India Quiz 2021 Finals

RULES! RULES! RULES!
- There are a total of 8 questions, which are direct questions moving from
Team 1 to Team 8, for +10 points with no negative points
- Any team can pounce on any question, with +20 points for right answers
and -10 for wrong or incomplete answers.
- Finite bounce rules apply
- Questions 3, 5 and 7, which are marked with *, are bonus questions with
extra parts which while pouncing have +25 points for right answers and -15
for wrong or incomplete answers (not answering the bonus section counts as
an incomplete answer during pounce).
- Part marking applies to bonus questions while direct or bounce
- Quizmaster is The Supreme Almighty etc etc, and most importantly-

QUESTION 1
When this Indian cricketer scored a special double
ton in domestic cricket at 17 years of age, the bat that
was used in this feat originally belonged to Rahul
Dravid.
Identify the cricketer being talked about. Also, why
was this double century special?

SMRITI MANDHANA
First double century by an Indian
female cricketer in a limited overs
match

QUESTION 2
On the geological time scale, the Holocene, which is the
current geological epoch we are living in, is divided into three
parts. The one we're currently living began roughly 4200
years ago with a 200 year drought which led to the downfall
of major civilizations including the ones in Indus River
Valley, Mesopotamia and Yangtze river valley.
This was named very recently after an Indian state, where a
particular rock formation was discovered in a very ancient
cave. What is the stage called and which state is it named
after?

THE MEGHALAYAN STAGE
Named after Meghalaya, where
conditions were suitable for preserving
the signs of the transition between the
ages in the Krem Mawmluh, one of the
longest and deepest caves in India

*QUESTION 3
This fair takes place during Kartik Purnima, in the months
of November- December. The initial venue was Hajipur which
was shifted to the current location under the rule of
Aurangzeb. Originated during the reign of Chandragupta
Maurya, this fair lost one of its major attractions after a
certain 1972 Act passed by the Govt of India.
Considered to be the largest of its kind in Asia, which fair is
this?
FOR +5 BONUS: What was the major attraction and why
was it lost?

SONEPUR CATTLE FAIR
FOR BONUS POINTS:
The major attraction of this fair
was beautifully decorated
elephants for sale.
Trade in elephants has been
prohibited at since 2004 owing to
strict enforcement of Wildlife
Protection Act, 1972 and further
denial of transfer of ownership
certificate to the elephant owners.

QUESTION 4
This GI tagged product is prepared by the craftsmen who belong to the
Vishwakarma community in South India, who are well known for
creating exquisite bronze idols of deities. This particular product is
made from a copper-tin alloy with trace elements though the exact
composition remains a closely guarded secret.
According to legend, the exact composition appeared in the head
craftsman’s dream once while the craftsmen were facing problems
making a shiny crown for the deity. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that it
doesn’t have any metal coating, unlike the common variants and thus
no distortion can be seen in the results.
Name this product.

“ARANMULA KANNADI”
Or the Aranmula Mirror

*QUESTION 5
When Xi Jinping visited India in 2014, he visited a particular family in
Mumbai, as part of a time-honoured ritual every high Chinese official who
visits India follows.
Whose family is being referred to here, and why is the person important to
Sino-India relations?
FOR +5 BONUS: In a cruel twist of irony, this person’s son died at a young age
due to medical negligence. He had been named in a way that reflected his
Sino-Indian heritage. What was special about the name he was given?

DWARKANATH KOTNIS
Dwarkanath Kotnis, who was one of the five Indian
physicians dispatched to China to provide medical assistance
during the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1938.
He has been regarded as an example for Sino-Indian
friendship, and continues to be revered every year by the
Chinese people during the Qingming Festival, a day used by
the Chinese to commemorate the martyrs.
FOR BONUS POINTS:
Kotnis later married a Chinese nurse, and they named their
son "Yinhua" combining the Chinese characters for "Yin" (印)
for India and "Hua" (华) for China. Yinhua died aged 24 in
1967 shortly before he was to graduate from medical college.

QUESTION 6
The X fighting game is played on the day of Garu-Bihu in
mid-April and on the day of Bhogali-Bihu in mid-January.
The main items of this game are chosen by knocking them
with a coin and checking the sound, or by holding the item
against sunlight to check for the thickness of the outer cover.
What items are used for this game?

