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1
• Designed and established by Princess Jahanara Begum,
daughter of Shah Jahan, in 1650 CE. Originally
containing 1,560 shops, the bazaar was 40 yards wide
by 1,520 yards long. The bazaar was shaped as a
square, and given elegance by the presence of a pool in
the centre of the complex. The pool shimmered in the
_____, a feature which was perhaps responsible for its
name. Shops were originally built in a half-moon
shaped pattern, now lost.
• Which place are we talking about?

2
• Incidentally, two Havelis, of the several in this locality
have slightly greater significance.
• Haksar Haveli, situated in Bazar Sitaram, witnessed the
marriage of [X], a former Indian PM.
• Haveli Naharwali, in Kucha Sadullah Khan, where a
former president of Pakistan, [Y] was born.
• Give me the names of these 2 Heads of their respective
States.

• X – Jawaharlal Nehru
• Y – Pervez Musharraf

3
• This company was started by KM Mammen
Mappillai as a toy balloon manufacturing unit.
• In 1952, they ventured into the manufacture of tread
rubber.
• The company went public on 1 April 1961 and an office
was established in Beirut, Lebanon to develop the
export market in 1964 and its current logo of the
muscleman was born.
• Since then, the company has grown to become
a INR 30 billion enterprise.
• Which famous Indian Co are we talking about?

4
• Established in 1986, and conferred the status of World
Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2012, this is the largest
biosphere reserve in India.
• Spread over 5500 sq. Km., it comprises 6 different National
Parks within its area, and expands into 3 different states.
• It happens to be India’s first international biosphere reserve
and houses fauna which includes the Bengal tiger, Indian
leopard (and Black panther), Indian
elephant, mongoose, Malabar giant squirrel, Lion-tailed
macaque, gray Langur, the Tahr etc.
• Which ONE of the 18 biosphere reserves in India are we
talking about?

5
• An Indian Co. (X) manufactures a popular product (Y).
• For years, the Indian govt and the company have a dispute. The
govt says that this product is a cosmetic item and therefore should
be liable for excise duty.
• As a counter, the company (X) said that the packaging/advertising
does not mention this product as a cosmetic, and is actually
intended to be used as an edible item. The company argues that it
cannot be held responsible for how the consumers use it.
• Despite various legal and legislative attempts made by the Govt.,
the company continues to avoid excise duty to this day for this
product, which even comes with a green-dot label.
• Identify X & Y.

• X – Marico
• Y – Parachute ‘Coconut’ oil

6
• Until 1996, the list included various symbols of India,
such as Bengal tiger, the Peacock, Ashoka pillar, Oil Rig,
Konark Sun temple, Tanjore temple, Aryabhatt satellite
etc.
• However, in the last 20 years, only 1 symbol is included
for this purpose, a move aimed at standardisation,
improving quality, and doing away with the demand for
more inclusions into the list by various state govts.
• What symbols are we talking about?

7
• (X) was a classic Indian monthly magazine for children, famous for its
illustrations. It also published long-running mythological/magical stories
that ran for years. Originally, it was published in Telugu by B.Nagi
Reddy and Chakrapani, noted Telugu Film Producers. It was edited by K.K.
Rao, a very close friend of Chakrapani and a literary colossus in Telugu
Literature, who edited it for 28 years, till his death in August 1980.
• In 2007, (X) was bought by Geodesic, a Mumbai-based software services
provider company. They planned to take the then 60 year old magazine
into the digital era. However the magazine is currently defunct as
Geodesic itself was found defaulting on outstanding loans and was
ordered to be wound up by the Mumbai High Court.
• Name this magazine, which expanded its readership to 200,000, and was
published in 13 different languages including English, Sanskrit and Hindi.

