4. Q.2)
The birthplace of modern day __________ is Venice. In the Medieval
Ages, Venice was a center of trade and commercial activity. Merchants
had giant businesses and they were struggling to run these corporations
efficiently. It is then that Luca Pacioli developed a updated _________
system. There is still debate about whether he developed it or just
improved it and made it available to the merchants. However, debate or
no debate, Luca Pacioli is considered to be the “Father of Modern Day
_________”.
However, prior to rise of European commerce in the Medieval Ages,
India was the primary center for bustling trade and commercial activity.
Although there has been no record of this fact, but is claimed that
Indian merchants had very advanced _________ systems at that time.
What hindi word/phrase am I talking about ?
5. Q.3)
What was made with the assortment of these 5 imaginative things:
1)Helmet
2)Plastic used in Pest Control
3)Clip attached Payjamas
4)Shoes used in Rainy Season
5)Polythene gloves used by Gol Gappa Waalas
GIVE ME THE FUNDA.
6. Q.4)
X felt utterly cheated after being outwitted by his brother in a
game. So He decided to leave and settle at this secluded spot
on the peak of a mountain called KRONCH PARVAT.
Later he sacrificed his body and gave his bones to Lord Shiva
as reverence.
A temple is set in the same place. You can see snow clad peaks
starting from bandar punch , kedarnath dome , trishul and
nanda devi group of peaks from here.
Give me X or name of the temple.
7.
8. Q.5*)
Here’s an excerpt from Tribal Contemporary Issues by Ramanika Gupta and
Anup Beniwal. It throws light on the struggle of adivasi groups against British
rule during the revolt of 1857.
However, the person(highlighted in excerpt) came into limelight in 2014, when a
song with the same name was released by X in collaboration with V.Selvaganesh.
This song was a part of 7 song album, which was launched to celebrate its
Anniversary in music industry.
ID X.
9. Q.6)
Give me the funda regarding this amul topical published in 2008.
10. Q.7)
Educational qualifications of two eminent personalities.
Person on the right is being termed as the new ________ ______ on social media
these days due to his skills.
I need both of them.
11. Q.8)
On September 24,2016, A reunion programme,
Smruti Sandhya was organised for those who were
the participants of the national conference of X
held between 29-31 Dec 1967. The main agenda of
that conference was to select the new president of
X.
I need the name of the President and also give me
the funda related to this ‘Smruti Sandhya’ reunion.
12. Q.9)
Shahjahan’s desire to build a black Taj Mahal to house his tomb
was recorded by French traveller Travernier, who wrote
"Shahjahan began to build his own tomb on the other side of
Yamuna but the war with his sons interrupted his plans and
Aurangazeb who reins at present is not disposed to complete
it". Mehtab Burj and the wall adjoining it, opposite the Taj
Mahal, is generally believed by historians as the foundations and
remains of Shahjahan’s proposed plan.
The Black Taj came up on the occasion of the closing ceremony
of Taj Mahotsav in celebrations commemorating 350th year of
Taj Mahal" in September.
Who was the creator of this Taj Mahal?
13. Q.10*) The brow-antlered deer, or sangai, is the state animal.
The word is ubiquitous—it can be found on shop signage,
cafés, clubs, a regional daily newspaper, even at an annual
tourism festival.
The animal is, in fact, in danger of losing its home,X —most
of the phumdis, or floating swamps, are unable to sustain its
weight.
Preservation efforts are under way. Experts have proposed a
Sangai-centric conservation programme , comprising a
foundation and a task force, with various stakeholders,
including local communities that live around the X and the
Loktak Development Authority.
I need X,home of Sangai, an entity which has its own share of
fanfare due to its uniqueness around the world.
15. Q.12)
Graduated from IIT roorkee he started writing TV ads
,poems ,lyrics and screenplays. He was awarded
Gyaanpeeth's Navlekhan Puraskar which he refused to
accept.
When his first story collection was going to launch
Bharatiya gyaanpeeth publication refused to publish the
book by stating that the stories of the book were
pornographic in nature . Later it was published by rajkamal
publication in 2018 and it became a best seller .
Who is this personality who recently got famous for his
screenplay writing in Article 15 ?
