India Quiz at NITT, finals, with contributions from Country, Bo and Reetard

1. India Quiz
Finals

2. • Six Teams
• 5 Rounds
Dry Round
Theme Round
Stage 2
Connect
Long Visual Connect

3. Dry Round
+10
No Negatives
First 6 – Clock Wise
Next 6 – Counter Clock Wise

4. 1
• Set up by Article 148 of the Indian
Constitution this organization has recently
been in the news a lot over the past year. Its
top post is held by Vinod Rai. Identify it from
this stamp issued in its honor in 2010.

6. Comptroller & Auditor General Of India

7. 2
• The Jawahar Lal Nehru Award for International
Understanding was awarded to this person in
2008 , 13 years after it was announced in 1995. It
was conferred upon him for his unique role in
providing stability and progress in his home
country, in upholding the Arab cause and for
promoting peace and understanding in the
region. In her speech, President Pratibha Patil
applauded his “unflinching commitment to
peace”
• Who is he ?

9. Hosni Mubarak

10. 3
• It started was started on July 16, 1991, with
three coaches donated by IR, and equipment
from Impact India, a non-profit Organisation.
Similar projects have also been started, notably
the project in Bangladesh on which major
surgeries have been performed to restore
movement, hearing, sight and correction of
clefts. What is the name of this in-the-news
train?
• HINT : KBC

12. Lifeline Express

13. 4
• 1950- President Sukarno (Indonesia) - First ever
• 1962- Queen Elizabeth II (United Kingdom)
• 1995- Nelson Mandela ( South Africa)
• 1999- King Birendra Bir Bikram Dev Singh (Nepal)
• 2007- Vladimir Putin (Russia)
• 2011- President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
(Indonesia)
• What does this list* indicate ?
*List is indicative and not exhaustive

15. Chief Guests to the Republic Day Celebrations

16. 5
• This picture dated Aprl,2010 shows Dr. C.
Chandramouli and Mr.P.Chidambram in the
Rashtrapati Bhawan with the president. What
was the purpose of this visit?

18. To kick off the Census
• The census of India takes place under the
aegis of the Home Ministry.
• C . Chandramouli is the Census Commissioner
of India.
• The Census begins by noting down the family
details of the First Citizen of the country.

19. 6
• A large lotus in full bloom carved out of stone surrounded by
small lotuses to signify the years he lived; rocks from all the
states of India are spread around. The huge stone lotus is the
work of the famous sculptor, A. Ramachandran, who took
several months to chisel it out. A range of elements – from
greenery to stone to wood to metal— have been used to
create it. Surrounded by greenery, the samadhi is ringed with
black stones and the pathway to the memorial is made of
wood. Stone was brought in , on which waves have been
carved, and which is interspersed with the 46 lotuses,
symbolizes the cosmic ocean.
• This is the description of the memorial of an Indian Prime
minister. ID the Prime Minister.

21. Rajiv Gandhi (Veer Bhumi)

22. 7
• This famous book starts off thus :
“ Proxility is not alien to us in India. We are able
to talk at some length. Krishna Menon’s record
of the longest speech ever delivered at the
United Nations (nine hours non-stop), has not
been equaled by anyone from anywhere.
Other peaks of loquaciousness have been
scaled by other Indians. We do like to speak. “

24. The Argumentative Indian

25. 8
• When Indian forces drove away the Portuguese from this
colony, it became in the eyes of international law, an
independent country. The residents of the colony requested
the Government of India for administrative help. Mr. K.G.
Badlani, an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
was sent as the administrator. In 1961, Mr. Badlani was, for
one day, designated the Prime Minister of the ‘country’, so
that, as Head of State, he could sign an agreement with the
Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, and formally merge
the ‘country’ with the Republic of India.
• Identify this former Portuguese colony.

27. Dadra & Nagar Haveli

28. 9
• The building is named after the African republic
which gifted a hundred thousand pounds in 1941 for
the construction of a suitable war memorial, in
grateful recognition and commemoration of the
gallantry and sacrifices of Indian troops in the
defence of “X” in WWII. After partition, India's share
which amounted to £ 70,000 was used in the
construction of the building The building was
inaugurated by HE Rahmatullah Abdulla, Ambassador
of “X” on 30 May 1959.
• Identify “X” and the building ?

30. Sudan , National Defence Academy

31. 10
• The villain's death scene, was cut from the
film by the Censor Board. The reason is that
the censors claimed there are rules about
people taking the law into their own hands
and not being punished for it; this was not
permitted as it may corrupt naive viewers. For
this reason the ending of the film had to be re-
shot for a 'U' Rating.”
• ID the movie.

