Apti with answers

1.Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people,Dispenser of India's destiny.Thy name rouses the hearts of........They pray for thy blessings and sing thy praise.The saving of all people waits in thy hand,Thou dispenser of India's destiny.Victory, victory, victory, Victory to thee.

_____ _____ _____ is the name of the song.

2.He was born to a devout family in the Madras presidency and upheld the family name by emerging as a prominent leader in the Independence movement and the worked for the upliftment of Harijans.

He is however well known for creating a stir in 1952 by fasting from 19th October till his eventual death on 16th December.

The question however is what resulted as a result of his death?

Hint: Same modus operandi used by someone a year ago for a similar purpose!

FORMATION OF ANDHRA PRADESH…………BY POTTI SREERAMULU

3.

Its name?

THE ENDANGERED OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLES WHICHNEST IN BEACHES OF ORISSA!

4.

• The picture on the left is of a buddhist monastery which was built in 16th century by 2nd Dalai Lama. Where is located?

DHARAMSHALA, HP

5.

Legend has it that the XXX style of painting originated during the period of the Ramayana, when King Janak commissioned artists to paint during his daughter's marriage - Sita to Lord Ram.

Traditionally done by the women of XXX village (Bihar), it was done on freshly plastered walls of huts.

It is now also done on cloth, hand-made paper and canvas and make for great wall hangings and souvenirs.

What is XXX?

MADHUBANI PAINTINGS

6.

X is the language of Indo-Aryan group language. It is spoken by 46.1 million people worldwide making it 26th most spoken native language in the world. It was the first language of fathers of two nations born from Indian mainland. Its script is Devanagari with the loss of horizontal line and few modifications to original alphabets. It is official language of 1 state and 2 UT. Id X.

GUJARATI

7.______ is known to be responsible for the earliest known assassination in Indian history, having learnt the art of assassination from the famous X._______ was known as Sandrokottos to the Greeks.One of the theories behind the origin of his last name is that he was raised by a family of peacock-tamers.

ID THE BLANK.

CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA

8.The X Declaration (titled Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?) was a pamphlet published on 28th January 1933 by Choudhhary Rahmat Ali, in which the word X was used for the first time .

PAKISTAN WAS USED FOR THE 1ST TIME

9.• Watermark• Threading• Latent image• Micro lettering• Intaglio • ID Mark • Fluorescence• Optically variable ink• See through Register• EURion constellation

Collectively, what are all these?

ANTI COUNTERFEITING ELEMENTS

10.Which Indian conglomerate, said to have started operations in 1838, is currently headed by brothers Vineeth and Samir Jain?

TIMES GROUP

11.Whose death is being mourned here?(1988 ad)

RAJ KAPOOR’S DEATH

12.

Where is the following inscribed?

"To the dead of those who fell honoured in France and Flanders Mesopotamia and Persia East Africa Gallipoli and elsewhere in the near and the far-east and in sacred memory also of those whose names are recorded and who fell in India or the north-west frontier and during the Third Afghan War."

13.

What is the claim to fame of one Puneet Agarwal, who also worked under the psuedonym ‘Deshmukh’?

SAVITA BHABHI

P.S THIS IS THE MOST SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE PHOTO I COULD FIND ON GOOGLE

14. X is a Japanese word meaning 'a high-ranking Buddhist monk'.On X's tombstone is written :“Never Born, Never Died--Only visited this planet Earth between December 11, 1931 and January 19,1990.”

When challenged by a westerner about his statement that Adam and eve were Indians X is said to have replied that "Easy! They had no shelter over their heads, no clothes to wear, nothing to eat except one apple between the two of them -- and still they believed this was paradise! They were Indians!“

Id X.

OSHO

15.

A caricature of which eminent personality by whom?

R K LAKSHMAN AND R K NARAYAN

16.In 1897, X Introduced the first lock with lever technology in India.In 1902, X made the first Indian safe.In 1920, X made soap using vegetable oil, which was a huge hit with the vegetarian community in IndiaIn 1955, X produced India's first indigenous typewriterIn 1989, X became the first company to introduce PUF ( Polyurethane Foam)Introduced India's first and only 100% CFC, HCFC, HFC free refrigerators

X is .. ?

GODREJ

17.

Born as Rabindra Ramnarayan _______, he is currently the coach for US under-19 cricket team. He has been associated with Deccan Chargers and has represented Tamil Nadu cricket team in domestic cricket.Who?

ROBIN SINGH

18.

If Roja was A R Rahman’s debut in Tamil, what was his debut in Hindi?

RANGEELA

19.WHICH WORD LITERALLY MEANS “THE LIFTER OF DARKNESS” IN SANSKRIT ?

GURU

20.JUKI SEWING MACHINES are used for the official manufacturing of which item of significance to India?

The tricolorNational flag of India.

21.

videoID the singer

K J YESUDAS

22.HOME ADVANTAGE:

In which district of Andhra Pradesh is the Lord Venkateshwara temple at Tirumala located?

CHITTOOR

23.X is called as,

Majmu'a-e-qawaneen-e-Hindustan or Bharati Aaiin in Urdu, Indiya Arasiyalamaippu Kaṭṭam in Tamil, Bharatha Bharanaghadana in Malayalam, Bhaarataachee RaajyaghaTanaa in Marathi and Bharotiyo Songbidhan in Bengali.

What is X called in English?

24.X is also called as Kalindi. It crosses several states like Uttarakhand, UP, Harayana in its journey and its longest and largest tributary is Chambal. It forms a doab region in northern India which is one of the most fertile areas of world.

Id X.

YAMUNA

25.

What does the T stand for in T – series ?

T: TRISHUL