incredible india quiz

BY: SHOURYA SHRIVASTAVA

INCREDIBLE IN-DIAQUIZ

SHOURYA

ROUND 1: CLUE ROUND

•NAME THE PLACE.1st Clue: It is a Mewar fortress on the westerly range of Aravalli Hills, in Rajasthan. It is a World Heritage Site included in Hill Forts of Rajasthan. Built during the course of the 15th century by a Mewar king of similar name, it is also the birthplace of Maharana Pratap. Occupied until the late 19th century, the fort is now open to the public.

2nd Clue: With a wall over 38 km long, the fort is the second largest wall in the world after the Great Wall of China and the second largest fort in Rajasthan after Chittorgarh Fort.

•NAME THE PLACE.

ANSWER..KUMBHALGARH FORT: Built under Rana Kumbhal,this fort consists of 360 temples, 300 of which are Jain. The palace is also called Badal Mahal as clouds often slides across its roof during monsoon. It has a fort within itself. Named Kartargarh, the inner fort has a palace built by Maharana Fateh Singh after he had pulled down the old palace built by Rana Kumbha.

1st CLUE : Circumferencing 6 km area in Delhi, this ruined Fort embodies the image of lost grandeur. It was built in 1321 by Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq, formerly known as Ghazi Malik, also the founder of Tughlaq dynasty.

•NAME THE PLACE.

2nd Clue:The fort was part of Ghiyas-ud-din Tughlaq’s plan when he established the capital at Tughlaqabad. This fort resembles the ruins of Mohejodaro and Harappa.

•NAME THE PLACE.

ANSWER..TUGHLAQABAD FORT

1st CLUE: It’s name is derived from “____” meaning elevated and “Nadu” meaning land (in the state language). It is popular for Sandal Industries. It houses headquarters of brands like WIPRO and Flipkart.

•NAME THE STATE.

2nd Clue: The current Chief Minister of this state is Siddaramaiah. The famous delicacies are Kesari Bath, Akki Roti, Madur Vade, Saaru, Vangi Bath etc. It accounts for 85% silk production in India.

•NAME THE STATE.

KARNATAKA

•ANSWER….

1ST CLUE: It is a residential institute for tribal people based in Bhubaneswar, India. It provides accommodation, study, career development, and healthcare to 25,000 tribal students each year at its integrated residential campus located in Bhubaneswar. Its students are educated from kindergarten to post-graduate level. It began with 125 tribal students and some financial support from the ministry of tribal affairs.The institute is setting up 20 branches in Odisha's tribal areas. Their aim is to educate 200,000 tribal people by 2020.

•NAME THE INSTITUTE.

2nd Clue: It’s kitchen prepares 50,000 meals per day including breakfast, lunch and dinner and has been included in an episode of National Geographic’ Show “India’s Mega Kitchens”. This Institution is extremely famous due to its kitchen and the good work done by it.

•NAME THE INSTITUTE.

KALINGA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES

•ANSWER….

CLUE 1: The historical records suggest that the population of the village declined gradually: its estimated population was around 1,588 during 17th-18th century; around 800 in 1815; and 37 in 1890.

•NAME THE PLACE.

CLUE 2: However, a variation of the legend claims that the village was abandoned overnight. According to this version, the lecherous minister Salim Singh was attracted to a beautiful girl from the village. He sent his guards to force the villagers to hand over the girl. The villagers asked the guards to return next morning, and abandoned the village overnight, cursing it. Another version claims that 83 other villages in the area were also abandoned overnight.

•NAME THE PLACE.

KULDHARA, RAJASTHAN

•ANSWER….

CLUE 1: FILL IN THE BLANKS• ACHARYA JAGDISH CHANDRA BOSE INDIAN _____________

•NAME THE PLACE.

CLUE 2: The best-known landmark here is an enormous Ficus benghalensis that is reckoned to be the largest tree in the world, at more than 330 metres in circumference. 

•NAME THE PLACE.

Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah

•ANSWER….

ROUND 2:VISUAL ROUND

•NAME THE PLACE.

• AGRASEN KI BAOLI IN DELHI• There are stories that Agrasen Ki Baoli is haunted and that the ‘black

water’ of the baoli invited people to jump into it and commit suicide. How much of it is true is actually difficult to say. The baoli nowadays remains almost waterless. The very little water that is there in the well is anything but black. down the steps to the bottom.

• Going by the legend about the suicides, there should have been a high number of incidents reported in newspapers. However, in the past many years, there seems to have been just one report. It happened in June 2007 and was reported in the Hindu newspaper. Even at that time the level of water was “just four to five feet deep.”

