5. 2. This city was ruled by the Solanki
kings till the 13th century AD. It was
then conquered by Sultan ______
Shah who founded the present city.
The city was ruled by this dynasty till
the Mughals came into prominence.
During the Mughal reign, the city
became an important centre of textile
trade which it continues to be, till date.
7. 3. X enrolled at Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, graduating with a BS
in Electrical Engineering in the early
1950s. He spent a year in
Eindhoven, Netherlands, in the
research labs at NV Philips
Electronics. He enrolled as a
professor in Electrical Engineering at
MIT while at the same time he started
researching keenly on Acoustics. He
came up with an invention related to
acoustics, which all of us have come
across/used. What was the invention?
11. 5. We Indians refer to kids of first
generation immigrants as American
Born Confused Desis (ABCD). How do
the ABCD’s refer to students who go
to the US for their education?
15. 7. X was a theologian, philosopher, and
scriptural exegete. X had a wide following
during his lifetime. On his death, his followers
built him a sannadhi in the main temple
complex of the city where he lived. It is
believed that his own body was embalmed
and installed as a statue in the sannadhi.
Over the years some people believed this
legend while the others claimed it was just a
statue. One could see that only the fingers
looked somewhat real while the rest of the
body only looked like a statue. The temple
priests who have direct access to the statue
say that it felt rock solid like a stone statue
but there are times when the fingers felt soft
like that of a human. Identify X and the
temple.
17. 8. X was born in Mahendragarh district in
Haryana. As a child he suffered from
paralysis. He has stated that it was through
_____ that he was able to regain the full
functionality of his body again. He attended
school till the eighth standard in Shahbajpur.
He then joined an Aarsh Gurukul in Khanpur
village to study Sanskrit and ______. He
claimed that he has cured Cancer and has
minimized the suffering of AIDS patients
through his art. In January 2007 he was
awarded the Honorary Doctorate by Kalinga
Institute of Industrial Technology,
Bhubaneswar, Orissa. He received it at the
hands of scientist and Nobel laureate Richard
R. Ernstin recognition of his efforts at
popularizing the Vedic science of ____.
Identify X.
19. 9. In 1799, Tipu Sultan waged a fierce
battle with the British. In order to ward
off his challenge and defeat him, the
British troops surrounded his entire
kingdom. The British commanding-
officer Rick Allen led the South West
regiment. It is believed that this
regiment’s camp gave the name to a
place. Which place?
23. 11. This was an ad that was aired on TV in
late 2003 and early 2004. It created a
sensation of sorts. This was the first ad
that adopted a new strategy in the field
of advertising in India. The strategy was
that a line (a catch phrase or tagline in
the form of a question) alone would be
aired first. This arouses the curiosity of
the people and subsequently the ad
unfolds in parts. Though a sensation
initially, its content was criticized and the
ad was later dropped. A lot of ads that
came after this ad followed the same
strategy. Which ad am I talking about?
25. 12. X and his sister Gail (born 1939) grew up in New York
City. After the birth of his sister Nina, his mother Doris
Norden and his stepfather, Rama Chattopadhyaya moved
the family to India when X was seven. X's stepfather was a
pioneer in color film processing in Bombay for Bollywood.
His brother Neelkanth was born in Mumbai in 1953,He
continued his education (begun in New York) at the
Kodaikanal International School (class of 1960). He
studied at Wyoming University in 1962, was drafted into
the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era, where he trained
and was a medic on a military base hospital in Japan. After
his tour of duty from he apprenticed at the Miami
_______with Bill Haast whom he affectionately calls his
"guru". (1963 to 1965). A short career in the Merchant
Navy brought him back to India. He later earned a B.Sc. in
Wildlife management from Pacific Western University in
1986. X is a naturalized Indian citizen. He married his wife
Zai in 1974, they have two sons, Nikhil (Wildlife
Management)and Samir,(microbiologist). X currently lives
in Tamil Nadu. In 1996, X produced the documentary The
King and I, which received numerous awards including 2
27. 13. Complete the list :
Paoli Rossi
Diego Maradona
Salvatore Scillaci
Romario
________
________
________
28. Ronaldo
Oliver Kahn
Zinedine Zidane
They are the Golden Ball winners
in FIFA World Cups from 1982.
29. 14. Identify:
Pre 1994 : One of the dirtiest cities in
the country
1994 : Plague epidemic strikes the city
Post 1994 : Arguably the cleanest city in
the country
Known for : Textiles and ______
Annual GDP growth : 11.5 % (one of the
highest in the country)
31. 15. X was born on December 14, 1918 in
Bellur, Kolar District, Karnataka, India. He is
considered one of the foremost yoga
teachers in the world and has been
practicing and teaching yoga for more than
75 years. He has written many books on
yogic practice and philosophy, and is best
known for his books Light on Yoga, Light on
Pranayama, and Light on the Yoga Sutras of
Patanjali. He has also written several
definitive yoga texts. His yoga centers are
located throughout the world, and it is
believed that millions of students practice his
form of Yoga.
He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1991,
and the Padma Bhushan in 2002. In 2004, X
was named one of the 100 most influential
38. This painting is a gift by Rajinikanth to
Kamal Haasan.
During the function to celebrate
Kamal’s 50 years in cinema, Rajini
spoke that while the Goddess of Art
walked by holding the hands of actors
like him, Chiranjeevi, Mohanlal, etc.,
she held Kamal alone in her arms as a
sign of appreciation to his toil and
achievements.
He later called a renowned painter to
his house and had the scene that he
had depicted, painted. The painting
was then gifted to Kamal.
41. 20. It is often asked to actors that what
they would have become if they hadn’t
become an actor/actress.
When this question was asked to a
certain actress, she spontaneously
replied
“I’d have become a Naxalite.”
Who?