1) The document is a quiz about Indian culture with 20 multiple choice questions. 2) It provides rules for the quiz and asks questions about Indian classical music, dance, heritage sites, and independence day traditions. 3) The questions are answered in a separate section with details about musicians, dances, historical events, and cultural aspects of India.

1. SPIC MACAY QUIZ
VIRAASAT 2015

2. RULES
• 20 Questions.
• Write down all answers. NO negatives.
• Starred-marked Questions to resolve ties.
• Top 8 teams qualify.
• Wish the Quizmaster with a Namaste!

3. **1. Who and what instrument do they play?

4. 2. Which dance form?

5. 3.
• In Hindustani Classical Music, a male musical maestro is conferred with the title
of either “Pandit” or “Ustad”.
What corresponding titles are given to the women in the field of music?

6. 4.
Once Akbar asked his court musician Tansen to sing Raga Deepak, the raga of fire.
The effect was such that all the lamps in the courtyard lit up themselves, and
Tansen's body became so hot that he had to sit in the nearby river to cool himself.
However, the river began to boil, and it became apparent that Tansen would soon
boil to death.
Immediately two sisters, Tana and Riri, were sought to come to rescue.
What did they do to cool down the scenario?

7. **5.
• ___________ is a five-stanza Brahmo hymn composed and scored in a
highly Sanskritized form. It was translated to English and set it to music along
with Margaret Cousins at Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh.
• The tune was composed by Ram singh, the Director of Music of the Azad Hind
Fauz. However that score is followed only when the song is sung in the original
slow rendition style of singing.
• _________’s 1st stanza is of more importance to us all.

8. 6.
• On 5 December 1961, Capt. Gurbachan Singh
Salaria 3/1 Gorkha Rifles showed extraordinary
courage to preveny Katangese rebels from
encircling the UN Headquarters in Elisabethville.
This earned him Param Vir Chakra posthumously.
• What is so unique about this decoration?

9. 7. Name the missing person from this list.

10. 8.**
Each year till 2006, after the Prime minister's speech from Red Fort in Old Delhi,
Doordarshan would broadcast “something”, which a cultural part of India's
Independence Day celebrations . This tradition dated from the days of Pandit
Nehru.
What am I talking about?

11. 9.
This is exactly one such signature Fender Squier ________ Electric
Guitar Strat.
Hint: He is the first from his country to be bestowed with this
honour.

12. 10.
• There is a special provision for the people hailing from this part of India, where
people born or married before 1961 can avail for the passport of a country in
southwest Europe.
• Which Indian state am I talking about?

13. 11. Which dance form?

14. 12.
• Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan is a vocalist of Hindustani music genre. He
belongs to the musical tradition of Miya Tansen.
• Winner of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, he was conferred with Padma
Bhushan in 2013. Thereby he set a record in the history of the Padma
Awards.
What record?

15. 13. What do these demarcations indicate?

16. 14. Which 1996 Hindi film had this gentleman as one of its heroes?

17. 15.**
The Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) is a Muslim organisation in India. It was
formed in 2002 to allow the _________ to reach out to Muslim people.
In November 2009 the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, one of the largest Islamic
organisations in India, passed a “fatwa” describing Vande Mataram as an un-
Islamic song. The MRM expressed opposition to the resolution.
It stated "Our Muslim brothers should not follow the fatwa as Vande Mataram is
the national song of the country and every Indian citizen should respect and recite
it."
To which organisation is MRM affiliated?

18. 16. Name her

19. 17. Id the maestro.

20. 18. Indian culture: Connect.

21. 19. What is so special about this bank?
This UCO Bank in Shani Shingnapur village
in Maharashtra is a unique in way.
"Years ago, Shani came in the dreams of
devotees and told them you don't need to
……..“, said a villager.
"We have no trouble," said bank official
Nagender Sehrawat

22. 20**
• __________ is a voluntary youth movement which promotes intangible aspects
of Indian cultural heritage by promoting Indian classical music, classical dance,
folk music, yoga, meditation, crafts and other aspects of Indian culture.
It is a movement with chapters in over 300 towns all over the world.
• _________ was established by Dr. Kiran Seth in 1977 at IIT Delhi.

23. ANSWERS

25. SPIC MACAY QUIZ
VIRAASAT 2015

26. **1. Who and what instrument do they play?

27. ANSWER
Amaan Ali Khan and Ayaan Ali Khan.
Sarod

28. 2. Which dance form?

