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Every great journey begins with a spark — and AARAMBH marks the exciting beginning of a new quizzing adventure for freshers! Organised by Prometheans – The Quiz Club, AARAMBH is more than just a quiz; it’s a celebration of curiosity, teamwork, and intellect. Participants dived into rounds filled with mind-bending questions, fun facts, and a dash of friendly rivalry. From testing wit to discovering new knowledge, AARAMBH set the perfect tone for the year ahead — where learning meets fun, and every question is a new beginning!
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- 3. rules • 8 Questionsin total • Each question has 10 points. There can be part point in some questions • No negative marking
- 4. q1 Taylor Humphrey chargesa lot of fees, upto $30,000 ( 26 -27 lakhs inr) for her premium service. What is this ridiculously simple service that literally anybody can provide - Starting from our parents, all of us sitting in this hall, friends, neighbours and on What is the service she provide
- 5. q2 In the realmof sweets where syrup flows like liquid heritage, one humble ball of chhena has sparked debates fiercer than empires at war. Some trace its first sacred offering to the goddess of a coastal shrine where the Rath rolls, while others claim a colonial-era kitchen in a 'bustling eastern metropolis' gave it its modern avatar. The clash grew so intense that it was not swords but certificates of intellectual property that were drawn, as two neighbours wrestled for recognition of their culinary ancestry. Tell me, which delicacy -X has been in the eye of the storm. In 2017, the state with 'bustling eastern metropolis' firstly received the gi tag for X and Y - who invented it.(5+5)
- 6. q3 A female calfborn to one of the oldest elephants in the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve has been named X to honour Y , the Assamese cultural icon who died recently in Singapore on September 19. Kuwari gave birth to X, her second offspring, on October 4.Announcing the birth, Assam Forest Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said her name, chosen with "immense affection and public goodwill", would convey "new life, hope, and harmony in the wild". It has been derived from X raatir bukut, one of Y's favourite songs that became an anthem for his fans after his death.
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- 8. q5 Following the deathof Jinnah, the assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistan's first prime minister, is considered the most horrific incident in the country's political history. Khan was shot twice in the chest on October 16, 1951, while giving a speech to a crowd of 100,000 people at Company Bagh (Company Gardens), Rawalpindi. Afterwards, the garden was renamed Liaquat Bagh in memory of Liaquat Ali Khan. Political parties have been prohibited from holding rallies there on numerous occasions due to an incident that happened in the late 2000s. What is the reason behind the prohibition on rallies at Liaquat Bagh?
- 9. q6 This movie clipis a later musical adaptation of a 1938 iconic on-screen adaptation-X of a play. The screenplay was penned by the author himself(Y), a feat that earned him an Academy Award. What unique distinction is connected with all this-Z? Name X, Y and Z.
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- 11. q7 •The Duckworth LewisMethod are an Irish pop group who write songs about cricket. The founders describe their albums as "a kaleidoscopic of musical adventure through the beautiful and rather silly world of cricket.“ •The track "Jiggery Pokery" is a comic retelling of a famous incident with the following lyrics. Identify the event! Jiggery pokery, trickery chokery, how did he open me up? Robbery! Muggery! Aussie skull duggery, out for a buggering duck What a delivery, I might as well have been holding a child’s balloon Jiggery pokery, who was this nobody making me look a buffoon? Like a blithering old baffoon...”
- 12. q8 •Hydrox was introducedto the world in 1908. The name comes from a combination of Hydrogen and Oxygen as the makers wanted people believe it was “pure and good”. • •X was launched in 1912 as an imitation of Hydrox with same black and white look, with X having its name in the center but it eventually became much more famous than Hydrox and X is now the best –selling product in its category worldwide. •Id. X
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- 16. q1 Taylor Humphrey chargesa lot of fees, upto $30,000 ( 26 -27 lakhs inr) for her premium service. What is this ridiculously simple service that literally anybody can provide - Starting from our parents, all of us sitting in this hall, friends, neighbours and on What is the service she provide
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- 18. q2 In the realmof sweets where syrup flows like liquid heritage, one humble ball of chhena has sparked debates fiercer than empires at war. Some trace its first sacred offering to the goddess of a coastal shrine where the Rath rolls, while others claim a colonial-era kitchen in a 'bustling eastern metropolis' gave it its modern avatar. The clash grew so intense that it was not swords but certificates of intellectual property that were drawn, as two neighbours wrestled for recognition of their culinary ancestry. Tell me, which delicacy -X has been in the eye of the storm. In 2017, the state with 'bustling eastern metropolis' firstly received the gi tag for X and Y - who invented it.(5+5)
- 19. q2 X - Rosogolla/ Rasgulla Y - Nobin Chandra Das
- 20. q3 A female calfborn to one of the oldest elephants in the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve has been named X to honour Y , the Assamese cultural icon who died recently in Singapore on September 19. Kuwari gave birth to X, her second offspring, on October 4.Announcing the birth, Assam Forest Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said her name, chosen with "immense affection and public goodwill", would convey "new life, hope, and harmony in the wild". It has been derived from X raatir bukut, one of Y's favourite songs that became an anthem for his fans after his death.
