Wikipedia:WikiProject India/Quiz/Archive43

Q 43.01
Easy question to begin the new round..

Who was the fortunate IAS officer, who was designated as Prime Minster for one day, for a region in India? - Prasad (talk) 16:22, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

K.G. Badlani was made the PM of Dadra and Nagar haveli for one day after it was occupied by Indian Army --sarvajna 11:54, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Correct Sarvajna, pl. shoot another good question..-Prasad (talk) 13:46, 30 January 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.02
Thanks Prasad, here is my question He came to Mumbai to try his luck in Bollywood and has also acted in few films, but his claim to fame is from other career which involved/involves high profile criminals. Name him --sarvajna 19:18, 30 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Might be time for a clue! -Prasad (talk) 07:24, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Clue 1: he acted in Jugnu along with dharmendra and hema malini and in anjaan rahen along with Firoz Khan and asha Parekh (not sure if this clue will help, i will provide some good clues if this doesn't work) --sarvajna 07:55, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Manmohan - the henchman ? undefinedDebashisM Talk 14:23, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

No Debashis thats not the answer (will be giving another clue in few hours) --sarvajna 15:12, 1 February 2012 (UTC) when I say "his claim to fame is from other career which involved/involves high profile criminals" need not mean he is involved in the crime--sarvajna 15:57, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Is this Kamal Khan, the NDTV anchor (famous for crime news)?? --Prasad (talk) 16:53, 1 February 2012 (UTC)


 * No Prasad that's not the answer
 * clue 2: he appeared in a reality show hosted by Salman Khan --sarvajna 18:58, 1 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Abbas Kazmi, the lawyer of Kasab!! - Prasad (talk) 06:03, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Correct answer Prasad!! I am trying to prepare an article as there is no article after him. Your turn --sarvajna 08:11, 2 February 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.03
Thank you Sarvajna!

Connect Uttar Pradesh with China, Russia, Brazil, Sudan, DRCongo! Prasad (talk) 13:50, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * is this something about the 7 billionth baby?--sarvajna 19:28, 2 February 2012 (UTC)
 * No, it is geography related! Prasad (talk) 02:01, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
 * UP exports Sugar to these countries? --sarvajna 10:37, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

No, Clue #2: The Countries listed are per Continent(2 in some cases), which share some common quality!! - Prasad (talk) 11:01, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Another wild guess, UP is the largest state in India while the rest of the countries are the largest in terms of area in their continents (I don't think that this is a correct answer, can you let us know if its south sudan or north sudan) --sarvajna 11:58, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
 * No, it is Sudan, before division! - Prasad (talk) 13:07, 3 February 2012 (UTC)
 * A Bizarre Guess. Countries by length of longest river? Goutham787 (talk) 16:51, 3 February 2012 (UTC)

No, UP is not the largest state in India, River Ganges flows in other states also!! -- Prasad (talk) 00:56, 4 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Give-away clue: Geo-Political quality/arrangement! - Prasad (talk) 03:04, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * List of countries(state in case of UP) by most number of unique land neighbours in the respective continent(country in case of UP)? Goutham787 (talk) 05:51, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * I will give it to you Goutham, it is the most no. of Neighboring states, countries in their continent. UP(8), China (14), Russia (14), Brazil (10), Sudan & DRCongo (9), Shoot another good one..:)- -Prasad (talk) 06:49, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.04
Connect Arsenal to Howrah in the same way as Liverpool to Kolkata Goutham787 (talk) 18:33, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

Robert Pires who played for Arsenal would be playing for the team Howrah in PLS and Rabbie Fowler would be playing for Kolkata --sarvajna 19:03, 5 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes. It is Premier League Soccer. Over to you Sarvajna. Goutham787 (talk) 11:41, 8 February 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.05
Thanks Goutham

Connect a Portuguese administrator, a capital of a south indian kingdom, a bird, a town in kurnool district in AP(the list is long, I have mentioned only few)--sarvajna 20:19, 8 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Clue Pl....Prasad (talk) 15:30, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Different Kinds of Mango Cultivars? Alphonso, Badami, Banginapalli? Goutham787 (talk) 17:27, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Goutham is correct, Alphonso, Badami, Totapuri and Banginapalli. your turn --sarvajna 18:38, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.06
X, an Indian, is a scholar in Physics and Biosciences. His work is thought to be earlier than the corresponding/similar ones in the West. His student Y can never be forgotten in the field of Particle Physics. Identify X.Goutham787 (talk) 09:34, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Jagadish_Chandra_Bose & Satyendra_Nath_Bose ? - Prasad (talk) 16:03, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Yes. JC Bose and SN Bose. Your turn now Prasad. Goutham787 (talk) 03:39, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.07
One from mythology, again:-)

