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Prelims

India Quiz-2012K-circle

1.

• Lalit Bhasin a leading lawyer in India has taken upon himself to prevent an attempt for commercial exploitation of the name ______. Bhasin has filed an opposition to a request for trademark registration by one Valverde Munoz of Ecuador before the Trademark Office, Ecuador seeking registration of the name and label “Arroz ________” as a trademark in Ecuador in international class 30. Indian law protects “_______ “ as a national emblem under the Emblems and Names Act of India – no one, but the government, can use the name or pictorial representation of _______ in trademark or design without authorization of the Government of India.

2.

• X is a small town in the Dhanbad district in the state of Jharkhand.The

names of rival dons Sabir Alam and Fahim Khan, lords of two mafia

families are associated with X. Though out on bail after spending eight

years in jail, Sabir Alam rarely stays at home due to the threat to his

life. Fahim Khan, who is still alive and in the Hazaribagh jail currently, is

son of Shafi Khan, who had a rivalry with Surya Dev Singh.The foundation

of X was laid by the two brothers - late M A X Sahab and M A Jabbar

Sahab in 1955-56. They were known contractors of Dhanbad.

3.

• When he was born he was supposed to have born with a full set of teeth which was a sign that he would become a king or an emperor. Since he was a born in a Brahmin family his teeth were broken but it was predicted that he would make another a person king and rule through him. He is also supposed to have poisoned his King to make him immune to it. Identify

4. What’s X ?

• Words in Hindustani are analysed in traditional Hindi pedagogy as falling into the following categories:

• Tadbhava (तद्भव/تدبھو derived from): There are words that are derived from Sanskrit or Prakrit, but often with much transformation.

• Tatsama (तत्सम/تتسم identical): Words that are in exactly the same form (when written) as standard Sanskrit.

• Deshaja (देशज/دیشج local): words that are unrelated to any Sanskrit words, and of local origin.

• X: Loan words from non-Indian languages that include Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Portuguese, or English.

5. Where did Nissim Ezekiel write this poem?

• “No talking to cashier/No smoking/ No fighting/ No credit/ No outside food/ No sitting long/ No talking loud/ No spitting/ No bargaining/ No water to outsiders/ No change/ No telephone/ No match sticks/ No discussing gambling/ No newspaper/ No combing/ No beef/ No leg on chair/ No hard liquor allowed/ No address enquiry/ — By order.”

6.

• In Jainism, what will be the good word for :1) . “SKY-CLAD”2) .”WHITE-CLAD”

7.

'uchchishtam' (in Sanskrit) 'entho' (in Bengal) 'aitha' (in Orissa)

'ushta' (in Western India) 'echal' (in Tamil Nadu)

'echil' (in Kerala) 'enjalu' (in Karnataka)

'engili' (in Andhra Pradesh)X (in North India)

8.Connect

9. Fill in the blanks. (Order Important)

a) _________ ______ Queen Maud Land

b) _____________ Schirmacher Region

c) Bharathi Larsemann Hills

10.

• The Royal Bengal tiger represents all the terrestrial animals. It also represents the Indian wild life.

• The Dolphin represents the ocean. They are found all over the world and thus it represents the aquatic life.

• The woman represents The Mother Earth, who provides us with food, shelter and every basic necessity of human and other living creatures.

• The leaf and the bird stand for flora and fauna. What has been described above?

11. Make-up session for which serial ?

12.

• The _________ Manuscript is an Ancient Indian mathematical manuscript written on birch bark which was found near the village of ___________ in 1881 in what was then the North-West Frontier Province of British India (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in Pakistan). It's written in Śāradā script and in Gatha dialect.

Contd…

• ????

13.

• The Pseudois nayaur, is a caprid found in the high Himalayas of Nepal, Tibet, China, India, Pakistan, and Bhutan. The X has horns that grow upwards, curve out and then towards the back, somewhat like an upside down mustache.

Contd…

14. Emblem of which empire ?

15. Id the man in the inset (a celebrity tailor)

16.FITB

• The ex chief minister of Tamil Nadu, M.Karunanidthi renamed Semmai Paddy, a special type of high productivity paddy variant, as _________ to mark the millennial year of the creation of Brihadeeswarar Temple

17.

• _______ means "(military) camp" in the Hindustani language, and is derived from Turkish word meaning "army“

• _____ language was also the language of the camp when Nader Shah of Persia (Iran) invaded India. The word ______ is derived from the same Turkish word that has given English horde

18. What’s X ?

• The Goan Muslims are a minority community who are commonly referred as Moir by Goan Catholics and Hindus. Moir is derived from the word X.

19. What has been blocked out ?

20.

Born as X Abhaji Palav to a textile mill worker, he was obsessed with films and later went on to get his break in silent movies. He rose to fame in a 1951 movie Albela that he wrote, produced and directed.

