India Quiz at SCOE, Pune

Nageshwar Kotame

Rules The quiz is divided into two parts -

1. Preliminary Rounds

2. Finals

Prelims consists of two rounds -

1. Selection Round 1

2. Selection Round 2

In any case, Quizmaster’s Decision will be

FINAL & BINDING

Selection Round 1

Selection Round 1 will consist of 30 questions.

Question paper will be provided to each team.

All participants will have to write the answers on

the answer sheet given to them.

10 teams will be selected from this round.

Selection Round 2

Selection Round 2 will consist of 20 questions.

The questions will be displayed on the screen

and they will not be repeated.

All participants will have to write the answers on

the answer sheet given to them.

4 teams will be selected from this round and

these teams will proceed for finals.

In case of Tie -

1. There are some starred (*) questions in each

round. Team which answered more starred

questions correct will proceed.

2. If rule 1 fails, then the Team which answered

earliest starred question correct will proceed.

Selection Round 2

*Q1.

In Hindu mythology, who are the parents of Budha,

planet Mercury, the god of merchandise and

protector of Merchants?

Q2.

In January 1901, on the death of Queen Victoria, X

suggested the creation of a fitting memorial.

He proposed the construction of a grand building

with a museum and gardens which is now known

as Y.

William Emerson, president of the Royal Institute

of British Architects was the architect of Y. On 28

December 1921, the Y was opened by the Prince

of Wales. Give X & Y. No part points.

Q3.

What is the name of the reservoir formed

by Jayakwadi Dam?

*Q4.

X was a Russian general and small arms designer.

He is most famous for developing the AK-47

assault rifle and its improvements, AKM and AK-

74.

He died on 23 December 2013, at age 94 in a

hospital in Izhevsk, the capital of Udmurtia. Id X.

*Q5.

Z is an association of business organizations in India.

Established in 1927, on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi by

GD Birla and Purushottam Das Thakurdas, it is the largest,

oldest and the apex business organisation in India.

Recently, Sidharth Birla, Chairman of Xpro India Limited took

the charge as the President of Z.

Q6.

According to Hindu mythology, who is the

Guardian of the south direction?

Q7.

X was an Indian independence activist and writer

best remembered as Y's personal secretary. He

has variously been described as "Y’s Boswell , a

Plato to Y’s Socrates, as well as an Ananda to Y’s

Buddha".

He wrote several biographies such as "Sant

Francis" (1934), "Vir Vallabhbhai" (1928) and "Be

Khudsi Khidmatgar" which was a biography of

Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan and his brother. Id X & Y.

Q8.

Google X is an instant messaging and

video chat platform developed by Google ,

which launched on May 15, 2013 during

the keynote of its I/O development

conference.

It replaces three messaging products that

Google had implemented concurrently

within its services, including Talk, Google+

Messenger, and X, a video chat system

present within Google+. Id X.

Q9.

X was constructed in 1431 in memory of a

wealthy Muslim merchant Y, who gave up all his

worldly possessions before making a pilgrimage

to Mecca.

Y left this world during his journey to Mecca and

miraculously the casket carrying his body, floated

back to these shores, getting stuck in the string of

rocky islets just off the shore of Worli. So, the X

was constructed there. Name X and Y.

*Q10.

What does this Google doodle depicts?

*Q11.

Which famous Indian music composer

was also known as “Pancham”?

*Q12.

The X cup is the trophy awarded to the

winner of the Rugby World Cup. The Cup is

named after X, who is often credited as the

inventor of rugby football. Id X.

Q13.

Expand PSLV w.r.t. ISRO.

Q14.

Q15.

Which tennis player holds the record for

winning most no. of Grand Slam single

titles than any other player in history?

Q16.

Quartz crystal normally used in Quartz

clocks is chemically?

*Q17.

The X National Solar Mission is a major initiative

of the Government of India and State

Governments to promote ecologically sustainable

growth while addressing India’s energy security

challenges.

