What India Wants to Know- India Quiz

The Nation Wants To Know
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Aane Wale Quizzes
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● The Entire Team GOVB
● PCSAGK (Fondly known as Puishaak)
● Arindam Dutta, Pratyanik Chakraborty, Sourjo Sengupta , Prithwish Datta ,
Jayashree Mohanka Sumantra Sarathi Dutta, Prateen Dhara and Indranath
Mukherjee for being patient Guinea-Pigs.
● Indians who didn’t vote for Modi.
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“Patrons and Benefactors”

The Quiz Masters made their sets of questions in
isolation, without consulting much with each
other. So, please keep it in mid that some of the
topics/answers might overlap.

1. Written Round 1 by Saswata
2. Infinite Bounce 1 by Saswata
3. Written Round 2 by Arijit
4. Infinite Bounce 2 by Arijit
5. Written 3 by Haider
6. Infinite Bounce by Haider
Schedule

● 4 Questions on Fairs around India.
● +5 for each right answer.
● +10 for a full house
Ananda-Mela (Or, How Arijit became a Gawd)

The Tarnetar Mela , that takes place in Sundernagar , Gujarat in the months of
August and September celebrates a certain event from the Hindu Mythology.
The fun festivities involve traditional music and dance performances. People are
dressed in their best traditional Gujarati costumes, and young men and women
lookup for their future prospects or significant other.
Which event does it celebrate , where the ambidextrous winner had to rely on
reflection of light on water?
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W1

This fair takes place during Kartik Purnima , in the months of November-
December. The initial venue was Hajipur which was shifted to the current
location under the rule of Aurangzeb. Originated during the reign of
Chandragupta Maurya , this fair lost one of its major attractions after a certain
1972 Act passed by the Govt of India.
Considered to be the largest of its kind in Asia , which fair is this?
W2

The Pushkar Fair, quite similar to the previous fair , is an annual five day affair ,
that also takes place in the month of kartik. Its major attractions include matka
phod , bridal competitions , camel races and another competition where men
show off their masculinity.
What is this competition all about?
W3

The game called Koni-juj is played on the day of Garu-Bihu in mid-april and on
the day of Bhogali-bihu in mid-january.
The main items of this game is chosen by knocking them with a coin and
checking the sound, or by holding the item against sunlight to check for the
thickness of the outer cover.
What ingredients are used for this game?
W4

Draupadi’s Swayambhar
A1

Sonepur Cattle Fair
A2

Longest Moustache Competition
A3

Eggs
A4

● 10 Questions
● +10 for a Right Answer on Bounce.
● Part Points as instructed in the Question Slide.
● +10/-5 on Pounce.
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Infinite Bounce Round 1

Ahmad , a commerce student ,had no background of medical science but still
emerged as one of the experts of a particular type of injury. He talks about these
injuries with the air of an experienced surgeon-”when Xs enter your body , you
feel like everything inside you is burning.”
Too frightened to go to hospitals , the victims are treated with rudimentary aids-
Dettol and blades.
What particular type of injuries do Ahmad treat?
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Q1

Pellet Injuries
A1

Flagstaff House , designed by Robert Tor Russell, used to be the winter headquarters and
official residence of the Commander-in-Chief of the British-Indian Army.
It was soon renamed , when a creation of British sculptor Leonard Jennings
commemorating the princely states of Jodhpur , Hyderabad and Mysore , was placed at the
main gate of the building.
What was it renamed to?
Within the grounds of this mansion , stands Kushak Mahal , a building built by Firoze Shah
Tughlaq. The sultan along with his courtiers used to live at this building for a day or two ,
when visiting the nearby area for a certain entertainment purpose.
What was the main use of Kushak Mahal?
Q2

Q

Teen Murti Bhawan
Hunting Lodge
A2

This 1873 book , aptly called-Gulamgiri , is considered as one of the first
critiques of the caste system. Written as a dialogue between the writer and a
character named Dhondiba , it is comprised of 16 essays and 4 poetic
compositions and its main thrust is an inversion of the racial theory of caste.
Who is the writer , considered by Babasaheb Ambedkar as his Guru , who
sported a sobriquet made famous by another Indian?
Which group of people from another part of the world did he dedicate his book
to , whose attempt to destroy the existing inequality gained success around a
decade ago?
Q3

