The India Quiz finals

Rules
• Clockwise dries
• 8 questions
• Bangalore Bounce
• Pounce: +10/-5
• Bounce: +10/0
• Pounce:
• Teams 1-4 Pranav Gayatri
• Teams 5-8 Sameeksha Rao

Round no
This map is titled “The March of _____”. FITB.
Q1

Round no
The 1967 animated classic - ‘The Jungle Book’ was the last movie to be produced by Walt Disney,
who died during its production.
King Louie was a character that appeared in the 1967 movie but not in Rudyard Kipling’s original
works. Although originally portrayed as an orangutan in the 1967 movie, it was replaced with a
species ‘gigantopithecus’ in the 2016 remake that was set in the Pench National Park in Madhya
Pradesh.
Why did they replace the orangutan with a species that went extinct 300,000 years ago?
Q2

ANSWER
Orangutans aren’t native to India so they decided to replace it.

Round no
British architect Jane Drew was one of the pioneers of the Modern Movement in the UK and built
social housing in many parts of West Africa and Asia.
In the early 1950s, she and her husband joined X to build Y, the great utopian project of the Modern
Movement. They stayed in Y for three years and worked on a large part of the project that has gone
down in the history of architecture.
ID X and the project Y they worked on.
Q3

ANSWER
X – Le Corbusier
Y – Chandigarh Project

Round no
The political power acquired by the X in the Deccan, particularly in Janzira and Sachin, proved to be
a major obstacle for the conquests of the Mughals in the south.
Y was particularly obsessed with X soldier _____ _____, whose outstanding military skills he could
not acknowledge, given his own reputation as a ruler of what was probably one of the mightiest
empires of the time.
A painter in Y’s court, thus painted Y’s triumphal dream, shooting _____ _____’s head placed on a
spike. This painting stands as a testimony to what a nuisance the X and _____ _____ had become
to the Mughals.
ID X and Y.
Q4

ANSWER
X – African Slaves
Y – Jahangir

Round no
In several legends and the popular Adbhuta Ramayana (one of the many alternate re-tellings of the
valmiki ramayana), Sita is said to kill X taking the form of Y.
Suicide Squad vol 1 #1 shows the character X’s first appearance, where X leads the Thuggee cult. X
and this cult worshipped Y and practiced large-scale robbery and murder of travelers in India,
believing that every life sacrificed would prevent the coming of ____ ____ .
In DC's Doom Patrol vol2 #1, Ashok Desai is a character who believes he was Z. Ironically, he
believes he is the god of destruction and aims to end all life on earth. He believes he must usher
____ ____ instead of ending it.
ID X,Y,Z
Q5

ANSWER
X- Ravan
Y- Kali
Z- Kalki

Round no
________ ____ is a massive three storeyed structure with seven wings of unequal lengths, radiating
from a central watchtower, shaped like spokes of a wheel. The architecture of ________ ____ was
conceptualized on the basis of ‘Pennsylvania System or Separate System’ theory in which separate
confinement is necessary for each inmate for complete isolation from other inmates.
No communication of any kind was possible between prisoners in the same or different wings. The
design of ________ ____is heavily influenced by a particular architectural concept known as
“Panopticon”. Shown in the image is an example of Panopticon.
FITB.
Q6

Round no
There are several similarities between X and Y, apart from both having Z. Y was Z’s last English
language movie.
Both Ila in the movie X, and Agnes in Y, are homemakers stuck in monotonous lives, and have
aunties who trigger something major that changes the course of their lives entirely. In their journey
they both interact with a person (Mr. Fernandez in X and Robert in Y, both played by Z)—completely
out of their limited circles —who understands them from a different perspective and gives them new
insights into their lives.
Both of them are triggered by peeking into their possible futures if they continued living the same
way. In the end, both Ila and Agnes make up their minds to leave for a journey to explore their lives
and start anew, without waiting for a companionship.
ID the movies X, Y and actor Z.
Q7

