IN ASSOCIATION WITH

WORLD WILDLIFE FUND FOR NATURE

PRESENTS

OASIS 2K16 QUIZ

QUIZMASTER has no afflictions towards any race, religion, caste or sect. He hates everyone equally.

The QUIZMASTER HAS MOSTLY MADE the quiz in wee hours of the night. Refrain FROM arguing. My decision will remain final.

Read all the rules carefully in the beginning of each round so that You can avoid an awkward situation of being called a dodo.

Remember carefully, your first answer will be considered as the final answer.

My dear audience, try to keep yourself mum as long as I don’t throw the question at you. Any prompting by anyone will show him the door at once.

STRAIGHT DRIVE

RULESEach team will be asked 2 questions.

DIRECT 20/-10

PASS 10/-10

Time limit is 10 seconds for each direct question. No extra time for the passed on question. The successive teams will have to reply promptly.

The questions will be asked clockwise and anti clockwise.

ANY KIND OF CHEATING WILL INVITE HUMILIATING EXIT

Question 1.

WHAT IS THE FULL FORM OF PVR ?

Question 2

EXPAND TTE.

Question 3

WHAT DO YOU UNDERSTAND BY PNR?

Question 4

EXPAND DLF

Question 5

EXPAND ISI

Question 6

EXPAND PCO.

Question 7

FULL FORM OF SIM

QUESTION 8

EXPAND PDF

ANTICLOCKWISEQUESTION 1

Which is the deepest lake in the world?

Question 2In which country will you find the murray and darling river?

Question 3Which is the highest peak of Aravalli range?

Question 4Gersoppa falls/ Jog falls , the highest waterfalls in India are on which river?

Question 5With which country, India shares it’s longest international border?

Question 6Which Indian state has the longest coastline ?

Question 7Which two rivers forms the Majauli islands, the world’s largest islands?

Question 8Where will you find the black forests?

audienceWhich is the only active volcano in India?

AudienceWhich is the first biosphere reserve in India?

ROUND TWODIRECT 20/-10

PASS 10/-10

1.WHICH CITY WILL BE HOSTING THE 2020 PARALYMPIC GAMES?

Q.2WHO IS DECLARED AS THE TIMES PERSON OF THE YEAR 2015?

Q.3WHICH CITY HAS TOPPED IN THE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THIRD BATCH OF THE SMART CITIES MISSION?

Q.4

RECENTLY, 7RCR IN NEW DELHI HAS BEEN RENAMED AS?

Q.5WHO IS THE BRAND AMBASSADOR OF RELIANCE JIO?

Q.6WHICH FEMALE CM HAS RECENTLY LAUNCHED “ SCOOTY FOR GIRLS” SCHEME?

Q.7WHICH PARTY HAS RECENTLY BECOME INDIA’S 7TH NATIONAL PARTY?

Q.8WHO HAS WON THE MEN’S SINGLES TITLE IN THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED US OPEN?

ANTICLOCKWISEQ.1

THE ONLY COUNTRY TO HAVE AN AK 47 ON IT’S FLAG?

Q.2WHO IS KNOWN AS THE FATHER OF BIOLOGY?

Q.3WHICH IS THE LIGHTEST KNOWN METAL ?

Q.4WHICH COUNTRY IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORANGE REVOLUTION?

Q.5WHICH COUNTRY IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE LAND OF WHITE ELEPHANTS?

Q.6WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF “ THE TALE OF TWO CITIES’’?

Q.7MAJOR C WINGFIELD IS CREDITED WITH THE INVENTION OF WHICH SPORT?

Q.8WHICH IS THE FASTEST ROTATING PLANET?

AUDIENCE“ JOURNALISM OF COURAGE” IS THE TAGLINE OF WHICH NEWSPAPER?

AUDIENCEWHO HAS BEEN AWARDED THE DADA SAHEB PHALKE AWARD FOR THE YEAR 2016?

