National Level India Quiz | IndiKya '18 as part of MindSpark 2018 conducted in 9 cities on 12th of August '18.

1. @coepquizclub
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2. Brought to you with efforts from ...
• LBSITW, Trivandrum
• BITS Pilani Goa Campus
• KIIT Bhubaneshwar
• IIT Bombay
• RV College of Engineering, Bengaluru
• Delhi Technological University
• Government Engineering College, Thrissur
• IIM Ahmedabad
• Gokhale Education Society R. H. Sapat College of Engineering

3. Acknowledgements
• All the City Proctors and College Authorities
• Huge shootout to the admin team for the Quiz
• Internet for making this possible
• And all of you!
Set by...
Sanyukta Chougale, Saurabh Kulkarni, Akshay Hatwar & Vrushab

4. We dedicate this Quiz to the victims and
people suffered due to the Kerala Floods
of August 2018.

5. Format
• 25 Questions + 1 list it
• Total 30 points to be scored and no negatives
• Each question carries one point and no part points will be awarded
to any question
• Question number 5,10,15,20,25 are star marked. In case of ties,
marks obtained in these questions will be considered.
• Highest scoring team will come to Pune to take part in Mega Finals
during MindSpark, 28th -30th September 2018.

6. Let’s Get Rolling...

7. Q 1 IndiKya 2018
"Dispenser of the destiny of India" is a five-stanza Brahmo hymn in Bengali language
dedicated to Supreme divine God or Para Brahman who is the dispenser of the destiny of
India.
How do we popularly know the first stanza of this great work?
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8. Q 2 IndiKya 2018
The picture shows Vasant Desai (right) who
composed songs like “Ae Malik Tere bande
hum", “Humko Man Ki Shakti Dena".
He had a significant association with
Prabhat Studio
which produced 45 films from 1933 to 1960.
ID the person on the left.
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9. Q 3 IndiKya 2018
Meaning “special village” in the local language this place was built with a concept and
motto of providing the wholesome experience of the culture and traditions of this region
to all the travellers and people in general.
Which place that is now grown in many geographies across the nation just like our Quiz?
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10. Q 4 IndiKya 2018
Maj General Vikram Dogra has become the first Indian Army Officer to complete the
_____ Triathlon.
It comprises three consecutive events- 3.8 km swim, 180km cycling, 42.2 km marathon,
to be completed within 17 hours. Dogra completed the Triathlon in 14 hours, 21 minutes
earn _____ title.
Fill in the blanks (both blanks are same).
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11. *Q 5 IndiKya 2018
Identify the cartoonist who tweeted this after Karnataka elections 2018.
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12. Q 6 IndiKya 2018
_______________ means " LAND OF X".
The word X defines a person who has integrity, courage, honesty, gentleness,
compassion, eagerness for knowledge and respect for the wise and learned.
The word X does not indicate any specific race or tribe, which is popularised by western
Indologists.
What is the name of this place got due to X.
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13. Q 7 IndiKya 2018
These shawls, woven from Pashmina yarn, originally are
from Kanihama area of Kashmir.
The handicraft dates back to the Mughal era.
Designs are made by using a peculiar wooden needle.
Even the J&K government has granted a geographical
indication to the shawl, making it illegal
to sell shawls made outside Kanihama
as ____ Shawls.
What are they known as (blank is the answer)?
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14. Q 8 IndiKya 2018
Indira Gandhi faced 15 of 27 no-confidence motions moved in Lok sabha while Lal
Bahadur Shastri and P V Narsinharao faced 3 each.
First such motion was moved against Nehru’s government in 1963.
Name the PMs of India who haven’t faced any no-confidence motion?
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15. Q 9 IndiKya 2018
Identify this structure which holds a planetarium, museum, science centre, art gallery
and a dinosauriam in a single compound.
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16. *Q 10 IndiKya 2018
To whom this letter was addressed by Jamsetji Tata describing the person as an
inspiration in setting up IISC Bangalore?
(image on the next slide)
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17. *Q 10 IndiKya 2018

