India Quiz Finals

RULES
• The quiz comprises of 4 rounds.
• Round I : Pounce
• Round II : Write Bros.
• Round III : Quest MegaQunnect
• Round IV : Return of the Pounce.
• Scoring Scheme to be explained before each
round.

SCORING SCHEME
• +20 / -10 on pounce.
• + 10 and no negatives on Direct.
• You can pounce on your direct.

Q1.
This city was founded as Mayarashtra by Maya, father of
Mandodari, Ravana's wife in the Ramayana. It was the
capital of Maya, thus the city is also known as 'Ravan Ki
Sasural' literally meaning Ravana's wife's home.
In the Ramayana, Shravan Kumar carried his feeble parents
on his shoulders to all the pilgrimage sites in India, but it is
believed that when he passed through this city, he put
down his parents for a while to get rest and water. It was
here that Lord Rama's father, King Dasharatha, mistook
Shravan Kumar for a deer and shot him with an arrow by
accident. Shravan Kumar's parents declared that the king's
own first son would abandon him when he needed him the
most. Which place?

Q2.
• X (11 October 1900, Karachi, British India – 24 May
1961, Delhi, India) was an Indian cricket administrator and one of
the founders of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
• The BCCI had it origins in a meeting in February 1927 at the
Roshanara Club in Delhi between Arthur Gilligan, the captain of the
visiting MCC team, X, Grant Govan and the Maharaja of Patiala. X's
cricket career as a medium pace bowler was rather inconspicuous.
• Duleepsinhji once dismissed him as one 'who thinks he is a bowler
but has never found anyone to agree with him on that point'.
• His greatest success as a bowler came for a Rest of India team
against the Vizzy XI in 1930-31 where took the wickets of Jack
Hobbs, Herbert Sutcliffe and C. K. Nayudu.
• X captained the first 'Rest' team in the Bombay Pentangular.
• The India England series played in India is named after him. ID X.

Q3.
• X became the first foreign national to play for the Indian football
team last month in an international friendly against Palestine.
Born to an Indian father and Japanese mother, X had an Indian
birth certificate, but he became a Japanese citizen after his
parents separated. An Indian passport & a meeting with India's
coach, Wim Koevermans, finally paved his way to representing
India.

• His story is in stark contrast to Y's, who had tried to make it to
the Indian team in 2011 but his initiative was turned down by
the AIFF because of his dual citizenship.Y could have played for
India as per FIFA statutes but a Delhi high court ruling that only
players with Indian passports could represent the country killed
off his chances.Y holds a UK passport.

• Identify X & Y.

X- IZUMI ARATA
Y- MICHAEL CHOPRA

Q4.
Who is talking about whom?
"It was like meeting an old friend, or better still, a mother after a
long separation. His gentle face put me at ease in a moment. He
simply 'took me in hand', and began to fashion me. He was
concerned about how I spoke, dressed, walked and ate. My mother
was not more solicitous about me than him. There was, so far as I
am aware, no reserve between us. It was really a case of love at first
sight, and it stood the severest strain in 1913. He seemed to be all I
wanted as a political worker—pure as crystal, gentle as a lamb,
brave as a lion and chivalrous to a fault. It does not matter to me
that he may not have been any of these things. It was enough for
me, that I could discover no fault in him to cavil at. He was and
remains to me the most perfect man on the political field. Not,
therefore, that we had no political differences. We differed even in
1901 in our views on social customs, e.g. widow re-marriage. We
discovered differences in our estimate of Western civilization. He
frankly differed from me in my extreme views on non-violence. But
these differences mattered neither to him nor to me. Nothing could
put us as under. It were blasphemous to conjecture what would
have happened if he were alive today. I know that I would have
been working under him."

