Sunday, March 2, 2008

INDIA QUIZ

I think this is going to be a "khatarnaak" quiz. Some questions will be easy and some of them will be quite tough. So get yourself ready to face a volley of questions from the $UPER $TRING.....HAPPY QUIZZING.........glhf!!!

1. Which Indian tv series was the first in Asia to win the prestigious "Green Oscar"?
2. Rahmat Ali coined the name Pakistan. It was actually an acronym of five states. Name them.
3. Which cricketer scored fewer runs and took more wickets in test cricket?
4. Which city did Nehru refer to as "An expression of India's faith in future"?
5. CONNECT: MIT, NASA, Queen Elizabeth Liner, Broadway Theatres, Maybach, Philips.
6. Before the British, which country occupied Andaman n Nicobar Islands?
7. What has 14 parts named after former Rajput princely states?
8. Who said,"We owe a lot to Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made"?
9. Which Indian brand literally means "contentment of the soul"?
10. Gaive Nagpurwala was the only Indian officiating at the 2000 Olympics. Which sport did he judge?
11. This Indian went bald for playing a role in Star Trek and was the first to present an Oscar. Name the person.
12. Which Indian president was once a professor at Oxford and the Chairman of UNESCO?

to be continued....

5 comments:

odysseus said...

1.rajni
2.punjab,kashmir,iran,sind,baluchistan
3.b.s.chandrashekhar
4.chandigarh
5.
6.is it japan
7.state of rajsthan
8.einstein
9.roohafza
10.boxing
11.persis khambatta
12.s.radhakrishnan

Harpreet said...

odysseus, u have got 7 correct answers 3,4,8,9,10,11,12

Arkantos said...

Attempts by Me and Udit....(without the internet)

1. bhoomi
2. Punjab, Afghanistan (NWFP), Kashmir, Sindh and Baluchistan
3.chandrashekhar
4. chandigarh
6. dutch (holland)
7. jantar mantar
8. einstein
9. rooh-afza
10. wrestling
11. persis khambatta
12. sarvapalli radhakrishnan

Harpreet said...

here are the answers:
1. Living on the edge
2. Punjab, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Sindh and Baluchistan
3. B.S. Chandrashekhar
4. Chandigarh
5. i m sorry if the ques. was not framed in a proper way. i thought that it was very tough ques. The answer is Amar Gopal Bose of the Bose Corporation(he was a professor at MIT. His products have been used in Philips TV, NASA, Queen Elizabeth Liner, Broadway Theatres and Maybach.
6. Denmark
7. Palace On Wheels!!!
8. Einstein
9. Roof Afza
10. Boxing
11. Persis Khambatta
12. Dr. Radhakrishnan

Arkantos said...

palace on wheels question is awesome!!!