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The India Quiz
Alby John IAS
Shibin Azad

 Prelims
 25 Questions
 1,5,10,15,20 and 25 are star marked questions
 Sudden death from Q1 if tie persists after taking star
marked questions into account

 1) Scene from Ship of Theseus featuring Nabi Kabir as
Maitreya. What is this ritual called?
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iDk7TJMGbE

 2) Founded by the British in 1947 as the Defence
Department Constabulary centre, it is the sixth largest
corps of the Indian Army and it’s job is to guard crucial
defence installations from missile silos to troop
stations. It is presently known as the Defence Security
Corp and was instrumental in fighting the terrorists
who attacked Pathankot. Tell me where the mother
depot of all its platoons is located?

 3)He was one among a group of 5 who went to China
responding to the call by Jawaharlal Nehru to provide
medical care to Chinese troops injured in the second
World War, where he died in 1942. When Li Keqiang
visited India, he had met the relatives of the person in
question. Who is this?

 4) This song is featured in the opening chapter
of Salman Rushdie's 1998 novel The Satanic Verses in
English. It is also featured in the movie Gravity, when
the Indian astronaut Shariff, sings the first line of the
song while taking a break from his duties in space, as
well as Deadpool?

 5) He captained England in Test Matches, and it never lost
under his captaincy. He played Association Football for
England against Ireland in 1901. The long jump was another
speciality for this remarkable all-round sportsman: he broke
the British record in 1892 and the following year equalled the
world record. He was also a part of the Indian delegation at
League of nations as a speech writer. Who?

 6) The corporate-style two-day 'highquality' training
modules for Group A Officers will be rolled out by the
Centre in association with United Nations
Development Programme. In this programme, the
government plans to screen a 1957 classic, often used
by corporates to teach people about conflict
management and persuasion skills, during its
programme to train officials. Which movie is this?

 7) Taxi Fabric, headed by Sanket Avlani has been
working to make the seats of Mumbai taxis a canvas for
their art. The goal is to bring art to the streets, and into
a Mumbaikar’s daily commute. Among these designs,
one design by a Pakistani artist Samya Arif became
hugely popular because of a video in which it was
featured. Id the video and the artist.

 Coldplay and Hymn for the weekend

 8) X Hindi, known locally as "Hindustani", is the
language spoken by most citizens of Indian descent.
Despite its name, it is not derived from the Hindustani
language, but rather is a variety of Awadhi that was
influenced by Bhojpuri and other Bihari languages. It
has also borrowed a large number of words from the
English.

 9) The internal code name for the payment bank
project by Paytm is named after a place in India,
where, in the mid 1970s, the enlightened one smiled.
What is the name of the project?

 10) The name of one of the most visited beaches in
Mumbai means ‘four creeks’ or ‘four channels’. It is also
the name of the telephone shopping portal acquired
by Kishore Biyani’s Future group.

 11) The first one on an experimental basis was laid in
Chintadripet in 1836, while the first of its kind in India
was laid down due to a proposal by Capt. Cotton,
between Red Hills to the stone quarries near Little
Mount in Madras. This work was completed in 1837.
What distinction does it have?

 India’s first railway railway line
 The one between Bombay and Thane was the first
commercial passenger railway line

 12) The image shows the visitors facilitation centre near a
World Heritage site in Maharashtra. The centre has replicas
of the reliefs in the caves that are part of the World Heritage
site. Id the world heritage site near to which it is located and
also on what structure is the design of the facilitation centre
based on?

 13) Id the person who wrote this song for Save the Girl
Child campaign. The introductory lines has also been
spoken by the same person.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqdo2Bodasg

 14) The T in TUV 300 from Mahindra stands for ‘Tough’.
What inspired the design of the vehicle?

 15)The book is based on
which organisation? The
change is mainly credited
to an officer who chose
not to go into civil service
because the pay of a bank
officer was better at that
point of time.

 16)X uses the power of sports to impart essential life skills
in children and youth from marginalized communities
and enables them to become active and contributing
members of society with dignified livelihood options or
jobs. The NGO won the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan
puraskaar in 2014.