8
• While Gandhi and the entire Congress Working Committee had
been arrested during the Quit India movement, from 1942 to 1945,
(X) was one of few Congress leaders free. While pressing demands
for the immediate release of political prisoners, (X) began secretive
talks with Liaquat Ali Khan, the second-most important leader of
the Muslim League.
• They allegedly reached a deal, wherein Liaquat gave up the demand
for a separate Muslim state in turn for parity of Muslims-to-Hindus
in the council of ministers. Conceding the League as the
representative of Muslims and giving a minority community equal
place with the majority Hindus, (X) attempted to construct an ideal
Indian alliance that would hasten India's path for freedom while
ending the Quit India struggle.
• Identify this leader who has a road in Mumbai named after him.

9
• Gayatri Devi
• K. M. Munshi
• Mariadas Ruthnaswamy
• Minoo Masani
• N. G. Ranga
• Piloo Mody
• S. V. Raju
• V. P. Menon
• With which Indian political party would you associate
these people?

10
• Days before the arrival of Mahmud of Ghazni, the ruler Bhimdeva
Solanki had transferred part of the wealth in Somnath Temple to a
fortified offshore island Gundevi. Another part was transported to
an impenetrable area by horses at Mount Abu – the fortified castle
of Achal Gadh. The Shiva lingam was immersed in the sea and later
it was re-installed.
• Within a few weeks the construction of a brand new temple (X)
took place, during 1026-27 CE,and the treasures were shifted here.
This new temple The temple complex has three
components: Gudhamandapa, the shrine hall; Sabhamandapa, the
assembly hall and Kunda, the reservoir.
• Identify this temple (X), situated on the Tropic of Cancer, which
observes an annual 3-day classical dance festival following
Uttarayan.

11
• In the Bollywood movie Haider (2014), one particular song
titled Bismil sung by Sukhwinder Singh is filmed against the
backdrop of a 1800-year old structure (X), or rather its
ruins.
• In the movie the temple was shown as a place of evil. This
partially led to a controversy surrounding the movie.
Anupam Kher criticised director Vishal Bharadwaj for
shooting the Devil’s Dance sequence in the temple,
resulting in humiliation to Kashmiri Pandits.
• Identify this monument, which was destroyed by Sikander
Butshikan over a period of 13-months.

12
• The Indian Home Rule Society (IHRS) was an Indian organisation
founded in London in 1905 that sought to promote the cause of
self-rule in British India. The organisation was founded by (X), with
support from a number of prominent Indian nationalists
in Britain at the time, including Bhikaji Cama and Dadabhai
Naoroji and was intended to be a rival organisation to the British
Committee of the INC that was the main avenue of the loyalist
opinion at the time.
• The society was founded the India House and, along with (X)’s
journal The Indian Sociologist, was the foundation of the militant
Indian nationalist movement in Britain. After Krishna Varma's shift
to Paris in 1907, the society gave way the secret nationalist society
(Y), founded by V.D. Savarkar and his brother Ganesh Savarkar.
Identify the patriot X and the organisation Y.

• X – Shyamji Krishna Verma
• Y – Abhinav Bharat Mandal, also known as
Young India Society

13
• India's X was the first nuclear power station in the world to use
thorium rather than depleted uranium to achieve power flattening
across the reactor core. Both X-1 and X-2 units are loaded with
500kg of thorium fuel to improve their operation at start-up.
In 1995, X-1 achieved about 300 days of full power operation and X-
2 about 100 days using thorium fuel and today it operates 4 units.
• On 22 August 2006 it was reported by village inhabitants that the
area around the power station had been penetrated.
A terror threat alert was initiated but search by the police did not
result in any findings.
Identify X.

Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS)

14
• X was an ancient seaport and urban center in
the western coast of India that dates from at least the
1st century BC, if not before it. X has found mention in
the Sangam literature and a number of classical
European historical sources.
The port was a key to the trade between southern
India and the Phoenicians, the Persians, the Egyptians,
the Greeks and the Roman Empire. A lesser known fact
about this place is that it hosted the 2nd Mosque and
2nd Church in the world as well as the 2nd Synagogue
before it was moved to another historically important
city Y on the same coast 18 miles south.

