adrishtha - ifest india quiz 2016 - elimination round
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ELIMINATIONS
The Rules:-
• 15 Questions• 5 * marked Qs• Quizmasters deision is final
1*
• Indian coins specify the year of being minted, in raised. Below the year of being minted there is another raised symbol. These symbols are actually specifying *where* the coin was minted. The following insets have been assumed and are allotted
• Delhi – have a dot• Mumbai – have a diamond• Hyderabad – have a star• Kolkata – ?
2• Which 107-year old technical institution is the only Indian
body to be ranked in Global Employability List 2012?
• This institution was also ranked 11 in the world when considering the criteria "Citations per faculty" by QS World Universities rankings in 2016.
• It was the first Indian institute to feature on Times Higher Education World University Rankings for engineering and technology in the year 2015-16 at 99th position.
3*• (X) was a professor of Computer Science at Stanford University whose
research focused on theoretical computer science. He was an early advisor and supporter of companies including Google and PayPal, and a special advisor to Sequoia Capital. He was a winner of the Gödel Prize in 2001.
• (X) was one of the co-authors (with Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and Terry Winograd) of an influential early paper on the PageRank algorithm. He also co-authored another seminal search paper What Can You Do With A Web In Your Pocket with those same authors.
• He is known to be the Indian brain behind Google’s PageRank algorithm.
4*• The Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Samiti Sangathan was formed by
Aruna Roy, Shankar Singh and Nikhil Dey along with a number of grassroot workers in Devdungari village of Rajasthan in 1990.
• For the better part of the nineties MKSS began and continued a movement to bring a level of transparency in village accounts.
• This led to a campaign, which over the years, finally forced the government to enact which act in the Parliament?
5• Soli Sorabjee was awarded one of the six grades of
membership in the Order of Australia.
• He (born 9 March 1930) is an Indian jurist and former Attorney-General of India. He has been honored with Padma Vibhushan for his defense of the freedom of expression and the protection of human rights. Sorabjee has held several offices in organizations of national and international repute.He is first Indian to receive this honour.
• Who is the 2nd Indian to receive this honour?
6• He was an Indian television personality famous for his satirical
take on the problems of the common man. He is most well known for his television series Flop Show and mini capsules Ulta Pulta which ran on Doordarshan, India's national television network, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
• He founded the "Hawala Party" and got it registered with the Election Commission.
• His latest project was titled: Power Cut.
• Which (now deceased) Indian personality are we talking about?
7
• Only two Indian batsmen have batted on all five days of a Test match. One is Ravi Shastri.
• Who is the other?
8
• In 1955, at the New York Museum of Modern Art, a showcase of Indian culture which featured performances by Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, a Bharatanatyam recital by Shanta Rao and also a premiere.
• The movie premiere ran for 22 weeks in New York.
• Which movie are we referring to ?
9
• Designed by Atul. S. Pande, this motif of a sun in red and yellow with a fingerprint across it’s centre represents equal opportunity of each individual.
• Name the national brand name/logo we are referring to ?
10
• In Myanmar, if you are using the terms
• Yama • Zatdaw
• Which two texts are you referring to?
11• Ramayan 3392 A.D. (formerly called Ramayan Reborn) is a comic
book series published by Virgin Comics based upon the Ramayana. It is written by Shamik Dasgupta, the art is by Abhishek Singh, and it is a brainchild of Deepak Chopra and (Y).
• It features a re-imagining of the historical classic in a post-apocalyptic future.
• The story primarily deals with the last kingdom of humans who are fighting demons (Asuras) to survive. The series' prime protagonist is the human prince Rama who, alongside his brothers, aims to bring down the demon-lord Ravan.
• Identify Y.
12*
• This kingdom had Ankusha and the bow and arrow as the emblem.
• Two of the most famous kings were Nedumjeral Adan and Senguttuvan (immortalised in Silappadikaram).
• Muziris, their chief port was a centre of Indo-Roman trade.
• Vanji was the capital.• • Name the dynasty
13
• India is the only country in the world that produces all four types of silk. They are eri, muga, mulberry and ______.
• Identify the 4th type.
14*
• Food heritage. • X was first conceived in the ancient Punjab region, but
soon became popular all over India. The south-Indian states have their own versions of X.
• In Myanmar (Burma) it is eaten with curries or cooked with either egg or mutton, or as a dessert with white sugar.
• X in Trinidad and Tobago is generally larger and thinner.
• Give the common Indian name
15
• With which state of India would you associate the following tribes:
• Angami, Ao, Chakhesang (Chokri/Kheza), Chang, Khiamniungan, Kuki, Konyak, Lotha, Phom, Pochury, Rengma, Sumi, Sangtam, Yimchungru and Zeliang?
