India Quiz Prelims, 2nd October 2012

3. Prelims
India Quiz-2012
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4. 1.
• Lalit Bhasin a leading lawyer in India has taken upon
himself to prevent an attempt for commercial exploitation
of the name ______. Bhasin has filed an opposition to a
request for trademark registration by one Valverde Munoz
of Ecuador before the Trademark Office, Ecuador seeking
registration of the name and label “Arroz ________” as a
trademark in Ecuador in international class 30. Indian law
protects “_______ “ as a national emblem under the
Emblems and Names Act of India – no one, but the
government, can use the name or pictorial representation
of _______ in trademark or design without authorization
of the Government of India.

5. 2.
• X is a small town in the Dhanbad district in the state of Jharkhand.The
names of rival dons Sabir Alam and Fahim Khan, lords of two mafia
families are associated with X. Though out on bail after spending eight
years in jail, Sabir Alam rarely stays at home due to the threat to his
life. Fahim Khan, who is still alive and in the Hazaribagh jail currently, is
son of Shafi Khan, who had a rivalry with Surya Dev Singh.The foundation
of X was laid by the two brothers - late M A X Sahab and M A Jabbar
Sahab in 1955-56. They were known contractors of Dhanbad.

6. 3.
• When he was born he was supposed to have
born with a full set of teeth which was a sign
that he would become a king or an emperor.
Since he was a born in a Brahmin family his
teeth were broken but it was predicted that
he would make another a person king and rule
through him. He is also supposed to have
poisoned his King to make him immune to it.
Identify

7. 4. What’s X ?
• Words in Hindustani are analysed in traditional Hindi
pedagogy as falling into the following categories:
• Tadbhava ( derived from): There are words
that are derived from Sanskrit or Prakrit, but often with
much transformation.
• Tatsama ( identical): Words that are in
exactly the same form (when written) as standard
Sanskrit.
• Deshaja ( local): words that are unrelated to
any Sanskrit words, and of local origin.
• X: Loan words from non-Indian languages that include
Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Portuguese, or English.

8. 5. Where did Nissim Ezekiel write this
poem?
• “No talking to cashier/No smoking/ No
fighting/ No credit/ No outside food/ No
sitting long/ No talking loud/ No spitting/ No
bargaining/ No water to outsiders/ No
change/ No telephone/ No match sticks/ No
discussing gambling/ No newspaper/ No
combing/ No beef/ No leg on chair/ No hard
liquor allowed/ No address enquiry/ — By
order.”

9. 6.
• In Jainism, what will be the good word for :
1) . “SKY-CLAD”
2) .”WHITE-CLAD”

10. 7.
'uchchishtam' (in Sanskrit)
'entho' (in Bengal)
'aitha' (in Orissa)
'ushta' (in Western India)
'echal' (in Tamil Nadu)
'echil' (in Kerala)
'enjalu' (in Karnataka)
'engili' (in Andhra Pradesh)
X (in North India)

11. 8.Connect

12. 9. Fill in the blanks.
(Order Important)
a) _________ ______ Queen Maud Land
b) _____________ Schirmacher Region
c) Bharathi Larsemann Hills

13. 10.
• The Royal Bengal tiger represents all the
terrestrial animals. It also represents the Indian
wild life.
• The Dolphin represents the ocean. They are
found all over the world and thus it represents
the aquatic life.
• The woman represents The Mother Earth, who
provides us with food, shelter and every basic
necessity of human and other living creatures.
• The leaf and the bird stand for flora and fauna.
What has been described above?

14. 11. Make-up session for which serial ?

15. 12.
• The _________ Manuscript is an Ancient
Indian mathematical manuscript written
on birch bark which was found near the village
of ___________ in 1881 in what was then
the North-West Frontier Province of British
India (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in
Pakistan). It's written in Śāradā script and
in Gatha dialect.

