‘The MAHANBHARAT QUIZ’

By Anurag Basant

Int. MSc Physics IIIrdYr

PRELIMS

Rules:

# of team members <= 3

All questions carry 1mark.

No negative marking.

All sub-parts in a question to carry

equal weightage.

‘*’ marked questions to be used for tie-

breakers.

Q 2,8, 10,13, 20 are * marked

questions.

1.

X’s creator describes himself as a media vagabond

who dabbled in many things in the media world

before he decided to go solo.

An IIT-Kharagpur graduate, he quit his cushy job in

the US Air-force and found himself an opportunity to

work with Red Chillies Entertainment as an assistant

director for Om Shanti Om.

‘X’ is loosely based on the popular American website,

CollegeHumor — dedicated entirely to the funnies,

with original sketches, parodies and web-series.

Id X

* 2.

Name this city which is the point of

interchange of east-west and north-

south corridors.

This is a historic city of northern India,

located in the region of Bundelkhand

on the banks of the Pahuj or

Pushpavati River, in the extreme south

of the state of Uttar Pradesh.

3.

X studied in Loyola High School, Margao. He completed his secondary education in Marathi and went on to graduate in metallurgical engineering from IIT Bombay.

X and Nandan Nilekani, Chairman of the new Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) have graduated together from IIT Bombay in the year 1978.

CNN-IBN Indian of the Year in politics category in 2012.

Id X

4.

X is a traditional folk dance of Rajasthan.

It is performed by women in swirling robes,

and accompanied by men and women

singing together.

This folk dance gets its name from

‘ghoomna’, which displays the spectacular

colors of the flowing ‘ghaghara’, the long

skirt of the Rajasthani women.

Mostly Goddess Saraswati is worshipped

during this dance.

5.

After Operation Blue Star in Punjab ,

the final examinations of Punjab

Univesity were postponed. Irshad

Kamil led a group of students

demanding a month's notice as

preparation. He made banners saying,

"_______ _______" and went about

raising this slogan.

He used these lines in a bollywood

film.

Which two word slogan?

6. This is the flag of a regional

political party. Name the party

7. Id this city.

This was instructed by the founder of this

city.

"Be sure to lay wide streets planted with

shady trees, every other of a quick growing

variety. Be sure that there is plenty of space

for lawns and gardens; reserve large areas

for football, hockey and parks; earmark

areas for Hindu temples, Mohammedan

mosques and Christian churches."

* 8. Id the circled person.

9. Id X.

X was the capital of a Moghul Mahal (similar to a present-day Pargana) during the time of Akbar, as is referred in Ain-e-Akbari, authored by AbulFazal.

During the 18th century, it came under the rule of Landhaura state, until the death of its Bargujar king, Raja Ramdayal in 1813. It later became a part of the territories of the British East India Company.

X is also famous for the shrine of 13th century Sufi saint Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari — the dargah is also known as Sarkar Sabir Pak — in PiranKaliyar village, where an annual 15-day spiritual fair is held.

According to one story, X derives its name from Rurimadi imran, the wife of a local Rajputchieftain.

*10. FITB

FakingNews took a dig at Arvind

Kejriwal with a piece titled ‘ ______

claims it was a muffler, not a towel,

thus he is honest.’

11. Which singer?

12. Connect.

Kanpur, Jajmau, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Ghazipur, Patna, Munger, Bhagalpur, Baharampur, Bijnor

*13.

Only 5 movies have so far won the big

4 i.e. best movie, director, actor and

actress at Filmfare.

First to do so was Guide followed by

DDLJ and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

Which two movies released in the last

decade complete the list?

14. Connect

Ashwathama

Rishi Ved Vyas

Lord Hanuman

Mahabali or Rajabali

Vibhishana

Kripacharya

Lord Parashurama

15. Id the sage?

16.

He set Twitter abuzz by joining the popular micro-blogging website.

In less than an hour - with just two tweets – he had already notched up over 2, 000 followers! His first tweet read "Here I am. One of you. Lets talk.“

He initially followed a twitter handle called @CommunalCongress, erroneously ofcourse. But a little later his 'Following' count again read zero.

Id.

17. The Guru of ‘god’- Id

*18. Connect.

19. Name the work and the artist

20.

4th century AD coin minted during the

reign of Samudragupta supposedly

commemorates what?

Answers.

1.

X’s creator describes himself as a media vagabond

who dabbled in many things in the media world

before he decided to go solo.