 17) Id the person and the distinction that makes him
the first to do something.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuXU989B2p8

 Shyam Saran Negi, First person to vote in India

 18) Which organisation formed in 1989 uses this song
as their anthem? The band which made this video as
well as the organisation alludes to water bodies.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89D-4-ztyIM

 Narmada bachao Andolan
 Indian Ocean

 19) X, who's real name is George Mathen, has written
and illustrated a series of graphic novels set in the
world of Halahala. Y is the Guardian of Rashtria, a
nation in the fantasy world of Halahala whose capital
is Rashtrapolis. He is a muscular vigilante who
operates on the basis of one question: “Are you with
me, or a villain?”

 20) Born Sampooran Singh
Kalra in 1934 in Jhelum of
British India and later moved
to India after partition. He
adopted a nom de plum which
is a word that is Persian in
origin and used for a Garden
or something similar when it
is full of flowers. He is also the
subject of the book ‘I
swallowed the moon’ by Saba
Mohammed Bashir. Who?

 21) Shah Rukh revealed on his Twitter page few
months back that “_____ means Ochre or Orange to
keep it simple.even a bit saffrony. So colour me in the
colour of love."

 22)The ______ ______ (Stage of Love)
or Kamaledhiplava (Boat in the Sea of Love) is an
Indian sex manual written by Kalyana malla in the 15th
or 16th century. The poet wrote the work in honor
of Lad Khan, son of Ahmed Khan Lodi. Later
commentators have said it is aimed specifically at
preventing the separation of a husband and wife. This
work is often compared to the Kama Sutra, on which it
draws. It was translated into English in the year 1885,
under the editorship of Sir Richard Francis Burton and
consequently burnt by his wife in the weeks following
his death.

 23)Id the sect of people who wear the thing shown in the
image around the neck. The sect was founded in the 12th
century by Guru Basaveshwara who was a Brahmin. Also, id
the thing shown. Irrespective of gender, both men and
women wear this.

 24)When Jitan Ram Manjhi was sworn in as Bihar
Chief Minister, Telegraph had the headline that
“India’s lowest ‘untouchable’ caste rejoices as
ratcatcher sworn in as Bihar Chief Minister”. The
people of this caste was so poor, that they get their
name because they caught and ate rats to stave off
hunger. Which caste is this?

 25)Id the dance form.
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhunnNlh7Vc

 Written round
 Based on tourism campaigns of different states
 5 for each correct answer
 5 for getting all correct

 What is the name of this lake?

 This is the logo of the tourism campaign of which
state? And also give the reason as to why it was chosen.

 Exchange your answer sheets

 Bihar
 Peepal tree under which Buddha attained
enlightenment

 Finals
 12 questions clockwise
 10/-5 for pounce

 1) Literally meaning a painting from the mountainous
regions, it is an umbrella term used for the forms originating
from Himalayan hill kingdoms of North India, during 17th-
19th century. The paintings are done mostly in miniature
style. What is the term?
 The two most famous styles are X and Y. X is a place in the
state of Himachal Pradesh, historically known as Nagarkot.
And Y is a town in Kathua district in the state of Jammu and
Kashmir. X and Y?

 Pahari
 Kangra and Basohli

 2) The name of this instrument literally means "waves
of nightingales", alternately Indian or Punjabi banjo
and is a string instrument that evolved from the
Japanese Nagoya harp. Id
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkSlB2QQECs

 3)Originally used for village rituals, these terracotta horses
are primarily made in Biboda, Kamardiha,
Bishnupur,Jaikrishnapur, Nakaijuri, Keyaboti in West Bengal.
It is named after a district in West Bengal which has been
described as the connecting link between the plains of
Bengal on the east and Chota Nagpur plateau on the west.

 4)This is the largest museum in North East India covering
an area of 800 acres in a capital city. It had also served as a
legislative assembly until 2011. The palace was constructed
between 1899 and 1901 by the King Maharaja Radha
Kishore Manikya. The present name by which it is known
was given by Rabindranath Tagore.

