India Quiz [2014]

India Quiz 2014

QM Souvik Basu

1.X’s Linkedin profile reads:‘Anti-Doping consultant at the Board for Control of Cricket in India’. Identify X.

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2.In 2006, which state in India was renamed to its present name after the Union Cabinet agreed to the demands of the state assembly?

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3.This brand was launched in 1939. According to an  article in ‘Fortune India’, the brand claims on its wrappers that if all the units consumed annually are put end to end, they would cover the earth’s circumference 192 times.Which brand is this?

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4.According to Rajiv Chilaka, MD and Founder of the animation company Green Gold:
"I realized that there was a dearth of original Indian content for children. With Western cartoon characters, there was no immediate connect and through _____, I wanted to fill this void".Who/what filled this void?

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5.The film shares its name with the name of a beverage.Mughals were supposed to have brought the drink to India. It was invented to ‘cool the hearts’ of the drinker.The drink finds a mention in ‘Ain-i-Akbari’ as well, though under a different name.What name are we looking for?

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6. Identify this Indian born in New York.

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7.Who is the only person till date to have held the offices of both ‘Speaker of Lok Sabha’ and ‘President of India’?

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8. He was the first director-general of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), and he is revered as the ‘father of research laboratories.’ He was also the first Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC). He also composed the anthem for Benaras Hindu University.Who is this illustrious person?

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9. The research unveiled that when she has a bath, the Indian housewife tries to get away from it all — family responsibilities and the drudgery of housework. From this research, we came to the conclusion that, for the Indian housewife, a bath was a way to escape the world, the only time she could be with herself and more importantly, be herself.This formed the basis of a famous ad campaign. The first of those ads featured Y. Identify Y

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10. Identify the structure shown in the visual.

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India Quiz [2013]

India Quiz 2013

QM Souvik Basu

As promised , the second installment of the India Quiz 2013 is here.

1.Film-maker X recently said about something: "We want to give Y a definitive brand identity with a complete different rendition to his character. Currently, there are various renditions of his character and different interpretations, which dilute the brand. Have you ever seen a different rendition of the Batman? The answer is no." Identify X and Y

Ans X Dibakar Banerjee ,Y Byomkesh Bakshi

2. What has been blanked out from the Amul ad.

Ans. Gir

3.In 2008, Deshmukh launched X. However, X proved to be controversial and had to be done away with.
In August 2013, Deshmukh has launched Y named after a real-life person. The story is of a young naive girl Saina who comes to Mumbai with dreams of becoming big in fashion business. It is when she takes on alter ego of Y that things get really interesting for her.
The real-life person said "I am surprised to see the rising response from boys. With this comic strip I can be fantasized by millions and I don't land up doing actual skin show. In my case it is my caricature that shall be involved in it and not me personally, so boys don't worry just meri chitrakala dekho..haha..boys will be boys.” X and Y please.

Ans X - Savita Bhabhi , Y - Rozlyn Comics

4. Cookbook of which famous restaurant chain ?

Ans Moti Mahal

5. The annual cost was approximately Rs 100 crores. Against such high costs, the returns of Rs 75 lakhs per annum was quite low. What happened as a result of this earlier this year?

Ans In July 2013, the Telegram service was stopped after 163 years of service.

6. This stamp commemorates the centenary of which famous organization?

Ans Geological Survey of India

7. Id this lady.

Ans Bombayla Devi Laishram

8. Whose autobiography is this?

Ans R K Laxman

9. Complete this exhaustive list: Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu, Jwala Gutta, Lee Chong Wei, Ashwini Ponappa and ________.What is this list all about?

