Republic day quiz prelims

The Prelims of Republic Day Quiz, the genre of the quiz is India.
The quiz was held on 25th January, 2021

1. Republic Day Quiz Prelims QuizMasters: Sabyasachi Pradhan, Vishnu Prajapati, Anish Anand

2. Rules A team can consist of upto 3 members. There will be 2 rounds-Prelims and Finals. Total of 6 teams will be selected for the finals The meeting link shall be shared to the registered participants before the quiz along with the google forms in which the answers shall be submitted with other specific instructions. The verdict of the Quiz Master is all abiding and shall be final. It is expected from all our participants not to indulge in any unfair means be it:using internet for searching, discussing with people other than your teammates or other foul means. No prerequisites whatsoever,we just request you all to fill the form,in which one person shall fill the form on behalf of his/her entire team.

3. Rules The Quiz comprises of 51 questions out of which some are star marked to resolve ties. If there any issues do not unmute yourself,instead write it out in the chat box but be sure not to give any answers or hints which will lead to disqualification. We may ask for certain questions if hints are required or not,so if you do not need a hint type no in the chat box and if we receive enough no’s we shall not divulge any hints.

4. Question 1* X, who was originally named as Jarnail Singh, changed his name after being imprisoned for several times for protesting against the Maharaja of Faridkot, he also gained certain title for being a learned person about the Guru Granth Sahib at his college in Amritsar. During his time as the Chief Minister of Punjab he started lifelong pension for the freedom fighter of the state. Identify X.

5. Question 2 In the first cabinet formed by Nehru in after independence, there were a few non-Hindu members present. Given below the list of the same which contains the only female member of the cabinet. Baldev Singh – Sikh Maulana Abul Kalam Azad – Muslim BR Ambedkar - Buddhist Rafi Ahmed Kidwai – Muslim John Mathai - Christian Cooverji Hormusji Bhabha - Parsi X – Christian ID X

6. Question 3 The Mughal Empire, at its time, was one of the richest, more powerful empires in the world. The word Mughal, itself, is a Persian word that refers to the Mongol descent of the rulers of the Empire. But the word Mughal is an exonym, while the empire referred to itself as something else. What was the official name of the Mughal Empire?

7. Question 4 X wrote this letter to Y in 1939. Identify X and Y . DEAR FRIEND, Friends have been urging me to write to you for the sake of humanity. But I have resisted their request, because of the feeling that any letter from me would be an impertinence. Something tells me that I must not calculate and that I must make my appeal for whatever it may be worth. It is quite clear that you are today the one person in the world who can prevent a war which may reduce humanity to the savage state. Must you pay that price for an object however worthy it may appear to you to be? Will you listen to the appeal of one who has deliberately shunned the method of war not without considerable success? Anyway I anticipate your forgiveness, if I have erred in writing to you. I remain, Your sincere friend,

8. Question 5 Kaavan, the world’s loneliest elephant, was transported from a Pakistani zoo to a wildlife sanctuary in Cambodia where he will be able to socialize with other elephants since he felt much more lonely after his partner elephant Saheli died. The elephant was brought to the Pakistan zoo from Sri Lanka in 1985 when Zain Zia, the daughter of the then military dictator General Zia-ul-Haq, had expressed a wish to have an elephant after watching something? What was the peculiar reason?

9. Question 6* The very first Republic Day celebration, that marked the inauguration of the Constitution of India, was celebrated in X, rather than Janpath, which became the permanent location of the celebration only in 1955. X, built in 1933 by Maharaja of Bhavnagar, was renamed as the National Stadium shortly before the 1951 Asian Games, and in 2002, was finally renamed as the Y National Stadium, after one of the most celebrated sports personality of India. Answer with X and Y

10. Question 7 Anand Pai, popularly known as Uncle Pai or Walt Disney of India, was an Indian educationalist and pioneer in Indian comics. He got lifetime achievement award at the first ever comic con organised in India. He is most famous for two of his creation. He founded Tinkle and X . During an interview Anand Pai said that he got the idea of starting X after he saw that students could not answer a simple question from X’s genre in a quiz show that aired on doordarshan. One of X’s comic has also been made into an animated movie which was co-produced by Maya Studios and Cartoon Network India. Identify X.

11. Question 8 Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi, was the original name of some actor who used to work as a bus conductor for the BEST. He used to entertain the passengers by acting drunk. He was spotted in the bus by some passenger, who came out to be Gurudutt. Gurudutt then offered him a role in an upcoming movie. Which famous comedy actor of the golden era Bollywood am I talking about?

