IIT Kanpur - Antaragni 2013 - India Quiz - Finals (with Answers)

Antaragni 2013

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Finals (with Answers)
Oct 2013
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Antaragni 2013

Qaise se pyaar karuun?
Round 1,5: Subhadra’s Revenge
Round 2,4: Yaksha’s Revenge
Round 3: Vyasa’s Revenge


Subhadra’s Revenge: Inspired by the Chakravyuuh
A pair of questions: one easy, one tough
The easy one: nominate one person from your team
+5/-5
If you get it right, you must attempt the tough one, otherwise
it’s optional
The tough one: for the team to attempt
+15/-5
There are 5 pairs: each team must attempt a minimum of 3 pairs


The topics: inspired by the Five Pandavas

Part 1: Yudhisthira, Bhima
Yudhisthira: A noted gambler, he was also a noted
quizzer, successfully answering questions by a Yaksha.
Easy: Quizzing
Tough: Gambling
Teams?

Y.Quizzing
KBC’s first ever crore-pati was Harshawardhan
Navathe, who answered this question to win a
crore:
Who among these does the Indian Constitution
permit to take part in the proceedings of
Parliament?
a) Solicitor General b) Attorney General
c) Cabinet Secretary d) Chief Justice

Answer
Attorney General


Y.Gambling

Kalyanji Bhagat, Lakhubhai, Jayantibhai Jaipur,
Manek Moochwala and Ratan Khatri were
famous for pioneering what type of gambling
which involved pulling out numbers from a pot?


Answer
Matka


Part 1:

Bhima: a noted wrestler, he was also one of India’s
first celebrity chefs
Easy: Wrestling
Tough: Celeb Chefs
Teams?


B.Wrestling

In the 2012 London Olympics, wrestler Sushil
Kumar lost the gold medal match to an opponent
from which of these countries?
a. China
b. Japan
c. South Korea d. North Korea


Answer
Japan
(Tatsuhiro
Yonemitsu)


B. Celeb Chefs

Known particularly for her Italian cooking, which
Indian chef was awarded the Order of the Star of
Italian Solidarity by Italy in 2011?


Answer
Ritu Dalmia


Yaksha’s Revenge
Passing Round
Infinite Bounce + One-finite Pounce
13 questions
+10/0 on bounce
+10/0 on pounce
One-finite Pounce: the pounce remains alive in
this round until you get a pounce attempt wrong

Syed Fazl-ul-Hasan urf Hasrat Mohani was a UPborn poet and freedom fighter. In poetry circles,
he is perhaps best known for writing the ghazal
“Chupke Chupke Raat Din”.

He made another lasting contribution to the
Indian culture of those times by coining what?


1/13

Answer
“Inquilab Zindabad”


For someone like H D Deve Gowda or S.Bangarappa or
S.M.Krishna, it would be Chamarajnagar.
For someone like Kiran Reddy or YSR Reddy, it would be
Guntakal (Andhra Pradesh).
For someone like Akhilesh Yadav or Mulayam Singh Yadav, it is
NOIDA.
For someone like Jayalalithaa or K.Karunanidhi, it would be a
part of the Thanjavur Brihadeeswara Temple.
What?

2/13

Answer
Politicians do not visit these places, for there is a
prevalent superstition that people lose their
seats/posts if they go there.


3/13

The Navjivan Trust held the sole copyright
to something, which expired in 2008. They
did not wish to try and extend the
copyright, despite requests by wellmeaning people who felt there could be
misinterpretation if anyone could use
them. What?


Answer
All of M.K.Gandhi's written works.


4/13

These is an example of a sari
whose top and bottom borders
are in different colors. By
geographically-inspired name
are these kinds of saris
popularly known as?


Answer
Ganga-Jamuna saris


“The Ground Beneath Her Feet” is a 1999
Salman Rushdie novel that is set in
Bombay, the UK, and the US.
Two characters, Vina Apsara & Umeed,
speak in a language (“Mumbai ki
kachrapati baat-cheet”) which they call
“HUG-ME”. It was for people like them
who spoke no one language well.

