The Prelims of Republic Day Quiz, the genre of the quiz is India. The quiz was held on 25th January, 2021

1. REPUBLIC DAY QUIZ
PRELIMS
QuizMasters: Sabyasachi Pradhan, Vishnu Prajapati, Anish Anand

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• There will be 2 rounds-Prelims and Finals.
• Total of 6 teams will be selected for the finals
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3. Rules
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4. Question 1*
X, who was originally named as Jarnail Singh,
changed his name after being imprisoned for several
times for protesting against the Maharaja of Faridkot,
he also gained certain title for being a learned person
about the Guru Granth Sahib at his college in
Amritsar. During his time as the Chief Minister of
Punjab he started lifelong pension for the freedom
fighter of the state.
Identify X.

5. Question 2
In the first cabinet formed by Nehru in after independence, there were a few non-
Hindu members present. Given below the list of the same which contains the only
female member of the cabinet.
● Baldev Singh – Sikh
● Maulana Abul Kalam Azad – Muslim
● BR Ambedkar - Buddhist
● Rafi Ahmed Kidwai – Muslim
● John Mathai - Christian
● Cooverji Hormusji Bhabha - Parsi
● X – Christian
ID X

6. Question 3
The Mughal Empire, at its time, was one of the
richest, more powerful empires in the world. The
word Mughal, itself, is a Persian word that refers to
the Mongol descent of the rulers of the Empire.
But the word Mughal is an exonym, while the
empire referred to itself as something else. What
was the official name of the Mughal Empire?

7. Question 4
X wrote this letter to Y in 1939. Identify X and Y.
DEAR FRIEND,
Friends have been urging me to write to you for the sake of humanity. But I have
resisted their request, because of the feeling that any letter from me would be an
impertinence. Something tells me that I must not calculate and that I must make my
appeal for whatever it may be worth. It is quite clear that you are today the one
person in the world who can prevent a war which may reduce humanity to the savage
state. Must you pay that price for an object however worthy it may appear to you to
be? Will you listen to the appeal of one who has deliberately shunned the method of
war not without considerable success? Anyway I anticipate your forgiveness, if I have
erred in writing to you.
I remain,
Your sincere friend,

8. Question 5
Kaavan, the world’s loneliest elephant, was transported from a
Pakistani zoo to a wildlife sanctuary in Cambodia where he will be able
to socialize with other elephants since he felt much more lonely after
his partner elephant Saheli died.
The elephant was brought to the Pakistan zoo from Sri Lanka in 1985
when Zain Zia, the daughter of the then military dictator General Zia-ul-
Haq, had expressed a wish to have an elephant after watching
something?
What was the peculiar reason?

9. Question 6*
The very first Republic Day celebration, that marked the inauguration
of the Constitution of India, was celebrated in X, rather than Janpath,
which became the permanent location of the celebration only in 1955.
X, built in 1933 by Maharaja of Bhavnagar, was renamed as the
National Stadium shortly before the 1951 Asian Games, and in 2002,
was finally renamed as the Y National Stadium, after one of the most
celebrated sports personality of India.
Answer with X and Y

10. Question 7
Anand Pai, popularly known as Uncle Pai or Walt Disney of India,
was an Indian educationalist and pioneer in Indian comics. He got
lifetime achievement award at the first ever comic con organised in
India. He is most famous for two of his creation. He founded Tinkle
and X.
During an interview Anand Pai said that he got the idea of starting X
after he saw that students could not answer a simple question from
X’s genre in a quiz show that aired on doordarshan.
One of X’s comic has also been made into an animated movie which
was co-produced by Maya Studios and Cartoon Network India.
Identify X.

11. Question 8
Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi, was the original name of
some actor who used to work as a bus conductor for
the BEST. He used to entertain the passengers by
acting drunk. He was spotted in the bus by some
passenger, who came out to be Gurudutt. Gurudutt
then offered him a role in an upcoming movie.
Which famous comedy actor of the golden era
Bollywood am I talking about?

