India Quiz

Rules
 The quiz is divided into two parts -
1. Preliminary Rounds
2. Finals
 Prelims consists of two rounds -
1. Selection Round 1
2. Selection Round 2
 In any case, Quizmasters’ Decision will be
FINAL & BINDING

Selection Round 1
 Selection Round 1 will consist of 30 questions.
 Question paper will be provided to each team.
 All participants will have to write the answers on
the answer sheet given to them.
 10 teams will be selected from this round.

Selection Round 2
 Selection Round 2 will consist of 20 questions.
 The questions will be displayed on the screen
and they will not be repeated.
 All participants will have to write the answers on
the answer sheet given to them.
 4 teams will be selected from this round and
these teams will proceed for finals.

In case of Tie -
1. There are some starred (*) questions in each
round. Team which answered more starred
questions correct will proceed.
2. If rule 1 fails, then the Team which answered
earliest starred question correct will proceed.

Selection Round 2
Total 20 Questions

Q1.
 What is special about 2016 Summer Olympics
which are to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil?
It is the only second Summer Olympics with
this speciality. First was the Sydney 2000
Olympics.

Q2.
 X is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated family
- comedy film. It was produced by Y and distributed
by Walt Disney Pictures.
 X became the first ever animated film in history to
make over $1 billion worldwide and the highest-
grossing animated film of all time worldwide. It won
the Academy awards for Best Animated Feature
and Best Original Song.
 Y is an American computer animation film studio
based in Emeryville, California. The studio has
produced fourteen feature films, has earned 27
Academy Awards, 7 Golden Globe Awards, and 11
Grammy Awards.

Q3.
 What is the full form of GPRS?

Q5.
 X is an Indian film actress who appears in Hindi
and Bengali language films.
 In 2003 she made her feature film debut with
the independent Bengali drama Bhalo Theko.
 As a leading contemporary actress of Hindi
cinema she have earned the tag of a “female
hero”.
 At the age of sixteen, she starred in the first
season of Ekta Kapoor's sitcom Y as Radhika, a
bespectacled teenager.
 Poster of Y follows :

Q6.
 Z is an annual international beauty pageant.
 Z is one of the three largest beauty pageants in the
world and one of the most publicized beauty contests in
the world.
 Reita Faria of India, was the first asian ever to win Z.
 Logo follows:

Q7.
 X is an Indian music composer, singer.
 X has won 4 National Awards & 3 Filmfare Awards. He
was music director for the famous “School Chale Hum”
song on Doordarshan.
 His son is also a singer who made his singing debut in a
song from movie “Bhaag Milkha Bhaag”.
 He has also founded an Academy which conducts online
music lessons in Indian music for students across the
globe.

Q8.
 X is a former Indian all-rounder cricketer and captain. As a
batsman, he was essentially defensive with his trademark
‘chapati shot’ (a flick of the pads). X also equalled West
Indian Garry Sober’s record of hitting six sixes in an over
in first class cricket. Id X.

Q9.
 X is a writer, entrepreneur and a youth expert. X is
author of books ‘Connect the dots’, ‘I have a dream’,
‘Follow every rainbow’.
 X’s book Y features the stories of 25 MBAs from IIM
Ahmedabad who left lucrative jobs to follow the rough
road of entrepreneurship.
 Id X & Y.

Q10.
Who is the author of
this book?

Q11.
Born in the village of Angarwadi, six miles
from Pune in the year of 1669, in a
Sankapal family, he was the first notable
chief of the Maratha Navy in 18th century
India . He fought against the British , Dutch
and Portuguese naval interests on the
coasts of India during the 18th century and
he remained undefeated until his death. He
is widely regarded as “Father Of Indian
Navy”. Who is he?

