PRELIMS

20 questions. 25 points. Q16-Q20 are two pointers and

starred questions. Switch off your electronic devices. Googling leads to immediate

disqualification. Think simple and make intelligent

guesses.

Q1 He proposed the use of a powder of sulfide,

arsenic and verdigris in the 15th century: throw poison in the form of powder upon

galleys. Chalk, fine sulfide of arsenic, and powdered verdegris may be thrown among enemy ships by means of small mangonels, and all those who, as they breathe, inhale the powder into their lungs will become asphyxiated.

Who was this early proponent of Chemical warfare?

Leonardo da Vinci.

Q2. It is an American privately held global corporation

based in Minnetonka, Minnesota,. Founded in 1865, it is now the largest privately held corporation in the United States in terms of revenue. It owned 2/3 of the shares of The Mosaic Company (sold off in 2011), one of the world's leading producers and marketers of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients.

The reason why this Q is featured in this quiz is because it sounds like a place which was widely in the news in 1999.

Identify the company/or the other place.

Q3.Identify the novel. Lewis Wallace was an American lawyer, Union general in the American

Civil War, governor of the New Mexico Territory, politician, diplomat, and author from Indiana. Among his novels and biographies, Wallace is best known for his historical adventure story, X (1880), a bestselling novel that has been called "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century.

Q4. X was the name used to refer to the

Hyderabad Police Action which was essentially a military operation under which the Indian armed forces encroached the State of Hyderabad and defeated the Nizam, obtaining the state of Hyderabad for the Indian Union.

X?

OPERATION POLO.

Q5 It was first worn in the Corps of Guides that

was raised in December 1846 as the brain-child of Sir Henry Lawrence.They were used officially by British troops for the first time during the Abyssinian campaign of 1867–68, when Indian troops traveled to Ethiopia (Abyssinia) under the command of general Sir Robert Napier to release some British captives.Subsequently, the British Army adopted it and was used in the Mahdist War (1884–89) and Second Boer War (1899–1902).

What?

Khaki.

Q6 Field Marshal ______ _________, 1st Duke of

__________ , was an Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain. In 2002, he was number 14 in the BBC's poll of the 100 Greatest Britons.

His battle record is exemplary; he ultimately participated in some 60 battles during the course of his military career. He is famous for his adaptive defensive style of warfare, resulting in several victories against a numerically superior force while minimising his own losses.

Who?

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington

Q7.

Kuldip Singh Brar about which incident?

“It is very easy to say to we could have laid siege, we could have postponed it for a day or two, or carried out the operation without the loss of life. It is only we, who were there at that time, who know what our limitations and needs were.”

Operation Blue Star.

Q8.X? X is the helicopter display team of the

Indian Air Force. The team flies four modified HAL Dhruv helicopters, also known as ALH (Advanced Light Helicopter). The team was formed in October 2003 and their first public performance was at the Asian Aerospace Show, Singapore, 2004.

The name will remind you of an annual event happening in a prestige South Indian educational institute.

SARANG.

Q9. The Japanese word is usually translated as

"divine wind" and has been used since August 1281 to refer to the major typhoons which dispersed Mongolian invasion fleets under Kublai Khan in 1274.

In Japanese, the formal term used for units carrying out suicide attacks during 1944–1945.

While the term usually refers to the aerial strikes, it has also been applied to various other suicide attacks. 

What term?

Kamikaze.

Q10.Identify the city. It is an ancient city and has historical significance.

From various accounts; It may be believed that 'Audumbara' was the name of it. Numerous coins of great antiquity found at the city prove that it is one of the oldest sites in the Punjab.

It was the capital of Nurpur State and its name was changed to Dhameri (Nurpur) in the time of Akbar.

The reason why the question has been asked is because of the events happened here on Jan 2016.

Q11.Character? In the late 1980s, after the initial success of

Nagraj, Raj Comics wanted another superhero for its titles. It was in this period that writer Anupam Sinha came up with the idea of this character.

The original design was created by Sinha back in 1987, was an adolescent boy standing beside his bike wearing a yellow-blue trapeze artist costume, buttoned shirt collar, a black belt with star buckle, shoes (instead of boots), and with no gloves, mask, or cape, holding a helmet in his hand.

SUPER COMMANDO DHRUVA.

Q12. Matti Henrikki Järvinen was

a Finnish javelin thrower. He won the Olympic gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics ahead of two other Finns, Matti Sippala and Eino Penttilä, with a throw of 72.71 metres.

What was his contribution to the Finnish army during the World War II while serving in the Karelian Isthmus?

Trained soldiers in throwing Grenades.

Q13. The count is arrived as follows:One elephant, one chariot, three horses and

five foot soldiers form a Patti;Three Pattis form a Sena-Mukha;

Three Sena-Mukhas make a Gulma;Three Gulmas a Gana;Three Ganas a Vahini;

Three Vahinis a Pruthana;Three Pruthanas a Chamu;Three Chamus a Anikini;

Ten Anikinis form an ________.

Akshauhini.

Q14. “My regiment was stationed near a

small marsh (in Secunderabad) and suffered badly, while another regiment situated only a mile to leeward of the same marsh escaped.”

This is an extract from a speech delivered in 1902 by a polymath who also made significant contributions in pure and applied mathematics as well as poetry.

Who and what escape is he talking about?

Ronald Ross, Malaria

Q15. His nickname? Andrei Kirilenko is a Russian-American former professional

basketball player, currently the commissioner of the Russian Basketball Federation. One of the most versatile players of his generation,he is considered one of the greatest international players of all time.

AK-47.

Q16. A ______ hold is a grappling hold which is executed

from behind the opponent, generally when both are on the mat face down with the opponent under the aggressor.

The term ______ dates back to the early 19th century. It has been suggested that it was named after the British war-hero _______ ______, who used strategies based on surrounding the opponent to win the Battle of the Nile and the Battle of X.

Name the hold/person.(1 point) Name the battle X. .(1 point)

Admiral Horatio Nelson.Battle of Trafalgar.

Q17. X(two word term) is a military aviator credited

with shooting down several enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an X has varied, but is usually considered to be five or more.X?

Manfred von Richthofen, better known as the Y(two word nickname) has scored the most officially accepted kills in World War I and is arguably the most famous X of all time.

Term? Nickname?

Flying/Fighting Ace.Red Baron.

Q18. Near the Bhikhiwind village, a strip of land was

called X Nagar for a short while in 1965.It was here that more than 97 Xs of the Pakistani army were displayed at the end of the September India-Pakistan conflict. They were captured at the Battle of Asal Uttar by India's 4 Mountain Division. 

Xs is named after an American General. Name X.(1 point) X also took part in the 1912 Olympics held in

Stockholm and was so close in winning an Olympic medal. Which event did he took part?(1 point)

Patton Nagar.Modern Pentathlon.

Q19.An apt FUQ.

When the news of the first use of the _____emerged, Prime Minister David Lloyd George commented,

It is really to X that the credit is due more than to anyone else. He took up with enthusiasm the idea of making them a long time ago, and he met with many difficulties. He converted me, and at the Ministry of Munitions he went ahead and made them. They are, of course, experts in the matter of armour plating. Major Stern, a business man at the Ministry of Munitions had charge of the work of getting them built, and he did the task very well. Col Swinton and others also did valuable work.

— David Lloyd George, 19 September 1916 FITB.(1 point)

Who ix X?(1 point)

TANKSWINSTON CHRUCHILL

Q20. Identify the film.(1 point) The film is an adaptation from real life events that

happened in which battle during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971?(1 point)

Battle of Longewala