Thomso'14 India Quiz - Mains

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__ ______ is the symbol that represents the One Supreme Reality and is a central tenet of Sikh religious philosophy. It is the first phrase in the Mul Mantra, referring to the existence of ‘one consonant’ and is consequently a part of the Sikh morning prayer, Japji Sahib.

Ik Onkar

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•What is the next number of the following series ? •5, 1, 3, 2, 2020, _?_

½ (Numbers in chetan bhagat novels)

3. Guess the person who has been blanked out.

Kailash Satyarthi

4. Where do you find these codes?

On the dabbas of Mumbai

Dabbawalas

5. The other side of which character (here playing veena) is portrayed here?

Raavan

6. X Constant

• Everybody knows 1729 is Ramanujan’s number . • But the number 6174 is known after which Indian mathematician. It

has got a very special property: For example Take any four-digit number, using at least two different digits say 4325 then

• 5432 – 2345 = 3087 • 8730 – 0378 = 8352 • 8532 – 2358 = 6174 • 7641 – 1467 = 6174 • You always get 6174

Kaprekar’s Constant

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•Mysore Paints and Varnishes Private Ltd. (MPVPL) was established in 1937 by Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar and is currently state-owned. It is the largest producer in Asia of a certain product that it started making in 1962, that has been used successfully by over a billion people, and is exported to several developing countries in Asia and Africa. The product has a very short shelf life and is therefore made-to-demand. • Identify the product.

Indelible Ink used to mark at the finger of

the voter

8. This recital by Birendra Krishna Bhadra is an extremely important component of Durga Puja in eastern states, mainly

Bengal. How is this known as?

Mahalya

9. He is Basharat Peer. Currently Editor of India Ink, New York Times. One of his writing collaborations has come out

on 2nd October 2014. Name it.

Peer was the script writer along with Vishal Bharadwaj for the Bollywood film Haider.

10. •This celebrity very recently posted her selfie on her facebook page for breast cancer awareness. •Id.

Sona Mohapatra

11. Who ?

Dalai Lama

12. This carving is found in a Hoysalwera temle in Halebeid, India. What is it depicting?

Chakravyuh

13. Identify this scoreboard.

From the movie Lagaan

14. Identify the Comics name or the comic character.

Comic- Bal Narendra

character- PM Modi

15. Connect!

Kishore Kumar- his 4 wives

16. Id the person and what item?

Alokesh, was a child prodigy at Tabla, he often accompanied his father on shows.

In April 2014 he declared that along with his wife, they had a particular type of item amounting to Rs 37 lakhs.

Bappi Lahiri & Jewellery

17. A very famous design of a company inspired by this lake. Id.

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• In many ways this city X is Indian equivalent of Timbaktoo. •The largest number of requests for film songs addressed to the channel came from X. Young listeners from the town would compete among themselves to send out the most song requests in a day or month. •Vividh Bharati Radio listeners thus became familiar with the town of X. Many listeners of Vividh Bharti used to doubt the existence of such a village,and thus the “X" came to be associated with any less-known or insignificant place.

Jhumri Talaiya

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• She is the author of over 100 books and sold more than 3 million copies. • A Padma Shri Awardee, she was also awarded Women of the Year by Indian Merchants' Chamber in 2005. •Which famous author ?

Tarla Dalal

20. Excerpt from which famous hymn?

Giri-Vara-Vindhya-Shiro-adhi-Nivaasini Vissnnu-Vilaasini

Jissnnu-Nute

Bhagavati He Shiti-Kannttha-Kuttumbini Bhuri-Kuttumbini Bhuri-

Krte Jaya Jaya He Mahissaasura-Mardini Ramya-Kapardini

Shaila-Sute

Ramya-Kapardini Shaila-Sute Suravara-Varssinni Durdhara-

Dharssinni Durmukha-Marssinni Harssa-Rate

Tribhuvana-Possinni Shangkara-Tossinni Kilbissa-Mossinni

Ghossa-Rate Danuja-Nirossinni Diti-Suta-Rossinni Durmada-

Shossinni Sindhu-Sute

Jaya Jaya He Mahissaasura-Mardini Ramya-Kapardini Shaila-

Sute

Ai Girinandini

21. Connect:

Played the role of Satyanveshi Byomkesh

Bakshi

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•How is Asumal Thaumal Harpalani or Asumal Sirumalani popularly known as? •Born : 17 April 1941 (age 73) Berani, British India(Now in Pakistan)

•The flag is 60 feet in width and 90 feet in length and is hoisted on the top of a 207 feet high mast. The flag weighs around 37 kilograms. The flag is made of knitted polyester fabric called ‘deneir polyester’ manufactured in Mumbai by the ‘Flag Shop’. The Chakra (wheel) of the flag has been painted by using specialized printing process. •The flag is illuminated at night with the usage of eight 2,000 Watt lights. A special permission for this has been taken for this purpose from the Home Ministry Flag is guarded by guards and CCTV cameras have been installed around it. •Where is this largest national flag? I want a very specific location

Central Park, Connought Place

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•Amir Khusrau's one of the most famous couplet is about Kashmir

“gar firdaus bar roo-e zameen ast, hameen asto hameen asto hameen ast”

What does it mean?

If there is a paradise on earth, it is

here, it is here, it is here.

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•The original building was constructed using bricks from Burma. The building had a big tower at centre used as a watch tower and had seven wings which emerge from tower as rays of sun. Building had 693 rooms. Wings were designed in such a way that doors of rooms in one wing faced back of another wing • Which Building ???

Cellular jail or Kalapani

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“All revolutions are spiritual at the source. All my activities have the sole purpose of achieving a union of hearts.“

Identify the person.

Acharya Vinoba Bhave

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•This song takes into account the two tragically romantic tales of X-Y and Mirza- Sahiba. • In one story X leaves his lover and marries another suitor, and in the other story Mirza takes his beloved Sahiba away on a horse. Hence in the song the girl wants to be called ‘’Sahiba’’ instead of Y, although Mirza and Sahiba die at the end of the story. • Id the bollywood song.

Heer from Jab Tak Hai Jaan

•Heer Heer na akho adiyo Main te Sahiba hoi Ghodi leke aave le jaaye Ghodi leke aave le jaaye Ho mainu le jaaye Mirza koi Le jaaye Mirza koi Le jaaye Mirza koi...

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