Freshers India Quiz 2014

Freshers India Quiz 2014

QUIZMASTERS1. ABHINAV RAJ2. SAMVIT KUMAR3. AMIT GUPTA

PRELIMSRULES:1. NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES ARE ALLOWED.2. THE DECISION OF THE QUIZMASTERS IS FINAL.3. IN CASE OF A DOUBT REFER TO THE PREVIOUS RULES.

1Name the son of a diwan of a small princely state in the Kathiawar region and his fourth wife?

M K Gandhi

2Name the monument.

BiBi ka Makbara(Aurangzeb Ki)Aurangabad (Maharashtra)

3In the year 1919, the British government passed an act under which the government had the power to arrest and keep a person in prison without trial. Which was this act?

Rowlett Act

4Identify thelogo.

Aadhar Card

5Which fictional town is situated on the bank of the river Sarayu and the journey to this village from madras takes few hours?

Malgudi

6Started illegally in 1957 on government land by a govt. employee in Chandigarh. Name this famous monument.

Rock Garden

7Originally built as Baku and commissioned in 1987, the carrier served with the Soviet (until the dissolution of the Soviet Union) and Russian Navies before being decommissioned in 1996 as she was too expensive to operate on a post-Cold War budget. It was later renamed Gorshkov. The carrier was purchased by India on 20 January 2004 after years of negotiations at a final price of $2.35 billion. The ship successfully completed her sea trials in July 2013 and aviation trials in September 2013. She was formally commissioned on 16 November 2013 at a ceremony held at Severodvinsk, Russia. Name the aircraft carrier after its induction in the Indian Navy.

INS Vikramaditya

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Identify.

Pranab Mukherjee.

9In Mahabharata, Ashwatthama was the son of Dronacharya. Ashwatthama was killed during battle, to enable the assassination of Dronacharya, Ashwatthamas father. Ashwatthama , after the end of fighting tried killing Arjuns unborn grandson. How is that possible?

One was an Elephant and other was the son of Dronacharya.

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Connect

Parle-G Girl

11Fill in the blank.This Bridge is an arch bridge under construction in India. It spans the _____ River between Bakkal and Kauri, in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. It is being built as a part of Kashmir railway. When completed, the bridge will be 1,263 m (4,144 ft.) long, with a 480 m (1,570 ft.) trussed arch span, 359 m (1,178 ft.) above the river and a 650 m (2,130 ft.) long viaduct on the Kauri side. When completed, it will be the worlds highest railway bridge.

Chenab Bridge

12*In 1947, what name was given to the border between India and Pakistan?

Redcliff Line

13*Toshi Namgyal is a goatherd living in the _____region of Kashmir. One day, many years ago, he went looking for his yak. Instead he found _______.This led to an important event of the Indian Subcontinent. He was promised big rewards for his discovery which he hasnt received yet.

Kargil War

14*This gate is called namak haram darwaza as it was the residence of _____________ .It is located in Murshidabad, West Bengal.

Mir Jafar

15Who is Director General (Joint Secretary level Officer) in the Department of Archives and Archaeology in the Govt. Of Haryana? Hint: A 1991 Batch Haryana Cadre IAS officer.49 yrs old.

Ashok Khemka

16In 1719,he was a witness to a noisy discussion in the court of Mughal Emperor Muhammad Shah about how to determine an auspicious date when the emperor could start a journey.This led him to think about on the need to improve knowledge on a particular subject.It is a marvel that in midst of local wars and foreign invasions, he found the energy to do so much about it. What did he do?

Jantar Mantar

17Grandson of Pulatsya, son of a rishi father and rakshasa mother, a maestro of Veena and hailed as a great scholar, which mythological character has a beautiful temple dedicated to him at Mandore near Jodhpur? His statue can be found in the Meenakshi Temple in Madurai.

Ra.one

18In 1591, which monument was built by Mohammad Quli Qutub Shah to commemorate the end of plague in this south Indian city?

