Zubin Mehta, an Indian conductor and musician, is known for being a two-time World Carrom Champion and nine-time national champion of India. He was awarded the prestigious Arjuna Award in 1996, making him the only recipient of this award for carrom. A non-profit organization called Start India, in collaboration with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, commissioned an artist named Agostino Iacurci from Rome to transform the Govind Puri metro station through vibrant wall paintings and art on over-bridges. The Horn of Africa region collectively refers to the countries of Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia due to their geographic proximity on the northeastern tip of Africa.

1. Welcome to QUIZ’O’CRACY
Thanks For Participating

2. PRELIMS

3. PRELIMS
• 25 questions are there in this round
• Write Names, mobile phone numbers, course, team name
on the answer sheet
• Marked questions are used for resolving ties. (*)
• 6 teams qualify for the finals
• Anyone found using mobile phones/googling during the
quiz will be disqualied
• Each question carries 1 mark &No negative marking

4. 1
On 2nd October 1957 India’s Prime minister was
watching a performance at Ramleela Ground, Delhi .
During the Performance fire broke out due to short
circuit in Shamiana, HARISHCANDRA 14 year old scout
promptly took out his knife and opened the burning tent,
saving many lives . This incident inspired Nehru for
something, what ???

5. 2
X is a term used for social change which denotes the
process by which castes placed lower in hierarchy seek
upward mobility by emulating rituals & practices of the
upper and dominant caste. X was coined by M N
SRINIVAS in 1950’s

6. 3
• The Return of Khilafah
• The Flood
• A Call to Hijrah
• The Failed Crusade
• "Remaining and Expanding
• Al Qa'idah of Waziristan: A Testimony from Within
• From Hypocrisy to Apostasy: The Extinction of the Grayzone
• Shari'ah Alone Will Rule Africa
• They Plot and Allah Plots
• The Law of Allah or the Laws of Men
• From the Battles of Al-Ahzāb to the War of Coalitions
• Just Terror
• The Rafidah from Ibn Saba' to the Dajjal
Identify the connect???

7. 4
ID THIS ??

8. Ollaf Ryodiaps, marketing director for the Moscow-
based tour operator Russian Here and There, said
the phenomenon came to his attention last year. “The
first I knew about it was when someone came in
asking if they could get to the X. The obscure
archipelago, which is known as X, is located off the
Siberian coast in the far north-east of the country.
Why are these famous ?
(vis on next slide)
*5

10. 6
X was named after the British colonialist, mining magnate and South
African politician. X is for international postgraduate award for non-
British students to study at the University of Oxford The award is
widely considered to be one of the world's most prestigious
scholarships, by public sources such as Associated Press.
Since its creation, controversy has surrounded both its former
exclusion of women, and white supremacist beliefs and legacy of
colonialism.

11. 7
The current US president had to battle both Clintons in 2008,
Hillary Clinton in presidential primaries and Bill Clinton for the X.
Barack Obama emerged victorious on both counts.
ID X ????

12. ID THIS ???
8

13. 9
X is the ongoing migration of marine species across the Suez
Canal, usually from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, more
rarely in the opposite direction. It is named after
the French diplomat in charge of the canal's construction. X is
used to describe any animal migration over man-made
structures, i.e. which would not have occurred had it not been for
the presence of an artificial structure.
ID X ??

14. *10
X was given by Surya to the Pandavas which miraculously produced
unlimited food during Exile.
X is a charity committed to end classroom hunger in India,
Headquartered in Bengaluru. X serves more than 1.4 million children from
over 10,000 government and government aided schools from across 10
states in India
ID X???

15. 11
Once Megasthanese went to meet X. X was busy working on some
State’s documents, he greeted Megasthenese and signalled to wait
till he finishes his work, after he finished his work he put off the
lamp he was using then lit another one. Megasthenese was
clueless when he saw this, he asked why would he put off an
already lit lamp and lit another one, to which X replied that since
he was working on State’s business it was a lamp which used the
oil provided by the State’s fund, but now his meeting with
Megasthenese is personal business so he could not use state’s
fund for personal affairs, thus he lit another lamp which was using
oil from his personal resources.
ID X???