Named for X , the Mission is one of the several

initiatives that are part of National Action Plan on

Climate Change. The Mission will adopt a 3-phase

approach, spanning the remaining period of the

11th Plan and first year of the 12th Plan (up to

2012-13) as Phase 1, the remaining 4 years of the

12th Plan (2013–17) as Phase 2 and the 13th Plan

(2017–22) as Phase 3. Id X.

Q18. Which Movie?

(File Name – Q18)

Q19.

Gandiva is the bow of Arjuna, created

by Brahma.

It is said that beside X no mortal but

Arjuna could wield the Gandiva bow.

Id X.

*Q20.

X is an award given by British SafetyCouncil, and is considered to be Oscar of theSafety World. Rajiv Gandhi InternationalAirport (RGIA), Hyderabad awarded the X forsafety management in London in the secondweek of December 2013 and it is first airportin India to receive this award.

X is also a name of trilogy by Evelyn Waughconsists of three novels, Men at Arms(1952), Officers and Gentlemen (1955) andUnconditional Surrender (1961), whichloosely parallel Waugh's experiences in theSecond World War. Id X.

Answers

Q1.

In Hindu mythology, who are the parents of Budha,

planet Mercury, the god of merchandise and

protector of Merchants?

Chandra and Tara or Rohini

Q2.

In January 1901, on the death of Queen Victoria, X

suggested the creation of a fitting memorial.

He proposed the construction of a grand building

with a museum and gardens which is now known

as Y.

William Emerson, president of the Royal Institute

of British Architects was the architect of Y. On 28

December 1921, the Y was opened by the Prince

of Wales. Give X & Y. No part points.

Lord Curzon, Victoria Memorial

Q3.

What is the name of the reservoir formed

by Jayakwadi Dam?

Nathsagar

Q4.

X was a Russian general and small arms designer.

He is most famous for developing the AK-47

assault rifle and its improvements, AKM and AK-

74.

He died on 23 December 2013, at age 94 in a

hospital in Izhevsk, the capital of Udmurtia. Id X.

Michael Kalashikov

Q5.

Z is an association of business organizations in India.

Established in 1927, on the advice of Mahatma Gandhi by

GD Birla and Purushottam Das Thakurdas, it is the largest,

oldest and the apex business organisation in India.

Recently, Sidharth Birla, Chairman of Xpro India Limited took

the charge as the President of Z.

Federation of Indian Chambers

of Commerce and Industry

Q6.

According to Hindu mythology, who is the

Guardian of the south direction?

Yama

Q7.

X was an Indian independence activist and writer

best remembered as Y's personal secretary. He

has variously been described as "Y’s Boswell , a

Plato to Y’s Socrates, as well as an Ananda to Y’s

Buddha".

He wrote several biographies such as "Sant

Francis" (1934), "Vir Vallabhbhai" (1928) and "Be

Khudsi Khidmatgar" which was a biography of

Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan and his brother. Id X & Y.

Mahadev Desai, M K

Gandhi

Q8.

Google X is an instant messaging and

video chat platform developed by Google ,

which launched on May 15, 2013 during

the keynote of its I/O development

conference.

It replaces three messaging products that

Google had implemented concurrently

within its services, including Talk, Google+

Messenger, and X, a video chat system

present within Google+. Id X.

Hangouts

Q9.

X was constructed in 1431 in memory of a

wealthy Muslim merchant Y, who gave up all his

worldly possessions before making a pilgrimage

to Mecca.

Y left this world during his journey to Mecca and

miraculously the casket carrying his body, floated

back to these shores, getting stuck in the string of

rocky islets just off the shore of Worli. So, the X

was constructed there. Name X and Y.

Haji Ali Dargah, Sayyed Peer Haji Ali

Q10.

What does this Google doodle depicts?

Uganda’s Independence

Day

Q11.

Which famous Indian music composer

was also known as “Pancham”?

R D Burman

Q12.

The X cup is the trophy awarded to the

winner of the Rugby World Cup. The Cup is

named after X, who is often credited as the

inventor of rugby football. Id X.

