lpu quiz club presents "the general quiz" ( on current affairs)

The Introductory Quiz

LPU QUIZ CLUB

Hosted By: Sukhvinder Singh.

Monday, 6 Feb 2017

The quiz consists of 21 Questions.

– Form 2-3 teams.

– 3 rounds.

– No googling allowed.

– All the Best.

Round 1: Theme :- Current Affairs

– Direct Question to a team

– Scoring :

– Direct : +20

– Pass : +10

– No Negatives.

Q1. Complete this list that is of significance this year.

– 2014: Japan

– 2015: United States

– 2016: France

– 2017: ?

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UAE Chief guests at Republic Day Parade

Q 2) Identify X or tell me where have you seen him recently.

– X was an underworld figure and an associate of Dawood Ibrahim. He used to wait on tables in gambling dens where he started serving liquor as a teenager. He became a big-time bootlegger and eventually monopolized the illegal liquor business.

– He was the main culprit in supplying RDX used in the 1993 Mumbai blasts. He was arrested in 1995 in Delhi and housed at the Sabarmati jail pending trial. In November 1997, X was shot dead by the police in Ahmedabad.

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Abdul Latif

Shahrukh Khan’s characterin RAEES is said to bemodelled on him.

Q 3 )Gimme XY.

– A XY tag is a name or sign used on certain products which corresponds to a specific geographical location or origin (e.g. a town, region, or country). India, as a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), enacted the XY of goods act,1999 and it came into force with effect from 15 September 2003

– Darjeeling Tea became the first XY tagged product in India in 2004-05, since then by November 2015, 272 had been added to the list

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XY:- Geographical Indications

– Interesting Fact:- The Venkateswara temple in Tirupati, scored a legal victory: the Geographical Indications Registry upheld its claim of a GI registration over the famous Tirupati laddu.

– The Registry's order granting the GI tag was, earlier, challenged by R S Praveen Raj, a scientist with CSIR-NIIST. The registry issued the verdict, upholding TTD's claim and fined Praveen Raj Rs 10,000.

Q 4) Identify X.

– X is an Indian payment and commerce company based out of Delhi NCR, India. Launched in August 2010, it is the consumer brand of One97 Communications.

– In 2015 X received a license from RBI for starting one of India's first payments banks. The bank intends to use X’s existing user base for offering new services, including debit cards, savings accounts, online banking and transfers, to enable a cashless economy

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X : Paytm (Pay through Mobile)

Q 5) Who am I talking about ? Also tell the controversy surrounding her

– X was a legendary 13th-14th century Indian queen .The earliest source to mention her is an epic poem written by Malik Muhammad Jayasi in 1540 CE. The text, which features elements of fantasy, describes her story as follows:

– “X was an exceptionally beautiful princess of the Singhal Kingdom of Srilanka. Ratan Sen, the rajput ruler of Chittor, heard about her beauty from a talking parrot named Hiraman. After an adventurous quest, he married her and brought her to Chittor. Alauddin Khilji , the Sultan of Delhi also heard about her beauty, and attacked Chittor to obtain her. But before he could capture Chittor, X and her companions committed Jauhar(self-immolation)”

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X : Padmini or Padmavati

An 18th century painting of Padmini.

Q 6) What practice caused the nationwide hue and cry recently? This practice is said to have existed for about 2500 years. A platform for displaying bravery, prize money, specifically, a bag of coins, was introduced to it at a later stage. A seal from the Indus Valley civilization depicting it is preserved in the National Museum in Delhi. What practice?

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Jallikattu

Round 2

-Incredible India “Unexplored”

Q 1) . The 4 minarets of the Taj Mahal are not absolutely straight. The have been found to tilt outwards slightly. While the definite reason as to why they were so built has not be ascertained, what is the most accepted reason behind this anomaly?(vis on next slide)

The Answer

is..

Ans.

In case the minarets fall, they fall outwards and do not damage the Mausoleum.

Q 2) Dedicated to whom ?

This is a temple dedicated to 'X‘ atPavithreswaram at Kollam district ofKerala. A throne believed to have beenused by 'X' is found in this temple. Nopuja or tantric ritualsare performed at thetemple. Offerings of thetemple include tendercoconut, palm wine etc.Identify 'X'.