16. 12
What is Grosholtz which is a threshold
revenue measuring system in UK?

17.  G.P. Koirala, former Prime Minister of Nepal
 Bingu wa Mutharika, former President of Malawi
 Sangay Ngedup,former Prime Minister of Bhutan (1999-2000,
2005-2006)
 Manmohan Singh, 14th Prime Minister of India, 2004- 2014
 Khandu Wangchuk, former Prime Minister of Bhutan
 Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, sixth President of Pakistan
Identify the connect ?????
13

18. 14
X was an Indian nationalist, diplomat and statesman, described as
the second most powerful man in India by Time magazine and
others, after his ally and intimate friend, Jawaharlal Nehru.
As a young man, X served as co-founding editor of Penguin
Books. X was born at Panniyankara in Kozhikode, Kerala, in
the Vengalil family of British Malabar.

19. Community X in US didn’t bought Y as it was non kosher .
It was only on 16th January 1998 Y got Kosher certification,
many in the community X were ecstatic after the
announcement
ID X &Y ???
*15

20. Series of tweets made by X .
ID X????
16

21. 17
In 1980’s Mr. Arun shourie criticised Indira gandhi
government for a venture X, and further stated that Mrs.
gandhi will have to cry for this venture.
ID X ?

22. 18
The first plant for the product X was setup in Nagloi, Delhi, the second
in Danapur, Bihar and the third in Palur, Tamil nadu.
It cater to various location across India, what product introduced in
India in mass numbers is this ?
ID X ???

23. 19
Since its inaugural run in 2010, X has been redefining elegance
and opulence, luxury and comfort, recreating lifestyle of the
princely era and showcasing Incredible India.
ID X?

24. *20
In an initiative led by Start India a non-profit organisation promoting
street art and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), artist
AgostinoIacurci from Rome has transformed the face of the metro
station by painting its boundary walls and over-bridges in vibrant
colours.
Name the metro station ??
(vis on the next slide)

27. 21
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Somalia
What they are collectively known as ??

28. 22
This well has never dried up. On the contrary it has always fulfilled the
demand for water.
It has always maintained the same salt composition and taste ever
since it came into existence.
Its potability has always been universally recognised as pilgrims from
all over the world visit Ka'aba every year for Hajj and umrah, but has
never complained about it. Instead, they have always enjoyed the
water that refreshes them. Water tastes different at different places. It’s
appeal has always been universal.
What is being talked about?

29. 23
On June 4, 2005, the Chhattisgarh government signed an MoU with the
Tatas for a mega steel plant in Bastar, with Maoists being the only
hurdle. The following day, X was launched to evict Maoists from the
region, a move that went on to define the last decade of the insurgency.
On 5 July 2011, the Supreme Court of India declared X to be illegal and
unconstitutional, and ordered its disbanding.
ID X???

30. 24
It was built by the Khmer King Suryavarman II in the early 12th
century. A representation of Mount Meru, the home of the gods, it is
both a temple complex dedicated to Vishnu and a mausoleum for
Suryavarman II with great attention paid to minutiae over 3,000
apsaras, featuring between them more than 30 different hairstyles,
are carved into its walls.
Identify this world heritage site ?

31. *25
X is a two-time World Carrom Champion and nine-time
national champion of India. He was awarded the
prestigious Arjuna Award a sporting honour presented by
the Government of India in 1996. X is the only recipient of
this award ???
ID X??

32. PRELIMS
ANSWERS

33. PRELIMS
• 25 questions in the prelims
• Write Names, mobile phone numbers, course, team name
on the answer sheet
• Marked questions are used for resolving ties. (*)
• 6 teams qualify for the finals
• Anyone found using mobile phones/googling during the
quiz will be disqualied
• Each question carries 1 mark &No negative marking

34. 1
On 2nd October 1957 India’s Prime minister was
watching a performance at Ramleela Ground, Delhi .
During the Performance fire broke out due to short
circuit in Shamiana, HARISHCANDRA 14 year old scout
promptly took out his knife and opened the burning tent,
saving many lives . This incident inspired Nehru for
something, what ???

