INDIA QUIZ Prelims- Presented by QuizInc, NIT Duragpur 2018-19

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Q1
X is a spiritual symbol in Hinduism and Buddhism, representing the
universe. It is a Sanskrit word literally meaning “circle”. Xs often
exhibit radial balance/symmetry.
The term is also used in a political context to refer to several south-
east Asian kingdom-states which did not conform to European and
Chinese views of a territory defined state, and whose polity was
defined by its centre rather than its boundaries.
While X’s depictions usually contain doorways, it was mentioned in Y
that they are placed on doors and passages, a statement which also
serves as an important plot point.
Id X and Y.

Q2
The picture shown in the next slide is the Shiva idol at
Meenakshi Temple, Madurai. This depiction of Shiva as
Nataraja is a bit odd in one particular aspect. According
to a legend, the lord did something on the request of
the Pandya king Rajasekhara, who was concerned that
the Lord’s usual pose might be painful, and hence made
a suggestion that solved the problem.
What is this anomaly?

*Q3
• In the movie Black Panther, during the fight between M’baku
and T’Challa M’Baku says “Glory to Hanuman” as opposed to
T’Challs’s “Glory to Bast” . M’Baku’s war cry was conveniently
censored out by CBFC as it would hurt religious sentiments.
•But this isn’t the first case of such absurdity. In a recently
released movie (<4 years old) a similar issue occurred when the
antagonist says “I have been called many things over many
lifetimes – Ra, X , Yahweh.”(X is a Hindu God who has a very
distinct characteristic as that of the villain in terms of
appearance) in the film’s trailer.
•A fan theory also suggests that the villain being known as X
could be plausible as the villain’s name is a direct reference to an
“other name” of X.
Give X and movie.

Q4
Usually held in the evening, this happens on the occasion of
Diwali. The NSE held this year’s session for 75 minutes. Believed
to be auspicious for profits booked on the day, many traders trade
for a short period and close the affair after getting a nominal
profit, believing that it would be of luck. Investors place token
orders and buy stocks for their children, which are held for the
long term and sometimes never sold.
What is this session of trading called?

Q5
According to Samosapedia,
One of the most dreadful weapon in Indian
hands, feared by west as an Indian can do
virtually anything with that. The country has
said to be 'running' on X since independence. It
can make a broken plane fly, defunct TV play
program, rusting car run like a limo, ailing
patience sprint like Ben Johnson. Most
importantly, it can get you admission in almost
all the colleges in the country. If in India, when
even the Gods refuse, go and find X.

*Q6
Connect these pictures to India.

Q7
Give Funda(something extensively used in Mumbai).

Q8
Seeking to cash in on the popularity X, a city-based beverages
manufacturer, SBS Prince Beverages Pvt. Ltd. launched Y in Feb,2015.
Launched in four flavours — cola, lemon, orange and surprise — a
400ml pet bottle will be available for Rs.15 across the city.
Jitender Keswani, who owns the company, said the cola is for the
“common man” who cannot afford to buy costly soft drinks. He said
the slogan for the drink was the best — “Drink and fight for your
right”.
Id Y

*Q9
Twelve-year-old Elaine D'Lima was chosen as the winner of a
story contest in Bombay on 14th Nov, 1980 and participated in
launching X which went on to become one of the most
children's magazine in India.
Id X

Q10
In Y, journalist Geeta Vishwas, worked for the newspaper ‘Aaj ki
Awaaz’ from 1997 to 2005. She was a close friend with X. Later,
when ‘Aaj ki Awaaz’ shut down, she joined KR TV along with X.
She was the first one to present the groundbreaking story about
X, “X ____ Y ____”, revealing the connecion between X and Y,
which most of us know about. Give me X and Y.

Q11
Roop Singh Bais was the younger brother of Dhyan Chand. He
was a part of the 1932 and 1936 gold medal Olympic hockey
teams. After the 1936 Olympics, the Germans were so impressed
that they named a street after him. A hockey stadium was also
constructed in his name. What historic feat was achieved here in
2010?
.

*Q12
Nandighosha has 16 wheels each of 7 foot diameter and is 23
cubits high. Taladhwaja has 14 wheels each of 7 foot diameter
and is 22 cubits high. Darpadalana has 12 wheels each of 7 foot
diameter and is 21 cubits high. While it can be disputed that
Nandighosha was the reason behind the origin of this word in
English, it is generally accepted that all three are culprits. What
word?