Q5.
• In 1996, X joined the Leh Nutrition Project, a non-governmental
organisation, as project manager for watershed development. X
noticed a small stream had frozen solid under the shade of a group
of poplar trees, though it flowed freely elsewhere in his yard. He
realized that the reason for this phenomenon: the flowing water
was moving too quickly to freeze, while the sluggish trickle of water
beneath the trees was slow enough to freeze. Based on this, he
created artificial glaciers by diverting the river in to a valley, slowing
the stream by constructing checks. The artificial glaciers increase
the ground water recharge, rejuvenating the spring water and
providing water for irrigation. He constructed them at lower
elevations, so that they melt earlier, expanding the growing season.
By 2012, X had built 12 artificial glaciers. X's largest glacier is the
one at the Phuktsey village. It is 1,000 ft long, 150 ft wide and 4 ft in
depth. It can supply water for the entire village of 700 people and
cost Rs 90,000 to make.
For his feats, he has been nicknamed "Ice man" of India. ID X.

Q6.
• X Y is a popular outdoor game in Manipur, played
only by men. It is akin to rugby, and requires a
great deal of vigorous body play and stamina. X in
Manipuri means coconut, and Y means snatching.
This is a seven - a - side game and is played on a
field that is 45.72 by 18.29m in area. The game
starts when a coconut, duly anointed, is thrown
into play, from one end of the field. The coconut
is greased, and each player tries to catch it. Each
player exhibits his strength and agility, in both
gathering the coconut and holding onto it. The
game demands wrestling ability, speed, great
reflexes and a sharp mind. X Y please!

Q7. You have heard his voice more than actually
facing this iconic personality, simply Identify
him.

Q8.
• What is mandatory in India when the following happen?
1. Civil and Military investitures;
2. When the Command "Rashtriya Salute Salami Shastr" is given on
ceremonial occasions to the President or to the Governor/Lt.
Governor within their respective States/UT;
3. During parades irrespective of whether any of the dignitaries
referred to in (2) above is present or not;
4. On arrival of the President at formal State functions and other
functions organized by the Government and mass functions and on
his departure from such functions;
5. Immediately before and after the President addresses the Nation
over All India Radio;
6. On arrival of the Governor/Lieutenant Governor at formal State
functions within his State/Union Territory and on his departure
from
such functions;
7. When the National Flag is brought on parade;
8. When the Regimental Colours are presented;
9. For hoisting of colours in the Navy.

Q9.
• It is believed that X was started by Karna, the son of Surya who ruled over
the Anga Desh during the Mahabharat Age.
The Maga Purohits (now known as Shakya Dwipi Brahmins) were invited
by local kings for their expertise in Sun worshiping who started the
tradition of X. Today X is celebrated specially in those places where Shakya
Dwipi Brahmins are found.
The ritual of X may even predate the ancient Vedas texts, as the Rigveda
contains hymns worshiping the Sun god and describes similar rituals. The
rituals also find reference in the Sanskrit epic poem Mahābhārata in which
Draupadi is depicted as observing similar rites.
X is performed in order to thank Surya for sustaining life on earth and to
request the granting of certain wishes.The Sun, considered the god of
energy and of the life-force, is worshiped during the X to promote well-
being, prosperity and progress.
In Hinduism, Sun worship is believed to help cure a variety of
diseases, including leprosy, and helps ensure the longevity and prosperity
of family members, friends, and elders.
Id X ?

WRITE BROS
SCORING SCHEME
• +10 for each correct answer.
• No negatives
• Team(s) with maximum correct answer get
bonus 10 points.

Q3. CONTROVERSIAL COVER FOR
WHICH BAND’S ALBUM?

Q4. ID PAINTING AND THE ARTIST.

Q7. SIMPLY IDENTIFY THE BUILDING.

AEROSMITH.
• THE NAME OF THE ALBUM IS NINE LIVES.

FLAG OF INDIAN UNDER BRITISH RAJ.

C.D. DESHMUKH
FIRST PERSON WHO WAS APPOINTED AS THE
GOVERNOR OF RESERVE BANK OF INDIA BY
THE BRITISH RAJ IN 1934.

NARSIMHA KILLING HIRANYAKASHYIPU

RULES
+20 / - 10 on pounce for individual questions
+10 and no negatives on direct.
Answer of each question goes into the
Megaqunnect.
Scoring for the MegaQunnect mentioned on
each question.

