SHEHER-E-QUIZ

BROUGHT TO YOU BY:-

C.H.O.D.

नि�यम-नि�नि�यम• Direct-(+10)• Pounce(+10/-10)• 30 dries, 1 LVC• Passing-(+5)• Googlers will be forced to watch MSG and

MSG-2 inside a closed room with no one else present there.

1.• X was founded in 1639 as a Buddhist monastic centre

near the banks of Tuul river, with Zaisan hill being a major geographical feature nearby.

• Its official name, before 1911, was Ikh Khuree ("Great settlement"). In local dialect, it means "Capital camp","Great Holy Khan's monastery", Urga("Palace").

• However, it got its current name due to intense political pressurization by Soviet communist leader Turar Ryskulov, which when translated, means "City of Red Hero".

• ID X.

Answer

• Ulan Bator (Mongolia's capital)

2.• Founded by spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro, X

was earlier known as "Ciudad de los reyes".• Being the 3rd largest metropolis in the Americas, X is

home to the oldest continuously functioning university in the Americas, The National University of San Marcos.

• The X syndrome, which also shares its name with a kind of vegetable, is also considered as the opposite of Stockholm syndrome.

• X also has a significant presence in the "NATO" parlance.

• ID X.

Answer

• Lima (Peru's capital)

3.• The name X comes from the Arabic al-quṣūr (القصور),

which means "The palaces", while in Latin, it means "Fortified camp".

• Greeks and Romans called it Thebes, the "City of Hundred gates", while in some other local dialects, it's called "The city of sceptre".

• X shot to prominence in Feb. 2013 for wrong reasons, as a terrible hot air balloon crash sent shockwaves through its home country.

• X is also a brand of pens, which all of us have used atleast once in our lifetime.

• X??

Answer

• Luxor,Egypt

4.• X was founded as the Roman city of Hispalis, known as

"Ishbiliya" in Arabic.• Home to 3 UNESCO World Heritage sites, X is also the

hottest major metropolitan area in Europe, with avg. temp. hovering around 35 degrees celsius.

• X, the name of a Florida-based rock band, is also the name of an American automobile by the Cadillac division of General Motors.

• Id X, which also featured prominently in a Bollywood flick released in 2011.

Answer

• Seville,Spain

5.• The city of X has been ruled by the Al-Qasimi dynasty

since the 18th century.• "Eye of the Emirate", X's answer to The London's Eye, is

the most prominent tourist destination here.• X's name is speculated to have been derived from the

name of an idol worshipped here centuries ago, which was known as Abed Al-Shareq.

• Id. X, which is also forms an integral part of India-Pakistan cricketing folklore (80s-late 90s), which is going to feature prominently in an upcoming Bollywood Biopic.

Answer

• Sharjah, U.A.E.

6.• The city of Y is the largest port of its country in the

Pacific Ocean.• Though a relatively rare occurence, the population of this

city went down by 667 people between 2002 and 2010. • X in Russian, means "Ruler of the east"/"Ruler of the

Caucasus", while in Chinese, it roughly means "Sea cucumber bay".

• Tennis player Igor Kunitsyn, known for his rivalry with countryman Marat Safin, hails from X, which is also the home port of the Russian Pacific fleet.

• ID X.

Answer

• Vladivostok

7.• Located on the shore of Table bay, X was first developed

by the Dutch East India Company as a victualling (supply) station for ships sailing to East Africa, India, and the Far East.

• X was named as the "World design capital" by International Council of Societies of Industrial Design in 2014, and as the best tourist place by N.Y. Times and The Telegraph.

• Clifton beach, the most famous beach of X, is the place where the popular TV Show "Clifton Shores" (2012) was shot.

• ID X.

Answer

• Cape Town

8.• The name of the city Y has been derived from its country's native

word for "Artemisia vulgaris" (mugwort/common wormwood). The name also translates to "Black grass/ black stalks".

• Y first appeared in a charter of 1193, described as a hunting lodge of Knyaz Rostislavich. It was also the crown village of the Duchy of Lithuania in the 13th century.

• X-ite, a technogenic mineral, is highly radioactive, due to presence of high levels of Uranium.

• X, mostly a ghost town today, has a small no. of people living in houses with signs "Owner of the house lives here" marked outside.

• Id X, which had shot to worldwide fame due to an "unfortunate" incident that had occurred almost 30 years ago.

HINT:-

Answer

• Chernobyl (1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster)

9.• The city of X was known as "Gimhathiththa" before the

arrival of the Portuguese, although Ibn Battuta in the 14th century has referred to this city as "Qali".