X – Muziris / Kodungallur
Y – Calicut / Kozhikode

15
• The (X) is claimed to have originated in the Middle east,
from a similar sounding Persian root word prior to the 10th
century.
• (X) was introduced to the Indian subcontinent in the 13th
or 14th century by traders from Central Asia. Amir
Khusro (1253–1325), a scholar and the royal poet of the
Delhi Sultanate, wrote in around 1300 that the princes and
nobles enjoyed the "(X) prepared from meat, ghee, onion
and so on”.
• However, the Eastern part of India refers to this snack as
Shingara, derived from the Sanskrit root word śr̥ṅgāṭakaṁ,
pointing to its presence in the regional cuisine from an
earlier period.
Identify this Indian snack.

16
• Dr Talimaran Ao (1918-1998) was a Physician and
professional Footballer from Naga Hills district, erstwhile
Assam. He had a nine-year career as a professional
footballer with Mohun Bagan, before taking up Doctoral
studies.
• He studied medicine at R.G. Kar Medical College and
Hospital, Calcutta. He earned his MBBS, and in 1963 he
returned to Nagaland where he was given the post of
Assistant Civil Surgeon. He went on to be appointed
Director of Nagaland Health Services, from which he retired
in 1978.
• What unique distinction did he achieve as a sportsman?

17
• The (X) are the floodplains and foothills of the
eastern Himalayas in North-East India, synonymous with
the Terai region of Nepal and Northern India.
• Politically this region would constitute areas spanning three
states including the Jalpaiguri district, the plains of
Darjeeling, upper Cooch Behar, Alipurduar, Mainaguri,
Malbazar and Birpara from West Bengal, districts of
Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Barpeta, Goalpara and Bongaigaon in
Assam and foothills of Arunachal Praesh. Siliguri is the
largest city of the region.
• Can you name this region which is also known as the
gateway of Bhutan to India?

18
• In a corner of the courtyard lies a wooden cabinet with
five relics of the Prophet known as Dargah Asar Sharif.
These were inherited by the Mughals from Timur who
in turn got them them from Sultan Bayazid Yaldaram
from Turkey. Kept safely, are a treasure trove that
includes a set of two Arabic writings in Kufic script on
deerskin. which is the handwritten Quran of Hazrat Ali,
son-in-law of the Prophet and excerpts of Quran Sharif
translated by Imam Hasan-grandson of the Prophet.
• Can you name the historic building we are referring to?

WRITE BROTHERS - I
• Identify the given flags.
• [+10/0] for each correct
• [+10] for all correct

British India
[for international representation]

WRITE BROTHERS - II
• Identify the given Amul ads.
• [+10/0] for each correct
• [+10] for all correct

Sterilisation programme during
Emergency

Ambassador terminating factory
production

MINI CONNECT
• Connect the given set of images.
• [+5/0] for identifiying EACH image
• [+20/0] for the CONNECT

The individuals are
• Ustad Zakir Hussain
• Pandit Ravi Shankar
• AR Rahman
• Pandit Vishwamohan
Bhatt

Grammy Awardees (Not Exhaustive)

MEGA CONNECT
• [+10/-10] for EACH SLIDE, to be answered
spontaneously.
• [+20] for ALL CORRECT.
• [+40/-80] for MEGA CONNECT at any point of
time.

1
• He was born in a Punjabi family. He studied
at The Doon School for two years before moving
to St. Stephen's School, Chandigarh; He
graduated from Stephen's in 2000.
• His Mentor was Dr.Amit Bhattacharjee who has
been closely associated with him since the
beginning of his career.
• His current coach is Gabriele Bühlmann from
Basel, Switzerland.

