The document outlines the rules and structure for a foundation day quiz competition organized by the quiz committee in association with OC Nilsaa, consisting of a preliminary written round and a final round for qualifying teams. The preliminary round features 20 specific questions covering a range of topics, with guidelines on answer submission and the absence of negative marking. Key questions included in the quiz reference notable figures, events, and cultural topics, including a question pertaining to the Maitreyi College incident and a ban on a popular anime in China.

1. FOUNDATION DAY QUIZ
COMPETITION
Quiz Committee in Association
with OC NILSAA Presents

2. Rules
 Team of 2.
 There will be a preliminary written round qualifying which 6
team will make it to the finals.
 Preliminary round will have 20 questions. Sheets are given to
you and you have to write the answer at given space.
 At the beginning, at prescribed space, write your team name,
team members name, roll number.
 One mark each for right answer.
 No negative marking.
 Quiz master’s Chachas are Vidhayaks so his decision will be
final and binding.
 Use of any kind of electronic gadgets can land you into
troubled water`.

3. Preliminary Round.
 Specific answer based.

4. Question (1)
 The iconic building X got trademarked recently. This
iconic building is 114 years old and situated in
Mumbai. Identify the building.

5. Q-2
 Who is brand ambassador of Assam Tourism?

6. Q-3
 The company, Maruti was established in February
1981 by X on Background of Government of India
though the actual production commenced only in
1983. Maruti Suzuki India Limited, formerly known
as Maruti Udyog Limited, is an automobile
manufacturer in India. Identify X.

7. Q-4
 Switzerland has declared May 26 as the Science Day
in honour of visiting Indian President X. This was
announced by the Swiss government, considering his
vast expertise in science and technology. ID X.

8. Q-5
 X was an English mathematician, who at the time of
Second World War devised methods to encrypt the
Y. He is known to be a designer of one of the first
computer designs. He was later prosecuted by the
English government for the acts of Homosexuality
and was made subject to Chemical Castration.
Identify the person X and the Y.

9. Q-6
 X is a conspiracy that was planned by the Hindustan
Republic Association (HRA) before independence in
year 1925. The conspiracy was seen as a huge win to
Indian freedom fighters and a big slap on the face of
British regime. This conspiracy further led to arrest
of many big Indian Freedom fighters and some of
them were executed by the British Government.
What is the conspiracy X?

10. Q-7

11. Q-8
 President Roosevelt was invited to hunting trip. Most
of the people completed with their hunting but
Roosevelt could not. The attendants of the president
cornered, clubbed and tied an animal to a tree and
asked the president to shoot it. He refused to shoot it
himself but asked the attendant to shoot it to end its
misery. The incident went viral and on 16th
November 1902, Washington post published a
cartoon by Clifford berryman depicting the animal.
In the upcoming cartoons by berryman the animal
was depicted smaller and cuter than before. What
name came out of this incident?

12. Q-9
 Which is the first Indian state to pass a law making
social boycott a crime? The X Prohibition of people
from social boycott Act, 2016 got the assent of the
president in the month of July, 2017. ID X. the name
of the state.

13. Q-10
 Who is the youngest ever Women’s ODI Centurion?
She scored 114 against Ireland on her debut match
when she was 16?

14. Q-11
 “ for the greatest benefit to mankind” who said this?

15. Q-12
 This incident happened with one of the noble laureate
when he was returning with his medal given as noble
prize.
“So they opened it up and they said, ‘What’s it made out
of?’ I said, ‘gold.’ And they’re like, ‘Uhhhh. Who gave this
to you?’ ‘The King of Sweden.’ ‘Why did he give this to
you?’ ‘Because I helped discover the expansion rate of the
universe was accelerating.’
X was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2011. X is an
Astrophysicist and currently vice chancellor of Australian
National University. He is the only Montana born noble
laureate. Bringing his medal home after visiting his
grandmother in Fargo, North Dakota, turned out to be
harder than he thought. ID X.

16. Q-13
 The tradition that menstruating women shall not be
allowed in the house and are bound to stay in the
menstruation huts is prevalent in many countries
and many parts of India. Government of X has
recently passed a law in order to attack the tradition
after the death of a 18 year old who was bitten by a
poisonous snake. Saluting the effort, Identify X.

