FINALS

Scoring

Direct Answer, bounce +10 -0

Pounce- +15 -10

1.

Mohammad Chaman, a trader in Sadar

Bazaar in Delhi was irritated with his customer

during their first encounter (in May 2013). His

customer had wanted 300 units of an item at a

discounted price. From December 2013, the

item has become a rage and Chaman sold as

many as 3 lakh units. There is also a YouTube

video detailing how to make this item. What is

this item?

And the answer is….

Aam Aadmi topis

customer was Arvind Kejriwal

2. FITB

Born Margaret Elizabeth Noble was a Scots-

Irish social worker, author, teacher and a

disciple of Swami Vivekananda.

From her father, from her college professor

etc. she learned many valuable lessons like –

service to mankind is the true service to God.

Swami Vivekananda gave her the

name ________ (meaning "Dedicated to

God") when he initiated her into the vow

of Brahmacharya on 25 March 1898.

And the answer is….

Sister Nivedita

3

Being billed as "India's largest public arts

programme", it is in Mumbai and consists of a 3

km long display wall with works by over a

thousand artists curated by Rajeev Sethi.

Called "Jaya He", it is part of a space

inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh

in January 2014.

Where exactly is this in Mumbai?

And the answer is….

At the new T2 terminal at Chhatrapati

Shivaji International Airport in

Mumbai.

4.

A bypoll was held for the Noksen assembly

constituency in Nagaland on Sept. 4, 2013.

This became the first major Indian election to

use the VVPAT system, which brings an

innovation to Indian elections.

What is this system about?

And the answer is….

"VVPAT" stands for Voter Verifiable

Paper Audit Trail, allowing voters to

check that the EVM has recorded the

right vote, and generating a paper

trail that can be counted later if

needed.

5. Id X. The name of this place X was coined following

the acquisition of land from 300 families from local villages. 4000 acres of land was acquired under the ‘1894 Land Acquisition Act’ to begin the construction of the Viceroy’s house.

This is a slightly elevated portion about 18 metreshigher than the surrounding area.

This became the prime venue for protest against series of gang rape incidents in Delhi including 2012 Delhi gang rape case, where the protesters made allegations of mis-governance which had made the city highly unsafe for women.

And the answer is….

Raisina Hill

6. Id the depiction. The upper right hand holds a damaru. A specific hand

gesture (mudra) called is used to hold the drum. It symbolizes sound originating creation or the beat of the drum is the passage of time.

The upper left hand contains Agni or fire, which signifies destruction. The opposing concepts in the upper hands show the counterpoise of creation and destruction or the fire of life.

The second right hand shows the Abhaya mudra(meaning fearlessness ), bestowing protection from both evil and ignorance to those who follow the righteousness of dharma.

The second left hand points towards the raised foot which signifies ‘moksha’. It also points to the left foot with the sign of the elephant which leads the way through the jungle of ignorance.

And the answer is….

Lord Shiva as Natraja

7.

What is the collective name for the states

Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and

Bihar pointing towards backward economic

condition?

This acronym was coined by Ashish Bose in the

mid 1980s, but now this depiction has started to

become outdated as some of these states are

growing faster than some of the more developed

states.

And the answer is….

Bimaru States

8. Id him. Some suggest that aspiring to become a world leader,

he undermined the intelligence reports dating back to 1955 about Chinese preparations to defend its land claim on ‘disputed areas.’

He was responsible for India's lack of military readiness and was forced to tender his resignation as minister of defence in spite of Nehru protecting him by first making him Minister of Defence production and then Minister without portfolio.

On 23 January 1957 he delivered an unprecedented eight-hour speech defending India’s stand on Kashmir. To date, the speech is the longest ever delivered in the United Nations Security Council, covering five hours of the 762nd meeting on 23 January, and two hours and forty-eight minutes on the 24th.

And the answer is….

V K Krishna Menon

9. Who was Draupadi in this epic

‘cheerharan’?

And the answer is….

Satish Shah

10. Id the singer(and lyricist) of this

lullaby from Life of Pi

And the answer is….

Bombay Jayshree

11. He was born a Chitpavan Brahmin in Pune District to

a Marathi family. His father, Vinayak Vamanrao_______, was a post office employee and his mother was Lakshmi .

At birth, he was named Ramachandra. Before he was born, his parents had three sons and a daughter, with all three boys dying in their infancy. Fearing a curse that targeted male children, young Ramachandra was brought up as a girl for the first few years of his life, including having his nose pierced and being made to wear a nose-ring .

It was then that he earned his present name. ( Think about nose-ring)

After his younger brother was born, they switched to treating him as a boy.

And the answer is….

Nathuram Godse

12. As of October 1st 2013, there have been 95 men

and 22 women in this list. Among the men, the first was the Indian Zeeshan Ali in 1990, while the 95th, an Italian named Daniele Bracciali, entered the list in the last week of September 2013. The most famous in this list is an Indian at 36th. As for the women, the first was an Indonesian named Yayuk Basuki in 1994, while the most well known was a Czech-American at 9th.

The person with whom this list is associated, became the oldest to achieve something in 2013.

What is this a list of?

And the answer is….

Leander Paes' doubles partners

(mens and mixed).

Exchange the sheets

6 google earth images

+5 for each correct identification

+10 to the score if all corect

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Exchange the sheets

And the answers are

Answers

1. The Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Mumbai

2. Red Fort

3. Pamban Bridge

4. Meenakshi Temple

5. Gomukh

6. Supreme Court of India

Connect

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She made her film debut in Sevasadan in

1938. F.G. Natesa Iyer was the lead actor,

opposite to her.

She also played the male role of Narada in

"Savitri" (1941) to raise money for

launching Kalki, her husband's nationalist Tamil

weekly

Lata Mangeshkar called her Tapaswini.

Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan termed

her Suswaralakshmi

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Rammanohar Lohia called her Gungi Gudiya,

which means 'Mute Doll'.

Sam Manekshaw replied “ Anything for you my

sweetie” to her question whether he was ready to

fight on the eve of

IndoPak war of 1971.

Married a Parsi

________ Awaas Yojana

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Was born named Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu.

Birthplace was Skopje, now capital of

the Republic of Macedonia, but at the time part of

the Ottoman Empire, to ethnic Albanian parents.

Went on record saying, "By blood, I am Albanian.

By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic

nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world. As to

my heart, I belong entirely to the Heart of Jesus."

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She has recorded songs for over a

thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over

thirty-six regional Indian languages and foreign

languages, though primarily in Hindi and Marathi.

She is the elder sister of singers Asha

Bhonsle, Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Usha

Mangeshkar and Meena Mangeshkar.

She was featured in the Guinness Book of World

Records from 1974 to 1991 for having made the

most recordings in the world.

Answers

1. Aruna Asaf Ali +5

2. M S Subbulakshmi +5

3. Indira Gandhi +5

4. Mother Teresa

5. Lata Mangeshkar

Connect : the only 5 female Bharat Ratna

awardees.