NIST ISTE Students' Chapter Quiz

Today NIST Quizzards conducted the introductory quiz for the first year students.
The event was a great success with participation of more than 400 students.
Here i am posting the questions of the Quiz.
Official website of the Sankalp'09,the annual techno-management symposium of NIST Berhampur was also launched.
SANKALP'09


Set-1
1. Which famous multiplayer game has been developed by sierra Studios?

2. Name the current Indian vice-president.

3. Which country shares its’ National Day on 15 august with India?

4. Who is regarded as the ‘Father of History’?

5. What does PETA stand for?

6. Who is the latest recipient of Bharat Ratna?

7. Indira Nooyi is the CEO of which Fortune 500 firm?

8. Name the place where the first session of INC was held?

9. Name Adolf Hitler’s autobiography.

10.Name the first Asian to win the Noble Prize.

11.Which is the oldest of the four Vedas?
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12. Which fictious city other than Ayodhya is situated on the banks of
the river Surayu?
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13. What is the longest word that can be typed using only the 1st line
of standard keyboard alphabets?
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14. Name the king who declared ''The drums of war shall never be
Beaten in my land again”.

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15. Which Italian driver secured Force India’s first points in the F1?

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NIST Quizzards, the quiz community under ISTE student chapter will conduct an introductory quiz for First semester students today (September 19) at 4:10 PM. The Quiz will be held in respective classes only.
The Quiz comprises of fifteen questions to test your general awareness and IQ.
Be there…………………





President
NIST ISTE Student Chapter







NIST Quizzards, the quiz community under ISTE student chapter will conduct an introductory quiz for First semester students today (September 19) at 11:10 AM. The Quiz will be held in respective classes only.
The Quiz comprises of fifteen questions to test your general awareness and IQ.
Be there…………………





Faculty Advisor
NIST ISTE Student Chapter





NIST Quizzards, the quiz community under ISTE student chapter will conduct an introductory quiz for First semester students today (September 19) at 4:10 PM. The Quiz will be held in respective classes only.
The Quiz comprises of fifteen questions to test your general awareness and IQ.
Be there…………………





Faculty Advisor
NIST ISTE Student Chapter






























1. Name the creator of Sherlock Holmes.
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2. Who owns DLF infrastructure?
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3. Name the traditional dress for Japanese women?
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4. Which city should you be in to see the famous 'Mona Lisa ' painting?
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5. Which battle marked the beginning of British expansion in India?
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6. Name the venue for 2010 football world cup?
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7. Who is known as the "Payolli express"?
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8. Who is the governor of Orissa?
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9. Which is the all time international best seller in the world?
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10. Which city is known as 'The Windy City'?
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11. Which state advertises itself as 'God's Own Country'?
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12. Which Muslim ruler raided India 17 times between 1000 and 1026 AD?
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13. Who was the first Indian to become Miss World?
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14. Name the world's largest diamond producing country.
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15. Which English premiership club are also called the Gunners?
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1. Who has written the Indian National Pledge?
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2. Name the national sport of Pakistan.
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3. Who / what is the mascot of the Indian Railways?
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4. What is the name of the F-1 team that is owned by Indian businessman Vijay Mallya?
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5. Name the creator of James Bond.
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6. What was the original name of The Buddha?
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7. Where (continent) are the Alps Mountain ranges located?
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8. Which planet has two small natural satellites called 'Phobos' and 'Deimos'?
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9. What is the name of our nearest galaxy?
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10.What is the Roman numeral for 50?

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11.As per Hindu mythology, name the last incarnation of Lord Vishnu.
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12. Which British General was responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
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13. Which mega-city is also known as the ‘Big Apple’?
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14. Which Indian actor has the distinction of getting the Nishan-e-Pak, the highest civilian award in Pakistan?
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15. In which year was the 1st train in India started, it was from Bombay.
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1. As Minnie is to Mickey Mouse, then _______ is for Donald Duck?
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2. Name the first woman recipient of the Nobel Prize.
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3. Name the captain of Pakistan cricket team that won the world cup’92?

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4. What is dealt with in Articles 12 to 35 of the Indian Constitution?

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5. In which city of the US is Hollywood situated?

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6. What is the Boundary line between India and Pakistan known as?

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7. Name the first month of the Hindu calendar.
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8. Which state is known as India's Spice Garden?
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9. With which Indian Prime minister would you associate ‘Operation Blue Star’?
10.Archipelago is the collective name for a large number of ________.



11.Which is the last letter of Greek alphabet?

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12. What company, founded in 1968, was responsible for developing the single-chip microprocessor in 1971?

