anandotsava 2017 nmamit, nitte general quiz prelims - with answers

ANANDOTSAVA 2017GENERAL QUIZ

NMAMIT, Nitte02nd March 2017

1. The Tamil Nadu State Palmgur and Fibre Marketing Co-operative Federation's Palm Cola is not a market player anymore but an advertisement for Palm Cola is the only instance of what in a commercial advertisement?

1. Rajnikanth appearing

2. The Equus hemionus khur also called the ghudkhur in Gujarati is a subspecies of the onager native to South Asia. As of 2016, it is listed as Near Threatened by IUCN. Its range once extended from western India, southern Pakistan (i.e. provinces of Sindh and Baluchistan), Afghanistan, and south-eastern Iran. Today, its last refuge lies in the Little Rann of Kutch and its surrounding areas of the Great Rann of Kutch. What am I speaking about?

2. The Indian wild ass or Baluchi wild ass

3. How do we better know the Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board?

3. VYAPAM (Vyavsayik Pariksha Mandal)

4. Put Funda/What are these?

4. New Zealand flag referendums, 2015–16

5*. Nefamese is a nearly extinct pidgin language. Where was it spoken extensively as the lingua franca?

5.Arunachal Pradesh

6. Karan Acharya, is a 27-year-old artist from Kumble, Kasaragod, Kerala who is the talent behind a certain phenomenon. He created the image as his friends wanted something unique for the flag for Ganesh Chathurti in 2015. Soon, the image had gone viral. What am I speaking about?

6. The vector Hanuman

7. Developed by IRRI in Philippines and released in November 1966 , the semi dwarf IR8 is credited with saving millions of lives. A 29-year-old, Nekkanti Subba Rao from Atchanta, West Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh became part of the revolution by becoming the first Indian to adopt IR8 in 1967. What is IR8?

7. Rice variety

8. He created the United Civil Front, a social movement whose main goal is to work to preserve electoral democracy in Russia and was instrumental in setting up The Other Russia, a coalition which opposes Putin's government. He announced his nomination for the 2008 Russian presidential election but withdrew. He was also among the 34 first signatories and a key organizer of the online anti-Putin campaign "Putin must go", started on 10 March 2010. In October 2015, he published a book titled Winter Is Coming: Why Vladimir Putin and the Enemies of the Free World Must Be Stopped.Who is he?

8. Gary Kasparov

9. Terra nullius is a Latin expression deriving from Roman law. Bir Tawil is a 2,060 km2 terra nullius between Sudan and Egypt. What does terra nullius mean?

9. Nobody’s land

10*. What event in the history of their people is being celebrated?Guyana: May 5th Mauritius: November 2nd Suriname: June 5th Trinidad & Tobago: May 30th Martinque : First weekend of MaySt Lucia: May 6th Jamaica: May 10th Fiji: May 14th (Girmit Day)

10. Indian Arrival Day

11. Originally a Spanish/Portuguese term meaning "holy cross" and referring to the cross on which Jesus was crucified, the term has been used to name many places. Examples include:A county and city in California, U.S.AA municipality in the eastern part of the island of MadeiraThe capital (jointly with Las Palmas) of the Canary IslandsA section of the municipality of MumbaiA village-suburb of the Goan state capital of PanjimWhat am I speaking of?

11. Santa Cruz

12. Mun tu shudam tu mun shudi, Mun tun shudam tu jaan shudi.Taakas na goyad baad azeen, Mun deegaram tu deegari.(I have become you, and you me, I am the body, you soul;So that no one can say hereafter, That you are someone, and me someone else.)An example of Pir– Murid (disciple-master) devotion, who wrote this for his spiritual mentor, Nizamuddin Auliya?

12. Amīr Khusrow (Ab'ul Hasan Yamīn ud-Dīn Khusrau )

13. 1. Spanish X : Established on November 1478 by King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile; Disbanded on 15 July 1834Operated in Spain and in all Spanish colonies and territories2. Portuguese X: Established on 23 May 1536 at the request of its king, John III; Disbanded on 31 March 1821Operated in Portugal & colonies, including Brazil, Cape Verde, and Goa(Goa X : established in 1560, briefly suppressed from 1774–1778, and finally abolished in 1812)3. Roman X: Began in 1542; inactive after mid-19th century; renamed the Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Holy Office in 1908What is X?

13.

Seal

13. Inquisition

14. Born in Toronto to a Bengali Hindu father and a Polish mother, X first appeared in a Bombay Dyeing advertisement opposite Karan Kapoor and had her debut in Bollywood with Vikram Bhatt's Kasoor. Her claims to fame include Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's music video "Afreen" and Daler Mehndi's "Jalwa". She also played Kalyani in Deepa Mehta's Water. Her works include I Can't Think Straight and The World Unseen.Who is X?

