India Quiz 2017 Jan Prelims

1. IITG Quiz Club presents
Republic Day Quiz 2017
Prelims
Quizmasters
Manas Daruka
&
Vaibhav Vishal

2. Rules:
 No negatives. So guesses are
welcome.
 There is one mark each for every thing
to identify. i.e. some questions are of
more than 1 mark.
 **marked question will decide in case
of tie-breakers.

3. Let’s begin!!

4. Question 1.
 A Postal Index Number or PIN or Pincode is a
code in the post office numbering or post code
system used by India Post,the Indian postal
administration.
 As we all know, the code is six digits long. The first
digit of the PIN code indicates the region as shown
in the next slide.
 What is number 9 used for?

6. Question 2
 The Sudarshan Chakra standing at the top of
temple is 20 feet in height and weights a ton. It said
to be visible from every corner of the city and it is
installed in such a way that it makes you feel that it
is facing toward you irrespective of the place you
are in.
 The chakra was installed around 2000 years ago.
Take any place on earth, on daytime the breeze
from sea comes to land and the opposite occurs in
the evening but In this city it is observed to be just
the reverse.
 Where exactly can you find this structure?

7. Question 3
 What is common among these personalities?
 Rajeev Gandhi
 Gopinath Bordoloi
 Sardar Patel
 B.R.Ambedkar
 Madan Mohan Malviya
 Vinoba Bhave
 K.Kamraj
 ( non-exhaustive list)

8. **Question 4
 X was developed in Kerala; gets its name from the
seductress form of Vishnu, who uses her charm to
help the good prevail in the battle with evil.
 It follows the Lasya style described in Natya
Shastra, that is a dance which is delicate, eros-
filled and feminine.
 Give X.

9. Question 5
 This controversial person was born a Brahmin in
Pune to a Marathi family. He was named
Ramachandra.
 His family feared that there was a curse in the
family that targeted male children because three of
them died in their infancy.
 Hence he was brought up as a girl, including
having his nose pierced and wearing a nose-ring.
 Identify this person.

10. Question 6: Identify the
personality

11. Question 7
 Oxford dictionary defines this word as “A type of
ashtanga yoga focusing on the correct alignment of
the body,making use of straps, wooden blocks, and
other objects as aids to achieving the correct
postures.”
 What is the word?

12. Question 8
 Shree Sant Kripa Group of companies was started
under the guidance of Mr. Jeevan Uttamchandani.
 The company took off with the distribution of T-
series audio cassettes and Cds for Maharashtra.
 It has now diversified and is a big player in
Electronic Appliances.
 What is the company’s most recent and best
known product which is a word play on the parent
company’s name?

13. Question 9
 During Shah Jahan's Rule, X was also known as Id-e-Gulabi
and Aab-e-Pashi.
 Jam-e-Jahanuma", an Urdu daily, said in 1844 that during the
days of the Moghul Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, special
arrangements were made for X, a major part of which included
sprinkling of yellow colour, prepared from Tesu ke Phool.
 Quli Qutab Shah, a renowned south Indian poet, wrote about X
in his inimitable Hyderabadi Urdu, describing X in the Braj and
Bundelkhand regions in India's north.
 What is this X we are talking about.

14. Question 10
 Narinder Singh Kapany is an Indian-born American
Sikh physicist known as "Father of X",
 He was named as one of the seven 'Unsung
Heroes' by Fortune in their 'Businessmen of the
Century' issue (1999-11-22).
 The term X was coined by Singh Kapany in 1956.
 NASA also used X in the TV cameras that were
sent to the moon. At that time, the use in the
cameras was classified confidential.
 Give X.

15. Question 11
 "X's free kicks used to swerve and dip at the last moment."
 "Pradip da also gave me a lot of extra training before the Y
(i.e. team name) match."
 “However, I got the greatest recognition from him in 1990. 13
years later during the 1990 FIFA World Cup, eminent
journalist Shyam Sundar Ghosh who had gone to cover the
World Cup asked X whether he remembers the game against
Z(team name).
 ” “X's answer was, "Yes, I very much remember. How can I
forget that save made by Shibaji."
 The greatest footballer of the World remembering me after 13
years was a big award for me.”
 Gimme X, Y, Z.

16. Question 12
What does this image depict?

17. Question 13
 Benzaiten is the 'kami' of everything that flows: water, time,
words, speech, eloquence, music and by extension,
knowledge.
 The original characters used to write her name read
"Biancaitian" in Chinese and "Bensaiten" in Japanese (辯才天)
and reflect her role as the kami of eloquence.
 Because the Sutra of Golden Light promised protection of the
state, in Japan she became a protector-deity, at first of the
state and then of people.
 Lastly, she became one of the seven gods of fortune.
 Name the Indian connect of this Shinto-Buddhist deity.

