Here are the answers without connecting statements: 1. New series of banknotes with Mahatma Gandhi's portrait were introduced on 8th November 2016. 2. List of Deputy Prime Ministers in India mentioned. 3. The dates mentioned were periods of Emergency in India. 4. The international boundary lines between India and Bangladesh and India and Pakistan were named after Sir Henry McMahon and Sir Cyril Radcliffe respectively. 5. The terms mentioned were codewords for the Pokhran-II nuclear tests conducted by India in 1998 except the last one which was the quote by Atal Bihari Vajpayee after the successful test.

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3. 1
FB post of an Indian legend. Who?

5. 2
• In 2016, which religious community received
minority status in the state of Maharashtra,
which means, among others, they can be
counted separately in surveys?

6. The Jews

7. *3
• List of the Top 10 ............... in India. FITB.
1. Indore
2. Bhopal
3. Visakhapatnam
4. Surat
5. Mysore
6. Tiruchirapally
7. NDMC
8.Navi Mumbai
9. Tirupati
10. Vadodara

8. List of cleanest cities in India

9. 4
IPL 2017: Twitterati’s credited this ‘aunty’ for Mumbai
Indians’ dramatic win; Who is she?

11. 5
• In a sudden move ahead of assembly polls
later this year, Himachal Pradesh chief
minister Virbhadra Singh in January
announced something.
• What was the announcement that is being
seen by some political gurus as a
masterstroke?

12. Dharamsala declared the second capital of Himachal Pradesh
(winter capital)

13. *6
Below is the list of few persons to hold a certain
(controversial) position. Who is the latest addition to
this group?
• Hrishikesh Mukherjee : 1 February 1981 to 10 August 1982
• B P Singhal: 25 April 1990 to 1 April 1991
• Asha Parekh: 25 June 1998 to 25 September 2001
• Anupam Kher: 16 October 2003 to 13 October 2004
• Sharmila Tagore: 13 October 2004 to 31 March 2011

14. Prasoon Joshi
New Chairperson of the CBFC

15. 7
• This gentleman in the pic,
is also known as “Father
of Indian ornithology”,
but we know him better
as someone who was a
“political reformer”.
• What was co-founded by
him which played a huge
part in the Indian
Independence
movement?

16. Indian National Congress

17. 8
Which “youth” leader came up with gems like these:
• “Politics is everywhere.. It is in your shirt, in your pant.”
• “10 out of 7 youths in Punjab are hooked onto drugs.”
• “Modi running the country from Prime Minister’s
office.”
• “One day you’re going to run this country, run the
institutions, you will be the Steve Jobs in the
Microsofts and the leaders, the Facebooks of this
country.”

18. Who else :p
“This morning, I woke up, at night”

19. *9
Identify the two missing names in the complete list, and
explain what the list is?
• Abu’l Fazl
• Abdul Rahim Khan-I-Khana
• Mulla Do-Pyaza
• Abul Fazi
• Raja Man Singh
• Raja Todar Mal
• Fakir Aziao-Din
• X
• Y

20. Birbal, Tansen - Navratnas in Akbar’s
court

21. 10
• In the 1984-85 season, India and Pakistan
were playing the 2nd ODI of the series at
Sialkot.
• India were at a fairly strong position with the
score being at 210/3 with Vengsarkar 94*. At
this point the match was suddenly
abandoned.
• Why?

22. Assasination of Indira Gandhi

23. 11
Which famous monument completes the logo of
IBL?

24. Qutub Minar

25. *12
• X Y is an ancient Indian game regarded today
as a classic.
• Earlier known as Moksha Patamu, the game
was initially invented as a moral lesson about
karma to be taught to children.
• Identify the game which is said to be a lesson
about good and evil deeds.

26. Snakes & Ladders

27. Mains
3 Rounds

28. Round 1
• Direct Question +10
• Passed Question +5

29. 1
• ITC (Indian Tobacco Company Ltd.) is a listed
company. There was an interesting news in July
2017 about one of the major investor in the
company. A PIL was filed against this investor in
Bombay High Court. Its a case of morality where
the investor seemed to be in breach of it.
• Guess the name of ITC's major investor and you
will automatically be able to guess the reason of
a PIL in this case.

30. Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) is a major stock holder of ITC.
The former is an insurance giant and it's business interest in ITC
is observed as immoral by many.

31. 2
Put Funda.

33. 3
• Give X, Y, Z. ‘X’ is a Urdu word which means
wounded/sacrificed/a lover . X, fittingly, is the
pen name of a very famous poet, ‘Y’.
• Y belonged to the class of freedom fighters
who, along with the revolver, used their pens
to inculcate rebellion. However, Y’s most
famous creation, ‘Z’ has been an iconic
inspiration for many years now.

34. Ram Prasad Bismil , Sarfaroshi ki
tamanna, Bismil Azimabadi

35. 4
• The name of this Indian art form means to ‘tell
a story’.
• The art form is believed to be originated from
the practice of storytelling of nomadic bards in
ancient Northern India.
• Later the it developed as a classical art form in
three major schools namely Jaipur Gharana,
Lucknow Gharana and Benaras Gharana.

36. Kathak

37. 5
• 2010 - President Lee Myung Bak South Korea
• 2011 - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Indonesia
• 2012 - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Thailand
• 2013 - King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck Bhutan
• 2014 - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Japan
• 2015 - President Barack Obama United States
• 2016 - President François Hollande France
• 2017 - Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan UAE
• 2018 ?

38. Chief guests in republic day parade
Ten guests (Heads of ASEAN states)

39. 6
• X was born as Mahesh Das in 1528, in a village
near Kalpi, Uttar Pradesh, India. He was given
the name X which is derived from Vir Var
which means courageous and great, quite
contrary for him since he was not known for
his bravery or for his military skill.
• Identify him.

40. Birbal

41. 7
• X meaning abode of springs and lakes, also called
Islamabad, is a city in the Indian state of Jammu
and Kashmir. The name X is thought to be derived
from the Sanskrit term for "Land of countless
springs”.
• According to a well known archaeologist, Sir A.
Stein, the name of the city comes from the great
spring X issuing at the centre of the city.
• Mehbooba Mufti represents X constituency in
Lok Sabha. Identify X.

42. Anantnag

43. 8
Id X.

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

45. 9
• 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?

46. Passing of the first Indian
Constitutional amendment

47. Audience:
How can you connect the countries Bahrain,
Republic of Congo, South Korea and
Liechtenstein with India?

48. They also celebrate Independence Day on 15th August

49. ID

50. Lal Bal Pal (Lala Lajpat Rai, Bal Gangadhar
Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal)

51. Round 2
• 5 questions
• No prompting, write answers on the sheet
• Points mentioned on respective slides

52. 1
Connect (+10/-5)

53. New series of notes

54. 2
Connect(+15/-5)
Non-exhaustive list

55. List of Deputy Prime Ministers in India
• Morarji Desai 1967 – 1969
• Charan Singh 1979
• Jagjivan Ram 1979
• Yashwantrao Chavan 1979 – 1980
• Devi Lal 1989 – 1990
• Chaudhary Devi Lal 1990 – 1991
• L.K. Advani 2004

56. 3
Connect the following dates(+10/-5)
• 26th October 1962-10th January 1968
• 3rd December 1971-21st March
1977(extended along with the third time
frame)
• 25th June 1975- 21st March 1977

57. Emergency years in India

58. 4
Connect(+20/-10)

59. International boundary lines named after the two
persons- Sir Henry McMahon and Sir Cyril Radcliffe

60. 5
Connect(+20/-5)
(Non Exhaustive)
• White House
• Taj Mahal
• Kumbhakaran
• Navtala
• Prayer Hall
• Deer Park
• Charlie
• Major General Natraj
• Major General Prithviraj
• Jai Jawan Jai Kisan Jai Vigyan

61. Pokhran tests 1998, except the last everything
were Codewords. The last was the quote by Shri
Atal Bihari Vajpayee after the test