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, Quizmaster’s 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.

*Q1.
 In Hindu mythology, who are the parents of Budha,
planet Mercury, the god of merchandise and
protector of Merchants?

Q2.
 In January 1901, on the death of Queen Victoria, X
suggested the creation of a fitting memorial.
 He proposed the construction of a grand building
with a museum and gardens which is now known
as Y.
 William Emerson, president of the Royal Institute
of British Architects was the architect of Y. On 28
December 1921, the Y was opened by the Prince
of Wales. Give X & Y. No part points.

Q3.
 What is the name of the reservoir formed
by Jayakwadi Dam?

*Q4.
 X was a Russian general and small arms designer.
He is most famous for developing the AK-47
assault rifle and its improvements, AKM and AK-
74.
 He died on 23 December 2013, at age 94 in a
hospital in Izhevsk, the capital of Udmurtia. Id X.

*Q5.
 Z is an association of business organizations in India.
Established in 1927, on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi by
GD Birla and Purushottam Das Thakurdas, it is the largest,
oldest and the apex business organisation in India.
 Recently, Sidharth Birla, Chairman of Xpro India Limited took
the charge as the President of Z.

Q6.
 According to Hindu mythology, who is the
Guardian of the south direction?

Q7.
 X was an Indian independence activist and writer
best remembered as Y's personal secretary. He
has variously been described as "Y’s Boswell , a
Plato to Y’s Socrates, as well as an Ananda to Y’s
Buddha".
 He wrote several biographies such as "Sant
Francis" (1934), "Vir Vallabhbhai" (1928) and "Be
Khudsi Khidmatgar" which was a biography of
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan and his brother. Id X & Y.

Q8.
 Google X is an instant messaging and
video chat platform developed by Google ,
which launched on May 15, 2013 during
the keynote of its I/O development
conference.
 It replaces three messaging products that
Google had implemented concurrently
within its services, including Talk, Google+
Messenger, and X, a video chat system
present within Google+. Id X.

Q9.
 X was constructed in 1431 in memory of a
wealthy Muslim merchant Y, who gave up all his
worldly possessions before making a pilgrimage
to Mecca.
 Y left this world during his journey to Mecca and
miraculously the casket carrying his body, floated
back to these shores, getting stuck in the string of
rocky islets just off the shore of Worli. So, the X
was constructed there. Name X and Y.

*Q10.
 What does this Google doodle depicts?

*Q11.
 Which famous Indian music composer
was also known as “Pancham”?

*Q12.
 The X cup is the trophy awarded to the
winner of the Rugby World Cup. The Cup is
named after X, who is often credited as the
inventor of rugby football. Id X.

Q13.
 Expand PSLV w.r.t. ISRO.

Q15.
 Which tennis player holds the record for
winning most no. of Grand Slam single
titles than any other player in history?

Q16.
 Quartz crystal normally used in Quartz
clocks is chemically?

*Q17.
 The X National Solar Mission is a major initiative
of the Government of India and State
Governments to promote ecologically sustainable
growth while addressing India’s energy security
challenges.
 Named for X , the Mission is one of the several
initiatives that are part of National Action Plan on
Climate Change. The Mission will adopt a 3-phase
approach, spanning the remaining period of the
11th Plan and first year of the 12th Plan (up to
2012-13) as Phase 1, the remaining 4 years of the
12th Plan (2013–17) as Phase 2 and the 13th Plan
(2017–22) as Phase 3. Id X.

Q18. Which Movie?
(File Name – Q18)

Q19.
 Gandiva is the bow of Arjuna, created
by Brahma.
 It is said that beside X no mortal but
Arjuna could wield the Gandiva bow.
Id X.

*Q20.
 X is an award given by British Safety
Council, and is considered to be Oscar of the
Safety World. Rajiv Gandhi International
Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad awarded the X for
safety management in London in the second
week of December 2013 and it is first airport
in India to receive this award.
 X is also a name of trilogy by Evelyn Waugh
consists of three novels, Men at Arms
(1952), Officers and Gentlemen (1955) and
Unconditional Surrender (1961), which
loosely parallel Waugh's experiences in the
Second World War. Id X.

