Travel and tourism quiz

1. WELCOME QUIZ COMPETITION

2. Round I
•(forward) – Each team gets 1 question
each
•(reverse) - Each team gets 1 question
each

3. Round II
•Each team gets 5 questions
consecutively.

4. Rounds III
• Each team gets 1 question each
Pictures of Monuments

5. Round IV
•There will be 10 questions, anybody can
answer

6. Round V – IDENTIFY THE
COUNTRY
• Each team gets 1 question each
•Identify the city from the picture

7. ROUND I

8. 1. This tomb was built by a Mughal
Emperor’s widow, Haji Begum, nine years
after his death. Name this monument

10. •Humayun’s Tomb

11. 2. This site is the last resting place of
Mahatma Gandhi – the Father of the
Nation

13. •Raj Ghat

14. 3. Also known as Sansad Sadhan
today, this building during British
period was called as the circular
House. Which building are we referring
to .

16. • Parliament House

17. 4. This observatory was built by Sawai
Jai Singh II of Jaipur and is located in
the centre of Delhi

19. •Jantar Mantar

20. 5. The name Karnataka itself derives
from what type of terrain, which
abounds in this state?

22. The name Karnataka,
comes from the word
"Karu-nadu" in the local
tongue, Kannada, which
means, "hilly land".

23. REVERSE

24. 5. Second Largest city in
Jharkhand –

26. •Jamshedpur

27. 4. What is The Chicken's
Neck

29. •Siliguri Corridor is a narrow
stretch of land which connects
India's north-eastern states to the
rest of India. This strip of land of
land is only 21 to 40 km in width,
with the countries of Nepal and
Bangladesh lying on either side of
the corridor.

30. 3. The seven states of the North East,
including Sikkim, also known as the
seven sisters. Which is the largest
state among the 'seven sisters'?

32. •Arunachal Pradesh

33. 2. Full form of MC Road in
Kerala? –

35. •Main Central Road
(Angamaly to
Kesavadasapuram)

36. 1. Capital of Uttaranchal –

38. •Dehradun

39. ROUND II
Each team gets 5 questions

40. Team I
1. Granary of India -

42. Punjab

43. Team I
2. This westward river originates in Madhya
Pradesh in Central India, sandwiched
between the Vindhya Range in the North
and the Satpura Range in the South. It
flows through a tiny bit of northern
Maharashtra, before emptying itself in
the Arabian sea. What is the name of
this river?

44. NARMADA

45. Team I
3. This is one of the two biggest rivers in the
tiny state of Goa, along with the Zuari. It
is famous for boat cruises, dolphins, and
even an off-shore casino! It finally
empties itself into the Arabian sea near
Panaji (Panjim), the capital of Goa. What
is the name of this river?

47. •The Mandovi River, also known
as Gomati, has its origin at
Bhimgad in the Sahyadri range
of the Western Ghats. It enters
Goa from the north and flows for
77 kilometres in the state

48. Team I
4. In which country do the Ganga (Ganges)
and the Brahmaputra meet? -

50. •Bangladesh

51. Team I
5. This place was once a French trading
centre. It is also the home of the famous
Aurobindo Ashram. Name the place:

53. •Pondicherry

54. TEAM II

55. 1. How many districts is Goa divided into?
TEAM II

57. •2. The districts are North Goa and South
Goa

58. 2. Goa is the smallest state in India
interms of area. Second smallest
is-
TEAM II

60. Sikkim

61. 3. The largest cricket stadium in Asia which
is located in West Bengal
TEAM II

63. •The Eden Gardens Cricket Stadium
- has a seating capacity of more than a lakh
spectators

64. 4. This is the first planetarium to be set up in
India. The largest planetarium in south
East Asia. Second largest in the world.
TEAM II

66. •The M. P. Birla Planetarium, Calcutta,
which started functioning on September
22, 1962 and was formally inaugurated on
July 2, 1963 by the first Prime Minister of
India, Pundit Jawaharlal Nehru. With a
capacity for 500 people

67. 5. Vizag is better known as
Visakhapatnam. But the Colonial
British built another settlement away
from the port. It housed their
residence and the University. What
was the name of this settlement. –
TEAM II

69. •Waltair

70. TEAM III

71. 1. A museum stands on a beach of Vizag. It
is the only one of its kind in Asia. Only
the USA, the UK and Russia have such
museums. What are we talking about
here?
TEAM III

73. •A Submarine Museum. - INS Kursura, built
in the USSR and commissioned in the
Indian Navy as its fourth submarine on
December 18, 1969, played a crucial role
in the 1971 Indo-Pak war.
Decommissioned in February 2001,

75. 2. These simple tiffin carriers have become
famous for their efficiency with Forbes
business magazine giving them a Six
Sigma rating. What are they called?
TEAM III

77. •The Dabbawallas. They have devised their
own method to accurately deliver the
lunch boxes (or "tiffins") that they collect
from each house to the correct office.
•They have been invited to give lectures by
premier institutes like the Confederation of
Indian Industry. On his recent visit to India,
Prince Charles met the Dabbawallas to
congratulate them on their efficient
methods. They were also the only Indians
invited to his wedding with Camilla Parker
Bowles on April 8th, 2005 as his personal
guests.

78. 3. Which is the capital of Lakshadweep? –
TEAM III

80. •Kavaratti

81. 4. What is the most common religion in
the state of Meghalaya? -
TEAM III

83. •Christianity

84. 5. Which Indian city is the capital of two
states? –
TEAM III

86. •Chandigarh

87. TEAM IV

88. 1. The famous Pushkar Fair is held
every year. What is its specialty? –
TEAM IV

90. •Largest live stock fair,
especially camels.

