India Quiz 2016

Special Thanks to Student Council, Student Affairs, CC and Electrical departments

Rules• 25 Questions – 1 Round• No Negatives• No Mobiles

1. What’s the good word?• Abid Hasan Safrani, born Zain-al-Abdin Hasan, was an officer of the

Indian National Army and later, after 1947, an Indian diplomat.• Born to an anti-colonialist family in Hyderabad, Abid Hasan was brought-

up in India and later went to Germany to train as an engineer. • It was while he was a student in Germany during World War II that Abid

Hasan met Subhas Chandra Bose and decided to join the Indische Legion. • Hasan would later serve as Bose's personal secretary and interpreter

while Bose was in Germany• According to Leonard Gordon, author of Brothers Against the Raj, Abid

Hasan Safrani coined the salutation X, used even today

Answer• Jai Hind

2.• X started work at D.J Keymer, a British-run advertising agency, as a "junior visualiser,"

earning eighty rupees a month• Although he liked visual design (graphic design) and X was mostly treated well, there was

tension between the British and Indian employees of the firm. The British were better paid, and X felt that "the clients were generally stupid

• Later, X worked for Signet Press, a publishing house, where X designed covers for many books including Jim Corbett’s Maneaters of Kumaon, Jawaharlal Nehru’s Discovery of India

• He also worked on a children’s version of Y, a classic Bengali novel by Bibuthibhusan Bandopadyay, a coming of age story. Y was later made into a film by X

• X has also written many short stories (Feluda stories, Professor Shanku stories, Mullah Nasiruddin stories etc)

• Id X and Y

Answer• X – Satyajith Ray• Y – Pather Panchali

3.• X along with its neighboring Indian states has been of archaeological interest because people

have been living there since the Neolithic era• The importance of X is its possible role in human history through domestication of rice. • One of the competing theories for the origin of rice, is from Ian Glover, who states, "India is the

center of greatest diversity of domesticated rice with over 20,000 identified species and this part of India is the most favorable single area of the origin of domesticated rice

• The majority of population and the major tribal groups in X follow a matrilineal system where lineage and inheritance are traced through women. The youngest daughter inherits all the property and she is the caretaker of aged parents and any unmarried siblings. In some cases, such as when there is no daughter in the family or other reasons, the parents may nominate another girl such as a daughter in law as the heir of house and all other property they may own.

• X’s name means “Abode of Clouds” in Sanskrit• ID X

Answer• Meghalaya

4.• The X is a celebration held every year

in the first week of December, in Nagaland, North-east India.• It is also called as the 'Festival of

Festivals• To encourage inter-tribal interaction

and to promote cultural heritage of Nagaland, the Government of Nagaland organizes X every year in the first week of December. The first festival was held in the year 2000

Answer• Hornbill Festival

5. Connect (Non Exhaustive)• White House• Taj Mahal• Kumbhakaran• Navtala• Prayer Hall• Deer Park• Charlie• Major General Natraj• Major General Prithviraj• Jai Jawan Jai Kisan Jai Vigyan

• Pokhran tests 1998, except the last everything were Codewords • The last was the quote by Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee after the test

6. Identify X• One giant of modern India, a person of critical importance in his time but largely forgotten

today, was X, a mathematician, civil servant and, most importantly, the man who set up our extraordinary electoral system

• X took great care while designing the electoral system; he knew democracy meant an opportunity for everyone to participate in decision-making. He was confronted with 176 million Indians aged 21 or above, of whom more than 85 per cent lacked even elementary education – Party symbols were introduced to aid them in decision making

• One of the greatest challenges X faced, however, was social. For instance, women in northern India were reluctant to give their names to the officials preparing the electoral rolls as they were habituated to being known by association with one or the other family member, such as Ramu’s mother or Shyamu’s wife; so they had registered in that fashion.

• X was outraged when he saw this and directed his officials to rectify the records. As a result, some 2.8 million women struck their names off the list

• X was later invited by Sudan to oversee its first general election.

Answer• Sukumar Sen, First Chief Election Commissioner of India

7.• X is an 1988 American action-adventure film produced by Ashok

Amritraj and Sunanda Murali Manohar, directed by Dwight H. Little and written by Nico Mastorakis. • Starring Brett Stimely, ”Y” and Anna Nicholas, the film was shot

primarily in South India, the story revolving around a mythical ruby called the “X“• This was Y’s debut in Hollywood and has so far been in his only

Hollywood movie• Image next slide• Id X and Y

Answer

8*.• X is the first woman Lt. General of Indian Army (second highest rank in the

Indian Armed forces)• She was also the first Vice Admiral of Indian Navy in 2005. She took the

control of AFMC (Armed Force Medical College) in 2004, hence becoming the first woman officer to command the college• She has been awarded with 15 medals in her 36 years of career in Indian

Armed Forces• She has also received the Sena Medal for providing gynae-endoscopy and

oncology facilities and pioneering invitro-fertilisation and assisted reproductive techniques for infertile and childless couples in military hospitals

• Punita Arora

9.• X is a 1997 Indian political drama film co-written, produced and directed by Mani

Ratnam• The film which is loosely based on the relationship between cinema and politics in

Tamil Nadu and features Mohan Lal, Prakash Raj, Aishwarya Rai, Tabu, Nasser etc..• The film was showcased in the Masters section at the 1997 Toronto International

Film Festival. The film was a critical success and won the Best Film award at the Belgrade International Film Festival and two National Film Awards• In 2012, X was included by critic Rachel Dwyer in the 2012 British Film Institute

Sight and Sound 1000 greatest films of all time which is considered to be one of the most respected film polls all over the world• ID X and the two men whose lives were chronicled by this film

• Iruvar• MGR and Karunanidhi

10.• Which word derived from Urdu words for trying and binding and

meaning organization or arrangement is often used in relation to certain duties of Indian police forces?