16. Q.13)
Through the four yugas he had built several towns
and temples for the gods. Among them were, in
chronological order, Svarga (Heaven) in the Satya
Yuga, Lanka in the treta Yuga,
and Dwarka(Krishna's capital) in the dwapara Yuga.
He is also the designer of all the flying chariots of
the gods, and all their weapons and divine attributes.
Who is being referred here ?
17. Q.14)
X was composed by Samuel Cohen, in 1888. It is said that
Cohen mentioned his inspiration behind the melody as a
Romanian song called ‘Carul cu boi’ that he had heard years
ago. Listen to Carul cu boi on the next slide.
Samuel Cohen’s version inspired another song Y. Y was a part
of a 1996 bollywood hit movie,which you can still cherish as it
features like 2 times a week on a certain hindi movie channel.
GIVE ME Y.
18. Q.15*)
Margamkali is an ancient South Indian round folk dance.
"Margam" means path or way or solution in Malayalam,
but in the religious context it is known as the path to
attain salvation. Much of this folk art is woven around the
mission of X. The original Margam Kali describes the
arrival of X, the miracles he performed, the friendship as
well as the hostility of the people among whom he
worked, the persecution he suffered.
ID this exotic community of south India which has been
keeping this age old dance form alive?
19. Q.16)
As the story goes, in 1920, the Maharaja of Y, a fabulously
wealthy ruler whose name was Jai Singh Prabhakar, visited
London, and one day decided to walk around the city
“incognito,” wearing ordinary English clothes. Passing by a Rolls
Royce showroom, Jai Singh decided to go inside. He asked the
staff about the specifications of the Rolls Royce cars and
their prices. However, the salesmen just saw a man with the face
of an Indian. Ignoring his request for a test drive, the staff went
so far as to rudely show the Maharaja out the door.
Furious by this, he purchased all of the cars in the showroom.
And he paid for them all right away, including the cash for the
costs of delivery. When he returned to India, Jai Singh Prabhakar
gave an order to the Municipality in New Delhi to use the cars
for collecting garbage.
20. It is also considered that this king was the one behind replacing X with Y. He
changed the name as X came last in alphabetic order. This order was in pursuit for
higher repute, however in modern days Z has been running a campaign to change
the name of A to B, as A appears last while receiving grants from central
government.
ID Y AND B.
21. Q.17)
Who is the leader of this group, someone suffering from
Asperger syndrome, OCD and Selective mutism, someone who
speaks only when he/she thinks it’s necessary?
22. Q.18)
In the year 2009, it was reported that French-Afghan filmmaker Atiq
Rahimi was planning to adapt Rabindranath Tagore's short story
__________ into a film but the project did not materialize. In 2012,
It was reported that Amitabh Bachchan was going to play the lead
role. Things fell apart and by 2016 it was Debashish Madhekar who
was assigned as the director.
Deb in an interview said that he felt it had everything that he wanted
to do in his first feature – it had children, magic realism, nostalgia,
travel, and says something about the world we live in and how people
are suffering.
Identify this 2018 film starring a veteran actor famous for playing
villainous roles back in late 20th Century.
25. Q.20*)
Aditya Iyer’s ______ ___ HIS _____ is an heartfelt article which was published Sep
13,2019. The article revolves around a player who was not too long ago considered
the next big thing in Indian cricket. For the last three seasons X hasn’t been picked
by any IPL team. For the last two years he hasn’t featured in a first-class match for
his state-team. The second of those setbacks even forced X to seek opportunities
beyond his state team Earlier this month, on September 3, he announced that in the
upcoming season he will play and lead Y, the newly formed team that topped the
second tier of the Ranji Trophy in 2018-19.
The name of the article is inspired from a Hollywood movie which won the Best
Romance Trailer Award at Golden Trailer Awards in 2014. Hindi adaptation of this
film will feature Sushant Singh Rajput as the male lead.
FITB and give me X.
26. Q.21)
In Vietnam, ______ is a important symbol of love and marriage.
Areca nut chewing starts the talk between the groom's parents and the
bride's parents about the young couple's marriage.
In the Malay archipelago, the menginang chewing has become a revered
activity in local tradition; being a ceremoniously conducted gesture to
honour guests. A complete and elaborate set of sirih pinang equipment
is called Tepak Sirih, pekinangan or cerana. The set is usually made of
wooden lacquerware, brass or silverwares; and it consists of
the combol (containers), bekas sirih (leaf container), kacip (press-knife to
cut areca nut), gobek (small pestle and mortar), and ketur (spit
container).
