*KAUN BANEGA NDA PATI*
*THE SOOPER DOOPER NDA QUIZ
1. WHICH INDIAN FORMATIONS (WHICH STILL EXIST) SAVED SUDAN FROM FALLING IN HANDS OF GERMANS AND HENCE THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO NDA?
1A. THE PRESENT NDA SITE WAS ALREADY BEING USED AS A TRAINING SCHOOL DURING WORLD WAR II. WHAT WAS IT CALLED?
2. "I HAVE WON THE BATTLE BUT LOST MY LION". WHO SAID THIS, AFTER WHICH BATTLE AND WHO WAS THE LION?
2A. WHOSE IDEA WAS IT TO HAVE A COMBINED ACADEMY FOR ALL THREE FORCES?
2B. WHAT WAS THE FIRST NAME PROPOSED FOR THE ACADEMY?
3. WHO WAS THE CHIEF ENGINEER WHO PLANNED AND SUPERVISED NDA CONSTRUCTION?
4. HOW WAS THE ACADEMY COLOUR, A SHADE OF MAROON, DERIVED?
5. WHAT IS THE MEANING OF "KHADAKVASLA"?
6. WHICH WAS THE FIRST COURSE TO PASS OUT AT KHADAKVASLA?
7. WHICH WAS THE FIRST COURSE TO JOIN DIRECTLY IN KHADAKVASLA?
8. WHICH WAS THE FIRST COURSE WHERE ARMY, NAVY AND AIR FORCE CADETS PASSED OUT TOGETHER?
9. WHO WAS THE FIRST PRINCIPAL OF NDA?
10. VERY TOUGH QUESTION - IN WHICH SUBJECT AND BY WHOM WAS THE FIRST ACADEMIC LECTURE GIVEN IN NDA?
11. BEFORE MH WAS CONSTRUCTED, WHICH PRESENT SQUADRON WAS MH?
12. WHICH DEPUTY COMMANDANT WAS SHOT AT POINT BLANK RANGE IN 1962 WAR?
13. WHICH EX NDA CADET WAS AMONGST THE FIRST TO COME BACK AS INSTRUCTOR AND LATER BECAME CHIEF?
14. WHO WAS ACC FOR MORE THAN ONE TERM?
15. WHO ARE THE EX NDA CADETS WHO HAVE PLAYED TEST CRICKET FOR INDIA?
16. WHO IS THE ONLY EX NDA CADET WHO WAS MEMBER OF OLYMPIC TEAM AND CAPTAINED INDIA IN AN INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL MATCH?
17. WHICH WAS THE FIRST COURSE TO PASS OUT IN BLUE OR WHITE PATROLS?
18. LIKE 41ST COURSE, 26TH AND 23RD COURSE DID NOT HAVE A VIP FOR THEIR POP. WHY?
18A. WHICH COURSE DID NOT HAVE A POP AT ALL AND WHY?
19. WHO IS THE ONLY REAL FOREIGNER TO TAKE THE SALUTE AT POP? Note: The first few chiefs after independence who were Britishers have also taken salute. They are not counted.
20. WHO WAS THE FIRST TO GET GOLD IN NDA AND SoH IN IMA?
21. HOW MANY CADETS GOT BOTH GOLD AND SILVER?
22. DURING OUR 6TH TERM A LADY GAVE A BHARATANATYAM PERFORMANCE. WHAT IS HER CONNECTION WITH NDA? This question only for 41st course.
23. WHO WAS THE FIRST EX NDA DEPUTY COMMANDANT?
24. WHO WAS THE FIRST EX NDA COMMANDANT?
25. HOW MANY COMMANDANTS OF NDA BECAME CHIEFS?
26. WHO WAS THE FIRST TWO STAR DEPCOM?
27. WHO WAS THE FIRST THREE STAR COMMANDANT?
28. WHICH NDA STAFF MEMBER BECAME A TEST UMPIRE?
29. WHO IS THE ONLY VVIP WHO HAS TAKEN THE SALUTE 3 TIMES?
30. WHO WAS TAUFU AHUA TUPOU? This question only for 41st course
31. A VIP REVIEWING OFFICER CAME FOR TWO POPS CONSECUTIVELY? WHO AND WHY?
32. 8188 IS THE FIRST 41st course PURE NUMBER. WHICH IS LAST AND WHO WAS IT? MODIFY FOR YOUR COURSE.
33. WHICH SQUADRON OF YOUR COURSE HAS PRODUCED MOST STARRED OFFICERS? 1-4 stars and all three forces. If any officer was in two squadrons, then both to get credit.
34. WHO, WHAT OR WHERE IS THE "ACADEMY FULL STOP"?
35. THERE WAS A PLACE CALLED THE BOWL IN NDA. WHAT WAS IT?
36. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE COMMITTEE THAT INTRODUCED GRADUATION IN NDA?
37. IN WHICH SQUADRONS WERE THE THREE EX NDA PVCs?
38. WHICH SQUADRON HAS PRODUCED THE MAXIMUM CHIEFS?
39. THE FIRST NDA COURSE PRODUCED COMMANDANTS FROM ALL THE THREE SERVICES. NAME THEM.
40. WHO WAS THE ONLY GOLD MEDALIST TO HAVE BECOME CHIEF SO FAR?
41.WHO COINED THE NAME CAMP GREENHORN?
42. WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL NAME OF CAMP ROVER?
43. ON WHICH REPUBLIC DAY DID NDA FIRST SEND A CONTINGENT?
44. WHICH WAS THE FIRST GRADUATE COURSE.
46. WHICH COURSE WAS THE FIRST TO HAVE ITS FIRST TERM IN GHORPURI CAMPUS, PUNE?
47. WHICH VIP TAKING POP SALUTE, FAINTED ON THE QUARTER DECK AND WAS CARRIED TO MH?
48. WHO WERE THE COMMANDANTS WHO BECAME CHIEFS?
49. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE COMMANDANT'S BUNGALOW?
50. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE FIRST CHARGER RIDDEN BY THE ADJUTANT DURING CEREMONIAL PARADES? WHAT WAS THE CHARGERS' NAMES DURING YOUR TIME?
51. WHICH COURSES HAVE PRODUCED CHIEFS OF ALL THE THREE FORCES AT THE SAME TIME?
52. WHICH IS THE ONLY SQUADRON WHICH HAD CHIEFS OF ALL THREE FORCES AT THE SAME TIME?
53. WHICH SQUADRONS HAVE PRODUCED THE FIRST TWO CDSs?
*Go For It, Ex NDAs..*🔆👉🏼