India Quiz(prelims)-2009 Indi Genius Quiz Prelims

PRELIMS

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Master Blaster

2 ) In 1929 a small company by the name of _____ products emerged in British dominated India. The intent was to spread joy and cheer to children and adults alike, all over the country with its sweets and candies. A small factory was set up in the suburbs of Mumbai, to manufacture sweets and toffees. A decade later it was upgraded to manufacture biscuits as well. • For decades, their biscuit was instantly recognized by its iconic white and yellow wax paper wrapper. • The name, "________ ___", is derived from the name of the Indian rail station, ______ ______, where the production factory is

PARLE-G after VILE PARLE

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• During the election campaign Indira Gandhi, and a few others called on the pontiff in Madanapalle (AP) where he was camping and sought his blessings in the election. Gandhi sought the help of the Shankaracharya w.r.t to the Congress (I) party founded by her after the party's split. The beaming Sankaracharya simply waved. There is an other theory which proposes that it was spotted by the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, on her out-ofpower days in late of 1978, on her visit to a small temple in Palakkad district in Kerala. Temple is known as Hemambika Temple, also as Sri Emoor Bhagavathi Temple and popularly known as Kaipathi Temple. • The story or the belief, behind this unique deity ,was that a girl (incarnation of the Goddess Parvathy), who escaped from molestation jumped

• The INC was split into the Congress (I) and Congress (O) during the 1971 general election and the party headed by Indira Gandhi adopted the new election symbol, the hand, the old one being a bullock cart with a farmer used by the old wing.

They wrote to each other with rapturous frequency but the most intimate letters will never be available to scholars and historians. Natwar singh once asked Vijaya Lakshmi, if the rumours about X having an affair with Y were true. She was herself a diva and uninhibited in her conversation. She said to me: “Of course he did. And good for him.

______ and ___ ______ had many terms of endearment for each other. He would call her Pia, and she would call him 'Hey there.' They also called each other Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley.   They also addressed each other 'Darlingji' in some letters. We thought it was very warm and an apt title for a love story.

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• In medieval periods,the area was under the mughals which subsequently for a brief period was won over by armies under the Jat king of Bharatpur. ________ has 442 villages, with main towns being Charkhi Dadri, Loharu,and Tosham. The total area of _____ district is 5,099 sq kms and its population is 14,24,000. __________finds mention in Ain-e-Akbari. It is claimed ________ was founded by the person name Neem after his wife named Bhani.________ is also known for its temples and is called as small Kashi of India because of numerous temples. Why has ______ been in the news??

• Bhiwani

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X: "Nanda approached me. Czechoslovakia's price was the lowest, second Slovakian, third was the Poland." Y: "Haan, Haan." X: "He said, 'I will give you one crore rupees in advance'." Y: "Okay." X: "You get disapproved the last one. Czechoslovakia because they are so lower that we cannot match their price." Y: "Okay." X: "If you can push him out. Delegation is going on to the... delegation has been ordered to go to Czechoslovakia. Stop this delegation, and technically reject this company. Here are the documents." Y: "Hmm." X: "By which it's proved that this company is closed for the last two years. They will start only after getting this order." Y: "Yeah, yeah." X: "I will give one. And I will give you... if they are technically disapproved, then you are my agent." Y: "Yeah." X: "For this particular... perks... and I will give you so much of commission." Y: "Okay." X: "I said, 'Fine.' He gave me the correspondence. I took the correspondence to G."

• Tehelka expose

Kiran Uttam Ghosh’s collection in the 2004 Lakme India Fashion Week was labelled _______ ______. Her collection tried to celebrate every element where _______ is______ -- cricket, information technology, Indian festivals and even the stock market. So models walked around with computer mouses strung around their neck, fake currency notes rolled into their hair, embroidered Nehru caps and colourful Bandhini ghagras reflecting the festive mood.

7) Who is missing?

Ustad Zakir Hussain-They won the Grammy for the World Music Category for the compilation “Global Drum Project”

8 • ) X used to be called KB Tablets, and used to be in Y's ayurvedic department. Y saw that the consumer is eating the product for reasons other than just for its original purpose and hence changed it to a more palatable name—X.Recently announced the extension of its popular X range with the launch of a new variant - X Pudina.Y has also recently rolled out a new campaign with the tagline 'X Kare Khana

Hajmola

9 14)X was a cast-iron and glass building originally erected in Hyde Park, London, England, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851.Designed by Joseph Paxton, it was 1,851 feet (564 m) long, with an interior height of 108 feet (33 m).During World War I, it was used as a naval training establishment under the name of HMS Victory VI, informally known as HMS X. Y which was modelled upon X was built in 1889.At the cessation of hostilities X was re-opened as the first Imperial War Museum.X was destroyed bya fire in 1936 and thus Y alone remains now as a result of which Y is sometimes referred to as the X of India. X and Y please.

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10)According to Hindu law.Devotees should always have their rightside towards the object of worship. Hence this activity is performed with the worshipping deity always on the right side of the worshipper.The activity derives its name from the Sanskrit word __________ which means right. What activity?

Pradakshina

14) X’s origin is shrouded in mystery, X isn’t mentioned in the Mahabharatha,Hairvamsa or the Bhagavatha. In later Puranas we find stories of X’s divine origin and X’s relation with Krishna. However from the 2nd century the name of X seems to be familiar with Prakrit authors and is mentioned by various poets mostly in erotic verses. X is famous all over India only as Raseshwari,the central figure of Rasa episodes. Who is X?

