CSM India Quiz -1

1. This is the Ganga Aarti at the famous Dashashwamedh Ghat at Varanasi

Which queen, after whom an airport is named in India, commissioned the construction of Dashashwamedh Ghat?

Which holy city gets its name from the “Pool of Nectar” which surrounds the most revered shrine in that city?

The company was started in 1923 as a paper and newsprint trading organization. It entered manufacturing in 1963 with the production of industrial oxygen. Today, it is a leading producer of industrial gases, fluorocarbons, multiplexes and cryogenic engineering.

Name this conglomerate whose most famous company works in an entirely different sector.

1. Which holy city gets its name from the two tributaries of Ganga it is bounded by?

3. Its ancient name means "The One that Enlightens".

This surname is an ancient Sanskrit title denoting the head of a community or caste. It is the amalgamation of the Sanskrit terms for four-way and the burden of responsibility. The people having this surname were the heads of villages and landed estates. Indian kings and emperors conferred this title to local chiefs and officers of eminence, including zamindars and jagirdars.

Which surname is this?

1. Stars have an upper limit to which their masses increase after which either it explodes to form a neutron star or implodes to form a black hole. This limit is named after an Indian-American astrophysicist, who was the nephew of the first Asian Nobel laureate in sciences. 

Name this Indo-American astrophysicist.

1. Name these beautiful waterfalls situated around 15 km from Palakkad in Kerala

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1. In 1929 a small company by the name of _____ products emerged in British dominated India. The intent was to spread joy and cheer to children and adults alike, all over the country with its sweets and candies.  A small factory was set up in the suburbs of Mumbai, to manufacture sweets and toffees. A decade later it was upgraded to manufacture biscuits as well. 

For decades, their biscuit was instantly recognized by its iconic white and yellow wax paper wrapper.

The name, "________ ___", is derived from the name of the Indian rail station, ______ ______, where the production factory is based.

ID the brand.

According to Hindu law.Devotees should always have their rightside towards the object of worship.   Hence this activity is performed with the worshipping deity always on the right side of the worshipper.The activity derives its name from the Sanskrit word __________ which means right. What activity?

1. X’s origin is shrouded in mystery, X isn’t mentioned in the Mahabharatha,Hairvamsa or the Bhagavatha. In later Puranas we find stories of X’s divine origin and X’s relation with Krishna. However from the 2nd century the name of X seems to be familiar with Prakrit authors and is mentioned by various poets mostly in romantic verses. X is famous all over India only as Raseshwari,the central figure of Rasa episodes. 

Who is X?