IITG India Quiz finals Jan 2017

Rules
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> +20/-10 on pounce.
> +15/0 on direct.
> +10/0 on bounce.

Ques1. During the first general elections, Sukumar Sen
the CEC, got outraged by a social practice and directed
his officials to correct the electoral rolls by inserting the
names of the women 'in the place of mere description of
such voters'. Nonetheless, some 2.8 million women voters
had finally to be struck off the list. He felt that such a step
will help in eradicating such social practice. Which
practice, give funda.

Ques2.
•Writer : Abrar Alvi
•Directorial : Raj Khosla, Abrar Alvi
•Cinematography : V.K. Murthy
•Actor(s) : Waheeda Rehman, Johnny Walker, Rehman
•Singer : Geeta Dutt, Mohammad Rafi
•Music : O. P. Nayyar, S.D. Burman, Hemant Kumar
•Lyrics : Sahir Ludhianvi, Kaifi Azmi
•Editor : Y.G. Chawhan
• Art Director : Biren Naag
What were they collectively called ?

Ques3. Give the title X as well as the person Y.
X is a persian word, used as a respected title for persons who have achieved
mastery over languages.
It became a surname for people whose ancestors had received this title.
In modern Persian, this word is also used to address Clerks and secretaries.
Abdul Karim was a valued Indian servant of Queen Victoria who was often
known as the “X”. The close relation between him and the queen led to
friction in the royal household and he was sent back to India after her death.
X Y , was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature.He is
considered the first Hindi writer whose writings prominently featured
realism. He wrote on social issues such as poverty and the Zamindari system.

Ques4.Designed by Ram Chander Sharma of the Sawai
Man Singh College in Rajasthan, this was designed to be
inexpensive , water resistant and quick to fit and
manufacture. The material used is polyurethane , which
was quite different from the material traditionally used to
make similar items at that time.
It played a prominent role in the 1986 Hindi film, Naache
Mayuri . What?

Ques5.X identifies himself as Prince Dakkar, son of the Hindu
Raja of Bundelkhand; and also a descendant of the Muslim
ruler Sultan Syed walSahrif Fateh Ali Khan Tipu of Mysore.
After the loss in the 1st war of independence of 1857, in which
he lost his family and kingdom, he devoted himself to
scientific research and developed the Y, wherein he and a
crew of followers cruise the seas. Give me X, adopted by Alan
Moore and also played by Naseeruddin Shah; and Y.

Ans.
X- Captain Nemo
Y- Nautilus

Ans.Amrita Sher-Gil
Village Scene, her prominent work;
Postage stamp issued by India Post with
her work “Hill Women”;
This novel by Salman Rushdie has a
character inspired from her, Aurora
Zogoiby.

Ques7. Give funda behind this Amul ad.

Ans. Bhagavad Gita trial in Russia.

Ques8. First to achieve what?
Neecha Nagar (English: Lowly City) is a 1946 Hindi film
directed by Chetan Anand.
Written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas and Hayatullah Ansari
, it was a pioneering effort in social realism in Indian
cinema and paved the way for many such 'parallel
cinema' films by other directors, many of them written
by Abbas. It starred Chetan Anand's wife Uma Anand,
Rafiq Ahmed,Kamini Kaushal, Rafi Peer and Zohra
Sehgal.

Ans. Neecha Nagar became the first Indian film to win
award at the Cannes Film Festival, after it shared the
Grand Prix du Festival International du Film (Best Film)
award at the first Cannes Film Festival in 1946.

Ques9.Like the formation of the nation itself, Pakistan
started its ______ quite earlier than that of India, and the
Pak organisation is named SUPARCO, while the Indian
counterpart is named X. While X has 77 of a certain
achievement, SUPARCO has only 2 of those till date.
Name X, often creating news for its "efficiency".

Ques10. The personal god in Hinduism is worshipped in
a five-step process:
1. Dhoop
2. Deep
3. Naivedya
4. Akshat
5. Pushpa
Sanskritic verses used to describe this process have
been taken from the Taittriya Upanishad. This verse is so
useful and sacrosanct that it became part of the Hindu
"Code of Conduct".
What part of this verse are we talking about?

