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Quiz Questions

QUESTION 1: In his hey days, Kapil Dev was called the 'Haryana Hurricane'. Who gave him the
nickname?


QUESTION 2: What was the village that survived the tsunami largely undamaged and why?


QUESTION 3: What's unique about the North Bengal Lok Sabha constituency in 1952?


QUESTION 4: Which famous place in India gets its name from the local name for "mangrove trees"


QUESTION 5: In 1991, a fire-accident burnt down "Star Theatre"—an old theatre in Calcutta. In the
same year, in a separate fire-accident, the priceless historical collection of a company was gutted in Calcutta. What is the company/institution? And what sort of collection it had?


QUESTION 6: Considered among the most influential personalities in the Bombay film industry,
this gentleman's name means "new happiness" as his year of birth also saw the conclusion of a major war. Who is being referred to?


QUESTION 7: What is the common characteristic between Drona, Dhristadyumna, Jarasandha
and Sita?


QUESTION 8: Which Indian revolutionary was a founding member of the Mexican Communist Party?


QUESTION 9: Name the state in India that does not have a public seat at the Lok Sabha.


QUESTION 10: Who is the director of the Indian film that won the award for Best Film Live Action
6–12 category in the 2005 Kids for Kids festival, Naples? What is the name of the film in English and in vernacular language?


QUESTION 11: During World War II, Country A was under the colonial rule of Country B. Country B
was at war with Country C. Faced with attack from C, B had to withdraw from A. Now, in A, there was a freedom struggle going on to free the country from B. The leader of this struggle was Person D. So when C drove B out of A, D welcomed C as its deliverer and joined his forces with C’s armies. But C treated A so badly that within a couple of years, D switched sides and allied himself with B once again. The Country A got its freedom a few years after WWII. Name A, B, C and D.


QUESTION 12: Once when a soldier said 'I'm proud be in the Forgotten Army', which army he was
referring to.


QUESTION 13: Which actor turned politician was also a nominee for a Nobel prize?


QUESTION 14: Who was the first actor in India to get elected as a member of LokSabha, from
which place and which year?


QUESTION 15: In Mahabharata, we get the ancient names of many regions of modern India. Which
modern state of India was mentioned in Mahabharata in its present day name?


QUESTION 16: Connect Sakuntala, Narada in the story of Savitri and Meerabai.


QUESTION 17: Psychoanalysis is a type of psychodynamic therapy or insight-oriented
therapy, a therapeutic technique for the treatment of neuroses and some psychoses. Sigmund Freud was one of the first proponents of this method/ theory. Which Indian scientist/clinician is generally believed to be the first proponent of this theory in India?


QUESTION 18: What he wrote is remembered especially today (i.e. on 25 April). Who is he, and
how does he relate to the clue?


QUESTION 19: This poet wrote a sathaka (anthology of 100 or more poems) on an eatable. Who is
this writer and what is the name of the sathaka? What is the story of how it came to be written?


QUESTION 20: There is a place in India, of which it is said, that a river passes through a mountain
and emerges on the other side. This is not just a river that travels underground, and emerges some time later at a lower elevation. This river is said to pass through a mountain! What is the name of the mountain? Where is it located?
ANSWER 20


QUESTION 21: There were 2 Sahadevas, one the Pandav, who was the other?


QUESTION 22: What term or phrase is often used in USA to differntiate Indians of India origin from
Native Indians?


QUESTION 23: Recognising the gravity of the HIV/AIDS situation, the head honcho of this Indian
Company started awarness programmes and developing a workplace policy back in 1990, before even the Government was fully aware of the problem. Which Company?


QUESTION 24: Connect James Bond and 2006 Commonwealth Games.


QUESTION 25: Which Indian city did Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala lay the foundation
of?