12. Question 9
The film Ek Dil Sau Afsane starred Raj Kapoor
and Waheeda Rehman in titular roles. In spite of
the stellar cast the film did not fare well at the box
office. All in all, it wasn’t a remarkable film in any
aspect. It was therefore impossible for anyone
associated with the film to ever realise that it
would become so popular almost 54 years after its
release.
Why did it become so popular suddenly last year.
Give context.

13. Question 10
Connect:
● India
● Congo
● Liechtenstein
● Bahrain
● South Korea
● North Korea

14. Question 11*
X’s IMDB page shows just the four films/documentaries he has
featured in. The following list is the person’s filmography.
● Inside Job (2010)
● Overdraft (2012)
● Testing Milton Friedman (2012)
● Money for Nothing (2013)
Identify X

15. Question 12
Which group of country has the following logo
which India is a part of?

16. Question 13
Significant places associated with the life of Buddha have become popular sites
of Pilgrimage in the Subcontinent. Amongst them, the town of X commands a
special place as the site where Buddha first propounded on Buddhism.
Tradition goes, seven weeks after attaining enlightenment, Buddha spoke to five
ascetics, his first disciples, about the Four Noble Truths, in the sermon since
titled as Dharma Chakra Pravartana Sutra, or the Turning the Wheel of
Righteousness.
We additionally know about X from a significant archaeological discovery in
1904-05, which later became the source some very important symbology.
Identify X.

17. Question 14
This fair takes place during Kartik Purnima, in the month of
November and December. The initial venue of this fair was
Hajipur, which was shifted to the current location under the
rule of Aurangzeb.
Originated during the reign of Chandragupta Maurya, this
fair lost one of its major attraction after a certain 1972 Act
was passed by the Government of India.
This fair is considered as the largest of its kind in Asia,
which fair is this?

18. Question 15
To commemorate their Golden Jubilee in 1958, Tata
steel built a 237 acre park in Jamshedpur, which is
now considered as the green heart of the city. The
park’s horticulture garden is renowned for their rose
hybrids and there are over 1000 rose variety in this
park.
From its inception, what special delivery did this park
use to do until 1964?

19. Question 16*
When India and Pakistan were partitioned, it meant partition of
assets as well. It did also include small items such as paper clips.
One of the bitterly fought over object was a gold plated thing used
by the Viceroy. To decide the fate for this, Col. Govind Singh and
Sahabzada Yaquub Khan tossed a coin and India got it.
It was regularly used by the President of India till 1984, but was
given up owing to the security concerns. In 2012, when Pranav
Mukharjee became the President, he started using it again and is
now used by his successor as well.
What is being talked about here?

20. Question 17
X first noticed Gyanwati Sethi of Lahore, while she was playing a game of
tennis. Thereafter, in a series of subsequent meetings, they drew closer to
each other in the course of time. They eventually got married in 1939. The
catch of their special event is the fact that their marriage party arrived with
a fleet of Tiger Moth planes which flew in formation over the train that
carried the young couple to their honeymoon. X, an avid pilot, with his
wife-cum-co-pilot, Gyan battled through various challenges together. In
one such incident, the two flew to Indonesia together to rescue the
Indonesian leaders in distress.
Identify X.

21. Question 18
Identify the company from its logo whose market value if adjusted in
today’s term would have been be 7.9 trillion US dollar.

22. Question 19
The addition of a vowel to the olden name of a
present day city, makes it synonymous with a
religious school.
Which city am I talking about?

23. Question 20
The small town roots of this 24 year-old person made him the
perfect example for the target age group the government wanted
to spread this message to. His family gave the Ministry
permission to use some of his photographs and videos but
refused to take any money for them. However, it has now
become painful for the family to see these visuals today which is
understandable how this person has become the face of
something across the country.
Who is this, someone we must’ve seen or heard of?