16. Contd…
• ????

17. 13.
• The Pseudois nayaur, is a caprid found in the high
Himalayas of Nepal, Tibet, China, India, Pakistan, and
Bhutan. The X has horns that grow upwards, curve
out and then towards the back, somewhat like an
upside down mustache.

18. Contd…

19. 14. Emblem of which empire ?

20. 15. Id the man in the inset (a celebrity
tailor)

21. 16.
FITB
• The ex chief minister of Tamil Nadu,
M.Karunanidthi renamed Semmai Paddy, a
special type of high productivity paddy
variant, as _________ to mark the millennial
year of the creation of Brihadeeswarar Temple

22. 17.
• _______ means "(military) camp" in
the Hindustani language, and is derived
from Turkish word meaning "army“
• _____ language was also the language of the
camp when Nader Shah of Persia (Iran)
invaded India.
The word ______ is derived from the same
Turkish word that has given English horde

23. 18. What’s X ?
• The Goan Muslims are a minority community
who are commonly referred as Moir by Goan
Catholics and Hindus. Moir is derived from the
word X.

24. 19. What has been blocked out ?

25. 20.
Born as X Abhaji Palav to a textile mill worker, he was
obsessed with films and later went on to get his break in silent
movies. He rose to fame in a 1951 movie Albela that he
wrote, produced and directed.
Y, a cult figure who had adopted his dance style and admitted
that “It was after I watched X dancing in that typical style of
his, that I decided to dance like him”.
Identify X who later lived and died in the chawls of Mumbai
and also Y

26. 21.Complete the list
• Bhishma
• Ashwathama
• Kripacharya
• ___________

27. 22.
• Name the first and latest Indian sites adjudged
as UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE

28. 23.A certain list in test cricket
•Rahul Dravid – 55
•Alan Border – 53
•Sachin – 51
•Kallis – 45
•John Redi – 44
•G R Viswananth – 41
•Mark Boucher and Alec Stewart – 40
•Steve Waugh and VVS – 39

29. 24. ID the dance form

30. 25. What has been blocked out ?

31. 26.ID the voice…

32. 27.Id the two flags

33. 28.
• X disclosed in an interview,"I consider “Aakhri Khat” a
memorable film of my initial days. It was out and out a
director's project and Chetan Anand, highly imaginative
and sensitive director handled the film with expertise. I
still clearly remember how cinematographer Jal Mistry
shot the song sequence, “Ab Na Ja” on me and Indrani
Mukherjee in five to six close ups also picturising the
natural panorama of the Himalayas with rare aesthetics
and perfection. My most challenging scene in “Aakhri
Khat” was the last one where I am in a pensive mood in
silence till I recognise my son, Bunty. Chetan Anand
used to wake me up with late night phone calls so that
my face had the ideal pathos oriented look."

34. 29.
• X originates from the Hindi word ra`īyat and
the Arabic word ra`īyah, translated as "flock"
or "peasants", in turn originating from the
word ra`ā, meaning "pasture".

35. 30.
• Mediastinal and other extragonadal germ cell tumors
are metastases from an inapparent gonadal primary
site. Unlike benign germ cell tumors of the
mediastinum, malignant mediastinal tumors are
usually symptomatic at the time of diagnosis. Most
mediastinal malignant tumors are large and cause
symptoms by compressing or invading adjacent
structures, including the lungs, pleura, pericardium,
and chest wall. Which famous Indian(back in action
after treatment) had been suffering from this
disease?

36. Prelims-Answers
India Quiz-2012
K-circle

37. ……….
India Quiz-2012
K-circle

38. 1.
• Lalit Bhasin a leading lawyer in India has taken upon
himself to prevent an attempt for commercial exploitation
of the name ______. Bhasin has filed an opposition to a
request for trademark registration by one Valverde Munoz
of Ecuador before the Trademark Office, Ecuador seeking
registration of the name and label “Arroz ________” as a
trademark in Ecuador in international class 30. Indian law
protects “_______ “ as a national emblem under the
Emblems and Names Act of India – no one, but the
government, can use the name or pictorial representation
of _______ in trademark or design without authorization
of the Government of India.

