India Quiz conducted by Quiz club IITJ.

3.  There are 4 rounds in all
 2 teams to be eliminated after the first round
 1 more team after the second round to be eliminated
 You will be briefed about the rules before every round
 All decisions by the QM are final and binding
 All the best………

4. Grab your chance to answer the
easiest questions here!!!
(5+5+5=15)

5.  X is a mobile network operator, currently the ninth largest in the world. It is
owned by Y, a conglomerate holding company.
 When the logo of X is mirrored, it reads another word Z, which is quite apt,
as Y, the parent company started its journey through the exploration of Z.
 Y was in news sometime back for acquiring the largest and oldest store in the
world of a kind that targets a particular audience.
 Id X, Y and Z.

7.  X-Jio
Y-Reliance Industries
Z-Oil
And Reliance recently acquired Hamley’s

8. The quizmaster is merciful towards you all !!
2 teams to be eliminated after the round
Direct(+5/0)
Pounce(+5/-5)

34. More mercy to you all!!!
(5+5+5=15)

35.  During an accidental meeting between X and Y on a ship in 1893
when they had travelled together from Yokohama, the latter had
inspired X to set up a research and educational institution Z.
 Few years later, Y received a letter from X, requesting him to head Z
that he had set up in 1909. But, Y declined the offer saying that it
conflicted with his spiritual interests
 Find all X, Y and Z.

38. Direct(+10/-5)
Pounce(+10/-10)
Elimination awaits for one team

39. ‘Kingdom of the Soap
Queen’ is a book
written by Kovid
Gupta. It details the
rise of a celebrity from
her days of working in
a garage. Who?

42.  X, sometimes called a shikora, is a traditional utensil from North
India and Pakistan that is typically unpainted and unglazed. The
most interesting feature of X is not being painted and that
differentiates it from a terra-cotta cup. X is unglazed inside out.
 X may have been in use in the region for the past 5,000 years, since
the Indus Valley Civilization. This become one of the reasons due to
which its revival was proposed in common culture but due to
inevitable environmental hazard that would occur due to its use this
was doomed to fail.

45.  Following are important Ingredients of what:
 The triangle (reminiscent of the pointed form of the
sacred mountains and human forms
 The circle (the sun and the moon) and the visual pattern of
the narration
 The square (which is the shape both of the sacred space
and the piece of land).
 Dots and dashes are used to make

48. 4) Which Bollywood song inspired this
Apple Ad.
(Full points even for the film’s name)
Click

50. Meri Nazar hai Tujhpe
(The Burning Train)

51.  The movie is estimated to have drawn between 40 to 63 million
viewers to cinemas across the Soviet Union and the lead actor was
popularly given the title of “Tavarish Bradyaga” by the masses.
 The film was also a nationwide success in China attributed to the
socialist themes expressed in the film. The movie X and the song Y
are believed to have been Chairman Mao’s favourite film and song
respectively.
 The TIME Magazine included the film among the 20 new entries
added to All-Time 100 greatest films in 2012.
 Id X and Y

54.  The legal term X is used more in the North than
down South. It is formed by the combination of an
Indian number word and another meaning name.
 However, contrary to the popular belief, a minimum
of two such representatives are considered sufficient
for legal purposes.
 What are we talking about?

57.  X Day is the day observed in many countries on which the X is presented for
approval.In India, on this day, a peculiar ritual is observed where the head of the
organizational body, which presents the X, poses with a Y, called the 'X Y', for
photographers outside the location where the X is to be presented.
 The Y contains key documents significant for the day. This custom was first seen in
1947 and since then the 'X Y' has been a seminal part the X Day every year.
Britain too observes a similar tradition; they have used the same Y every year from
1860 till 2010 when it became too worn out to continue using.
 Unlike Britain, India's Y varied in color and shape almost every year. This tradition
was broken this year in India when Z replaced Y with something else.
The word X is derived from the French word W which has meaning similar to Y. It is
actually Y which is being referred to in the phrase "To open the X".
Id X, Y, Z.