24. Question 21*
One of the most well known landmark in this city, this engineering marvel has
been secretly threatened in the recent years owing to a ubiquitous Indian habit.
While the structure, completed in 1943, has withstood the weight of its teeming
human load, officials say it cannot continue to survive the outcome of the habit.
The problem has been addressed when officials realized that the bases reduced
half of its original size owing to highly corrosive nature of slaked lime and
paraffin involved. As a protective measures a £20,000 project to provide
protective fiberglass cover at the bases began in 2013. Official also mooted the
idea of pasting the photos of gods goddesses as an alternative for glass cover.
Which landmark and what Indian habit?

25. Question 22
X is a term of very recent origin. The word
surprisingly originated only in 1963 as an
American slang used in carnivals. In India we
didn’t know about the term at all till early in
1990’s, when we woke up to the headlines in
Times of India screaming this particular word.
Which word?

26. Question 23
Dr. Honigberger, a Romanian doctor successfully
treated Maharaja Ranjit Singh(leader of the Sikh
empire) for his paralysis of Vocal Cords in 1839.
He also cured his favourite horse of its bad leg
ulcers. Even after the passage of so many years,
the legacy of this treatment continues to echo. How
was this the first instance of something in India?

27. Question 24
1. X
2. Mehrauli
3. Siri Fort
4. Tughlaqabad
5. Firozabad
6. Old Fort
7. Shahjahanabad
Identify X and connect

28. Question 25
Connect:
Kolkata
Thalassery
Lucknow
Ambur
Hyderabad
Malabar
Memoni
Dindigul

30. Question 1*
X, who was originally named as Jarnail Singh,
changed his name after being imprisoned for several
times for protesting against the Maharaja of Faridkot,
he also gained certain title for being a learned person
about the Guru Granth Sahib at his college in
Amritsar. During his time as the Chief Minister of
Punjab he started lifelong pension for the freedom
fighter of the state.
Identify X.

31. Answer
Giani Zail Singh

32. Question 2
In the first cabinet formed by Nehru in after independence, there were a few non-
Hindu members present. Given below the list of the same which contains the only
female member of the cabinet.
● Baldev Singh – Sikh
● Maulana Abul Kalam Azad – Muslim
● BR Ambedkar - Buddhist
● Rafi Ahmed Kidwai – Muslim
● John Mathai - Christian
● Cooverji Hormusji Bhabha - Parsi
● X – Christian
ID X

33. Answer
Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

34. Question 3
The Mughal Empire, at its time, was one of the
richest, more powerful empires in the world. The
word Mughal, itself, is a Persian word that refers to
the Mongol descent of the rulers of the Empire.
But the word Mughal is an exonym, while the
empire referred to itself as something else. What
was the official name of the Mughal Empire?

35. Answer
Gurkani Empire

36. Question 4
X wrote this letter to Y in 1939. Identify X and Y.
DEAR FRIEND,
Friends have been urging me to write to you for the sake of humanity. But I have
resisted their request, because of the feeling that any letter from me would be an
impertinence. Something tells me that I must not calculate and that I must make my
appeal for whatever it may be worth. It is quite clear that you are today the one
person in the world who can prevent a war which may reduce humanity to the savage
state. Must you pay that price for an object however worthy it may appear to you to
be? Will you listen to the appeal of one who has deliberately shunned the method of
war not without considerable success? Anyway I anticipate your forgiveness, if I have
erred in writing to you.
I remain,
Your sincere friend,

37. Answer
Mahatma Gandhi wrote this letter to Adolf Hitler

38. Question 5
Kaavan, the world’s loneliest elephant, was transported from a
Pakistani zoo to a wildlife sanctuary in Cambodia where he will be able
to socialize with other elephants since he felt much more lonely after
his partner elephant Saheli died.
The elephant was brought to the Pakistan zoo from Sri Lanka in 1985
when Zain Zia, the daughter of the then military dictator General Zia-ul-
Haq, had expressed a wish to have an elephant after watching
something?
What was the peculiar reason?