The Answer

is..

SHAKUNI

Q 3)a) Owing to geographical reasons, the natives of Longwa village of Mon district in

Nagaland is granted with a special privilege/relaxation from certain provisions mentioned in Constitution of India. What privilege/relaxation?

b) The image in the next slide shows the house of “The Angh”, the hereditary chief of Longwa. Going by part a) what is so special about this house?

The Answer

is..

a. Dual Citizenship - For Example,The chief’s son is an employee in Myanmarese Armyb. India-Myanmar border passes right through this house

Q 4) Killick, Nixon and Company, set up in 1857, created the CPRC to act as its agents. They

floated a joint venture with erstwhile British government to establish necessary requirements in 1903 to transport cotton from Vidarbha to Manchester, England. The arrangements that they made is fully operational even today, and is a lifeline for poor people in Yavatmal and Amravati district in Maharashtra.

– Hint: - A fully romantic name extracted from mythology is given to this arrangement

How is this arrangement the only one of its kind in India?–

India’s Only Privately Owned Railway Line. Shakunthala Railways

Q 5)The image on the right side shows an Orchid with the

scientific name Cypripedioideae, which is also the state flower of two North-east Indian states. Owing to its resemblance to a daily used entity, what is its common name?

Looking for a 2 worded answer (IMAGE FOLLOWS)

Lady’s Slipper

Q 6) This is one of the earliest logo of which institution?

The Answer

is..

State Bank of India

Q 7)

– In a radio talk show in January 1972 to commemorate something, a journalist Jyoti Prasad Saikia of Tripura coined this term.

– Later through his book, the term which he coined became popular.

– What did he coin?

The Answer

is..

– Seven Sisters of India

Q 8)

– This company had the motto ‘Florebo quocumque ferar’ meaning ‘I will flourish wherever I will be brought’.

– ID this company.

The Answer

is..

– Compagnie française pour le commerce des Indes orientales Or

– French East India Company

Q 9)

As per the rules of the Mumbai Dabbawala’s Nutan Mumbai Tiffin Box Suppliers’ Association, a Dabbawala can be fined only for one reason and that is for not wearing a ________. They are fined Rs. 25 for this offence.

FITB

The Answer

is..

A Gandhi Cap

Round 3: Expect the Unexpected.Miscellaneous

Q 1) The persons with 'visiolibriphobia' have fear of..?

– Hint :- Something which a lot of us are very accustomed to and find it rather enjoyable.

The Answer

is..

FEAR OF FACEBOOK

Q2). The Lusophony Games is an international multi-sport event in which Angola, Brazil, East Timor, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, India, Sri Lanka and few more countries take part. What is common to them?

The Answer

is..

Countries ruled over by Portugal

Q 3)

Ingredients of which famous logo.

The Answer

is..

Unilever

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Question 4

– When ‘X’ was asked why he changed his name from ‘Y’ to ‘X’ he said,

– “The truth is I never liked my name…. No disrespect to the great actor ______! But somehow my name didn’t match the image I had of myself.”

– Interestingly, the great actor mentioned had himself changed his name from ‘Z’ to _____

– Identify X,Y and Z.

The Answer

is..

Answer

– X- A. R. Rahman.

– Y- A. S. Dileep Kumar.

– Z- Yusuf khan.

Question 5

– ‘X’ was born in a Telugu Christian family, to Prakash Rao Janumala, an operator in HLL plant and Karunamma Janumala in Prakasam, Andhra Pradesh.

– During a HLL company function, he performed an act, and from that day on, the workers said he was not ______(his real name), he was ‘X’. When he later joined the industry, he decided to keep the name.

– Identify ‘X’.

The Answer

is..

Answer

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Q 6) Few Reasons for what recent proposal by a state government?

A jumping to 4th position when it comes to speaking in the parliament, among many.A geographical anomaly when looking at India as a whole.Inspiration from a neighbouring state.Example of Punjab in 1950.Erase the memory of an unfortunate pre independence episode.

The Answer

is..

Dropping of “West” from West Bengal

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