FITB.
30. Q.2)
The birthplace of modern day __________ is Venice. In the Medieval Ages,
Venice was a center of trade and commercial activity. Merchants had giant
businesses and they were struggling to run these corporations efficiently. It is
then that Luca Pacioli developed a updated _________ system. There is still
debate about whether he developed it or just improved it and made it available to
the merchants. However, debate or no debate, Luca Pacioli is considered to be
the “Father of Modern Day _________”.
However, prior to rise of European commerce in the Medieval Ages, India was
the primary center for bustling trade and commercial activity. Although there has
been no record of this fact, but is claimed that Indian merchants had very
advanced _________ systems at that time.
What hindi word/phrase am I talking about and give me its connect with a
Salman Khan endorsed Brand/company?
31.
32. Q.3)
What was made with the assortment of these 5 imaginative things:
1)Helmet
2)Plastic used in Pest Control
3)Clip attached Payjamas
4)Shoes used in Rainy Season
5)Polythene gloves used by Gol Gappa Waalas
GIVE ME THE FUNDA.
33.
34. Q.4)
X felt utterly cheated after being outwitted by his brother in a
game. So He decided to leave and settle at this secluded spot
on the peak of a mountain called KRONCH PARVAT.
Later he sacrificed his body and gave his bones to Lord Shiva
as reverence.
A temple is set in the same place. You can see snow clad peaks
starting from bandar punch , kedarnath dome , trishul and
nanda devi group of peaks from here.
Give me X or name of the temple.
37. Q.5.)
Here’s an excerpt from Tribal Contemporary Issues by Ramanika Gupta and
Anup Beniwal. It throws light on the struggle of adivasi groups against British
rule during the revolt of 1857.
However, the person(highlighted in excerpt) came into limelight in 2014, when a
song with the same name was released by X in collaboration with V.Selvaganesh.
This song was a part of 7 song album, which was launched to celebrate its
Anniversary in music industry.
ID X.
41. Q.7)
Educational qualifications of two eminent personalities.
Person on the right is being termed as the new ________ ______ on social media
these days due to his skills.
I need both of them.
43. Q.8)
On September 24,2016, A reunion programme,
Smruti Sandhya was organised for those who were
the participants of the national conference of X
held between 29-31 Dec 1967. The main agenda of
that conference was to select the new president of
X.
FITB and also give me the funda related to this
‘Smruti Sandhya’ reunion.
45. Q.9)
Shahjahan’s desire to build a black Taj Mahal to house his tomb
was recorded by French traveller Travernier, who wrote
"Shahjahan began to build his own tomb on the other side of
Yamuna but the war with his sons interrupted his plans and
Aurangazeb who reins at present is not disposed to complete
it". Mehtab Burj and the wall adjoining it, opposite the Taj
Mahal, is generally believed by historians as the foundations and
remains of Shahjahan’s proposed plan.
The Black Taj came up on the occasion of the closing ceremony
of Taj Mahotsav in celebrations commemorating 350th year of
Taj Mahal" in September.
Who was the creator of this Taj Mahal?
47. Q.10) The brow-antlered deer, or sangai, is the state animal.
The word is ubiquitous—it can be found on shop signage,
cafés, clubs, a regional daily newspaper, even at an annual
tourism festival.
The animal is, in fact, in danger of losing its home,X —most
of the phumdis, or floating swamps, are unable to sustain its
weight.
Preservation efforts are under way. Experts have proposed a
Sangai-centric conservation programme , comprising a
foundation and a task force, with various stakeholders,
including local communities that live around the X and the
Loktak Development Authority.
I need X,home of Sangai, an entity which has its own share of
fanfare due to its uniqueness around the world.
51. Q.12)
Graduated from IIT roorkee he started writing TV ads
,poems ,lyrics and screenplays. He was awarded
Gyaanpeeth's Navlekhan Puraskar which he refused to
accept.
When his first story collection was going to launch
Bharatiya gyaanpeeth publication refused to publish the
book by saying the stories of the book pornographic . Later
it was published by rajkamal publication in 2018 and it
became a best seller .