Q1.
 In Hindu mythology, who are the parents of Budha,
planet Mercury, the god of merchandise and
protector of Merchants?

Lord Curzon, Victoria Memorial

Q3.
 What is the name of the reservoir formed
by Jayakwadi Dam?
 Nathsagar

Q4.
 X was a Russian general and small arms designer.
He is most famous for developing the AK-47
assault rifle and its improvements, AKM and AK-
74.
 He died on 23 December 2013, at age 94 in a
hospital in Izhevsk, the capital of Udmurtia. Id X.

Q5.
 Z is an association of business organizations in India.
Established in 1927, on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi by
GD Birla and Purushottam Das Thakurdas, it is the largest,
oldest and the apex business organisation in India.
 Recently, Sidharth Birla, Chairman of Xpro India Limited took
the charge as the President of Z.

Federation of Indian Chambers
of Commerce and Industry

Haji Ali Dargah, Sayyed Peer Haji Ali

Q10.
 What does this Google doodle depicts?

Q11.
 Which famous Indian music composer
was also known as “Pancham”?

Q12.
 The X cup is the trophy awarded to the
winner of the Rugby World Cup. The Cup is
named after X, who is often credited as the
inventor of rugby football. Id X.

Q13.
 Expand PSLV w.r.t. ISRO.
 Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

Q16.
 Quartz crystal normally used in Quartz
clocks is chemically?
 Silicon Dioxide

Q17.
 The X National Solar Mission is a major initiative
of the Government of India and State
Governments to promote ecologically sustainable
growth while addressing India’s energy security
challenges.
 Named for X , the Mission is one of the several
initiatives that are part of National Action Plan on
Climate Change. The Mission will adopt a 3-phase
approach, spanning the remaining period of the
11th Plan and first year of the 12th Plan (up to
2012-13) as Phase 1, the remaining 4 years of the
12th Plan (2013–17) as Phase 2 and the 13th Plan
(2017–22) as Phase 3. Id X.

Q20.
 X is an award given by British Safety
Council, and is considered to be Oscar of the
Safety World. Rajiv Gandhi International
Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad awarded the X for
safety management in London in the second
week of December 2013 and it is first airport
in India to receive this award.
 X is also a name of trilogy by Evelyn Waugh
consists of three novels, Men at Arms
(1952), Officers and Gentlemen (1955) and
Unconditional Surrender (1961), which
loosely parallel Waugh's experiences in the
Second World War. Id X.

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 Pounces
 On Pounce- +10/-10

1.
 The HAL X is a multirole light fighter developed by
India.
 It came from the Light Combat Aircraft ( LCA)
programme, which began in the 1980s to replace
India's ageing MiG-21 fighters.
 Later, the LCA was officially named "X", by then
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
 It is the second supersonic fighter developed
indigenously by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
(HAL) after the HAL Marut. Id.

2.
 The company logo contains a sunflower.
What is the significance of it?

 The company was incorporated on 29
December 1945, 'Western India
Vegetables Products Limited', later
abbreviated to 'Wipro'. It was initially set
up as a manufacturer of vegetable ghee,
vanaspati, and refined oils in Amalner,
district Jalgaon, Maharashtra, under the
trade names of Kisan, Sunflower and
Camel.

3.
 X is an Indian stock market analyst, who is
famous for coining the term ' Sensex ' to name
the Bombay Stock Exchange's (BSE) bench
mark stock index.
 X is a graduate from IIT Kanpur and did his
MBA from IIM Calcutta . He studied at The The
Daly College, Indore. He is a regular columnist
in The Economic Times and Business World
writing about technical analysis .
 He appears regularly on CNBC-TV18 . He has
also appeared on BBC, Star TV, Doordarshan,
and Reuters TV.