Mahatma Jyotiba Phule
Slaves of American Civil War
A3

After losing his mother and siblings at the age of 9 months , Mohan was adapted
and raised in the court of Maharaja Martand Singh. Said to be the ‘father of a
certain population’ , Mohan’s offsprings include Sampson , Radha , Raja , Rani ,
Mohini and Sukeshi.
Who/what was Mohan , breathed his last at the age of 20 in a north-eastern city
of Madhya Pradesh?
The Maharaja paid tribute to Mohan by turning Mohan’s friendly fort into a
tourist destination.
How do we know this place better?
Q4

White Tiger
Bandhavgarh National Park
A4

The Telegraph once wrote an article about this 1982 Raj Kapoor classic which
had the caption- Love , ahead of its time. It’s a typical bollywood story where the
opulent heroine’s family sponsors the penniless hero’s studies.
The husband of the heroine dies in a car crash shortly after her marriage; the
hero declares his love and saves the heroine from social ignominy.
Which movie is this?
Sadly , such social progress was mostly confined to bollywood as around half a
decade later, someone became the last victim of an age-old practice , at a
certain village in Bikaner.
Who was this unfortunate soul?
Q5

Prem Rog
Roop Kanwar
A5

Though born a muslim , X was more of an agnostic. According to his
autobiography- Roses in December , he was known as "Merchant" as both his
father and grandfather were merchants. Hating the name due to its associations
with money , he changed it to the Kutchi word for favorite on his grandfather’s
suggestion.In the late 1950s , he played a pivotal role in exposing a crime , first
of its kind in Independent India.
Who is this , who served briefly as the Education Minister and the Minister of
External Affairs , in the mid sixties?
Whose crime did he expose ?
The most recent convicts of the same crime are still living life king size, silently.
Q6

MC Chagla
Haridas Mundhra Scam
A6

Shortly after India gained its independence , JRD Tata , who was in London , saw a certain
practice prevalent in a particular type of recreational establishments of London. He wrote
to Nehru that India shouldn’t adapt this , because in his opinion it cheapens such a creation
which should arouse deep patriotic respect.
In late 2016 , Supreme Court made this practice mandatory all over India but as around 22
states are against the verdict , it was made optional in mid 2019.
What is being talked about?
Shortly after the 2016 judgement by the Supreme Court , Neelam Krishnamurthy , who
heads the AVUT , raised her voice and said , the judgement needs more clarity as the
Supreme Court is opposing its own verdict , given after a late 90s mishap.
Expand AVUT or what mishap was she referring to?
Q7

Playing National Anthem at Cinema Halls
Association of the Victims of Uphaar Tragedy
A7

The guy you see here , Sher Ali Afridi , committed an one of a kind crime in
history of India , at Hopetown , Port Blair , back in Feb,1872 , when his target was
paying a vice-regal visit to the province of British Burma.
What did he do?
According to Helen James from Australian National University , what word was
mentioned in the papers relating to the thorough investigation of this case which
she also uses in her paper’s tagline:
‘The First X ‘ ?
Q8

Assassinated Lord Mayo
Jihad
A8

Sunil Nigvekar , the production designer of the Netflix series ‘ Bard of Blood’ was
reminiscing how he brought Balochistan to India. In this interview , he
mentioned how his past experience from a 2010 project helped him , where
though they had permission to shoot in Pakistan , the plan got cancelled and he
had to create Pakistan in Mumbai.
Which 2010 project , whose 2016 sequel had the caption- Dead or Alive?
While at it , tell me , why did a certain chai shop owner from Manimajra,
Chandigarh distributed chai and samosa in that locality when Paul Ottosson
received a prestigious award in 2013 , halfway around the globe?
Q9