DIRECT 20/-10

PASS 10/-10

Q.1“BHAWANI” WAS THE NAME OF THE SWORD OF WHICH BRAVE INDIAN RULER?

Q.2THE FAMOUS “PURANA QILA” IN DELHI WAS BUILT BY WHICH AFGHAN RULER?

Q.3TO WHICH DIETY, THE MEENAKSHI AMMAN TEMPLE IN MADURAI IS DEDICATED TO?

Q.4WHICH MUGHAL QUEEN, whose childhood name was Mehrunnisa, WROTE POETRY UNDER THE PEN NAME OF “MAKHFI”?

Q.5WHO IS REGARDED AS THE EINSTEIN OF INDIA?

Q.6WHAT WAS CONSTRUCTED BY QULI QUTUB SHAH TO COMMEMORATE THE ERADICATION OF PLAGUE?

Q.7WHICH MOUNTAIN WAS USED BY DEVAS AND ASURAS FOR SAMUDRA MANTHAN?

Q.8WHO WROTE THE FAMOUS PRAYER “ VAISHNAVA JANA TOH TENEY KAHIYE” ?

ANTICLOCKWISEQ.1

WHO REPRESENTED THE PARSI COMMUNITY IN THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY?

Q.2NAME THE GOVERNOR GENERAL WHO ABOLISHED SLAVERY IN INDIA?

Q.3FROM LAST YEAR, WHICH DAY HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO CELEBRATE CONSTITUTION DAY/ LAW DAY?

Q.5WHO WAS THE FIRST CHAIRMAN OF THE RAJYA SABHA?

Q.5NAME THE TWO UT’S WHICH HAVE THE PROVINCIAL LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY AND A CM.

Q.6WHO, FIRST CALLED MAHATMA GANDHI AS THE FATHER OF THE NATION?

Q.7Every year, 25th December is celebrated as the Good Governance Day is observed in honor of which former PM?

Q.8NAME THE ONLY PRESIDENT OF INDIA WHO WAS ELECTED AS AN INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE.

AUDIENCEWHO WAS POPULARLY KNOWN AS DESHBANDHU?

AUDIENCEWHAT IS THE FULL NAME OF DR. APJ ABDUL KALAM?

DIRECT 20/-20

PASS 10

Q.1

IDENTIFY THIS FAMOUS LAKE IN THE BACKGROUND.

Q.2

IDENTIFY THIS SINGER FROM THE MOVIE RANG DE BASANTI

Q.3

IDENTIFY THIS FAMOUS MOUNTAIN PASS FROM THE MOVIE JAB WE MET

Q.4

IDENTIFY THE SINGER

Q.5

NAME THIS FORT AND IT’S LOCATION.

Q.6

IDENTIFY THIS FEMALE VOICE

Q.7

IDENTIFY THIS FAMOUS ATTRACTION AND IT’S LOCATION

Q.8

IDENTIFY THE FEMALE VOICE

ANTICLOCKWISEQ.1

THROUGH WHICH SERIAL SHAH RUKH KHAN MADE HIS DEBUT ON THE NATIONAL TELEVISION.

Q.2WHICH FILMFARE HAS THE ORIGINAL NAME PREETHAM SINGH _____ ? THE SIRNAME IS SAFE WITH THE QUIZMASTER.

Q.3WHO BECAME THE FIRST INDIAN DIRECTOR TO SHOOT A MOVIE IN NASA?

Q.4WHICH ACTOR IS LOVINGLY CALLED AS “THE JUMPING JACK”, PARTICULARLY AFTER HIS MOVIE FARZ?

Q.5WHICH INDIAN MOVIE HAS THE HONOR OF BEING FILMED FIRST AT THE UNITED NATIONS?

Q.6TILL DATE ONLY THREE INDIAN FILMS HAVE BEEN NOMINATED IN THE OSCARS. MOTHER INDIA AND LAGAAN ARE THE TWO MOVIES, WHICH IS THE THIRD ONE?

