PUSHPAYAN OPEN QUIZ - 2018 (MAINS)

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Very popular nowadays for
Decorative purpose, it originally started
as an easy and effective remedy for burns.
What, created from the powdered dry
leaves
of the plant ‘Lawsonia inermis’
is being talked about?
001

The ‘plant of immortality’,
as it was called by Egyptians,
also known as ‘Ghritkumari’ in Hindi,
can do wonders for skin and hair.
Name this ornamental plant
whose gel is often used
in lotions and sunscreen creams.
002

Based on the teachings of the
Greek physicians Hippocrates and Galen,
The name of which system of medicine
derived from Arabic word for ‘Greek’?
003

Once a very common presence
in every household, this medicinal shrub
can be used to treat respiratory problems,
stomach ailment, diabetes and many
others.
Interestingly, this tree once decided
The loyalty among the
warring wives of Krishna.
Name it.
004

In August 2016, Uttarakhand Govt.
announced a Rs. 25 Crore mission
to search for a medicinal herb.
The search was focused on the Dronagiri
range of the Himalayas near the Chinese
border.
It has been claimed that the plant has life
restoring properties and glows in the dark.
Which medicinal herb is this?
005

Widely cultivated in South-Asia,
the herb Andrographis paniculata,
has been widely used in traditional
Siddha and Ayurvedic medicines.
Known by various names
In different places,
one of it’s name literally
translates to ‘dark cloud’.
What is that name?
006

The name of which medicinal plant
originated from the Sanskrit word
- srngaveram, where ‘srngam’ means
‘horn’ and ‘vera’ means ‘body’?
007

Traditionally, it is believed
that a person who consumes this
herbal medicine will
gain horse-like strength.
Identify this powerful herb.
008

Mahatma Gandhi was reported to
have used a particular medicine,
extracted from a plant, as a tranquillizer.
The same plant was
used to extract another well known
medicine - Resarpin.
Which plant is this?
009

A world-famous painting
called ‘A Vase with Twelve Sunflowers’
is drawn by
which famous artist?
010

According to Greek mythology,
Athena and Poseidon agreed that
whoever gave the city the best gift
would become guardian over the city.
Though Poseidon gave the gift of water,
Athena’s gift was deemed by the other gods
to be more valuable
(apparently that’s why the capital is named after her).
What gift did she give that plays an important role
in Greek culture, economy, cuisine and history
for more than 10,000 years?
011

This fast-growing
Israeli flower has been in
the news for its
unique name.
Name the flower.
012

‘Thengar Char’ is an island
in Hatiya Upazilla, Bangladesh,
located on the Bay of Bengal,
about 37 km from the coast,
has often being in the news
throughout 2017.
What exactly is this
particular place being used for?
013

Bangladesh’s
Rohingya
relocation plan

Why this person
has been in the news almost
throughout 2017?
014

He is Philipp
Budeikin, 21, from
Russia,
he invented
‘Blue Whale
Challenge’

Why this person
has been in the news in
2017?
015

He is Ramchandra
Chhatrapati, he was
murdered as he was
the first to publish
the anonymous
complaint of one of
the female followers
of Ram Rahim Singh

This is the map of a place
which is a Rich port island,
situated in the
Atlantic Ocean.
Recently due to something,
the tourism of this place
has
been increased manifolds.
Identify the place.
016

Puerto Rico
(Of ‘Despacito’)

Which Nobel Laureate had embarked on
a 35 days Bharat Yatra, started on
September 11th, 2017 from Kanyakumari
and ended on October 15th in Delhi,
covering 22 states,
In order to lead a fight
against Child Trafficking
and Child Sexual Abuse?
017

Handicap International is the
co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize.
It is an independent
and impartial organization
working in situations of poverty
and exclusion,
conflict and disaster.
Which current famous football player
has been recently
appointed as it's
first ever ambassador?
018

This game was invented in Brazil
by an app developer .
Available on Android and iOS.
This game has 50 challenges.
This game will challenge you to write
something nice about yourself on your skin
(with a marker).
Other tasks include calling your grandparents,
looking in the mirror and
giving yourself a motivational speech,
shouting in the middle of the street
that you love yourself, etc.
Identify the game.
019

X is an area with a plateau
and a valley, lying between
Chumbi Valley to the north,
Ha Valley to the east
and Sikkim state
to the west. X has been
very much in news .
Identify X.
020

Which famous personality
acted in the following films:
 Ghosts Can't Do It (1989)
 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
 Across the Sea of Time (1995)
 The Little Rascals (1995)
 Eddie (1996)
 The Associate (1996)
 Celebrity (1998)
 Zoolander (2001)
 Two Weeks Notice (2002)
 Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
?
023

After obtaining degrees in
international relations and development
studies at the universities of Rollins and
Cambridge,
he worked at the Monitor Group
(now Monitor Deloitte),
a management consulting firm in London,
before establishing the
Mumbai- based technology outsourcing firm,
Back-ops Services Private Ltd. (2002)
Who is being talked about?
024

In the Government’s Home Ministry
website there is a note which says that the
Bharat Ratna is awarded in recognition of
exceptional service/performance
of the highest order in any field
of human endeavour.
Jawaharlal Nehru received
Bharat Ratna in 1955.
Indira Gandhi received
Bharat Ratna in 1971.
What was so special about
these awards?
025