How does the name come about?

5/13

Answer
Hindi, Urdu, Gujarati, Marathi, English


6/13

In early 2013, the Ministry of Environment
and Forests issued a circular banning the
use of these ‘government servants’. The
Ministry of Urban Development is trying
to get it implemented in New Delhi. Who
are these servants?


Answer
Langurs hired to get rid of monkeys who cause
havoc in several governmental buildings


“As president of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, I found that
_____ as an art form was largely neglected. [It] is the
oldest surviving art form today. The oldest master of [it]
was an 82-year-old at the time. Fine arts have to be
learned personally from the masters. Hence I thought that
something needed to be done to save [it]. I sent a proposal
to the Mantralaya and received a reply saying that a
committee would be appointed to study it. I was fairly
aware of what would be the actual outcome of that. So I
made a plan myself and decided to provide Rs 5 lakh as
funds. The secretary of the Central Cultural Department
said that this would not be possible as the Akademi does
not have any financial rights. But I thought that, at the
most, I would have to leave my post. I am proud of the
fact that I saved [it], and even the UNESCO has declared
it a global historical legacy.”
Who or what is he talking about?
Image: Hindu

7/13

Answer
Girish Karnad, Koodiyattam


Dinesh Subasinghe is a Sri
Lankan graduate from
A.R.Rahman's KM Music
Conservatory. Among his many
credits are composing music for
Sri Lankan films and TV serials,
playing violin for films such as
"Raavan", and creating a
Buddhist oratorio.
What Indian instrument is he
credited with 're-introducing' to
Sri Lanka?

8/13

Answer
Ravanahatta, which is a popular instrument in
Rajasthan.
Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bsush/6612090437/


Muzaffarpur is a district in Bihar, close to the Nepal border. For the last
few years, children in the district have been suffering from a mysterious
illness, whose symptoms include fever, lethargy, and convulsions.
Tests and research has so far ruled out several forms of encephalitis.
Authorities are also struggling to figure out how the disease is spread.
One theory is germs being spread in a fruit that Muzaffarpur famously
exports (a National Research Institute for that fruit is also located
there.)
9/13

Which fruit?


Answer
Lychees


Lal Bahadur Shastri passed away on 11 Jan 1966 in Tashkent. Indira
Gandhi was sworn in as Prime Minister on the 24th of January. The
ceremony was affected by news of someone's untimely death in Europe.
Indira Gandhi remarked that she had hoped to bring in that person into
the Cabinet.

Who?

10/13


Answer
The physicist Homi J Bhabha, who died in a
plane crash in the Swiss Alps.


One of the many stories about the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel is that its
architect took his own life by jumping from the hotel when he realised
he'd made a colossal mistake. Though untrue, what was the supposed
reason for his suicide?

11/13


Answer
That the hotel's back is to the sea, instead of the
front. This is false: this was the intended plan,
partly to allow a good view from the rooms.


The NDA boasts of three alumni to have won the Param Vir Chakra and
ten to have won the Ashok Chakra.
Of these, all PVCs and nine Ashok Chakras have been posthumously
awarded.

Who, the first NDA alumnus to receive it (for events on 3 April 1984),
was also the only non-posthumous awardee?

12/13


Answer
(then) Sq. Ldr. Rakesh Sharma for being the first
Indian in space


In 2003, this Bangalore resident and writer of such books as "The World
of Homosexuals" and mystery stories such as "Perfect Murder" caused a
ruckus by claiming some doctors had admitted her to hospital to steal
her brain.
Who?

