India answers

Question-E-Hind.- The India Quiz

“Lajong” in this football club's name means “our own” in

the local language. As can be seen from its logo, the

club seeks to represent the entire North-East. Which city

is this club from?

Q1.

Shillong

A world cloud is a bunch of text, generated from a text

provided by the user. The clouds give greater

prominence to words that appear more frequently in the

source text. The image is a word cloud created from a

piece of text.

What is the source text for this word cloud (image on the

next slide)

Q2*.

The Tryst With Destiny speech by Nehru.

Sherlyn Chopra is a little known Bollywood starlet.

However, recently(as of 2012) she got the peculiar

distinction of being the first indian to do something.

What?

Q3.

First Indian to appear on the Playboy

Centerfold

This confectionary is usually made with condensed milk

and sugar. Other varieties include that of besan, cashew

and pista. It’s name is derived from the Persian word for

ice or snow.

It came into news for a completely different reason in

2012.

What am I talking about?

Q4.

Barfi!

A B, a poor Indian boy, lives in Mumbai with his Auntie

Maya and Uncle Bhim. His parents died some years ago.

Other boys at the school tease him and beat him. Only

Meera, a girl from school, befriends him. Meanwhile,

Nalin Oberoi, a local crime lord, uses an amulet to

perform an ancient ritual, where he gets possessed by a

demon committed to opening the gate for other

demons to get back to Earth. While being chased by

other kids, A B encounters an ancient yogi who gives

him the power to fight the evil that threatens the world.

ID A B.

Q5*.

Pavitr Prabhakar (the Indian version of

Peter Parker / Spiderman)

These ads featured a bunny made by Ramdas Padhye

and Aparna Ramdas. The bunny was long eared and

jumped on the screen extolling X, "eh he he". The voice

over in the ad is that of Ramdas himself who is renowned

as India’s leading ventriloquist and this ad made him a

household name in India.

Name the brand for which this ad was created?

PS: You can still sometimescatch these ads on

Doordarshan!

Q6.*

Lijjat Papad

What does this sculpture at the Indira Gandhi

International Airport depict(larger imager on

next slide) ?

Q7.

The Surya Namaskar

Name this universal ‘Maa’ of the Indian Cinema.Q8.

Nirupa Roy

The upcoming adventure of Asterix will, reportedly, be set in “old time India‟. It will also feature a new Gaul

character who is named after “the most famous Indian‟,

according to Jean-Yves Ferri, the present author of

Asterix Comics.

Either name that new member of the Gaul village or

identify the famous Indian after whom he is named

Q9.

Gandhix / Mahatma Gandhi

What is happening

here?

Q10.

To make Priyanka Chopra look like the

Olympic medal winner Mary Kom.

Mary Kom biopic being produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and

directed by Omung Kumar.

One name is missing from this list of people related to a

major annual entertainment event (held in May 2013):

• Steven Spielberg

• Ang Lee

• Christoph Waltz

• Daniel Auteuil

• Naomi Kawase

• Lynne Ramsay

• Nicole Kidman

• Cristian Mungiu

Q11.*

Vidya Balan

This was the jury for the 2013 Cannes film festival.

Mahindra & Mahindra's two-wheelers company has a

fondness for brand names ending in "-O", with products

such as Rodeo, Duro, Stallio, and now Centuro and

Panturo.

Later in 2013, the company will be launching its 300cc

bike. The name for this vehicle is a word that primarily

came from African folk culture, and is now English slang

for a form of personal confidence. What word is this?

Q12.

Mojo

This Priyanka Chopra film releases in August 2013, and

has her character "Ishani" flying over the Taj Mahal along

with "Dusty". The background music plays "Tere Bina"

(composed by A.R.Rahman) from the film "Guru".

Which film?

Q13.

Planes

J. Jayalalitha once brusquely ended their conversation

by saying: “I must say it wasn’t a pleasure talking to you.

Namaste”.

The Indian equivalent of Tim Sebastian, he was President

of the Cambridge Union debating society in 1977.

He now appears in a TV show on CNN IBN. Who?

Q14.

Karan Thapar

This is the logo of the Indian Federation of which sportQ15.

Carrom

This former Indian Chief Ministers family had the following

custom:

Soon after a woman gave birth to a child, they were

asked what they would like to eat. The newborn was

then named after that foodstuff.

Over the years, the Chief Minister’s mother had chosen

the likes of paan and rasgulla.

Name this former CM.

Q16.

Rabri Devi

In an interview to the Indian Express in November 2011,

the lyricist Irshad Kamil said:

“After Operation Blue Star in Punjab, the final

examinations were postponed. [I] led a group of

students demanding a month’s notice as preparation.

We made banners saying, “____ ____”.and went about

raising this slogan.”

He used this slogan in a 2011 Indian musical romantic

drama film.

Which slogan?

Q17.*

Sadda Haq, Aithe Rakh

He asked for one rupee for providing permission to the

project. The makers added a touch of symbolism by

finding a rupee note printed in 1958 - in many ways, this

was a golden and breakthrough year not just for him,

but also for Indian athletics because of the

Commonwealth and Asian Games.

Who is he, and what did he thus bless?

Q18.

Milkha Singh.

The movie Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.

Identify this 1979

Bollywood classic.

Q19.

Golmaal

This place is Asia’s largest wholesale market. Built by a

king for his favorite daughter in 1650 AD so that she

could shop all she wanted to, this market place derives

its name from the canals filled with water that sparkled

like silver in the moonlight.

Id the place?

Q20.

Chandni Chowk

Identify the person depicted

Q21.

Shashi Tharoor

The categories for awards are:

Lajja Award for worst treatment of a Serious Issue.

Dara Singh Award for Worst Accent.

Black Award for Emotional Blackmail.

Bas Kijiye Bahut Ho Gaya Award.

Which Awards?

Q22.*

The Golden Kela Awards.

Q23.

Starbucks, Mumbai.

The first Starbucks to be opened in India

He protested against Draupadi’s cheerharan during that

ill-fated game of dice. In the novel ‘Immortals of

Meluha’ by Amish Tripathi, his name has been used to

describe people who have been cursed for their deeds

in their previous birth.

Identify this mythological character.

Q24.

Vikarna

Identify the context.Q25.*

Smile Pinki / Pinki Sonkar.

Pinki tossed the coin at the start of the 2013 Wimbledon men’s final.