Y, a cult figure who had adopted his dance style and admitted that “It was after I watched X dancing in that typical style of his, that I decided to dance like him”.

Identify X who later lived and died in the chawls of Mumbai and also Y

21.Complete the list

• Bhishma• Ashwathama• Kripacharya• ___________

22.

• Name the first and latest Indian sites adjudged as UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE

23.A certain list in test cricket

•Rahul Dravid – 55•Alan Border – 53•Sachin – 51•Kallis – 45• John Redi – 44•G R Viswananth – 41•Mark Boucher and Alec Stewart – 40•Steve Waugh and VVS – 39

24. ID the dance form

25. What has been blocked out ?

26.ID the voice…

27.Id the two flags

28.

• X disclosed in an interview,"I consider “Aakhri Khat” a memorable film of my initial days. It was out and out a director's project and Chetan Anand, highly imaginative and sensitive director handled the film with expertise. I still clearly remember how cinematographer Jal Mistry shot the song sequence, “Ab Na Ja” on me and Indrani Mukherjee in five to six close ups also picturising the natural panorama of the Himalayas with rare aesthetics and perfection. My most challenging scene in “Aakhri Khat” was the last one where I am in a pensive mood in silence till I recognise my son, Bunty. Chetan Anand used to wake me up with late night phone calls so that my face had the ideal pathos oriented look."

29.

• X originates from the Hindi word ra`īyat and the Arabic word ra`īyah, translated as "flock" or "peasants", in turn originating from the word ra`ā, meaning "pasture".

30.• Mediastinal and other extragonadal germ cell tumors

are metastases from an inapparent gonadal primary site. Unlike benign germ cell tumors of the mediastinum, malignant mediastinal tumors are usually symptomatic at the time of diagnosis. Most mediastinal malignant tumors are large and cause symptoms by compressing or invading adjacent structures, including the lungs, pleura, pericardium, and chest wall. Which famous Indian(back in action after treatment) had been suffering from this disease?

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India Quiz-2012K-circle

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India Quiz-2012K-circle

1.

• Lalit Bhasin a leading lawyer in India has taken upon himself to prevent an attempt for commercial exploitation of the name ______. Bhasin has filed an opposition to a request for trademark registration by one Valverde Munoz of Ecuador before the Trademark Office, Ecuador seeking registration of the name and label “Arroz ________” as a trademark in Ecuador in international class 30. Indian law protects “_______ “ as a national emblem under the Emblems and Names Act of India – no one, but the government, can use the name or pictorial representation of _______ in trademark or design without authorization of the Government of India.

Gandhi

2.

• X is a small town in the Dhanbad district in the state of Jharkhand.The

names of rival dons Sabir Alam and Fahim Khan, lords of two mafia

families are associated with X. Though out on bail after spending eight

years in jail, Sabir Alam rarely stays at home due to the threat to his

life. Fahim Khan, who is still alive and in the Hazaribagh jail currently, is

son of Shafi Khan, who had a rivalry with Surya Dev Singh.The foundation

of X was laid by the two brothers - late M A X Sahab and M A Jabbar

Sahab in 1955-56. They were known contractors of Dhanbad.

Wasseypur

3.

• When he was born he was supposed to have born with a full set of teeth which was a sign that he would become a king or an emperor. Since he was a born in a Brahmin family his teeth were broken but he was predicted that he would make another a person king and rule through him. He is also supposed to have poisoned his King to make him immune to it. Identify

Chanakya

4. What’s X ?

• Words in Hindustani are analysed in traditional Hindi pedagogy as falling into the following categories:

• Tadbhava (तद्भव/تدبھو derived from): There are words that are derived from Sanskrit or Prakrit, but often with much transformation.

• Tatsama (तत्सम/تتسم identical): Words that are in exactly the same form (when written) as standard Sanskrit.

• Deshaja (देशज/دیشج local): words that are unrelated to any Sanskrit words, and of local origin.

• X: Loan words from non-Indian languages that include Persian, Turkish, Arabic, Portuguese, or English.

Videshi

5. Where did Nissim Ezekiel write this poem?

• “No talking to cashier/No smoking/ No fighting/ No credit/ No outside food/ No sitting long/ No talking loud/ No spitting/ No bargaining/ No water to outsiders/ No change/ No telephone/ No match sticks/ No discussing gambling/ No newspaper/ No combing/ No beef/ No leg on chair/ No hard liquor allowed/ No address enquiry/ — By order.”

Irani Cafe

6.

• In Jainism, what will be the good word for :1) . “SKY-CLAD”2) .”WHITE-CLAD”

1).Digambar and 2). Svetambar

7.

