prelims ( india quiz 2013 iit roorkee)
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‘The MAHANBHARAT QUIZ’
By Anurag Basant
Int. MSc Physics IIIrdYr
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PRELIMS
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Rules:
# of team members <= 3
All questions carry 1mark.
No negative marking.
All sub-parts in a question to carry
equal weightage.
‘*’ marked questions to be used for tie-
breakers.
Q 2,8, 10,13, 20 are * marked
questions.
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1.
X’s creator describes himself as a media vagabond
who dabbled in many things in the media world
before he decided to go solo.
An IIT-Kharagpur graduate, he quit his cushy job in
the US Air-force and found himself an opportunity to
work with Red Chillies Entertainment as an assistant
director for Om Shanti Om.
‘X’ is loosely based on the popular American website,
CollegeHumor — dedicated entirely to the funnies,
with original sketches, parodies and web-series.
Id X
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* 2.
Name this city which is the point of
interchange of east-west and north-
south corridors.
This is a historic city of northern India,
located in the region of Bundelkhand
on the banks of the Pahuj or
Pushpavati River, in the extreme south
of the state of Uttar Pradesh.
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3.
X studied in Loyola High School, Margao. He completed his secondary education in Marathi and went on to graduate in metallurgical engineering from IIT Bombay.
X and Nandan Nilekani, Chairman of the new Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) have graduated together from IIT Bombay in the year 1978.
CNN-IBN Indian of the Year in politics category in 2012.
Id X
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4.
X is a traditional folk dance of Rajasthan.
It is performed by women in swirling robes,
and accompanied by men and women
singing together.
This folk dance gets its name from
‘ghoomna’, which displays the spectacular
colors of the flowing ‘ghaghara’, the long
skirt of the Rajasthani women.
Mostly Goddess Saraswati is worshipped
during this dance.
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5.
After Operation Blue Star in Punjab ,
the final examinations of Punjab
Univesity were postponed. Irshad
Kamil led a group of students
demanding a month's notice as
preparation. He made banners saying,
"_______ _______" and went about
raising this slogan.
He used these lines in a bollywood
film.
Which two word slogan?
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6. This is the flag of a regional
political party. Name the party
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7. Id this city.
This was instructed by the founder of this
city.
"Be sure to lay wide streets planted with
shady trees, every other of a quick growing
variety. Be sure that there is plenty of space
for lawns and gardens; reserve large areas
for football, hockey and parks; earmark
areas for Hindu temples, Mohammedan
mosques and Christian churches."
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* 8. Id the circled person.
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9. Id X.
X was the capital of a Moghul Mahal (similar to a present-day Pargana) during the time of Akbar, as is referred in Ain-e-Akbari, authored by AbulFazal.
During the 18th century, it came under the rule of Landhaura state, until the death of its Bargujar king, Raja Ramdayal in 1813. It later became a part of the territories of the British East India Company.
X is also famous for the shrine of 13th century Sufi saint Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari — the dargah is also known as Sarkar Sabir Pak — in PiranKaliyar village, where an annual 15-day spiritual fair is held.
According to one story, X derives its name from Rurimadi imran, the wife of a local Rajputchieftain.
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*10. FITB
FakingNews took a dig at Arvind
Kejriwal with a piece titled ‘ ______
claims it was a muffler, not a towel,
thus he is honest.’
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11. Which singer?
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12. Connect.
Kanpur, Jajmau, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Ghazipur, Patna, Munger, Bhagalpur, Baharampur, Bijnor
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*13.
Only 5 movies have so far won the big
4 i.e. best movie, director, actor and
actress at Filmfare.
First to do so was Guide followed by
DDLJ and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.
Which two movies released in the last
decade complete the list?
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14. Connect
Ashwathama
Rishi Ved Vyas
Lord Hanuman
Mahabali or Rajabali
Vibhishana
Kripacharya
Lord Parashurama
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15. Id the sage?
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16.
He set Twitter abuzz by joining the popular micro-blogging website.
In less than an hour - with just two tweets – he had already notched up over 2, 000 followers! His first tweet read "Here I am. One of you. Lets talk.“
He initially followed a twitter handle called @CommunalCongress, erroneously ofcourse. But a little later his 'Following' count again read zero.
Id.
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17. The Guru of ‘god’- Id
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*18. Connect.
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19. Name the work and the artist
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20.
4th century AD coin minted during the
reign of Samudragupta supposedly
commemorates what?
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Answers.
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1.
X’s creator describes himself as a media vagabond
who dabbled in many things in the media world
before he decided to go solo.
