by Yaqut of Dabul. It is the mausoleum of
Mohammad Adil Shah and one of its architectural
features includes the Whispering Gallery where
even the softest sound can be heard. Which
monument am I talking about

57. Pravasi
Bharatiya

58. 1. What is his claim to fame?

60. 2. This scientist did his
undergraduate studies from MSU
Vadodara and began his work on
ribosomes at Yale University. He
was awarded the Nobel Prize in
Chemistry in 2009 and received
the Padma Vibhushan in 2010.

62. 3. An alumnus of Stanford University, he got his
bachelor’s degree from California Institute of
Technology after a scholarship transfer from
BITS Pilany. He worked in Apple Computers as a
hardware engineer. Along with Jack Smith he
set up his grand venture. His latest venture was
Arzoo, an E-commerce firm, which wasn’t a
great success

64. 4. Which permanent American resident who
retains his Indian passport received the 2434th
star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is the
Music Director for Life of the Israel Philharmonic
Orchestra. He received the Padma Vibhushan in
2001 and is the honorary citizen of Florence and
Tel Aviv.

66. 5. He was born in Mumbai to
Muslim parents of Kashmiri
descent. His first career was as a
copywriter and his first book was
Grimes. He is the lyricist of the
song The Ground Beneath Her
Feet by U2. Who is this prolific
personality?

68. 6. He received his Bachelors degree in
Electrical Engineering from IIT Delhi and did
his MBA from Stanford Graduate School of
Business. He worked for the electronic design
automation company Daisy Systems before
floating ______ along with Bill Joy, Scott
McNealy and Andy Bechtolsheim. A leading
proponent of clean technology he has guest
edited a special edition of The Economic Times.

70. CONNECT
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73. 2
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75. 3
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77. 4
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78. Japanese Hindu Gods
Daikoku- Lord Shiva
Enma- Yama
Benzaiten- Lord
Saraswati 78

79. 5
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80. All have received Ashok Chakra, India’s highest gallantry award during
peacetime
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81. 6.
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83. GREAT MINDS
OF MODERN
INDIA

84. 1. Which Indian cosmologist, a
proponent of the Steady State
Theory, developed the conformal
gravity theory with Sir Fred Hoyle
and has written various books in
both fiction and nonfiction? He is
also the Consultant for the Science
and Mathematics books for NCERT?

85. Jayant Narlikar

86. 2. Which Indian organization
having its R&D offices in Delhi
and Bangalore has created the
Main Automatic Exchange and
the Rural Automatic Exchange
which has helped spread
telecom in rural India?

88. 3. Which Indian businessman
who did his MS in Electrical
Engineering from MIT and
worked as the Deputy General
Manager of the Tata Power
Company is referred as the
‘Father of Indian Software
Industry’?

90. 4. This Indian thinker’s name includes
his birthplace. Associated with the
local Union Carbide battery plant for
four years, he calls this experience as
the inflection point of his life. He wrote
his doctoral thesis on multinational
management from Harvard Business
School. One of his most famous
concept is Core Competency. Identify
this great thinker and strategist.

91. CK Prahalad

92. 5. Presently headed by Shahabuddin Yakoob
Qureshi this constitutional body was
established on 25th January, 1950 under
Article 324 of the Constitution of India.
Various supremos of this very important
organisation have won the Ramon
Magsaysay Award. Identify this organisation
lauded by UN and Times Magazine at
various times

93. Election Commission of India

94. 6. X said the following words
to Y on the eve of
Indo-Pak war of 1971
“I am always ready, sweetie."
ID X and Y

96. INDIAN MELA

97. 1. The idea for this soap opera came to the then
Information and Broadcasting minister Vasant Sathe
in the 1980s and developed in collaboration with
writer Manohar Shyam Joshi. Veteran Indian actor
Ashok Kumar was the sutradhar of the series, who at
the end of every episode would discuss the ongoing
story and situation with audience in a unique style
using Hindi couplets and limericks. Identify this soap
opera.

99. 2. Sampooran Singh Kalra is his real name.He has
won an Oscar as well as Grammy.He has directed
films like Maachis and Hu Tu Tu. How do we better
know him?

100. GULZAR

101. 3. X is a Contemporary writer, playwright, screenwriter, actor and
movie director in Kannada language. He has been conferred
Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan by the Government of India.
Badal Sarkar (Bengali), Vijay Tendulkar (Marathi), Mohan
Rakesh (Hindi) and X (Kannada) are considered to be the
legends of Modern Indian Theatre. He is also the voice of APJ
Abdul Kalam, former President of India, in the audio book of
Kalam's autobiography Wings of Fire and is also the narrator
Karadi of Karadi Tales. Id X.

