India Quiz 2015

THE TARKA ROUND!
• 16 questions. Two for each team, in rotation.
• Pounce +20/-10. Open for 5 seconds. Team to
which question is directly addressed can pounce
as well. Must be written down.
• Direct +10 / Pass +5.
• Part points are applicable.
• Hints will be provided only at will.

Q. 1
It’s name has been taken from Sanskrit, taking
inspiration from mythological stories. It was
coined by M. V. Gopalaswamy after starting a
private service in his residence, “Vittal Vihar”, in
1936. Later, the official service launched by the
Indian Government adopted its name after
independence.
What is being referred to here?

Q. 2
Connect (non exhaustive list):
o Sangram (1950) starring Ashok Kumar
o Ziddi (1948) starring Dev Anand
o Pratima (1945) starring Dilip Kumar
o Jwar Bhata (1944) starring Dilip Kumar
o Maa (1952) starring Bharat Bhushan
o Mahal (1949) starring Madhubala
With X, a 2013 anthology film directed by Anurag
Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, Zoya Akhtar and Karan
Johar, celebrating the centenary year of Indian
cinema.

All of these movies were produced by the Bombay
Talkies film studio.

Q. 3
X was created by the god Brahma as the most
beautiful woman; she is the wife of Gautama
Maharishi; on being seduced by Indra, she was
cursed by her husband to become stone until she
was liberated from it by Rama. X’s name literally
means ‘unploughed’, symbolising unfertile land.
X is also the title of a 2015 Bengali short film
directed by Sujoy Ghosh and starring Soumitra
Chatterjee & Y. The plotline is a feminist take on
the original version of the story.
Identify X and Y.

Q. 4
• Four appendages: Labourers (Dalits),
Intellectuals (Brahmins), Traders (Vaishyas) and
Warriors (Kshatriyas)
• Rotational Symmetry indicates harmony of
society
• Pillars indicate balance.
What is this?
(Pounce or Die.)

Q. 5
• Manufactured and marketed by Mohan
Meakin
• Age – 7 or 12 years
• No advertising of the product is done.
However it is hugely popular due to
word-of-mouth.
• Was ranked 5th among Indian brands in
its respective category in Impact
International's 2008 list of "Top 100
Brands At Retail Value“
• Was in a recent controversy regarding its
shutdown due to steadily declining
sales, but rumours deemed false.
What is the product?

Q. 6
Connect with a
specific answer:
Kannum Karalum (1962) Paarthal Pasi
Theerum (1962)
Paadha Kannikkai (1962)
Kalathur Kannamma
(1959)

Movies in which Kamal Haasan starred as a child
actor.

Q. 7
“….often I jokingly tell people that I hold the most
coveted job – I play the whole day and still get paid!
There could be nothing better,” states Arvind
Gupta, an IIT Kanpur graduate, toy inventor and
educationist. He has been teaching science and
toy designing to children by utilising everyday
objects, explaining concepts in a simple manner.
His educational programs were aired in
Doordarshan under the name X, produced by
CIET – NCERT.
What is X?

Colour codes used by Dabbawalas of Mumbai for
delivery of the packages

Q. 9
“The Hindu religion is the only one of the world’s
great faiths dedicated to the idea that the Cosmos
itself undergoes an immense, indeed an infinite,
number of deaths and rebirths. It is the only
religion in which the time scales correspond to
those of modern scientific cosmology. Its cycles
run from our ordinary day and night to a day and
night of Brahma, 8.64 billion years long. Longer
than the age of the Earth or the Sun and about
half the time since the Big Bang.”
A famous quote by whom?

Q. 10
Two of these monuments exist; one at Varanasi,
which was inaugurated by MK Gandhi in 1936,
houses a marble idol of a personified entity;
another at Haridwar, which was inaugurated by
Indira Gandhi in 1983, whose floors are dedicated
to mythological legends, religious deities, freedom
fighters and leaders. What is being referred to?

Temples dedicated to Bharat Mata.

Q. 11
What is this campaign about? A possible connection to
Sundar Pichai.
Hint: The picture itself.

Campaign to name Android L as Android Ladoo.

Q. 12
The Mughals were the most
prominent wearers of this
type of clothing, because
these are quite easy to put
on and the name comes
from the fact that they are
strapped to the side of the
body. The ethnic top
Angrakha from Rajasthan is
a famous example of this
kind of attire. What is this
type of clothing called?

Bagalbandi.
Literally translated to “tie to the side of the body”.

Q. 13
Connect:
• Tipcat in England
• Lippa in Italy
• Pee-Wee in the US
• Klipa in Polish
• kitti-pul in Tamil
• kuttiyum kolum in Malayalam
• viti-dandu in Marathi
• A short story by Munshi Premchand

Q. 14
Identify this famous
Indian mystic; seen
here in a mugshot in
an Oregon county
arrest for conspiracy
to evade immigration
laws.

Q. 15
This particular product was originally imported in
India by Dada & Co., however when Y wanted to
start a manufacturing facility for producing the
product locally, Dada & Co. requested Y that the
branded product should reflect their name in it.
Thus, Y incorporated a character in the product
name which became X.
The brand name X is so common that the generic
product is usually referred to by the name X.
Identify X and Y. Absolute sitter again.

X = Dalda!
Y = Hindustan UniLever Ltd.
HUL incorporated ‘L’ from
Lever into Dada.

Q. 16
• Hussainiwala is a village in Firozpur district in
Punjab which lies near the bank of the Sutlej
river.
• After partition, it went to Pakistan.
• However, India gave 12 villages near the
Sulemanki Headworks on the Sutlej to Pakistan
in exchange for Hussainiwala, because of
something symbolic.
• What is so special about this village?

• Cremation grounds of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and
Sukhdev.
• A Shaheedi Mela is observed on the 23rd of March
every year at the National Martyrs Memorial at
Hussainiwala.

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