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Welcome to Quiz No: 13 of India Quiz
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QUESTION 1: A reason often evoked in Indian mythology for refusing marriage proposals is that the proposed couple is already in
relation XY. Now mythological character A used this clause twice to refuse marriage, claiming he was X to person B and Y to person C, so could not marry either. What is XY, and who are A, B and C?
relation XY. Now mythological character A used this clause twice to refuse marriage, claiming he was X to person B and Y to person C, so could not marry either. What is XY, and who are A, B and C?
HINT
First The A-C marriage proposal came about, in a roundabout way, as a consequence of A refusing the A-B marriage proposal.
Second B remained unmarried, but C was married to A's son.
First The A-C marriage proposal came about, in a roundabout way, as a consequence of A refusing the A-B marriage proposal.
Second B remained unmarried, but C was married to A's son.
QUESTION 2: What does India have in common with Sri Lanka, Ireland, Côte d'Ivoire, and Zambia but not with the United States,
Japan, Pakistan, Canada, Egypt and Bangladesh?
Japan, Pakistan, Canada, Egypt and Bangladesh?
ANSWER 2: Presence of both orange and green on the National flag.
QUESTION 3: Connect Lala Lajpat Rai, Goddess Lakshmi, the right to hoist the national flag of India and the Tughlaq dynasty
HINT
First It's a place.
Second You are looking for a town/city, with a university that is the largest of its kind in Asia.
First It's a place.
Second You are looking for a town/city, with a university that is the largest of its kind in Asia.
ANSWER 3
Hisar, India. Lala Lajpat Rai was elected to Hissar Municipality as a member and later as secretary. Navin Jindal, who secyred the right to hoist the national flag is from the vicinity. Feroze Shah Tughlaq is believed to have founded Hissar. Raja Agrasen, who is credited by tradition as the founder of Agrawals was blessed by Goddess Lakshmi and started a new city named Agroha, located near current day Hisar. Hisar has the largest agricultural university in the vicinity, the Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University.
QUESTION 4: Connect the names Shankar, Ram and Amar with the Indian film industry.
HINT
First Think movie titles, especially the one which gave the first best actor award to Amitabh Bachchan - this award is given by a film magazine.
First Think movie titles, especially the one which gave the first best actor award to Amitabh Bachchan - this award is given by a film magazine.
ANSWER 4
Amar Akbar Anthony, Shankar Salim Simon and Ram Robert Rahim, three movies in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, presumably based on the same story.
ANSWER 5: Nobel Prize. Utpal Bhadra and his team, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and R. K. Narayan all three deserving candidates but did notrecieve the award.
QUESTION 6: Connect the Nizam and Kakatiya.
ANSWER 6: P. V. Narasimha Rao. He started his political career protesting against The Nizam and edited a magazine called "kakatiya"
QUESTION 7: Who had given Amitabh Bachchan the title "One man industry"?
HINT
First He/She is not an Indian Citizen.
First He/She is not an Indian Citizen.
ANSWER 7
QUESTION 8: What does Vadodara have in common with Fortaleza, Cairo and Urumchi, but not with Bangalore, Johannesburg,
Bogotá and Madrid?
Bogotá and Madrid?
HINT
First The first group (i.e. Vadodara, Cairo, etc) consists of less than 50 cities. As the years pass, some members may leave it - but at the same time new members must enter it.
Second Had the official name been Baroda and not Vadodara, this city wouldn't have been included in the first group.
First The first group (i.e. Vadodara, Cairo, etc) consists of less than 50 cities. As the years pass, some members may leave it - but at the same time new members must enter it.
Second Had the official name been Baroda and not Vadodara, this city wouldn't have been included in the first group.
ANSWER 8
Most populous cities beginning with each letter of the English Alphabet
QUESTION 9: Complete the list and connect:
Jacob Martin, Abhay Sharma, Paras Mhambrey, Sairaj Bahutule, Sanjay Bangar, _____________.
Jacob Martin, Abhay Sharma, Paras Mhambrey, Sairaj Bahutule, Sanjay Bangar, _____________.
ANSWER 9: Mohammed Kaif.These are the captains of the winning teams in the six Ranji Trophy finals held from 200-2006 in the chronological order, with Kaif being the latest.
ANSWER 10: Interviews-Assassinations. Peter Ustinov was going to interview Indira Gandhi for his film on the Gandhis when she was shot dead. Bourke-White was the photographer with Gandhiji the morning he was assassinated
ANSWER 11: Delhi. Commonwealth games host in chronological order. i.e. 1998, 2002, 2006 and 2010.
QUESTION 12: A detention camp was later converted to a technical institution in a country which is a member of Commonwealth of Nations. Name the detention camp.
ANSWER 12: Hijli Detention Camp
QUESTION 13: What occasion in India falls March 22 every year, except on March 21 in leap years?
