India centric quiz

3. ZAKIR HUSSAIN IS A TABLA
PLAYER WHO WAS AWARDED
PADMA BHUSHAN AWARD IN 2002.
TRUE
OR
FALSE

4. True

5. A.R. REHMAN COMPOSED THE
MUSIC OF THE MOVIE SLUMDOG
MILLIONAIRE.
TRUE
OR
FALSE

6. True

7. PANDIT BIRJU MAHARAJ IS A
LEADING KATHAK DANCER.
TRUE
OR
FALSE

8. True

9. SONAL MANSINGH IS A
RENOWNED SITAAR PLAYER.
TRUE
OR
FALSE

10. False

11. PANDIT SHIV KUMAR SHARMA IS
THE SANTOOR MAESTRO OF
INDIA.
TRUE
OR
FALSE

12. True

14. WHICH HOCKEY PLAYER WON
THREE OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS
(IN 1928, 1932, and 1936)?

15. DHYAN CHAND

16. WHICH INDIAN ATHLETE IS ALSO
REFERRED AS ‘THE FLYING
SIKH’?

17. MILKHA SINGH

18. Javagal Srinath recalls:
“My first and only hundred came 18 years
ago in the Pentangulars. That hundred,
which went to the score-books, ball by
ball, was entered by a young X. That was
way back in 1988, when Mysore zone
was playing against the Bangalore zone.
X was 15 years then the youngest in the
side. He was not happy with that job
given to him.” Who is X?

19. RAHUL DRAVID

20. For 24 yrs. it was known as the
Auckland Cross garden . How
do we know it today?

21. Eden Gardens

22. England tour of India (1981-82),
Madan Lal is dubbed 'The
Punjab Mail'. What nickname
was given to Kapil Dev?

23. 'Haryana Hurricane'

24. When Sachin played his debut
match against Pakistan, He did
not sign the BCCI contract..
Why….??

25. When he made his debut he was
only 17years old. One can sign a
contract only when one crosses
18. So his father signed the
contract

27. NAME THE ACTRESS WHO IS A
BHARATNATYAM DANCER AND IS
ALSO KNOWN AS THE ‘DREAM
GIRL’ OF BOLLYWOOD.

28. HEMA MALINI

29. NAME THE VETERAN ACTOR
WHO ESTABLISHED THE
R.K.FILMS STUDIO.

30. RAJ KAPOOR

31. A Pakistani Girl who raised her voice for
Woman’s education. Attacked by Taliban
and got treatment in London. United
Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
commemorated November 10 for woman
education in her name

32. Malala Yusafzai

33. In 1928, the British Government
increased taxes in Bardoli Taluk in Surat
District despite severe floods and famine.
X urged the farmers not to pay, and urged
them to go on a Satyagraha. This led to a
chain of events which culminated in the
peaceful return of the lands to their
rightful owners. This brought X’s
leadership qualities to the fore and led to
a certain honorific being conferred on
him. Id X.

34. Sardar Patel

35. WHICH ACTRESS WON THE MISS
WORLD PAGEANT IN 1994?

36. AISHWARYA RAI

37. Identify

38. Kalpana Chawla

39. Identify these child actors

40. Shahid Kapoor and Ayesha
Takia

42. This is a restaurant in Cambridge,
England What happened here on
a day in 1965 ?

45. “Dabbawallas”

46. Designed by R K Laxman this character was
used by a company for its promotion.What
was it popularly known as?

47. Gattu

48. Currency of which place?

49. Goa

51. Fort Aguada, Goa

53. Guru Nanak

55. Made of generous amounts of ghee,
sugar, gram flour, and often cardamom,
________ was first prepared in the
kitchens of Amba Vilas palace by a
palace cook named Kakaasura
Madappa.

56. MYSORE PAK

58. Nicobar Island

60. ISKCON

61. This company was founded in
Zlin, Czechoslovakia in 1894. It
is currently headquartered at
Don Mills, Ontario. Name this
company which has a major
presence in India also.

62. Bata

63. If the stock exchange is on Wall
Street in the US, What street is
it in Mumbai?

64. Dalal Street

65. India's first Iron and Steel Mill
was built at

66. Jamshedpur

68. It seemed to have originated at
Golconda in the state of Andhra
Pradesh in India. It has belonged to
various Mughal, Persian and British
rulers who fought bitterly over it at
various points in history and seized it as
a spoil of war time and again. It was
finally seized by the East India
Company. What am I talking about?

69. The Kohinoor Diamond

70. The time at which place is
considered as Indian Standard
time:

71. Allahabad

72. The Kannada word for novel is
derived from the name of a
book written by the Sanskrit
author Banabhatt. What was
the book called?

73. Kadambari

74. This is the logo of which
organization?

75. ISRO

76. This product can be sold only
to government of India though
it is grown on private land.
What is the product….?

77. Sandalwood

78. River Yarlung Zangbo is the
name of a River in Chinese.
How is it called in India….??

79. Brahmaputra

80. *Okhil Babu's letter to the Railway Department in 1909*
"I am arrive by passenger train Ahmedpur station and my belly
is too
much swelling with jackfruit. I am therefore went to privy. Just
I doing the nuisance that guard making whistle blow for train
to go off and I am running with 'lotah' in one hand and 'dhoti'
in the next when I am fall over and expose all my shocking to
man and female women on plateform. I am got leaved at
Ahmedpur station.
This too much bad, if passenger go to make dung that dam
guard not wait train five minutes for him. I am therefore pray
your honour to make big fine on that guard for public sake.
Otherwise I am making big report to papers."
It is on display at the Railway Museum in New Delhi. Any

81. It apparently led to the
introduction of toilets on
trains.

83. Hint – This doodle relates to an event

84. Discovery of water on the moon

85.  We can all recognize this famous Indian
on the Google Doodle below. Why was
this Google Doodle unique among the
other Indo-centric doodles?

86.  This was the first Global Google
Doodle that was Indian-Centric. Till
then, all Indian-related Google
Doodles were restricted to
“www.google.co.in” pages. This was
the first Indian Doodle to feature on
the global “www.google.com” page.

88. Rukmini Devi’s 112 Birthday
29th February

90. Dr Varghese Kurien’s 94th
Birthday 26th November

92. India's first passenger train
journey on 16th April 1853

94. India is my country and all Indians are my
brothers and sisters.
I love my country and I am proud of its rich and
varied heritage.
I shall always strive to be worthy of it.
I shall give respect to my parents, teachers and
elders and treat everyone with courtesy.
To my country and my people, I pledge my
devotion.
In their well being and prosperity alone, lies my
happiness.
Who wrote the Indian National Pledge ?

95. The Indian National Pledge
was written by Swami
Vivekananda.

96. TIME COVER PAGE DATED: Feb. 22, 1937.
Identify his name, title & the reason why he was
on the cover page.

97. Sir Mir Osman Ali Khan,
the last Nizam (or ruler) of the Princely State of
Hyderabad and of Berar.
During his days as Nizam, he was reputed to be
the richest man in the world, having a fortune
estimated at US$2 billion in the early 1940s.
At that time the treasury of the newly
independent Union government of India reported
annual revenue of US$1 billion only.
He was featured on the cover of TIME magazine
& believed to have remained as the richest man
in South Asia until his death in 1967.

98. Chaturanga the precursor of _____
originated in India during the Gupta dynasty
(c. 280 - 550 CE). Both the Persians and
Arabs ascribe the origins of ______to the
Indians. Chaturanga in Sanskrit literally
means an army of four divisions or four
corps referring to four divisions of an army,
viz. elephants, chariots, cavalry, and
infantry.