India Quiz at NM - Prelims

On the occasion of the Independence day, me and Ankur hosted an India Quiz. The following were the questions for the prelims. The Answers are in black and you can highlight the space after the question to find out the answers.

1. Whose Memorial is this ? Rajiv Gandhi's in Sriperumbudur





2. This Sensex-30 company, tried to design and manufacture a product indigenously for the first time in India. This Product was launched in 1998. The code name for this project/product was MINT. What does MINT stand for ? Maruti in Trouble. The Product was Tata Indica.

3. Project Tiger was started in 1972 as an effort to conserve the tiger and its habitats. A similar conservation project, started in 1992, aimed at protecting which animal and its habitats? Elephants


4. Identify this legend from the world of Movies and Music. Mukesh





5. This freedom fighter and great leader was the first Asian to be a British MP in the House of Commons. Dadabai Naoroji

6. Name the film company started by Dada Saheb Phalke. Hindustan Cinema Film Company

7. This game was included in the Asian Games held at Beijing in 1990 with India winning the gold medal. Since then India has won gold medal in this game in every Asian games in 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006. Identify this game. Kabbadi

8. Which famous temple in South India is reputed to have the longest set of corridors in the world measuring at 400 ft each in east and west and 640 ft in north and south ? Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameswaram

9. What quote is D.K.Barooah (in)famous for? "Indira is India. India is Indira."


10. Which famous Hindi writer’s original name is Dhanpat Rai Srivastava? Munshi Premchand

11. This vary famous small town is surrounded by five salt ranges and hence got its name which means “the place of five mirages”. This town’s name is associated with India’s prowess in a particular field. Which Town are we talking about? Pokhran


12. Which company has recently changed its tagline to ‘Win in a Flat World’ ? Infosys


13. When was first broadcast in India, it shattered television records by reaching 97.8% viewership. When it was broadcast in the United Kingdom on the BBC achieved audience figures of 5 million, unheard of for a subtitled series being aired in the afternoon. Name this TV series. Mahabarat


14. According to Hindu beliefs, this begins on the Ashadha Poornima and ends on Shravana Poornima and lasts for 45 days. What is this? Amarnath Yatra


15. In Greek and Latin accounts, which king was referred to as Sandracottos or Andracottos? Chandragupta Maurya


16. On 23 January 1957 he delivered an unprecedented 8-hour speech defending India’s stand on Kashmir. To date, this is the longest speech delivered in the United Nations Security Council. Who was this terse gentleman? V.K.Krishna Menon


17. This organization is headquartered at Belapur, Navi Mumbai and had invented and introduced the anti collision devices for trains, by the name of Raksha Kavach and the concept of RORO. Which organization are we talking about? Konkan Railway


18. One of the greatest players of his game, he has launched a website Kheladi.com and authored a book in 2005 “success vs joy”, that has received exceptional reviews from Amitabh Bachchan. Who are we talking about? Geet Sethi


19. Name these States 1 to 7


1. Assam
2.Arunachal Pradesh
3. Nagaland
4. Manipur
5. Mizoram
6. Tripura
7. Meghalaya