20170504 PDCL QUIZ

WBPDCLINTER SCHOOL

QUIZ COMPETITION - 2017

VENUE : SAGARDIGHI

THERMAL POWER SCHOOL

DT: MAY 04, 2017

QM : SASWATA CHAKRABORTY

FORMAT6 (SIX) ROUNDS 2 (TWO) ROUNDS ON BOUNCE ONLY2 (TWO) ROUNDS ON BOUNCE & POUNCE2 (TWO) WRITTEN FULL HOUSE ROUNDSNORMAL QUIZZING RULES

ROUND – 1

WARM-UP

8 (Eight) Very Easy Questions (CW).

Bounce

+10 / No Negative

30 sec. for direct / no extra time for bounces

QM’s decision regarding any doubts would be FINAL .

‘Musthi’, ‘Shikhara’ and ‘Kartari Mukha’ arethree different mudras associated with Indianclassical dance forms. People all across Indiauses these dancing mudras everyday in quitedifferent perspective since 2007.

In which very much in use sector, these mudras are commonly seen?

We all use HB pencils duringour school days.

What do the term ‘HB’ stands for?

Hard Black

There is something commonbetween these letters of theEnglish alphabet.

What is the similarity?

All these letters need the vowel ‘e’ at their back

to get them pronounced!

There is something commonbetween these letters of theEnglish alphabet.

What is the similarity?

All these letters are used singly to denote the symbolic names of

elements

This type spicy snacks, typicallyserved as street food, in variouscombinations, gets its name becauseof its mouth watering taste and isnamed thus as it is said that onewould be compelled to lick his/herfingers after consuming it.

Which spicy, mouth-watering snacks is being talked about?

This type spicy snacks, typicallyserved as street food, in variouscombinations, gets its name becauseof its mouth watering taste and isnamed thus as it is said that onewould be compelled to lick his/herfingers after consuming it.

Which spicy, mouth-watering snacks is being talked about?

We often use CFL bulbs.What is the full form of

CFL?

This often used English term isactually a Greek word, which means‘I find’. The term was first translatedin English by Archimedes. Thisparticular term is also used in theofficial seal of California.

Which term is being talked about?

This often used English term isactually a Greek word, which means‘I find’. The term was first translatedin English by Archimedes. Thisparticular term is also used in theofficial seal of California.

Which term is being talked about?

What is common to the followingplaces of West Bengal:

Adra (Purulia)Durlabhpur (Bankura)

Guskara (East Barddhaman)Durgapur (West Barddhaman)

Krishnanagar (Nadia)

What is common to the followingplaces of West Bengal:

Adra (Purulia)Durlabhpur (Bankura)

Guskara (East Barddhaman)Durgapur (West Barddhaman)

Krishnanagar (Nadia)

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ROUND – 2

WISE-GUESS(ES)

8 (Eight) Easy Questions (ACW).

Bounce

+10 / No Negative

30 sec. for direct / no extra time for bounces

All the answers could be easily guessed out!


As per historical records, Nurjahan is thecreator of this particular food item. It issaid that she created this dish by mixingsweetened milk and different types of fruitpulps with crushed ice, which used to beimported from the Himalayan lakes.

What’s the food item?

The Infotel Broadband Services Limited (IBSL)was the only company in India to have 20Mhz ofpan-India airwaves that it can use for providing4G services. It was the only firm to winbroadband spectrum in all 22 zones in India inthe 4G auction.

How is the company presently better known as?

Name the mobile phone

which has taken its name

from a web-search engine.

Which place surrounded by ocean literally translates to

“Opposite to the north” in Greek?

Which place surrounded by ocean literally translates to

“Opposite to the north” in Greek?

This famous brand is named after aterm that is sometimes used to referto people who have one white parentand one black parent. This brand thusgets its name due to the fact that it’s“Black on the outside and whiteInside”.

Which famous brand is being talked about ?

This famous brand is named after aterm that is sometimes used to referto people who have one white parentand one black parent. This brand thusgets its name due to the fact that it’s“Black on the outside and whiteInside”.

Which famous brand is being talked about ?

The name of this Indian place (as well asdistrict) is derived from the local wordfor ‘the land of paddy’. The place existedwhen Hein Tsang visited India. Thefamous traveller has described theexistence of a powerful kingdom in theplace, which comprised the district andthe adjoining areas being ruled by KingShashanka.

Name the place / district.

The name of this Indian place (as well asdistrict) is derived from the local wordfor ‘the land of paddy’. The place existedwhen Hein Tsang visited India. Thefamous traveller has described theexistence of a powerful kingdom in theplace, which comprised the district andthe adjoining areas being ruled by KingShashanka.

Name the place / district.

Identify the personality from the world of fictions:

He was born in 1902/1903. His father was ateacher. He passed from Beharampore College.He used to spent a lot of time behind theclosed door of a library. He had a habit ofdoddle with pencil. He dwelt somewherebetween College Street & Amherst Street inCalcutta. In 1968, he bought a land and builthome at Keyatala in Calcutta.

Identify the personality from the world of fictions:

He was born in 1902/1903. His father was ateacher. He passed from Beharampore College.He used to spent a lot of time behind theclosed door of a library. He had a habit ofdoddle with pencil. He dwelt somewherebetween College Street & Amherst Street inCalcutta. In 1968, he bought a land and builthome at Keyatala in Calcutta.

According to legend, the Hoysala King VirBallal, during one of his hunting expeditions,got lost and was eventually saved by an oldlady, who offered the hungry and tired Kingsome cooked beans and water. The King, beingsaved thus, named that particular place as“The Place of Boiled Beans”.

What is the present day name of the place?