- 21. q3 X is Mayabini Yis Zubeen Garg
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- 23. q4 All have sonnamed Rahul
- 24. q5 Following the deathof Jinnah, the assassination of Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistan's first prime minister, is considered the most horrific incident in the country's political history. Khan was shot twice in the chest on October 16, 1951, while giving a speech to a crowd of 100,000 people at Company Bagh (Company Gardens), Rawalpindi. Afterwards, the garden was renamed Liaquat Bagh in memory of Liaquat Ali Khan. Political parties have been prohibited from holding rallies there on numerous occasions due to an incident that happened in the late 2000s. What is the reason behind the prohibition on rallies at Liaquat Bagh?
- 25. q5 Benazir bhutto assassinationin the same place
- 26. q6 This movie clipis a later musical adaptation of a 1938 iconic on-screen adaptation-X of a play. The screenplay was penned by the author himself(Y), a feat that earned him an Academy Award. What unique distinction is connected with all this-Z? Name X, Y and Z.(4+3+3)
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- 28. q6 X - Pygmalion Y- George Bernard Shaw Z- He achieved a rare distinction of winning both a Nobel Prize and an Academy Award (Oscar).
- 29. q7 •The Duckworth LewisMethod are an Irish pop group who write songs about cricket. The founders describe their albums as "a kaleidoscopic of musical adventure through the beautiful and rather silly world of cricket.“ •The track "Jiggery Pokery" is a comic retelling of a famous incident with the following lyrics. Identify the event! Jiggery pokery, trickery chokery, how did he open me up? Robbery! Muggery! Aussie skull duggery, out for a buggering duck What a delivery, I might as well have been holding a child’s balloon Jiggery pokery, who was this nobody making me look a buffoon? Like a blithering old baffoon...”
- 30. •Shane Warne’s Ballof the century q7
- 31. q8 •Hydrox was introducedto the world in 1908. The name comes from a combination of Hydrogen and Oxygen as the makers wanted people believe it was “pure and good”. • •X was launched in 1912 as an imitation of Hydrox with same black and white look, with X having its name in the center but it eventually became much more famous than Hydrox and X is now the best –selling product in its category worldwide. •Id. X
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- 35. rules •10 DIRECT QUESTIONS •Pounce-Bouncebased Round •Pounce --- +10/-5 •Bounce --- +10/0
- 36. q1 •10 DIRECT QUESTIONS •Pounce-Bouncebased Round •Pounce --- +10/-5 •Bounce --- +10/0
- 37. rules •10 DIRECT QUESTIONS •Pounce-Bouncebased Round •Pounce --- +10/-5 •Bounce --- +10/0
- 38. q1 King Nahusha roseto being the king of Swarg in Indra's absence but later in his arrogance, he asked the saptarshis to be his palanquin bearers. Agastya, being short was not able to keep up, thereby slowing down their pace. Annoyed at this, Nahusha kicked him and shouted out "X ! X!". Angered at the insult, Agastya cursed him, transforming him into a X, it being a wordplay on what Nahusha had shouted. Explain the funda of X in the question . Which famous character finally broke Nahusha's curse, after having a profound discussion with him on dharma, thus liberating him?(5+5)
- 40. q1 X is Sarpa.He shouted sarpa 2 times which meant to "move on" but durvasa cursed him to be a sarpa(serpent). Yudhishthir is the character
- 41. q2 What is acommon connect between always these from the world of literature?
- 43. q2 They’re all titlestaken from Shakespeare’s Macbeth Explanation:- By the Pricking of My Thumbs / Something Wicked This Way Comes — both come from the witches’ couplet in Act IV, Scene I. The Way to Dusty Death — phrase from Macbeth’s “Tomorrow… the way to dusty death” soliloquy (Act V). The Moon Is Down — taken from Fleance’s line “The moon is down; I have not heard the clock.” (Act II, Scene I). So the common link: all four book titles borrow lines from Macbeth.
- 45. q3 During the timeof Navratri in India, various Ram Leelas are held throughout the country, specially in North India. Some towns and regions even perform their own unique version of the Ram Leela that they have been celebrating for several decades. The Kumaon Ram Leela is one such example. It is more like a musical fest (rather than a staged performance), supplemented by instruments like harmonium, dholak and tabla and the focus is more on singing than acting. It is 150 years old, and due to its musical characteristics, UNESCO has declared it to be the world's longest-running FITB.
