This is a prelims quiz based on India

1. ◾ 20 questions
◾ 1,5,10,15,20 are star marked
◾ 8 teams ( top 2 from each house ) qualify for
the finals
◾ No electronic gadgets to be used.Those
found using would be thrown out .

4. ◾ The original name of the city of X was
Ramdaspur as it was founded by Guru
Ramdas. He had a tank dug at the site
granted to his wife by EmperorAkbar. The
fifthGuruArjun Dev gave it the name ofX.

6. ◾ X is an Indian author of British descent. He
lives in Masoori. He wrote his 1st novelY in
1951 at the age of 17. Many of his books have
been adopted into movies.

8. ◾ According to Jain andVedic texts there were
16 of them in 6th century BC and mostly
clustered around the north of theVindhyas.
The powerful of them were Kosala, Magadha
(Bimbsara,Ajatshatru, Mahapadmananda),
Vatsa andAvanti (Chandrapradyota).Some
of them were republics like Lichhavis and
Shakyas,Which term are we looking for?

10. X ( 2nd May, 1921- 23rdApril, 1992) was a fiction writer,
publisher, illustrator, calligrapher, music composer,
graphic designer and a renowned filmmaker.
X's first feature film won him international fame
including the award for 'Best Human Document' in the
1956 Cannes Film Festival.X was only the second
person after CharlieChaplin to be awarded an
honorary doctorate by Oxford University. He was
awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1992.
NameX

12. ◾ Which Indian city is also called the blue city?

14. ◾ Name the only site in Bihar to be on the
UNESCO’s list ofWorld Heritage site?

16. ◾ Kusumpura
◾ Kusumdhwaja Pushpapuram
◾ Azimabad
◾ Padmawati

18. ◾ X was an organization founded by Indians in
theUnitedStates andCanada with the aim of
securing India’s Independence.This party’s
members returned to India to agitate for
rebellion during the BabarAkali Movement in
1915
◾ Kye members include Rasbihari Bose, Abdul
Hafiz Mohamed, Karthar Singh Sarabha and
Lala Hardayal

20. ◾ ColleenTaylorSen lists three distinctions
betweenX andY
1.X is the primary dish in a meal, while Y is usually
a secondary accompaniment in a larger meal
2.InX , meat and rice are cooked saperately
before being layered and cooked together. Y is a
single pot dish: meat and rice are simmered in a
liquid until the liquid is absorbed
3. X has more complex and stronger spics,
compared toY

22. ◾ The enactment of of
Goods (Registration & ProtectionAct, 1999)
in 2003 gave birth to something very
important for the protection of moveable
heritage.What?

24. ◾ What special ingredient is added to
traditional Bikaneri bhujia which give it its
crunchy feeling?

26. ◾ The Kolhati and Mehar groups of
Maharashtra generally combine together
to perform which folk dance which literally
means 'entertainment' in Persian?
◾ This term lends it name to a 2015
bollywood movie

31. ◾ Once Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth guru of
Sikhs died appointing their holy scripture
GuruGranthSahib as the guru, they were left
without a leader to decide upon community
matters.The solution to this was bianuual
meets atAmritsar on two festival.
◾ Name both.

35. ◾ She was an popular singer in the early 20th
cent.She became the 1st recorded Indian
singer recording a song in 1902.
◾ Who is she

37. ◾ What is the literal meaning of 'Nataraj' in
Sanskrit

39. ◾ He succeeded his elder brotherVeera
Narasimha as king. As an accomplished poet
and a patron of the arts, his literary court was
adorned by eminent poets and scholars. He
himself wrote aTelugu classicAmukta
Malyada and a play in Sanskrit, Jambavati
Kalyana

41. ◾ A must during wedding celebrations, X is a
tempting dessert from Bihar. It is made into a
layered dough using refined wheat flour and
sugar and lightly fried in oil .There are both
sweet and salty of this
◾ IDX

43. BONUS

45. 1
Early in the 20th century, two Italian brothers of the X
family ran a catering service in Mumbai's Fort Precinct,
one which was popular with the city's Europeans at the
time.
In the late 1960s, X Catering was bought by the
Khorakiwala family, and became X Foods Ltd.
In 1971, the company adopted the franchise
model of business, with a stated emphasis on localized
production for local tastes.
It also has its franchise in Egypt
Id the very famous X.