 5)He was born to the Indian privateer Kanhoji Angria
who fought against the East India company. He was a
Hindu priest before he shifted to his more popular
profession and went on to be the undisputed leader at
it in India. He operated from Bombay and due to a
certain speech disability he usually had two of his
assistants convey his messages. He had a snuff box
made of calf horn which was detrimental in a late
1740s event. Identify the person.

 Sumbajee Angria from Pirates of the Carribean

 6)X is a land-based surface-to-surface medium-range
ballistic missile developed by Pakistan. The naming of
the missile is symbolic given the fact that Y is the name
of surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missile
developed by India. X and the namesake of Y met each
other in battle in 1191 and 1192. While Y won the first
battle, X comprehensively defeated Y in the second
one. X and Y.

 7)Origins of the ethnic group X, considered to be a warrior
race is unclear but various ancient people called Pakthas
from 2nd and 1st millennium BC are considered to be their
ancestors.
 Y is a family name originating from the noblest tribe in
Mecca and holders of the key to the Kaaba around the time
of the birth of Muhammad, who is said to have born into this
tribe. Also the surname of a Bollywood actress.
 A project in 2012 incorrectly portrays these two groups
starting something that was originally started by two
business groups operating in the same field based out of a
place founded by M.A.W Sahab and Jabbar Sahab in 1955-56
and named after the former. What project?

 X- Pathans
 Y- Qureshis
 The project is Gangs of
Wasseypur. Wasseypur
named after M.A.Wassey
Sahab

 8)The lady on the left is the CEO of an I-league team, while
the lady on the right is the team principal of an F1 outfit. Id
both.

 Valanka Alemao – Churchill brother
 Monisha kaltenborn - Sauber

 9)The picture shows the coat of arms of Partizanske in
Slovakia, which roughly translates to parisan town. The town
was founded by a group, who have also founded similar
towns in other countries, including India as well. Id the name
of the town they found in India, which is named after the
group itself.

 Only two films watched by Mahatma Gandhi

 11) Sant Nihal Gurudwara in the tiny village of Talhan,
about 12 km from Jalandhar, has made people believe
that if you wish to go abroad, you offer prayers along
with a ___ ________and it will be answered. The
caretakers of the gurudwara are clueless about how the
practice started. What do people bring as an offering?

 12) The word in question was originally used to refer to
regions outside the three East India Company capitals of
Bombay, Calcutta and Madras; parts of a country outside an
urban centre. The word ordinarily means ‘divided’ or
‘detailed’ in Urdu. A sign board in Kozhikode uses this term.

 Written Round
 6 questions based on state animals/birds/flowers
 10 for each question
 10 for all correct

 1)This is the state bird of 2 North Eastern states
and commemorates Mary Ann Grindall, wife of
a British naturalist. Id the husband or give me the name
of the bird. It is evaluated as Near Threatened on
the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Id the bird and
the 2 states.

 2)Id the animal and the state of which it is the national
animal. Apt choice considering the fact that both have
something to do with an English word used to refer to a state
or cause of gloom, suspicion, trouble, or worry. It is
considered to form an evolutionary link between the big
cats and the small cats.

 3)It is said that the tree is a form of Agni, God of Fire.
It was a punishment given to Him by Goddess
Parvati for disturbing Her and Lord Shiva's privacy. It
is bright orange in colour and is the state flower of
Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh as well.
It also lends its name to a place in another state(whose
state flower is Night-flowering jasmine), perhaps for
which it is more famous. Id the flower and the place.

 4)The bird shown is also the national bird of Nepal, where it
is known as Danphe. The scientific name of the
bird commemorates Lady Mary Impey, the wife of
the British chief justice of Bengal Sir Elijah Impey.

 5)It is the state animal of two states. They are not milked or
put to work but given supplementary care while grazing in
the woods, until they are ritually slaughtered or killed for
local consumption. They also play an important role in the
social life of the people. Marriages are not fixed until the
bridegroom's family gives at least one of these to the bride's
household.

 6) The flower shown in the picture is the state flower of
Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya. It shares its common
name with an item of daily use by the women folk. What is
the common name of the flower?

 Mrs. Hume’s pheasant
 Manipur and Mizoram

 Clouded Leopard, Meghalaya

 Anti clockwise round
 12 questions
 10/-5 on pounce

 1) Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of
Nepal and Sudan?

