Pick your poison

Part 1 of Final Round of LAC's India Quiz

1. Rules This round will have 16 questions.  This is a hybrid Pick Your Poison with Pounce Round. Each team will receive 2 direct questions. For them, the marking will be +10/0. After the QM has read out the question, the team who has the direct question has 60 second s to think about the answer, after which they have to speak out the answer. For the team who wants to pounce, must tag the moderator in the WhatsApp that they want to pounce in the first 15 seconds after the QM finishes reading the question. They will have additional 45 seconds for writing the answer. If the team fails to write any answer in those 45 seconds, they will get -10 points. The marking scheme for pouncing teams in +15/-10. Once the window closes, no answers will be accepted. Remember, answers are accepted as long as the question is displayed on the screen.  In case of any dispute, QM is God, and his decision will be final.

2. Poison MELA Etymology Food Biz-Tech International Relations It Happens Only in India Famous Personalities Monuments

3. MELA

4. 1. I am a village that everybody knows of but I don't exist. The predicaments here, ranging from religious missionaries to little kids arguing over toys like spinning tops and cowrie shells, although fictional were not unheard of at that time and that's what attracted visitors from all over the country irrespective of their language backgrounds. But guess what? Most of the residents here are fluent in only one language. Who am I?

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7. Malgudi

8. 2. A connoisseur of powerful words, X ranks among the prolific poets and stalwarts of the Hindi language. X's pen dipped in the ink of veer rasa aided her fight against social injustice and colonial rulers. She was one of the first women to be jailed for Satyagrah . X was very vocal about the caste discrimination around her. Infact , she encouraged one of the first openly intercaste marriages of her daughter with the son of Y, a contemporary of hers, known for his Hindi-Urdu works and having equally liberal ideas for his time. Identify X and Y.

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11. X – Subhadra Kumari Chauhan Y – Danpat Rai ( Munshi Premchand )

12. Etymology

13. 3. X is believed to get its name from Y who is believed to have settled and discovered X first. The literal meaning of X’s Sanskrit version translates into Y’s lake or Y’s mountain. Identify X and Y.

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16. X -- Kashmir Y -- Sage Kashyap (Rishi Kashyap )

17. 4 . CEC Sukumar Sen was outraged by the practice, which he described as "a bizarre useless legacy of the past," and ordered his officials to amend the rolls by putting the women's names "instead of simple descriptions of such voters." Nonetheless, 2.8 million female voters had to be removed off the list. Sen saw the uproar over their omission as a 'positive thing,' because it would help the identity bias fade away before the next elections. What was the social practice discussed here?

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20. The practice of naming women as “ Chintu Ki Mummy” or “ Danpat Ki Beti ”

21. Food

22. 5 . X is a dense, sweet confection originating in the Middle East and Central and South Asia. It is also served in the Balkans, the Caucasus, Eastern Europe, Malta, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, and in the Jewish diaspora. In some Indian cultures, the dish is known as a soup-based sweet. X is actually derived from an Arabic word Y whose literal meaning is " sweet confection". Identify X.

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25. Halva

26. 6. A famous Indian multinational company X started way before independence was named on the household name of its founder. It had its first manufacturing plant in Kolkata. Recently, it came into controversy because a foreign country Y, finding it unhealthy and harmful, banned its products. But when tests were carried in different parts of India, nothing harmful was found. Hence, there was a little bit of outrage on social media sarcastically trolling Y & its citizens. Identify X & Y.

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29. X – Haldiram Y - USA

30. Biz-Tech

31. 7 . America was engulfed in a bloody Civil War in the early 1860s. Subsequently, the cotton crop in America suffered a significant failure in 1846. Textile merchants in the United Kingdom were forced to look for other markets as a result. Traders in the United Kingdom then focused their attention on the cotton harvest in India, one of the British colonies at the time. The migration of Great Britain's principal supplier from America to India heralded the commencement of one of India's largest companies. Since then, it has been a vital part of the country. X, a self-sustaining social welfare system that has become a nation's lifeline, has knitted a subcontinent together and brought the concept of united India to reality . Identify X.

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34. Indian Railways

35. 8. After the announcement of a major policy in 2016 to complement it the then Indian government had launched an application named Y which is also the popular name by which a scholar, who played a prominent role in fighting against caste-based discrimination. The underlying principle of Y is X which was so innovative that tech giants such as Google, Facebook, etc have made their own application based on X.

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38. X - UPI Y - BHIM

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40. X is a business entrepreneur of Indian origin. His father was a captain in the Indian army & mother worked for the central bank of India. He briefly worked for Apple Computer as a hardware engineer. He along with his colleague created a web app on America’s Independence day symbolizing “freedom” from a conventional method of communication. Later, Microsoft acquired the app & X worked for Microsoft for some time. Then, he left Microsoft and developed many other communication services. ID X.

