X is a second cousin to Prince Charles through her maternal grandfather, Lord Mountbatten. She served as bridesmaid at Princess Diana's wedding. The original ending of a film was changed after a delay in shooting, opting for a happier ending where the hero recovers from surgery instead of both hero and villain killing each other. The Child Welfare Committee came into being in 1978 as an outcome of the kidnapping and murder of two children in New Delhi, which sparked national outrage.

1. INDIA QUIZ PRELIMS

2. 30 pretty easy and guessable questions 10 * marked questions which will be used as tie breakers (we hope the prelims to be high scoring, so do go for it) This being an India Quiz, God might not help in some cases but Sachin and Rajni surely can Question might be a bit long with some unnecessary info. But they are just there because we wanted to share some ‘funda’ with you that we found while making the questions.

3. X is the third child of Lady Pamela Mountbatten.She was a well-known fashion model in the 1980s and 1990s, and often appears on Tatlermagazine.Through her maternal grandfather,Lord Mountbatten , she is a second cousin to Charles, Prince of Wales, and also in line to succeed to the British throne. In 1981, she served as bridesmaid to Diana, Princess of Wales at her wedding to the Prince.How is she related to the quiz ?

4. The original ending of the movie was supposed to have both the protagonist and the villain killing each other. But something significant happened during the making of the film which delayed the shooting. After this, the director of the movie decided to change the ending of the movie as it would have a negative impact on the movie as well as a bad feeling in the audience. The modified ending has the hero recover after his operation. Give the name of the movie.

5. * Identify this flag.

6. In New Delhi in 1978, two children, Geeta and Sanjay Chopra, were kidnapped by two young men, RangaKhus (Kuljeet Singh) and Billa (Jasbir Singh), who planned to demand ransom from the parents of the children. Their plans went awry when the car they were in was involved in a traffic accident with a public bus. They subsequently murdered the children and fled from Delhi. They were arrested on a train a few months later, tried, and hanged for the crime in 1982. What came into being in 1978 as an outcome of this incident?

7. In this song, tabla is rendered by ZakirHussain. Give me the name of the singer.

10. A is one of the major Industrial city in Surat Metropolitan Region in the Indian state of Gujarat. A is also a Railway junction on Surat-Navsari line. The town is one of Asia's largest Industrial areas.It was an independent princely state during independence but after the formation of Gujarat state it was merged in Suratdistrict.the A Industrial Area is Asia's second largest Industrial Settlement in terms of area.

11. * Identify the following track:

12. 7. This scene from Saving Private Ryan has a very specific India connect and is spoken of in this scene. Give the connect.

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15. .* X’s songs were not played on All India Radio as he refused to attend the function of Youth Congress. This was due the fees which he was asking was not agreed by Youth Congress. Id X. Hint:

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17. . RajendraJakkal, DilipDhyanobaSutar, ShantaramKanhojiJagtap and MunawarHarun 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. This has been inspiration for a Marathi movie starring Nana Patekar that came in 1986 and a controversial Hindi movie that came later. Name the movie and its director.

18. .* Once Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, playing on the meaning of word X, asked X what it was that had bent him. X jokingly replied that it was the kick from the Englishman's shoe. Id X.

20. The word X originated in Persian, meaning "foremost", and was introduced in Deccan by the Muslim rulers. Initially X controlled the army. But later they grew in stature to be the prime ministers and still later became the hereditary rulers. Id X.

21. A was the first Indian athlete to participate in the Olympic Games. He was also the first athlete from India and first athlete representing an Asian nation to win an Olympic medal. He won two silver medals in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He came second in the 200 meters behind John Tewksbury of the United States and second in the 200 meters hurdles behind the legendary Alvin Kraenzlein of the United States. He set a world record in the second heat of the 100 metre hurdles .

22. . This is Jerry Lewis from a 1963 movie named ‘The Nutty Professor’. What did it inspire?

23. .* Dhanvantari Kshapanak Amarasimha Shanku Vetal Bhatt GhatKarpar Vararuchi Varahamihira X What is this a list of and who is X?