Vande MataramIndependence Day Quiz

Quiz Master-Om Prakash

FINALS

1.There are 48 questions in IB 24 clockwise /24 anticlockwise2.score+10/0Pounce+10/-103.Pounce window will close in 10 seconds after showing the questions 4.If you are pouncing just write down the answer on your paper I will come to you and check it,don’t say it louder5.the questions having more than one part of answer will give you +10 for each part

1. During the first general elections, Sukumar Sen, the CEC, got outraged by a social practice and directed his officials to correct the electoral rolls by inserting the names of the women ‘in the place of mere descriptions of such voters’. Nonetheless, some 2.8 million women voters had finally to be struck off the list. He felt that such a step will help in eradicating such social practice. What made him take such drastic step?

• The social practice of women referring themselves as someone’s wife, daughter, mother,etc. • These women had written their names with reference to a certain male member of the family like Babloo’s wife.

2. Around the time of the Kakori robbery and the subsequent trial, various revolutionary groups had emerged in places such as Bengal, Bihar and Punjab. These groups eventually came together for a meeting at Feroz Shah Kotla, in Delhi and from this emerged the X, The X's manifesto titled Philosophy of the Bomb was written by Bhagawathi Charan Vohra. In December 1929, the X bombed the special train of Viceroy, Lord Irwin. The viceroy escaped unhurt. Later the Lahore faction of X broke away and formed the Athisi Chakar (Fire Ring) party under the leadership of Hansraj 'Wireless'.

Hindustan Socialist Republican Association

3.X is popularly referred to as Y for towing the Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's car for a parking violation,during the PM's tour of United States at that time,X started a blog named Y ,give X and Y ?

4. Dedicated to the__________, Husain created Rape of India. The painting represented India as a woman being raped, with an animal straddling her and of a man pulling her blouse away. It didn't go down well with several Right-wing organisations and a dozen more cases were filed against him. 

 2008 Mumbai terror attacks

5.What does the map signify ?

Indian Railways Network Connectivity Map with cities and population density

6. _______ follows its own financial accountability principle. There is no credit method for running operations in the organization. Every payment is done on a daily basis, except for the outside supply of raw material. Profits and losses are shared equally among the members of a given branch. In the initial days of _____, the profits of the first six months were shared equally among all members in the form of gold. This sharing practice is still in effect, but now the decision whether to share the profits in gold or in cash is made at the branch level. Which organization?

7. The origins of the phrase lie in the times when the Khalsa were formed. They would cross canals and attack Mughal camps and then just as they came would retreat leaving the enemy helpless. While escaping back to their base the Khalsa warriors would dismantle any temporary bridges constructed by them to prevent the Mughals from chasing them and sometimes to prevent the enemy from escaping, hence ___________

8.The wife of King Bhimadeva I, Udayamati, is said to have been responsible for building something, which the Archaeological Survey of India describes on its website as "the highest watermark of Solanki architecture." You could also say it makes one go "wow".

What?

"Rani-ki-Vav", a step-well in Gujarat that was included in UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in June 2014

9.One day during his visit to London, King ____was walking in casual dress in Bond Street. He saw a Rolls Royce showroom and went inside to inquire about the Price and Features etc of their cars.Considering him a just another Poor Indian citizen, showroom salesmen insulted him and almost showed him the way out of the showroom. After this insult, King _______came back to his hotel room and asked his servants to call the showroom that King of____was interested in purchasing their few Cars.After few hours King reached the Rolls Royce showroom again but with his full astonishing royal manner and in his royal costume. Until he reached the showroom there was already red carpet on the floor and all the salesmen were bent with respect. The King purchased all the six cars that they had at showroom at that time and paid full amount with delivery costs.After reaching India, King ordered municipal department to use all those six Rolls Royce cars for cleaning and transporting city’s waste. World’s number one Rolls Royce cars were being used for transportation of City’s waste, the news spread all over the world rapidly and the reputation of Rolls Royce Company was in drains.Whenever someone used to boast in Europe or America that he owned a Rolls Royce, people used to laugh saying, “which one? The same that is used in India for carrying the waste of the City?”Due to such reputation damages, sales of Rolls Royce dropped rapidly and revenue of company owners started falling down. Then they sent a Telegram to the king in India for apologies and requested to stop transportation of waste in Rolls Royce cars. Not only this but they also offered Six new cars to king free of cost.When King Jai Singh observed that Rolls Royce has learnt a lesson and they are sorry for their mistakes, king stopped using those cars for carrying wastes.