2
• He Singh was born in a Jat family on 29 October 1985
in Kaluwas village, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from _______.
His father, Mahipal Singh Beniwal, is a bus driver with
the Haryana Roadways, while his mother is a
homemaker.
• His father drove extra buses for overtime pay so as to
pay for He and his elder brother Manoj's education. He
did his primary schooling in Kalwas, secondary
schooling in Bhiwani middle from happy sr sec. school
bhiwani and finally received a bachelor's degree from
Vaish College.

3
• He endorses brands such as Mountain Dew, Eicher
tractors, and the National Egg Coordination
Committee which earns him ₹10 million (US$150,000)
annually.
• He refused the offer of ₹5 million (US$74,000) to
appear in a surrogate ad for a leading liquor brand.
• His father, Diwan Singh, was a driver in MTNL Delhi,
while his mother, Kamla Devi, is a housewife.
• He is presently employed with the Indian Railways as
an assistant commercial manager.

4
• He hails from Barsar village of Hamirpur
district of Himachal Pradesh and is a serving
Subedar Major (Warrant Officer Class I) in the
Dogra Regiment (16th Battalion) Indian Army.
• He has been posted at Indian Army
Marksmanship Unit(AMU) Mhow since 2003
where he is being coached by the Russian
Pavel Smirnov.

5
• ______, the second daughter of Harvir Singh and
Usha Rani, was born in Hisar. Her father worked
in CCS HAU. She completed her first few years of
schooling at Campus School CCS HAU, Hisar.
• The family later shifted to _______.
• She also has a brown belt in Karate.
• She did her Xll from St. Ann's College
Mehdipatnam Hyderabad.

6
• _____ appeared on the final episode of the Super Fight
League's mixed martial arts reality show - SFL Challengers. During
this time _____ was in talks with owners Raj Kundra and Sanjay
Dutt to work with the SFL in some manner other than being a
fighter.
• On 24 September, the Super Fight League announced that _____
will serve as the SFL's brand ambassador.
• _______ is a supporter of animal rights, and has associated with
animal rights organization, PETA India, to call for an end to use of
elephants in circuses by starring in an ad. "Circuses are cruel places
for animals where they are beaten and tortured. As a mother, I can
imagine what animals go through when their children are taken
away from them to forcefully perform in circuses. It's sad,“ ____ has
been quoted saying in the media.

7
• In August 2010, _____ had publicly expressed his
displeasure after being ignored for the
prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award thrice
and he threatened to skip the 2010
Commonwealth Games due to lack of motivation.
• However, intense pressure from his family and
fans, he later decided to participate.

8
• He won the gold medal in the men's 65 kg
freestyle category by beating Canada's Jevon
Balfour 10–0 in the finals of the 2012 CWG.
• He had earlier beaten Alex Gladkov of Scotland
4–0 in the pre-quarters and then easily defeated
another Scottish wrestler Gareth Jones in the
quarterfinals by employing his trademark Fitele
(leg twisting) technique that he had used while
winning the bronze medal at the 2012 CWG.

9
• _________ (born 5 July 1995) is an Indian
professional badminton player. At the 2016
Summer Olympics, she became the first Indian
woman to win an Olympic silver medal.
• Sindhu came to international attention when she
broke into the top 20 of the BWF World
Ranking in September 2012 at the age of 17. In
2013, she became the first ever Indian women's
singles player to win a medal at the Badminton
World Championships.

10
• Her first success as a professional wrestler in the
international arena came in 2010 at the Junior
World Championships where she won the bronze
medal in the 58 kg freestyle event.
• At the 2014 Dave Schultz International
Tournament, she won gold in the 60 kg category.
• And after that she never stopped and maintained
the passion and dedication towards the game.

INDIAN OLYMPIC MEDALLISTS
• Abhinav Bindra
• Vijender Singh
• Sushil Kumar
• Vijay Kumar
• Saina Nehwal
• Mary Kom
• Gagan Narang
• Yogeshwar Dutt
• P. V. Sindhu
• Sakshi Malik

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