ANSWER
X – Lunch Box
Y – Puzzle
Z – Irrfan

Round no
Considered to be the doyen of radio science in India, Sisir Kumar Mitra is known for his seminal work
on the ionosphere, which plays a major role in long-distance radio communication.
Born on October 24, 1890, in Calcutta (Kolkata), to a school teacher and doctor, he graduated from
Presidency College, where he encountered the two pioneers of modern scientific research in India—
JC Bose and PC Ray.
For his amazing contributions to the sciences, Mitra was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in
1958, and received the Padma Bhushan.
In spite of all this, he is not widely recognized by many people. To counter this, in 1970, he was
honored in some way becoming the first Indian with such honor, with Vikram Sarabhai to be
posthumously honored similarly in 1974.
In what way was he honored?
Q8

ANSWER
The first Indian scientist to have a crater named on the moon.

Rules
• 10 variables
• Written round
• +5/0 for each correct answer
• +10 bonus upon getting all

Round no
A is said to have been named after the members of the religious order of the Catholic Church,
following the Rule of Saint Benedict. The then managing director of the company that makes A, is
said to have been inspired from the serene lifestyle of these people and named A after them.
Launched in 1954, A is arguably the most famous and one of the cheapest in its sector, making it a
popular choice among a lot of us.
B ___(3) was especially prepared for the armed forces before A, but now is available outside the
armed forces as well. B is also the name of a foreign hero, who, in Megasthenes’ Indica was
mentioned as well. Megasthenes said that certain Indians who inhabit the hilly areas assert that B
was born among them, and associate to him, the club as a weapon and the lion’s skin. He is said to
have helped clear the land of evil beasts. He also was said to found the city of Palibothra
(Pataliputra) and protect the city by building massive trenches, which only talks to his immense
strength.
Q

Round no
Arrian, Diodorus and Strabo (more scholars who
came after Megasthenes) further went to say that
the B which Megasthenes described was actually
who we know as C. They said, that the tribe that
Megasthenes described was called “Sourasenoi”
which refers to Shurasenas, and the two cities,
_______ and Kleisobora, along the river Jobares
correspond to the location where C’s story would
take place.
Another theory runs that B is actually C’s only
brother, D. This is because all the above
evidence points to the location and clan that B
belongs to, while the weapons historically used
by B and D are very similar, and they both
assume titles which pertain to strength.
Q
This is known as “the
earliest unambiguous
image” of C, shown here
off a coin.

Round no
The original establishment of the company that
makes A, was in 1855, when India was under the
British rule, the last name of the founder is E.
This last name is generally associated with a
tragic event at F, which sparked national outrage.
Another town X, in the taluk of Chikkaballapur is
known as the F of the south, due to the fact that,
an event similar to that at F, occurred here in
1938, and a memorial for the same has also been
constructed, as in the case of F. This town is
named after G.
Q
The shrine at the town
X.

Round no
G was the son of H, who is credited with the story in which G and C appear together. As one of the
more important characters in this story, he is the half brother of the two brothers with whom this
whole story begins. G was never even considered for the throne, due to him being a shudhra. He is
considered the shudra incarnation of Yamaraja, due to a curse by Manduka Muni, but due to his
knowledge, was more than capable to be the prime minister of the king.
H and I are two members on a very well-known list of people in Indian mythology, which consists of
only 5 others.
Q

Round no
A Japanese video game series called Lostbelts, is set in supernatural alternate dimensions that have
been considered failed, by mankind. The fourth Lost belt is called “Genesis Destruction Cycle: Yuga
Kshetra” and has artwork for I as in the pictures. A very prominent feature of these artworks
(obviously similar to that on I), has a curse by C associated with it as well.
Q

Round no
The legend behind the name X is that, G asked C for salvation after the events of the story in
question. C thus asked G to go on a pilgrimage, during which he found a sapling which he was
asked to worship. Due to his devotion, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva gave him darshan, and the place
where he planted the sapling was called X.
To get this name, take G and concatenate it with a modified form of I. Simply remove the last syllable
of I to get this modified form.
Q

