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Q1.

Sunandaram Deka laid the foundation of X in 1931 by opening a small tea stall called the X store at the heart of Mangaldoi. Today X is spread across entire of lower and middle assam and are leading players in their field of business. Last year itself they have eyed a turnover of 250 crores in the entire food industry of Assam. What is X?

Repose Bakery

Q2. It is a common name (hugely popular in scientific pop culture) given to hypothetical framework of science in which all the four fundamental forces of nature can be unified under a single set of rules. Historians note that it was the final problem which Albert Einstein spent trying to solve during the final days of his life.

This name became popular among the general people in the year 2013, for a completely different reason.

Theory of everything

Q3.

In 1995, this particular gentleman received the national award for best coverage of science and technology in mass media from National Council for Science & Technology Communication (NCSTC) under the Department of Science and Technology.

Name this person, who passed away a few years ago, whose works have been used by most of us today.

Dr. Ravi Dev Sharma (AKA : RD Sharma)

Q4.

It is believed that X and Y weren’t given the Nobel Prize because of their animosity to each other. There is circumstantial evidence that each sought to minimize the other's achievements and right to win the award, that both refused to ever accept the award if the other received it first, and that both rejected any possibility of sharing it.

Identify them. ( Part points for 1)

X : Nicola TeslaY: Thomas Alva Edision

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Q5.

Edwin________ is a supporting character in the Marvel Comics titles, The Avengers, Iron Man, and Spider-Man. He served in the British royal air force during World War II and was its champion boxer. He moved to the United States where he became manservant to the Starks. He was considered as the Marvel equivalent of Alfred from Batman. After the death of Howard and Maria Stark he served the Avengers and was a father figure for many of the young Avengers. He is the only one to have stayed with the Avengers for their entire existence. After his sudden demise, Tony ended up being so lonely that Tony immortalized him. Fill in the blank.

Jarvis

Q6.

The X temple is a 13th-century Temple located in X. It is believed that the temple was built by king Narasimhadeva I of Eastern Ganga Dynasty in 1255 AD. The temple complex is in the shape of a gigantic chariot, having elaborately carved stone wheels, pillars and walls. A major part of the structure is now in ruins. The temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has also featured on various list of Seven Wonders of India. In 2001 it was discovered that the main sanctorum of the temple had collapsed some time during the 1500s.Legend has it that, in 1627, the then Raja of Khurda had removed the main idol from X because one of his dasis had commited suicide on the temple campus? Which Temple?

Kornak Sun Temple

Q7. FITB

_________ _________ is a American pickled relish made from a combination of vegetables. Mainly green tomato, cabbage, chayote, red tomatoes, onions, carrots, beans, asparagus, cauliflower and peas are used. These ingredients are pickled in a canning jar and served cold. _________ _________ has become regionally associated with the Southern United States, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, the Appalachian Mountains, and soul food. The recipes vary greatly. In India mainly in assam we use these two term to refer to a different food item very popular in most of our lifestyle. FITB

CHOW CHOW

Q8.

It is said to be the oldest amphitheatres in Asia. The base of the monument has a series of arched entrances and atop the roof is a decorative pair of carved stone crocodiles. In many of these, only the brick framework exists with vestiges of sculptural adornments here and there. The constructors used special thin baked bricks, and a kind of a rather unconventional mixture was used as mortar for their construction. They also made use of powdered mixed lime and bricks to cover the surface of the inner walls. What am I talking about?

Rang Ghar

Q9.

"Layla" is a song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon, originally released by their blues rock band Derek and the Dominos, initially unsuccessful, but this particular acoustic performance version won the 1993 Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. Which famous music franchise hosted this award winning version of this song?

MTV Unplugged

Q10. Which cult classic?

‘Everything ripped apart in a New York minute...’

Which cult classic starts with this line and features a suicidal NYPD detective tracking a drug cartel dealing with narcotics named after Norse mythological legends. Also has a more famous gaming franchise.

Max Payne

Q11. Which scientific discovery?

This symbol is of a snake eating itself, known as Ouroboro and is seen in several ancient scriptures and texts. It inspired a person to a revolutionary scientific discovery in 1850’s .What was this finding and who is the person related to this finding?

The benzene ring structure and august kekule

Q12. Amul Ad for what?

Death of Mohammad Ali

Q13.

X was officially introduced in 2013, after a PIL filed by the NGO named People's Union for Civil Liberties. The specific symbol for X(picture below) was introduced on 18 September 2015. The symbol is designed by National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad. What is X?

NOTA : None of the above

Q14.

He was a co-investigator of the Indian cosmic ray experiment conducted on-board Space Shuttle Spacelab-3, and is a Principal investigator of Lunar samples. He later was appointed as the director of Physical Research Laboratory and gained even more fame as the Principal Scientific Investigator of Chandrayaan-1, India's first unmanned lunar probe, launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and later in the unmanned Mars mission Mangalyaan. Who?

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Dr. Jitendra Nath Goswami

Q15. Name these two movies

Minimalistic posters of two movies. Name them? (Part points)

The usual suspects and ishq

Q16.

Anirudh Ravichander is an Tamil film composer and singer. This song was composed and sang by him and Honey Singh. But he is famous something else he did which became a viral sensation in YouTube few years back. What is his original claim to fame?

He co-composed“Why this Kolaveri di”

He was born in Naples and raised in Geneva. Hisfather was Alphonse and mother was CarolineBeaufort, who died of scarlet fever when he was17. He had two younger brothers, William andErnest. He studied chemical processes, but laterstudies about decay of living things and elixir oflife. Which Godly scientist ??

Q 17.

Victor Frankenstein

Q18.

Mrs Suchibrata was born on September 1, 1931 in Panbazar, Guwahati. After completing her schooling from Panbazar Girls’ High School, she completed her graduation in 1949 from Handique Girls’ College. Then she went on to become the first women civil servant of Assam. Which famous personality was her father?

Ambikagiri Roychowdhury

Q19. What is X?

X's branding was created by Timothy Hanley to distinguishitems that integrate consumer audio and video withconventional computing products…

The X logo also represents the integration of analog anddigital technology with the ___ representing an analogwave and the ___ representing a digital binary code.

The sound some X models make when starting up is derivedfrom the melody created when pressing a telephonekeypad to spell the letters of X.

Viao by by sony

Q20. What did he do?

On his 72nd birthday, UPI photographer Arthur Sasse was trying to persuade this famous scientist to smile for the camera, but having smiled for photographers many times that day, he did something else.

What?

Einstein tongue out.