The NSIT Quiz Fest 2013 included an India Quiz with 20 multiple choice questions testing knowledge of Indian history, culture, and current events. Some of the questions identified famous Indian figures like Indira Gandhi, Mughal ruler Muhammad Shah, author Saadat Hasan Manto, and Paralympian Girisha Nagarajegowda. Other questions related to places in India like Parathewali Gali alley in Delhi and the ancient city of Dwarka.

1. THE NSIT QUIZ FEST
2013
INDIA QUIZ
PRELIMS

2. 1.
In November 1973, during the oil embargo crisis, India's Prime
Minister, Indira Gandhi adopted a certain practice for one day
to set an example for the public. What did she do?

3. ANSWER

4. She rode to and from work in a horse-drawn carriage.

5. 2.
In 1987-88, India was caught in the spell of _______.
So much so that events advertised for Sundays were careful to
mention: "__ __ ____ ______ _______"
What?

6. ANSWER

7. "To be held after Ramayan"

8. 3.
For 29 years, from 1719-1748, he barely took the trouble to
make war, watched patridge fights in the morning, and was
entertained by mime artists in the evening.
Frequently dressed in a woman's tunic and pearl-embroidered
shoes, he was bestowed the moniker of _______, the colorful
one.
Identify this Mughal ruler, one of the few to suffer the
ignonimy of having no road in Delhi named after him.

9. ANSWER

10. Raushan Akhtar Muhammad Shah, also known as Rangila

11. 4.
In a first, American restaurant franchise ______ has opened a
Jain counter at its first all-veg outlet in Ahmedabad at a
location with a high density of Jain population.
"We will now add more vegetarian items on the menu in
Gujarat, which is the only state that contributes 60% of the total
sales from vegetarian food," said Durlabh Singh, ______'s
development agent for Gujarat and Daman-Diu.

12. ANSWER

13. Subway

14. 5.
X is damaged by ________ to such an extent that a technical inspection in
2011 revealed that the thickness of the steel hoods protecting the pillars had
reduced from 6mm to less than 3mm. Y announced that it will spend Rs. 2
million on covering the base with fibreglass casing, since damage to the hoods
can jeopardize the safety of X.

15. ANSWER

16. X - Howrah Bridge
Spitting

17. 6.
X, the daughter of Indonesia's first President, Y, herself served as the first
female President from 2001 to 2004.
Born on a day of heavy rain in 1947, her name is derived from the Sanskrit
word meaning 'Goddess of the Clouds'.
She was named thus by Z, an eminent Indian leader at Y's request.

18. ANSWER

19. X - Megawati Sukarnoputri

20. 7.
Some of his non-fiction essays are listed below -
• Patake
• Deewaron Par Likhna
• Karchi Aur Karchiyan
• Khansi Par
• Log Apne Aap Ko Madhosh Kyon Karte Hain
• Naak Ki Kismein
Identify this author, whose self-written epitah reads, "Here lies buried X in
whose bosom are enshrined all the secrets and art of short story writing.
Buried under mounds of earth, even now he is contemplating whether he is a
greater short story writer or God."

21. ANSWER

22. Saadat Hasan Manto

23. 8.
X, the wazir of Akbar, and the author of Akbarnama was assassinated by
Y, upon the orders of Prince Salim, as X was known to be opposed to the
ascension of Salim to the throne. The murder gutted Akbar, who "did not
shave or take opium that day."
As a reward, Y was made the ruler of the kingdom of Z.

24. ANSWER

25. X - Abu'l Fazl
Y - Vir Singh Bundela
Z - Orchha

26. 9.
When asked why she had returned her _____, this octogenarian
replied, " I'm not the first one to do this! ...Besides, we have seen
how things get stolen or misplaced in India. Over the past
years, famous paintings have been stolen that have never been
retrieved. Even Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel medal wasn't
spared. Not many people can claim to have held ______ in their
hands and I want that feeling to stay alive."

