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 1.Identify X.
• X is a set of four pilgrimage sites in India.
• As defined by Adi Shankaracharya, X comprises of Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri
and Rameshwaram.
• Vaishnavite Hindus believe they must visit all of X atleast once in a lifetime
and that this helps in attaining Moksha.
• The PM recently inaugurated the X Highway Development Project to
facilitate this pilgrimage.
 2.What kind of event?
• The origin of this term is a little unclear, but it is believed that Indira Gandhi
popularized the trend.
• Some say that in the 1970s, I.K.Gujral (then a Cabinet Minister) invited
Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (a junior Railway Minister in the same Cabinet)
for this event and this eventually turned into an annual tradition in the Indian
political scene.
• Which recent event concludes a month long annual tradition?
 3. Who?
• Name the enigmatic founder of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
 4. Where?
• Which region or place of historical importance in Bihar literally means
‘Forest of Magnolia Trees’?
 5. Which festival?
• This festival will be held from 1st to 10th December for this year.
• It is an initiative undertaken by the government of Nagaland to
encourage inter-tribal participation.
• It is named after a recurring creature in North-East-Indian
mythologies.
6. Read these lines from a poem by W.H.Auden and identify their
subject.

“Unbiased at least he was when he arrived on his mission,

Having never set eyes on this land he was called to ______.
Between two peoples fanatically at odds,
With their different diets and incompatible gods.
'Time,' they had briefed him in London, 'is short. It's too late
For mutual reconciliation or rational debate:
The only solution now lies in ____________.”
 7. Where would you find these words?
• “Yatra Pratibha Avsara Prapnotihi” (Translation will be provided
as a clue, if no teams object)
 8. Name the actor who plays the lead in these films.
• Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
• The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015)
• Chappie (2015)
• Lion (2016)
 9. Name this person.
• He was a freedom fighter from Andhra Pradesh.
• He took up the national cause after meeting Gandhiji in Cape
Town during the Anglo-Boer war.
• He was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2011.
 10. Which modern marvel?
• It is named after a former Prime Minister, but people often call it X.
• This marvel weighs around 50,000 African elephants.
• This reduces the travel timing from its name-sake areas by 20-30 mins.
• The Golden Foils on a certain IPL team’s jersey is supposed to
represent this structure.
• Identify X.
 11*. Which structure?
• It is 3 times the size of Vatican City and Monaco put together. Its area
is as huge as 8.5 Sq.Km.
• The main building tower has a steel tank with a capacity of 10,000
imperial gallons of water for emergency supply needs.
• It has a house named “Bomb House”, this structure was the place to
store bombs by the Britishers during World War.
• Currently, the place is being used as a staff quarters.
12*. Why is she
popular?
This is Neeru Deshpande. We have all
seen a different photo of her sometime
in our lives. Where?
 13. Identify
X and Y.
This monument(X) is the
residence of a politician(Y).
 14. Which actor’s ‘bio’ on Twitter is this?
• “Son Of A Famous Father And The Father Of A Famous Son
And I’m The Hiphen Between Them.”
 15. Connect
• Rajendra Prasad
• K.R.Narayanan
• Pranab Mukherjee
• (Yes, they are all former Presidents. But what do these three
particularly have in common?)
 16. X and Y.
• X had been the last royal palace in India to be built before the
independence.
• It is now partly a museum, partly a residence and partly a hotel
managed by Y. The main aim of building X was to provide
employment to people during famine.
• Identify X and Y.
17. Where is
this structure
located?
 • Fisherman’s Colony In Mahim Crossway
• Zaveri Bazaar
• Plaza Cinema
• Century Bazaar
18*. • Katha Bazaar
• Hotel Sea Rock
Connect • Terminal At Sahar Airport