*QUESTION 7
The Indian rope trick is a magic trick said to have been performed in
India around 19th century. It has often been described as the world's
greatest illusion in western media.
The Indian author X heavily criticised the sexual violence depicted in
the biopic of a famous bandit turned politician Y, in a review whose title
was a word play on the trick mentioned earlier. Identify this famous
bandit Y, and the title of the review X wrote.
FOR +5 BONUS: Who is the Indian author X, and what was the biopic
made on the bandit Y called

X – Phoolan Devi, the title of the review
being “The Great Indian Rape Trick”
The author Y criticised the director of
the biopic, Shekhar Kapur for the
portrayal of sexual violence against X on
screen without her permission.
FOR BONUS POINTS:
Y – Arundhati Roy
The title of the biopic – Bandit Queen
(1997)

QUESTION 8
This prolific Indian javelin thrower is a two time gold
medalist. His first gold medal came at Athens in 2004 and
the second one at Rio in 2016.
He is also a Khel Ratna and an Arjuna Award awardee. Who
am I talking about?

FIN.
Scores and standings incoming!

RULES
1. This is a written round as you already know.
2. 10 questions will be shown one by one in a gap of 30
seconds.
3. Write down your answers in the google form provided.
4. Submit the form within 1 min of last question.
5. Scoring: +20/-10/0 for each question
6. Please do not give your answer out loud in the meet.
7. Arguing with the quizmaster: - 3000

Question 01
X, known originally as Moksha Patam, is an ancient Indian board game
for two or more players regarded today as a worldwide classic. It is played
on a game board with numbered, gridded squares.
The game is a simple race, popular with young children. The historic
version had its roots in morality lessons, on which a player's progression
up the board represented a life journey complicated by virtues and vices.
Identify this ancient game X.

Question 02
2012: 1
2013: 1
2014: 4
2015: 3
2016: 2
2017: 1
2018: 10
2019: 7
2020: 11
2021: 25*
Exclusive list of what, which started in 2012 in the field of
Indian Tech?

Question 03
In 1942, H K Madhwal, an Indian forest official, stumbled upon hundreds of human skeletons
stockpiled in and around X lake. He reported the bizarre find – a mysterious lake where
between 300 to 800 people met their tragic end – and the frigid Himalayas continued to
preserve the human remains. In the late 1950s, the macabre mountain find was announced
to the public, raising great interest and triggering several investigations that continue to
date.
Initially, the skeletons were thought to belong to Japanese soldiers or Tibetan traders on the
Silk Road who died due to either an epidemic or exposure to the elements. Later, after
forensic analysis in 2004, the best theory was that a group of Indian pilgrims, both men and
women, assisted by local porters from the region, were struck by giant hail at X in a single
event in the 9th Century, so concluded from the perimortem injuries on the skulls.
Identify X.

Question 04
In his maiden letter to king X, poet Rabindranath Tagore referred to the
familial relation while seeking ingredients of Y’s history on which he later
based his celebrated novel ‘Rajarshi’ and dramas ‘Visarjan’ and ‘Mukut’.
Even before that, young Rabindranath had occasion to have a feel of king
X's magnanimity in 1882. The king was in a state of shock following the
untimely death of his dear wife and queen of Y in the year 1881 and
during that period of bereavement he studied young Rabindranath’s
celebrated love-poem ‘Bhagna Hriday’.
Identify X and Y.

Question 05
X was the leader of the Christian sect, Lalpa Kohhran Thar meaning 'The
Lord's New Church, in Mizoram. He was often attributed to as a world
record holder being the head of 'Y' but he was not included in the
Guinness World Records because in 2007, when the officials visited him,
he refused to have his photo taken in order to shun publicity. His village
became a tourist attraction because of him. In June 2021, he became
seriously ill from critical anemia and the doctors pronounced him dead a
few minutes after he was admitted. Even the Chief Minister of Mizoram
posted on Twitter, announcing his death.
Identify X and Y.

Question 06
X is a traditional form of puppet theatre play in Y. The dramatic stories of
X depicts mythologies such as episodes from Ramayana and
Mahabharata, as well as local cultural legends. But later on, this form was
suspended and revised into a storytelling through shadows which gave
rise to the popular art form, Shadow Play or Shadow puppetry.
Identify X, Y and the reason behind the suspension.

Question 07
Pictured here is India's first test captain
CK Nayudu with X. X toured India
captaining the British side during the
team's lesser known 1933-34 tour of
India. Identify X a great British cricketer
and captain, who was born in India and
also was one of the architects of a
rather infamous chapter in the history
of cricket.
Brownie points for identifying the
"infamous chapter in the history of
cricket“.

Question 08
Hiralal Mukherjee
Arun Sukul
Rev. Sudhir Kumar Chatterjee
Nilmadhab Bhattacharyya
Rajendranath Sengupta
Manomohon Mukherjee
Sirischandra Sarkar
Bijoydas Bhaduri
Jitendranath Roy
Shibdas Bhaduri
Abhilash Ghosh
Connect these gentlemen who are a huge part of the history of sports in
India.