4.
 X is the oldest continuously published
newspaper in India. Established in 1822,
it is published in Gujarati and English.
 Its Headquarters is at Horniman Circle,
Fort, Mumbai, India.

5.
 Nayi Disha (1999) and Samvedna
(2002) are two albums by Jagjit Singh in
which he has composed and recorded
songs which are written by whom?

6.
 X is an Indian politician who had been associated
with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for
most of his life, though he is currently an
independent.
 He became a Member of the Lok Sabha in 1971
and was elected the first time as an independent
candidate supported by the CPI(M).
 Subsequently he was re-elected nine times,
except once when he lost to Mamata Banerjee in
the Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency in 1984.
 From 1989 until 2004 he was the leader of his
party in the Lok Sabha.

7.
 Operation X was the code name assigned to
the preemptive strikes carried out by the
Pakistani Air Force (PAF) on the forward
airbases and radar installations of the Indian
Air Force (IAF) on the evening of 3 December
1971.
 The operation targeted 11 of India's airfields
and there were artillery strikes on Indian
positions in Kashmir.
 Indian, Bangladeshi and international sources
consider the beginning of the Indo-Pak war of
1971 to have been Operation X. Id X.

8.
 X is a fort located in Rajasthan, India. The
fort was originally called Chintamani and
was renamed X in the early 20th century
when the ruling family moved to Y Palace
outside the fort limits.
 Y is a palace in the state of Rajasthan, built
for Sir Ganga Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner,
between 1902 and 1926.
 Y was designed by the British architect Sir
Samuel Swinton Jacob.

9.
 According to Hindu Mythology it is often
classified as Naimittika, Prakritika and
Atyantika.
 It is often used as a movie plot in various
Hollywood movies.
 What am I talking about?

10.
 There are only 4 Indians who are crowned
with the Australian Open Title.
 Leander Paes & Mahesh Bhupati are the
two, Id other two.

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

Ellora Caves
 Unlike the Ajanta caves which only
contain Buddhist religious art, the Ellora
caves contain rock-cut temples and
viharas and mathas related to which
three religions?

Archaeological Survey of
India
 The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
is an Indian government agency that is
responsible for archaeological studies
and the preservation of cultural
monuments. It comes under which
ministry of India?

Santoor
 Name the Indian Santoor Player who
has received the Sangeet Natak
Akademi Award in 1986, the Padma Shri
in 1991, and the Padma Vibhushan in
2001.

Agni
 What is the name of the Agni’s daughter,
the goddess of fire?
 She is also referred as mother of the
Sage Agnirasa, one of the Saptarishis.

Shekhar Kapur
 Name the 1998 Hollywood movie
directed by Shekhar Kapur which was
nominated for 7 Oscars.
 The sequel of that movie was produced
in 2007.

Madan Lal
 Madan Lal was coach of which team in
Indian Cricket League(ICL)?

Hindustan Motors
 Name the Chairman of the Hindustan
Motors who recently resigned from his
post.

Jhumpa Lahiri
 Name the book written by Jhumpa Lahiri
which was nominated for the Booker Prize
2013.

M. S. Swaminathan
 He is known as “Father of Green Revolution
in India”.
 Who else has been called “the father of
Green Revolution” who was also awarded
“Padma Vibhushan”?

G. V. Mavlankar
 On 15 May 1952, after the first general
elections in independent India, he was
elected as the Speaker of 1st Lok Sabha.
 Which was his constituency?

Subject Round
 History & Technology
 Geography & Current Affairs
 Literature & Politics
 Mythology & Entertainment
 India & Sports

Politics
 Who was the youngest minister in Jawaharlal
Nehru's provisional government, the First Union
Cabinet of India as a Labour minister?

Literature
 X is a bestselling Indian novelist. He also
writes for television and movies.
 He is author of the books “Someone Like You”,
“Hold My Hand”.
 He has story and screenplay of a youth show,
SADDA HAQ on Channel V.
 His story of "Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera" on
Star Plus adds to his credit.
 He has co-founded Grapevine India
Publishers. In 2009, he was recognized as a
young achiever by The Times of India.

