India QuizPrelims

(with Answers)

Quiz made by Apratim Chandra Singh with inputs from Raghav Talwar, Asitang Srivastava and Arunansh Goswami.

Rules

• 20 questions in the prelims• Names, mobile phone numbers, course, team name on the answer

sheet• Marked questions are used for resolving ties. (*)• 5 teams qualify for the finals• Anyone found using mobile phones/googling during the quiz will

be made to watch sermons of Radhe Maa

Q1

• Chilla is a census town located in East Delhi. It has a population of around 65,000, and the average literacy rate is 70%.• The facts given above aren’t very important. What matters is

something recently commissioned by the Delhi Jal Board in the area. What is this?

• First Hydro-Electric Plant in Delhi

*Q2

• X is a proposed financial institution set up to promote infrastructural development in the Asia Pacific Region. It was initiated by PR China, and of its 57 prospective founding members, 51 have signed the Articles of Agreement that form the legal basis for the proposed bank. This act was carried out on 30 June this year. The bank is considered a potential rival of the US dominated IMF, World Bank and Asian Development Bank. ID X.

• Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Q3

• X was born in 1974, and joined the Communist Youth of his country in his mid to late teens. He is a civil engineer by profession, and despite leaving the Communist Party, has stayed firmly on the left wing throughout his political career. He rose to significance this year, when he gained and resigned from an important office of state. • About a month and a half before his resignation, Fidel Castro

wrote a letter to X, saying that his country’s vote of “Ohi” was an inspiration to the people of Latin America.• ID X.

• Alexis Tsipras

Q4

• Mr. Ajay Singh is a co-founder of Indian low cost airline Spicejet. He was in news recently for infusing Rs.500 crore in the low-cost airlines and giving it a new lease of life. However he was in news an year back for a creation of his which created ripples in the country. What is his ‘creation’ we are talking about ?

• Ab Ki Baar Modi Sarkar

Q5

• X is a satellite and UN Driven initiative to share information on Disaster Risk Reduction. X has been in the news this month, due to it being renamed. • After whom is it being renamed?

• APJ Abdul Kalam

Q6

• The national motto of India ,’Satyameva Jayate’, inscribed below the emblem of India is taken from which Upanishad ?

• Mundaka Upanishad

*Q7

• The scheme introduced by the Government of Rajasthan in 2014 to transfer financial and non-financial benefits of governmental schemes directly to recipients is named after which famous person ? This person is said to have built the Dilwara Temples near Mount Abu.

• Bhamashah

Q8

• Which temple complex, rediscovered by the British engineer T. S. Burt in the 19th century, is named for the golden date palms that adorned its entrance in ancient times?

• Khajuraho Temple

Q9

• What was the infamous term given to elaborate system of licences, regulations and accompanying red tape that were required to set up and run businesses in India between 1947 and 1990 ?

• License Raj

Q10

• Name of the painting.

• Bani Thani

*Q11

• X meaning abode of springs and lakes, also called Islamabad, is a city in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The name X is thought to be derived from the Sanskrit term for "Land of countless springs”. According to a well known archaeologist, Sir A. Stein, the name of the city comes from the great spring X issuing at the centre of the city. Mehbooba Mufti represents X constituency in Lok Sabha. Identify X.

• Anantnag

Q12

• TADA, was an anti-terrorism law which was in force between 1985 and 1995 (modified in 1987) under the background of Punjab insurgency and was applied to whole of India. It came into effect on 23 May 1985. It was renewed in 1989, 1991 and 1993 before being allowed to lapse in 1995 due to increasing unpopularity due to widespread allegations of abuse. It was the first anti-terrorism law legislated by the government to define and counter terrorist activities. It recently came into public’s eye due to Yakub Memon’s hanging episode. What does TADA stand for ?

• Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act

*Q13

• The term has evolved to mean a plot device whereby a seemingly unsolvable problem is suddenly and abruptly resolved by the contrived and unexpected intervention of some new event, character, ability or object. Depending on how it is done, it can be intended to move the story forward when the writer has "painted himself into a corner" and sees no other way out, to surprise the audience, to bring the tale to a happy ending, or as a comedic device. Which plot device am I talking about ?

• Deus Ex Machina

Q14

• Kundal Lal Gujral is said to be the founder and inventor of which extremely famous food item in India ?

• Tandoori Chicken

Q15

• Sitter. Identify the Indian city from this map.

• Chandigarh

Q16

• In which internationally famed weekly magazine will you find the following words printed in its every edition :-

“to take part in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward , and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress”

The HQ of this magazine is at 25, St. James’s Street, London. Identify the magazine.

• The Economist

Q17

• Founded by Lala Sukh Lal Jain in 1790 in Chandni Chowk, this legendary sweet shop was one of the oldest halwais (traditional sweet shop) in India. It has catered to Mughal Emperors, Presidents and Prime Ministers of India, from Nehru to his grandson Rajiv Gandhi. Over the years, it has also remained a popular visitors attraction in Old Delhi area and was known for its Sohan Halwa. Identify this sweet shop which was in news recently for shutting down its shutters forever.