102. GIRISH KARNAD

103. 4. Identify the film in
which this song first
featured

105. Set amidst the backdrop of the White Revolution of
India (Operation Flood) which started in 1970,
ushering an era of plenty, from a measly amount of
milk production and distribution. Aside from the great
measurable success that this project was, it also
demonstrated the power of "collective might". Apart
from having stalwarts in the cast and crew, there was
a unique thing about this film ,the film was sponsored
by 500,000 farmers of Gujarat, constituents of the
Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation a
first of its kind production in feature films in India .

106. 5. X was an Indian-American science fiction film under
production in the late 1960s which was eventually
cancelled. It was being directed by the celebrated Indian
director Satyajit Ray and co-produced by Hollywood studio
Columbia Pictures. The script was written by Ray in 1967,
loosely based on Bankubabur Bandhu (Banku Babu's
Friend or Mr. Banku's Friend), a Bengali science fiction
story he had written in 1962 for Sandesh. It was planned
that Peter Sellers and Marlon Brando were the lead actors.
For various reasons the film was never shot. Many people
including Ray and Arthur C Clarke believed that films like
E.T and Close Encounters of the Third Kind were inspired
by X. Id X

107. THE ALIEN

108. 6. Rajendra Jakkal, Dilip Dhyanoba Sutar, Shantaram Kanhoji
Jagtap and Munawar Harun Shah were commercial art students
of the Abhinav Kala Mahavidyalaya ,Tilak Road, Pune, India
who committed 10 murders between January 1976 and March
1977, and were hanged to death on 27 November 1983. The
quartet had acquired a reputation for bad conduct on their
college campus. They frequently robbed and indulged in
drinking. 2 of the famous murders committed by them were
famously known as the Joshi-Abhyankar Serial Murders. What
is loosely based on the Joshi -Abhyankar Serial Murders?

110. 1
2 4
5 6
3
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111. 1 (NORTH)
AGNI
PRITHVI
BRAHMOS
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112. 2 (WEST)
AGNI
PRITHVI
BRAHMOS
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113. 3 (SOUTH)
AGNI
PRITHVI
BRAHMOS
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114. 4 (NORTH EAST)
AGNI
PRITHVI
BRAHMOS
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115. 5 (CENTRAL)
AGNI
PRITHVI
BRAHMOS
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116. 6 (EAST)
AGNI
PRITHVI
BRAHMOS
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117. AGNI
Which Indian city founded by Firoz
Shah Tughlaq derives its name from a
Arabic word meaning ‘Fortress’ and
was built on the ruins of a prosperous
Hindu and Jain city of Iksaru
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118. PRITHVI
Rajatarangini (The Chronicle of Kings),
an account of the history of Kashmir
was written by which historian in 12th
Century AD?
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119. BRAHMOS
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120. AGNI
This province was formed in 1948 by the
merger of the erstwhile princely states of
Alvar, Bharatpur, Dholpur and Karauli. It
was later merged with Greater Rajasthan in
1949. Which province?
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121. PRITHVI
According to the Ramayana,
Lakshmana cut off the nose of
Surpanakha during the 14 year exile.
The present name of this city is
derived from this incident. Identify
the city
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122. BRAHMOS
What was the name of the French ship
that set sail for Alang for scrapping
purpose but was ultimately stopped by
the Supreme Court of
India due to an international outrage with
regard to toxic waste disposal?
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123. AGNI
It is not conclusive which story from mythology
is actually being
depicted in the massive Pallava rock relief at
Mamallapuram, because
of which the relief has two popular names. One
is 'Penance of Arjuna'.
What is the other?
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124. PRITHVI
Which waterfall formed by the
Sharavathi river is the second
highest plunge waterfall in India?
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125. BRAHMOS
The modern state of Kerala was
formed by the merger of which four
princely states?
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126. AGNI
What is special about the Ima
Keithel Bazaar in Manipur?
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127. PRITHVI
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128. BRAHMOS
At which monastery, home to more
than 450 lamas did the 14th Dalai
Lama, take refuge while fleeing from
the Chinese in 1959?
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129. AGNI
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130. PRITHVI
The name of this town is believed to have
originated from Military Headquarters of
War or the Mahua tree which grows in
abundance here. After which freedom
fighter was it renamed in 2003?
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131. BRAHMOS
The Munshi Premchand novel ‘Shatranj
ke Khiladi’ deals with events
surrounding the annexation of which
princely state by the British in 1856?
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132. AGNI
One of the crucial centres of Indian independence,
this place literally means ‘Forest of Magnolia trees’
and was part of the ancient kingdom of Videha. A
revolt by the Bhumihar Brahmins in 1914 and the
later events triggered by it have made this place
immortal in the modern Indian history. Which
place?
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133. PRITHVI
Which Bengali reformist is best
known for his work in rationalizing
and simplifying the Bengali alphabet
and was active in getting the Widow
Remarriage Act of 1856 passed?
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134. BRAHMOS
Which Zoological Park is the first Indian zoo
to join the World Association of Zoos and
Aquariums and literally means ‘The Garden
of Heavens’?
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