5. 1.
x was an Indian cricketer who was born in Pune & x
was by profession a professor at s.p college in Pune, x
was an aggressive right hand batsman & also a bowler
known for leg breaks, his highest score was 246 larer x
was vice president of BCCI & AWARDED PADMABHUSAN
IN 1991. There is a cricket tournament Y is named after X.
Identify X & Y??
7. 2.
GAME X ORIGINATED IN ANCIENT INDIA AS A PART OF
FAMILY GAME, EARLIER IT WAS NAMED AS ‘MOKSHA
PATAM’ & EMPHASIZED THE ROLE OF FATE OR
KARMA,
THE JAIN VERSION WAS KNOWN AS ‘GYAN CHAUPER’
TO GIVE MORAL LESSONS TO THE CHILDREN &
LATER FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSE X MERGED
WITH BRITISH VERSION & CURRENTLY KNOWN AS
X?
9. 3.
X is the organization of volunteers who receive training for
few months in a year, it is the part of the regular army &
second to the line of defence only after Indian army, x’s
present duty is to relieve Indian army from their static
duties. X was founded on 9th October 1948 by C.Raja
gopalachari.
A person willing to join X, can serve the country in both
capacity as X officer & as a civilian without sacrificing his
primary profession with same rank & allowances like
Indian army. identify X??
11. 4.
X WAS THE LEAD VOCULIST FOR THE MUSICAL
GROUP Y, HE FOUND DEAD IN HIS BATHTUB IN
1971, AT THE AGE 27, FOR EXCESSIVE
ADDICTION OF DRUGS WHILE Y WAS BUSY
FOR THEIR LATEST ALBUM ‘L.A. WOMEN’.
MOVIE Z (BASED ON X) WAS DIRECTED BY
OLIVER STONE & ACTED BY VAL KILMER,
RELEASED IN 1991.
IDENTIFY X,Y,Z??
13. 5.
THE MAN INTHE PICTURE IS A.MARIA IRUDAYAM BORN 1956
IN CHENNAI,INDIA. HEWAS AWARDED PRESTIGIOUS ARJUNA
AWARD ,BY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA IN 1996.WHAT IS SO UNIQUE
ABOUT HIS ARJUNA AWARD IN 1996??
15. 6.
R.G HEFT BORN IN 1941, SAGINAW MICHIGAN,IN
1958 WHEN HE WAS A 17 YEAR OLD BOY, HE
RECEIVED A SCHOOL CLASS PROJECT & SECURED
ONLY (B-) WHEN THE FAMOUS COMMITTEE DECIDED
TO ACCEPT HIS PROJECT AFTER SEVERAL MEETINGS,
HIS GRADES WERE RECONSIDERED & HIS HIGH
SCHOOL TEACHER CHANGED HIS GRADE TO AN (A)
FOR THE PROJECT.
IDENTIFY HIS PROJECT???
16. ANSWERS
ROBERT G HEFT IS THE DESIGNER OF 50 STAR AMERICAN FLAG
WHEN HE WAS 17 HIS DESIGN(PROJECT) WAS SELECTED BY
THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
I
17. 7.
ONCE THE LEAD VOCULIST ‘ X’ SAID THAT THEY NAMED
THEIR MUSIC BAND Y BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT NO ONE
WILL UNDERSTAND THEIR SONGS IN OUR COUNTRY & AFTER
A LONG TIME SOMEONE MIGHT RESEARCH THE TRANSITION
OF MUSIC & THEY WILL DISCOVER THAT THERE WAS A BAND
CALLED Y BUT UNEXPECTEDLY Y GOT HUGE POPULARITY &
THEIR BAND NAME Y CONVEY NO MEANING WITH THEIR
CURRENT FAN-FOLLOWINGS.
19. 8.
The 1883 'Colaba Gazetteer' of the Bombay
Presidency describes the place: X
“X, about 12 miles north of Alibag on the north
coast right across from Bombay, is a landing place
of some importance.
X served as a setting for conflict between the
protagonist and the antagonist in a famous indian
movie.
22. 1.
X’s statue is in marina beach,Chennai
depicting his contribution to education in the
state.x introduced midday meal scheme to
provide at least one meal per day to the lakhs
of poor school children & he was 1st to
introduce it in 1957.(IMAGE IN THE NEXT SLIDE)
27. 3.
EMILY SCHENKL WAS INTRODUCED TO NETAJI BY DR.