Q.7DIRECTED BY G ASRANI IN 1977, “ CHALA MURARI HERO BANNE”, IS KNOWN FOR MANY SPECIAL APPEARANCES LIKE DHARMENDRA, HEMA MALINI, AMITABH BACHCHAN, KISHOR KUMAR ETC. WHAT SURPRISED EVERYONE WERE THE TWO VERY FAMOUS POLITICIANS WHO ACTED IN THIS MOVIE. ONE BEING THE FORMER PM. IDENTIFY BOTH.

Q.8HARI OM ENTERTAINMENT IS THE PRODUCTION COMPANY OF WHICH BOLLYWOOD PERSONALITY?

AUDIENCEFIRST INDIAN ACTRESS TO BE FEATURED ON THE COVERPAGE OF TIMES MAGAZINE IN 1976?

AUDIENCETHE FIRST INDIAN MOVIE TO GET INSURED?

ROUND V – VISUAL ROUNDDIRECT 20/-10

PASS 10

Q.1

THIS FORMER CM WAS A DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, AND AN ACTOR WELL KNOWN FOR HIS MYTHOLOGICAL ROLES. IDENTIFY.

Q.2

IDENTIFY THIS RODENT WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS AN ARCHITECT OF NATURAL WORLD FOR BUILDING DAMS. IT IS ALSO A BIG NUISANCE IN USA.

Q.3

WHICH STATE PARTY BEARS THIS SYMBOL?

?

SIACHEN,DAFDUR,

GILGIT,BALTISTAN

(DISPUTED)

KIBITHU

X

GHAUR OF

MAUTA

ANTICLOCKWISEQ.1

IDENTIFY THIS VOICE

Q.2

IDENTIFY THIS MODERN DAY POET CUM SOCIAL ACTIVIST CAME TO HIGHLIGHT DURING HIS ACTIVE ROLE IN THE ANNA HAZARE’S

ANSHAN FOR LOKPAL.

Q.3

IDENTIFY THIS ICONIC THEME MUSIC

Q.4

IDENTIFY THIS PHENOMENAL POET, ACTOR AND SINGER, LAST SEEN IN THE RECENTLY RELEASED MOVIE, HAPPY BHAAG JAYEGI.

AUDIENCE

IDENTIFY THIS KNOWLEDGEABLE SERIAL HOSTED BY SIDDHARTHA KAK AND RENUKA SHAHANE ON DD.

AUDIENCE

IDENTIFY

ROUND VI – CLUE ROUND

80/-40 FOR THE OPENING LINE

50/-25 POINTS FOR THE FIRST CLUE

30/-15 POINTS FOR THE SECOND CLUE

20/-10 POINTS FOR THE THIRD CLUE

Q.1THE MOVIE X WAS WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY KHWAJA AHMAD ABBAS, RELEASED IN 1969 WHERE THE MALE PROTAGANIST WAS A POET NAMED ANWAR ALI FROM BIHAR.

THE FILM IS BASED ON THE LIBERATION OF GOA BY THE INDIAN ARMED FORCES.

IT STARRED UTPAL DUTT, MADHU, JALAL AGHA & AMITABH BACHCHAN AS AN ARMY MAN.

IT WAS THE DEBUT MOVIE OF LEGENDARY ACTOR AMITABH BACHCHAN.

Q.2X WAS BORN TO BABURAO & LAXMIBAI ON JUNE 15, 1937 IN BHINGAR NEAR AHMEDNAGAR. DUE TO POVERTY, X STARTED SELLING FLOWERS AT THE DADAR RAILWAY STATION IN MUMBAI.