ANSWER 13: The National Calendar of India is based on the Saka era and has its Ist Chaitra (that is, the first day of the first month) on 22nd March usually and 21st March in a leap year.See here.
QUESTION 14: This recent pair has been touted as one of the most effective hit-pairs in Indian advertising industry's history for a
single product campaign. The pair comprises Jayaram and X. Who is X and what am I talking about?
single product campaign. The pair comprises Jayaram and X. Who is X and what am I talking about?
HINT
First This ad campaign was for a service that is fairly new not only in India but also worldwide, but which has taken off in the last decade, with China and India among the key markets, along with the first world countries.
First This ad campaign was for a service that is fairly new not only in India but also worldwide, but which has taken off in the last decade, with China and India among the key markets, along with the first world countries.
ANSWER 14
Boy and Pug advertisement series of Hutch,X is Cheeka.
QUESTION 15: Which Indian musical instrument does not have markings for notes, and is played by assumption?
QUESTION 16: Connect 15 September 2005 with Diwali
HINT
First Also connect 12 July 1991.
First Also connect 12 July 1991.
ANSWER 16
An explosion at a fireworks factory in Khusropur killed 35 including 10 children. This accident on 15 September 2005 was the most deadly explosion at a fireworks factory in India since a similar accident in Meenamapatti on 12 July, 1991
QUESTION 17: This Bollywood actor was a national level football player before entering films. Who am I talking about?
ANSWER 17: Esha Deol
ANSWER 18: Political leaders belonging to the minority communities in political parties dominated by majority religion?
QUESTION 19: Tipu Sultan was an expert in a fine art, and wrote a monograph on the subject. What was this fine art?
QUESTION 20: This person contested several elections including the one for President of India. He gained so much notoriety that
his alias has become generic for the perennial candidate who fights every election. A TV news channel also had a spoof program with his alias as the title. Identify the person and his alias.
his alias has become generic for the perennial candidate who fights every election. A TV news channel also had a spoof program with his alias as the title. Identify the person and his alias.
QUESTION 21: Complete and connect: Japan-Kyoto, Spain-Granada, Russia-Moscow, Australia-Sydney, Turkey-Istanbul, India-?
ANSWER 21: Agra - Places nominated in the list of the New Seven Wonders of the World.
QUESTION 22: This Britisher wrote a book on Indian birds, hanged only a handful of soldiers as District Magistrate during the 1857 uprising, and founded a vernacular newspaper. He is most well known for another reason though. Who is he?
ANSWER 22: Allan Octavian Hume
QUESTION 23: The person A was preceded in his high political post by a person B born in some other continent than A. Years of
studying at the university gave A connection with C, whose name was (and still is despite the fact C is no longer alive) one of the most respected in C's continent, which is different from native continents of A and B. Both B and C were seen with suspicion in the USA.
Name A,B and C.
studying at the university gave A connection with C, whose name was (and still is despite the fact C is no longer alive) one of the most respected in C's continent, which is different from native continents of A and B. Both B and C were seen with suspicion in the USA.
Name A,B and C.
HINT
First C was from a country that made news in October 2006, B is Jewish but connected to India in some way, while A is connected with India in a more straightforward way.
Second A is connected with India through his name and ancestry. B is connected to India through ancestry of B's spouse.
ThirdB was the first democratically-elected female president of her continent.
First C was from a country that made news in October 2006, B is Jewish but connected to India in some way, while A is connected with India in a more straightforward way.
Second A is connected with India through his name and ancestry. B is connected to India through ancestry of B's spouse.
ThirdB was the first democratically-elected female president of her continent.
ANSWER 23
Janet Jagan is B. Her husband Cheddi Jagan is Indian. A is Bharrat Jagdeo who came after Mrs. Jagan. C is Patrice Lumumba.
ANSWER 24: Hinduism in Azerbaijan >> Fire Temple of Baku >> Baku >> Baku Congress of the Peoples of the East (1920) >> Origin of the Communist Party of India
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Hinduism in Azerbaijan >> Atashgah >> Alexander III of Russia >> Nicholas II of Russia >> Russian Revolution of 1917 >> Communism >> Communist Party of India
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Hinduism in Azerbaijan >> Atashgah >> Alexander III of Russia >> Nicholas II of Russia >> Russian Revolution of 1917 >> Communism >> Communist Party of India
QUESTION 25: Connect: A breed of black Burmese cat, a brand of gin by Bacardi, Emilio Estevez, and a Swedish eurodance artist.
ANSWER 25: Bombay is the connect. Bombay (cat) - black Burmese cat, Bombay Sapphire - a gin brand from Bacardi, Gordon Bombay (a character played by Emilio) and Jonny Jakobsen - Swedish eurodance artist (more famous as Indian taxi driver Dr. Bombay).