Webb Ellis

Q13.

Expand PSLV w.r.t. ISRO.

Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

Q14.

Q15.

Which tennis player holds the record for

winning most no. of Grand Slam single

titles than any other player in history?

Margaret Court

Q16.

Quartz crystal normally used in Quartz

clocks is chemically?

Silicon Dioxide

Q17.

The X National Solar Mission is a major initiative

of the Government of India and State

Governments to promote ecologically sustainable

growth while addressing India’s energy security

challenges.

Named for X , the Mission is one of the several

initiatives that are part of National Action Plan on

Climate Change. The Mission will adopt a 3-phase

approach, spanning the remaining period of the

11th Plan and first year of the 12th Plan (up to

2012-13) as Phase 1, the remaining 4 years of the

12th Plan (2013–17) as Phase 2 and the 13th Plan

(2017–22) as Phase 3. Id X.

Jawaharlal Nehru

Q18. Which Movie?

Q19.

Gandiva is the bow of Arjuna, created

by Brahma.

It is said that beside X no mortal but

Arjuna could wield the Gandiva bow.

Id X.

Lord Krishna

Q20.

X is an award given by British SafetyCouncil, and is considered to be Oscar of theSafety World. Rajiv Gandhi InternationalAirport (RGIA), Hyderabad awarded the X forsafety management in London in the secondweek of December 2013 and it is first airportin India to receive this award.

X is also a name of trilogy by Evelyn Waughconsists of three novels, Men at Arms(1952), Officers and Gentlemen (1955) andUnconditional Surrender (1961), whichloosely parallel Waugh's experiences in theSecond World War. Id X.

Sword of Honour

Finals

1. Infinite Rebound 1

2. Image Round

3. Subject Round

4. Infinite Rebound 2

5. Buzzer Round

Infinite Rebound 1

+10 For Each Answer , No Negatives

5 Pounces

On Pounce- +10/-10

1.

The HAL X is a multirole light fighter developed by

India.

It came from the Light Combat Aircraft ( LCA)

programme, which began in the 1980s to replace

India's ageing MiG-21 fighters.

Later, the LCA was officially named "X", by then

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

It is the second supersonic fighter developed

indigenously by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

(HAL) after the HAL Marut. Id.

Tejas

2.

The company logo contains a sunflower.

What is the significance of it?

The company was incorporated on 29

December 1945, 'Western India

Vegetables Products Limited', later

abbreviated to 'Wipro'. It was initially set

up as a manufacturer of vegetable ghee,

vanaspati, and refined oils in Amalner,

district Jalgaon, Maharashtra, under the

trade names of Kisan, Sunflower and

Camel.

3.

X is an Indian stock market analyst, who isfamous for coining the term ' Sensex ' to namethe Bombay Stock Exchange's (BSE) benchmark stock index.

X is a graduate from IIT Kanpur and did hisMBA from IIM Calcutta . He studied at The TheDaly College, Indore. He is a regular columnistin The Economic Times and Business Worldwriting about technical analysis .

He appears regularly on CNBC-TV18 . He hasalso appeared on BBC, Star TV, Doordarshan,and Reuters TV.

Deepak Mohoni

4.

X is the oldest continuously published

newspaper in India. Established in 1822,

it is published in Gujarati and English.

Its Headquarters is at Horniman Circle,

Fort, Mumbai, India.

Bombay Samachar

5.

Nayi Disha (1999) and Samvedna

(2002) are two albums by Jagjit Singh in

which he has composed and recorded

songs which are written by whom?

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

6. X is an Indian politician who had been associated

with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for

most of his life, though he is currently an

independent.

He became a Member of the Lok Sabha in 1971

and was elected the first time as an independent

candidate supported by the CPI(M).

Subsequently he was re-elected nine times,

except once when he lost to Mamata Banerjee in

the Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency in 1984.

From 1989 until 2004 he was the leader of his

party in the Lok Sabha.

Somnath Chatterjee

7.