MATHUR & SHE WAS HIRED BY NETAJI AS HIS
PERSONAL TYPIST TO TYPE HIS BOOK
_________________ & DURING THIS PERIOD THEY FALL
IN LOVE & SOON MARRIED IN 1937.
LATER PUBLISHED BY WISHART & CO.
29. 4.
X IS AN INDIAN POLITICIAN,HE WAS ELECTED FOR THE
FIRST TIME TO THE 8TH LOK SABHA & MEMBER OF
8TH,9TH,10TH,11TH,12TH,13TH,14TH LOKSABHA.
IN 2004 LOKSABHA POLLS X WON THE SEAT BY 5,92,502
VOTES WHICH WAS THE HIGHEST EVER VICTORY
MARGIN IN HISTORY OF LOKSABHA ELECTION IN INDIA
TILL IT WAS BROKEN BY Y WITH A NEW RECORD
MARGIN OF 6,96,321 VOTES FROM BEED IN
MAHARASTRA.
IDENTIFY X & Y??
33. 6.
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND IS A 1998 NOVEL BY
JOURNALST GILES FODEN, FOCUSING ON THE RISE OF
PRESIDENT X & HIS REIGN AS A DICTATOR FROM 1971-1979.
IN 2006 BRITISH DRAMA FILM BASED ON THIS NOVEL
RELEASED, DIRECTED BY KEVIN McDonald & Y PORTRAYED
THE CHARACTER X WHICH GIVEN HIM THE BEST ACTOR’S
BAFTA AWARD IN 2007.
X & Y????(IMAGE IN THE NEXT SLIDE)
36. 7.
TREATY OF X OR X AGREEMENT WAS A MAJOR POLITICAL
DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHERN IRELAND PEACE PROCESS
OF THE 1990’S. THE AGREEMENT IS MADE UP OF TWO INTER
RELATED DOCUMENTS BOTH AGREED IN BELFAST ON X, 10TH
APRIL 1998.
X IS A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY & X AGREEMENT IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR PEACE PROCESS BETWEEN NORTH IRELAND & REPUBLIC
OF IRELAND IN 1998. X?
38. 8.
IT WAS A PROPOSAL FORMULATED BY
CHAKRAVARTHY RAJA GOPALACHARI TO SOLVE
THE POLITICAL DEADLOCK BETWEEN INDIAN
NATIONAL CONGRESS & MUSLIM LEAGUE ON
INDEPENDENCE OF INDIA FROM BRITISH.
IN WHICH NAME THIS PROPOSAL IS FAMOUS IN
HISTORY??
41. 1.
X’S EARLY FILMS WERE CREDITED TO YATRIK, YATRIK
WAS THE SCREEN NAME OF THE TRIO DIRECTORS
CONSISTING X,Y,Z. YATRIK/ JATRIK IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR WELL KNOWN BENGALI CLASSICS LIKE-CHAWA
PAWA, PALATAK, KANCHER SWARGO ETC AFTER
1963 EACH BEGAN TO BE CREDITED SEPARATELY. Z
WAS BOTH ACTOR & DIRECTOR IN SOME MOVIES OF
YATRIK SUCH AS KANCHER SWARGO.
43. 2.
ONLY FEW PEOPLE IN PUNE, DELHI & NASHIK IN THE
COUNTRY HAVE THIS FACILITY TO ACCESS THIS RADIO
STATION WITH AN AIM TO PROVIDE RECREATION &
INFORMATION TO X.THIS RADIO STATION IS NAMED AS
‘SUDHARWANI’ BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE X A BETTER
CITIZEN & IT IS OPERATED BY ‘Y’.
IDENTIFY X & Y??
45. 3.
SINCE AUGUST 2015,WEST BENGAL HAS BEEN BATTLING A
GESTRONOMIC WAR WITH ODISHA OVER X. ODISHA ON
SEPTEMBER 2015 SET UP THREE COMMITTEESS TO STUDY THE
ORIGIN OF DELECTABLE X & COUNTER THE CLAIM OF BENGAL.
NOW THE X HAS BEEN A BONE OF CONTENTION BETWEEN
ODISHA & BENGAL WHILE BENGAL IS CLAIMING THAT Y
INTODUCED THE X IN 1868 BUT ODISHA GOVERNMENT SAID THE
TRADITION OF OFFERING X BY JAGGANATH TO GODDESS
LAXMI ON NILADRI BIJE DAY IS ATLEAST 300YEARS OLD. X & Y???