Tere Bin Laden
That locality was turned into Abbottabad for Zero
Dark Thirty
A9

This GI tagged product is prepared by the craftsmen who belong to the Vishwakarma
community in South India , who work in the ‘X Parthasarathy Temple’ for centuries and are
well known for creating exquisite bronze idols of deities. This particular product is made
from a copper-tin alloy with trace elements though the exact composition remains a closely
guarded secret.
According to legend , the exact composition was said by the deity himself when he
appeared in the head craftsman’s dream once while the craftsmen were facing problems to
make a shiny crown for the deity. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that it doesn’t have any
metal coating , unlike the common variants and thus no distortion can be seen in the
results.
Name the product , which got the GI tag in 2004-05.
What is its uniqueness , owing to the fact that it doesn’t use any metal coating?
Q10

Aranmula Mirrors
Front Reflection
A10

● 4 Questions on Oppressed and Forgotten Languages of India.
Mother-tongue Twister

On the next slide, there is a poster of a film titled Gamak Ghar, by debutant
director Achal Mishra. An official selection in the competitive section of Jio-
MAMI 2019, the film tells the tale of a house and its residents in a East Indian
village.
What language is this film in?
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W1

W1

Although a living and vibrant language in India, X is suffering from an apparent
indifference from the very people who speak it as their native language in
Pakistan. The language is dying a slow and natural death because the younger
generations have lost interest in this language as they did not see any prospect
while the Urdu and English languages offered lucrative jobs and were useful in
education as well as for everyday communication in society. Despite being the
mother-tongue of the founding father of the nation, there were no necessary
steps taken by the govt. to promote X.
Identify X.
W2

Spoken in parts of Eastern and North-Eastern India and Bangladesh, this
language is said to be carried to these regions by immigrants led by
Babhruvahana, from Dwarka and Hastinapur. The language slowly started losing
its ground and facing decay against a vast majority of Meitei and Bengali
speakers. The first word, of the two word name, is eponymous with this character
(visual in next slide) , played by Suchitra Sen, in a 50’s movie, while the second
word indicates the state where it is most-spoken.
What language?
W3

With 3.8 miliion speakers worldwide, this language X, belonging to the Indo-Iranian group
and literally meaning “Language of the Indians”, is one of the most spoken languages of
Pakistan. The speakers are based in the Khyber-Pakhtunwa region and historically, the
ancestors of many Bollywood actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Dilip Kumar,
were fluent in this tongue. Still X is losing its ground day-by-day as people prefer Pashto or
Urdu more, as a medium of interaction.
Which Language is this?
Also, apart from Peshawar, which other district Y (named after a persian cardinal unit for a
certain number of Mongol Soldiers) houses the largest number of X speakers in Pakistan, a
place that was in our popular consciousness in the early 2000s, due to a Pashtun man’s
journey from US to his homeland, in the loving memory of a boy who was from Y?
W4

On the next slide, there is a poster of a film titled Gamak Ghar, by debutant
director Achal Mishra. An official selection in the competitive section of Jio-
MAMI 2019, the film tells the tale of a house and its residents in an East Indian
village.
What language is this film in?
W1

Maithili
A1

Although a living and vibrant language in India, X is suffering from an apparent
indifference from the very people who speak it as their native language in
Pakistan. The language is dying a slow and natural death because the younger
generations have lost interest in this language as they did not see any prospect
while the Urdu and English languages offered lucrative jobs and were useful in
education as well as for everyday communication in society. Despite being the
mother-tongue of the founding father of the nation, there were no necessary
steps taken by the govt. to promote and preserve X.
Identify X.
W2

Gujarati
A2

Q

Bishnupriya Manipuri
(half points for Bishnupriya)
A3

With 3.8 miliion speakers worldwide, this language X, belonging to the Indo-Iranian group
and literally meaning “Language of the Indians”, is one of the most spoken languages of
Pakistan. The speakers are based in the Khyber-Pakhtunwa region and historically, the
ancestors of many Bollywood actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Dilip Kumar,
were fluent in this tongue. Still X is losing its ground day-by-day as people prefer Pashto or
Urdu more, as a medium of interaction.
Which Language is this?
Also, apart from Peshawar, which other district Y (named after a persian cardinal unit of
Mongol Soldiers) houses the largest number of X speakers in Pakistan, a place that was in
our popular consciousness in the early 2000s, due to a Pashtun man’s journey from US to
his homeland, in the loving memory of a boy who was from Y?
W4

