Tuesday, March 4, 2008

INDIA QUIZ Continued.....

starting with an easy ques. which everyone can answer no matter who he is but it needs a bit of brain usage....
1. It has an annual turnover of about Rs. 500 billion, out of which Rs. 200 billion is expected from exports. It produces about 1000 units annually. What am I talking about?
2. "Agar firdaus bar rooe zaminast-haminasto haminasto haminast". What does this mean and where would you find it written?
3. Which Indian president was a member of Sinn Fein, participated in the freedom struggle of Ireland, even serving a jail sentence for it?
4. He was born in Tamil Nadu. He was the second child of his parents. His father was a professor in mathematics and physics. He was also selected for financial civil services but he changed his career to ________. His nephew repeated his uncle's feat in 1983. Who is he and his nephew?
5. Set up in 1865, this bank is the oldest public sector bank in India and has a network of over 2000 branches. Name the bank.
6. FILL IN THE BLANKS:
Veer Chand Gandhi-Jainism
Gyanendranath Chakraborty-Theosophy
B.B. Nagarkar-Brahmo Samaj
_____________-Hinduism
7. The chairman of which group calls himself 'Managing Worker' and the level of employees are called 'karamyogis'. Name the chairman and the group.
8. Whose first published story was "Sansar ka sabse bada anmol ratna"?
9. Rabindranath Tagore wrote an essay called "My Interpretations of Indian History". What is so special about thi essay?
10. Which country was defeated by India by a record margin of 24-0 in hockey?

2 comments:

Arkantos said...

2. The translation of the quote is :
"If there is a paradise on earth - it is here, it is here, it is here"

Is it a refernce to Kashmir???
perhaps incribed in the Shalimar Gardens...

3. V.V. Giri
5. Allahabad Bank
6. Swami Vivekanand
9. Some of the lines of our National anthem appear in this work
10. USA

Harpreet said...

ANSWERS:

1. Indian film industry
2. "If there is paradise on earth, it is here, it is here, it is here." It is inscribed in Diwan-e-Khas in the Red Fort.
3. V.V.Giri
4. C.V. Raman and his nephew
5. Allahabad Bank
6. Swami Vivekanand
7. SAHARA Group
8. Munshi Premchand
9. this essay was transformed into our national anthem.
10. USA