Question 09
X acquired Amsterdam-based EV startup Etergo on 27 May 2020 to
launch an own line of electric scooters in 2020. The factory Y, spread in
500 acre and fully-automated, located in Pochampalli town in the
Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu.
The company X, claims it will be the largest two wheeler factory in the
world with an annual production capacity of 10 million units. The factory
produced its first electric two-wheeler on 15 August 2021.
Identify the company X and its factory Y.

Question 10
Seal of Mohenjodaro
Scenes from Ramayana and Mahabharata
Portrait of Tipu Sultan
Court of King Vikramaditya
Sculptures from Nalanda
Gandhiji’s Dandi March
Azad Hind Fauj
Non exhaustive list of what? Something which represents very
root of our country.

Answers
1. Snakes and Ladders
2. Number of Indian start up Unicorns every year from 2012
3. Roopkund Lake
4. X: Bir Chandra Manikya, Y: Tripura (Princely state)
5. X: Ziona (Zionnghaka), Y: World's largest family
6. X: Wayang, Y: Java (Indonesia), Reason: Showing Gods and Mythological
characters in human form is forbidden in Islam
7. X: D. R. Jardine, infamous chapter being Bodyline
8. Mohunbagan Immortal 11 of 1911 IFA Shield
9. X: Ola Electric, Y: FutureFactory
10. Part of the illustrations on the constitution made by Nandalal Bose

1.This is a differential round.
2.The scoring system is : (8-number of teams giving the correct answers) x 10.
3.DM your answers in WhatsApp to : (The time limit is 20
seconds, answers after that will NOT be accepted. The scorer's decision on
this is final).
4. Please do not give you answer out loud in the Meet.
5. The quizmaster is the GOD
RULES

Question 1
X was the youngest participant in the 1998
Commonwealth Games. X was also the youngest
member of the Indian contingent at the 2000 Summer
Olympics at Sydney, but couldn't qualify for the finals.
Subsequently X was awarded the Arjuna Award in the
same year. X also happens to have a bachelors degree
in Business Administration from the University of
Colorado. Identify X, and X's major achievement at the
Olympics

Question2
X's medal record (Most famous entry missing here) :
1994 Asian Games - Silver
1998 Asian Games - Silver
1993 World Championship -Bronze
1994 World Championship- Gold
1995 World Championship-Gold
1996 World Championship- Bronze
What was the significant first that X achieved for India
at the Olympics?

X -Karnam Malleswari
First Indian woman to win a medal at the Olympics

Question3
India demonstrated the sport of X to the world for the
first time during the 1936 Berlin Olympics. It is said
that when the Indians who were showcasing the game
to the world left Y, who was amongst the crowd, in
awe. Though X was never recognised as a medal sport
at the Olympics, the Indians then certainly managed to
impress the world with their skills.
Identify X and Y.

The Maharaja or King of the state of Bikaner in
Rajasthan, X was one of India's best shooter during his
time. He was the first person to represent India at 5
Olympics – 1960 Rome, 1964 Tokyo, 1968 Mexico,
1972 Munich and 1980 Moscow Olympics. India's best
shooting range, X Shooting Range in New Delhi is,
aptly, named after him.
Identify X.
Question 4

The story of the Indian team’s participation in the Olympics goes back to 1919, when
X, the second chairman of the Y, was Chief Guest at the Annual Sports Meet of the
Deccan Gymkhana in Pune. He noticed that most of the athletes at the meet were
peasants running bare-footed, but were clocking creditable timings that were close
to European standards.
X, apart from managing the affairs of the Y, was himself a keen athlete and excellent
horseman. At his urging, Lloyd George, the Governor of Mumbai, took up cudgels
on behalf of Indian athletics, and obtained affiliation for India with the International
Olympic body.
Since an official Indian Olympics body did not exist at that time, X decided to
personally finance the first Indian team to the Antwerp Olympics in 1920. In fact,
because there was no official body, he also helped establish a committee to select
the team.
Identify X and Y.
Question 5

X -Sir Dorabji Tata
Y -Tata Group

One of the greatest batsmen to ever grace the sport of cricket, X has left a unique
legacy. A master technician in the longest format of the game, a patient champion,
and a gentleman through and through.
Y, a crazy cricket enthusiast, has always looked up to players like Virender Sehwag,
who shared the Indian dressing room with X. After joining the SAI centre just outside
her village in Badal, the 25-year-old earned the support of the Go Sports
Foundation through the "X" Athlete Mentorship Program, which tries to identify
talent across Olympic sports in India and help nurture their potential to attain
worldwide success.
Y isn't the only one on this list. X has also directly or indirectly helped athletes such
as Dipa Karmakar, Anjum Moudgil, Sajan Prakash, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Bhavani
Devi, and Sai Praneeth, among others. Several of them had represented India at the
Tokyo Olympics.
Identify X and Y.
Question 6

X – Rahul Dravid
Y – Kamalpreet Kaur

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