Q13.
A brief history of the iconic mascot of the
brand A.
•Even though the brand A was registered
and started working in 1957, their
advertising campaign started only in 1966.
•The DaCunha ad agency owned by
Sylvester DaCunha was given the
responsibility of A's ad campaign by the
head of A, B.
•The mascot was created by Eustace
Fernandes, the art director of DaCunha
Communications in 1966.
•The same year the simple yet catchy
phrase "C D" was coined by Sylvester’s
wife, Nisha DaCunha. Initially, the word
‘D‘ met with a lot of skepticism, because it
was ungrammatical.
•ID C and D

Q14
According to food historian K T Acharya this
popular lentil based vegetable broth or
chowder is said to have been accidentally
invented by the Maratha ruler Sambhaji who
added tamarind while making dal soup, when
his head chef was away. This now serves as an
accompaniment to other popular dishes which
have come to be associated with the cuisine of
a different part of India.
What is being talked about?

*Q15
•Darjeeling Tea
•Baluchari Sari
•Chau Mask
•Patta Chitra
•Sitabhog
•Mihidana
•Gobindobhog
•Fazli (mango)
•(Non exhaustive list)
•Connect.
•If Darjeeling Tea was the earliest
addition to the list what is the
latest highly contested addition?

Q16
•X is a 100% subsidiary of Tomco
(Tata Oil Mills).
• X was started in 1952 when
Jawaharlal Nehru expressed his
concern that Indian women were
spending precious foreign
exchange on certain kinds of
products and requested JRD Tata to
manufacture them in India.
• X is named after the French
opera X, which in turn is named
after the Hindu Goddess Y.
•ID X and Y

Q17
•James Mason (1954)
•Patrick Stewart (2005)
•Nasseruddin Shah (2003)
•Omar Sharif (1973)
•Micheal Cane (1997)
•Ben Cross (1997)
The above list is non exhaustive. It
represents actors who have played
the character of X in recent times.
The Latin meaning of the name X is
''No One". Y is accredited with the
creation of X.
ID X and Y

*Q18.
The following slide shows the
story of the growth of the
brand X.
Identify X

Q19
•X was an iconic Indian visionary
who left his mark in various walks
of life –from writing wildly popular
novels to painting, he did it all
• A well known fact about him is
that he began his career making
ads for D.J. Keymer, a British run
advertising agency in India before
moving on to the field of art the
world knows him best for.
• The following are some of his
early works in the field of
advertisement.
• Who is X?

Q20
Whose occupation has been
described by Wikipedia as the
following?
“Owner Operater of Kwik-E-
Mart, Chief of ________
Volunteer Fire Department,
Computer Scientist”

*Q21
•Graham Greene's friendship with X
lasted nearly 6 decades till Greene's
death. Greene recalled in an interview to
The Statesman,
•"One day an Indian friend of mine called
Purna brought me a rather travelled and
weary typescript — a novel written by a
friend of his — and I let it lie on my desk
for weeks unread until one rainy day...“
•When Greene found the time to read the
novel in manuscript, he was delighted. He
promptly recommended it to a publisher
who accepted it.
•And thus came about the publication of Y
the first in a series of iconic books, which
have charmed children and adults alike for
generations.
•ID X and Y

Q22
Identify the erstwhile screenwriter
of the following Tamil movies:
•Rajakumaari
•Parasakthi
•Pudhaiyal
•Manohara
•Thirumbi Paar
•Iruvar Ullam
•Kannamma
•Ponnar Shankar

Q23
•The following is an audio excerpt from
the trailer of an upcoming movie centered
around the life of X. Identify X.
•You will have come across what you hear
in the following sound clip in one of X’s
famous works titled Y.
• Identifying Y will fetch you an additional
+1 spoint

*Q24
The following is an old provisional note of the country ________ .
On 1 April 1948, provisional notes were issued by the Reserve
Bank of India and the Government of India on behalf of
the Government of _______, for use exclusively within _______,
without the possibility of redemption in India. Printed by the India
Security Press in Nasik, these notes consist of Indian note plates
engraved (not overprinted) with the words GOVERNMENT OF
______ in English. FITB.