Q1. +100/-50
X is a town located in the Bankura district of
West Bengal. X is famous for being the site of
around 20 temples bulit by the Malla rulers
during 17th and 18th century. These temples
were crafted from the local laterite and brick.
The temples are covered with terracota tiles
depicting scenes from the epic Mahabharata.
The temples are located in X and across many
other small villages in the Bankura district.
Together they are known as the ‘Temples of X’.
Identify X. (pic next slide)

X = Bishnupur
Temples of Bishnupur goes into MegaQunnect.

Q2. +90/-45
An archaeological site in Bhachau Taluka of Kutch, X has
taken its name from a modern village 1 km south of it.
Also known locally as Kotada timba, the site contains
ruins of an ancient Indus Valley Civilization. One of the
most significant discoveries at X was made in one of the
side rooms of the northern gateway of the city, and is
often called the X Signboard. The people had arranged
and set pieces of the mineral gypsum to form ten large
symbols or letters on a big wooden board. At some
point, the board fell flat on its face. The wood
decayed, but the arrangement of the letters survived. The
letters of the signboard are comparable to large bricks
that were used in nearby walls. ( pic next slide)

Q3. +80/-40
X, located in Changlang district of the Northeastern state
of Arunachal Pradesh, near its border with Myanmar. It
spans an area of 1985 sq km with 177 sq km in buffer
zone and 1808 sq km in the core area. The park is located
between the Dapha bum range of the Mishmi Hills and
the Patkai range with a wide altitudinal range between
200 m asl and 4571 m asl. The area falls under both the
Palearctic and Indo Malayan biogeographic areas
resulting in a diverse species assemblage.
It is the largest national park in India in terms of area. It is
located in the Eastern Himalayan sub-region and is
recognized as one of the richest areas in biodiversity in
India. The park harbours the northernmost lowland
evergreen rainforests in the world at 27°N latitude. The
area is also known for extensive Dipterocarp forests.
(pic next slide)

4. +70/-35
The Gwalior Light Railway is 199.8 kilometres
long and runs from Gwalior to Sheopur Kalan in
Madhya Pradesh state. This railway uses the
narrowest gauge ever used of 0.610 meters. This
line was started by Madhav Roa II in 1895 and
completed in 1909. The line branches to Bhind,
Shivpuri, Morar, Kampu Koti and Sheopur Kalan
and is today managed by the Central Railways
department of Indian Railways. Know as X due
to the then prevalent trend of royal families
building own railway networks, GLR is one
among very few which remain today.

X = The Maharaja Railways of India

5. +60/-30
X is a residential public school, owned and run
by the Northern Railway. It is situated on hill
tops covering 256 acres in Jharipani, Mussoorie,
India. The school was started by the British Raj
on June 1, 1888. The students predominantly
consist of the children of Indian Railways
employees. Designed by the chief engineer of
EIRC Mr. Richard Roskell Bayne it is built in
Gothic style of architecture. On 7th August 1891
Munshi Premchand was appointed by the
school to teach Urdu as second language.
Identify X

Q6. +50/-25
The beginnings of X date to 1143 when it was built by the
Kakatiyas. The city and fortress are built on a granite hill that
is 120 meters (400 ft) high and is surrounded by massive
crenelated ramparts. The Kakatiya dynasty were followed by
the state of Warangal, which was later conquered by the
Islamic Bahmani Sultanat. After the collapse of the Bahmani
Sultanat, it rose to prominence as the seat of the Qutb Shahi
dynasty around 1507. Over a period of 62 years the it was
expanded by the first three Qutb Shahi kings into a massive
fort of granite, extending around 5 km in circumference. It
remained the capital of the Qutb Shahi dynasty until 1590.
The state became a focal point for Shia Islam in India, for
instance in the 17th century Bahraini clerics, Sheikh Ja`far bin
Kamal al-Din and Sheikh Salih Al-Karzakani both emigrated to
this place.The Qutb Shahi sultanate lasted until its conquest by
Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1687. The fortress held out
against Aurangzeb for nine months, falling to the Mughals
through treachery.
(pic next slide)

Q7. +40/-20
Located in Sasaram, Bihar X’s tomb, an example of
Indo-Islamic architecture was designed by Aliwal
Khan. This red sandstone mausoleum (122 ft high),
which stands in the middle of an artificial lake,
which is nearly square, is known as the second Taj
Mahal of India. The tomb stands on a square stone
plinth with domed kiosks, chhatris at each of its
corners, further there are stone banks and stepped
moorings on all sides of the plinth, which is
connected to the mainland through a wide stone
bridge. The main tomb is built on octagonal plan,
topped by a dome, 22-metre in span and
surrounded ornamental domed kiosks which were
once covered in coloured glazed tile work.
Name this building.