13/13


Answer
Shakuntala Devi


Vyasa’s Revenge
Written Round
Sahitya Akademi Puraskaars for Biographies
6 questions
+10/0
+5 bonus if you are the only team to get an answer right


“____: Kalam ka Sipaahi”
(Pen-wielding Soldier)
Language: Hindi
Author: Amrit Rai
Year: 1956

1/6

Image: Google Books

Answer
Munshi Premchand


The only English language autobiography winner
Identify the author-subject
Year: 1965
(different covers of the same book)

2/6

Image: www.antiqbook.com, bestbookcentre.com, balukolar.blogspot.com

Answer

Image: www.antiqbook.com, bestbookcentre.com, balukolar.blogspot.com

A noted historian, this President's son wrote an
authorised biography of Jawaharlal Nehru.
Year: 1976

3/6

Image: Hindu, OUP

Answer
Sarvepalli Gopal


“____: Ekantha Veedhiyile
Avadhoothan”
Language: Malayalam
Author: M.K.Sanu

4/6

Image: http://www.indulekha.com

Answer
Vaikom Mohammad Basheer


“Agnikundaman Ugelun Gulab”
Language: Gujarati
Author: Narayan Desai (subject’s
son)
Year: 1993

5/6

Image: http://indiatogether.org

Answer
Mahadevbhai Desai, M.K.Gandhi’s secretary


“Aatish-e-Chinaar”
(Autobiography narrated to M.Y.Taing)
Language: Urdu
Year: 1988

6/6


Answer
Sheikh Abdullah


Yaksha’s Revenge
Passing Round (anti-clockwise)
Infinite Bounce + One-finite Pounce
13 questions
+10/0 on bounce
+10/0 on pounce
One-finite Pounce: the pounce remains alive in
this round until you get a pounce attempt wrong

Director: “I was offered the option of directing Harry Potter and the
Order of the Phoenix. My son Zohran had read the series and liked it.”
“(But) I had just lost my mother-in-law in the US, in a case of medical
malpractice [...] She had spent all her life on the red soils of East Africa,
and in 24 hours she was gone. I was struggling to cope with the loss and
turned to book_X".
That's when he (Zohran) said to me, 'Any good director can make a
Potter film. But no one else can make book_X.'
Who and what book?
1/13

Answer
Mira Nair, The Namesake


The year: 1911
The place: the Savoy Hotel, Mussoorie
The victim: Ms. Frances Garnett-Orme, who was known for her seances
The method: poisoning by prussic acid
The style: a locked room mystery

The story was made famous by one writer, who wrote to Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle suggesting a possible story idea. But it was another writer
who actually made it into a plot, the first in a particular series. Who are
these writers?

2/13

Answer
Rudyard Kipling and Agatha Christie (inspired
“The Mysterious Affair at Styles”, the first Poirot
mystery)


What was banned on All India Radio from 1941 till about 1980, for
reasons thought to be:
- it sounds 'besura'
- it is of foreign origin
- Tagore and Nehru did not like it

3/13

Answer
The harmonium


“Gajah: Securing the Future for Elephants in India” was a report released
by a task force in 2010, containing various recommendations to help
conserve the elephant.
What was the first recommendation to be implemented, which
happened via an announcement by the then environment minister,
Jairam Ramesh?

4/13

Answer
Declaring Elephants as India's National Heritage
Animal


In a 2007 interview, he claimed to have rejected a role in Mani Ratnam's
“Iruvar” because it would require him to cut his hair as a result of which,
"a dozen other producers would've committed suicide".
This interview was after he had played a role in a Mani Ratnam film.
Who?

5/13

Answer
Mithun Chakraborty, who usually had several
projects in hand during the 90s


In the mid-1850s, sweetmaker Bhim Chandra Nag
invented the 'ledikeni', a variation of the "pantua"
sweetmeat. He did so in honour of a lady in Calcutta
who reputedly loved pantuas. Who is this lady?

6/13

Answer
Lady Canning, wife of Viceroy Canning.