ANSWER
A – Old Monk
B – Hercules
C – Shri Krishna
D – Balram / Baldeva / Balabhadra
E – Dyer
F – Jallianwala Bagh
G – Vidura
H – Vyasa
I – Ashwatthama
X – Vidurashwatha

Rules
• 8 topics, 8 questions
• Teams choose topics in decreasing
order of scores
• Pounce: +10/-10
• Direct: +10/0
• No bounce

Round no
1. Food
2. Sports
3. Politics
4. Culture
5. Tech
6. Biz
7. Lit
8. Music
NEXT ROUND
CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER

Round no
This unusually named “chutney”, as the people in West Bengal tend to call it, is both a palate
cleanser and a stand alone dessert. Made out of raw papaya, it gets its name not from ingredients,
but from the look that the slices of papaya get after being cooked.
What is the name of this chutney?
1

ANSWER
Plastic chutney
Back to topics

ANSWER
Balbir Singh Sr.
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Round no
X met with Jawaharlal Nehru during his participation in the Indonesian freedom struggle and became
one of his trusted friends. When the Dutch attempted to quell the Indonesian
independence, President Sukarno ordered the former PM Sjahrir to leave the country to foment
international public opinion against the Dutch in the first Inter-Asia Conference.
Nehru asked X, a former Royal Indian Air Force WWII pilot and the founder of Kalinga Airlines, to
rescue Sjahrir who was stranded with the Dutch controlling the Indonesian sea and air routes.
Accompanied by his wife, he landed on an improvised airstrip near Jakarta after dodging the Dutch
guns in the Indonesian airspace. X took off with prominent rebels, for a secret meeting with Nehru at
New Delhi after refueling from abandoned Japanese military dumps. For this act of bravery, X
was honored with the title of ‘Bhoomi Putra’.
ID X, an Indian politician and aviator.
3

ANSWER
X – Bijaynanda “Biju” Patnaik
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Round no
Based on the legend of Draupadi's swayamvara, this fair is a celebration of ethnic folk-dance, music,
costumes and the arts, centered around young tribal men and women seeking marriage partners.
Here, many colorful costumes, glittering ornaments and free-spirited movements of folk dances, all
combine to create a memorable scene. The most popular is the raas, in which dancers hold sticks to clack
against those of other dancers. As many as one to two hundred women perform rasadas in a single circle,
to the beats of four drums at a time and the tunes of jodia pavas (double flutes).
Rabari women of the nearby Zalawad community take part in this fair and perform the famous circular folk
dance called ‘rahado’ and their marital status is indicated clearly by their costumes. A black zimi (skirt)
indicates that a woman is married and a red zimi, indicates that the girl is unmarried and is probably
seeking a husband.
The potential grooms seeking brides are elegantly dressed in colorful dhotis, artistically designed
waistcoats and a head-cloth twisted at an angle, with striking umbrellas, advertising the bachelorhood they
are keen to relinquish.
ID this fair.
4

ANSWER
Tarnetar Fair
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Round no
In a bid to further the Digital India initiative, and bring technology to farmers, the ministries of Earth
Sciences and Agriculture launched a mobile application in 2019 that provides location, crop and
livestock-specific weather-based agro advisories to farmers in local languages.
This app provides forecast to farmers relating to temperature, rainfall, humidity, wind speed and
direction, which play critical roles in the caring of the crops and livestock. The information is updated
twice a week on Tuesdays and Fridays.
It has been developed by the India Meteorological Department with the Indian Institute of Tropical
Meteorology and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. To make it easy to access and use, this
envoy of the weather provides information in the form of images, maps and pictures to help the
farmer to have a clearer picture of what is in store.
Name the app.
5

