RULES

• There are 20 questions for the preliminary round.

• Each question carries +1 points.
• There will be no negative points for wrong answers.
• Answers are to be written in legible handwriting.
• Phonetically correct answers will be accepted.
• Phones are to be switched off and placed on the table.
• The quiz master’s decision will be final.
 Question 01

Nicknamed “Toofani” by Gandhiji, and a recipient

of the National Award for Child Welfare, 1987,
Malati Chaudhary, a member of the constituent
assembly advocated for education in rural areas and
rural reconstruction. She was a staunch believer in
a feature of the constitution, X, but she was also
quoted to have said that despite the granting of X,
the “uneducated, poor, and hungry” were not
going to be alleviated. What is X?
 Question 02

This 94-year-old woman is called Bhagwani Devi,

shown in the picture with her grandson, Vikas
Dagar, a Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award recipient.
She made news recently, for something she did, in
the same field as her grandson. What is her claim
to fame?
Question 02
 Question 03

Recently, the No. 45 Squadron, also known as

Flying Daggers, of the Indian Air Force was
shifted from an air base X in South India to
Ladakh, due to security concerns. The squadron
was operating the indigenous HAL Tejas and was
initially based at Bangalore, Karnataka, and later
shifted to the main base at X, in 2018. Which
airbase am I talking about? 
 Question 04

Madhur Jaffrey, an Indian-American actress, is

once said to have caused the city of Manchester to
run out of cilantro/coriander one day, due to
something she did on television. What did she do?
Question 04
 Question 05

The Viceroy Palace, designed by Edward Lutyens

is a 130 hectare sprawling mansion known by a
different name to all of us. Although this 140 room
building is known to us for a special purpose, the
very first Indian occupant of this building did
not serve the special purpose. What building am I
talking about, and who was the first occupant?
 Question 06

The weavers of X silk are said to be descendants of

the great sage Markanda, who are supposed to have
woven tissue from lotus fiber. A 2008 film directed
by Priyadarsan with the name X won the Best
Film award and the Best Actor award at the 55th
National Film Awards. Find X.
 Question 07

Recently, a London-based Keralite named Ashok

Thamarakshan made news for building a home-
grown 4-seater single engine Sling TSi, for his
family of wife and two daughters, Thara and Diya
to travel around Europe. He made it because he
could not accommodate his in the two-seater
aircrafts he used to hire. What did he name the
aircraft?
 Question 08

The standup comedian Naveen Richard is seen to

have commented on the extremely busy traffic in
the city of Bengaluru in his Amazon Prime
special, and the city management’s desperate
attempts to alleviate it by employing ring roads
and other measures. Recently, the city took a
concrete step towards the same by joining hands
with company X, becoming the first city in the
country to do so. Find X.
 Question 09

Nanjiamma, a tribal folk singer, was awarded the

Best Female Playback Singer in the 68th National
Film Awards, for her singing in the movie
Ayyappanum Koshiyum. The movie also bagged
awards for Best Direction, Best Supporting Actor
and Best Stunt Choreography. The award for the
Best Director was awarded posthumously to Y,
who passed away in 2020.

Who is Y?
 Question 10

The channel Y was started in a makeshift studio and

it hit TV sets in 1965 with a five-minute news
bulletin. It ran its first-ever color telecast on April
25, 1982. Identify Y.
 Question 11

The Beatles were associated with various facets of

Indian culture. They even traveled to Rishikesh, to
take part in Transcendental Meditation training. In a
1965 concert at New York’s Shea Stadium, they
are said to have worn a particular type of jacket,
originally a statement style of a popular politician
in India. What was this jacket called?
 Question 12

“Gurus of Peace” is a revived track of a Tamil

song composed by AR Rahman, which won the
1994 National Film Awards for Best Female
Playback Singer for Swarnalatha, and Best
Lyricist for Vairamuthu. What song am I talking
about?
 Question 13

The International Booker Prize of 2022 was won

for the first time by a Hindi novel written by
Geetanjali Shree, about an 80-year-old Indian
Woman’s sudden decision to travel to Pakistan.
What is this book called?
 Question 14

For the World Food India event in New Delhi in the

year 2017, an attempt was made to popularise a
particular dish the National Dish of India. What
was this dish that was dubbed to be the “wonder
staple of India” , and is one of the most common
and easy-to-cook breakfast meals, all over India?
 Question 15

Rouf is a folk dance performed during spring, in C,

when flowers are in full bloom. The performing
women wear salwar-kameez covered with
Pheran. They also use a headscarf called Kasaab.
Traditional silver jewelry is used to accompany the
attire. The dance form and the attire find
representation in most depictions of C in media.
Identify location C, known for its scenic beauty.
 Question 16

The word juggernaut stands for a massive

inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object
that crushes whatever is in its path. It is derived
from a Sanskrit word, that signifies a chariot
festival in one of the famous temples in India.
Identify the origin of the word and/or the name of
the temple.
 Question 17