• Ghantewala

Q18• X is an international humanitarian-aid non-governmental

organization and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic diseases. It was founded in France. The organization is known in most of the world by its localized name, in Canada and the United States the name _________ is commonly used. X was created in 1971, in the aftermath of the Biafra secession, by a small group of French doctors and journalists who believed that all people have the right to medical care regardless of race, religion, creed or political affiliation. Identify X (give either the original name or the one used in USA and Canada)• Hint – Campus Placement Cell sent a mail yesterday pertaining to

internship opportunity in the aforementioned organization.

• Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders

Q19

• What is the name given to the headquarters of Central Vigilance Commission ?

• Satarkta Bhawan

Q20

• Started in 1907 by an eminent personality who was fondly remembered as ‘Deenabandhu’. It is registered with the office of the Registrar of Newspapers for India and has been in print since its inception. Now in its 122nd volume, it has English, Hindi, Sanskrit and Urdu sections. Identify this literary annual which has been one of the oldest privately circulated literary annual in the country.

• The Stephanian

Finals

Rules

• Infinite Bounce• Infinite Pounce• +10/0 on bounce• +10/-10 on pounce• This quiz is made with love, a can of RedBull and a pack of

Marlboros• “Never irritate a sleep deprived quizmaster.”

My friend’s reaction when I asked them to rate the quiz.

Q1

• According to the Prisoners Act of 1913 if a person was on hunger strike and fell ill, s/he would be released, only to be re-arrested when the prisoner recuperated. Due to this, this act acquired a rather different name by which it was known among the masses. What is that ‘other’ name ?

• Cat and Mouse Act

Q2

• Whom did Indira Gandhi defeat in 1971 elections who later accused her of indulging in corrupt electoral practices and filed an election petition against her, due to which she was disqualified from contesting Lok Sabha seat for 6 years and in turn declared Emergency in the country. The Allahabad High court delivered a landmark judgement on this case which was known as State of UP vs __________. (Blank is the name of the person)

• Raj Narain

Q3

• With a dimension of 9.7 by 6.3 centimetres, it is made of 100 per cent cotton rags. It will weigh 90 grams per square metre and have thickness of 110 microns. It will have the bilingual signature of Rajiv Mehrishi. After a gap of 20 years, what is being re-introduced again in the year 2015? What are we talking about ?

• One Rupee Note

Q4

• X’s real name is Sukhvinder Kaur. She was born on 3 March 1965 in Dorangala village of Gurdaspur district in Punjab. X studied till Class X, she married Mohan Singh at age 17.She used to stitch clothes to supplement her husband's small income. After her husband left for Doha (Qatar) in search of a better job, X embraced a total new outlook and became known to the world by a different name altogether. How do we better know X ?

• Radhe Maa

Q5

• Which derogatory term was coined by the Indian Economist Raj Krishna to refer to the GDP growth rate of India before 1991 liberalisation ?

• Hindu Rate of Growth

Q6

* HE Hon Aloun Ndombet Assamba - Jamaican lawyer, politician & diplomat, Jamaica's High Commissioner to UK since 2012* Dr George Ayittey - Ghanaian economist & author, founder/President of Free Africa Foundation* _______________________________________* Sir Richard Ottaway - British politician, formerly Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee * William Roger Louis CBE FBA - American historian of British Empire, editor-in-chief of The Oxford History of The British Empire* Prof John M MacKenzie - British historian, editor of Manchester University Press 'Studies in Imperialism' series• Who is the missing person in the list ?

• Shashi Tharoor (from the Oxford Reparations Debate)

Q7

• If Prime Minister of India lives at 7, Race Course Road and the President lives at Rashtrapati Bhawan. Who lives at 32, Prithviraj Road ?

• Cabinet Secretary of India

Q8

• X is a saffron-flavored traditional flatbread made in Iran, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Lucknow region and Hyderabad, India, probably from Persian influences. It is a mildly sweet naan made out of maida, leavened with yeast, baked in a tandoor or oven. X was traditionally made like roti. Today, X is prepared like naan. The warm water in the recipe for roti was replaced with warm milk sweetened with sugar and flavored with saffron. The final product resembles Danish pastry. Identify X which is a rare delicacy in India.

• Sheermal

Q9

• The X effect is an economic occurrence where income is redistributed so that economic inequality is reduced. A X effect can be caused by a large number of different policies or economic decisions, not all of which are specifically aimed at reducing inequality. Identify X, which is named after a folk hero.