Ans P Kashyap. Captains of IBL teams

10. Which state of India uses this in its tourism promotion?

Ans Madhya Pradesh

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India Quiz 2013 - I

India Quiz 2013

India Quiz 2013

To celebrate Independence Day, the 2013 edition of  India Quiz is here

1. This foundation is the brainchild of Prakash Padukone and Geet Sethi.Former Indian hockey captain Viren Rasquinha is the current CEO of this Not For Profit company.It brings together eminent sportspersons, business leaders, sportswriters and talent scouts to identify emerging athletes, understand their training needs and requirements and raise funds to be used for supporting athletes with potential.Identify.

Ans. Olympic Gold Quest

2.According to the  artist ,  he likes to paint both in words and colours ,to create organic shapes with distinct calligraphic identities and poetic sensibilities.The acrylic paintings with multi-dimensional surface textures in basic earth colours of orange, green, blue, gold and black, were conceived around the impressionist motifs of Absolut Vodka bottles.Identify the artist.

Ans Vikram Seth

3.___ ____ is a blend of spices used mainly in the cuisine of Eastern India and Bangladesh.It usually consists of equal proprtions of fennel,nigella,black mustard,fenugreek and cumin seeds.In the traditional Oriya or Bengali cuisine, the spice blend is added to hot oil or ghee which causes it to make a popping sound. At this point other ingredients are added to the oil and spice mixture  which emits  a distinctive aroma.Fill in the blanks

Ans Panch Phoron

4. It was first used on 1st July 1852.Its shape is circular and it came in 3 colours white. red and blue.The entire design is enclosed in a circular belt, forming its border. The circular belt contains an inscription ,with the belt buckle at the lower center showing the holes for the buckle grip.Inside the cirular border is a heart shape divided into 3 segments,each segment containing the letters E,I and C.Above the heart is the munber 4 which is aligned with the central partition of the heart.What is being described here.

Ans Scinde Dawk, the first postage stamp in Asia

5. He was born in Patna in 1882.He completed his B.A with Honours in Mathematics from Patna college and later studied medicine from Calcutta Medical College. After setting sail for England in 1909 he completed his MRCP and FRCS examination and returned to India. He fought the elections to the Bengal Legislative Council as an independent candidate and defeated Surendranath Banerjee to mark his entry into politics. The nation celebrates his birthday which falls on July 1st as Doctor's Day. Who are we talking about.

Ans Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy

6. This educational institution traces its origin to 1941 as a department in Delhi Polytechnic .It was later integrated with the School of Town and Country Planning and was renamed to its present day name.Baburam Bhattarai, the current Prime Minister of Nepal was an alumnus of this institute.The writer Arundhati Roy is perhaps the most famous alumnus of the institute.Identify the logo.

Ans School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi

7.The state animal of Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, Bos Frontalis is a breed of cattle commonly found in Bangladesh and the north eastern states of India. They are usually not reared for milk and allowed to graze freely in forests. There is national research centre dedicated to research on this animal presently located in Jharnapani, Nagaland. Identify the animal we are talking about.

Ans Mithun / Gayal

8.Identify the PSU from its logo.

Ans Cochin Shipyard Limited, the builders of the Vikrant class of aircraft carriers.

9. The business was started out of a 250 sqft outlet in Juhu, Mumbai in 1984.The outlet initially sold pav bhaji and ice cream.As the place was small most of the cooking was done at the owner's kitchen. A year after starting the business the owner Raghunanadan Kamath decided to concentrate all his resources in making their speciality ice creams.From a turnover of 1 lakh in its first year the company has a current turnover of around 50 crores and has more than 100 outlets across the country.Which brand?

Ans. Naturals Ice Cream / Kamaths Ourtimes Ice Cream

10. Located in a town of Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu this fort was built by Admiral Ove Gejedde. The fort served as the controlling point for the European colony from 1620 -1845. After which it came under the control of the British. Which European country ruled over the area from this fort for 225 years.