X = Hindko
Y = Hazara
A4

● 10 Questions
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Surviving almost two milleniums in this nation, the members of this ethno-
religious community X differ, from the rest of the followers of their religion, in
many degrees, as they use Syriac, a near-extinct Semitic language for liturgical
purpose ,and follow many of the local customs and attires. Their popular name X
is a reference to the Levantine city ( Visual in the next slide), where the founder
of their religion spent his childhood.
Identify X.
Also, almost 2000 years ago, who did convert them, only to get killed by the
aboriginals in 72 CE, near Mylapore?
Q11

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Q2

Nasrani
Saint Thomas
A11

The ancient feud between two similarly named sages led to the oriental
nomenclature of two of the five major cross-national entities in Southern Asia.
After W’s hundred sons were killed by Z, W became devastated and decided to
kill himself.
After several unsuccessful trials, W went to X, with his hands tied. X, refusing to
kill him, loosened his bonds, earning such a name.
Similarly, Crocodile-infused Y, too refused to kill him and rushed into a hundred
ways, thus getting the name Y
Use your Sanskrit/Tatsam vocab skills and identify W , Z , X and Y.
Q12

W = Vishwamitra
Z = Vashistha
X = Bipasha
Y= Satadru
A12

Back in 2015, when honourable(?) Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the
‘Digital India’ initiative, a satirical news website made a news report on how
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, is planning to invite the largest company, exactly
opposite in nature, to open an campus in Delhi, in order to counter the Central
Govt. initiative.
Which Company, having a superlative distinction in the world of Electronics and
Microprocessors?
Also, which first was done by this company, in 1985, which gradually resulted
the expansion (and also slow death, according to inhabitants) of a certain entity,
from 161 sq. km to 709 sq. km, in 30 years?
Q13

Texas Instruments
First Multinational Company in Bangalore
A13

Founded as an Indo-French joint partnership in 1877, this company enjoys the
monopoly over a certain kind of establishments, mostly in North India. In 2004 it
had 258 such establishments all over India and contributed to about 80% of the
revenues from such special establishments, although the numbers and sales are
declining since then. The apt name, although a proper noun, reflects the nature
of this kind of establishments.
In south, however, another 175-year-old company owns most of these
establishments. The company operates over 50 of such establishments all over
South India, along with notable outlets in Mount Road, Chennai and MG Road,
Bangalore. This, too, is facing the same fate as its North Indian counterpart.
Identify both the companies (3 + 3) and the kind of establishment (4)
Q14

AH Wheeler and co.
Higginbothams
Bookstalls in Railstations
A14

Already a prime destination among the gourmands of Kolkata,The Saffron Tree
has revolutionised the Mughlai cuisine scene of the city, through its thoroughly-
curated menu, that serves both rare delights from the Sultanate and Mughal
period and its fusion with continental dishes. Consider JMBC, a sizzling starter
item, consisting of succulent pieces of protein sunk in creamy, rich off-white
gravy. An uncommon rendition of this popular North Indian staple is thus
recreated at this restaurant, which originated from the ovens of a tiny shop
named Aslam Chicken Corner, behind the Old-Delhi Landmark it is named after.
Expand JMBC.
Also ,what does the last pages of the menu-card of this eatery feature, which
shows, like academics and quizzing, culinary also involves lots of research-
work?
Q15

