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QUESTION 1: Connect Somnath with Tirupati.

ANSWER 1: Two idols from other temples were each brought to these temples for protection. The Sriranganatha, the deity of Srirangam was brought to Tirupati and a deity from Mecca was alleged to have been brought to Somnath.

QUESTION 2: This fictional Indian detective's dog was called Samosa. What detective, and how did
he get his name?

HINT
This detective abruptly stopped practice in September 1995.

ANSWER 2

Tegrat (reverse of Target), the super-sleuth.

QUESTION 3: It is naturally found only in the Gandaki river in Nepal and is of religious significance.
What?

ANSWER 3: Saligrama

QUESTION 4: Link Downtime to Soma.

HINT
Hint 1: It has to do with the Vedic guardians of Soma.
Hint 2: It specifically has to do with the beings that kept and distributed Soma.

ANSWER 4

The Gandharvas. They wrote a song called Downtime, the Gandharvas are the keepers of Soma.

QUESTION 5: Connect a deva, a major hindu god, a flickering flame, and name a place.

ANSWER 5: Kalahasthi temple in Andhra Pradesh. The deva is Vaayu and Hindu god is Shiva.

QUESTION 6: In 1842 Lord A made the famous Proclamation of X, which caused a storm of debate
in House of Commons, UK. The opposition in the house argued that government was catering to the religious prejudices by appeasing Hindus in India. So who was A ? What is X ? Why the proclamation is considered to appease Hindus in India?

HINT
X is connected to Bill Gates.

ANSWER 6

A is Ellenborough; X is Gates; Ellenborough, then Governor General of India, claimed the gates of the Somnath Temple, raided by Mahmud of Ghazni, were now part of Ghazni's mausoleum. He issued the proclamation instructing those in charge in Afghanistan to bring the gates back. According to Romila Thapar, there is no record there ever were any gates.

QUESTION 7: In what currently spoken language the word 'Hindu' (or a very minor variation of that)
refers to all people living in India?

ANSWER 7: Chinese. The word is 'indu'.

QUESTION 8: Person X is rumored to have almost gone to war with you-know-who. A particular
general confirms this rumour in a book he wrote. What exactly did X do?

HINT
What X did was organise a very big war game.

ANSWER 8

Did not get Rajiv Gandhi into confidence? The book in question is The Dynasty by SS Gill.

QUESTION 9: This detective didn't like to be called a detective, instead he coined a descriptive
word for himself, that translates roughly as 'one searching for truth.' Who?

ANSWER 9: Byomkesh Bakshi

QUESTION 10: In 1926 India became a member of this conference followed by Pakistan after
partition. What is the conference being talking about?

ANSWER 10: International Cricket Council

QUESTION 11: This 'friendly' fictional detective has a mythological character namesake as a
sidekick. Who?

ANSWER 11: It's Feluda, real name Pradosh Mittar. Jatayu is by his side aiding him in several of the cases, making him a second sidekick.

QUESTION 12: X was a tournament between four communities of India. When the REST of the
Indian communities were included X became Y. To participate in Y representing the REST, two non-Indians sailed in the same boat and came to India. Who are they?

ANSWER 12: The Bombay Quadrangular, later Bombay Pentangular, De Saram, S. S. Jayawickreme came on the same boat from Ceylon.

QUESTION 13: In the beginning of 2001, there was some protest in India over a non-issue. Some
politicians named a donkey 'America' and took out a procession, and also named a dog 'George Bush'. What was the issue?

ANSWER 13: The issue was Bush's cat's name was India , which our politicians considered offensive, so as a tit-for-tat Congress named a donkey "America" and Shiv Sena named a dog "Bush"

QUESTION 14: She was an IAS officer and played a key role in setting up an Institute which was
first of its kind in India. She also became the first lady Director-general of a Council, related to the Institute. Who was she and what is the name of the council?

ANSWER 14: Rathi Vinay Jha - Instrumental in setting up the National Institute of Fashion Technology(NIFT) and was also a member of the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI). An IAS officer of the 1967 batch.

QUESTION 15: Which treasure was kept in the at the Flora Fountain Branch of the HSBC in Mumbai
till bought by the Govt. of India just 4 days ahead of the expiry of a deadline which would have permitted foreign buyers to bid and claim it.