Who is this personality who recently got famous for his
screenplay writing in Article 15 ?
53. Q.13)
Through the four yugas he had built several towns
and temples for the gods. Among them were, in
chronological order, Svarga (Heaven) in the Satya
Yuga, Lanka in the treta Yuga,
and Dwarka(Krishna's capital) in the dwapara Yuga.
He is also the designer of all the flying chariots of
the gods, and all their weapons and divine attributes.
Who is being referred here ?
55. Q.14)
X was composed by Samuel Cohen, in 1888. It is said that
Cohen mentioned his inspiration behind the melody as a
Romanian song called ‘Carul cu boi’ that he had heard years
ago. Listen to Carul cu boi on the next slide.
Samuel Cohen’s version inspired another song Y. Y was a part
of a 1996 bollywood hit movie,which you can still cherish as it
features like 2 times a week on a certain hindi movie channel.
GIVE ME Y.
57. Q.15*)
Margamkali is an ancient South Indian round folk dance.
"Margam" means path or way or solution in Malayalam,
but in the religious context it is known as the path to
attain salvation. Much of this folk art is woven around the
mission of X. The original Margam Kali describes the
arrival of X, the miracles he performed, the friendship as
well as the hostility of the people among whom he
worked, the persecution he suffered.
Which exotic community of South India has kept this
folk dance and legend of X alive?
59. Q.16)
As the story goes, in 1920, the Maharaja of Y, a fabulously
wealthy ruler whose name was Jai Singh Prabhakar, visited
London, and one day decided to walk around the city
“incognito,” wearing ordinary English clothes. Passing by a Rolls
Royce showroom, Jai Singh decided to go inside. He asked the
staff about the specifications of the Rolls Royce cars and
their prices. However, the salesmen just saw a man with the face
of an Indian. Ignoring his request for a test drive, the staff went
so far as to rudely show the Maharaja out the door.
Furious by this, he purchased all of the cars in the showroom.
And he paid for them all right away, including the cash for the
costs of delivery. When he returned to India, Jai Singh Prabhakar
gave an order to the Municipality in New Delhi to use the cars
for collecting garbage.
60. It is also considered that this king was the one behind replacing X with Y. He
changed the name as X came last in alphabetic order. This order was in pursuit for
higher repute, however in modern days Z has been running a campaign to change
the name of A to B, as A appears last while receiving grants from central
government.
ID Y AND B.
62. Q.17)
Who is the leader of this group, someone suffering from
Asperger syndrome, OCD and Selective mutism, someone who
speaks onlt when he/she thinks it’s necessary?
64. Q.18)
In the year 2009, it was reported that French-Afghan filmmaker Atiq
Rahimi was planning to adapt Rabindranath Tagore's short story
__________ into a film but the project did not materialize. In 2012,
It was reported that Amitabh Bachchan was going to play the lead
role. Things fell apart and by 2016 it was Debashish Madhekar who
was assigned as the director.
Deb in an interview said that he felt it had everything that he wanted
to do in his first feature – it had children, magic realism, nostalgia,
travel, and says something about the world we live in and how people
are suffering
Identify this 2018 film starring a veteran actor famous for playing
villainous roles back in late 20th Century.
69. Q.20*)
Aditya Iyer’s ______ ___ HIS _____ is an heartfelt article which was published Sep
13,2019. The article revolves around a player who was not too long ago considered
the next big thing in Indian cricket. For the last three seasons X hasn’t been picked
by any IPL team. For the last two years he hasn’t featured in a first-class match for
his state-team. The second of those setbacks even forced X to seek opportunities
beyond his state team Earlier this month, on September 3, he announced that in the
upcoming season he will play and lead Y, the newly formed team that topped the
second tier of the Ranji Trophy in 2018-19.
The name of the article is inspired from a Hollywood movie which won the Best
Romance Trailer Award at Golden Trailer Awards in 2014. Hindi adaptation of this
film will feature Sushant Singh Rajput as the male lead.
FITB and give me X.
71. Q.21)
In Vietnam, ______ is a important symbol of love and marriage.
Areca nut chewing starts the talk between the groom's parents and the
bride's parents about the young couple's marriage.