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13. Which country has the planning of making a road way up to the base of 'Mt. Everest'?

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14. Who contested from Thiruvananthpuram constituency in the 2009 Lok Sabha Elections?

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15.Who was the captain of Spanish soccer team when they won Euro 2008?

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1. Which country won the first World Cup of football in 1930?

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2. Who invented the thermometer in 1593?

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3. Name the longest bone in human body?

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4. Who is the author of the book "Pride and Prejudice"?

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5. DoComo is from which country?

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6. Who owns the Berkshire Hathaway Company?

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7. Michael Ferreira represented India in which sport?

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8. What is ascorbic acid commonly known as?
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9. Who is known as the 'Father of History'?
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10. Name the venue for the 2012 Olympics?
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11. Name the capital of Dadra and Nagar Haweli?
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12. In which city is the International Court of Justice situated?
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13. Who owns the soccer clubs 'East Bengal' and 'Mohun Bagan'?
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14. H1N1 was the virus responsible for which pandemic?
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15. Which famous fictional character was created by 'Ian Fleming'?
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In the next post will come with the Review and Questions of Jigyasa'08.

Till then Keep Quizzing!!
Dheeraj Kumar Bhatt
+919861683855

Comments, brickbats, bouquets and responses at bhatt_05@rediffmail.com or as comments.

Jigyasa'08

After a lot of brain storming our team zeroed on the name Jigyasa'08 for the inaugural inter hostel quiz.The name symbolises the mission of our community to encourage the inquisitive mind and to spread awareness in the campus.
September 05,celebrated as teacher's day all over India was the final date for the grand final of the event.
Below is the poster of the event:


Poster courtsey:www.nVtStudios.com (Prasenjit Sharan)
In the next post will come with the Review and Questions of Jigyasa'08.

Till then Keep Quizzing!!
Dheeraj Kumar Bhatt
+919861683855

Comments, brickbats, bouquets and responses at bhatt_05@rediffmail.com or as comments.

Prelims:Hostel 1

Welcome to the grandest of all hostels where there is thrill in air for quizzing and maximum participation is expected from all the years. So welcome you all to our own Hostel-1.
The most awaited quizzing destination and the last milestone before the first Inter Hostel quiz.
Presenting the questions from prelims:
1. Of Albanian descent, by what name is 1979 Nobel Prize for Peace winner Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known?
Ans: Mother Teresa

2. Which international brand had an ad campaign - 'Tomorrow is mine' and had signed Rahul Dravid for the campaign?
Ans: Reebok

3.Shekhar Kapur's Elizabeth-2 won an Oscar at 80th Academy Awards in which category?
Ans: Best Costumes

4. Relate Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon.
Ans: Beatles
5. Archipelago is the collective name for a large number of ________ . Fill in the blank.
Ans: Island

6. Mount Godwin-Austen is better known by which name?
Ans: Mt K2

7. How many players are there in a basketball team?
Ans: Five
8. What is the name for a word which reads the same backwards as forwards?
Ans: Palindrome

9. Name the person of Indian origin who founded the popular "Hotmail free e-mail service" which he sold to Microsoft for $400 million.
Ans: Sabeer Bhatia

10. With which infamous incident would you associate the company 'Union Carbide'?
Ans: Bhopal Gas Tragedy(1984)

11. Which state is known as India's Spice Garden?
Ans: Kerala

12. Who is said to be the inventor of jeans; a popular brand also?
Ans: Levi Strauss

13. India qualified for the Soccer World Cup in 1950 but were refused permission to take part; why?
Ans: Non acquaintance of playing with shoes

14. Which is the last letter of Greek alphabet?
Ans: Omega

15. Who invented the elevator in 1853?
Ans: Elisha Otis

16. Which tennis player was stabbed while playing against Steffi Graf in Hamburg 1993?

Ans: Monica Seles

17. What is the world's fastest growing plant?
Ans: Bamboo

18. In 1865 what significant( rather unfortunate) event happened at Ford's Theatre in Washington DC?
Ans: Assaination of Abraham Lincoln

19. Name the captain of Rajasthan Royals for the 1st IPL to be held next month?
Ans: Shane Warne(he is also the coach of the team)

20. In which month is United Nations Day?
Ans: October

21. What company, founded in 1968, was responsible for developing the single-chip microprocessor in 1971?
Ans: Intel

22. What does a philatelist collect?
Ans: Postage Stamps

23. Which country has the planning of making a road way up to the base of 'Mt. Everest'?
Ans: China

24. 'chai unchai' is the tea chain of which business group?
ANs: Tata

25. POSCO the steel industry giant belongs to which country?
Ans: South Korea

As expected the attendance was maximum and all the Quizzards came up for the prelims.
Thus we came to an end of the chapter of prelims and our team was now gearing for the real challenge: 1st Inter Hostel Quiz. The final date as well as name of the event was not finalized till now.
In my next post we will see the further developments.
Hope you liked questions of prelims.
Sayonara ………… will come with another post.

