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Recently found out a very old Quiz Set that I asked during an Inter School Quiz Competition in the Year 2004
Q. The name of which Indian deity has made its way into the English language and has come to mean “a massive inexorable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path”?
Ans: Juggernaut from Lord Jagannath
Q. At which popular religious destination in India can you find Ram Jhula and Lakshman Jhula?
Ans: Rishikesh
Q. Of what’s English translation is this the first line. “Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people, dispenser of India’s destiny”
Ans: Jana Gana Mana
Q. Kiron Kher had an unique credit in the titles of “Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge”. For what?
Ans: Credit for title-writing, as she suggested the title. “Title Suggested By”
Q. What was carried in a third class compartment numbered 2949 to Triveni, Allahabad on February 12, 1948?
Ans: Ashes of Gandhi
Q. The members of the Muduvar tribe, which inhabits the mountain ranges around Valparai (Tamil Nadu) and Munnar (Kerala) in the Western Ghats, have a unique method for calculating their ages. What is it?
Ans: They calculate their age with the blossoming of the Kurinji flower, which blooms only once every 12 years
Q. Which tree takes its name from the caste of merchants who often conducted meetings under these trees in the marketplace?
Ans: Banyan from Baniya
Q.The Japanese invaded this area in World War II and put it under the Arzi Hukumate Azad Hind. Subhas Chandra Bose renamed the area as ‘Shaheed and Swaraj’. Which place are we talking about?
Answer : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Q. If the Americans have Astronauts and the Russians have Cosmonauts, what do the Indians have?
Answer : Vyomnauts
Q. Gandhi told him to refrain from using big words and write in a simple language and transliterate what the `harijans' say. He rewrote the novel at Gandhi's ashram. Nineteen publishers in London rejected the script, but with E.M. Forster's preface, it was accepted by a publisher.. Identify the Novel that went on to become a classic and the Author ?
Answer : Mulk Raj Anand, The Untouchable
Q. On 14th November 1980, 8 year old Elaine D Lima stood first in a story telling competition involving about 80 schools in Mumbai. The finals were held at the Birla Sabhagar in Mumbai. What honour was bestowed upon Elaine D Lima for winning this story telling competition?
Answer : She released the first published version of Tinkle.
Q. Which famous Indian king’s name means “painless, without sorrow” in Sanskrit?
Answer: Ashoka Maurya or Ashoka the Great (The emblem of the modern Republic of India is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka.)
Q. It is an excerpt from the Gran Vals, composed originally by Francisco Tarrega in 1902 which today is heard worldwide about 1.8 billion times per day. What are we talking about?
Answer: The Nokia Tune.
Q. The only English alphabet that does not appear in the names of any compound throughout the periodic table?
Answer: Letter ‘J’.
Q. Which city is believed to have taken its name from a form of the goddess Parvati?
Answer: Mumbai.The Kolis used to call the islands "Mumba" after Mumbadevi, the Hindu deity to whom a temple is dedicated at Babulnath near Chowpatty's sandy beaches.
Q. Who died after fasting for 115 days to save Ganga River near Haridwar from illegal mining?
Answer: Swami Nigamananda.
Q. Born in the month of 1950, which Assamese singer won the best playback singer for the song “Hume tumse Pyar kitna……..” in the film “Kudrat”?
Ans:-Parbeen Sultana.
Q. Bhupen Hazarika played the role of Anil in the film “Siraj” which was released in the year 1948. Now my question is who played the role of Anil’s maternal uncle Subimal Phukan?
Ans:- Kalaguru Bishnu Prasad Rabha.
Q. Among the codes for the standard phrases in Indian Telegraph, what the code no. 35 denotes.
Ans:- Wish You a Happy Bihu.
Q. In the 1800's, Charles was an Irish real estate manager who refused to lower rents in hard times; the tenants retaliated by refusing to do business with him thus creating a popular term. What is the term?
Ans:- Boycott (Charles’s surname was Boycott).
Q. Stan Lee (creator of spiderman) has came up with a strip "Di Another day" Can u tell me which public figure it is based on?
Ans :- Lady Diana
Q. The modern form of this sport was formalized and popularized by the British and is derived from Manipur, who played the game known as 'Sagol Kangjei'. The first club for this sport was established in the town of Silchar in Assam, India, in 1834.Identify the Sport.
Ans:- Polo.
Q. What connects: A word for a place in a watercourse which is shallow enough to be crossed by wading, on horseback or in a wheeled vehicle and a famous car company.
Ans:- Ford.
Q. After the death of his first wife , Gunabhiram Baruah married a widow Bishnupriya Davi in 1872. What is so significant about this marriage?
