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Quiz-O-Sthan : The India Quiz (Prelims )

The document details a quiz organized by the NSUT Quiz Club, featuring questions about India’s culture, history, and notable figures. It includes an array of topics ranging from an Indian city's significance, a 2008 film, a historical park, and famous songs, to recent events and advertisements. Additionally, it lists various achievements, ceremonies, and public figures related to the questions posed in the quiz.

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INDIA QUIZ The NSUT Quiz Club presents PRELIMS
RULES ● 21 questions ● 5, 10, 15, 20 are star markers ● Top 8 teams qualify for the finals ● Don’t shout out blocks!
1. What is being described here? According to the official website, it draws inspiration from the vibrant colours of India’s national flag – saffron, white and green, and blue. It juxtaposes planet Earth with the lotus, India’s national flower that reflects growth amid challenges. The Earth reflects India’s pro-planet approach to life, one in perfect harmony with nature.
2. Identify the park / Id X Located in the heart of this city, this park is spread across 80 acres and was inaugurated by Lal Bahadur Shastri who planted a sapling from the _ _ _ _ _ tree from Sri Lanka which was presented to him by former Sri Lankan PM Sirimavo Bandarnaike. Recently a meeting between PM Modi and Japanese PM Fumio Kishida was held here where they paid homage to the aforementioned tree. PM Modi later tweeted that one of the aspects which connects India and Japan is the teachings of X, and hence they both went to this park (paraphrased).
3. Who is being talked about? Which 2008 movie? "I was not a fan of Qawwali," he admits candidly in an interview with The Hindu before his first Sufi concert last month, where didn’t perform his usual head bangers but delved into his other soulful pieces. "In 1991, a friend of mine introduced me to a record of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and I was like, 'Who is this? What is this music?' It changed my whole paradigm of thinking. Later, I met Nusrat and learnt a few lessons." A conversation with Khalil Mohommad inspired him in experimenting with a completely new genre that resulted in the song 'Piya Haji Ali'. Later, during a visit to Ajmer, a khadim (caretaker) asked him to compose something for Dargah Khwaja Sahib which ultimately made its way into an epic 2008 film.
4. Which city? Chiragh-i-Dair is the third among Ghalib's 11 masnavis (long poems) penned in Persian. It talks about his love for an Indian city. While proceeding from Delhi to Calcutta, Ghalib arrived in this city in the spring of 1827 and was greatly captivated by it. That Ghalib chose to describe it as the 'Kaaba of Hindostan' reveals the extent of his love for the city. The city rejuvenated his spirits, and he eulogised it and enshrined its beauty in his masnavi, just as a devotee would thread together a rudraksha mala.
5*. Exhaustive List. Put Funda Asha : 18/09/2022 Siyaya : 18/09/2022 Obaan : 18/09/2022 Cibili : 18/09/2022 Siasa : 18/09/2022 Savannah : 18/09/2022 Sasha : 18/09/2022 Freddy : 18/09/2022 K1 : 18/02/2022 K2 : 18/02/2022 4 are unnamed from 29/03/2022 and there is an online campaign going on for them to be to named by the common people K3 : 18/02/2022 K4 : 18/02/2022 K5 : 18/02/2022 K6 : 18/02/2022 K7 : 18/02/2022 K8 : 18/02/2022 K9 : 18/02/2022 K10 : 18/02/2022 K11 : 18/02/2022 K12 : 18/02/2022
6. Which event? Who was the German? Despite a 5 year contract, this event remained on the schedule for just three years, all of them being dominated by a certain German. 2014 was supposed to be a one-year hiatus for the Indian edition which would take a break from hosting duties and pick them back up again in 2015, but this never happened. Apparently, the government of Uttar Pradesh, led by the then Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, said that the event was a form of entertainment. Hence, the organisers needed to pay tax and duties on everything connected with it, making it economically non-viable. The fact that attendance had been dwindling over the last three years did not help the situation either.