Jama Masjid Butter Chicken
Bibliography
A15

Although his combatant half brother Dronacharya is way more famous than him,
X pursued the path to become a pure brahmin, avoiding the path of warrior to
dedicate himself towards the path of literature and Sadhana.X was a major
benefactor to the field of Ayurveda and authored X Samhita, one of the 18 most
important contributors to the subject of astrology.
Identify X.
What laboratory, focusing on Neuroscience and Statistics, inside the premises of
ISI Kolkata, gets its name from the colloquial vernacular term for a viscous
animal organ inside the cranial cravity, due to its similarity with clarified butter,
and is lead by a certain fiery namesake of X?
Q16

Garga
Ghilu
(Garga Chatterjee’s Lab)
A16

Belonging to the lowest rung of India’s dominant caste system, the Xs are predominantly
Munda tribespeople, who were forced to learn Bhojpuri, in order to communicate with
their Savarna employers. Their name comes from the fact that the poor Xs, still considered
outcasts by the upper castes, cannot afford nutritious meals, and Ys are the only source of
protein for them. Xs, thus earned such a name, literally meaning Y-eaters.
Identify X and Y.
In the 2007 real time strategy game Age of Empires : The Asian Dynasties, the playable
nations were allowed to build several wonders, based on real life architectures. One such
was Z (visual next slide) , based on a North Indian temple of the same name, which allowed
the player to access the ability “Keeper of the Ys” -- which increased the gathering and
farming rates around the wonder by 30%.
Identify Z.
Q17

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Q9

Musahar
Rats
Karni Mata
A17

#TrashyTalks
Headquartered in Santa Cruz, Mumbai, this Consumer goods manufacturer company has
expanded its business to 25 countries, including neighbour Bangladesh, in less than 40
years after its foundation. Led by Harsh Mariwala, the company nurtures multiple brands
that expertise in categories of skin care, edible oils, health foods, male grooming, and
fabric care.
Identify the company.
Recently, a brand with a two-word rhyming name, owned by the company became a part
of an exclusive set, containing two other similar sticky and gooey substances. The other
two brands, included in the set in 2010 and 2012 respectively, saw a rise in their sales, due
to instant boost in popularity and celebrity endorsement, after the inclusion.
What is being talked here?
Q18

Marico
Product Placement in Dabbang Films ( Set Wet)
A18

Invented in 1955 by a gentleman named P. Sabapathy in the city of Coimbatore,
Xs became a household item in the 60s, in all over Southern India. They uses
Granite Stones instead of conventional metal blades, which has two advantages:
The stones generate less heat while operating and they remain sharper than its
metal counterparts.
What GI product am I talking about?
Also, in Coimbatore, what establishment, a first in the entire Southern India, was
established in 1914 by Samikannu Vincent, which was instrumental in the
gradual rise of a billion-dollar industry in the aforementioned geography, in the
years to come?
Q19

Wet Grinders
Cinema Hall
A19

One of the lesser-known works of this filmmaker, this documentary examines
how the social construct X defines and shapes the Hindu nationalist activities in
India. Filmed in two parts, Trial by Fire and Hero Pharmacy, the film derives its
title from the idea of the threefold nature of divinity in the west and the so-called
sacred struggle of the Hindu Terrorists in the 90s. Like his other films, The
Director had to fight multiple court battles in order to force the national carrier
Doordarshan to screen the film, a screening which eventually occurred on the
orders of the Supreme court. The film received numerous national and
international awards, and was also seen positively by critics.
Identify the film, the director and X.
Q20

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Q12

Father, Son and the Holy War
Anand Patwardhan
Masculinity
A20

● 4 Questions on Family.
Hum Saath Saath Hain

The man in the picture is, as his first name suggests, a great painter and experimental
filmmaker. His long forgotten film, "Events in cloud chamber" (1969), was restored by
Waris Ahluwalia.
Id this man, whose adventurous brother, whose most famous screen venture involved
playing a politician at loggerheads with the titular character of the movie.
The 1969 film in question had music by the Gujarati lady in the other picture.
She also belonged to a prestigious family, with many of its members having excelled in
different fields. But the undisputed star of the family was his brother whose rapidly
ascending fame hardly gave the others space to breathe.
Either identify her, or her brother.
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W1

