Quiz based on India I made for my company DoctorC in 2021.

1. India Quiz
2021

2. Hello!
I am Priyank Trivedi
Welcome to my India Quiz!
Have fun
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3. Fortunately, human forgetting follows a
pattern. We forget exponentially. A graph of
our likelihood of getting the correct answer
on a quiz sweeps quickly downward over
time and then levels off.
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4. Rules
▪ 4 Sections
▪ Each section has roughly 50 Points.
▪ The answer to none of the questions is 42. Answering
42 will result in immediate disqualification.
▪ Hints will be given based on mood of quizmaster.
▪ Sleep Deprived quizmasters tend to be irritable.
You’ve been Warned!. Proceed with caution when
arguing with quizmaster
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5. HONOR PRINCIPLE
▪ No Googling of any kind!!. This will ruin fun for both
participants and the quizmaster. Ensure that your
teammates also adhere to this principle. Stay away
from internet for this duration.
▪ If cross questioned and caught using the Internet to
look up answers, you be immediately disqualified and
will be barred from participating in future quiz
events.
▪ You can always ask quizmaster for more information
if you don’t know the answer.
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6. Mixed Bag
Set of 10 questions to begin the
proceedings. +5 per correct answer.
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7. 1. Claim to Fame.
His name is Abhinav Kumar. He worked for a german company
headquartered at Düsseldorf, Germany where his official Job title was
Country Manager (India). He left that company and joined Paytm in 2019 as
their VP of Marketing.
He attributes his fame entirely to chance and says he was in right place in
right time. He quotes "We were looking for an average looking guy but it was
hard to find one. So people asked me to go for it as I have a pretty average
face."
He became an internet sensation and was a household face for something he
did. What ?
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8. 8

9. 1
The Trivago Guy
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10. 2. Identify X
▪ X is a nakshatra in Indian astronomy spread in Tula or Libra (The 7th
House of Natural Vedic Astrology), ruled by the planet Jupiter Brihaspati
or Guru , It is also the birth star of the hindu deity Lord Murugan.
▪ In Hindu mythology, X is a daughter of king Daksha. She was one of the
twenty-seven daughters of Daksha who married the moon-God
Chandra
▪ X is also one of the main gopis in Krishna lila, Krishna's muses in Gokula
Vrindavana.
▪ However, X lends their name to one of the major smart cities of India,
which in turn, is the financial capital of both its current state and its
erstwhile state.
▪ ID X ?
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11. 11

12. 2
Vishaka
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13. 3. Which person’s
death is portrayed in this
amul cartoon ?
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14. 14

15. 3
Sunderlal Bahuguna
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16. 4. Why was that
match called off midway ?
▪ This was the scorecard after India's innings at their 1984-85 tour to
Pakistan. It was called off after only this one innings and the remaining
matches in the tour were scraped off. Recounting the day, Sialkot's then
deputy commissioner recalls "I sat there nonplussed, thinking, 'This
cannot be implemented!' India was playing Pakistan, 25,000 people in the
stands were cheering every ball. How could I step in and tell everyone
to pack up and go home in the middle of the innings?".
▪ He goes on saying "It was surreal. Here we were, telling them they
wouldn't get to watch Pakistan bat against India, that we were offering
them no refund. Yet 25,000 people applauded and filtered out onto the
street as if nothing of note had happened. I have to say this was quite
shameful."
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17. 4
The match was
actually quite nicely
poised after a nice
innings by Dilip
Vengsarkar.
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19. 4
Indira Gandhi’s
Assasination
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20. 5. Identify this song
▪ This african song became an inspiration of which classic hindi song ?
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22. 5
Laila o Laila
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23. 6. What day ?
▪ As per Hindus, this day is ruled by god Vishnu. It is traditionally
celebrated as the birth day of the Hindu sage Parashurama.
▪ It is also believed that on this day the Treta Yuga began and the river
Ganga, the most holy and sacred river of India, descended to the earth
from the heaven.
▪ According to Hindu mythology, this was also the day when VedaVyasa
started dictating the epic Mahabharata to Ganesha.
▪ It falls on the third Tithi (Lunar day) of Bright Half (Shukla Paksha) in the
month of Vaishakha.
▪ Unless you live in a vacuum, it is impossible to be unaware of this day in
India because it has been turned into a marketing gimmick. What day
am I talking about?
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25. 6
Akshaya Tritya
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26. 7. Give me the
locality
▪ This rare Indo-Roman structure is the tomb of Monsieur Raymond who
was a french General in the Nizam’s Military.
▪ He made himself popular through his kindness, bravery and
contribution.
▪ He was equally popular amongst both Hindu and Muslims earning him
different names in both languages.
▪ His popularity lead to him being the namesake of one of the city’s
localities, where his tomb is located.
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28. 7
Musa-ram-bagh
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29. 8. Identify this art
form
▪ The name of this indian art form literally means "to tell a story".
▪ The art form is believed to be originated from the practice of
storytelling of nomadic bards in ancient Northern India.
▪ It evolved during the Bhakti movement by incorporating stories and life
of Hindu god "Krishna". Despite its origin it is unique in incorporating
cultural elements of both Hindu and Muslim traditions.
▪ During the british colonial era, this art form suffered vast criticism
from the west where it was called as a front for Prostitution and Indian
female artists were termed as "devadasis or Tawaifs"
▪ To escape the ridicule, Teachers started training boys as most criticism
was not towards the art form but its female artiste.
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31. 8
Kathak
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32. 9. Identify this brand
▪ XY is a suburb of Mumbai whose name has been derived from the
names of two old temples.
▪ The brand Y gets its name from XY, where its first factory was
established way back in 1929.
▪ Its most popular product became India’s 1st domestic FMCG brand to
cross the 5000 crore mark in sales. (2013)
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34. 9
Parle-G
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35. 10. Identify this movie
+ actress
▪ The National film awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in
India. With the exception of 2020(duh!) it has been held every year
awarding prominent film artists across India in different languages.
▪ Despite being one of the prominent film industries of India, Telugu film
industry has often underperformed at this awards in the Big four
category(Best Film, Best Director, Best Actors & Best Actress).
▪ It has yet to win in Best actor and Best director category with a lone win
in Best Film for Baahubali in 2015.
▪ Best Actress is the only category where it has won 4 awards till date
with the latest one coming in 2018.
▪ Identify the actress and the movie (no part points)
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37. 10
Keerthy Suresh
for Mahanati
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38. Geographical
List it
List names of all 10 places. +5 per
correct answer. Additional +10 if all
correct.
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39. Example
Name these cities
in India along with
their old name.
+3 for old, +2 for
new name.
You have 5
minutes!
All cities have min
2.5 L population
(2011 census)
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41. 41