ANSWER
Meghdoot
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Round no
Back in the 1980s, Marico’s founder Harsh Mariwala was looking to build a strong consumer
business for his coconut oil brand Parachute. Parachute was then sold in large 15L containers to
wholesalers and distributors. When it came to small containers for retail consumers, coconut oil was
available only in tin packs, in which Parachute had an insignificant market share.
Mariwala introduced plastic bottles for retail consumption. Plastic bottles looked more attractive,
more convenient to use and were also cost effective. However, retailers refused to stock the plastic
bottles as they feared that rats would gnaw through the bottles resulting in oil oozing and spoiling
other products.
Parachute came up with an idea and conducted an experiment by keeping bottles and rats together
in a cage from which the bottles came out unscathed. They were able to convince retailers by
sharing the observations of their experiments. Gradually, the retailers started stocking the Parachute
bottles and their demand started to grow.
What was the idea?
6

ANSWER
Parachute made round bottles with good quality plastics so that the rats would not be able to get a
grip on the bottles and therefore, would not be able to sink their teeth into the plastic.
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Round no
This tweet is from a series of responses by Amish Tripathi, when author JK Rowling claimed that the
origin for character X, was _____, which were mythical creatures of Indonesian mythology.
ID X and the blank (same as blanked out part in the tweet)
7

ANSWER
X – Nagini
Blank – Naga
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Round no
A thrash metal band The Down Troddence cited the band ‘X’ as their main influence and inspiration.
The lead guitarist of X believed that they represent a combination of various influences with their
music, just like how X, another entity from kerala of the same name, blends with assorted
ingredients.
The Rolling Stone India praised vocalist John's on-stage attitude and traditional attire and
commented, "John would only speak in Malayalam wearing his identity with a cool arrogance, and
the audience shared his pride. However, they noted his "vocal flaws" after the previous lead vocalist
Paul's departure as lead vocalist during their first performance at Blue Frog, South Mumbai in 2011.
They further said that none of John's flaws are present in the album or in any studio recording. They
summed up the band as, "X will always be the band that shunned all norms – they released an all-
Malayalam album as their debut and turned to their roots for lyrical and musical inspiration.“
ID X.
8

ANSWER
X - Avial
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Rules
• Written round
• 8 Questions based on Defence
• +10/0

Round no
The Biswakarma Kami is an occupational caste belonging to blacksmiths who have mastered the
traditional art of X-making. The X is a knife with a distinct recurve in the blade. These blades usually
have a notch at the base of the blade which makes blood and sap drop off the blade rather than
running onto the handle and thereby prevent the handle from becoming slippery.
A common myth about a X is that it must draw blood before being sheathed. The X is traditionally a
basic utility tool as well as a characteristic weapon of the Assam Rifles, the Kumaon Regiment, the
Garhwal Rifles and the ______ regiments of the Indian Army.
ID X.
Q1

Round no
In 1971, the port of Karachi housed the headquarters of the Pakistan Navy and was heavily guarded.
Later that year in November, the Indian Navy deployed three Vidyut-class missile in the vicinity of
Okha, near Karachi to carry out patrols after Pakistan proclaimed a national emergency.
With tensions between India and Pakistan mounting up, India formed the Karachi Strike Group
consisting of the three Vidyut-class missile boats already deployed there: INS Nipat, INS Nirghat and
INS Veer, which were small but fast warships armed with anti-ship missiles and another missile boat
as backup. The group also consisted of 2 Petya-class corvettes which were meant to play a
secondary role by providing communication and radar support.
The Indian Navy launched Operation Trident just after the Indo-Pakistani War began on 3rd
December 1971 with the group took a daring raid in Pakistani waters and sinking two Pakistan Navy
ships along with a merchant ship and destroying another.
With Karachi Harbor heavily guarded, how did the Strike Group enter the region and carry out the
operation successfully?
Q2

ANSWER
The Indian Navy sailors spoke Russian while communicating on radio to evade detection.

Round no
This is the ‘Mach 1’ collection by Bangalore Watch Company. What does it pay a tribute to and what
makes this luxury watch so special?
Q3

ANSWER
The dials of the MACH 1 Collection are made from the skin of a decommissioned MiG 21 Type 77.
It pays tribute to the MiG 21 Type 77, an iconic fighter-plane that served the Indian Air Force for five
decades.

