INDIA QUIZ 2016 MSRIT- PRELIMS

RULES
● 25 QUESTIONS.
● 6 TEAMS MAKE IT TO THE FINALS.
● +1 FOR EACH, MULTIPLES OF 4 ARE
STARRED.
● USE OF MOBILES & BRAHMASTRAS IS
STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
● QM IS GOD.

#1
●
Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries
(RIL) has created two virtual employees.
Named 'X' and 'Y'. The two virtual
characters will reach out to over one lakh
employees of RIL to engage them in
simple dialogue through animation.These
employees share a common email id
X.Y@ril.com .
●
ID X and Y.

#2
● X was created by story-writer Somashekharan and artist
Baby in 1983. He was one of the earliest superhero
characters created in India and it quickly became popular
among children. X was originally published in the
Balamangalam childrens' magazine of Kerala in India.
Xism has emerged as a parody religion on social networks
organized by Independent social welfare groups in Kerala,
India. The attempt of Xists is to parody religion is similar to
the Church of Flying Spaghetti Monster. On 30 January
2016 a group of Xists, under the banner of Mooshikasena
(Rat army) held a mock protest in front of Dhe Puttu
restaurant owned by popular Malayalam actor Dileep
alleging that his upcoming film 'Professor X' hurt their
religious sentiments.
● Gimme X.

#3
● ______ is a daughter of
Daksha, wife of Agni.
● Credits: Major Chandrakanth
Nair, KQA.

#4
● The Mehrangarh fort located in Jodhpur,
Rajasthan, is one of the largest forts in India.
Built around 1460 by Rao Jodha, the fort is
situated 410 feet (125 m) above the city and is
enclosed by imposing thick walls. Inside its
boundaries there are several palaces known for
their intricate carvings and expansive
courtyards. It's etymology comes from sanskrit
'Mihir' -sun or Sun-deity; 'garh' -fort; i.e.'Sun-
fort'. In 2012 this fort became internationally
famous after an event. Most people in this room
would have seen this fort. Where??

#5
● The region depicted in the map is known as _________.
This region has remained as one of the wealthiest regions
in the entire nation for the last 600 years.
● Notable people from this region include Ravi Shastri, Anil
Kumble,Shilpa Shetty, Aishwarya Rai, Aravind Adiga,
Prakash Raj, Deepika Padukone, Anant Pai, Rohit Shetty,
Devi Shetty,Upendra, Sadananda Gowda, K V Kamath,
George Fernandes, V Manohar and Vijay Mallya.
● Image in next slide.

#7
● Charles and Ray wrote “The India Report” at the request of Prime
Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1958. Within the Report, they referenced
the ____ by way of discussing everything that one must consider
when designing an object. Charles noted that, to develop the list
below, one would have to shut out all preconceived ideas on the
subject and then begin to consider factor after factor:
• The size and strength and gender of the hands (if hands) that would
manipulate it.The way it is to be transported—head, hip, hand, basket
or cart.
• The balance, the center of gravity, when empty, when full.
• The fluid dynamics of the problem,when filling and cleaning, and
under the complicated motions of head carrying—slow and fast.
● •Its sculpture as it fits the palm of the hand, the curve of the hip. Its
sculpture as complement to the rhythmic motion of walking or a static
post at the well.
● •Basically he gave the example of ____ for perfection in designing an
object. His reports later formed the basis for the establishment of
National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad in 1961

#8
● Developed by Grey for Good, philanthropic arm
of advertising and marketing agency Grey
Group, the idea for the iodine X project —
named 'Life Saving ___' was conceived and
incubated in Singapore. Creators at Grey were
looking for a solution to address iodine
deficiency in India when doctors told them that
it can be absorbed through the skin. So they
decided to make an iodine patch but to give it a
wider appeal it was designed as X.
● ID X.

#9
● ________ is an annual and a very important
event in India was started by James Wilson, a
Scottish economist and politician in February
1869. Till 2001, this annual event used to
happen at 5 PM, in accordance with colonial
'traditions' which made sense in pre
independant India. But a change was made in
2001 by the BJP government, discarding the
practice.
● FITB and What was the change??

● Indian Budget and Shifting the
timing of presentation to 11 am
from 5 pm.

#10
● "Zainab – A Celebration Of Humanity”--Directed
and produced by Pranav Singh, the socio-
political romantic drama stars Ashutosh Rana,
Jimmy Sheirgill, Sanjay Suri and Hiten Tejwani
among others. All the songs in this non –
commercial film has been penned by a famous
Harvard educated Delhi lawyer, who had
unsuccessfully contested from Chandni Chowk
in 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
● ID.