What is the name of goddess Saraswati's Veena? - Prasad (talk) 06:33, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
 * vipanchee??--sarvajna (talk) 10:19, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
 * No! - Prasad (talk) 13:24, 12 February 2012 (UTC)
 * is it rudra veena? --sarvajna (talk) 02:33, 13 February 2012 (UTC)

No, it is a 3 letter Sanskrit word, unfortunately no clues are possible..After another attempt i will give the first letter.:-)) - Prasad (talk) 03:56, 13 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Prasad can you please give us the first letter --sarvajna (talk) 07:28, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * It is "Ka (क)"-- ! Prasad (talk) 09:13, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Kachap(Ka-Cha-Pa) as in 'Tortoise'? undefinedDebashisM Talk 12:49, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * OK, i will give it to you Debashis! It is "Kachapi" (कछापी) ! Shoot another good question.. :))- Prasad (talk) 13:23, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

I had read it somewhere that saraswati's veena is called as Vipanchee but Kachapi is more appropriate I guess --sarvajna (talk) 13:42, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.08
Vice Chancellor, Magistrate, Dy. MD, Law Officers... link them to me... but who am I?
 * undefinedDebashisM Talk 14:39, 14 February 2012 (UTC)
 * A wild guess, would it be O.P.Saini? --sarvajna (talk) 04:05, 15 February 2012 (UTC)

Not really... Clue: Father, Mother...
 * No clues:)) May be time for another clue/hint! - Prasad (talk) 03:12, 17 February 2012 (UTC)

Clue : Father was a Vice Chancellor, Mother was a Magistrate, Brother was a Dy. MD, Father in Law a Governor, wife was a Professor, Both Sons are Senior Advocates (the younger being a law Officer of the govt)... but before I died people blamed me for letting another being my mouthpiece in Court...
 * undefinedDebashisM Talk 16:04, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Milon Kumar Banerjee, the former Attorney-General of India ViswaPrabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ (talk) 19:35, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

Yep! ViswaPrabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ your turn to ask the question...

Q 43.09
Several eminent subject matter experts of the time and the region were intensively involved in creating a set of books. The book, about a garden, has nearly 6000 pages and 800 metal engravings. Which was the book? ViswaPrabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ (talk) 18:47, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
 * a clue might be of help! Prasad (talk) 05:38, 23 February 2012 (UTC)


 * It was compiled more than 300 years ago in a European language. However, only recently, it had a proper and complete translation into English. The book is considered as one of the earliest treatises in its field of study. ViswaPrabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ (talk) 19:33, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Hortus Malabaricus Jisha  (Talk)

That is right, User:Jishacj. So next will be your turn! :) ViswaPrabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ (talk) 04:40, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you!ViswaPrabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ. :)

Q 43.10
"I" was set up as a result of a promise made during an election. "I" was represented by one of the erstwhile Prime ministers of the nation. Security and protection of very important persons is what I'm interested in. Who am "I" ?? (Where I is an institution.) Jisha  (Talk)
 * National Security Council? - Prasad (talk) 07:39, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Special Protection Group. — Nearly Headless Nick   {C}  07:45, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * No. But the reason why SPG was set up is linked to the "I" here.
 * (Clue}: I indulge in the production of items required to protect the VIPs and the also Infantry Combat Vehicles for Indian Army. Jisha (Talk)
 * Defence Land Systems India. — Nearly Headless Nick   {C}  08:14, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * No. I'm a government organization. My products are Indian licensed version of a second generation of foreign amphibious infantry fighting vehicle.-- Jisha (Talk)

DRDO? - Prasad (talk) 08:45, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * No. "I" call my product the chariot of victory. - Jisha (Talk)  08:55, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

OFB, Medak ? undefinedDebashisM Talk 09:07, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Correct. It is Ordnance Factory Medak. The Sarath ICV. Your turn User:DebashisM-- Jisha  (Talk)  09:10, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.11
You can connect the surname to the Bar, the Vidhan Sabha, the Lok Sabha, the Raj Bhavan, the Army, the Judiciary, the Fourth Estate...

Few of us have been in the limelight over the ages, and yes we are family
 * undefinedDebashisM Talk 09:21, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Clue: You may even try to link the UN to us, but that relationship is albeit an indirect one and presently severed.