the •
•
Air India Building
Hotel Juhu Centaur
following. • Worli
• Bombay Stock Exchange Building
• Passport Office
• Masjid Mandvi Corporation Bank Branch
19. Expand
PVR.
 20*. Name his opponent.
• Kaur Singh, an Arjuna Awardee (1982) and a Padmashree Awardee(1983) started
his journey in sports after joining the Indian Army as a Havildar in 1971.
• He remained the National champion till 1983 and also won Asian Games Gold in
1982.
• But despite all these achievements his moment of glory came on 27th Jan,1980
during an exhibition match played in front of a crowd of over 50,000 people in
Delhi’s National stadium.
• Who was his opponent?
 21. Which sport?
• It is a modern day sport whose roots are said to originate from
Maharashtra.
• In ancient times it was played on Chariots and Raths and hence
was known as Rathera.
 22. Which company (X) and who?
• In the 1980’s this young entrepreneur, recognizing the importance of IT field took
advantage of the vacuum left behind by the expulsion of IBM from India, changed the
name of his company to X and entered the high technology sector by manufacturing
minicomputers under technological collaboration with an American company Sentine
Computer Corporation.
• Later in life he went on to setup a benchmark in philanthropy by becoming the third non-
American to sign up for the initiative taken by the wealthiest businessmen to give away a
major portion of their earnings to charities.
• Which company and who?
 23. X and Y.
• X was created by Bobby Kooka and Umesh Rao together in 1946.
• X began merely as a rich Indian potentate, symbolizing
graciousness and high living.
• It was created to promote and increase the sales of Y and it was
successful in doing so. Identify X and Y.
 24. Which city’s airport?
• Kushok Bakkula Rimpochee Airport.
25*. Who is
this?
 26. Connect.
• Red Fort
• Chariot at Hampi
• Sanchi Stupa
• Konark Temple
• Mangalyaan
 27. Which structure(X)?
• The foundation stone for X was laid by Peshwa Bajirao I, the Prime minister to
Chattrapati Sahu on 10 January 1730 .
• Teak was imported from the jungles of Junnar, stone was brought from the nearby
quarries of Chinchwada and Lime (mineral) was brought from the lime-belts
of Jejuri . X was completed in 1732, at a total cost of Rs. 16,110, a very large sum at
the time.
• In 1773, Narayanrao, who was the fifth and ruling Peshwa then, was murdered by
guards on orders of his uncle Raghunathrao and aunt Anandibai at the premises of
X.
• Identify X.
 28. Identify X.
• The logo of X is inspired by the Kankaria lake in Gujarat.
 29. Which place?

• The origin of this place’s name is Vedasreni, which

means all four Vedas were worshipped here.
• The growth of this place during the last decade can
be attributed to the IT sector.
• Which place are we talking about?
 30. Identify X.
• The Shungetser lake in the Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh
was unofficially named after Bollywood celebrity X while
shooting for a song in the movie ‘Koyla’ in 1996.
 31. Connect.
• Appu
• Sheroo
• Sheera
• Kheleo
 32. Who is X?
• X was born and brought up in the slums of Andheri.
• His original name is Vivian Fernandez.
• He founded the Y gang.
• He has popularized phrases such as “Boys From The Naka”,
“Yeh Mera Bombay” and “Scene Kya Hai?”.
 33. X and Y
• X was one of the 13 children in the family, 3 of whom died.
• He was brought up in a very poor family and suffered from many diseases in the
childhood.
• At the age of 15 his brother in law taught him Y which made him healthy. Thus, he
made Y his profession, also started teaching it and made his way into the Forbes list
of influential people.
• Famous celebrities such as Aldous Huxley, Sachin Tendulkar and Queen Elizabeth.
• He is nicknamed “The Man Who Can Stand On His Head For 30 Minutes”.
• Google paid a tribute to him by making a doodle on his birthday.
 34. What do
they represent?
• There are seven stars on
the logo of ISL
franchise Mumbai City
FC.
• What do they represent?
 35. Which event?
• It is an event held after regular intervals at different locations.
• Its name literally translates to “nectar fair”.
• When it was last held in 2013, it generated 650,000 jobs and
added 1200 crore rupees to the economy.
 36*. Who?
• He went to ask the Nizam of Hyderabad for donations to establish the Banaras
Hindu University.
• Angered, the Nizam hurled his sandals toward him.
• Cleverly, he immediately took the sandals to a marketplace and began to auction out
the sandals.
• Not wanting the sandals to be acquired by some commoner, the Nizam sent an
attendant asking him to retrieve the sandals at any and all costs.
• This way, the Nizam bought back his sandals for a huge amount, an amount which
would be used to set up the Banaras Hindu University.
 37. What ritual?
• Traditionally speaking, what do Parsis do with the mortal remains
of their family members?
 38*. Why is this dreaded?
• Bamboos flower once in 50 years in Mizoram.
• Why is this highly dreaded by the locals?
 39*. Which area?
• Until the 19th century, this famous area in Mumbai was a large
mangrove swamp, inhabited only by fisherman of the Kohli
community.
• As more and more immigrants poured into the city, this area was
converted to what it is today.
 40.Who?
• Who is/was the first Prime Minister to be born in Independent
India?
Quick Recap
 1.Identify X.
• X is a set of four pilgrimage sites in India.
• As defined by Adi Shankaracharya, X comprises of Badrinath, Dwarka, Puri
and Rameshwaram.
• Vaishnavite Hindus believe they must visit all of X atleast once in a lifetime
and that this helps in attaining Moksha.
• The PM recently inaugurated the X Highway Development Project to
facilitate this pilgrimage.
 2.What kind of event?
• The origin of this term is a little unclear, but it is believed that Indira Gandhi
popularized the trend.
• Some say that in the 1970s, I.K.Gujral (then a Cabinet Minister) invited
Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (a junior Railway Minister in the same Cabinet)
for this event and this eventually turned into an annual tradition in the Indian
political scene.
• Which recent event concludes a month long annual tradition?
 3. Who?
• Name the enigmatic founder of the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
 4. Where?
• Which region or place of historical importance in Bihar literally means
‘Forest of Magnolia Trees’?
 5. Which festival?
• This festival will be held from 1st to 10th December for this year.
• It is an initiative undertaken by the government of Nagaland to
encourage inter-tribal participation.
• It is named after a recurring creature in North-East-Indian
mythologies.
6. Read these lines from a poem by W.H.Auden and identify their
subject.