Ans:- It is regarded as the first court marriage in Assam.
Q. He founded a press at Guwahati called “Aruna”. From that press , he with Karmabir Chandranath Sharma published a magazine called “Chetana” in 1919.He also established a factory “Kamrup Mayabini Chemical Works” in 1927. Identify this Assamese stalwart.
Ans:- Ambikagiri Raychowdhury
Q. Sukanani and Byah geet are two classes of which type of songs.
Ans:- Ojapali songs
Q. First school magazine from Assam was “Prabhat”, which was published from Jorhat Normal School. Now my question is that why the magazine was given that name.
Ans:- In the memory of that Normal School’s Superintendent Sharat Ch. Goswami’s son Prabhat .
Q. Rahmat Banu was married to Sultan Azamtara, 3rd son of Aurangzeb.How was she associated with Assam?
Ans:- Her original name was Ramani Gabharu, daughter of Ahom King Jayadhwaj Singha.
Q. The first Ahom coin was struck by Suklemnung son of Suhungnung in 1543 A.D. The Ahom coins are found in 4 scripts- Ahom , Assamese, Nagari and ………. . Identify the fourth one.
Ans:- Persian.
Q. Mughall Emperor Farrukhsiar had alloted a piece of land to Raj Kaul. Unintentionally, this resulted in something that is quite famoues both in india and Internationally. What?
Ans: The Nehru Surname. The land was situated adjacent to a canal. 'Neher' is the Hindi for canal. This led to the surname 'Nehru'.
Q. American ex- President Martin Van Burren's election campaign is credited with the popularization of this expression. This expression supposedly emerged after the successful presidential campaign by Van Burren, which was supported by the Old Kinderhook Clubs. What is the expression?
Ans: O.K. after the clubs initials. Vote for O.K. was commonly used rather than his difficult Dutch name.
Q. According to some sources , the name of this nation comes from the word meaning 'garland of island'. According to another, it may have originated from 'island of woman'. Which nation?
Ans: Maldives
Q. Presently which famous and heritage route is the National Highway no. 228?
Ans: The route of the Dandi March
Q. Whose ships were the Sao Rafael, Sao Gabriel and the Berrio?
Ans: Vasco da Gama
Q. The Sanskrit for 'horn shaped' has given which spice its name?
Ans: Ginger
Q. A graduate in Chemistry from Scottish Church College,Kolkata, he is recognized as the highest tax payer in India for 5 years in a row from 1994. He is also the owner of the Monarch Group of hotels. Identify this person.
Ans.Mithun Chakroborty.
Q. The basic plot of this movie X was lifted from the 1972 Hindi movie Bindiya Aur Bandook (a Chambal ka Dakoo kinda movie), produced by Joginder. Later Joginder filed a lawsuit against X's producer. The Dakoo in X prepared for his role by reading the book Abhishapth Chambal, written by Taroon Bhaduri (Father of Jaya Bhaduri).The most famous song of the movie was a copy of the song "Say You Love Me" by Demis Roussos. Name the movie.
Ans.: Sholay.
Q. In 1909, who translated the “Vande Mataram” into English which was published in the weekly “Karmayogin” ?
Answer: Sri Aurobindo
Q. This priceless composition was inspired by a folk song whose first line in telugu means, “Ram, when will you come?” , which the musicians (Shankar-Jaikishen and their team) had overheard while passing by a construction site in Mumbai (then Bombay) ?
Ans: ‘Ramaiyya Vasta Vaiyya’ from Shree 420 (1955).
Q)This novel introduced the concepts of "Aiyyar" and "Tilism" to Hindi literature.This novel was made into serial in the mid-1990s, but the serial was never completed due to financial reasons.Identify the novel.
Ans:- Devki Nandan Khatri’s “Chandrakanta”.
Q. It is the national game of Bangladesh, and the state game of Punjab and Andhra Pradesh in India.
Ans: Kabaddi
Q. Which monument was built by Mohammed Quli Qutab Shah in 1591 to commemorate the end of Plague?
Ans : Charminar
Q. The flag of which country is hoisted upside down in case the country is in war instead of using a war flag?
Ans: Philippines.
Q. Which legendary film maker directed and scripted the documentary "Sikkim", which was under ban till 2010?
Ans: Satyajit Ray
Q. Lata Mangeshkar's 1st assamese song was 'junakore raati axomire maati' under Dr.Bhupen Hazarika's music direction. What is so special about this song ?
Ans: Iyare etao liner repeat nai.
Q. 'meri dharam meri maa'-Dr.Bhupen Hazarika was the music director of this film. This is the one and only film of which state in India?