• The X fort, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is the largest remaining fortress remaining in Asia built by European occupiers.

• The word X has been derived from the Dutch word for "rooster", and also from its local dialect word for "place for herding cattles".

• X is considered as the twin city of Velsen, a city in The Netherlands.

• Id X, which featured prominently in a recently concluded "event", in which our nation achieved "something" for the 1st time since 1993.

Answer

• Galle, Sri Lanka

10.• This city Y was developed by Lucio Costa and Oscar

Niemayer in 1956, in order to shift the capital of the country to a more "central" location, with Robert Burle Max being the landscape architect.

• Y was choosen as a UNESCO World heritage site, due to its modernistic architecture, and uniquely artistic urban planning.

• According to legend, Italian saint Don Bosco had a dream in 1883, in which he described a futuristic city that fitted Y's location.

• Being a sporting city, the main football stadiums here are-"X National Stadium Mane Garrincha","Serejao Stadium", and the "Bezzerao stadium".

• Id X.

Answer

• Brasilia

11.• The master plan of X was laid out by Japanese architect

Kisho Kurokawa.• This city, which had an ancient name, was renamed in

1961 to Tselinograd, to mark the city's evolution as a cultural and administrative center of the Virgin Lands Campaign.

• It was again renamed in 1992 to Akmola, meaning "White graves", and again renamed to X, which means "capital" in its local dialect.

• X shares its name with a series of ancient tombs in Xianjiang, China; and also with a professional road-cycling team.

• Id X, whose football club, F.C. X, recently created history in a major football tournament.

Answer

• Astana, Kazakhstan

12.• The name of the city Y has been derived from a local

word for the "end of 14 hectares of land", which also means "last hoves on the land of Woensel".

• The written history of Y started in 1232, when Duke Hendrik I of Brabant granted city rights to Y, on the confluence of Dommel and Gender streams.

• Another factor that led to its establishment is its direct trade route to Liege in Belgium.

• Intelligent Community Forum named Y as the world's most intelligent community in 2011.

• Id Y, which is the place of origin of one of the world's most popular electronics companies, which also has a football stasium named after the company.

Answer

• Eindhoven, The Netherlands• (Phillips Stadium, home to PSV

Eindhoven, who beat Manchester United 2-1 in the recently concluded UEFA Champions League group match)

13.• Nicknamed "The Capital of Latin America", X is the

largest American city with Cuban-American plurality.• Also named as the "Cruise capital of the world", it is the

number one cruise passenger port in the world.• X is the only major American city to be entirely

conceived by a woman, named Julian Tuttle, a citrus grower by profession.

• The freedom tower of 1925 is X's most significant historic landmark.

• X is also the home of the world's largest art exhibition, Art Basel X, also dubbed as the "Olympics of art".

Freedom tower (1925)

Answer-

• Miami, U.S.A.

14.• X was originally founded by captain James Stirling in

1829 as the administrative centre of Swan River Colony.• It gained ciy status in 1856, and was promoted to the

status of a Lord Mayorality in 1929.• The city is named after X, Scotland, by the influence of

Sir George Murray, the British Secretary of State for war and the colonies.

• X became known worldwide as the "city of light", when city recidents lit their houseligts and streetlights, as American Astronaut John Glenn passed overhead while orbiting the earth on Friendship 7 in 1962.

• Id X, which was a part of a major global sporting event earlier this year.

Answer

• Perth, Australia

15.• The name of the city Y has been derived from a Maasai

word meaning "cool water".• However, Y is popularly kown as the "Green city in the

sun", and is surrounded by several expanding villa suburbs, and lies on the river Tana.

• Y was founded in 1899 by colonial authorities in British East Africa, as a rail depot on the Uganda Railway.

• Benga, an African Music Genre, a fusion of Jazz and Luo music forms, was developed in Y.

• Id Y, which was one of the venues of the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Answer

• Nairobi, Kenya

16.• This small town X, in the district X, in Himachal Pradesh,

was founded in 1090 by Raja Rasaloo of Jaisalmer, one of whose ancestors were named X.

• X was also known as Nahan, after its main city Nahan.• X has given India some of the most famous names in

various fields, such as Mohit Chauhan (noted bollywood singer), Dalip Singh Rana A.K.A. "The Great Khali", Y.S. Parmar(Founding C.M. of H.P.).

• Id. X, which was in news recently as the site of the proposed Indian Institute of Management (I.I.M.) in Himachal Pradesh.