41. ID the Stock which is being talked about in this meme.

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43. International Relations

44. 9 . X is a technique used by Y which India has been the primary subject of X's implementation. X is based on the principle of changing the status quo and then acting like it has been this way since time immemorial, ultimately leading to actually the new status quo is considered as a fact. Y has now expanded X's implementation to countries to its south lying in the pacific ocean Identify X and Y.

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47. X – Salami Slicing Y – PRC (People’s Republic of China)

48. 10 . X a country claiming to be Z which India also recognized for a brief period of time. Owing to international pressure and a UN technicality India revoked X’s recognition and instead recognized Y which also claims to be Z, as a legitimate country. Although coming from the same ethnic backgrounds both lie at the opposite ends of political systems running their respective countries. Identify X and Y. (No part points)

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51. X – Taiwan Y – People’s Republic of China Z = X + Y = Republic of China

52. It Happens Only In India

53. 11 . Six Sigma (6 Sigma) is a collection of methodologies and tools for improving processes. Bill Smith, an American engineer who worked at Motorola at the time, was the first to introduce it in 1986. A six sigma process is one in which 99.99966 percent of all opportunities to generate a feature of a part are expected to be defect-free statistically. X is a famous Indian organization which is a certified Six Sigma. In the late 1800s, a rising number of migrants arrived in a Metropolitan city X, from all across the country, and fast food and canteens were not readily available. All of these people went to work early in the morning and often went hungry for lunch. They came from diverse communities and, as a result, had different tastes, which created a difficulty for roadside food sellers to cater their needs. Organization X was born out of this necessity. Identify X. A famous movie Y by an internationally acclaimed actor was made by this organization, based on one of the rare errors the organization has ever made. Identify X, Y and the rare error.

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56. X – Dabbawallahs Y – Lunchbox Rare Error – Lunchbox gets delivered to the wrong address

57. 12 . Before the advent of electricity, the Britishers tackled extreme Indian climate by hiring Xs in government offices and their mansions. Their entire job was to perform just a single function. After the revolt of 1857, the Britishers were very careful about hiring X, and having a certain impairment was one of the primary requirements for the job. Identify X, the impairment and why it was necessary . (3 points each for X and impairment, 4 points for necessity).

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60. X – Pankhawallah Impairment – Deaf Reason – They can’t hear confidential talks happening in the offices/houses.

61. Famous Personalities

62. 13 . In the early 19th century, Jews were being persecuted from Europe, when a famous Indian freedom fighter X also took their stand, fought for them & described them as “Untouchables of Europe”. But when they were trying to seek shelter in an Arab region(famous as Palestine at that time), there was a conflict between them, & when X was asked about his say in their conflict, he took the Arabs stand & stated that it would be immoral to obstruct Jews on Arabs. Identify X.

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65. M. K. Gandhi

66. 14 . X, a social entrepreneur, born in South India, known for revolutionizing the Y industry of the country & making India oil-sufficient. His visions were extraordinary and he was known for honesty & fearless nature. Inspired by the prime ministers' methods on setting up cooperatives and plants, Indira's intervention in fruits and vegetables, and Rajiv's intervention in oilseeds and edible oil markets, he started various brands resulting from these, which have become common household names. Back when in a press conference in Mumbai, X told a story that showed his aweless character was about India’s feud with a particular industry of New Zealand. A New Zealand official rudely dismissed India’s products’ export, to which X replied if all of the Indians decide to spit on New Zealand, it would drown their island country. No other man at his position would risk saying such things, but then it was fearless of him. ID X & Y.

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69. X – Dr. Verghese Kurien Y – Dairy Industry

70. Monuments

71. 15 . Situated in the flat rocky plains of the Western Ghats also known as the Deccan Traps, X is a group of monuments designated as a world heritage site. Among the cluster of structures a unique structure Y stands which holds the title of being Z. Y is a temple dedicated to one the 3 supreme deities from the Hindu mythology. X provides a glimpse of the social and cultural construct of Indian society from around 6th century - 10th century CE.

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74. X - Ellora Caves Y - Kailasa Temple Z - Largest monolithic structure in the world

75. 16 . In India, X is a twin temple from the 11th century. Like most Hindu and Jain temples in this region, it is positioned near a Y Fort and is dedicated to Vishnu in his Padmanabha form. There are three entrances to this temple, each from a different direction. A room that is now closed can be found in the fourth direction. X is a perpetual, never-ending feud between the two parties, as shown in popular culture. "The One With a Thousand Arms" is what X actually stands for. Determine who X is and what the conflict is. (5 points for X, 5 for identifying the quarrel)

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78. X – Sas Bahu Temple Quarrel – “ Sas Bahu ” Quarrels

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