14. Lisa Ray

15*. The mythology has it that Gandaberunda and sharabas(elephant headed lion) adjoining it are a union of a strength of Lord Shiva and Lord Vishnu. When Lord Vishnu took Narasimha Avathar to kill Hiranyakashyap, father of his devotee Prahlad, his anger simmered even after Hiranyakashyap’s death. The entire universe, including the Gods and Goddesses went into a tizzy and wanted Lord Shiva to intervene. Shiva came in the form of Sharaba(elephant headed lion) to cool Narasimha. In the effort, Lord Shiva lost his cool and Lord Vishnu had to take the form of Gandaberunda, a bird with huge feathers and two heads opposite to each other. The sharp beaks controlled the Sharaba. Where can we find Gandaberunda today?

15. Karnataka Government emblem

16. One of the foundation stones of Italian neorealism, the 1948 film directed by Vittorio De Sica was adapted for the screen by Cesare Zavattini from a novel by Luigi Bartolini. It starred Lamberto Maggiorani as the desperate father and Enzo Staiola as his plucky young son. Given an honorary Oscar in 1949 and routinely voted one of the greatest films of all time. Which film?

16. Bicycle Thieves/Ladri di biciclette/The Bicycle Thief

17. Identify

17.

SightingsCoat of Arms of the state after which it is named

17. Tasmanian tiger Tasmanian wolf.Thylacine

18. The X Triangle is an area of around 950,000 square kilometers that overlaps the mountains of three countries of Southeast Asia: Myanmar, Laos and Thailand.The X Crescent overlaps three nations, Afghanistan, Iran, and Pakistan, whose mountainous peripheries define the crescent. What is X? What are the two areas known for?

18.

18. Golden TriangleGolden CrescentOpium production

19. The Madras temperature for Friday, April 28 1815 is recorded at minus 3 degrees Celsius. 1816 was globally known as the ‘year without summer’. In India, it also meant a year without monsoon resulting in crop failure. India reeled under famine and cholera. The global death toll is now estimated at 70,000. What is the cause?

19. Mount Tambora: The Eruption That Changed The World in Sumbawa in Indonesia (then Dutch East Indies)

20*. Where can you meet the following characters?Mohammed Ben Kalish Ezab, the Emir of the Arabian state of KhemedThe Maharaja of Gaipajama, a princely state in IndiaGeneral Alcazar, occasional dictator of the banana republic of San TheodorosKing Muskar XII, the monarch of SyldaviaWang Chen-Yee, the Han Chinese leaderBig Chief Keen-eyed Mole, the Great sachem of the Blackfoot Native AmericansMarshal Kûrvi-Tasch, dictator of Borduria

20. Adventures of Tintin

21. Identify the participants in the Super Bowl twitter battle.

21.

21. Verizon and T Mobile

22. Based out of Bidar, X also known as 'The Sharks‘ was formed in 1996, and was primarily composed of the HAL HJT-16 Kiran Mk.2. Suspended in February 2011, the team has resurrected with six Hawk Mk 132 in October 2015. The final aim is to re-establish a nine member team.What is X?

22. Surya Kiran Aerobatic Team

23. Arunachalam Muruganantham is a social entrepreneur from Coimbatore. His mini-machines can manufacture ______ ______ for less than a third of the cost of commercial production. In 2014, TIME magazine placed him in its list of 100 Most Influential People in the World and in 2016, he was awarded the Padma Shri.What is his claim to fame?

23.

23. Inventor of a low-cost sanitary pad making machine

24. According to the author, Malik Muhammad Jayasi, Chitor stood for body, Raja Ratan Sen for mind, Ceylon for heart, ______ for wisdom, Alauddin for lust, and Ashraf Jahangir Semnani as an ideal spiritual guide. Which Awadhi classic of his is he talking about?

24. Padmavat

25*. The original X Party of Canada was a registered political party in Canada founded in 1963 with "a promise to keep none of our promises.” Dissolved in the 1990s, the party has been restarted in 2007. Their promises have included repealing the law of gravity, building taller schools to promote "higher" education and privatizing the Queen. The party claimed to be the spiritual descendants of Cacareco, a Brazilian X who was elected member of São Paulo's city council in 1958, and listed Cornelius the First, a X as its leader. It declared that the X was an appropriate symbol for a political party since politicians, by nature, are: "thick-skinned, slow-moving, dim-witted, can move fast as hell when in danger, and have large, hairy horns growing out of the middle of their faces. Give me X

25. Rhinoceros