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QUESTION 1: Who is the first
Indian to become a
European star on television and what was the character?
QUESTION 2: Name the sage who reportedly drank Ganga (when she came down at the call of
Bhagirath). However, the sage later let Ganga leave through his ear.
ANSWER 3: The
Durvasa curse in the story of Sakuntala was an insertion by Kalidas. Also, in Tulsidas's interpretation, Sita has a
duplicate who is kidnapped instead of her. Also, Sita is not banished at the end.
QUESTION 5: Connect "Operation Shakti" to Major General Natraj and Major General Prithiviraj?
ANSWER 5: On May 11, 1998, defence research chief A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was in Pokhran wearing battle fatigues, masquerading as Major-General Prithviraj. His colleague and chief of the Department of Atomic Energy, R. Chidambaram, was playing his own part in India's nuclear play, acting as Major-General Natraj.
QUESTION 6: Which famous Indian bollywood related personality had the initials ASDK at birth
(now this person has changed their name)?
HINT
The last 2 initials (DK) also stand for the name of a popular Indian actor born in 1922, who also changed his name from his birth name.
ANSWER 7: Texas Instruments India in July 1998 announced the first digital signal processor designed and developed wholly in India. It was code named "Ankoor". Shabana Azmi's breakthrough film was Ankur in 1974.
ANSWER 8
Jack London had a short story (and collection of short stories) titled "A Son of the Sun". Also, Arlo Guthrie wrote a song Son of the Wind, which was what Bhima was.
HINT
It's the House of India
ANSWER 9
Maison de l'Inde, located on the campus of Cite Universitaire (or University City). Cite Universitaire houses new
University of Paris students from abroad in houses based on their country of origin to help support them when studying. Maison de l'Inde is the "House" of India.
QUESTION 10: Mr. U V (U is his first name and V is his family name), on the birth of a son,
approached Jawaharlal Nehru and asked him to suggest an appropriate name. Nehru suggested the name X. When Indira Gandhi got to know of this, she became livid as she wanted to name her own son X. She now named her son Y instead. However, her grandson was named X, after some years. Mean while, Mr. X V named one of his own sons as Y. The question: Name U, X, Y and V.
ANSWER 10: U is Kamalnayan, V is Bajaj, X is Rahul, Y is Rajiv.
QUESTION 11: What is common between the last Nizam of Hyderabad, the defence minister of
India during Sino-Indian war, the Prime Minister of India during the destruction of the disputed structure at Ayodhya and the daughter of a Bharat Ratna who composed music for the film Gandhi?
ANSWER 11: All of them appeared on the cover of
Time magazine.
QUESTION 12: What sometimes fatal disease has a common name that is in
Hindi, and a second
name that is named after a geographic location in
West Bengal.
ANSWER 12:
Kala azar, also known as DumDum fever.
QUESTION 13: This museum is unique because most of the exhibits were collected by a single
person in his life time. Which museum, which place? Who was the person who collected them? What was he?
ANSWER 13:
Salar Jung Museum, Salar Jung III, He was a nobel/jagirdar/ Prime Minister in the Nizam's court. Was once the largest individual collection
QUESTION 14:
Song Sample Here
Guess the Musician, and the song name — Size:657 KB
HINT
This song is from a recording by a very well know musician/composer. Some very famous movie songs are his, though he was actually an orginal Indian rock star in the 80s, recording songs on Social and Political themes
QUESTION 15:
20 years ago, this bird was rediscovered. Name it, who discovered it and where is it found?
QUESTION 16: India ceded a portion of its territory to Pakistan. Name the location, area and year.
ANSWER 16: A part of
Sir Creek (900 sq miles) in
Gujarat was given to Pakistan in April 1968.
QUESTION 17: In whose name was the famous Dakshineshwar Kali Temple officially registered
after it was completed in 1855? And why?
ANSWER 17:
Rani Rashmoni built it but since she was from a farming caste, there were problems from people in acepting registration or consecration in her name. It was registered in the name of her
Guru Ramkumar, who is a brahmin.
QUESTION 19: An English indie band paid tribute to a playback singer with a song that went on to
be a Top 40 hit in many countries in 1998. That playback singer later contributed to a Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. Name (1) The English indie Band (2) The playback singer and (3) How the playback singer contributed to the Grammy award?
ANSWER 19: 1.)
Cornershop who made the song "
Brimful of Asha", 2.)
Asha Bhosle, 3.) the
Black Eyed Peas sampled her song "Aye Naujawan Hai Sab Kuchchyahan" in their hit single "
Don't Phunk With My Heart".
QUESTION 20: A is sometimes called the book of life. B is a person who, along with other peers,
figured out how to translate A into C, discovering and using what is now called D. B along with two others received a Nobel prize for this effort. Who are A, B, C and D?
ANSWER 20: A is any Genetic Information or
Genome or DNA sequences, B is
Har Gobind Khorana, C is
Proteins or Amino Acid Sequences and D is the
Genetic Code. Dr. Khorana got the nobel prize along with
Robert W. Holley and
Marshall Warren Nirenberg for describing the genetic code and how it operates in
Protein biosynthesis. He was also the first to come up with stable methods to synthesize
oligonucleotides that were more than a few bases long.
QUESTION 21: This word, used today mostly to refer to an equestrian event has its origins in India.
It is loosely a corruption of the Hindi/Persian words for 'ball' and 'house'. Originally, it referred to any of various sporting contests. What word is being talk of?
ANSWER 21:
Gymkhana, which now refers to a meet for any sporting event. From
geind (ball) and
khana (house).
QUESTION 22: Name the only India-born head of a state or provincial government in North America (current or prior; excluding the West Indies)
ANSWER 22:
Ujjal Dosanjh, previously premier of
British Columbia.
QUESTION 23: This person was among the first to talk of the concept of Swaraj. He also
propagated Vedas. Who?
QUESTION 24: Connect dacoitry and Sita?
ANSWER 24: Legend has it that
Valmiki may have been a dacoit named Ratna.
Valmiki offered refuge to
Sita on banishment.