Ans. Denmark. The fort is Fort Dansborg located in Tranquebar or Tharangambadi

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India Quiz [2012]

India Quiz 2012

QM Souvik Basu / Aniruddha Biswas

Here is a set of 15 questions to celebrate Independence Day

1. Who is depicted in this stamp?

Ans - Pingali Venkaiah, the person credited with designing our national flag


2. Huffington Post has recently brought out a list titled ‘10 Foods Around the World to Try Before You Die’.
9 of them are:
China – Peking Duck
France – Escargots
Greece – Moussaka
Italy – Zucchini flowers
Japan – Teppanyaki
Malaysia – Seafood curry laksa
Thailand – Som tam
Australia & New Zealand – Pavolva
USA – BBQ ribs
What is the 10th item?  (specific answer)

Ans - India -- Masala Dosa


3. What is common among the following?
Gaekwadi
Jai Jai Maharaja
Jai Bhawani
God Save the Maharajah
Ya Rab humare Badshah ko
Kayo Shri Gowri

Ans - Before 1947, every major princely state had its own state anthem which would be played on state occasions and sung in schools. These included “Gaekwadi” of Baroda state, “Jai Jai Maharaja” of Nawanagar, “Jai Bhawani” of Kolhapur, “God save the Maharaja” of Jammu and Kashmir, “Ya rab humare badshah ko” of Hyderabad and “Kayo Shri Gowri”, the Mysore State Anthem.

4. The serial was based on a novel of the same name, written by the Montreal-based author Bhagwan S Gidwani. The novel was a best-seller, having sold about 200,000 copies, translated into many languages and reprinted in 44 editions. Apart from being the author, Gidwani also wrote the screenplay and script
for the 60 episodes.The serial was quite a big hit in India in late 1980's - early 90's though it had its share of controversies. Name the serial.

Ans - The Sword of Tipu Sultan


5. Put funda.

Ans - Awareness against female foeticide


6. The coat of arms was finalized from the design furnished by Mr. Lockwood Kipling, a former Principal of the School of Arts, Lahore and father of the famous Rudyard Kipling.

In the Upper Centre of the Shield are ___ Arms, and Quarterings, a Lion Rampant and an Open Hand.On the right and left are the Sun and the Moon, typical of Suryawanshi and Chandrawanshi, the two great families of Rajputs. Below are the Panch Rang, the five sacred colours of the Rajputs, Red, Gold,
Blue, White and Green. In the centre of which is a Rajput fort - two towers connected by a curtain. The Supports are on the right, a Bhil warrior with string bow and quiver full of arrows. On the left a Rajput, armed at all points, wearing a steel helmet with three plumes, a shield on his back, a dagger and Qatar
in his belt, and a suit of chain covered with embroidered cloth and gauntlet on his hand.

Whose coat of arms is this?

Ans - Mayo College, Ajmer


7. Whose logo is this?

Ans - Carrom Federation of India


8. Whose face has been blanked out?

Ans - .Swami Vivekananda. These are the speakers at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893.

9. Agumbe is a village located in the Shimoga district in the state of Karnataka. Lying in the Thirthahalli taluk and the Malnad region, Agumbe is among the places in India that get a lot of rain. It is also called 'Cherrapunji of the South'.
Early in the 1980's, John Devraj, a sculptor, musician, art director and town planner, visited Agumbe, a village roughly 400 km from Bangalore, with a population of about 180 families.
For what purpose did Devraj visit Agumbe?

Ans - To create the fictional town of Malgudi for the shooting of the tv serial 'Malgudi Days.'

10. Last year, Times brought out a list titled 'Top 10 Bad-Ass Wives.'
The list included both present day and historical people like Eleanor Roosevelt, Queen Isabella of Spain, June Carter Cash, Cleopatra, Sarah Palin, Ellen de Generes and Portia de Rossi, Michelle Obama, Melinda Gates, Elin Nordegren. Who completes the list of ten?

