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India Quiz finals
1. India Quiz - Finals
Everything that relates to India
IISER Mohali Quizzing Club
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2. Rules
Infinite Rebound - 12.
List Connect - 6. (Simultaneous)
Audio - 6. (Simultaneous)
Photo Connect - 6. (Simultaneous)
Infinite Rebound Reversed - 12.
Chandigarh - 6. (Simultaneous)
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3. Round 1 - Infinite Rebound
1 Each question worth 10 marks.
2 Other terms and conditions apply.
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4. Infinite Rebound
Question 1
Sardar Patel, Morarji Desai, Charan Singh, Jagjivan Ram, Yashwantrao Chavan,
Devi Lal - Only one name is required to make this list exhaustive. Whose name?
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7. Infinite Rebound
Question 2
Netherlands was the first contry to introduce it in August 1997, while India
introduced it in January 2011.
It takes only 20 minutes in Canada to do it but in India it takes 7 days!
In Pakistan it is free while in India you have to pay some money for it.
What is it?
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10. Infinite Rebound
Question 3
Railway Minister’s Award (1963)
Padma Shri by the Government of India (2001)
Man of the Year by The Times of India (2002)
CII Award for leadership in infrastructure development (2002-03)
One of Asia’s Heroes by TIME (2003)
AIMA (All India Management Association) award for Public Service
Excellence (2003)
Chevalier de la L´gion d’Honneur by the government of France (2005)
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CNN-IBN Indian Of the Year 2007: Public Service (2008)
Padma Vibhushan by the Government of India (2008)
Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris causa) from IIT Roorkee (2009)
Who has all these honours to his credit?
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13. Infinite Rebound
Question 4
The logo of X was copied from Queen Victoria 1 Mohur. However, while adopting
this design, one important change was made - the lion on the British Mohur was
replaced by tiger because it was thought that the lion is too British, while the
tiger would be more Indian.
What is X?
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16. Infinite Rebound
Question 5
A certain phenomenon happened in Argentina in 1974. This was followed by
Bolivia in 1979 and Iceland in 1982. This continued chronologically in Philippines,
Ireland, Haiti and other countries till it reached India in 2007. What is this
phenomenon?
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18. Infinite Rebound
A women as the President of the Nation
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19. Infinite Rebound
Question 6
Sujalam Sufalam - to create a grid of water resources
Krishi Mahotsav - agricultural research labs for the land
Chiranjeevi Yojana - to reduce infant mortality rate
Jyotigram Yojana - to provide electricity to every village
Balbhog Yojana - midday meal scheme for poor students
These are some of the development schemes in Gujarat.
What is Karmayogi Abhiyan for?
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21. Infinite Rebound
To educate and train government employees
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22. Infinite Rebound
Question 7
London, Calcutta, Melbourne, Lahore, Johannesburg, Barbados
Just one more (Indian) city will make this list complete. Which city?
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25. Infinite Rebound
Question 8
He was born in Bihar and at the age of six, he moved to Varanasi. He was known
to be so devoted to his art form that he referred to his musical instrument as his
begum after his wife died. On his death, as an honour, his musical instrument was
buried with him. He was known for his vision of spreading peace and love through
music.
Identify him (and his musical instrument).
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28. Infinite Rebound
Question 9
This communication technology was first experimented in India in 1977 at Madras
as a government venture. Soon private players enterted the market. First five
cities where private companies were given chance were: Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata,
Chennai and Goa. This was followed by Bangalore, Hyderabad, Jaipur and
Lucknow. One is not allowed to communicate ’News’ through it. Though
newspaper chains like Times of India and Hindustan Times are already into the
business.
What is it?
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31. Infinite Rebound
Question 10
He was the first man to do it in 1952. A woman did it for the first time on May
30, 2009. Who is she?
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36. Infinite Rebound
India’s first UID is being received by Ranjana Sonawane
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37. Infinite Rebound
Question 12
Which Indian city got its name because of the presence of a large number of
banyan trees in that area?
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39. Infinite Rebound
Vadodara - it comes from Vat-udar
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40. Infinite Rebound
Round 2 - List Connect
1 Each question worth 20 marks.
2 All teams play simultaneously.
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41. List Connect
Question 1
Connect 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1980, 2008.
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43. List Connect
India won a Gold in these Olympics.
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44. List Connect
Question 2
IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras, Life Insurance Corporation of India, Indian Air Force.
What property in their motto connects them?
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46. List Connect
Yogah Karmasu Kaushalam, Siddhirbhavati Karmaja, Yogakshemam
Vahamyaham, Nabhah Sparsham Deeptam - All are taken from Bhagavad Gita
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47. List Connect
Question 3
Pakistan, Myanmar, Canada, United States, Brazil, Morocco, China, Sudan,
Switzerland, Australia, Nigeria, Turkey, UAE, Vitnam
They have an interesting thing common with India. What?
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49. List Connect
Their capitals are not their most populated cities.
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50. List Connect
Question 4
What passes through Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh,
Jharkhand, West Bengal, Mizoram, Tripura and no other state?
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52. List Connect
Tropic of Cancer
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53. List Connect
Question 5
Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Assam, Bihar: In context of Indian Army what is
unique about these states?
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55. List Connect
These are the only states after whose name there is a regiment in Indian Army.
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56. List Connect
Question 6
In what context Pakistan, Nepal, Afganistan, Bhutan, Tajikistan, Bangladesh,
Kyrgyz Republic, Uzbekistan, Oman, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates,
Myanmar and Sri Lanka are closer to India than Andaman Nicobar?
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58. List Connect
The distance of their capital cities from New Delhi is less than the distance
between Port Blair and New Delhi.
