A General Quiz hosted at Lovely Professional University on 13th February, 2016.

1. The Introductory
Quiz
LPU QUIZ CLUB
Hosted By: Sukhvinder Singh.
Monday, 6 Feb 2017

2. The quiz consists of 21 Questions.
– Form 2-3 teams.
– 3 rounds.
– No googling allowed.
– All the Best.

3. Round 1:
Theme :- Current Affairs
– Direct Question to a team
– Scoring :
– Direct : +20
– Pass : +10
– No Negatives.

4. Q1. Complete this list that is of
significance this year.
– 2014: Japan
– 2015: United States
– 2016: France
– 2017: ?

5. –

6. UAE
Chief guests at Republic Day Parade

7. Q 2) Identify X or tell me where
have you seen him recently.
– X was an underworld figure and an associate of Dawood Ibrahim. He used to
wait on tables in gambling dens where he started serving liquor as a
teenager. He became a big-time bootlegger and eventually monopolized the
illegal liquor business.
– He was the main culprit in supplying RDX used in the 1993 Mumbai blasts. He
was arrested in 1995 in Delhi and housed at the Sabarmati jail pending trial. In
November 1997, X was shot dead by the police in Ahmedabad.

8. –

9. Abdul Latif
Shahrukh Khan’s character
in RAEES is said to be
modelled on him.

10. Q 3 )Gimme XY.
– A XY tag is a name or sign used on certain products which corresponds to a
specific geographical location or origin (e.g. a town, region, or country). India, as
a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), enacted the XY of goods
act,1999 and it came into force with effect from 15 September 2003
– Darjeeling Tea became the first XY tagged product in India in 2004-05, since
then by November 2015, 272 had been added to the list

11. –

12. XY:- Geographical Indications
– Interesting Fact:- The Venkateswara temple in Tirupati, scored a legal
victory: the Geographical Indications Registry upheld its claim of a GI
registration over the famous Tirupati laddu.
– The Registry's order granting the GI tag was, earlier, challenged by R S Praveen
Raj, a scientist with CSIR-NIIST. The registry issued the verdict, upholding TTD's
claim and fined Praveen Raj Rs 10,000.

13. Q 4) Identify X.
– X is an Indian payment and commerce company based out of Delhi NCR,
India. Launched in August 2010, it is the consumer brand of One97
Communications.
– In 2015 X received a license from RBI for starting one of India's
first payments banks. The bank intends to use X’s existing user base for
offering new services, including debit cards, savings accounts, online
banking and transfers, to enable a cashless economy

14. –

15. X : Paytm (Pay through Mobile)

16. Q 5) Who am I talking about ?
Also tell the controversy surrounding her
– X was a legendary 13th-14th century Indian queen .The earliest source to
mention her is an epic poem written by Malik Muhammad Jayasi in 1540 CE.
The text, which features elements of fantasy, describes her story as follows:
– “X was an exceptionally beautiful princess of the Singhal Kingdom of
Srilanka. Ratan Sen, the rajput ruler of Chittor, heard about her beauty from
a talking parrot named Hiraman. After an adventurous quest, he married her
and brought her to Chittor. Alauddin Khilji , the Sultan of Delhi also heard
about her beauty, and attacked Chittor to obtain her. But before he could
capture Chittor, X and her companions committed Jauhar(self-immolation)”

17. –

18. X : Padmini or Padmavati
An 18th century painting of Padmini.

19. Q 6) What practice caused the
nationwide hue and cry recently?
This practice is said to have existed for about 2500
years. A platform for displaying bravery, prize money,
specifically, a bag of coins, was introduced to it at a later
stage. A seal from the Indus Valley civilization depicting
it is preserved in the National Museum in Delhi. What
practice?

20. –

21. Jallikattu

22. Round 2
-Incredible India “Unexplored”

23. Q 1) . The 4 minarets of the Taj Mahal are not absolutely
straight. The have been found to tilt outwards slightly.
While the definite reason as to why they were so built
has not be ascertained, what is the most accepted reason
behind this anomaly?(vis on next slide)

26. Ans.
In case the minarets fall, they fall outwards and do not
damage the Mausoleum.

27. Q 2) Dedicated to whom ?
This is a temple dedicated to 'X‘ at
Pavithreswaram at Kollam district of
Kerala. A throne believed to have been
used by 'X' is found in this temple. No
puja or tantric rituals
are performed at the
temple. Offerings of the
temple include tender
coconut, palm wine etc.
Identify 'X'.

