Meri Mati Mera Desh: An Inter-house Quiz on Indian Heritage, Sports, and Culture

Meri Mati
Mera Desh
An Inter-house Quiz Competition
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Dhemaji

Rules
+10 for each correct answer in
DIRECT QUESTIONS.
+5 for each correct answer in
PASSES.
+10/-5 for correct/incorrect
answer in POUNCE.

Question-i
Pingali Venkayya was an Indian
freedom fighter and a Gandhian. When
he was deployed to South Africa in a
War, he noticed the soldiers had to
salute the Union Jack and only then
Venkayya thought about designing
something. First, he used two colours,
Red and Green for Hindus and Muslims,
but Gandhi suggested adding White to
represent all other religions. Although
that thing has been modified later.
What did he design?

Question-2
X is a part of a Mantra from the
Hindu scripture Mundaka Upanishad.
Following the independence of India, it was
adopted as the national motto of India on 26
January 1950, the day India became
a republic.
It is inscribed in the Devanagari script at the
base of the Lion Capital of Ashoka and forms
an integral, part of the Indian national
emblem. The emblem and the phrase X are
inscribed on one side of all Indian
currency and national documents. Identify the
phrase.

QUESTION-3
Prime Minister Narendra Modi renamed 21 islands
of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago after
Param Vir Chakra awardees on January 23, 2023.
Some of these Islands are:
1. Batra Island after Captain Vikram Batra
2. Somnath Island after Major Somnath Sharma
3. Shaitan Island after Major Shaitan Singh etc…
Not only that, Mr. Modi also renamed Neil Island as
Shaheed Dweep Island; and Havelock Island as
Swaraj Island.
How/What did he rename the Ross Island?

QUESTION-4
The name of this Dance Form comes
from a Sanskrit word for ‘womb’.
One way to interpret the dance is as
a fertility ritual. The other is that the
lamp placed at the centre stands for
God and dancing in circles around it
represents the cycle of rebirth,
where the only thing constant is
God.
Which Dance Form?

Garba (From the Sanskrit Word ‘Garbha’)

QUESTION-5
In a remote village in Assam, a unique
school founded by Parmita and Mazin is
making waves by paving the way for both
education and environmental sustainability.
This extraordinary institution, shared by
Nagaland Minister Temjen Imna on his
twitter profile, operates on a unique
principle: students pay their tuition fees not
in cash but with X . These X, often seen as a
danger to the environment, are transformed
into a valuable resource.
What is the unique school fee?

Question-i
Sansarpur village of Jalandhar
district, Punjab has a major
contribution in a particular
sport. It produced 14 Olympians
and 27 Olympic medals. One
street of this village renamed as
Olympics Street which became
major attraction for the sports
lovers.
Which sport?

Question-2
Connect these Indian Cricketers with a unique achievement.

Question-3
X is an Indian boxer. She won a bronze
medal at the 2020 Olympic Games,
becoming only the third Indian boxer to
win a medal at the Olympics. She was the
joint flagbearer of India in the 2023
Asian Games in Hangzhou alongside
Harmanpreet Singh, Indian Men’s Hockey
Team Captain. She did not disappoint his
country and won the silver medal in the
women's 75kg boxing event in this Asian
Games.
Who is She?

Question-4
Highlighting the lofty ambition of the host state, What is quite
fittingly placed instead of ‘I’ in the logo of the 36th
National Games of
India?

Question-5
Identify the chess player in the Google doodles.

Third Round
(Again Mixed Bag!)

Question-i
X is an Indian-born British-American novelist.
Rushdie's second novel, Midnight's Children (1981),
won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was deemed to be
"the best novel of all winners" on two occasions,
marking the 25th and the
40th anniversary of the prize.
After his fourth novel, The Satanic Verses (1988),
Rushdie became the subject of several assassination
attempts and death threats, including a fatwa calling
for his death issued by Ruhollah Khomeini, the
supreme leader of Iran.
In 2022, a man stabbed Rushdie after rushing onto
the stage where the novelist was scheduled to deliver
a lecture at an event. This (pic) is his recent book. Who
is the novelist?

Question-2
The famous slogan X was given
by Maulana Hasrat Mohani. This famous
slogan inspired the activities of the
Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
particularly Ashfaqulla Khan, Bhagat
Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad.
Although it was first raised by Bhagat
Singh who shouted it after bombing the
Central Assembly in Delhi.
What is X?

Question-3
In one interpretation they symbolize the six Shastras and
four Vedas, making him a great scholar. However, one
negative interpretation states that they represent these Ten
traits, namely:
“Ahamkara, Moha, Krodha, Anyaya, Amanvta, Irshya, Lobha,
Kama, Swartha, Meda.”
Symbolic significance of what?

Question-4
This book is an honest, light
hearted telling of an
uncommon bond between a
millennial and an
octogenarian that gives
glimpses of a beloved Indian
icon in a warm light.
Identify the octogenarian.

Question-5
Often regarded as
the Father of the
Green Revolution
In India. Recently
passed away.
Identify the great
scientist.

Meri Mati Mera Desh: An Inter-house Quiz on Indian Heritage, Sports, and Culture

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