Q13.
Peshwa Baji Rao I, prime minister to Chattrapati Shahu ,
king of the Maratha empire, laid the ceremonial
foundation of his own residence on Saturday, January 10,
1730. It was named X. It was completed in 1732, at a total
cost of Rs. 16,110, a very large sum at that time. The
opening ceremony was performed according to Hindu
religious customs, on January 22, 1732,another Saturday
chosen for being a particularly auspicious day. Later the
Peshwas made several additions, including the
fortification walls, with bastions and gates;court halls and
other buildings; fountains and reservoirs. Currently, the
perimeter fortification wall has five gateways and nine
bastion towers, enclosing a garden complex with the
foundations of the original buildings.Name X

Q14.
X, born Asumal Thaumal Harpalani or Asumal
Sirumalani on April 17, 1941, is a controversial Hindu
preacher from India . He preaches the existence of
One Supreme Conscious and claims Bhakti yoga ,
Gnyana yoga and Karma yoga as influences. In early
1970, X built his first ashram on 4 ha (10 acres) of
land in Gujarat and began using the name X. Presently,
there are over 400 major and minor ashrams in India
and abroad and numerous followers. X has been
involved in several controversies including criminal
cases filed against him, his remarks on the 2012 Delhi
gang rape , and a 2013 charge of sexual assault of a
minor . Who is X?

Q15.
David Livingstone , the Scottish missionary and explorer,
is believed to have been the first European to view X on 16
November 1855 from what is now known as Livingstone
Island. Livingstone named his discovery in honour of
‘Queen <deleted>’ , but the indigenous name, Mosi-oa-
Tunya ( “the smoke that thunders" )continues in common
usage as well. The World Heritage List officially recognizes
both names. While it is neither the highest nor the widest
waterfall in the world, it is classified as the largest, based
on its width of 1,708 metres (5,604 ft) and height of 108
metres (354 ft), resulting in the world's largest sheet of
falling water.ID X.

Q16.
The Primary target for the second
nuclear attack of US on Japan was
_________ but due the clouds and
drifting smoke resulted in Nagasaki . Fill
in the blank

Q17.
Concept for X was developed in 1988 by Lok Seva
Sanchar Parishad and promoted by
Doordarshan (then India's sole TV broadcaster) and
India 's Ministry of Information. The project was
conceived and directed by Suresh Mullick (then all
India Creative Director Ogilvy & Mather) . It was
telecast for the first time on Independence Day 1988,
after the telecast of the Prime Minister’s speech from
the ramparts of the Red Fort . It quickly captivated
India, gaining and maintaining near-anthem status
ever since. Twenty years after the tune's debut, it
was re-recorded with an updated cast for telecast on
January 26, 2010 by Zoom TV . What is X?

Q18.
 Id the structure and where it is
located(place)?

Q19.
X is a small mountain situated in Banka
district under Bhagalpur division of state of
Bihar . The mountain has many references
in hindu mythology known as <deleted>
parvat. As per references found from
Puranas and Mahabharata this hill was
used for churning the ocean to extract the
nectar (Samudra Manthan).Somehow,it is
also the very important part of a Vadgaon
Campus Student life.Id X

Q20.
 This is the flag of Jammu & Kashmir .
What does these three stripes in it
represent?

 The second Summer Olympics games
to be held in host city’s winter.

Q3.
 What is the full form of GPRS?
 General Packet Radio Service

Q13.
Peshwa Baji Rao I, prime minister to Chattrapati
Shahu, king of the Maratha empire, laid the ceremonial
foundation of his own residence on Saturday, January
10, 1730. It was named X. It was completed in 1732, at
a total cost of Rs. 16,110, a very large sum at the time.
The opening ceremony was performed according to
Hindu religious customs, on January 22, 1732,another
Saturday chosen for being a particularly auspicious day.
Later the Peshwas made several additions, including
the fortification walls, with bastions and gates;court
halls and other buildings; fountains and reservoirs.
Currently, the perimeter fortification wall has five
gateways and nine bastion towers, enclosing a garden
complex with the foundations of the original
buildings.Name X

Q14.
X, born Asumal Thaumal Harpalani or Asumal
Sirumalani on April 17, 1941, is a controversial Hindu
preacher from India . He preaches the existence of One
Supreme Conscious and claims Bhakti yoga , Gnana
yoga and Karma yoga as influences. In early 1970, X
built his first ashram on 4 ha (10 acres) of land in Gujarat
and began using the name X. Presently, there are over
400 major and minor ashrams in India and abroad and
numerous followers. X has been involved in several
controversies including criminal cases filed against him,
his remarks on the 2012 Delhi gang rape , and a 2013
charge of sexual assault of a minor . Who is X?