In the Malay archipelago, the menginang chewing has become a revered
activity in local tradition; being a ceremoniously conducted gesture to
honour guests. A complete and elaborate set of sirih pinang equipment
is called Tepak Sirih, pekinangan or cerana. The set is usually made of
wooden lacquerware, brass or silverwares; and it consists of
the combol (containers), bekas sirih (leaf container), kacip (press-knife to
cut areca nut), gobek (small pestle and mortar), and ketur (spit
container).
FITB.
74. FINALS FOLLOW
• 24 QUESTIONS , 12 CLOCKWISE AND 12 ANTI
CLOCKWISE
• POUNCE: +20/-10
• DIRECT/BOUNCE: +10/0
75. Q.1)
Suo Motu meaning on its own motion is a Latin Legal
term, approximately equivalent to the term suo
sponte. In law,suo motu describes an act of authority
taken without formal prompting from another
party,in short authority acts on its own cognizance.
Suo Motu or Cognizance inspired a hindi word X.
Give Me X.
78. Q.2)
In the early 2000s,Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway Industrial Authorities
in addition to the state govt. started acquiring land in and around Noida,
Gurugram. Farmers either sold off their lands or leased it out. As a result, rapid
real estate development took place and a new class of cash rich people emerged.
This resulted in the increase of high-end premier luxury cars in these urban
villages.
This gave rise to a certain practice amongst the car owners which soon
transpired upon two-wheelers too.
In the 7th round of Operation Clean conducted in Gautam Buddha Nagar
District, around 1457 vehicles were booked for following this practice. However,
defaulters have emphasized on following this practice, even if a fine is to be paid
for it.
According to car owners, this practice has helped them in diffusing the quarrels
which often happen whenever there is a minor collision between cars.
What practice am I talking about?
84. Q.4)
1980 summer olympics ,Moscow was the last time India won a
team gold all thanks to the boycott of countries led by US.
However more surprising was the scenario developed in
Women’s Field hockey.
Six countries competed in the women's field hockey
Austria, India, Poland, Czechoslovakia, USSR, and X. The gold
medal was won by the team of X. X did not learn it would get a
place in the tournament until 35 days before the Games began
and chose its team only the weekend before the opening
ceremony. None of their players had prior playing experience
on an artificial surface. Which country, whose national team in
some other sport was part of a shocking news recently?
87. Q.5)
US-based ______ maker X‘s Indian licensee GM
____ International has decided to go solo and plans to become
a global player with its own Y brand.
With X, we had certain territorial restrictions and we were
allowed to operate only in India and other SAARC countries.
We thought it was high time that we become a global player
than a region or country-based player," GM _____
International joint managing director Indrakumar Mahendran.
GIVE ME X AND Y .
90. Q.6)A standard element of Goan cuisine derived from
the Portuguese carne de vinha d'alhos (literally "meat in garlic wine
marinade"), a X is a dish of meat (usually pork) marinated in wine
and garlic. The basic structure of the Portuguese dish was the
Portuguese sailor's "preserved" raw ingredients, packed in wooden
barrels of alternate layers of pork and garlic, and soaked in red wine.
This was "Indianized" by the local Goan cooks with the substitution
of palm vinegar for the red wine, and the addition of dried red chili
peppers with additional spices. It evolved into the localized and easy-
to-pronounce dish “X".
Nowadays, the British Indian version of X calls for the meat to be
marinated in vinegar, sugar, fresh ginger and spices overnight, then
cooked with the addition of more spices.
Give me X.
93. Q.7) Hemchandra Adhikari was a talented right-handed batsman and
occasional leg spin bowler, he made his first class debut as a teenager
before the outbreak of World War II in the 1936/37 domestic season. He
immediately demonstrated his abilities on the local stage but due to the
war, his career was interrupted.
Adhikari had some fine moments playing for India, including a national
record 109-run last wicket partnership with Ghulam Ahmed in a Test
against regional rivals Pakistan. He captained India in one Test as he
neared his fortieth birthday, scoring 63 and 40 while batting and taking
three important wickets in a drawn game against the West Indies.
Hemu Adhikari and two other famous Indian Cricketers are the only
three inductees of this elite group.
Give me the other two inductees.
96. Q.8)
Welby worked for eleven years in the oil industry, five of them for the French
oil company Elf Aquitaine based in Paris. In 1984 he became treasurer of the
oil exploration group Enterprise Oil plc in London, where he was mainly
concerned with West African and North Sea oil projects. He retired from his
executive position in 1989 and said that he sensed a calling which had to be
ordained.