An IIT-Kharagpur graduate, he quit his cushy job in

the US Air-force and found himself an opportunity to

work with Red Chillies Entertainment as an assistant

director for Om Shanti Om.

‘X’ is loosely based on the popular American website,

CollegeHumor — dedicated entirely to the funnies,

with original sketches, parodies and web-series.

Id X

1.

* 2.

Name this city which is the point of

interchange of east-west and north-

south corridors.

This is a historic city of northern India,

located in the region of Bundelkhand

on the banks of the Pahuj or

Pushpavati River, in the extreme south

of the state of Uttar Pradesh.

* 2. Jhansi

3.

X studied in Loyola High School, Margao. He completed his secondary education in Marathi and went on to graduate in metallurgical engineering from IIT Bombay.

X and Nandan Nilekani, Chairman of the new Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) have graduated together from IIT Bombay in the year 1978.

CNN-IBN Indian of the Year in politics category in 2012.

Id X

3. Manohar Parrikar

4.

X is a traditional folk dance of Rajasthan.

It is performed by women in swirling robes,

and accompanied by men and women

singing together.

This folk dance gets its name from

‘ghoomna’, which displays the spectacular

colors of the flowing ‘ghaghara’, the long

skirt of the Rajasthani women.

Mostly Goddess Saraswati is worshipped

during this dance.

4. Ghoomar

5.

After Operation Blue Star in Punjab ,

the final examinations of Punjab

Univesity were postponed. Irshad

Kamil led a group of students

demanding a month's notice as

preparation. He made banners saying,

"_______ _______" and went about

raising this slogan.

He used these lines in a bollywood

film.

Which two word slogan?

5.

6. This is the flag of a regional

political party. Name the party

6. Telangana Rashtriya Samiti

(TRS)

7. Id this city.

This was instructed by the founder of this

city

"Be sure to lay wide streets planted with

shady trees, every other of a quick growing

variety. Be sure that there is plenty of space

for lawns and gardens; reserve large areas

for football, hockey and parks; earmark

areas for Hindu temples, Mohammedan

mosques and Christian churches."

7. Jamshedpur or Tatanagar

* 8. Id the person.

8. Alok Nath

9. Id X.

X was the capital of a Moghul Mahal (similar to a present-day Pargana) during the time of Akbar, as is referred in Ain-e-Akbari, authored by AbulFazal.

During the 18th century, it came under the rule of Landhaura state, until the death of its Bargujar king, Raja Ramdayal in 1813. It later became a part of the territories of the British East India Company.

X is also famous for the shrine of 13th century Sufi saint Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari — the dargah is also known as Sarkar Sabir Pak — in PiranKaliyar village, where an annual 15-day spiritual fair is held.

According to one story, X derives its name from Rurimadi imran, the wife of a local Rajputchieftain.

9. Roorkee

*10. FITB

FakingNews took a dig at Arvind

Kejriwal with a piece titled ‘ ______

claims it was a muffler, not a towel,

thus he is honest.’

*10.

11. Which singer?

11. Lata Mangeshkar

12. Connect.

Kanpur, Jajmau, Varanasi, Mirzapur, Ghazipur, Patna, Munger, Bhagalpur, Baharampur, Bijnor

12. River Ganges flows through

these cities

*13.

Only 5 movies have so far won the big

4 i.e. best movie, director, actor and

actress at Filmfare.

First to do so was Guide followed by

DDLJ and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.

Which two movies released in the last

decade complete the list?

*13. Devdas and Black

14. Connect

Ashwathama

Rishi Ved Vyas

Lord Hanuman

Mahabali or Rajabali

Vibhishana

Kripacharya

Lord Parashurama

14. The 7 immortals

15. Id the sage?

Rishi Sushruta… performing

plastic sugery

16.

He set Twitter abuzz by joining the popular micro-blogging website.

In less than an hour - with just two tweets – he had already notched up over 2, 000 followers! His first tweet read "Here I am. One of you. Lets talk.“

He initially followed a twitter handle called @CommunalCongress, perhaps erroneously. But a little later his 'Following' count again read zero.

Id.

16.

17. The Guru of ‘god’- Id

17. Ramakant Achrekar

*18. Connect.

*18. The 3 UNESCO world

heritage sites in Delhi

Qutub Minar

Humayun’s Tomb

Red Fort

19. Name the work and the artist

19. Bharat Mata by M F

Hussain

20.

4th century AD coin minted during the

reign of Samudragupta supposedly

commemorates what?

20. Ashwamedha Yagya