Ans - Rani Laxmibai of Jhansi

11, It is a small village on the Bhagirathi river, located approximately 50 kms from the town of Krishnanagar,WB . It gets its name from a flower which blooms in Spring found abundantly in the area. There is a sugar factory owned by the Khaitan Group located near to the village.In 1998,the owners of the
sugar factory tried to rename the village to Khaitan Nagar which was met with strong protests.Identify the village

Ans - Plassey / Polashi

12. According to a interview given to BBC, X said he was surprised on being given the award since he had not heard of it untill he received a phone call from Mr Y. He admits that a decent internet connection helps overcome the low funding available to people in his field of work Based out of Allahabad, X
loves to prepare a meal for his friends and family.

In 2005 Y  had founded  the investment firm Digital Sky Technologies which focusses on web based companies Y was included in the list of 50 most prominent business people in the world by Fortune magazine in 2010.

Identify X and Y

Ans - X - Ashoke Sen . Y - Yuri Milner.

13.The name of this mountain pass means "listening ears" It is one of the three trading border posts between India and China,The pass was sealed after the Indo China war of 1962 and was reopened in 2006 .Only citizens of India can visit this pass from the Indian side after obtaining a permit from the state capital,Identify

Ans- Nathu La

14.This is the official seal of the smallest union territory of India,having a total surface area of just 32 square kilometers. Identify.

Ans - Lakshwadeep

15,The company began its first commercial operations in May 1895.The people of the city were familiar with the horse drawn service which had been operating since 1877.In order to encourage people to try out the new electric version , free rides were offered before start of commercial service.The service continued to run at a loss till April 1953.The company promised that all efforts would be made to revive the service in the future.However that promise never materialised. What is being talked about

Ans - Madras Tramways Corporation


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India Quiz [2011] - Part 2

India Quiz

QM Souvik Basu

1. Prayaag Raj was an actor/director/writer who was associated with several Bollywood films in the late 1950’s and 1960’s. Sadly his most famous ‘dialogue’ is often attributed to someone else or associated with a third person.What is his most  famous ‘dialogue’ in Bollywood?

Ans. He shouted the famous 'Yahoo' in the song 'chahe koi mujhe junglee kahe' which is often attributed to Muhammad Rafi or associated with Shammi Kapoor.

2. Mir Qamruddin was informed that he was appointed the ‘subedar-i-dakhan’. Before leaving, he decided to meet his spiritual guide, the Sufi mystic Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia. Hazrat Nizamuddin invited him for a meal and offered him kulchas tied in a yellow cloth. Mir Qamruddin, on repeated urgings by the holy man, had seven kulchas. Hazrat Nizamuddin then blessed him and prophesized that one day he would be king and that his descendants would rule for seven generations.This is the most well-known legend associated with which dynasty?

Ans. Asaf Jah dynasty (Nizams of Hyderabad)

3. This river was often called the river of sorrow. Ironically the name of the river literally means 'sacred water'. It was also the site of one of the earliest multipurpose projects of independent India. Which river and which project?

Ans. Damodar and Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC)


4. The name of this ‘item’ literally means ‘patience’ because of the long time needed in ‘preparing’ it. Today, it also a GI in India. What are we describing?

Ans. Haleem. Last year Hyderabadi haleem was given a GI tag

5. A product of Impala Distillery & Brewery, it is the only pilsner available today in India. Sold only in the state it is produced, the brand name suggests royalty. What?

Ans. King's Black Label Beer

6. There are four distinct instruments in the premises namely:

• Samrat
• Ram
• Jayaprakash
• Mishra

At which place, often in the news in 2011, will you find this? (specific answer)

Ans. Jantar Mantar at New Delhi


7. The brand identity adorns red and black colours over a white background. The logo comprises a triangle, a parallelogram and a trapezoid as its part which together form the ___ in 3D.The logo revolves around high energy and space. In the words of the company, “The colour red in the logo depicts continuity and change. It also depicts confidence. There is an ___ formed in the logo. The angular formation of ___ symbolizes that it is no longer dependent on foreign expertise for its brands. It will be focusing on its own engineering capabilities.”
Whose logo? (all blanks same)

Ans. Hero MotoCorp (blank is 'H')

8.  This community was initially known to work for their craftsmanship on stones before they took up the same with bronze during the reign of the Cholas. For the past several centuries, this community has been practicing this art of making idols for temples and street processions. They were even involved in the Brihadeshwara temple at Tanjore. Identify this community which also finds a mention in William Dalrymple’s ‘Nine Lives’.

