Utsav- The India quiz

High Q 2016 , Gargi College
Sreshtha Mondal

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suggestions, encouragement.
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For the love of
colours and
analysis
The melee
history, geography ka bulaava
The Kulcha of Culture
science,biz -tech -gears
sports da mazza
Miscellaneous toh bahana hai
The Current of affairs

State symbols of Telangana
DeerIndian roller or Blue jay
Jammi Chettu or Prosopis Cineraria Tangedu or Tanner’s Cassia

Q.2
• Founded, in 1999, and chaired by ___________, the Pratichi Trust is
committed to inclusive and effective development, particularly in
combating illiteracy and uneven access to education in India, child
nutrition, the lack of basic affordable healthcare, and the special
disadvantages from which women and young girls suffer.
• With the expanded scope of its research team, the Trust elevated it to a
research institute in 2011, called the Pratichi Institute. The Institute is
based in Kolkata, but has worked extensively in Bengal, Bihar and
Jharkhand. The Institute and its researchers are in regular consultation
with a body of advisers from various areas of expertise.
• “….. it also gave me an opportunity to do something immediate and
practical about my old obsessions, including literacy, basic health care and
gender equity, aimed specifically at India and Bangladesh. The Pratichi
Trust, which I have set up with the help of some of the prize money, is, of
course, a small effort compared with the magnitude of these problems….”
• Which famous name will replace the blank?

Q.3
• The tableau of Chhattisgarh depicts _____________ – one of the oldest
universities in Asia dedicated to various forms of music, dance, fine arts
and theatre. Established in 1956, this university has made a strenuous
effort to strike a balance between traditional and modern art in this era of
globalization.
• The front portion of the Chhattisgarh tableau presents a sculpture of
Murlidhar prepared by students and teachers of the university. It also
showcases the artistic building of the university along with various forms
of art and music. (Image on next slide)
• FITB

Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya,
Khairagarh

Q.4
• Seth Pancham Lal Goyal , fondly called X started XY with just
one store at the age of 24. Y were originally prepared more
than 350 years ago, slipping out of the royal kitchen of the
Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. More than 700 cottage units in
the Noori Gate area manufacture this delicacy that's given
______ another reason to be proud.
• The 100-year-old family-run XY Group has seven branches in
________ alone and has also opened outlets in Delhi,
Ghaziabad and Lucknow , with a worldwide popularity base.
What is X and Y ?

Q.5*
This famous beach town is situated at the jaws
of Udyavara river , famous for the rocky islands
of Dairia Bahadurgad, Daria Gadara Kallu, Kari
Illada Kallu and St. Mary’s Island , recently made
it to the headlines for being a first of what in
India?

Malpe became the first beach of India
to be enabled with free Wifi

Q.6
• Identify this Bharat Ratna on whose birth and
death anniversary is the National Doctor’s day
celebrated on 1st July every year.

Q.7
THE LAND IS WEARING ANKLETS,
THE SKY IS WEARING BANGLES,
THE CLOUDS IN A HAPPY FRENZY HAVE TAKEN
DIFFERENT SHAPES,
THE BEAUTIFUL REVOLVING AND ROTUND EARTH.
THIS IS THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF WHICH RECENT
VIRAL ON THE INTERNET STUFF?

MAATI BAANDHE PAINJANEE,
BANGDI PEHNE BAADLI,
DEDO DEDO BAAVDO,
GHOD-MATHOD BAAVDI…
The new Rajasthan Tourism ad
campaign designed by Ogilvy and
Mather

Q.8*
Identify this “Gangotri of the Indian
Hydrocarbon Sector” , which has the refining
capacity of 0.65 million metric tonnes per
annum and is a record book delight in many
other ways.

Digboi Oil Refinery, Assam
World’s oldest Oil Refinery

Q.9
• This Sachin Tendulkar of winter sports recently
denied the _______ (country’s) citizenship even
despite the apathy of Indian Government of not
providing any financial support to this star athlete
of X sport.
• Part points break-up –
Name = 0.5 mark
Country in question = 1 mark
X = 0.5 mark

• Name = Shiva Keshavan
• Country in question = Italy
• Sport he plays = Luge

Q.10
• Thakur Chandan Singh, the convener and
founder of Bhartiya Kanti Shanti Party has
filed cases against Farooq Abdullah , Radhe
maa , Hardik Patel . Recently he filed a petition
against whom , despite knowing his success
rate based on previous petitions.