47. 4
THE OLDEST WRITTEN REFERENCES SAYS WORD X WAS USED
BY THE SLOGANS OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY DURING THE
AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1840 FOR THEIR
CANDIDATE MARTIN VAN BUREN, WAS NICKNAMED ‘OLD
KINDERHOOK’ AND HIS SUPPORTERS FORMED THE ‘X
FOUNDATION’. THIS UNDOUBTEDLY HELPED TO POPULARIZE
THE TERM X. THOUGH IT DID NOT GET PRESIDENT VAN BUREN
RE ELECTED.
IDENTIFY X??
51. 6.
IDENTIFY BOTH SCIENTISTS FROM THE IMAGE BELOW & THEIR
COMBINED CONTRIBUTION IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE.
52. ANSWER
JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR CHARLES & ROBERT BOYLE
CHARLES LAW-> V/T=K
BOYLE’S LAW-> PV=K
IDEAL GAS LAWS-> P1V1/T1 =
P2V2/T2
53. 7.
ON JANUARY 25, 1979 ROBERT WILLIAMS, ENGINEER &
EMPLOYEE OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY WAS
GATHERING PARTS FOR HIS ENGINE IN A STORAGE
ALONG WITH OTHER WORKERS & SUDDENLY DIED.
ROBERT FOUND HIS WAY INTO THE HISTORY BOOK IN A
FATALLY ODD WAY.
WHAT IS SO ODD ABOUT IT??
54. ANSWER
ROBERT WILLIAMS WAS THE 1ST PERSON KILLED BY A ROBOT WHEN HE WAS
GATHERING PARTS ONE OF THE ROBOTS ARMS SLAMMED INTO HIM & HE DIED
INSTANTLY FROM THE POWERFUL HIT TO THE HEAD.
55. 8.
THE FILM X WAS A HUGE HIT IN BOX OFFICE WITHOUT A
ROMANTIC HERO & THE FIRST WORD OF PRAISE COME
FROM Y’S CLOSEST FRIEND UTTAM KUMAR WHO SENT A
BROCHURE ON WHICH HE WROTE “ROMA’S INDIVIDUAL
VICTORY”. X IS PERHAPS THE FIRST MAJOR BENGALI MOVIE
DIRECTED BY Z in 1959 WITH A FEMALE PROTAGONIST DID
NOT OFFER A FEMINIST SLANT ON THE FILM.
X, Y & Z??
59. 1.
IDENTIFY THE SURNAME OF THE PERSON WHO WAS A
PIONEER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SOUND EFFECT
TECHNIQUES USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF MOTION
PICTURE & AFTER WHOM THE ART OF POST
PRODUCTION SOUND EFFECT CREATION IS NOW
NAMED & KOUSHIK GANGULY MADE A MOVIE CALLED
‘SHOBDO’ INSPIRED BY THE STORY OF THIS PERSON.
61. 2.
IDENTIFY THE BOOK BY PAINTER JOHN JAMES AUDUBAN
WHICH CONTAINING THE ILLUSTRATION OF WIDE VARIETY OF
BIRDS & IT WAS 1ST PUBLISHED IN 1827. ON JANURY 2012 A
COMPLETE COPY OF THE 1ST EDITION WAS SOLD BY FOURTH
DUKE OF PORTLAND BY 7.9 MILLION DOLLAR .THE
ECONOMIST ESTIMATED TEN HIGHEST PRICES EVER PAID FOR
COPIES OF THIS BOOK, ONLY 120 COPIES KNOWN TO HAVE
SURVIVED OF THIS BOOK.(IMAGE IN THE NEXT SLIDE)
64. 3.
IT IS A RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT PROJECT BY GOOGLE X
WITH A MISSION OF PROVIDING INTERNET ACCESS TO RURAL
AREAS THROUGH HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOONS PLACED IN
STRATOSPHERE AT AN ALTITUDE 32KM, IT WILL PROVIDE 3G LIKE
SPEED , GOOGLE OFFICIALS TOLD PRIME MINISTER MODI THAT
THEY WERE DOING A PILOT PROJECT IN ANDHRA PRADESH &
IN FUTURE 100 MILLION PEOPLE CAN BE LIFTED OUT OF
PROVERTY. IDENTIFY THE PROJCT??
66. 4.
