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!!

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