DELHI QUEST PRELIMSBy Samir Alam

RULES:1. There are 20 questions in the prelims2. Teams are requested not to use any unfair means to answer-

Switch off your smartphones.3. Question number 5,10,15 and 20 are star marked which will be

used in case of ties4. Quizmasters decision is final and binding.5. Top 6 teams qualifies for finals.

1 X was developed in Delhi by Hakeem Hafiz Abdul Majeed in 1906 as a refreshing herbal tonic. It’s translation means “nourishment for the soul” in Urdu. It is manufactured by Hamdard Wakf Laboratories in India. The specific Unani recipe of X combines several ingredients with refreshing properties. Which iconic thing are we talking about ?

ROOHAFZAH

2 Which telecom service provider provides the Wi-Fi service in Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon?

3 It was inaugurated in 1956, and was built with a grant from the Government of New Zealand. It was established in New Delhi after former Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's intitial proposal to set up the institute in Calcutta was turned down by the then Chief Minister of West Bengal Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy. It was the result of Rajkumari Amrit Kaur’s vision. What?

AIIMS

4 This you will find it near Mandi House.

Who?

ALEXANDER PUSHKIN

*5 It is the largest of its type in South Asia. Prior to 1958, a small it was located at Delhi Gate area of Delhi. In 1958, it was transferred from Delhi Gate to a site on the land of _____ Village. Till  1966,  its administrative control was with the Government of the state of Punjab. The same was transferred to the Delhi Administration, Delhi in 1966. What?

TIHAR JAIL

6 A Lady Sriram College alumnus, she was the recipient of the Rafto Prize and the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 1990. In 1992 she was awarded the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding by the Government of India.

She once said “Government leaders are amazing, So often it seems they are the last to know what the people want.” Who?

AUNG SAN SUU KYI

7 He is from New Delhi, India, yet despises Indian food, and his knowledge regarding Indian culture and Hinduism is not very accurate. His father is a gynaecologist . A brilliant astrophysicist in the Physics Department at Caltech, being known for a noted publication on Kuiper Belt object size distribution.

For his discovery of a planetary object beyond the Kuiper Belt, 2008 NQ17, he was included in People magazine's "30 (Visionaries) Under 30 (Years of Age) to Watch",

RAJESH KOOTHRAPALLI FROM THE BIG BANG THEORY

8 According to the legend of Ala-ud-din’s war exploits, the name given to the Fort was because the foundation of the fort was built on the severed heads of about 8,000 Mongol soldiers killed in the war.

Another version of the legend refers to the war crimes committed by Allauddin when the Mongol army was defeated and the captured soldiers were brought here and trampled by elephants, then their severed heads were hung on the walls of the Fort.

Name the fort?

SIRI FORT

9 Shri Brahm Shakti Prince Beverages Pvt Ltd which owns several Prince Paan shops in Delhi launched a beverage called the_________ in Feb 2015. Jitender Keswani, who along with his family owns the company, said the cola is for the 'common man' who cannot afford to buy costly soft drinks manufactured by foreign companies. Keswani said the slogan given for the drink is the best. It reads, "Drink and fight for your right”.

*10 Qimat Rai Gupta was born in 1937 in undivided Punjab. In 1958 he quit his studies and moved to Delhi. He started an electrical trading shop called Gupta Ji & Company in Bhagirath Palace. In 1971 he purchased the company ___________ from Haveli Ram Gandhi for INR 7,00,000. Today, the company has a market cap of above $3 billion. Which company?

HAVELLS

11 Fashioned after the Arc de Triomphe , in Paris with the adjoining features inspired after the Champs-Élysées street. It originally housed a statue of George V, and in recent times, there have been debates regarding installing a statue of Mahatma Gandhi. Which place are we talking about?

INDIA GATE

12 This was built in 1930 as part of the new imperial capital of India, New Delhi as the residence of the Commander-in-Chief of the British Indian Army and is named after the memorial located in front of the building(pic in slide). this is also the former residence of the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru , who stayed here for 16 years until his death on May 27, 1964.

TEEN MURTI BHAVAN

13 Year 1872 - Pt. Gaya Prasad, a yong man in early twenties, left his home in Tehsil Bah in Agra and came to Delhi in search of greener pasture. He put up a shop in a lane entering the Kinari Bazaar in Chandni Chowk . Soon the popularity of his product grew so much that he had to call his brothers and cousins to help him in the business. Gradually, there came up almost a score shops - all belonging to the extended families of Gaya Prasad.  What is their famous product?

PARANTHE

14 Parikrama is a restaurant situated on the 24th floor of Antariksh Bhavan, right in the heart of CP. What is unique about this restaurant?

ONLY ROTATING RESTAURANT IN DELHI

*15 In Delhi this service was started on 6 March 1908 was in operation until about 1963. The Delhi government has recently given its nod to a proposal to set it up again.

Accompanied by MLA Alka Lamba, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia took a 'heritage walk' around Chandi Chowk to determine the infrastructure needed to build it in the area. Sisodia, who is also the development minister of the state, announced that it will be resumed as a part of the Shahjahanabad Redevelopment plan.

What am I talking about?

TRAMS

16 The Logo of this institution is a graphic statement which stands for international academic exchange and onwards search of knowledge for the betterment of human being. The overlapping circular segments of the design denote global interaction, creating a flame emitting enlightenment, this flame emerges from the traditional Indian 'diya' (lamp)-a source of Light, Understanding and Brotherhood.

The design is also representative of the rose-bud closely associated with the name of the person after whom the institution is named. 

17 It is the largest spice market in asia. It was built in the year 1650 by Fatehpuri Begum, one of the wives of Shah Jahan. The name translates to ‘salty step well’. It was earlier used for bathing and for animals.

What am I talking about?

KHARI BAOLI

18 Which place in Delhi gets its name from the fact that a deranged Iranian Sufi Mystic named Abdullah used to meditate perched upon a hill in that location ?

MAJNU KA TILA

19 In mid 19th century, Mohammed Aziz was a cook in the royal court of the Mughal Emperor, however after Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled, he left the city for Meerut and later Ghaziabad. However, in 1911, when Delhi Durbar was held for the coronation of the King George V, one of Aziz's son moved back to Delhi with an innovative idea of opening a Dhaba to cater the people coming from all over India to join the coronation. He started the Dhaba selling just two items of Alu gosht (mutton with potatoes) and Daal (lentil curry) served with Rumali Roti. In 1913, he established a hotel in Gali Kababian, near Jama Masjid, Delhi saying, "I want to earn fame and money by serving the royal food to the common man". The restaurants opened its first branch in 1990s in Nizamuddin West, followed by Kailash Colony, Noida, Gurgaon and at Kamla Nagar, all in Delhi NCR region. Today, the fourth generation is running the show. Name the restaurant chain.

KARIM’S

*20 It was established in 1992, has exhibits from 50 countries, arranged sequentially in three sections of "Ancient, Medieval and Modern", according to the period of the artifacts collected from 3000 BC till the end of the 20th century.

“It is indeed very unusual and it’s the only one of its kind in the world,” founder says. “We founded it to give a message,” he said. “India faces a big challenge in this sector. So it helps policy makers understand the efforts that were made in this field in the past.”

What am I talking about?

SULABH INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF TOILETS