CSLQ 2.0 (Chhattisgarh State Level Quiz) - College Round Finals

1. Chhattisgarh State Level Quiz ‘14
IIM
RAIPUR
September 28th, 2014
College Finals

2. • RULES
ROUND 1 – Infinite Bounce (Clockwise)
• Total of 9 Questions.
• Marks for Each Question (Direct & Pass) – 10.
• Regarding any disputes, the discretion of the Quizmaster is final.

3. 1
• Born as Chandra Mohan Jain in Raisen District of Madhya
Pradesh, this professor of “philosophy” began his teaching
career at Raipur Sanskrit College in the year 1957; however,
the vice-chancellor soon asked him to seek a transfer since he
considered him a danger to his students' morality, character
and religion.
• Which world famous personality am I speaking about?

4. • Osho/Acharya Rajneesh
1

5. 2
• Amul is always known for its candid digs at current
newsmakers in its print ads. What recently-in-the-news topic
is being depicted here?

6. 2
• Deepika Padukone vs ToI
• The latest controversy of
Deepika Padukone’s privacy
being intruded by Times of
India, and the subsequent furore
raised against irresponsible
journalism.

7. 3
• Dr. Vipin Gopal is currently the Vice President, Clinical Analytics at
Humana, a Fortune 500 company that markets and administers health
insurance in the United States.
• What is considered as his famous contribution to Tourism in India, but
the origins of which have actually been traced back to early 19th
Century in Ireland?

8. 3
• Kerala: God’s Own Country
• He’s credited with coining the tagline “God’s Own Country” in 1993 when he
created the firstWeb page about Kerala, on CMU website.
• But, the phrase was first used to describe Wicklow Mountains of Ireland by
Edward du Bois in a book in 1805.

9. 4
• Haji Meraj Khalid Noor is the President of the Rashtriya Awaami Movement
(RAM). After obtaining a PGDM in Rural Development from Patna University, he
became a social activist.
• He announced his candidature for 2014 Lok Sabha Elections from Varanasi against
NaMo, but his nomination was rejected.
• He was used by Ram Vilas Paswan and Lalu Prasad earlier in 2004-05, in their
election campaigns. What’s so special about this guy?

10. 4
• Known as Bihar’s “Bin Laden”
• He was primarily used in the earlier campaigns to attract
Muslim votes.

11. 5
• Who is this font named after?

12. 5
Mahatma Gandhi
• Leo Burnett India created a commemorative Mahatma
Gandhi font on his birthday in 2011. The typeface was
modeled after Gandhi's glasses.

13. 6
•In 1884, with the International Meridian
Conference in Washington D.C, Bombay and
Calcutta were declared British India’s two official
time zones.
•But since these two time zones were separated by
more than an hour, it was extremely difficult for
the Railway schedules. What resulted because of
this confusion? (as a precursor to the IST)

14. •Madras Time
6
• It was the official Timezone for the Railway network
across the country till the IST came into prominence.

15. 7
•Who has been blanked out in this first ever
Brylcreem ad in India?

16. •Kishore Kumar
7

17. 8
• Denmark ruled over the X from 1756 to 1868 naming
them 'Frederick _____' after a Danish King. In 1847,
Denmark had offered to transfer this piece of land to
Great Britain for a consideration of 50,000 pounds but
the offer was rejected by the British. However, in
1868 the King of Denmark handed over this piece of
land to Great Britain free of cost.
•Name this piece of land.

18. •Nicobar Islands
8

19. 9
•Identify the cricketer.
•He played 1 international
test and 6 ODIs.
•He made his debut at
Wellington against New
Zealand.

20. •Yograj Singh
9

21. • RULES
ROUND 2 – You Name It, We Have It
Topic Round
• Each team shall be given a random number from 1-6, and shall be given
chance in that order accordingly
• There are 8 topics to choose from initially, and the final team shall have
three topics to choose from
• Each topic has one question, which carries 10 points. No passing allowed
among teams
• The remaining two topics shall be passed to audience.
• Regarding any disputes, the discretion of the Quizmaster is final.