Lord Ram
The 31 year old lawyer from Sitamarhi , Bihar has filed
an FIR against Lord Ram of his conduct to his wife Sita.
He alleged that Ram had banished Devi (goddess) Sita
to a life in exile in a forest without any suitable
justification for doing so.

Q.11
Identify this building
shown in the picture
and also name the
architect of this 110
year old grandeur.

Forest Research Institute ,
Dehradun
Architect – C.G. Blomfield

Q.12
Rahul Bose , an actor with films like The
Japanese Wife, Mr. & Mrs. Iyer, Jhankaar Beats,
Vishwaroopam , etc is associated with two
sports as a player- One of them is Boxing, which
one is the other?

Q.13*
• Before the Pir-Panjal Tunnel , ______ Tunnel
upheld the record of being the Longest
Transport tunnel of India. Connecting Ukshi
and Bhoke Railway stations on the Konkan
Railway line, it still carries the distinction of
being the longest tunnel in the same rail
network.

Q.14
• This 75 feet statue of Lord Buddha is found in
the rooftop of _____ Monastery which is also
known as the Golden Buddha. In which district
will we see this famous statue?
• (Image in next slide)

Likir village , Ladakh district

Q.15
• Ringing Bells , a Noida based company is
creating a ripple in the world of Tech for a
particular launch done yesterday (17.02.2016)
In line with PM Modi’s vision for “empowering
India to the last person, transforming India’s
growth story” , this launch was said to be
done by the Defence Minister Manohar
Parrikar at Nehru Park.
Put the Funda

India’s cheapest smartphone from
Ringing Bells , Freedom 251 at
Rs. 251

Q.16
• Karsanbhai Patel launched X with door-to-door
campaign in 1969.By paring production, marketing and
distribution (a single line of distributors who directly
supplied the retailers) costs to the bone, he was able to
sell X at Rs. 3 per kg. which was priced less than its
immediate competitor by Rs. 14 on an average.
• Gujarat-based Purnima Advertising Agency was the
agency that worked on the signature campaign and the
iconic mascot though not anymore prevalent on the
TVCs still dominates its presence on the X’s packaging.
• Identify X.

Q.17
Many people also don’t know that A was
opposed to the idea of the university being
named after him. In fact, in a correspondence to
the then education minister M C Chagla, A
almost rebuked Chagla for this. However, after
A’s death, Chagla — an ardent admirer of A —
wanted to pay tribute to him. Hence, the
university got its name.
Id. A

Q.18*
• Raja Sir Joginder Sen Bahadur was the 18th Raja of ______ .
After Independence, his property was taken over by the
Indian Government like of the other princes from Nabha ,
Bahawalpur , Malerkotla and Jind allowed in the vicinity
which was demolished in 1970s to shift X’s office from the
Parliament Street. From then ________ ______ has
remained just as a name.
Id X. The blanks are not needed.
(Hint – X is still having one of the gates from the old property)

Q.19
Connect these two / replace the blank on the book

Pradip Krishen
In Which Annie Gives it Those Ones is a 1989 Indian TV film,
directed by Pradip Krishen which starred Shah Rukh Khan.

Q.20*
• Identify this famous sculptor who has been
recently conferred with Padma Vibhushan

Q.1
• On customer’s demand to create something
different from the menu, Y , the then caterer
____ food of Cricket club of India in Mumbai
prepared X for the first time which then
gained popularity by word of mouth publicity.
Identify this iconic dish X and the mastermind Y.

X- Chicken Manchurian , Y- Nelson Wang

Q.2
• X ,a small village about 35 km from Jaipur is a
centuries old centre of block printed textiles
whose patterned motifs and colours occupy a
prominent position in textile map of India.
( Image on the next slide)
• In the past , the textiles hand printed by Y of X
were used to produce fadats, lugdis,
angochas, rezais for the local population.

