HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY
Rules
• Teams should consist of 2 members.• Members should be of same house.• Clues will be shared for tough questions.• Quiz Master’s decision will be final and binding.
Round 1
• A business magnate having diversified business interests.
• He has two sons Anmol & Anshul.
• One of his companies signed a joint venture with Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks Studios in 2009.
• Identify A
A
• B is a word which is common in the names of many companies owned by A.
• B is part of the popular tagline launched by IDBI Bank in 2009.
B
C
Name the movie C released in 2013 which contained 68 minutes of 1300 visual effects delivered by parent company of B.
D
• D, a MP from one of the constituencies related to C.
• D served as Minister for Communications and Information Technology during 2004-07 and Minister for Textiles during 2009-11 in Union Cabinet .
E
• E acquired 24 % stake in a deal valued at Rs. 2060 crore in one of the Indian companies which has Brussels, Belgium as international hub.
• E belongs to the same sector in which D’s brother acquired 37.7 % stake in a Gurgaon based company in 2010.
Round 2
F
• F served as the Governor of Tamil Nadu for 4 years and was a member of the National Human Rights Commission.
• F is distinctly remembered for holding a position in the Indian Judiciary System and is the first such person in Asia to do so.
• Identify F
G
• G is the Holder of the Hawk, The One with the Blue Horse.
• G is credited with the founding of Khalsa.
H
I
• I was founded by the merger of 3 companies - Birla, Tata, and AT&T- known as BATATA.
• In 2013, I was listed as the second most trusted brand in its category in the Brand Trust Report 2013.
• J was a renowned polymath and is known for many contributions for science.
• J wrote Niruddesher Kahini, a science fiction novel.
• J was also a fellow of the Royal Society.
• Identify J
J
K
• K was the author of “A History of the Sikhs: 1469-1838”,
• K returned his Padma Bhushan award in 1984 in protest against the siege of the Golden Temple by the Indian Army.
L
• L was founded by Bipin Behari Dasgupta in 1818 in Calcutta.
• L was nationalized in 1956 by an Act of Parliament and thus renamed.
• L was recently served show cause notice by the regulator for ‘misleading’ advertisements.
• Identify L
M
• M was founded in 1945 in Ludhiana. • Malik Ghulam Muhammad, one of
the founders later served as first Finance Minister of Pakistan.
• Give new name of the company.
This Indian Physicist is considered as one of the founders of “Optical Fiber”.
Identify N.
N
O
Identify the missing one.
?
P
• P, known as “city of weaver” is biggest centre for producing low priced blankets in the India .
• P has a special place in history of India as the site for many famous battles.
Q
• Identify the company
R
• R was a famous ruler.• He is often called as “R the great” • He built a famous temple which in 2010
turned 1000 years old and is considered a UNESCO World Heritage site.
• Under his rule he built a hugely successful military and naval force.
S
• S is an endangered species found in Central Asia
• Scientific name : Panthera uncial• Usually confined to alpine and sub-
alpine regions• It is mainly known for its beautiful, thick
fur.• Unlike other members in its family, it
cannot roar and is usually much smaller in size
T
• T is capital city of the country whose Prime minister is the Chief Guest of Republic Day parade, 2014.
U
U is the political party which has been allotted this election symbol
V
• 2012 Bollywood comedy-drama film directed by Shoojit Sircar and produced by actor John Abraham.
• The film opened to critical acclaim. The film is loosely based on the Canadian French film Starbuck.
• It closely focuses on an aspect which is still considered a taboo in India.
W
X
What is hidden?
Y
• Y is a suburb which hosts biennial air show Aero India, one of the largest of its kind in Asia
• Y has training center of BSF, CRPF and State Reserve Police
• Y houses a Rail Wheel Factory
Z
• Z was launched in 2004 as an India's entertainment television channel.
• It’s Sister channel, Times Nowcaters to urban audience
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