Ans. Sthapatis of Swamimalai

9. Identify this lady.

Ans. Madhumita Bisht (former national badminton champion)

10. Identify this person.

Ans.  Womesh Chandra Banerjee, the first president of the Indian National Congress


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India Quiz [2011]

With the celebrations of our 64th  Independence Day still fresh in memory,here is the 2011 edition of the India Quiz .

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1. The trophy was commissioned in 2007 at the suggestion of Arts & Library committee of the Marylebone Cricket Club.The tophy was designed and manufactured by the famous silversmith Jocelyn Burton.The trophy shares its name with a town located in the state of Haryana.Identify.

 Ans. Pataudi Trophy

2.There are 2 methods of using this label. A paper hang tag or a sew in label.The paper hang tag with the hologram is priced at Rs. 2.00 and the sew in label is priced at Rs. 0.60.The presence of this label indicates that the material is made from purely natural source.Identify

Ans. SilkMark

3. Lengpui airport is one of the few airports in India which is has a runway atop a plateau similar to the one in Mangalore.The IATA code for the airport is AJL. Which city is served by this airport?

Ans. Aizwal

4. X arrived in India in July 1947.A barrister by profession, he was given 5 weeks to complete this task.X was chosen since he did not have any prior connection with India.He was assisted by four other legal experts - Mehar Chand Mahajan,Teja Singh,Din Mohammad and Mohammad Munir.Identify X and what task did he accomplish ?

Ans. X - Cyril Radcliffe .Radcliffe headed the Boundary commission which drew the borders of India & Pakistan

5. During the Mughal period Mohammad Bahadur Khanji I expelled the Mughal governor and declared independence from Mughal Rule in mid 18th century.He thus founded the Babi dynasty who started ruling the territory.However the British East india company took control of the area in 1818,and it became one of the several princely states under British India.Although the state did not share any land border with Pakistan,when India became independent the ruler decided to accede to Pakistan.However later on a referendum was conducted which ruled in favoour of joining the Indian union and it is now a part of India.Which erstwhile princely state are we taliking about ?

Ans. Junagadh

6. X is a province located in the western part of Republic of Ireland. Untill 1922.when Ireland was a part of the United Kingdom,the third son of the Monarch was conferred the title - Duke of X. Robert Tor Russel,who was an architect with the PWD in British India designed this business district named after X.The arcitecture of the area was infulended by the Royal Crescent in Bath,England. Identify X ,which will lead you to the name of the business district in question.

 Ans. Connoaught Place.





Connacht is the western province of Ireland,and Connaught is its Anglicized spelling.Connaught Place or CP was named after the Duke of Connaught,Prince Arthur

7.Near which town located at the confluence of Alaknanda and Mandakini river will you find this memorial dedicated to the exploits of Jim Corbett.

Ans Rudraprayag

8. This  football club nicknamed "Reds" ,was founded in 1983.In the local language the name of the club means "Our Own".They are the winners of the 2011 I- League (Second Division) Identify.

Ans. Lajong FC

9.Henri Pequet started his aviation carrer as a baloonist. He had come to India for an airshow. On February 18,1911 he flew a Sommer biplane from Allahabad to Naini.The distance of approximately 10 kilometres was covered in 13 minutes. What is the historical significance of this short air trip.

Ans.  World's first airmail.

10. The following is an excerpt from an introduction published in the statistical journal "Sankhya",which appeared in the journal in 1935.

