This document contains a quiz with 10 multiple choice questions about topics relating to India. Each question is followed by the answer on subsequent slides. The questions cover topics like Indian politics, Bollywood, famous scientists, brands, historical artifacts, and types of trains in India. The quiz is intended to test participants' knowledge of people, events, and trivia related to India's history, culture, and current affairs.

1. “Teaser Questions”
“India Unplugged – The India Quiz”, 2011 (Chennai)
on 6th February, 2011
“India Quiz”, Mukti, NIT Durgapur, 2011, 5th February,
2011

2. Rules
1 point for each question
Self-Scoring 
Each question is followed by the
answer in the immediate next slide 

3. Question 1
According to the Indian Railways, the
advertisement (shown on next slide)
depicting a twig of a plant with the faces
of students embedded in it, was actually
meant to signify the fact that students
are the saplings for the future of this
nation and it is the moral duty of the
government to nurture these saplings in
order to lay the foundations of a strong
and vibrant India. But this ad created a
furore in Indian Politics when released.
Why?

5. And the answer is…
 It created a political controversy
because the twig of the plant shown
was strikingly similar to the poll
symbol of the Trinamool Congress
(shown below), which is headed by
the Railways Minister Ms. Mamata
Banerjee.

6. Question 2
Identify these child actors

7. And the answer is…
 By close observation, you must have
seen that they are none other than
Shahid Kapoor and Ayesha Takia 

8. Question 3
 This person may not be an Indian, but his
work has helped India more than the work of
any other known American.
 He’s one of only five people in history to
score the feat of winning the Nobel Peace
Prize, the US Presidential Medal of Freedom
and the Congressional Gold Medal – placing
him in the company of the Rev Martin Luther
King Jr, Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela and
Elie Wiesel.
 He’s also a recipient of the Padma
Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian
honour. He died very recently.
 Name this distinguished scientist and
visionary.

10. And the answer is…
 He is Mr. Norman Borlaug, who
passed away in Texas on 12th
Spetember, ’09.

11. Question 4
 A survey was conducted in the late 1980s to find
out what Bollywood heroine did the public perceive
the various beauty and skin-care brands to
represent. The survey results were interesting:
 The survey analysts felt people associated Nivea
with her as she represented “Timeless Beauty”.
But, according to the public, Nivea represented her
as she was “Always desirable; Never attainable”
(Nivea, in those days, was priced at a 40%
premium). Which heroine was Nivea supposed to
represent?
Brand Actress Equivalent
Charmis Waheeda Rehman
Ponds Rakhi
Lakme Madhuri Dixit
Nivea ?

12. And the answer is…
 Rekha 

13. Question 5
 Javagal Srinath recalls:
 “My first and only hundred came 18 years
ago in the Pentangulars. That hundred,
which went to the score-books, ball by ball,
was entered by a young X. That was way
back in 1988, when Mysore zone was
playing against the Bangalore zone. X was
15 years then the youngest in the side. He
was not happy with that job given to him.”
Who is X?

14. And the answer is…
 Rahul Dravid 

15. Question 6
 In 1890 pharmacist Lunsford Richardson took over
the retail drug business of his brother-in-law Dr.
Joshua and began marketing “X” Family Remedies.
The most popular remedy was Croup and
Pneumonia Salve, which was first compounded in
1891 in Greensboro and rebranded as “Y” in 1912.
The flu epidemic of 1918 increased sales of “Y”
from $900,000 to $2.9 million in just one year. In
1985, the entire company was sold to Procter &
Gamble and P&G has since marketed the product
as “The only thing more powerful than a mother's
touch”. “Y” is currently manufactured and packaged
in India and Mexico.
 Identify the name “X” and the brand name “Y”.

16. And the answer is…
 That was Dr. Joshua Vick
 X = Vicks and Y = VapoRub.

17. Question 7
 We can all recognize this famous Indian on the Google
Doodle below. But Indians (like Sir Rabindrabath Tagore)
had already featured on Google Doodles before this
one. Why was this Google Doodle unique among the
other Indo-centric doodles?

18. And the answer is…
 This was the first Global Google
Doodle that was Indian-Centric. Till
then, all Indian-related Google
Doodles were restricted to
“www.google.co.in” pages. This was
the first Indian Doodle to feature on
the global “www.google.com” page.

19. Question 8
Identify the
gentleman and the
lady.
Clue: This Indian
gentleman was
awarded the highest
award in another
country, which is a
rare distinction ever
granted to a foreigner
by that country.

20. And the answer is…
 Biju Patnaik and Gyan Patnaik

21. Question 9
It seemed to have originated at
Golconda in the state of Andhra
Pradesh in India. It has belonged to
various Mughal, Persian and British
rulers who fought bitterly over it at
various points in history and seized it
as a spoil of war time and again. It
was finally seized by the East India
Company. What am I talking about?

22. And the answer is…
 The Kohinoor Diamond 

23. Question 10
 Lets end with another railways question. In
2009, the Indian Railways Minister Ms.
Mamata Banerjee announced the launch of a
new type of train in India. These trains would
have no stoppages in between and will have
only two or three technical halts. These trains
will travel as fast as Rajdhani express and
being non-stop, will take less time to cover
the distance. They will have new-age
stainless steel coaches having distinct colour.
The maintenance of these trains has been
outsourced on PPP (Public-Private
Partnership) mode to private players, who will
be allowed to display their advertisement
inside the coaches. Name the type of train in
question.

24. And the answer is…
 Duronto 

25. Thank you for trying…
The next presentation is up… Answers
for the next one will be out by 4th
February, 2011 midnight 