•ANSWER….

•NAME THE PLACE.

ROOPKUND LAKETHE LAKE WHERE NUMEROUS SKELETONS ARE FOUND WHEN THE SNOW MELTS.Scientists have concluded that the skeletons of about 200 people discovered near the frozen lake belonged to the people of a 9th century Indian tribe who died due to hail storm.

•ANSWER….

•NAME THE PLACE.

JATINGA, ASSAM where BIRDS commit suicide.

•ANSWER….After several scientific studies and experiments, it has been concluded that the birds are generally disoriented by the monsoon fog. So they are attracted by the village lights and fly towards them, sometimes hitting walls and trees during the descent. Some of the birds die, while others are grievously injured, becoming easy prey for the villagers to capture. These birds are often dazed and disheveled, and do not put up any resistance when villagers attack them with catapults or bamboo sticks.

•IDENTIFY.

MAGNETIC HILL, LADAKH

This is purely a natural optical effect caused by the specific layout of hills that obstruct the horizon. That short stretch of the road that appears to be uphill as a matter of fact is downhill and this is the reason why cars slowly gain momentum. The hills in front of your eyes at this stretch are naturally laid out in such a manner that they will deceive your mind and lead it to believe that you are going up. Since your eyes cannot clearly see the horizon, there is no way for your mind to contradict.

•ANSWER.

•WHERE ARE THESE AND WHY ARE THEY FAMOUS?

VITTHALA TEMPLE

The renowned Vittala Temple dates back to the 15th century. It was built during the reign of King Devaraya II (1422 – 1446 A.D.), one of the rulers of the Vijayanagara Empire. The Ranga Mantapa is one of the main attractions of the Vittala Temple. The large mantapa is renowned for its 56 musical pillars. These musical pillars are also known as SAREGAMA pillars, indicating the musical notes emitted by them. The musical notes and emanated when the pillars are tapped gently.There are a set of main pillars and several sets of minor pillars inside the Mantapa. Each main pillar provides support to the ceiling of the Ranga Mantapa. The main pillars are designed as musical instruments .

•ANSWER.

ROUND 3:NAME THE CITY BY THE FAMOUS INDUSTRIES.

PETROLEUM

ANSWER....

• CAMBAY, GUJARAT (ALSO KNOWN AS KHAMBAT)

BANGLES, GLASS

ANSWER.....

• FIROZABAD, UTTAR PRADESH

URANIUM-ORE MILL

ANSWER....

• JADUGUDA, JHARKHAND

FLOORING, SHOES

ANSWER....

• AGRA, UTTAR PRADESH

HEAVY ELECTRICALS

ANSWER....

• BHOPAL, MADHYA PRADESH

ATOMIC POWER PLANT

ANSWER....

• KAKRAPARA, GUJARAT• KALPAKKAM, TAMIL NADU

RAIL ENGINES, SAARI

ANSWER....

• VARANASI

FIREWORKS

ANSWER....

• SIVAKASI, TAMIL NADU

ROUND 4: NAME THE PLACE BY CUISINE

ANKOORI, DHANSAKH

ANSWER....

• GUJARAT

SINGRI KI SABZI, KACHRI KI SABZI, BATHUA RAITA

ANSWER....

• HARYANA

NAAN, TANDOORI ROTI, GRAVIES

ANSWER....

• UTTAR PRADESH

VINDALOO, SEAFOOD

ANSWER....

• GOA

MADDUR VADE

ANSWER....

• KARNATAKA

PITHA, JHOL, AMBOLE

ANSWER....

• WEST BENGAL (CHANGED TO BANGLA)

QUICK FACTS

ABOUT INDIA

1.ANESTHESIA• The world came to know Anesthesia in the

13th century; it has its origins in India beyond that. Extensive knowledge of medical branches such as anatomy, physiology, etiology, embryology, digestion, metabolism, genetics and immunity were discovered in India; vedic texts have confirmed that.

2.TRIGONOMETRY• The term trigonometry was derived from

Sanskrit. Trigonometry if broke up is derived from, Tri (Three) + Kona (Angle) + Miti (Parametre). ‘Sine and Cosine’ are also found from ‘jya and koti-jya’ of Sanskrit.

3.QUADRATIC EQUATIONS

• Not many know that Quadratic Equations found their roots in India. The formula of Quadratic equations was first given by Sridharacharya in the 10 century.

4.The place value and decimal system.

• The credit of inventing Place Value System and Decimal System also goes to us. It was the brainwork of Indian scholars that the systems were developed in India way back in 100 B.C.