X, also called a shikora, is a traditional utensil

from North India and Pakistan that is typically
unpainted and unglazed. The interesting feature of
the cup is that it is not painted, differentiating it
from a terracotta cup. X may also have been used in
the region, right from the times of the Indus Valley
Civilization. Identify X.
 Question 18

Z is a cartoon character, described as a “witness

to the making of democracy”. The elder brother of
Y, the creator of Z, is also a famous personality,
known for his wonderful works of fiction.
Identify Z.
 Question 19

In 1982, at the age of 22, an Indian architect

landed an assignment with the Italian edition of
Vogue on Rajasthani jewelry. This young girl went
on to star in two movies: In which Annie gives it
to those ones and Massey Sahib. However, we
know this architect-actress due to another
achievement of hers, and through her literary works
like The Algebra of Infinite Justice. Who is she?
 Question 20

Y, a particular drill conducted by the BSF has

been going on since 1959, and has been described
as a display of “carefully choreographed
contempt”. Identify Y.
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Answers
Preliminary Round
 Question 01

Nicknamed “Toofani” by Gandhiji, and a recipient

of the National Award for Child Welfare, 1987,
Malati Chaudhary, a member of the constituent
assembly advocated for education in rural areas and
rural reconstruction. She was a staunch believer in
a feature of the constitution, X, but she was also
quoted to have said that despite the granting of X,
the “uneducated, poor, and hungry” were not
going to be alleviated. What is X?
 Question 01

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 Question 02

This 94-year-old woman is called Bhagwani Devi,

shown in the picture with her grandson, Vikas
Dagar, a Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award recipient.
She made news recently, for something she did, in
the same field as her grandson. What is her claim
to fame?
Question 02
 Question 02

Winner of a gold medal in the 100m sprint, and a

bronze medal each for shot put and discus throw, at
the 2022 World Masters Athletics Championship.
 Question 03

Recently, the No. 45 Squadron, also known as

Flying Daggers, of the Indian Air Force was
shifted from an air base X in South India to
Ladakh, due to security concerns. The squadron
was operating the indigenous HAL Tejas and was
initially based at Bangalore, Karnataka, and later
shifted to the main base at X, in 2018. Which
airbase am I talking about? 
 Question 03

Air Force Station, Sulur (Sulur, AFS), the second

largest airbase in the country, second to the Air
Force Station Hindan, New Delhi.
 Question 04

Madhur Jaffrey, an Indian-American actress, is

once said to have caused the city of Manchester to
run out of cilantro/coriander one day, due to
something she did on television. What did she do?
Question 04
 Question 04

She cooked an Indian recipe with chicken that used

coriander leaves in it, causing millions to try out the
dish on the day of the telecast, causing the
convenience stores in the city of Manchester to run
out of coriander leaves.
 Question 05

The Viceroy Palace, designed by Edward Lutyens

is a 130 hectare sprawling mansion known by a
different name to all of us. Although this 140 room
building is known to us for a special purpose, the
very first Indian occupant of this building did
not serve the special purpose. What building am I
talking about, and who was the first occupant?
 Question 05

Rashtrapati Bhavan, formerly known as the Viceroy

Palace, was first occupied by C. Rajagopalachari,
before the first president of the country, Dr.
Rajendra Prasad occupied it.
 Question 06

The weavers of X silk are said to be descendants of

the great sage Markanda, who are supposed to have
woven tissue from lotus fiber. A 2008 film directed
by Priyadarsan with the name X won the Best
Film award and the Best Actor award at the 55th
National Film Awards. Find X.
 Question 06

X- Kanjeevaram
The Kanjeevaram silk sarees are woven in
Kanchipuram in Tamil Nadu.
 Question 07

Recently, a London-based Keralite named Ashok

Thamarakshan made news for building a home-
grown 4-seater single engine Sling TSi, for his
family of wife and two daughters, Thara and Diya
to travel around Europe. He made it because he
could not accommodate his in the two-seater
aircrafts he used to hire. What did he name the
aircraft?
 Question 07

Ashok Thamarakshan named the aircraft after his

daughter Diya, as G-Diya.
 Question 08

The standup comedian Naveen Richard is seen to

have commented on the extremely busy traffic in
the city of Bengaluru in his Amazon Prime
special, and the city management’s desperate
attempts to alleviate it by employing ring roads
and other measures. Recently, the city took a
concrete step towards the same by joining hands
with company X, becoming the first city in the
country to do so. Find X.
 Question 08

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike joined

hands with Google to improve traffic in the city.
 Question 09

Nanjiamma, a tribal folk singer, was awarded the

Best Female Playback Singer in the 68th National
Film Awards, for her singing in the movie
Ayyappanum Koshiyum. The movie also bagged
awards for Best Direction, Best Supporting Actor
and Best Stunt Choreography. The award for the
Best Director was awarded posthumously to Y,
who passed away in 2020.

