This document provides information about the structure and rounds of a quiz competition called "Finals". It discusses 4 rounds: 1) Listing names of Param Veer Chakra recipients, 2) A clockwise round with 8 questions worth various points, 3) A written round with questions about Google Doodles of Indians, and 4) An anticlockwise round with 8 additional questions. Sample questions from some of the rounds are also provided about topics ranging from history to popular sweets.

2. FINALS
• ROUNDS:
• 1. List it
• 2.Clockwise pounce/bounce
• 3. Written Round
• 4. Anticlockwise pounce/bounce

3. ROUND1:List it
• The Param Veer Chakra (PVC) is India's highest military decoration,
awarded for displaying distinguished acts of valor during wartime.
There has been 21 recipients till now.
• So list the names of the PVC awardees brave hearts.
• +5 for each correct name.
• Pic in next slide.

7. • ANSWERS

9. ROUND 2: Clockwise pounce/bounce
• 8 ques
• +10 on bounce
• +20/-10 on pounce

10. Q1
Sardar Sir Jogendra Singh, (25 May 1877 – 3 December 1946) was a
member of the Viceroy's Executive Council in India .In 1946,he set up a
22 membered committee, headed by Nalini Ranjan Sarkar, a former
head of FICCI. What was the subsequent result of the recommendations
of this committee?

12. ANSWER
Setting up of IITs.

13. Q2
• Zirakpur , about 15 km from Chandigarh ,was home to arguably the
most advanced establishment of its kind in the nation until recently.
Located behind the owner's house and facing a kitchen garden, it
houses a mirror on wheels on the right and a printer on left (to aid
the person making use of this place .The walls are all painted
green ,and it also houses three lanes, numbered 27,28,29,each with
its own set of essential items .All of this was put in place around
2014/15,with THIS PERSON having done something along these lines
(but with different specifications) at least two times previously years
apart.
• Identify the person and give funda.

15. He set up
practice ranges
which were
similar to those
in subsequent
Olympic games
.

16. Q3
• The 4 villages of Dha , Hanu , Darchik , and Gahanu are situated
163km southwest of Leh , the administrative capital of Ladakh .Most
of the residents here belong to a community called 'Brokpa'.Since
2010 when the govt. opened these villages for visitors, there has
been great rise in tourism here, especially tourism from Germany for
a 'PARTICULAR REASON'.
• EXPLAIN/GIVE FUNDA.

18. ANSWER
Pregnancy Tourism, German women come here for the desire of pure
Aryan 'seed'.

19. Q4
• X was a great writer, novelist ,dramatist, poet, editor, satirist.
• He was honored with the title -'ROXORAJ', meaning -'The King of
Humor.
• He wrote under the pen name-' Kripaabor Borbaruah'.
• IDENTIFY X from the picture given in next slide.

22. ANSWER
• Lakshmi Nath
Bezbaroa

23. Q5
This is a famous incident how Indian Railways just missed being endorsed by
James Bond.
Skyfall producers wanted to include an India action sequence to be filmed
atop a moving train. Railway authorities laid 3 conditions.
1/There will be no compromise with safety during the shoot;
2/ James Bond would sign up as a brand ambassador for Indian Railways .
3/.........
The producers accepted the first two conditions. But they said they could
not accept the 3rd condition and hence this deal could not happen.
What was the 3rd condition?

25. Answer
•That they
won't show
people
travelling on
train tops in
India

26. Q6
• In 2004, BBC's Bengali Service conducted the opinion poll with the title Greatest
Bengali of all time which started from February 11 and continued onto March 22.
The poll was participated by Bengalis around the world .Total 140 nominations
had been produced from the poll.
• The final results were:
• 1/ X
• 2/ Rabindra Nath Tagore
• 3/ Kazi Nazrul Islam
• 4/A.K Fazlul Haq
• 5/Netaji Bose
• So who polled out to be -'Greatest Bengali'?

28. Answer
• Sheikh
Mujibur
Rahman

29. Q7
• X is a sweet made up of solidified, sweetened milk and paneer.
• It is popular in India and Pakistan.
• Its other names are Mishri-mawa, milk cake.
• It has 2 major variations- Ajmeri and Alwari.
• Identify this sweet.
(pic follows).