7. Identify X. A list of some of the most famous countries where X is popular or famous - India : X Trinidad and Tobago : X Suriname : X Guyana : X Mauritius : X Cambodia : Reamker Thailand : Ramakien Laos : Phra Lak Phra Ram Indonesia : Kakawin X Netherlands : X Fiji : X Myanmar : Yama Zatdaw
8. Which city? Which stadium? In the late 1950s and early 1960s, this town was the largest German colony outside Germany, as India's first public sector steel plant was set up here in partnership with the country. This city, as well as the state it is located in, have played a pivotal role in the development of a particular sport in India at the grassroots level. Known for producing around 80 India internationals including greats like the current president of this sport’s national governing body, Dilip Tirkey, the tribal dominated Sundargarh district surprisingly didn’t have a great infrastructure for the nourishment of this sport until a recently inaugurated world class stadium, where a prestigious tournament was held this year. This stadium is named after a freedom fighter, whose spirit of activism in the late nineteenth century, is remembered to be a strong mark of protest against British rule in India.
9. What is this Amul Ad talking about?
10*. FITB T-Series is the most followed YouTube channel, ahead of PewDiePie and Mr Beast with over 238 million subscribers. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the first Indian YouTube video to to cross 3 billion views. The 9:41-minute video on music label T-Series is the most popular version of itself familiar to listeners all around the world. FITB
11. What was this an advertisement for? This vintage advertisement by JaiHind Manufacturers for one of its products features the pillars of India’s freedom movement – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. With the exception of Maulana Azad, the other four were not exactly pleased with the purpose of this ad for a very visible reason, as a result of which, the ad was taken down shortly after its release in the 1940s. Identify the advertised product X? (picture on the next slide)
12. Identify X, Y and Z This is an excerpt from a quite colorful but controversial monologue delivered by the Actor-comedian Vir Das in USA, during the winters of 2021. “I come from an India where we bleed X every time we play Y. But every time we lose to Y, we turn Z all of a sudden.”
13. Identify X and Y Why did X have to change his religion? X and Y gave numerous hits like Raja Jani, Aas Paas, and Tum Haseen Main Jawaan together. On 21 August 1979, they got married at a mehr of, Rs 111,000 in the presence of two legal witnesses. X changed his religion to marry Y due to a clause in the Hindu Marriage Act and converted to Islam. X renamed himself as Dilawar Khan Kewal Krishn and Y renamed herself as Aaisha Bi R. Chakravarty.
14. Identify the record to Abhimanyu’s ‘name’ Abhimanyu Easwaran is a Right Hand opening batsman for Bengal and is well known for his excellent batting. With his great record of 19 centuries in Ranji Trophy, he was also selected for the Indian Squad for the Test against Bangladesh. On January 3rd this year, he played against Uttarakhand in Ranji Trophy group A match. In that match he achieved something which has never been achieved by any cricketer till now. His father has an equal contribution in him achieving that feat,
15*. ID X and Y X is a 1982 hit song made for a Bollywood movie by the legendary Indian artist Y and X has gained fans worldwide. During the cold war, Hindi cinema made a great impression on soviet-cinema goers and when they heard the song X they loved it way too much. X also went to Hollywood as it was featured in the 2008 movie ‘You don’t mess with Zohan’ by Adam Sandler. However, X has now surprisingly recently gained popularity in China amid lockdown protests as the lyrics of the song translate to ‘Give me rice’ in Mandarin.
16. Which celebrity figure released this? Identify the festive occasion it was supposed to depict. Back in the fall of 2017, this celebrity figure came under fire for the following ad he posted on his social media handles wishing his customers happiness and joy for the upcoming festive season. (picture on the next slide)
17. What is the name of this temple? Right next to the famous Chaturbhuj Temple of Madhya Pradesh, stands this unique temple in the district of Orchha. It is believed to be built by the king of Orchha, Raja Madhukar Shah, between 1558 and 1573. Madhukar Shah built this temple for his wife Rani Ganesh Kuwari who was an ardent devotee of Lord Rama. The speciality of this temple is that Lord Rama has a sword in his right hand and a shield in the other. Shri ram is sitting in Padmasana, with left leg crossed over right thigh. This is the only temple in India where Rama is worshipped as X and not a God. Every day relevant ceremonies are performed to acknowledge Rama as X.
18. Why is this in the news as of recently? Dhan Singh Tarapore Karam Singh Bana Ekka Khetrapal Pandey Hoshiar Shaitan Jadunath Yogender Hamid Rane Ramaswamy Batra Joginder Salaria Piru Somnath Sekhon Sanjay
19. Identify this Clip of a Commercial Hint- This is Salman Khan’s first Ad, starring along with Ayesha Shroff and Aarti Gupta
20*. Put Funda
21. What is blanked out here and give the significance of this (what did it lead to)...
ANSWERS
ANSWERS
1. What is being described here? According to the official website, it draws inspiration from the vibrant colours of India’s national flag – saffron, white and green, and blue. It juxtaposes planet Earth with the lotus, India’s national flower that reflects growth amid challenges. The Earth reflects India’s pro-planet approach to life, one in perfect harmony with nature.