Q15.
David Livingstone , the Scottish missionary and
explorer, is believed to have been the first European
to view X on 16 November 1855 from what is now
known as Livingstone Island. Livingstone named his
discovery in honour of ‘Queen <deleted>’ , but the
indigenous name, Mosi-oa-Tunya ( “the smoke that
thunders" )continues in common usage as well. The
World Heritage List officially recognizes both names.
While it is neither the highest nor the widest waterfall
in the world, it is classified as the largest, based on
its width of 1,708 metres (5,604 ft) and height of 108
metres (354 ft), resulting in the world's largest sheet
of falling water.ID X.

Q19.
X is a small mountain situated in Banka
district under Bhagalpur division of state of
Bihar . The mountain has many references
in hindu mythology known as <deleted>
parvat. As per references found from
Puranas and Mahabharata this hill was
used for churning the ocean to extract the
nectar (Samudra Manthan).Somehow,it is
also the very important part of a Vadgaon
Campus Student life . Id X

Jammu , Kashmir Valley ,
Ladakh

Finals
1. Infinite Rebound 1
2. Image Round
3. Subject Round
4. Infinite Rebound 2
5. Buzzer Round

Infinite Rebound 1
 +10 For Each Answer , No Negatives
 5 Non-carry Forward Able Pounces
 On Pounce- +10/-10

Q1.
 Y is a Marathi poet, singer-songwriter from
Pune.
 So far he has published 3 of his books which
are poetry collections including ‘Kadhi He...
Kadhi Te...’, ‘Maunachi Bhashantare’,
‘Ayushyavar Bolu Kahi’.
 His songs have been sung by many famous
Indian singers such as Salil Kulkarni, Shreya
Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Bela Shende.
 He has diploma in Electrical Engineering from
Govt. Polytechnic, Pune.

Q2.
 X is a bus service provided by MSRTC and
is the first ever comfortable bus service in
the country to ferry the sports persons of the
Asian games which took place in 1982 is
now become in an inevitable part of
Maharashtra’s intercity transport. Recently it
is named as Y in 2013.

Q4.
 X is an American mathematician known for
his works on game theory, differential
geometry and partial differential equations.
 X won the 1994 Nobel Prize in Economic
Sciences.
 X is also the subject of the Hollywood movie
‘A Beautiful Mind’.
 Id X. Pic follows:

Q6.
Who is the speaker and What incident?

Winston Churchil, Battle of
Britain

Q7.
X is one of the earliest banks in India,
headquartered in Mumbai . It was founded on
26 May 1938, by the family of “ Devkaran
Nanjee” under the name “ Devkaran Nanjee
Banking Company Ltd.” It is one of the
nationalised banks of India. It became a Public
Limited Company in December 1939 and later
the name was changed to X Ltd. The bank
was nationalised (and therefore dropped
Limited from its name) in 1969 along with 13
other banks in India. The logo of X depicts
Goddess Lakshmi, the Goddess of Wealth,
according to Hindu mythology. Id X

Q8.
It was formerly known as GILBERT. It was
designed by the architect George Wittet . It
was built to commemorate the visit of King
George V and Queen Mary in
1911.However they only got to see the
cardboard model of the structure since the
construction did not begin till 1915.The
construction was finished in 1924.It was
opened on december 1924 by the Viceroy,
the Earl of Reading. What am I talking
about?

Q9.
X is sometimes also referred to as the first man to
use letters, and is hailed that way in the Garud
Puran. Items associated with X in his puja include
the paper and pen, ink, honey, betel nut, matches,
mustard, sugar, sandalwood, etc. Part of the X puja
also includes writing down how much money you
make in your household, and how much you need to
make to survive in the following year, while making
offerings of turmeric, flowers and vermilion. As he
was first conceived in ‘Brahma’s mind’ and then
made whole in ‘secrecy’ away from the other gods,
he was named X. Name X

Q10.
It is a famous hill station and municipal council
in Satara district in Maharashtra , India . It is
renowned for the many premier residential
educational institutions. It is nestled at middle
of five hills in the Sahyadri mountain ranges,
also there are five villages around it, they are
Dandeghar, Khingar, Godwali, Amral &
Taighat. The Krishna River flows nearby which
made the lake of Dhom Dam on the Krishna 9
K.M. from Wai . Main tourist attractions are
Sydney Point , Parsi Point , Table Land , etc.
What it is?

