Written Round

10 Questions2 points each

1.

• Instituted in 1895, this is the oldest running

Hockey tournament in India

• It is organised by Bengal Hockey Association

and is usually held on the Mohun Bagan ground

on the Maidan in Kolkata

2. Connect

3.

This is the only month in Hindu calendar with a possibility of having either

30 OR 31 days in the month.

All other 11 months are always be either of 30 days OR 31 days.

Connect4.

How do you connect the following two temples?

• _____ ____ temple located in Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth campus, Varanasi, which was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1936. • _____ ____ temple was founded by Swami Satyamitranand Giri, on the banks of the Ganges in Haridwar. It was inaugurated by Indira Gandhi in 1983.

**** These are the only two temples of its kind

5. Id

6. Connect

•Dhruva

• Matya

• Rupaka

• Jhampa

• Triputa

• Ata

• Eka

7. Id

8.X and Y

• X's book “The Y” was adapted to film as Y Hindi movie. An English language

version was also released.

• X was not happy with the way the film was made and its deviation from the

book; he wrote a column in Life magazine, "The Misguided Y," criticizing the

film.

• The book was also adapted to a Broadway play by Harvey Breit and Patricia

Rinehart, and was staged at Hudson Theatre in 1968 with Zia Mohyeddin

playing the lead role and a music score by Ravi Shankar.

9.Id

When India shall host this 2013 event – the 10th

edition, it shall become the country which has

been the home country for a record three times.

Which event is being described, whose 1978

finals were played right here in Hyderabad – India

finishing a credible fourth?

10.IdX was the fourth medieval city of Delhi established in 1326–1327 by

Muhammad bin Tughlaq (1321–51), of the Delhi Sultanate.

To address the constant threat of the Mongols, Tughlaq built the fortified city

of X (meaning: “Refuge of the World”) subsuming the Adilabad fort that had

been built in the 14th century and also all the establishments lying between

Qila Rai Pithora and Siri Fort.

Neither the city nor the fort has survived. Many reasons have been offered for

such a situation. One of which is stated as the idiosyncratic rule of Mohammed

bin Tughlaq when inexplicably he shifted the capital to Daulatabad in the

Deccan and came back to Delhi soon after.

Written Round Answers

1.

• Instituted in 1895, this is the oldest running

Hockey tournament in India

• It is organised by Bengal Hockey Association

and is usually held on the Mohun Bagan ground

on the Maidan in Kolkata

The Beighton Cup

2. Connect

Bharat Ratna awarded posthumouslyLal Bahadur Shastri, K. Kamaraj, Vinoba Bhave, M. G. Ramachandran, B. R. Ambedkar, Rajiv Gandhi, Vallabhbhai Patel, Abul Kalam Azad, Aruna Asif Ali, Jayaprakash Narayan, Gopinath Bordoloi

3.

This is the only month in Hindu calendar with a possibility of having either

30 OR 31 days in the month.

All other 11 months are always be either of 30 days OR 31 days.

Chaitra

In leap years, Chaitra has 31 days and starts on March 21 instead. The months

in the first half of the year all have 31 days, to take into account the slower

movement of the sun across the ecliptic at this time.

8. Inspiration behind what ?

• The Jag Mandir built on the island of Lake Pichola, was constructed by the Maharanas of the Sisodia Rajputs of Mewar kingdom. This palace provided a refuge to a certain Mughal prince in the early 1600’s since he rebelled against his father and also because of his mother being a Rajput Hindu lady. Now this Jag Mandir is supposedly to have inspired the prince later in his life in some way. What?

Contd…

Taj Mahal

5. Id

Raja Ramanna

6. Connect

•Dhruva

• Matya

• Rupaka

• Jhampa

• Triputa

• Ata

• Eka

Talas (Carnatic music)

• Dhruva

• Matya

• Rupaka

• Jhampa

• Triputa

• Ata

• Eka

7. Id

Agni and Svaha

8.X and Y

• X's book “The Y” was adapted to film as Y Hindi movie. An English language

version was also released.

• X was not happy with the way the film was made and its deviation from the

book; he wrote a column in Life magazine, "The Misguided Y," criticizing the

film.

• The book was also adapted to a Broadway play by Harvey Breit and Patricia

Rinehart, and was staged at Hudson Theatre in 1968 with Zia Mohyeddin

playing the lead role and a music score by Ravi Shankar.

R K Narayan and Guide

9.Id

When India shall host this 2013 event – the 10th

edition, it shall become the country which has

been the home country for a record three times.

Which event is being described, whose 1978

finals were played right here in Hyderabad – India

finishing a credible fourth?

Women's Cricket World Cup

10.IdX was the fourth medieval city of Delhi established in 1326–1327 by

Muhammad bin Tughlaq (1321–51), of the Delhi Sultanate.

To address the constant threat of the Mongols, Tughlaq built the fortified city

of X (meaning: “Refuge of the World”) subsuming the Adilabad fort that had

been built in the 14th century and also all the establishments lying between

Qila Rai Pithora and Siri Fort.

Neither the city nor the fort has survived. Many reasons have been offered for

such a situation. One of which is stated as the idiosyncratic rule of Mohammed

bin Tughlaq when inexplicably he shifted the capital to Daulatabad in the

Deccan and came back to Delhi soon after.

Jahanpanah