12. Question 9 The film Ek Dil Sau Afsane starred Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman in titular roles. In spite of the stellar cast the film did not fare well at the box office. All in all, it wasn’t a remarkable film in any aspect. It was therefore impossible for anyone associated with the film to ever realise that it would become so popular almost 54 years after its release. Why did it become so popular suddenly last year. Give context.

13. Question 10 Connect: India Congo Liechtenstein Bahrain South Korea North Korea

14. Question 11* X’s IMDB page shows just the four films/documentaries he has featured in. The following list is the person’s filmography. Inside Job (2010) Overdraft (2012) Testing Milton Friedman (2012) Money for Nothing (2013) Identify X

15. Question 12 Which group of country has the following logo which India is a part of?

16. Question 13 Significant places associated with the life of Buddha have become popular sites of Pilgrimage in the Subcontinent. Amongst them, the town of X commands a special place as the site where Buddha first propounded on Buddhism. Tradition goes, seven weeks after attaining enlightenment, Buddha spoke to five ascetics, his first disciples, about the Four Noble Truths, in the sermon since titled as Dharma Chakra Pravartana Sutra, or the Turning the Wheel of Righteousness. We additionally know about X from a significant archaeological discovery in 1904-05, which later became the source some very important symbology. Identify X.

17. Question 14 This fair takes place during Kartik Purnima, in the month of November and December. The initial venue of this fair 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 attraction after a certain 1972 Act was passed by the Government of India. This fair is considered as the largest of its kind in Asia, which fair is this?

18. Question 15 To commemorate their Golden Jubilee in 1958, Tata steel built a 237 acre park in Jamshedpur, which is now considered as the green heart of the city. The park’s horticulture garden is renowned for their rose hybrids and there are over 1000 rose variety in this park. From its inception, what special delivery did this park use to do until 1964?

19. Question 16* When India and Pakistan were partitioned, it meant partition of assets as well. It did also include small items such as paper clips. One of the bitterly fought over object was a gold plated thing used by the Viceroy. To decide the fate for this, Col. Govind Singh and Sahabzada Yaquub Khan tossed a coin and India got it. It was regularly used by the President of India till 1984, but was given up owing to the security concerns. In 2012, when Pranav Mukharjee became the President, he started using it again and is now used by his successor as well. What is being talked about here?

20. Question 17 X first noticed Gyanwati Sethi of Lahore, while she was playing a game of tennis. Thereafter, in a series of subsequent meetings, they drew closer to each other in the course of time. They eventually got married in 1939. The catch of their special event is the fact that their marriage party arrived with a fleet of Tiger Moth planes which flew in formation over the train that carried the young couple to their honeymoon. X , an avid pilot , with his wife-cum-co-pilot, Gyan battled through various challenges together. In one such incident, the two flew to Indonesia together to rescue the Indonesian leaders in distress. Identify X.

21. Question 18 Identify the company from its logo whose market value if adjusted in today’s term would have been be 7.9 trillion US dollar.

22. Question 19 The addition of a vowel to the olden name of a present day city, makes it synonymous with a religious school. Which city am I talking about?

23. Question 20 The small town roots of this 24 year-old person made him the perfect example for the target age group the government wanted to spread this message to. His family gave the Ministry permission to use some of his photographs and videos but refused to take any money for them. However, it has now become painful for the family to see these visuals today which is understandable how this person has become the face of something across the country. Who is this, someone we must’ve seen or heard of?

24. Question 21* One of the most well known landmark in this city, this engineering marvel has been secretly threatened in the recent years owing to a ubiquitous Indian habit. While the structure, completed in 1943, has withstood the weight of its teeming human load, officials say it cannot continue to survive the outcome of the habit. The problem has been addressed when officials realized that the bases reduced half of its original size owing to highly corrosive nature of slaked lime and paraffin involved. As a protective measures a £20,000 project to provide protective fiberglass cover at the bases began in 2013. Official also mooted the idea of pasting the photos of gods goddesses as an alternative for glass cover. Which landmark and what Indian habit?

25. Question 22 X is a term of very recent origin. The word surprisingly originated only in 1963 as an American slang used in carnivals. In India we didn’t know about the term at all till early in 1990’s, when we woke up to the headlines in Times of India screaming this particular word. Which word?

26. Question 23 Dr. Honigberger, a Romanian doctor successfully treated Maharaja Ranjit Singh(leader of the Sikh empire) for his paralysis of Vocal Cords in 1839. He also cured his favourite horse of its bad leg ulcers. Even after the passage of so many years, the legacy of this treatment continues to echo. How was this the first instance of something in India?