They nominated
themselves for the
Award

He has a master's degree in electrical engineering. He
originally received an undergraduate degree
in electrical engineering (EE) from Oxford.
But he has made his name in a completely different field.
He is more popular by some another name
which is closely associated with him In March 2001,
while he was on a holiday trip to Kenya,
The pilot of his private plane fainted.
He managed to maintain the plane in the air
until the pilot recovered, and was able to land the plane.
Identify the man.
026

Identify the man or his
Initials in the picture.
(Hint: He is one of the
most highest paid CEO
in FMCG sector.)
027

MDH
(Mahashay
Dharampal Gulati)

Name the hair style
of Argentina striker
Rodrigo Palacio
028

What are these
emojis called as?
029

The dress is known as
a Hobble Skirt.
Which famous trademark
did this design inspire?
031

Bicycles painted thus in the
corporate colour scheme are
available for free use by any
employee
in this organization.
Which organization
are we talking about?
032

In Bangladesh, the Indian river
Ganges is named as ‘Padma’,
and Brahmaputra as ‘Jamuna’.
These two rivers join together
and form which river?
033

Called ‘Yakhchal’,
you can still see some of these structures
standing in and around Iran.
These are believed to
one of the earliest examples
of what?
034

Yakhchalin Persian
means ‘ice-pit’;
so these are the
earliest refrigerators

Name the three characters
from the world of cartoons
035

By the 14th Century,
X were mainly worn by upper class men.
In the 16th Century,
Catherine de Medici, queen consort of
Henry II of France made X popular
And fashionable for women.
Identify X.
036

National flag
of which country?
037

Old Logo of
which particular brand
is shown?
038

Catherine Hettinger was the founder of original
product.
It was devised to entertain her seven year old girl.
Though Hettinger owned the patent initially,
she surrendered it in 2005 because of
its hefty renewal fee of US$410.
This particular product is sold in millions today
– an almost viral epidemic.
Which curious plaything
is being referred to here?
039

Denso Corp. is a manufacturer of
automotive components in Japan.
Their subsidiary company, Denso Wave,
produces industrial robots and
several other automatic products.
Amongst the many automatic products,
this 1960s invention resulted in very high speed transactions,
saving precious money and time, due to the large volumes.
What are we talking about, which took the world by storm
and is extremely popular today?
040

The smell of Ethyl Mercaptan is
Often compared to rotten cabbage.
This gas is used to save human lives.
We mostly find 14.2Kg of it.
Where it is used?
041

Identify the football team
from the jersey
042

Pabuji is a folk-deity of Rajasthan
who lived in the
14th century in Rajasthan.
He is widely worshipped by
Rabari herdsmen
throughout the
Rajasthan countryside.
According to mythology,
what is he have supposed to
introduced to Rajasthan
(strangely from Lanka) ?
042

Camels
Rabaris are camel herders

X became a major source of revenue
for All India Radio.
The usual slots on AIR are sold for
Rs.1500 per 10 seconds,
but a 10-second ad slot for X
costs Rs. 2 lakhs.
X was started on October 4th, 2014.
Former President of USA, Obama,
was part of X which was aired on
27th January, 2015.
Identify X.
043

X is a fictional language created by Madhan Karky.
While Karky was pursuing PhD in Australia,
he thought it would be fun
to create a new language that could be
easily understood by children.
Basic words were first made up and
opposites were represented by word reversals
- ‘Me’ was min and ‘You’ was nim.
The language which introduced 100 new words
was called "Click“ to highlight its simplicity.
X consists of at least 750 words and
more than 40 concrete grammar rules.
It was designed to be an intuitive
and ferocious language.
Identify the language (X).
044

Debsena is the wife of this God.
In South India, this God is known as Lord Murugan.
Which God is being talked about?
045

ক োন বিখ্যোত
ভোরতীয় বিক টোকরর কে
গোওয়ো গোন ক োনো যোকে ?
046

সঞ্জয় মাঞ্জরেকে

ক োন ভোরতীয় কখ্লো ?
047

ক োন ভোরতীয় কখ্লো ?
048

জালীকাত্তু

সেপক তাকরাও

পোঞ্জোকির এ োন্ত বনজস্ব মো শোল
আটশ ।
এই বিক ষ মো শোল আকটশ র
নোম ব ?
051

বমকজোরোকমর বিখ্যোত
িোাঁ নৃতয ।
এই ভু িনবিখ্যোত নোচক
আমরো ব নোকম বচবন ?
052

মূলতঃ
িোউল সংগীকত
িযিহৃত এই
িোদ্যযকের
নোম ব ?
053

খমক
বা,
গুপীযন্ত্র

এই বিক ষ প্র োর
নৃতযশ লীর জন্ম
ক রোলোর মবিকর
কদ্িদ্োসীকদ্র
নৃতয রূকপ ।
এই নৃতয ক িলমোত্র
নোরীকদ্র জনযই ।
এই নৃতযশ লীর
নোম ব ?

মমাচিনীআট্যম

Qimat Rai Gupta,
one of India’s most low-profile
business titans is said to be
worth $ 2 billion at the time
of his death.
His big break had come in 1971
when he had bought a
Germanic sounding brand
from one of his suppliers,
Haveli Ram Gandhi.
Which brand ?

By a treaty signed on January 17, 1961,
India ceded 12 villages near the
Sulemanki Headworks on Sutlej
in exchange for the village Hussainiwala.
What was so special about this village ?
Hint – The place is remembered once a year.

Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev
were cremated here.
It hosts a Shaheedi Mela every 23rd of March

One of the versions of
how this north-eastern city
got its name claims that
it comes from a corruption of
what would translate
as the ‘city of Hidimba’?

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