Round no
During Operation Unokat, the Gorkha Rifles was commanded to clear a roadblock established by the
military police at a strategic circle at the Elizabethville, __________ on the 5 December 1961.
According to the plan, a company with two Swedish armoured cars would attack the position frontally
and X with two sections of the Gorkhas and two Swedish armoured personnel carriers would
advance towards this roadblock from the airfield acting as a cutting-off force.
X with his small force arrived at a distance of 1500 yards from the roadblock and came under heavy
automatic and small-arms fire from an undetected enemy position dug in on his right flank. The
enemy also had two armoured cars and about 90 men opposing X’s small force. Deciding to remove
this opposition, X led a charge with bayonets, khukris, and grenades supported by a rocket launcher.
In this gallant engagement, X killed 40 of the enemies and knocked out the two armoured cars. This
unexpected bold action completely demoralised the enemy who fled despite their numerical
superiority and protected positions.
In October 2017, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in the ”Mann Ki Baat” session said, "Who
can forget the sacrifice of X, who laid down his life while fighting in Congo? Every Indian
feels proud while remembering him.“
ID X and his claim to fame.
Q4

ANSWER
X- Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria
He is the only UN Peacekeeper to be awarded a Param Vir Chakra (PVC), India's highest wartime
military decoration.

Round no
In 2009, Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) announced plans to use X in
hand grenades after they came to fame in 2007. X are traditionally used as an elephant - repellant in
the Northeast. The new weapon is pretty much a standard stun grenade with a little ground-up hot
addition.
Once the regular flashbang goes off, the non-lethal grenade showers the area with baby powder-fine
dust which blinds the victims. The pungent smell from the ground-up addition forces the targets to
throw up and renders breathing painful and debilitating.
These new grenades were successfully used by the Indian Army to flush out terrorists holed up in a
cave in Jammu and Kashmir in August 2015.
What little ground up addition are we talking about?
Q5

ANSWER
Ghost peppers/Bhoot Jolokia

Round no
To prevent the Pakistan from expanding the battle limited to the ______ sector, the Indian Navy
opened another front in the South which involved the largest ever deployment of combatant ships in
the Arabian Sea.
The late Vice-Admiral G.M. Hiranandani, a naval historian, in his book ‘Transition to Guardianship’
states that Pakistan naval headquarters directed their ships to keep well clear of the Indian Navy.
Pakistan’s weakness was further demonstrated when it started escorting its oil tankers from the
Persian Gulf along the Makran coast. It was noted that the Pakistan Navy Headquarters signaled
their warships to remain in harbor.
The escort operations revealed that the blockade of Karachi and interruption of oil supply from the
Persian Gulf were serious vulnerabilities for Pakistan requiring an operational and strategic pause.
Moreover, the Indian Navy’s squadron of aircrafts operated along the Line of Control in support of
land forces with specialist hydrography teams conjoined with the Army’s artillery batteries to pinpoint
locations and Navy’s special forces operating in tandem with their counterparts of other services.
This gave the Army and Air Force the time and leeway to press home their advantage and parry
their way to victory.
FITB and ID the operation.
Q6

ANSWER
Blank – Kargil
Operation – Talwar

Round no
In September 1965, the Pakistan Army thrust its tanks and infantry into Indian territory, capturing the
town of ____ _____ 5km from the international border.
Considering the situation, GOC Indian 4th Mountain Division immediately ordered the division to fall
back and assume a horseshoe shaped defensive position. During the night, the Indian troops
flooded the sugar cane field, and the Pakistani tanks of the 1st Armoured Division were lured inside
the horseshoe trap the next morning.
The swampy ground slowed the advance of the Pakistani tanks and many of them could not move
because of the muddy slush. Over a 100 Pakistani tanks, mostly M47s and M48s were destroyed
and another 40+ captured, making the place a graveyard of tanks. This battle is regarded as one of
the turning points of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
What is this battlefield popularly known as?
Q7