Till then Keep Quizzing!!
Dheeraj Kumar Bhatt
+919861683855
Comments, brickbats, bouquets and responses at bhatt_05@rediffmail.com or as comments.

Prelims:Girl's Hostel

Our journey was going strong and with god’s grace it was gaining popularity also. But now we had a herculean task of conducting quizzes in all the girl’s hostels. March 08, which happens to be the International Women’s day, was the scheduled date for the quiz. With help of Shreeta Jena, Pratichi Choudhury, Vijayalaxmi Mahapatro, Sagarika khuntia, Ipsa Akanhya and Stuti Pandey the quizzes were conducted in various hostels.

The questions were very much oriented towards fairer sex to encourage them and to keep up our promise of an interesting Quiz.
1. When is the ‘International Women’s Day’ observed?
Ans: March 08

2. Name the owner of IPL Mohali team.
Ans: Wadias and Preiti Zinta

3. This film star won the ‘Sword of Honor’ in the 12th standard At St. Columbus, Delhi. He made his debut on television in the teleseries ’Fauji’. Name him.
Ans: Shahrukh Khan

4. How many women have won the Nobel Prize for Economics since 1969, the year the prize was started?
Ans: No One

5. Which is the most abundantly found element in the universe?
Ans: Hydrogen

6. As per Hindu mythology, name the last incarnation of Lord Vishnu.
Ans: Kalki

7. Which famous Indian industrialist began his career as an attendant for Burmah Shell Gas in Aden (Yemen)?
Ans: Dhiru Bhai Ambani

8. Which is the most famous publication of the company Bennett and Coleman, started in year 1838?
Ans: Times OF India(TOI)

9. Who is currently the captain of the Indian Test cricket team?
Ans: Mahendra Singh Dhoni

10. Who won the critics award for best actor in the 53rd Filmfare Awards (for the year 2007)?
Ans: Darsheel Safari(for Taare Zameen Pe)

11. Which company recently has introduced world's thinnest laptop?
Ans: Apple(The product is called Apple Macbook Air)

12. Which Indian actor has the distinction of getting the Nishan-e-Pak, the highest civilian award in Pakistan?
Ans: Dilip Kumar

13. In which year was the 1st train in India started, it was from Bombay to Thane?
Ans: 1853

14. What is the name of Mickey Mouse’s dog?
Ans: Pluto

15. Which mega-city is also known as the ‘Big Apple’?
Ans: New York

16. Which fruit's name also happens to be the surname of the Dutch Royal Family?
Ans: Orange

17. Which bird has the largest wing span; it’s a golfing term also?
Ans: Albatross

18.’ It Happened in India’ is the book authored by the head of the Future Group, name the person?
Ans: Kishor Biyani(he happens to be the owner of Big Bazaar and Pantaloons)

19. Who is the director of the films ‘Monsoon Wedding’?
Ans: Mira Nair

20. Which is the oldest of the four Vedas?
Ans: Rigveda

21. As Minnie is to Mickey Mouse, then _______ is for Donald Duck?
Ans: Daisy

22. Name the first woman recipient of the Nobel Prize.
Ans: Madam Curie

23. Which country won the inaugural ICC T20 World cup?
Ans: India

24. Name the first Indian woman to be crowned Miss World.
Ans: Reita Fadia

25. She was born in Hong Kong in 1984 to a British mother and father of Indian Kashmiri origin. She grew up in Hawaii and subsequently moved to London. She was offered her first role by Kaizad Gustad and has been fairly successful in Bollywood, name the actress?
Ans: Katrina Kaif

The quizzes at the entire girl’s hostel were very successful and number of participants surpassed many of the earlier prelims being conducted at various other hostels. A Successful quiz at the most unexpected of the places gave a great relief to our team and paved the way for a superb future of quizzing in campus.
Hope you liked questions of prelims.
Sayonara ………… will come with another post.

Till then Keep Quizzing!!
Dheeraj Kumar Bhatt
+919861683855
Comments, brickbats, bouquets and responses at bhatt_05@rediffmail.com or as comments.

Prelims:Hostel-4

Enriched with great experiences and wonderful adventures, journey of Nist Quizzards was scaling one peak after another.This time around we were at hostel-4,biggest of all first year hostels. Participation was relatively good comapred to other places.