35. 1Answer
National Bravery Awards

36. 2
X is a term used for social change which denotes the
process by which castes placed lower in hierarchy seek
upward mobility by emulating rituals & practices of the
upper and dominant caste. X was coined by M N
SRINIVAS in 1950’s

37. 2Answer
SANSKRITIZATION

38. 3
• The Return of Khilafah
• The Flood
• A Call to Hijrah
• The Failed Crusade
• "Remaining and Expanding
• Al Qa'idah of Waziristan: A Testimony from Within
• From Hypocrisy to Apostasy: The Extinction of the Grayzone
• Shari'ah Alone Will Rule Africa
• They Plot and Allah Plots
• The Law of Allah or the Laws of Men
• From the Battles of Al-Ahzāb to the War of Coalitions
• Just Terror
• The Rafidah from Ibn Saba' to the Dajjal
Identify the connect???

39. DABIQ, the online magazine of ISIL
3ANSWER

40. 4
ID THIS ??

41. 4Answer
AFGHANISTAN‘S NEW PARLIAMENT BUILDING

42. Ollaf Ryodiaps, marketing director for the Moscow-
based tour operator Russian Here and There, said
the phenomenon came to his attention last year. “The
first I knew about it was when someone came in
asking if they could get to the X. The obscure
archipelago, which is known as X, is located off the
Siberian coast in the far north-east of the country.
Why are these famous ?
(vis on next slide)
*5

44. Birth Mark islands or Durak Aprel
*5Answer

45. 6
X was named after the British colonialist, mining magnate and South
African politician. X is for international postgraduate award for non-
British students to study at the University of Oxford The award is
widely considered to be one of the world's most prestigious
scholarships, by public sources such as Associated Press.
Since its creation, controversy has surrounded both its former
exclusion of women, and white supremacist beliefs and legacy of
colonialism.

46. Rhodes Scholarship
6Answer

47. 7
The current US president had to battle both Clintons in 2008,
Hillary Clinton in presidential primaries and Bill Clinton for the X.
Barack Obama emerged victorious on both counts.
ID X ????

48. Presidential hopeful Barack Obama just won the "Best Spoken Word Album" at the
2008 Grammy Awards.
7Answer

49. ID THIS ???
8

50. Ig Nobel Prize LOGO
8Answer

51. 9
X is the ongoing migration of marine species across the Suez
Canal, usually from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, more
rarely in the opposite direction. It is named after
the French diplomat in charge of the canal's construction. X is
used to describe any animal migration over man-made
structures, i.e. which would not have occurred had it not been for
the presence of an artificial structure.
ID X ??

52. Lessepsian migration
9Answer

53. *10
X was given by Surya to the Pandavas which miraculously produced
unlimited food during Exile.
X is a charity committed to end classroom hunger in India,
Headquartered in Bengaluru. X serves more than 1.4 million children from
over 10,000 government and government aided schools from across 10
states in India
ID X???

54. AKSHAYA PATRA
*10Answer

55. 11
Once Megasthanese went to meet X. X was busy working on some
State’s documents, he greeted Megasthenese and signalled to wait
till he finishes his work, after he finished his work he put off the
lamp he was using then lit another one. Megasthenese was
clueless when he saw this, he asked why would he put off an
already lit lamp and lit another one, to which X replied that since
he was working on State’s business it was a lamp which used the
oil provided by the State’s fund, but now his meeting with
Megasthenese is personal business so he could not use state’s
fund for personal affairs, thus he lit another lamp which was using
oil from his personal resources.
ID X???

56. 11Answer
CHANAKYA

57. 12
What is Grosholtz which is a threshold
revenue measuring system in UK?

