thomso'14 india quiz - finals

Finals

In total 4 rounds

•1st Infinite pounce and bounce (16 questions)

•2nd Exchange the sheets

•3rd Infinite pounce and bounce (16 questions) Reverse order

•4th Long Visual Connect

On pounce +10/-10

Direct +10

Infinite pounce and bounce

1.Who wrote this poem to stage protest against rtaining

Sec 377 of IPC by Supreme Court?

Through love's great power Through love's great power to be made whole In mind and body, heart and soul - Through freedom to find joy, or be By dint of joy itself set free In love and in companionhood: This is the true and natural good. To undo justice, and to seek To quash the rights that guard the weak - To sneer at love, and wrench apart The bonds of body, mind and heart With specious reason and no rhyme: This is the true unnatural crime.

प्रश्न यह है तो उत्तर क्या है

………

Vikram Seth

2.

•Hiteswar Saikia, former CM of Assam, rented out a house in the 90’s. The address of the house, still in rent, reads: House No. 3989, Nandan Nagar, Ward No. 51, Sarumataria, Dispur, Guwahati, Distt. Kamrup, (Assam) – 781006

• Who is the famous resident?


………

Manmohan Singh

3.

•The last one in that region meant Sapphire in Thai. And recent one refers to an Afro-Eurasian bird and also national bird of Israel. •What am I talking about?


………

Hudhud

4.

• In 1974, __________’s remains was repatriated to India at the request of MLA Sadhu Singh Thind. The casket was received by Indira Gandhi. ________ was later cremated in his birthplace of Sunam in Punjab and his ashes were scattered in the Sutlej river. •Who?


………

Shaheed Uddham Singh.. The man

who killed Gen Dyer

5.

• “X”, a name given to the governors of the provinces of the ancient Median and Achaemenid (Persian), is used in modern literature to refer to world leaders or governors who are heavily influenced by larger world superpowers or hegemonies and act as their surrogates. The word originates ultimately (via Ancient Greek and Latin) from Old Persian word meaning “protector of the province” and from a Sanskrit word.

• Which word is "X"?


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Kshatrap

6.

•________, owner of one of the franchisees in Pro Kabaddi League, in a bid to promote the sport and also to tap talent for its team, staged Kabaddi matches outside its retail stores across India. •Which famous retail giant?


………

Big Bazar

7.

•The logo is that of a Asiatic lion, where several interlocking gears are superimposed on its entire body, to depict manufacturing prowess. •What am I talking about?


………

Make In India

8.

• A R Rahman had composed a song based on _______ for Coke Studio 2013.

• John Abraham had recited the English version of _____ in one of his recent films.

• Aamir Khan recited ______ in Hindi in Satyamev Jayate. • FITB.


………

Where The Mind Is Without Fear…..

Scores Please

9.

• In 2011, UCO bank launched _____________, the first of its kind in India at Shani Shignapur branch, Maharashtra. FITB


………

First Lockless branch…

10.

• The legend says that 'X' is a tribe which migrated from India about 4,000 years ago when the downfall of the Harappan civilization began; this tribe is now a minority in the world and was in news recently. The second largest part of this population now resides in Germany and this tribe is often referred as 'Devil-Worshippers',

• Identify X and why were they in news recently for being one of the victims of the Islamic organisation ISIS.


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Yazidis

11.

• In 2010, Taj Mahal was started to be cleaned by a substance X. It was expected that the Taj Mahal would be cleaned by it. Instead the yellow spots grew more and more. In 2011, the time magazine called it the "Facial Of The Taj". Id X.


………

Multani Mitti


………

13.

•X is a Marvel Comics character, a supervillain created by Stan Lee. He features prominently in the X-Men titles. •X is also a recognised English word, used to refer to a destructive force that is merciless and crushes anything and everything in it's path. It is a loanword borrowed from an Indian language, and is actually named after a prominent Hindu deity from one of the eastern states. Identify X.