Ans : 1st movie from Arunachal Pradesh
Q. In November 2001, which university hounoured Dr. Bhupen Hazarika with the "Honoris Causa" or Doctor of Philosophy?
Ans: Tezpur University.
Q. Dr. Bhupen Hazarika made a documentary based on The Cooperative Movement of Assam for the Govt. of Assam. name it??
Ans: Emuthi Saular Kahini
Q. Bhupen Hazarika won the Presidents' National Award for the best filmmaker thrice. for Shakuntala (1950), Pratidhwani (1964). Id the 3rd one?
Ans: Loti Ghoti ( 1967)
Q. Dr. Hazarika was awarded a gold medallion in New York by Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of Frankllin D. Roosevellt. But for what did he received it?
Ans: As the best interpreter of India's follk songs.
Q) "Tom Dooley" is an old North Carolina folk song based on the 1866 murder of a woman named Laura Foster in Wilkes County, North Carolina, best known today because of a hit version recorded in 1958 by The Kingston Trio. A local poet, Thomas C. Land, wrote a popular song about Dula's tragedy after the hanging. This inspired X to compose the song Y in his lyrical style. Id X and Y.
Ans: Bhupen Hazarika and Manuhe Manuhar Babe...
Q. Syed Abdul Malik's first novel appeared in instalments in the pages of the monthly magazine Banhi in 1945-46. What was its title ?
Ans: It was titled La Sa Gu (LCM; lowest common multiple)
Q. Bhaona was created by Sankardeva. He himself wrote seven dramas (called Onkia Naat) for performance in Bhaona. The first Bhaona was Chihna-yatra. The question is In that Bhaona who played the role of Bishnu ?
Answer : He himself
Q. It was first assamese film screened in an international Film Festival. The story is based on mother-child relationship and the truth that every child of this world is equal.Id Film.
Ans : Puberun. Directed by Prabhat Mukherjee of Kolkatta and released in 1959 the film was screened in ‘Berlin Film Festival’, 1960.
Q. The dance gets its name from the cluster of bells worn round the ankles, which make a clanging noise.It is believed that it was originally a means of recreation between phases of tedious agricultural work. Probably the most entertaining form of it is the Bhaduria. Name the dance.
Answer : Jhumur
Recently found out a very old Quiz Set that I asked during an Inter School Quiz Competition in the Year 2004
Q. The name of which Indian deity has made its way into the English language and has come to mean “a massive inexorable force or object that crushes whatever is in its path”?
Ans: Juggernaut from Lord Jagannath
Q. At which popular religious destination in India can you find Ram Jhula and Lakshman Jhula?
Ans: Rishikesh
Q. Of what’s English translation is this the first line. “Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people, dispenser of India’s destiny”
Ans: Jana Gana Mana
Q. Kiron Kher had an unique credit in the titles of “Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge”. For what?
Ans: Credit for title-writing, as she suggested the title. “Title Suggested By”
Q. What was carried in a third class compartment numbered 2949 to Triveni, Allahabad on February 12, 1948?
Ans: Ashes of Gandhi
Q. The members of the Muduvar tribe, which inhabits the mountain ranges around Valparai (Tamil Nadu) and Munnar (Kerala) in the Western Ghats, have a unique method for calculating their ages. What is it?
Ans: They calculate their age with the blossoming of the Kurinji flower, which blooms only once every 12 years
Q. Which tree takes its name from the caste of merchants who often conducted meetings under these trees in the marketplace?
Ans: Banyan from Baniya
Q.The Japanese invaded this area in World War II and put it under the Arzi Hukumate Azad Hind. Subhas Chandra Bose renamed the area as ‘Shaheed and Swaraj’. Which place are we talking about?
Answer : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Q. If the Americans have Astronauts and the Russians have Cosmonauts, what do the Indians have?
Answer : Vyomnauts
Q. Gandhi told him to refrain from using big words and write in a simple language and transliterate what the `harijans' say. He rewrote the novel at Gandhi's ashram. Nineteen publishers in London rejected the script, but with E.M. Forster's preface, it was accepted by a publisher.. Identify the Novel that went on to become a classic and the Author ?
Answer : Mulk Raj Anand, The Untouchable
Q. On 14th November 1980, 8 year old Elaine D Lima stood first in a story telling competition involving about 80 schools in Mumbai. The finals were held at the Birla Sabhagar in Mumbai. What honour was bestowed upon Elaine D Lima for winning this story telling competition?
Answer : She released the first published version of Tinkle.