X - Mandala, and Y - Sacred Games

Q2
The picture shown in the next slide
is the Shiva idol at Meenakshi
Temple, Madurai. This depiction of
Shiva as Nataraja is a bit odd in one
particular aspect. According to a
legend, the lord did something on
the request of the Pandya king
Rajasekhara, who was concerned
that the Lord’s usual pose might be
painful, and hence made a
suggestion that solved the
problem.
What is this anomaly?

The leg raised by Shiva is reversed
from the other depictions of this
form.

*Q3
• In the movie Black Panther, during the fight
between M’baku and T’Challa M’Baku says “Glory to
Hanuman” as opposed to T’Challs’s “Glory to Bast” .
M’Baku’s war cry was conveniently censored out by
CBFC as it would hurt religious sentiments.
•But this isn’t the first case of such absurdity. In a
recently released movie (<4 years old) a similar issue
occurred when the antagonist says “I have been
called many things over many lifetimes – Ra, X ,
Yahweh.”(X is a Hindu God who has a very distinct
characteristic as that of the villain in terms of
appearance) in the film’s trailer.
•A fan theory also suggests that the villain being
known as X could be plausible as the villain’s name is
a direct reference to an “other name” of X.
Give X and movie.

X- is Krishna, Villain is
Apocalypse, Y is X-men
apocalypse

Q4
Usually held in the evening, this happens on
the occasion of Diwali. The NSE held this year’s
session for 75 minutes. Believed to be
auspicious for profits booked on the day, many
traders trade for a short period and close the
affair after getting a nominal profit, believing
that it would be of luck. Investors place token
orders and buy stocks for their children, which
are held for the long term and sometimes
never sold.
What is this session of trading called?

Q5
According to Samosapedia,
One of the most dreadful weapon in Indian
hands, feared by west as an Indian can do
virtually anything with that. The country has
said to be 'running' on X since independence.
It can make a broken plane fly, defunct TV play
program, rusting car run like a limo, ailing
patience sprint like Ben Johnson. Most
importantly, it can get you admission in almost
all the colleges in the country. If in India, when
even the Gods refuse, go and find X.

All the gentlemen are wearing
Nehru Jackets. After Nehru
appeared in the Vogue
magazine in 1964, it became
quite a fad in the west.

Q7
Give Funda(something extensively used in
Mumbai).

Coding scheme used by the
Dabbawallas of Mumbai

Q8
Seeking to cash in on the popularity X, a city-
based beverages manufacturer, SBS Prince
Beverages Pvt. Ltd. launched Y in Feb,2015.
Launched in four flavours — cola, lemon,
orange and surprise — a 400ml pet bottle will
be available for Rs.15 across the city.
Jitender Keswani, who owns the company,
said the cola is for the “common man” who
cannot afford to buy costly soft drinks. He said
the slogan for the drink was the best — “Drink
and fight for your right”.
Id Y

*Q9
Twelve-year-old Elaine
D'Lima was chosen as the
winner of a story contest in
Bombay on 14th Nov, 1980
and participated in launching
X which went on to become
one of the most children's
magazine in India.
Id X

Q10
In Y, journalist Geeta Vishwas, worked for
the newspaper ‘Aaj ki Awaaz’ from 1997
to 2005. She was a close friend with X.
Later, when ‘Aaj ki Awaaz’ shut down, she
joined KR TV along with X. She was the
first one to present the groundbreaking
story about X, “X ____ Y ____”, revealing
the connecion between X and Y, which
most of us know about. Give me X and Y.

Q11
Roop Singh Bais was the younger brother of Dhyan Chand. He was a part
of the 1932 and 1936 gold medal Olympic hockey teams. After the 1936
Olympics, the Germans were so impressed that they named a street after
him. A hockey stadium was also constructed in his name. What historic
feat was achieved here in 2010?

Sachin Tendulkar's double century

*Q12
Nandighosha has 16 wheels each of 7 foot
diameter and is 23 cubits high. Taladhwaja
has 14 wheels each of 7 foot diameter and is
22 cubits high. Darpadalana has 12 wheels
each of 7 foot diameter and is 21 cubits high.
While it can be disputed that Nandighosha was
the reason behind the origin of this word in
English, it is generally accepted that all three
are culprits. What word?