Presenting the questions from the prelims:
1. Who was conferred the Bharat Ratna this year?
Ans: Pandit Bhimsen Joshi

2.Name the "Crocodile Hunter" who died not so long back.
Ans: Steve Irwin

3. Who is the owner of the essel group that conducted the ICL t20 cricket tournament?
Ans: Subhash Chandra

4. Which is the tennis first grand slam in the year?
Ans: Australian Open

5. Name the Indian tennis legend who also happens to be brand ambassador for Rolex in India.
Ans: Vijay Amritraj

6. With which Indian Prime minister would you associate ‘Operation Blue Star’?
Ans: Indira Gandhi

7. Indra Nooyi is the CEO of this Fortune 500 firm.name it.
Ans: Pepsi Co.

8. Which company's meaning in Latin means "sound"?
Ans: Sony

9. What is the capital of Mexico?
Ans: mexico City

10. Name the place where the first session of INC was held?
Ans: Bombay (in the year 1885)

11. Name the first political party in India to have a website?
Ans: Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)

12. Name Adolf Hitler’s autobiography.
Ans: Mein Kempf (It means My struggle in English)

13. Name the first Asian to win the Noble Prize.
And: Rabindranath Tagore (for literature)

14. Who invented the "world wide web"?
And: Tim Berners Lee

15. Who is the director of the film 'Taare Zameen Par'.
Ans: Aamir Khan (TZP is his directorial debut)

16. As Minnie is to Mickey Mouse, then _______ is for Donald Duck?
Ans: Daisy

17. What is the Boundary line between India and Pakistan known as?
Ans: Radcliff Line

18. Who owns DLF infrastructure.
Ans: Kushal Pal singh

19. Name the king who declared ''The drums of war shall never be beaten in my land again".
Ans: Ashoka

20. Name the traditional dress for Japanese women?
Ans: Kimoni

21. Which city should you be in to see the famous 'Monalisa ' painting?
Ans: Paris

22. ‘Driven by Values, Powered by Intellect’ is the tagline of which Indian software giant?
Ans: Infosys

23. National Highway 2 (NH-2) is better known as what?
Ans: Grand Trunk (GT) road or Shershah Suri Marg

24. Name the science exhibition train touring all over India (it was in Orissa recently).
Ans: Science Express

25. Which battle marked the beginning of British expansion in India?
Ans: Battle of Palassey(1757)

Hope you all liked our questions.
Till then Keep Quizzing!!

Dheeraj Kumar Bhatt
+919861683855

Comments, brickbats, bouquets and responses at bhatt_05@rediffmail.com or as comments.

Prelims:Hostel-3 & 5

After successfully conducting the quiz in hostel-7 we moved on to other hostels the next day.This time we divided the task and prelims were held at two hostels simultaneously.

Questions of the prelims :
1. Fidel Castro recently quit the presidency of this country owing to health problems. Which country?
Ans: Cuba

2. Who is Hillary Clinton's main opponent in the US presidential election's primaries?
Ans: Barack Obama

3. Which cricketer has the record for being the fastest to score 9000 test runs?
Ans: Rahul Dravid

4. Which famous multiplayer game has been developed by sierra studios?
Ans: Counter Strike:Condition Zero

5. Name the award given to coaches who have excelled in their respective fields.
Ans: Dronachrya Award

6. Name the highest run getter in tests?
Ans: Brian Lara (Presently Sachin Tendulkar holds the record bur the prelims were in march 2008 at that time Lara was the highest run getter in tests )

7. Which sports company's logo is called 'swoosh '?
Ans: Nike

8. Which company owns the 'Pizza Hut', 'KFC' &'Taco Bell' chain of restaurants ?
Ans: Pepsi Co.

9. Name the writer of 'Robinson Crusoe'.
Ans: Daniel Defoe

10. Name the current Indian vice-president.
Ans: Md. Hameed Ansari

11. Which country shares its' National Day on 15 august with India?
Ans: South korea

12. Who composed the national song of India?
Ans: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee(The national song 'Vande mataram has been adopted from his book 'Anand Math')

13. How many Indo-Pak wars have been fought over the kashmir issue?
Ans: Three

14. Name the co-founders of Microsoft.
Ans: Paul Allen

15. Who was the director of the bollywood blockbuster "Mughal-e- Azam"?
Ans: K. Asif

16. Which element is common to all the acids?
Ans: Hydrogen

17. Name the blind poet who wrote the epics 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey'. (film ‘Troy’ is based on the two works)?
Ans: Greek poet Homer