27. Question 24 X Mehrauli Siri Fort Tughlaqabad Firozabad Old Fort Shahjahanabad Identify X and connect

28. Question 25 Connect: Kolkata Thalassery Lucknow Ambur Hyderabad Malabar Memoni Dindigul

29. Question 1* X, who was originally named as Jarnail Singh, changed his name after being imprisoned for several times for protesting against the Maharaja of Faridkot, he also gained certain title for being a learned person about the Guru Granth Sahib at his college in Amritsar. During his time as the Chief Minister of Punjab he started lifelong pension for the freedom fighter of the state. Identify X.

30. Answer Giani Zail Singh

31. Question 2 In the first cabinet formed by Nehru in after independence, there were a few non-Hindu members present. Given below the list of the same which contains the only female member of the cabinet. Baldev Singh – Sikh Maulana Abul Kalam Azad – Muslim BR Ambedkar - Buddhist Rafi Ahmed Kidwai – Muslim John Mathai - Christian Cooverji Hormusji Bhabha - Parsi X – Christian ID X

32. Answer Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

33. Question 3 The Mughal Empire, at its time, was one of the richest, more powerful empires in the world. The word Mughal, itself, is a Persian word that refers to the Mongol descent of the rulers of the Empire. But the word Mughal is an exonym, while the empire referred to itself as something else. What was the official name of the Mughal Empire?

34. Answer Gurkani Empire

35. Question 4 X wrote this letter to Y in 1939. Identify X and Y . DEAR FRIEND, Friends have been urging me to write to you for the sake of humanity. But I have resisted their request, because of the feeling that any letter from me would be an impertinence. Something tells me that I must not calculate and that I must make my appeal for whatever it may be worth. It is quite clear that you are today the one person in the world who can prevent a war which may reduce humanity to the savage state. Must you pay that price for an object however worthy it may appear to you to be? Will you listen to the appeal of one who has deliberately shunned the method of war not without considerable success? Anyway I anticipate your forgiveness, if I have erred in writing to you. I remain, Your sincere friend,

36. Answer Mahatma Gandhi wrote this letter to Adolf Hitler

37. Question 5 Kaavan, the world’s loneliest elephant, was transported from a Pakistani zoo to a wildlife sanctuary in Cambodia where he will be able to socialize with other elephants since he felt much more lonely after his partner elephant Saheli died. The elephant was brought to the Pakistan zoo from Sri Lanka in 1985 when Zain Zia, the daughter of the then military dictator General Zia-ul-Haq, had expressed a wish to have an elephant after watching something? What was the peculiar reason?

38. Answer She demanded an elephant after watching Haathi mere Saathi

39. Question 6* The very first Republic Day celebration, that marked the inauguration of the Constitution of India, was celebrated in X, rather than Janpath, which became the permanent location of the celebration only in 1955. X, built in 1933 by Maharaja of Bhavnagar, was renamed as the National Stadium shortly before the 1951 Asian Games, and in 2002, was finally renamed as the Y National Stadium, after one of the most celebrated sports personality of India. Answer with X and Y

40. Answer X- Irwin Amphitheater Y- Major Dhyan Chand

41. Question 7 Anand Pai, popularly known as Uncle Pai or Walt Disney of India, was an Indian educationalist and pioneer in Indian comics. He got lifetime achievement award at the first ever comic con organised in India. He is most famous for two of his creation. He founded Tinkle and X . During an interview Anand Pai said that he got the idea of starting X after he saw that students could not answer a simple question from X’s genre in a quiz show that aired on doordarshan. One of X’s comic has also been made into an animated movie which was co-produced by Maya Studios and Cartoon Network India. Identify X.

42. Answer Amar Chitra Katha

43. Question 8 Badruddin Jamaluddin Kazi, was the original name of some actor who used to work as a bus conductor for the BEST. He used to entertain the passengers by acting drunk. He was spotted in the bus by some passenger, who came out to be Gurudutt. Gurudutt then offered him a role in an upcoming movie. Which famous comedy actor of the golden era Bollywood am I talking about?

44. Answer Johnny Walker

45. Question 9 The film Ek Dil Sau Afsane starred Raj Kapoor and Waheeda Rehman in titular roles. In spite of the stellar cast the film did not fare well at the box office. All in all, it wasn’t a remarkable film in any aspect. It was therefore impossible for anyone associated with the film to ever realise that it would become so popular almost 54 years after its release. Why did it become so popular suddenly last year. Give context.