Round no
The Rafale deal is an intergovernmental agreement signed by India in 2016 with France, for 30
fighter jets and 6 trainers at a price of Rs. 59000 crore. The fighter jet fleet is expected to be a game
changer for India as these jets have the most advanced weapons package comprising Meteor and
Scalp missiles which will provide the IAF with deep strike capability and air dominance in the region.
With the first tranche of 5 jets finally arriving in India in July, 2020, the delay in the delivery of the first
batch due to the coronavirus lockdown has been a sting in the tail. The political controversy relating
to the purchase of the Rafale jets for the IAF had peaked during Air Chief Marshal(retd.) BS
Dhanoa's tenure as Chief of Air Staff and he had stoutly defended the deal.
In recognition of CAS(retd.) BS Dhanoa's unrelenting backing along with the current CAS RKS
Bhadauria's key role as lead negotiator for the deal, how has the IAF decided to honor them?
Q8

ANSWER
The IAF has decided to put tail numbers with initials ‘BS’ in the 30 fighter jets and ‘RB’ in the trainers.

Rules
• Anticlockwise dries
• 8 questions
• Bangalore Bounce
• Pounce: +10/-5
• Bounce: +10/0

Round no
Where does the jersey of Hyderabad FC takes its inspiration from?
Q1

Round no
Hailing from a Kolhapure family which was well-versed with the arts X’s father, Annasaheb
Rajopadhye, was a painter and one of the earliest film-makers. Their home was frequented by the
likes of Baburao Painter and other popular film makers back then.
X was mentored by V.S. Gaitonde, who also painted a portrait in 1952, titling it Portrait of X. “Some
of X’s early works from the Sir JJ School of Art carry the influence of Amrita Sher-Gil, but soon X’s
style transformed into the figurative, going into the abstract
Shown on the next slide is one of X’s painting titled “Lady in Repose”, it being one of the iconic ones
X painted in the year 1952.
ID X.
X ‘s first project in the profession we now know at was a 1956 movie ___ whose name also has a TV
show adaptation first broadcasted in 1998.
FITB.
Q2

ANSWER
X – Bhanu Athaiya
Blank – C.I.D.

Round no
Shown here is the image Princess Gouramma (1841-64), the daughter of the last Raja of Coorg,
Chikka Virarajendra. His wealth was taken away by the Britishers and he was taken into as a political
prisoner.
When he went to England to demand his wealth be returned to him, he left his daughter to X to take
care of her, who later became her godmother.
Gouramma was considered a suitable bride for Y, who was nicknamed “The Black Prince of
Perthshire” ; who later married a English woman leaving Gouramma disappointed. Later X made
Gouramma marry Lt colonel John Campbell.
Y later became friends with X and rest is history.
ID X and Y.
Q3

ANSWER
X – Queen Victoria
Y – Raja Duleep Singh

Round no
X is an national award winning Marathi film directed by Rajiv Patil. It contains strong romantic
elements, that explores the life of a rural people from Maharashtra who are the devotees of Goddess
Yellamma, known as ________(female) and _____(male); are treated as slaves viewed with a
mixture of semi-respect. Rajiv Patil's substitution of hysterics for nuanced drama means the pic
probably has a greater chance of getting its worthy message across to locals rather than fest
audiences, though subcontinental sidebars may be roused by the fascinating subject.
X actually means alms given to a person, usually known as a ____ or a ______. They are forced by
the society to give up everything and serve God. ______has to give up the fact of being a man and
suppress all his desires. A _____ is expected to give up herself, she cannot get married, have
children or have a life of her own. This practice is still carried out in certain regions of Maharashtra
and Karnataka.
ID X.
Q4

