Quiz, India Quiz

1. -- an India themed hub quiz
QM- Simanta Barman
Date: 19.07.2015

2. About:
1. 10 questions.
2. +10/0 on direct and pass.
3. +10/-10 on pounce.

3. 1. Identify him.
He was born to a poor Assamese peasants family
of Hajo, near Guwahati, on April 24, 1888. He
studied at Cotton Collegiate School in Gauhati(now
Guwahati) and completed his matriculation in 1905.
He then joined Presidency College, affiliated with
the University of Calcutta, and completed his post
graduation in organic chemistry from Dhaka
University in 1911. He joined the Indian National
Congress in the 1920s and participated in the Non-
Cooperation Movement. In 1926, he was appointed
Joint-Secretary of the Reception Committee of the
Pandu session of the Indian National Congress. In
1930, he was elected President of the Assam
Provincial Congress.

4. Ans: Bisnuram Medhi, 1st Assamese governor of an Indian
state.

5. 2.
This noted scholar, litterateur from Odisha was editor of the Odia daily
Prajatantra Odia and English weekly Eastern Times. He was also the
founder-editor of the Paurusha monthly magazine. His book on
Gautam Buddha was his maiden literary work followed by a short
story collection Masanira Phula O Ananya Galpa. He has also penned
a collection of poems called Sindhu Upatyaka. His translation
of Bairagya Shataka won him the Odisha Sahitya Akademi award. He
had received a Sahitya Akademi award for translating all the novels of
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee from Bengali to Odia. Whom am I talking
about?

6. Ans: Janaki Ballabh Patnaik

7. 3. Whose statue and where?

8. Ans:
Jamsedhji Nusserwanji Tata or J. N. Tata
in front of Indian Institute of Science(IISc)

9. 4. Id X.
• X is an ex-captain of Indian hockey team from Odisha. He made his
debut in 1995 against England. His father Vincent was also a hockey
player.
•X is India's highest capped (412 matches) hockey international and
third highest in the world.
•X is the only Adivasi to represent India in 3 Olympic Games- 1996
Atlanta, 2000 Sydney and 2004 Athens Olympics.
•X is the first-ever tribal to get Padma Shree Award.

10. Ans: Dilip Tirkey

11. 5.
 The Emerald Route is a travelogue published
by Indian Thought Publications in 1980. The
book was commissioned by the Government of
Karnataka, and the initial non-commercial
version was published in 1977 as part of a
government publication. The book is focused on
local history, culture and heritage. This book is
the author’s account of his travels across
Karnataka.
 Who are the author & the illustrator of the
book?

12. Ans:
Author: R. K. Narayan &
Illustrator: R. K. Laxman

13. 6.
He is a prominent Bangalore-based
biker who won many national racing
championships including the MRF
National Supercross championship.
Recently, he is in news for achieving a
certain feat for which he won the Men
of the Year award along with
Mercedes-Benz India CEO, Eberhard
Kern in the 7th BBC TopGear India
Magazine Awards, 2015. Identify him
and his claim to fame.

14. Ans: CS Santosh, 1st Indian to compete in
Dakar Rally.

15. 7.
 The festival in the picture is known as
Kang Chingba which took place for the
first time in CE 1832. It belongs to
Imphal, Manipur. It holds a great
religious significance among the people
of Manipur.
 How do we know this festival?

16. Ans: Rath Yatra

17. 8.
 X, also known as the Peruvudaiyar Koyil
or Rajarajesvaram temple, was completed in
1010 A.D. and is considered to be one of the
best specimens of South Indian Architecture
and is the world’s first complete granite
temple (More than 1, 30,000 tons of granite
has been used in the temple’s construction).
 In 2010, RBI came up with a special
cupro-nickel commemorative coin in the
denomination of Rs.5/- to commemorate
1000 years of this temple. X?

18. Ans: Brihadisvara Temple

19. 9.
Along with her husband, X set up Vidya Bharati Shikshan
Prasarak Mandal, an educational institute which runs a chain of
schools and colleges in Amravati, Jalgaon and Mumbai. X also set
up Shram Sadhana Trust, which runs hostels for working women
in New Delhi, Mumbai and Pune.
 However, she is famous for creating history for being the first
woman to do something.
 Who is this lady or X?

20. Ans: Pratibha Devisingh Patil

21. 10.
X is a popular bi-monthly magazine for children
published by the Delhi Press Group since 1968 in India.
It was founded by Vishwa Nath. X rose to fame in its first
year of publication and is now a popular name among
children. It holds various contests for children across the
country. X?

22. Ans: Champak

23. Thank You
That’s all….