42. 42

43. Theme select
Question based on theme selected by
teams.
+15 on own theme. +10 on other theme
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44. Pick a Theme
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Sudha
Murthy
N. T.
Rama
Rao
Maharana
Pratap
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Pullela
Gopichand
Gautam
Adani
Karna
Shashi
Tharoor
Imtiaz
Ali
Sarojini
Naidu

45. Sudha Murthy
▪ Before co-founding Infosys, Sudha Murthy worked at a company X.
▪ She was the first female engineer to be hired at X which was, at that
time, one of India’s biggest companies. She joined the company as a
Development Engineer in Pune and then worked in Mumbai &
Jamshedpur as well.
▪ She was planning to go to US on a scholarship when she came across a
job posting by X stating their “Male only policy”.
▪ She wrote to the CEO of X at that time Mr.Y complaining about their
gender discriminatory policy. In response Mr.Y ( being the Visionary he
is) conducted a special female interview only for Sudha Murthy during
which she got hired.
▪ Tell me the Company X
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46. 46

47. Sudha Murthy
TELCO ( TATA
Engineering and
Locomotive Company)
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48. Imtiaz Ali
▪ Fill in the blanks
▪ (part points)
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49. 49

50. Imtiaz Ali
2017 - Jab Harry met
Sejal
2020 - Love Aaj Kal
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51. Shashi Tharoor
▪ Sachin Tendulkar
▪ Shashi Tharoor
▪ Anil Ambani
▪ Salman Khan
▪ Priyanka Chopra
▪ Kamal Hassan
▪ Mridula Sinha
▪ Baba Ramdev
▪ Entire cast of “Tarak Mehta ka Ooltah Chasmah”
▪ What is common between these “NINE” people who were publicly
announced in 2014 as the first people as a part of something ?
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53. Shashi Tharoor
First celebrities
nominated by PM
Modi to spread
awareness about
Swach bharat Mission
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54. Karna
▪ Karna was the illegitimate son of Kunti, He was born “by mistake” when
Kunti was just testing a spell that granted her power to birth kids after
invocation of a god. The god who is called upon will bestow upon that kid
their powers.
▪ She abandoned that kid who grew up to be Karna after being raised by
foster parents.
▪ Karna had a Kavach and Kundala that were basically impenetrable and
he also possessed the deadly weapons Brahmastra and Divyastra. He
was a strong enemy for the pandavas in Battle of Mahabharata.
▪ Who was the god who was invoked that let to birth of Karna
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56. Karna
The Sun God or Surya
Devta
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57. N.T. Rama Rao
▪ X was one of the most prominent film actress often cited as one of the
first female superstars of south indian film industry.
▪ She has acted along side N.T. Rama Rao starring in 12 films from 1965 -
1973. Even though she wasn’t a traditional telugu language actress, she
did a lot of telugu films during her career.
▪ Her relationship with NTR has always been special which carried on
post retirement till his death in 1996.
▪ When casting of her biopic was going on, NTR’s grandson NTR Jr. was
offered the role to play his grandfather but he politely declined. After
which NTR’s role was cut from the movie.
▪ I need the Female actress X and her Biopic name ( no part points)
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59. N.T. Rama Rao
J.Jayalalitha
Thalaivi
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60. Maharana Pratap
▪ Maharana Pratap ruled Kingdom of Mewar during 1572 - 1597. His capital
was Chittorgarh situated in Rajasthan.
▪ After refusing to ally with mughals, Akbar sent an army to lay siege to
capital of Chittorgarh. Pratap escaped chittorgarh and fought forces of
Raja man singh at Battle of Haldighati in 1576. He lost and had to
relinquish control of Mewar to mughals.
▪ However he rallied his troops together and took control of mewar back
in 1582. Pratap however couldn’t regain his old capital back and had to
establish a new capital.
▪ Identify this new capital situated near modern day Udaipur where he
ruled from till his death in 1597.
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62. Maharana Pratap
Chavand or Chawand