39. Gandhi

40. 2.
• X is a small town in the Dhanbad district in the state of Jharkhand.The
names of rival dons Sabir Alam and Fahim Khan, lords of two mafia
families are associated with X. Though out on bail after spending eight
years in jail, Sabir Alam rarely stays at home due to the threat to his
life. Fahim Khan, who is still alive and in the Hazaribagh jail currently, is
son of Shafi Khan, who had a rivalry with Surya Dev Singh.The foundation
of X was laid by the two brothers - late M A X Sahab and M A Jabbar
Sahab in 1955-56. They were known contractors of Dhanbad.

41. Wasseypur

42. 3.
• When he was born he was supposed to have
born with a full set of teeth which was a sign
that he would become a king or an emperor.
Since he was a born in a Brahmin family his
teeth were broken but he was predicted that
he would make another a person king and rule
through him. He is also supposed to have
poisoned his King to make him immune to it.
Identify

43. Chanakya

44. 4. What’s X ?
• Words in Hindustani are analysed in traditional Hindi
pedagogy as falling into the following categories:
• Tadbhava ( derived from): There are words
that are derived from Sanskrit or Prakrit, but often with
much transformation.
• Tatsama ( identical): Words that are in
exactly the same form (when written) as standard
Sanskrit.
• Deshaja ( local): words that are unrelated to
any Sanskrit words, and of local origin.
• X: Loan words from non-Indian languages that include
Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Portuguese, or English.

45. Videshi

46. 5. Where did Nissim Ezekiel write this
poem?
• “No talking to cashier/No smoking/ No
fighting/ No credit/ No outside food/ No
sitting long/ No talking loud/ No spitting/ No
bargaining/ No water to outsiders/ No
change/ No telephone/ No match sticks/ No
discussing gambling/ No newspaper/ No
combing/ No beef/ No leg on chair/ No hard
liquor allowed/ No address enquiry/ — By
order.”

47. Irani Cafe

48. 6.
• In Jainism, what will be the good word for :
1) . “SKY-CLAD”
2) .”WHITE-CLAD”

49. 1).Digambar and 2). Svetambar

50. 7.
'uchchishtam' (in Sanskrit)
'entho' (in Bengal)
'aitha' (in Orissa)
'ushta' (in Western India)
'echal' (in Tamil Nadu)
'echil' (in Kerala)
'enjalu' (in Karnataka)
'engili' (in Andhra Pradesh)
X (in North India)

51. Jutha(Contamination with saliva)

52. 8.Connect

53. Old and New “Agent Vinod”

54. 9. Fill in the blanks.
(Order Important)
a) _________ ______ Queen Maud Land
b) _____________ Schirmacher Region
c) Bharathi Larsemann Hills

55. • Dakshin Gangotri and Maitri

56. 10.
• The Royal Bengal tiger represents all the
terrestrial animals. It also represents the Indian
wild life.
• The Dolphin represents the ocean. They are
found all over the world and thus it represents
the aquatic life.
• The woman represents The Mother Earth, who
provides us with food, shelter and every basic
necessity of human and other living creatures.
• The leaf and the bird stand for flora and fauna.
What has been described above?

57. • The logo for CoP11 or Convention on
Biological Diversity to be held in Hyderabad

58. 3. Make-up session for which serial ?

59. Sigma

60. 12.
• The _________ Manuscript is an Ancient
Indian mathematical manuscript written
on birch bark which was found near the village
of ___________ in 1881 in what was then
the North-West Frontier Province of British
India (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in
Pakistan). It's written in Śāradā script and
in Gatha dialect.

61. Contd…
• ????

62. Bakhshali

63. 13.
• The Pseudois nayaur, is a caprid found in the high
Himalayas of Nepal, Tibet, China, India, Pakistan, and
Bhutan. The X has horns that grow upwards, curve
out and then towards the back, somewhat like an
upside down mustache.