32. Answer
• Kalakand

33. Q8
• According to mythology, X was a minor Goddess and also the wife of
God Agni. The word X means ‘oblation’. She was originally a nymph
but became mortal after marrying Agni. She is considered to be
daughter of Daksha. She is thought to preside over burnt offerings.
The Gods to whom the offerings are made refuse the offerings if the
word X is not uttered after each offering. Identify X.

35. Answer
• Swaha

36. ROUND 3: WRITTEN ROUND
• Google Doodles on famous/important Indians .
• 6 ques
• +10 for each correct,+20/-10 for stake

46. Answer
Nain Singh Rawat- first person to survey Tibet

48. Answer
V Shantaram

50. Answer
Amrita Shergill

52. Answer
RD Burman

54. Answer
Savitri Bai Phule- regarded as first female teacher of India.

56. Answer
Nutan

57. ROUND 4: Anticlockwise pounce/bounce
• 8 ques
• +10 on bounce
• +20/-10 on pounce

58. Q1
• Premji Bhai Meghji Thakkar was a Lohana Rajput from Paneli Moti
village in Gondal state in Kathiawar in Gujrat India. He had made his
fortune in the fish business, but he was ostracized from his
vegetarian Hindu Lohana caste because of their strong religious
beliefs. When he discontinued his fish business and tried to come
back to his caste, he was not allowed to do so. Resultantly, his son,
Punjalal Thakkar was so angry with the humiliation that he changed
his and his four son's religion, and converted to Islam.
• Had the above incident not happened ,a great blunder in Indian
history may have been prevented.
• Funda ?( 'famous blunder' and why it may have been prevented)

60. Answer
• Partition of India.
• Punjalal was the father of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder( Qaid-
e- Azam) of Islamic Republic of Pakistan

61. Q2
Founded by Vivek Ravishankar and Hari Karunanidhi and
headquartered at Palo Alto, CA, this company was formerly called
Interview Street, Inc. Name the company.

63. Answer
• HackerRank

64. Q3
The X people are an ethnic group originating in Assam. The X kingdom
was established by King Birpal who was the descendant of Bhishmak.
Through the X dynasty, the X people formed their kingdom in the
present Indian states of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh and reigned
from 1187 to 1673.
In and around 2012,Facebook even blocked people with the last name
X thinking them to be fake troll accounts.
What is name X?

66. Answer
Chutia/Sutia tribe

67. Q4
• PLUS 21 was supposed to be one of the firsts in Indian television.
• Its programme schedule included content like Ek Aur Silsila , Bhog se
Yog Tak ,Abhinetri, etc.
• However in 1996 a PIL forced the channel to abandon its launch.
• Why?

69. Answer
• It was to be the first adult entertainment channel in India.

70. Q5
India's most wanted terrorist Masood Azhar was released after
Kandahar IC814 plane hijack.
Fortunately ,it was the last incident of plane hijack in India. But before
that plane hijacks were a regular occurrence in India .Most of the
hijacks were done by separatists and religious extremists .
But an interesting case happened in 1978. Friends Bholanath Pandey
and Devendra Pandey from Uttar Pradesh hijacked an Indian Airlines
plane on a domestic flight. They carried only toy weapons. After
keeping 132 passengers hostage for some hours, they surrendered in
the presence of media.
What was their demand?(Why did they hijack the plane?)

72. Answer
• They demanded the release of opposition leader and the then ex PM
Indira Gandhi (who had been arrested by Indian parliament) and the
withdrawal of all the cases against her son Sanjay Gandhi.

73. Q6
It has been a tradition with visiting Chinese leaders to meet the family
of Dr. Dwarka Nath Kotnis (who was a physician) and President Xi
Jinping followed it in his 2014 visit to India by meeting his sister.
(Pic in next slide)
So why is Dr. Kotnis so much revered by China?

76. Answer
• Dr. Kotnis was an Indian physician who died while treating Chinese
soldiers during the second China-Japan war in 1942.

77. Q7
CONNECT.

79. Answer
• Rani Laxmi Bai

80. Q8
• X goes to Nizam of Hyderabad to ask for donation. Nizam gets angry
and throws his shoe at X who goes to the market to auction the shoe.
When Nizam comes to know of this, he bids for his own shoe and
pays to X. Using the funds X establishes Y. Identify X and Y ?

82. Answer
• X-Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya
• Y- BHU

83. • THANK YOU!