Inter House Heritage quizD.A.V Public School ,BSEB Colony, Patna

Researched and Conducted by:- ANKUR AGRAJ

Rules

2 dry rounds of 12 and 10 questions each One written differential of 8 questions Dry rounds on infinite pounce and bounce

Dry Round 1

Pounce : +15/-10Direct (Bounce/Verbal) : 10/0

1.Which Fort

X fort is the birthplace of Maharana Pratap . Situated in Rajsamand district of Rajasthan it is one of the Hill Forts included in UNESCO’s list of World heritage sites.

With a wall over 38 Km long it is the second largest wall in the world after the Great Wall of China.

At times it is also called the Great Wall of India.

Kumbhalgarh Fort

2. Which Artform This art form was developed during the Ramayan

period in the palace of Raja Janak. It was a domestic ritual activity which was practiced by women.

This was unknown to the outside world until the massive India-Nepal earthquake 1934 when houses and wall tumbled down. Then British officer, William G Archer, while inspecting the damage “ discovered” the paintings on newly exposed walls. He was stuck by the similarity to the work of western artists like Miro and Picasso.

What?

Madhubani/Mithila Panitings

3.Which Lady She was the most loved daughter of her father

Shahjahan as a result she was appointed the chief queen after the death of her mother.

She was a educated and learned lady who was well versed in Persian and Arabic and was a writer, Poet and painter. She wrote the biography of Moinuddin Chisti.

She also commissioned the construction of Jami Masjid in Agra and made the design for Chandni Chowk.

Who

Jahanara

4. Which Dish According to legend, old and aging Wajid Ali shah lost his teeth,

even though his passion for gourmet food was intact.

He then ordered his royal cook to make kebabs for which he would not need his teeth at all.

The chef came up with meaty eatables which simply melted in the Nawab’s mouth.

 The word _____ comes from the root word which means soft enough to swallow.

These are delicately and fondly cooked using papaya as tenderizing agent which makes it softer than butter and tender as snow. It is said that the authentic Awadhi recipe used more than 150 spices to make this one _____

Galauti Kebab

5. Business tycoon & Company In the 1980s, this young entrepreneur ,recognizing the

importance of the emerging IT field took advantage of the vacuum left behind by the expulsion of IBM from India, changed the name of his company to X and entered the high technology sector by manufacturing minicomputers under technological collaboration with an American company Sentine Computer Corporation .

Later in life he went on to setup a benchmark in philanthropy by becoming the third non-American to sing up for the initiative taken by the wealthiest businessmen to give away a major portion of their earnings to charities.

Who and ID X

Azim Premjee & WIPRO

6.

X is a place in Uttar Pradesh. It is famous as the place of origin of a style or gharana of Indian classical music.

It was recently in news but for wrong reasons.

Which place

Kairana /Kirana Gharana

7.

Name the 1st classical singer to be awarded Bharat Ratna

#KolzStyle

M.S Subbulakhsmi

8. Famous dancer

X was an dancer and choreographer was is considered to be the pioneer of modern dance in India. He is best known for incorporating western theatrical techniques to classical and tribal Indian dances thus creating a fusion. He was the elder brother of world’s most famous sitar player

Uday Shankar

9.

Vande Mataram’s first public performance was at 12th Congress convention. Who was the vocalist and music composer for the song on that occasion?

RabindranathTagore

10.Which daily diet item

X was first conceived in the ancient Punjab region, but soon became popular all over India. The south-Indian states have their own versions of X. In Myanmar (Burma) it is eaten with curries or cooked with either egg or mutton, or as a dessert with white sugar. X in Trinidad and Tobago is generally larger and thinner. Give the common Indian name

Parantha

11. Which City

On the marriage of King Charles-II of England with Princess Catherine de Braganza of Portugal, the British received X in dowry in 1661. the king later leased it to East India Company at an annual rest of £ 10.

Bombay/Mumbai

12.Rajasthani Sweet

Ghewar

Written differential

8 visual question +10/0 +20 if all correct Part points to be awarded

1. Instrument and the player

2. Instrument and the player

3. Dance and the Dancer

4.Instrument and the Player

5. Tabla Player

6. Dance style

7. Whose Birthday Doodle

8. What occasion

Exchange Sheet

1. Shiv kumar Sharma;Sntoor

2. Vishwamohan Bhatt; Mohan Veena

3. Birju Maharaj/ Kathak

4.Amjad Ali Khan; Sharod

5. Ustad Allahrakha Khan

6. Bharatnatyam

7. R D Burman

8. Republic Day 2016

Dry Round 2

Pounce : +15/-10Direct (Bounce/Verbal) : 10/0

1.Which Cricketer X is an Indian cricketer from the 60s. He

made his international debut in 1959 and became the youngest person to score a century on a debut.

However his fame rests upon an incident which took place in a test match against Australia where he was kissed on cheeks by a young lady. A painting called “The kissing of X” was featured in Salman Rushdie’s novel The Moor’s Last Sigh

Abbas Ali Beig

2.

How do we better know asthangika marg

Eight fold path of Buddhism

3.Connect

Ananthavijaya Paundraka Devadatta, Sughosha Manipushpaka

Coonch of the Pandavas

4 Which Pioneer He began his career as a small time photographer

in Godhgra but has to leave business after the death of his first wife and child in an outbrake of bubonic plague. He soon met the German magician Carl Hertz, then employed with the Lumiere Brothers. Soon after, he had the opportunity to work with the Archeological Survey of India as a draftsman. However, restless with his job, he turned to printing and worked for Raja Ravi Verma.

Later he went to establish something which has been a cultural ambassador of contemporary India.

Dadasaheb Phalke

5. Which Residence X was a student residence in Highgate, North

London that existed between 1905 and 1910. With the patronage of lawyer Shyamji Krishna Verma, it was opened to promote nationalist views among Indian students in Britain

The building soon became a hub for political activism.

Some of the people associated with this house include Madanlal Dingra, Lala Hardayal, Bhikhajee Cama and V.D Savarkar

India House

6. Which Monument located in Ajmer The original building, a Sanskrit college, was

partially destroyed and converted into a mosque by Qutb-ud-Din-Aibak of Delhi in the 12th century.

According to a local legend, after defeating Prithviraj Chauhan in the Sceond Battle of Tarain, Muhammad Gori passed through Ajmer. There he saw the magnificent temples, and ordered his slave general Aibak to destroy them, and construct a mosque – all within 60 hours time.

Cont…

The artesian could not build a mosque in 60 hours time, but constructed a brick screen wall where Ghori could offer prayer.

Adhai Din Ka Jhopra

7.FITB

The ___________ _____ is the most prized collection of Patna Museum and one of the finest examples of Mauryan Art.

It is 64’’ tall, carved out of a single piece of stone. This life size standing image is tall, well proportioned, free standing sculpture is made of sandstone with well polished surface.

The ___________ _____ is estimated to date from ca 3rd century BCE

Didarganj Yakshi

8. Which artifact is being described In 1973, British archeologist

Mortimer Wheeler described the item as his favourite statutte:

“She’s about 15 years old I should think, not more, but she stands there with bangles all the way up her arm and nothing else on. A girl perfectly, for the moment, perfectly confident of herself and the world. There is nothing like her, I think,in the world”

The Dancing Girl

9. City

The city of X was founded by Job Charnock on August 24, 1690 in the Sutanauti village. Later the British purchased three villages Sutanauti and Kalikata

Caluctta

12. Kashmiri Mutton Dish

Rogan Josh