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59. List Connect
Round 3 - Audio
1 Each question worth 10 marks.
2 All teams play simultaneously.
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60. Audio
Question 1
The tune of this song was adapted in a 2005 Hindi film based on a novel by X.
Identify X.
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66. Audio
Question 3
This song is written by X. When Ghalib came across the poetry of X he said -
Rekhte ke tum hi ustaad nahi ho Ghalib. (You are not the only one proficient in
Rekhta). Identify X.
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72. Audio
Question 5
This person has written only two songs for Hindi movies. Which is the other song
(more famous)?
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75. Audio
Question 6
This form of writing, invented by Gulzar himself, has a name. What name?
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78. Audio
Round 4 - Photo Connect
1 Each question worth 20 marks.
2 All teams play simultaneously.
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79. Photo Connect
Question 1
Find the connection.
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97. Photo Connect
Round 5 - Infinite Rebound
Reversed
1 Each question worth 10 marks.
2 Other terms and conditions apply.
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98. Infinite Rebound Reversed
Question 1
The name of which Hindustani Sangeet raaga translates to sound of the swan?
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101. Infinite Rebound Reversed
Question 2
Rina Panigrahy won the first gold medal for India in 1990 in a competition held in
Beijing. India hosted the same competition in Mumbai in the year 1996.
What competition is this?
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104. Infinite Rebound Reversed
Question 3
Of the official languages of India, how are the eight languages: Assamese, Bengali,
Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit and Tamil different from others so
far? Recently Beary Bashe (Beary language), a dialect spoken by the Muslim
communities of Dakshina Kannada, also joined this list - though Beary is not an
official language of India.
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106. Infinite Rebound Reversed
These are the only offical languages from which films have won the National
award for Best Feature Film.
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107. Infinite Rebound Reversed
Question 4
There are only two of these in India. One is in Sambalpur, Orissa, and the other is
in a village in Chikmaglur District, Karnataka. What are these?
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110. Infinite Rebound Reversed
Question 5
2003 2005 2012
Mera Naam Shriman A, Jo Kehna Thha Vo Keh Chukey
Ab Parhey Hain Rah Mein, Dil Mein Liye Ik Goli
Bas Itna Kasur Ki Hamne Likha Tha
Vo Sach Jo Har Kisi Ki Zuban Tha
Par Sach Yahan Ho Jate Hain Zahriley
Mujhe Kehte Hain Anna B, Maine Dekhi Bhatakti Ek Laash
Zamir Ki Beech Sadak Lakhimpur Kheri
What are A and B.
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112. Infinite Rebound Reversed
Victims of corruption : A = Satyendra Dubey, B = S. Manjunath, Narendra
Kumar
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113. Infinite Rebound Reversed
Question 6
Meerabai : Bhojraj Singh (Son of Rana Sanga) :: X : Dr. Swarup Narain.
Find X.
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116. Infinite Rebound Reversed
Question 7
This practice, very common in Europe, was adopted in India for a short period of
time during the year 1962, 1965, 1971 and never after that. What practice?
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119. Infinite Rebound Reversed
Question 8
In many ways, A is the Indian equivalent of Timbuktoo, also widely considered to
be an imaginary place. During Vividh Bharati days a large number of song
requests came from A.
What is A?
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122. Infinite Rebound Reversed
Question 9
He was born in Jammu and grew up in Delhi. As a child, inspired by Gauss, he
wanted to become a mathematician. He completed his BTech from IITK and
moved to Berkeley. He was one of the co-authors of an influential early paper on
the PageRank algorithm, the basis for Google’s search techniques. In June 2009
he was found dead in his pool.
Identify him.
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125. Infinite Rebound Reversed
Question 10
She was born into a Khatri Sikh Punjabi family of army officers in present day
Faisalabad, Pakistan. She met her future husband, an English teacher at the
Allahabad University, in 1941. The same year they got married and she became
his second wife. She died in 2007 in Mumbai.
Identify her.
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128. Infinite Rebound Reversed
Question 11
In the last century (1901-2000), 10 women got Nobel Prize for Peace. Of them
two have some Indian connection (none of them was born in India though!). One
is Mother Teresa, other one studied in India.
Who is the other one?
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130. Infinite Rebound Reversed
Aung San Suu Kyi - she studied in LSR, Delhi.
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131. Infinite Rebound Reversed
Question 12
This coin worth 2000 Ugandan shillings was released by the Bank of Uganda in
the year 2000. To celebrate what?
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134. Infinite Rebound Reversed
Round 6 - Chandigarh
1 Each question worth 10 marks.
2 All teams play simultaneously.
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135. Chandigarh
Question 1
An address has Sector - N, Mohali.
What is the smallest possible value of N?
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138. Chandigarh
Question 2
She was a student at Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School, Sector-26,
Chandigarh. Later she joined Pan Am airlines as a flight attendant . She died in
Karachi, just two days before turning 23, while saving passengers from terrorists
on board the hijacked Pan Am Flight 73 on September 5, 1986. She went on to
become the youngest recipient of India’s highest civilian award for bravery, the
Ashoka Chakra. Who is she?
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141. Chandigarh
Question 3
Currently Shivraj Patil is the Administrator of Chandigarh. Name the Indian
President who was once the Administrator of Chandigarh.
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144. Chandigarh
Question 4
While traveling along Chandi Path you cross three prime numbered sectors - back
to back. Which sectors?
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146. Chandigarh
29, 31, 47
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147. Chandigarh
Question 5
Chandigarh is the first planned city of India. Which is the second one?
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150. Chandigarh
Question 6
What connects Chandigarh Railway station with the International Airport at Paris.
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