2. ind quiz prelims with answers

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1. Kankaria Lake is the biggest lake in Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat, India. It is located in the southern part of the city, in the Maninagar area.Kankaria Lake was built by Sultan Qutbuddin in the 15th century. The work was completed in 1451 CE and was known as "Qutb Hauz" or "Hauz-i-Qutb". Though this lake is in Gujarat, all of see it everyday . Question is where?

Transcript of 2. ind quiz prelims with answers

1. Kankaria Lake is the biggest lake in Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat, India. It is located in the southern part of the city, in the Maninagar area.Kankaria Lake was built by Sultan Qutbuddin in the 15th century. The work was completed in 1451 CE and was known as "Qutb Hauz" or "Hauz-i-Qutb". Though this lake is in Gujarat, all of see it everyday. Question is where?

Logo of SBI

2. Inspired by the GNH (Gross National Happiness Index) of Bhutan, a Ministry has been setup in Madhya Pradesh. Name it . (The Hindi Name would go in the theme)

ANANDA MANTRALAYA

3. :(The law protects when it is protected.) : Motto of which National organisation formed on 21 september 1968 ?

4. Saratchandra Chattopadhyay described in his novel Devdas that, the night Parvati left for her husbands house, Devdas spent the whole night at a place in Calcutta. Name the place.

5. Id??

12 Jyotirlingas

6. Old logo of which famous organisation

Air India

7. Connect ?

Hindustan Unilever Limited

8. The biographer is presenting a copy of a biography to the subject of the biography. Identify the book.

Akbarnama , Abul Fazl

ShailputriBrahmachariniChandraghantaKushmandakaSkandamataKatyayaniKalratriMahagouriSidhidaatri

9. What are these?

Nine forms of Durga worshipped during Navratras

10. What began on Dec 18, 1989, at Gujranwala, and ended on Mar 18, 2012, at Dhaka?

Sachins ODI career

26th October 1962-10th January 19683rd December 1971-21st March 1977(extended along with the third time frame)25th June 1975- 21st March 1977

11. Connect these dates.

Emergency Years in India

This gentleman is also known as the Father of Indian ornithology, but we know him better as someone who was a political reformer and whose contribution played a huge part in the Indian Independence movement.12. Identify (Pic on next slide)

A.O. Hume (founded Indian National Congress)

13. Identify ?

Chandragupta Maurya

14. X is a seaport in X in located in southeastern Y , on the Gulf of Oman. It serves as 's only oceanic port, and consists of two separate ports named Shahid Kalantari and Shahid Beheshti, each of which have five berths

Chabahar Port

The term X syndrome is a colloquial term for mediastinitis and other complications of a persistent open sternotomy following cardiothoracic surgery. 15.

Hanuman Syndrome

X was born to the clan of the Lichchhavis even though she may have been of unknown parentage but was raised amongst them. She grew up to be extremely beautiful and became the nagarvadhu, or royal courtesan of Vaishali. Both king Bimbisara and his son King Ajatashatru fell in love with her Ajatashatru burned down the entire city out of love for her. Her life has been the subject of classic movies and she is one of the most popular Amar Chitra Katha characters. Who is she?16.

Amrapali

17. "I wrote the entire ______ ______ for my dear friend Dr. Pranjivan Mehta. All the argument in the book is reproduced almost as it took place with him.

Hind Swaraj (by Mahatama Gandhi)

X was a Majestic-class aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy. The ship was commissioned as HMS Hercules for the British Royal Navy during World War II. India purchased the incomplete carrier from the United Kingdom in 1957, and construction was completed in 1961. X was commissioned as the first aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy and played a key role in enforcing the naval blockade on East Pakistan during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971.The ship was decommissioned in January 1997 and from 1997 to 2012, she was preserved as a museum ship in Cuffe Parade, Mumbai, until it was closed in 2012 due to safety concerns. In January 2014, the ship was sold through an online auction and was scrapped for metal.In February 2016, Indian auto manufacturer unveiled a new bike made with metal from Xs scrap and named it in honour of X.

18. Give X .

INS VIKRANT (BAJAJ V)

19. Identify?

Nirupama Rao

20. Identify and fill the blank spaces.

Deepa Karmakar .Rio Mere Lal. Gym-Nasht.

X Yojana is a welfare scheme of Government of India launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2016 , which is aimed at providing 5 Crore LPG connections in the name of women in BPL (Below Poverty Line) households across the country.21.

22. Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries (RIL) has created two virtual employees. Named 'X' and 'Y'. The two virtual characters will reach out to over one lakh employees of RIL to engage them in simple dialogue through animation. These employees share a common email id [email protected] . ID X and Y.

In August 2015, a demat account- 1601010000384828 was opened with the Stock Holding Corporation of India by a very 'Special' person. This was a first account of it's kind. Who has opened this demat account?23

TIRUPATI BALAJI

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24 What???

Alcohol - Ban

25. Identify the common flower? ( Catharanthus roseus)

Nayantara

26. X was founded by Shivkishan Agrawal based in Nagpur and has four manufacturing plants in Nagpur, Kolkata, Delhi, and Y. Give me X and Y.

Haldirams and Bikaner

27. Who?A very famous painter, this is her self-portrait. Identify.

Amrita Shergil

This all started on October 3,2014. There are 15 of this kind as of now. This happens once in a month without fail. When it was started,it had a significant number of followers. However, the number of follower is decreasing with almost each an every occurrence of it. What am I talking about? 28.

29. X was born in Bombay in a Nizari Ismaili Shia Muslim family with origins from Kutch in Gujarat. His father was a noted businessman and was known as Rice King of Burma. After partition, when Jinnah invited his father to come to Pakistan, he turned down the request and chose to remain in India. The company established by his father used to manufacture cooking oil under the brand name Sunflower Vanaspati, and a laundry soap called 787, a byproduct of oil manufacture. ID X

West Bengal and Odisha been fighting over this for some time. The bone of contention has been to get GI tags for this.The Bengal Science and Technology Department earlier started the process to approach its central counterpart for a GI authentication. Odisha responded by setting up 3 panels with 3 distinct goals for this.The first panel will look into evidence regarding its origin in Odisha, the second will study the grounds for West Bengal staking claim to it, the third will collect necessary documents to validate Odishas stand.

30. What is being fought over?

* 31X was born in 1927 to an affluent family in Allahabad, UP. Her mother served as India's ambassador to the Soviet Union, the United States, Mexico, the Court of St. James, Ireland, and the United nations. X's famous works include -The Freedom Movement in India , Indira Gandhi's Emergence and Style, Before Freedom: Nehru's Letters to His Sister ,A Voice for Freedom.X was in the news last year for something big.ID X or Why was she in the news??

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NAYANTARA SEHGAL --- STARTED AWARD WAPSI

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AND THE THEME WAS : SARE JAHAN SE ACCHA HINDUSTAN HAMARA.