According to some research, these are the potential
explanations for what:
1. Presence of bacteriophages
2. Presence of heavy metals with bactericidal properties
3. Presence in minute quantities of radio-active minerals such
as Bismuth-214

7/13

Answer
The legendary purity of Ganga water


The Maenam Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Sikkim. Authorities there
have been pursuing a proposal there, which was finally passed in 2013.
The proposal, if executed, will see the construction of a ropeway and
something which is modeled on something in the Grand Canyon that is
made with Saint-Gobain glass.

What?

8/13

Answer
A skywalk that extends
over the side of a
canyon.


This film directed by Priyadarshan won Prakash Raj a
National Award for Acting. It centres around the life of a
Communist weaver and his personal quest to fulfill a promise
made to his daughter. The name of the film is a place
associated with his profession. What?

9/13

Answer
Kanchipuram/Kanchivaram


Legend has it that this was introduced by the deity Marjing.

Traditionally, there are seven people per team (seven is an auspicious
number). Each represents a clan.
All must play right-handed.
Half of the participants must be between 11 and 13 hands.
What is being described?

10/13


Answer
Rules for traditional Manipuri polo, which was
the precursor to modern polo.


Mother and daughter are both actresses. Mom played a role in
Umrao Jaan. Daughter played the same role in the 2006 remake.
Who are these actresses?

11/13


Answer
Shaukat Azmi and Shabana Azmi, who played
the kotha ‘madam’ in Umrao Jaan


Connect

12/13


Answer
Places from where Prime Ministers of India
entered Parliament.
Sabarkantha (G Nanda – Acting)

Baghpat
(Charan
Singh)
Surat (Morarji)

Lucknow
(Vajpayee)
Rae Bareilly (Indira)

Amethi(Rajiv)

Fatehpur (VP Singh)

Phulpur (Nehru)
Allahabad (Shastri)

Ballia
(Chandrashekhar)

Andhra – Nandyal –
PVN Rao

Karnataka – (Rajya
Sabha) – Deve Gowda

Bihar – (Rajya Sabha)
– Gujral

Assam – (Rajya
Sabha) – Manmohan
Singh


This person with an
impressive
publication record
came into
prominence in
India in a different
field in 2012.
Identify him.

13/13


Answer
Bedabrata Pain, who directed “Chittagong”, was
earlier a scientist with NASA.


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Subhadra’s Revenge - II

Arjuna: A dancer and a sportsman, much like
Sreesanth.
Easy: Arjuna Awards
Tough: Dance
Teams?


A.Arjuna Awards

Which of these ladies won the 2013 Arjuna Award
for archery?
a. Dola Banerjee b. Deepika Kumari
c. Bombayla Devi d. Chekrovolu Swuro


Answer
Chekrovolu Swuro


A.Dance

Trained in Kathakali, Odissi, and
Chau, this Italian-born dancer won
the National Film Award for
Choreography for the Bengali film
“Yugant” in 1995. Who?


Answer
Ileana Citaristi



Nakula: Despite his good looks, he was a stable sort of
guy.
Easy: Beauty Pageants
Tough: Horses
Teams?


N.Beauty
Now Mrs. David Powell, which of these former
beauty queens lives in Dublin, Ireland?
a. Reita Faria b. Diana Hayden
c. Nicole Faria d. Manpreet Brar


Answer
Reita Faria, Miss World in 1966


N.Horses

This breed of ponies is found in Ladakh, and
used both for riding and as a pack animal.
Identify it.


Answer

Zaniskari Ponies



Sahadeva: Known for his stellar swordplay and
cutting-edge astrological skills.
Easy: Astrology
Tough: Swords
Teams?


S.Astrology

Which Indian zodiac sign corresponds to Gemini
in the Western zodiac?
a. Mithuna b. Mesa c. Kanya d. Dhanush


Answer
Mithuna


S.Swords

Picture from a 2011
Malayalam film by Santosh
Sivan. The film’s name is
same as this long flexible
sword.
Identify it.


Answer
Urumi


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