Q8. +30/-15
Ransacked and destroyed by an army under
Bakhtiyar Khilji in 1193. The great library of X
was so vast that it is reported to have burned for
three months after the invaders set fire to
it, ransacked and destroyed the
monasteries, and drove the monks from the site.
The Chinese pilgrim-monk Xuanzang gives
explanations of the name that Shakyamuni
Buddha once had his capital here and gave
"alms without intermission", hence the name.

Q9. +20
X literally means The Temple of God. The fourth
guru of Sikhism, Guru Ram Das ji, excavated a
tank in 1577 CE which subsequently gave its
name to the city that grew around it. In due
course, a Sikh edifice rose in the middle of this
tank. The present day structure was rebuilt in
1764 by Jassa Singh Ahluwalia with the help of
other Sikh Misl's. All the gold and exquisite
marble work were conducted under the
patronage of Hukam Singh Chimni and Emperor
Ranjit Singh, Maharaja of the Sikh Empire of the
Punjab. Identify X. (not the popular name but X)

MegaQunnect.
• Temples of Bishnupur
• Dholavira
• Namdapha National Park
• The Maharaja Railways of India
• Oak Grove
• Golconda Fort
• Tomb of Sher Shah Suri
• Nalanda University
• Sri Harmandir Sahib
( inexhaustive)

All of these are in the GOI's list of
nominations for UNESCO World
Heritage Site.
Apart from the 29 sites inscribed on the World
Heritage list, India has also maintained a list of
tentative sites for recognition which has been
submitted to UNESCO Committee for evaluation
and acceptance. This procedure of prelisting is a
prerequisite for the nominations for the World
Heritage list to be accepted.

Q1.
• During the 1948–49 Ranji Trophy, playing for
Maharashtra against Kathiawar at Pune, X
made 443 not out, at the time second only to
Don Bradman's 452 not out at that time. He
was unable to break the record because, with
the total standing at 826 for 4 at the lunch
interval, Kathiawar's captain, Pradyumansinhji
Lakhajirajsinhji, conceded the match to
prevent embarrassment on the part of his
team; however, Bradman sent a personal note
to X saying that he considered X's innings
better than his own. Id X.

Q2.
• I remember how I refused a pressing invitation
from Signor Mussolini to see him in early days
of March 1936. Many of the Britain’s leading
statesmen, who spoke harshly of the fascist
duce in later years when Italy become a
belligerent, referred to him tenderly and
admiringly in those days, and praised his
regime and methods.
• Identify the book and the author.

Q3.
• He was a gifted writer; his early writings were in
English, though later in life he switched to
Punjabi, and became a writer of repute in Punjabi
literature.In 1960, after a visit to Pakistan, he
wrote Mera Pakistani Safar. His book Mera Rusi
Safarnama, which he had written after a tour of
the erstwhile Soviet Union in 1969, earned him
the 'Soviet Land Nehru Award'. He contributed
many poems and short stories in magazines and
also penned his autobiography, Meri Filmi
Aatmakatha. He was an extremely well-read and
politically conscious person. Who?