39. Answer
She demanded an elephant after watching Haathi mere Saathi

40. Question 6*
The very first Republic Day celebration, that marked the inauguration
of the Constitution of India, was celebrated in X, rather than Janpath,
which became the permanent location of the celebration only in 1955.
X, built in 1933 by Maharaja of Bhavnagar, was renamed as the
National Stadium shortly before the 1951 Asian Games, and in 2002,
was finally renamed as the Y National Stadium, after one of the most
celebrated sports personality of India.
Answer with X and Y

41. Answer
X- Irwin Amphitheater
Y- Major Dhyan Chand

42. Question 7
Anand Pai, popularly known as Uncle Pai or Walt Disney of India,
was an Indian educationalist and pioneer in Indian comics. He got
lifetime achievement award at the first ever comic con organised in
India. He is most famous for two of his creation. He founded Tinkle
and X.
During an interview Anand Pai said that he got the idea of starting X
after he saw that students could not answer a simple question from
X’s genre in a quiz show that aired on doordarshan.
One of X’s comic has also been made into an animated movie which
was co-produced by Maya Studios and Cartoon Network India.
Identify X.

43. Answer
Amar Chitra Katha

44. Question 8
Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi, was the original name of
some actor who used to work as a bus conductor for
the BEST. He used to entertain the passengers by
acting drunk. He was spotted in the bus by some
passenger, who came out to be Gurudutt. Gurudutt
then offered him a role in an upcoming movie.
Which famous comedy actor of the golden era
Bollywood am I talking about?

45. Answer
Johnny Walker

46. Question 9
The film Ek Dil Sau Afsane starred Raj Kapoor
and Waheeda Rehman in titular roles. In spite of
the stellar cast the film did not fare well at the box
office. All in all, it wasn’t a remarkable film in any
aspect. It was therefore impossible for anyone
associated with the film to ever realise that it
would become so popular almost 54 years after its
release.
Why did it become so popular suddenly last year.
Give context.

47. Answer
India quiz mein memes nahi honge

48. Question 10
Connect:
● India
● Congo
● Liechtenstein
● Bahrain
● South Korea
● North Korea

49. Answer
National Day, Liberation Day or Independence Day on 15th August.

50. Question 11*
X’s IMDB page shows just the four films/documentaries he has
featured in. The following list is the person’s filmography.
● Inside Job (2010)
● Overdraft (2012)
● Testing Milton Friedman (2012)
● Money for Nothing (2013)
Identify X

51. Answer
Raghuram Rajan

52. Question 12
Which group of country has the following logo
which India is a part of?

53. Answer
Commonwealth Nations

54. Question 13
Significant places associated with the life of Buddha have become popular
sites of Pilgrimage in the Subcontinent. Amongst them, the town of X
commands a special place as the site where Buddha first propounded on
Buddhism.
Tradition goes, seven weeks after attaining enlightenment, Buddha spoke to
five ascetics, his first disciples, about the Four Noble Truths, in the sermon
since titled as Dharma Chakra Pravartana Sutra, or the Turning the Wheel
of Righteousness.
We additionally know about X from a significant archaeological discovery in
1904-05, which later became the source some very important symbology.
Identify X.

55. Answer
Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh

56. Question 14
This fair takes place during Kartik Purnima, in the month of
November and December. The initial venue of this fair was
Hajipur, which was shifted to the current location under the
rule of Aurangzeb.
Originated during the reign of Chandragupta Maurya, this
fair lost one of its major attraction after a certain 1972 Act
was passed by the Government of India.
This fair is considered as the largest of its kind in Asia,
which fair is this?