Operation X was the code name assigned tothe preemptive strikes carried out by thePakistani Air Force (PAF) on the forwardairbases and radar installations of the IndianAir Force (IAF) on the evening of 3 December1971.

The operation targeted 11 of India's airfieldsand there were artillery strikes on Indianpositions in Kashmir.

Indian, Bangladeshi and international sourcesconsider the beginning of the Indo-Pak war of1971 to have been Operation X. Id X.

Operation Chengiz Khan

8.

X is a fort located in Rajasthan, India. The

fort was originally called Chintamani and

was renamed X in the early 20th century

when the ruling family moved to Y Palace

outside the fort limits.

Y is a palace in the state of Rajasthan, built

for Sir Ganga Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner,

between 1902 and 1926.

Y was designed by the British architect Sir

Samuel Swinton Jacob.

Junagarh

Lalgarh

9.

According to Hindu Mythology it is often

classified as Naimittika, Prakritika and

Atyantika.

It is often used as a movie plot in various

Hollywood movies.

What am I talking about?

Pralaya – End of the world

10.

There are only 4 Indians who are crowned

with the Australian Open Title.

Leander Paes & Mahesh Bhupati are the

two, Id other two.

Sania Mirza & Yuki Bhambri

Image Round

+10 For Image Identification

+10 For Answer Of Question

8 Pounces- +10/-10

1.

Ellora Caves

Unlike the Ajanta caves which only

contain Buddhist religious art, the Ellora

caves contain rock-cut temples and

viharas and mathas related to which

three religions?

Hindu, Jain & Buddha

2.

Archaeological Survey of

India The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)

is an Indian government agency that is

responsible for archaeological studies

and the preservation of cultural

monuments. It comes under which

ministry of India?

Ministry of Culture

3.

Santoor

Name the Indian Santoor Player who

has received the Sangeet Natak

Akademi Award in 1986, the Padma Shri

in 1991, and the Padma Vibhushan in

2001.

Pt. Shivkumar Sharma

4.

Agni

What is the name of the Agni’s daughter,

the goddess of fire?

She is also referred as mother of the

Sage Agnirasa, one of the Saptarishis.

Agneya

5.

Shekhar Kapur

Name the 1998 Hollywood movie

directed by Shekhar Kapur which was

nominated for 7 Oscars.

The sequel of that movie was produced

in 2007.

Elizabeth

6.

Madan Lal

Madan Lal was coach of which team in

Indian Cricket League(ICL)?

Delhi Giants or Jets

7. Manufacturer Company?

Hindustan Motors

Name the Chairman of the Hindustan

Motors who recently resigned from his

post.

Chandra Kanta Birla

8.

Jhumpa Lahiri

Name the book written by Jhumpa Lahiri

which was nominated for the Booker Prize

2013.

The Lowland

9.

M. S. Swaminathan

He is known as “Father of Green Revolution

in India”.

Who else has been called “the father of

Green Revolution” who was also awarded

“Padma Vibhushan”?

Norman Borlaug

10.

G. V. Mavlankar

On 15 May 1952, after the first general

elections in independent India, he was

elected as the Speaker of 1st Lok Sabha.

Which was his constituency?

Ahmedabad

Subject Round

History & Technology

Geography & Current Affairs

Literature & Politics

Mythology & Entertainment

India & Sports

Politics

Who was the youngest minister in Jawaharlal

Nehru's provisional government, the First Union

Cabinet of India as a Labour minister?

Jagjivan Ram

Literature

X is a bestselling Indian novelist. He alsowrites for television and movies.

He is author of the books “Someone Like You”,“Hold My Hand”.

He has story and screenplay of a youth show,SADDA HAQ on Channel V.

His story of "Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera" onStar Plus adds to his credit.

He has co-founded Grapevine IndiaPublishers. In 2009, he was recognized as ayoung achiever by The Times of India.

Durjoy Datta

History

In 1912, who announced the transfer of

the capital of India from Calcutta to New

Delhi?

King George IV

Technology

X is an American automobile manufacturer

headquartered in Auburn Hills , Michigan.

