Quiz Rules

Round 1 :
 Each team shall get 5 questions.
 Each correct answer shall get 10 points.
 No pass on to other team. Lets make teams
Round 2 :
now
 Visual Round.
 Each Team gets 3 visuals.
 10 points for Correct answer. Team A (All 1’s)
 No pass on to other team Team B (All 2’s)
Round 3 :
Team C (All 3’s)
 Rapid-fire Round. Team D (All 4’s)
 1 min time for each team.
 Max 5 questions per team.
 Each correct answer 10 points.
1. Which is the second largest language spoken in India? –
Bengali – as per the 2011 census, 8.3% of the population speak Bengali
2. To which king belongs the Lion capitol at Sarnath?
Ashoka
3. Where was Chandrashekhar Azad killed?
Azad park / Alfred park in Allahabad
4. Who was the first Indian Olympic medalist (individual)? –
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav – won Bronze medal at the 1952 Summer
Olympics in Helsinki.
5. Which of the following organizations has “Sarvatra Sarvottam Suraksha” as its
slogan?
• Border Security Forece
• Sikh Light Infantry
• Indian Air Force
• National Security Guard

National Security Guard

1. Which was the summer capital of India during the British rule?
Shimla.
2. How many states does River Ganga pass through? Name all the States.
5 States . The Ganges passes through the states of Uttarakhand, Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar,Jharkhand, and West Bengal.
3. Who got the Mahabharata translated into Persian and named it as ‘Razmnama’?
Akbar
4. Who was independent India’s first cricket captain?
Lala Amarnath; India played Australia in 1947/48
5. Indian Military Training Team (IMTRAT) imparts training to army officers of
• Nepal
• Bangladesh
• Maldives
• Bhutan

BHUTAN
1. Who hoists the National Flag at Red Fort on Independence Day?
Prime Minister of India
2. In India, how many Chief Ministers have gone on to become Prime Ministers?
6 People - Morarji Desai, Charan Singh, V. P. Singh, P. V. Narasimha Rao H. D.
Deve Gowda & Narendra Modi
3. What denomination of Indian currency was the highest, and when was it last in
circulation?
10,000 – It was last in circulation in 1978
4. Who was the first ever Gold medalist for India in Paralympics? –
Murlikant Petkar – won Gold medal in 50m freestyle swimming at 1972
Summer Paralympics at Heidelberg.
5. At which of the following places is the Indian National Defence University
being set up?
• Medak, Andhra Pradesh
• Amethi, Uttar Pradesh
• Gurugram, Haryana
• Kasargod, Kerala

GURUGRAM, HARYANA
1. The word Punjab is made of two words Punj(Five) + Aab (water)i.e. land
of Five rivers. Name the five rivers.
It is named so because of the five rivers flowing through this land and
these five rivers of Punjab are Sutlej, Beas, Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum.
2. How many Fundamental rights does a Indian citizen have in
Constitution of India ?
7
3. Who maintains the official Indian Standard Time?
Time and Frequency Standards division of the National Physical
Laboratory (New Delhi)
4. What denomination of Indian currency was the highest, and when was it
last in circulation?
10,000 – It was last in circulation in 1978
5. The commando unit of the Indian Air Force is named
• Baaz
• Garud
• MARCOS
• Ghatak
GARUD
Identify this Monument

Gol Gumbuz
WHO AM I?

Mahatma Gandhi
Identify this Place

Temple in
Khajuraho
Identify the below structure

Iron pillar near

Qutub Minar
IDENTIFY THESE TWO PEOPLE

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
& John F Kennedy
Identify this Place

Somnath Temple
in Gujarat
Identify this Place

Hampi
WHO AM I?

Nathuram Vinayak Godse

Identify this Place

Sun Temple in
Konark
Identify this Place

Jallianwala Bagh,
Amritsar
WHO AM I?

APJ Abdul Kalam

Identify this Place

Brihadisvara Temple,
Thanjavur
 What does the Saffron colour in our National – Sacrifice and Courage
Flag stand for?

 Who said ”Swaraj is my birth right and I – Bal Gangadhar Tilak

must have it”?

 How many states and union territories are in – 29 States & 7 Union
India? Territories

 Who among the revolutionary gave the – Bhagat Singh

slogan ‘Inquilab Zindabad‘?

 Who was the last governor general of India? – Chakravarty Rajagopalachari

 What does the White colour in our – Peace and Truth
National Flag stand for?

 Who composed the famous patriotic song – Mohammed Iqbal

“Sare Jahan se Acha”?

 What are the two names of our country – “Union Of India” and “Bharat”
that are mentioned in our constitution?

 Vande Mataram is from which novel and – Anand Math and Rabindranath
who wrote it? Tagore

 The year and place in which Sepoy Mutiny – 1857 in Meerut and then
started spread to other parts of India
 What does the Green colour in our National – Faith and Fertility
Flag stand for?

 Mahatma Gandhi was referred to as the – Subhash Chandra Bose

“Father of the Nation” first by?

 Which are the smallest and biggest states in – Goa and Rajasthan
India (by area/geography)

 Who designed the Indian National Flag? – In 1916 by Pingali Venkayya

 Who was the first scientist to get Bharat – Sir C V Raman

Ratna?
 What does the Ashoka Chakra in our – Truth or satya.
National Flag stand for?

 Who was called the grand old man of India? – Dadha Bhai Navaroji

 Which are the newest states created in – Jharkhand, Chattisgarh,

India? Uttaranchal, Telangana

 Who was lady representative from India in

– Sarojini Naidu in 1931
the Second Round Table conference?

 Who is the father of India’s space program? – Dr. Vikram Sarabhai