Image Round
 +10 For Image Identification
 +10 For Answer Of Question
 8 Pounces- +10/-10

Jamshetji Tata
 He founded the “Tata Institute” . We
better know Tata Institute by what
name?

Ban Ki-Moon
 What is his claim to fame?

LIGER
 It is a hybrid cross between a male lion
and a tigress . What is the cross
between a male tiger and lioness
called?

Vishvakarma
 To reduce the intensity of Sun
Vishwakarma took him to workshop and
made him shine less . The left over Sun
“dust” was collected by Vishwakarma
and he made three thing out of it. What
were those three things?

Trishula, Pushpaka Vimana,
Sudarshan Chakra

Pune Municipal Corporation
 Who is the mayor of Pune Municipal
corporation?

Gracy Singh
 For which movie she got the IIFA Award
for Best Debut?

Tim Cook
 Besides being the CEO of Apple Inc., Cook also
serves on the board of directors of a company
which sponsors most National teams & Football
clubs.
Which company?

Mohinder Amarnath
 He is the only International Cricketer in the
world to be given out both for obstructing the
field and WHAT?

Ramon Magsaysay
 In which year the Ramon Magsaysay
Award, which is considered as Asia’s
Nobel Prize, started?

Bankim Chandra
Chattopadhyay
 Which is his first novel in Bengali?

Subject Round
 History & Entertainment
 Geography & Technology
 Literature & Places
 Awards & Current Affairs
 Sports & India

Awards
 It is an Indian military decoration awarded for
valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away
from the field of battle. It may be awarded to
civilians as well as military personnel, including
posthumous awards. It is the peacetime equivalent
of the Maha Vir Chakra. It is second in order of
precedence of peacetime gallantry awards.

Literature
 X is an educationist and Marathi writer from
Maharashtra, India. Currently, he is the vice
chancellor of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar
Marathwada University, whose seat is in
Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
 He is elected as a president of 86th Akhil Bharatiya
Marathi Sahitya Sammelan scheduled to be held at
Chiplun.
 His work includes Sandharbha (1984),
Gandhariche Dole (1985), Gramin Sahitya (1985),
Udyachya Sunder Divsasathi (2002) & Jyotiparva
(Biography of Jyotiba Phule).

Entertainment
 Connect the dots

Sports
 X was born in Dehradun on 28 September 1982.
X was the youngest person to participate at the
1998 commonwealth games and the youngest
Indian at the 2000 Olympic Games. X won the
Arjuna award & Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna in 2000
& 2001 respectively. But, X is more famous for
what he achieved on 11 Aug 2008. Id X.

History
He is known as ‘BISMARCK OF INDIA’.
He is also known as ‘PATRON SAINT’ of
India’s civil servants for establishing
modern –all-india services. He played a
major role in ‘Operation Polo’. ‘Statue of
Unity’ which will be the world’s tallest
statue is dedicated to him.
Who is he?

INDIA
In 1986, the National Council for Science
and Technology Communication
(NCSTC) asked the Government of
India to designate February 28 as
National Science Day. The event is now
celebrated all over the country in
schools, colleges, universities and other
academic, scientific, technical, medical
and research institutions. Why ?

To mark the discovery of the Raman effect
by Indian physicist Sir Chandrasekhara
Venkata Raman on 28 February 1928

PLACES
X is the former residence of the first Prime
Minister of India , Jawaharlal Nehru in Delhi,
India , who stayed here for 16 years until his
death on May 27, 1964. It was designed by
Robert Tor Russell, the British architect of
Connaught Place and of the Eastern and
Western Courts on Janpath during the British
Raj . X was built in 1930 as part of the new
imperial capital of India, New Delhi as the
residence of the Commander-in-Chief of the
British Indian Army and known as “Flagstaff
House”? Id X

CURRENT AFFAIRS
X was killed by Talibani militants in
eastern Paktika province of Afganistan
last week. X’s book “Kabuliwar Bangali
Bou”(A Kabuliwala’s Bengali wife ),
about her escape from the Taliban in
1995, became a bestseller in India and
was made into the Bollywood film
“Escape From Taliban” in 2003.Name
X.

