Indigenius 2012 Prelims Answers

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Prelims

27 Questions in all

Starred Questions will be used to resolve any

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Top 8 Teams in the Finals


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1.

1. RouteMap

of ??


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Dandi March


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2. Connect

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Book Stores in Bangalore


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3. Where have you heard this ?


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Malgudi Days


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The first marketing initiative of its kind, XY wasconceptualized in 2002 by V Sunil (while he wasCreative Director, O&M Delhi), and Amitabh Kant,Joint Secretary, Ministry of Tourism.

The primary objective of this branding exercisewas to create a distinctive identity for thecountry. This resulted in their logo, where theexclamation mark that formed the I was used to

great effect across all communications. Thecampaign successfully generated a 16% increasein tourist traffic in the first year.


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5. Who be this ?

Dr. XYChief ConsultantMedikon Sexual Sciences

Sunder House, Top Floor, Opp.Park Club 10, Shivaji Park, Mumbai400028, India

Qualifications - MD (Bom), DCH

(Bom), D(Obst) RCOG (London), F.I.C.

(Washington DC), AASECT (USA)


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Mahinder Watsa


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6. Connect ( think simple )


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All shot are in Dharavi


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7. Put Funda


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Dabbawalahs code


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8. What is the item in Question ??

It is made up of long scarflike single piece of cloth madeof silk or cotton and is often decorated with golden or silverlaced border and beautiful metal pendants that adds to itsglory and grandeur.

In the early 1930s, the "Imperial Hatworks" located inheritage buildings called the Hatworks Boulevard (150 yearsold history), at No. 32, Cunningham Road, Bangalore usedto make this.

Recently, the InterUniversity Board (IUB) of Karnataka, hasruled that students passing out of the nine universities inKarnataka shall no longer wear the traditional black capthe mortarboard (as it was considered a British legacy) -during their proud moments and instead wear X.


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Mysore Peta


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9. Who on whom ??

He is a living legend alright, but humility couldwell be his middle name

The maestro has quite a sense of humour. Askedto rate today's B-Town heroines on their dancingability, he wittily remarks, "Just the other day, Iwas watching _____ ____ on TV. Us ko naachnanahi, hilna bolte hai! Today's heroines have nopersonality and can't carry a dance on their own

shoulders. They are nowhere in the same leagueasWaheeda Rehman or Meena Kumari and thinkthat whatever they do is the right thing."


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Birju Maharaj on Katrina Kaif


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*10.

_________ is the name of an Indian martial art associatedwith the Sikhs of the Punjab region. It is a style of stickfighting, with wooden sticks intended to simulate swords.The Punjabi name_____ refers to the wooden stick used.The word originates as a diminutive of Sanskrit for "mace".

The style originated in later 19th century, out of swordpractice in the British Indian Army, divided in two sub-style,called rasmi(ritualistic) and khel(sport) from the 1880s.There has been a revival during the later 20th century, withan International _____ Federation founded in 1982 and

formalized in 1987, and it is now popular as a sportor sword dance performance art and is often shown duringSikh festivals.


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Gatka


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11. Which game??It is a strategic, two-player board game

Xs wins if all the Ys are captured. Y wins if all X s are blockedfrom movement.

Equipment

Y : 15 small pieces. X : 3 big pieces. Board with lines. And 23

Spots for moving Y and X.Trivia

This is the ancient game played in southern part of Indiaespecially in the state called Tamil Nadu.

The board is drawn on parapet inside the mahadwara of theChamundeshwari temple atop Chamundi Betta (hill) inMysore, Karnataka.

This game helps people to develop strategy and concept ofteam work by teaching that even though weak, if united, onecan vanquish the stronger enemy as a team.


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Aadu Puli Aatam


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*12. Who be this ??


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13. Which institute ?

Functions:

Includes Research, Development, Training,

Extension, Publication and Dissemination and

Exchange Programmes .

Prof. Prof. G. Ravindra is the current Director of

this institute.


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NCERT!


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14. Which place in india ?


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Akshardham


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*15. FITB and give me X

_____ _____ was executive editor of the NewYork Times from 1994 to 2001, and interimexecutive editor in 2003 after the resignationof Howell Raines. He is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author.

He worked at the Times for nearly 40 years,starting out in 1962. He graduated from Harvard

College in 1958, received a Master's degree fromthe Columbia School of Journalism in 1960, andsubsequently a Fulbright Scholarship.


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Joseph Lelyveld and Gandhi


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16. Which organisation ?