 2) William Somerset Maugham travelled to many parts
of the world looking for story material. During such a
visit to India he met someone and later named a
character in his novel ‘The Narrow Corner’(1932) after
him. The veteran Tamil actor Nassar has essayed the
role of the person in question in a 1998 Malayalam
movie.

 3)Vedanta group and IDEIM India Pvt Ltd offered the
highest number of placements while Taj Mahal Group
offered the highest package to Raju Parasnath. Thirty
one companies participated in the event. In all, 66
‘students’ were selected to participate in this
programme and the selection criteria was based on
their good conduct. Raju Parasnath was recruited by
the Taj Mahal Group and offered a salary of 35000 per
month. Where did this recruitment drive take place?

 4) Hawaa Hawaai is a 2014 Bollywood film directed by Amole
Gupte. The film features Partho Gupte and Saqib Saleem.
The film is produced by Fox Star Studios. Saqib
Saleem played role of a skating coach in the film. Who
released the audio of the film?

5)
1. _______________
2. Anil Basu
3. PV Narasimha Rao
4. Narendra Modi
5. Ram Vilas Paswan
Top 5 list of what? And who became first in the month of
October 2014?

 Pritam Munde
 Highest margin of election victories

 CAG reports were infamous for being dry, long and full
of jargon and the readership was abysmally low even
among the journalists.
 Vinod Rai, when he was the CAG circulated ‘Noddy
books’ versions of CAG reports which had brief points
and observations.
 The readership got increased, and as they say : the rest
is history!

 7) In which Asian country is this festival held and tell
me the Indian festival which inspired it?
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97hz3Pq_Te4

 Israel, Kumbhamela
 This is the festival of Bhumbamela

 8) Said Al-Andalusi was a historian, philosopher of science
and thought, and mathematical scientist with a special
interest in astronomy. A year and a half back this Spanish
muslim scholar was mentioned in a public declaration of
policy and aims by a body. It quotes him as saying “The first
nation to have cultivated science is India... India is known
for wisdom of its people. Over many centuries all the kings
of the past have recognized the ability of Indians in all
branches of knowledge.“ His most famous work is titled
‘Tabaqat-ul-umam’.
 Where did he find mention?

 9) Coriaria nepalensis is a large hairless shrub the fruit
of which is eaten raw as famine food or used as a
beverage.
 Great caution has to be taken since most parts of the
plant, including the seed, are very toxic.
 Identify the common name of this shrub which also
lend it’s name to a beautiful town in the Gharwal
Himalyas?

 10) Bhujia is made all over India and eaten as a snack in
almost all parts of the country, but unlike the usual
bhujia, its Bikaneri counterpart is not made from gram
flour (besan) but from ground moth lentils, a crop
which grows only in the deserts of Bikaner and
Jodhpur.
 Shopkeepers of Bikaner claims that this along with a
“secret ingredient” is responsible for the unique
crispiness and extra ordinary shelf life og Bikaneri
Bhujia.
 Which secret ingredient?

Desert Sand – shopkeepers claim that a good fistful of fine,
clean, desert sand is mixed into the dough

 11) The question is about a myth that is perpetuated in
the political circles of North India.
 It is due to this myth that Akhilesh Yadav did not visit
Dadri to visit the family of the mob lynching victim
 Nasscom’s new HQ and Yamuna Expressway both were
inaugurated through Video conferencing.
 The myth goes back to 1988 with CM Vir Bahadur
Singh being the first victim of it.
 Id?

 Whoever visits Noida loses the election

 12) Ramachandra Guha in his book ‘India After
Gandhi’ mentions 8 reasons why India stays united.
Four of them are of Indian origin and four British.
 British Origin – Railways, Cricket, ______, English
Language
 Indian Origin – Himalayas, Ramayana-
Mahabaharatha, Bollywood and _______
FITB. No half points

Civil Services and Constitution

 Visual Connect
 10 visuals
 Non-exhaustive
 Points on the slides

 People after whom airports are named in India

 Gopinath Bordoloi-Guwahati

 Jaiprakash Narayan - Patna

 Biju Patnaik- Bhubaneshwar

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