Ques11.Identify the Brand from the anecdote.
Tarangini Mitra loved to pirouette. To dance by spinning
on one foot came naturally to her. On one of her school
functions, her talent was spotted by a certain Mr.
Padmasee, a reputed ad film maker who approached
her mother and said “We just want her to do the spin,
like she does so gracefully. The small twist would be
counterbalanced by a jingle. She does the move, packs
her bags, gets the cheque and leaves. Think of it, she’s
going to be the first ________".

Ques12. X was a popular cultural show on Doordarshan.
One of the reasons for its popularity was weekly quiz
open for viewers participation. Viewers would post their
response using 15 paise postcard of India Post. The show
once received 1.4 million letters in a single week (Limca
record). This lead the postal department to issue
“Competition postcards” priced at ₹2 for participating in
such contests. Identify the show.

Ques13. Whose twitter handle tweeted
“There are two kinds of ppl in the world. Those who have
visited me and follow me here and those who haven't
seen me and yet follow me here.”
It also happens to be the 1st of its kind on twitter ?

Ques14. In his book “Neither a Hawk nor a Dove” , former Pakistani
Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri writes: ”the ADC informed
the PM that the Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee wished
to speak with him urgently.“ Sharif apparently was not aware of
what Vajpayee was saying about the Kargil conflict, and promised
him that he would talk to Chief of the Pakistan Army Staff General
Pervez Musharraf. But before the conversation could end, Vajpayee
told Sharif that there was someone else who wanted to speak to the
Pakistan PM. Sharif was astonished when he heard the voice on the
other side.
“Mian Sahib, we did not expect this from you since you have
always claimed to be a great supporter of peace between Pakistan
and India”, the person told Nawaz Sharif. Who was this person?

Ques15. "One Village, One Library" an NGO from Kochi
started an initiative “X” that went viral on social media
during August and September 2014. Facebook data
centre announced that they had analyzed over 130,000
status updates regarding the initiative.
It derives its name from another hugely popular global
initiative “Y” among celebrities that went viral earlier in
2014 and was aimed at creating awareness among
people and encouraging donations to certain medical
research. Id X.

Ans.
X- #BookBucketChallenge
Y- ALS Ice bucket challenge

Ques16. Where do you expect to find these “Self-
Realization Fellowship gurus” Mahavatar Babaji, Lahiri
Mahasaya, Sri Yukteswar and Paramahansa Yogananda.

Ans. On the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely
Hearts Club Band, The Beatles eighth studio
album.

Ques17. According to mythology, when Indra was
dethroned by the Asura Vritra, one who was invincible
from all the weapons made prior to gaining the
"vardaan" and all other weapons made of metal or steel;
he seeked the help of Vishnu who suggested a weapon
to be made of the bones of a certain sage.
Name the sage and also name the Indian award which
still commemorates this.

Ques18.“X” is a fictional DC Comics character, and a
potential love interest of Wonder Woman. He met
Wonder Woman after Cronus, a Titan of Myth, and his
progeny the Hecatonchires and Cyclopes ransacked
Olympus and attempted to destroy the Hindu gods. The
Hecatonchire known as Oblivion trapped X and Wonder
Woman in a dream realm where the two were united in
wedded bliss. The false memories of this illusion were
shattered when Diana defeated Oblivion, but X
supposedly remained infatuated. Identify X.

Ques19.What does this map depict?

Ans. Countries whose head of state or
government have been special guest for
Republic Day Celebrations in India.

Ques20. Siachen Glacier(disputed)
Guhar Moti Kibithu
______X______

Ans. Indira Point, all are extreme
most geographical locations of
India.

Ques21. Give the funda or the effect of them:
Fact1: The Japanese forces surrendered to the
Supreme Allied Commander of Southeast Asia, on
August, 1945
Fact2: Anything born on a Friday would be doomed.

Ans. India’s “Freedom at Midnight”.
Lord Mountbatten personally decided the date of Aug 15 as
he considered that date to be “very lucky” for his career as he
was himself the commander of the allied forces.
15-Aug-1947 was a Friday and considered “unfortunate &
unholy” . Alternative dates were suggested but Lord
Mountbatten was adamant on Aug 15 (since it was his lucky
date). As a workaround, the astrologers suggested the
midnight hour between Aug 14 and 15 due to the simple
reason that the day according to English starts at 12 AM, but
according to Hindu calendar, starts at sunrise.

