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
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