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Transcript of Tarang prelims
Parantap Chakrabarti
Ritwik Roy
RULES OF THE GAME :-
1. Every question is worth equal points.
2. The questions which are “star’d” or have an asterix will
be used for eliminating ties.
3. Please do not shout out the answers while the questions
are being displayed on the screen.
4. Lastly, the decision of the quiz-master would be
subservient to none.
Q1. It is said that X got the idea of building this plant when he heard Thomas
Carlyn describing that 'the nation which gains control of iron soon gains the
control of gold' in a lecture in Manchester. At the turn of the 20th century 'X‘
asked geologist Charles Page to help him find the site to build India's
first steel plant. The search for a site rich in iron, limestone, coal and water
began in April 1904 in today's Madhya Pradesh. The prospectors took 3 years
in a nearly painstaking search across vast stretches of inhospitable terrain to
find a location. One day they came across a village called Sakshi on densely
populated stretches of Chota Nagpur Plateau near confluence of
Sabarnarekha and Kharkai rivers. It seemed to be the ideal choice.
Identify 'X' and the place.
Q2. What was carried in a third class train compartment
numbered 2949 on 12 February 1948 to the Triveni,
Allahabad?
Q3. Which Indian politician's birth anniversary is celebrated as
‘ Sadbhavana Diwas ' and death anniversary as
'Anti terrorism Day'?
Q4. Which Mughal Emperor planted 1,00,000 mango trees in
Darbhanga, Bihar at a place now known as Lakhi Bagh?
* Q5. Who wears the fisherman’s ring?
Q6. Which city started the world's first underground metro
service?
Q7. Which variety of mango is named after the second
governor of 16th century Portuguese India,
Albuquerque?
Q8. Which is the only planet of our solar system to not have
been named after Roman or Greek Gods and Goddesses?
Q9. The Hindi adaptation of which comics features characters
like Pavitra Prabhakar, Meera Jain and Aunty Maya?
* Q10. In archery, when an arrow hits the bull's eye and another
hits the same spot, what is that shot called?
* Q11. Which famous poem was first published under the title
'Bharat Vidhata' in the Tatvabodhini Patrika in 1912?
Q12. Aircraft bodies are made up of Duralumin which is an
alloy made up of which two metals?
Q13. Find the connection (apart from the fact that they were
presidents of their country).
Mikhail Gorbachev, Russia
Nelson Mandela, South Africa
Anwar Sadat, Egypt
Q14. What is the general term for the Japanese dish made up
of raw fish and wrapped in rice shell and sea weed?
Q15. This individual holds the record for winning the most
number of Oscars, 22. Additionally he was awarded 4
honourary Oscars and also has been nominated 59 times,
the most by any person.
Identify this individual.
Q16. With a length of 15 cm, width of 13 cm and weighing
1.4 kg, what is the largest living cell?
* Q17. Its name literally means the "Mountain of Light", weighs
21.6 g and originally came from Guntur district,
Andhra Pradesh.
Q18. What geographical feature found on the Barren Islands
in Andaman, the only one of its kind in India?
Q19. There are only a handful of airports in India which have
been named upon women. The Airport at Delhi is named
upon Indira Gandhi.
Which city in India is served by Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar
Airport?
Q20. Which fruit is named after a character in the Ramayana?
THANK YOU
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