In 2002, Welby was appointed co-director for international ministry at
the International Centre for Reconciliation. In 2005, he was appointed sub-dean
and Canon for Reconciliation Ministry.
Welby was appointed Dean of Liverpool in December 2007 and was
installed there on 8 December 2007.
What’s Welby’s India connect or his claim to faim?
99. Q.9)
X was the capital of the X state(ruled by Ahluwalia
Dyanasty),a princely state in British India.
Secular and aesthetic mix of the city with its prominent
buildings based on French and Indo-Saracenic architecture
self-narrate its princely past. It is also known as city of
Palaces & Gardens.
According to the 2011 Census, X is the least populated city
in India.
X house is located in Connaught Place,New Delhi and is the
official residence of Y.
ID X AND Y.
102. Q.10)
Spread over 500 sq. yards it is built in the architecture of 19th and 20th
around a central courtyard. It has intricate designs of wood work on the
rooftops, sculptures and Hindu goddesses engraved in stone and steel,
antique balconies intricate stone brackets, balconies, jharoka, red sandstone
brackets, floral decorations, motifs.
This heritage building classified as "category-2 protected building" by the
Delhi Govt's Department of Archaeology.
However breakthrough moment for this building was when It was bought
and restored by X and refashioned into a modern 14-rooms 5-star hotel
with ancestral haveli look.
X has been actively involved in heritage conservation. In 1998 X hosted a
two-day cultural festival "Chaudhvin Ka Chand" to get the soul back into
the 350-year-old city of Shahjahanabad and turn Chandni Chowk into a
major tourist attraction in Delhi.
Give me X and this historic entity.
105. Q.11)
The Ocean of Tears is a 2012 Kashmiri short Directed by Billal A Jan documentary
film produced by Rajiv Mehrota under the banner of Public Service Broadcasting
Trust of India.
Do you remember ________ ___________ is a book by five young Kashmiri
women Essar Batool, Ifrah Butt, Samreena Mushtaq, Munaza Rashid and Natasha
Rather The book published by Zubaan publications and explores the struggle of the
survivors and their fight for justice and dignity over the past 20 years.
Video Clip on next slide.
Give me the subject of the book or which incident is being described in these
memoirs?
109. Q.12)
It is about 1930, when a revolutionary named ‘Mullah
Mohammad Baksh’ was arrested in the amritsar raid of the
British police, When he was caught and investigated , it was
found that this man is not ‘Mohammad baksh’ but ________.
He had made bombs for revolutionaries like Bhagat singh ,
Sukhdev , Chandrashekhar Aazad and Yashpal and was known
as ‘scientist’ amongst them, but he is more reveredly
remembered in the field of hindi literature.
Who is this versatile poet who had the pleasure to work with
both Bhagat singh and Premchand.
112. AUDIENCE QUESTION
Whose Contradictory Statement:
“ Considering the cow to be divine
and worshipping her,the entire
Hindu nation will become docile
like the cow.
113. Q.13)
Mr. Sangma, CM of Meghalaya met Mr. Modi in June 2019 and submitted a list of
suggestions for his state.
One suggestion was for an eight-lane highway from Guwahati, Assam, to the
Chittagong port in Bangladesh, through Meghalaya, for promoting exports.
Another was of setting up a ____________ _________ in Shillong.
Other locations of ____________ _________ are a symbol of unity of our
country and unity of our diverse culture and people. Sangma for strengthening his
views stated that this would send out a strong message of inclusiveness and assure
the region of the importance the Union government accords to it.
FITB.
119. Q.15)As the shows of X Theatres were running to packed houses, the
Empire Theatre management extended the season, as a result of which
Shakespeareana had to wait their turn to perform at the theatre. They would
spend their days performing in school and college halls and some of the
members would turn up to see the X Theatres performance at the Empire in
the evening.
He was 18 then, the assistant stage manager and also doing small roles. It was
the prerogative of the ASM to peep through the curtain to look at the
audience before each show and see if everything was okay. But one day he
saw a very beautiful face, which he first thought looked Russian. However,
the girl was from a different country.
One thing led to another and fast forward to few years they both got
married.
Who was this couple?