33. Sholay

34. 11
Her real name is Nilanjana Sudeshna. A
schoolteacher, who found her given name too
long, used her nickname instead and it stuck.
She wrote under that name; her first work has
a character who was supposed to have a “good
name” sent by his grandmother in India which
gets lost in the mail.
Who?

36. Jhumpa Lahiri

37. 12
• The botanical name for this fruit of South
American origin is Manilkara achras. The two
names used in Indian languages for this fruit
are derived from the Aztec name for the fruit
and from the latex obtained from its bark.
• Name the fruit ?

39. Chikoo, Chicle

40. Themes
No Passing , Incorrectly Answered questions go directly
to Audience
Sports Art Literature
Politics Music Cinema
Next

41. SPORTS
• He was the only athlete representing India at the
1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he won two
silver medals in athletics. His medals are claimed by
both India and Britain. He served as the Secretary of
the Indian Football Association and was the first
person to score a hat-trick in an open tournament in
India. After he retired from sports he went to
Hollywood and became and became a successful
actor.
• ID.
Answer

43. Norman Pritchard ( Norman Trevor)
Won Silver medals in
•200 meters
•200 meters hurdles
Themes

45. ART
• Pictograms used to
represent sports at the
Commonwealth Games
has been inspired by a
particular style of folk
art prevalent in India.
• What is the style of
drawing called ?
Answer

47. Sanjhi
Themes

49. LITERATURE
Awards Won:
• First woman to win the Sahitya Akademi Award.
• Jnanpith Award.
• Padma Shri .
• Padma Vibhushan .
• Sahitya Akademi Fellowship.
• Considered the first prominent Punjabi poet, novelist.
• She is most remembered for her poignant poem “Aj akhan waaris
shah nu” and her novel “Pinjar” which was made into an award
winning film of the same name.
ID her
Answer

51. Amrita Preetam
Themes

53. POLITICS
• I was born on 19 December 1934, in the Nadgaon village of
Jalgaon district, Maharashtra. I received my masters in
Economics and Political Science from the University of
Poona, and my LLB from the Government Law College,
Mumbai. In college I used to play table tennis and got many
laurels to my alma maters. I have served as both an MLA
and and MP and I have the unique distinction of never
having lost an election that I have stood for. A bank that I
started in 1973 for the upliftment of women had its license
revoked by the RBI in 2003 because of financial
irregularities. Arun Jaitley launched a website so that
people could know more about me named “KNOW
_______ ________”. Who am I ?
Answer

55. Pratibha Patil
Themes

57. MUSIC
Identify :
1) The string instrument
2) The artist playing the instrument.
Answer

59. • 1) Zitar
• 2) Niladari Kumar
POSTER

60. Themes

62. CINEMA
• He is best known for a memorable role played
in the epic movie “ Sholay”.
• He often portrayed the quintessential meek
and oppressed old man. The irony however is
that his onscreen life transformed into his off
screen life and today despite an illustrious
career he depends upon external help for
meeting his medical expenses.
• ID the actor.
Answer

64. Avtar Kishan Hangal
Themes

65. Stage 2
• 18 Questions
• + 10
• Connect Answers to crack theme.

66. Set 1

67. Stage Two 1
X originally requested that Aishwarya Rai be cast
opposite him but the director picked Y because
she had not previously been paired with the actor.
The elaborate final battle scene employed over six
thousand extras. Some of the actors portraying
warriors in the movie were masters of Kalari, who
used their expertise. They were the only ones to
use real weapons in the filming.
A popular song from this movie was picturised at
Bhedaghat in Madhya Pradesh amidst the
Narmada River.
Identify the movie.

69. Asoka

70. Stage Two 2
• If Emperor Akbar’s court had the “Nav
Ratna’s”.
• In whose court would you have found the
“Ashta Pradhan’s” ?

71. Shivaji

73. Stage Two 3
• After the Second World War “X” was quoted
as saying thus
• "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... It would
have aroused the world and the people of
Germany... As it is they succumbed anyway
in their millions.“
• Who is X ?

74. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

76. End of Set 1
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77. Set 2

78. Stage Two 4
________3392 A.D. (formerly called ____Reborn)
is a comic book series published by Virgin Comics.
It is written by Shamik Dasgupta, the art is by
Abhishek Singh, and it is a brainchild of Deepak
Chopra and Shekhar Kapur. It features a re-
imagining of the historical classic in a post-
apocalyptic future.
The books published till date have been collected
in three volumes.
Volume 1: The Mahavinaash Age
Volume 2: Reloaded - Tome of the Wastelands
Volume 3: Reloaded.
FITB ?