22. ROUND 2 – You Name It, We Have It
Arts Bollywood Chhattisgarh Science
History In-the-News Politics Sports
Round 3 >>

23. ROUND 2 – You Name It, We Have It

24. Arts
• The name of this dance form comes from a Sanskrit word.
• It is generally performed around a centrally lit lamp or a
picture or statue of the Goddess Shakti, and the dancing in
circles around it represents the cycle of rebirth, where the only
thing constant is God.
• Which is this famous dance form?

25. Arts
• Garba (“garbha” == “womb”)

26. ROUND 2 – You Name It, We Have It

27. Bollywood
• Which car has been accorded the status of “Official
Kidnapping Car of Bollywood”?

28. • Maruti Omni
Bollywood

29. ROUND 2 – You Name It, We Have It

30. Chhattisgarh
•X was born in 1795 in Sonakhan, Chhattisgarh. When
the flames of 1857 war reached Chhattisgarh, the
masses elected the imprisoned X as their leader and
liberated him from the jail.
• His public execution on 10 December 1857 provoked
the public and the army contingent, which rose in yet
another revolt.
•Who is X, and what is his connection to sports?

31. Chhattisgarh
• Narayan Singh Binjhwar, after whom Shaheed Veer Narayan
Singh International Cricket Stadium at Raipur is named.

32. ROUND 2 – You Name It, We Have It

33. Science
• A Bharat Ratna awardee (in the pic) in 1955, his birthday, the
15th of September is celebrated by many present over here.
Identify the person, and what’s his birthday celebrated as?

34. Science
• Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya
• Engineer’s Day

35. ROUND 2 – You Name It, We Have It

36. History
• When the sepoys stormed into Delhi during the Mutiny of
1857, they remained strangers with different dialects, accents
and customs. Delhi people referred them as X or Purbias –
effectively outsiders. X is a reference to the region Y in South
India, where the British originally recruited many of their
sepoys during the CarnaticWars of the eighteenth century.
• Identify X and Y.

37. • X – Tilangas
• Y – Telangana
History

38. ROUND 2 – You Name It, We Have It

39. In-the-News
• Identify the man in the pic, currently in the news, and
how is he related to the state of Chhattisgarh?

40. In-the-News
• Justice HL Dattu was appointed earlier this month, to be the
42nd Chief Justice of India. He’s set to take charge from
TODAY (28th September).
• He was earlier a Chief Justice of the High Court of
Chhattisgarh in 2007.

41. ROUND 2 – You Name It, We Have It

42. Politics
• U.K. Senthilkumar is native of
Coimbatore and belongs to the 1989-92
batch of the Government Film Institute,
Chennai. He has worked as
cinematographer in about 50 films.
• But something else was his most visible
contribution in the Lok Sabha elections
earlier this year. What is it?

43. Politics
• The cameraman who managed the 3D holographic shooting
campaign for Narendra Modi in this year’s polls.

44. ROUND 2 – You Name It, We Have It

45. Sports
• It is the national sport of Bangladesh, and It is known by
different names in various countries such as, Zoo in Iran,
Guddo in Sri Lanka and Techib in Indonesia.
• It received international exposure when it was played as a
demonstration sport at the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics.
• What is the sport?

46. • Kabaddi
Sports

47. ROUND 2 – You Name It, We Have It

48. • RULES
ROUND 3 – BIZ Unplugged
Infinite Bounce (Anti-Clockwise)
• Total of 9 Questions.
• Marks for Each Question (Direct & Pass) – 10.
• Regarding any disputes, the discretion of the Quizmaster is final.
<< Round 2

49. 1
•Ahead of the festive season, which beverage
brand has launched a new campaign with the
positioning ‘Formality hatao’ earlier this month?

50. •Coca-Cola
1

51. 2
•This word found its way into English language
from India during the colonial era and is derived
from Hindi “_______” which is itself derived
from the Sanskrit word “capayati”(चपयति) meaning
to press, knead, soothe.