………

Juggernaut from ‘Jagannath’

14. What are these?

• Ishaan •Vaayavya •Nairitye •Aagneya


………

The Corners called as these in Vastu Shastra

•SOUTH-EAST (‘AGNEYA’)

•SOUTH-WEST ('NAIRITYA')

•NORTH-WEST ('VAYAVYA'):

•NORTH-EAST (‘ISHANA’):

15.

•________, when denied by her husband to accompany on a mission, offers to be of any help he wishes. So, his husband strikes a 3-way deal with his wife and Goddess Nidra, where she (the wife) will absorb the burden of his necessity to remain an insomniac .


………

Urmila, Lakshmanji’s wife

16.

• According to a July 2006 report by the National Academy of Science’s Institute of Medicine, X kills more than 7000 people a year, often leading to patients receiving wrong dosages of medicine at wrong intervals of time.

• Other studies conclude that X causes errors in as much as 37% of all medical cases.

• What is being talked about?


………

Bad handwriting of doctors

Scores Please

Written round.(max: 30=2X10 +10)

+2 for each correct, +10 if all correct

Exchange Sheets

A- Bharat

B- Shantanu

C- Bhishma

D- Kunti

E- Krishna

F- Subhadra

G- Pandu

H- Arjuna

I- Parikshit

J- Vidura

Scores Please

Reverse Order

Infinite Pounce and Bounce

•Pounce +10/-10

•Direct +10/0

17.

• During an accidental meeting between X and Y on a ship in 1893 when they had travelled together from Yokohama, the latter had inspired X to set up a research and educational institution Z.

• Few years later, Y received a letter from X, requesting him to head Z that he had set up in 1909. But, Y declined the offer saying that it conflicted with his spiritual interests

• X&Y? Part points available


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X – Jamshedji Tata

Y- Swami Vivekananda

Z- IISc

18.

• Late Communist leader Indrajit Gupta remains top in the list of MPs with the longest Lok Sabha experience, having served the lower house for 11 terms. Second spot on the list is shared by three leaders: AB Vajpayee, Somnath Chatterjee and X.

• X served the Lok Sabha for ten consecutive terms from 1967 till his death in 2005, representing the constituency Y.

• X was also Power Minister in the first UPA government. • X? Y? Part points available


………

X- P M Sayeed

Y- Lakshadeep

19.

• They can originate from only one place in India. In April 2004, to mark a 400th anniversary, about 150 of them made the journey from this place to Canada, to be distributed to various organizations across the country. They were carried on the head on a four-km journey to the airport, and each one was provided with its own linen-draped seat and pillow on the airplane. Something similar happened in 2011, this time about 450 of them making the journey to Italy.

• What are we talking about?


………

Guru Granth Sahibji, considered as a

person.

20. Connect : the common term for all or the

funda

• Ahalya • Draupadi • Kunti • Tara • Mandodari


………

The Panchakanyas

The panchakanya are venerated as ideal women and chaste wives despite their association

with more than one man

21.

•Nepals national motto is a Sanskrit phrase attributed to Rama in the Ramayana and translates to “The mother and motherland are greater than heaven”. •Which phrase, which is also found in the book “AnandMath”? I want the full phrase


………

22.

• The Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) was a controversial law passed by the Indian parliament in 1971 giving the administration of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and Indian law enforcement agencies super powers - indefinite preventive detention of individuals etc.

• Lalu Prasad Yadav was in jail under this act during emergency when his wife delivered a baby girl • What followed next?


………

He named his daughter as Misa

The gentleman in the picture was a polymath who has an equation, an institute in Kolkata and a

hostel at IIT KGP named after him. He prepared the original plan for the Damodar Valley Project. In the first Lok Sabha election, he won from the

Dumdum constituency as an independent. Name him.

• 23


………

Meghnad Saha

24. One from Spic Macay!!

• X is a (tri-bent pose) standing body position or stance used in the traditional Indian sculpture, art and Indian classical dance forms like the Odissi. • X, literally meaning three parts break, consists of three bends in the body; at the neck, waist and knee, hence the body is oppositely curved at waist and neck which gives it a gentle "S" shape and is considered the most graceful and sensual of the Odissi positions.


