India and Mythology
Quiz
Rules
 15 questions, total of 30 points
 All questions related to India and/or Indian
mythology.
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1. Whose name has been
blanked out? (3 points)
 (Check next slide)
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And the answer is…
 Jhumpa Lahiri  (This was a Indian-theme quiz,
remember?)
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2. Which opposition? (1 point)
 Till 1973, the Davis Cup had only ever been won by the
United States, Great Britain/British Isles, France and
Australia/Australasia. In 1974, India and country
“X” qualified for the final. India refused to travel to
Country X for the final and X became the first
“outsider” nation to win the Davis Cup. As of 2010, X
has never actually played in a Davis Cup finals match.
The following year, Sweden became the first outsider
nation to win after playing the finals. Which country is
country X?
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And the answer is…
 South Africa  South Africa never reached any other
Davis Cup final after that 
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3. Google Doodle for? (1 point)
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And the answer is…
 Yep, 82nd birth anniversary of the lovable Anant Pai 
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4. Identify (3
points)
 What’s so special about
this Waheeda Rehman
starrer that was released in
1972? The still is taken
from a photoshoot for the
movie that took place
indoors in April 1970.
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And the answer is…
 Sorry for being a bit arbit, but didn’t want to give out
Googlable clues  This is an image taken from a vintage
photoshoot done in April 1970. Fardin and Waheeda
Rehman played the lead in the movie “Subha-O-Shyam”,
released in 1972 produced by B. Radhakrishna and Abbas
Shahabiz. Chanakya directed the film, which also costarred Sanjeev Kumar as Fardin’s younger brother.
What’s special about that?
 This movie was perhaps the first Indo-Iranian coproduction movie. Iran’s Abbas Shahabi was the coproducer, and it starred the Iranian actor Fardin.
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5. Who?
Which
famous
company is
he a founder
of? (2
points)
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And the answer is…
 DLF Group; Choudhary Raghvendra Singh
 Will give full points to either of these answers 
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Indian Mythology…
 The next 10 questions are from Hindu mythology…
Most of them are crackable… All the best 
 2 points each 
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6. Who?
 His real name is Sathyavrata, but he got his name
because of his acts.
 A. He misbehaved and misused his authority as a
prince and hence was exiled.
 B. He killed the cow of sage Vasishta
 C. He used the unsanctified meat of his kill as food.
 There are clues in the question... Work it out :)
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And the answer is…
 Trishanku, meaning 3 sins 
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7. My favourite question 
 Arjuna weilded the Gandeeva bow. But who was the
original owner of the celestial bow that could
singlehandedly create havoc on the opposition?
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And the answer is…
 Varuna  He gave it to Agni, who in turn “lent” it to
Arjuna for the great war. After the war was over, when
Arjuna began his ascent, Agni requested Arjuna to
return the bow.
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8. Which list?
 During the period of every Manu, this list varies. If the
current list comprises of:







Kashyapa
Atri
Vashishtha
Vishvamitra
Gautama
Jamadagni
Bharadvaja
 Then what list is this?
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And the answer is…
 Yes it’s the Saptarishis 
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9. Who?
 _______ was observing on the last day of the war, how
an owl was attacked by crows in the day and how the
owls attacked back in the night. So he surmised that
under the laws of nature, a person can fight when he is
strong. He, Kritavarma and Kripacharya tried to attack
the camp of Pandavas and they were stopped by a
demon kept by Krishna.
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And the answer is…
 Ashwattama, the son of Drona
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10. Who / What?
 In the beginning when Brahma created the universe,
he did not consider the concept of over-population.
Since there was no death then and the Earth became
over-crowded. What did the worried Brahma do after
this and what practise arises because of this particular
act of Brahma?
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And the answer is…
 Agni was originally used to burn, but this led to
extinction. Hence Brahma created the concept of
death. This is why Hindus “burn” the bodies after
death.
 Pretty cool, isn’t it! 
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11. I am death…
 Though there are many prescribed in the sacred texts
of India, the following are the key ones: Naimittika,
Prakritika and Atyantika. What popular word used
often as a movie plot in various Hollywood movies, is
this?
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And the answer is…
 Pralaya - or the end of the world as we know it 
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12. Who?
 Bhima was the only one who managed to kill
Jarasandha. But that was one-on-one. Jarasandha was
considered invincible in battle with armies (the reason
why Krishna, Arjuna and Bhima went for a single
combat). Who is the only warrior to have defeated
Jarasandha before Bhima? (and this was a real battle)
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And the answer is…
 Karna 
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13. The game 
 We all know the game of dice in the Mahabharata that
ended with the Pandavas going to exile. There was
another with Nala in the game which he also lost.
What was probably the only game of dice in which a
fight ensued over the claim for victory in the game,
where two warriors who were neutral during the great
war fought each other?
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And the answer is…
 Balarama, the brother of Krishna and Rukmi, the
brother of Rukmini (aka one of Krishna's brother in
laws!) Balarama became angry, hurled his pestle at
Rukmi's head and killed him.
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14. Who?
 If Srutasena, Ugrasena and Bhimasena were the other
lesser known brothers, who was the most famous
brother, a vital character in the Mahabharata?
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And the answer is…
 Janamejaya, the person who started the rendering of
the itihasa 
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15. Un, dos, tres…
 And the final question of this quiz…
 What was the original name that Pandu gave to his
third son?
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And the answer is…
 Krishna (because of his dark complexion)
 I know, even I did not believe it !!!
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The scores (for Round 2)
Navdeep Shukla
13
Gaurav Makker
12.5
Abhishek Chaturvedi
9
GZ Ramharish
8
Chanchal Pati
8
Anuj
6
Ganesh Puttu
5
Rushil Dhar
5
Vidyasagar
3
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The cumulative scores after Round 2…
Gaurav Makker
Anuj
Chanchal Pati
Sudeep
GZ Ramharish
Navdeep Shukla
Anup Kumar
Ganesh Puttu
Abhishek Chaturvedi
Rushil Dhar
Vidyasagar
Supratim
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23
21.5
17
15
14.5
13
11
9.5
9
5
3
2
Scoring Pattern (for Quiz 2)
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Total Score
Points per question
3
1
1
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
30
Anuj
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
Ganesh Puttu
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0.5
0
0
5
GZ Ramharish
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
8
Chanchal Pati
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
8
Gaurav Makker
0
0
1 0.5 1
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
1
1
12.5
Abhishek Chaturvedi 0
1
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
9
Vidyasagar
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3
Rushil Dhar
0
0
1
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
Navdeep Shukla
1
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
13
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Please Note:
 The scoring pattern has been shared to remove
ambiguity and ensure transparency in giving points,
especially giving half-points to answers  It will be
shared as when needed…
 The next quiz, a Biz Quiz, will be uploaded before 10
am tomorrow morning  i.e. 17/10/2011
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End of Quiz 
 Thank you for attempting !!!
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