This document contains 20 questions for a quiz prelims round with rules including that the quizmaster's decision is final, there is one mark per question unless otherwise stated, and no use of external resources is allowed. Sample questions cover topics like identifying famous people, connecting terms to their definitions, logos, and filling in blanks about places, events, and people from history, science, and popular culture.

1. Seuli Seal Quiz
Prelims

2. Rules and Guides
• Quizmaster’s decision is final
• 20 Preliminary Questions (5 star-marked)
• One run-through at the end
• One mark for each question unless otherwise
stated
• No use of books or internet-abled devices
• No negatives! Please attempt all 
• (Please have a team name. Also, please write
your school name and team-member names in
block letters legibly)

3. Question 1
• What is officially India’s national sport?

4. • No National Sport

5. Question 2
• Inspired by her father, she started playing
tennis at the age of nine. As a teenage tennis
player, she cut her hair short as they
interfered with her game. In 1966, she won
the national junior lawn tennis
championship. She was also the host of the
TV show “Aap Ki Kacheri”.
• Who is this very famous lady recently in the
news?

6. • Kiran Bedi

7. Question 3
• Name this famous person from the world of
business and technology holding one of his
company’s iconic product.

8. • Jeff Bezos of Amazon

9. Question 4*
• ID the Instrument.

10. • BlackBox/ Flight Data Recorder

11. Question 5
• Along with Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, it
was one of the three early civilizations of the
Old World, and the most widespread among
them. Inhabitants of this civilization developed
new techniques in handicraft and metallurgy.
Their cities were noted for their urban
planning, baked brick houses, elaborate
drainage systems, water supply systems, and
clusters of large non-residential buildings.
• Name this famous civilization whose extinction
still remains a mystery?

12. • Harrapan/Indus Valley Civilization

13. Question 6
• Which company manufactures such action
figures? (It is world’s largest manufacturer
of tyres)

14. • Lego

15. Question 7
• Apart from ordinary snakes, three
Icchadhari nagas live in Nagaraj’s body.
• Name them.

16. • SheetNagkumar
• Soudangi
• Nagu

17. Question 8*
• Connect

18. Varieties of Mango
• Dussehri
• Kesariya
• Tota
• Langda

19. Question 9
• In Hinduism, an __________ is a deliberate
descent of a deity to Earth, or a descent of the
Supreme Being (e.g., Vishnu for Vaishnavites),
and is mostly translated into English as
"incarnation", but more accurately as
"appearance" or "manifestation".
• It is also the name of a path-breaking and oscar
nominated movie of 2009.
• Fill in the blank.

20. Avatar

21. Question 10
• In 2004, a 2m statue of
the dancing Shiva was
unveiled at CERN, the
European Center for
Research in Particle
Physics in Geneva. It
was a gift from Govt. Of
India.
• ID the name of the
dance that Nataraj is
performing.

22. Tandava

23. Question 11
• The idea for these conferences was conceived
by architect and graphic designer Richard Saul
Wurman, who observed a convergence of the
fields of Technology, Entertainment and
Design. These conferences address a wide
range of topics within the research and
practice of science and culture, often through
storytelling.The speakers are given a maximum
of 18 minutes to present their ideas in the most
innovative and engaging ways they can.
• How are these conference better known as?

24. TED

25. Question 12
• Logo for what?

26. Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

27. Question 13
• In 2006, X was named the richest fictional
character by Forbes magazine. However, his
name was dropped after angry letters were
received from children challenging his
fictional status.
• Identify X

28. Santa Claus

29. Question 14
• The _________ is an area where a large number of
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in
the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40,000 km
(25,000 mi) horseshoe shape, it is associated
with a nearly continuous series of oceanic
trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts
and/or plate movements. It has 452 volcanoes
and is home to over 75% of the world's active
and dormant volcanoes.
• Fill in the blank. Picture follows.

31. Ring of Fire

32. Question 15
• What comes next in this series?

33. Lollipop
• Flavors of Android

34. Question 16*
• He was named after the day he was born
on(Thursday) in Ranchi district. He converted
to christanity to get admission at a German
school and came to be known as X David. Later,
he reconverted to Hinduism and spearheaded
the Indian Independence movement that rose
in the tribal belt of modern day Bihar and
Jharkhand. He died of cholera in Ranchi jail at
an age of 25.
• He is the only tribal leader whose portrait
hangs in the central hall of parliament. Revered
as a god among his people, who are we talking
about?

35. Bhagwan Birsa Munda

36. Question 17
• Sorrow of Bengal : Damodar River
• Sorrow of China : ?

37. Huan He or Yellow River

38. Question 18
• ID this famous site.

39. Large Hadron Collider

40. Question 19
• He graduated in Physics from Loyola College,
Madras in 1940 and then obtained his
Bachelors in mechanical engineering. After
completing his degree, he joined SNTI,
Jamshedpur,from where he graduated in 1946.
He is best known for being the man behind the
world’s largest agricultural development
program which led to India becoming the
world’s largest producer of dairy products.
• Who is he and what did he start?

41. Dr. Verghese Kurien started AMUL

42. Question 20*
• Semiconductor pioneers Gordon Moore and Robert
Noyce founded an Integrated Electronics company on
July 18, 1968 in Mountain View, California.
• Initially, they wanted to name it ‘Moore Noyce’, but
rejected it as it sounded similar to More Noise.
• In 2009, the company released an advertisement
featuring Ajay Bhatt, co-founder of USB, punchlined
‘Our rockstars aren’t like your rockstars’. Which
company is being referred to here?

43. Intel
• Integrated Electronics