X= Bagru , Y= Chippa Community

Q.3
X is amongst the prominent characters in the
history of Indian Cricket especially the 1930s.
He had a fierce rivalry with Y who was a good
player and also wealthy but X muscled in when Y
fell out with Lord Willingdon and even
attempted to donate a Willingdon Trophy to the
winners of the national first-class competition
but Y beat him to it with the Z .
X , Y , Z ( all 3 on pounce)

Answer
• X – Maharaja of Vizianagar / Vizzy / Vijaya
Anand
• Y- Maharaja of Patiala / Ranjit Singh
• Z- Ranji Trophy

Q.4
• The renowned artist, J Swaminathan, was the Director
of Bharat Bhawan in Bhopal around 1980’s. He was building
the Roopankar wing of Bharat Bhawan, where Tribal and
Urban art would be displayed. Swaminathan sent his
students into the villages to search for tribal artists. One of
them saw an image of Hanuman on the wall of a house by
X.
• X’s paintings grace one of the domes of Bharat Bhawan;
he has drawn a huge aircraft on one of the walls of the
State Legislative Assembly; and his clay relief of the
Narmada can be seen at the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya
Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS) museum in Bhopal.
• Either give X or the reason to his name and worldwide
fame.

• X – Jangarh Singh Shyam
• Jangarh Singh Shyam was the first Gond artist
to use paper and canvas for his art.
• The present genre of Gond painting is named
Jangarh Kalam in his honour.

Kalinga Awards
The asteroid 26214 was named Kalinga to commemorate
the 50th anniversary of Kalinga Awards instituted by
UNESCO to honour outstanding contribution to the
interpretation of science and technology to the general
public . The pictures shown are of the Indian Scientists
amongst the list of Kalinga Laureates.

Deonar Dumping ground fire in
Mumbai

Q.7
Peruvian Pisco April 2009-March 2010 Peru
Champagne April 2010 – March 2011 France
Napa Valley April 2010- March 2011 USA
Scotch Whiskey April 2010- March 2011 UK
Prosciutto di Parma April 2010 - March 2011 Italy
Cognac April 2011- March 2012 France
Porto April 2011 – March 2012 Portugal
Duoro April 2011 – March 2012 Portugal
Tequila April 2012 – March 2013 Mexico
An in-exhaustive list of ?

Geographical Indications list of India
These GIs have found their way to the list of GIs
by the GI Registry India for the mentioned
periods.

Q.8
• X, literal meaning being wakeful nights is the traditional folk dance-drama,
performed by the Hindu Kunbi and Christian Gauda community of Y, to
seek the Devine Grace for protection and prosperity of the crop. The
strong belief is that the night long performance, awakens the deities once
a year and they continue to remain awake throughout the year guarding
the village.
• Perni X is the ancient mask dance – drama of Y, performed by Perni
families, using well crafted and painted wooden masks, depicting various
animals, birds, super natural power, deities, demons and social characters.
• Gauda X, is an impression of social life, that displays all the existing moods
and modes of human characters. It is predominantly based on three main
characters, Gharasher, Nikhandar and Parpati wearing shining dress and
headgears. The performance is accompanied by vibrant tunes of Y folk
instruments like Nagara/Dobe, Ghumat, Madale and Kansale.
• X and either Y or Where it was seen recently?

X = Jagor , Y= Goa or Goa’s Tableau in
67th Republic day celebrations

The Mosques built by Qutub’ud-Din-
Aibak
• Left image is of the Adhai Din Ka Jhopra of
Ajmer which is said to be in AD 1199 built as a
contemporary of the Quwwat-ul-Islam in the
Qutub Minar Complex in AD 1198.

Q.10
Written by Ashok Banker, _ ________ ___
____ was India’s first English-language television
series, and had names like Anant Balani, Mahesh
Bhatt and Ajay Goel among its directors. It
began with a reunion and quickly turned into a
thriller, which was eerily similar to Agatha
Christie’s And Then There Were None. Owing to
its ‘bold’ content, it was aired during a late-night
slot on DD Metro – but its plot kept the
audience hooked to the screen even post 11pm.

Q.11
• Morgaon
• ___________
• Pali
• Mahad
• Theur
• Lenyadri
• Ozar
• Ranjangaon
• FITB of this in-exhaustive list of X.

• Siddhatek
• Ashtavinayak – The pilgrimage of 8 most
important Ganesh temples in Maharashtra

Q.12
• FITB or the Funda behind this specific list
• Alan Rickman
• Maureen O’Hara
• Omar Sharif
• David Bowie
• Ron Moody
• Frank Finlay
• Christopher Lee
• _____________
(Hint- First Indian to receive the Order of the British Empire)

Saeed Jaffery or The BAFTA’s in
memorium section of 2016
Jaffrey, a BAFTA nominee for My
Beautiful Laundrette, died at the age
of 86 in late 2015 .

Q.13
This lady made it to the headlines recently.
Who and the news (both on pounce)

Archana Ramasundaram
She has been appointed Director
General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB),
the first woman to head a paramilitary
force.

Q.14
• Said to be born out of Y’s sweat, X who was
conceived inside a fish – the fish was caught
by Ahiraavan who was the ruler of Paataal or
Netherworld. Impressed by his strength and
virility, Ahiraavan made X as his soldier.
• In another incident, Y lost to X in a duel and
later as the events unfolded, Y killed
Ahiraavan and crowned X as the King.
• Identify X and Y.

Q.15
Where would you find this?
(Image on the next two slides)

Q.16
The Mahmudabad Estate was founded in 1677 by Raja Mahmud Khan,
a descendant of the first caliph of Islam. The ____, or palace, is part of
a 20-acre complex called the Qila, or fort. The _____is a leading
example of Awadh palace architecture, and served as an important
administrative and residential complex for rulers of Mahmudabad
throughout the Mughal period and subsequently during the British
colonial era. It played an important role during the First War of
Independence in 1857, at which time the ______ was completely
destroyed by the British. The building was reconstructed immediately
thereafter, using the original plinth. Today it serves as an important
religious and cultural center and boasts one of the best libraries in the
Urdu and Arabic languages, and hosts scholars of literature, art, and
poetry.
FITB with a commonly used word.

Q.17
• Made with Tomato, Black pepper, Lemon , curry
leaves, etc cooked in Toor Dal’s soup , this differs
from the common Rasam because of the
presence of meat. This difference was
incorporated to accommodate the
_______________ into the soup-like starters of
the Britishers in India.
• What Tamil origin word became thus modified
into the much popular version that we know of
today?
(Both words on pounce)

Millagutthanneer , Mulligatawny

Q.18
• Part -Logo from the year 1955 of which entity

Q.19
On the 17th day of the Mahabharata war, after
Arjuna killed Karna, Kunti requested her sons to
perform the rites for Karna. When they
protested, saying he was a suta, she revealed
the truth of his birth. The brothers were shocked
to find they have committed fratricide.
Yudhishtira was furious with his mother, and
cursed all women.
What was the curse?

Women won’t be able to keep a
secret.

(video clip from Tere Bina song of
Guru)
Identify the place of shoot
Q.20

Thirumalai Nayak Palace , Madurai

Q.21
FITB-
_________ is a revolutionary students movement which
stands firmly in the campuses throughout the country with a
vision of “A New India and A New World.’ The formation of
_______in 1990 was the result of a long felt need for a
platform for the revolutionary and democratic students
movement. From the outset, it has defeated the communal
politics in its bastions at Kumaon University, Allahabad
University, and BHU. In the years that followed, ______ has
been at the forefront of all struggles for student rights as well
as larger democratic issues. The founding conference of
______ was on 9th August, Kranti Divas, at Allahabad. The
second national conference was held in Delhi in 1994, the
third in 1998 at Patna, and so on.

AISA- All India Students Association

Q.22
Connect all of these art works to the
artist

Bharti Kher
Known for the use of Bindis in her
work.

Q.23
______ ______ ______made their first appearance in October
2014. When asked whether the group would come forward to
work with the Central or State governments, Ruben one of the
members said that they prefer their anonymity. "Like I said,
our main goal is to keep India and its citizens safe, so we
would like to remain anonymous. By doing this, we can also
expose those Indians who are against their motherland," he
added.
On September, over a hundred Pakistani websites including
official government portals such as pakistan.gov.pk,
president.gov.pk and cabinet.gov.pk. were hacked. Later, the
group took the credit for the feat, saying that it was a payback
for crashing the official portal of their state Government.