29. SHAKUNI

30. Q 3)
a) Owing to geographical reasons, the natives of Longwa village of Mon district in
Nagaland is granted with a special privilege/relaxation from certain provisions
mentioned in Constitution of India. What privilege/relaxation?
b) The image in the next slide shows the house of “The Angh”, the hereditary chief of
Longwa. Going by part a) what is so special about this house?

33. a. Dual Citizenship - For Example,The chief’s son is an employee
in Myanmarese Army
b. India-Myanmar border passes right through this house

34. Q 4)
Killick, Nixon and Company, set up in 1857, created the CPRC to act as its agents. They
floated a joint venture with erstwhile British government to establish necessary
requirements in 1903 to transport cotton from Vidarbha to Manchester, England. The
arrangements that they made is fully operational even today, and is a lifeline for poor
people in Yavatmal and Amravati district in Maharashtra.
– Hint: - A fully romantic name extracted from mythology is given to this arrangement
How is this arrangement the only one of its kind in India?
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35. India’s Only Privately Owned Railway Line.
Shakunthala Railways

36. Q 5)
The image on the right side shows an Orchid with the
scientific name Cypripedioideae, which is also the
state flower of two North-east Indian states.
Owing to its resemblance to a daily used entity,
what is its common name?
Looking for a 2 worded answer (IMAGE FOLLOWS)

38. Lady’s Slipper

39. Q 6) This is one of the earliest logo of which institution?

41. State Bank of India

42. Q 7)
– In a radio talk show in January 1972 to commemorate something,
a journalist Jyoti Prasad Saikia of Tripura coined this term.
– Later through his book, the term which he coined became popular.
– What did he coin?

44. – Seven Sisters of India

45. Q 8)
– This company had the motto
‘Florebo quocumque ferar’
meaning ‘I will flourish wherever
I will be brought’.
– ID this company.

47. – Compagnie française pour le commerce des Indes orientales
Or
– French East India Company

48. Q 9)
As per the rules of the Mumbai Dabbawala’s Nutan
Mumbai Tiffin Box Suppliers’ Association, a Dabbawala can
be fined only for one reason and that is for not wearing a
________. They are fined Rs. 25 for this offence.
FITB

50. A Gandhi Cap

51. Round 3: Expect the Unexpected.
Miscellaneous

52. Q 1) The persons with 'visiolibriphobia'
have fear of..?
– Hint :- Something which a lot of us are very accustomed to and find it
rather enjoyable.

54. FEAR OF FACEBOOK

55. Q2). The Lusophony Games is an international
multi-sport event in which Angola, Brazil, East Timor,
Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, India, Sri Lanka and few
more countries take part. What is common to them?

57. Countries ruled over by Portugal

58. Q 3)
Ingredients of which
famous logo.

60. Unilever
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61. Question 4
– When ‘X’ was asked why he changed his name from ‘Y’ to ‘X’ he
said,
– “The truth is I never liked my name…. No disrespect to the great
actor ______! But somehow my name didn’t match the image I
had of myself.”
– Interestingly, the great actor mentioned had himself changed his
name from ‘Z’ to _____
– Identify X,Y and Z.

63. Answer
– X- A. R. Rahman.
– Y- A. S. Dileep Kumar.
– Z- Yusuf khan.

64. Question 5
– ‘X’ was born in a Telugu Christian family, to Prakash Rao Janumala,
an operator in HLL plant and Karunamma Janumala in Prakasam,
Andhra Pradesh.
– During a HLL company function, he performed an act, and from
that day on, the workers said he was not ______(his real name),
he was ‘X’. When he later joined the industry, he decided to keep
the name.
– Identify ‘X’.

66. Answer
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67. Q 6) Few Reasons for what recent
proposal by a state government?
A jumping to 4th position when it comes to speaking in the
parliament, among many.
A geographical anomaly when looking at India as a whole.
Inspiration from a neighbouring state.
Example of Punjab in 1950.
Erase the memory of an unfortunate pre independence
episode.

69. Dropping of “West” from West Bengal
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