80. Ramayana

81. Stage Two 5
• At birth he was named Badruddin, because
he was born on the night of a badr (full
moon).
• People erroneously think that his popular
name was given by is subjects, but he was
named after his maternal grand father
Shaikh Ali ____Jami .
• He called his capital “_____ _____”. Literally
meaning City of Victory.
• Identify him and his capital ?

83. Akbar
Fatehpur Sikri

84. Stage Two 6
This south Indian dynasty excelled in foreign trade
and maritime activity, extending their influence
overseas to China and Southeast Asia.
They left a deep imprint in South East Asia. It can
be seen from the various temple complexes like
Prambanan in Java which show a clear Dravidian
architectural influence ?
The greatest of this dynasty was popularly known
as “Periya Udayar”. He consolidated the empire by
conquering the kingdoms of southern India
expanding the Empire as far as Sri Lanka in the
south, and Kalinga in the northeast.
Name the dynasty ?

86. Chola Dynasty

87. End of Set 2
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88. Set 3

89. Stage Two 7
“X” was born with a complete set of teeth, a sign that he
would become king, which is inappropriate for a Brahmin like
him.So “X”'s teeth were therefore broken and it was
prophesied that he will rule through another.
King Nanda throws “X”a out of his court, prompting “X” to
swear revenge.
“X” searches for one worthy for him to rule through. “X”
encounters a young “Y” who is a born leader even as a child.
“X”'s initial attempt to overthrow Nanda fails, whereupon he
comes across a mother scolding her child for burning himself
by eating from the middle of a bun or bowl of porridge rather
than the cooler edge. “X” realizes his initial strategic error
and, instead of attacking the heart of Nanda territory, slowly
chips away at its edges.
These are legends about X & Y. Identify them ?

91. X- Chanakya
Y- Chandragupta Maurya

92. Stage Two 8
• It started with the appointment of a Naib
us Sultanat by Muhammad of Ghor, first
Muslim Emperor of India and ended with
the killing of Ibrahim Lodi by Babur in the
First Battle of Panipat on April 20, 1526.
• What ?

94. Delhi Sultanate

95. Stage Two 9
• The Mysterious Island is a novel by Jules Verne,
published in 1874.
• The novel is a sequel to Verne's famous Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
• Captain Nemo dies at the end of the tale,
before his death he reveals to one of his
confidants his true identity as an Indian Prince
Dakkar, a son of a rajah of the then
independent territory of Bundelkund and a
nephew of the Indian hero__________ ?
• Whose nephew is Captain Nemo ?

97. Tipu Sultan

98. End of Set 3
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99. Set 4

100. Stage Two 10
The ____________is a collection of Vedic Sanskrit
hymns. The name of this collection is a compound word
made of Sanskrit words for "praise/ verse" and
"knowledge").
The text is organized in 10 books, known as Mandalas, of
varying age and length. The "family books": mandalas 2-
7, are the oldest part of ________ and the shortest
books; they are arranged by length and account for 38%
of the text. The eighth and ninth mandalas, comprising
hymns of mixed age, account for 15% and 9%,
respectively. The first and the tenth mandalas are the
youngest; they are also the longest books, of 191 suktas
each, accounting for 37% of the text.
FITB ?

102. Rig Veda

103. Stage Two 11
He played the role of Mahaguru in the tele serial
“Shaktiman”.
He taught at St. Thomas school in Jagadhri before taking to
acting. He worked as a sports teacher at the school. He loved
his job and the small town of Jagadhri. In his own words,
“There was something very warm about Jagadhri. I remained
a teacher there until the day I watched Rajesh Khanna
romance Sharmila in Aaradhna. That was the beginning of my
addiction to cinema.”
He has written such books as The Longest Race, Rerun at
Rialto, The Best in the world, and is also a sports journalist
with a special interest in cricket, a game on which he has
written extensively in publications such as Sportsweek,
Outlook, Cricket talk, Sunday Observer and Debonair.
Identify him ?

105. Tom Alter

106. Stage Two 12
His chosen imperial title was “Alamgir” (conqueror of the
world).
He built the famous Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, which,
for 313 years remained the world's largest mosque and
still remains to this day the 5th largest mosque in the
world. ?
He died in __________on Friday, 20 February 1707 at the
age of 88, having outlived many of his children. His modest
open-air grave in Khuldabad expresses his deep devotion
to his Islamic beliefs. The tomb lies within the courtyard of
the shrine of the Sufi saint Shaikh Burham-u'd-din Gharib
(died 1331), who was a disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya of
Delhi.
Identify the person and the place of his death ?