ABDUL KALAM’S FATHER JAINULABEDIN WAS A BOAT
OWNER & USED TO TOOK HINDU PILGRIMS BACK & FORTH
BETWEEN RAMESHWARAM & DHANUSHKODI. THEIR FAMILY
ACQUIRED THE TITLE ‘MARA KALAM IYYAKIVER’ WHICH OVER
THE YEARS BECAME SHORTENED TO ‘MARAKIER’ & THEIR
FAMILY IN THIS REGION WAS FAMOUS AS ‘MARAKIER’.
WHAT IS THE MEANING OF ‘MARA KALAM IYYAKIVER’/ WHY
THEIR FAMILY ACQUIRED SUCH A TITLE??(FUNDA)
67. ANSWER
WOODEN BOAT STEERERS
(KALAM’S FATHER OWNED A FERRY THAT TOOK HINDU PILGRIMS BACK & FORTH BETWEEN
RAMESHWARAM & DHANUSHKODI AS A RESULT THE FAMILY ACQUIRED THE TITLE )
70. 6
1960 ED GOODGOLD & DAN CARLINSKY, TWO STUDENTS OF
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY WITH OTHRS BEGAN TO TRADE
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ON CURRENT CULTURAL TRADES
DURING THIS TIME THE TERM ‘TRIVIA’ WAS FIRST APPEARED IN
COLUMBIA DAILY SPECTATOR IN 1965 & FINALLY FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN THIS YEAR THEY ORGANIZED THE CONTEST X.
IDENTIFY X (SPECIFIC)
72. 7
DIFFERENT KIND OF NOSES MADE BY SILVER & GOLD USED MAINLY IN
I6TH CENTURY & 1ST USED IN DENMARK BY A WELL KNOWN DANISH.
HOW WERE THEY BETTER KNOWN ??
73. ANSWER
TYCOH’S NOSE
(TYCOH BRAHEY LOST SOME PART OF HIS NOSE DURING A DUET WITH A
DANISH NOBLEMAN & HE STARTED USING ARTIFICIAL NOSES MADE BY
SILVER/GOLD)
74. 8.
ESTANCIA INFATILL, A NURSERY SCHOOL IN MEXICO
WHICH IS OPEN 24*7 (DAY & NIGHT CARE) FOR
CHILDREN , IT WAS FOUNDED BY WORLD FAMOUS
MEXICAN ACTRESS DOLORES DEL RIO WHO WAS
NEVER HAD CHILDREN OF HER OWN.
IDENTIFY WHAT IS SO UNIQUE ABOUT THIS NURSERY
SCHOOL.
75. ANSWER
IT IS FOR THE CHILDREN OF MEXICAN ACTORS &
ACTRESSES WHO ARE OUT OF THE TOWN OR BUSY
FOR SHOOTING
82. ANSWER
PROF. MARTIN PFAFF DESCRIBING EARLY DAYS OF HIS
ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH WIFE ANITA BOSE
PFAFF(DAUGHTER OF NETAJI SUBHAS)
83. 3.
BORN AS SOMNATH IN NAIHATI, WB. AFTER SCHOOL HE
WENT TO A PSYCHIATRIST WHO TOLD HIM FORGET ABOUT
BEING A WOMEN OR KILL YOURSELF, HE STUDIED HARD &
NOW 1ST TRANSGENDER PERSON IN INDIA WHO HAS
COMPLETED PHD.
SHE IS INDIA’S 1ST OPENLY TRANSGENDER COLLEGE
PRINICIPAL & BEGAN WORK AS SUCH IN 2015 AT
KRISHNANAGR WOMEN’S COLLEGE. IDENTIFY???
85. 4.
GULSHAN KUMAR,THE FOUNDER OF ‘T-SERIES’ WAS KILLED AT
J.MAHADEV MANDIR ,MUMBAI IN 1997, THE POLICE ACCUSED X OF
HAVING PAID FOR THE ASSASINATION & COMMISSIONER
R.H.MENDOCA ALLEGED AT PRESS X HIRED THREE GOONS TO KILL
GULSHAN KUMAR BECAUSE X THOUGHT GULSHAN TRIED TO END HIS
CAREER & THUS TOOK THE HELP OF ABU SALEM BUT LATER VINOD
JAGTAP CONFESSED THAT X IS INNOCENT.
IDENTIFY X???
87. 5.
X was a jail superintendent & Bengali author who
spent much of his career as jailor in Northern Bengal
& wrote many fictional versions of his experience.