58. It is the revenue from the tourist footfalls in Madame Tussaud
Museum
12Answer

59.  G.P. Koirala, former Prime Minister of Nepal
 Bingu wa Mutharika, former President of Malawi
 Sangay Ngedup,former Prime Minister of Bhutan (1999-2000,
2005-2006)
 Manmohan Singh, 14th Prime Minister of India, 2004- 2014
 Khandu Wangchuk, former Prime Minister of Bhutan
 Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq, sixth President of Pakistan
Identify the connect ?????
13

60. ALUMNUS OF DU
13Answer

61. 14
X was an Indian nationalist, diplomat and statesman, described as
the second most powerful man in India by Time magazine and
others, after his ally and intimate friend, Jawaharlal Nehru.
As a young man, X served as co-founding editor of Penguin
Books. X was born at Panniyankara in Kozhikode, Kerala, in
the Vengalil family of British Malabar.

62. V. K. Krishna Menon
14Answer

63. Community X in US didn’t bought Y as it was non kosher .
It was only on 16th January 1998 Y got Kosher certification,
many in the community X were ecstatic after the
announcement
ID X &Y ???
*15

64. OUR FAVOURITE !!!!!
*15Answer

65. Series of tweets made by X .
ID X????
16

66. 16Answer
Kanye West

67. 17
In 1980’s Mr. Arun shourie criticised Indira gandhi
government for a venture X, and further stated that Mrs.
gandhi will have to cry for this venture.
ID X ?

68. MAA- ROOTI
17 Answer

69. 18
The first plant for the product X was setup in Nagloi, Delhi, the second
in Danapur, Bihar and the third in Palur, Tamil nadu.
It cater to various location across India, what product introduced in
India in mass numbers is this ?
ID X ???

70. 18Answer

71. 19
Since its inaugural run in 2010, X has been redefining elegance
and opulence, luxury and comfort, recreating lifestyle of the
princely era and showcasing Incredible India.
ID X?

72. THE MAHARAJA EXPRESS
19 Answer

73. *20
In an initiative led by Start India a non-profit organisation promoting
street art and Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), artist
AgostinoIacurci from Rome has transformed the face of the metro
station by painting its boundary walls and over-bridges in vibrant
colours.
Name the metro station ??
(vis on the next slide)

76. Govind Puri metro station
*20

77. 21
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Somalia
What they are collectively known as ??

78. HORN OF AFRICA
21Answer

79. 22
This well has never dried up. On the contrary it has always fulfilled the
demand for water.
It has always maintained the same salt composition and taste ever
since it came into existence.
Its potability has always been universally recognised as pilgrims from
all over the world visit Ka'aba every year for Hajj and umrah, but has
never complained about it. Instead, they have always enjoyed the
water that refreshes them. Water tastes different at different places. It’s
appeal has always been universal.
What is being talked about?

80. Zam Zam Well
22 Answer

81. 23
On June 4, 2005, the Chhattisgarh government signed an MoU with the
Tatas for a mega steel plant in Bastar, with Maoists being the only
hurdle. The following day, X was launched to evict Maoists from the
region, a move that went on to define the last decade of the insurgency.
On 5 July 2011, the Supreme Court of India declared X to be illegal and
unconstitutional, and ordered its disbanding.
ID X???

82. Salwa Judum
23Answer

83. 24
It was built by the Khmer King Suryavarman II in the early 12th
century. A representation of Mount Meru, the home of the gods, it is
both a temple complex dedicated to Vishnu and a mausoleum for
Suryavarman II with great attention paid to minutiae over 3,000
apsaras, featuring between them more than 30 different hairstyles,
are carved into its walls.
Identify this world heritage site ?

84. Angkor Wat
24Answer

85. *25
X is a two-time World Carrom Champion and nine-time
national champion of India. He was awarded the
prestigious Arjuna Award a sporting honour presented by
the Government of India in 1996. X is the only recipient of
this award ???
ID X??