'uchchishtam' (in Sanskrit) 'entho' (in Bengal) 'aitha' (in Orissa)

'ushta' (in Western India) 'echal' (in Tamil Nadu)

'echil' (in Kerala) 'enjalu' (in Karnataka)

'engili' (in Andhra Pradesh)X (in North India)

Jutha(Contamination with saliva)

8.Connect

Old and New “Agent Vinod”

9. Fill in the blanks. (Order Important)

a) _________ ______ Queen Maud Land

b) _____________ Schirmacher Region

c) Bharathi Larsemann Hills

• Dakshin Gangotri and Maitri

10.

• The Royal Bengal tiger represents all the terrestrial animals. It also represents the Indian wild life.

• The Dolphin represents the ocean. They are found all over the world and thus it represents the aquatic life.

• The woman represents The Mother Earth, who provides us with food, shelter and every basic necessity of human and other living creatures.

• The leaf and the bird stand for flora and fauna. What has been described above?

• The logo for CoP11 or Convention on Biological Diversity to be held in Hyderabad

3. Make-up session for which serial ?

Sigma

12.

• The _________ Manuscript is an Ancient Indian mathematical manuscript written on birch bark which was found near the village of ___________ in 1881 in what was then the North-West Frontier Province of British India (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in Pakistan). It's written in Śāradā script and in Gatha dialect.

Contd…

• ????

Bakhshali

13.

• The Pseudois nayaur, is a caprid found in the high Himalayas of Nepal, Tibet, China, India, Pakistan, and Bhutan. The X has horns that grow upwards, curve out and then towards the back, somewhat like an upside down mustache.

Contd…

Bharal

14. Emblem of which empire ?

Hoysala

15. Id the man in the inset (a celebrity tailor)

A.K. Hangal

16.FITB

• The ex chief minister of Tamil Nadu, M.Karunanidthi renamed Semmai Paddy, a special type of high productivity paddy variant, as _________ to mark the millennial year of the creation of Brihadeeswarar Temple

Rajarajan 1000

17.

• _______ means "(military) camp" in the Hindustani language, and is derived from Turkish word meaning "army“

• _____ language was also the language of the camp when Nader Shah of Persia (Iran) invaded India. The word ______ is derived from the same Turkish word that has given English horde

Urdu

18. What’s X ?

• The Goan Muslims are a minority community who are commonly referred as Moir by Goan Catholics and Hindus. Moir is derived from the word X.

Moor

19. What has been blocked out ?

Lakshmanrekha

20.

Born as X Abhaji Palav to a textile mill worker, he was obsessed with films and later went on to get his break in silent movies. He rose to fame in a 1951 movie Albela that he wrote, produced and directed.

Y, a cult figure who had adopted his dance style and admitted that “It was after I watched X dancing in that typical style of his, that I decided to dance like him”. Identify this guy who later lived and died in the chawls of Mumbai.

X- Bhagwan Dada, Y- Amitabh Bacchan

21.Complete the list

• Bhishma• Ashwathama• Kripacharya• ___________

Kritwarma(Survivors on the side of Kauravs after Mahabharat)

22.

• Name the first and latest Indian sites adjudged as UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE

1983 – Agra Fort and Ajanta Caves

2012 – Western Ghats

Id

23.A certain list in test cricket

•Rahul Dravid – 55•Alan Border – 53•Sachin – 51•Kallis – 45• John Redi – 44•G R Viswananth – 41•Mark Boucher and Alec Stewart – 40•Steve Waugh and VVS – 39

Bowled out descending order

24. ID the dance form

Chow Dance

25. What has been blocked out ?

The Underachievers

26.ID the voice…

Dhanush

27.Id the two flags

Azad Kashmir(POK) and J&K

28.

• X disclosed in an interview,"I consider “Aakhri Khat” a memorable film of my initial days. It was out and out a director's project and Chetan Anand, highly imaginative and sensitive director handled the film with expertise. I still clearly remember how cinematographer Jal Mistry shot the song sequence, “Ab Na Ja” on me and Indrani Mukherjee in five to six close ups also picturising the natural panorama of the Himalayas with rare aesthetics and perfection. My most challenging scene in “Aakhri Khat” was the last one where I am in a pensive mood in silence till I recognise my son, Bunty. Chetan Anand used to wake me up with late night phone calls so that my face had the ideal pathos oriented look."

Rajesh Khanna

29.

• X originates from the Hindi word ra`īyat and the Arabic word ra`īyah, translated as "flock" or "peasants", in turn originating from the word ra`ā, meaning "pasture".

Ryot

30.• Mediastinal and other extragonadal germ cell tumors

are metastases from an inapparent gonadal primary site. Unlike benign germ cell tumors of the mediastinum, malignant mediastinal tumors are usually symptomatic at the time of diagnosis. Most mediastinal malignant tumors are large and cause symptoms by compressing or invading adjacent structures, including the lungs, pleura, pericardium, and chest wall. Which famous Indian(back in action after treatment) had been suffering from this disease?

Yuvraj Singh

18. Identify the song that is being sung

18. Identify the song that is being sung

Jana Gana Mana(National Anthem)