History
 In 1912, who announced the transfer of
the capital of India from Calcutta to New
Delhi?

Technology
 X is an American automobile manufacturer
headquartered in Auburn Hills , Michigan.
 X is one of the "Big Three" American automobile
manufacturers, other two are Ford & GM.
 It sells vehicles worldwide under its flagship X
brand, as well as the Dodge, Jeep, and Ram
brands; it also manufactures vehicles sold under
the Fiat brand in North America.
 Id X.

Entertainment
 Which movie?
(File Name – Sub.Ent.)

Mythology
 On the last night of war after Duryodhana’s
defeat, X was observing, how an owl was
attacked by crows in the day and how the
owls attacked back in the night.
 This gave him idea of attacking the
Pandava camp at night.
 He gathered the only surviving Kaurava
warriors – Kritavarma and Kripacharya and
attacked the Pandava camp on the 18th
night of Kurukshetra war.

Current Affairs
 Which country on 1st Jan 2014, became
the 18th member of the Euro zone?
 Euro zone officially called Euro area, is
economic and monetary union (EMU) of
18 EU member states that have adopted
the euro as their common currency and
sole legal tender.

India
 X is one of the popular national parks in
India located in Madhya Pradesh.
 The park derives its name from the most
prominent hillock of the area, which is said
to be given by Hindu Lord Rama to his
brother Lakshmana to keep a watch on
Lanka (Ceylon). Hence the name X.
 It has the highest density of Bengal tigers
known in the world, and is home to some
famous named individual tigers.

Geography
 What is the deepest known point in the
Earth's seabed hydrosphere located at the
southern end of the Mariana Trench known
as?
 It is named after the British Royal Navy
survey ship.

Infinite Rebound 2
 +10 For Each Answer , No Negatives
 5 Pounces
 On Pounce- +10/-10

1.
 On Thursday, 2 January, Intex has
launched India's first octa-core processor
phone. What is the name of it?

2.
 Which organisation of India became the first
and only organisation in the world to design
and successfully test a new concept of
needleless vaccine delivery system?

3. This was the Google doodle regarding
which famous personality??

4.
 X is a village in Lahaul and Spiti district of
Himachal pradesh state in northern India.
 It is highest town in India. This location is credited
as World's highest polling station. It is recorded in
the Limca Book of Records also.
 The location is also credited to have the World's
highest post office.

5.
 X is an Indian politician who was Speaker of Lok
Sabha from 1996 to 1998 and Chief Minister of
Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990.
 He was a co-founder of the Political Party Y
founded on 25 May 1999 after he was expelled
from the Indian National Congress (INC) on 20 May
1999 along with two other co-founders, for
disputing the right of Italian-born Sonia Gandhi to
lead the party.
 He remained a member of the Lok Sabha for eight
terms. He also founded National People's Party on
6th of January 2013 with Book as its National
symbol. Id X & Y.

6.
 According to Mahabharata, who killed
Jarasandha, the King of Magadha?

7.
 Who is the author of the book “Ambedkar
Speaks (Trilogy)’’?

Pokhran Nuclear Test
 Flag of Indian Army
 Pokharanfort
 Rajagopala Chidambaram, the head of
the team of scientists and engineers in
Pokharan tests.
 Logo of Indian Army Corps of Engineers
under Indian Army who built the site for
testing

9.
 Sebastian Vettel, German Formula One
racing driver and current World Champion,
drives for which racing team?

10.
 X is an Indian theatre and film actor. He
was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi
Award in 1996.
 He is a psychiatrist by profession and
works as a Professor of Psychiatry at the
B. J. Medical College, Pune where he also
studied for his MBBS and PG degree in
Psychiatry.
 He was a founding Director of Maharashtra
Institute of Mental Health until he moved to
become Director of Film and Television
Institute of India.

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