18. Q 11 IndiKya 2018
Which annual event was started to celebrate memory of Bhai Gurmeet Singh Just Virdee,
a well known tabla player who taught thousands of children in UK over a 30 year period?
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19. Q 12 IndiKya 2018
What is written in the
blank space?
(In memory of …)
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20. Q 13 IndiKya 2018
Some of country's best women performers have come forward to form the 1st ever
ensemble of Indian classical music to celebrate womanhood. It gives tribute to Indian
goddesses- Ganga, Saraswati, Durga, Lakshmi, Draupadi, Kunti, Seeta Radha, Meera. The
group has Mahima Upadhyay for pakhwaj, Shaoni Talwakar for tabla, Debopriya
Chatterjee for flute, Nandini Shankar for violin, Bhakti Deshpande for Kathak.
Who is the vocalist also founder-producer of the band?
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21. Q 14 IndiKya 2018
______-fest, which is also tagged as the Spiritual Woodstock of the New Millenium is a
unique event where you'd find Jaii Uttal, Krishna Das, MC Yogi, Dharma Mittra, Deva
Premal indulging people with their art and teachings.
This event could also be considered as a Rajneeshi Repercussion or George Harrison
getting hyper over Maharshi Mahesh Yogi as it has a Hindu evangelical touch.
Which event are we talking about?
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22. *Q 15 IndiKya 2018
This is Brajkishor Prasad, a close associate of Gandhiji from
Bihar.
He was among the leading activists in Kheda and Champaran
Satyagraha.
By what title Gandhiji has dedicated a chapter to him in the
book My Experiments with Truth?
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23. Q 16 IndiKya 2018
Name the painting. The person is staring
his creation (where he is) on his deathbed
while his daughter is sitting besides him
at his feet painted by Abanindranath
Tagore in 1902.
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24. Q 17 IndiKya 2018
The novel written Aravind Adiga provides a darkly humorous perspective of India’s class
struggle in a globalized world as told through a retrospective narration from Balram
Halwai, a village boy.
In detailing Balram's journey first to Delhi, where he works as a chauffeur to a rich
landlord, and then to Bangalore, the place to which he flees after killing his master and
stealing his money, the novel examines issues of religion, caste, loyalty, corruption and
poverty in India.
What is the title of this book named after an species of animal found in the states of
Madhya Pradesh, Assam, West Bengal and Bihar in the Sunderbans region and especially
in the former State of Rewa?
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25. Q 18 IndiKya 2018
Shown here is the logo of National Register of Citizens that was frist prepared in the year
1951 ,after the census of India, but unlike it's name suggests it is the list of the citizens of
a certain state in the country. It caused a controversy when on
30th July 2018, the final draft of NRC was
released and the names of 40 lakh
(4 million) people were still left out
in the final draft!
Which state?
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26. Q 19 IndiKya 2018
In 1967, Satyajit Ray wrote a script for a film to be called The Alien, based on his short
story "Bankubabur Bandhu" ("Banku Babu's Friend"), which he wrote in 1962 for
Sandesh, the Ray family magazine but the The Alien remained unproduced. When this
another movie was released in 1982, Arthur C. Clarke and Ray saw similarities in the film
to Ray's earlier Alien script. Ray claimed that this film plagiarized his script. Satyajit Ray
said that ____'s movie "would not have been possible without my script of 'The Alien'
being available throughout America in mimeographed copies." ____ denied any
plagiarism by saying, "I was a kid in high school when this script was circulating in
Hollywood.“
Fill in the Blank and the movie released in 1982.
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27. *Q 20 IndiKya 2018
Lawrence Stroll, Andre Desmarais, Jonathan Dudman, John Idol, John McCow Jr.,Michael
de Piccioto, Silas Chou are businessmen from different countries. They generally invest in
Sports leagues, real estate, sports branding. etc. They are in news recently for purchasing
an England based company with an Indian license.
Whom did they purchase?
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28. Q 21 IndiKya 2018
The structure of Chausath Yogini Temple, Jabalpur inspired which Indian structure?
(another image on the next slide)
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29. Q 21 IndiKya 2018
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30. Q 22 IndiKya 2018
Leo Pinto was a Field Hockey player. He missed the 1936 Olympics due to injury.
But he won gold in 1948 Olympics.
He was brilliant in front of the post and conceded just once.
But his moment of glory came in final against Great Britain, the rules back then helped
him achieve this feat in an Olympic or WHC final and remains the only one to do so.
What feat and how rules helped him achieve it?
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31. Q 23 IndiKya 2018
This was tweeted on 9 Aril 2018. The tweet became very famous within hours. What is
blanked out here?
(both the blanks are same)
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32. Q 24 IndiKya 2018
What is the importance of these handprints at the Mehrangarh fort?
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33. *Q 25 IndiKya 2018
Kalidasa’s wife once asked him “Asti Kashchit Vag-visheshah?”, meaning whether his
speech has improved or not? In response he presented three Mahakavyas , each starting
from those 3 words i.e. Asti, Kashchit, Vag. What are those three Mahakavyas
respectively?
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34. LIST IT IndiKya 2018
All posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna awardees
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35. IndiKya 2018
Answers follow
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36. IndiKya 2018
• Jana Gana Mana
• V Shantaram
• Choki Dhani
• Ironman
• Raj Thackarey
• Aryawarta
• Kani shawls
• Man Mohan Singh, Dewe Gaowda, IK Gujral
• B M Birla Science Museum
• Swami Vivekananda
• Darbar Festival
• Lokmanya Tilak
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37. IndiKya 2018
• Kaushiki Chakraborty
• Bhakti fest
• The Gentle Bihari
• The passing of Shah Jahan
• The White Tiger
• Assam
• Steven Spielberg and E T
• Sahara Force India
• The Parliament of India
• He was the only goal keeper to score in Olympics or WHC final and the rule was- player
fouled would take the penalty
• Lalochezia
• Sati handprints (jodhpur queens left these before going to death)
• Asti- Kumarsambhava, Kashchit- Meghaduta, Vag- Raghuvansham
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38. IndiKya 2018
List It-
• Madan Mohan Malaviya
• Gopinath Bordoloi
• Jayaprakash Narayan
• Aruna Asaf Ali
• Abul Kalam Azad
• Vallabhbhai patel
• Rajiv Gandhi
• B R Ambedkar
• M G Ramachandran
• Vinoba Bhave
• K Kamraj
• Lal Bahadur Shastri
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39. Thank you !
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