INDIA QUIZ- BIT Mesra

2. RULES:
1. Written Round.
2. 26 Fill in the banks with +5 for each correct answer
3. Bonus of +20 if all are correct.
4. No negative marking.
5. Answers are to be written down on a sheet of paper and exchanged
during the answer display time.
6. Keep Calm and Never Stop Guessing.

3. • The life of Boota Singh, an ex-soldier of British Army was
made into a popular bollywood movie- A. The female lead of
the movie, B went on to win the “Filmfare Special
Performance Award” which has been awarded to just 20
other bollywood celebrities till date.
• Film C, coincidentally released at the same time as A, with
the main theme being D, went on to be nominated for the
academy award for the best Foreign Language Film.
• E, directed by F is one of the only three Indian Films to ever
get an academy award nomination apart from C and Mother
India.
• F has directed many out of the box and exceptionally bold
movies- like G. G shares its name with the very famous book
of the ancient India written by a Hindu philosopher H.
HINT: Everybody know G. Literally Everyone.

4. • F’s recently directed and yet to be released movie I is
based on the life of Phiona Mutesi, who’s claim to fame is
because of the game J.
• J’s history can be traced back to its earliest precursor- K
which flourished in India during the Gupta Empire.
• India’s J champion-L was the first to receive Rajiv
Gandhi Khel Ratna Award. The most recent awardee of
this highest sporting honor in India is M. Only two
cricketers to have ever received this honor are N and O.
• O co-owns the the football club P and also endorses for
the mobile network operator Q which is headquartered in
the same city.
• Movie R based on the life of N is set to be released and
the movie’s teaser received rave responses. His
autobiography “S” broke all time records of adult
hardback across both fiction and non fiction categories.

5. • Lead actor of the movie C went on to dedicate
the song T from the movie U to N.
• Actor V is known for his role titular role of the
movie W and also movie X which is being
produced by Y and features actress Z in the lead
role.

6. ANSWERS
A-L
• A- Gadar
• B- Amisha Patel
• C- Lagaan
• D- Epic-Sports
• E- Salaam Bombayy
• F- Mira Nair
• G- Kama Sutra
• H- Vatsayana
• I- Queen of Katwe
• J- Chess
• K- Chaturanga
• L- Vishwanathan Anand
M-Z
• M- Sania Mirza
• N- Sachin
• O- Dhoni
• P- ChennaiyinFC
• Q- Aircel
• R- Sachin: Billion Dreams
• S – Playing it my way
• T- Dhoom Machale
• U- Dhoom-3
• V- Sushant Singh Rajput
• W- Bhyomkesh Bakshi
• X- Dhoni-the untold story
• Y- FOX studios
• Z- Kiara Advani