The passage describes a 10 question, 2 point each written round. It provides details about each question including connecting famous Indians who received the Bharat Ratna award posthumously, identifying the Hindu month that can have 30 or 31 days, connecting temples inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi and Indira Gandhi, and identifying terms related to Carnatic music talas. It also includes questions about inspirations for the Taj Mahal, identifying people like Raja Ramanna, events like the Women's Cricket World Cup, and the 4th medieval city of Delhi established by Muhammad bin Tughlaq called Jahanpanah.

1. Written Round
10 Questions
2 points each

2. 1.
•Instituted in 1895, this is the oldest running
Hockey tournament in India
•It is organised by Bengal Hockey Association
and is usually held on the Mohun Bagan
ground on the Maidan in Kolkata

3. 2. Connect

4. 3.
This is the only month in Hindu calendar with a possibility of having either
30 OR 31 days in the month.
All other 11 months are always be either of 30 days OR 31 days.

5. Connect
4.
How do you connect the following two temples?
• _____ ____ temple located in Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth
campus, Varanasi, which was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1936.
• _____ ____ temple was founded by Swami Satyamitranand Giri, on the
banks of the Ganges in Haridwar. It was inaugurated by Indira Gandhi in 1983.
**** These are the only two temples of its kind

6. 5. Id

7. 6. Connect
•Dhruva
• Matya
• Rupaka
• Jhampa
• Triputa
• Ata
• Eka

8. 7. Id

9. 8.X and Y
• X's book “The Y” was adapted to film as Y Hindi movie. An English language
version was also released.
• X was not happy with the way the film was made and its deviation from the
book; he wrote a column in Life magazine, "The Misguided Y," criticizing the
film.
• The book was also adapted to a Broadway play by Harvey Breit and Patricia
Rinehart, and was staged at Hudson Theatre in 1968 with Zia Mohyeddin
playing the lead role and a music score by Ravi Shankar.

10. 9.Id
When India shall host this 2013 event – the 10th
edition, it shall become the country which has
been the home country for a record three times.
Which event is being described, whose 1978
finals were played right here in Hyderabad –
India finishing a credible fourth?

11. 10.Id
X was the fourth medieval city of Delhi established in 1326–1327 by
Muhammad bin Tughlaq (1321–51), of the Delhi Sultanate.
To address the constant threat of the Mongols, Tughlaq built the fortified city
of X (meaning: “Refuge of the World”) subsuming the Adilabad fort that had
been built in the 14th century and also all the establishments lying between
Qila Rai Pithora and Siri Fort.
Neither the city nor the fort has survived. Many reasons have been offered for
such a situation. One of which is stated as the idiosyncratic rule of Mohammed
bin Tughlaq when inexplicably he shifted the capital to Daulatabad in the
Deccan and came back to Delhi soon after.

12. Written Round Answers

13. 1.
•Instituted in 1895, this is the oldest running
Hockey tournament in India
•It is organised by Bengal Hockey Association
and is usually held on the Mohun Bagan
ground on the Maidan in Kolkata

14. The Beighton Cup

15. 2. Connect

16. Bharat Ratna awarded posthumously
Lal Bahadur Shastri, K. Kamaraj, Vinoba Bhave, M. G. Ramachandran, B. R.
Ambedkar, Rajiv Gandhi, Vallabhbhai Patel, Abul Kalam Azad, Aruna Asif
Ali, Jayaprakash Narayan, Gopinath Bordoloi

17. 3.
This is the only month in Hindu calendar with a possibility of having either
30 OR 31 days in the month.
All other 11 months are always be either of 30 days OR 31 days.

18. Chaitra
In leap years, Chaitra has 31 days and starts on March 21 instead. The months
in the first half of the year all have 31 days, to take into account the slower
movement of the sun across the ecliptic at this time.

19. 8. Inspiration behind what ?
• The Jag Mandir built on the island of Lake
Pichola, was constructed by the Maharanas of
the Sisodia Rajputs of Mewar kingdom. This
palace provided a refuge to a certain Mughal
prince in the early 1600’s since he rebelled
against his father and also because of his
mother being a Rajput Hindu lady. Now this
Jag Mandir is supposedly to have inspired the
prince later in his life in some way. What?

20. Contd…

21. Taj Mahal

22. 5. Id

23. Raja Ramanna

24. 6. Connect
•Dhruva
• Matya
• Rupaka
• Jhampa
• Triputa
• Ata
• Eka

25. Talas (Carnatic music)
• Dhruva
• Matya
• Rupaka
• Jhampa
• Triputa
• Ata
• Eka

26. 7. Id

27. Agni and Svaha

28. 8.X and Y
• X's book “The Y” was adapted to film as Y Hindi movie. An English language
version was also released.
• X was not happy with the way the film was made and its deviation from the
book; he wrote a column in Life magazine, "The Misguided Y," criticizing the
film.
• The book was also adapted to a Broadway play by Harvey Breit and Patricia
Rinehart, and was staged at Hudson Theatre in 1968 with Zia Mohyeddin
playing the lead role and a music score by Ravi Shankar.

29. R K Narayan and Guide

30. 9.Id
When India shall host this 2013 event – the 10th
edition, it shall become the country which has
been the home country for a record three times.
Which event is being described, whose 1978
finals were played right here in Hyderabad –
India finishing a credible fourth?

31. Women's Cricket World Cup

32. 10.Id
X was the fourth medieval city of Delhi established in 1326–1327 by
Muhammad bin Tughlaq (1321–51), of the Delhi Sultanate.
To address the constant threat of the Mongols, Tughlaq built the fortified city
of X (meaning: “Refuge of the World”) subsuming the Adilabad fort that had
been built in the 14th century and also all the establishments lying between
Qila Rai Pithora and Siri Fort.
Neither the city nor the fort has survived. Many reasons have been offered for
such a situation. One of which is stated as the idiosyncratic rule of Mohammed
bin Tughlaq when inexplicably he shifted the capital to Daulatabad in the
Deccan and came back to Delhi soon after.

33. Jahanpanah