Ques22. In late May of 1987, Alexander Frater landed in
India. He was on a pilgrimage of sorts, trying to realize a
dream from his childhood growing up in the South Pacific.
His main stops were Kanyakumari, Trivandrum, Calicut,
Goa, Bombay, then over to Delhi, Calcutta and finally,
Meghalaya. His reportage on India, and dealing with the
Byzantine bureaucracy, is nothing short of brilliant.
The book that resulted from this journey was later made
into a very popular BBC documentary. What is the book’s
name?

Ques23.Y was just 16 when Subhash Chandra Bose visited Rangoon at the height
of World War II to collect funds and recruit volunteers for INA. On meeting Y’s
father, Bose said, “Due to her innocence, she gave away all her jewellery. So, I
have come to return it.” While her father, a freedom fighter who had himself
made massive donations to Bose’s cause, simply smiled in reply, an indignant Y
said, “They are not my father’s, they are mine. I gave all of them to you, and I will
not take them back.” So stubborn was the teenager that Bose could not but
admire her determination. He told her, “Lakshmi (money) comes and goes but not
X. You have the wisdom of X. Hence, I name you X.” This was how Y became XY
from that day onwards. So persuasive was she that the very next day, Bose
recruited XY and four of her friends as spies in INA’s intelligence wing.
An endnote: For a long time, this veteran freedom fighter lived alone in a
dilapidated and cramped one- room apartment in Chennai, adorned only by
several photographs of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Finally, the Tamil Nadu
government allotted her a house, albeit an old one in a housing colony.

Ques24. The todas are a small pastoral community who
live in the isolated nilgiri plateau.They live in small
hamlets called munds. The Toda huts, also called
doggles, are of an oval, pent-shaped construction. They
are built of bamboo. Each hut is enclosed within a wall
of loose stones. In accordance with the resemblance of
these munds to something, they are fondly nicknamed
as ‘Indian _____ _____”. FITB

Ques25. Identify the place or give funda.

Ans. Renkoji temple which held the ashes of Netaji.

Ques26. In the State of Madras v. Champakam Dorairajan
case, a Brahmin woman in Madras challenged the state's
Communal General Order, which established caste quotas in
government-supported medical and engineering schools, on
the grounds that it denied her equality under the law. In its
ruling the Supreme Court upheld the Madras High Court
verdict, which in turn had struck down the Communal
Government Order (G.O) passed in 1927 in the Madras
Presidency. The Communal G.O had provided caste based
reservation in government jobs and college seats. What did
this led to on 18th June 1951?

Ans. Passing of the first Indian
Constitutional amendment.

Ques.27 Dalal Foundation, a coalition of activist groups
against environmental and human rights violations, state
repression & corporate crime in India, instituted a one time
set of awards in 2007. The winners were those who, in
foundation’s opinion, commit or abet such activity, in
particular politicians, businessmen and bureaucrats. The
ceremony drew attention to the ongoing controversies
over the Bhopal Gas Tragedy and violence in Nandigram
and Singur. After whom was these awards named? Next
slide….

1. Best Environmental Talk the Talk Award: Ashok Punjwani
2. Birds of a Feather Award: Mukesh Ambani
3. Bureaucrat for Business Award: B.K. Chaturvedi
4. Money Can Buy You Law Award: T.K.A Nair
5. Best Diplomat for Welfare of Transnational Corporations: Ronen Sen
6. The World is a Business Award: P. Chidambaram
7. Best Use of an Inside-Outside Strategy: Abhishek Manu Singhvi
8. Lifetime Spent Evolving Opportunities from Disasters: Babulal Gaur
9. Extraordinary Contributions to the Progress of International Capital:
Kamal Nath
10. Best Use of the Revolving Door: Montek Singh Ahluwalia
11. Best Friend of Big Business: Manmohan Singh
12. Dynastic Loyalty to the Empire: Ratan Tata

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