108. Aurangzeb
Ahmednagar

109. End of Set 4
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110. Set 5

111. Stage two 13
Sir John Tenniel, who later became famous as the illustrator of Alice in the
wonderland, drew these two cartoons for a British magazine Punch. Which
famous event in Indian history do these two cartoons depict?

113. The crushing of the Revolt of 1857

114. Stage Two 14
The “ X Samman” is a prestigious arts award
presented annually by the government of Madhya
Pradesh.
It outstanding achievement in one of the fwas
first awarded in 1980. It was initially conferred in
alternate years in the fields of Classical Music,
Classical Dance, Theatre and Plastic Arts. From
1986-87 onwards, the awards were presented in
all four fields every year. The award is presented
for our categories.
Y is a famous work of X is about the child of Sage
Vishwamitra and the apsara Menaka.
Id X and Y ?

116. X- Kalidas
Y- Shakuntala

117. Stage Two 15
• Born in Ambala, he spent the early part of
his life living with his maternal uncle in
Sanaur (Patiala) . He graduated from the
Film and Television Institute of India. He
is also an alumnus of the 1973 class of
National School of Drama where
Naseeruddin Shah was a co-student.
• He got the National Award for the best
actor for “Ardh Satya” in 1982
• Identify him ?

119. Om Puri

120. End of Set 5
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121. Set 6

122. Stage Two 16
The _____________is a water-sharing treaty between
the Republic of India and Islamic Republic Of Pakistan,
brokered by the World Bank (then the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development). The
treaty was signed in Karachi on September 19, 1960
by Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and
President of Pakistan Mohammad Ayub Khan.
The treaty was a result of Pakistani fear that since the
source rivers of the _______basin were in India, it
could potentially create droughts and famines in
Pakistan, especially at times of war.
However, India did not revoke the treaty during any of
three later Indo-Pakistani Wars.
FITB ?

124. Indus

125. Stage Two 17

127. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

128. Stage Two 18
Identify him ?

130. Roshan Seth

132. Bharat Ek Khoj

133. Connect Questions
• +10
• Connect all images in one slide.

134. Triskaidekaphobia

136. Chandigarh
• Le Corbusier- Architect
• Rock Garden
• Triskaidekaphobia – It doesn’t have a Sector 13
• Jawahar Lal Nehru’s Idea
• Banner from KXIP logo.
• Chandi Maa

139. T-Shirt sponsors for IPL teams 2010

142. Deputy Prime Ministers of India
• Yashwant Rao Chavan
• Lal Krishna Advani
• Charan Singh
• Sardar Patel
• Jagjivan Ram
• Devi Lal

145. Gharanas of Hindustani Music
• Gwalior
• Agra
• Jaipur
• Patiala
• Kirana
• Indore

146. Connect?

148. Indian Nobel Prize Winners
• Rabindranath Tagore
• Mother Teresa
• Ronald Ross
• S Chandrasekhar
• C V Raman
• V S Naipaul
• V Radhakrishnan

150. Indian missiles
• Prithvi
• Dhanush
• Agni
• Nag
• Akash
• Sagarika

151. Indian Missiles
• Prithvi
• Dhanush
• Agni
• Naag
• Akaash
• Sagarika

153. Long visual connect
• All pictures have a unifying theme.
• Set 1 +90/-80
• Set 2 +80/-70
• Set 3 +70/-60
• Set 4 +60/-50
• Set 5 +50/-40
• Set 6 +40/-30
• Set 7 +30/-20
• Set 8 +20/-10
• Set 9 10

154. Set One

155. Set One

156. Set One

157. Set One

158. End of Set 1
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159. Set Two

160. Set Two

161. Set Two

162. Set Two

163. End of Set 2
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164. Set Three

165. Set Three

166. Set Three

167. Set Three
_______________ = Date Palm + Bearer
(Translate into Hindi and add)

168. End of Set 3
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169. Set Four

170. Set Four

171. Set Four
Headquarters

172. Set Four

173. End of Set 4
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174. Set Five

175. Set Five

176. Set Five

177. Set Five

178. End of Set 5
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179. Set Six

180. Set Six

181. Set Six

182. Set Six

183. End of Set 6
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184. Set Seven

185. Set Seven

186. Set Seven

187. Set Seven

188. End of Set 7
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189. Set 8

190. Set Eight

191. Set Eight

192. Set Eight

193. End of Set 8
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194. Set Nine

195. Set Nine

196. Set Nine

197. End of Set 9
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198. UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India