Answer:-

• Sirmaur

17.• The City of Y is the 2nd largest city of its State, and 16th

largest city of India.• Y is also known as "Pump city", as it supplies two-thirds

of India's requirement for motors and pumps.• Th word Y literally translates to "new town of Kovan" or

"the goddess worshipped by kovan".• Home to the Sugarcane Breeding Institute, this city is

more popularly known for the "Y wet grinder", which is a registered geographical indication for its state.

• Id Y.

Answer:-

• Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

18.• The village of X is located about 118 kms. away from

Jaipur, capital of the state of Rajasthan, at the edge of the Sariska Tiger Reserve.

• X was established circa. 1573, during the rule of Bhagwant Das, as the residence of his 2nd son, Madho Singh, the younger brother of Man Singh I, Emperor Akbar's general.

• However, X is wildly popular across the world for the presence of a very "interesting, yet not so friendly" monument, which is famous, both in India and the world, for all the "wrong" reasons.

• Id. X.

Answer:-

• X- Bhangarh

19.• The word X, when translated to Bhutanese, means "a

place where warm clothes are traded".• Another theory suggests that the word X, when

translated to Bengali, roughly means "Place of Olive trees", as this place, once upon a time, had a lot of Olive trees.

• This city lies on the banks of Teesta river. Other than Teesta, another river Karala, also known as "Thames of X", flows through this city, thus bisectig it into 2 halves.

• The civic administration of X municipality is the fifth oldest one, after Kolkata, Howrah, Behrampore, and Bardhhaman.

• Id X.

Answer:-

• Jalpaiguri

20.• The town of X, located in the state of Uttar Pradesh, is

famous for Shajar stone, which is used for making jewellery.

• Goswami Tulsidas, author of "Ramacharitmanas", was born in X.

• X is also a brass-based form of traditional Mexican music, which is very clearly a latin-american version/variation of the Polka music, native to Germany and Poland.

• Id X, which is often used in Odiya culture as a slang/derogatory term for the purpose of abusing someone verbally.

Answer:-

• Banda

21.• The name of the city is derived from a Sadri root word

meaning "Our Village".• Another theory suggests that this city was named after

an indigenous group which used to inhabit this city.• During the early 1950s and 1960s, this city was the

largest German colony outside Germany.• 2 German Firms, Krupp & Demag, are responsible for

giving birth to an industry for which this city is famous today.

• The "Ten million monument", designed by Vijay Acquilla, is a notable landmark in the city.

• Name this city, which is also well known for housing an "institute of national importance".

Answer:-

• Rourkela, Odisha

22.• The various nicknames for this city are:- "City of

Spices","City of sculptures","City of Truth".• The name of this city, when translated into its regional

dialect,means "fortified palace" or "shrubby jungle".• However, the alternate name of this city was derived

from the name of a kind of "cloth" that used to be woven here.

• Operation Sulaimani, a food programme introduced in this city, was meant for the poorer sections of the society, who couldn't afford to have a meal wih dignity.

• Gimme the name of this city.

Answer:-

• Kozhikode(Calicut), Kerala

23.• Indira Gandhi Technological and Medical Sciences

University and Saint Claret College, are the only institutes of higher studies in this city.

• Siddheshwar Nath temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva, was discovered by a wood-cutter in this region, named Prem Subba, in 2004. According to legend, the "LINGA" of Lord Shiva here has the highest length. i.e. 25 feet, and 22 feet wide.

• The X music festival, one of the most popular ones in North-Eastern India, is the main reason why this town shot to country-wide fame.

• Id X, which may also remind you of KG-level Mathematics.

Answer:-

• Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh

اللوائح و القواعد• 5 images will be shown, which will

have a theme (obviously a city).• No part points for identifying

individual images.• All hail Radhey Maa!!!!!!!....lets start

the round....

1. (+100/-50)

2. (+80/-40)

3.(+60/-30)

4. (+40/-20)

5.(+20/-10)

6. (+10/0)

Answers:-

• 1. Cenotaph (ww-II memorial)• 2. Hong Kong Flag before Independence.• 3. Bauhinia Blakeana (Flower on the Hong

Kong Flag)• 4. Awarapan(2007 Movie)-Shot in Hong

Kong• 5. Bruce Lee statue in Hong Kong• 6. Hong Kong evening skyline

Theme:-

• Hong Kong

AN ALANKAR DEVTA PRODUCTION.....B.TECH(1ST YEAR), EEE