HDFC Bank and Horlicks are conducting a quiz contest for school going children with prizes ranging from Rs 2,500-10 lakhs.
Model Questions:
1. George Safford Parker is famous for having created which stationary brand named after him?
Answer: Parker Pen
2. Which train was introduced in 1969 to provide high speed connectivity from the capital New Delhi to all the state capitals?
Answer: Rajdhani Express.
3. The name of which of the following coffee joints is the Italian word for a coffee brewer or a bartender?
Answer: Barista
4. Which Indian system of medicine gets its name from Sanskrit for ‘the science of long life’?
Answer: Ayurveda
5. Who is the author of the Best of Booker Prize Winner book, Midnight’s Children?
Answer: Salman Rushdie
6. India has only three national holidays: Independence Day, Republic Day and?
Answer: Gandhi Jayanti
7. What is common abbreviation of the term ‘Sensitive Index’ in India?
Answer: Sensex
8. In the field of sports in India, which award is presented to the best coach?
Answer: The Dhronacharya Award
9. Along with Tiger Woods, Thierry Henry and Roger Federer, who is the only Indian currently, endorsing Gillette?
Answer: Rahul Dravid
10. Who was the Indian tennis player to win a grand slam Tennis tournament?
Answer: Mahesh Bhupathi
11. G.V. Iyer directed the movie Adi Shankara in 1983. It was the first movie to be made in which language?
Answer: Sanskrit
12. The name of which animal is derived from the Sanskrit word ‘chitraka’ meaning ‘speckled’ or ‘spotted’?
Answer: Cheetah
13. Colombian, Java, Mocha and Kenyan are few of the varieties of what?
Answer: Coffee
14. During Wimbledon what are stored at a precise temperature of 20 degree Celsius to keep them in perfect condition?
Answer: Tennis Balls
15. How do we better know Dalip Singh Rana in the world of wrestling?
Answer: Great Khali
16. Besides India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, which other Asian country has the rupee as the name of its currency?
Answer: Nepal
17. Against which team did Anil Kumble take 10 wickets in a single innings with the figures of 10/74?
Answer: Pakistan
18. “Ping Pong” is the Chinese name of which sport?
Answer: Table Tennis
19. African Bush, African Forest and Asian are the three species of which animal/mammal?
Answer: Elephant
20. Bansuri and Venu are the two main types of which instrument?
Answer: Flute
21. The idol of Lord Shiva at Amarnath is made out of what?
Answer: Ice
22. Angolan, Indian, Reticulated and African Rock and different species of which snake?
Answer: Python
23. Chandragupta, who first gained power after capturing the rich Ganges Valley, went on to create what ancient Indian empire with his son and grandson?
Answer: Maurya
24. What empire was Megasthenes an ambassador for?
Answer: Greek
25. Which of these important inventions that is used all around the world was created by the Gupta civilization?
Answer: ‘Arabic’ Numeral System
26. Which of these remains of the Gupta Empire is the western Indian city of Ajanta most notable for?
Answer: Cave Painting
27. During his time of life in the Gupta Empire, which of these is a famous play that the Gupta poet Kalidasa wrote?
Answer: Shakuntala
28. From which of the following materials should a box for storing gamma radioactive substances be made?
Answer: Lead
29. Which material is the best absorber of infra-red radiation?
Answer: Shiny metal
Source: Horlicks-HDFC contest.
Note: Children from 4th standard to 9th standard can participate in this event.
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