Nerve Blast 2016 -- Prelims

“NERVE BLAST” -- OPEN QUIZ COMPETITION--------------------------------

JORHAT INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY--------------------------------

DATE: 26.03.2016--------------------------------

QUIZ MASTER: GAUTAM PRIYAM MAHANTA

PRELIMS

Total 20 questions.

6 nos. of Star Questions – 1, 8, 10, 12, 17, 18.

No negative marking for incorrect answer.

1. ****

Given here are the career statistics of a budding Indian domestic cricketer who shares his name with a more famous someone from his own state, who was booked and arrested under Section 124-A of Indian Panel Code, in 2015. Identify the cricketer.

ANSWER

Hardik Patel

2.

“People’s Parliament, Always in Session” – This is the tagline of which newspaper?

ANSWER

THE STATESMAN

3.

In this 2012 movie, Student of the Year, they were the students of which institute?

(Clue: Current Affairs)

ANSWER

Saint Teresa School.

4.

AYCE is a characteristic attributed to Buffet meals. What does the abbreviation, AYCE stand for?

ANSWER

All You Can Eat.

5.

X is the fear of being out of mobile phone contact. These are some of the symptoms that show up when away from mobile phone or when the phone is out of order of network connectivity – panic attacks, shortness of breath, dizziness, trembling, sweating, accelerated heart rate, chest pain, nausea etc. What is X?

ANSWER

Nomophobia.

6.

This is an Indian Urdu language entertainment television network launched by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. on 23rd June, 2014, whose tagline is “Jodein Dilon Ko”, showing a number of Urdu television series from Pakistan. ZEEL had declared that this channel would also telecast shows from other Muslim / Muslim majority countries like Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran, Turkey, and Kuwait. What is the channel?

ANSWER

Zindagi TV.

7.

PRAGATI is an IT-based platform launched by the Government of India whereas PRASAD is a special mission. What do PRAGATI and PRASAD stand for?

ANSWER

Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation (PRAGATI);

Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spirituality Augmentation Drive (PRASAD).

8. ****

Sir Muhammad Saleh Akbar ____ (1894-1948) was the last British appointed and first Indian (post-independence) governor of Assam. His father, Sir Akbar ____ served as the Prime Minister of the erstwhile Hyderabad state under Nizam, until his death in 1941. His grand-niece is a current Bollywood actress who made her acting debut with the 2006 Malayalam film ‘Prajapathi’. Who is she?

ANSWER

Aditi Rao Hydari.

9.

Under a rule introduced in 2005, Vikram Solanki of England became the first “replacement”. What was that rule called?

ANSWER

Super-Sub.

10. ****

Depicted in this 1837 painting by Alfred Rethel is X, the Greek goddess of retribution or revenge. The Greek root of her name roughly means “to give what is due”. Give me X, which, over the time have become a word in the English language.

ANSWER

Nemesis.

11.

Identify the two brothers. One is an eminent political psychologist, social theorist and critic, while the other is a poet, journalist, painter, television presenter and film producer.

ANSWER

Ashis Nandy and Pritish Nandy.

12. ****

Identify the lady.

ANSWER

Reita Faria, first Miss World from India. (1966)

13.

Identify the model featuring in the ad.

ANSWER

NeerjaBhanot.

14.

X is a brand launched by Future Group for its retail chain Big Bazaar, under which a number of personal care products have been launched. It featured Sachin Tendulkar as the brand ambassador. What is the brand?

ANSWER

Sach

15.

She is a musician from Dehradun who uses the stage name Rickshaw Rani. Give me her real name.

ANSWER

Sasha Chettri (Airtel 4G Girl).

16.

What does the Euro coin released in August 2015 commemorate / celebrate?

ANSWER

30 years of the adoption of the Flag of Europe.

17. ****

She was a beloved cat of George W. Bush and his family. Just name her.

ANSWER

“India”

18. ****

Composer Madan Mohan used to compose multiple tunes for a given song before finalising one among them. For example, he is said to have composed as many as 17 tunes for the song X from the 1975 movie by Gulzar, Y, but used only 2 of them – there were 2 versions of X in the movie Y. One of those unused tunes was used later in the making of this song “Tere Liye” from the 2004 film “Veer Zaara” where Madan Mohan’s unused compositions were used. What is X, the original song?

ANSWER

“Dil Dhhondhta Hain” from the film “Mausam”

19.

This is a song written by Navakanta Baruah. Who is the singer?

ANSWER

Dr. Birendra Nath Dutta.

20.

Dwipen Baruah is the male singer. There is similarity between the names of the lyricist and the female singer. Identify both.

ANSWER

Nirmalprabha Bordoloi (lyricist) and Nirmala Mishra (singer).

END OF PRELIMS