Prelims of General Quiz organized by Prometheans Quiz Club, BHU Varanasi at the end of first term.

1. Presents General Quiz

2. GENERAL QUIZ
PRELIMS

3. RULE
1. The Quiz shall consists of total 20 questions. Each
question carries one marks.
2. Write in Block letters.
3. Only Six team will Qualify for the FINALS.
4. Don’t use Cell phone or any kind of electronic gadgets
are allowed. If found team will be disqualified instantly.
5. Six, eight and seventeen are tie- breaking questions.
6. Decision of the Quiz Master is final and binding.

4. (1). Earlier this year, The Economist came up with
this cover in wake of something that made
global headlines. What? Image follows.

6. ANSWER
Facebook data breach

7. (2). Also an animal welfare activist, this legendary
Bharatnatyam dancer was the first woman to
be nominated to Rajya Sabha. In 1977, Morarji
Desai offered to nominate her for the post of
president but she turned it down. Who?

8. Answer
Rukmini Devi Arundale

9. (3). She got special jury mention in National film
awards for her role in Malayalam movie “Take
Off” which was based on ordeal of Indian in city
of Tikrit in Iraq in 2014. She also made Bollywood
debut in 2017 opposite to Irrfan Khan.
IDENTIFY.

10. Answer
Parvathy

11. 4.Identify her.

12. Answer
Deepika Rajawat

13. (5). Widely regarded as one of the greatest
players in the history of football, his middle
name is Yazid and is of Algerian Kbyle Berber
descent. He was voted one of the top 10
greatest Muslim athletes of all time. Who?

14. Answer
Zinedine Zidane

15. (6) The movie ‘Padman’ is
based on his life. He
invented low cost
sanitary napkin wending
machine.
Identify him.

16. ANSWER
Arunachalam Muruganantham

17. (7) Nike was the official clothes maker for 2018
Winter Olympics. However there was one
delegation that didn’t wear clothes by Nike
due to US sanctions. Which delegation?

18. Answer
Unified Korea

19. (8) Hindi: Salman Khan; Kannada: Sudeep;
Telugu: NTR Jr.; Tamil: ?

20. Answer
Kamal Hasan

21. (9)Identify him.

22. Answer
Neeraj Chopra

23. (10) In January 2018, which American company
opened an unusual office space called
‘Spheres’ dubbed as ‘urban rainforest’?

24. Answer
Amazon

25. (11).
Amul’s Tribute to whom ?

26. Answer
Air Force Marshal Arjan Singh

27. (12). ‘Padmaavat’ is by far the most controversial
film released in 2018. Outside India, it was
banned in an Asian country for showing a
Muslim ruler in a negative light.
Which country?

28. Answer
Malaysia

29. (13). Meaning ‘Gust of Wind’ or ‘Burst of Fire’
which product of Dassault has been making
the headlines in India with Mr. Rahul Gandhi
continuously seeking answers from the
government?

30. Answer
Rafale

31. (14). Thismonth, which
Africanmonarchy
announceditwas
changingitsnameto
‘eSwatini’.

32. Answer
• Swaziland

33. (15)Identify.

34. Answer
Walmart

35. (16) Which IPL franchise has retired Jersey No.12
from their outfit and has reserved it for their
fans and supporters who, the franchise
believes are the 12th man of the team.

36. Answer
Royal Challengers Banglore

37. (17)
We will rock You Sound track

38. Answer
Band Name - Queen

39. (18) In 1796, Pierre-Simon Laplace predicted
them. In 1964 John Wheeler coined the
term. In 1970 Stephen Hawking described
their fate. What are we talking about?

40. Answer
Black Hole

41. (19) Known as the
Father of Indian
statistics, 29th
June every year is
celebrated as the
national
Statistics day in his
honour. Who?

42. Answer
• Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis

43. (20) A famous Indian quizzer and quizmaster, ‘X’
won the World Quizzing Championship in
2014 and became the first winner who
wasn’t based in England. Inspiration for
many, he has been quizmaster at IIT Bombay,
IIT BHU and many other reputed universities
and colleges across India. He recently also
hoisted the First National Elections Quiz.
Id X.

44. Answer