An IIT-Kharagpur graduate, he quit his cushy job in
the US Air-force and found himself an opportunity to
work with Red Chillies Entertainment as an assistant
director for Om Shanti Om.
‘X’ is loosely based on the popular American website,
CollegeHumor — dedicated entirely to the funnies,
with original sketches, parodies and web-series.
Id X
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1.
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* 2.
Name this city which is the point of
interchange of east-west and north-
south corridors.
This is a historic city of northern India,
located in the region of Bundelkhand
on the banks of the Pahuj or
Pushpavati River, in the extreme south
of the state of Uttar Pradesh.
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* 2. Jhansi
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3.
X studied in Loyola High School, Margao. He completed his secondary education in Marathi and went on to graduate in metallurgical engineering from IIT Bombay.
X and Nandan Nilekani, Chairman of the new Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) have graduated together from IIT Bombay in the year 1978.
CNN-IBN Indian of the Year in politics category in 2012.
Id X
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3. Manohar Parrikar
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4.
X is a traditional folk dance of Rajasthan.
It is performed by women in swirling robes,
and accompanied by men and women
singing together.
This folk dance gets its name from
‘ghoomna’, which displays the spectacular
colors of the flowing ‘ghaghara’, the long
skirt of the Rajasthani women.
Mostly Goddess Saraswati is worshipped
during this dance.
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4. Ghoomar
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5.
After Operation Blue Star in Punjab ,
the final examinations of Punjab
Univesity were postponed. Irshad
Kamil led a group of students
demanding a month's notice as
preparation. He made banners saying,
"_______ _______" and went about
raising this slogan.
He used these lines in a bollywood
film.
Which two word slogan?
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5.
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6. This is the flag of a regional
political party. Name the party
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6. Telangana Rashtriya Samiti
(TRS)
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7. Id this city.
This was instructed by the founder of this
city
"Be sure to lay wide streets planted with
shady trees, every other of a quick growing
variety. Be sure that there is plenty of space
for lawns and gardens; reserve large areas
for football, hockey and parks; earmark
areas for Hindu temples, Mohammedan
mosques and Christian churches."
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7. Jamshedpur or Tatanagar
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* 8. Id the person.
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8. Alok Nath
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9. Id X.
X was the capital of a Moghul Mahal (similar to a present-day Pargana) during the time of Akbar, as is referred in Ain-e-Akbari, authored by AbulFazal.
During the 18th century, it came under the rule of Landhaura state, until the death of its Bargujar king, Raja Ramdayal in 1813. It later became a part of the territories of the British East India Company.
X is also famous for the shrine of 13th century Sufi saint Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari — the dargah is also known as Sarkar Sabir Pak — in PiranKaliyar village, where an annual 15-day spiritual fair is held.
According to one story, X derives its name from Rurimadi imran, the wife of a local Rajputchieftain.
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9. Roorkee
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*10. FITB
FakingNews took a dig at Arvind
Kejriwal with a piece titled ‘ ______
claims it was a muffler, not a towel,
thus he is honest.’
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*10.
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11. Which singer?
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11. Lata Mangeshkar
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12. Connect.
Kanpur, Jajmau, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Ghazipur, Patna, Munger, Bhagalpur, Baharampur, Bijnor
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12. River Ganges flows through
these cities
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*13.
Only 5 movies have so far won the big
4 i.e. best movie, director, actor and
actress at Filmfare.
First to do so was Guide followed by
DDLJ and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.
Which two movies released in the last
decade complete the list?
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*13. Devdas and Black
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14. Connect
Ashwathama
Rishi Ved Vyas
Lord Hanuman
Mahabali or Rajabali
Vibhishana
Kripacharya
Lord Parashurama
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14. The 7 immortals
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15. Id the sage?
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Rishi Sushruta… performing
plastic sugery
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16.
He set Twitter abuzz by joining the popular micro-blogging website.
In less than an hour - with just two tweets – he had already notched up over 2, 000 followers! His first tweet read "Here I am. One of you. Lets talk.“
He initially followed a twitter handle called @CommunalCongress, perhaps erroneously. But a little later his 'Following' count again read zero.
Id.
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16.
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17. The Guru of ‘god’- Id
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17. Ramakant Achrekar
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*18. Connect.
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*18. The 3 UNESCO world
heritage sites in Delhi
Qutub Minar
Humayun’s Tomb
Red Fort
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19. Name the work and the artist
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19. Bharat Mata by M F
Hussain
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20.
4th century AD coin minted during the
reign of Samudragupta supposedly
commemorates what?
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20. Ashwamedha Yagya