27. ANSWER

28. Bhanu Athaiya

29. 10.
The Goa Carnival, a non-stop 3 day festival of color and music, is
an integral part of the Portuguese heritage of the state. It was
introduced by the erstwhile rulers as a rowdy celebration in which
flour, eggs, oranges, mud, sand-filled gloves along with dirty
water, various liquids and glue were aimed at passersby.
As a tradition, a King of Chaos, called X, is elected to preside
over the whole festival.
Y, who held the title of X in 1974, later went on become the
Chief Minister of the state, and is currently the South Goa MP in
Lok Sabha.

30. ANSWER

31. X : King Momo
Y : Francisco Sardinha

32. 11.
Set up in 1844, X is currently India's oldest surviving bookshop.
"Among the many elusive and indescribable charms of life in Madras
City is the existence of my favorite bookshop, X on Mount
Road...Altogether a delightful place for the casual browser and a serious
book lover," said Lord Trevelyan, Governor of Madras, to Lord
Macaulay in 1859.
X was appointed as the "Official booksellers to His Royal Highness, the
Prince of Wales" during the latter's visit to India in 1875.
It is now a part of the Amalgamations Group, and consists of a chain
of 22 outlets spread across South India.

33. ANSWER

34. Higginbotham's

35. 12.
Instituted in 1895, X is organised by the Bengal Hockey
Association and is usually held on the Mohun Bagan ground in
Kolkata.
Y had this to say about X, “In my opinion it is perhaps the best
organised hockey event in the country...This tournament has had
a non-stop run. World Wars I and II did not affect the
tournament. Threats of Japanese bombs and actual bombings in
Kolkata while the hockey season was on also did not prevent the
tournament from being held. That being said, it is sad to think
that the tournament had to yield to the communal frenzy which
gripped the nation in 1946-47."

36. ANSWER

37. X : Beighton Cup
Y : Major Dhyan Chand

38. 13.
ID.

39. ANSWER

40. Sanjeev Bhikchandani
Venkatesh Kini

41. 14.
His first taste of success was when he won a prize at the State-level sports
meet in Dharwad. He then won a Bronze medal at the Mysore University
sports meet.
Supported by Samarthanam, a Bangalore based NGO since 2008, he achieved
a certain feat, becoming only the 8th Indian to do so.
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43. ANSWER

44. Girisha Nagarajegowda
India's only medalist at the 2012 Paralympic Games

45. 15.
Based on the ownership structure, public sector enterprises are classified
either as departmental undertakings, statutory corporations, government
owned companies, or autonomous bodies.
SBI, Coal India Limited, NALCO are a few examples.
Who/what acts as the promoter/majority stakeholder in Government owned
companies.

46. ANSWER

47. The President of India

48. 16. CONNECT
• Miss Lovely
• Peddlers
• Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1 and 2
• Kalpana
• Project 'The Untold Tale'

49. ANSWER

50. Indian films screened at Cannes 2012

51. 17.
X is a famous locality in Delhi. The Mela restaurant in the UK
has imitated this place and a popular restaurant group is also
trying to copy the ambience of this place in Bombay.
Of the 20 shops present in the late 1960s (all belonging to
branches of the same family), three remain:
Pt Kanhaiyalal Durgaprasad Dixit (estd 1875),
Pt Dayanand Shivcharan (estd 1882), and
Pt Baburam Devidayal (estd 1886).

52. ANSWER

53. Parathewali Gali

54. 18.
Identify the missing boy.

56. ANSWER:
Srinivas Ramanujan

57. 19. AD FOR WHICH BRAND?
Kishore Kumar Brylcreem ad

59. BRYLCREEM

60. 20.
It is one of the seven most ancient cities in the country. The modern-day city
is said to be the seventh city as the previous six ones have been destroyed by a
particular force of nature. It is a relatively flat region at sea-level, having an
average elevation of 0 metres (0 feet). This is, according to the Garuda
Purana, one of the seven sites enumerated as the giver of Moksha. The others
being - Ayodhya, Mathura, Māyā, Kāsi, Kāñchī and Avantikā.
Which city?

62. DWARKA