King Jai Singh of alwar (Rajasthan)

10. This great warrior from the North, was living the life of an ascetic till he met a warrior saint on the banks of Godavari. After almost two centuries of his martyrdom, he inspired Rabindranath Tagore to dedicate a poem for him in Bengali. This poem was an inspiration for all Bengali revolutionists during the freedom struggle of India. Identify the warrior and the poem ?

Warrior was Baba Banda Bahadur the name of the Bengali poem is Bandi Bir

11.  story about which industry and class of entrepreneurs ?

 Indian Americans, particularly Patels came to dominate the Motel industry in US

12.ID the company

13.ID the person

14. Prem Behari Raizada was born in Delhi in the family of Ram Parshad (grandfather) an eminent scholar of Persian and English.Jawahar Lal Nehru asked him what he would like to charge for the job. Prem Behar replied “Not a Single Penny I need. By the grace of Good I have all things and quite happy with my life.”What was the job ?

“Not a Single Penny I need. By the grace of Good I have all things and quite happy with my life. But I have one reservation, that on every page of constitution I will write my name and on the last page I will write my name along with my grandfather’s name.”

15. The name literally means "Emperor of India" in the vernacular of the Hindi and Urdu languages. ___________a form coined by the orientalist G.W. Leitner in a deliberate attempt to dissociate British imperial rule from that of preceding dynasties was taken by Queen Victoria from 1 May 1876, and proclaimed at the Delhi Durbar of 1877.  

Kaisar-i-Hind

16. IIT kharagpur has launched a campaign in kshitij 2013 fest to name the next version of Android as what?

17. Here is a rhyme which became popular during second world war (there are some more variations of it in literature/media, though last line is same in all), fill in the blanks please:"Hitler with his Brownshirts riding for a fall,Mussolini with his Blackshirts back against the wall,De Valera with his Greenshirts caring not at all,Three Cheers for -------------- with -----------------" 

Three cheers for Mahatma Gandhi, with no shirt at all

18.what does this painting depict ?

19.This Indian Company's old logo was created by a student who has cerebral palsy. The skyward blue brushstroke is the student's way of communicating imagination. The red stands for action and the yellow bubbles represent joy. The Current Logo was unveiled on 28th September 2012 and was designed by a Los Angeles Based Organization... The Company?

20. A not-for-profit trust was set up in the quarter Jan-Mar 2009 to honour scientific community in India. Currently, one of the trustees is an economist and former editor of Business India. The award is given for six categories. The award is on the line of major International prize. Name the prize.

21.It is about a character in a novel.There is a controversy that , "this is real life story of a person" and some says it's only imagination.This story inspired many films in India and Pakistan.Name of the 'character' and the 'novel' is almost the same. Find the character and novel ?

Umrao Jaan Ada is the novel, Umrao Jaan the character.

21.This part of the song is not much recent it was written around 200 years ago when A listened these lines he convinced that he is not the best one someone else B has this quality ?give me A and B

A-GhalibB-Meer

22.This poet freedom fighter was conferred two honorary titles by two other prominent freedom fighters. The first title referred to his being a poet, the second referred to his freedom fighter part. Name him, and both the titles. 

 It's Baba Kanshi Ram, poet from HP. Nehru called him 'Pahari Gandhi'. The other title was by Sarojini Naidu who called him "Bulbul e pahar"

23.This festival is celebrated in North India (and other parts of India?) in the beginning of summer, marking the last day it's safe to eat stale food. The goddess worshipped in this festival is the goddess of something, that's, for all practical purposes, extinct. What festival and what goddess? 