Q4.
• Naib Subedar (Later Subedar Major & Honorary Captain) X, was
born on 3 January 1949 into a Sikh family, at Kadyal in Jammu and
Kashmir. He enrolled in the Indian Army on 6 January 1969 into
the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JAK LI). He was trained at
the High Altitude Warfare School in Gulmarg (in Kashmir) and also
at another school at Sonamarg.
• The Pakistani post was at a height of 6500 metres, the highest peak
in the Siachen Glacier area. From this feature the Pakistanis could
snipe at Indian army positions since the height gave a clear view of
the entire saltoro range and siachen glacier. Naib Subedar X led his
men through an extremely difficult and hazardous route. He and his
men crawled and closed in on the adversary. Lobbing hand
grenades, charging with a bayonet and moving from trench to
trench, he cleared the post.
• X was awarded the Param Vir Chakra, the highest wartime gallantry
medal in India, for conspicuous bravery and leadership under most
adverse conditions on January 26, 1988.
• The peak which he captured was renamed X top in his honour. At
the time of the Kargil War, he was the only Paramvir Chakra
awardee who was still serving in the Army.
• ID X.

Q5.
X, an Urdu poet and a disciple of Jigar Moradabadi was a resident of
Shahjahanpur . Once X attended a publc meeting where Y finished his speech
with this couplet: "Bahe bahre-fana mein jald ya rab! lash Y ki, Ki bhuukhi
machhliyan hain jauhre shamsheer quatil ki.“

X complemented Y saying "Aamin" and completed the couplet with Jigar's
lines thus: "Jigar maine chhupaya lakh apna darde-gam lekin Bayan kar di
meri surat ne saari kaifiyat dil ki. "

While on a trip to Arya Samaj X was murmuring : "Kaun jaane ye tamanna
ishk ki manzil mein hai Jo tamanna dil se nikli fir jo dekha dil mein hai."
Seeing Y smile X asked: "What brother Ram! Did I say something out of the
meter of Urdu shayari?" Y replied: No not at all my dear Krishna! I know this is
a couplet of Jigar Moradabadi who had written it on the same theme of Mirza
Ghalib . He has said nothing new. Oh yes had he given a fresh idea I would
have certainly appreciated it.“
Hearing this from Y for his master X challenged Y: "Brother! If you have some
new idea please counter the couplet. I will accept you the master of Urdu
poetry . Then Y quoted two lines. What two lines?

X- ASHFAQULLA KHAN
Y- RAMPRASAD BISMIL

Q6.
• Arthur Wellesley, brother of Richard
Wellesley(Governor General of India), led the
british forces in 4th anglo-mysore war in 1799.
This saw the death of Tipu Sultan, checking his
pulse. Wellesley became the governor general
of Srirangpatnam & Mysore. But Tipu Sultan
was not his major conquest. He is known for
defeating a person much more popular. Who?

NAPOLEAN BONAPARTE AT THE
BATTLE OF WATERLOO

Q7.
• Thanks to translations, by the 18th century, Western intelligentsia were
beginning to get acquainted with the most important works of Indian
literature and philosophy. Goethe, Germany's greatest poet, read X's play,
and is said to have been thoroughly charmed by the oevre. He expressed
his admiration for the work in the following verses:

Wouldst thou the young year's blossoms and the fruits of its decline
And all by which the soul is charmed, enraptured, feasted, fed,
Wouldst thou the earth and heaven itself in one sole name combine?
I name thee, O _________ ! and all at once is said.

FITB AND ID X.

X- KALIDASA, BLANK- SHAKUNTALA

Q8.
• Which city's name , meaning "Boar's Molar" is
derived from a Sanskrit word Varahamul that is a
combination of two words Varaha (Boar) and Mul
(root or deep). According to Hindu teachings, the
valley of Kashmir was once a lake called
"Satisaras" Parvati's Lake in Sanskrit and was
occupied by a demon, Jalodbhava (meaning
"Originated from water"), until Lord Vishnu,
assumed the form of a boar and struck the
mountain at X creating an opening in the
mountain for the water to flow out?

Q9.
"Bhooton ka _____"
X is a deserted & supposedly haunted town in Rajasthan.It was established
in 1613 by Madho Singh, younger brother of Mughal general, Man Singh
of Amber. X was curiously abandoned soon after being built after it was
cursed by a ascetic Baba.It is illegal to enter X after sunset & before
sunrise.It was in the spotlight recently due to a planned visit by Aamir
Khan.
The ASI signboard translation"Entering the borders of X before sunrise and
after sunset is strictly prohibited.Legal action would be taken against
anybody who does not follow these instructions."

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