Election Quiz JAN 19 Prelims Prometheans Club

The Prelims round of the Election Quiz of the Prometheans Club organised on 08/04/2019, for its members.

1. ELECTION QUIZ PRELIMS By- Nikhil Dwivedi & Shubham Mishra

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3. RULES 20 questions, each question carrying 1 mark Answers to be written in BLOCK LETTERS . Top 6 teams will qualify for the final round. Use of any electronic gadgets like mobile phones etc. will lead to instant disqualification . Question 5 and its multiples are star-marked * questions and will be used for tie breakers .

4. GOOD LUCK!!!

5. 1. To account for the large number of illiterate voters, what interesting experiment which continues till date was started in elections after the Government of India Act?

6. POLITICAL SYMBOLS FOR EACH PARTY

7. 2. X was a famous ornithologist, even sometimes called as the father of the Indian Ornithology . But he is known for an altogether different work he did in late 19 th century with the help of 72 people. Who?

8. A.O. HUME

9. 3. Samajwadi Party, Telugu Desham Party and the Jammu and Kashmir Panthers Party have one thing in common between them. What is this common link which connects these three political parties?

10. CYCLE AS THEIR SYMBOL

11. 4. ’Althing’ which was founded in 930 A.D. is considered to be the oldest legislature in the world. It has 63 members elected over every 4 years. It is the parliament of which country ?

12. ICELAND

13. 5.* He is K Padmarajan ,a homeopathic doctor, who entered the Limca Book of Records in 2004, 2014 and 2015 for some ‘feat’. What record does he hold?

14. MOST UNSUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE (LOST 170 ELECTIONS THAT HE HAS CONTESTED)

15. 6. After the General elections of 1996, 13 parties came together and formed government in India with HD Devegowda and IK Gujral as the Prime Ministers in succession. What was the name of the coalition of these 13 parties?

16. UNITED FRONT

17. 7. In a historic elections in his country, X became the PM again after a long stint from 1981 to 2003 in 2018 . X is currently the oldest currently serving state leader of the world . Identify him .

18. MAHATIR MOHHAMED

19. 8. Sikkim, Nagaland and Mizoram-these states have one thing in common when it comes to elections. What ?

20. ONLY ONE LOK SABHA SEAT

21. 9. Frank Anthony and AET Barrow :-1951-52 George Baker and Richard Hay :- 2014. In an inexhaustible list, What do they represent?

22. ANGLO INDIAN MPs

23. 10.* In the General elections of 2009, the song ‘ Jai Ho ’ was used for a special purpose. What purpose did this song had served then ?

24. ELECTION CAMPAIGN SONG OF INC

25. 11. Identify this 1955 batch IAS officer who was also awarded with the Magsaysay award in 1996.

26. T.N. SHESHAN

27. 12. Ajay Singh , the co-founder and owner of Spicejet is credited with something that created ripples across India in 2014 . What?

28. ABKI BAR MODI SARKAR

29. 13.Whose re-election is being talked about?

30. SEPP BLATTER

31. 14. In October 2016, a political party named Peoples’ Resurgence and Justice Alliance was launched in Manipur by a famous civil rights activist and contested two assembly seats . In the 2017 elections, the winner in Thoubal , Ibobi Singh, received 18,649 and this famous civil rights activist received 90 votes. Identify this civil rights activist.

32. IROM SHARMILA

33. 15.* The branch of political science which deals with the study and scientific analysis of elections is known as ………………… .

34. PSEPHOLOGY

35. 16. Estonia, an European nation used some sort of innovation in its general elections in 2007 which made it the first nation to do so . What was introduced back then?

36. ONLINE VOTING

37. 17. Until the 1967 general elections, the Member of Parliament representing this constituency was unelected but directly appointed by the President of India. After 1967 the MP was elected by adult franchise. The current MP is Bishnu Pada Ray of BJP . Which Lok Sabha constituency is this which is yet to get an MLA of itself ?

38. ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS

39. 18. What is being depicted in the map on next slide?

40. THE ROUTE OF L.K. ADVANI’s OF RATHYATRA

41. 19. Who has been the only President of India to have served as Lok Sabha Speaker?

42. NEELAM SANJEEVA REDDY

43. 20.* Connect

44. PRASHANT KISHOR

45. …now even you should clap for your self

46. Check out the Final round for more!