#11
#TakeIt&Go
● Samosapedia:
● Che, I failed SOM by just 3 marks da!! _____
____ ____!!
● I was out with my dau at the tea kadai when her
dad rode past in his kiney and almost saw me
putting kai.. _____ ____ ____!!
● FITB macha!

#12
● This is a Chennai based magazine called
'Inbox 1305'. If the same magazine is launched
in Bangalore, it should be aptly named
'Inbox 1258'.
● Put funda.

● 1305 – lattitude of Chennai.
● 1258 – lattitude of Bangalore.

#13
● The Food for Peace program of the United States has
provided food assistance around the world for more
than 50 years. Approximately 3 billion people in 150
countries have benefited directly from U.S. food
assistance. This programme was also called as PL-
480. India imported wheat, pulses and rice from US
under this scheme .But along with food, something
else also entered India. Though it's population was low
in the beginning, it rapidly spread across the nation
and affected land & caused respiratory diseases and
continues to do so. People thought that this was the
fault of the government and aptly gave a local name to
it.
● Give me the extremely popular local name given to
this menace.

#14
● ________ is a person-to-person
communication network web site founded by
Raju Vanapala in 2006. Alexa Traffic Rank of
the website is ranked number 509 in the world
and 34th in list of "Top Sites in India ".The
website is visited by users from 30 countries
every day and adds around 7 lakh new
customers every month. As of September 2011,
the website had reached a milestone of 20
million users.They supposedly have an annual
turnover of 250 crores.
● People used to use their products a lot as it
offered a free alternative to a certain way of
communication.

#15
● Let's look at it clockwise, increasing........
● 20 -- Jayanagar (South)
● 30 -- Hanumanthnagar (South West)
● 60 -- Vijayanagar (West)
● 70 -- Rajajinagar (North West)
● 90 -- Yashwanthpur (North)
● 120 -- Cantt. areas (North East)
● 130 -- Indiranagar (East)
● 170 -- Koramangala (South East)
● Yenappa idu??
● Credits: Thejaswi Udupa (KQA, Quizclub MSRIT)

#16
● In August 2015, a demat account-
1601010000384828 was opened with
the Stock Holding Corporation of India
by a very 'Special' person. This was a
first account of it's kind. Who has
opened this demat account?

5 K'S OF SIKHISM
Kesh: uncut hair
● Kangha: a wooden comb
● Kara: a metal bracelet
● Kachera: a specific style of cotton
undergarments
● Kirpan: a strapped curved sword

#19
● From 1954 to 1961, the territory was
administered by a body called the 'Varishta
Panchayat of Free X'. The postal stamps of
these areas were over printed with the words
'LIBERATED AREAS'. A former IAS officer
used to look over the administration. Eventually
this IAS officer went on to become the 'prime
minister' of the region for a single day.
● ID the region X.

#20
● 'Mlecchita Vikalpa' is one of the 64 arts listed in
X. The list appears in Chapter 3 of Part I of X
and 'Mlecchita Vikalpa' appears as the 44th
item in the list. The term 'Mlecchita Vikalapa'
has been translated into English as "the art of
understanding writing in cypher, and the writing
of words in a peculiar way".Basically it is the art
of writing secret communications.This is often
cited as a proof for advanced cryptography that
existed in ancient India.
● X is a book. ID.

#21
● "Tendulkar, cheered to the rafters by a massive crowd
when he came in, was on 7 when he clipped Wasim
Akram to deep midwicket. He took two runs -
completing 5000 Test runs in the process - and was on
his way back for a third when substitute Nadeem Khan
hit the stumps with his throw from the deep. In the
ordinary course of events it was a straightforward third
run even with the direct hit, but Tendulkar collided with
Shoaib Akhtar, who was waiting close to the stumps to
gather the return, and as a result was out of his
ground, even though he may well have been just
inside the crease at the moment of the collision. Steve
Bucknor referred it to the third umpire, KT Francis,
who, after a long delay, gave him out."
● This led to something unique and rare in international
cricket. What? And Where??

Riots on the following day, leading to
evacuation of all spectators.
EDEN GARDENS

#22
What is so unique about this song?

The song is in KILIKI language.

#23
● X was born in Bombay in a Nizari Ismaili Shia
Muslim family with origins from Kutch in
Gujarat. His father was a noted businessman
and was known as Rice King of Burma. After
partition, when Jinnah invited his father to
come to Pakistan, he turned down the request
and chose to remain in India. The company
established by his father used to manufacture
cooking oil under the brand name Sunflower
Vanaspati, and a laundry soap called 787, a
byproduct of oil manufacture.
● ID X and his company.

#24
● Ashwathama
● King Mahabali
● Vyasa
● Hanuman
● __________
● Kripacharya
● Parashurama
● CONNECT & ID.

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