The goddess worshipped is Sitala, The festival is Baasora(Sheetla Ashtami), which stems from baasi or stale, celebrated on the seventh day of Chaitra

 24.  Was Chief Minister of a state in India for some time. He was one of the players of the Aya Ram Gaya Ram during Indira Gandhi's tenure as PM. Before he became the CM, he was education minister and ridiculed because he was an illiterate (media reportedly called him anpadh and angoota chhap). When he became a CM he had a huge cabinet of over 70 ministers which was dubbed as an airbus cabinet by media.When Indira Gandhi replaced him from the position of Chief Minister, he is believed to have remarked "I came by the grace of Madam and I am going under her orders; I don't know why I came... and why I am going." Who am I talking about?

Tanguturi Anjaiah

25._____________ is the nickname of at least three persons in India who contested unsuccessfully in several elections against top political leaders.A satirical television show looking at the electoral politics was named______ after a man named Kaka Joginder Singh, whose nickname was________. Mohan Lal, a cloth merchant from Bhopal, also had the nickname of _________for contesting elections against five different Prime Ministers and losing the deposit in all these elections.Nagarmal Bajoria is also known by the nickname of_______; he contested from over 278 constituencies and used donkeys for campaigning in an election.

Dharti Pakad

26.Give me the political connection of this soft drink ?

soft drink was launched after Janata Party government came to power at centre  The year of the great soft drink expulsion = 1977

27.This project was undertaken for the benefit of several thousands. It needed the efforts of three successive generations. The third generation was finally successful and those efforts have now become proverbial. What project?

Bhagiratha's bringing down of Ganga,  Ganga was asked to descend from heavens to allow the salvation of Sagar's 6,000 sons. Anshuman, Dilip and Bhagirath tried and Bhagirath was at last succesful through his unceasing efforts, inspiring the term 'Bhagirath prayatna'. There was apprehension that too rapid descent of the Ganga would break the earth, and therefore, Shiva agreed to tangle her in his hair, and released only a small stream. Once on the earth, Ganga offended Rishi Jahnu, who drank all her waters, and later released her through his ear. 

28.An artist's works were first revealed in 2013 when a hacker infiltrated email accounts of his family members. An institute in Dallas, Texas is hosting an art exhibition from April to June 2014, titled "The Art of Leadership" displaying the artist's portraits of renowned world leaders. One of his paintings is a portrait of Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh (shown below). Who is this artist?

29.The international price for X is set by an Indian agency. Its name in India arises from farsi phrase for the description of its looks. It has multiple theurapatic uses, most notably for a common condition leading to cardiovascular problems. However we, in India, commonly use it for a different kind of bodily problem. That use arises from the fact that a particular derivative of X can increase 10 time in volume upon absorption of water. USA is the largest importer of X in the world, primarily for a best-selling product of P&G. What is X?

30.During the event that made X more than world famous,X was asked “what historical event would you like to change ?”X replied-”the death of Y”X & Y share same birthdayThe event took place on Y’s successor’s death anniversaryX & Y ?

X-Shushmita SenY-Indira GandhiEvent-Miss India Contest 1994

31.Lord Krishna gave srimad bhagvat geeta only toArjun and the entire world was in suspended animationat that time.With devine vision (and ear, both given by Vedav Vyasa) at the Hastinapura palace also listened Sanjaya. One more heard the running voice commentary through Sanjaya (the king Dhritarashtra). But there was one more listener present in the field. Who??

32.ID the logo ?

33. TRAI proposes to charge OTT services like Whatsapp, Viber etc as it is causing revenue loss. What is the full form of OTT ?.

Over the Top

34. Who tweeted “We should look at building Jhakaas (awesome),not Jugaad (make-do) for building #WorldClassFrom India”?

Vishal Sikka, CEO, Infosys

35. Railway Minister has announced 5 new Jansadharan trains in this year’s railway budget. What is spl about these trains ?

Unreserved Superfast trains

36.ID the organisation behind the AD ?

37.Air India's then commercial director Bobby Kooka and Umesh Rao, an artist with J. Walter Thompson Ltd created 'it' which was adopted in its present form in 1946. In 2014, the new Indian PM Narendra Modi reportedly asked the minister concerned to replace 'it' with something. What change did he suggest which reminds us of a political party among others?