46. Answer India quiz mein memes nahi honge

47. Question 10 Connect: India Congo Liechtenstein Bahrain South Korea North Korea

48. Answer National Day, Liberation Day or Independence Day on 15th August.

49. Question 11* X’s IMDB page shows just the four films/documentaries he has featured in. The following list is the person’s filmography. Inside Job (2010) Overdraft (2012) Testing Milton Friedman (2012) Money for Nothing (2013) Identify X

50. Answer Raghuram Rajan

51. Question 12 Which group of country has the following logo which India is a part of?

52. Answer Commonwealth Nations

53. Question 13 Significant places associated with the life of Buddha have become popular sites of Pilgrimage in the Subcontinent. Amongst them, the town of X commands a special place as the site where Buddha first propounded on Buddhism. Tradition goes, seven weeks after attaining enlightenment, Buddha spoke to five ascetics, his first disciples, about the Four Noble Truths, in the sermon since titled as Dharma Chakra Pravartana Sutra, or the Turning the Wheel of Righteousness. We additionally know about X from a significant archaeological discovery in 1904-05, which later became the source some very important symbology. Identify X.

54. Answer Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh

55. Question 14 This fair takes place during Kartik Purnima, in the month of November and December. The initial venue of this fair 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 attraction after a certain 1972 Act was passed by the Government of India. This fair is considered as the largest of its kind in Asia, which fair is this?

56. Answer Sonepur Cattle Fair

57. Question 15 To commemorate their Golden Jubilee in 1958, Tata steel built a 237 acre park in Jamshedpur, which is now considered as the green heart of the city. The park’s horticulture garden is renowned for their rose hybrids and there are over 1000 rose variety in this park. From its inception, what special delivery did this park use to do until 1964?

58. Answer Roses for Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru

59. Question 16* When India and Pakistan were partitioned, it meant partition of assets as well. It did also include small items such as paper clips. One of the bitterly fought over object was a gold plated thing used by the Viceroy. To decide the fate for this, Col. Govind Singh and Sahabzada Yaquub Khan tossed a coin and India got it. It was regularly used by the President of India till 1984, but was given up owing to the security concerns. In 2012, when Pranav Mukharjee became the President, he started using it again and is now used by his successor as well. What is being talked about here?

60. Answer The Presidential Buggy

61. Question 17 X first noticed Gyanwati Sethi of Lahore, while she was playing a game of tennis. Thereafter, in a series of subsequent meetings, they drew closer to each other in the course of time. They eventually got married in 1939. The catch of their special event is the fact that their marriage party arrived with a fleet of Tiger Moth planes which flew in formation over the train that carried the young couple to their honeymoon. X , an avid pilot , with his wife-cum-co-pilot, Gyan battled through various challenges together. In one such incident, the two flew to Indonesia together to rescue the Indonesian leaders in distress. Identify X.

62. Answer Biju Patnaik

63. Question 18 Identify the company from its logo whose market value if adjusted in today’s term would have been be 7.9 trillion US dollar.

64. Answer Dutch East India Company

65. Question 19 The addition of a vowel to the olden name of a present day city, makes it synonymous with a religious school. Which city am I talking about?

66. Answer Madras Madrasa

67. Question 20 The small town roots of this 24 year-old person made him the perfect example for the target age group the government wanted to spread this message to. His family gave the Ministry permission to use some of his photographs and videos but refused to take any money for them. However, it has now become painful for the family to see these visuals today which is understandable how this person has become the face of something across the country. Who is this, someone we must’ve seen or heard of?

68. Answer Mukesh Harane

69. Question 21* One of the most well known landmark in this city, this engineering marvel has been secretly threatened in the recent years owing to a ubiquitous Indian habit. While the structure, completed in 1943, has withstood the weight of its teeming human load, officials say it cannot continue to survive the outcome of the habit. The problem has been addressed when officials realized that the bases reduced half of its original size owing to highly corrosive nature of slaked lime and paraffin involved. As a protective measures a £20,000 project to provide protective fiberglass cover at the bases began in 2013. Official also mooted the idea of pasting the photos of gods goddesses as an alternative for glass cover. Which landmark and what Indian habit?

70. Answer Howrah Bridge Spitting on the wall

71. Question 22 X is a term of very recent origin. The word surprisingly originated only in 1963 as an American slang used in carnivals. In India we didn’t know about the term at all till early in 1990’s, when we woke up to the headlines in Times of India screaming this particular word. Which word?

72. Answer SCAM

73. Question 23 Dr. Honigberger, a Romanian doctor successfully treated Maharaja Ranjit Singh(leader of the Sikh empire) for his paralysis of Vocal Cords in 1839. He also cured his favourite horse of its bad leg ulcers. Even after the passage of so many years, the legacy of this treatment continues to echo. How was this the first instance of something in India?

74. Answer Homeopathy

75. Question 24 X Mehrauli Siri Fort Tughlaqabad Firozabad Old Fort Shahjahanabad Identify X

76. Answer Qila Rai Pithora 7 Cities of Delhi

77. Question 25 Connect: Kolkata Thalassery Lucknow Ambur Hyderabad Malabar Memoni Dindigul

78. Answer Types of Biryani