Q.24
• ________ , similar to Kabaddi is one of the prominent
sports of the Nicobarese tribe. This game does not require
a court, only vacant land. The field is divided by a line in the
centre, and there are no boundary lines. The number of
players is as desired, but each team is to comprise equal
number of players. Usually, a maximum of 20 players are
allowed in each team.
• As there are no boundaries to the field, _____ demands far
more stamina, speed and endurance than Kabaddi. During
a special festival of the Nicobarese tribe, women and men
upto the age of 40 years participate with much gusto in this
game.

Pt. Bhimsen Joshi’s news of Death

Q.26
An international debut at the age of 15 against
Guam and voted as the Footballer of the year in
2001 and 2013 , this sterling player announced
thus-“Today is the last day of 2015, I hereby
officially announce my retirement from football.
I have been lucky enough to have had a
wonderful career representing my country for
20 years and the State team for 24 years.….”

Q.27
• Recently , The India International Science
festival was organised in which a note worthy
event of Guinness Record of the Largest
Practical science lesson was conducted with
over 2000 students.
• Which premier institution was the venue for
this entire festival organised for the first time?

Q.28
• The festival of _________ based on the story of ‘Ramayana’
in Uttarakhand is series of various events of worships and
rituals. Community Worship, Devyatra, Folk Drama, Dances,
Songs, Comedies, Fairs etc are held here.
• This festival had been declared World Heritage in 2009 by
UNESCO. Some selected contexts of Ramayan are
performed with folk style in _______. Dance is performed
wearing the mask at Temple complex of Bhumyal God in
night. There are masks of various epical, historical and
imaginative characters. The masks are of two types. “Dhyo
Pattar” and “Khyalari Pattar”. “Dhyo Pattar” mask and
character is related to god. “Khyalari
Pattar” are entertaining characters.

Q.29
• Qawwali singers gather in a lane at Nizamuddin basti after asr or
the afternoon prayers.
• Visitors join the procession, which goes into the bylanes of the
settlement, stopping at the grave of Khwaja Tajuddin
Nuh,Nizamuddin Auliya’s nephew, before finally entering the
dargah.
• Once inside the dargah, the singers take out yellow sheets that
they had carried with them, and hold it above their heads, enter
the shrine. This is the only occasion on which the qawwali singing is
done inside the shrine, where the grave of the saint is located. On
all other, occasions it happens outside, in the courtyard.
• What is being celebrated by the above mentioned description?

Basant Panchami at Nizamuddin
Dargah

Q.30
This athlete who hails from Kodagu in Karnataka,
was India’s champion sprinter for the 100 m,
200 m & 400 m events. She made her mark by
winning several national events, of which the
most memorable one was when she outran
champion P T Usha during the 1991 Open
Nationals at New Delhi. Referred as
India’s FloJo due to her agility on the track , she
was honoured with the Arjuna Award in 1990.

Q.31
In ‘The Great Indian Novel’ by Shashi Tharoor,
figures from history and characters from the
Mahabharata can be directly correlated to
characters in the book or to more general
allegorical references.
a.) Which real-life political figure was the
inspiration for Ashwathama?
b.) Which real-life personality was the
inspiration for Amba / Shikandi?

Jagjivan Ram – Similar to how Ashwathama
later changes sides to joins Yudhishtira
b.) Nathuram Godse – Similar to how
Amba / Shikandi was instrumental in killing
Bhishma

Q.32
• This group claim to have been set up by a
great leader, but that claim is of doubtful
authenticity.
• Their name comes from being “worshippers of
Him, who is without time, eternal.”
• A possible origin of this order is that it was the
outcome of the struggle to reconcile warlike
activity with the abandonment of the world.

Q.33
• Derived from Persian , it literally means “first
fruits” and was used for offerings that were
presented during a first meeting by a vassal to a
greater noble or king.
• It also had other meanings in the financial sense
such as a fine on appointment renewal, a
payment exacted on lands which were originally
rent free.
• What term that was quite common in Mughal or
Awadhi courts in the context of a spread of gifts/
presents or lands on offer?

Q.34
How did their venture play an important
role during the Chennai floods?

They are the founders of Ola Cabs.
During the Chennai floods , Ola
provided free ferry services for rescue
operations
Ankit Bhati ,
CTO of Ola
Cabs

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