Hinduja? --sarvajna (talk) 09:26, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Nair ? --sarvajna (talk) 10:53, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Clue: When I say family, it means a close family unit and not a clan. Its a contemporary name (and sometimes controversial)  undefinedDebashisM  Talk 15:10, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

I guess we need one more clue, I can come up with so many such surnames :-D --sarvajna (talk) 16:30, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

If I may jump the gun, the answer could very well be the Nehru–Gandhi family. However, could not trace an Army officer within their close circles. ViswaPrabha വിശ്വപ്രഭ (talk) 21:35, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

is it Justice Katju's family? --sarvajna (talk) 16:10, 1 March 2012 (UTC)

sarvajna is right ! I meant them... undefinedDebashisM Talk 16:12, 7 March 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.12
A very easy one, what is the name of the rhythmic meter in which Bhagvad Gita is told/written? --sarvajna (talk) 09:45, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Trishtup Rangilo Gujarati  ( talk ) 10:06, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
 * No thats not the answer I was looking for --sarvajna (talk) 10:11, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Anustup Rangilo Gujarati  ( talk ) 10:19, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes !! thats the right answer, your turn --sarvajna (talk) 14:38, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.13
Another easy one. "I" was associated with a US Astronaut, "I" was once a Home minister of a state, "I" was with National Patriotic Organization. Who am "I" ? Rangilo Gujarati ( talk ) 15:15, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Haren Pandya ??--sarvajna (talk) 16:12, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
 * YES, your turn now. This is interesting, I never knew about WP:PINQ. Rangilo Gujarati  ( talk ) 16:50, 11 March 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.14
The relic when first brought to India went to Bijapur in karnataka, from there it went to Ajmer and finally to Kashmir. Identify the relic --sarvajna (talk) 05:04, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Hair of Prophet Mohammed!-Chax Chakravarthy87 (talk) 06:04, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Correct answer, your turn --sarvajna (talk) 06:50, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.15
Sitter.

He was the first British Indian MP. He refused to take the oath on the Bible as he was not a Christian.id? --Chax Chakravarthy87 (talk) 05:43, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Grand old man of India, Dadabhai Naoroji !!!! --sarvajna (talk) 07:05, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Seems true according to WP...but ewhats the source on that.? his page is crapply source and a google search yields pages that take straight from here.Lihaas (talk) 09:11, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Search google properly you will get enough reliable sources, also the history text books from schools in India mention this incident. Chax, let me know if I can ask a new question --sarvajna (talk) 05:24, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

@Lihaas- I have seen this question in one of the civil service mock test paper as well. Go Ahead sarvajna! --Chax Chakravarthy87 (talk) 08:18, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.16
Sorry for the delay, connect a small town in uttar pradesh, a panchayat town in dharwad, karnataka and Bharata Ratna (it can have multiple answers)--sarvajna (talk) 08:22, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * After a long time;)- Could it be Pt. Bhimsen_Joshi ? - Prasad (talk) 10:00, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * welcome back Prasad, it is Pandit Bhimsen Joshi. Your turn --sarvajna (talk) 10:35, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.17
Thanks Sarvajna! Madras's (now Chennai) first full fledged/permanent theater X is built by Y. Identify X & Y (1/2 point each)..Prasad (talk) 10:53, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * is X the broadway bioscope?--sarvajna (talk) 11:42, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * No! - Prasad (talk) 11:47, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * when you say permanent theater, is it a cinema theater? --sarvajna (talk) 12:02, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is a cinema theater..(Clue: No more now!) - Prasad (talk) 12:25, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Electric by Warwick ??--sarvajna (talk) 13:28, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

No, another clue: It is now being made in to big complex.. - Prasad (talk) 14:35, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

I hope its not Liberty theater, as far as I know Liberty is one of the oldest but not the oldest. Thanks --sarvajna (talk) 15:43, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * No, what i was referring to is the first theater owned by an Indian! - Prasad (talk) 16:06, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Is it Gaiety Talkies on Mount Road established by Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu ? Jisha (Talk)  04:30, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Correct answer Jishac, your turn now! - Prasad (talk) 01:16, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you Prasad. Jisha (Talk)  04:30, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.18
An easy one- A few years ago X sought to enter India through a trade agreement in exchange for seasonal fruit. What is X ? Jisha (Talk)  09:32, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Harley Davidson bikes!! in return of mangoes --sarvajna (talk) 10:03, 20 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes it is sarvajna. Your turn. Jisha  (Talk)  10:15, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.19
Connect Amin Gazi, an Indian actor to an australian cricketer who was part of the Bradman's Invincibles --sarvajna (talk) 08:36, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Tough Q; will try for "the young and restless no.12 runner, Tipu (Amin Gazi) who gets run-out in Lagaan and Sid Barnes the "Twelfth Man" in suit & tie !! - Prasad (talk) 09:33, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * No! but you are very close --sarvajna (talk) 10:12, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * OK, i think it is Mankading, Bill Brown is the first victim of Runout in that fashion and Lagaan also used the same trick! - Prasad (talk) 11:44, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes that is the right answer Prasad, your turn --sarvajna (talk) 11:56, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.20
Thanks Sarvajna, that was a good cryptic question:))-