The murals in the picture are engraved on the wall of a cricket stadium which
includes tributes to a state's great cricketers - Anil Kumble, EAS Prasanna, Syed
Kirmani, Javagal Srinath etc.
Where is it located ?
Who is the artist, or her famous son?
W2

This gentleman in picture is a classically trained musician turned management expert.
He used to accompany Ravi Shankar on his tours and play the tanpura, and was also part of
his Bhagavad Geeta project.
He was the student of a famous Indian musician X.
After six years of training, his guru found him another tutor, Y.
Y, who always tried to stay away from the limelight, couldn't however deny Y the tutelage
owed to him.
Id X and Y, keeping in mind the topic the round.
W3

A retake of __X___ is a series of digital photomontages by X's nephew involving
X and her artworks.
Id X, or her artist nephew Y, from the samples provided.
Y's Father was the second individual to hold an important post in democratic
India, first held by a Bengali.
Id Y's father or the post he used to hold.
W4

Akbar Padamsee
Vikram Sarabhai
A1

Chinnaswami Stadium
Rahul Dravid (Son of Pushpa Dravid)
A2

This gentleman in picture is a classically trained musician turned management expert.
He used to accompany Ravi Shankar on his tours and play the tanpura, and was also part of
Ravi’s Bhagavad Geeta project.
He was the student of a famous Indian musician X .
After six years of training, his guru found him another tutor, Y.
Y, who always tried to stay away from the limelight, couldn't however deny Y the tutelage
owed to him.
Id X and Y, keeping in mind the topic the round.
W3

Y- Annapurna Devi, X- Ali Akbar Khan.
And This gentleman is obviously Annapurna Devi's
second Husband.
A3

Amrita Sher-Gill/Vivian sundaram
Kalyan Sundaram/ Chief EC of India
A4

● 10 Questions

'____ by ____: The India Story' charts the history of the nation from 1947 - 2017, albeit in an
inventive way.
A. Bharadwaj and his co-writers sought to put a new spin on the same old subject matter,
and orchestrated the book by associating an unique element attuned to each chapter of our
past.
These elements, carefully picked to be contextually appropriate, provide the book with
rhythm and verve and variety.
Which elements from a shared obsession have been used to title the different chapters of
the book?
FITBs with the same word, thereby indicating that each event has been thoroughly
analyzed by breaking it down to its primary constituents.
Q21

Note by Note
Bollywood songs
A21

Jitesh Kallat is famous for using different things from daily life in his art.
In one of his works, called ‘Infinitum’, he used 27 Xs of different sizes to
represent an astronomical cycle.
What is X, a daily necessity in most parts of our country?
When he met Jogen Chaudhury in an exhibition, Jogen Chaudhury recited a
contextually appropriate line from a poem written in the then famine hit Bengal.
Which line did he recite, containing a famous metaphor?
Q22

Rotis
ক্ষু ধার রাজ্যে পৃথিবী-গদ্েময়:
পূথণিমা-চাাঁ দ্ যেন ঝলসাজ্না রুটি
A22

Does proton decay? The answer to this question may open up a new horizon in physics.
Proton decay had not been detected so far because it’s extremely rare. Scientists estimate
that a single proton takes 10,000 billion, billion, billion years to decay. The event cannot be
observed on the earth's surface because of the tremendous disturbances caused by
millions of cosmic ray particles that bombard the earth.
Only sites that are deep underground can screen off the undesirable cosmic rays.
So inspired by an article by Homi Bhaba, this rich, currently barren site with deep tunnels
(2000+ metre) was chosen for this experiment multiple times.
Which site, where isn’t all it appears to be?
Q23

Kollar Gold Field(KGF)
A23

#AccordingtoShashiTharoor
Often considered India's second most powerful man since independence, X has
left also a mark in literature. When he was in England, he’d developed good
relationships with the likes of Bertrand Russell, JBS Haldane etc.
A book, later adapted into a film, could not have been published without his kind
assistance. It was, in fact, his idea to brand the book as a travelogue, a tour guide
of this nation.
Which famous British book from around a century ago is this?
Id X, perhaps most famously known today for his oratorical skills, combined
with the patience to sustain a speech for as long as required.
Q24