17. Q-14
 In the E04S7 “Spoils of War” of Game of Thrones,
The mother of dragons led the army of dothraki’s in
the battlefield against the returning army of
Lannisters. The Drogon at the utterance of Dracarys,
roasted the whole army within a span of time. Jaime
Lannister instructed Brone to get to the Qyburn
created X and use it against the dragon since the
regular arrows were not sufficient to stop the dragon.
The bow was created especially for the dragons.
Brone missed the first shot but in his second attempt
it imbalanced the dragon. Name X.

18. Q-15
 A Japanese island where women are banned has
been recently declared a UNESCO world heritage
site. The island is a small outcrop off the Kyushu
Island which is close to South Korea. It is sacred site
in the Japanese Shinto religion which insists that no
female is allowed to visit the island. Even the male
visitors, who come, have to strip naked and ritually
wash themselves in the waters of the Korea Strait
before setting foot on the island. Identify the Island.

19. Q-16
 Based on the seemingly impossible true story, the
film followed the story of Saroo Brierley who found
his way back to his biological mother from Tasmania,
Australia to the by lanes of Khandwa, Madhya
Pradesh with the help of Google Earth. A Six year old
Saroo gets adopted by an Australian couple after
getting lost in Howrah and spending some time on
the streets and orphanages. Identify the Movie.

20. Q-17
 X is a song also known as a “Hungarian Suicide
song” published in 1933 by a Hungarian writer after
break up with his fiancé. This song is about a lover
expressing sorrow over the death of a beloved and a
pledge to meet with the lover again in the afterlife.
Allegedly, many people immediately committed
suicide after listening to the song because it was too
depressing. Identify the song.

21. Q-18
 Very recently, an international cricketer bragged
much appreciation and love from the Indians on
social media for posting the English version of
National Anthem of India. Identify who is the
person.

22. Q-19
 The Mahabharata mentions that only four people
listened to the Bhagvat Gita directly from Krishna.
Arjuna was the one it was addressed to, Sanjaya
listened to it because of his divine vision; and Ved
Vyasa who was experiencing the past, present and
future at the same time. Dhritarashtra heard it
indirectly from Sanjaya. Who was the fourth?

23. Q-20
 Early in 2005, school officials in China, banned X.
The immediate cause was that students had been
altering notebooks to resemble X and then writing
the names of acquaintances, enemies, and teachers
in the books.

24. Question (1)
 The iconic building X got trademarked recently. This
iconic building is 114 years old and situated in
Mumbai. Identify the building.
Taj Mahal Palace Hotel

25. Q-2
 Who is brand ambassador of Assam Tourism?
Priyanka Chopra

26. Q-3
 The company, Maruti was established in February
1981 by X on Background of Government of India
though the actual production commenced only in
1983. Maruti Suzuki India Limited, formerly known
as Maruti Udyog Limited, is an automobile
manufacturer in India. Identify X.
Sanjay Gandhi

27. Q-4
 Switzerland has declared May 26 as the Science Day
in honour of visiting an Indian X. This was
announced by the Swiss government, considering his
vast expertise in science and technology. ID X.
Mr. APJ Abdul Kalam

28. Q-5
 X was an English mathematician, who at the time of
Second World War devised methods to encrypt the
Y. He is known to be a designer of one of the first
computer designs. He was later prosecuted by the
English government for the acts of Homosexuality
and was made subject to Chemical Castration.
Identify the person X and the Y.
Alan Turing

29. Q-6
 X is a conspiracy that was planned by the Hindustan
Republic Association (HRA) before independence in
year 1925. The conspiracy was seen as a huge win to
Indian freedom fighters and a big slap on the face of
British regime. This conspiracy further led to arrest
of many big Indian Freedom fighters and some of
them were executed by the British Government.
What is the conspiracy X?
Kakori Train loot Conspiracy

30. Q-8
 President Roosevelt was invited to hunting trip. Most of
the people completed with their hunting but Roosevelt
could not. The attendants of the president cornered,
clubbed and tied an animal to a tree and asked the
president to shoot it. He refused to shoot it himself but
asked the attendant to shoot it to end its misery. The
incident went viral and on 16th November 1902,
Washington post published a cartoon by Clifford
berryman depicting the animal. In the upcoming
cartoons by berryman the animal was depicted smaller
and cuter than before. What name came out of this
incident?
 Teddy

