Pragyaan Prelims

MAR ATHANASIUS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING KOTHAMANGALAM

MACE QUIZ CLUB 18th Feb, 2016

PRAGYAAN ALL KERALA INTER SCHOOL

QUIZ COMPETITION



PRELIMS



RULES

• There are 25 questions in this round.

• Each question carries 1 mark.

• There is 1 minute for each question.

• Five teams will be selected to the finals.

• In case of a tie, certain questions marked with * will break the tie

• Quizmaster’s decision will be final.



GOOD LUCK



1. Who founded Shanthiniketan?



2.* Jamshedji Tata founded the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1909. To whom did he send the first invitation to become director of the institute?



3. On January 31st 1948, every national daily in the country except one contained Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination as first page news. Name the exceptional newspaper.



•4. ‘Go set a watchman’ is the sequel of which famous novel?



5. Who is the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook?



•6.* World Cancer Day is observed on



• 7. India has only one military base abroad. Where is it?



•8. Which is the only surviving Sanskrit dance drama that has been recognized by UNESCO as a human heritage art?



9. The whole universe is divided into two sets of fundamental particles. These particles are named after two renowned scientists. One of them is Enrico Fermi. Name the other scientist.



10. “What is man without energy? Nothing, nothing at all.” Whose words are these?



11. Which is the luxury train operated by Maharashtra government that takes tourists to Mumbai, Goa, Aurangabad, Ajanta and Nasik?



12.* Which dance drama in Kerala consists of eight episodes namely Avatharam, Kaliyamardhanam, Rasakreeda, Kamsavadham, Swayamvaram, Banayudham, Vividha vadham, Swargarohanam?



13. ‘One state, many worlds’ is the tagline of which Indian state?



14. Which term taken from Homer’s Odyssey, represents a malicious program disguised as a malicious software?



15. What is the present name of the newspaper first published under the title

‘The Daily Universal Register’?



16. The word ‘X’ has the dictionary meaning – To draw lines, shapes etc. especially when you are bored or thinking about something else. It is Google which made ‘X’ popular. What is ‘X’ .



17. Which famous German architect and racetrack designer has designed ‘The Buddh International circuit’ in Greater Noida?



18. Which space agency other than ISRO, NASA and ESA has successfully sent a mission to Mars?



19. Which ancient Greek hero who became the inspiration for modern Marathon is said to have run from Marathon to Athens to convey the news of victory against Persians?



20*. Which is the oldest surviving English poem which also inspired a Hollywood movie of the same name?



21. Which African country abandoned their currency in 2009 and started using U.S dollar and some other Foreign currencies in their legal transactions?



22. Name Vikram Seth’s new novel set to be released in 2016 as a sequel to his 1993 fiction ‘A suitable Boy’ .



23. Which Latin American country’s official Spanish name means

‘Republic of the Saviour’ ?



24.* The Union Ministry of Culture has launched a programme which aims to rekindle long-lost ties across the nations of the Indian Ocean (world). Name the programme.



25. ZMapp, the experimental biopharmaceutical drug was tested on human beings for which disease?



ANSWERS :1. Debendranath Tagore

2. *Swami Vivekananda

3. The Hindu

4. To Kill a Mocking Bird(Harper Lee)

5. Sheryl Sandberg

6. *February 4

7. Tajikisthan (Farkhor Airbase)

8. Koodiyattom

9. Satyendranath Bose

10. Mark Twain

11. Deccan Odyssey

12. *Krishnanattom

13. Karnataka

14. Trojan Horse

15. The Times

16. Google Doodle

17. Hermann Vinke

18. Roscosmos

19. Pheidippides

20. *Deowulf

21. Zimbabwe

22. A Suitable Girl

23. El Salvador( Republica de El Salvador)

24. *Project Mausam

25. Ebola



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