Avant-Garde Essence 2018

TIE-BREAKER QUESTIONS
“X” WAS BORN INTO A WEALTHY JAIN
FAMILY IN BOMBAY. DESPITE HAVING
A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN
BIOCHEMISTRY HE CHOSE TO BECOME
A POLITICIAN. BEFORE BECOMING A
POLITICIAN HE WORKED AS A STOCK
BROKER. ID “X”
AMITBHAI ANILCHANDRA SHAH
Who is the only Indian to be
conferred with Bharat Ratna at
his/her residence?
ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE
Which market in Delhi is Asia’s
largest wholesale Spice
market?
KHARI-BAOLI MARKET
This deserted city of “x” is a UNESCO
world heritage site. It is situated at the
foot of Pavagadh hill. It remained the
capital of Gujarat until 1535. Identify “x”.
CHAMPANER
Commissioned by the Lakshmi Insuarance
Company, the Lakshmi Building was
inaugrated by Sarojini Naidu in 1938. Used to
be the tallest building in Karachi before the
partition, it was also known for it’s state-of-
the art clock tower, and it’s iron elevator. The
founder of this company was also known for
his another business venture which came into
big time news , for all the wrong reasons, in
the recent times. Identify the owner and what
is the other venture.
Owner- Lala Rajpat Rai
Other venture- Punjab National Bank
 The paintings on Duronto Express were
designed by which Eminent Personality?
MAMATA BANERJEE
 CONNECT:
• Netaji Indoor stadium
•Kanteerava indoor stadium/Mankapur indoor stadium
•Thyagaraj sports complex
•The arena
•Motilal Nehru school of sports,Rai
•Sawai mansingh stadium
•Patliputra sports complex
•Shree Shiv Chhatrapati sports complex
•Jawaharlal Nehru
• Gachibowli Indoor stadium
• Sardar vallabhai patel stadium
•Babu Banarasi Das stadium
Venues for the PRO KABADDI
LEAGUE
•“X” was established during the reign of mughal
emperor Shah jahan and designed by his daughter
Jahanara.
•Earlier this lane was known for it’s silverware shops but
now it is known for an entirely different reason. Of the
20 shops in the late 1960s (all belonging to branches of
the same family), ONLY three remain: Pt Kanhaiyalal
Durgaprasad Dixit (estd 1875), Pt Dayanand Shivcharan
(estd 1882). Pt Baburam Devidayal (estd 1886).
•In the years just after the independence, Jawaharlal
Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit came
to this “Galli”.
• Bollywood actor Akshay kumar was a resident of this
place.
Paranthe Wali Gali
 What is unique about the Sulabh
international museum located in
Delhi?
It is a museum dedicated entirely to the
different types of Toilets used from the
ancient times till date.
CONNECT:
•Sardar Vallabhai Patel
•Morarji Desai
•Charan singh
•Jagjivan Ram
•Yashwanth Rao Chavan
•Devi Lal
•Lal Krishna Advani
They were the Deputy Prime Ministers of
India