Prison & prisoners always remained the Centre of
attraction in X’s stories. X is famous for his pen name
y
X & Y??
89. 6.
HE WAS BORN AS ANIRBAN DHAR & GRADUATED FROM
JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY IN 1989, RECEIVED A SCHOLARSHIP TO
STUDY FILM EDITING IN BERLIN.HE STARTED HIS CAREER AS AN
ASSISTANT TO KALPANA LAJMI & HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR MOVIES
LIKE ‘MY BROTHER NIKHIL’ WHICH IS ONE OF THE FIRST
MAINSTREAM HINDI FILM TO DEAL WITH AIDS & HE GOT IIFA
NOMINATION, IN 2006 HIS SECOND FILM WAS BAS EK PAL, SORRY
BHAI IN 2008. HE ALSO RECEIVED BEST FILM AWARD IN ASIAN FILM
FESTIVAL & FLORENCE INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL.HE IS ALSO ONE OF
FEW OPENLY GAY DIRECTORS IN BOLLYWOOD.
IDENTIFY??
93. 8.
X WAS SELECTED FOR U-19 TRIAL CRICKET TEAM TO
PRESENT NATIONAL SIDE IN THE U-19 CRICKET WORLD CUP
BUT DUE TO A MINOR INJURY HE DID NOT GOT A MATCH &
FINISHED THE TOURNAMENT AS A SUBSTITUTE BUT MANY
YEARS LATER HE BECOME POPULAR BUT THIS TIME NOT
CRICKET TOTALLY ANOTHER FIELD & MOSTLY POPULAR
AMONG THE YOUTHS OF TWO MAJOR SOUTH ASIAN
COUNTRIES.
IDENTIFY X?
99. 2.
COMPETITION X IS HOSTED BY WBMA & HAS BEEN THE
GOVERNING BODY SINCE 2004 THE 1ST CHAMPIONSHIP OF X
IN 1990 TOOK PLACE IN GERMANY, PARTICIPANTS FROM 91
COUNTRIES PARTICIPATED IN THIS COMPETITION TILL 2013.
FOR THE COMPETITION, THERE ARE 4 CATEGORIES WITH EACH
CATEGORY BROKEN INTO 17-18 INDIVIDUAL CATEGORIES
LIKE- SIDEBURN,PARTIAL BEARD,DALI,HUNGARIAN ETC.
MICHEAL ATTRE IS THE CURRENT CHAIRMAN OF WBMA.
IDENTIFY X??
101. 3.
X HAD ACCESS TO THE INDIAN DRESSING ROOM
DURING SEVERAL TOURNAMENTS IN THE 1980’S.
DURING A TOURNAMENT IN SHARJAH IN 1987 X
ENTERED THE INDIAN DRESSING ROOM AND OFFERED
A TOYOTA COROLLA TO EACH INDIAN CRICKETER IF
THEY BEAT PAKISTAN IN THE TOURNAMENT BUT Y
CAME INTO THE DRESSING ROOM AND SHOUTED IN
HINDI “TU KAUN HAI, CHAL BAHAR NIKAL ,CHAL”.
IDENTIFY X & Y??
103. 4.
X IS THE 1ST INDIAN MOVIE WHICH WAS BANNED FOR CENSORSHIP BY
BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN 1921 DIRECTED BY KANJIBHAI RATHORE. THE
LEADING CHARACTER IN X ACTUALLY REPRESENTS GANDHI &
HIS ACTIVITY AGAINST BRITISH THROUGH A HINDU
MYTHOLOGICAL CHARACTER. X??
105. 5.
IF YOU SEE THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION ‘AMERICAN
HUMANE ASSOCIATION’ IN THE CREDITS OF A HOLLYWOOD
MOVIE OR A TELEVISION SHOW.
WHAT FOUR WORD PHASE ARE YOU ALSO MOST LIKELY TO
SEE??
107. 6.
IT HAS BEEN MEASURED AT 102.2 DECIBELS, APPERANTLY AS LOUD
AS POLICE SIREN, CAUSING A LOT OF DISTRACTION OF VIEWERS &
OPPONENTS COMPLAINED OVER THE EAR SPLITTING NOISE, TV
VIEWERS CLAIMED THAT THEY WERE SO LOUD THEY HAD TO
MUTE THEIR TELEVISIONS. SEVERAL COMPLAINS TILL 2015 OF X’S
NATURAL BEHAVIOUR DURING THE GAME.
WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT???