XIMB Quizzing League - Round 4

INFORMAL SESSION IV

NATIONAL AND WORLD

POLITICS

Round 1 ( 11 questions): Infinite bounce Rule: Correct : +10 Wrong on bounce: -10 Bounce time limit 10 secs.

International Federation of Vexillological Associations (FIAV). What does it do?

Answer: Study of Flags

FIAV defines in its constitution as "the creation and development of a body of knowledge about flags of all types, their forms and functions, and of scientific theories and principles based on that knowledge."

Identify the name

What's the name of the British political regime 1649-60 established by Oliver Cromwell?

ANSWER

Commonwealth

Id both the people.

Only two people have been recipients of both the Bharat Ratna and the Nishaan-e-Pakistan, the highest civilian awards in India and Pakistan respectively. Name both of them.

ANSWER: Morarji Desai and Nelson Mandela

Id X.

According to Hindu mythology, when Kama, the god of love was burnt by the third eye of Shiva, Rati waited a long time for him. Then in her next birth, she assumed the name X and worked as a cook in the house of the asura Sambara. What name did she take in her rebirth, a name that is also now the name of a mammoth force in India?

ANSWER: Mayawati

Id. ( Person or Country)

Answer

Yingchuk Shingawatra

Prime Minister of Thailand.

Roshan Seth famous for his likeness to Nehru, potrayed Nehru 4 times in entertainment. Gandhi, Last days of Raj and Food for Ravens. Which was the other instance?

ANSWER

Bharat Ek Khoj

Id X.

X was originally issued in Latin in June 1215. It was sealed under oath by King John at Runnymede, on the bank of the River Thames near Windsor, England.

X is widely known throughout the English speaking world as an important part of the protracted historical process that led to the rule of constitutional law in England and beyond.

ANSWER: Magna Carta

Name the party

ANSWER

Telugu Desam Party

ID X.

X was born in Calcutta. She is the sister in law of Prannoy Roy. She went on to do her B.A. Degree at Miranda House. In 2005, she acted in Amu, a film made by her niece, Shonali Bose, on the Anti-Sikh riots in 1984.

ANSWER: Brinda karat

Which company supports the foundation?

Answer: United colors of Beneton

Id.

X was the 1st Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. On October 1, 1949 X proclaimed the foundation of the People's Republic of China (PRC), a one-party socialist state controlled by the CPC.

ANSWER

Mao Zedong

Round 2 ( 11 questions): Infinite bounce Rule: Correct : +10 Wrong on bounce: -10 Bounce Time Limit: 10 secs

ID.

‘Bundeskanzlerin’ is a term which had never been used before 2005. Which political leader’s ascension to office is connected with the use of this term?

ANSWER

German equivalent for Chancellor ( female):

When Angela Merkel assumed office in 2005

What is the occasion?

ANSWER

October Issue, 1947 Depicts kali as India with Freedom

and Death

Which national head of state is President Obama

hugging in the picture below?

ANSWER

Argentina : Prime minister: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

What is this

Washington, DC, 1/1/1942

Answer: UN Declaration

Identify the flag

ANSWER

NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

Identify

ANSWER

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Identify the context of the photo

ANSWER: OSAMA BIN LANDEN OPERATION

Who said it

Hitler killed five million Jews. It is the greatest crime of our time. But the Jews should have offered themselves to the butcher's knife. They should have thrown themselves into the sea from cliffs. As it is, they succumbed anyway in their millions.

ANSWER

M. K. Gandhi

Sachin & Sara Pilot... Who is the father in law of Sachin Pilot

ANSWER

Identify

ANSWER: Suvra Mukherjee

Nationality?

Che Guevara

ANSWER

Argentina

Round 3 ( 11 questions): Infinite bounce Rule: Correct : +10 Wrong on bounce: -10 Bounce Time Limit: 10 secs

Id. X served as an economist with the

World Bank (1968–72 and 1975–77), a consultant to the Planning Commission, India, editor of the Indian Express and Times of India and a minister in the government of India (1998–2004).X was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1982. X is an agnostic. X has authored the illustrated book below.

Answer: Arun Shourie

Cartoonist: Bal ThackerayOccasion?

ANSWER: Indira Gandhi’s Assassination.

Id X.

X is a prominent Indian politician has represented both the cola companies pepsico & coca cola in different cases as an advocate

ANSWER: ARUN JAITLEY

Id.

X attended St. Columba's School, Delhi before entering The Doon School in Dehradun (Uttarakhand).X worked at the Monitor Group, a management consulting firm in London, before establishing the Mumbai–based technology outsourcing firm, Backops Services Private Ltd. Currently he is a sitting MP.

ANSWER: Rahul Gandhi

What is the controversy about the photo

ANSWER: Vladimir Putin

What is blanked out in the photo?

ANSWER: Robert Vadra

Id X

X is an American political movement that is primarily known for advocating a reduction in the U.S. national debt and federal budget deficit by reducing U.S. government spending and taxes. The movement has been called partly conservative, partly libertarian, and partly populist. It has sponsored protests and supported political candidates since 2009.

Answer: Tea Party Movement

WHAT IS BEING DEPICTED?

Answer

To kick off the census The census of India takes place

under the aegis of the home ministry. C. Chandramauli was the census

commissioner Census begins by noting down the

details of the first citizen of the country

Id.

J. Jayalalitha once abruptly ended their conversation by saying ,” I must say it was not a pleasure talking to you. Namaste.” The Indian equivalent of Tim Sebastian, he was president of the Cambridge union debating society in 1977. Who are we talking about?

Answer

Karan Thapar

Three intricately designed print ad illustrates the changing nature of global finance, culture and politics by creating one nation's flag out of another's iconic imagery. This execution fused India and China, with the former taking over for the latter as the _____________. "The world's is a hard place to understand," said the copy.

Answer: Top Weapons importer of world

Id the country

Answer

South Sudan

Round 4( 8 questions)- ConnectInfinite BounceCorrect +10Wrong -10Bounce time limit: 10 secs

Connect

Connect

European Union (EU)

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

ANSWER

All agencies have received Nobel Peace Prize

Connect

ANSWER: All died in air crashes

Clockwise 1st: G. M. C. Balayogi 2nd:Dorjee Khandu 3rd : madhav Rao Scindia

Connect

ANSWER

All leaders are single

Connect

ANSWER

IMF

Connect

ANSWER

Secretary Generals of United Nation

Connect

Answer

All leaders were involved in shoe throwing incidents

Connect

Answer: Joined AAP recently Clockwise 1st: Asudosh

2nd: Adarsh Sashtri

3rd: V Balakrishnan

Connect

ANSWER : 11th Sept

1. 1906 – Mahatma Gandhi coins the term Satyagraha" to characterize the Non-Violence movement in South Africa.

2. 1961 – Foundation of the World Wildlife Fund whose logo is Panda. (Kung fu Panda was just for confusing you!)

3. 2001 - Osama Bin Laden – was the hand behind the september 11 attacks on USA

4. 1893 – First conference of the World Parliament of Religions is held where Swami Vivekananda gave his iconic speech.