According to legend, the Hoysala King VirBallal, during one of his hunting expeditions,got lost and was eventually saved by an oldlady, who offered the hungry and tired Kingsome cooked beans and water. The King, beingsaved thus, named that particular place as“The Place of Boiled Beans”.

What is the present day name of the place?

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ROUND – 3

MIXED-BAG (I)

8 (Eight) Questions (CW).

Bounce / Pounce.

+10 / 0 on Bounce

30 sec. for direct or pouncing / no extra time for bounces

+10 / -10 on Pounce.

Maximum 5 (five) Pounces for a team in the round.


The whole nation is seemed to beunder the ‘Bahubali’ fever. In the film,a new language has been cultivated.

Name the language.

(Please follow the next clip)

Identify the famous actress of the bygone era, who has

advertised for the famous

beauty soap Lux.

Sachin Tendulkar and Sonu Nigam sang the‘Cricketwali Beat’ anthem. It was releasedto launch a cricket app.

Name the app.(Enjoy the song!)

Many of us are Hollywoodmovies fans.

In which US city is the Hollywood situated?

Recently a BSF Jawan’s videopost had become viral in thesocial media.

Identify the Jawan.(Please follow the next clip)

Tez Bahadur Yadav

The school-girl in the picturehas grabbed the headlines .

Identify her.

We are going to listen to the Hindi versionof a very famous Rabindra Sangeet.

Name the singer.(Enjoy the song!)

The West Bengal Tourism is, now-a-days, projecting West Bengal as“The ______ part of India.”

Fill in the Blank.

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Written Round.

There would be 6 (six) questions.

Each question carries 10 marks.

+20 for a Full-House.

Exchange answer-sheets after all the questions are asked.

Total 80 Marks at stake.


ROUND – 4

FULL HOUSE

Find the number value for each shape, so that the addition

holds correct.

During a T-20 cricket match, there noextra ball is bowled during an innings; andthere is no runs earned in byes.

What would be the highest score to be scored by a single batsman?

The words or phrases havesomething in common.

What is so special about the words?

The state of Bihar is the birthplaceof two religions.

Name the two religions.

What is the full form of ‘CAPTCHA’?

Find the number value for each shape, so that the addition

holds correct.

During a T-20 cricket match, there noextra ball is bowled during an innings; andthere is no runs earned in byes.

What would be the highest score to be scored by a single batsman?

The words or phrases havesomething in common.

What is so special about the words?

Each one has four ‘O’s

The state of Bihar is the birthplaceof two religions.

Name the two religions.

What is the full form of ‘CAPTCHA’?

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ROUND – 5

AMUL AD Written Round.

There would be 6 (six) questions.

Each question carries 10 marks.

+20 for a Full-House.

Exchange answer-sheets after all the questions are asked.

Total 80 Marks at stake.


Amul Ad regarding which event ?

Amul Ad regarding which in-the-news personality?

Amul Ad regarding which infamous (now)

personality?

Amul Ad commemorating which special event?

Amul Ad regarding which national celebrity?

Amul Ad regarding which international

phenomenon?

Amul Ad regarding which event?

Amul Ad regarding which in-the-news personality?

Amul Ad regarding which infamous (now)

personality?

Amul Ad commemorating which special event?

Amul Ad regarding which national celebrity?

Amul Ad regarding which international

phenomenon?

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ROUND – 6

MIXED-BAG (II)

8 (Eight) Questions (ACW).

Bounce / Pounce.

+10 / 0 on Bounce

30 sec. for direct or pouncing / no extra time for bounces

+10 / -10 on Pounce.

Maximum 5 (five) Pounces for a team in the round.


In human body, thefirst cervical vertebrais named after amythologicalcharacter.Name the character,

or, the vertebra.

Sarees could be worn in differentstyles. As shown in the picture,Begum Rokeya is simply adoring aparticular way of wearing sarees.This form of wearing a Saree is atake-away of the Persian way ofwearing sarees, and in known asthe ‘Brambhika’ way of wearing asarees.

This form of saree draping was made popular in Bengal by a particular family.

Name the family.

This British Citizen was born in Hong Kong andspend her early life in different nations of Asiaand Europe. After the divorce of her parents,she lived with her mother Susanna Turquotte,but for her profession, she took her father’ssurname. She stepped in the world ofentertainment at the age of 14 as a model inLondon and today she is a big name in theentertainment industry.

Name the lady in concern.

This British Citizen was born in Hong Kong andspend her early life in different nations of Asiaand Europe. After the divorce of her parents,she lived with her mother Susanna Turquotte,but for her profession, she took her father’ssurname. She stepped in the world ofentertainment at the age of 14 as a model inLondon and today she is a big name in theentertainment industry.

Name the lady in concern.

BRBNMPL is a private limited company, wholly ownedby the Reserve Bank of India to print the currency notes.The company manages two centers – one in Mysore,Karnataka and the other in Salboni, West Bengal. Themachineries at Karnataka has been supplied by KBAGiori, Switzerland & that of West Bengal by KomoriCorporation, Japan.

What does BRBNMPL stand for?

Connect

VajrasanaVakasanaHalasana

TrikonasanaVrischikasonaDhanurasanaChakrasanaPadmasanaShabasana

Menu Card of a very in-the-newsrestaurant is shown.

Identify the famous group which owns the restaurant.

Connect

All currencies that Euro

had replaced /

substituted

Satyajit Ray’s 97th birthday was celebratedon the 2nd May, 2017. the maestro’s nameis written in such a fashion so that if onereads it upside down, it would look exactlythe same.

What is the name of such art of writing?

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20170504 PDCL QUIZ