47. Monginis

48. Q4
First performance – 1912, performed by Sarala
Devi Chowdhurani in Calcutta.
First performance outside of Calcutta - session
in Besant Theosophical College in Madanapalle,
Andhra Pradesh on 28 February 1919.
The song enthralled the college students while
Margaret Cousins, then vice-principal of the
college (also an expert in European music and
wife of Irish poet James Cousins) set down the
musical notation.
It was heard in the film Hamrahi (1945).
It was also the official song of The Doon School,
Dehradun.
Which famous song/composition is this?

51. This water body was built during Alauddin Khilji‘s reign (1296–1316) in the second city of Delhi to
meet the water supply needs of the newly built fort at Siri.
Firoz Shah Tughlaq (1351–88) of the Tughlaq dynasty re–excavated it later.
It was filled in the monsoon and locals used this water throughout the year. However due to
unsustainable practices, it went dry and was heavily polluted until 2003 when INTACH started
reviving the lake and the results are well visible.
Identify this lake which is derived rom the Persian word for “lake royal”

53. HAUZ KHAS LAKE

54. In ancient India, theatre was a much important component of
life. The many famous Sanskrit plays were Sariputraprakarana,
Abhigyanam Shakuntalam, Mricchakatika, etc.
Every play had a Nayaka, Nayika and a Vidusaka. The Nayaka
and Nayika spoke in Sanskrit while the Vidusaka, who
questioned the prevailing social norms through satire spoke in
a different language so that he could connect with the wider
audience.
In which language(s) did he speak?

56. PRAKRIT

57. The Government of India introduced the most valuable coin ever India have seen in its history
for a denomination of Rs. 1000.It was issued in July,2015.Which occasion?

59. BRIHADESVARA TEMPLE, THANJAVUR

60. The Apatanis, one of the major ethnic groups of eastern Himalayas, have a distinct civilization
with systematic land use practices and rich traditional ecological knowledge of natural
resources management and conservation, acquired over the centuries through informal
experimentation.
Their wet rice cultivation system and their agriculture system are extensive even without the
use of any farm animals or machines. So is their sustainable social forestry system. UNESCO in
2014 included the Apatani valley as a Tentative World Heritage Site for its "extremely high
productivity" and "unique" way of preserving the ecology.
Which state would you visit to find the Apatanis?

62. ARUNACHAL PRADESH
ARUNACHAL

64. Bori Bunder railway station was a railway station, situated at Bori
Bunder, Bombay, Bombay Province, in British India. It was from
here that first passenger train of the subcontinent ran to Tannah
(present-day Thane) in 1853.
To the south of the Bori Bunder railway station, a construction
began in 1878 based on British architectural engineer Frederick
William Stevens’s style of Italianate Gothic Revival
architecture and was completed in 1887 to mark the 50 years of
reign of a monarch.
What was built thus?

66. CST, MUMBAI

67. The images show one of the earliest stages of the production of something whose name is
derived from the Sanskrit word for “froth” because of the bubbles that form in the final product.
The main constituents are dropped into stone basins called ‘colmbi’, such as the one in the
images, that have been carved into solid rock, where they are stomped for the further process
to take place.
What is being created?

69. FENI is derived from the Sanskrit phena ("froth")

70. In an interview to a FM Channel, this gentleman is talking about his father’s meeting
with Muhammad Ali in Chicago. Who is his father?
The person in question was born in 1924, awarded Padma Shri in 1967, won 6 filmfare
awards, a national award and died in 1980.

72. Mohammed Rafi

73. Q19
Halebidu is located in Hassan district, Karnataka. Halebidu was the regal capital of the Hoysala
Empire in the 12th century. It is home to some of the best examples of Hoysala architecture.
The picture shows on of such intricate carvings on one of the temples there.
What does the pic show??

75. Abhimanyu in Chakravyuh

76. Q20
Napoleon was careful in the matter of personal
cleanliness.
He used Kerseymere, a fine twill wool fabric, for
uniform as it was dressy and comfortable in all
weathers. Also, it was such a light fabric that it
would disintegrate when a bullet passed through
it during battle, so that shards of cloth were not
carried into the wound, which would increase the
chance of the wound getting infected.
What is the India connection of Kerseymere?

78. CASHMERE WOOL
The wool in this twill wool fabric Kerseymere is the Cashmere wool. Cashmere is a fiber
obtained from cashmere goats, which were then found only in Kashmir. Now China is
the biggest supplier of this wool