“Unbiased at least he was when he arrived on his mission,

Having never set eyes on this land he was called to ______.
Between two peoples fanatically at odds,
With their different diets and incompatible gods.
'Time,' they had briefed him in London, 'is short. It's too late
For mutual reconciliation or rational debate:
The only solution now lies in ____________.”
 7. Where would you find these words?
• “Yatra Pratibha Avsara Prapnotihi” (Translation will be provided
as a clue, if no teams object)
 8. Name the actor who plays the lead in these films.
• Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
• The Man Who Knew Infinity (2015)
• Chappie (2015)
• Lion (2016)
 9. Name this person.
• He was a freedom fighter from Andhra Pradesh.
• He took up the national cause after meeting Gandhiji in Cape
Town during the Anglo-Boer war.
• He was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2011.
 10. Which modern marvel?
• It is named after a former Prime Minister, but people often call it X.
• This marvel weighs around 50,000 African elephants.
• This reduces the travel timing from its name-sake areas by 20-30 mins.
• The Golden Foils on a certain IPL team’s jersey is supposed to
represent this structure.
• Identify X.
 11*. Which structure?
• It is 3 times the size of Vatican City and Monaco put together. Its area
is as huge as 8.5 Sq.Km.
• The main building tower has a steel tank with a capacity of 10,000
imperial gallons of water for emergency supply needs.
• It has a house named “Bomb House”, this structure was the place to
store bombs by the Britishers during World War.
• Currently, the place is being used as a staff quarters.
12*. Why is she
popular?
This is Neeru Deshpande. We have all
seen a different photo of her sometime
in our lives. Where?
 13. Identify
X and Y.
This monument(X) is the
residence of a politician(Y).
 14. Which actor’s ‘bio’ on Twitter is this?
• “Son Of A Famous Father And The Father Of A Famous Son
And I’m The Hiphen Between Them.”
 15. Connect
• Rajendra Prasad
• K.R.Narayanan
• Pranab Mukherjee
• (Yes, they are all former Presidents. But what do these three
particularly have in common?)
 16. X and Y.
• X had been the last royal palace in India to be built before the
independence.
• It is now partly a museum, partly a residence and partly a hotel
managed by Y. The main aim of building X was to provide
employment to people during famine.
• Identify X and Y.
17. Where is
this structure
located?
 • Fisherman’s Colony In Mahim Crossway
• Zaveri Bazaar
• Plaza Cinema
• Century Bazaar
18*. • Katha Bazaar
• Hotel Sea Rock
Connect • Terminal At Sahar Airport