The enchantment of rhythm is obviously felt in music, the rhythm which is inherent in the notes and their groupings. It is the magic of mathematics, this rhythm which is in the heart of all creation, which moves in the atom and in its different measures fashions gold and lead, the rose and the thorn, the sun and the planets, the variety and vicissitudes of man's history

Who is the author of the lines quoted above.

Ans. Rabindranath Tagore.

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India Quiz [2010]

INDIA QUIZ

QM- Souvik Basu / Aniruddha Biswas

1. Why have three advertising professionals, Jaidev Rupani, Rachana Brar & Abhilash Krishnan, been in the news recently?

Ans. Meter Jam

2. What is the contribution of Margaret Cousins (an expert in European music and wife of Irish poet James Cousins), to the history of India?

Ans. Tagore along with Margaret Cousins set down the musical notations of our national anthem.

3. Identify this gate which is often overshadowed by more famous structures in the vicinity.

Ans. Alai Darwaza,the main entrance to the Qutb complex.

4. The British prime minister David Cameron in a recent interview said: "If you say yes to one you suddenly find the British Museum would be empty." What was he referring to?

Ans. The Kohinoor Diamond

5. He received the Arjuna award in 1993, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award jointly with P. K. Garg for overall best performance in sports for the year 1994-95 and the Dronacharya Award for the year 2002. Together with Garg, he won the bronze medal in the enterprise class at the 1990 and 1994 Asian Games held at Beijing and Hiroshima respectively. They were also the world champions in the same class in 1993.A Commander with the Indian Navy,he received its gallantry award, the Shaurya Chakra, in 1983.Identify him from this pic and the sport he excelled in.

Ans, Homi Motivala

6. His uncle called him 'Nawab' which he took up as his pseudonym initilly. Presiding over the Progressive Writers' Conference in Lucknow in 1936, he said that attaching the word 'Progressive' to a writer was redundant, because "A writer or an artist is progressive by nature, if this was not his/her nature, he/she would not be a writer at all."Identify him from this picture.

Ans. Munshi Premchand

7. One of the founders of Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan, X wrote abridged versions of the 2 epics Mahabharata and Ramayana in English, which are still widely read today. Nicknamed the 'Mango of Salem', he was fiercely against nuclear arms. Gandhiji called X the 'keeper of my conscience'. Identify X.

Ans. C Rajagopalachari

8. Where will one find these?

Ans. Bhimbetka

9.Anand Bakshi once sang a qawwali 'Chand Sa Koi Chehra' for R.D.Burman along with Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey and Bhupinder. The qawwali was recorded but never shot. Bakshi was most disheartened. "Perhaps if they had kept it' he wondered 'I might have had a career as a singer". For which film was this song recorded?

Ans. Sholay
Our tribute to the 35 years of the movie.

10.____ is a form of folk theatre ,said to have originated in Maharashtra in the 18th century.The plays originated as entertainment for encamped armies.The word literally means drama in several Indian languages.Which word?

Ans. Tamasha.

11.The cuisine is said to have originated from the descendants of cooks from Samarkand,who came to India after "Timur the lame" invaded the country in the early 15th century.A traditional banquet is usually made up of 36 courses,out of which 30 courses may be preparations of meat.Guests are seated in groups of four and share their meal out of a metal plate called "trami".What are we describing?

Ans. Wazwan of Kashmir

12.Cheraw is performed on many occasion these days. But, originally, the dance was performed only to ensure a safe passage for the soul of a mother who died at childbirth. Long bamboo starves are used for this dance.The dancers move by stepping alternatively in and out from between and across a pair of horizontal bamboos, held against the ground by people sitting face to face on either side.With which Indian state is this dance form associated.

Ans. Mizoram. The dance is popularly called the "Bamboo Dance".

13.Which Indian State/UT's capital  gets its name after naval surveyour of the British East India company.

Ans. Port Blair, named after Lt. Archibald Blair of the British East India company.

14.Identify the organisation from its logo.