1. X WAS DRAFTED IN INDIAN ARMY WHERE HE INITIALLY WORKED AS ARMY DRIVER.

2. X’S LIFE CHANGED AFTER READING SWAMI VIVEKANANDA’S BOOKLET “ CALL TO THE YOUTH FOR NATION BUILDING”

3. HE IS CREDITED FOR OPENING GRAIN BANK, TARUN MANDAL ASSOCIATION & WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME IN THE ANCESTRAL VILLAGE RALEGAN SIDDHI. IDENTIFY X.

Q.3 X IS DESIGNED BY ATUL S PANDEY AND WAS FIRST ISSUED IN SEPTEMBER 2010.

1. THE HISTORY OF X CAN BE TRACED BACK TO POST KARGIL CONFLICT WHEN, THE K SUBRAMANYAM COMMITTEE IN IT’S REPORT SUBMITTED TO THEN PM, A B VAJPAYEE TO ISSUE SOMETHING LIKE X, SPECIALLY IN BORDER AREAS.

2. X WAS FINALLY FINALISED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF INDIA ON JANUARY 28, 2009.

3. NANDAN NILOKHENI, THE CO-FOUNDER OF INFOSYS WAS APPOINTED BY THE UPA GOVERNMENT TO HEAD THE PROJECT.

Q.4X WAS DECLARED AS THE ROYAL COMMODITY BY TIPU SULTAN IN 1792, KNOWN AS SREEGANDHA IN KANNADA.

1. X IS STILL UNDER THE PROTECTION AND OWNERSHIP OF THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT EVEN IF IT IS FOUND ON PRIVATE LAND.

2. THE SCIENTIFIC NAME OF X IS Santolam album AND IS USED FOR BUILDING PARTS OF TEMPLES AND ALSO FOR IDOLS.

3. X IS EXCLUSIVELY FOUND IN TN, KERALA, ANDHRA PRADESH & TIMOR ISLAND OF INDONESIA; BUT WAS MADE EXTREMELY FAMOUS BY VEERAPPAN, POPULARY KNOWN AS X TASKAR.

ROUND VIIPOUNCE 40/-40

DIRECT 40/-40

PASS 20

Q.1X FIRST APPEARED IN THE MAGAZINE ELECTRONIC NEWS IN 1971. SANJOSE IS THE CAPITAL OF X. FREDERICK E TERMER IS CONSIDERED AS THE FATHER OF X AS HE IS CREDITED WITH NURTURING HEWLETT PACKARD. IT WAS HERE IN X, THE CONCEPT OF SEMICONDUCTORS ORIGINATED AND X BORROWS IT’S NAME FROM ONE OF IT. WILLIAM SHOCKLEY RECEIVED NOBEL PRIZE IN 1956 FOR DISCOVERING SEMICONDUCTORS. TODAY X IS KNOWN TO HAVE SUN, CISCO, NETSCAPE IN IT’S GARB. IDENTIFY X.

Q.2SYED FAZL-UL-HASAN HAS PENNED THE IMMORTAL GHAZAL, CHUPKE CHUPE RAAT DIN, SUNG BY GHULAM ALI IN 1982 MOVIE NIKAAH, IN WHICH X ACTED AS WELL. HE ALSO EXPRESSED HIS DEEP LOVE FOR KRISHNA AND VISITED BRINDAVAN A FEW TIMES. X IS BEST REMEMBERED FOR CONTRIBUTING IN THE INDIAN FREEDOM STRUGGLE FOR AN ICONIC THING, X, WHICH HE WROTE WHEN HE WAS A MEMBER OF HINDUSTAN SOCIALIST REPUBLICAN ASSOCIATION. X LITERAL MEANING IS HAIL REVOLUTION.

