CHAKRAVYUH 3.0

Quizmaster : Preksha

PRELIMS

Rules• 21 questions• Questions 7, 9, 20,21 are star marked and shall be

considered in case of a tie.• Use of any kind of electronic gadgets (mobile phones,

smart watches etc.) would lead to disqualification.• Top 6 teams qualify for the finals.• QM suggests not to waste time and energy while

blocking or vetoing as she would give hints wherever and whenever she feels to do so.

1. ID the man & give his claim to fame.

Shyam Saran Negi; Independent India’s first voter

2. Connect Zomato Quickr Shopclues Snapdeal Ola Flipkart One97 Communications

3.

Territorial Army (TA)Para (Special Forces)

4. • It is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by

the Tamil community). Its name is a combination of the name of the month, and the name of a star. The festival commemorates the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a Vel "spear" so he could vanquish the evil demon Soorapadman. It is commonly believed that this festival marks Murugan's birthday.

Thaipusam / Thaipoosam Festival

5.• The art of X was born in the river Sindhu

6000 years ago. The very word X is derived from the Sanskrit word for ‘nine motions’, in some ways referring to the apparent use of the nine planets for X. Id X.

Navigation• (Nav Gatih being the Sanskrit word)

6.• It works upon the motion of the Moon

because the Moon is the fastest among all heavenly entities. It is a Sanskrit word, literally meaning "having five limbs". Its basic purpose is to check various Hindu festivals and auspicious time.

Panchānga

7*. ID this Temple• Built in the 16th century, the architectural features

of this temple are in the Vijayanagara style. The fresco paintings are particularly detailed in very bright dresses and colours with scenes of Rama and Krishna from the epic stories of the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the Puranas and they are well preserved.

• There is a very large Nandi (bull), mount of Shiva, about 200 metres (660 ft) away from the temple which is carved from a single block of stone, which is said to be one of the largest of its type in the world.

Veerabhadra Temple, Lepakshi

8.• During Satyug, there was a beautiful woman named ‘Ahilya’,

she was married to sage Gautam. Lord Indra was very attracted to Ahilya, so when one day Gautam rishi went to take a bath, Lord Indra disguised as Gautam rishi and entered his house, Ahilya couldn’t recognise his true identity. When Indra was going out of the house, he came back into his original appearance and it was at this time that Gautam rishi saw him exiting his house. Seeing this, he was enraged with Ahilya and cursed her to become a stone statue. However when she narrated the whole story of how she was fooled by Lord Indra, Gautam rishi melted and said that though there was no immediate solution, Ahilya would be freed when Lord Rama will come and touch her feet in Tretayug. However Ahilya told him that it would be a very long wait for her then. Thus Gautam rishi used his immense powers to bring about a change that reduced Ahilya’s wait by about a million years.

• What was this change that is offered as a possible explanation for one of the biggest anomalies in hindu mythology?

He made Tretayug (3) come before Dwaparyug (2).

9*.

10.

Dilkhush Sweet

11.• Zaheer Khan made his test debut on Nov

10-13, 2000. Along with him Indians Shiv Sunder Das and Saba Karim also made debut in the same match.

• What about that game made the other team's debutant(s) much more special?

First test match of Bangladesh• Since it was their first match, their entire

team was making it's test debut

12.

13*. Connect• Aurangabad • Bilaspur• Chamba• Durgapur• Fatehabad• Islampur• Kharagpur• Kota• Udaipur

Cities / towns in India that share the same name– Aurangabad (Maharashtra, Bihar)– Bilaspur (Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh)– Chamba (Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand)– Durgapur (Maharashtra, West Bengal)– Fatehabad (Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana)– Islampur (West Bengal, Bihar) – Kharagpur (Bihar, West Bengal)– Kota (Rajasthan, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh)– Udaipur (Rajasthan, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh)

14.• X is regarded as one of the most famous art

forms of India.  However there is a misconstrued notion that this art originated in India. X was never an Indian creation and has its roots in Persia. The Iranian craftsmen of Sasanied era invented this art and Mongols spread it to India and other countries. French tourist, Jean Chardin, who toured Iran during the Safavid rule, made a reference to an enamel work of Isfahan, which comprised a pattern of birds and animals on a floral background in light blue, green, yellow and red. ID X.

Meenakari

15.• Pratima Singh comes from the Jaunpur, Uttar

Pradesh, whose four out of five sisters have either played or playing for Indian national team. Her sisters Divya, Prashanti, and Akanksha, have represented Indian National Women's Basketball Team. Prashanti Singh is the current captain of the team. Together they are also known as Singh Sisters. Why was her photos viral on social media few months back ?

16. What is iconic about this image ?

Rajnikanth have never spoken this

dialog.

17. Connect

Only PM that have presented the Union Budget being the PM

18.• Gārbha kalyāṇaka • Janma kalyāṇaka• Dīkṣā kalyāṇaka• Jñāna kalyāṇaka• Nirvāṇa kalyāṇaka

• These auspicious events occur in life of every _______.

Jain Tirthankara

19. Id this musical instrument

Kartal

20.* ID this animal

GAUR (Indian Bison)

21*.• Video

Assam Riffles