18. Name the CEO of the Citicorp.
Ans: Vikram Pandit

19. In which year was the 1st train in India started, it was from Bombay to Thane?
Ans: 1853

20.Name the captain of Pakistan cricket team that won the world cup’92?
Ans: Imran Khan

21.Who is the mascot of the Indian Railways?
Ans: Bholu,the guard

22.Which company's tagline is "The best a man can get"?
Ans: Gillette

23.Name the company that bought the Delhi IPL team .
Ans: GMR

24.What does PETA stand for?
Ans: People for Ethical Treatment of Animals

25.At what temperature the celsius and fahrenheit gives the same reading.
Ans: -40

Prelims at both hostels were successfully conducted.Our journey was going great.
Hope you all liked the questions and our ideas.

Till then Keep Quizzing!!

Dheeraj Kumar Bhatt
+919861683855

Comments, brickbats, bouquets and responses at bhatt_05@rediffmail.com or as comments.

Our First Step:Hostel-7

Then we started our journey of quizzing and our first step was ‘Inter Hostel Quiz’.
NIST ISTE Students’ Chapter introduces…NIST QUIZZARDS…the community of quiz fanatics of the college
Aiming to create general knowledge awareness in the campus, it will hold you in good stead for the competitive future lying ahead .It will make sure that you remain well aware of happenings around. It will encourage participation in quizzing events throughout the country.
The inaugural event is the ‘INTER-HOSTEL QUIZ’ for which the preliminaries will be held in all the hostels as per the given schedule.

1.Hostel-7 on March 01,2008 in between 7:00 PM- 8:30 PM
2.Hostel-3 & 5 on March 02,2008 in between 7:00 PM- 8:30 PM
3.Hostel-4 on March 03,2008 in between 7:00 PM- 8:30 PM
4.Hostel-1C,Mermaid & 2 on March 08,2008 in between 7:00 PM- 8:30 PM
5.Hostel- Sagar on March 08,2008 in between 7:00 PM- 8:30 PM
6.Hostel-1 on March 15,2008 in between 7:00 PM- 8:30 PM

We set our foot in Hostel 7.The response was tremendous and very heart soothing.

Questions of the preliminary round as follows:
1. Who was the guest at the republic day celebrations this year?
Ans: Nicholas Sarkozy
2. What is the name of the world’s cheapest car.
Ans:Tata Nano

3. Name the venue for 2010 football world cup?
Ans: Republic of South Africa

4. Who won the Formula one championship last year?
Ans: Kimi Raikkonan

5. Who is known as the "Payolli express"?
Ans: P.T. Usha

6. What is the name of David Beckham's present football club?
Ans: LA Galaxy
7. Whose tagline is "High Performance. Delivered."?
Ans: Accenture

8. Who owns the "Virgin" group of companies?
Ans: Richard Branson

9. Who is the governor of Orissa?
Ans: M.C. Bhandare

10. The lead character in the novel 'Da Vinci Code' and "angels and demon"?
Ans: Robert Langdon

11. Which is the all time international best seller in the world?
Ans: Bible

12. From which country is Linus Torvalds ,writer of the Linux kernel?
Ans: Finland

13. Which city is known as 'The Windy City'?
Ans: Chicago

14. What is the name of the cell phone that was launched by Apple Inc. not so long back?
Ans: Apple I Phone

15. Which eminent pop performer is also called "Slim Shady"?
Ans: Eminem

16. Which Indian sports legend's autobiography is titled 'Goal'?
Ans: Dhyan Chand
17. Which state advertises itself as 'God's Own Country'?
Ans: Kerala

18. Aditya Birla Group is currently chaired by which person?
Ans: Kumar Mangalam Birla

19. Who invented the elevator?
Ans: Elisha Otis

20. Which Muslim ruler raided india 17 times between 1000 and 1026 AD?
Ans: Muhammad Ghazni

21.Who was the 'Man of the series ' in the recently concluded Twenty20 world cup?
Ans: Shahid Afridi

22.Who was the first indian to become Miss World?
Ans: Rita Faria

23. Who is the supreme commander of the armed forces of India?
Ans: The President of India

24.Napolean was defeated in which famous battle?
Ans: Battle of Waterloo
25.In which year did the the ship titanic sink on her maiden voyage?
Ans: 1912 AD

The Preliminary was conducted successfully and was a great experience and inspiration for our team to move ahead.

Till then Keep Quizzing!!
Dheeraj Kumar Bhatt+919861683855

Comments, brickbats, bouquets and responses at bhatt05@gmail.com or as comments.