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- 48. q4 X was apoet during the reign of Emperor Bahadur Shah 'Zafar.' Zafar enjoyed poetry and had Ustad Zauq to teach him. When Zauq was going by a street in his palanquin, X made a remark and humiliated him. Zauq happened to hear X and complained to Zafar about it. So a Mushaira was held, to which X was also called, and at that Mushaira, the Emperor questioned him, "Why did he disrespect his ustaad?" To cover himself, X said it was a line from his Ghazal, and when the Emperor requested him to recite it, he took out a piece of paper and began reciting the Ghazal. Everyone was impressed. When X left one of his pupil asked for that piece of paper of Ghazal to be kept safe. X took out that paper and gave it to him. But, his pupil had an astonishing look on his face. Who is X? Why his pupil was astonished?(5+5)
- 50. q4 Mirzapur ghalib The paperwas blank
- 51. q5 After opening weekendof a recent film X, a dog- training app noted Google searches like adopt a dog near me went up 513%, rescue dog adoption near me went up 163%, adopt a puppy went up 31%, and adopt a schnauzer went up 299%, mirroring the character's schnauzer terrier look. Studio partners covered adoption fees with a national shelter network before the premiere. Identify X and what was the reason for this surge.(5+5)
- 53. q5 superman This is dueto superman dog in the movie Krypto
- 54. q6 The movie inthis video is Aakhree Raasta. What is unique about this movie, and what is the reason for the uniqueness? (5+5)
- 56. q6 Yes, Rekha dubbedfor Sridevi in the 1986 film Aakhree Raasta. Sridevi was not yet fully comfortable with speaking Hindi when she entered Bollywood
- 57. q7 X originated inCalicut, from which its name is derived, where it was also called chaliyan. By the 15th century, X from Gujarat (where the Bhavsar community was engaged in the printing trade) had made its appearance on the global stage. Trade with Europe followed from the 17th century It is famous cause it is very easy to make prints on it. Identify X.
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- 60. q8 While there maybe different colours used in this technique, this colour has become a colloquial for this technique mainly because of its variance from human skin and disambiguation from colour of most objects of concern. This colour couldn't be used for this technique though in this 2002 blockbuster because of the antagonist also being a shade of this colour, the other colour that is less commonly used also clashed with the protagonist of the movie creating a need for special visual effects and techniques. Identify the movie and the technique being talked about here. (5+5)
- 62. q8 The technique isGreen Screen and The movie is spiderman due to the presence of green goblin
- 63. q9 During the colonialperiod, when the Britishers travelled to India as workers of the company or servants of the empire, most of them use to travel alone. This directly meant that the Britishers slowly acquired a taste for Indian food which they modified to suit their tastes. The coffee houses of India too started modifying the Indian dishes for its british customers, mulligatawny being a famous example of this. Later, due to a famous global development in 1869, the British memsahibs also started arriving in India which meant that Indian food was now being replaced by regular English roasts and pies at the British table. What development brought this change?
- 65. q9 OPENING OF SUEZCANAL IN 1869
- 66. q10 Starting August 1945,several senior Japanese military officers and members of the Imperial Family were sent on missions, all with the same purpose, to islands on the Pacific and Indian Oceans. These missions carried on sporadically with men who had been military officers on through the late 1940s right up to March 1974, when the Japanese government sent bookseller and former Japanese Army Major Yoshimi Taniguchi to the island of Lubang in the Phillippines, where he successfully completed the last of these missions. What was this type of mission?
- 68. q10 Convincing isolated Japanesetroops that the War was over and they should surrender
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- 103. q1 Lionel Messi 2010,2012, 2013 Cristiano Ronaldo 2008, 2011 Marco van Basten 1992 Roberto Baggio 1993 George Weah 1995 Ronaldo (Nazário)1997, 2002 Ronaldinho 2005 Zinedine Zidane 1998 Rivaldo 1999
- 104. q2 • 2024: Riode Janeiro, Brazil • 2023: New Delhi, India • 2022: Bali, Indonesia • 2021: Rome, Italy • 2020: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (held virtually due to COVID-19) • 2019: Osaka, Japan • 2018: Buenos Aires, Argentina
- 105. q3 DWAYNE SMITH DINESH KARTHICK VIRATKOHLI VIRENDER SEHWAG CHETESHWAR PUJARA
- 106. q4 1. Highway -Mahabir Bhatti & Veera Tripathi 2. V for Vendetta - V & Evey Hammond 3. King Kong - Ann Darrow & King Kong 4. Money Heist - Denver & Stockholm 5. Knight and Day - June Havens & Roy Miller
- 107. answers 1.Players to winboth Golden Boot and Ballon d’Or in the same year 2.Previous G20 cities 3.Players who were non-strikers when Sachin played his last game in each of the formats 4.Stockholm Syndrome
- 108. congratulations to allthe winners thank youto all