Q13.
A brief history of the iconic mascot of the brand A.
•Even though the brand A was registered and
started working in 1957, their advertising campaign
started only in 1966.
•The DaCunha ad agency owned by Sylvester
DaCunha was given the responsibility of A's ad
campaign by the head of A, B.
•The mascot was created by Eustace Fernandes, the
art director of DaCunha Communications in 1966.
•The same year the simple yet catchy phrase "C D"
was coined by Sylvester’s wife, Nisha DaCunha.
Initially, the word ‘D‘ met with a lot of skepticism,
because it was ungrammatical.
•ID C and D

A- Amul
B- Dr. Verghese Kurien
C- Utterly
D- Butterly

Q14
According to food historian K T Acharya this popular lentil based
vegetable broth or chowder is said to have been accidentally invented by
the Maratha ruler Sambhaji who added tamarind while making dal soup,
when his head chef was away. This now serves as an accompaniment to
other popular dishes which have come to be associated with the cuisine
of a different part of India.
What is being talked about?

Sambaar or sambar, which
has come to be associated
with South Indian cuisines

Items with Geographical Indication
tags associated with the state of West
Bengal.
Rasgulla.

Q16
•X is a 100% subsidiary of Tomco (Tata Oil Mills).
• X was started in 1952 when Jawaharlal Nehru expressed his
concern that Indian women were spending precious foreign
exchange on certain kinds of products and requested JRD Tata to
manufacture them in India.
• X is named after the French opera X, which in turn is named
after the Hindu Goddess Y.
•ID X and Y

Q17
•James Mason (1954)
•Patrick Stewart (2005)
•Nasseruddin Shah (2003)
•Omar Sharif (1973)
•Micheal Cane (1997)
•Ben Cross (1997)
The above list is non exhaustive. It represents actors
who have played the character of X in recent times. The
Latin meaning of the name X is ''No One". Y is
accredited with the creation of X.
ID X and Y

X- Captain Nemo
Y- Jules Verne

*Q18.
The following slide shows the story of the growth of the
brand X.
Identify X

Q19
•X was an iconic Indian visionary who left his mark in various
walks of life –from writing wildly popular novels to painting, he
did it all
• A well known fact about him is that he began his career making
ads for D.J. Keymer, a British run advertising agency in India
before moving on to the field of art the world knows him best for.
• The following are some of his early works in the field of
advertisement.
• Who is X?

Q20
Whose occupation has been described by
Wikipedia as the following?
“Owner Operater of Kwik-E-Mart, Chief of
________ Volunteer Fire Department,
Computer Scientist”

*Q21
•Graham Greene's friendship with X lasted nearly 6 decades till Greene's
death. Greene recalled in an interview to The Statesman,
•"One day an Indian friend of mine called Purna brought me a rather
travelled and weary typescript — a novel written by a friend of his —
and I let it lie on my desk for weeks unread until one rainy day...“
•When Greene found the time to read the novel in manuscript, he was
delighted. He promptly recommended it to a publisher who accepted it.
•And thus came about the publication of Y the first in a series of iconic
books, which have charmed children and adults alike for generations.
•ID X and Y

X- R K Narayan
Y- Swami and Friends

Q22
Identify the erstwhile screenwriter of the following Tamil movies:
•Rajakumaari
•Parasakthi
•Pudhaiyal
•Manohara
•Thirumbi Paar
•Iruvar Ullam
•Kannamma
•Ponnar Shankar

Q23
•The following is an audio excerpt from the trailer of an
upcoming movie centered around the life of X. Identify X.
•You will have come across what you hear in the following
sound clip in one of X’s famous works titled Y.
• Identifying Y will fetch you an additional +1 score

Sadaat Hasaan Manto
Heard in the clip is the
dialogue "Upar di gur gur di
annexe di bedhiyana di moong di
daal of di Pakistan and
Hindustan...“ which is the oft
repeated refrain from Manto’s
famous satirical short story Toba
Tek Singh

*Q24
The following is an old provisional note of the country
________ . On 1 April 1948, provisional notes were issued by
the Reserve Bank of India and the Government of India on
behalf of the Government of _______, for use exclusively
within _______, without the possibility of redemption
in India. Printed by the India Security Press in Nasik, these
notes consist of Indian note plates engraved (not
overprinted) with the words GOVERNMENT OF ______ in
English. FITB.

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