india quiz finals round 5

8/14/2019 India Quiz Finals Round 5

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India 09


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1) X was a Bangalore-born and Mysore-educated writer began his professionallife as a journalist. After working withthe Express group, he joinedPublications Division as Assistant Editorand went on to edit PlanningCommissions journal Yojana.Accordingto Mr. Natwar Singh, was the only

person in Indira Gandhis office who didnot call her madam".He was the JointEditor of the Selected Works ofJawaharlal Nehru and has authoredseveral books on his own; the last ofwhich was titled The Book I Wont Be


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H.Y.Sharada Prasad


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2 ) Y was a major Kannada writer, social activist,environmentalist, Yakshagana artist, moviemaker and thinker. He was described as the"finest novelist-activist of modern India"byRamachandra Guha.He was conferred Padma

Bhushan by Government of India which later hereturned in protest against the Emergencyimposed by Indira Gandhi.Y was an intellectualand environmentalist who tremendously

contributed to art and culture of Karnataka. Hemay be called the best novelist in Kannada, assome of his novels such as Marali Mannige,Bettada Jeeva, Alida Mele are outstanding.Hiscontribution to revival of Yakshagana will forever

be remembered. Yakshagana-Bayalata (1958) in


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Shivaram Karanth


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3) Its origin has been traced in hoary past indifferent ancient civilizations, more than 4,000years back.This idea developed perhaps, into acelestial bird, watching in all directions.In Indiansubcontinent, the sculpture of this mythical birdfound in Taxila (a.k.a. Taxasila) is theoldest.Narasimhaavatar became so omnipotentthat the benevolent gods began to fear of totaldestruction. Hence they prayed Lord Shiva.Shiva then assumed the form of Sharabha, (a

mythical bird) and tamed Narasimha. (man-lion). Vishnu then transformed himself into

____________ and faced Sharabha. __________thus came to be known as symbol of immensepower.Later this mighty mythical bird was

adopted as an emblem by several rulers.Whatis the mythical bird?


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6) In 1998, after averting a major crisis in theMiddle East through diplomatic means, UNSecretary General Kofi Annan had spoken thefollowing words,

"Never underestimate the power of ________"" A short music film was shot in the recent pastsomewhat loosely based on these lines.The filmis set primarily in Los Angeles, USA, whereprogress and plenitude abound. Lives and

lifestyles there stand in stark contrast to thoseparts of the world where pain and sufferingabound. The film attempts to bring these twoworlds together through its story and in doingso depicts the dawning of a particularrealization on its protagonist.that he need notwait for a reason to show kindness


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Song by Film by Singers Dancer Cassel Dixion Jr Talent Bryan Clark, Adele Jones Cinematography Mufti Tassaduq Hussain Camera Assistant Christopher Chambers Line Producer Anglea Sostre Directors Assistants Vasant Nath, Suny Behar Production Co-Ordinator Joel Henry Costume Designer Samantha Kuester Make Up Olivia Osborn Edited by Sylvette Artinian Online Editor Sumanth Emerson David Post Production Pixion Sound Recorded at Panchatan Studio Photography Credits Corbis Howard Davies, Peter Turnley Executive Producer Mohan Chopra Supported by Nokia India Alok Mehta, Karan Grover


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Pray for me Brother


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7)The logo symbolises carryingemotion across physical distances.

The bold strokes convey free flight.

At second glance it resembles a freebird in flight..The logo has two maincolours, red and yellow. Red

indicates traditional association withthe ________, signifying passion,power and commitment. Yellow

stands for hope, joy and happiness.


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9) He is also known as _________(referring tohis complexion) ______________(refering tothe island which was his birthplace).A number of Vaishnava traditions regard

him as an avatar of Vishnu. He is alsoconsidered to be one of the eightChiranjeevas (long lived, or immortals), whoare still in existence according to generalHindu belief.

Many also point out that He was born on theconfluenceof the rivers Koel,Sankha andBrahmani at the present steel city ofRourkela in Northern Orissa.In pic is thetemple in Badrinath dedicated to Him.Whois He?


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Veda Vyasa


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10)The name of this sport can beloosely translated in English as polegymnastics.A straight pole made of

teak or sheesham wood, standing 2.6m in height with a circumference of55 cm at the base. It gradually

tapers to a circumference of 35 cmat the top is used.The sport involvesa _______ (man of strength)

performing acrobatic feats on the


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Mallakhamb


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11)Feline maternal instincts are the mostfierce among other animals . It wasconsidered absolute bravery when

anybody faced a newly littered feline andreaped (literally) its rewards .In regions ofKarnataka, acts of valour were recognisedby kings who fed _________ to the valiant. It

was also said that _________ was thesource of great strength and thus only thedeserving could be given __________. Xwhich is the literal translation of ________

was kannada movie starring Dr.Rajkumar.


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__________ - Tigers milk

X- Huliya haalina mevu


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13) Id the Stud


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Cheteshwar Pujara


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19)Somebody is missing. Who andconnect?


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MSD-World Cup winning captains


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Smile Pinki


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21)Ad for what?


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22)X was named Mangte Chungneijangby her dear father, M.Tonpu andmother Saneikham.THE MOTIVATING

EVENTS for X was Failing to getthrough in HSLC exam that Xappeared from Adimjati High school,

Imphal.X did Manipur proud bywinning five back to back Nationalchampionships from 2000 to 2005.X

kept the world champions title for


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MC Mary Kom


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25. He graduated with a B.E (ChemicalEngineering) from Madras University.Hetrained in Kuchupudi dance from Vempetti

Chinni Sathyam in Madras during thecollege days.He entered the world ofmovies in the 1980s. He has hadtremendous success in the world of

cinema.His success in the movies Anand,Rathasapthami and Mana MechchidaHudugi shot him to superstardom andsubsequently earned him a nickname by

which he is referred to even today. Who is


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Yat-trick Yeero


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Pharmas


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Adilabad

Ahmedabad

Mysore

Mahabalipuram-from Mamallapuram

Thiruvananthapuram

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