Ans. Archaeological Survey of India

15.He won the “Rolex International Award” for Enterprise in 1996, for his seeking to break new ground with the project ‘Ecological Silk Farming to Improve Living Standards’In 2006 he received Chevalier Légion d'honneur from the French government.Can you identify the graduate from National Defence Academy ,better known for his exploits in another field.

Ans. Captain G R Gopinath


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The 2009 edition of the India Quiz can be found here

Happy Independence Day

India Quiz

To celebrate the spirit of Independence Day,we have a set of 15 questions to challenge brain cells.

Answers can be sent by e-mail to my mail id displayed on the right side of the blog
Answers will be mailed to those who attempt the quiz.

INDIA QUIZ

QMs- Aniruddha Biswas & Souvik Basu

1.The novel published in 1882 is set in the background of the horrors of a famine in Bengal,and has the central story line of a group of ascetics fighting against the soldiers of the East India Company.The novel was later translated into English and called The Abbey of Bliss.Identify this historical novel.


2.This fortress was setup by the British East India company on April 23,1639.It was the first fortress set up by the British in India Its main purpose was to have a port which was nearer to the Malaccan Straits to maintain their commercial interests in the trade of spice.Named after the patron saint of England,today it serves as an administartive building of the Government of the state where it is situated.Identify.

3.This state capital gets its name from the "Kew Hi" flower which grows on the nearby mountains.The name literally means "Men from the land where the Kew Hi flower grows" It was the site of an intense battle in 1944 during World War II ,and has a large cemetery for the Allied soldiers who lost their lives.

4.This company was set up in 1968 with FC Kohli as its first General Manager.One of its first projects was to provide punch card services to a sister concern.It later executed a project called Inter Bank Reconcillation System for the Central bank of India.Burroughs Corporation,one of the earliest manufacturers of business computers was its first international client.Identify the company.

5.Setup in 1836 in Calcutta this institution was initially run on a proprietary basis.Any one who paid Rs. 300 could become a proprietor.After independence the Government of India moved it to its present location shown in the image below.



6.In 1906, 'Banco Nacional Ultramarino' was entrusted with the responsibility of issue of paper money in India for certain regions. The early notes issued by the bank carried the seal of the bank. New denominations of 4 Tangas, 8 Tangas and One Rupia and 21/2 Rupias were introduced in 1917. Most issues carried the Commerce and Sailing Ships motifs common to many colonial issues. Indian symbols and motifs (architectural and exotic fauna) were adopted on some notes .Where were these notes used ?

7.What is located in a 28 storey building called Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers in Mumbai..

8.This medal was initially established as Ashok Chakra, Class II. Identify this award which is the peace time equivalent of the Mahavir Chakra.

9. What was this controversy about?


10. These are the obverse and reverse sides of a medal. Name the medal.


11. Identify this lady


12.Its origin is said to be from the Sanskrit word Vishu. It is celebrated thrice in a year:Rongaali or Bohaag (mid-April), Kati or Koongali (mid-October) and Magh or Bhoogali.It marks three distinct phases of the farming calendar for the native crop of the place.Bohaag marks the advent of the seeding time, Kati marks the completion of sowing and transplantation of the saplings and finally Magh marks the culmination of the harvesting period.What is being described?

13.According to some legends, the place derives its name from the local word for shepherd's hill. One of the most striking features of the fort in this place was supposed to be its perfect acoustical system by which a hand clap sounded at the fort's main gates, the grand portico, was heard at the top of the citadel, situated on a 300-foot high granite wall.Which place?

14 The name of this company/brand was suggested by the present MD of the company. Lowe Lintas designed the logo which resembles the shape of a type of card, the card indicating the businsess the company is into. Illayaraja composed the tunes, while Sonu Nigam sang the jingle. Which company/brand?

15. It won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2004. To commemorate this achievement,Indian Post came out with two stamps later in the year featuring this. What is being
described?
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