64. Contd…

65. Bharal

66. 14. Emblem of which empire ?

67. Hoysala

68. 15. Id the man in the inset (a celebrity
tailor)

69. A.K. Hangal

70. 16.
FITB
• The ex chief minister of Tamil Nadu,
M.Karunanidthi renamed Semmai Paddy, a
special type of high productivity paddy
variant, as _________ to mark the millennial
year of the creation of Brihadeeswarar Temple

71. Rajarajan 1000

72. 17.
• _______ means "(military) camp" in
the Hindustani language, and is derived
from Turkish word meaning "army“
• _____ language was also the language of the
camp when Nader Shah of Persia (Iran)
invaded India.
The word ______ is derived from the same
Turkish word that has given English horde

73. Urdu

74. 18. What’s X ?
• The Goan Muslims are a minority community
who are commonly referred as Moir by Goan
Catholics and Hindus. Moir is derived from the
word X.

75. Moor

76. 19. What has been blocked out ?

77. Lakshmanrekha

78. 20.
Born as X Abhaji Palav to a textile mill worker, he was
obsessed with films and later went on to get his break in silent
movies. He rose to fame in a 1951 movie Albela that he wrote,
produced and directed.
Y, a cult figure who had adopted his dance style and admitted
that “It was after I watched X dancing in that typical style of
his, that I decided to dance like him”. Identify this guy who
later lived and died in the chawls of Mumbai.

79. X- Bhagwan Dada, Y- Amitabh Bacchan

80. 21.Complete the list
• Bhishma
• Ashwathama
• Kripacharya
• ___________

81. Kritwarma(Survivors on the side of
Kauravs after Mahabharat)

82. 22.
• Name the first and latest Indian sites adjudged
as UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE

83. Id
1983 – Agra Fort and Ajanta Caves
2012 – Western Ghats

84. 23.A certain list in test cricket
•Rahul Dravid – 55
•Alan Border – 53
•Sachin – 51
•Kallis – 45
•John Redi – 44
•G R Viswananth – 41
•Mark Boucher and Alec Stewart – 40
•Steve Waugh and VVS – 39

85. Bowled out descending order

86. 24. ID the dance form

87. Chow Dance

88. 25. What has been blocked out ?

89. The Underachievers

90. 26.ID the voice…

91. Dhanush

92. 27.Id the two flags

93. Azad Kashmir(POK) and J&K

94. 28.
• X disclosed in an interview,"I consider “Aakhri Khat” a
memorable film of my initial days. It was out and out a
director's project and Chetan Anand, highly imaginative
and sensitive director handled the film with expertise. I
still clearly remember how cinematographer Jal Mistry
shot the song sequence, “Ab Na Ja” on me and Indrani
Mukherjee in five to six close ups also picturising the
natural panorama of the Himalayas with rare aesthetics
and perfection. My most challenging scene in “Aakhri
Khat” was the last one where I am in a pensive mood in
silence till I recognise my son, Bunty. Chetan Anand
used to wake me up with late night phone calls so that
my face had the ideal pathos oriented look."

95. Rajesh Khanna

96. 29.
• X originates from the Hindi word ra`īyat and
the Arabic word ra`īyah, translated as "flock"
or "peasants", in turn originating from the
word ra`ā, meaning "pasture".

97. Ryot

98. 30.
• Mediastinal and other extragonadal germ cell tumors
are metastases from an inapparent gonadal primary
site. Unlike benign germ cell tumors of the
mediastinum, malignant mediastinal tumors are
usually symptomatic at the time of diagnosis. Most
mediastinal malignant tumors are large and cause
symptoms by compressing or invading adjacent
structures, including the lungs, pleura, pericardium,
and chest wall. Which famous Indian(back in action
after treatment) had been suffering from this
disease?

99. Yuvraj Singh

104. Jana Gana Mana(National Anthem)