2. Identify the park / Id X Located in the heart of this city, this park is spread across 80 acres and was inaugurated by Lal Bahadur Shastri who planted a sapling from the _ _ _ _ _ tree from Sri Lanka which was presented to him by former Sri Lankan PM Sirimavo Bandarnaike. Recently a meeting between PM Modi and Japanese PM Fumio Kishida was held here where they paid homage to the aforementioned tree. PM Modi later tweeted that one of the aspects which connects India and Japan is the teachings of X, and hence they both went to this park (paraphrased).
Buddha Jayanti Park
3. Who is being talked about? Which 2008 movie? "I was not a fan of Qawwali," he admits candidly in an interview with The Hindu before his first Sufi concert last month, where didn’t perform his usual head bangers but delved into his other soulful pieces. "In 1991, a friend of mine introduced me to a record of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and I was like, 'Who is this? What is this music?' It changed my whole paradigm of thinking. Later, I met Nusrat and learnt a few lessons." A conversation with Khalil Mohommad inspired him in experimenting with a completely new genre that resulted in the song 'Piya Haji Ali'. Later, during a visit to Ajmer, a khadim (caretaker) asked him to compose something for Dargah Khwaja Sahib which ultimately made its way into an epic 2008 film.
A.R. Rahman Jodha Akbar
4. Which city? Chiragh-i-Dair is the third among Ghalib's 11 masnavis (long poems) penned in Persian. It talks about his love for an Indian city. While proceeding from Delhi to Calcutta, Ghalib arrived in this city in the spring of 1827 and was greatly captivated by it. That Ghalib chose to describe it as the 'Kaaba of Hindostan' reveals the extent of his love for the city. The city rejuvenated his spirits, and he eulogised it and enshrined its beauty in his masnavi, just as a devotee would thread together a rudraksha mala.
Varanasi
5*. Exhaustive List. Put Funda Asha : 18/09/2022 Siyaya : 18/09/2022 Obaan : 18/09/2022 Cibili : 18/09/2022 Siasa : 18/09/2022 Savannah : 18/09/2022 Sasha : 18/09/2022 Freddy : 18/09/2022 K1 : 18/02/2022 K2 : 18/02/2022 4 are unnamed from 29/03/2022 and there is an online campaign going on for them to be to named by the common people K3 : 18/02/2022 K4 : 18/02/2022 K5 : 18/02/2022 K6 : 18/02/2022 K7 : 18/02/2022 K8 : 18/02/2022 K9 : 18/02/2022 K10 : 18/02/2022 K11 : 18/02/2022 K12 : 18/02/2022
Cheetahs at Kunho Natioal Park
6. Which event? Who was the German? Despite a 5 year contract, this event remained on the schedule for just three years, all of them being dominated by a certain German. 2014 was supposed to be a one-year hiatus for the Indian edition which would take a break from hosting duties and pick them back up again in 2015, but this never happened. Apparently, the government of Uttar Pradesh, led by the then Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, said that the event was a form of entertainment. Hence, the organisers needed to pay tax and duties on everything connected with it, making it economically non-viable. The fact that attendance had been dwindling over the last three years did not help the situation either.
Indian F1 Grand Prix (Buddh International Circuit) Sebastian Vettel
7. Identify X. A list of some of the most famous countries where X is popular or famous - India : X Trinidad and Tobago : X Suriname : X Guyana : X Mauritius : X Cambodia : Reamker Thailand : Ramakien Laos : Phra Lak Phra Ram Indonesia : Kakawin X Netherlands : X Fiji : X Myanmar : Yama Zatdaw
Ram Leela
8. Which city? Which stadium? In the late 1950s and early 1960s, this town was the largest German colony outside Germany, as India's first public sector steel plant was set up here in partnership with the country. This city, as well as the state it is located in, have played a pivotal role in the development of a particular sport in India at the grassroots level. Known for producing around 80 India internationals including greats like the current president of this sport’s national governing body, Dilip Tirkey, the tribal dominated Sundargarh district surprisingly didn’t have a great infrastructure for the nourishment of this sport until a recently inaugurated world class stadium, where a prestigious tournament was held this year. This stadium is named after a freedom fighter, whose spirit of activism in the late nineteenth century, is remembered to be a strong mark of protest against British rule in India.