91. 2. After independence, Indian leaders
decided to divide Indian states on
the basis of the language spoken
there, for their development and
progress. Which was the first state
to be created on this basis?
TEAM IV

93. •Andhra Pradesh - Telugu is the official
language of Andhra Pradesh. It was
separated from the Madras Province
where Tamil is spoken.

94. 3. Four of India's first thirteen Prime
Ministers are from which Indian
state?
TEAM IV

96. •Uttar Pradesh - Four of the first thirteen
Indian Prime Ministers of India belong to
the state - Uttar Pradesh, especially the
district Amethi. J. L. Nehru, his daughter
Indira Gandhi and her son Rajiv Gandhi
were all from Amethi. Prime Minister A. B.
Vajpayee is from Allahabad

97. 4. In what way the names, The Nina, The
Pinta and The Santa Maria is associated
with Christopher Columbus –
TEAM IV

99. •Name of the three ships,
he got from Queen
Isabella

100. 5. In 1849 some people were swept up
in the excitement of what is called
The Gold Rush. In which state in
USA was gold found?
TEAM IV

102. •California - In 1848 Joseph Marshall
found some pieces of gold in a
stream on the property of a man
named Joseph Sutter. Some
estimate that over 300,000 people
came to California. They were given
the name, the "49'ers".

103. TEAM V

104. 1. OFFICIAL language of United States of
America –
TEAM V

106. •None

107. 2. Who was the first person to
perform a "space walk?"
TEAM V

109. Alexei Leonov. - Soviet cosmonaut Leonov
performed the first space walk during the
Voskhad II mission on March 18, 1965. He
made this historic space walk as he flew
over Siberia.
The first American to perform a space walk
was Edward White in June of 1965. He
flew in the Gemini IV mission along with
James McDivitt.

110. 3. “Welcome a guest. Send back a friend” is
often found on the copy of an
advertisement of the Ministry of Tourism
and hotels. Name the great visionary,
who said this:
TEAM V

112. •India’s first Prime Minister
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

113. 4. He built the first world-class hotel in India
by an Indian for Indians, (which today is
counted upon as one of the finest hotels
in the world) & commissioned it pre-
independence during the British rule.
Name this man (full name please).
TEAM V

115. •Jamshedji Nusservanji
Tata, The Taj Mahal Hotel
at Bombay,
commissioned in
December 1932

116. 5. Her grave is the most popular and most
visited tourist site in North India and very
famous across the globe. Name the
memorial, its location. -
TEAM V

118. •The Taj Mahal, Agra the
tomb of Arjumand Banu
nee Mumtaz Mahal

119. END OF ROUND II

120. ROUND III-
Identify the Monuments

121. 1

123. 1. Stonehenge

124. 2

126. 2. Hawamahal, Jaipur

127. 3

129. 3. Humayun's Tomb

130. 4

132. 4. Red fort

133. 5

135. Akshardham Temple Monument to
World Peace
The Akshardham monument, built without steel, is
entirely composed of sandstone and marble. It
consists of 234 ornately carved pillars, 9 ornate
domes, 20 quadrangled shikhars, a spectacular
Gajendra Pith (plinth of stone elephants) and
20,000 murtis and statues of India's great sadhus,
devotees, acharyas and divine personalities.

136. ROUND IV
ANYBODY CAN ANSWER
THESE 10 QUESTIONS

137. 1. Deccan Odyssey, Royal Orient, Fairy
Queen India – What are they?

139. •the most luxurious trains
in the country.

140. 2. What is the endangered wildlife
common to Sariska, Corbett &
Nagarhole sanctuaries? –

142. •Tiger

143. 3. One horned rhinoceros are the USP of
this national park in this Indian state. The
other place we can find it is Nepal

145. •Kaziranga National Park, Assam

146. 4. And in this town, you will find the only
temple dedicated to Lord Bharatha of the
Ramayana -

148. •Koodal Manikyam temple,
Irinjalakuda, Trissur

149. 5. Which annual festival is celebrated in
“Chowpatty Beach” -

151. Ganeesh Chaturthi

152. 6. Name of the garden in Rashtrapati
bhavan? –

154. •Mughal Garden

155. 7. Which river runs beside India Gate? -

157. •Yamuna

158. 8. What was the importance of the Red Fort
during British rule? -

160. •Red Fort was the head
quarters of the British
army

161. 9. Named after the roman goddess of
flowers, this fountain is situated at the
heart of Mumbai, Hutatma Chowk or
Martyr's Square as it is built in
commemoration of those martyrs in the
birth of Maharashtra sate. –

163. Flora fountain

164. 10. In the courtyard of the mosque there is a
7m high ancient iron pillar. The amazing
thing about this 2000-year-old pillar is
that it has not rusted till date. This
complex also house a 72.5 metre tower
which is the tallest sandstone tower in
India. Which is this tower?

166. •Qutab Minar

167. ROUND V
IDENTIFY THE COUNTRY

168. 1

170. •AUSTRALIA

171. 2

173. •BRAZIL

174. 3

176. •CHINA

177. 4

179. •JAPAN

180. 5

181. •ENGLAND

183. END OF ROUND IV

184. •Ustad Ahmah Lahori is
renowned because ?

185. He is considered to be the
chief architect of Taj Mahal