Replacing the Air India Mascot 'The Maharajah' with something that represents the 'Aam Aadmi' i.e. the common man.

38.Being billed as "India's largest public arts programme", it is in Mumbai and consists of a 3 km long display wall with works by over a thousand artists curated by Rajeev Sethi. Called "Jaya He", it is part of a space inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in January 2014.Where exactly is this in Mumbai?

At the new T2 terminal at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai

39. X is an Indian actress and choreographer, who started her career as a dancer with Uday Shankar in 1935. Her first feature film was 'Neecha Nagar', directed by Chetan Anand in 1946. Her films include 'Bhaji onThe Beach', 'The Mystic Masseur', 'Bend It Like Beckham', 'Dil Se', 'Cheeni Kum' and 'Saawariya'. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 1998, Kalidas Samman in 2001, and Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship for Lifetime Achievement in 2004.

Zohra Sehgal

40. If X made the _______ ____ comment on politics,Y picked a _______ ____ to take on the evil. “All my characters are taken from middle class. I didn’t base him on any one particular person.You could find a Z roaming in Chandni Chowk or Dariba Kalan area. He is not muscular like Superman or flying over rooftops like Spiderman. Even his dog is a street mongrel.”•ID X,Y and Z.

X- R.K. Laxman Y-Pran Kumar Sharma Z-ChachaChaudhary

41.Identify this famous Person: He holds a PhD degree from the University of California. He taught at IIT Kanpur, TIFR, ISI Kolkata. He is currently under treatment for schizophrenia. People who have gone to meet him have found that he is literally worshipped in the vllages nearby1961: Admitted to the prestigious Science College, Patna1963: Went to University of California, Berkley to study Mathematics under Prof. John L. Kelley1963 - 1969: Pursued special MSc in Mathematics.1969: Got PhD from University of California, Berkley, USA1969: Joined NASA as an Associate Scientist Professor in Washington DC,USA1969 - 1972: Remained in NASA1972: Returned to India1972: Joined as a Lecturer in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur.1977: shows symptom of Mental illness, Schizophrenia, admitted to the mental hospital at Ranchi, then Bihar, now in Jharkhand.1988- Left home without informing anyone.1988 - 1992: There was no information about him.At Present-Staying in Home,under treatment.2013 - Lives in complete anonymity with none to care for himPicture in the next slide

Vashishtha Narayan Singh, a former NASA mathematician

42.Story behind the poter ?

Controversy on the historical facts portrayed in the Bollywood movie "Jodhaa Akbar", the storyline is marriage of of political alliance of two cultures and traditions which later evolved into love

43.The campus placements in IIMs have been likened to what by Tata HR Chief Satish Pradhan ?

 Cattle at Pushkar fair

44.A_______is a legal representative in india was coined by Dr L.M.Singhvi in 1963. The concept of a constitutional ombudsmanan (official appointed to investigate individuals' complaints) was first proposed in parliament by Law Minister Ashoke Kumar Sen ?

45.ID the campaign ?

46.Identify the book from a prominante person who wrote , He is the author of three bestselling noveLs:The Rozabal Line, Chanakya's Chant and The Krishna Key

47.Considered India's best demographer (a person who studies population statistics), Ashish Bose passed away in April 2014. In an article in the 80s, he coined the acronym "BIMARU" that came to stand for the lack of development in North India at that time.What did the acronym stand for?

Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh.

48.In April 2014, India's I&B ministry announced the country's National Film Awards for films from 2013. "Ship of Theseus" was voted the Best Feature Film of the year. One of its lead actors is Neeraj Kabi, whose performance as a non-violent Jain monk was much lauded.Kabi also appeared in a new TV project that aired on Rajya Sabha TV, an Indian channel, beginning from Mar 2014, that portrays the events during one of India's most significant political chapters in its modern history. What project, and what role does he play?

"Samvidhaan", director Shyam Benegal's series about the making of the Indian constitution; Kabi plays M.K.Gandhi in the series.