A Passage to India
VK Krishna Menon
A24

#sourcedfromwikipedia
‘Nine o’clock’, an unrealized project from the 2000s, was supposed to be a
reality show depicting war for a western audience.
It involved a journalist asking veterans about their experiences in the warzone.
It was supposed to be made by an Indian director whose filmography includes
two famous biopics – one wild and controversial and the other about a royal
figure, and also a sci-fi film which ironically lots of people went to see, etc.
ID the director.
Though most of the casting had been finalized, the show was never realized.
What caused the show to crash and burn cancellation, an incident halfway across
the world?
Q25

Shekhar Kapoor, Death of Heath Ledger
A25

Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu, an ethno-religious community, moved out of Magadh to
the western part of India during the reign of Mahapadma Nanda.
A family with a clear anti-immigration stance belongs to this clan, with ‘prabhu’ aptly
referring to the highest post in the government.
Which family is this?
X is the tale of a child who absorbs Hindutva from his adopted family. His complexion fails
to convince him of his non-Indian origin, and he repeatedly tries to assert that he is, in fact,
a Brahmin.
ID X, the titular character of this story.
When this story was adapted on screen in 1938, who was chosen as the music director,
making this a rather interesting factoid?
Q26

Thackeray, Gora , Kazi Nazrul Islam
A26

Geox, an Italian shoe brand, launched their amphibian shoe line a few years Back. They
decided to test the product in a particular tourist destination of India, and used its
endurance there in an advertisement.
Which place is this, whose name is basically mispronunciation of the original name?
It was again renamed with its original name, a similar sounding shortened 5 letter name.
Give me the current name.
Bappaditya bandhopadhay, a Bengali filmmaker, weaved a tale of nature and magic in a
2016 film. He named it after the famous naturally constructed wonders of the place in
question, but tragically died of pneumonia before its release.
Name these architectural curiosities.
Q27

Chherapunji, Sohra, Living Root Bridges
A27

Amruta Patil a graphic artist writer wrote and illustrated graphic novel based on Mahabharata.
Adi parva, the churning of Ocean, is one of such books. This other worldly sublime story flows with a
feminine angel. Narrator, a personification of writer herself, chokes with toxins highlighting India's
pollution problem.
Sauptik Parva, in contrast, is one of the most slender, dark episodes of the Mahabharat.In this part , an
interesting narrator was chosen.He is a man, a decimated man pitted against charismatic rivals he can’t
outdo. There is nothing sublime about him, his never ending life. A man straight outta Gopalmath may
help you to identify the narrator.
Who are the narrators of these two parva respectively?
The article titled "woods are dark, lovely and deep" sheds light of most recent work of her, a
mythological lore.
Who is her collaborator ?
Q28

Ganga, Aswathama,Devdutt Pattanaik
A28

This ad by Google India is a tale of a fraternal coming-together of two friends,
titled 'Reunion’.
Id the man who plays the role of the Pakistani.
He made his mark as a director with a similar work - a story of partition and the
same longing for getting back together.
Id this work, which blew audiences over with its power and warmth, winning him
the National Award for Best Film on Social Integration.
Also, whose voice do we hear in the background?
ID the Man and Voice..mp4
Q29

MS Satyu, Piyush Mishra
A29

X, a connoisseur of art and culture, was once appointed as the Governor of Lahore.
An ardent fan of the Sufi mystic Mian Mir, he decided to build a pathway to the latter’s
shrine. So, red sandstone was ordered from Rajasthan and construction began.
But his wish could not be fulfilled and the dream remained unrealized as he vacated the
post and prepared for war. Thereafter, he was convicted and sentenced to death.
With the same sandstone, Y, not especially a fan of art , constructed this mosque.
Id X, the free spirited governor.
Name the mosque, bearing a royal adjective which we might associate with a certain first
in a series.
Q30

Badshashi Mosque
Dara Shukoh
A30

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