This document provides information about various trivia questions and their answers. Some of the questions answered include: who was the last man hanged in Tihar Jail before Afzal Guru, the identity of Subhash Mukhopadhyay and T.C. Anand Kumar in relation to a medical discovery, the person who introduced apple cultivation to Himachal Pradesh, and Om Prakash Sharma being recognized as one of the foremost writers of Hindi detective fiction. The document seeks to test people's knowledge of facts from Indian history, politics and culture.

2. 1.What is the national game of india ?
(Most of you know the wrong answer
confidently)

3. Not Declared yet

4. 2.X married Surinder Kaur (daughter of Mr. Virsa Singh)
on 2 May 1988 while he was in jail. His fiancé married
him in his absence by marrying his photo in an Anand
Karaj. X was the last man to be hanged in Tihar
Jail in Delhi until Afzal Guru who was hanged on 9
February 2013 for being the conspirator of 2001 indian
parliament attack,who was X ?

6. 3.The Parliament of India opened for its winter
session on 21 November 2012. _______ was the only
non-member to be noted in its traditional list of
obituaries. He is one of few people to have been
recorded thus without being a member of either the
Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha. Despite having not
held any official position, he was given the 21-gun
salute, which was again a rare honour. Both houses
of Bihar Assembly also paid tribute ?

8. 4.
He was involved in the salt-satyagraha,
while he was in prison as he wrote an
exposition on the Bhagavad-Gita. He argued
in this that the Bhagavad-Gita did not
belong to a particular religion but rather to
the entire humanity as a scripture of yoga
for the spiritual enlightenment and
prosperity of the entire world. Id Who is this
and company he founded ?

9. Kasinathuni Nageswararao founder of Amrutanjan Limited

10. 5.A committed suicide because of insult in
place of recognition. After many years B, who
got the recognition, took off his crown and
recognised A's efforts and now the world
knows that A is the second in the world (that
too independently, just 2-3 months of
difference) to do such feat?

11. A = Subhash Mukhopadhyay (physician) B= TC Anand Kumar

12. 6.ID the movie (stop at 1:30 sec.)

14. 7.Only 4 persons knew how to enter the
Chakravyuha, of them Abhimanyu knew
how to enter but not exit it. Apart from
Arjun and Krishna, who is the other
person who knew how to enter and exit
the Chakravyuha, but did not take part
in Kurukshetra?

16. 8*.Which journalist, historian, poet and
dramatist was given the title Moon of
India in 1880 in a public meeting by the
unanimous consent of the
vernacularpress and vidwans (learned
men) of Kasi headed by Pandit Rama
Sankar Vyas, Editor of Sarsudh-Nidhi?

18. 9.Every (old) quizzer’s favourite
memory!Which famous voice intones
the familiar words“Cadbury’s presents
the Bournvita Quiz contest”?

19. Hamid Sayani Program started in 1972 with
Hamid. Ameen took it over after his
brother’s death in 1975. However, the
original announcement was retained.

20. 10*.X is a retired American gymnast who
competed at the 1997 and 2001 World
Championships and earned a team silver
medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens. She is the first Indian-American
gymnast, and the second Indian-American
athlete overall, ever to medal at the
Olympics.
This retired sportsperson has made an
appearance in a 2006 film connected to that
sport ?

21. Mohini Bhardwaj

22. 11*.This person was not Indian by birth.
Came to India to do social work. Went to
prison during the freedom struggle. Was
most famous for giving a boost to a
state's economy. Name the person and
the task with which he boosted the
state's economy

23. Satyananda Stokes is best remembered
today for having introduced apple
cultivation to the Indian state of
Himachal Pradesh, where apples are
today the major horticultural export
crop.

24. 12.Only time that the Ashok Chakra has
been awarded to foreigners was on April
11, 1984 when Yuri Malyshevand
Gennady Strekalov were honoured.Who
was the third awardee, He was
conferred with the honour of “Hero of
Soviet Union”along with them?

25. Rakesh Sharma , the first Indian to
travel in space.(for the space
voyage onboard the Russian ship
Soyuz T-11).

26. 13.Id the singer

27. Pankaj Kapoor

28. 14.The lyrics of this famous Hindi movie song were
written by an Indian ruler when he was deposed by
Lord Dalhousie. Identify the lyricist ?

