INDIA QUIZQM-Hrishabh Sehrawat

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1.

X, was a mosque in the Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh, India, on Ramkot Hill . The mosque was constructed in 1527 on the orders of Y. Before the 1940s, the mosque was also called Masjid-i-Janmasthan, (meaning=mosque of the birthplace) "A whisper from the X Mihrab could be heard clearly at the other end, 200 feet [60 m] away and through the length and breadth of the central court" according to Graham Pickford.ID X and Y

ANSWER

X=Babri masjid. Y=babur

2.Connect these five personalities(hint=think Indian politics before independence)

Khwaja Salimullah

Vikar-ul-Mulk

Nawab Mohsin-Ul-Mulk

Syed Amir Ali

Sir Mian Muhammed Shafi

They all were co-founders of MUSLIM LEAGUE.

3.

This is a product of the IT firm 'Innovazion'. According to the CEO Gagneja, "By building this software, we wanted to...congratulate the current government. We also want to pass a message to the government that the nation has high expectations from them.“ Which software is this?

(pic on next slide)

Na-Mo Antivirus

4.

How has Chandauli, a village situated 150 miles from Delhi become one of the most talked about place in the recent days ?

(Hint=think facebook)

First destination to be powered by Internet.org in India

5.

Google doodle for ?

Nusrat fateh ali khan’s birth anniversary

6. What was introduced in 1988 and named to commemorate the 100th year of the birth Jawaharlal Nehru?

Shatabdi express

7.

X was the founder and chairman of Internet Users Community of India (IUCI). He had also played a major role in setting up internet organizations like the Ethical Hackers Association. He was one of the first few Indians to own a website. However we know him for a completely different reason.ID X

SHAMMI KAPOOR

8.

Mr. Ajay Singh is a co-founder of Indian low cost airline Spicejet. He was in news recently for infusing Rs.500 crore in the low-cost airlines and giving it a new lease of life. However he was in news an year back for a creation of his which created ripples in the country. What is his ‘creation’ we are talking about ?(HINT=YOU ALL HAVE HEARD THIS SLOGAN)

9.

X meaning abode of springs and lakes, also called Islamabad, is a city in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The name X is thought to be derived from the Sanskrit term for "Land of countless springs”. According to a well known archaeologist, Sir A. Stein, the name of the city comes from the great spring X issuing at the centre of the city. Mehbooba Mufti represents X constituency in Lok Sabha. Identify X.

Anantnag

10.

Kundal Lal Gujral is said to be the founder and inventor of which extremely famous food item in India (Complete Sitter)

Tandoori chicken

11.

With a dimension of 9.7 by 6.3 centimetres, it is made of 100 per cent cotton rags. It will weigh 90 grams per square metre and have thickness of 110 microns. It will have the bilingual signature of Rajiv Mehrishi. After a gap of 20 years, what is being re-introduced again in the year 2015? What are we talking about ?

1 rupee note

12.

X’s real name is Sukhvinder Kaur. She was born on 3 March 1965 in Dorangala village of Gurdaspur district in Punjab. X studied till Class X, she married Mohan Singh at age 17.She used to stitch clothes to supplement her husband's small income. After her husband left for Doha (Qatar) in search of a better job, X embraced a total new outlook and became known to the world by a different name altogether. How do we better know X.

13.

Which place in Delhi gets its name from the fact that a deranged Iranian Sufi Mystic named Abdullah used to meditate perched upon a hill in that location ?

Majnu ka teela

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The controversy, regarding the appointment of Gajendra Chauhan (who played Yudhishtira in the hit 1988 TV show, Mahabharata) as Chairman of FTII

15. TELL ME X AND Y  Egyptian actor Omar Sharif won the Academy Award for Best Supporting actor for his role in David Lean’s ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ However, Lean had first approached a leading Bollywood actor of that era. But after the latter turned down the proposal, Lean contacted Sharif. Identify this gentleman X, famous among many other, for portraying the role of the belligerent lover of the Mughal court dancer Anarkali, in the epic movie Y.

X-Dilip Kumar Y-MUGHAL-E-AZAM

16.

Connect these music personalities (pic on next slide)

singers for the soundtrack of the famous national integrity song “Mile Sur Mera Tumhaara”, 15 August 1988

18.

X was established in 2001 by Chandra Shekhar Ghosh as a non- profit microfinance enterprise, primarily to alleviate impoverished women. It later became a Non Banking Finance Company, or NBFC, in 2006. What is X?(

19.

Old logo of which political party?

INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

20.

What title was created in 1578 by Mongol chieftain, Altan Khan with an office/position which exists even today ? His intention was to unite the Mongols and emulate Chengiz Khan. Which title?(

Dalai Lama

21. The company X was founded in 1971 and was one of the very few private industries given permissions which was largely due to the managing director’s “close” relations to PM Indira Gandhi. It went into liquidation in 1977. It was nationalised in 1981 to revive the company and in 1982 Y entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with 60:40 sharing. Production of their most iconic product began in 1983.XY became a huge success with the launch and continues to be a market leader in the segment. In 2006 govt. sold all its shares in JV to private investment group and the company became a subsidiary of the parent Y. In 2015 XY became the first subsidiary in the world to valued more than its parent company when its value crossed $19.1 billion. ● ID X&Y

X- Maruti Y- Suzuki

22. Which journalist, historian, poet and dramatist was given the title Moon of India in 1880 in a public meeting by the unanimous consent of the vernacular press and vidwans (learned men) of Kasi headed by Pandit Rama Sankar Vyas, Editor of Sarsudh-Nidhi

bharatendu harishchandra

23.