• Bandobast

11.• X was a historical Pashtun tribe living primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan. • They trace their descent to the Ghorids, a formerly Hindu and later Islamic dynasty

originating from Mandesh in the Ghor region of modern-day central Afghanistan• Initially, the people of X used to be either Muslims, Hindus or Pagans, but were

forcible converted by Mahmud of Ghazni• Y born as Farid Khan belonged to this tribe• Y was a gifted administrator and a capable general and introduced a lot of civic

reforms including the postal system of India• He was also integral in the development of the Grand Trunk road from Chittagong

to Kabul• Id Y

Answer• Sher Shah Suri

12. ID X and Y• X was first started in Germany in 1666• It was started in India in 1948 with X act as a means of grooming the youth of

the country into disciplined and patriotic citizens• It was initially voluntary and then was made compulsory in 1963 and was again

made voluntary in 1968• The symbol for Y launched in 1969 (Mahatma Gandhi’s centenary year), is based

on based on the giant Rath Wheel of the Konark Sun Temple• The idea for Y was recommended by University Grants Commission, headed by S.

Radhakrishnan and later by Central Advisory Board of Education • Y was considered as an instrument of national integration and also to develop

the student’s personality through community service

• X – NCC• Y - NSS

13.• What does the map (next slide) represent?

14.• X was a drink created by the Pure Drinks Group in the 1970s. • The Pure Drinks Group pioneered the Indian soft drink industry when

it introduced Y into India in 1949, and were the sole manufacturers and distributors of Y till the 1970s when Y was asked to leave. • The Pure Drinks Group and X Beverages Pvt. Ltd. virtually dominated

the entire Indian soft drink industry for about 15 years, and then started X during the absence of foreign competition. • The brand's slogan was "The Great Indian Taste", an appeal to

nationalism.

• Campa Cola

15• This finance minister, also an industrialist, introduced a slew of new

personal taxes on top of the existing 87.5% income tax in the budget of 1957-58. Due to this, he got the nickname ‘tax, tax and kill’. Who and he lends his name to which business group??

• T.T.Krishnamachari

16.• Id the lady in the picture

and what is her claim to fame

• Karnam Malleswari• Bronze medal, Olympics 2000 and also first female athlete from India

to win a medal in Olympics

17.• X, commercial arm of Y, was incorporated in the year 1992 as a Pvt Ltd

company owned by the Govt of India• It is a PSU and was awarded the Miniratna status by the government

in 2008• X has had had dealings with EADS Astrium, Intelsat, Avanti Group,

WorldSpace, Inmarsat, and other space institutions in Europe, Middle East and South East Asia• X was recently embroiled in a scam that caused Conflict of Interest

allegations against some of the members of Y

• Antrix

18. Identify X• X (a government owned entity) started in 1948, is the most profitable

retail chain in India ahead of Future and Reliance Retail• X sells a wide variety of products like household provisions, kitchen

appliances, alcoholic drinks, cars, and sports equipment• Though X is a not for profit organization, it earned Rs 236 crores

during FY 2014-15 on a revenue of Rs 13,709 crores• While companies offer slightly lower prices to X than others, the

prices offered by X to its customers is much lower than their competitors due to tax waivers provided by the government

• Army Canteens

19. Put Funda and Id X

• Republic Day Chief Guests• X – No chief guests

20.• X was the first sports person to be

nominated to the Rajya Sabha• He worked as Hindi and Punjabi film

producer, director and writer, and he acted in films and television

• His filmography includes Sangdil, King Kong, Choron ka Chor, Mera Naam Joker, Jai Bajrang Bali, Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge etc..

• Id X

• Dara Singh

21After having voiced his regret over the Amritsar massacre X spoke about another issue- ‘The right answer is for the British Museum and other cultural institutions to do exactly what they do, which is to link up with other institutions around the world to make sure that the things which we have and look after so well are properly shared with people around the world. I certainly don't believe in “_________", as it were. I don't think that's sensible.’

Id X and the issue

• David Cameron, Kohinoor Diamond

22. Id X

• Capt. Lakshmi Sehgal

23.• Image (next slide) shows Apta railway station in Maharashtra• This station has been used in multiple movies like Rang De Basanti,

Chinatown, Swades etc. and is reported to be earning the Railways around Rs 40L per annum• X was one of the earliest movies that used this station was for a very

iconic scene•

• DDLJ

24.• Currently there are 30 full members, 4 associate members, 3 affiliate

members, 6 future members and 3 non-members. • If the Supreme Court appointed Panel recommendations come into

force, this is bound to change with a one-state: one-vote system coming into force and second and third member from each state being relegated to associate status. • Which organization?

• BCCI

25. • Who is the cartoonist?

• Bal Thackeray