Round no
X was given to Shahaji, a general in the Bijapur army and the father of Shivaji, as a land grant (jagir)
by Muhammad Adil Shah. X was later passed on to his son Ekoji, Shivaji’s half brother.
Aurangzeb sent his army, led by Kasim Khan to capture X and its neighbouring towns. Ekoji, now
faced with the prospect of losing his jagir to the Mughals, decided to sell X to Y for a sum of 3 lakh
rupees.
Y ascended the throne of Z in 1673 and is credited with expanding the frontiers of the Z kingdom to
its largest extent. However, the Mughal army captured X before Y reached X, and Y, not willing to
give up easily for the land he bought, went into battle with the Mughals. The battle ended in the
victory of Y, after which X firmly became part of the Z kingdom.
ID X, and Z.
Q5

ANSWER
X – Bengaluru
Z - Mysuru

Round no
Shown here is a google doodle commemorating the 145th birthday of X.
X is popularly known as the first recording artist of India, having sung for some of the earliest Indian
records. She also started performing in Calcutta in 1896 and was called the 'first dancing girl' in her
records. In her final days, she served as the palace musician at the Mysore Palace.
ID X.
The first records of X were all released by the Gramophone Company of India in the early 1900s.
Later it was acquired by a famous Indian business group in 1985, and the name was changed to its
current name in 2000.
How do we better know the Gramophone Company today?
Q6

ANSWER
X – Gauhar Khan
Saregama

Round no
Bon Bibi Palagaan is a centuries old folk theatre and musical drama unique to a certain region in
India, having the local deity Bon Bibi as the central character.
She is venerated by both the Hindu and the Muslim residents of the region, and is called upon for
protection against attack from tigers as the people step out to earn their livelihood.
In recent times, this centuries-old folk theatre form and the worship of Bon Bibi is in news, as it “has
helped the natives of the region to survive by understanding the power of nature and the limits of
human needs.”
Which region? Why was this in news a few months back?
Q7

ANSWER
Region – Sundarbans
People believed this goddess could prevent Amphan

Round no
The cast of the movie Waaris has Smita Patil, Amrish Puri, Kulbhushan Kharbanda and others.
A notable mention in the list is X, who played a considerable part in Smita Patil’s character, “Paro”.
ID X, and Put Funda.
Here’s a small clip from the movie to help.
Q8

ANSWER
X – Rekha
Funda - Smita Patil died before all the voiceovers could be done, so Rekha voiced over the
character

Round no
The Indian Railways uses a circuit system which runs along the tracks. The insulating between each
block of tracks acts as circuit breaker. If a metal object is placed in the insulation in such a way that it
touches the two ends of the track, then it’ll turn the signal red as it will complete the circuit acting as
a conductor. Hence when the wheels of a train come in contact with the tracks, it turns the signal red,
indicating it to stop.
This property was exploited by a bunch of robbers to carry out a series of robberies.
Put funda on how they carried out these robberies.
1

Round no
X is a Yemeni Arabic word used for kettledrum. Due to the large
influence of Hadhramis on the culture of Ethiopian Siddis, this word
got symbolized for the music played using kettledrums whereas
kettledrums are replaced with the Y in the Siddi form of this music
played in Z, India where this music is generated due to three different
musical rhythmic beats.The associated dance is typically performed
with janbiya daggers and canes. A typical dance is performed by
jiggling with swords and sticks based on tempo and rhythm of
music.This music is performed only by men, whereas dances and
jiggling is common among both male and female.Id X, Y and Z.
2

ANSWER
X- Marfa
Y – Handis
Z - Hyderabad

Round no
- Shown in the image is a set of boots which originated in India in the 1920s, and were first worn by
local polo riders. The wearing of these soon became a trend in the Western world, and Saks Fifth
Avenue began selling them in as early as 1927.
A Vogue article in that year, titled "A Habit for Informal Cross-Saddle Dressing", wrote that these
boots were "correct in every detail for summer shows"
- Originally designed as a riding boot with a rounded toe and a low heel, the unqiue features of
these have led to them being used for riding even today.
What are these boots called?
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