GEOGRAPHY
X is the largest freshwater lake in northeast
India, also called only Floating Lake in the
world due to the floating
phumdis(heterogeneous mass of vegetation,
soil and organic matters at various stages of
decomposition) on it located near Moirang in
Manipur state, India. The name of the lake
literally means “The end of the Stream”. This
ancient lake plays an important role in the
economy of Manipur. It serves as a source of
water for hydropower generation, irrigation and
drinking water supply. Name X.

Infinite Rebound 2
 +10 For Each Answer , No Negatives
 5 Non-carry Forward able Pounces
 On Pounce:+10/-10

Q1.
X was the mass murder or genocide of
approximately six million Jews during World
War II , a programme of systematic state-
sponsored murder by Nazi Germany, led by
Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, throughout the
German Reich and German-occupied
territories. Of the nine million Jews who had
resided in Europe before the X approximately
two-thirds were killed. Over one million Jewish
children were killed in the X , as were
approximately two million Jewish women and
three million Jewish men.X?

Q2.
The X commonly called the Friendship
Express , is a twice-weekly train -Tuesdays
and Fridays- that runs between Delhi and
Attari in India and Lahore in Pakistan. Until
the reopening of the Thar Express, this
was the only rail connection between the
two countries. The train was started on July
22, 1976 following the Shimla Agreement
and ran between Amritsar and Lahore, a
distance of about 42 km

Q3.
It is the official residence and principal
workplace of the Prime Minister of India,
where he lives and holds most of his
official or political meetings. Rajiv
Gandhi was the first PM to stay there in
1984, while the present resident is
Manmohan Singh since 2004.What is it?

7,RACE COURSE ROAD
Officially:PANCHAVATI

Q4.
Also known as Paramapadam , it is the
home of Vishnu . It is the eternal abode of
Narayana or Vishnu or Hari, his consort
Lakshmi, and Shesha, upon whom they
rest. In most of the extant Puranas, and
Vaishnava traditions, it is located in the
direction of the Makara Rashi (Shravana
Zodiac) . It is beyond the periphery of the
material universe and hence, cannot be
perceived or measured by material science
and logic. What is it?

Q5.
It is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon
districts of the state of <deleted>, India. A World
Heritage Site, the park hosts two-thirds of the world's
Great One-horned-Rhinoceroses. It boasts the
highest density of tigers among protected areas in
the world and was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2006.
The park is home to large breeding populations of
elephants, wild water buffalo, and swamp deer. It is
recognized as an Important Bird Area by Birdlife
International for conservation of avifaunal species.
Compared to other protected areas in India, It has
achieved notable success in wildlife conservation.
Located on the edge of the Eastern Himalaya
biodiversity hotspot, the park combines high species
diversity and visibility. Name it.

Q6.
 XX Limited is an Indian multinational automobile
manufacturing corporation headquartered in
Mumbai, Maharashtra.
 The company was founded in 1945 in Ludhiana as
‘X & Y’ by brothers K.C. X and J.C. X and Malik
Ghulam Y.
 After India gained independence and Pakistan was
formed, Y emigrated to Pakistan. The company
changed its name to XX in 1948.
 XX also has controlling stake in REVA Electric Car
Company and acquired South Korea's SsangYong
Motor Company in 2011.
 Give XX.

Q7.
 Connect :
1. कृ ष्णाकाठ (Krishna Kath)
2. सागरतीर (Sagar Tir)
3. यमुनाकाठ (Yamuna Kath)

यशवंतराव चव्हाणांचे आत्मचररत्र - 3 खंड

Q8.
 X is an Indian chess player with the title
Grandmaster, won the Commonwealth
Chess Championship 2013 at Port Elizabeth
in South Africa.
 X’s name has been included in the ‘Limca
book of records’ as the youngest ever
Player to have won National Junior Chess
Championship.
 X received Arjuna Award for Chess in 2013.
Id X.

Q10.
 X is a medical doctor & a social worker. X & his wife
were awarded the Magsaysay Award for ‘Community
Leadership’ in 2008 for their philanthropic work in the
form of the Lok Biradari Prakalp.
 His father was also awarded the Magsaysay Award in
1985.
 X is also author of the book ‘Negal’.

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