Founded in 1861 under British colonial

administration by Sir Alexander Cunningham

with the help of the then Viceroy Charles John

Canning.

At that time, its domain included the entire

British India including Afghanistan and Burma.

This department of the government of Indiacelebrated 150 years last year .


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Archaeological survey of India


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*17.Geography peepals X yenu ?

X is the headquarters of East Godavari district. It isnicknamed "Fertilizer City" (owing to the largeconcentration of fertilizer plants), "Pensioner's Paradise"and "Second Madras" (as it is well planned and peaceful).As per history this place was full of ponds filled with red

lotus which is called as _______ in Telugu.Eventually thisbecame Y during the British rule.

Even now, the City's two railway stations are codenamedCCT (X Town Junction) and COA (X Port) by Indian Railways.

The city is bordered in the south east by X bay and a

marshy wetland, home to India's second largest mangroveforest and Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary.


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Kakinada


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18. X was born in a small town called Chandrapur

in Maharashtra.He completed his schooling from LokmanyaTilak Vidyalaya and then his first year BSc from JanataCollege, both in Chandrapur.

He graduated in veterinary sciences and animal husbandryfrom Punjabrao Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola. He left his masters

course in veterinary sciences towards the end of 1975 whenthe country was under emergency rule imposed by IndiraGandhi

He became a full time volunteer of Y in Akola, Maharashtrain 1977 and later in Nagpur and Vidarbha region. He was

made in-charge of physical training for members of Y acrossthe country in 1991, a post he held till 1999.

In 2000, he rose to the post of general secretary forthree years, and on 21 March 2009, X became the chief of Y.


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19. Whats the Good word ?

The word XY is used for a girl who is flashy inappearance. The word can be called part of slang, and

can be derogatory as well, though it's not a swear

word.

X here refers to the sound of jingling as someonewalks, and Y was most probably used for a ring, not

necessarily the one worn in a finger and hence XY was

used for someone who used to make a jingling sound

with her jewels.


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Chamak Challo


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*20. Connect


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Washing Powder Nirma!


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21. Trailer for ?


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23. Id the lady please


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Reita Faria


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24. X yaaru ? Early in her life, X experienced great suffering. With the

passing of the years, the heavenly Father gave her an everfuller share in the Passion of his beloved Son. We recall howshe experienced not only physical pain of great intensity, butalso the spiritual suffering of being misunderstood andmisjudged by others. But she constantly accepted all her

sufferings with serenity and trust in God. She wrote to herspiritual director: "Dear Father, as my good Lord Jesus lovesme so very much, I sincerely desire to remain on this sick bedand suffer not only this, but anything else besides, even to theend of the world. She came to love suffering because sheloved the suffering Christ.

She is the first person of Indian origin to be canonized as asaint by the Catholic Church and the first canonized saint ofthe Syro-Malabar Catholic Church, an Eastern CatholicChurch of the Saint Thomas Christian community


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Saint Alphonsa


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25. Who is this author ?

At 19, he joined Union Carbide, he was recruitedby the manager of the local Union Carbidebattery plant after completing his B.Sc degree inPhysics from Loyola College, Chennai, part ofthe University of Madras. He worked there forfour years. He called his Union Carbideexperience a major inflection point in his life.Four years later, he did his post graduate work inmanagement at the Indian Institute ofManagement Ahmedabad.


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*26. Xs YZ ??

Various remedies to help infants sleep duringrestlessness, fix minor upset stomachs in babieshave been around for centuries in differentcultures, but the first YZ was formulated in Englandin 1851 and used by English nannies. YZ was

discovered accidentally by William X , an Americanwho was working in England, and quickly becameadopted as a prescription by physicians. Theoriginal X's YZ contained 3.6% alcohol, dill oil,

sodium bicarbonate, sugar and water. X registeredYZ as a trademark in 1876.It was initially marketedwith the slogan "Granny told mother and mothertold me."


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27 Inspired which famous hindi


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27. Inspired which famous hindi

song??


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28. Stamp for ?


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29. X is a middle class Indian, frail but an extremely

intelligent old man. His attire includes his red turban,a wooden stick, a waistcoat with a double inside

pocket, and a pocket watch. His household consists

of his wife Bini , a faithful street dog called Rocket

and Sabu. X enjoys eating watermelon with relish,and takes off for a walk with Sabu and Rocket,

whenever his wife nags him.

Everybody in town knows that whenever goes out

with his family, he never locks the door of his house

but nobody could have been successful in robbing

the house.


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Chacha Chaudhary

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