Rourkela Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium
9. What is this Amul Ad talking about?
Chatgpt
10*. FITB T-Series is the most followed YouTube channel, ahead of PewDiePie and Mr Beast with over 238 million subscribers. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the first Indian YouTube video to to cross 3 billion views. The 9:41-minute video on music label T-Series is the most popular version of itself familiar to listeners all around the world. FITB
Hanuman Chalisa
11. What was this an advertisement for? This vintage advertisement by JaiHind Manufacturers for one of its products features the pillars of India’s freedom movement – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. With the exception of Maulana Azad, the other four were not exactly pleased with the purpose of this ad for a very visible reason, as a result of which, the ad was taken down shortly after its release in the 1940s. Identify the advertised product X? (picture on the next slide)
Hair Oil
12. Identify X, Y and Z This is an excerpt from a quite colorful but controversial monologue delivered by the Actor-comedian Vir Das in USA, during the winters of 2021. “I come from an India where we bleed X every time we play Y. But every time we lose to Y, we turn Z all of a sudden.”
Blue, Green, Orange/Saffron
13. Identify X and Y Why did X have to change his religion? X and Y gave numerous hits like Raja Jani, Aas Paas, and Tum Haseen Main Jawaan together. On 21 August 1979, they got married at a mehr of, Rs 111,000 in the presence of two legal witnesses. X changed his religion to marry Y due to a clause in the Hindu Marriage Act and converted to Islam. X renamed himself as Dilawar Khan Kewal Krishn and Y renamed herself as Aaisha Bi R. Chakravarty.
X: Dharmendra Y: Hema Malini Hindu Marriage Act prohibits polygyamy
14. Identify the record to Abhimanyu’s ‘name’ Abhimanyu Easwaran is a Right Hand opening batsman for Bengal and is well known for his excellent batting. With his great record of 19 centuries in Ranji Trophy, he was also selected for the Indian Squad for the Test against Bangladesh. On January 3rd this year, he played against Uttarakhand in Ranji Trophy group A match. In that match he achieved something which has never been achieved by any cricketer till now. His father has an equal contribution in him achieving that feat,
Only cricketer to play a match in a stadium named after him
15*. ID X and Y X is a 1982 hit song made for a Bollywood movie by the legendary Indian artist Y and X has gained fans worldwide. During the cold war, Hindi cinema made a great impression on soviet-cinema goers and when they heard the song X, they loved it way too much. X also went to Hollywood as it was featured in the 2008 movie ‘You don’t mess with Zohan’ by Adam Sandler. However, X has now surprisingly recently gained popularity in China amid lockdown protests as the lyrics of the song translate to ‘Give me rice’ in Mandarin.
Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja Bappi Lehari
16. Which celebrity figure released this? Identify the festive occasion it was supposed to depict. Back in the fall of 2017, this celebrity figure came under fire for the following ad he posted on his social media handles wishing his customers happiness and joy for the upcoming festive season. (picture on the next slide)
Javed Habibi Durga Pooja
17. Id X / What is the name of this temple? Right next to the famous Chaturbhuj Temple of Madhya Pradesh, stands this unique temple in the district of Orchha. It is believed to be built by the king of Orchha, Raja Madhukar Shah, between 1558 and 1573. Madhukar Shah built this temple for his wife Rani Ganesh Kuwari who was an ardent devotee of Lord Rama. The speciality of this temple is that Lord Rama has a sword in his right hand and a shield in the other. Shri ram is sitting in Padmasana, with left leg crossed over right thigh. This is the only temple in India where Rama is worshipped as X and not a God. Every day relevant ceremonies are performed to acknowledge Rama as X.
King / Ram Raja Temple
18. Why is this in the news as of recently? Dhan Singh Tarapore Karam Singh Bana Ekka Khetrapal Pandey Hoshiar Shaitan Jadunath Yogender Hamid Rane Ramaswamy Batra Joginder Salaria Piru Somnath Sekhon Sanjay
Islands in Andaman & Nicobar named after PVC awardees
19. Identify this Clip of a Commercial Hint- This is Salman Khan’s first Ad, starring along with Ayesha Shroff and Aarti Gupta
Campa Cola Ad
20*. Put Funda
Ek Do Teen….
21. What is blanked out here and give the significance of this (what did it lead to)...
Modi Rahul Gandhi Disqualification judgment