Q.3IT TAKES A WOMAN 9 YEARS TO BECOME A FULL FLEDGED X. THE FIRST STAGE IS A ‘COME AND SEE’ PHASE FOR THE INTERESTED. IF THEY STILL WISH TO JOIN, THEY ENTER ASPIRANCY, FOCUSSED ON LEARNING ENGLISH. THIS IS FOLLOWED BY POSTULANCY, WHERE HISTORY & SACRED TEXTS ARE TAUGHT. THE FINAL STAGE IS THE NOVITIATE WHERE THEY WEAR PLAIN WHITE GARMENTS AND INVOLVE THEMSELVES IN PRAYERS AND PRACTICAL TRAINING. THEREAFTER, 3 BLUE STRIPES ARE ADDED TO THE WHITE GARMENT & A YEAR IS SPENT IN ROME, WASHINGTON D.C. ETC. ON TERTIANSHIP, A PERIOD OF DEEP SPIRITUAL GROWTH. WHAT IS X?

Q.4THE “CHAATRA YUVA SANGHARSHA SAMITI” (CYSS), THE STUDENT WING OF THIS INDIAN POLITICAL PARTY, WAS LAUNCHED IN SEPTEMBER 2014. HARSHITA, A STUDENT OF IIT DELHI AND ALSO THE DAUGHTER OF THE PARTY’S LEADER LAUNCHED CYSS IN IIT, DELHI. WHO IS HER FAMOUS FATHER AND THE PARTY?

ROUND VIII - BETTINGTHE TEAMS HAVE TO PLACE THEIR BET PRIOR TO THE QUESTION.

BETTING POINTS

100/-50

70/-35

50/-25

Q.1THESE SPECIAL TRAINS ARE ON OF THE FASTEST TRAINS IN INDIA. THESE TRAINS RUN FASTER THAN THE RAJDHANI EXPRESSES. THERE ARE 27 SUCH TRAINS RUNNING ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE DESIGNS BEING USED ON THE COACHES OF THESE EXPRESSES ARE BASED ON THE PAINTINGS OF AN ARTIST WHO IS A VERY WELL KNOWN FACE IN THE POLITY OF THE COUNTRY? NAME THE PERSON.

Q.2X IS POPULARLY KNOWN AS GOLDEN MAIDEN BY THE FOLLOWERS. X IS TRAINED IN VARIOUS CLASSICAL DANCE FORMS AND WAS FIRST SPOTTED BY DIRECTOR SHIVAJI GANESHAN. X PLAYED A 3 MINUTE ROLE OF KRISHNA IN 1962 FILM, MANMAUJI. X ACTED IN AN ENGLISH MOVIE ‘EPISTLE’ & ONLY HINDI MOVIE ‘IZZAT’ WHICH ALSO STARRED DHARMENDRA. IT WAS MARUDHAN GOPALAN RAMACHANDRAN WHOSE INFLUENCE, FINALLY TURNED X’S CAREER TO AN ALL TOGETHER DIFFERENT FIELD. IDENTIFY X.

Q.3PALATINE, QUIRINAL, VIMINAL, ESQUILINE, CAELIAN, AVENTINE & CAPTILINE ARE THE NAME OF THE HILLS OF THIS CITY AND INTERESTINGLY THESE HILLS CONTRIBUTE IN GIVING THE EPITHET TO THIS CITY. THIS CITY IS SITUATED ALONG THE SHORE OF TIBER RIVER & BOASTS OF HAVING ONE OF THE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORD. WHICH CITY AM I TALKING ABOUT?

Q.455 YEARS AGO ON APRIL 29, 1961, X WAS FOUNDED IN MORGES , SWITZERLAND AFTER THE SIGNING OF MORGES MANIFESTO. IT’S LOGO WAS FOUNDED BY YOUNG IN 1966 AND CHI-CHI, AN ADORABLE FORM OF FAUNA WAS CHOSEN AS ITS SYMBOL. IT PUBLISHES LIVING PLANET INDEX WHICH IS USED TO PUBLISH A BI-YEARLY LIVING PLANET REPORT. NO ONE’S GONNA CHANGE OUR WORLD, WAS A CHARITY ALBUM RELEASED IN 1969, FOR THE BENEFIT OF X. IDENTIFY X.

FINAL SCORES

THANK YOU

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Daizmin & Neeraj