• Robin Hood Effect

Q10

• A X is a pavilion structure, sometimes octagonal or turret-shaped, often built in a park, garden or spacious public area. X are freestanding or attached to a garden wall, roofed, and open on all sides. They provide shade, shelter, ornamental features in a landscape, and a place to rest. Some X in public parks are large enough to serve as bandstands or rain shelters. The word origin is unknown and has no cognates in other European languages. False etymologies are proposed, such as the French Que c'est beau ("How beautiful") and the Macaronic Latin X ("I shall gaze"). What is X ?

• Gazebo

Q11

• About what did Mark Twain said the following ?“It is wonderful, the power of a faith like that, that can make multitudes upon multitudes of the old and weak and the young and frail enter without hesitation or complaint upon such incredible journeys and endure the resultant miseries without repining. It is done in love, or it is done in fear; I do not know which it is. No matter what the impulse is, the act born of it is beyond imagination, marvellous to our kind of people, the cold whites.”

• Kumbh Mela

Q12

• Which place in Delhi gets its name from the fact that a deranged Iranian Sufi Mystic named Abdullah used to meditate perched upon a hill in that location ?

• Majnu ka Tilla

Q13

•  J&K CM Omar Abdullah recently commented on the purpose of this ubiquitous government office artefact asking “Are the _____ not clean? Do they have stains?” By one account, it was a hand me down from WWII days when British soldiers or American GIs had it in their cars, while others say it was used by British colonials in the Raj who couldn’t handle the sub-continental climate. A third theory has it that it’s an invisible screen that separates the ruler from the ruled, a new identity maker in the strict hierarchy of Indian power politics, but protocol lists for officials show no sign of what size or colour it should be or how much it should weigh. What are we talking about?

• Towels on Government Chairs

Q14

• Which eminent and noted parliamentarian, educationist, lawyer and journalist was the interim President of the Constituent Assembly of India in 1946 ?

• Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha

Q15

X was established in 2001 by Chandra Shekhar Ghosh as a non-profit microfinance enterprise, primarily to alleviate impoverished women. It later became a Non Banking Finance Company, or NBFC, in 2006.What is X? Why has X been in the news recently?

• Bandhan Bank

Q16

• Identify

• Saradha Group

Q17

In July 2015, the RBI decided to commemorate a special event by minting coins of a certain kind. On the reverse side, these coins would feature the inscription “ _____ for Peace and Harmony” along with others. These coins are representative of an event that was both controversial and garnered worldwide praise and attention. What was the event in question?

• International Yoga Day

Q18

X was an ancient Semitic city. It dates back to the Neolithic era and has been documented as a caravan stop for travellers through the desert in the second millennium BC.In May 2015, X came into the public eye, as it was now occupied for the first time since 1932. The theatre was used in July 2015, and a graphic video was released of the “performance”. What is X?

• Palmyra

Q19

• The origin of the phrase is attributed to the founder of the Jesuits, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, who intended it to serve as a cornerstone sentiment of the society's religious philosophy. The full phrase attributed to St. Ignatius is _____________ inque hominum salute. It is a summary of the idea that any work that is not evil, even one that would normally be considered inconsequential to the spiritual life, can be spiritually meritorious if it is performed in order of service of God. It is also used as the Latin motto of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), a religious order of the Catholic Church. Which phrase ?

• Ad Dei Gloriam/Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam

Q20

• Which political party’s old logo is this ?

• Indian National Congress

Q21

• X was developed in Delhi by Hakeem Hafiz Abdul Majeed in 1906 as a refreshing herbal tonic. It’s translation means “nourishment for the soul” in Urdu. It is manufactured by Hamdard Wakf Laboratories in India. The specific Unani recipe of X combines several ingredients with refreshing properties. Which iconic thing are we talking about ?

• Rooh Afza

Q22

X is a village in Andhra Pradesh, famous for a second century BC stupa built during the reign of Ashoka. It is based in Guntur district.X is easy to identify. However, on top of its Wikipedia article, you’ll see that in italics, the following is written: “Not to be confused with_____.”ID X, and this cause for confusion.

• Amravati.Also the name of the proposed capital of Andhra Pradesh

Q23• X-Y is an economic intelligence agency responsible for enforcing

economic laws and fighting economic crime in India. It is part of the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance. It comprises officers of the Indian Revenue Service, Indian Police Service and the Indian Administrative Service. The origin of this agency goes back to 1st May, 1956, when X unit was formed in Department of Economic Affairs, for handling Exchange Control Laws violations under Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1947. In the year 1957, this Unit was renamed as X-Y. Presently it enforces two key acts of G.O.I namely FEMA, 1999 and PMLA, 2002. It is also a member of the Black Money SIT. Identify this agency which was in news a couple of days back due to its Director being sacked.

• Enforcement Directorate/Directorate of Enforcement

Q24

• What title was created in 1578 by Mongol chieftain, Altan Khan with an office/position which exists even today ? His intention was to unite the Mongols and emulate Chengiz Khan. Which title ?

• The Dalai Lama

Q25

• What was invented by the gentleman in the picture which has led to him being immortalised in the hearts of every DU student during the scorching summer heat ?