BATTLE OF THE BRAINS

5TH KALPAVRIKSHA INTERSCHOOL QUIZ COMPETITION 2016

JUNIOR GROUP CLASS VII-VIII

NEAR COUNTRIES

VISITED BY PM MODI IN LAST 2

YEARS

CHINA, PAKISTAN, NEPAL, AFGHANISTAN, SRILANKA ,BHUTAN, MYNAMAR & BANGLADESH

ROUND 1

GEOGRAPHY

TEAM A

ANS : GULF OF MANNAR /PALK STRAIT

Q ) Name the geographical features which separates Indian subcontinent from Srilanka .

TEAM B

Q) Name the world’s highest cold desert which is located in Pakistan.ANS :KATPANA DESERT, SKARDU

TEAM C

Q )Apart from Kosi and Gandhak name the third major river which flows via Nepal to join Ganges river

ANS : GHAGHRA

TEAM A

Q) Apart from Padma( Ganges) and Jamuna ( Brahmaputra ) , name the third river which forms the Ganges delta in Bangladesh ?

ANS ) MEGHNA RIVER

TEAM B

Q) Which northeastern state of India other than Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland share common border with Mynamar ?

ANS :MIZORAM

TEAM C

Q) What is the ill marked geographical border line dividing Afghanistan from Pakistan is called

ANS ) DURAND LINE

ROUND 2

DEMOGRAPHY

& SYMBOLS

TEAM B

Q) Name the most spoken language in Srilanka.

ANS: SINHALESE

TEAM C

Q )Name the largest and the most populated city in Pakistan.

ANS : KARACHI

TEAM A

ANS : AFGHANISTAN

Q) Pashto and Dari are the official languages of which country

TEAM B

Q) Name the unit currency of Bhutan.

ANS:BHUTANESE NGULTRUM

TEAM C

Q) What is the capital of Mynamar ?

ANS:NAYPYIDAW

TEAM A

Q)Who is the prime minister of Nepal ?

ANS ) PUSHPKAMAL

DAHAL(PRACHAND)

ROUND 3

PAST AND CURRENT AFFAIRS

TEAM C

Q)Name the country effected by famous terrorist group LTTE ( liberation tigers of tamil eelam ) in the past

ANS : SRILANKA

TEAM A

Q) Who wrote the national anthem of Bangladesh (Amar sonar bangla).ANS : RABINDRANATH

TAGORE

TEAM B

Q ) Name the country other than Bangladesh and Bhutan who supported India to boycott SAARC summit to be held in Islamabad this year ?

ANS: AFGHANISTAN

TEAM C

Q) Name the controversial seaport being developed jointly by Pakistan & China for trade in Balochistan province

ANS : GWADHAR PORT

TEAM A

Q )Name the country where Indian army in 2015 carried out surgical strike to kill Naga insurgents

ANS : MYNAMAR

TEAM B

Q) Name the Bhutanese mythological creature represented in its national flag.

ANS) DRUK (thunder dragon)

ROUND 4

CHINA

TEAM A

Q) What is the international boundary line between India and China called ANS : MACMOHAN LINE

TEAM B

Q) What is the capital of Tibet autonomous region

ANS: LHASA

TEAM C

Q) Name the city other than Delhi did Chinese premier Li Jinping visited during his official visit to India in 2014

ANS : AHMEDABAD

TEAM A

Q) In which year did Peoples republic of China attacked IndiaANS: 1962

TEAM B

Q) Who is considered the father of modern post-imperial Republic of China

ANS : DR. SUN YAT SEN

TEAM C

Q) Name the famous chinese traveller who visited India during Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya) era

ANS : FA HEIN

ROUND 5

IDENTIFY AND ANSWER ONE

QUESTION RELATED TO

THESE PICTURES

TEAM B

Q 1 ) IDENTIFY THIS LADY

ANS 1: AUNG SAN SUU KI

Q2 ) In which year did she receive Nobel prize for peace

ANS :1991

TEAM C

Q 1) IDENTIFY THIS ARTIST

Q2) He is no more but his nephew is continuing his legacy as a singer. Name him.

ANS 1:NUSRAT FATEHALI KHAN

ANS 2) RAHAT FATEHALI KHAN

TEAM A

Q1 ) IDENTIFY THIS MONUMENT

ANS 1: GREAT WALL OF CHINA

QUES 2:Though construction of the wall began BC and extended time to time, which Chinese dynasty of recent times rebuild it

ANS 2: MING DYNASTY

TEAM B

Q 1)IDENTIFY THIS PERSONALITY

ANS 1: TASLIMA NASRIN

Q 2 )Name the famous novel written by her which got her instant fame?ANS 2: LAJJA( SHAME)

TEAM C

Q1 : IDENTIFY THIS LEADER

ANS 1: IMRAN KHAN

Q 2: Name the political party which he founded

ANS 2: TAHREEK -E- INSAAF

TEAM A

Q ) IDENTIFY THIS PERSON.

ANS : TENZING NORGAY

QUES 2:In which year did he conquest Mt Everest along with Edmund Hillary ANS :29 May

1953

PAKISTAN

AFGHANISTAN

BANGLADESH

NEPAL

ROUND 7

MYNAMAR

SRILANKA

PAKISTANQUES 1 :IDENTIFY THIS LADY

ANS 1 : MALALA YOUSAFZAI

QUES 2 :She was shot while defying a terrorist group call banning girl’s education . Name the terrorist outfit

ANS 2 : TALIBAN

QUES 3 :Yousafzai's memoir I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban, is co-written with which British journalistANS : CHRISTINA LAMB

AFGHANISTANQUES 1: IDENTIFY THIS SITE

ANS 1: BAMIYAAN

QUES 2:Name the god whose statue is depicted in this pictureANS 2 : LORD

BUDDHA

QUES 3:Name the terrorist outfit which recently destroyed this statue

ANS 3: TALIBAN

NEPAL

QUES : IDENTIFY THIS WEAPON?

ANS 1: KUKRI ( KHUKRI)

QUES 2) Which army regiment owns this characteristic weapon all over the worldANS: GORKHA REGIMENT

QUES 3:Apart from India and Nepal which country has Gorkha regiment in their army

ANS 3: BRITAIN

BANGLADESHQ 1: IDENTIFY THIS PERSON ?

ANS :MOHAMM

UD YUNUS

QUES 2:What is his organisation of microfinance and microcredit called? ANS : GRAMEEN

BANK

ANS 3: 2006

QUES 3:In which year did he receive Nobel prize for his pioneering concept

Q 1: IDENTIFY THIS LADY SRILANKA

ANS1: SRIMOVA BANDARANAIKE

QUES 2:She was the longest serving primiminister of Srilanka. How many terms she served the office.

ANS 2 : 3 TERMS

QUES 3: What is the name of her daughter who also became the president of Srilanka ?

ANS 3 :CHANDRIKA KUMARATUNGA

MYNAMARQUES1 :IDENTIFY

THIS TRIBE

ANS 2: BRASS

QUES 2 : Which metal is used to make these rings

ANS 1 : KAYAN LAHWI

QUES 3 : Which muslim tribe in Mynamar is facing atrocities from the natives ?ANS 3: ROHINGYA MUSLIMS