Q. Which famous Indian king’s name means “painless, without sorrow” in Sanskrit?
Answer: Ashoka Maurya or Ashoka the Great (The emblem of the modern Republic of India is an adaptation of the Lion Capital of Ashoka.)
Q. It is an excerpt from the Gran Vals, composed originally by Francisco Tarrega in 1902 which today is heard worldwide about 1.8 billion times per day. What are we talking about?
Answer: The Nokia Tune.
Q. The only English alphabet that does not appear in the names of any compound throughout the periodic table?
Answer: Letter ‘J’.
Q. Which city is believed to have taken its name from a form of the goddess Parvati?
Answer: Mumbai.The Kolis used to call the islands "Mumba" after Mumbadevi, the Hindu deity to whom a temple is dedicated at Babulnath near Chowpatty's sandy beaches.
Q. Who died after fasting for 115 days to save Ganga River near Haridwar from illegal mining?
Answer: Swami Nigamananda.
Q. Born in the month of 1950, which Assamese singer won the best playback singer for the song “Hume tumse Pyar kitna……..” in the film “Kudrat”?
Ans:-Parbeen Sultana.
Q. Bhupen Hazarika played the role of Anil in the film “Siraj” which was released in the year 1948. Now my question is who played the role of Anil’s maternal uncle Subimal Phukan?
Ans:- Kalaguru Bishnu Prasad Rabha.
Q. Among the codes for the standard phrases in Indian Telegraph, what the code no. 35 denotes.
Ans:- Wish You a Happy Bihu.
Q. In the 1800's, Charles was an Irish real estate manager who refused to lower rents in hard times; the tenants retaliated by refusing to do business with him thus creating a popular term. What is the term?
Ans:- Boycott (Charles’s surname was Boycott).
Q. Stan Lee (creator of spiderman) has came up with a strip "Di Another day" Can u tell me which public figure it is based on?
Ans :- Lady Diana
Q. The modern form of this sport was formalized and popularized by the British and is derived from Manipur, who played the game known as 'Sagol Kangjei'. The first club for this sport was established in the town of Silchar in Assam, India, in 1834.Identify the Sport.
Ans:- Polo.
Q. What connects: A word for a place in a watercourse which is shallow enough to be crossed by wading, on horseback or in a wheeled vehicle and a famous car company.
Ans:- Ford.
Q. After the death of his first wife , Gunabhiram Baruah married a widow Bishnupriya Davi in 1872. What is so significant about this marriage?
Ans:- It is regarded as the first court marriage in Assam.
Q. He founded a press at Guwahati called “Aruna”. From that press , he with Karmabir Chandranath Sharma published a magazine called “Chetana” in 1919.He also established a factory “Kamrup Mayabini Chemical Works” in 1927. Identify this Assamese stalwart.
Ans:- Ambikagiri Raychowdhury
Q. Sukanani and Byah geet are two classes of which type of songs.
Ans:- Ojapali songs
Q. First school magazine from Assam was “Prabhat”, which was published from Jorhat Normal School. Now my question is that why the magazine was given that name.
Ans:- In the memory of that Normal School’s Superintendent Sharat Ch. Goswami’s son Prabhat .
Q. Rahmat Banu was married to Sultan Azamtara, 3rd son of Aurangzeb.How was she associated with Assam?
Ans:- Her original name was Ramani Gabharu, daughter of Ahom King Jayadhwaj Singha.
Q. The first Ahom coin was struck by Suklemnung son of Suhungnung in 1543 A.D. The Ahom coins are found in 4 scripts- Ahom , Assamese, Nagari and ………. . Identify the fourth one.
Ans:- Persian.
Q. Mughall Emperor Farrukhsiar had alloted a piece of land to Raj Kaul. Unintentionally, this resulted in something that is quite famoues both in india and Internationally. What?
Ans: The Nehru Surname. The land was situated adjacent to a canal. 'Neher' is the Hindi for canal. This led to the surname 'Nehru'.
Q. American ex- President Martin Van Burren's election campaign is credited with the popularization of this expression. This expression supposedly emerged after the successful presidential campaign by Van Burren, which was supported by the Old Kinderhook Clubs. What is the expression?
Ans: O.K. after the clubs initials. Vote for O.K. was commonly used rather than his difficult Dutch name.
Q. According to some sources , the name of this nation comes from the word meaning 'garland of island'. According to another, it may have originated from 'island of woman'. Which nation?
Ans: Maldives
Q. Presently which famous and heritage route is the National Highway no. 228?
Ans: The route of the Dandi March
Q. Whose ships were the Sao Rafael, Sao Gabriel and the Berrio?
Ans: Vasco da Gama
Q. The Sanskrit for 'horn shaped' has given which spice its name?
Ans: Ginger
Q. A graduate in Chemistry from Scottish Church College,Kolkata, he is recognized as the highest tax payer in India for 5 years in a row from 1994. He is also the owner of the Monarch Group of hotels. Identify this person.