Char Minar

19*Here lies one who spared neither man nor God Waste not your tears on him, he was a sod Writing nasty things he regarded as great fun Thank the Lord he is dead, this son of a gun.Who wrote these lines for himself?

Khuswant Singh

20Google founder, Brin, described him as his friend and teacher and said that ... his legacy and personality lives on in the students, projects, and companies he has touched. Today, whenever you use a piece of technology, there is a good chance a little bit of ___________ is behind it.Identify this alumnus of IIT Kanpur

Rajeev Motwani

21CONNECT.

Engine145cc four-stroke (after 2002), two-stroke (before 2002)Top speed80 km/hPower7.5 BHPTorque1.1kgm@ 3500 rpmTransmission4 speed, manual with shifter in the left hand gripSuspensionSwingarmBrakesDrumTires3.50X10Wheelbase1230 mmWeight103 kg(dry)

Fuel capacity6 Litres

Bajaj Chetak

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Identify the Singer.

Akshay Kumar

23Who held the seat of Phulpur in the parliament for 12 years till his death. He was also the first MP from the seat.?

Chacha Nehru

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Indira Canal

25*Through these pictures published in Peoples war, the official mouthpiece of Communist Party of India ,which event heavily censored and covered up by authorities was brought to the attention of nation and world by photographer Sunil Janah?

The Great Bengal Famine(1943-44)

Freshers India Quiz 2014(The Final)

QuizmastersAmit GuptaAbhinav RajSamvit Kumar

RulesThe Quizmasters are always right .Any kind of cheating is frowned upon.Kudos and chocolates for the audience if they answer the questions meant for them.

Round I(infinite bounce and infinite pounce)For answering correctly in turn +10For pounce +15/-5

1.Identify the flag

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Identify this young man

3This song is from the 1967 Dev Anand hit Jewel Thief.The film was shot in a landlocked country which does not exist in that form any more.ID

4.What was shown for the first time on 15th Aug 1988 during the coverage of the PMs speech on the occasion of independence day?

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She died in 1997.She was awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1980.ID

6What began in mourning on 27 may 1964 and ended on 9th june for the first and began again in mourning on 11jan 1966 and ended on 24th jan 1966 for the second time?

Round 2(in Uniform) Dedicated to

(IC-521 22356 SS-14246 27373 2831592 IC-8947 IC-7990 J-4547 IC-7990 2639885 IC-5565 4239746 10877 F(P) IC-25067 IC-14608 JC-155825 IC-32907 IC-56959 269057213760533 IC-57556)

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________ had anarranged marriagein March 1985 and joined her husband in the Gulf. However, the marriage turned sour following dowrypressure and she returned to her parents' home in Mumbai within two months. She then applied for a flight attendant job with Pan Am, and upon selection, went to Miami for training as a flight attendant but returned aspurser. ID her and what is her claim to glory?

2How can a Man die Better than facing Fearful Odds,For the Ashes of His Fathers and the Temples of His Gods,

To the sacred memory of the Heroes of __________,114 Martyrs of 13 Kumaon who fought to the Last Man,Last Round, Against Hordes of Chinese on 18 November 1962.Built by All Ranks 13th Battalion, The Kumaon Regiment.These words are inscribed upon the memorial at ___________The site of one of the most heroic successful last stands of Indian history.An extra 5 points for the name of the commanding officer of the post

3General characteristicsType:Ballistic missile submarineDisplacement:6,000 tonnes (5,900 long tons; 6,600 short tons)[1]surfacedLength:112m (367ft)[1]Beam:11m (36ft)Draft:10m (33ft)Installed power:1 pressurized water reactor[2]83MW (111,000hp)Propulsion:1 propeller shaftNuclearSpeed:Surfaced:1215 knots (2228km/h)Submerged:24 knots (44km/h)Range:unlimited except by food suppliesTest depth:300m (980ft)

Connect

4Designed by Savitri Khanolkar (born Eva Yuonne Linda Maday-de-Maros to a Hungarian father and Russian mother) it is a circular bronze disc 1.375 inches (3.49cm) in diameter. The state emblem appears in the centre, on a raised circle. Surrounding this, four replicas of Indra's Vajra .The decoration is suspended from a straight swivelling suspension bar. It is named on the edge. It is worn using a purple ribbon.On the rear, around a plain center, are two legends separated by lotus flowers. The words _____________ are written in Hindi and English. What?

