Wonderful experience hosting Quiz at Alleppey with 45 teams battling it out in prelims

1. VAYANA VARAM QUIZ

2. Prelims Question 1
“ I had failed to realize my dream of becoming a
pilot. It is only when we are faced with Failure
do we realise that we have the resources
within us.We only need to find them and move
on with our lives are lines of newly released
book “ My Journey: Transforming Dreams into
Action"
Who is the Author of the book

3. Answer 1

4. Question 2
Who won this years Rajiv Gandhi Khel
Ratna Award?

5. Answer:Ronjan Sodhi

6. Question 3
He was born in Agra before migrating
to Pakistan at the time of
th
Partition.He was elected as the 12
president of Pakistan in July this
year.Name him(Give the full name)

7. Answer 3: Mamnoon Hussain

8. Question 4
The Chinese call it a "little mouse", Danes
and Swedes an "elephants trunk",
Russians the Dog,Germans a "spider
monkey", Italians a "snail",Dutch the
monkey tail Israelis pronounce it
"strudels" and the Czechs say "roll mops".
What symbol we all use every day are we
talking about?

9. Answer 4 Sign you use for email
ids

10. Question 5
What condition is derived from Latin word
for CRAB and was applied to this
condition as the swollen veins around
tumours resembled the limbs of Crab?

11. Cancer

12. Question 6
With which country will you associate the
deposed president Mr. Mohammed Morsy
and Muslim Brotherhood?

13. Egypt

14. Question 7
Name the new Governor of Reserve Bank of
India who took over in September 2013

15. Answer : Raghuram Govind Rajan

16. Question 8
Who won the Ladies Singles title at
Wimbeldon in 2013?

17. Answer 8: Marion Bartoli

18. Question 9
This actor has been listed in Guiness book
of records for getting the most number of
credits with 15 credits for the film
“Chinese Zodiac” which included for
Director,Actor,Producer,Writer,Catering
coordinator,stunt choreographer etc
.Name the actor?

19. Jackie
Chan in
Chinese
Zodiac

20. Question 10
What is the Afrikaans word for “apartness”
or “separateness”. Policy of racial
segregation and political and economic
discrimination against non-European
groups called

21. Answer 10
Apartheid

22. Question 11:
Name the person who created the
comic books Amar Chitra Katha and
Tinkle

23. Anant pai also called Uncle Pai

24. Question 12
Who has been re elected as the
Zimbabwe's president for the fifth time in
August 2013.He has been ruling the
country ever since Independence in 1980.
(Give the full name)

25. Answer:Mr. Robert Mugabe

26. Question 13
Why were Britain's Peter Higgs and Francois
Englert of Belgium in News recently

27. Answer:Noble prize for Physics
The won it or predicting the existence of the Higgs boson particle
that explains how elementary matter attained the
mass to form stars and planets

28. Question 14
This website was initiated in 2006 in
Iceland by the Organization Sunshine
press and was started by Julian Assange,
an Australian Internet activist.Which
website which is always in news are we
referring to?

29. Answer 14:Wikileaks

30. Question 15
What is the Space centre at Sriharikota in
Andhra pradesh used for launching
satellites called?

31. Answer :Sathish Dhawan Space
Centre

32. Question 16
It has been mandatory from Jan 1,2013 by
Ministry of Consumer affairs to label every
food item with GM containing GM food
items.What does GM stands for

33. Ans: Genetically modified

34. Question 17
Who was the first non Congress Prime
minister of India?

35. Answer 17:Morarji Desai

36. Question 18
Which Internationally renowned
Orchestra conductor received this
years Tagore Award for cultural
harmony and who conducted the
Ehsaas E Kashmir concert at
Shalimar Garden in September
2013?

37. Answer:Zubin Mehta

38. Question 19
What programme launched in Saudi Arabia
classifies the country's private firms into
four categories based on percentage of
Saudi employees ?

39. Answer
NITAQAT
This program classifies countrys
private firms into 4 categories
Premium(more than
40%),green(12-39%),yellow(711% ) and Red(0-6%)

40. Question 20
If you are travelling with your parents
through Bastar,Dantewada,Korba and
Durg which state will you be in?

41. Answer : Chattisgarh

42. Question 21
With which Music instrument will you
associate Hariprasad
Chaurasia,Pannalal Ghosh and TR
Mahalingam

43. Ans 21

FLUTE

44. Question 22)
Name the town in Pakistan where Osama
Bin Laden,leader of Al Quaeda outfit was
killed by US forces in May 2011

45. Answer: Abbottabad

46. Question 23Who has played the part of
Milkha singh in the biographical film Bhag
Milka Bhaag?

47. Answer
Farhan Akthar

48. Question 24)
Abhilash Tomy, who has been
conferred Kirti Chakra on the eve of
Independence Day was in the news
this year for what reason

49. Question 24
 Lt. Cdr. Tomy, Became
the first Indian to circumnavigate
the globe solo and without halts on the legendary naval sail
yacht Mhadei early this year

50. Question 25
The movement started in 1970's in Uttrakhand
practised the Gandhian methods of Satyagraha
and non violence to prevent rapid deforestation
mainly by Woman with act of hugging of trees.Its
Leaders included Sunderlal Bahuguna who was
awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2009 and who
was rescued during the recent recent Uttrakahand
floods?
Name the movement

51. Answer
Chipko Movement
is the act of
hugging trees to
protect them from
being felled