ANSWERS
1*
• Indian coins specify the year of being minted, in raised. Below the year of being minted there is another raised symbol. These symbols are actually specifying *where* the coin was minted. The following insets have been assumed and are allotted
• Delhi – have a dot• Mumbai – have a diamond• Hyderabad – have a star• Kolkata – ?
• No symbol.
2• Which 107-year old technical institution is the only Indian
body to be ranked in Global Employability List 2012?
• This institution was also ranked 11 in the world when considering the criteria "Citations per faculty" by QS World Universities rankings in 2016.
• It was the first Indian institute to feature on Times Higher Education World University Rankings for engineering and technology in the year 2015-16 at 99th position.
• IIS Bangalore
3*• (X) was a professor of Computer Science at Stanford University whose
research focused on theoretical computer science. He was an early advisor and supporter of companies including Google and PayPal, and a special advisor to Sequoia Capital. He was a winner of the Gödel Prize in 2001.
• (X) was one of the co-authors (with Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and Terry Winograd) of an influential early paper on the PageRank algorithm. He also co-authored another seminal search paper What Can You Do With A Web In Your Pocket with those same authors.
• He is known to be the Indian brain behind Google’s PageRank algorithm.
• Rajeev Motwani
4*• The Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Samiti Sangathan was formed by
Aruna Roy, Shankar Singh and Nikhil Dey along with a number of grassroot workers in Devdungari village of Rajasthan in 1990.
• For the better part of the nineties MKSS began and continued a movement to bring a level of transparency in village accounts.
• This led to a campaign, which over the years, finally forced the government to enact which act in the Parliament?
• Right to Information (RTI) Act.
5• Soli Sorabjee was awarded one of the six grades of
membership in the Order of Australia.
• He (born 9 March 1930) is an Indian jurist and former Attorney-General of India. He has been honored with Padma Vibhushan for his defense of the freedom of expression and the protection of human rights. Sorabjee has held several offices in organizations of national and international repute.He is first Indian to receive this honour.
• Who is the 2nd Indian to receive this honour?
• Sachin Tendulkar
6• He was an Indian television personality famous for his satirical
take on the problems of the common man. He is most well known for his television series Flop Show and mini capsules Ulta Pulta which ran on Doordarshan, India's national television network, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
• He founded the "Hawala Party" and got it registered with the Election Commission.
• His latest project was titled: Power Cut.
• Which (now deceased) Indian personality are we talking about?
• Jaspal Bhatti
7
• Only two Indian batsmen have batted on all five days of a Test match. One is Ravi Shastri.
• Who is the other?
• M.L. Jaisimha
8
• In 1955, at the New York Museum of Modern Art, a showcase of Indian culture which featured performances by Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, a Bharatanatyam recital by Shanta Rao and also a premiere.
• The movie premiere ran for 22 weeks in New York.
• Which movie are we referring to ?
• Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali
9
• Designed by Atul. S. Pande, this motif of a sun in red and yellow with a fingerprint across it’s centre represents equal opportunity of each individual.
• Name the national brand name/logo we are referring to ?
• Aadhar
10
• In Myanmar, if you are using the terms
• Yama • Zatdaw
• Which two texts are you referring to?
• Ramayana• Jataka Tales
11• Ramayan 3392 A.D. (formerly called Ramayan Reborn) is a comic
book series published by Virgin Comics based upon the Ramayana. It is written by Shamik Dasgupta, the art is by Abhishek Singh, and it is a brainchild of Deepak Chopra and (Y).
• It features a re-imagining of the historical classic in a post-apocalyptic future.
• The story primarily deals with the last kingdom of humans who are fighting demons (Asuras) to survive. The series' prime protagonist is the human prince Rama who, alongside his brothers, aims to bring down the demon-lord Ravan.
• Identify Y.
• Shekhar Kapoor
12*
• This kingdom had Ankusha and the bow and arrow as the emblem.
• Two of the most famous kings were Nedumjeral Adan and Senguttuvan (immortalised in Silappadikaram).
• Muziris, their chief port was a centre of Indo-Roman trade.
• Vanji was the capital.• • Name the dynasty
• Cheras
13
• India is the only country in the world that produces all four types of silk. They are eri, muga, mulberry and ______.
• Identify the 4th type.
• Tussar silk
14*
• Food heritage. • X was first conceived in the ancient Punjab region, but
soon became popular all over India. The south-Indian states have their own versions of X.
• In Myanmar (Burma) it is eaten with curries or cooked with either egg or mutton, or as a dessert with white sugar.
• X in Trinidad and Tobago is generally larger and thinner.
• Give the common Indian name
• Paranthas
15
• With which state of India would you associate the following tribes:
• Angami, Ao, Chakhesang (Chokri/Kheza), Chang, Khiamniungan, Kuki, Konyak, Lotha, Phom, Pochury, Rengma, Sumi, Sangtam, Yimchungru and Zeliang?
• Nagaland