86. Maria Irudayam
*25 Answer

87. MAINS

88. Dimag-e-khak

89. Dimag-e-khak
• This round consists of 12 Questions
6 clockwise & 6 anticlockwise
• Infinite Bounce
• +10/-10 on pounce
• No negative on the direct one’s
• 10 Points on correct answer

90. 1
Christophar’s contingent was one of the first Sports clubs to tour
India between November 1921- March 1922.
X’s close associate the Anglican Missionary and the ardent votary
of Indian independence, Charles Freer Andrews helped stitch the
tour together.
The team played 14 matches in Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and
Kolkata.
X spent his time with the squad during there stopover in
Ahmedabad, the club was even funded by X
ID X???

92. MAHATMA GANDHI
1Answer

93. 2
A temple at the ‘entrance’ to the glacier beyond the shifting
base camp is dedicated to the ‘guardian angel’ of the frozen
highest battlefield on the earth. X is an non-famous soldier
who died on the glacier in the 1980s but whose sprit roams
around the icy fortress.
Soldiers seek his permission to climb up the glacier. X in
return warns troops on the glacier of forthcoming dangers
and inspires them to carry on even after the fall.
ID X??

95. OP Baba
2Answer

96. 3
X may have begun with the nomadic Turkic-Mongol people who
have come from farther north and east spreading westward
from China and Mongolia between the 10th and 15th centuries
in a centuries-long series of migrations that ended only in the
1930s. During the rule of the Taliban regime, X was banned in
Afghanistan, as the Taliban considered it immoral.
ID X ??

98. Buzkashi
3Answer

99. 4
Again I’ve returned to this country
where a minaret has been entombed.
Someone soaks the wicks of clay lamps
in mustard oil, each night climbs its steps
to read messages scratched on planets.
His fingerprints cancel bank stamps
in that archive for letters with doomed
addresses, each house buried or empty……….
Name the poem ????

101. The Country Without a Post Office by Agha Shahid Ali
4Answer

102. 5
A news show aired on the channel X, has more viewers than
any other TV news show on Earth. It was first aired in 1978. The
same opening tune has been used for nearly 30 years. A typical
news programme in the 1980s highlighted the development of a
self-opening umbrella and a contest in which happy only
children, today the backdrop is just more high-tech. Scenes of
bullet-trains and microchip makers have replaced those of
dreary state-owned factories.
ID X ?????

104. Xinwen Lianbo is the news show aired on CCTV (china Central
television) is the most watched TV show
5Answer

105. 6
•Nuelle Fiera "Arouser for Her" — $250
•Three fitness training sessions with Jay Cardiello — $1,400
•A complimentary three-day stay at the Golden Door resort and spa
in San Marcos, California — $4,800
•Three complimentary nights at Grand Hotel Tremezzo near Lake
Como in Italy — $5,000
•Three complimentary nights at Grand Hotel Excelsior Vittoria in
Sorrento, Italy — $5,000
•A donation of 10,000 meals to an animal shelter or rescue of the
nominee's choice — $6,300
•Private, full buyout of any Walk Japan tour for two for up to 15
days — $54,000
•VIP all-access trip to Israel — $55,000
This is A exhaustive list, find the connect ?????

107. $204,000 Oscars Gift Bag This Year
6Answer

108. CONNECT
7

110. Mikhail Kalashnikov
7Answer

111. X was also known to followers as Maharaj-ji, was a Hindu guru,
mystic and devotee of the Hindu deity Hanuman. He is known
outside India for being the guru of a number of Americans who
travelled to India in the 1960s and 1970s. His ashrams are in
Kainchi, Vrindavan, Rishikesh, Shimla, Bhumiadhar, Hanuman
Gadi, Lucknow, Delhi in India and in Taos, New Mexico, USA.
Name X. why is he famous ??
8

113. Neem Karoli Baba
8Answer

115. Shabbir Ismail Patel first met X in 1982. Shabbir’s saloon
is a stone's throw away from the RSS headquarters in
Ahmedabad. In the 1980s X was all into a Rajesh
Khanna-type hairstyle, says Shabbir. "He had good hair.
These days he is having a receding hair line." From
Rajesh Khanna to a Tom Cruise cut, Shabbir has tried it
all on X.
Who’s X ????
9