18. Question 14
 Identify this company which has recently been in
news.

19. Question 15
 Many speculate that it may be Coimbatore, with a
river on one side and a forest on the other.
 Many speculate that it may be a town on the river
Kaveri or Yadavgiri in the erstwhile state of Mysore.
 But as per the writings of the author, he loved the
towns of Basavanagudi and Malleshwaram and
they could had an influence in the creation of this
fictional town.
 Id the town.

20. Question 16
 ID this product. being promoted by Tata Motors

21. Question 17
 Vijay Mehra’s record was broken by Maninder Singh.
 Maninder Singh’s record was broken by Lakshman
Sivaramakrishnan.
 1. Who broke LSRK’s record?
 2.What is this record?

22. **Question 18
 “The cricketer has Test matches through the year, the tennis
player has four Grand Slam events in twelve months, the
golfer has the same number of majors annually.
 Constantly, there is an opportunity for redemption, a chance
to stake a claim for greatness. Not for me. My only chance is
seventy shots in 125 minutes every four years “.
 Whose words?

23. Question 19
In the Great Trigonometric Survey carried out in British India in
the 19th Century, a policy was established to use local names
whenever possible.
When Thomas Montgomerie made the first survey of the
Karakoram range from Mount Haramukh in 1865, he used a
provisional notation for two of the most prominent peaks.
Subsequently, one of these peaks was named Masherbrum,
taking the local name. However, as the other peak was not
visible from the nearest inhabited area, it had not acquired a
local name, and the provisional name is used till today. Name
the peak. (Provisional as well as the other name)

24. **Question 20
 Rajiv Motwani (1962-2009), who completed his BTech in
computer science from IIT Kanpur and PhD in computer
science from University of Berkeley was a professor at
Stanford University.
 He co-authored X alongwith Terry Winograd and two other
then PhD students (one of whom X is named after) as a part
of their research project in the year 1996.
 ID X.

26. SAFETY SLIDE

27. ANSWERS AHEAD!

28. Question 1.
 A Postal Index Number or PIN or Pincode is a
code in the post office numbering or post code
system used by India Post,the Indian postal
administration.
 As we all know, the code is six digits long. The first
digit of the PIN code indicates the region as shown
in the next slide.
 What is number 9 used for?

29. Army Post office (APO) and Field
Post office (FPO)

30. Question 2
 The Sudarshan Chakra standing at the top of
temple is 20 feet in height and weights a ton. It said
to be visible from every corner of the city and it is
installed in such a way that it makes you feel that it
is facing toward you irrespective of the place you
are in.
 The chakra was installed around 2000 years ago.
Take any place on earth, on daytime the breeze
from sea comes to land and the opposite occurs in
the evening but In this city it is observed to be just
the reverse.
 Where exactly can you find this structure

31.  Jagannath Temple, Puri

32. Question 3
 What is common among these personalities?
 Rajeev Gandhi
 Gopinath Bordoloi
 Sardar Patel
 B.R.Ambedkar
 Madan Mohan Malviya
 Vinoba Bhave
 K.Kamraj
 ( non-exhaustive list)

33. All received Bharat Ratna
Awards posthumously

34. **Question 4
 X was developed in Kerala; gets its name from the
seductress form of Vishnu, who uses her charm to
help the good prevail in the battle with evil.
 It follows the Lasya style described in Natya
Shastra, that is a dance which is delicate, eros-
filled and feminine.
 Give X.

35. Mohiniyattam

36. Question 5
 This controversial person was born a Brahmin in
Pune to a Marathi family. He was named
Ramachandra.
 His family feared that there was a curse in the
family that targeted male children because three of
them died in their infancy.
 Hence he was brought up as a girl, including
having his nose pierced and wearing a nose-ring.
 Identify this person.

37. Nathuram Godse

38. Question 6: Identify the
personality

39. Shahrukh Khan

40. Question 7
 Oxford dictionary defines this word as “A type of
ashtanga yoga focusing on the correct alignment of
the body,making use of straps, wooden blocks, and
other objects as aids to achieving the correct
postures.”
 What is the word?

41. “Iyengar” after BKS Iyengar

42. Question 8
 Shree Sant Kripa Group of companies was started
under the guidance of Mr. Jeevan Uttamchandani.
 The company took off with the distribution of T-
series audio cassettes and Cds for Maharashtra.
 It has now diversified and is a big player in
Electronic Appliances.
 What is the company’s most recent and best
known product which is a word play on the parent
company’s name?