Who is Y?
 Question 09

Y – K R Sachidanandan, professionally credited as

Sachy.

He is an Indian screenwriter, director and film

producer. He passed away after the massive success
of his 2020 action thriller Ayyappanum Koshiyum,
a story of conflict between ex-Havildar Koshy
Kurien and SI Ayyappan Nair.
 Question 10

The channel Y was started in a makeshift studio and

it hit TV sets in 1965 with a five-minute news
bulletin. It ran its first-ever color telecast on April
25, 1982. Identify Y.
 Question 10

Doordarshan.

Doordarshan started as an experimental broadcaster

in Delhi on 14 September 1959, and it started with
a small transmitter and a makeshift studio.
 Question 11

The Beatles were associated with various facets of

Indian culture. They even traveled to Rishikesh, to
take part in Transcendental Meditation training. In a
1965 concert at New York’s Shea Stadium, they
are said to have worn a particular type of jacket,
originally a statement style of a popular politician
in India. What was this jacket called?
 Question 11

The Beatles wore a Nehru jacket, and were reported

to have spread the fashion to the “universe”.
 Question 12

“Gurus of Peace” is a revived track of a Tamil

song composed by AR Rahman, which won the
1994 National Film Awards for Best Female
Playback Singer for Swarnalatha, and Best
Lyricist for Vairamuthu. What song am I talking
about?
 Question 12

The song is Poraale Ponnuthaayi from the movie

Karuthamma. The song Gurus of Peace starts
with the lines “Chanda suraj laakhon taare” and
was first released as a part of ARR’s Vande
Mataram album in 1997.
 Question 13

The International Booker Prize of 2022 was won

for the first time by a Hindi novel written by
Geetanjali Shree, about an 80-year-old Indian
Woman’s sudden decision to travel to Pakistan.
What is this book called?
 Question 13

Tomb of Sand, originally called Ret Samadhi,

translated by the American translator Daisy
Rockwell.
 Question 14

For the World Food India event in New Delhi in the

year 2017, an attempt was made to popularise a
particular dish the National Dish of India. What
was this dish that was dubbed to be the “wonder
staple of India” , and is one of the most common
and easy-to-cook breakfast meals, all over India?
 Question 14

The food is Upma/Khichdi.

 Question 15

Rouf is a folk dance performed during spring, in C,

when flowers are in full bloom. The performing
women wear salwar-kameez covered with
Pheran. They also use a headscarf called Kasaab.
Traditional silver jewelry is used to accompany the
attire. The dance form and the attire find
representation in most depictions of C in media.
Identify location C, known for its scenic beauty.
 Question 15

Rouf is folk dance form belonging to Kashmir, and

the choreography of the song Bumro Bumro from
the movie Mission Kashmir is modelled on the
artform.
 Question 16

The word juggernaut stands for a massive

inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object
that crushes whatever is in its path. It is derived
from a Sanskrit word, that signifies a chariot
festival in one of the famous temples in India.
Identify the origin of the word and/or the name of
the temple.
 Question 16

Juggernaut is the anglicized name for the Hindu

God Jagannath, a form of the Lord Vishnu, presides
over a massive temple in Puri, Odisha. The Rath
Yatra is a famous ritual at the Puri Jagannath
Temple.
 Question 17

X, also called a shikora, is a traditional utensil

from North India and Pakistan that is typically
unpainted and unglazed. The interesting feature of
the cup is that it is not painted, differentiating it
from a terracotta cup. X may also have been used in
the region, right from the times of the Indus Valley
Civilization. Identify X.
 Question 17

Shikora is also known, very popularly, as Kulhad,

as in Kulhad chai.
 Question 18

Z is a cartoon character, described as a “witness

to the making of democracy”. The elder brother of
Y, the creator of Z, is also a famous personality,
known for his wonderful works of fiction.
Identify Z.
 Question 18

Z – The Common Man

Y- RK Laxman
 Question 19

In 1982, at the age of 22, an Indian architect

landed an assignment with the Italian edition of
Vogue on Rajasthani jewelry. This young girl went
on to star in two movies: In which Annie gives it
to those ones and Massey Sahib. However, we
know this architect-actress due to another
achievement of hers, and through her literary works
like The Algebra of Infinite Justice. Who is she?
 Question 19

Arundhati Roy

She is popularly known as the Indian author who

won the 1997 Man Booker Prize for Fiction in
1997, becoming the first non-expatriate Indian
author to win it, for the book The God Of Small
Things.
 Question 20

Y, a particular drill conducted by the BSF has

been going on since 1959, and has been described
as a display of “carefully choreographed
contempt”. Identify Y.
 Question 20

Y – Attari- Wagah Border Ceremony, performed by

the Border Security Force of India and the Pakistan
Rangers of Pakistan. The drill is characterized by
elaborate and rapid dance-like manoeuvres and
raising legs as high as possible. It is both a symbol
of the two countries’ rivalry, and a display of
brotherhood and cooperation between the two
nations.
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