60. You won’t be spared in any case…………
DIRECT(+20/0)
POUNCE(+20/-10)

61. The
Medieval Era
The Raj
The Modern
Era
The 90s
India
The 20th
Century
The 60s
India

62.  Wayang is a traditional art form in Java telling stories of
Ramayana. Originally it consisted of wooden and leather
puppets depicting Rama, Sita and other Gods of
mythological figures.
 But later on, this form was superseded by Wayang Purwa
which told the same stories but through shadows- giving
rise to what we know as shadow puppetry.
 Why did this change happen?

64. Islam forbids the showing of Gods/demi-
Gods/mythological characters in human form

65.  Following is an article which appeared in Punch magazine on 18 May 1844

This was at the time of British expansion in India. A certain Sir Charles Napier
was under express orders not to capture the territory X. However, once he
discovered how little resistance there was, he took the province with ease.
 According to the report above, Sir Charles is supposed to have dispatched a
famous message after conquering the X province. It consisted of just one word
“Peccavi” which is Latin for “I have ______”, a perfect pun on “I have X”.
Id X and thus the blank.

68.  First deployed by France’s Laboratoire Dauphinois d’Hydraulique in
1950’s, they first appeared in the city in 1958, when the local government
imported them from an Australian company.
 The current ones were placed by the Public Works Department between
1998 to 2004, to replace old and worn out samples.
 The saline environment and wave pressure caused them to interlock,
which wasn’t intended, but actually helps them serve the purpose better.
 Despite complaints from people that they ruin the view, their use has
helped keep the shoreline intact.
 What item is being talked about here, and where are they prominently
found?

71.  Graham Pickford wrote a book named Historic Structures of Oudhe
while working as architect for Lord William Bentinck(1828-33). In
the same he talks about the acoustics of a monument—” for a 16th
century building the deployment and projection of voice from the
pulpit is considerably advanced, the unique deployment of sound in
this structure will astonish the visitor”.4
 Due to this, a whisper at on e end was clearly heard a the other end of
the central court 200 feet away. This was done to aid in ceremonies
and prayers.
 Which famous monument’s architecture was he explaining thus?

74. Maulvi Ziauddin, a Pashtun insurance agent
Ichiro Okuda
Matsuda
Orlando Mazzotta, an Italian nobleman

77.  This name was probably coined by Europeans in the coffee
shops of Amsterdam, where a name would be necessary to
differentiate between weed on sale from other places, and
not by native smokers.
Available in Madras and Bangalore in the 60s and 70s.
 Most of the weed those days were grown in the hills of
_______, hence the name. The name comes from the
characteristic color of the leaves. It has an intense high that
often induces paranoia. Identify.

80.  The favourite part of the game of our mentors……..right?
 Gamble upto 20 points maximum
 All questions are open to all teams
 For wrong answer, points equivalent to gambling would be
deducted

81.  Picture of the Public Grand Staircase, Art Institute of Chicago.

83.  Swami Vivekananda’s speech at the World Parliament of Religions 1893,
Chicago

84.  Only time that the Ashok Chakra has been awarded to foreigners was on
April 11 1984 when Yuri Malyshev and Gennady Stekalov were honoured.
 Who was the third awardee along with them?

87.  According to legend, the name of this place is derived from a word
that means land or three lingas, or simply from a word that meant
three lingas.
 It is believed that Lord Shiva descended on the three mountains –
Kaleshwaram, Srisailam, and Draksharama – in the linga form.
The land between the three temples where these lingas were
became known as the land of three lingas, from which the
modern name follows.
 Give the modern name.

89. Telangana

90. This is taken from the Baudhyana Sulbha
Sutra:"A rope stretched along the length of the
diagonal produces an area which the vertical
and horizontal sides make together."What is
being described here?

92. Pythagoras Theorem

93.  In yogic and Vedic traditions ,Human body has seven chakras in Kundalini
 Muladhar Chakra -earth
 Swadhishthan chakra- water element
 Manipura Chakra - fire
 Anahata chakra - air control
 Vishuddh chakra -sky control
 Agya chakra - control of Universe
 Sahasrara chakra - control over multiverse
 Awakening of this seven chakras will make any human a omnipotent
superhuman.A well known figure have achieved this impossible.
 Who is the person referred to?

96.  Sita
 Ahilya
 Tara
 Mandodri
 draupadi

98.  PANCHKANYAYS WON’T BE ACCEPTED (Sita is not a panchkanya)