43. Syska LED

44. Question 9
 During Shah Jahan's Rule, X was also known as Id-e-Gulabi
and Aab-e-Pashi.
 Jam-e-Jahanuma", an Urdu daily, said in 1844 that during the
days of the Moghul Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, special
arrangements were made for X, a major part of which included
sprinkling of yellow colour, prepared from Tesu ke Phool.
 Quli Qutab Shah, a renowned south Indian poet, wrote about X
in his inimitable Hyderabadi Urdu, describing X in the Braj and
Bundelkhand regions in India's north.
 What is this X we are talking about.

45. Holi

46. Question 10
 Narinder Singh Kapany is an Indian-born American
Sikh physicist known as "Father of X",
 He was named as one of the seven 'Unsung
Heroes' by Fortune in their 'Businessmen of the
Century' issue (1999-11-22).
 The term X was coined by Singh Kapany in 1956.
 NASA also used X in the TV cameras that were
sent to the moon. At that time, the use in the
cameras was classified confidential.
 Give X.

47. Fiber Optics

48. Question 11
 "X's free kicks used to swerve and dip at the last moment."
 "Pradip da also gave me a lot of extra training before the Y
(i.e. team name) match."
 “However, I got the greatest recognition from him in 1990. 13
years later during the 1990 FIFA World Cup, eminent
journalist Shyam Sundar Ghosh who had gone to cover the
World Cup asked X whether he remembers the game against
Z(team name).
 ” “X's answer was, "Yes, I very much remember. How can I
forget that save made by Shibaji."
 The greatest footballer of the World remembering me after 13
years was a big award for me.”
 Gimme X, Y, Z.

49. X- Pele
Y- Pele’s Cosmos
Z- Mohun Bagan

50. Question 12
What does this image depict?

51. The Dabbawala code

52. Question 13
 Benzaiten is the 'kami' of everything that flows: water, time,
words, speech, eloquence, music and by extension,
knowledge.
 The original characters used to write her name read
"Biancaitian" in Chinese and "Bensaiten" in Japanese (辯才天)
and reflect her role as the goddess of eloquence.
 Because the Sutra of Golden Light promised protection of the
state, in Japan she became a protector-deity, at first of the
state and then of people.
 Lastly, she became one of the seven gods of fortune.
 Name the Indian connect of this Shinto-Buddhist deity.

53. Goddess Saraswati

54. Question 14
 Identify this company which has recently been in
news.

55. One 97, Parent company of
PayTM

56. Question 15
 Many speculate that it may be Coimbatore, with a
river on one side and a forest on the other.
 Many speculate that it may be a town on the river
Kaveri or Yadavgiri in the erstwhile state of Mysore.
 But as per the writings of the author, he loved the
towns of Basavanagudi and Malleshwaram and
they could had an influence in the creation of this
fictional town.
 Id the town.

57. Malgudi

58. Question 16
 ID this product. being promoted by Tata Motors

59. Dipper Condoms

60. Question 17
 Vijay Mehra’s record was broken by Maninder Singh.
 Maninder Singh’s record was broken by Lakshman
Sivaramakrishnan.
 1. Who broke LSRK’s record?
 2.What is this record?

61. 1.Sachin tendulkar
2.Youngest test cricketer

62. **Question 18
 “The cricketer has Test matches through the year, the tennis
player has four Grand Slam events in twelve months, the
golfer has the same number of majors annually.
 Constantly, there is an opportunity for redemption, a chance
to stake a claim for greatness. Not for me. My only chance is
seventy shots in 125 minutes every four years “.
 Whose words?

63. Abhinav Bindra

64. Question 19
In the Great Trigonometric Survey carried out in British India in
the 19th Century, a policy was established to use local names
whenever possible.
When Thomas Montgomerie made the first survey of the
Karakoram range from Mount Haramukh in 1865, he used a
provisional notation for two of the most prominent peaks.
Subsequently, one of these peaks was named Masherbrum,
taking the local name. However, as the other peak was not
visible from the nearest inhabited area, it had not acquired a
local name, and the provisional name is used till today. Name
the peak. (Provisional as well as the other name)

65. 1. K2
2.Mt. Godwin Austen or chhogori

66. **Question 20
 Rajiv Motwani (1962-2009), who completed his BTech in
computer science from IIT Kanpur and PhD in computer
science from University of Berkeley was a professor at
Stanford University.
 He co-authored X alongwith Terry Winograd and two other
then PhD students (one of whom X is named after) as a part
of their research project in the year 1996.
 ID X.

67. Pagerank Algorithm