the •
•
Air India Building
Hotel Juhu Centaur
following. • Worli
• Bombay Stock Exchange Building
• Passport Office
• Masjid Mandvi Corporation Bank Branch
19. Expand
PVR.
 20*. Name his opponent.
• Kaur Singh, an Arjuna Awardee (1982) and a Padmashree Awardee(1983) started
his journey in sports after joining the Indian Army as a Havildar in 1971.
• He remained the National champion till 1983 and also won Asian Games Gold in
1982.
• But despite all these achievements his moment of glory came on 27th Jan,1980
during an exhibition match played in front of a crowd of over 50,000 people in
Delhi’s National stadium.
• Who was his opponent?
 21. Which sport?
• It is a modern day sport whose roots are said to originate from
Maharashtra.
• In ancient times it was played on Chariots and Raths and hence
was known as Rathera.
 22. Which company (X) and who?
• In the 1980’s this young entrepreneur, recognizing the importance of IT field took
advantage of the vacuum left behind by the expulsion of IBM from India, changed the
name of his company to X and entered the high technology sector by manufacturing
minicomputers under technological collaboration with an American company Sentine
Computer Corporation.
• Later in life he went on to setup a benchmark in philanthropy by becoming the third non-
American to sign up for the initiative taken by the wealthiest businessmen to give away a
major portion of their earnings to charities.
• Which company and who?
 23. X and Y.
• X was created by Bobby Kooka and Umesh Rao together in 1946.
• X began merely as a rich Indian potentate, symbolizing
graciousness and high living.
• It was created to promote and increase the sales of Y and it was
successful in doing so. Identify X and Y.
 24. Which city’s airport?
• Kushok Bakkula Rimpochee Airport.
25*. Who is
this?
 26. Connect.
• Red Fort
• Chariot at Hampi
• Sanchi Stupa
• Konark Temple
• Mangalyaan
 27. Which structure(X)?
• The foundation stone for X was laid by Peshwa Bajirao I, the Prime minister to
Chattrapati Sahu on 10 January 1730 .
• Teak was imported from the jungles of Junnar, stone was brought from the nearby
quarries of Chinchwada and Lime (mineral) was brought from the lime-belts
of Jejuri . X was completed in 1732, at a total cost of Rs. 16,110, a very large sum at
the time.
• In 1773, Narayanrao, who was the fifth and ruling Peshwa then, was murdered by
guards on orders of his uncle Raghunathrao and aunt Anandibai at the premises of
X.
• Identify X.
 28. Identify X.
• The logo of X is inspired by the Kankaria lake in Gujarat.
 29. Which place?

• The origin of this place’s name is Vedasreni, which

means all four Vedas were worshipped here.
• The growth of this place during the last decade can
be attributed to the IT sector.
• Which place are we talking about?
 30. Identify X.
• The Shungetser lake in the Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh
was unofficially named after Bollywood celebrity X while
shooting for a song in the movie ‘Koyla’ in 1996.
 31. Connect.
• Appu
• Sheroo
• Sheera
• Kheleo
 32. Who is X?
• X was born and brought up in the slums of Andheri.
• His original name is Vivian Fernandez.
• He founded the Y gang.
• He has popularized phrases such as “Boys From The Naka”,
“Yeh Mera Bombay” and “Scene Kya Hai?”.
 33. X and Y
• X was one of the 13 children in the family, 3 of whom died.
• He was brought up in a very poor family and suffered from many diseases in the
childhood.
• At the age of 15 his brother in law taught him Y which made him healthy. Thus, he
made Y his profession, also started teaching it and made his way into the Forbes list
of influential people.
• Famous celebrities such as Aldous Huxley, Sachin Tendulkar and Queen Elizabeth.
• He is nicknamed “The Man Who Can Stand On His Head For 30 Minutes”.
• Google paid a tribute to him by making a doodle on his birthday.
 34. What do
they represent?
• There are seven stars on
the logo of ISL
franchise Mumbai City
FC.
• What do they represent?
 35. Which event?
• It is an event held after regular intervals at different locations.
• Its name literally translates to “nectar fair”.
• When it was last held in 2013, it generated 650,000 jobs and
added 1200 crore rupees to the economy.
 36*. Who?
• He went to ask the Nizam of Hyderabad for donations to establish the Banaras
Hindu University.
• Angered, the Nizam hurled his sandals toward him.
• Cleverly, he immediately took the sandals to a marketplace and began to auction out
the sandals.
• Not wanting the sandals to be acquired by some commoner, the Nizam sent an
attendant asking him to retrieve the sandals at any and all costs.
• This way, the Nizam bought back his sandals for a huge amount, an amount which
would be used to set up the Banaras Hindu University.
 37. What ritual?
• Traditionally speaking, what do Parsis do with the mortal remains
of their family members?
 38*. Why is this dreaded?
• Bamboos flower once in 50 years in Mizoram.
• Why is this highly dreaded by the locals?
 39*. Which area?
• Until the 19th century, this famous area in Mumbai was a large
mangrove swamp, inhabited only by fisherman of the Kohli
community.
• As more and more immigrants poured into the city, this area was
converted to what it is today.
 40.Who?
• Who is/was the first Prime Minister to be born in Independent
India?
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ANNOUNCED ON-STAGE
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