29. Wajid Ali Shah(King of Oudh-last Nawab of the state
of Awadh in present day Uttar Pradesh).
Singer -Kundan Lal Saigal for the 1930s movie Street
singer

30. 15*. Over the years its activities have expanded to included
Carpentry, Weaving (Handloom & Powerloom), Tailoring,
Chemical, Handmade paper, Commercial art and Bakery.
Later in 2009, a shoe manufacturing unit was established
using the Public-Private Partnership model, and thus the
brand X was launched. 'Ek Nayi Pahal' is a in house
magazine of X,and some of the popular clients of this brand
are-
1.Parliament House, New Delhi
2.High Court of Delhi
3.All District Courts of Delhi

32. 16.She was a national swimming
champion, a video jockey, She was
the winner of Femina Miss India
Universe 1997 and was a finalist in
the Miss Universe 1997 pageant in
Miami., an actress,
she hanged herself in her flat
in Versova on 29 July 2004. Who am
I talking about?

34. 17.Although mute, this resident of
Kolkata received visitors from across
India, and around the world. At the time
of his death within the last five years he
was one of the oldest residents of
Kolkata(c. 1750 - 22 March 2006) (aged
about 255). What was his name?

35. adwaita- the tortoise

36. 18.The maternal grandfather of actress
Amrita Singh lived in Sujan Singh Park near
Khan Market, New Delhi,which is Delhi’s first
apartment complex built by his father in
1945, and named after his grandfather.His
father was a major landowner and built
several prominent buildings of Lutyen’s Delhi
including SouthBlock, India Gate and
Connaught Place market complex.Name the
maternal grandfather. He died recently ?

38. 19.This first appeared under the
name “matrameru” in the Sanskrit
scholar Pingala. It got wide range
popularity after its appearance in
The Da Vinci Code. What?

39. Fibonacci Series

40. 20.As per the wishes of the song writer,
Saregama(HMV) is required to contribute
a certain amount to the Army Welfare
Fund for the disabled and war widows
from the royalty proceeds of sale of
records of the song X. Identify the song
X.

41. Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon

42. 21.This 2014 biographical film has
dialogues in Tamil and English. The films
have been shot in locations in Tamil
Nadu such as Namakkal, Kumbakonam,
and Madras and in England in Cambridge
and London.

44. 22.Basharat Peer is a journalist and
author from Kashmir. In 2014, he
will be seen on screen in a Hindi
feature film, which he has also co-
written. Which film, which replaces
Denmark with Kashmir, in a manner
of speaking?

45. “Haider”, an adaptation of Shakespeare's
Hamlet.

46. 23.Which Indian bank was is this which merged with
ICICI Bank in 2010 having tagline
"Dare To Dream" ?

47. Bank of Rajasthan

48. 24.The name of this place became popular,
particularly in the Hindi belt, due to a certain kind of
activity of its citizens. However, with advancing
technology, that kind of activity is perhaps less now,
or at least, the urban India does not care to know if
that activity continues to this day. This place, which
once had palatial houses of rich businessmen, has
again gone down to become a relatively poor and
neglected place. Name the place ?

49. Jhumri Tilaiya, the residents of this place
are famous for sending in requests for songs
on Vividh Bharti.

50. 25.ID the voice of freedom fighter ?(start 43 sec.)

52. 26.X popularly known as Janpriya Lekhak_________, is recognized as one
of the foremost and most talented writers of detective fiction in Hindi
after Devaki Nandan Khatri. He has more than 450 Hindi detective novels
to his credit. he joined the Indian Freedom Struggle and was jailed
twice by the then British Raj for his involvement in the freedom
movement. It was during this period that he started writing. His passion
for writing developed from his obsession with reading. Several times in
his creations, he has portrayed his rebellious attitude towards religious
and social orthodoxy.
He authored some four or five novels featuring 'Bhootnath' as his tribute
to the legendary Devaki Nandan Khatri. He also named his imaginary
colony, official residence of personnel of 'Kendriya Khufia Vibhag' as
'Bhootnath Colony‘.
film Chameli Ki Shaadi with Anil Kapoor in the lead role was made based
on his novel
Notable works: Sanjh Ka Sooraj, Nili Ghodi ka Sawar, Pishach
Sundari, Phir Aaya Toofan, Doosra Taj Mahal,Apne Desh ka Ajnabi

53. Again its better to know QUIZ MASTER
Om Prakash Sharma

54. 27.X was created in the UK in the 19th
century, but today it is more popular in
India than in the UK. X provided
essential services during The Blitz of
London in 1940. Early advertisements
for X relied on the sailor's fear of stormy
weather at sea. What is X?

56. 28*.It's been quite a long fight. The main
protagonist has been an Indian company.
The battle was fought in USA and
France, separately. The company has
been announced as a winner. And as a
result, a particular product from India
has been officially recognised for its
uniqueness. What is the product,
company, and outcome of the fight?

58. 29.A was born in a poor Brahmin family,
but gained prominence and became a
prominent courtier in a royal court. 402
years later, B was born in the same
region,B was a prominent politician. B
also became a big player in the
Government.B had many controversies
in the past. Name A and B ?

59. Birbal and Arjun singh Both are
from Sidhi district of Madhya
Pradesh