31. Q-9
 Which is the first Indian state to pass a law making
social boycott a crime? The X Prohibition of people
from social boycott Act, 2016 got the assent of the
president in the month of July, 2017. ID X. the name
of the state.
Maharashtra

32. Q-10
 Who is the youngest ever Women’s ODI Centurion?
She scored 114 against Ireland on her debut match
when she was 16?
 Mitali Raj

33. Q-11
 “ for the greatest benefit to mankind” who said this?
 Alfred Noble

34. Q-12
 This incident happened with one of the noble laureate when
he was returning with his medal given as noble prize.
“So they opened it up and they said, ‘What’s it made out of?’ I
said, ‘gold.’ And they’re like, ‘Uhhhh. Who gave this to you?’
‘The King of Sweden.’ ‘Why did he give this to you?’ ‘Because I
helped discover the expansion rate of the universe was
accelerating.’
X was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2011. X is an
Astrophysicist and currently vice chancellor of Australian
National University. He is the only Montana born noble
laureate. Bringing his medal home after visiting his
grandmother in Fargo, North Dakota, turned out to be harder
than he thought. ID X.
Brian Schmidt

35. Q-13
 The tradition that menstruating women shall not be
allowed in the house and are bound to stay in the
menstruation huts is prevalent in many countries
and many parts of India. Government of X has
recently passed a law in order to attack the tradition
after the death of a 18 year old who was bitten by a
poisonous snake. Saluting the effort, Identify X.
Nepal

36. Q-14
 In the E04S7 “Spoils of War” of Game of Thrones,
The mother of dragons led the army of dothraki’s in
the battlefield against the returning army of
Lannisters. The Drogon at the utterance of Dracarys,
roasted the whole army within a span of time. Jaime
Lannister instructed Brone to get to the Qyburn
created X and use it against the dragon since the
regular arrows were not sufficient to stop the dragon.
The bow was created especially for the dragons.
Brone missed the first shot but in his second attempt
it imbalanced the dragon. Name X.

37. Scorpian

38. Q-15
 A Japanese island where women are banned has
been recently declared a UNESCO world heritage
site. The island is a small outcrop off the Kyushu
Island which is close to South Korea. It is sacred site
in the Japanese Shinto religion which insists that no
female is allowed to visit the island. Even the male
visitors, who come, have to strip naked and ritually
wash themselves in the waters of the Korea Strait
before setting foot on the island. Identify the Island.
 Okinoshima

39. Q-16
 Based on the seemingly impossible true story, the
film followed the story of Saroo Brierley who found
his way back to his biological mother from Tasmania,
Australia to the by lanes of Khandwa, Madhya
Pradesh with the help of Google Earth. A Six year old
Saroo gets adopted by an Australian couple after
getting lost in Howrah and spending some time on
the streets and orphanages. Identify the Movie.
Lion

40. Q-17
 X is a song also known as a “Hungarian Suicide
song” published in 1933 by a Hungarian writer after
break up with his fiancé. This song is about a lover
expressing sorrow over the death of a beloved and a
pledge to meet with the lover again in the afterlife.
Allegedly, many people immediately committed
suicide after listening to the song because it was too
depressing. Identify the song.
Gloomy Sunday

41. Q-18
 Very recently, an international cricketer bragged
much appreciation and love from the Indians on
social media for posting the English version of
National Anthem of India. Identify who is the
person.
Matthew Hayden

42. Q-19
 The Mahabharata mentions that only four people
listened to the Bhagvat Gita directly from Krishna.
Arjuna was the one it was addressed to, Sanjaya
listened to it because of his divine vision; and Ved
Vyasa who was experiencing the past, present and
future at the same time. Dhritarashtra heard it
indirectly from Sanjaya. Who was the fourth?
Hanuman(on the flag)

43. Q-20
 Early in 2005, school officials in China, banned X.
The immediate cause was that students had been
altering notebooks to resemble X and then writing
the names of acquaintances, enemies, and teachers
in the books.
Deathnote