29. ANSWER
Chhau

30. 3.
• In Hindustani Classical Music, a male musical maestro is conferred with the title
of either “Pandit” or “Ustad”.
What corresponding titles are given to the women in the field of music?

31. ANSWER
‘Vidushi’ and ‘Begum’

32. 4.
Once Akbar asked his court musician Tansen to sing Raga Deepak, the raga of fire.
The effect was such that all the lamps in the courtyard lit up themselves, and
Tansen's body became so hot that he had to sit in the nearby river to cool himself.
However, the river began to boil, and it became apparent that Tansen would soon
boil to death.
Immediately two sisters, Tana and Riri, were sought to come to rescue.
What did they do to cool down the scenario?

33. ANSWER
Raga Malhaar was sung to induce rain.

34. **5.
• ___________ is a five-stanza Brahmo hymn composed and scored in a
highly Sanskritized form. It was translated to English and set it to music along
with Margaret Cousins at Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh.
• The tune was composed by Ram singh, the Director of Music of the Azad Hind
Fauz. However that score is followed only when the song is sung in the original
slow rendition style of singing.
• _________’s 1st stanza is of more importance to us all.

35. ANSWER
Jana Gana Mana

36. 6.
• On 5 December 1961, Capt. Gurbachan Singh
Salaria 3/1 Gorkha Rifles showed extraordinary
courage to preveny Katangese rebels from
encircling the UN Headquarters in Elisabethville.
This earned him Param Vir Chakra posthumously.
• What is so unique about this decoration?

37. ANSWER
The only PVC to be martyred
outside Indian subcontinent.

38. 7. Name the missing person from this list.

39. ANSWER
Lata Mangeshkar.
(Bharat Ratna musicians)

40. 8.**
Each year till 2006, after the Prime minister's speech from Red Fort in Old Delhi,
Doordarshan would broadcast “something”, which a cultural part of India's
Independence Day celebrations . This tradition dated from the days of Pandit
Nehru.
What am I talking about?

41. ANSWER
Ustad Bismillah Khan’s Shenai Recital.

42. 9.
This is exactly one such signature Fender Squier ________ Electric
Guitar Strat.
Hint: He is the first from his country to be bestowed with this
honour.

43. ANSWER
Ehsaan Noorani

44. 10.
• There is a special provision for the people hailing from this part of India, where
people born or married before 1961 can avail for the passport of a country in
southwest Europe.
• Which Indian state am I talking about?

45. ANSWER
GOA

46. 11. Which dance form?

47. ANSWER
Bharatnatyam.

48. 12.
• Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan is a vocalist of Hindustani music genre. He
belongs to the musical tradition of Miya Tansen.
• Winner of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, he was conferred with Padma
Bhushan in 2013. Thereby he set a record in the history of the Padma
Awards.
What record?

49. ANSWER
Oldest person to be conferred with
Padma Award.

50. 13. What do these demarcations indicate?

51. ANSWER
Zones of Indian Railways

52. 14. Which 1996 Hindi film had this gentleman as one of its heroes?

53. ANSWER
BORDER
Major Kuldip Singh Chandpuri

54. 15.**
The Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) is a Muslim organisation in India. It was
formed in 2002 to allow the _________ to reach out to Muslim people.
In November 2009 the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, one of the largest Islamic
organisations in India, passed a “fatwa” describing Vande Mataram as an un-
Islamic song. The MRM expressed opposition to the resolution.
It stated "Our Muslim brothers should not follow the fatwa as Vande Mataram is
the national song of the country and every Indian citizen should respect and recite
it."
To which organisation is MRM affiliated?

55. ANSWER
RSS

56. 16. Name her

57. ANSWER
Sonal Mansingh.

58. 17. Id the maestro.

59. ANSWER
Pt. Birju Maharaj

60. 18. Indian culture: Connect.

61. ANSWER
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in
India.

62. 19. What is so special about this bank?
This UCO Bank in Shani Shingnapur village
in Maharashtra is a unique in way.
"Years ago, Shani came in the dreams of
devotees and told them you don't need to
……..“, said a villager.
"We have no trouble," said bank official
Nagender Sehrawat

63. ANSWER
The bank has no doors.

64. 20**
• __________ is a voluntary youth movement which promotes intangible aspects
of Indian cultural heritage by promoting Indian classical music, classical dance,
folk music, yoga, meditation, crafts and other aspects of Indian culture.
It is a movement with chapters in over 300 towns all over the world.
• _________ was established by Dr. Kiran Seth in 1977 at IIT Delhi.

65. ANSWER
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