3. Dilli Durbar of 1911. This event was
attended by King George V was the official
coronation of Delhi as the national capital.
4. *Q2.
A week long festival, it is a unique phenomena
when Hindus and Muslims together offer the floral
chaddar and pankha at the Dargah and floral
pankhaas at the Temple.. The pankha has become a
symbol of Communal Harmony and also national
integration. Jawaharlal Nehru, revived and
inaugurated this festival in 1962, and all the PMs
hence, have equally participated in the festival.
This secular festival involves a procession, led by
shehnai players and dancers, and bearing large
floral fans, pankha, to Yogmaya Temple, the shrine
of Devi Jog Maya, and winds though Mehrauli
bazar, to reach the dargah of Khwaja Bakhtiyar
Kaki.
What is being talked about?
6. Q3. FITB
And there was the ____________ at Connaught
Circus, only a short distance from Atul Grove. I had learnt
to get there on my own (perfectly safe, as there was little
or no traffic on the road) and when I grew restless at
home I would stroll down Curzon Road (Kasturba Gandhi
Marg today) and indulge in a strawberry milkshake or
vanilla ice cream at the Milk Bar. Close by was a
newsstand, here I'd pick up my favourite comic, Film Fun
or Radio Fun, and stroll home in the mid-day sun, my
head suitably protected with a sola topee or sun-helmet.
One did not venture out without a sola-topee. They were
supposed to protect you from sunstroke and brain fever.
You don't see them any more. I haven't noticed any
increase in the number of sunstroke victims, so I think the
value of the sun-helmet was somewhat exaggerated; or
perhaps people don't go out in the sun as much as they
used to.
7.
8. *Q4.
Central Secretariat- Janpath - Mandi House – ITO
- Delhi Gate - Jama Masjid - Red Fort - Kashmere
Gate.
This is one of Delhi Metro’s upcoming routes.
What is it titled?
10. Q5.
In October 2010, Lt. Col. Satyendra Verma, an
officer of the Indian Army Sports sky diving
team, successfully performed India's first BASE
jump off X . On 5 October 2011 Indian celebrity
illusionist and magician Rajesh Kumar vanished
X in the broad day light for a live audience for
the promotion of a Magic Festival which was
organised by Delhi Tourism in October 2011
Identify X
12. *Q6.
X was a great centre of major political
developments in Delhi before and after
independence. Its vicinity to both the railway
stations of Delhi has made it a nice place for hiding
in Delhi for freedom fighters. With Chandni Chowk
nearby it was a major Centre of social, commercial
and political activities. Post-partition the market
witness many migrants from Pakistan setting up
shops here, for example, the Frontier Biscuit, which
started in 1921 in West Pakistan, re-established
itself here with a small production unit at X. X has
seen emergence of eminent politicians like Aruna
Asaf Ali, Jagdish Tytler and others.
Identify X
16. Q8.
Hazrat Nizamuddin used these words for the
Mohammad Bin Tughlaq when he was upset
with the famous sufi Nizamuddin Auliya, and
upon his return to Dilli, had plans to get him
killed. He was returning to Dilli and had reached
almost its suburbs. Hazrat Nizamuddin's faithfuls
kept exhorting him to scram and save
himself, but he said the famous phrase
_____________ and just sat there. Somewhere
outside of the city, the king fell off his elephant
and died. So it is said that it was the curse of
Hazrat Nizamuddin on the King. Which phrase?
18. Q9.
There was a SMS contest organised by GMR
Group to chose the name of Delhi team in
Indian Premier Leauge in 2008. Out of two
options, the one that gained maximum
percentage of votes is what you already know.
What was the other suggestion/option?
20. Q10.
Located in Mehrauli, X is a
revolutionary, integrated music project. It
consists of the country’s premiere live music
performance club, four state-of-the-art music
recording studios, a music production house
comprising top-notch composers, musicians and
producers, and an independent record label &
artist management service. Advaita, Avial, Indian
Ocean, Anoushka Shankar, Aurora Jane and Axe-
Tortion are few of the prominent music entities
who have performed here.
Identify X.
24. Q12.
X is located at Andrews Ganj on Khel Gaon
Marg, in South Delhi. Opened on 1 November
1999, it was the first of it’s kind Delhi. It has an
amphitheater enclaved within, which hosts
regular screening of India and IPL matches.
X was the start of a revolution which has
gripped entire NCR.
Identify X
28. *Q14.
Located in American plaza, Nehru Place X is a
Five Star Deluxe Hotel which draws inspiration
from designs of Sir Edwin Lutyens and Herbert
Baker. It has distinctive features like The
Viceroy's Room and the Governor's Room and
The Royal Ballroom.
It is now managed by the Hilton.
Identify X.
32. *Q16.
“It is said that the day after the bulldozing of the
magicians’ ghetto, a new slum was reported in the
heart of the city, hard by the New Delhi railway
station. Bulldozers were rushed to the scene of the
reported hovels; they found nothing. After that the
existence of the moving slum of the escaped
illusionists became a fact known to all the
inhabitants of the city, but the wreckers never
found it. It was reported at Mehrauli; but when
vasectomists and troops went there, they found the
Qutb Minar unbesmirched by the hovels of
poverty.”
Extract from which book?
36. Q18.
The main block was built on a square plot of 22
acres and the building was designed by chief
architect Ganesh Bhikaji Deolalikar who was the
first Indian to head CPWD. He designed the
Building in an Indo – British architectural style.
The building is shaped to project the image of
scales of justice with the Central Wing of the
building corresponding to the centre beam of the
Scales. In 1979, two new wings—the East Wing and
the West Wing—were added to the complex.
What is being talked about?