52. •Shampoo
2

53. 3
• “Chilli Paneer”, is a series of webisodes about food, love,
dreams and the seamless integration of banking into our lives.
• Which international bank recently broke the traditional
advertising norm in the Indian banking space to engage with
the consumers and build brand awareness with this initiative?

54. • DBS Bank
3

55. 4
•A quora post, which spread like fire, claims X is
‘Neeru Deshpandey’ from Nagpur, and that the
picture was clicked when she was 4 years 3 months
old. The Wikipedia page of the brand claims that X’s
real name is 'Gunjan Gundaniya'.
• Last year, Mayank Shah, group product manager of
the brand revealed: It was actually an illustration by
an Everest (ad agency) creative back in the 1960s.
• Which iconic figure are we referring to as X?

56. 4
• The Parle-G girl (on the pack cover)

57. 5
•An Indian couple Rishi and Pranoti in Singapore
have invented a robot after 6 years of research
that has raked in 5 Million Singapore Dollars, in
pre-sale orders from the US recently.
• It is the first device of its kind to use robotic
technology and awaits US certifications required
for such products for the American market.
• What’s the robot all about? Put funda.

58. 5
• Rotimatic is the first kitchen device to use robotic technology which
can produce about one baked chapati per minute.

59. 6
•In the 1970s, a research was done for HLL. The
insight that the company got was that the Indian
housewife spent her entire time cooking or
managing the house except the 10 mins that she
spends taking a bath. They then commissioned
what she fantasized from dawn to dusk. What
resulted?

60. 6
• The LirilWaterfall Girl Ad

61. 7
•The name of this company is derived from
Antariksha, the Sanskrit word for Space or Sky.
• It is the marketing arm of ISRO for promotion
and commercialization of space products,
technical consultancy services and transfer of
technologies developed by ISRO.
•Identify.

62. 7
• Antrix Corporation Limited

63. 8
•Identify the advertiser, put funda.

64. 8
• Union Bank of India, to popularize Joint accounts

65. 9
•Viacom18, a known movie studio
based in India, has acquired the
rights for making a movie based on
the book in the pic. Which fast-growing
technology is this recently
released thriller based on?

66. •Bitcoin
9

67. • RULES
ROUND 4 – Multi Level Visual Connect
• There will be one image pertaining to two unrelated themes on each slide.
• Total of 7 Slides. (Completely Exhaustive Lists)
• Points for getting either of the theme correct, are present on each slide.
• Getting both the themes correct will fetch a bonus 5 points.
• Only one attempt allowed per team, for each theme.
• No shouting out of answers allowed. Should be written and shown.
• Regarding any disputes, the discretion of the Quizmaster is final.

68. +14/-7

69. +12/-6

70. +10/-5

71. +8/-4

72. +6/-3

73. +4/-2

74. +2/0

75. ROUND 4 – Multi Level Visual Connect
ANSWERS

76. +14/-7
Sardar Vallabhai Patel
Shadja – Mother of Six

77. +12/-6
Morarji Desai
Rishaba – Bull

78. +10/-5
Charan Singh
Gandhara – Sweet Fragrance

79. +8/-4
Jagjivan Ram
Madhyama – Middle

80. +6/-3
Yashwantrao Chavan
Panchama – Pancham Da
(RD Burman’s nickname)

81. +4/-2
Devi Lal
Dhaivata – The “Six”th Note

82. +2/0
L K Advani
Nishada – Nala’s Kingdom

83. THEMES
ONLY SEVEN DEPUTY
PRIME MINISTERS
OF INDIA
MEANINGS OF SAPTA-SWARA
Sa, Ri, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni

84. ROUND 5 – Hearts in Mouth, Hands on BUZZER!
• RULES
• Total of 6 Questions.
• Marks for Each Question (Direct) : +10/-5.
• No passing of questions to other teams.
• Regarding any disputes, the discretion of the Quizmaster is final.

85. Thank You!