ANSWER 15: The Nizam's jewels.

QUESTION 16: This Indian engineer/soldier was blown up twice in his career, was ambushed and
had his ear drums shattered, once cleared mines in a 55 miles long stretch in 4 days, went on to become a General and was awarded a prestigious medal. Who is he?

ANSWER 16: Premindra Singh Bhagat

QUESTION 17: What English word is derived from one of the names of Vishnu, and takes its
meaning from one of the festivals in India?

ANSWER 17: Juggernaut (from Jagannatha)

QUESTION 18: Find a connection from Hyder Ali to the national anthem of the United States.

ANSWER 18: Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan used iron case rockets in several wars, and William Congreve was inspired by one of those to develop the Congreve rockets. The phrase "rockets' red glare" in Star Spangled Banner refers to the British using these rockets against Fort McHenry in 1814.

QUESTION 19: On January 31, 1948, all Indian newspapers carried the news of Mahatma Gandhi's
death on the front page, except one. Which one and why?

ANSWER 19: The Hindu. Because the paper had classified ads on the front page.

QUESTION 20: We know there are any number of political entities in India who claim a role in the
Freedom Struggle. However there is a current political entity whose background involves active support of the British Rule. Name the political entity.

ANSWER 20: Justice Party that became DMK.

QUESTION 21: Connect Bhai Duj with 5179.

HINT
Hint 1: Bhai Duj → Yama → ____________ → ____________ → ____________→ ____________ → 5179.
Hint 2: Bhai Duj → Yama → ____________ → ____________ → ____________→ Lakshya → Peak 5179.
Hint 3: Bhai Duj → Yama → ____________ → ____________ → Kargil conflict → Lakshya → Peak 5179.

ANSWER 21

Nachiketa . According to mythology he is the man who went to Yama to understand the true meaning of life. And the modern day Nachiketa was a flight lieutenant in Kargil War. He was caught by Pakistan spent eight days in captivity and later got handed over to India.

QUESTION 22: Connect Geneva and Chidambaram.

HINT
Hint 1: The connect is two-jump; the first link is an International Organization in Geneva.
Hint 2: connect by considering Chidambaram as a place not as name of a person.
Hint 3: The international organization in Geneva is CERN.

ANSWER 22

The 128th session of the CERN council held on 18 Jun 2004 ended with the unveiling of a statue of the India God Nataraja gifted by the Govt of India. The primary deity in the temple at Chidambaram is Natarajan.

QUESTION 23: Connect a temple in Kerala and Nuclear Reactors

HINT
Hint 1: Temple in Kerala → Mythological Folklore → Chemical substance → Nuclear Reactor. The Chemical substance is used is more than a few Nuclear Reactors.
Hint 2: Lead and Lead compounds are used in Nuclear Reactors as coolants.
Hint 3: In this temple, legend has it that one can hear the roar of the sea inside the sanctum sanctorium. Molten lead has been poured between rock slabs on the floor to prevent the sea from flooding the temple from below (You can still see the molten lead on the floor of the temple).
Hint 4: You can hear the sea roaring inside the temple (source: Legend) because the prime deity is lying on the sea on a bed of some animal.

ANSWER 23

Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple

QUESTION 24: On 78th Birthday of Gandhiji in 1947, he was gifted something in a public meeting
where Nehru and Patel were present. What was the gift?

HINT
Hint 1: The date is not mentioned in purpose. The public meeting was held on October 11, 1947 (not on October 2) which is Gandhiji's birthday according to Hindu calendar.
Hint 2: The gift is very trivial.
Hint 3: The gift was given by local Gujaratis.

ANSWER 24

The gift was a purse. In the meeting Patel said smilingly "There is no end to your greed!To collect a purse , you will leave even your death bed!"

QUESTION 25: Connect Bangalore (specifically Brigade Road) with Sherathang.

ANSWER 25: Cyber-cafe. The world's highest cybercafe is in Sherathang and Brigade Road, Bangalore has the country's pioneering cyber-cafe, started by ABC (Amalgamated Bean Cofffee Trading company).