Round 4 of the XIMB Quizzing League - National and World Politics Quizmasters - Shriram Mishra and Sudipt Mishra

1. INFORMAL SESSION IV
NATIONAL AND WORLD
POLITICS

2. Round 1 ( 11 questions):
Infinite bounce
 Rule:
 Correct : +10
 Wrong on bounce: -10
 Bounce time limit 10 secs.

3. International Federation of
Vexillological Associations (FIAV).
What does it do?

4. Answer : Study of Flags
 FIAV defines in its constitution as "the
creation and development of a body of
knowledge about flags of all types, their
forms and functions, and of scientific theories
and principles based on that knowledge."

5. Identify the name
 What's the name of the British political
regime 1649-60 established by Oliver
Cromwell?

6. ANSWER
 Commonwealth

7. Id both the people.
 Only two people have been recipients of both
the Bharat Ratna and the Nishaan-ePakistan, the highest civilian awards in India
and Pakistan respectively. Name both of
them.

8. ANSWER: Morarji Desai and
Nelson Mandela

9. Id X.
 According to Hindu mythology, when Kama,
the god of love was burnt by the third eye of
Shiva, Rati waited a long time for him. Then
in her next birth, she assumed the name X
and worked as a cook in the house of the
asura Sambara. What name did she take in
her rebirth, a name that is also now the name
of a mammoth force in India?

10. ANSWER: Mayawati

11. Id. ( Person or Country)

12. Answer
 Yingchuk Shingawatra
 Prime Minister of Thailand.

13. Roshan Seth famous for his likeness to
Nehru, potrayed Nehru 4 times in
entertainment. Gandhi, Last days of Raj
and Food for Ravens. Which was the other
instance?

14. ANSWER
 Bharat Ek Khoj

15. Id X.
 X was originally issued in Latin in June 1215. It
was sealed under oath by King John at
Runnymede, on the bank of the River Thames
near Windsor, England.
 X is widely known throughout the English
speaking world as an important part of the
protracted historical process that led to the
rule of constitutional law in England and
beyond.

16. ANSWER: Magna Carta

17. Name the party

18. ANSWER
 Telugu Desam Party

19. ID X.
 X was born in Calcutta. She is the sister in law
of Prannoy Roy. She went on to do her B.A.
Degree at Miranda House. In 2005, she acted
in Amu, a film made by her niece, Shonali
Bose, on the Anti-Sikh riots in 1984.

20. ANSWER: Brinda karat

21. Which company supports the
foundation?

22. Answer: United colors of
Beneton

23. Id.
 X was the 1st Chairman of the Central
Committee of the Communist Party of China.
On October 1, 1949 X proclaimed the
foundation of the People's Republic of China
(PRC), a one-party socialist state controlled
by the CPC.

24. ANSWER
 Mao Zedong

25. Round 2 ( 11 questions):
Infinite bounce
 Rule:
 Correct : +10
 Wrong on bounce: -10
 Bounce Time Limit: 10 secs

26. ID.
 ‘Bundeskanzlerin’ is a term which had never
been used before 2005. Which political
leader’s ascension to office is connected with
the use of this term?

27. ANSWER
 German equivalent for Chancellor ( female):
 When Angela Merkel assumed office in 2005

28. What is the occasion?

29. ANSWER
 October Issue, 1947
 Depicts kali as India with Freedom and Death

30. Which national head of state is President
Obama hugging in the picture below?

31. ANSWER
 Argentina :
 Prime minister:
 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

32. What is this
Washington, DC, 1/1/1942

33. Answer: UN Declaration

34. Identify the flag

35. ANSWER
 NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

36. Identify

37. ANSWER
 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

38. Identify the context of the
photo

39. ANSWER: OSAMA BIN LANDEN OPERATION

40. Who said it
 Hitler killed five million Jews. It is the greatest
crime of our time. But the Jews should have
offered themselves to the butcher's knife.
They should have thrown themselves into the
sea from cliffs. As it is, they succumbed
anyway in their millions.

