2ND KALPAVRIKSHA INTERSCHOOL

QUIZ COMPETITION 2013

 OPEN ROUND QUIZ
JUNIOR GROUP (CLASS : V – VII)
 MAIN ROUNDS
ROUND ROUND ROUND
1 2 3

ROUND ROUND ROUND

4 5 6

ROUND ROUND ROUND

7 8 9
TEAM TEAM TEAM
A B C
 Team a

Q) Name the chief minister

from the North eastern state
to be sworn in for the fourth
consecutive time on 6 March
2013 ?
ANSWER
 ANSWER

Manik Sarkar
(Tripura)
 TEAM B

Q) Name the veteran Congress

leader who succumbed to the
injuries following the Naxalite
attack on a Congress rally in
Chhattisgarh ?
ANSWER
 ANSWER

Vidya Charan Shukla

 Team C

Q) Name the Chief minister

who has been chosen for the
United Nations public
service award for his mass
connect programme?
ANSWER
 ANSWER C

Oomen Chandy
TEAM TEAM TEAM
A B C
 Team a

Q) At 105, who became the

oldest Indian vocalist to be
conferred with Padma Shri
award 2013 ?

ANSWER
 ANSWER a

Ustad Abdul Rashid

Khan
 Team b
Q) Ravuri Bharadwaj who
received the Jnanpith award
for the year 2012 recently
writes in which Indian
language ?
ANSWER
ANSWER b

Telugu
 Team C

Q) Name the Padma Shri

winner Madhubani painting
artist who died recently.

ANSWER
 ANSWER C

Mahasundari Devi
TEAM TEAM TEAM
A B C
 Team a
Q) Name the Indian car
making company which has
collaborated with ISRO to
develop India’s first Hydrogen
-Powered Fuel Cell Bus ?
ANSWER
ANSWER a

Tata Motors
 Team b
Q) Which Navy personnel
became the first Indian to
circumnavigate the globe, solo
and non-stop, in a sail boat over
a 150-day voyage this year ?
ANSWER
 ANSWER b

Lt Commander Abhilash Tomy

 Team C

Q) Name the former chief of

ISRO who has been recently
inducted in the prestigious
satellite hall of fame?

ANSWER
ANSWER C

U.R .Rao
TEAM TEAM TEAM
A B C
 Team a

Q) In IPL-6, in which stadium

the final match between
Mumbai Indians and Chennai
Superking was played ?

ANSWER
 ANSWER a

Eden Garden
 Team b
Q) Which school in India
became the first in the world
to send an expedition to
conquer Mt Everest ?

ANSWER
 ANSWER b

Lawrence School, Sanawar

 Team C
Q)Name the mountaineers
from Dehradun who became
the first Indian twins to scale
Mount Everest ?

ANSWER
 ANSWER C

Nunshi and Tashi Malik

TEAM TEAM TEAM
A B C
 Team a

Q) Who is the first woman to

head the leading industry body
of India, Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce &
Industry (FICCI)?
ANSWER
 ANSWER a

Naina Lal Kidwai

 Team b
Q) Which Malaysian budget
carrier is to launch the new
airline along with Tata Group
and Telestra Tradeplace?

ANSWER
ANSWER b

Air Asia
 Team C
Q) Which Indian mobile company
announced that it has partnered
with Wikimedia Foundation for
offering the free mobile access of
Wikipedia to its customers?
ANSWER
ANSWER C

Aircel
TEAM TEAM TEAM
A B C
 Team A

Q) Who has been selected as

the SAARC ambassador from
India for spreading HIV/AIDS
awareness in this region?

ANSWER
 ANSWER
A

Ajay Devgan
 Team B

Q) Name the political party

which has been recently
banned by the Supreme court
of Bangladesh for its dubious
role in its freedom struggle.
ANSWER
 ANSWER B

Jamaat -e- Islami

 Team C

Q) Who became the first

Pakistani woman to scale
Mount Everest on 19 May 2013 ?

ANSWER
 ANSWER C

Samina Baig
TEAM TEAM TEAM
A B C
 Team a

QUOTE : Now, if a man succeeds

in taking the membership of
Rajya Sabha by spending 80 crore
or 100 crore rupees, what will
they think about the poor?
ANSWER
 ANSWER a

Birender Singh
 Team b

QUOTE : "Even today, I can

have a proper meal in Mumbai
for Rs 12"

ANSWER
ANSWER b

Raj Babbar
 Team C
QUOTE 3 : "Poverty is just a state of
mind. It does not mean scarcity of
food, money or material things. If
one possesses self-confidence then
we can overcome poverty.
ANSWER
 ANSWER C

Rahul Gandhi
TEAM TEAM TEAM
A B C
 Team A
Q ) Identify this picture ?

ANSWER
ANSWER : Afzal Guru
Q 2) Name the code name given to
the secret plan for executing
Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorist Afzal
Guru in Tihar Jail in Feb 2013 ?
ANSWER
 ANSWER 2

Operation Three Star

 Team B
Q1) Identify this picture ?

ANSWER
ANSWER1:1
ANSWER Sarabjeet Singh
Q2 ) The daughter of Sarabjeet
Singh, Swapandeep Kaur has
been offered a state job as
promised . What is her post/
designation ? ANSWER
 ANSWER 2

Naib Tehsildar.
 Team C
Q 1 )Identify this picture ?

ANSWER
ANSWER 1: Mahendra Karma
Q2) Name the movement that he
initiated against the Naxalites in
Chhatisgarh.

ANSWER
 ANSWER 2

Salwa Judum
ROUND 9 : CHOOSE YOUR LUCK
 1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9
 1 : International theme

Q) “ Think, Eat, Save - Reduce our

Footprint” is the theme of which
International Day in 2013 ?

ANSWER
 ANSWER

World Environment Day

 2: important day

Q)Which date has been declared by

UN as Malala Day, to remember her
resolution against the injustices of
Taliban ?

ANSWER
 ANSWER

12th of July every year

 4: Science and technology

Q) Which Indian organisation

became the first in the world to
design and successfully test a new
concept of needleless vaccine
delivery system?

ANSWER
 ANSWER

Indian Institute of Science (IISc),

Bangalore
 5: sports

Q)Name the Indian swimmer

who is also the youngest in the
world to cross seven Seas and
four Oceans ?
ANSWER
 ANSWER

Bhakti Sharma
 5: recent appointments

Q) Name the person, who is also

the first from the minority
community to become the Chief of
the Intelligence Bureau (IB) in
India?

ANSWER
 ANSWER

Syed Asif Ibrahim

 6 : art and entertainment

Q) Who won the Best actress

th
award in the 60 National Film
Award 2013 ?

ANSWER
 ANSWER

Usha Jadhav for Marathi

movie Dhag
 7: famous personality

Q) Name the one and only

woman who served as the
Chief Election Commissioner of
India and who recently died ?
ANSWER
 ANSWER

V. S. Ramadevi
 8: defence and space

Q) Who received the second-

highest peacetime gallantry award
the Kirti Chakra on Republic Day
this year ?
ANSWER
 ANSWER

Major Anup Joseph Manjali

 9: wildlife and environment
Q) Which of the following place has
been declared as the world biosphere
reserve by UNESCO under its man
and biosphere programme ?

ANSWER
 ANSWER

Nicobar islands