X is one of the "Big Three" American automobile

manufacturers, other two are Ford & GM.

It sells vehicles worldwide under its flagship X

brand, as well as the Dodge, Jeep, and Ram

brands; it also manufactures vehicles sold under

the Fiat brand in North America.

Id X.

Entertainment

Which movie?

(File Name – Sub.Ent.)

21

Mythology

On the last night of war after Duryodhana’sdefeat, X was observing, how an owl wasattacked by crows in the day and how theowls attacked back in the night.

This gave him idea of attacking thePandava camp at night.

He gathered the only surviving Kauravawarriors – Kritavarma and Kripacharya andattacked the Pandava camp on the 18th

night of Kurukshetra war.

Ashwatthama

Current Affairs

Which country on 1st Jan 2014, became

the 18th member of the Euro zone?

Euro zone officially called Euro area, is

economic and monetary union (EMU) of

18 EU member states that have adopted

the euro as their common currency and

sole legal tender.

Latvia

Sports

Logo of?

Indian Racing League

India

X is one of the popular national parks inIndia located in Madhya Pradesh.

The park derives its name from the mostprominent hillock of the area, which is saidto be given by Hindu Lord Rama to hisbrother Lakshmana to keep a watch onLanka (Ceylon). Hence the name X.

It has the highest density of Bengal tigersknown in the world, and is home to somefamous named individual tigers.

Bandhavgarh National Park

Geography

What is the deepest known point in the

Earth's seabed hydrosphere located at the

southern end of the Mariana Trench known

as?

It is named after the British Royal Navy

survey ship.

The Challenger Deep

Infinite Rebound 2

+10 For Each Answer , No Negatives

5 Pounces

On Pounce- +10/-10

1.

On Thursday, 2 January, Intex has

launched India's first octa-core processor

phone. What is the name of it?

Intex AQUA Octa

2.

Which organisation of India became the first

and only organisation in the world to design

and successfully test a new concept of

needleless vaccine delivery system?

Indian Institute of Science

3. This was the Google doodle regarding

which famous personality??

Shakuntala Devi

4.

X is a village in Lahaul and Spiti district of

Himachal pradesh state in northern India.

It is highest town in India. This location is credited

as World's highest polling station. It is recorded in

the Limca Book of Records also.

The location is also credited to have the World's

highest post office.

Hikkim

5.

X is an Indian politician who was Speaker of LokSabha from 1996 to 1998 and Chief Minister ofMeghalaya from 1988 to 1990.

He was a co-founder of the Political Party Yfounded on 25 May 1999 after he was expelledfrom the Indian National Congress (INC) on 20 May1999 along with two other co-founders, fordisputing the right of Italian-born Sonia Gandhi tolead the party.

He remained a member of the Lok Sabha for eightterms. He also founded National People's Party on6th of January 2013 with Book as its Nationalsymbol. Id X & Y.

Purno Agitok Sangma, NCP

6.

According to Mahabharata, who killed

Jarasandha, the King of Magadha?

Bhima

7.

Who is the author of the book “Ambedkar

Speaks (Trilogy)’’?

Dr. Narendra Jadhav

8. Connect

Pokhran Nuclear Test

Flag of Indian Army

Pokharanfort

Rajagopala Chidambaram, the head of

the team of scientists and engineers in

Pokharan tests.

Logo of Indian Army Corps of Engineers

under Indian Army who built the site for

testing

9.

Sebastian Vettel, German Formula One

racing driver and current World Champion,

drives for which racing team?

Red Bull Racing

10.

X is an Indian theatre and film actor. Hewas awarded the Sangeet Natak AkademiAward in 1996.

He is a psychiatrist by profession andworks as a Professor of Psychiatry at theB. J. Medical College, Pune where he alsostudied for his MBBS and PG degree inPsychiatry.

He was a founding Director of MaharashtraInstitute of Mental Health until he moved tobecome Director of Film and TelevisionInstitute of India.

Mohan Agashe