Just a few months back he had visited Russia where he was attending shoots
as an apprentice he would often meet these Russians fair, red, good-looking
.Thus any girl fair and red meant Russian for him.
Who was this ASM and what were the consequences which lead to him being
in Russia?
122. Q16)
NTR was sworn in as the 10th and the first non-Congress
Chief Minister of the state on 9 January 1983 with ten
cabinet ministers and five ministers of State. He won a
whopping 202 seats out of 294. Indian National Congress
slipped to just 60 seats. However, an interesting fact is
related to NTR’s coalition partner. NTR had a pre-poll
coalition with Rashtriya ______ Manch a party launched
by an Ex-Congress supporter ______ ______ which won
4 out of 5 seats which it contested.
FITB.
125. Q.17)
The Mahabharata portrays Iravan as dying a heroic death in the 18-
day Kurukshetra War . However, the South Indian cults have a
supplementary tradition of honouring Aravan's self-sacrifice to the
goddess Kali to ensure her favour and the victory of the Pandavas in the
war. The Kuttantavar cult focuses on one of the three boons granted to
Aravan by the god Krishna in honour of this self-sacrifice, the boon of
getting married before his death. Krishna satisfied this boon.
How did he satisfied this boon?
A 15 day festival also takes place at his temple in Tamil Nadu. The
participants marry the Lord Koothandavar. The next day, they mourn the
god Koothandavar's death through ritualistic dances and by breaking their
bangles. An annual beauty pageant and several other competitions like
singing contests are held.
What’s so special about this festival?
128. 18.)
Scottish Traveller James Fraser while talking about the good conduct of both the
sides in this war between British and __________ stated:
While the batteries were playing, a man was perceived on the breach, advancing and
waving his hand. The guns ceased firing for a while and the man came into the
batteries : he proved to be a __________ whose lower jaw had been shattered by a
cannon shot,and who came thus frankly to solicit assistance from his enemy.
It is unnecessary to add, that it was instantly afforded. He recovered and when
discharged from the hospital signified his desired to return to his corps to combat
us again.
To remember this epic war , an memorial was set up which holds the record of
achieving something which had never happened in the past?
131. Khalanga War Memorial, Dehradun
World’s first memorial erected by an
army for their opponent
132. Q.19)
This triangular park is technically a traffic island.
In 2010, a thematic sculpture of a boat, called the ‘Fisherman of the
___________ Canal designed by the students of Government College of Arts
and Crafts, Chennai, was installed by the Corporation of Chennai.
The park is one of the seven entry points to the Marina beach where drop gates
have been planned by the Corporation.
Originally called Cochrane's Canal in 1806, it was briefly renamed Lord Clive’s
Canal before finally being named the ___________ Canal in 1878. The name
reflects the order of the Duke of ___________ as Governor of Madras — who
ordered the extension of the canal to help people affected by famine.
Which Canal?
Moreover, to whom is this park dedicated?(Hint: This person was the
representative of X society at the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago)
135. Q.20)
A 52-year-old tea vendor, Lodhi earns about Rs 700 every month from his
roadside tea stall. After a cancerous growth in his mouth grew from a tiny boil to
a lump that bloated his jaws and cheeks, he began facing difficulty in swallowing
and talking.
By the time he heard about the doctors of X that offered free medical aid, he had
already spent Rs 20,000 on treatment in Jabalpur and had started borrowed
money from his villagers to pay the doctors who were asking him for more.
So when Lodhi visited the X at Satna and was able to not just consult expert
oncosurgeons but to also undergo a five-hour long tumour removal surgery for
free, he considered it nothing short of a miracle.
In fact, such has been the impact of these X that other countries have
replicated the idea — China now has four such entities and South Africa
has two while Bangladesh and Cambodia have also come up with the
same concept but in a different method.
Give me X which was inaugrated in 1991 and is a collaboration between
IIF, Y and Health Ministry.
138. Q.21)
This iconic eatery was set up in 1923 by Rashid ________ whose family fled
from Iran to avoid religious persecution and settled in India. Soon, Boman
________ took charge of the restaurant after his father died in an accident. For
decades, Boman was the genial face of the restaurant often seen chatting with
customers, recommending what they should eat sharing anecdotes and cracking
jokes.
Id this Restaurant? Also FITB.