In 1986, when nominated to the Rajya Sabha whose first and only speech was regarding the abolition of school bags, on account of them being a burden for the children?(HINT=think of a writer and you may get it)

RK NARAYAN

24.

Which Padma Shri awardee and Karate brown belt holder, who is often confused with another sporting icon, was the brand ambassador of the Deccan Chargers in the IPL

25. Lalita ke Aansoon (The tears of Lalita) is a book of poems written by Krant Lal Verma. They depict a fictional narrative by Lalita, the wife of a famous Indian personality, describing her suspicions regarding her husband’s death. Till this day, many people believe that the husband, who died in 1966, was poisoned, possibly due to his actions, and this book promoted this theory. Which famous personality?(HINT=connect poison to the year mentioned)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

26.

This curious sounding name goes back to a 1757 treaty between Mir Jafar and the East India Company, by which Mir Jafar ceded revenue rights in a certain number of revenue divisions under the Mughal administration .What is being referred to?

Parganas.

27.

Only time that the Ashok Chakra has been awarded to foreigners was on April 11 1984 when Yuri Malyshevand Gennady Strekalov were honoured.Who was the third awardee along with them ?

29.

If 2010 featured a pain-killer from a Kolkata company and consisting of 16% Menthol and 10% Oil of Gaultheria, 2012 featured a resin-based adhesive that is almost synonymous with its product category. What are we talking of?(HINT=think some prominent brands in these markets and then simply make a song from them.Kaboom.you got your answer)

30.This cartoonBecameControversialSome time ago.WHAT HAS BEEN BLANK OUT?

“Constitution”-cartoon removed fro school textbooks over depiction of Ambedkar

31. Mexico - ‘refresco’ – (a brand of soft drink) Brazil – ‘cervijinha’ – (a small beer) Iraq – (a small coffee) France or North Africa – un petit cadeau Malaysia – kopi duit

India - ?

“chai pani” (or any other local and spirited euphemism for a bribe)

32

What is special about this question from the 1994 Miss India contest: "What do you know about the textile heritage of India & what's your wardrobe like?"

1994 was the only time the Miss India contest ended in a tie (between Ms. Sen and Ms. Rai). This was the tie-breaker question, which Ms. Sen had the less worse answer to

33. These words are spoken by poet and musician Rafiq Ghaznavi at the beginning of films produced by Mehboob Productions. Its English translation: “The Plaintiff might wish you a million ills, but what of it? That alone happens that God allows”. What is the Urdu version?

“muddai laakh buraa chaahe to kyaa hotaa hai, wahi hotaa hai jo manzuur-e-khudaa hotaa hai

34. In the Davis Cup of 1974, India beat Australia at Calcutta, followed by the USSR in the semis at Pune. Soon after, while at the Stockholm Open, the Amritraj brothers discovered that the Indian Tennis Federation had done something without consulting the Indian government or them. Anand Amritraj got into trouble for yelling at the Association President and was asked to apologize. What had happened?

India had forfeited its place in the final against South Africa on grounds of protesting against apartheid, thus saying good-bye to perhaps its best chance of winning the Davis Cup

35

India’s manned mission to the moon

36. The name of this dance form comes from a Sanskrit word. One way to interpret the dance is as a fertility ritual. The other is that the lamp placed at the centre stands for God and the dancing in circles around it represents the cycle of rebirth, where the only thing constant is God. Which dance form

Garba (“garbha” == “womb”)

37. Gauhar Ara Begum was born on 17 June, 1631 and died in 1706, at a reasonably old age of 75. We may not find her death interesting, but why would her birth be significant?

Her mother Mumtaz Mahal died in childbirth while delivering here. Her father Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal in Mumtaz’s memory

38. From 1884, there were officially two in India Bombay & Calcutta

An unofficial one was used by the Railways: Madras (soon became de facto)

One more at Port Blair Official one changed in 1905, still used

Time zones

39. Until his retirement in April 2012, Sebastian D'Souza worked as a photo editor for the Mumbai Mirror newspaper. Some of his work has received mention at the World Press Photo Awards in 2008.

What was the subject of this work?

40.

In June 1855, two leaders of this tribe, Sidhu and Kanhu Murmu, declared a rebellion against the British (this happened in an area today found in Jharkhand). This was eventually put down but not before giving the rulers a scare. Which tribe?

Santhals

41. What happened for the first time in independent India in the little region of Chini in Himachal Pradesh on 25 October 1951? It happened this early as a precaution against possible snow later in the winter.

The first votes cast in India’s first general elections.

42. If you took this test, apart from academic subjects, you may have had to demonstrate the ability to jump a 5-barred gate on horseback with arms folded and stirrups crossed. Romesh Chandra Dutt, Behari Lal Gupta, Surendranath Banerjee & S.B.Thakur were the next to achieve it in 1869. Who was the first (in 1868)

The first Indian Civil Services entrant, Satyendranath Tagore

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Indira gandhi’s death

44.

What post did Mr. K.G.Badlani, an IAS officer hold for a single day? Why?

Badlani was, for one day, designated the Prime Minister of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, so that, as Head of State, he could sign an agreement with the Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, and formally merge Dadra and Nagar Haveli with the Republic of India

“Be sure to lay wide streets planted with shady trees, every other of a quick growing variety. Be sure that there is plenty of space for lawns and gardens ;reserve large areas for football, hockey and parks; earmark areas for Hindu temples, Mohammedan mosques and Christian churches.”

Who said this? And what was he talking about?

Jamshedji Tata about Jamshedpur.