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63. ?
▪ He holds a degree from REC Srinagar of B.Tech in Mechanical
Engineering.
▪ He became culturally and socially active for the betterment of this
community and built a school campus using simple, low-cost traditional
techniques which runs entirely on solar energy.
▪ To solve the problem of water shortage faced by his community, he built
an artificial glacier which stores winter water which can be reused in
Summer. It stores approx 150,000 litres of water.
▪ He was in news recently for his opinions on “Boycott China Goods”
movement and urging people to “use your wallet power”.
▪ Identify
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65. ?
Sonam Wangchuk
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66. Pullela Gopichand
▪ Pullela Gopichand established his academy in Hyderabad in the year
2008. He mortgaged his house and sacrificed his normal life to make his
dream come true.
▪ However this money wasn’t sufficient to build a world class facility.
Through a mutual acquaintance he approached X who loaned him 5 Cr in
three installments.
▪ X waived off the initial loan amount stating that the only returns he
hopes to receive from this investment is that this academy produces
olympic champions.
▪ With successes of P.V.Sindhu, Saina Nehwal at Olympics, and the role
this academy has played in bolstering Indian badminton scene, It’s safe
to say that X got his expected returns.
▪ ID X.
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67. 67

68. Pullela Gopichand
Nimmagadda Prasad
(Matrix Laboratories)
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69. Gautam Adani
▪ Gautam Adani is the founder and chairperson of Adani group.
▪ He founded The Adani Group in 1988 and diversified his business into
energy, defence, agriculture, resources, and aerospace, logistics,
amongst others.
▪ In 2019,A subsidiary of Adani Group X won “Honorary special mention”
at India’s first Corporate social responsibility awards. This was partly
because of the fact that X, was creating standard for technological
innovation fuelled by high level automation and operated completely on
renewable energy.
▪ This Subsidiary boasts of World’s biggest coal import terminal and also
houses the largest container port in India.
▪ Name this Subsidiary.
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71. Gautam Adani
APSEZ ( Adani Ports
and Special Economic
Zone Limited ).
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72. Sarojini Naidu
“See how the speckled sky burns like a pigeon's throat,
Jewelled with embers of opal and peridot.
See the white river that flashes and scintillates,
Curved like a tusk from the mouth of the city-gates.
Hark, from the minaret, how the muezzin's call
Floats like a battle-flag over the city wall.
From trellised balconies, languid and luminous
Faces gleam, veiled in a splendour voluminous.
Leisurely elephants wind through the winding lanes,
Swinging their silver bells hung from their silver chains.”
Identify which city is Sarojini Naidu writing about ?
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74. Sarojini Naidu
Hyderabad!
From the poem
(NIGHTFALL IN THE
CITY OF HYDERABAD)
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75. Picture
Connect
5 questions, each bearing 10 points.
Additional 5 if you tell me obvious one
missing
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76. 1
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78. 1
Indian Politicians who
died in Accidents.
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79. 2
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81. 2
Singers in “Mile sur
mera Tumhara”
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82. 3
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84. 3
Indian players with a
test century at Lords
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85. 4
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87. 4
Actors who played
Mahatma Gandhi on-
screen
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88. 5
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90. 5
Immortals according
to Hindu Mythology
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91. And the Winner Is… ?
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92. THANKS!
Any questions?
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