………

Tribhanga

25.

• "Samskara" was a 1970 Kannada film that won the Indian National Award for Best Feature Film. "Ghatashradda" was a 1977 Kannada film that won the same award in 1977. "Diksha" is a 1991 Hindi film that won the National Award for Best Hindi Feature Film.

Whose stories, by a person who passed away in 2014, form the basis for all these films?


………

U R Krishnamoorthy

26.

• Selaginella species are creeping or ascendant plants with simple, scale-like leaves (microphylls) on branching stems from which roots also arise. The plants are heterosporous (megaspores and microspores), and have structures called ligules, scale like outgrowths near the base of the upper surface of each microphyll and sporophyll. Under dry conditions, some species of Selaginella roll into brown balls (a phenomenon known as poikilohydry). In this state, they may be uprooted. Under moist conditions the brown balls become green, because of which these are also known as resurrection

• What myth is associated with selaginella bryopteris.


………

Sanjivani Booti

Scores Please

27.

• Chitrahaar is a Bollywood songs television program on DD National, most widely watched in the 1970s. Lately, Chitrahaar has started using Same Language Subtitling (SLS), where Hindi subtitles of the song’s lyrics scroll across the screen.

• The idea behind SLS is that people who are just learning to read would benefit by reading lyrics of the songs they are listening to and watching. It’s an engaging way to promote literacy, especially in villages.

• Who is behind this initiative of Doordarshan?


………

IIM Ahmedabad

28. This is Mahant Bharatdas, a school dropout, who lives in the hamlet of Banej in the Gir National Forest. Why is he called India’s most

privileged voter?


………

One polling station for just one voter, he

has turned up every time.

29. Twitter conversation between ? No part points


………

ISRO’s Mars Orbiter & Curiosity Rover

30. Google Doodle which person who has also authored the books like ‘The World of homosexuals’ and mystery stories

like ‘The Perfect Murder’.


………

Shakuntala Devi

31.

This personal God in Hinduism is worshipped in thse five-step rituals out of 16 list of rituals:

1. Dhupa 2. Dipa 3. Naivedya 4. Akshata 5. Pushpa Sanskritic verses used to describe this process have been taken from the

Taittriya Upanishad. This verse is so useful and sacrosanct that it became part of the Hindu ‘code of conduct’. Which personal God?


………

Atithi Devo Bhawah!!

32. What is this an exhaustive list of?

• Mahatma Gandhi • Bal Gangadhar Tilak • C Rajagopalachari • Lala Lajpat Rai • Pt Motilal Nehru • Indira Gandhi • Rajiv Gandhi • Sardar Patel • Chittaranjan Das • Dr BR Ambedkar • Morarji Desai • V D Savarkar • Rabindranath tagore • Sarojini Naidu • Chaudhary Charan Singh • Dr. S P Mukherji • Maulana Abul Kalam Azad • Dr. Rajendra Prasad • Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya • Lal Bahadur Shastri • Pt. Jawaharlal Nehtu • Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya • Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose • Dadabhai

Naoroji


………

Their Portraits are in Central Hall of Parliament

Scores Please

Each slide will be shown for 2 minutes

Long Visual Connect:

1. +50/-40

2. +40/-30

3. +30/-20

4. +20/-10

5. +10

1. +50/-40

+40/-30

3. +30/-20

+20/-10

Connect:

•Goa Governor Mridula Sinha

•Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar

•Yoga guru Baba Ramdev

•Congress lawmaker and former union minister Shashi Tharoor

•Actor Kamal Hasan

•Actor Priyanka Chopra

•Actor Salman Khan

•Industrialist Anil Ambani

•Team of popular TV serial Tarak Mehta Ka Oolta Chashma

PM Narendra Modi's Nine

Nominees for Swach Bharat

Abhiyaan

Scores :

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