41. ANSWER
 M. K. Gandhi

42. Sachin & Sara Pilot... Who is
the father in law of Sachin
Pilot

43. ANSWER

44. Identify

45. ANSWER: Suvra Mukherjee

46. Nationality?
Che Guevara

47. ANSWER
 Argentina

48. Round 3 ( 11 questions):
Infinite bounce
 Rule:
 Correct : +10
 Wrong on bounce: -10
 Bounce Time Limit: 10 secs

49. Id.
 X served as an economist with the World
Bank (1968–72 and 1975–77), a consultant to
the Planning Commission, India, editor of the
Indian Express and Times of India and a
minister in the government of India (1998–
2004).X was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay
Award in 1982. X is an agnostic. X has
authored the illustrated book below.

50. Answer: Arun Shourie

51. Cartoonist: Bal Thackeray
Occasion?

52. ANSWER: Indira Gandhi’s
Assassination.

53. Id X.
 X is a prominent Indian politician has
represented both the cola companies
pepsico & coca cola in different cases as an
advocate

54. ANSWER: ARUN JAITLEY

55. Id.
 X attended St. Columba's School, Delhi
before entering The Doon School in
Dehradun (Uttarakhand).X worked at the
Monitor Group, a management consulting
firm in London, before establishing the
Mumbai–based technology outsourcing firm,
Backops Services Private Ltd. Currently he is a
sitting MP.

56. ANSWER: Rahul Gandhi

57. What is the controversy
about the photo

58. ANSWER: Vladimir Putin

59. What is
blanked
out in
the
photo?

60. ANSWER: Robert Vadra

61. Id X
 X is an American political movement that is
primarily known for advocating a reduction in
the U.S. national debt and federal budget
deficit by reducing U.S. government spending
and taxes. The movement has been called
partly conservative, partly libertarian, and
partly populist. It has sponsored protests and
supported political candidates since 2009.

62. Answer: Tea Party Movement

63. WHAT IS BEING DEPICTED?

64. Answer
 To kick off the census
 The census of India takes place under the
aegis of the home ministry.
 C. Chandramauli was the census
commissioner
 Census begins by noting down the details of
the first citizen of the country

65. Id.
 J. Jayalalitha once abruptly ended their
conversation by saying ,” I must say it was not
a pleasure talking to you. Namaste.” The
Indian equivalent of Tim Sebastian, he was
president of the Cambridge union debating
society in 1977. Who are we talking about?

66. Answer
 Karan Thapar

67. Three intricately designed print ad illustrates the
changing nature of global finance, culture and politics by
creating one nation's flag out of another's iconic imagery.
This execution fused India and China, with the former
taking over for the latter as the _____________. "The
world's is a hard place to understand," said the copy.

68. Answer: Top Weapons importer
of world

69. Id the country

70. Answer
 South Sudan

71. Round 4( 8 questions)Connect
Infinite Bounce
Correct +10
Wrong -10
Bounce time limit: 10 secs

72. Connect
 Connect
European Union (EU)
Organisation for the Prohibition of
Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

73. ANSWER
 All agencies have received Nobel Peace Prize

74. Connect

75. ANSWER: All died in air
crashes
 Clockwise
 1st: G. M. C. Balayogi
 2nd:Dorjee Khandu
 3rd : madhav Rao Scindia

76. Connect

77. ANSWER
 All leaders are single

78. Connect

79. ANSWER
IMF

80. Connect

81. ANSWER
 Secretary Generals of United Nation

82. Connect

83. Answer
 All leaders were involved in shoe throwing
incidents

84. Connect

85. Answer: Joined AAP recently
 Clockwise
 1st: Asudosh
 2nd: Adarsh Sashtri
 3rd: V Balakrishnan

86. Connect

87. ANSWER : 11th Sept
 1. 1906 – Mahatma Gandhi coins the term
Satyagraha" to characterize the Non-Violence
movement in South Africa.
2. 1961 – Foundation of the World Wildlife Fund
whose logo is Panda. (Kung fu Panda was just for
confusing you!)
3. 2001 - Osama Bin Laden – was the hand behind
the september 11 attacks on USA
4. 1893 – First conference of the World Parliament of
Religions is held where Swami Vivekananda gave his
iconic speech.