57. Answer
Sonepur Cattle Fair

58. Question 15
To commemorate their Golden Jubilee in 1958, Tata
steel built a 237 acre park in Jamshedpur, which is
now considered as the green heart of the city. The
park’s horticulture garden is renowned for their rose
hybrids and there are over 1000 rose variety in this
park.
From its inception, what special delivery did this park
use to do until 1964?

59. Answer
Roses for Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

60. Question 16*
When India and Pakistan were partitioned, it meant partition of
assets as well. It did also include small items such as paper clips.
One of the bitterly fought over object was a gold plated thing used
by the Viceroy. To decide the fate for this, Col. Govind Singh and
Sahabzada Yaquub Khan tossed a coin and India got it.
It was regularly used by the President of India till 1984, but was
given up owing to the security concerns. In 2012, when Pranav
Mukharjee became the President, he started using it again and is
now used by his successor as well.
What is being talked about here?

61. Answer
The Presidential Buggy

62. Question 17
X first noticed Gyanwati Sethi of Lahore, while she was playing a game of
tennis. Thereafter, in a series of subsequent meetings, they drew closer to
each other in the course of time. They eventually got married in 1939. The
catch of their special event is the fact that their marriage party arrived with
a fleet of Tiger Moth planes which flew in formation over the train that
carried the young couple to their honeymoon. X, an avid pilot, with his
wife-cum-co-pilot, Gyan battled through various challenges together. In
one such incident, the two flew to Indonesia together to rescue the
Indonesian leaders in distress.
Identify X.

63. Answer
Biju Patnaik

64. Question 18
Identify the company from its logo whose market value if adjusted in
today’s term would have been be 7.9 trillion US dollar.

65. Answer
Dutch East India Company

66. Question 19
The addition of a vowel to the olden name of a
present day city, makes it synonymous with a
religious school.
Which city am I talking about?

67. Answer
Madras
Madrasa

68. Question 20
The small town roots of this 24 year-old person made him the
perfect example for the target age group the government wanted to
spread this message to. His family gave the Ministry permission to
use some of his photographs and videos but refused to take any
money for them. However, it has now become painful for the family
to see these visuals today which is understandable how this person
has become the face of something across the country.
Who is this, someone we must’ve seen or heard of?

69. Answer
Mukesh Harane

70. Question 21*
One of the most well known landmark in this city, this engineering marvel has
been secretly threatened in the recent years owing to a ubiquitous Indian habit.
While the structure, completed in 1943, has withstood the weight of its teeming
human load, officials say it cannot continue to survive the outcome of the habit.
The problem has been addressed when officials realized that the bases reduced
half of its original size owing to highly corrosive nature of slaked lime and
paraffin involved. As a protective measures a £20,000 project to provide
protective fiberglass cover at the bases began in 2013. Official also mooted the
idea of pasting the photos of gods goddesses as an alternative for glass cover.
Which landmark and what Indian habit?

71. Answer
Howrah Bridge
Spitting on the wall

72. Question 22
X is a term of very recent origin. The word
surprisingly originated only in 1963 as an
American slang used in carnivals. In India we
didn’t know about the term at all till early in
1990’s, when we woke up to the headlines in
Times of India screaming this particular word.
Which word?

73. Answer
SCAM

74. Question 23
Dr. Honigberger, a Romanian doctor successfully
treated Maharaja Ranjit Singh(leader of the Sikh
empire) for his paralysis of Vocal Cords in 1839.
He also cured his favourite horse of its bad leg
ulcers. Even after the passage of so many years,
the legacy of this treatment continues to echo. How
was this the first instance of something in India?

75. Answer
Homeopathy

76. Question 24
1. X
2. Mehrauli
3. Siri Fort
4. Tughlaqabad
5. Firozabad
6. Old Fort
7. Shahjahanabad
Identify X

77. Answer
Qila Rai Pithora
7 Cities of Delhi

78. Question 25
Connect:
Kolkata
Thalassery
Lucknow
Ambur
Hyderabad
Malabar
Memoni
Dindigul

79. Answer
Types of Biryani