5.THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM AND VALUE OF PI

• Long before the European mathematicians, Indian mathematician Budhayana calculated the value of pi. Budhayana is also credited with the discovery of Pythagorean Theorem. Budhayana explained the concept in 6th century.

6. TIME TAKEN TO ORBIT THE SUN

• It’s a rare known fact that the time to orbit the Sun was first and rightly calculated by Bhaskaracharya hundreds of years ago before the European scientists could find. According to Bhaskaracharya, the time taken to orbit the Sun was 365.258756484 days.

7.NAVIGATION• The art of Navigation was born centuries ago,

near the river Sindh. The word “Navigation” is derived from Sanskrit word ‘Navgatih’.

8.WORLD’S FIRST GRANITE TEMPLE

• Brihadeswara Temple at Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu was the World’s first granite temple. The shikhara of the temple is made of a single piece of granite weighing 80-tonnes. The magnificent temple was built only in five years.

9.SNAKES AND LADDERS• “Snakes and Ladders” was originally called

Mokshapat. The game was created in the 13th century by poet-saint Gyandev. Ladders in the game depicted virtues, while snakes indicated vices.

10.CHESS• One would be delighted to know that the

games of intellectuals Chess, was invented in India too. The earlier name of the much-loved game was ‘Ashtapada’.

11.POWER VALUES• Indians used numbers as big as 10^53 (i.e. 10

to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5,000 B.C. The largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106. Even today, the largest used number there is Tera: 10*12 (10 to the power of 12).

12.BUTTONS• Buttons were first used in Mohenjo-daro for

ornamental purpose rather than for fastening. They were first used in the Indus Valley Civilization by 2000 BCE.

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13. RULERS• Rulers (scales) were first used by the Indus

Valley Civilization prior to 1500 BCE. Made of ivory, the rulers found during excavation, reveal the amazing accuracy of decimal subdivisions on it.

14.SHAMPOO• The word ‘Shampoo’ is derived

from chāmpo (चाँपो). It was initially used as a head massage oil for the Nawabs of Bengal during the Mughal Empire around 1762. It evolved into shampoo over the years.

15.COTTON• The ancient Greeks used to wear animal skins

and were not even aware of cotton. But Indians started cultivating cotton during the 5th – 4th millennium BCE in the Indus Valley Civilization. The word spread to the Mediterranean and beyond and soon everyone was ordering one from Flipkart.

16.CATARACT SURGERY• Indian physician Sushruta (6th century BCE)

had the knowledge of performing cataract surgery. It spread to China from India. Greek scientists would visit India to get operations done and also to learn them.

17.LUNAR WATER• ISRO’s Chandrayaan-1 made the startling

discovery that our moon is not a dry ball of rocks. The discovery of lunar water is attributed to the Chandrayaan mission.

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18.WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY

• We all know that Marconi received a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1909 for contribution to the development of wireless telegraphy. But the first public demonstration of radio waves for communication was made by Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose in 1895, two years prior to Marconi’s similar demonstration in England.

• Sir Bose was posthumously credited (more than a century later) for his achievement. The fact remains that this discovery truly shaped the face of modern wireless communication.

19.BINARY NUMBERS• Binary numbers were first described

by Pingala (c. 200 BC). Pingala is the traditional name of the author of the Chandaḥśāstra, the earliest known Sanskrit treatise on prosody (patterns of rhythm and sound used in poetry).

20.INK• Many ancient cultures and civilizations

independently discovered and prepared ink for writing purposes. The source of carbon pigment used in the inks (called musi), was India. Since 4th century BC, the practice of writing with ink with a sharp pointed needle was common in South India.

21.METALLURGY• Ancient Indians were pioneers in metallurgy.

High quality steel was produced, almost two thousand years before it was understood by the West.

• So thanks to India, Iron Man can wear his suit now.

22.FIBER OPTICS• Named as one of the 7 ‘Unsung Heroes’ by

Fortune Magazine, Dr. Narinder Singh Kapany, is widely recognized as the ‘Father of Fiber Optics’ for his pioneering work in Fiber Optics technology.

23.PLASTIC SURGERY• Indians were pioneers in Plastic Surgery too. It

was carried out in India as early as 2000 BCE.

24.THE WORLD’S ONLY FLOATING NATIONAL PARK

• Keibul Lamjao is a national park in the Bishnupur district of the state of Manipur in India. It is 40 km² in area and is the only floating park in the world. It is located in North East India and is an integral part of Loktak, the floating lake.