Radha

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He is a Human / extra-dimensional hybrid, armed with future technology and Occupation: Defender of the the Earth and the spaceways.Affiliations: Agent of the World Government Known Relatives: Dr. Om Swarup (father, brilliant scientist); unnamed mother; unnamed maternal grandfather (ruler of the parasites from the 13th Dimension)When a metorite strike hits IO moon of jupiter base, destroying the security system keeping the prisoners contained, some of the worst criminals in mankind's history break loose. The Earth Government charges it's top law enforcer,X, with recapturing them. X was the son of one of the Earth's top scientists and the grandson of the ruler of the parasites from the 13th Dimension, a race of beings 10 million years aheads of us in civilization. He had been brought

CAPTAIN VYOM

V's wife's name was Buddhimati.V was passionately attached to his wife. He could not bear even a days 16 separation from her. One day his wife went to her father?s house without informing her husband.V stealthily went to see her at night at his fatherin-laws house. This produced a sense of shame in Buddhimati. She said to V, "My body is but a network of flesh and bones. If you would develop for the Lord even half the love that you have for my filthy body, you would certainly cross the ocean of Samsara and attain immortality and eternal bliss". These words pierced the heart of V like an arrow. He did not stay there even for a moment. He abandoned home and became an ascetic. He spent fourteen years in visiting the various sacred places of pilgrimage.He wrote many a famous books praising the lord the most

V-tulsidas M--Ramacaritamanasa

17 This place was once a vast lake. It was converted into an alluvial plain when a great Rishi V made an opening into the surrounding mountains. As a result the water of the lake was drained out and the submerged land became a habitable place. It then came to be known as "V Marga" the abode of V from which the name of this place is derived.Id place..

• KASHMIR AND KASHYAP

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Bloodstone is a 1988 released hollywood movie starring Brett Stimely and Anna Nicholas.The plot goes like this... When an newlywed American couple goes to India on their honeymoon, little do they realize that they were about to go on the adventure of their life time. A ruby, back from the ages of the Indian Maharajas has been stolen and placed in the backpack of the Americans. When the bad guys realize this, they kidnap the wife.. Now the husband and his Indian friend must go out to save the wife. But along the way, they are confronted with many challenges, like the Indian bad guys who steal the ruby from them.Id person who has acted as the Indian Friend...by the way this was is only foray into hollywood

• RAJINIKANT

19 Its referred to by many names such as Narghilè in in Turkey, Azerbaijan.Narghile derives from the Turkish word narghile, meaning coconut, which in turn is from the Sanskrit word narikela , suggesting that early ones were hewn from coconut shells.Some of the other names include hubble-bubble,hubblybubbly,Lula, Ghelyoon etc This was invented in India in the court of the Mughal emperor Akbar.Hakim Abul Fateh Gilani who was a physician in the court of Mughal invented this in order to protect his emperors health.what???

• HOOKAH

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V was the seventh and the last Indian Air Force POW of the 1965 Indo-Pak War.When Ayub Khan learned that V who is a Flight Lieutanant in the Indian Air force was captured as a POW, before the ceasefire was announced, called up V's father & offered to provide him with special priveleges & release him after the war as they had both served together in the Royal Indian Army. But V, kindly declined the offer & said "The whole army is my son, & when 1000's of my sons are held as POW's in pakistan, I cannot accept any special previleges for one." who is V's father????

• GENERAL CARIAPPA

When I got the chance, I made amends with my youth by making ______ __ _____. I had met students, bandaged after the Mandal Commission and spoke to them. They were brutally butchered by the system. People ask me why I killed off the boys in ______ ___ _______ I say, 'Guys, you don't know what Emergency was. I know.' The moment you forget history, it will repeat itself.

• RAKESH OMPRAKASH MEHRA

X was accused of committing "forgery" and "fraud" by getting his name entered in official revenue records as the legitimate allottee of some 2.75 bighas of land (about 70,000 sq ft) at Daulatpur village in _____ district, about 40 km from Lucknow. While the entry in the land records of Daulatpur was shown to have been made way back in 1983, state revenue officials later found it to have been forged when Mulayam Singh was in power. Mayawati's new government followed the matter with alacrity and ordering probes to be completed 'within 24 hours'.What's the hungama

Amitabh Bachchan – Barabanki land issue

) The ______ tree(or Saraca indica L. ) is a flowering tree considered sacred throughout India and Sri Lanka where it is found. One of its varieties is a very handsome, small, erect evergreen tree, with deep green foliage. It is prized for its beautiful foliage and flowers. The Buddha is said to have been born under this tree in Lumbini, and Mahavira to have renounced the world under the tree in Vaishali. The Hindus regard it as sacred, being dedicated to Kama, god of love, who included an ______ blossom among the five flowers in his quiver. The tree is sacred to the Hindus. There are numerous legends that revolve around the tree. One legend has it that when Goddess Parvathi asked Lord Shiva about the importance of the ________ tree, he replied that it is a wish-fulfilling tree. The Goddess tested the tree by asking for a daughter and immediately a beautiful girl appeared. Goddess Parvathi named her ______sundari.

• ASHOKA TREE

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Spoof of what incident that catapulted someone into international infamy

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