Ans.Mithun Chakroborty.
Q. The basic plot of this movie X was lifted from the 1972 Hindi movie Bindiya Aur Bandook (a Chambal ka Dakoo kinda movie), produced by Joginder. Later Joginder filed a lawsuit against X's producer. The Dakoo in X prepared for his role by reading the book Abhishapth Chambal, written by Taroon Bhaduri (Father of Jaya Bhaduri).The most famous song of the movie was a copy of the song "Say You Love Me" by Demis Roussos. Name the movie.
Ans.: Sholay.
Q. In 1909, who translated the “Vande Mataram” into English which was published in the weekly “Karmayogin” ?
Answer: Sri Aurobindo
Q. This priceless composition was inspired by a folk song whose first line in telugu means, “Ram, when will you come?” , which the musicians (Shankar-Jaikishen and their team) had overheard while passing by a construction site in Mumbai (then Bombay) ?
Ans: ‘Ramaiyya Vasta Vaiyya’ from Shree 420 (1955).
Q)This novel introduced the concepts of "Aiyyar" and "Tilism" to Hindi literature.This novel was made into serial in the mid-1990s, but the serial was never completed due to financial reasons.Identify the novel.
Ans:- Devki Nandan Khatri’s “Chandrakanta”.
Q. It is the national game of Bangladesh, and the state game of Punjab and Andhra Pradesh in India.
Ans: Kabaddi
Q. Which monument was built by Mohammed Quli Qutab Shah in 1591 to commemorate the end of Plague?
Ans : Charminar
Q. The flag of which country is hoisted upside down in case the country is in war instead of using a war flag?
Ans: Philippines.
Q. Which legendary film maker directed and scripted the documentary "Sikkim", which was under ban till 2010?
Ans: Satyajit Ray
Q. Lata Mangeshkar's 1st assamese song was 'junakore raati axomire maati' under Dr.Bhupen Hazarika's music direction. What is so special about this song ?
Ans: Iyare etao liner repeat nai.
Q. 'meri dharam meri maa'-Dr.Bhupen Hazarika was the music director of this film. This is the one and only film of which state in India?
Ans : 1st movie from Arunachal Pradesh
Q. In November 2001, which university hounoured Dr. Bhupen Hazarika with the "Honoris Causa" or Doctor of Philosophy?
Ans: Tezpur University.
Q. Dr. Bhupen Hazarika made a documentary based on The Cooperative Movement of Assam for the Govt. of Assam. name it??
Ans: Emuthi Saular Kahini
Q. Bhupen Hazarika won the Presidents' National Award for the best filmmaker thrice. for Shakuntala (1950), Pratidhwani (1964). Id the 3rd one?
Ans: Loti Ghoti ( 1967)
Q. Dr. Hazarika was awarded a gold medallion in New York by Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of Frankllin D. Roosevellt. But for what did he received it?
Ans: As the best interpreter of India's follk songs.
Q) "Tom Dooley" is an old North Carolina folk song based on the 1866 murder of a woman named Laura Foster in Wilkes County, North Carolina, best known today because of a hit version recorded in 1958 by The Kingston Trio. A local poet, Thomas C. Land, wrote a popular song about Dula's tragedy after the hanging. This inspired X to compose the song Y in his lyrical style. Id X and Y.
Ans: Bhupen Hazarika and Manuhe Manuhar Babe...
Q. Syed Abdul Malik's first novel appeared in instalments in the pages of the monthly magazine Banhi in 1945-46. What was its title ?
Ans: It was titled La Sa Gu (LCM; lowest common multiple)
Q. Bhaona was created by Sankardeva. He himself wrote seven dramas (called Onkia Naat) for performance in Bhaona. The first Bhaona was Chihna-yatra. The question is In that Bhaona who played the role of Bishnu ?
Answer : He himself
Q. It was first assamese film screened in an international Film Festival. The story is based on mother-child relationship and the truth that every child of this world is equal.Id Film.
Ans : Puberun. Directed by Prabhat Mukherjee of Kolkatta and released in 1959 the film was screened in ‘Berlin Film Festival’, 1960.
Q. The dance gets its name from the cluster of bells worn round the ankles, which make a clanging noise.It is believed that it was originally a means of recreation between phases of tedious agricultural work. Probably the most entertaining form of it is the Bhaduria. Name the dance.
Answer : Jhumur
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