India Quiz

By: Gaurav Mishra

1. This place is Asia’s largest wholesale market. Built by a king for his favorite daughter in 1650 AD so that she could shop all she wanted to. This market place derives its name from the canals filled with water that sparkled like silver in moonlight. What place are we talking about?

Chandni Chowk

2.Amul released this ad in 1988. What was the occasion?

Death of Raj Kapoor

3. It was introduced to the public on 26 July 2009 at a symbolic launch ceremony by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur.  The launch coincided with the tenth anniversary of the conclusion of the Kargil War. It marked the completion of nuclear triad — the capability to fire nuclear weapons from air, land and sea.Its name means the ‘Slayer of Enemies’. What is being talked.

INS Arihant

4. Crowned Femina Miss India in 1954, and was featured in the Vogue along with Maharani Gayatri Devi in the list of 'World's Ten Most Beautiful Women’. Id the personality.

Leela Naidu

5. Id this logo.

NCERT Logo

6. One of the most accepted reasons for Lata Mangeshkar’s rise in Bollywood at an early age is departure of X who was regarded as the greatest singer from indian sub continent. But she left for Pakistan after the partition.Lata Mangeshkar’s early singing style was inspired by her. She was also given the title Mallika-e-Tarannum (queen of melody).Who was X?

Noor Jehan

7. What makes it here in this quiz?

Mohali building that was built in 48 hours.

8. An ancestor of this dynasty, while in his fort, witnessed a Muslim butcher driving a cattle herd for the purpose of slaughter. Being a devout Hindu, he opened a small side door to the stronghold for the cattle. Thereby, allowing the cows to escape their impending doom. Future generations took a great deal of pride in their roots that strongly displayed their predecessor’s religious fervour, and named the dynasty after the word for cow & door.Hint: A person from this dynasty is one of the most famous person in entertainment world and changed his name altogether that is very well known today.Tell the name of dynasty and this person.

Gaekwad And Rajnikanth

9. This particular form of clothing originated from Achkan, which used to be the court dress of nobles of Turkish/Persian origin in the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire. It is mostly wore in India on special occasions.It is also the national dress of Pakistan for men.

What?

Sherwani

10. Where is this place and what is its significance?

Chail Cricket ground,the highest cricket ground in the world (2444 m)

11. Fill in the blank.This is an excerpt from the writings of going-ons at the Jetpur Kamribai School on January 21, 1915, when a certain Shri Nautamlal Bhagvanji Mehta wrote this letter, and did something, that many attribute to Rabindranath Tagore.

“Your behaviour is characterized by what is being told in Hindu religious scriptures about saints as to how they should behave and what religious practices they should follow. It is not an exaggeration to honour you with ______”

As per Mehta’s accounts, when he did this , a lot of senior members of Jetpur objected to it. But he stuck by it. Headmaster Dave was offended and objected to its use because they felt at that time Mehta was giving too much respect.

Mahatma

12. In 2004 Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and number of Indians arrived at the Toronto airport to receive X flown all the way from India. X can only be printed by one organisation in India and had to be made based on a special request. What?

Guru Granth Sahib

13. All of them are primary ingredients used to make what?

Chyawanprash

14. Founded in 1977 by M V Shankar in Bihar, the famous business enterprise has travelled through all the states of the country. The name of the enterprise contains the name of a country (not India).

Jumbo Russian Circus

15. Identify this personality

Dr. Anil Kakodkar Chairman B.O.D. NIT Jalandhar

16. Who is the author of these books?

The great indian novelRiotShow BusinessThe five dollor smile and other stories

Shashi Tharoor

17. The Sanskrit name for this syllable is ‘pranava’ from a root “to shout,sound,praise”,verbally being attested as “to make a humming or droning sound” in the brahmanas and taking the specific meaning of “to utter the syllable” in the chandogya upnishad and the shrauta sutras.The mandukya upnishad is totally devoted to the explanation of syllable.Which syllable are we talking about?

Om

18. Logo of which agency in India?

India Government Mint

19. Born in the small village of Bhabhaura in the Chandauli district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in a Hindu family.X was born into a family of farmers and went on to secure a masters degree in physics, acquiring first division results from the Gorakhpur University.X had been associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh since 1964, at the age of 13 and remained connected with the organization even during employment as a physics lecturer in Mirzapur.Id X.

Rajnath Singh

20. Who designed this symbol in 2010?

Udaya Kumar Dharmalingam