India Quiz Finals - 3 Rounds, Dry, Written, LVC

ROUND 1
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ADITYA BAGRI aka ROONEY
Dr. Campbell, a civil surgeon of
the Indian Medical Service, was
transferred from Kathmandu to a
region in West Bengal in 1839 as
Superintendent. What did he
introduce to attract settlers?
Darjeeling Tea
It is named after Maharana ______
Singh who made a number of additions
to it. Legend has it that the future
Emperor Shah Jahan of Mughal
dynasty took refuge here in 1623 when
he was hiding from his father and was
inspired to build the Taj Mahal. Id
Please
Jag Mandir Palace in Udaipur
The Scoutmaster should collect on a tray a number of articles
- knives, spoons, pencil, pen, stones, book and so on - not
more than about fifteen for the first few games, and cover the
whole over with a cloth. He then makes the others sit round,
where they can see the tray, and uncovers it for one minute.
Then each of them must make a list on a piece of paper of all
the articles he can remember. The one who remembers the
most wins.
Originally used by Lord Baden Powell in the Scouts
organisation after due permission by the author this game is
used in the military and montessori courses as an effective
tool to observe and remember details. Whom is it named
after?
Kim
4. Connect
Legion of Honor Awardees
In 1942 at the height of the World War II a fierce battle was
raging in Myanmar, then Burma, at the Sittang Bridge. A
company of the Indian Army was engaged in hand-to-hand
combat with the invading Japanese forces for the capture of a
position, which was critical for the control of the bridge. The
young company commander was exhorting his troops when
his stomach was riddled by a machine gun burst. Afraid that
his company would be left leaderless if he were evacuated,
he continued fighting till he collapsed.
His company won the day and the general commanding the
Indian forces arrived at the scene to congratulate the soldiers.
On seeing the critically wounded commander, he announced
the immediate award of the Military Cross -- the young officer
was not expected to survive much longer and the Military
Cross is not awarded posthumously. However the young man
did survive. Id please
Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw
In 1904 Viceroy Lord Curzon, on behalf of the King
Emperor bestowed upon X the Kaiser-i-Hind Gold
Medal. However objections were raised by
Maharajah Moolam Thirunal of Travancore. X
however defended the title stating that his
ancestors had been the Rajahs of Beypore in
Malabar. He has been known by the world by that
name ever since. Id Please
Raja Ravi Varma
My heart is not happy in this despoiled land
Who has ever felt fulfilled in this transient world
The nightingale laments neither to the gardener nor to the hunter
Imprisonment was written in fate in the season of spring
Tell these emotions to go dwell elsewhere
Where is there space for them in this besmirched (bloodied) heart?
I had requested for a long life a life of four days
Two passed by in pining, and two in waiting.
The days of life are over, Its evening of death,
Now I can sleep without any stress forever in my tomb
How unlucky is _______! For burial
Even two yards of land were not to be had, in the land (of the) beloved.
In a marble enclosure, adjoining the dargah of Sufi saint, Qutbuddin

Bakhtiar Kaki, at Mehrauli, an empty grave marks the site, where he had
willed to be buried. Id please
Bahadur Shah Zafar
The Last Mughal Emperor
Whoever cheats and thereby dishonestly induces
the person deceived any property to any person, or
to make, alter or destroy the whole or any part of a
valuable security, or anything which is signed or
sealed, and which is capable of being converted into
a valuable security, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which
may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable
to fine.
What does this describe?
Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code
In 1977, which Padma
Vibhushan awardee (2008) led
the first ever jetboat expedition,
titled "Ocean to Sky“ from the
mouth of the Ganges River to
its source?
Sir Edmund Hillary
In 1962 who was the college
queen of Mooljee Jaitha College
in Jalgaon?
Pratibha Patil
Which sect founded by Guru
Jambheshwar after a drought in the
Marwar region of India is named
after the 29 principles they have to
follow?
Bishnois
Bish=Twenty
Noi=Nine
Write Bhaiyya
RULES
1. 12 questions connected to one theme
2. +5 for each correct answer
3. Scoring for :
Slides 1-4 : +20 and -10
Slides 5-8 : +15 and -5
Slides 9-12: +10 and no negatives
1.Made of rich,sweet condensed milk
for the first time by the Joshi family of
Gajanan Mithaiwala over 100 years ago
and available in almost all sweet shops,
the Kunda is synonymous with which
place in India?
2.Located in Oahu,Hawaii it served as the venue
for whose first summer job?
3. ID Please
4.Which famous author escaped
arrest by the Tsarist secret police
during a raid on his house in 1862
when his wife concealed a sheaf of
letters from the banned thinker
Alexander Herzen by sitting down on
them and refusing to move until the
police left?
5. For what honor was Adolf
Hitler nominated in 1939 by
Erik Brandt, a member of the
Swedish Parliament?
6. Composed of 700 verses
what forms a major part of
the Bhishma Parva in the
Mahabharata?
7.The first
cover of
which
magazine?
8. Which ground
9. ID Please
10. The first meeting of which organisation?
11. After whom is this car named?
12. In 2002, which organisation
established the all-time world
record price for a wristwatch at
auction when it sold a unique
platinum Patek Philippe from
1939 for an astounding US$
4,026,524?
ANSWERS
1. Belgaum
2. Barack Hussein Obama
3. Ghanshyam
Das Birla
4. Leo Tolstoy
5. Nobel Peace Prize
6. Bhagavad Gita
7.Time
Magazine
8. Pietermaritzburg Oval
9. Ben Kingsley
10. Indian National Congress
11. VJM01-Vijay Mallya
12. Antiquorum
CONNECTION :
MOHANDAS
KARAMCHAND
GANDHI
Rules for Simple Quizzing:
1.No negatives
2.Starred questions to be
used to resolve ties
3.Your Quizmaster is
always right
ROUND-1
SPLIT
PERSONALITY
RULES
1. Two disparate themes not connected to
each other
2. Set of slides shown sequentially shall
give you the answer
3. Scoring for each theme :
Slides 1-4 : +20 and -10
Slides 4-6 : +15 and -5
Slides 7-10: +10 and no negatives
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
STN Depat Destination, Arriv Distance

STN Name
Code ure Code al covered
TRIVANDRUM MANGALORE,
TVC, 06:35 20:25 634 Kms
CNTL MAQ
7.
8.
9.
10.
ANSWERS
1. Matsyasana and Alphonse Capone
2. Sri Kurmam Temple and Amrapali
3. Shri Ram and Langda Tyagi
4. Narasimha and Bombay
5. Pandurang Vaman Kane and Neelam Kothari
6. Parasuram Express and
Himsagar Express
STN Depat Destination, Arriv Distance
STN Name
Code ure Code al covered
TRIVANDRUM MANGALORE,
TVC, 06:35 20:25 634 Kms
CNTL MAQ
7. Varaha and Lal Bagh
8. Krishna River and Malda District
9. Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and Kesar
10. Kalki Koechlin and Mallika Sherawat
SET A (on your left)
ANSWER- The 10 avatars of Vishnu
3. Matsya
4. Kurma
5. Varaha
6. Narasimha
7. Vaman
8. Parasuram
9. Shri Ram
10.Shri Krishna
11.Buddha
12.Kalki
SET B (on your right)
ANSWER-Types of Mangoes
2. Alphonso
3. Amrapali
4. Langda
5. Bombay
6. Neelam
7. Himsagar
8. Lalbagh
9. Krishna
10.Kesar
11. Mallika

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