5The last time when Nehru donned his lawyers robes was in a trial in 1945 along with four other lawyers. Who were the accused he was defending?

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Connect

Round 3- Mini Connect

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Connect

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HINT?

parachute

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Round 3

1Over the past few week, bottles of Sosyo and other regionally marketed beverages such as the MASST range of Indore-based UNO Foods, and the Big Cola, marketed by Peruvian company AJE have replaced Coca Cola and Pepsi in many restaurants across Mumbai. What has led to such an action from traders?

2Emilie Schenkl was born in Vienna on 26 December 1910 in an Austrian Catholic family. Paternal granddaughter of a shoemaker and the daughter of a veterinarian, she started primary school latetowards the end of the Great waron account of her father's reluctance for her to have formal schooling. Her father, moreover, later became unhappy with her progress in secondary school and enrolled her in a nunnery for four years. However, Schenkl decided against becoming a nun, and went back to school, finishing finally when she was 20.The Great Depression had begun in Europe; consequently, for a few years she was unemployed. She later worked as a secretary to someone. Schenkl never visited India, though she lived until 1996. According to her daughter, Schenkl was a very private person Who is she?

3Dear @_________ your ad is wrong & totally misleading. Shahtoosh shawls aren't supposed to pass a ring test, that's a Pashmina shawl Omar Abdullah tweeted few months back. Fill the blanks.

4Identify the place where India had an embassy till 1962 and now again it proposed to have an embassy there. However the request was turned down. Only Nepal has embassy there. Name the Place(city).

5On 6th August at about 11:30AM a Strategic consultant jumped into a well and accused an advocate of bias and partiality. Identify both.

6He began his career as a small town photographer in Godhra but had to leave business after the death of his first wife and child in an outbreak of the bubonic plague. He soon met the German magician Carl Hertz, Soon after, he had the opportunity to work with the Archaeological Survey of India as a draftsman. However, restless with his job and its constraints, he turned to the business of printing. He specialized in lithography and oleograph, and worked for painter Raja Ravi Varma. He later started his own printing press, made his first trip abroad to Germany, to learn about the latest technology, machinery and for art also. Following a dispute with his partners about the running of the press, he gave up printing and turned his attention to ______________.He died in 1944 at the age of 74.Who and FITB

Round 4(Ghar)

Identify the movie from the poster.

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2Born27 November 1973Died27 November 2003(aged30)Gaya, IndiaCauseof deathAssassinationNationalityIndiaEducationB. Tech (Civil 1994), M. Tech (Civil 1996)AlmamaterIIT Kanpur,IIT BHUOccupationProject DirectorEmployerGovt. of IndiaOrganizationIES,NHAIKnownforKilled for exposing corruption inNHAI projectNotable work(s)Exposed corruption in Government systemHometownSiwan District

ID

3A significant moment in the struggle against British rule occurred at here in 1931 when two unarmed detainees, Kumar Mitra and Tarakeswar Sengupta, were shot dead by theBrititish police. Santosh Subhas Chandra Bosecame here to collect their bodies. Many national leaders, including Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, voiced strong protests against the British Raj over this incident.What is this place now?

4Most Members of Parliament spend their MP Local Area Development Scheme funds on a mix of roads, children's playgrounds and other do-good projects. _____________, however, had a completely different idea about what should be done with the money. The result was the new Biological Sciences and Bioengineering (BSBE) department at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur.

5iss sawaal ka aadhar kya hai?

These two chaps were team mates representing IITB in the quiz in Mood Indigo 1975.Before the elections, they were also part of the same government. Who are they?

6Listed by Forbes magazine as anAmericanbillionaire,___________ made his early fortune as one of the co-founders ofSun Microsystems, a company which created theJava programming languageandNetwork File System(NFS).

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