Connect Dev Anand to Sanjay Khan! - Prasad (talk) 13:36, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Zeenat Aman ??--sarvajna (talk) 13:55, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * No, you are also close! - Prasad (talk) 14:02, 21 March 2012 (UTC)
 * well another bad guess, is it Zarine Khan, Sanjay Khan's wife? --sarvajna (talk) 14:51, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Not bad at all, very good answer Sarvajna. She acted in only one movie, i.e. Tere ghar ke samnee of Dev Anand! Shoot another good one! - Prasad (talk) 15:53, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

Thanks a lot Prasad, I am out of town for few days, so I request that someone to continue with the quiz. Thanks --sarvajna (talk) 09:33, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.21
Any body interested can ask the question! - Prasad (talk) 16:44, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Ok I am back, will ask a question in sometime --sarvajna (talk) 05:02, 25 March 2012 (UTC)

This poet very well known for his work in the regional language. He started his literary career in English, but after meeting an Irish poet he started writing in his mother tongue; identify this regional great --sarvajna (talk) 10:15, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Rabindranath Tagore influenced by W B Yeats?? - Prasad (talk) 12:42, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Michael Madhusudan Dutt.--Dwaipayan (talk) 16:32, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
 * No its neither Tagore nor MM Dutt. The Irish poet had adviced this regional poet to consider writing in his mother tongue after reading latter's work in English --sarvajna (talk) 09:18, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Kuppali Venkatappagowda Puttappa advised by James Cousins ? -- Raghith 11:01, 27 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Correct answer Raghith, your turn --sarvajna (talk) 11:26, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

I don't have any question right now ,I request that someone to continue with the quiz. Thanks. -- Raghith 04:26, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.22
An easy one to continue the quiz!!

Connect Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Girish Karnad, T R Anantharaman, Sagarika Ghose...(the list is not exhaustive!) - Prasad (talk) 06:11, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Newbie here - Rhodes Scholars ? Shyamal (talk) 07:31, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Welcome aboard Shyamal, correct answer. You can post the next question now!! - Prasad (talk) 08:05, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.23
This British-Indian tea planter was born in Mysore and while working in Tamil Nadu, he collected a bat which was later found by a Thai to be unique enough to be made into a new genus of which it is the sole species. He then discovered a snake that is named after him. He moved off to Africa and Southeast Asia before settling in Australia and Wikipedia does not have an article about him. Correct answer would require creation of a start-class article. Shyamal (talk) 08:29, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Is it is "Angus Finlay Hutton"? - Prasad (talk) 09:16, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Good work... now for the article please... here is a useful source. Shyamal (talk) 09:33, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks Shyamal, it is best for a subject expert like you to start the article. The main aim of the quiz is to add/update wiki articles.- Prasad (talk) 14:04, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.24
A straight question from the recent Landmark Quiz, which i had answered..

In 1816, Alexander Duncan Campbell, a British Civil Servant, wrote a book “A Grammar of the Teloogoo Language”. In a footnote to the introductory chapter he mentioned that he had deputed a native to examine a thousand sheets of engravings that had been under the “pious care” of a family of Brahmins. He wrote, “but with the exception of a treatise on grammar, of which a copy was taken, the whole collection was found to contain nothing but voluminous….”. This was the earliest and perhaps only reference about the existence of X, and this footnote led to X’s rediscovery in 1922. What is X? - Prasad (talk) 06:10, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
 * https://archive.org/stream/grammarofteloogo00camprich#page/xiii/mode/1up leads to "Annamaiah kritis" on copper plates / Annamacharya ... Shyamal (talk) 06:34, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Righto! Shyamal, shoot another good one! - Prasad (talk) 08:58, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Q 43.25
This place (nearest village) in southern India is rich in limestone, it is filled with some of the most exciting fossils of India and is a magnet for geologists from around the world, however the place is given no protection and even the government merely quarries the place to powder up the material to make cement. Even the Wikipedia article on this place makes no mention of the significance although there was a major find in 2009. Name the place. Shyamal (talk) 13:41, 29 March 2012 (UTC) PS: There is a similar story in the north of India (sigh - so I specify southern India now)


 * Tuticorin? -- Harsh  Mujhse baat kijiye(Talk)(Contribs) 16:22, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry. Not sure if Tuticorin has such paleontological significance. Shyamal (talk) 02:01, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Clue - the strata are classified as Maastrichtian. Shyamal (talk) 09:13, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Ariyalur ?? --sarvajna (talk) 11:52, 30 March 2012 (UTC)

Bingo! It is also sometimes called the "Land of fossils", apparently every other rock there is a fossil. Shyamal (talk) 11:54, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks Shyamal, you questions were educative, I request someone to start a new round as I am off wikipedia for atleast 2 days. --sarvajna (talk) 12:30, 30 March 2012 (UTC)