118. On 20 February 1978, a black bronze sculpture of 210
centimeter height was installed in lawn of this building. It
portrays Mother India in the form of the figure of a lady,
sheltering the young Republic of India represented by the
symbol of a child. The sculpture was made by the renowned
artist Chintamoni Kar.
Where will you find this ??
10

120. 10Answer
Supreme Court

122. Cuba was a “neutral place” for the meeting, convenient for the two
leaders. X was in Cuba on an official visit, while Y stopped on his way to a
planned visit to Mexico. X had refused to meet in Europe due to its “grave
history of divisions and conflicts. This was the apple of John Paul's eye,
this was his dream.
Name X & Y
11

124. Russia’s Patriarch Kirill Pope Francis
X Y
11Answer

126. At the time of partition X and Y were together on the staff of Field
Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck. X owned a red James motorcycle
which Y had always had an eye on. He offered to buy it, and did,
for the princely sum of Rs1,000 which he promised to send over
from Pakistan.Y let it lapse. After the 1971 victory, X was heard to
quip, “Y never paid me the Rs1,000 for my motorbike, but now he
has paid with half his country.”
12

128. 12Answer
Sam Manekshaw Yahya Khan

129. Sawaal-e-Siyasat

130. Sawaal-e-Siyasat
• This round consists of 6 Questions
• Infinite Bounce
• +10/-10 on pounce
• No negative on the direct one’s
• 10 Points on correct answer

131. X became king on his father's death in early 1936. He
showed impatience with court protocol, and caused concern
among politicians by his apparent disregard for established
constitutional conventions. The King's desire to marry a
woman who had two living ex-husbands threatened to
cause a constitutional crisis in the United Kingdom and the
Dominions, and ultimately led to his abdication in December
1936 to marry the woman he loved???
ID X?
1

133. Edward VIII
1Answer

134. On the night the Berlin wall fell, in November 1989, 35-year-old X visited a sauna. Afterward, she
wandered across the border to celebrate briefly with strangers, drank one beer, then went immediately
home so she wouldn’t be tired for work the next day. Almost everyone else in Germany was out all
night long.
This is her childhood photograph
ID X??
(vis on the next slide)
2

137. 2Answer
Angela Merkel

138. 3
Shanti aaj ashaant hai, uskaa rakshak chalaa gayaa,
daliton kaa sahaaraa chhuut gayaa, jan-jan ke aankh
kaa taaraa tuut gayaa…(Peace is restless today, its
protector is gone; gone is the support of the
downtrodden, gone, the star of every Indian’s eyes
who is euolgizing whom ?

140. 3Answer
Vajpayee on Nehru’s death in parliament

141. In Westminster systems of government X is any national election which is
heavily influenced by wartime or postwar sentiment. In the British
general election of 1900, the Conservative Party government of Lord
Salisbury was returned to office, defeating a disunited Liberal Party. The
reason for this name X is that the election was held in the midst of the Second
Boer War. The term was later used to describe two later British elections,
the 1918 general election, fought at the end of the First World War and
resulting in the huge victory of David Lloyd George's wartime coalition
government, and the 1945 general election, held during the closing stages of
the Second World War, where the Labour Party candidate, Clement Attlee,
won by a landslide.
ID X??
4

143. Khaki election
4Answer

144. The 73-year-old, who contested the Lok Sabha election from
Allahabad in 1984 and won, resigned after three years as an
MP.
“Venturing into politics was a mistake. I entered the field in
the flow of emotions. But then I realised that emotions are
very different from reality in the political arena.” ?
Identify the person ?
5

146. AMITABH BACHCHAN
5Answer

147. When X got enrolled in The Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata
for Post Graduation that time the institute was headed by PC
Mahalanobis who happened to be a professional rival of X’s
father.
X played an important role in making it possible for people of
Hindu faith in India to access the Kailash Mansarovar religious
pilgrimage route.
ID X??
6

149. Subramanian Swamy
6Answer